OOTDnews: 05/01/11

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Egypt urges US to back Palestinian state declaration

1 May 2011 Last updated at 20:46 ET

Nabil al-Araby's call is not without risks

The Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Araby has urged the United States to support the declaration of an independent Palestinian state.

The call comes after the reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah brokered last week by Egypt.
Both Israel and the US have said they will not deal with Hamas, and have until now opposed a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.

The statement marks yet another big shift in Egypt's foreign policy.

The new call marks a move away from Egypt's past compliance with the United States and Israel, which have strongly opposed the Palestinian authority's campaign to win backing for a unilateral declaration of statehood.

read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13256587

Suicide Bombings Un-Islamic: UK Fatwa

OnIslam & Newspapers

Sunday, 01 May 2011

Sheikh Qadri says suicide bombings are against the tenets of Islam

CAIRO – A Britain-based Muslim scholar will issue a fatwa condemning suicide bombings as a brazen violation of peaceful Islamic tenets, an edict that is drawing a showering praise for helping fight home-grown terrorism.

“Today’s tragedy is that terrorists, murderers, mischief-mongers and rioters try to prove their criminal, rebellious, tyrannous, brutal and blasphemous activities as a right and a justified reaction to foreign aggression under the garb of defence of Islam and national interests,” Sheikh Tahir ul-Qadri writes in his fatwa cited by The Independent on Sunday, May 1.

“It can in no way be permissible to keep foreign delegates under unlawful custody and mirder them and other peaceful non-Muslim citizens in retaliation for interference, unjust activities and aggressive advances of their countries.

read more: http://www.onislam.net/english/news/global/452065-suicide-bombings-un-islamic-uk-fatwa.html

Turkish man released after allegedly stabbing ex-wife five times with a screwdriver

ISTANBUL – Milliyet

A woman narrowly escaped death after she was allegedly stabbed five times with a screwdriver by her ex-husband in Istanbul’s Maltepe district on Sunday, after being denied official protection. She is now recovering in hospital protected only by her family as the suspect walks free.

“The state could not protect me. The first time I made a complaint about my ex-husband, he did not appear in front of the prosecutor. I narrowly escaped death but he has been released. He carries a gun. He could easily kill me as I lie in my hospital bed. Still the state does nothing to protect me. Now I understand why women murders cannot be prevented,” said Filiz Akdoğan, 27, who is trying to recover from the horrific recent event.

Although she divorced her husband, Çoşkun Kara, 34, two years ago, she said he continues to harass her and even sends death threats.

read more: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=stabbed-his-wife-five-times-with-a-screwdriver-yet-released-2011-04-28

WikiLeaks: Montreal mosque 'is a top Al Qaeda recruiting zone'

By Daily Mail Reporter
A mosque in Montreal has been ranked in the world’s top nine Al Qaeda recruiting zones and linked to a terror cell planning attacks on Los Angeles airport, new released documents claim.

The WikiLeaks files, written by U.S. military chiefs, list the Al Sunnah Al Nabawiah mosque among nine houses of prayer worldwide considered as a place ‘Al Qaeda members were recruited, facilitated or trained’.

The leaked ‘Matrix of Threat’ documents, designed in the early days of the Guantanamo detention centre to assist intelligence officials, rank the Canadian mosque alongside sites in Yemen, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Al Sunnah Al Nabawiah Mosque in Montreal is considered by the U.S. military to be among places where

Will the Muslim Brotherhood soon control Egypt's parliament?

The Muslim Brotherhood's new plans to contest 50 percent of Egypt's parliamentary seats in upcoming elections are sparking concern that it will impose its Islamist ideas on the population.

By Kristen Chick, Correspondent / May 1, 2011

Cairo

The Muslim Brotherhood’s new political party will field candidates in about half the parliamentary seats in Egypt’s first post-revolution elections, leaders announced Saturday.

After years of being banned from politics and persecuted by former President Hosni Mubarak, the official launch of the group’s Freedom and Justice Party was a historic moment.

Leaders portrayed the party as inclusive, saying Christians and women can join. In accordance with Egyptian law, the party is officially civil, not religious, and is independent from the group. Leaders also repeated an earlier pledge not to run a candidate in presidential elections.

read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0501/Will-the-Muslim-Brotherhood-soon-control-Egypt-s-parliament

Video exposes more brutality in Bahrain

Syrian troops surround hospital near Damascus

May Christians Preach Outside a Philadelphia Mosque?

by David J. Rusin
American Thinker
May 1, 2011

Law enforcement scrutiny, detainment by police, and a court date to answer trumped-up charges: these are the consequences of preaching Christianity to Muslims not only throughout much of the Islamic world, but sometimes even in America as well.

The most infamous example occurred last June, when four missionaries from Acts 17 Apologetics were arrested and charged with breach of peace while they calmly discussed their faith with Muslims at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn, Michigan. Armed with self-recorded video showing that they had acted in a civil fashion, the Christians were vindicated by a jury several months later.

An important but virtually unnoticed Philadelphia case from 2010 bears striking similarities to the one in Dearborn, including police shutting down religious speech directed toward Muslims and a prosecutor filing charges patently at odds with video evidence. Islamist Watch attended the trial, which offered a unique window into the battle to protect First Amendment rights in an era of hypersensitivity.

read more: http://www.islamist-watch.org/6929/may-christians-preach-outside-a-philadelphia

Pennsylvania court accommodates Islamic sharia law

Posted on May 1, 2011 by creeping

And under sharia law women are worth less than men. Another example of Islamic sharia in U.S. courts, thanks to Jihad Watch who alerts North Carolina State Rep Joe Hackney: “Well, Hackney, here is your problem.” via the Volokh Conspiracy:

Will Calls for Distribution “According to Islamic Laws and Sharia”; Pennsylvania Court Gives Twice as Much to Each Son as to Each Daughter

That seems to be what happened in Alkhafaji v. TIAA-CREF Individual and Instit. Services LLC, 2010 WL 1435056 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. Jan. 14, 2010), which is now on appeal. I’m posting about this now because the briefs were just posted on Westlaw, and confirm the details of the will, as well as giving some extra perspective on the disputes related to what Sharia law provides in such situations.

read more: http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/pennsylvania-court-accommodates-islamic-sharia-law/

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Migrants caught in Libya crossfire

Ex-MKO members recount ordeal in Iraq

All of Israel within Rocket Range under Hamas-Fatah State

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

A new illustrated map presented by the pro-Israel Americans for a Safe Israel (ASFI) shows that a Hamas-Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority state, with or without all the borders the PA demands, would leave all of what would remain of Israel within Katyusha missile range.

read more: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143793

The Ignorant Mayor of Dearborn~ ANOTHER Stooge of Islam!

By admin

The behavior of Muslims today verified a key point made by Pastor Jones. Additionally, the Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan has lined up to march in step with Dearborn’s pro-Islamic procession.

The procession is led by the powerhouse coalition which includes the Detroit Archbishop, Dearborn Police Chief Haddad, and Assistant Prosecutor Robert Moran.

As evidenced by his statements, the Mayor is completely ignorant when it comes to the threat of Islam. Ignorance of the dangers only leads to appeasement, which will eventually cause the slow death of our Western Civilization… It is up to us to continue to recruit our fellow Americans in this war with Islam!

read more: http://loganswarning.com/2011/04/30/the-ignorant-mayor-of-dearborn-another-stooge-of-islam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Loganswarning+%28Loganswarning%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail

U.S. Attorney: Feds Could Challenge Missouri Anti-Sharia Legislation

By John H. Tucker

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Richard Callahan visited the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis last night to address the fears and frustrations of Muslim Americans who worry they are being racially profiled and wiretapped -- and to assure them that the Missouri Legislature's attempts to ban Sharia law from being considered in state courts here could face Constitutional challenges.

Seated in front of a large Muslim audience during a town hall-style meeting at the Ballwin mosque, Callahan anchored a panel that included fellow federal attorneys (one of whom was Muslim American), as well as three members of the FBI.

The tenor of the night was polite and respectful, but several members of the crowd expressed anger over what they perceive to be rising trends of Islamophobia in America over the past couple years, citing people burning the Koran and communities banning mosques as examples.

Haniyeh calls on PLO to withdraw Israel recognition

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday called on the Palestinian Liberation Organization to withdraw its recognition of Israel.

On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the announcement of a reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah by saying the Palestinian Authority must "choose between peace with Israel or peace with Hamas."

Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said Netanyahu "must choose between peace and settlements."

Muslims Creating No-Go Areas in Europe

Will this happen in America?

FSM: Eurabia Watch, The Editor

The video below was aired on CBN news. It is a shocking account of how a Parisian store-keeper, a non-Muslim, has been threatened and intimidated by Muslims to make her close her shop. She refuses, but she has had acid thrown at her, she has been raped and attacked on numerous occasions.

France has a higher number of Muslims than any other country in Europe. Politically, President Sarkozy appears to recognize that overly high numbers of Muslims are not good for French social cohesion. Sarkozy is already trying to modify the Schengen rules of Europe to prevent the free movement of Tunisian refugees to France. The Schengen agreement allows any resident of Europe to travel freely within 25 of the 27 European Union nations, without the need for border controls. Italy, whose island of Lampedusa was swamped with economic migrants from Tunisia, has granted six-month visas to thousands of the migrants, and France cannot sustain so many new arrivals. Many of these migrants are heading towards Britain, where a liberal welfare benefits culture awaits them.

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