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In Visit To Gaza, Muslim Brotherhood leader Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi Calls For Jihad, Prays To Become Martyr

I, too, wish that Sheik Qaradhawi -- annihilationist and leading Sunni cleric -- would meet his 72 virgins sooner than later:

In Visit To Gaza, Leading Sunni Scholar Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi Calls For Jihad, Prays To Become Martyr MEMRI

Following are excerpts from the coverage of leading Sunni scholar Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi's visit to Gaza, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV and Al-Jazeera Network on May 8-11, 2013:

Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV.

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya: "Today, we say with pride that Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi is the Sheikh of Jihad in Palestine, the Sheikh of Al-Aqsa, of Jerusalem, and of Palestine. We say this out of recognition for the great role played by him, as well as other Muslim scholars, in strengthening our position in this land, and in supporting the steadfastness of our people and of the resistance.

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"We have been talking [with the people of Gaza] about how our entire Jihad, all our efforts, our lives, our hopes, and our aspirations are to die for the sake of Allah, so that Palestine can live. Brothers, this is essential."

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Master of Ceremonies: "Now we shall present our imam, Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, with a Palestinian passport and Palestinian citizenship. The prime minister will now sign it."

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Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: "We are working toward the liberation of the prisoners, and the liberation of the land of Palestine. We are striving to liberate Palestine in its entirety, without excluding a single inch. Palestine in its entirety has been usurped by those Zionists, who were empowered by the West at a certain point in time. They seized our land, banishing its people to all corners of the world. They began to live in this land as if it were their own, but it does not belong to them. They came from all over, from different countries. With our Jihad, we strive to liberate the land of Palestine, and to bring back all those who were scattered to all corners of the world – to Arab and Muslim countries, to countries of the West, to countries of the East, to Europe, to America, and all over. They have been dispersed worldwide. These people have the right to return.

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"For a long time I have been praying to Allah to honor me by granting me martyrdom for His sake. I was expecting the Israelis to fire a missile at me, so that I could become a martyr for the sake of Allah. I pray to Allah..."

Crowd: "Allah Akbar. All praise to Allah.

"Allah Akbar. All praise to Allah.

"Allah Akbar. All praise to Allah.

"Allah Akbar. All praise to Allah."

Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: "I pray to Allah to grant us this martyrdom, Allah willing."

Moroccan fatwa calls for execution of those who left Islam: Many Christian converts fear for their lives

Where are the church leaders in the West? Where are the Christians in defense of their people? Where is the enemedia? Handwringing on imaginary islamophobia.

Christians in Morocco Fear Fatwa Portends Harsher Treatment Morningstar News, May 4, 2013

CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Moroccan fatwa calling for the execution of those who leave Islam has left many Christian converts in turmoil.

There is still much debate over how the fatwa, which only recently came to light after the government’s top authority on Islam issued it last year, could change laws in Morocco. But a Moroccan Christian convert active in the house church movement said many former Muslims who are now Christians fear for their lives.

“The fatwa showed us that our country is still living in the old centuries – no freedom, no democracy,” he said. “Unfortunately, we feel that we aren’t protected. We can be arrested or now even killed any time and everywhere.”

The Marrakech resident, who requested anonymity, said many Moroccan converts feel the same way.

“The majority of the Christian Moroccan leaders have the same feeling,” he said. “We are more followed now by the secret police than before. Only the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ gives us courage and peace.”

The governmental High Council of Ulemas, the highest religious authority in Morocco, issued the ruling last year, but only released it in April upon request of the government’s Delegation for Human Rights of Morocco, according to Arabic-language daily Akhbar al-Youm. The human rights delegation was seeking clarification on the Islamic stance on freedom of religion. But Mahjoub El Hiba, a senior human rights official in the government, denied there was any such request to the Moroccan Press Agency, Morocco’s official government news service.

In a publication explaining its ruling, the high council said it based its decision in part on verses from the Koran, and in part on verses from the Hadith – one that quotes Muhammad, Islam’s prophet, as saying, “If somebody [a Muslim] discards his religion, kill him.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 3017)

Islamic scholars use the Hadith, also known as the “Sayings and Deeds of the Prophet,” along with the Koran as a basis for determining sharia (Islamic law).

Members of the high council are appointed by the Ministry of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs, which is led at least in theory by King Mohammed VI. But the high council is essentially an advisory body, has no connection to Morocco’s criminal judicial system and cannot enforce its ruling. Whether the fatwa will have any effect on Moroccan criminal law remains to be seen – there are too many variables, said a representative of Middle East Concern, an advocacy group for persecuted Christians.

 

Savage Jihadi in Syria eats soldier’s heart chanting "Allahu Akbar"

Obama promised "lethal weapons" to these jihadists. Quranic justification for cannibalism here.

"Syrian rebel eats soldier’s heart" Times of Israel (thanks to Jack)

Unconfirmed viral video appears to show man cutting out, eating organ of slain rival

A video uploaded to LiveLeak on Sunday claimed to show a Syrian rebel dismembering a dead Syrian soldier and eating the man’s heart.

The authenticity of the video could not be independently confirmed.

A user by the name of El Ghoul101 — “ghoul” was a loanword from Arabic for a mythical cannibalistic grave robber — posted the video on Sunday with the title “Cannibal Rebel Eats Heart of Syrian Soldier.” The video bore the stamp “Syrian Truth,” a pro-Assad regime grass-roots organization.

The knife-wielding subject of the video says while cutting away at the corpse, “We swear to God that we will eat your hearts and livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog.”

“We are the heroes of Baba Amr,” he says, referring to the Homs neighborhood that has been a rebel stronghold since the beginning of the Syrian civil war two years ago.

Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency identified the alleged cannibal in the video as ”Abu Sakar, who is responsible for countless crimes and rapes committed on the international Damascus-Homs road.” The man’s identity could not be independently verified.

El Ghoul101, who claims to hail from neighboring Lebanon, expressed an anti-opposition stance along with the video. “These vile creatures destroy Syria piece by piece. This is insanity,” he said. At the time of publication, the video had garnered over 90,000 views in less than a day...

VIDEO: Muslim Gang Rapes a Coptic Christian Girl in Broad Daylight While Chanting Allahu Akbar

Extraordinary evil. Imagine the religious imperative behind the chanting of "Allah is greatest" while gang raping a girl. (vid hat tip Jack)

UPDATE: Robert Spencer translates:

They're shouting "Nasara! Nasara! Nasara!" (Christians! Christians! Christians!) as they set upon the terrified woman. And then "Allahu akbar" (Allah is greatest) and "There is no god but Allah."

But remember: it is "hate" to oppose this savagery.

 

#MyJihad in Gaza: Crackdown on Skulls, Young men with "indecent" hairstyles beaten, abused and had their hair cut off

Billions of your taxpayer dollars to fund the imposition of sharia savagery:

Gaza Hairstyle Crackdown Sees Heads Shaved SKY News, April 8, 2013

Young men deemed to have "indecent" hairstyles were beaten, abused and had their hair cut off, a human rights group says.

Police in the Gaza Strip have been grabbing young men off the streets and shaving their heads in a crackdown on hairstyles, according to a human rights group.

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights said a number of men had been beaten and detained by police who stated that their hairstyles were "indecent".

House painter Ayman al Sayed said his shoulder-length hair was shaved off by police on Thursday.

He said he had just finished work in Gaza City and was waiting for a shared taxi when a police jeep approached.

The 19-year-old said he was thrown into the back with more than 10 others while police officers shouted and swore at them.

When they arrived at a police station, the detainees were lined up and an officer began shaving their heads.

He shaved two lines, from front to back and from one ear to the other, telling the young men they could finish the job at a neighbourhood barber shop.

Those who resisted were beaten, Mr al Sayed said.

UK students given books saying, "every Muslim should be a terrorist" authored by banned Islamic hate-preacher

And as one commentator replies........

Why is the Islamic Society shocked? In this booklet is there anything that Zakir Naik has totally made up or is it not just a distillation of received wisdom of what the founder of the Islamic faith has himself said and done?

In any case, why the outcry? Our university campuses have been the breeding ground of Jihadi Islamists for decades, even in my days back in 90s, these sorts of literature was easily available to anyone and everyone. Not just that, who knows what goes on in Islamic schools?

Listen, Islam is here to stay and Inshallah (and our politicians, media and academicians willing), it will rule over all our lives soon.

C A • a day ago

In Britain merely verbalizing one's thoughts publicly (to the wrong person) just how primitive and incompatible many Islamic precepts are could result in a prosecution.

UK students given booklets claiming, "every Muslim should be a terrorist" authored by banned Islamic hate-preacher

British universities students have received a publication entitled, "Answers to Non-Muslims Questions about Islam" by Zakir Naik

by The Commentator on 4 April 2013(thanks to Inexion)

Counter-extremism organisation Student Rights has reported that it has been contacted by students after material handed out at an event on a British university campus appeared to endorse terrorism and other discriminatory and offensive viewpoints.

At an event apparently organised by the Islamic Society at Keele University, students were shocked to receive a copy of a booklet called "Answers to Non-Muslims' Common Questions about Islam" [PDF] which has been authored by the Indian cleric Dr Zakir Naik.

Naik was officially barred from the UK in 2010 due to a number of comments, including a claim that if Osama Bin Laden was “terrorising the terrorist, if he is terrorising America the terrorist, biggest terrorist, I am with him. Every Muslim should be a terrorist”.

Naik has been noted for his views on 9/11 as an "inside job" and has also declared that “homosexuality is forbidden in Islam and the punishment for homosexuality is death”.

Since the event, Student Rights tracked down a copy of the booklet circulated, and revealed a number of deeply concerning ideals found within it. It is rumoured that the booklet was obtained via the UK-based charity, the Islamic Dawah Centre International who this afternoon confirmed via telephone to The Commentator that they do supply the booklet, but they are currently out of stock. When asked as to whether they supply to university campuses, the response was, "of course".

Student Rights have noted various concerns about the booklet, such as the comments, “If Islamic Shariah is implemented in any part of the world, whether it is America or Europe, society will breathe easier” and “Every Muslim should be a terrorist... every Muslim should be a terrorist for the antisocial elements of society, such as thieves, dacoits [bandits] and rapists”.

More concerns have been raised on the Student Rights blog.

Upon learning of the booklet's contents, members of the Islamic Society quickly disavowed it and apologised. In discussions seen on Facebook, a number of Muslim students criticised the decision to hand it out, with one committee member stating “I was shocked upon hearing the booklet."

Rupert Sutton, head researcher at Student Rights told The Commentator, "That material written by a man barred from the UK for his hateful views can be handed out by students at an on-campus event is deeply concerning, and highlights a lack of oversight that must be rectified.

"We do feel however, that the mature response from the Islamic Society after they found out the booklet's contents, should be applauded. We hope that the university staff will sit down with them to discuss both the source of these booklets, and the importance of checking any material before handing it out."

After 7 years in prison, Pakistan court overturns blasphemy conviction, death sentence of Christian

The accusation against this innocent man arose from an argument at an "interfaith" meeting. Interfaith. You gotta love it. Interfaith dialogue = shut up or we'll kill you.

My worry is what will happen to this persecuted Chrsitian once he is released from jail. His life among the Muslims is not worth a plug nickel.

The accuser? An imam. Righteous!

"Pakistan court overturns blasphemy conviction, death sentence" World Watch Monitor.org (thanks to Claude)

Exonerated man spent more than 7 years in jail

LAHORE, April 4 — A Pakistan court Wednesday threw out the 2007 conviction of a Christian man sentenced to death for offending Islam.

Younis Masih is at least the second Christian accused of blasphemy that Pakistan judges have exonerated since the country’s Supreme Court threw out a high-profile blasphemy case against a teen-aged girl that drew worldwide attention. On Wednesday, an appeals court in Lahore announced it had acquitted Masih of the blasphemy charge, which arose from an argument during an interfaith meeting in September 2005.

The decision came five weeks after Masih’s attorney, civil rights advocate Naeem Shakir, presented evidence during a two-day hearing that the 2007 conviction was based on hearsay.

Though now a free man, Masih, 42, remained in Central Jail Mianwali on Wednesday as his advocates considered how and where to safely return him to his family and to open Pakistani society.

Masih has denied the charges since the night in September 2005 when, according to the Lahore-based Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement, he got into an argument with the imam of a local mosque. The imam was leading a Muslim worship service in the home of a neighboring Christian. Fed up with Masih’s intrusion, the host ordered him to leave, but Masih – under the influence of drugs at the time – persisted.

Gay Leaders/Activists Proudly Support AFDI Ads on Muslim Oppression of Gays

Salon, in its continuing holy war against me (and those who do this work) is running a scurrilous and vicious attack piece on our gay ads: "Stop trying to split gays and Muslims."

In this latest smear job, Chris Stedman accuses me of "trying to split gays and Muslims":

Anti-Islam crusader Pam Geller's effort to foment hate between the two groups is based on lies and doomed to fail

Gay atheist chaplain (now that's a mouthful) Chris Stedman is -- get this -- the "Assistant Humanist Chaplain and the Values in Action Coordinator for the Humanist Community at Harvard" (the only thing missing from this heaping pile of nonsense is the wizard of oz). Stedman is a humanist atheist chaplain who viciously attacks human rights activists. What will Harvard think of next?

Salon has repeatedly attacked my work and is carrying out a campaign of smears and defamation against me – most notoriously, it ridiculed my warnings of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Egypt back in January 2011 (The Blogger who still Loves Mubarak). I am still waiting for a mea culpa on that one.

I submitted a rebuttal to Stedman's silly attack piece at Salon. They have refused to run it (*shocka* -- more of today's fascist propaganda masquerading as journalism). I will submit it elsewhere, but in the meantime have a look at the support we receive in the Gay community (below).

"Michael Lucas is the most mainstream, provocative and controversial figure in gay adult entertainment. In his rise to the top of one of the world's most successful porn empires he has been called savvy, determined, abrasive, intelligent, disciplined, iron-fisted, blunt and ruthlessly honest."

Michael Lucas has said of my work, "You are doing a fantastic job uniting people against evil and waking Americans up. Gays should join the anti-Islamic movement."

The national news magazine The Advocate wrote: “Michael Lucas has used the stardom porn gave him as a platform to speak out against drugs, unsafe sex, child exploitation, anti-Semitism, religious oppression of gays, and a host of other social problems.” Passionately committed to social activism, sexual liberation and fearless individuality, Michael Lucas has moved to the forefront of his industry and beyond. Here is Michael Lucas's statment:

Dear Pamela:

There is a big difference between gay people and gay political organizations. Gay people usually have common sense and know very well that Islam is a big danger. On the other hand, we have LGBT political organizations which are obsessed with political correctness against all the facts on the ground. Whenever I write about Islam, I get more and more comments in support of my views. In fact, there is a dramatic change between the tenor of comments I received even a few years ago and the comments I get today. For all the information which comes from Muslim countries, most LGBT people have now a good idea that Islam is not their friend, to say the least. I just returned from Tunisia (and I travelled half the Muslim world) and I think gay Muslims, or I should rather say gay Arabs, would agree with your ads because they know first hand the persecution they undergo on a daily basis, It is a shame that, instead of fighting for the rights of LGBT people in Muslim countries, "political gays"  are fighting against you. Please feel free to use any of my quotes, from what I have written before to what I am writing you now.And you can also cite the comments I am receiving in the commentary section of the Advocate. You can also go to the website called Queerty and put my name in the search. You will see that Queerty wrote numerouse of disgusting articles about me in response to my Advocate writings. But lots of LGBT readers still agree with my views, even though Queerty set up a contrary tone. (Usually using a particularly bad photo of me with the Israeli flag in the background and calling me a zionist , as if this were a crime to .)I can ask my assistant to forward you some of these examples tomorrow and you will see how diverse gay people's opinions are. It's not at all like Salon is saying.  I am sure that you know what Oriana Fallachi had to go through after she published her book "The Rage And the Pride". She got horrible press, but people loved the book.  Don't get upset about some stupid article. Your ads will make people think. You are doing a great job. Please let me know if I can do anything for you.

SIOA LGBT leader Patti York writes:

The American LGBT community is just as woefully uninformed about the harsh, deadly, current realities of islam as anyone else. It is for this reason that an LGBT division of SIOA was recently created. We as free American gay people intend to change this conversation by adding our truthful voices. When presented with the actual facts about islam, such as honor killings, modern day slavery,the invasion and genocide of countries too weakened to defend themselves, people in general, INCLUDING Gays, are seeing islam for what it really is, a real threat to every human being on the planet. Pamela Geller did not turn me in an outspokencritic of islam, September 11th did. Upon closer examination of islam, I fail to see one redeeming attribute of islam even worth preserving. The only reason islamists have attached themselves like parasites to our community is because they have witnessed the enormous strides we have made over the last three or four decades and obviously want a piece of it. It IS to our demise as free American LGBT people to continue to allow this. It has weakened our movement socially and politcally. Chris's characterization of islam as a just a religion with "some harmful practices", reveals a complete absence of any kind of functioning moral compass, or a seared, calloused, diseased conscience at best. Harmful practices are cigarette smoking and eating junk food, no islam does not have "harmful practices", it advocates the torture and murder of all those who are brave enough to oppose it. It sends it's 'warriors" into the bedrooms of sleeping children like the Fogel children and hacks them to pieces. It denies basic human rights and dignity to all women,indeed , it denies ALL of those things to all non-muslims. It is an embarassment to all of us with a conscience. The American LGBT community is allowing itself to be deceived and used for politcal reasons, When those political objectives have been met by islamists,where will that leave us? As a community we do not need the stigma of being allied with a group that is dedicated to "destroying western civilization from within". Exposing the truth or speaking the truth about islam and the threat it poses to all of humanity is not hate speech, it is perhaps the most radical act of love and bravery that anyone can do. It doesn't take courage to let yourself be browbeaten into submission and that is what Chris has obviously done.

Atlanta Gay activist Mark Koenig:

In a Salon piece published on April 2, 2012 - Chris Stedman (who happens to be an openly gay man) states: "I have an earnest and sincere question for the LGBT community: Do you support Pamela Geller?"

I am a gay man living in Atlanta, GA, and I have an honest and sincere answer for Mr. Stedman: Not only do I categorically support Ms. Geller, I consider her to be a freedom-fighter of the highest order. She has endured years of slander and even death threats from supporters of the evil ideology that is Islam, simply for telling the truth about it. Mr. Stedman is evidently ignorant of the unconditional condemnation and death-sentence prescribed for homosexuals in the Islamic holy texts. This is more than just an aberrant interpretation or a small group of "extremists" who take these writings literally and act upon them. Homosexuals are routinely executed in Islamic countries simply for BEING homosexual. In fact, Israel is the ONLY nation in the Middle East where gay people can be open about their sexuality without fearing for their lives.

Far from "drumming up hatred, fear and xenophobia toward Muslims," as Mr. Stedman claims in his article, Pamela Geller (along with her colleague Robert Spencer) are defending the human rights of homosexuals, women and "infidels" who are all subject to violence and death from adherents of this nihilistic ideology which masquerades as a religion. It is almost inconceivable that ANY LGBT person would NOT support Geller's and Spencer's efforts, as they are two of the very few individuals with a public platform who state the truth about Islam and defend those it targets. Neither she nor Mr. Spencer have EVER painted all Muslims as violent, hateful people. Rather, they have gone out of their way to offer support and assistance to the victims and potential victims of this Islamic hatred. They are motivated by love - not by hatred or by fear. The current series of bus advertisements that Mr. Stedman complains bitterly about is a RESPONSE (which simply uses quotes from Islamic texts) to counter CAIR's deceptive ads running in the same cities which attempt to persuade ignorant Americans that "jihad" is simply going to the gym or doing something kind for your neighbor. Geller's ads are most emphatically not anti-Muslim. They are anti-ISLAM. That Stedman and evidently many thousands of useful idiots in both the LGBT and Jewish communities consider telling the truth about Islam "bigoted" is indicative or their (often willful) ignorance or moral cowardice.

The overwhelming majority of the Islamic apologists quoted in Stedman's article are engaged in willful deception with the express intent of "undermining Western Civilization from within." Those aren't my words or Pamela Geller's or Robert Spencer's. They are a direct quotation from Muslim Brotherhood documents seized during the Holy Land Foundation trial.

Yes, I proudly and emphatically proclaim my support for Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. They display rare courage and literally risk their own lives to defend liberty and human rights. Both should be lauded as heroes by the LGBT community and the American public at large. That they are instead vilified is evidence of the success of organizations such as CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood in their ongoing campaign of deception.

UPDATE: Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian writes, "Pamela Geller is a true friend of the LGBT community. She has the courage to tell the truth about the menace of Islam. I admire her and respect her work"

I am proud to stand with both Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. Their representations of Islam are correct. It is Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer who are true friends and defenders of the LGBT community. Muslims are not allies of the LGBT community, they are its mortal and implacable foes. There is no such thing as tolerance in Islam, only apostasy and heresy toward their religious duty to kill or subjugate the unbeliever. Under Sharia gays are executed and women are subjugated. If you believe supporting Islam anywhere is anything but suicide for LGBTs and women, you need to learn more about taqiyya and the fate of countries that ignored the threat of Islam--they may have had Christianity or religious diversity 50 years ago, but not any more. Muslims are not here to assimilate, or to be tolerant, or to live and let live. They come to conquer. It's just their modus operandi to whine and cry for pity until they have the upper hand. They scream and moan and lie about Pamela and Robert because Pamela and Robert tell the truth about what they're doing. The LGBT community owes Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer a huge debt of gratitude.

UPDATE: Danusha Goska schools the atheist 'chaplain' here.

Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssuf Gets it Wrong

Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssuf Attacks MB Rule in Egypt: "They Are Driving People Away from Islam" (thanks to Ygalg)

As he says in the video above, Youssuf and his family voted for the Muslim Brotherhood. What did they expect? Sheik Qaradawi was banned from Egypt with good reason. They felt sorry for the Muslim Brotherhood? Who's sorry now?

Here's where the soon-to-be-arrested satirist gets it wrong -- that is Islam. What he describes as driving people away from Islam is ....... Islam. Youssuf cites Muslims in the West as the example for Egyptian Muslims to "live and let live." But live and let live is a Western concept, and Muslims in the West are living under Western law (not sharia law), so they are free to build mosques and practice their religion, because that is a basic tenet of Western civilization. But as the Muslim population grows in Western countries, so does the demand for Islamic supremacist accommodation. Jew-hatred spikes, sharia zones (no-go zones) pop up, and demands for sharia -- enforcement of  blasphemy laws, for example (do not offend Islam)  --  become a rallying cry.

Bassem Youssuf has it ass backwards. The goal for Islamic supremacists and jihadists in the West is exactly what is happening in Egypt, Gaza, Lebanon, Tunisia, Libya, the UK, Bangladesh, Morocco, et al. Secular Muslims have no say in this. They have no theological leg to stand on, which is why there is a warrant out for the arrest of Bassem Youssuf.

Related: Egypt Presidency reprimands US Embassy for posting episode of The Daily Show mocking Morsi

Sharia in The Maldives: Amputation for theft added to draft penal code "as stated in the Quran"

It's the sharia, respect it!

Amputation for theft added to draft penal code Minivan News | March 30th, 2013 

The draft penal code bill has been amended to include punishments as prescribed in the Quran, such as amputation for theft.

The new article added during a parliamentary committee meeting Thursday (March 28) states that if someone convicted of a crime requires legal punishment, as specified in the penal code, that person will face punishment as stated in the Quran.

MP Imthiyaz Fahmy clarified the amendment to the draft penal code is about hadd punishments only and “not at all” about Sharia offences, speaking with Minivan News today.

“Hadd offenses are already crimes in the draft penal code. However the prescribed punishments in Sharia for those particular crimes are not codified in the draft penal code, but instead they are left up to the interpretation of Sharia,” stated Fahmy.

“But to completely evade making a reference to hadd punishments or to mention that no hadd punishment at all should be imposed is impossible to the the fact that Sharia shall be one of the basis of all the laws of the Maldives,” he added.

Criminal punishments are detailed for murder, fornication, thievery and drinking alcohol.

The committee’s chairperson, MP Ahmed Hamza, told Sun Online the new draft penal code will require amputating persons convicted of theft, while a person convicted of apostasy (renouncing Islam) will also face punishment.

Read the rest here at Minivan News .......

British lefties in Gaza 'aid' convoy kidnapped and sexually molested in Libya

I am surprised that these tools even reported it. How long before they .... blame the Jews? 3...2...1

Britons in aid convoy kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Libya

Three women taking part in aid convoy to Gaza are attacked in Benghazi The Guardian, Thursday 28 March 2013 (thanks to Golem)

Libyans celebrate the second anniversary of the revolution in Benghazi. The city has become a no-go zone for foreigners. Photograph: Mohammad Hannon/AP

Three women who were part of an aid convoy passing through Libya on the way to Gaza have been sexually assaulted in Benghazi, after a group of five British nationals were briefly kidnapped.

The three women, two of whom are sisters, were part of a large aid convoy travelling to the Gaza Strip. It is thought that they were part of a group of five people who were briefly kidnapped near Benghazi in the early hours of Tuesday and they were released some hours later. The group is currently safe in the Turkish consul in Benghazi and is expected to return to the UK.

Libyan security officials said the attacks happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Abdul Barghathi, commander of preventative security in the Libyan defence ministry, said the women had been sexually assaulted, but not raped. "There was no rape, just touching (sexual assault)," he said. "Because there is no British consulate here they were handed to the Turkish consulate." The three women are not badly wounded and are being attended to by consular staff from the UK, he added.

Attention Theresa Sparks: Refusing to call attention to the plight of gays under Islamic law is killing people

The visceral response of the San Francisco City Council, the Human Rights Commission, SFHRC head Theresa Sparks, and the uber-left media in San Francisco to our "Gays under the Sharia" ad campaign is obscene proof of how desperately our newest ad awareness campaign is needed. They call my ads hate when I am merely quoting Muslim political leaders, spiritual leaders and cultural voices in the Muslim community.

History will not be kind to these useful idiots. They will be ridiculed and despised by future generations yearning, fighting for freedom.

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Sharia in action in Somalia: Gay man stoned to death Jihadwatch, March 20, 2013

Yet when Pamela Geller calls attention to the plight of gays under Sharia, it is she who is the villain.

"And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, 'Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.'...And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals." (Qur'an 7:80-84)

"The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.'" (Sunan Abu Dawud 4462)

"Gay Man Allegedly Stoned To Death In Somalia," from Identity Kenya, March 18 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

MOGADISHU, March 18 - A GAY man was allegedly stoned to death as punishment for homosexuality, a gay Muslim group has said Saturday.

According to Somali Gay Community, the young man, Mohamed Ali Baashi ,18, was buried in a hole up to his chest and then pelted with rocks by members of the Al Qaeda link group Al Shabaab on Friday, March 15, in Barawe, about 50 miles from the capital, Mogadishu.

The group, through its Facebook page, Somali Gay Community, posted three photos of alleging they were from the stoning.

However, Identity Kenya could not independently verify this claims or the alleged stoning and efforts to reach the group have not been successful.

The group said the young man was accused of sodomy and was stoned to death by Islamic rebels while horrified villagers were forced to watch.

According to the reports, a judge announced that Mohamed Baashi, along with a man who had been accused of murder, had both confessed to their crimes. The alleged murderer got a more merciful punishment. He was shot to death, the group said over the weekend.

"This is their day of justice," the judge, told the hundreds of villagers who had been forced to attend.

"We investigated, and this man did what Muslims shouldn't do and as a result, he will be stonedto [sic] death and the one that killed someone will be shot because homosexuality is more punishable in Islam," the judge is alleged to have said.

Muslims throw firebombs at Israeli cops from inside Al Aqsa Mosque

The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers. Prime Minister of Turkey.

And so it is .....Muslims throw firebombs at Israeli cops from inside Al Aqsa Mosque Jihad Watch

Israeli policeman on fire on Temple Mount after being hit by firebomb

And the world demands concessions of the Israelis, without ever asking the "Palestinians" to end their bloody jihad. "Arabs Desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque with Terror Attack (Photos)," from the Jewish Press, March 9 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

On Friday, following the morning prayers on the Temple Mount, police estimate that a hundred Arabs began rioting and throwing rocks at police officers.

In what is being considered a serious escalation, two Molotov cocktails (firebombs) were thrown at police from within the Al-Aqsa Mosque. One policeman was lightly injured by the fire, and taken to the hospital.

Police arrested at least four people, and dispersed the rest with stun grenades.

On Saturday, Arabs threw three firebombs at a police position in Hebron, near the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

Nearly 25% of al-Qaeda operatives were converts to Islam

Pity they didn't stay Christians; imagine all the people who might have lived.

Perhaps these Muslim terrorists haven't seen the Hamas-CAIR #myjihad buses.

Nearly 25% of al-Qaeda operatives were converts to Islam Jihadwatch

Yet no Muslim organization in the U.S. or the West has any program to prevent converts from misunderstanding the Religion of Peace in this way. "New report details al-Qaida membership in the US," by Hilary Leila Krieger for the Jerusalem Post, February 27 (thanks to David):

WASHINGTON – More than half of all al-Qaida operatives and their affiliates in the United States who have committed terrorist offenses are US citizens and a third were born in America, according to a new report profiling the groups’ American adherents.

The 720-page, telephone book-sized volume produced by the Henry Jackson Society and presented at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Tuesday, carefully examines the 171 cases of al- Qaida members or those inspired by the organization who have been convicted in US courts or participated in suicide attacks against the US homeland between 1997 and 2011.

The study found that 95 percent of the terrorist offenses were committed by men, 57% of whom were under the age of 30. New York was seen as a hub for their activity, with more – 14% – residing there than elsewhere and with large number of those living elsewhere trafficking through.

Nearly a quarter of the operatives were converts to Islam, with over half of those born in the US having converted.

And those who converted, all of whom did so from Christianity as far as could be ascertained, were far more likely to have carried out offenses (as opposed to having participated only in training or incitement) than others.

The group researched were fairly well-educated and employed. More than half had attended some form of college, and a quarter had done some higher study. In addition, more than half, or 57%, were in school or had a job at the time they were charged or committed their attacks.

#MyJihad in Australia: Four Muslims found guilty of sharia law whipping

Sharia whipping in Australia. Yes, Australia.

Four men found guilty of sharia law whipping The Australian, February 28, 2013

FOUR men who took part in the whipping of a Muslim convert to punish him for drinking alcohol and taking drugs have been found guilty of assault.

The Sydney case is believed to be the first in an Australian court relating to such punishment being meted out under the pretext of sharia, or Islamic law.

Christian Martinez, 32, was whipped with an electric cord at his home in Silverwater in Sydney's west between July 16 and 17 in 2011.

His religious mentor, Wasim Fayed, was accused of carrying out the whipping as punishment under sharia, while the other three men held Mr Martinez down on his bed.

Fayed, 44, along with Zakaryah Raad, 21, Tolga Cifki, 21, and Gengiz Coskin, 22, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault occasioning bodily harm in company and stealing.

Fayed also faced two charges of intimidation.

In Burwood Local Court today, Magistrate Brian Maloney found the offences proved.

He noted that the prosecution had stated it was not a case about the Islamic faith but of the imposing of the offenders' views of sharia.

Fayed was the dominant player, having taken on the role of guiding Mr Martinez in his new faith.

Pamela Geller, WND Column: My 'prosecution' by a Muslim journalist

DEFENDING THE WEST

My 'prosecution' by a Muslim journalist
Exclusive: Pamela Geller goes on defense in response to reporter's questions

Recently I was interviewed by a Muslim journalist named Rachel Elmalawany, who asked me a series of hostile, prosecutorial questions based on U.S. Islamic supremacist groups’ libels of me. Our exchange, of which I have reproduced excerpts below, is illustrative of how Islamic supremacists spread their lies and distortions, and shows the truth about the false charges Islamic supremacists frequently circulate about me and the counter-jihad movement in general.

Rachel Elmalawany: Do you see any similarities between the anti-Islamization movement rhetoric and other movements of American history? For example, the Italians in the late 19th century/early 20th century, the Jews (even today there’s a strong anti-Jewish rhetoric among some groups), the Japanese and African-Americans? If not, what are the differences between the anti-Islamization movement and these other movements?

Pamela Geller: This is a common slur against the work I do, but there is no substance to it. The three groups you mentioned were unjustly and falsely accused. None had a program in which they stated in their own words their intention of “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within,” as the Muslim Brotherhood states as its goal in a captured internal document. The fact that some groups have been falsely accused does not mean that any group accused of subversive activities is ipso facto innocent.

Elmalawany: What about the denial of free speech, freedom of conscience and institutional oppression of women and minorities in this country and others that is not at the hands of Islam? What is it that has made you want to fight a Muslim’s oppression rather than anyone else’s oppression like, for example, Orthodox Judaism or Hinduism (or any other religion for that matter)? In the U.S., one in four women will experience abuse (and it can be at the hands of a very religious Christian or an atheist – abuse is abuse) while in Malaysia, the highest Muslim population in the world [actually that's Indonesia – PG], that number is much smaller, and in Syria that number is slightly lower. How would you explain these statistics?

Read the whole thing here.

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Egyptian Cleric: Christianity emerged from Penis worship

Obama say, "respect it!" Geller say, "defeat it!" The more I learn of this vicious, brutal, petty and jealous ideology, the clearer it becomes that it is manifestly evil.

More wisdom for an Islamic cleric:

Egyptian Cleric Abu Islam: Christianity Emerged from Penis Worship; Christian Women Raise Dogs to Replace Husbands MEMRI

Following are excerpts from an address by Egyptian cleric Abu Islam, which aired on Al-Omma TV (via the Internet) on Feburary 13, 2013.

Egyptian cleric Abu Islam: I swear to God the Almighty – and believe me, I am not lying – that the Church worship originated in the worship of the penis. I swear to God. This is documented in dozens of pictures.

Let me tell you something – it's indecent, but true. Take a look at a picture of Jesus, and you'll see a penis, right here. Or is it on this side? Oh, it's on the right side. A penis, right here. There are many pictures like this. They worship it.

[…]

[Christian women] raise cats and dogs as a substitute for husbands. They train their dogs to play the husband. I swear to God, I am not lying. They buy dogs for this purpose. They train dogs to play the husband on them. Christian women do that.

[…]

Sharia Justice: 14-Year-old girl brutally raped and then charged with adultery was lashed to death

On the order of the imam, a girl who was brutally raped was then punished for "adultery" and lashed to death.

The whole devout community gets behind this savagery. Even the Muslim doctors lied to cover-up the real case of her death -- the sharia, the most brutal and heinous system of governance on the planet.

And Texas schools are forcing our young girls to don sadistic Islamic garb. Un-effing-believable.

Shocked CNN reported on this -- but of course the reporters, Farid Ahmed and Moni Basu, give no context or explain that this is Islamic law. Also, their headline in misleading -- no mention of the rape until the 10th paragraph.

Sharia should be outlawed everywhere.

This story is from March 29, 2011, but I somehow missed it. This story should be told and re-told.

Only 14, Bangladeshi girl charged with adultery was lashed to death CNN, February 25, 2013 (thanks to Diana)

Shariatpur, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Hena Akhter's last words to her mother proclaimed her innocence. But it was too late to save the 14-year-old girl.

Her fellow villagers in Bangladesh's Shariatpur district had already passed harsh judgment on her. Guilty, they said, of having an affair with a married man. The imam from the local mosque ordered the fatwa, or religious ruling, and the punishment: 101 lashes delivered swiftly, deliberately in public.

Hena dropped after 70.

Bloodied and bruised, she was taken to hospital, where she died a week later.

Amazingly, an initial autopsy report cited no injuries and deemed her death a suicide. Hena's family insisted her body be exhumed. They wanted the world to know what really happened to their daughter.

Sharia: illegal but still practiced

Hena's family hailed from rural Shariatpur, crisscrossed by murky rivers that lend waters to rice paddies and lush vegetable fields.

Hena was the youngest of five children born to Darbesh Khan, a day laborer, and his wife, Aklima Begum. They shared a hut made from corrugated tin and decaying wood and led a simple life that was suddenly marred a year ago with the return of Hena's cousin Mahbub Khan.

Mahbub Khan came back to Shariatpur from a stint working in Malaysia. His son was Hena's age and the two were in seventh grade together.

Khan eyed Hena and began harassing her on her way to school and back, said Hena's father. He complained to the elders who run the village about his nephew, three times Hena's age.

The elders admonished Mahbub Khan and ordered him to pay $1,000 in fines to Hena's family. But Mahbub was Darbesh's older brother's son and Darbesh was asked to let the matter fade.

Many months later on a winter night, as Hena's sister Alya told it, Hena was walking from her room to an outdoor toilet when Mahbub Khan gagged her with cloth, forced her behind nearby shrubbery and beat and raped her.

Hena struggled to escape, Alya told CNN. Mahbub Khan's wife heard Hena's muffled screams and when she found Hena with her husband, she dragged the teenage girl back to her hut, beat her and trampled her on the floor.

The next day, the village elders met to discuss the case at Mahbub Khan's house, Alya said. The imam pronounced his fatwa. Khan and Hena were found guilty of an illicit relationship. Her punishment under sharia or Islamic law was 101 lashes; his 201.

Mahbub Khan managed to escape after the first few lashes.

Darbesh Khan and Aklima Begum had no choice but to mind the imam's order. They watched as the whip broke the skin of their youngest child and she fell unconscious to the ground.

"What happened to Hena is unfortunate and we all have to be ashamed that we couldn't save her life," said Sultana Kamal, who heads the rights organization Ain o Shalish Kendro.

Bangladesh is considered a democratic and moderate Muslim country, and national law forbids the practice of sharia. But activist and journalist Shoaib Choudhury, who documents such cases, said sharia is still very much in use in villages and towns aided by the lack of education and strong judicial systems.

The Supreme Court also outlawed fatwas a decade ago, but human rights monitors have documented more than 500 cases of women in those 10 years who were punished through a religious ruling. And few who have issued such rulings have been charged.

Last month, the court asked the government to explain what it had done to stop extrajudicial penalty based on fatwa. It ordered the dissemination of information to all mosques and madrassas, or religious schools, that sharia is illegal in Bangladesh.

"The government needs to enact a specific law to deal with such perpetrators responsible for extrajudicial penalty in the name of Islam," Kamal told CNN.

The United Nations estimates that almost half of Bangladeshi women suffer from domestic violence and many also commonly endure rape, beatings, acid attacks and even death because of the country's entrenched patriarchal system.

Hena might have quietly become another one of those statistics had it not been for the outcry and media attention that followed her death on January 31.

'Not even old enough to be married'

Monday, the doctors responsible for Hena's first autopsy faced prosecution for what a court called a "false post-mortem report to hide the real cause of Hena's death."

Public outrage sparked by that autopsy report prompted the high court to order the exhumation of Hena's body in February. A second autopsy performed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital revealed Hena had died of internal bleeding and her body bore the marks of severe injuries.