Saturday, March 31, 2012

Bear Grylls supports new sharia-compliant girl scout uniform for Muslims

From Creeping Sharia:

Bear Grylls supports new sharia-compliant girl scout uniform for Muslims

Posted on March 30, 2012 by creeping

Disappointment from Bear Grylls who was a member of England’s special forces. viaBBC News – Muslim girl scouts get new uniform.

Girl scouts have a new choice of uniform following requests from scout members from the Muslim community.

The new, specially designed clothing range includes “hoodie” and T-shirt dresses, which are styled on a more modest design.

Clearly the girl scout uniform worn by infidels was immodest and haram.

Both are knee-length, and include print graphics inspired by scout badges and the spirit of adventure.

Around 600 Muslim girls are expected to benefit, although the range is being made available to all scouts.

British designer Sarah Elenany, 27, from London, created the new range out of her fashion label Elenany.

She said she aimed to make them fun to wear, so that youngsters would relax while doing activities.

“I wanted the scouts to be really involved in the design process – the girls told me what they wanted to wear and what issues they had with the existing range,” she said.

It’s about to get Orwellian in here.

The range aims to highlight how the scouts are modernising, increasing diversity and responding to members.

Modernising?

UK Chief Scout Bear Grylls said: “With this new clothing range, scouting is continuing to move with the times and adapt to the growing number of people from different communities who are choosing to be a part of the movement.

Move with the times? If by moving with the times he means the Islamization of England.

“Scouting has something to offer everyone, no matter your religion, ethnicity or belief, and I’m so proud that we offer an environment for people of all backgrounds to come together and enjoy themselves.”

And Muslims come into that environment and rather than wear the same uniform as the infidel Girl Scouts, they segregate themselves. They might be better off starting their own organization.

What’s next, will the Girl Scouts be promoting child marriages and polygamy?

Note: There is a reason it’s called a “uniform.”

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Attack on Christianity is just proxy for Islam fears

from The Christian Institute:

Attack on Christianity is just proxy for Islam fears

Dr Rowan Williams said the last decade has seen 'the great rise in anxious secularism'.

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Secularists attack Christianity as a “surrogate” for their real fear: radical Islam, the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested.

Dr Rowan Williams also said government initiatives tend to treat church vicars and Muslim imams as though they were the same, The Daily Telegraph reports.

And he criticised those who stereotype religious believers as either a “fanatic” who wants to subvert everyone to their agenda, or a “woolly liberal” who will agree to anything.

Reaction

Dr Williams, who will step down from his position as Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of this year, was speaking at a church service in Surrey.

He was asked about the debate over secularism, “do you think that the real issue for them isn’t necessarily Christianity but actually radical Islam, that it is more of a reaction against radical Islam and we are a surrogate for that?”

He answered, “I think there is a lot of truth in [that]. It is the last decade that has seen the great rise in anxious secularism, a real suspicion of religion in public.

Ignorant

“And I think it is 9/11 that has brought that to a head. We are also in a culture where a lot of people simply don’t know how religions work.

“I sometimes think the problem with a lot of government initiatives is that they assume either that vicars are imams in dog collars or imams are vicars in turbans.

“[They assume] that there is one way of being religious – either you are a sort of committed fanatic who wants to subordinate the whole of society to your agenda or you are a sort of woolly liberal who can be persuaded to go along with whatever is happening in society.

Good news

“The Church isn’t either of those things”, he said, adding “it is the assembly of Christ’s friends with good news to share”.

But Dr Williams said the controversies surrounding secularism had led to a “stirring” at the grass roots of Christianity.

He said he was hopeful because he saw so many good and extraordinary things going on in local churches, saying the church is a place that people can trust.

Olympic Committee changes womens beach volleyball bikini rule for…

From Creeping Sharia:

Olympic Committee changes womens beach volleyball bikini rule for…

Posted on March 30, 2012 by creeping

Guess who? via Women beach volleyball players don’t have to wear bikinis at Olympics | Fourth-Place Medal – Yahoo! Sports.

Women beach volleyball players won’t have to wear bikinis at the 2012 London Olympics. A new rule announced Tuesday says that participants in this summer’s beach volleyball competition can wear shorts and sleeved tops.

Athletes in the event have exclusively worn bikinis since the sport was introduced at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Competitors could also wear bodysuits in cold-weather events.

The change was made to reflect cultural conventions of various participating countries.

“Shorts of a maximum length of [1.18 inches] above the knee, and sleeved or sleeveless tops,” will now be allowed, according to the new IOC ruling.

Since the Beijing Olympics, most beach volleyball competitions have changed rules to allow for more modest uniforms. It’s an attempt to broaden the diversity in the sport, which tends to be dominated by athletes from Europe, Brazil and the United States. Allowing shorts and shirts can encourage participation from countries with more modest cultural beliefs.

Of course the media won’t dare mention who the rule change is for, but we all know.

ISRAEL BRACED FOR MARCH OF THE JEW-HATERS BUT "GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM" FIZZLES

From Atlas Shrugs:

Friday, March 30, 2012

ISRAEL BRACED FOR MARCH OF THE JEW-HATERS BUT "GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM" FIZZLES

According to organisers of the event, one million people are expected to be convoyed from neighbouring Jordan, Eygpt, Syria, and Lebanon to march to Jerusalem (or to the nearest point). (More here)

The worldwide nazi movement suffered a setback today. The call for a march on the Jews fizzled.

According to CiF Watch, who have created a website to help expose the truth about the GMJ, the organizers and leading individuals are a global conglomerate of radical Islamist, terrorist, and far left groups (such as Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood & International Solidarity Movement).

One such senior leader is Ahmad Abu Halabiya, a Hamas MP and GMJ International Central Committee member, who haspreviously said: “Have no mercy on the Jews, no matter where they are, in any country. Fight them, wherever you are. Wherever you meet them, kill them.”

Another is Abdul Razzaq Maqri, the GMJ co-ordinator for Algeria and North African, who said in 2010 video that “all our blood is Palestine,” adding that “Israel will be annihilated soon.” Maqri was also one of the leaders of the 2010 Gaza Flotilla.

Defense Minister Barak ordered the IDF to prepare for a wide range of violent scenarios that could break out along the borders, and military sources say troops were under orders to use force to prevent infiltrations.

(JPOST): The IDF and Israel Police went on high alert Thursday and canceled weekend leave for thousands of soldiers and policemen ahead of the Global March to Jerusalem planned to begin Friday along Israel’s borders.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the IDF to prepare for a wide range of violent scenarios that could break out along the borders, and military sources said that troops were under orders to use force to prevent infiltrations.

“No one will be marching toward Jerusalem,” one official said

And indeed they didn't. Land Day, “Global March on Jerusalem” passes relatively quietly

JERUSALEM (JWN)—A day of Palestinian protests inside Israel and the West Bank—and joined by several thousand demonstrators “marching to Jerusalem” from beyond Israel’s borders—passed with few disturbances and no serious injuries.

In a roundup of incidents:

Several protesters were lightly injured by tear gas inhalation in Hebron, when soldiers dispersed a demonstration that had become unruly.

Dozens of Palestinian protesters approached the closed Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip as part of demonstrations for the Global March on Jerusalem. IDF soldiers drove most of them back with warning shots, but one Gazan was shot and lightly wounded in the leg.

Several hundred Palestinians gathered near Jerusalem’s Nablus Gate, some carrying Palestinian flags. The crowd attempted to stage an illegal procession—a march that was already in Jerusalem, but not global—and was prevented by police. Several protesters were arrested.

Lebanese news sites reported that foreign and Palestinian protesters were making their way toward the Beaufort Castle near the border with Israel, under the understanding that they would proceed no further toward Israel.

Protests took place across the West Bank in Kalandiya, Bethlehem, Hebron, Nabi Saleh, Budrus, and other villages.

At the Kalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem, Palestinian protesters threw rocks and firebombs at security forces and set tires alight. Security forces used tear gas, stun grenades, noise weapons, and foul-smelling water to disperse the protesters, many of whom had arrived at the checkpoint from Ramallah. A number of protesters were lightly injured and taken to local hospitals for treatment.

The Israel Defense Forces had raised its alert level ahead of the anticipated protests at Israel’s borders and West Bank checkpoints during Land Day, which was being joined by the much ballyhooed “march on Jerusalem” from outside the country. IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz toured the West Bank and Syrian border Friday morning ahead of the planned protests.

Who is behind this genocidal movement? The usual bloodthirsty suspects: Algemeiner has this:

The GMJ “Advisory Board” is no less illustrious, and counts amongst its members George Galloway, an antisemitic former UK politician and supporter of Hamas and Hizbullah. He has previously described Jerusalem as being “raped” by “foreigners.” Those “foreigners” being Israel of course.

One of Galloway’s cohorts on the advisory board is Sheikh Raed Salah, an Israeli-based radical Islamic cleric. In 2005, Salah wasconvicted in Israel for raising millions of dollars for Hamas and having contacts with an Iranian intelligence agent.

In a fiery Jerusalem sermon in 2008, he also invoked the infamous “blood libel” accusing Jews of using non-Jewish children’s blood to bake bread and called for an “Islamic-Arab Intifada from ocean to ocean, in support of the holy Jerusalem.” Immediately after, the 1,000-plus strong crowd began rioting. You can only imagine what a million-plus crowd would do after a similarly incendiary speech.

Omnipresent in all this is Iran’s unmistakable web of influence, stoking the flames of violence and unrest.

The respected Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center produced a detailed report outlining how Iran is the primary force behind the initiative, both directly and through its proxies such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, personally proclaimed Iran’s open support for the march, sayingit was an expression of Iran’s policy to strengthen “resistance operations” against Israel.

Hussein Sheikh-ul-Islam, the Senior Advisor to the Parliament Speaker for International Affairs of Iran, was appointed Secretary of the Board for GMJ in Iran, and promptly proclaimed the march “a symbol… against the occupation, oppression, injustice and Judaization of Jerusalem.”

Ahmadinejad himself even met with some of the participants of the GMJ in Tehran only two weeks ago and told them, “The Zionist regime is like a malignant cancerous cell,” adding it was no longer legitimate for Israel to occupy any part of Palestine and that “we must prepare for the great day that arrogance will be wiped from the face of the earth.”

So, let there be no doubt — Iran’s terrorist tentacles are all over this march, down to the very last detail. Should violence ensue, the blood will be solely on the hands of Tehran and those foolish enough to be duped into participating in this Jihadist march to Jerusalem.

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SHARIA IN THE UK: FIVE-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL COULD BE UK'S YOUNGEST VICTIM OF 'INHUMANE' 'UNACCEPTABLE' FORCED MARRIAGE

From Atlas Shrugs:

Friday, March 30, 2012

SHARIA IN THE UK: FIVE-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL COULD BE UK'S YOUNGEST VICTIM OF 'INHUMANE' 'UNACCEPTABLE' FORCED MARRIAGE

Islam in the West. Obama say, "respect it!"

Primary schoolgirl aged five could be UK's youngest victim of forced marriage
March 30, Daily Mail

A girl aged five is thought to have become Britain's youngest victim of forced marriage.

She was one of an astonishing 400 children helped by the Government's Forced Marriage Unit during the last year, it emerged today.

The shocking revelations have come to light as a public consultation into criminalising forced marriage ends. Amy Cumming, joint head of the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), told the BBC that more than a quarter - 29 per cent - of the cases it handled in 2011-12 involved minors.

She said: 'The youngest of these was actually five-years-old, so there are children involved in the practice across the school age range.'

A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Mail Online that one in ten of the cases involved victims aged below 15, while 19 per cent of those affected were aged 16 to 17-years-old.

In the horrific case of the five-year-old girl, the authorities would not say where the marriage took place or give any more details to protect the child.

Fionnuala Murphy, of the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation, said it deals with an alarming 100 cases of forced marriage every year. She told the BBC: 'We have had clients who are in their very early teens; 11-year-olds, 12-year-olds.

'The youngest case we had was nine-years-old.'

The organisation is among many that want forced marriage to be made a criminal offence. The Government said last year that there at least 5,000 to 8,000 cases of forced marriage in England and the number of reported cases is rising annually. At the time, Conservative Party chairman Baroness Warsi said it was a disgrace that forced marriage was only a matter of civil law.

The politician said forcing someone to do anything against their will, by violence or by coercion, is 'inhumane and unacceptable'. She added: 'I have met some of the victims. They speak about wedlock being used as a weapon and the horrors to which this can lead, such as rape, abuse and unwanted pregnancy.'

Read the rest.

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DEVOUT "MODERATE" MUSLIMS PREVENTED FROM HONOURING CHILD-KILLING JIHADIST MOHAMMED MERAH

From Atlas Shrugs:

Friday, March 30, 2012

DEVOUT "MODERATE" MUSLIMS PREVENTED FROM HONOURING CHILD-KILLING JIHADIST MOHAMMED MERAH

It's the jihad, and there are millions who support this mass murder of non-Muslims and secular Muslims as commanded by the quran. *Lone gunan* -- they think we are morons.

So no, President Obama, I will not "respect" this pox on humanity. (Vid hat tip Blazing Cat Fur)

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Raymond Ibrahim Discusses Plight of Copts with Inquistr

from Jihad Watch:

Raymond Ibrahim Discusses Plight of Copts with Inquistr

I was interviewed last night about the situation of Egypt's Christians: "The Plight of Egypt's Coptic Christians," by Wolff Bachner for The Inquisitr, March 29:

Most of us in the West have little knowledge of what life is like for Christians in the Muslim world. Take for example, the Coptic Christians, who were once the dominant religious group in Egypt. Previously the mainstay of their nation, Copts are now living as an oppressed minority, denied religious freedom and equal status in Egyptian life. The Copts are routinely denied meaningful employment and may not hold positions in the Egyptian Civil Service. Copts are refused permission to build new churches and even a request to renovate a church that is badly in need of repair can lead to an outbreak of severe Muslim violence against the Copts. Recently, there have even been calls for a return to collecting Jizya from the Copts, a tax that the Qur’an instructs Muslims to charge to all Dhimmis (non-Muslims) whenever Muslims are in power.

To give our readers an accurate picture of the situation in Egypt, we asked Raymond Ibrahim to answer several questions about the Coptic Christians. Raymond is the son of Coptic Christian parents who were born in Egypt and he has first hand knowledge about Coptic life under Islam. Raymond is a highly respected Middle East and Islam specialist, a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum. A widely published author, best known for The Al Qaeda Reader (Doubleday, 2007), he guest lectures at universities, including the National Defense Intelligence College. Raymond also briefs governmental agencies, such as U.S. Strategic Command and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Among other media, he has appeared on Inquisitr.com, MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN, PBS, Reuters, Al-Jazeera, CBN, and NPR. Raymond is fluent in Arabic and he has studied the Qur’an and many ancient Islamic historical documents in the original language. You can find Raymond’s latest writings at http://www.raymondibrahim.com.

Here is our interview with Raymond Ibrahim:

1. Who are the Coptic Christians and what is their history?

Raymond Ibrahim:

The Copts are the indigenous inhabitants of Egypt, before the Arab/Muslim invasion around 641 A.D.. The the word “Copt” simply means “Egyptian”; however, because all Egyptians were Christian in the 7th century—Egypt was a major Christian center, so much so that Alexandria vied with Rome over ecclesiastical leadership—“Copt” also became synonymous with “Christian.” In short, the word Copt is similar to the word Jew: both words convey a people and a religion. Tradition teaches that St. Mark, author of the Gospel of the same name, proselytized the pagan Egyptians of the 1st century; by approximately the 3rd century, Christianity was the dominant religion; and by the 7th century when Islam burst into Egypt, Christianity was thereligion.

Read the rest, including some good observations following the interview by the author, Wolff Bachner.

Posted by Raymond on March 30, 2012 10:29 AM |

Malaysian state holding seminar on "threat of Christianity"

From Jihad Watch:

Malaysian state holding seminar on "threat of Christianity"
They've changed the name now, but the substance is the same. They're not concerned about Muslims committing violent jihad in the name of Islam. No, a far greater threat is that of Christians proselytizing Muslims. Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Malaysia: "Malaysia in religious row over 'threat of Christianity,'" from AFP, March 29 (thanks to Wimpy):

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian state religious and education officials have changed the title of a seminar on "the threat of Christianity" following outrage from non-Muslims in the multiethnic country.
Southern Johor state education officials faced criticism over the school teachers' seminar to be held Saturday that was titled: "Strengthening the faith, the dangers of liberalism and pluralism and the threat of Christianity towards Muslims."

The furore over the title follows allegations of Christian proselytisation in the Muslim-majority country after religious police raided a Methodist church event last August fearing Muslims were being converted.

State lawmaker Maulizan Bujang told the Bernama news agency the reference to Christianity would be removed from the title, saying: "The seminar aims to strengthen the faith of Muslims and it does not need to be politicised by any party that claims it (the seminar) is a threat to other religions."

But co-organisers from the state religious department said the seminar's content would remain the same.

"The seminar is part of the right of Muslims to defend the faith of its practitioners from any action which may lead to apostasy. It is our responsibility," an official told Bernama.

Defend in what way? By violence?

Opposition leaders say the ruling coalition, which is expected to announce national polls this year, is trying to woo back Malay support by using fear of other religions, after a swing vote saw the government lose control of a third of parliamentary seats and four states in 2008 polls.
Reverend Hermen Shastri, general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia, said the government had to take a stand against the seminar.

"Of course we are disappointed, it derails the whole idea of harmony and mutual respect and understanding each other," he told AFP.

Malaysia has largely avoided overt religious conflict in recent decades but tensions have simmered since a court ruling in late 2009 lifted a government ban on the use of "Allah" as a translation for "God" in Malay-language bibles.

The ban had been in place for years but enforcement only began in 2008 out of fear the word could encourage Muslims to convert.

The 2009 ruling triggered a series of attacks on Christian places of worship using Molotov cocktails, rocks and paint....

Posted by Robert on March 30, 2012 2:14 PM |

Iran: Islamophobes threaten to burn down mosque -- no, wait...

From Jihad Watch:

Iran: Islamophobes threaten to burn down mosque -- no, wait...
You guessed it. Will the Islamophobia never end? "Iran Threatens Church with Bombing," by Joseph DeCaro for Worthy News, March 30 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

TEHRAN, IRAN (Worthy News)– Another church in Tehran was ordered to cease holding services in Farsi, the Iranian national language, otherwise it could be "bombed".
According to Barnabas Aid, ministers from an Iranian interior department dealing with interfaith matters served notice to the Armenian Anglican Church, unofficially threatening that if the order is ignored, the church will be bombed “as happens in Iraq every day”.

This latest threat comes after both Emmanuel Protestant and St. Peter Evangelical churches were ordered to stop holding services in Farsi on Fridays, which falls on the weekend in Iran where Sunday is just another work day.

"It now seems likely that the Islamic authorities have imagined that with this new restriction they will somehow hold back the rapid, and evidently extremely worrying, spread of Christianity amongst the people under their yoke," according to a report by the Farsi Christian News Network.

Iranian security agents have been arresting Christians in a country-wide crackdown since Christmas.

Posted by Robert on March 30, 2012 2:27 PM