Tuesday, November 20, 2007

"Justice" for a Rape Victim in Shoddy Retardia

OK, so I guess the "Religion of Peace" nickname given to Islam by the dullards in the mainstream media ("MSM") a the mewling dhimmi cowards afraid to criticize Islam doesn't aplly to victims of violent crime. A young woman gets gang raped by several practitioners of the alleged "Religion of Peace", and then she, the victim, gets 200 lashes for her trouble and her lawyer gets punished for daring to publicize the verdict?! Yeah, those savages over there in Shoddy Retardia can screw off and die for all I care. I am fairly sure that if one of the political elite's precious demon spawn, er, I mean, offspring, were savagely raped, they'd be pressing for the victim to get lashes in that case too. And if you believe that, you are truly an idiot beyond help. Read the whole story, just don't have any throwable objects handy when you do.

Saudi Rape Victim Gets 200 Lashes
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 16, 2007


"(CBS/AP) A Saudi court sentenced a woman who had been gang raped to six months in jail and 200 lashes - more than doubling her initial penalty for being in the car of a man who was not a relative, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The decision by the Qatif General Court came in a case that had sparked rare debate about the kingdom's justice system when it surfaced more than a year ago.

In its decision Wednesday, the court also roughly doubled prison sentences for the seven men convicted of raping the 19-year-old woman, the Arab News reported on its English-language Web site.

According to Arab News, the court said the woman's punishment was increased because of "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media."

The New York Times reported that her lawyer, Abdulrahman al-Lahem, is a well-known human rights activist who angered the court by publicly criticizing the verdict. He said the verdict was too lenient for the rapists and unjust for the victim.

The victim had initially been sentenced to 90 lashes after being convicting her of violating Saudi's rigid laws on segregation of the sexes.

Under Saudi Arabia's interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, women are not allowed in public in the company of men other than their male relatives.

The court also banned her lawyer from defending her, confiscated his license to practice law and summoned him to a disciplinary hearing later this month.

The initial sentences for the men convicted of the gang rape ranged from 10 months to five years in prison. Their new sentences range from two to nine years, the paper said.

The attack took place in 2006. The woman has said that it occurred as she tried to retrieve her picture from a male high school student she used to know. While in the car with the student, two men got into the vehicle and drove them to a secluded area. She said she was raped there by seven men, three of whom also attacked her friend.

Reports of the story triggered debate about Saudi Arabia's legal system, in which judges have wide discretion in punishing a criminal, rules of evidence are shaky and sometimes no defense lawyers are present. The result, critics say, are sentences left to the whim of judges.

The judges, appointed by the king, have a wide discretion in handing down sentences, often said to depend on their whim. A rapist, for instance, could receive anywhere from a light or no sentence, to death.

The woman was identified in the media only as the Girl from Qatif. The case was referred back to the General Court by an appeals court last summer, after her lawyer went public with his criticism of the verdict."


UPDATE: Well how about that! A little international daylight shines in to the cess pool of Shoddy Retardia, and all of a sudden the rape victim gets pardoned by the Saudi king. It's definitely good news for the girl and her family, but it should never have come to this. Saudis may produce the oil that fuels economies worldwide, but they have light years to go to improve on human rights issues.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

"Religion of Peace Advocates"...Lies?

Leave it to columnists, bloggers, and free thinkers to do the work and report the news that neither the mainstream media ("MSM") nor their allies in the Dem-cong party would prefer that you read about Islam. One of the great things about America is that each person gets to choose his own faith. That said, as a judge in front of whom I once practiced law famously said, "Your rights end where my nose begins." As columnist Frank Salvato so eloquently points out in this article, Islam's "Holy Book" specifically advocates lying to infidels to gain their trust so that they may ultimately be converted or killed. Now, I'm no theology expert, but I know of none of the other major world religions that are so clearly rooted in violence, deception, misogyny, and general outright hatred of non-believers as Islam is. Useful idiots like former President Jimmy Carter (a raging anti-Semite and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Dem-Cong- CA, who thinks Syrian "President" Bashar Assad is just peachy) only serve to allow the camel's nose of Islamofascism into the tent of the U.S.. Not only are these idiots blissfully (for them, painfully for us...see 9/11) unaware of the full consequences of their actions, they have absolutely no clue as to the pure evil we are facing from radical Islam. Check out Mr. Salvato's article...as devious and decidedly unholy as it is to civilized religions, Islam's advocacy of the use of deception as a weapon could just as easily have appeared as a chapter in Sun Tzu's "Art of War".

Al Taqiyya: The Islamist Terrorist Weapon Of Deception
By Frank Salvato
November 16, 2007


"Western civilization's delinquent knowledge of the Islamic faith leaves us naïve to many of its tenets. Many among us would be hard pressed to explain the differences between the Sunni and the Shi'ite, let alone the reasons why they have remained in conflict for almost the entire existence of the Islamic faith. This delinquency in understanding Islamic culture and doctrine makes those they consider non-believers -- or kafirs -- vulnerable both individually and collectively. This is especially true when we examine the Islamic concept of taqiyya.

Taqiyya is defined literally as:

"Concealing or disguising one's beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a time of eminent danger, whether now or later in time, to save oneself from physical and/or mental injury."

In essence, taqiyya can be generally defined as the legitimization of deception in times of danger.

Taqiyya is alluded to in the following Quranic verse:

"Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, (they) shall have no relation left with Allah except by way of precaution ("tat-taqooh"), that ye may guard yourselves ("tooqatan") from them..." [3:28]"

In his book, al-Durr al-Manthoor Fi al-Tafsir al-Ma'athor, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti conveys these words by one of Sunni Islam's most respected voices, Ibn Abbas:

"al-Taqiyya is with the tongue only; he who has been coerced into saying that which angers Allah (SWT), and his heart is comfortable (i.e., his true faith has not been shaken), then (saying that which he has been coerced to say) will not harm him (at all); (because) al-Taqiyya is with the tongue only, (not the heart)."

In most every reference to taqiyya in Islam it is held that there are only a very few times when it is permissible:

- To save one's life

- To effect a peace or reconciliation

- To persuade a woman

- On the occasion of a journey or expedition

- To save the life and honor of the innocent person from the highhandedness of tyrants and oppressors

In his book, Ihya 'Uloom al-Din, the influential Egyptian Islamic scholar Abu Hamed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzali stated:

"Safeguarding of a Muslim's life is a mandatory obligation that should be observed; and that lying [taqiyya] is permissible when the shedding of a Muslim's blood is at stake."

Those of the Wahhabi ideology acknowledge the fatwa:

"Be dissociated from the infidels, hate them for their religion, leave them, never rely on them for support, do not admire them, and always oppose them in every way according to Islamic law."

Because Wahhabism is one of the predominant forms of Islam being disseminated in the mosques of the United States it must be surmised that Wahhabis are living among the "infidels." In order to achieve their existence without open confrontation they must, therefore, employ taqiyya.

So, it can be stated with a great deal of confidence that when a Muslim feels that his life, limb or property are in danger, in order to avoid or quell violent confrontation or to rescue himself or a fellow Muslim from the "oppression of tyranny" and death he can and should utilize taqiyya.

So why is this relevant?

As we continue to engage radical Islam in the war against Islamofascist aggression we need to be cognizant of our foe's use of taqiyya.

There has been a great deal of debate over interrogation techniques used by the United States and our coalition nation allies. While there are legitimate arguments on both sides of this debate each side has to be fully aware that those enemies who are caught on the field of battle -- unconventional that it is -- will most certainly employ taqiyya.

In addition, those who are faithful to the religious tenets of Islam must, as a religious duty, utilize taqiyya when interacting with government and law enforcement where giving damaging information on another Muslim is concerned.

Should the situation arise where a practicing Muslim, loyal to the faith, were to be questioned about a suspected terrorist operation or criminal activity being planed or perpetrated by a fellow Muslim -- whether here in the United States or anywhere in the world -- that Muslim must employ taqiyya. This makes the gathering of credible information from within the Islamic community, regarding the criminal Islamic community, virtually impossible.

Further, the recognized religious duty of faithful Muslims to practice taqiyya makes the actions, statements and testimony of those who operate organizations such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the now defunct Holy Land Foundation and individual Islamic leaders such as Sami al-Arian (now deported for his relationship with Palestinian Islamic Jihad) both understandable and suspect. Understandable in there unwavering defense of almost every act committed by a Muslim regardless of its legality and suspect because of the fact that they would be violating taqiyya should they validate the "infidel" over another Muslim.

This also brings into relevance our government's predisposition toward skepticism when entering into diplomatic negotiations with leaders of predominantly Muslim countries and the assurances they provide.

A perfect case in point is the current nuclear proliferation issue with the Islamic Republic of Iran and its leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Ahmadinejad, a most devote Shi'ite, who has indicated without reservation his blind faith to Islam, would be held to the Quranic tenet of taqiyya. This tenet, understood for its true meaning, it would make it impossible for any clear thinking human being to take Ahmadinejad's words of peace at face value, especially in light of his violent declarations toward Israel, the United States, Western civilization and the non-Muslim world.

If the West -- and especially the United States -- is to survive this very real conflict with Islamofascist aggression, we must educate ourselves on the intricacies of our enemy's beliefs and tactics. To not do so would be the epitome of neglect and a ostentatious display of stupidity."

Saturday, November 17, 2007

While the MSM Plays Ostrich About the Good News in Iraq...

...history is happening right in front of their spoiled, pampered faces, if only they dared to look. The problem, you see, is that they don't want to see any good news, because that would conflict with their vision of George "Chimpy McHitler Satan" Bush and his "lies" about WMD. What I don't get is why the media still wants us to lose the war in Iraq. Between the incompetence of the GOP (out of control spending, ethics scandals, etc.), the Dem-Cong already took over both house of Congress. Actually, I think it is much more base than that. The MSM and the Dem-Cong gleefully reported when things were going badly in Iraq, and more or less sided with the terrorists as being co-partners invested in the failure of America's efforts in Iraq. Now that things are starting to look better, you'd think every major media network suffered a simultaneous power outage. Perhaps one of the most pernicious lies of the MSM is that the Iraqis are not fit for freedom, and that they can't overcome religious divisions to live together. All I can say is to look at the pictures of Muslims appearing on camera and pleading for their Christian Iraqi brethren who fled the country to avoid Saddam Hussein's butchery to come back home. Other than the United States, it is very rare to see members of two religions who are not exactly in harmony in terms of their beliefs even attempting to co-exist in peace...and that goes double for the rarity of Muslims reaching out in peace to anyone. Good news like this doesn't mean the problems between Christianity and Islam and between "moderate" Islam and "head-chopper" Islam will be resolved tomorrow, but it's definitely a step in the right direction.

"LTC Stephen Michael at St. John’s. LTC Michael told me today that when al Qaeda came to Dora, they began harassing Christians first, charging them “rent.” It was the local Muslims, according to LTC Michael, who first came to him for help to protect the Christians in his area. That’s right. LTC Michael told me more than once that the Muslims reached out to him to protect the Christians from al Qaeda. Real Muslims here are quick to say that al Qaeda members are not true Muslims. From charging “rent,” al Qaeda’s harassment escalated to killing Christians, and also Muslims. Untold thousands of Christians and Muslims fled Baghdad in the wake of the darkness of civil war. Most of the Christians are gone now; having fled to Syria, Jordan or northern Iraq.

Today, Muslims mostly filled the front pews of St. John’s. Muslims who want their Christian friends and neighbors to come home. The Christians who might see these photos likely will recognize their friends here. The Muslims in this neighborhood worry that other people will take the homes of their Christian neighbors, and that the Christians will never come back. And so they came to St. John’s today in force, and they showed their faces, and they said, “Come back to Iraq. Come home.” They wanted the cameras to catch it. They wanted to spread the word: Come home. Muslims keep telling me to get it on the news. “Tell the Christians to come home to their country Iraq."...

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any fighting. I can’t remember my last shootout: it’s been months. The nightmare is ending. Al Qaeda is being crushed. The Sunni tribes are awakening all across Iraq and forswearing violence for negotiation. Many of the Shia are ready to stop the fighting that undermines their ability to forge and manage a new government. This is a complex and still delicate denouement, and the war may not be over yet. But the Muslims are saying it’s time to come home. And the Christians are saying it’s time to come home. They are weary, and there is much work to be done."

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The Weather Channel Founder Gut Kicks the Church of the Gore-Bot

As Emperor Misha said, I don't think I have a thing to add to this. I'm glad to hear this from someone with authority on, you know, actual weather, as opposed to the self-interested clowns predicting "Day After Tomorrow" scenarios that will not happen (at least until Revelation times anyway). Do read the whole thing, good stuff.

Intro by Joe D’Aleo, Icecap, CCM

I was privileged to work with John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel in the year before it became a reality and then for the first of the 6 years I was fortunate to be the Director of Meteorology. No one worked harder than John to make The Weather Channel a reality and to make sure the staffing, the information and technology was the very best possible at that time. John currently works with KUSI in San Diego. He posts regularly. I am very pleased to present his latest insightful post.

By John Coleman

"It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the “research” to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus.

Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild “scientific” scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmentally conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minute documentary segment.

I do not oppose environmentalism. I do not oppose the political positions of either party. However, Global Warming, i.e. Climate Change, is not about environmentalism or politics. It is not a religion. It is not something you “believe in.” It is science; the science of meteorology. This is my field of life-long expertise. And I am telling you Global Warming is a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam. I say this knowing you probably won’t believe a me, a mere TV weatherman, challenging a Nobel Prize, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning former Vice President of United States. So be it.

I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous scientists. I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct. There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. I am incensed by the incredible media glamour, the politically correct silliness and rude dismissal of counter arguments by the high priest of Global Warming.

In time, a decade or two, the outrageous scam will be obvious. As the temperature rises, polar ice cap melting, coastal flooding and super storm pattern all fail to occur as predicted everyone will come to realize we have been duped. The sky is not falling. And, natural cycles and drifts in climate are as much if not more responsible for any climate changes underway. I strongly believe that the next twenty years are equally as likely to see a cooling trend as they are to see a warming trend. See John’s full blog story here.. See John’s forecast blog on the KUSI site here."