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Tackling the Totalitarianism of Islam
By Eileen F. Toplansky
October 28, 2012
As the Arab Spring model implodes in the Middle East, it is even more
urgent that the West understand that behind this ongoing violence is
the inexorable Muslim adherence to sharia law. Sharia is the
unremitting lodestar for their actions.
In his latest magisterial work, entitled Sharia versus Freedom: The
Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism, Dr. Andrew Bostom adds another
enlightening tome to supplement The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War
and the Fate of Non-Muslims (2005) and The Legacy of Islamic
Antisemitism (2008).
Honest scholarship in our politically correct world is a hard commodity
to find. Thus, a debt is owed to Bostom for his continuing
contributions as he give numerous examples to prove that it is the
"centrality of Islamic jihadism" (26) that motivates, inspires,
instigates, arouses, and stirs its adherents toward the unrelenting
goal of a global caliphate. During the recent Ramadan, for
example, there were 260 jihad attacks in 23 countries, with 1,209 dead
and 1,910 critically injured. The so-called religion of peace is
extraordinarily bloody, yet leaders of the free world prevaricate about
its violence.
The culture of death, destruction, and deceit that is Islam is
painstakingly exposed by Bostom. The deep and abiding anti-Jewish
animus in Islam is shown to be integral to Islam. Neither a
byproduct of Western anti-Semitism nor a result of alleged Western
imperialism, to say nothing of the Arab-Israeli conflict,
Muslim-inspired anti-Jewish sentiment actually dates back to before 869
Bostom affirms that this legacy of "Muslim anti-Jewish hatred and
violence" is not some aberrant vision of radical Islam, but rather is
"rooted in mainstream, orthodox Islamic teachings" (83). Bostom
explodes the oft-repeated idea that "Islam's society's hostility is
non-theological" and "not related to any specific Islamic doctrine"
(74). He proves that, a thousand years before any "serious
colonial penetration of the region" (38) could influence views about
Jews, there is evidence that Jews were hated by the Muslims because
they stubbornly denied Muhammad's message.
In fact, the Jews of the period even "coined their own terms for hatred
directed at them by Muslims" (38). Jews used the terms sinuth for
Muslim hatred of Jews and sone for the Muslim hater, thus confirming
that Islamic anti-Jewish hatred existed a millennium ago.
Another myth central to the discussion of Islam is that Jews and
Christians -- i.e., dhimmis -- were well-treated. Blasting the
oft-repeated notion of cordial Muslim relations toward Jewish and
Christian subjects in Muslim-dominated Spain, Bostom cites one pogrom
after another within the Muslim world, and he underscores that Koran
9:111 "provides an unequivocal, celebratory invocation of martyrdom
during jihad" (82).
Repeatedly, Bostom examines the "contract of the jizya" or "dhimma,"
which "encompasses ... obligatory and recommended obligations for the
conquered non-Muslim" (70). In the last thirty years, Europe has
not withstood the onslaught of Muslims, who deliberately do not
assimilate into society, who demand that the countries in which they
reside bend to Islamic will, who hysterically call for sharia-imposed
judicial decisions, who have made sharia-controlled zones that even
police are afraid to enter, who have relegated women to second-class
status, and who intimidate and threaten their host governments with
As Bostom emphasizes, each time that Islam gains ascendancy in an area,
such transition to dhimmi status results in enslavement, forcible
conversion to Islam, and death to the non-believer.
It is no exaggeration to state that there is an ongoing ideological war
against the West. In only thirty years, European support for
"common Euro-Arab positions" now finds itself in a perpetual state of
"dhimmitude and rabid Judeophobia" (170). For example, Muslims
living in Germany believe that the "German Constitution [is]
irreconcilable" with the Koran (172). Muslim immigrants who
demand European welfare benefits actually view these entitlements as a
form of jizya to be paid by dhimmis, aka the host country (188).
Particularly revelatory is the chapter entitled "Sayonara Shari'a:
Japanese Lessons, Lost?," where Bostom relates that after World War II,
"under stern American guidance" (440), Japan was forced to delegitimize
its state religion of Shintoism. In other words, the state would
no longer be able to impose religious belief; nonetheless, the practice
of Shintoism as a "private, demilitarized, and depoliticized personal
faith" was protected (441). Individual religious liberty was
maintained but could not be imposed upon the general populace.
Sadly, this lesson, which produced a vibrant Japanese reconstruction
while protecting individual rights, has been entirely ignored following
the U.S.-led military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Rather than neutralizing the bellicose religious-political-economic
creed of Islam, we have actually helped to promote sharia imposition.
How galling it is to learn that there is a tried and true antidote to
counter the totalitarianism of state-imposed religion, but that the
West ignores it? It is vital to note that there "has never been a
sharia state in history that has not discriminated ... against the non
Muslims (and Muslim women) under its suzerainty" (447).
Islam refuses to reform. Thus, it consigns its followers as well
as non-Muslims to an existence where no "freedom of conscience" can
occur. The modern-day sermons of jihadists receive their script
lines from the ideas of a thousand years ago. Islam, by its very
nature, is unyielding.
Freedom of religion, freedom of press, freedom of speech, assembly, or
petition -- all of which are cardinal ideas enshrined in the American
Bill of Rights -- simply do not exist, will never be permitted, and are
tantamount to sacrilege within the Islamic world. In fact,
dhimmis possess no rights.
Islamic law and American law are antithetical. There can be no
conciliation because sharia "compromises the tradition of equality for
all under the law." Sharia consists of draconian punishments such
as stoning for adultery and homosexuality, death for apostasy,
amputation of hands and feet for highway robbery, and lashing for
drinking wine.
Lest one minimize the Koranic influence in the political Islamic world,
it should be "noted that Koran 3:112 is featured before the preamble to
Hamas's foundational covenant" (76). This verse is related to
Koranic verses 5:60 and 5:78, which describe the Jews' transformation
into apes and swine (5:60). And at Palestinian Media Watch, one
can read about the demonization of Jews through these vicious
canards. Furthermore, as Bostom points out, the Iranian theocracy
sanctions Jew-hatred through its national teacher training programs
Bostom enlightens the reader with background information about the
grand mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin el-Husseini, who played a pivotal
role in Hitler's Final Solution. This non-Aryan was warmly
welcomed (243) by Hitler because both men had the same goals: worldwide
domination and the extermination of Jews.
It behooves the West to learn from the past. Bostom discusses the
experiences of Whittaker Chambers (497) and Arthur Koestler (508), who
initially succumbed to the alleged idealism of communism only to speak
out once this dream of utopia revealed itself to be one of the most
horrific periods in human history. Chambers in his book Witness
writes a searing expose of communism, and we would be well-served to
perceive the similarities between communism's rejection of freedom and
Islam's totalitarian system. Bolshevism and Islam share a
fanatical worldview and are "impervious to reason."
Those who fell under the spell of communism soon learned of the
dimension of its absolute control. Millions of people were killed
under Stalin. Deliberate mass starvation coupled with purges and
slavery were the hallmarks of communism. Intellectual reasoning
was destroyed. The same thing happens in the Muslim-dominated
world. Muslims refuse to become citizens of Western countries
because for them, the world, in all its entirety, is to be
conquered. Where they reside is secondary, as it is the "strong
port" from which an Islamic attack is launched. Islam, like
communism, is an ideology that "is fiercely paranoid [and]
conspiratorial" (505).
The jihadist is counting on American ignorance of the ideas in the
Koran and of the overarching history of Muslim conquest. As
Andrew McCarthy has explained, the jihadists "make Islam appear
unthreatening to limn its detractors as irrational and unracist"
(47). Thus, the jihadist controls the narrative.
Ex-communists enlightened us about the horrors of communism.
Muslim apostates keep warning us about the dangers of Islam. Yet
we ignore it "at our existential peril." Bostom proves that any
sort of Muslim dialogue or interfaith discourse is pointless because
Islam permits no other way of thinking. At Al Azhar, the center
of Islamic studies, a 2008 paper was presented that concluded with the
... Muslim dialogue with Jews in Italy is only possible once Israel has been eliminated.
Thus, genocide is a holy duty for the practicing Muslim, as dictated by the Koran and other theological sources of Islam.
Islamic law is totalitarianism. There can be no freedom in the
Western sense of the word, since the "Islamic understanding of
'freedom,' or hurriyya means perfect slavery" (524), and this slavery
is between Allah the master and his human slaves.
It is vital that the West never forget that taqiyya, the Muslim
doctrine that allows lying in certain circumstances, and tawriya, a
doctrine that allows lying in virtually all circumstances, are
permitted as long as they advance sharia.
As Bostom explains, Muslims who emigrate to Europe and America have the
same determination to modify and change their host countries' laws and
cultural mores. They wish to "supersede Western conceptions of
human rights" with sharia. Thus, "[u]nder the rule of Islam,
there is no equality among people. Absolutely not" (123).
Why do so many express surprise about Islamic global intentions when
repeatedly, Muslim leaders exhort their followers and state that "Islam
will return to Europe as a conqueror" (133)? There is abundant
evidence that Muslim leaders wish to transplant the draconian,
stultifying laws of sharia onto the world.
The Nazis murdered six million Jews and destroyed millions of other
groups during WWII. Under Stalin, Communism was responsible for
the death of 20 million human beings. Islam has the same global
aspirations. Andrew Bostom's indefatigable quest to educate is
monumental. To receive such an encyclopedic edification is a
gift. To use it as a vantage point for action is an
obligation. To do less means that we will go down the road to
dhimmitude, just as the imam wants.
Pakistanis oppose assisting US terror fight
By ROBERT KENNEDY (AP)
October 1, 2009
ISLAMABAD — An overwhelming number of Pakistanis believe their leaders should not cooperate with the U.S. fight against terrorism, according to a poll released Thursday, amid a spate of American missile strikes aimed at Islamist militants that have also killed civilians.
Eighty percent of people surveyed said "no" when asked if Pakistan should assist the U.S. in the "war on terror," according to the poll by the International Republican Institute, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization. That response surged 19 percentage points from 61 percent when Pakistanis were asked the same question in March.
Washington says defeating insurgents in Pakistan is vital for stabilizing neighboring Afghanistan, where violence is on the rise eight years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban. The U.S. believes much of the Afghan insurgency is directed by militants who have sought safe haven in Pakistan's lawless border regions.
The poll said 76 percent of respondents also opposed Pakistan's helping the United States with its missile attacks against extremists. Washington rarely acknowledges that it is behind the strikes, carried out by unmanned drones, and Islamabad publicly protests them. But it is believed that the Pakistani government quietly cooperates with the campaign.
More than 70 missile strikes have been carried out in northwestern Pakistan over the last year, killing top militant commanders and fighters — along with civilians. The former leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, died in an Aug. 5 drone attack.
American officials have said they are considering a strategy of intensified drone attacks combined with the deployment of special operations forces against al-Qaida and Taliban targets on the Pakistani side of the border — part of an alternative to sending more troops to Afghanistan in what is an increasingly unpopular war.
Since Monday, four U.S. missile strikes have killed at least 18 militants in the northwest, according to officials and witnesses.
The drone strikes are unpopular among the public, nationalist and Muslim politicians, and activists but have become so routine that they attract little media attention or public protest in Pakistan these days.
Asked about the possibility of the U.S. launching military incursions into tribal areas, 77 percent of respondents said they were opposed.
The poll also found only 13 percent cited terrorism as the most important issue facing Pakistan. Instead, inflation, unemployment and poverty topped the list, with 72 percent saying their personal economic situation the past year had worsened.
The survey was conducted with 4,900 people in face-to-face interviews between July 15 to Aug. 7. It had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points. The International Republican Institute receives U.S. government funding for its democracy-promotion activities and ties to prominent Republicans, though it's not affiliated with the party.
The poll was released amid continuing violence in northwest Pakistan on Thursday. A suicide bomber drove his explosives-packed vehicle toward an army convoy but soldiers opened fire, unleashing an explosion that wounded four troops and killed the attacker, said government official Hafeez Khan.
Also, the military said Thursday a suicide bomber blew himself up and wounded two troops as they conducted a raid on an insurgent hide-out in the Swat Valley. Another militant also died in the explosion, it said in a statement.
The northwest has series of recent insurgent attacks. Twenty-two people were killed and more than 150 wounded last Saturday in two suicide car bombings.
A struggle for peace
inside Islam
July 20, 2005
By RICK MARTINEZ, Correspondent
For too long our political leaders,
Western-based Muslim clerics and so-called experts have minimized the threat of
radical Islam. Given the popular notion that poverty and social isolation fuel
Islamic anger, we've been led to believe that a combination of Western military
muscle, financial aid and democracy will eventually defeat terrorism.
Conspicuously absent has been the call for Islamic leaders to fully engage in
the theological war that rages within their religion.
Thankfully, that's changing. On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair cast aside political correctness and challenged his nation's Muslim leaders to actively participate in counter-terrorism efforts by monitoring what's taught in mosques, Islamic schools and community organizations. They were also asked to support tough anti-terrorism legislation that's been introduced in the wake of the 7/7 suicide bombing attacks.
The British are teaching the world valuable lessons. First, the "war on terror" is a misnomer. Terror is simply a tool. And second, defeating terrorism isn't possible until non-radical Muslims win the ideological war within Islam.
Moderate Muslims can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines. They have much at stake in this fight -- their own survival. In the radicals' eyes, any Muslim who veers from their narrow and dark misinterpretation of Islam is a nonbeliever, a classification that deserves death. Islamic terrorists have proven they will kill a follower of Islam just as coldly as they will an American soldier.
Radicals have not only perverted theology, they've corrupted Islam's proud tradition of achievement. Terrorists have turned it into a culture that thrives on resentment and grievance. Even moderate Muslim leaders have become too comfortable blaming the economic and political shortcomings of Islamic nations on Israel and the West.
The war in Iraq is just the latest excuse Islamic leaders have allowed radicals to use to justify a doctrine of hate. Islamic jihadists were killing innocents long before the invasion of Iraq, and even today they use the teachings of the Quran to justify torture, decapitation and the killing of innocent Muslims, including children.
Non-radical Muslims must become more militant in exposing the human failure of radical Islam. If they don't and radicals prevail, the tyranny in Afghanistan under the Taliban would be the standard of a modern Islamic state. Under radical Islam, there is no room for secularism, freedom or tolerance. These are the truths that non-radicals must communicate to their youth who mistakenly believe the West is their oppressor.
As Blair asks Muslims leaders to contribute their ideas and theology to the war on terror, Westerners must reciprocate by strengthening our resolve. We must not underestimate radical Islam's long-term view. While on the surface it appears foolish to continue suicide bombings that kill only a few people at a time, body counts aren't important to them. Car and suicide bombings aren't military acts, they're political ones. Terrorists know they can't defeat the West militarily. It's in the political arena where they've won before.
It took Islamic jihadists (along with other forces) 10 years to harass the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan and deliver the country to the Taliban. They have a similar strategy in mind for Iraq. Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi don't believe Americans have the will to tolerate almost daily casualties in Iraq for 10 years.
Once the coalition departs, the goal will be to further infiltrate Iraq and launch a campaign of terror that will eventually topple Middle Eastern governments friendly to the West. After that, they believe Western nations will have no option but to abandon Israel in order to fuel their economies with Middle Eastern oil. Without the West's military and economic assistance, the terrorists believe, Israel will eventually fall. That's their ultimate goal, one that it would put all Islamic holy lands under Muslim control.
Sound irrational? Not to me. Radical Islamists are convinced that economics, time and growing Muslim discontent are on their side. That's why we must take the battle to them not only in the streets but in the mosques as well.
The Long and Bloody History of Islamic Terrorism
Written by Barbara J. Stock
Saturday, July 16, 2005
The Sunday morning pundits preach that the terrorist attacks around the world continue because American troops remain in Iraq. These so-called "experts" claim that Iraq is a training ground for attacks in Europe and America. Have these armchair-terror-experts forgotten the 50-year Islamic training ground called Israel?
These "experts" also seem to believe that this split between so-called "moderate" Muslims and the Islamic terrorists is something new. These "experts" have missed the mark by about 1300 hundred years. The present Islamic terrorists are a result of the split within Islam between Muslims who wish to live in the 21st century, secular Muslims, and the followers of "True Islam" who want the world to be ruled by Islamic Sharia law with the Quran as the new world constitution.
The recent attack in London proves the line between a "moderate" Muslim and a terrorist is very, very thin. It seems with only a small dose of "True Islam" a peaceful Muslim can become a mass murderer.
Islamic terrorism started long before there was an Israel. Sunni and Shia Muslims have been killing each other since the death of Mohammed.
Centuries ago, Islam ruled a large part of the world and Muslims had spread out of the Middle East and moved across Europe, conquering all in their path. At Islam's pinnacle, the Ottoman Empire stretched from Egypt to the Black Sea and from the Persian Gulf to Hungary.
So what happened to the glorious Islamic empire? Today, Islam blames the Crusades, the Jews, Western culture, and Christians for its fall from power. In truth, the most destructive enemy that Islam has ever had was Islam itself.
As the world modernized around them, the Islamic leaders refused to move forward with the rest of the world. Firmly believing in Islamic superiority, the pompous ruling class of religious leaders planted the seeds of hatred towards the West as far back as the 1700s. The ruling Islamic religious leaders believed western inventions were evil things created by evil and inferior people.
Any attempt to modernize the empire was put down by the ruling Islamic body called the ulema which wanted to hold onto its power and maintain Islam in its pure state. This meant no non-Muslim influence of any kind.
It should be no surprise that the western advancements in warfare eventually overwhelmed the archaic ways of Islam. The Islamic dream of ruling the world, was over.
At the end of World War I, France and England carved up what was left of the once great Islamic Empire. All that remained was Turkey. It was the Islamic Turks who slaughtered over 1.5 million Armenian Christians. The Turks blamed the Armenian Christians for assisting in Islam's fall from power. Islam has a long history of blaming others for its failures.
The new leader of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal, wanted Turkey to join the modern world and insisted on a separation of mosque and state, something that infuriated the Islamic leaders. Kemal declared Islam the national religion but did not allow the controlling and backward ways of Islam to destroy the new country. The battle rages today in Turkey between the Islamic leaders and the secular government. Slowly, the Islamic leaders are winning.
By 1924, the glory days of Islam were over.
This inner battle for Islam stewed after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and Middle East came under the influence of western culture. Secular Arab governments, which accepted western modernization, drove the followers of True Islam into a murderous rage.
Today's terrorist movement started in 1928 with the founding of Ikhwan al-Muslimun, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, to oppose the Arab secular governments that stripped the Islamic elite of its power. This group, led by Hassan al-Banna, felt no Islamic country should tolerate a secular government. Islam had always been the judge, jury, and executioner over the people.
This militant group armed and trained itself and became such a problem for the Egyptian government that the terrorist leader, al-Banna, was executed but this only elevated him to martyrdom. The movement grew in power and status.
In the 1950s, a new and extremely radical leader, Sayyid Qutb, convinced his followers that the Quran justified the killing of fellow Muslims. In his book, "Milestones," he encouraged a jihad to remove secular Muslim leaders and claimed it was the duty of all Muslims to return Islam to its former power and glory. Following strict Islamic law could only do this. Secular Muslims were put in a category with Christians and Jews—they were infidels.
Sayyid Qutb was also executed by the Egyptians in 1966, but the Islamic terrorist movement grew and expanded and now has branches of loyal followers in over 70 countries around the globe and these Islamic terrorists are more than willing to kill for their cause.
The embarrassing defeat of Islamic/Arab countries by the lowly "monkey-Jew" in the 1967 Six Day War gave fuel to the Islamic terrorist movement. This humiliating loss to the tiny Jewish state was proof for Islamic terrorists that secular Islamic states were against all that was Islamic. Islamic countries were defeated by a people that True Islam does not even consider human.
Mu'ammar Qaddaffi seized power in Libya in 1969 and he used Libya's vast oil wealth to fund Islamic terror around the world. A decade later, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the secular government in Iran by taking the American embassy personnel hostage and keeping them as prisoners for over a year.
The 1980s saw the Iranian-backed terror group, Hezbollah strike American troops on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and the American embassy was bombed. The United States made the tragic mistake of leaving Lebanon, and the Islamists saw this as a sign of weakness, and a rash of attacks on Americans continued unpunished around the world for the next two decades.
True Islam had its golden moment on 9/11 when it succeeded in attacking the "great Satan" on its own soil. Their bragging and celebration was brief. The American response to that attack took the terrorists by surprise. Believing America was a weak paper-tiger, I believe the invasion of Afghanistan surprised bin Laden. The loss of Afghanistan enraged the Islamists. Afghanistan was True Islam's model for the world. Even more insulting was that the majority of Afghani people seemed to welcome the overthrow of the Taliban.
True Islam couldn't care less about the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The fact Saddam is Muslim means nothing to them. He was a secular infidel. Iraqi Muslims who wish to remain under a secular government are slaughtered like sheep because they too are considered un-Islamic infidels. Radical Islam knows this may well be its only chance to subjugate the Iraqi people under strict Islamic rule and take possession of an oil-rich terrorist training base. If True Islam were to gain control in Iraq, it would immediately join forces with Iran to wreck havoc on the world.
Once a great power, Islam has now been reduced to training the gullible to strap bombs on themselves and blow up a bus or train full of civilians. Radical Islamic leaders have only one goal: To make Islam the only religion, and to put Islamic leaders in command over the entire population of the world. To accomplish this, western civilization, Christianity, Judaism, secular Muslims, and all other non-Muslim forms of religious beliefs, must be exterminated.
There has been one important adjustment in True Islam's plan. It no longer shuns modern weapons and technology. Indeed, Islamics believe that the detonation of nuclear weapons on American soil will bring them a quick victory. This is a serious miscalculation on True Islam's part. A very deadly miscalculation.
If one studies the history of Islam and its violent roots, it is not difficult to understand it. Islamists have killed millions of people over the centuries and killing millions more to accomplish the goal of total Islamic rule does not disturb them.
The number of moderate-secular Muslims is declining as true Islam spreads its rage and hatred to every corner of the world. Time is short. Iran may be only months away from obtaining nuclear weapons. There are reports that several nuclear weapons are already here and in place in America. There can be no signs of weakness from the western world. There can be no negotiations or deals made with True Islam. There can be no quarter given.
History has taught us one thing: It is us, or them. There is no middle ground with terrorists. True Islam has not changed in 1400 years. It is not going to change now.
About the Writer: Barbara J. Stock is a registered nurse who enjoys writing about politics and current events.
Uncompromising Jihad
War on Terror -
Col. Michael Burkert, US Army (ret.)
January 6, 2006 - Worldwide Revolution is in the making. Revolution fomented and advanced by Islam! Islamic revolution is most certainly in the works for Europe. Whether or not the Europeans wake up in time remains to be seen. The Worldwide Islamic Revolution has fooled the politicians in our country as well.
I believe deep down that President George W. Bush understands what lies ahead, but most certainly our congress does not. The "progressive" liberal elements definitely have no concept of the future we face in the War with Islam. They are more interested in tearing down our sitting president and re-establishing liberal control in Washington than bringing a favorable conclusion to the conflict we face as a nation and society.
The revolution that will soon explode in our faces may well serve as a catalyst that brings about the rapid political destruction of the European Union, as we know it today. The realized threat of Islam may create a situation where a powerful German dictator appears suddenly on the scene with the promise to save Germany and Europe from the Islamic menace. You scoff at this statement? What do you think would happen in Germany, if a nuclear device were detonated in Frankfurt, or Munich? Do you think that the current socialist government would survive? It most likely would not!
Already in Brussels, the EU Capitol – and the various other member capitols – the nations of the EU cannot even begin to agree on how to combat the growing menace of Islam.
The French, naturally, are inclined to bury their heads in the sand and hope that the Islamics will simply go away. The Germans are also doing their share of hand wringing and while they've passed some new, tough laws that deal with "Hate Preachers," they remain clueless. The Belgians and Danes have a severe problem as well, and so far have made no progress on dealing with the growing Islamic threat. Disharmony over the fear of Islam is beginning to manifest itself amongst the various nations of Europe.
Islamic radicals have begun using the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as the focal point for fomenting worldwide Islamic revolution. Naturally, Jerusalem is to be the capitol of a worldwide Islamic Empire. One of the most prominent groups advocating worldwide Islam is known as Hizab Altahrir (Party of Islamic Liberation). This "party" is in close alliance with Al-Qaeda, and espouses the same hard-line orthodox Islam of the Wahhabi's most known proliferator, Osama Bin Laden.
Make no mistake about it; there are dark forces out there that fully intend to bring about worldwide Islam through revolution! Revolution brought about by uncompromising Jihad. This is the top political agenda of a growing number of Muslim ideologues. Islam has long been a political philosophy as well as a "religion."
Europe has been specifically targeted by Hizab Altahrir and operates in most all EU nations today. Denmark is of particular interest to the Islamics because of the high concentration of Muslims extant. Over 3% of the population of Denmark is Muslim. Sheikh Issam Amira, a renowned Muslim scholar and "holy man," recently had this to say about Islamic goals and objectives in Denmark:
"Listeners! Muslim population in Denmark is now 3% and rising! They already pose a serious threat to the future of the Danish Kingdom. It's no surprise that in Medina the Prophet (Mohammed) found fewer than 3% of the population, Muslim, but succeeded in overthrowing the regime in Medina and established Islam!
"It's no surprise that our brothers in Denmark have succeeded in bringing Islam to every home in Denmark. Already they fear us, and no doubt will soon embrace Islam. Their weak and decadent monarchy will soon flee the Islamic onslaught that will consume this nation of Infidels. Allah will grant us victory in their land and we will establish the Islamic Empire in Europe, from our revolution in Denmark. Denmark is our land!"
If I were a Dane, I'd be concerned. If I were a European, I'd be concerned, as the Islamic revolution will most certainly not end with Denmark. Sheikh Issam's plans intend for the Islamic revolution to spread to the Scandinavian countries, first Norway, then Sweden and Finland. From there he reckons that the "holy jihad" will take root on the continent of Europe and "following much slaughter" sweep Islam to power. The stated goal is to unite the entire world under the green flag of Islam.
If you ask a Muslim why he wants to send you to hell, he will tell you that he doesn't, Allah does! He will also tell you that only Muslims are eligible to go the heaven. All infidels, no matter how pious and good, automatically go to hell! He will also tell you that Jihad is a "holy duty," and that a Muslim cannot refuse uncompromising Jihad. The question is how many Muslims really believe that? The answer is shocking. A majority of Muslims hold this attitude as a core belief of their faith!
The deeply held faith that "martyrdom" brings on the seventy-two perpetual virgins and little boys called "pearls" in the Koran is a widely held belief as well. Dying in the furtherance of Islam is a Muslims most cherished duty. That theme is becoming more and more pronounced in the Muslim pulpits of the world, to include Muslim pulpits in the United States!
The more I learn about the growing threat of Islam in Europe, as stated by an increasing number of Islamic "holy men," the more parallels I see to Adolf Hitler and his 1925 bestseller, "Mein Kampf." The reason I've come to this conclusion is that the Koran itself, is a chronicle of hatred, confusion and revolution. The Koran is specific in the use of terror and warfare to spread Islam and to ultimately triumph over all others. This was Hitler's stated intention as well. Yet Europe failed to react in time to avoid a world war.
The Koran itself holds the key to defeat Islam. In defeating Islam, Islam is the answer. Yet our leaders are unable to comprehend the enemy we face. All they need do is read the Koran and take it at face value. Of course in the 1920's and 30's, the leaders in Europe could have read Hitler's book and seen what was coming. Only Winston Churchill was astute enough to see the handwriting on the wall while most everyone else was blinded by liberalism. World War II was the most preventable war in history, yet it happened. The perpetrators of the Worldwide Islamic Revolution could be cut off now and stopped, but they won't be.
Political correctness, modern day liberalism and the "progressive" left's national quest for "multiculturalism" clouds our collective minds regarding the threat at hand and the necessary steps we need to take in order to avoid a serious and prolonged WAR. Sadly, we are doomed to a great conflagration of two worlds that will soon collide. That war is the final showdown between Islam and all others. Although the world war has already begun, we as a nation have yet to realize just how serious things are. That will change shortly.
The Islamic enemy still has the initiative in this war. Essentially, he can attack us when it benefits him to do so. That our protectors, the NSA, CIA, FBI, our Customs Service and military have thwarted a number of attacks is commendable. The enemy will continue to probe our defenses and strike whenever he is able to do so. When the next strike occurs, it will be on the enemy's terms.
It's sad that it will most likely take another severe blow to our nation, before people wake-up and demand victory over Islam. Our president has stated the obvious, that we must achieve victory, yet our congress and a large percentage of our populace doesn't see it that way at all. The "cut and run crowd" personified by our "progressive" liberal democrats is ever present and serves to undermine the will of our nation to see this thing through to victory.
What's needed immediately, is a congressional declaration of war against the Islamic enemies of our country, whoever, and wherever they are. Unfortunately, Congress is too weak and wimpy to face reality. They fear big media more than our Islamic enemies. That too will change, once a WMD is used against downtown America. If we have a WMD detonation, it just may sweep "progressive" liberals, once and for all into the "dust bin of history." Just like what happened to their communist soul mates in Russia.
United 93 And The Religion Of The Sword
by Randall James
May 23, 2006
I just saw the movie United 93. I will never view Islam the same. Moreover, I will never be the same.
Qur'an 9:73 "...make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate."
In this article I want to treat Islam and the Qur'an with all due respect, but is this verse and others like them -- coupled with Islamic terrorism such as what we witnessed on 9/11 and around the world -- not inspired by the Qur'an? If I'm wrong, help me on this, but first let me explain why I feel this way. This is not a viewpoint you're going to hear anywhere in the mainstream media -- but you should.
I've heard all sorts of Muslim scholars try to dilute or dismiss the verses in the Qur'an that explicitly incite violence against all non-Muslims, but these verses are what they are, and I've listed some of them throughout this article.
I voted and campaigned for President Bush and I still support him. I like the man. He's a man's man who doesn't cave in because of public opinion. However, he is also a mortal man with mortal failings. How can he publicly call Islam "A noble faith" or "A great religion"? A noble religion would not fly planes into buildings intentionally killing thousands of innocent civilians. By most accounts, 2,986 innocent Americans died painful and horrible deaths on 9/11. Many jumped to their deaths to avoid being burned alive. I'll never forget the video of one couple holding hands as they leapt to their deaths.
Islam is, was, and always will be, the "Religion of the Sword". If it's not, let Muslims around the world prove it to the rest of us by their peaceful actions. But we need to finally understand that appeasement didn't work in 1939 and it will not work now. Both fire and the devil can never be appeased.
Islam is an enemy of the West. The core of the controversy is this: Islam asks your sons to die for Allah, while the Christian God sent His Son to die for you. It could not be clearer to me. Let me say that there are some Muslims who might not be our enemy: for example, there are the Fundamentalists in places like Iran and Syria who are our enemy vs. the Secularists in some parts of Iraq who might not be our enemy.
But all that aside, unless we wake up and realize that we are in a war with Islam, we WILL lose this war. Liberals can say it's not a "war", but it is. According to the Department of Defense as of May 17th, 2006, 2,672 Americans have died in Iraq, so don't insist that it's only a "war on terror". Christians or Jews haven't killed the nearly 3,000 innocent civilian Americans and nearly 2,700 Americans soldiers -- Muslims have. And by all accounts, the future death toll will only escalate. Al-Qaeda and Islam will simply not cease and desist until millions of Americans, Christians and Jews everywhere are murdered and swept away in a similar tide of violence. Make no fatal mistake about it, 9/11 was another overt act of infamy.
It will the beginning of the second Holocaust. Will we idly stand by and allow this to happen?
Only Muslim Extremists?
How can anyone say that it's only "Muslim extremists" who are killing Americans?? For the Muslim who ignores the verses in the Qur'an that basically mandate 'all Muslims kill any non-Muslim', he has violated his religion just as surely as if I were a murderer while claming to be a Christian, despite the numerous verses in the Bible that say that a murder cannot be a Christian, sincere repentance aside. You can't simply throw out portions of the Bible that you don't like. In doing that, you dilute the Truth. And for a Muslim to disregard the 'kill the infidel' verses is to imply that the average Muslim is betraying his god. Period.
You're either a terrorist or a hypocrite -- a terrorist if you believe all that is in the Qur'an, and a hypocrite if you don't. But make no mistake about it: Islam is the religion of the sword. Just look at how the many hundreds of thousands of Muslims in dozens of countries openly rejoiced and paraded on video as the Twin Towers fell. Muslims around the world rejoiced as thousands of Americans were crushed, trapped, burned alive, jumped to their deaths or, as in the case of Flight 93, courageously died as they basically said "No, we will take a stand and fight back!"
Will we fight back? In order to effectively win the war, we must definitively discern who the enemy is. Islam is the religion of the sword, or more recently, of the bomb.
Islam is the enemy of the West. Jeff King, Director of www.Persecution.org and International Christian Concern told me today that: "Western leaders are afraid to say we are war with Islam for fear of inflaming the Islamic world. The truth is we are at war. In fact, Islam has been at war intermittently with the world since its founding. People need to wake up and realize that we have an enemy, and that they are deadly-serious about bringing death and destruction to their doorstep."
Indeed. He also told me that 75% of references to jihad have to do with war, political control, the violent expansion of the religion, and the forced subjugation of the conquered. Take these two verses for example:
Qur'an 8:12 "I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels: Strike off their heads. Strike off the very tips of their fingers."
Qur'an 8:39 "Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and Allah's religion shall reign supreme everywhere."
That doesn't sound peaceful to me. Does it sound peaceful to you? How can Islam be peaceful with verses that say "strike off their heads" or "kill or crucify all infidels"?
Mr. King is also of the opinion that much of this hate against the West is birthed from inside Saudi Arabia. Heaven help us if this is true.
And recently, just what group was it that rioted and burned over 9,000 cars in France? Were they all just Muslim "extremists"??? Impossible. They were, by and large, average everyday Muslims who have harbored a deep and long held anger and hatred of the West and of Christianity or Judaism, even though France and much of Europe have long since departed, to their shame, from Christian and Judeo-Christian precepts.
The long held quote that 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' is unfortunately true. We in the West must unite, all other differences aside, against our apparent common enemy -- Islam. If I'm wrong, help me out here, please.
It is not only a "war on terror". It is partly that, but maybe it should be a specifically declared war on Islam. Anything short of that might possibly bring defeat. This is a new type of war -- kind of like fighting a systemic bodily infection. And like a good doctor confronting a patient that has cancer cells spreading throughout the body, we must correctly diagnose the problem and appropriately treat the illness, however harsh that treatment might seem. Chemotherapy can be quite unpleasant, having many serious side effects, but if the patient wishes to root out the lethal cancer cells and survive, the patient must undergo this treatment.
Similarly, if we wish to survive the escalating onslaught, we must do likewise, as unpleasant as this might initially seem.
You simply cannot fight a "politically correct" war, as we apparently are doing, unless you don't want to win.
We have the best trained military in the world, and I have the greatest respect for those brave warriors who consistently put all on the line for America. May God bless and protect them. We owe them nearly everything.
However, in WWII, if a sniper was shooting at American or Allied troops from a church steeple, we took the church out. Yet mosques that have had snipers and weapons caches in them remained free from fire; in essence, we do nothing. It reminds me of LBJ's micro-management of the Vietnam War, when the President of the United States actually selected the individual targets to be bombed himself. You simply cannot fight a politically correct war, then or now. Take the handcuffs off our troops. Let them win.
Let them win.
To slit the throat of innocent stewardesses and passengers on the planes in the air on 9/11, who were doing nothing more than traveling and working to provide for their families, is just beyond the pale. But this is what Islam apparently wants -- the murder of any and all non-Muslims. Their intent is to achieve their goal in a murderous and violent way. Let the fruit of their actions judge them and their religion.
Qur'an 47:4 "When you meet the unbelievers in the Jihad, strike off their heads and, when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly. Then grant them their freedom or take ransom from them, until War shall lay down her burdens."
So I issue this challenge to the Islamic leadership and insurgents in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere: if Islam is not the religion of the sword, PROVE IT. Suspend all terrorist acts. Reign in your followers and make peace with the rest of the world.
Consider some of the events inspired by this religion and the violent history of Islam:
• Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the sky by Muslims in 1988, not long ago.
• The U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon was bombed by Muslims, as was our military barracks in Saudi Arabia in 1996.
• Muslims also bombed the American Embassies in Africa in 1998.
• Muslims blew a hole in the side of USS COLE.
• In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by Muslims.
• Now, in the Sudan, Islamic vigilante groups, with the express backing of the Sudanese government, are slaughtering Christians and are engaged in making other Christians slaves. This can be easily verified.
• Daniel Pearl, Paul Johnson, Nicholas Berg, Eugene Armstrong, and many others, have had their throats cut or their heads slowly sawed off by whom? Muslims. I've seen some of the videos. Make no mistake about it; should you or members of your family fall into their hands, the same fate, or worse, will befall you.
• The years 622-632 -- A jihad against idolatry among Arab tribes saw Islam conquer the tribes and Islam become the religion of the Arabs.
• 632-1097 -- A jihad against Christians preceded the proclamation of the Crusades.
• 652 AD -- Middle East & North Africa completely conquered.
• 781 AD -- Ephesus and South Turkey were overrun.
• 903 AD -- Most of Greece conquered.
• 1064 -- Georgia, Armenia and Sicily occupied.
• 1453 -- Constantinople falls.
• 1097-1574 -- This jihad successfully defended most of the conquered territories, except in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece.
• 1574-1681 -- Era of forced Islamic colonialism in Eastern Europe.
• 1681-1699 -- Jihad defeated in Vienna, Greece and Hungary.
• 1700-1973 -- The quiet period.
• 1973-1980's -- Oil wealth increases the violent appetite for jihad. Massive funding begins for world-wide terrorist training.
• 1980's-to-the-present -- The present and most violent third wave of Jihad. Innocents are targeted.
Qur'an 5:33-34 "The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet and alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom; save those who repent before ye overpower them..."
The above is not an exhaustive list. There were many more such incidents and more are planned -- and are being planned. In event after event in recent times, it was Muslims who initiated terribly violent and unprovoked attacks on America and her allies. I could a-l-m-o-s-t understand it if these attacks were done against purely military targets, but they were not. The foremost example is obviously the civilian World Trade Center attack, as were the many discotheques where innocent people were also blown up and murdered without any provocation by Muslim suicide bombers.
Travelers at leisure are now legitimate targets according to Muslim theology. Leading Muslims may argue that these terrorist are an extremist fringe, but how many such attacks have been committed by Christians or Jews??
Why am I telling you all this? Partially because I am disturbed and yet energized by the fact-based movie "United 93". Please, I urge you -- I ask you -- go see this movie this week. When I saw the movie Tuesday night, there were only seven people in the entire theater. How sad. So go see it, please. Go see it to honor all those who died without notice, and who also courageously fought back.
Do it to inform yourself.
United 93 is a very accurate fact-based movie. In fact, many of the people who played a role on that fateful day also play themselves in the movie. And I also ask you to forward this article to any and all of your friends, and ask them to do the same. Get the message out. Sun Tzu said "Know your enemy", so if you haven't seen the movie, I urge you to do so.
Qur'an 9:5 "Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them captive, and besiege them and prepare for them each ambush..."
So again, I issue this challenge to the Islamic leadership around the world: if Islam is not the religion of the sword, PROVE IT. Suspend all terrorist acts. If Islam is not our enemy, PROVE IT. Reign in your followers and make peace with the rest of the world. We are a forgiving and understanding people. We will be awaiting your reply by venue of your actions.
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A Moral Outrage
By Mortimer Zuckerman
U.S. News & World Report
March 14, 2008
The world applauded when Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, forcibly removing Jewish settlers. At last, the Palestinians were free to show how they could build their own society.
But what did they do with their freedom? They elected the terrorist organization Hamas in 2006. First Fatah and now Hamas have rained 4,000 rockets on Israel, killed 24, and wounded 620—the equivalent of killing 1,200 Americans and wounding 31,000. The citizens of Sderot and Ashkelon have suffered a collective trauma; children fear that when parents leave for work, they will never see them again.
And what does the world do?
It criticizes Israel—Israel!—for a "disproportionate" response. Israel is discriminating in trying to defend its people. It attacks Gaza's rocket launchers, weapons factories, and terrorists, all hidden in civilian areas.
What is a proportionate response? None at all, it seems.
Hamas kills indiscriminately. It makes no distinction between civilians and combatants. But it is Israel that earns the opprobrium. The moral equivalency was evident in a New York Times headline: "Hamas and Israelis Trade Attacks, Killing at Least Nine." Nor did TV broadcast pictures of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza celebrating the news that eight teenagers had been shot dead and many more injured in the library of a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem.
Would Paris, London, Bonn, or New York sit back quietly if terrorists attacked from sanctuaries somewhere just off their borders?
Silent voices. Where is the world's outrage against these Palestinian war crimes? Twelve resolutions have passed the United Nations Human Rights Council on the conflict, but not one has made even a passing reference to the terrorism against Israel.
Where is the appreciation that while under attack, Israel has continued to supply its enemies with electricity and with 2,500 tons of food and medicines every day? Last year, 14,000 Gazan Palestinians were treated in Israeli medical facilities.
But Palestinians continue to get away with their confidence trick of persuading the world that they are the victims. The death of every Arab woman and child is a propaganda victory for Hamas, so it uses women and children as human shields and then exaggerates the casualties. The distortion foisted on the world is manifest in the celebrated case of the death of Mohammed al-Dura, who was alleged to have been shot by the Israelis in Gaza on the first day of the intifada. Now an independent French ballistic expert reports that he could not have died from Israeli gunfire. The technical analysis shows the shots could have come only from Palestinian positions.
And what of the Palestinian leader supposed to be leading the peace effort? Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas says, "What is happening now in Gaza is more than a Holocaust." Absurd? This from the "peacemaker" whose doctoral dissertation included the theory that European Zionists conspired with the Nazis to push for the Holocaust so that it could ultimately result in the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. According to Abbas's writings, 6 million Jews were not sent to the gas chambers to be killed but were among corpses cremated for sanitation reasons.
Some suggest Israel should deal with Hamas; there is talk of Egypt negotiating a truce. But why negotiate with an enemy dedicated to Israel's destruction? Recognition of Hamas would prove that terrorism, not diplomacy, is the way to gain Israeli concessions—not to speak of international support—and would strengthen Hamas in the West Bank. Any truce would protect the smuggling of arms and munitions until Hamas can attack again, with missiles that can reach Tel Aviv.
This current turmoil is a direct outcome of Bush administration misjudgments. We forced the Israelis and the Palestinians to include Hamas in the 2006 election. Later, we caused the removal of Israeli control of the Philadelphi road, a crucial barrier in the protection against the smuggling of arms, insisting it be left to the Palestinians under Egyptian and European supervision. Israeli protests that foreign troops would not stop either terrorists or arms from making their way into Gaza went unheeded.
America has an extra moral obligation to defuse this crisis. We should pressure Egypt by both political and economic means to stop the smuggling. Hamas must be contained. In the meantime, we have a war of attrition with Hamas determined to show Fatah's Abbas that terrorism is the only path. In the process, Hamas has made a mockery of President Bush and the Annapolis process. It has made it clear in blood that it will not permit Abbas to conduct real diplomatic negotiations.
The entire Arab world watches to see if Israel can find a way to deter Hamas—or if terrorism, with the acquiescence of the hand-wringers, can win.


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Posted Feb 14, 2013 19:15 UTC (Thu) by Serge (guest, #84957) [Link]
Maybe. :) But it's not that obvious.
> DirectFB is a very lightweight X-server look-alike moved into the kernel.
It does not require kernel patches. It only builds a fusion kernel module for fast IPC. And it's much farther from X-server than Wayland.
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Wow! I can't believe we're actually here already. Magisterium is now officially released. It's in stores and shipping from web retailers!
Once again I'm bowled over by the simple fact that I'm actually being given the chance to publish a book. Geez, I really hope that doesn't come off as false humility cause it's really true. As many of you may know, I went through many many years of rejection before getting here so the idea that I now have a 2nd book that was made a Junior Library Guild Selection and is now sitting on bookshelves and making it's way through the mail to people's doorsteps is simply amazing.
Thanks to everyone at Scholastic, my amazing family and my sweet wife Gertie! Also thanks to every bookstore, school, library, festival and conference that has supported me for the last two years.
I'm super excited about this book and hope you all will be too!
So what am I doing for my release day? Well it's a beautiful and slightly chilly fall day here in Beacon so I'm thinking I'll be making up a batch of butternut squash soup, putting a fire in the fireplace and hanging out with Gertie and our growing menagerie of animals. Should be much fun!
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During the next several months, beach-goers may come across the mature pups that have been left temporarily unattended on Half Moon Bay and Pillar Point Harbor beaches while their mothers hunt for fish and leave their mature pups on the beach to fend for themselves.
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Summary: Edmund lets Jeffrey know that if he does not remain dead, Reva's children's lives will be in danger. Jonathan wants to take his daughter somewhere safe. Marina thinks that everyone should know that Shayne is really Henry's father. Reva and Josh are both happy when they hear the news. Shayne… |
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FBN's Jeff Flock with the latest report on the impact of Tropical Storm Isaac.
Aug 30, 2012
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Aug 30, 2012
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-- minute but the other of course is the storm and hurricane Isaak ripped through New Orleans yesterday there were 800000 plus people left without power there.
It was the seventh anniversary of the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina itself the memories for many people in that area there are still.
Well fresh I'm sure their minds and I'm Jeff Flock at what was their four.
And -- there for Katrina he was there yesterday for Isaac and he's back with this.
I yet again today and up -- I finally you -- stand up and look at this in the wings appears to die down at least a little bit.
You know the great thing about those squalls come through is that when you get a squall at this point of storm with the fingers again just being here.
Pieces of the storm but -- left -- after the squall is done to get some nice breeze to -- -- dry you all out so that's a positive.
Indeed Katrina and -- sixth two different storms but in some ways Isaak.
-- more of a -- and Katrina in terms of the rainfall amounts and bringing.
Water to areas that didn't get.
Water in.
Katrina and now this is an area this community right here is an area that did get a lot of flooding from Katrina this is the floodwall that you see that has been built.
-- at the cost of about fourteen and a half billion dollars this.
Flood wall system and it's the entire system the cost fourteen billion dollars.
Protects a lot of communities if you look out to the left though and I think -- Lance is able to a pan out there.
You -- pitch black those communities out there are all in darkness and -- you know you're talking net a lot of obvious at this morning about the Republican Convention tonight.
And I do believe view that there is a Republican convention going all -- tell you if you -- in New Orleans.
Or anywhere where.
This storm has been hitting you didn't see -- Romney didn't see Chris Christie didn't see Paul Ryan and chances are you may not -- Mitt Romney tonight.
Because you have bigger fish to fry at the moment and -- worth noting that a significant chunk of the world is.
You know got their radios on at their listening to.
Storm coverage but they're not listen to the convention.
But you know it's it's not an insignificant job but it's small -- -- -- a country but.
A piece nonetheless we will watch just today I give you more a look at this flood wall see what your tax dollars to -- for that is -- if you remember the name now.
Out that way as the punch -- train there which.
Is it inland sea if -- and you'll see what that looks like just as soon as.
The lord cooperates abraxis.
If that's again and I Jeff thank you my friend as always Jeff Flock I want.
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That may be true, but not yet my intention. Armarize is in its current design meant for the regular ArmA2-player and not for clans or even leagues. Well, for the moment I want to solve bugs and improve the current features. If that is done I may implement new features for clans and communities as well.
Sounds reasonable. But even if I would implement it, that's such a new feature as the custom repository is.
Copying the command line... what's the difference to creating shortcuts that many programs are providing?
Hmm.. I experienced such a problem myself when I was using my old internet-router. (Old means around 5-6 years) Also one of my mates with a very low internet connection experienced it. So I think I have to affirm that, unfortunately. The problem is that my experience in network programming (especially socket programming) is not good enough so that I would be able to solve it. If someone within this forum reads this and wants to view at my sources for doing some suggestions then I would be very happy. --> http://www.armarize.com/downloads.ph...detail&df_id=6


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Documentarist Christopher Monger's Special Thanks to Roy London profiles famed acting coach London (1943-93), a man with resounding professional success (including a litany of former pupils who graduated to A-list Hollywood triumph), but who remained guarded about his teaching methods and philosophies on acting. In this program, Monger examines London through the eyes of many of the said pupils, including Jeff Goldblum, Hank Azaria, Garry Shandling, Geena Davis and Patrick Swayze. The title, of course, refers to the much-deserved "special thanks" that many of these celebrities have given London in speeches and credits.
- MPAA Rating: Not Yet Rated
- Genre(s): Documentary,Special Interest
- Run Time: 90min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 07/23/2007
- DVD Release Date: 09/23/2008
- Director(s): Christopher Monger
- Themes: Bohemian Life,Life in the Arts,Teachers and Students,Tortured Genius
- Keywords: AIDS, acting, coach, homosexual, student
- Language: English
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text: As soon as Jamie was home, she turned on the tv, watching the fight between the super hero, Dragon Knight, and Watterian. she watched it, her hands clentched into fists. Sue told her to turn that 'junk' off, but she told her to fuck off and continued to watch. They were hitting each other and it seemed like a very intense fight. Though, there was one hard hit at Watterian and she gasped, watching as the villian was thrown, smashed straight through a car. She watched as Watterian got up and took a few steps from the car, bleeding heavily, and then, though the villian was weak, made the car start to steam, giving him a good cover. When the steam cleared, he was gone.


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Derrick takes us backstage on the night of the first Broadway preview of this hot new musical!
September 25, 2009Derrick hangs with Memphis leading man Chad Kimball.
December 21, 2009Get to know Leon, the Shubert Theatre stage doorman!
October 7, 2009Derrick goes up on the auction block for a good cause!
January 13, 2010It's opening night for Memphis!
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Scrappy Men's Basketball Efforts Falls Just Short, 70-64, at George Washington
Washington, D.C.—The UMBC men's basketball team put up a scrappy effort, but it fell just short, as George Washington edged the Retrievers, 70-64, before 2,103 fans at the Smith Center on Thanksgiving eve.
Senior forward Darryl Proctor (District Heights, Md.) led all scorers with 17 points and led the Retrievers with nine rebounds in all 40 minutes of action. Senior guard Jay Greene (Whitehall, Pa.) also played all 40 minutes and amassed 11 points, nine assists and just one turnover against the constant pressure defense of the Colonials.
Trailing 57-56 with 8:49 to play, UMBC had two chances to take the lead, but Greene misfired on a pair of jump shots. GW's Tony Taylor then buried a three-pointer to start a 9-2 run and the Colonials took a 66-58 advantage with 4:14 to play. But Proctor hit field goals on three consecutive possessions and UMBC forced a missed shot and two turnovers to climb within 66-64 on Proctor's baseline jumper with 41 seconds left.
Greene fouled Taylor with 19 seconds to play and the freshman hit the first of two shots, but drew iron with the second. But GW forward Damian Hollis got the carom and tipped it in to give the hosts a 69-64 advantage. Greene's hurried jumper was off the mark with 10 seconds left and Taylor made one additional free throw with seconds left to provide the final margin.
UMBC was outrebounded for the fourth consecutive game, as the Colonials held a 39-29 advantage on the boards. The Retrievers only turned it over nine times, but hit just 12 of 30 second half shots after converting on 15 of 29 in the first 20 minutes.
Junior forward Justin Fry (New Bloomfield, Pa.) scored 12 points, all in the first half, as he picked up his fourth foul in the first minute of the second stanza and played only 21 total minutes. Sophomore forward Rich Flemming hit five of seven shots and scored 11 points.
The game was tied at 37-all at halftime, but GW came out on a 7-0 run to take control. UMBC would battle back and tie the game at 53-all on a Chauncey Gilliam (Columbia, Md.) free throw with 10:54 to play.
UMBC hit nine of its first 12 shots from the floor, sparked by the marksmanship of Fry, who hit all five first half field goal attempts, including a three-point field goal. Trailing 11-9, Rich Flemming opened a 14-2 run to give UMBC a 22-13 lead at the 12:21 mark of the first half with a dunk and free throw and Greene and Fry contributed three-pointers. But the Colonials countered with an 11-0 burst to retake the advantage at 24-22 at the 8:35 mark of the stanza. Flemming capped the half with a follow shot of a Brett Burrier missed free throw with 22 seconds left and the teams went to the half tied at 37-all.
Guard Noel Wilmore led George Washington with 14 points, as the hosts hit 12 of 23 second half attempts. GW's win tied the all-time series at three apiece.
UMBC returns home after four games to host Toledo on Saturday afternoon at 2:05 p.m.


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This is a week to recognize, celebrate, and thank volunteers, and Roncalli is blessed with the best.
As a private school, we must ask for financial donations, and we're fortunate to receive support from many people. That support is multiplied by the efforts of many volunteers who do so many things to make Roncalli a great school. We operate on a tight budget, but with our volunteer help, each budget dollar goes much further, and we function like a much bigger school.
Our volunteers do too many things to list, but among many tasks, they help in our classrooms; drive students to out-of-town sporting events and other activities; run and work at our special events; work in the concession stands and take tickets; pray in our chapel; paint classrooms and gyms; replace playgrounds; prepare meals for teams and baked goods for fundraisers; and so much more.
Thanks so much to all of our volunteers - current parents, parents of alumni and friends. With you, we excel!
Stacy Levsen, president
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Peggy Cox, Roncalli Junior/Senior High School principal
Mary Schwab, Roncalli Primary School principal
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USU Soccer Concludes Brief Homestand Against Louisiana Tech on Alumni Day Sunday
Oct. 8, 2011 LOGAN, Utah - - Utah State women's soccer concludes a short two-match homestand on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1 p.m. against Western Athletic Conference rival Louisiana Tech at Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field. With a 2-0 win against New Mexico State on Friday, the Aggies (9-4-1 overall, 1-1-0 WAC) snapped a five-match stretch without a victory. USU returned home to Logan and saw its to leading scorers take charge. Senior forward Shantel Flanary and sophomore midfielder Kendra Pemberton both scored in the win. Flanary leads the team and the WAC in points scored with 19 off of nine goals and one assist. Pemberton is second on the team in points with 10 off of two goals and a team-leading six assists. Senior goalkeeper Molli Merrill is second in league matches in goals against average with a 0.93 GAA. Merrill also has five shutouts this season which is second in the WAC. The nine wins overall matches last season's win total when USU ended the 2010 campaign 9-7-5. Utah State holds a 6-0 series advantage against the Lady Techsters. All of their meeting have taken place since the teams joined the WAC. The last three meetings have been decided by one goal. Last season, the Aggies defeated the Lady Techsters, 1-0, in Ruston behind a Heather Pond goal. Louisiana Tech (8-3-4 overall, 1-1-0 WAC) had won four-straight matches, before losing 3-2 in overtime to Nevada in Reno on Friday. The Lady Techsters have one of the most potent offenses in the league and one of the most stingy defenses. LTU has out-scored its opponents 25-8 this season. Olivia Lukasewich leads the team with six goals and one assist for 13 points. Caitlin Updyke has started 14 of Louisiana Tech's 14 matches this season, allowing only eight goals for a 0.55 goals against average. At half time, several former Aggie soccer players will be recognized on Alumni Day.
The Aggies will then hit the road for a pair of WAC matches. On Sunday Oct. 16, Utah State will face Nevada at 2 p.m. (MT) for its only match of the week. The following week, the Aggies will face Idaho in Moscow on Friday, Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. (MT). Fans can follow USU soccer on Twitter and Utah State Athletics at http://twitter.com/USUAthletics. |


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Manolo and me , from the spanish subforum, had been working in a mod for Civ IV BTS to integrate pitboss game with a webpage. Also, I had been working in a Smart device version of this mod.
The hole idea of this mod is to receive in your mobil device alerts of what evers goes on in your pitbosses games. The same messages you normally get in the game, but in your mobile and in real time
Also, get messages from others players and reply from anywhere without need to connect to the pitboss server.
The project had a facebook page at
But we need help to finish it. And you can help us, simply go to the facebook page and give us your "I like this" option. The project is suscribed to a smartdevices application challenge and the application with more "likes" in facebook page will get a year of technical support and help.
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Written by Jodie Danaan and Tricia Szirom (2010-11 Co-Presidents of GAIA Inc.)
The GAIAN Flame of Australia was lit at the point of Spring Equinox 2011 by creating a spark directly from the sun. This sacred flame was nurtured in the heat of the Australian bush, using eucalypt leaves and twigs in a ceremony conducted by the GAIA Inc. committee. As the spark struck and became light, butcher birds, currawongs, crows and cockatoos all came near. We chanted Pele, Bridget, Kali… Pele Bridget Kali and the flame grew strong.
The GAIAN Flame of Australia was then merged with the Flame of Bridget from Kildare and the Flame of Iberia from Spain, brought here in 2011.
We brought the flame to the GAIA community to breathe it into life. The creation of the Flame was guided by the advice of several Indigenous Elders. After many discussions we were asked not to create a young new flame in this country, but rather reach back to the ancient wisdom already held by the ancestors of this land and bring that wisdom forward with respect to join with this GAIAN Flame. We were asked to hold an ancestor ceremony at the Goddess Conference 2011 and to welcome the ancestors into this place and to the Flame. Elders would conduct ceremony at the same time we did ours. Our ceremony was to be done respectfully and in silence. I was told it would probably rain that night.
Against all my instinct to chant and dance to the power of fire, I held a fire ceremony in silence. Nearly 100 people sat in silence in a circle at the Goddess Conference, welcoming the ancestors into the Flame and giving respect for Elders today and Elders of the past who have taken care of this great ancient Mother since the beginning of time. During the ceremony, Elder Bilawara Lee used her clap sticks to walk me around the circle and each person whispered a world of love into the Flame.
Then Kathy Jones of the Glastonbury Goddess Temple brought the Lady of Avalon into our presence. In profound ceremony she merged the water, the air, the earth, the fire and the spacious essence of Avalon, with these elements here in Australia. Kathy opened a container sharing the air of Avalon with ours, she poured the sacred waters of Avalon into a bowl of rich Australian earth. Adding Australian water, she then mixed earth from the Sacred Isles into our earth. Then she added the beautiful flame of Avalon to the GAIAN Flame of Australia and took another candle to light, to take our Flame home to the British Isles, to add to the Avalon Flame in Glastonbury.
The ceremony deeply and significantly linked our two countries, by bringing the sacred light of Avalon and the ancestral Goddess to this land, and taking our unique Australian Flame with its ancient traditions and beauty to share with respect in Avalon. A beautiful and ancient tradition of sharing sacred flames brought into the modern day.
We sung together as we each touched our skin to this beautiful alchemy of earthy elements. Each person received a candle and lit our own sacred Flame from the combined GAIAN Flame of Australia, to take home and back out into the world. Torrential rain poured all that night.
The creation of the GAIAN Flame of Australia and the merging with the Flame of Avalon unites the energy and light from many other Sacred Flames.
The light of the Flame of Avalon is created from;
Ø The 2004 Goddess Conference flame- from the central altar that burned though-out the conference.
Ø Brigit's Flame-Brought from Kildare in Ireland.
Ø The Hiroshima Peace Flame-Originally lit by a woman survivor from the burning embers of the nuclear aftermath.
Ø Bridie's Flame -From the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides
Ø The Children's Flame - From the United States
Ø The Madonna Ministry Flame - From the United States.
The GAIAN Flame of Australia represents the diversity and sacredness of life in this land, the respect for our Goddess traditions, and respect for the ancient Dreaming that is the lifeblood of this landscape.
Each member of the current Committee holds the Flame and many of our members tend the flame in their own sacred spaces and circles, and continue to share this sacred flame with people of Goddess.
Since the creation of the GAIAN Flame of Australia a number of members have held special ceremonies to share this Flame with friends and family members.
We would love to hear the stories of people who have shared the Flame of Australia. Many have already sent us beautiful photos of the flame alive in their workshops, circles and sacred space.
The GAIAN Flame of Australia represents Goddess in this country and draws from traditions of our ancestors across the world, joined with the sun and plants of this sacred county. It holds the dreams and visions of thousands who love life, honour Goddess and cherish our Earth Mother.
May the light of the Mother continue to burn brightly in our hearts and lives.
How do I connect with the GAIAN Flame of Australia and how do I tend the flame?
Each tea light is a descendant of the original Flame and is connected to other sacred Flames of Goddess around the world. When people light a candle from a sacred flame, it is believed that the essence of the flame is still held within the candle, in the wick, even after it is blown out. This allows sacred flames to be shared around the world, be tended and then lit again to bring in Her light.
It is customary to transfer the sacred flame from the tea light onto your main candle and let it burn dusk till dusk. Keep or tend the Mother flame in whatever way you wish. If you cannot tend a flame for this length of time, then just spend whatever time you can tending the sacred flame and feeling the light of Goddess. There is no right or wrong way of tending the flame. Do ritual, sing, meditate…or simply sit and feel the light of the Mother spreading around the world.
In choosing to tend the sacred Flame you play a part in holding and experiencing the energy of the GAIAN Flame of Australia. You are taking part in a truly ancient Goddess tradition, She will reach you and She will change you.
As you tend the flame, know many others around the world are also tending the sacred flame of the Earth Mother, and the more the flame is shared, the more Her light and love grows. Sharing the wisdom and light of the flame has been practised for tens of thousands of years. With the light of the GAIAN Flame of Australia now being shared and kept alive, may the respect of the Dreaming Law of this land and all Her people, and the ancient resonance and love of the Goddess continue to grow in us all.