"Islamist Turkey" - Rize Mufti’s office to condemn Valentine’s Day in Friday speech

"Islamist Turkey" - Rize Mufti’s office to condemn Valentine’s Day in Friday speech.(HD).

The Mufti’s Office in the Black Sea province of Rize has sent mosques in the city a text condemning Valentine’s Day, which will be read by imams during their Friday sermon.

The special day falls on Friday this year, the Muslim holy day and the day on which imams give weekly sermons to the community. The text sent by the Mufti’s Office explains that there is no Valentine’s Day in Islam.

“In our religious ideology, there is no Valentine’s Day, because you cannot assign a day for love. The love for which a day is assigned is a lost treasure. The best gift to our dear spouses is our heart, full of love and loyalty. The most beautiful bouquet is a warm heart and a smiling face,” the sermon stated.

“In a world where betrayal and violence have been rising, how much is the fictional Valentine’s Day worth?” it added.

Hmmm...... Corinthians 13:4-7. 

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

Indonesia Islamic 'conservatives' protest Valentine's Day

Indonesia Islamic 'conservatives' protest Valentine's Day.(Xin).Islamic conservatives in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-populated nation, voiced opposition to Thursday's Valentine's Day celebrations, saying they promote teen "sex parties" and premarital sex.
After the deputy mayor in the conservative city of Depok on Jakarta's outskirts urged parents to stop their children from celebrating, local religious leaders voiced support.
"We don't want to completely ban Valentine's Day but it's not for teenagers," Depok secretary of the country's largest Muslim organisation Nahdlatul Ulama, Raden Salamun Adiningrat, told AFP.
"Teenagers see it as a time to express love and affection and they often end up in sex parties, like in the West."
The Head of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Depok, Habib Idrus Al Gadhri, declared the day "haram" (forbidden) for Muslims, claiming it is part of the culture of "infidels".
"It's Western culture and immoral so it's ironic Muslims celebrate it," he said.
Despite the calls, many of the country's glitzy malls, hotels and restaurants are offering love-themed banquets and special events.
Around 90 percent of Indonesia's 240 million people are Muslim but the vast majority practise a moderate form of the religion.
Nonetheless, dozens of schoolgirls wearing headscarves in eastern Java's Malang city protested against the day, declaring February 14 "headscarf day".
With plans to protest in several cities, the girls have distributed pamphlets illustrating how men and women should dress modestly, covered from head to toe.
Local media reported protests in the central Java city of Solo on Wednesday, where nearly 500 elementary school students and teachers marched against youths celebrating the day. They carried signs reading "Valentine, Infidel Culture".
Authorities in some cities such as Balikpapan on Borneo reportedly said they would monitor cheap hotels and conduct raids on unmarried young couples.
The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI), the country's top Muslim body, has declared Valentine's Day haram several times in recent years.
Islamic organisations such as the Solo MUI chapter and the FPI last week called on Muslims not to take part in Chinese New Year celebrations on the grounds these were linked to Buddhist rituals. Hmmmmm.....Obama: "Indonesia is an example of religious tolerance."Read the full story here.

Anti Valentine's Day Demo in Pakistan.

Indonesia: Muslims Warned Against Observing Valentine’s Day in Sharia Controlled region.

Indonesia: Muslims Warned Against Observing Valentine’s Day in Sharia Controlled region.(TheJakartaGlobe).Ulema in Aceh have warned Muslims, the younger generation in particular, that observing Valentine’s Day is not allowed in Islam and against Shariah law that is in force in all of Aceh province.“It is haram for Muslims to observe Valentine’s Day because it does not accord with Islamic Shariah” Tgk Feisal, general secretary of the Aceh Ulema Association (HUDA), said on Monday.In Islam, he said, love should not be expressed or shown on a certain day only but every day. “Therefore, Islam’s younger generation should not participate in the celebration of a foreign festivity,” he said.Faisal Ali who is also chairman of the Aceh branch of Nahdlatul Ulama called on Muslim parents, especially those in Aceh, to instruct and supervise their children in the matter.
“We must prevent the Muslim younger generation in Aceh from being poisoned by a culture that contradicts our Muslim values. Therefore, everybody, parents in particular, should give our youth the proper guidance,” he said.
“Islamic Shariah cannot prevail in Aceh as expected if it is not supported fully by the government and other parties in authority,” he said. The government must also watch out for youths participating in Valentine’s Day activities in Aceh, he said.Hmmm.....Obama:"Indonesia is an example of religious tolerance". Read the full story here.

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• Iran Live Blog : 25 Bahman / 14 February. "My Bloody Valentine "? Here. Television viewers around the world following events in Cairo over the past few weeks have become familiar with the layout of Tahrir Square, epicenter of the Egyptian uprising. Here's a bird's-eye comparison with Azadi Square, the intended destination of the Monday march planned for Tehran. Here.

• Mousavi & Karroubi: IRGC, Basij, Army will not abandon Iranian people.GVF — ‏‪In the lead-up to the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, ‬the Leaders of Iran‪'‬s opposition Green Movement have‪ called on the Iranian people not to tolerate tyranny and signaled that Iran's armed forces would not leave the Iranian nation alone.‬In a statement released on Tuesday‪,‬ Mousavi and fellow opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi said that the 1979 Islamic Revolution was the outcome of the people'‬s will to take "their destiny into their own hands‪."‬‏‪"What we saw in the those days, was not a mere displacement ‬of political power‪,‬ but the arrival of a new discourse and the departure of an old one which believed that it could continue to exist by shutting all the doors for the gradual reform of the state and society, by resorting to a coup d'état‬ reliant on control‪-‬seeking foreign powers and negligence on the part of this country‪'‬s ‪[most] caring [individuals], by ‬arresting scores of freedom‪-‬seekers‪,‬ by enforcing press censorship,‬ by pouring oil revenues into the pockets of opportunists in power‪,‬ by arming itself to the teeth using all sorts of weapons‪,‬ by employing a deafening propaganda machine‪ and the illusion of having an immense role in regional and global developments, by turning a blind eye to rivals and critics, and considering themselves and their associates as 'everyone' while viewing as sacred a power that lacked ‬the people‪'‬s approval‪,"‬ wrote the men‪ who maintained that Iranian people's sense of responsibility had placed them "at the forefront of regional societal developments" and the formation of though "in recent decades."‬Mousavi and Karroubi stated that the ‬most important concern for the Elite Council charged with writing Iran‪'‬s constitution following the Islamic Revolution was ‪"‬finding ways to prevent the formation of authoritarianism‪,‬ despotism and dictatorship in any sh‪ape or form" and that the constitution was written at a time when the people's main concern was "equality" "brotherhood" and "justice."‬ ‪"‬The people who rose up during the revolution intended to remove ‪[‬inequality‪]‬ by adopting a model ‪[‬of governance‪]‬ that was based on the just rule of ‪[‬Imam‪]‬ Ali‪."Read the full story here.

• 'A weapon of mass destruction was found in the U.S.': Shock confession of Customs officer.A port official has admitted that a 'weapon of mass effect' has been found by 'partner agencies' in the U.S., raising major questions over a possible government cover-up.The disturbing revelation came in an interview with San Diego's assistant port director screened by a television channel in the city.The Customs and Border Protection Department tried to dampen speculation over his remarks, but doubts remained over whether he had inadvertently revealed a dirty bomb plot to attack the U.S. mainland.Concern over a secret WMD bust came after U.S. cables made public by the Wikileaks whistleblower website revealed terror groups were plotting a 'nuclear 911.In the interview screened by San Diego’s 10News, Al Hallor, assistant San Diego port director, said ‘weapons of mass effect’ had been found, although he did not specify exactly where or what they were.Reporter Mitch Blacher asked Mr Hallor: ‘Do you ever find things that are dangerous like a chemical agent or a weaponised device?’‘At the airport, seaport, at our port of entry we have not this past fiscal year, but our partner agencies have found those things,’ the customs official replied.‘So, specifically, you're looking for the dirty bomb? You're looking for the nuclear device?’ asked Mr Blacher.‘Correct. Weapons of mass effect,’ said Mr Hallor.

‘You ever found one?’ asked Mr Blacher.

‘Not at this location,’ Mr Hallor said.

‘But they have found them?’ asked Mr Blacher.

‘Yes,’ said Mr Hallor.He was explaining how the port checks cargo ships arriving at the port. He suggested the customs ‘partner agencies’ may have found the 'weapons of mass effect.'Former Secret Service agent and airline security director Glen Winn told 10News Mr Hallor’s comments appeared to be credible.‘This person was, I believe, knowledgeable, has a very important position with the port and the government and as such has that knowledge,’ he said.Hmmmm.......Read the full story here.

• HT:Aina.President Obama Invited Muslim Brotherhood; What About Coptic Christians?Coptic Christians in America, with the support of other Americans, are concerned for their counterparts living in Egypt. Also in danger could be people of other faiths, including Muslims of unpopular sects.A Coptic Christian is an Egyptian, living in Egypt or abroad, who believes in Jesus Christ. "Coptic" means Egyptian. Coptic Christians follow either the Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant form of Christianity.Coptics are concerned that while President Barack Obama invited the Muslim Brotherhood to participate in forming a new Egyptian government, neither he nor others in his administration specifically invited Egypt's Christian population or other religious groups to the table.Although White House spokesman Robert Gibbs' Jan. 31 speech called for "nonsecular" participation in discussion of a new Egyptian government, the only religious group invited by name was the Muslim Brotherhood.Voice of the Copts is a representative body of Coptic Christians in the USA. Its website criticizes Obama's refusal to admit the Muslim Brotherhood is not a threat while he himself states the Brotherhood is well-organized with anti-American ideas. Voice of the Copts informs that there are many kinds of people in Egypt and all must be considered.By various reports, there are ten to twelve million Coptic Christians in Egypt. This is 15 percent to 20 percent of the population. The fear is, that if the Muslim Brotherhood turns out to want Sharia law (Islamic religious law) to become state government law, what will become of these Christians?And what will become of Muslims who are the "wrong" sect of Islam? In countries currently governed by Sharia law, a Muslim can be an unpopular type of Muslim, depending whether leaders in the regime are Shia or Sunni. They can be shunned from employment, dispossessed of their homes, persecuted, tortured or killed just like any other religious minority.The New York Sun reported in May 2010 that Coptic Christians have been unable to obtain an audience with President Obama to discuss religious persecution in Egypt. They don't mind Obama's hand extended to the Muslim community, but the fact that their own is ignored is extremely frustrating.Hmmmm..... I for one would love to see the Christian" President Obama his Baptism certificate with or without the birth certificate.Because none of his actions show anything Christian like!Read the full story here.

• HT:IsraelMatzav.Mubarak stashed the cash and where is he now?The 'Palestinian' Maan news service reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is so seriously ill that he fainted before giving his ill-fated non-resignation speech on Thursday night. But that illness did not stop him from stashing millions of dollars in cash in 'untraceable bank accounts' during the 18 days before his resignation. On Friday night Swiss authorities announced they were freezing any assets Mubarak and his family may hold in the country's banks while pressure was growing for the UK to do the same. Mr Mubarak has strong connections to London and it is thought many millions of pounds are stashed in the UK.But a senior Western intelligence source claimed that Mubarak had begun moving his fortune in recent weeks."We're aware of some urgent conversations within the Mubarak family about how to save these assets," said the source, "And we think their financial advisers have moved some of the money around. If he had real money in Zurich, it may be gone by now."The Bahrain-based newspaper Al-Wasat reported Saturday that Mubarak had fallen into a coma, quoting sources close to the deposed leader.The Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm said Sunday that Mubarak was in Baden, Germany for medical treatment.And it was reported on Israel Radio earlier today that Mubarak is in Dubai.Hmmmm.....As i said earlier he had 18 days to move the money and yes who wouldn't want to spend his last years in Dubai's islands of the world?Read the full story here.

• HT:Memri.Iranian Senior Official: U.K. Ambassador Barred from Iran.Hossein Ebrahimi, a member of the Iranian Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said that the Iranian regime has decided to ban Simon Gass, the U.K. ambassador to Iran, who is currently away from the country, from returning there, in light of his "anti-Iran activities" and his appointment as NATO's envoy to Afghanistan.Hmmmm.....Meanwhile Iran is having the Turkish President as a guest ,Turkey a NATO member active in Afghanistan and close friend of Pres Obama judging from his many Telephone calls lately to the Turkish leaders.Are we being betrayed........ is Israel being served on a platter as the sacrificial lamb to hold the peace in the Middle East?Read the full story here.  

• Turkish FM: Israel wants to be only democracy in ME.Davutoglu criticizes Jewish state for 'linking' Egyptian opposition to Iranian regime, trying to define itself as 'purely Jewish'. "Israel is losing its allies only because of its policies," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told CNN-Turk News Saturday night.Addressing the collapse of Hosni Mubarak's regime in Egypt, Davutoglu said Israel "takes pride in being a democracy, but does not want any other country to be a democracy." According to Davutoglu, Israel has tried to link the Egyptian opposition to the Iranian regime and make the issue a regional problem. "If Israel feels threatened at this time, it must first check itself," he said before heading to Iran for an official visit. "Despite (US President Barack) Obama's efforts over the past two years, the peace process is stuck. Who is responsible for this? The settlement building policy, the control over conquered territories – all these don't point to a peace-inducing attitude," he said. "(Israel) cannot establish a purely Jewish state. It believes it can exist in complete isolation from its surroundings. This is a hard goal to achieve –trying to divide the Middle East."Davutoglu rejected the notion that a Mubarak-led Egypt would preserve peace and stability in the region. "Israel lost countries it had diplomatic relations with, and now it fears losing countries it considers close, her said. According to Ankara's top diplomat, Israel is the Middle East country most in need of reflection as demonstrations break out across the region."I don’t know of any friendly, objective nation – be it European or American – that would agree to such a distinction. With time, everyone will understand that Israel's actions cannot be legitimized just because its people have suffered in the past," said the Turkish FM. Hmmmm.....Israel is losing friends because of Obama his policy and why the meeting next month in The US with Hillary Clinton to discuss Turkish - Israeli relations without any Israelis present?Is Israel the next to be stabbed in the back by recognising the Palestinian state?Read the full story here.

• Turkey’s Opposition MP: “AKP Uses the Police as Revolutionary Guard”.Deputy Chairman of Turkey’s main opposition party CHP (Republican People’s Party) Engin Altay said that AKP was using the police force as its Revolutionary Guard. He said that PM Erdogan has been transforming the country’s parliamentary democracy to an oligarchy, showing no tolerance to peaceful student protests which he brutally suppresses by using the police as his revolutionary guard.In a written statement Altay said that a recent protest by students in Black Sea Technical University to oppose the planned hydroelectric power stations in the region, was met with brutal police action that stopped a democratic protest by severe beatings, dragging and stepping on the heads of the students. “Everywhere in Turkey all democratic and peaceful anti-AKP protest or demonstrations are being suppressed by excessive and brutal measures by the police, which the prime minister defines as the ‘guardian of democratic regime’. No true democrat would assign the responsibility of guarding democracy into the hands of the police”, Altay said. He reminded that PM Erdogan had stated in the past that “democracy is only a vehicle, a tram that you take until you get to your desired station, where you get off”.During the protests in Egypt, and when PM Erdogan was calling on Mubarak to listen to the wishes of his people, Turkish police had been using force to silence the many peaceful protests by students and labor unions in various cities in Turkey.Hmmmm.....Turkey the worst violator of human rights !And Obama's BEST FRIEND !Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are.Miguel de Cervantes. Read the full story here.

• HT:Memri.In Iran, Protest Movement, Regime Prepare for February 14 Demonstrations.On February 12, 2011, the Iranian regime rejected the protest movement's request for permission to stage demonstrations in support of the popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, planned by movement leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi for February 14, 2011. Ignoring the ban, the movement's coordination committee has called on its supporters to take to the streets anyway.In anticipation of the demonstrations, the regime has arrested associates of the protest movement leaders, issued public announcements warning Iranians not to participate in the protests, increased media oversight, and blocked Internet access.The regime's concern is that the mass demonstrations in support of the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings will turn into demonstrations against the Iranian regime itself. This fear was reflected in a statement by Iranian Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi, who at a ceremony at Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters claimed that Western intelligence agencies were looking for a disabled person to set himself on fire in Tehran, in order to spark a popular uprising there – following the model of events in Tunisia and Egypt.It should be noted that the Iranian regime's policy vis-à-vis protest movement leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and Mohammad Khatami has so far focused on isolating them politically and denouncing them publicly, and on measured persecution of them and their families, who have been subjected to house arrest, physical assaults, destruction of property, unexpected searches, and restrictions on their movements. Senior regime officials have explained that the regime has intentionally refrained from prosecuting or executing the protest movement leaders and their relatives, so as not to turn them into martyrs, which could spark another wave of protests like that of 2009.On February 11, 2011, some 70 high-ranking regime officials, including Majlis members, lecturers at the universities and religious seminars, and former IRGC members, issued a statement announcing the establishment of a steering committee to coordinate the suppression of the protest movement, called the Ammar Headquarters. The headquarters' declared goal is to ensure complete obedience to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and to the principle of velayat-e faqih (the "rule of the jurisprudent"). Among these officials were associates of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, such as Qassem Ravanbakhsh, an associate of President Ahmadinejad and of his religious mentor Ayatollah Mesbah-e Yazdi, as well as Alireza Panahian, who heads Khamenei's leadership think tanks at several Iranian universities, and who has repeatedly called for the execution of Mousavi and Karroubi. The Khandaniha website assessed that the committee's aim is to pressure the Iranian leadership to prosecute, or even execute, the protest movement leaders.It should be noted that as part of its coverage of Revolution Day, February 11, 2011, the Iranian news agency Fars, which is close to the IRGC, published a photograph of demonstrators holding pictures of Mousavi and Khatami with nooses around their necks. In addition, at Revolution Day rallies in Tabriz and Yazd, participants signed a petition calling for prosecuting Mousavi for his alleged responsibility for the 2009 riots.Hmmmmm........It's promising to be a very bloody Valentine in Iran,sleep well President Obama.Read the full story here.

• HT:SultanKnish.AOL Reinvents Itself as Anti-America Online.AOL's purchase of Huffington Post is not the beginning of a liberal new media monopoly, rather it's the prolonged death rattle of a company that has money, but no reason for existing. AOL started out as the country's biggest service provider, and is now nothing more than a third rate imitation of Yahoo, which is also struggling to survive.High profile white elephant purchases by desperate dot coms are nothing new. AOL has been doing that for years. It bought Bebo for 850 million dollars and then sold it for 10 million dollars. It bought Xdrive for 30 million and then tried to sell it for 5 million a few years later. Now Huffington Post joins the ranks of Bebo and Xdrive. Another acquisition by a troubled company that has lost its customer base and can't figure out how to get a new one, except by buying up companies tapped into the business model of two years ago.Much like at HuffPo, the details don't really matter. Only the image does. Or the image of the image. The melange of emotion and outrage, titillation and talking down to, that exercise the reptile brain but leave nothing inside it. The Huffington Post's success marks the failure of the consumers of its content. Selling it to AOL does more than turn the former America Online into Anti-America Online, it puts a price tag on the prime commodity of the progressive movement, unpaid labor repaid in betrayal. It's a commodity that everyone from Ralph Nader to Obama has made great use of, harnessing the outrage and enthusiasm of the base for their own profit. For Arianna and AOL, the pricetag was a mere few hundred million. For Obama it was in the hundreds of billions.Read the full story here.

• West's call for slashing federal spending draws cheers from conservative activists.WASHINGTON — Three months after unseating a Democrat in a Palm Beach-Broward district that voted for Barack Obama, U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, emerged tonight as one of the symbolic conservative faces of the new GOP-controlled House.Tapped by organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference to deliver the event's keynote address, West gave thousands of cheering activists a 30-minute call for slashing federal spending, maintaining America's military might and defending "definitive American culture" against "multiculturalism...on steroids."After Sarah Palin turned down an invitation to give the keynote address, CPAC organizers chose West as a symbol of the conservative-leaning class of 87 GOP freshmen whose victories wrested control of the House from Democrats.West, a fiery conservative speaker with strong tea party backing and a national following on YouTube, unseated Democrat Ron Klein last fall in a district that's divided nearly evenly between Republicans and Democrats.West is one of only two black Republicans in the House."You endured the relentless and hostile attacks from the liberal left, such as being called racist," West told the conservative activists. "Perhaps they should see who is standing here as your keynote speaker."West quoted from Washington, Lincoln, Sun Tzu and others in outlining what he called the three pillars of conservatism. Limited government is one pillar, he said. The second is "peace through vigilance, through resolve and through strength.""If we are to have a new dawn in America, it means reclaiming our Judeo-Christian faith heritage," he said. "This is not about a separation of church and state, it is about making sure that we do not separate faith from the individual. You must never forget that the American motto is 'In God We Trust'."West acknowledged his spot on the early endangered lists, but told the cheering conservative crowd: "Standing here in front of each and every one of you, I don't feel so vulnerable."Hmmmm......"I have not yet begun to fight!"Read the full story here.

• HT:Memri.Syrian-Turkish Agreement to Collaborate against PKK.The Turkish daily Milliyet reports that a comprehensive Turkish-Syrian agreement for counterterrorism cooperation, aimed especially at coordinating efforts against the Kurdish organization PKK, is being considered by the Turkish parliament. According to the agreement, both countries will undertake to prevent all military, cultural, economic and propaganda activity by the PKK in their territory; a direct communications system (hot line) will be installed between the Syrian and Turkish chiefs of staff; joint military operations will be conducted, as needed, and procedures will be established for the rapid extradition of PKK members between the two countries.Hmmmm.......Erdogan "Muslims don't commit genocide".Read the full story here.

• HT:BigGovernment.Andrew Breitbart on Pigford Lawsuit: ‘Bring It On’.Andrew Breitbart and the head of Breitbart.tv sued by Pigford claimant.Los Angeles, CA, February 12, 2011 – Breitbart.com LLC announced today that its Chairman and CEO Andrew Breitbart and the head of Breitbart.tv, Larry O’Connor, have been sued in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by a central figure in the Pigford “back-door” reparations case. The Pigford case involves over $2.5 billion in US taxpayer money and constitutes one of the biggest cases of corruptionand politically-motivated fraud in the history of the United States. Mr. Breitbart and Breitbart.tv have been investigating and reporting on the Pigford case since late summer 2010.Andrew Breitbart said, in response to being sued, “I find it extremely telling that this lawsuit was brought almost seven months after the alleged incidents that caused a national media frenzy occurred. It is no coincidence that this lawsuit was filed one day after I held a press conference revealing audio proof of orchestrated and systemic Pigford fraud. I can promise you this: neither I, nor my journalisticwebsites, will or can be silenced by the institutional Left, which is obviously funding this lawsuit. I welcome the judicial discovery process, including finding out which groups are doing so.”On Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., Mr. Breitbart held a national press conference at which he, Huffington Post blogger Lee Stranahan, and black farmer Eddie Slaughter presented compelling evidence for, and Representatives Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Steve King (R-IA) specifically called for, Congressional investigation into the Pigford case.At the press conference, Mr. Breitbart revealed two hours of audio of Thomas Burrell, the head of the Black Farmers & Agriculturalist Association, Inc., teaching non-farmers in the South how to commit fraud in the Pigford “back-door” reparations case. This audio conclusively demonstrates how people have conspired to grow the class of Pigford claimants to 94,000, when in fact, there were only about 18,000 black farmers in the entire country during the relevant time period, and when there were never anticipated to be more than a few thousand potential claimants among those 18,000. The numbers just do not and cannot add up."I am determined to obtain justice for the truly and legitimately discriminated against American black farmers, who have heretofore been denied justice by the USDA and the Pigford case,” Andrew Breitbart said. “Nothing will deter my efforts to makes them whole. I will simultaneously continue to fight relentlessly against the efforts of those who would use these working American farmers to defraud the American taxpayer to the tune of billions of dollars. This new lawsuit will not stop the American public from finding out what is really going on, who is directly culpable, and the critical role of the Pigford claimant in all off this.”The lawsuit served today does not name as co-Defendants President Barack Obama, the USDA and USDA head Tom Vilsack, even though it is they who fired the Pigford claimant, and who, according to the Pigford claimant herself, denied her due process.Mr. Breitbart categorically rejects the transparent effort to chill his constitutionally protected free speech and, to reiterate, looks forward to exercising his full and broad discovery rights.Mr. Breitbart is absolutely confident of being fully vindicated.Hmmmm.....Something smell awfully bad there and it aint the manure!Read the full story here.

• HT:JudicialWatch.CPAC: Former CIA Director Tells Of Sharia Threat. The only thing more popular than bashing President Obama on the last day of the Conservative Political Action Conference was national security, especially the hot-button topic of Sharia law, the authoritarian doctrine that inspires Islamists and their jihadism. Several accomplished military, terrorism and national security experts have long asserted that terrorists are covertly using Islamic Sharia law as a non-violent way to destroy the United States. A panel of highly regarded experts reiterated the assessment in a Saturday afternoon CPAC seminar called “The Sharia Challenge in the West.”Former Central Intelligence Agency Director Jim Woolsey, a foreign policy specialist who has worked for both Democratic and Republican administrations, led the intriguing seminar. The United States is, not only at war with terrorists such as Al Qaeda and Hezbollah but also with those who, over the long run, want to impose Sharia law, Woolsey assured.He defined Sharia as a “theocratic dictatorship extremely opposed to democracy” and a movement to “eliminate and destroy western civilization.” The biggest challenge in fighting it is America’s long tradition of tolerance towards all religions, he warned, pointing out that the radical Islamic group Muslim Brotherhood is largely behind the effort to bring Sharia to the U.S. Ironically, Muslim Brotherhood affiliates sponsored a CPAC panel a day earlier to defend Islamic rights, building a mosque at Ground Zero and the overall mission of the group which is known as the parent organization of Hamas and Al Qaeda. Suhail Khan, a controversial figure with connections to Middle Eastern radicals, led the event which at times got heated. A few years ago Khan received an award from an Al Qaeda operative (Abdurahman Alamoudi) and the event was actually recorded in a video.Hmmmm......."Beware of Greeks baring gifts"?Read the full story here.

• 'Bio terror' threat man arrested in South Africa after threatening to attack Britain and U.S.A businessman was arrested in South Africa on terrorism charges yesterday after allegedly threatening to attack Britain and America with biological weapons.The arrest came after a six-month investigation by British, US and South African security services. The 64-year-old man, who is a South African citizen, is said to have repeatedly sent threatening emails to a Whitehall department in an attempt to extort £2.5 million.He is then understood to have sent similar threats to institutions in the US, at which point the FBI was called in.Yesterday morning several containers were left in a storage facility near the suspect’s home in South Africa’s North-West Province. They are thought to have held money and, when the man went to collect it, he was arrested by South African special forces.Read the full story here.

• Canadian strip-searched woman sues U.S. border guards.A woman from Stratford, Ont., has launched a $500,000 lawsuit in a U.S. federal court against two female U.S. border guards in Detroit.In March 2010, Loretta Van Beek was travelling to Savannah, Ga., where she owns a small vacation home, when she was pulled over by customs agents at the Ambassador Bridge, across the river from Windsor, Ont.Van Beek, 46, told CBC News she was sent to secondary inspection when customs officers found a few raspberries in her car that she'd forgotten to declare. After more than an hour of questions, Van Beek was told she was being denied entry on suspicion that she was living illegally in the U.S.Van Beek said she was marched into a holding cell by two female agents and ordered to remove her shirt and stand spread-eagled against the wall. "She was squeezing my nipples, etc., for a very long time, unnecessary attention," Van Beek said of one of the agents. "It was sexual — using her fingertips, not back of hand like you would expect."Then she said the search became even more invasive."She ran her hands in my lower region," Van Beek said.Van Beek claims the guard shoved her hand inside her genital area while the other officer watched."It was deviant behaviour by the officer, no other explanation," said Van Beek. They "Saw a woman on her own — vulnerable."A spokesperson said a strip-search is allowed when there is reason to believe someone is hiding something on his or her body, and the person has to be told the reason.Van Beek said she wasn't given a reason.The lawsuit documents were filed on Feb. 9, 2011.Hmmmm........A pat dawn to far"?read the full story here.

• Twitter runs abuzz with rumor that Turkish president watched pirated DVD.The Turkish president has become the subject of discussion on social media website Twitter after sending a tweet on the site saying he had watched a film not yet legally available in Turkey.“I watched ‘The King’s Speech’ with my wife. It is really a very good film … I suppose the film will be subject to many discussions and be awarded with many prizes,” President Abdullah Gül wrote Saturday on his Twitter account.The message touched off a number of discussions about whether the president had watched a pirated copy of the film.Suspicions were raised as the film’s DVD will only be available for sale on April 19 in the United States and will only begin playing in Turkish cinemas starting Feb. 18, daily Milliyet reported Sunday. Members of the social networking website discussed all of Saturday the possibility that Gül had watched a pirated copy of the film.Following the discussions, a message from the Cinema and Copyright’s general director, Abdurrahman Çelik, was posted on his Twitter account.“The president has not watched a pirate copy of the film ‘The King’s Speech,’ but rather a special copy provided by the cinema general directorate upon his request,” Çelik wrote on Twitter.Read the full story here.

• HT:BigGovernment.UN Report Documents Food Price Spike Since Fed Easing.Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, reputation is in shambles after spending last week aggressively denying a report by this author, in an article appearing in Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government Blog and featured on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show, that the Fed’s QE2 monetary stimulus program is the cause of revolts in poor countries worldwide. In a stunning development, the United Nations Agricultural and Food Organization at the end of the week released a crisis report warning of the growing dangers from starvation and political unrest from global food inflation.Chairman Bernanke tried to distract criticism from his dangerous policies that have inflated food costs by trying to shift blame to the leaders of other countries in the developing world. Bernanke urged leaders in emerging countries to stop subsidizing food costs. At a National Press Club meeting Bernanke said; “In some cases, some of the emerging markets are facing inflationary pressure because their own economies are growing faster than their own capacity.” He added: “It is up to emerging markets to find the right tools to balance their own growth,”In response to a reporter’s direct question about the civil unrest in the Middle East and the Fed’s role in the months-long surging commodities prices, Bernanke strongly denied Instead, Bernanke suggested surging prices of things like corn, soybeans, sugar and livestock to rising incomes in developing countries. He stated that higher incomes translate into strong growth in global demand for food, particularly an increased appetite for animal proteins such as beef, pork and chicken. “As people’s diets become more sophisticated, their demand for food and energy grows,” he said.A new United Nations report debunks Bernanke’s pathetic alibi. As demonstrated below, the index of food prices would be up a lot more than 35%, if inflation in meat and dairy costs were not so low as compared to the cost of cereal feed, which have sky-rocketed. Farmers are actually liquidating flocks and herds right now because they cannot afford the cost of grain to feed them.

Commodity Index Increase

Overall 35%, Meat 10%, Dairy 12%, Cooking Oil 42%, Cereal 52%, Sugar 70%

Poor people around the world eat little or no meat or dairy. The majority of their diet consists of rice, corn, flour, sugar and cooking oil. Those food costs are up 55% since the Fed’s stimulus.To the poor of the world, Fed Chairman Bernanke’s comments suggesting that they are eating too much meat, sound allot like the comments attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette’s during the French Revolution regarding her starving subjects: “If there is no bread, let them eat cake.” These insensitive comments by the Queen won her trip to the gallows. Chairman Bernanke’s actions and comments are winning America a place of wrath from the poor of the world.Hmmmm......."après nous, le Déluge"? (I don't care what happens when I am dead and gone.)Read the full story here.

• HT:CreepingSharia.Dedicated prayer rooms for Muslims at Canadian public schools.....and Catholic schools.WATERLOO REGION — Walk through the wooden door into the secluded, carpeted room with holy books and prayer mats, and it’s hard to believe you’re in a school.But this is the beginning of a new phase for public and Catholic schools where prayer rooms could become commonplace.Under a provincewide policy, school boards must be more inclusive and accommodate different faiths during the school day.This could mean a private place for Muslim students who pray five times a day and for students who are fasting, a modified gym class and a separate room for them so they don’t have to watch their peers eat lunch.Atieh Noori, a 27-year-old Muslim student at St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centre in downtown Kitchener, uses the prayer room each day at lunchtime to say her midday prayers.After school, Noori doesn’t have time for prayer so she appreciates the space.A 27-year old student? Who clearly isn’t as dedicated to Islam as she’d like some to think. If you don’t have time it obviously ain’t that important. But rather than making a personal sacrifice, Muslims like Noori want everyone else to accommodate their Islamic habits.The newly adopted faith and accommodation policy states that each student has a right to follow his or her beliefs free from discrimination or harassment. Areas of reasonable accommodation include observance of major religious holy days and celebrations, prayers and rituals, dietary requirements and fasting, religious attire and participation in school curriculum and extracurricular activities.“Someone’s faith is part of who they are. Accommodating them brings understanding and shows we respect them,” said public school trustee Cindy Watson.Blazing Cat Fur highlights the severity of the problem in Canada noting the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Muslim Brotherhood are both adherents of the right of ”Hisbah” under Sharia law:Hisbah: Allows a private citizen to prosecute any individual who commits an act he considers a breach of the Sharia even if the plaintiff himself has not been personally injured by such an act.Hmmmm...to the Catholic Schools i can only say :"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God… These are my Commandments ! ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'May they burn in Hell for eternity.Read the full story here.

• 'If not now, when?' Thousands of furious Italian women protesters demand the head of Berlusconi over 'underage sex' scandal.Hundreds of women took to the streets of Italy's cities today calling on scandal hit Premier Silvio Berlusconi to resign after prosecutors requested he be sent to trial for having sex with an underage prostitute.Protesters said evidence leaked from the probe into Berlusconi, 74, allegedly paying for sex with then 17-year-old Moroccan belly dancer Karima El Mahroug, showed he has little respect for female dignity.Wiretaps leaked from more than 600 pages of the prosecution file suggest he surrounded himself at parties at his home with starlets and other women hoping to use their looks to gain positions in politics or within his Mediaset TV empire.Protests were scheduled to take place in 200 cities and towns across Italy as well as London and New York, with the largest held in Rome and Milan and counter demonstrations by activists from Berlusconi's People of Freedom party area also planned. Organisers have called the protest 'If Not Now, When?', which is also the title of a famous novel by the Italian award winning writer Primo Levi and which tells the story a group of Jewish partisans behind German lines during World War II as they seek to continue their fight against the occupier and survive.Iaia Caputo, of the organising committee, said: 'The Ruby case has revealed a system of political selection based on an exchange of sex and power.'If we accept this as normal, we risk prejudicing the free choice of women.'We want to send a message to the country and to the parties that do not see themselves a part of what has happened over the last few weeks - it's possible to change route.'Read the full story here.

• Report: Stuxnet virus was supposed to infect 5 Iranian nuke sites.New York Times publishes Symantec report on Stuxnet virus, reveals that attack on Iran's nuclear system began a year earlier than previously thought.The Stuxnet software worm which infiltrated the Iranian nuclear program systems was introduced into the system in order to infect five industrial facilities in Iran between June 2009 and May 2010, the New York Times reported Sunday.A report published by computer security software firm 'Symantec' reveals that Stuxnet attacked the Iranian computers in three waves and that it was capable of gathering information on the location and type of computer it infected. This information would allow the Stuxnet creators to determine if they had successfully reached their intended target. According to the report, Symantec estimated that the nuclear facility at Natanz would not be connected directly to the internet, which is why an attempt was made to infect industrial organizations that would be likely to share information, and the malware, with Natanz – with the intent of 'injecting' the virus into Natanz. The New York Times also reported that at least three versions of the program were probably written, and the researchers discovered that the first version had been completed just 12 hours before the first successful infection in June 2009. The researchers speculated that the first step in the infection was either an infected e-mail sent to an intended victim or a hand-held USB device that carried the attack code. International inspectors that visited Natanz towards the end of 2009 found that almost 1,000 gas centrifuges had been taken offline; causing speculation over the possibility that an attack disabled part of the system. In April 2010, the attackers once again attempted to distribute the program, this through a portable connection with the target being components bought from Germany's Siemens. The virus was introduced from an unknown location within Iran. The malware program carried two different attack modules aimed at different centrifuge arrays, but that one of them had been disabled, said Symantec researchers. Read the full story here.

• HT:Sheikyermami.Canuckistan Submits!“It is naïve to think that all cultures are compatible with Canadian values”.For calling attention to demographic conquest, this candidate from Canada’s Christian Heritage Party acknowledges he will be branded a “racist.” But there is nothing “racist” about wanting to put the brakes on when we have no idea who we are bringing into our countries with regard to jihadist sympathies and Islamic supremacism — as with the recent embarrassment in the United States about supposed Iraqi refugees’ coming under scrutiny for al-Qaeda links.No matter how many awful surprises result, “moderation” is an article of politically correct faith, as Western countries allow in more Muslim immigrants or “students” than they can properly screen, in numbers where they cannot and have never really attempted to enforce substantive standards of integration. On both fronts, they are hampered by fears of “profiling” and “Islamophobia.” The result, as Australia’s former immigration minister warned, is a “nation of enclaves” which can mount a collective resistance to integration light years beyond the individual level. And they become protected habitats for jihadist preaching and violence, with attempts to investigate answered with cries of racism and xenophobia.SURREY - The federal Christian Heritage Party is calling for a national moratorium on immigration from Muslim countries to curb increasing radical Islamist power in Canada.Hmmmm......Canada was born at the beginning of 20Th Century at Vimy Ridge and lost by Political correctness in the 21 Th Century.Read the full story here.

• And now for something completely different.One of America's oldest eagles ever meets her match: electrocution by telegraph pole.It spent 25 years successfully avoiding aeroplanes, animal traps and all the other pitfalls of flying.But one of the top ten oldest birds ever recorded has sadly met an unfortunate fate – electrocution on a telegraph pole.The Kodiak Island bald eagle died in Alaska after hitting a utility pole’s crossbar last month.The mature wild bird’s discovery has provoked much interest among raptor biologists, after a band on its leg revealed it is the second-oldest bald eagle documented in Alaska.Biologists have no other way of confirming mature wild eagle ages other than on recovered bands.‘Based on the bird-banding record that I've seen, it would be one of the top ten oldest birds ever recorded,’ Kodiak Island wildlife biologist Robin Corcoran said.It was a beautiful older female,’ Mr Corcoran said. ‘The power pole near a cannery had been fitted with two devices designed to protect eagles but it perched on the lowest of three crossbars where utility authorities did not believe there was enough room to alight.’Alaska’s oldest recorded eagle was a 28-year-old from the Chilkat Valley outside Haines, although a dead eagle believed to be aged 29 was found late last year on Adak Island in the Aleutians.Experts say most eagles don't approach three decades.Read The full story here.

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• Egypt - Al Jazeera English - Live Streams From Egypt ! Here .

• Egypt's military rulers suspend constitution.Military to rule for six months, or until election; referendum promised on constitutional changes; Tahrir protesters argue over whether to stay or leave.Egypt's new military rulers said on Sunday they had dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution and would govern only for six months or until elections took place, following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.In a statement, the Higher Military Council which took over after 18 days of protest ended Mubarak's 30-year rule, promised a referendum on constitutional amendments.Earlier, troops took control of Tahrir Square, the fulcrum of protests that swept Mubarak from power, to let traffic through central Cairo as the army struggled to return life to normal.Protesters argued heatedly in Tahrir Square over whether to stay or comply with army orders to help put Egypt back on its feet. "The people want the square cleared," one group chanted. "We will not leave, we will not leave," replied another.The Arab world's most populous country was taking its first tentative steps towards democracy and protest organisers were forming a Council of Trustees to defend the revolution and urge swift reform from a military intent on restoring law and order.Police officers, emboldened by Mubarak's downfall, gathered outside the Interior Ministry to demand higher pay. Warning shots were fired in the air. No one was hurt.Earlier, troops, some wielding sticks, pushed protesters aside to reopen Tahrir Square to traffic.The cabinet met and for the first time, the portrait of Mubarak, believed to be holed up in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, did not gaze over its proceedings as Egyptians quietly removed images of the 82-year-old former leader.Hmmmm........But the "Spirit" of Mubarak was present? Read the full story here.

• Egypt reportedly losing control of Sinai to Beduin.Israelis urged to return home for fear that peninsula will become launching pad for terror attacks as Egyptian police abandon posts.Concern is mounting in Israel over reports that the Egyptian police force has abandoned the Sinai Peninsula in face of growing Beduin violence, and that the territory will turn into a breeding ground for global jihad.According to information that has arrived in Israel, Egyptian police authorities have abandoned dozens of police stations throughout the peninsula after they were attacked by Beduin armed with missiles and assault rifles.This concern was behind Israel’s decision two weeks ago to allow the deployment of 800 Egyptian soldiers in Sharm e-Sheikh and Rafah.Additional requests since then have been rejected.In recent years, the Sinai hasturned into a launching pad for attacks against Israel, including by Hamas, which several months ago launched Katyusha rockets into Eilat from the Egyptian territory.The Egyptian military has for years encountered difficulty in controlling the Beduin population, which does not hold allegiance to the Egyptian government in Cairo.“The Sinai is already known as a lawless land,” a senior defense official said over the weekend. “There is real concern that if the Egyptians don’t get the Sinai back under their control, it could develop into a major threat to Israel.”Israel, which has urged all its citizens to leave the Sinai immediately, is particularly concerned about the possibility that Hamas will take hold of parts of the peninsula and use it to launch attacks into Israel via the 240-kilometer long Israeli- Egyptian border, with an emphasis on Eilat.There is also concern that without a real Egyptian security presence in the Sinai, Hamas will be able to increase the amount and quality of weaponry and explosives it smuggles into the Gaza Strip via Egypt.Read the full story here.

• Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts. Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations.Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers alone. There were also reports of journalists being targeted by state-sponsored thugs to stop reports of the disturbances being broadcast to the outside world. But it was the government attack on the internet which was of particular significance to those calling for an end to President Abdelaziz Boutifleka's repressive regime. Protesters mobilising through the internet were largely credited with bringing about revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. "The government doesn't want us forming crowds through the internet," said Rachid Salem, of Co-ordination for Democratic Change in Algeria.On Saturday at least 500 had been arrested by early evening in Algiers alone, with hundreds more in Annaba, Constantine and Oran taking part in the so-called February 12 Revolution. "The police station cells are overflowing," said Sofiane Hamidouche, a demonstrator in Annaba. "There are running battles taking place all over the city. It's chaos. As night falls the situation will get worse." Algeria has the eighth largest reserves of natural gas in the world, and is also oil-rich, but its youthful population suffers mass unemployment, a chronic lack of housing, and widespread poverty. Political corruption is also endemic.Hmmmm....And another one takes the lead?Read the full story here.

• Obama phones Turkish PM to discuss Egypt unrest.Following the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the U.S. president called the Turkish prime minister Saturday night to evaluate developments, marking the two leaders’ third conversation on the subject since the unrest in Egypt began.In their telephone conversation Saturday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed it was positive that the Egyptian people’s demands were met, while Erdoğan particularly emphasized the importance of immediate elections to select a new leader for Egypt, daily Milliyet reported.The website of the Prime Ministry Press Office confirmed the phone call in a statement that said the two leaders “exchanged views on problems within the region, focusing on Egypt.”Following Erdoğan’s call Friday for a swift transfer of power to an elected government, Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Sunday that the Egyptian armed forces should delegate authority to a civilian administration as soon as possible.“We want the Egyptian state and people to come out stronger from this process,” Gül told reporters. “People are leading transformation when leaders cannot do it.”“The armed forces led the process in a way that did not allow any fighting between the brothers and I hope it will exert efforts to hand over the authority to a civilian administration as soon as possible,” Gül said before departing for an official visit to Iran. The trip will make him the first Turkish president to visit the Islamic republic in the past nine years.During his four-day visit to Iran, Gül will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and State Minister Cevdet Yılmaz, who is also the co-president of the Turkey-Iran Joint Economic Commission, as well as members of Parliament, businessmen and journalists.Hmmmmm......Why is Obama contacting so often a Turkish leadership which is so openly supportive of Iran?What's being hidden here by the Obama administration?Read the full story here.

• HT:OpposingViews.Flasback !In Some Islamic Nations, Valentine's Day Means Severe Punishment.This Monday, February 14, marks Valentine’s Day, the sacred day that intimate companions mark to celebrate their love and affection for one another. If you’re thinking about making a study of how couples celebrate this day, the Muslim world and the milieus of the radical Left are not the places where you should be spending most, or any, of your time. Indeed, it’s pretty hard to outdo jihdists and “progressives” when it comes to the hatred of Valentine’s Day. And this hatred of this special day is precisely the territory on which the contemporary romance between the radical Left and Islamic fanaticism is formed. The train is never late: every time Valentine’s comes around, the Muslim world reacts with ferocious rage, doing everything in its power to quash the festivity that comes with the celebration of private romance. Imams around the world thunder against Valentines every year and the celebration of the day itself is literally outlawed in Islamist states. The Saudis, for instance, ruthlessly punish the slightest hint of celebrating Valentine’s. Just a few days ago, the Kingdom and its religious “morality” police officially issued a stern warning that anyone caught even thinking about Valentine’s Day will suffer some of the most painful penalties of Sharia Law.This is typical of the Saudis of course. As Daniel Pipes has reported, the Saudi regime takes a firm stand against Valentine’s every year, and the Saudi religious police monitor stores selling roses and other gifts. They have even arrested women for wearing red on that day. This time around, the narrative is no different: the Saudis have announced that, starting the week of Valentine’s and until February 15, it will be illegal for a merchant to sell any item that is red, or that in any way hints of being connected to Valentine’s Day.As Claude Cartaginese reports at Newsreal Blog, any merchant found selling such items as red roses, red clothing of any kind (especially dresses), toys, heart-shaped products, candy, greeting cards or any items wrapped in red, must destroy them or face the wrath of Saudi justice.The Iranian despots, meanwhile, are trying to make sure the Saudis don’t outdo them in suffocating Valentine’s. Iran’s “morality” police order shops to remove heart-and-flower decorations and images of couples embracing on this day – and anytime around this day. In Pakistan, the student wing of the fundamentalist Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a complete ban on Valentine’s Day celebrations. Khalid Waqas Chamkani, a leader in the party, calls it a “shameful day.”Typical of this whole pathology in the Islamic world was a development witnessed back on February 10, 2006, when activists of the radical Kashmiri Islamic group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Community) went on a rampage in Srinagar, the main city of the Indian portion of Kashmir. Some two dozen black-veiled Muslim women stormed gift and stationery shops, burning Valentine’s Day cards and posters showing couples together.Hmmmm.........Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.”Marcus Fabius Quintilian.Read the full story here.

• Pupils must not be forced to eat halal Church tells schools.The Church of England has told its schools to ensure they are serving non-halal food after concerns that a number are only providing meat slaughtered according to Islamic law.The official guidance was issued after Church members complained that the use of halal meat was effectively ‘spreading sharia law’ across Britain.The Church’s financial arm has also come under pressure to withdraw its investments – worth millions of pounds – in supermarkets that do not clearly label halal food.The moves follow disclosures by The Mail on Sunday last year that halal products were widespread in schools, hospitals, pubs and sporting venues but members of the public were not informed.More than 10,000 Christians, many of whom have reservations about eating meat from animals that are bled to death while an Islamic prayer is recited, have signed a petition calling for proper labelling.Animal rights campaigners have also expressed anger because animals are often not stunned before their throats are cut with a sharp knife.Alison Ruoff, a long-standing member of the Church’s ‘parliament’, the General Synod, said: ‘The Church is only just waking up to this. We have been pathetic and mealy-mouthed but we should be really concerned about this.‘There is a lot of fear about upsetting Muslims but as a Christian you have to stand up for Christian values. Because we are unwittingly eating halal meat, we are spreading the practice of sharia law.’An influential official body representing both Muslim and Christian leaders also said non-Muslims should not be compelled to eat halal meat.The Christian Muslim Forum, set up by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams four years ago, said there were concerns about ‘some public authorities which provide only halal products in schools and other institutions’.It said in a statement: ‘We urge all food outlets, catering organisations and public authorities to label halal food properly, for the benefit of both non-Muslim and Muslim consumers.’The Rev Patrick Sookhdeo, an Anglican cleric who runs the international Barnabas Fund charity for Christians facing persecution, said some extremist Muslims viewed the growing use of halal food as part of their efforts to ‘impose’ sharia law on the West.Hmmmm......Finally!Read the full story here.

• HT:AmnonAndJonathan.From Zahi Hawass's blog : Sad News.The staff of the database department at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo have given me their report on the inventory of objects at the museum following the break in. Sadly, they have discovered objects are missing from the museum.The objects missing are as follows.Read the full story here.

• Shame of Britain's Muslim schools: Secret filming shows pupils being beaten and 'taught Hindus drink cow p***'.Undercover footage shows pupils being taught religious apartheid Muslims who adopt Western ways will be 'tortured in afterlife'. Unprovoked beatings captured on camera in Yorkshire madrassa . It is an assembly hall of the sort found in any ordinary school. Boys aged 11 and upwards sit cross-legged on the floor in straight rows. They face the front of the room and listen carefully. But this is no ordinary assembly. Holding the children’s attention is a man in Islamic dress wearing a skullcap and stroking his long dark beard as he talks.‘You’re not like the non-Muslims out there,’ the teacher says, gesturing towards the window. ‘All that evil you see in the streets, people not wearing the hijab properly, people smoking . . . you should hate it, you should hate walking down that street.’ He refers to the ‘non-Muslims’ as the ‘Kuffar’, an often derogatory term that means disbeliever or infidel.Welcome to one of Britain’s most influential Islamic faith schools, one of at least 2,000 such schools in Britain, some full-time, others part-time. They represent a growing, parallel education system. The school is the Darul Uloom Islamic High School in Birmingham, an oversubscribed independent secondary school. Darul Ulooms are world-renowned Islamic institutions and their aim is to produce the next generation of Muslim leaders. In fact, these schools have been described as the ‘Etons of Islam’.This school is required by its inspectors to teach tolerance and respect for other faiths. But the Channel 4 current affairs programme Dispatches filmed secretly inside it – and instead discovered that Muslim children are being taught religious apartheid and social segregation. We recorded a number of speakers giving deeply disturbing talks about Jews, Christians and atheists. We found children as young as 11 learning that Hindus have ‘no intellect’ and that they ‘drink cow p***’. And we came across pupils being told that the ‘disbelievers’ are ‘the worst creatures’ and that Muslims who adopt supposedly non-Muslim ways, such as shaving, dancing, listening to music and – in the case of women – removing their headscarves, would be tortured with a forked iron rod in the afterlife.In 2009 this school was praised by Government-approved inspection teams for its interfaith teachings. The report said that ‘pupils learn about the beliefs and practices of other faiths and are taught to show respect to other world religions’. It seems that the inspectors were unaware of the teaching methods revealed by our undercover reporter, Osman. He was taken on as a volunteer at the Darul Uloom school in Birmingham in April 2009 and was allowed to sit in on some lessons – but not their Islamic classes.Madrassas in the UK are part-time after-school or weekend classes, often held in mosques, where children are taught to read the Koran. In Keighley it is not what they are being taught that is the problem, but how.Again, Osman went into the mosque and left the camera in the room where classes took place. The film shows children as young as six sitting on the floor of a large room in the mosque, one of the biggest in the country. The boys are hunched over wooden benches, rocking backwards and forwards as they rote-learn the Koran in Arabic. A man with a long white beard dressed in a traditional shalwar kameez – tunic and trousers – sits at the head of the class. Periodically he gets up and walks behind the boys. As he passes, the children appear to cower and watch him nervously. It soon becomes clear why.He unexpectedly raises his hand and slaps a young boy hard on the head. Moments later he strikes another. And then he kicks a third child.In just two days of filming in December 2010, the camera recorded the teacher hitting children as young as six or seven at least ten times, in less than three hours of lessons.From what we could see, every ¬single blow was pretty much unprovoked. We soon realised that the beatings were routine. The behaviour of the boys, the way they flinched and backed away when he approached, indicated that they were long-accustomed to being hit and kicked as they studied.In another incident an older boy, left in charge of a class while a teacher is out at prayer, picks up a bench and threatens to hit a younger boy with it.Osman was subjected to beatings at four separate madrassas in the East Midlands as a child. He says that for the nine years he spent going to after-school Koran classes, he was hit regularly, at least a couple of timesa week. ‘It destroyed my confidence,’ he says, ‘and the worst bit was never knowing when it was going to happen. I had a horrible teacher who would use his fists, a stick, a shoe, anything he could find. He’d just get angry and lash out.’Regarding the Keighley madrassa, we were told that the Jamia Mosque committee was firm in its resolve to take whatever action was necessary to protect children being taught at the mosque and that it would give its full co-operation to any enquiries resulting from our film.If the law on physical punishment does change, that would be one way to protect the very young that attend these classes. But these part-time and full-time Muslim schools also need closer scrutiny – the regulatory system needs to be tightened up. However, we have a Government that, on the one hand, gives grand speeches about tackling the causes of extremism, as David Cameron did last week, while, on the other, encouraging local communities to set up their own schools – including faith schools. It’s time to stop these mixed messages. And Muslims can no longer sweep this under the carpet – they need to face up to what is happening behind closed doors. Many warn that if we don’t all tackle this toxic mix of hatred and violence head on, we will reap the whirlwind in years to come.Hmmmm....... "Praised for it's Interfaith teachings"Welcome to Eton A.D. 620?Read the full story here.

• Teenager’s hand cut off over affair.Eight men armed with axes attacked a teen age boy in Kuwait and cut his hand off to punish him for his relationship with a girlfriend of one of them, newspapers reported on Sunday.Police said they arrested six and are searching for the other two after the attack that also seriously wounded the 17-year-old boy.Newspapers quoted a police spokesman as saying the assailants would be tried on charges of attempted murder.Source.

• Pope: All Christians must help vocations in this time when God's voice seems stifled.Vatican City (AsiaNews) - "Particularly in these times, when the voice of the Lord seems to be drowned out by "other voices" and his invitation to follow him by the gift of one’s own life may seem too difficult, every Christian community, every member of the Church, needs consciously to feel responsibility for promoting vocations" and “especially missionary vocations”. The call to the responsibility for the whole Christian community to foster and support vocations to characterizes the message of Benedict XVI for World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated May 15, released today. “People will always have need of God, - writes the Pope - even in an age marked by technical mastery of the world and globalization:” but “the workers are few." Reflecting on the theme of the Day, "Proposing vocations in the local Church," Benedict XVI noted that " The work of carefully encouraging and supporting vocations finds a radiant source of inspiration in those places in the Gospel where Jesus calls his disciples to follow him and trains them with love and care. We should pay close attention to the way that Jesus called his closest associates to proclaim the Kingdom of God (cf. Lk 10:9). In the first place, it is clear that the first thing he did was to pray for them: before calling them, Jesus spent the night alone in prayer, listening to the will of the Father (cf. Lk 6:12) in a spirit of interior detachment from mundane concerns”.Read the full story here.

• Pakistani Priest warns Christians are at risk. A young man tortured and killed.Lahore (AsiaNews) - The situation of Christians in Punjab is becoming more critical, Fr Joseph Xavier, from Lahore tells AsiaNews. "The incidents against Christians are increasing at an alarming rate. Central Punjab is the area most affected. Over the past three years there have been over 35 incidents, and most of them have not been reported because of the influence that local landlords have in the areas, and the influence of local MPs. They hold police and judges in the palm of their hands; the roam freely after having killed or robbed. This issue requires special attention; otherwise this problem will become even more frequent. Christians are not safe, many are forced to convert to Islam to save themselves. Also, if the Ministry of minority groups is abolished, what will happen to minorities in Pakistan?". The most recent episode involves a young man killed by his Muslim employers, who were reported to police, after public outcry, after the police dallied, reluctant to take up the case. Imran Masih, 24, a resident of Ghakkar Mandi Gujranwala, was killed by employers, who say he committed suicide. Imran Masih, married for eight months, worked as a driver for two Muslims, Bashir Ahmed Cheema and Munir Ahmed Cheema. Imran’s father, Lal, had held the job before but because of age he passed to his son.On February 5, Imran was unable to go to work because he felt sick. The next day he went to work. It seems there was a verbal confrontation with Munir Ahmed Cheema. And immediately after Imran was attacked and killed. Munir Cheema sought the help of some friends, and Imran's body was hung from the ceiling, and his father, Lal, was told his son had killed himself. Lal Masih received her son's body, covered in blood, and with clear signs of torture. Lal Masih told AsiaNews: "My son was killed by these animals. Cheema and his son used to insult me every day, they said that we Christians were their slaves. They have abused my son, he responded and then they killed him. There are signs of torture on the body. " Lal Masih went to the police to complain, but the assistant sub-inspector (ASI), Zubair Cheema, refused to accept the "Fir" (First Information Report) due to Bashir Ahmed Cheema’s influence in the area. The neighbours, however, hadheard noises and voices of people who insulted Imran, and then attacked him.Hmmmmm......"Islam the religion of peace". Read the full story here.

• Turkey keeps close watch on new US Congress.Turkey is keeping a close watch on the new members of the US Congress, with one eye trained on followers of the tea party movement. While Turkish officials aim to tell congressmen about Turkey’s foreign policy perceptions, Turkish-American citizens frequently visit new congressmen to discuss the needs of Turkish voters in their districts.Turkey has started establishing close contacts with new members of the U.S. Congress, including those affiliated with the conservative and libartarian tea party movement, according to a senior diplomat.“We want to have intense dialogue with new members of the Congress, including members of the tea party movement. We try to tell [congressmen] about Turkey in order to make them more familiar with our policies,” a senior Turkish diplomat told the Hürriyet Daily News.Turkish associations in the U.S., along with the Turkish Embassy in Washington, are increasing efforts to include more congressmen in the Turkish-American Friendship Group. “Their numbers decreased from 125 to 96 when Democrats left the Congress. However, that figure will soon exceed 125, since we have good relations with Republicans,” Kaya Boztepe, president of the Federation of Turkish-American Associations, or FTAA, told the Daily News on Wednesday.“We try to reach as many congressmen as we can,” he said. “We have a study of newly elected congressmen. The first parties to reach those congressmen always win. Therefore, we have started an intense campaign to have meetings with new congressmen, and we do it as U.S. citizens,” Boztepe said.“The Turkish ambassador can do this to a certain extent, but we, as the voters, aim to convince them,” he said, adding that they notify congress members who have Turks living in their electoral districts. “We, as the Turkish society, were always in the defensive position. From now on, we make our own agenda.”The FTAA and the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations will hold a “National Leadership Conference” in March. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu are expected to participate. Turkish-American relations and Israeli-Turkish relations are to be discussed at the conference.“We want to bring our youngsters together and organize them. We want to show them options to study and ways to work in the White House and Congress,” Boztepe said. Twelve young Turks already have had internships in the U.S. Congress and three are working in Congress.Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s manner of address to Ahmedinejad as “his friend” drew reaction from political circles in Washington. Especially during his visit to Iran, Erdoğan’s declaration of his support for Iran’s “peaceful” nuclear program created anxiety in the U.S. over the course of relations between Turkey and Iran, he said. “However, we tried to tell them Prime Minister Erdoğan gave that statement in order to commit Iranians to the promise they gave us at meeting,” he said.President Abdullah Gül will pay an official visit to Iran on Feb. 13. Although Washington reads the intention of Turkey on its relations with Iran better, some diplomatic circles in Ankara say, “It would be better if the visit had not come up now.”Hmmmm.......Erdogan....Ahmadinajad.....study and ways to work in the White House and Congress,Turkish-American relations and Israeli-Turkish relations are to be discussed at the conference,off course without the presence of Armenians or Israelis i presume?Read the full story here.

• Iran hinders web searches leading up to planned rally, sources say.Iranian authorities have blocked the word "Bahman" -- the 11th month of the Persian calendar -- from Internet searches within the country, according to an opposition website.The measure appears to be an effort by Iranian authorities to obstruct access to several websites that are promoting a rally on Monday -- the 25th day of Bahman -- proposed by Iranian opposition leaders in support of the uprising in Egypt, Saham News reported Saturday.Two Tehran residents also confirmed the block via e-mail to CNN.Iranian authorities on Wednesday warned against any attempt by the opposition movement to hold the rally, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency."We definitely see them as enemies of the revolution and spies, and we will confront them with force," Revolutionary Guard Cmdr. Hossein Hamedani told IRNA.The White House issued a statement Saturday condemning the Iranian government for attempting to block the protests."By announcing that they will not allow opposition protests, the Iranian government has declared illegal for Iranians what it claimed was noble for Egyptians," National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said in the statement. "We call on the government of Iran to allow the Iranian people the universal right to peacefully assemble, demonstrate and communicate that's being exercised in Cairo."Opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi asked that the rally take place in Tehran's Azadi Square, the site of mass protests by Iran's opposition movement after the disputed 2009 presidential elections.The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, based in the United States, called Friday for an end to restrictions on the movements of Karroubi and Moussavi."The (Iranian) government is doing all it can to intimidate Iranians and deny their right to peaceful assembly," the U.S.-based group said in a statement. "With recent events in Egypt, we see another round of repression in Iran aimed at silencing a people frustrated and dissatisfied by the denial of their human rights."Hmmmmm......Only the great peacemaker is silent ,it's easyer to bully and stab allies?Read the full story here.

• Genies blamed for girl’s disappearance.After a visit to Koran reciters, she had to be carried out as she appeared to be in a trance.A Yemeni girl has been missing for nearly a month in Saudi Arabia and her family believe she could have been snatched by jinn (genies), a newspaper reported on Thursday.The 23-year-old girl stepped out of her house in a mountainous village near the western town of Taif and never returned, prompting a massive police search campaign, Sabq Arabic language daily said.“Some people told police they saw her walking on a hill not far from her house then vanished again,” the paper said.“Her brothers and some residents in the village said she sometimes appears at night and then suddenly disappears…they told police that they believe she has been haunted and taken by jinn.”Hmmmm.......I'm pretty sure the Disney lawyers are preparing their defence by now.Read the full story here.

• Saudi Arabia: Islamic Morality Police Order Shops to Remove all Red Items Until Valentine’s Day Is Over…Flower shops and gift shops have been asked to remove all red items and heart-shaped gifts until after Valentine’s Day by the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia).Celebration of the so-called day of love is frowned upon by authorities in the Kingdom.Every year, Haia officials visit the shops a few days before Valentine’s Day, giving them instructions to remove all goods that have even the slightest hint of red, including roses, chocolate, wrapping paper and stuffed animals.“We’re used to seeing Haia members a couple of days before Valentine’s Day asking us to put away all red items until after that day,” said Alan, a salesman at a gift shop.“They also threaten that if we sell even one red rose or gift they will shut the shop down and get all the staff fired.”Chocolate shops usually manage to make big sales the day before Valentine’s.“Many young men come in a day before Valentine’s Day and ask for red chocolate boxes for the day of love,” said Hassan, a salesman at a chocolate shop in Rawda Street.Hmmm......Khomeini "There's no fun in Islam"?Read the full story here.

• HT:SteynOnline.The Superpower as Spectator. If you missed my TV and radio appearances this week, here's a recap of my thoughts on Egypt: This is not a happy ending but the beginning of something potentially very dark. The end of the Mubarak regime is the biggest shift in the region in 60 years, since Nasser overthrew King Farouk's dissolute monarchy and diminished London's influence in Cairo. We are witnessing the unraveling of the American Middle East - that's to say, of the regimes supported by Washington in the waning of British and French imperial power after the Second World War. The American Middle East was an unlovely place, and perhaps the most obviously repellent illustration of the limitations of "He may be an SOB but he's our SOB" thinking. It's "our" SOBs who are in trouble: After the fall of Mubarak, what remains to hold up the Hashemites in Amman? Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood is more radical than Egypt's, the regime is less ruthless, King Abdullah's Arabic is worse than his English, and pretty westernized Queen Rania, who seems so cute when CNN interviewers are fawning all over her, is openly despised outside the palace gates. Iran is nuclearizing, Turkey is Islamizing, Egypt is ...what exactly? Well, we'll find out. But, given that only the army and/or the Muslim Brotherhood are sufficiently organized to govern the nation, the notion that we're witnessing the youthful buds of any meaningful democracy is deluded.Read the full story here.

• HT:TheAmericanDream.Could An Eruption Of The Yellowstone Supervolcano Destroy The United States As We Know It?When most Americans think of Yellowstone, they tend to conjure up images of Yogi Bear and "Old Faithful". But the truth about Yellowstone is much more frightening than that. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is actually sitting right on top of a massive supervolcano. This supervolcano has erupted before, and scientists tell us that when it fully erupts again it will destroy the United States as we know it. So could such an eruption happen any time soon? Well, scientists tell us that Yellowstone is actually overdue for a major eruption and there are thousands of earthquakes in the Yellowstone area every single year. In addition, scientists that monitor Yellowstone have been quite alarmed that some areas of Yellowstone have risen by as much as ten inches over the past few years. So yes, there are some good reasons to be really, really concerned about what is going on at Yellowstone.The truth is that the Yellowstone supervolcano is the biggest volcano in North America by far. A major eruption at Yellowstone would permanently change all of our lives in just a single day.In fact, a major eruption at Yellowstone would permanently end America's status as a superpower in just a single day.So exactly what would an eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano look like?What exactly would a full eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano mean for the United States and for the rest of the world?Well, the following are 11 facts about the Yellowstone supervolcano that are more than a little bit frightening....Read the full story here.