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Islamic Hate Gains Traction In The U.S.

Sounding like a broken record but as mentioned before the state of Oklahoma passed a referendum in November outlawing Sharia Law even though a U.S. Federal Judge granted an injunction prohibiting the implementation of the law. Given that situation one might think that other states would take a more measured attitude before introducing similar legislation. Because ignorance and fear rule public servants these laws continue to be advocated for.

ALASKA: Rep. Carl Gatto (R) has introduced SB 88, which invokes the Constitution to make sure that “foreign law is prohibited.”

– ARIZONA: Arizona’s anti-Sharia law is HB 2582, the “Arizona Foreign Decisions Act.” In addition to banning the implementation of Sharia law, the bill would also ban “canon law, halacha and karma.”

– ARKANSAS: Arkansas’s anti-Sharia bill is SB 97, which says that the “the recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgment or ruling is limited to the extent that its 33 enforcement would not directly conflict with the public policy of Arkansas.”

– GEORGIA: Rep. Mike Jacobs (R) has introduced a bill that would “ban the use of Sharia law in state courts.” Jacobs says of the issue, “We’re seeing more of a feeling that Sharia law should be applied in domestic cases.” “Arbitration is a routine business exercise by people who are prepared to sacrifice some of their constitutional rights in return for reduced cost and expediency,” said Michael J. Broyde, a “member of the Beth Din of America — the largest Jewish law court in the country,” in response to the law. “[The bill would] incapacitate Georgia companies as they engage in international commerce.”

– INDIANA: Indiana’s SRJ 16 would make it so that courts could not enforce a “law, rule, or legal code or system established and either used or applied in a jurisdiction outside the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the territories of the United States if doing so would violate a right guaranteed by this constitution or the Constitution of the United States.”

– LOUISIANA: Louisiana passed a law guarding against “international law” being used in its courts in June 2010.

– MISSISSIPPI: House bill 301 was introduced to ban “Mississippi courts from using foreign laws, including Sharia law, which is a guide to Islamic religious practice.”

– NEBRASKA: Legislative Bill 647 aims to “prohibit Nebraska courts from using foreign laws in decisions.” If passed, it will have to be voted on by Nebraska voters in 2011 because it is a constitutional amendment.

SOUTH CAROLINA: In South Carolina, Sen. Mike Fair (R) has introduced legislation to ban the implementation of Sharia law, saying there is “a need to clarify that cultural customs or foreign laws don’t trump U.S. laws.” He does admit, however, that his bill is “stating the obvious.”

– TEXAS: State Rep. Leo Berman (R) recently introduced a constitutional amendment “prohibiting a court of this state from enforcing, considering or applying a religious or cultural law.” If the legislature passes the amendment, it will appear on the November 2011 ballot for Texas voters to approve.

– SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota’s anti-Sharia bill is HRJ 1004, which says that no court “may apply international law, the law of any foreign nation, or any foreign religious or moral code with the force of law in the adjudication of any case under its jurisdiction.”

– UTAH: Rep. Carl Wimmer (R) introduced a bill banning Sharia but then shortly withdrew it after being warned it could harm “international business,” admitting it was “too broad.” He is still looking for ways to ban Sharia.

– WYOMING: State Rep. Gerald Gay (R) says his bill banning Sharia law is “a ‘pre-emptive strike‘ to ensure judges don’t rely on Shariah [sic] in cases involving, for example, arranged marriages, ‘honor killings’ or usury cases.”

Coptic Church Bombing Was Helped Along By Former Interior Minister

On New Years eve a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria was bombed leaving 24 innocent people dead this was not the first but one of many bombings targeting Egypt's Coptic community following that bombing a rather extraordinary thing happened. Rather than dividing Egyptians along ethnic and religious lines it brought them together in a show unity. On Coptic Christmas Eve thousands of Muslims turned out to protect those celebrating Coptic Mass. As with any crime there needs to a villain and such a villain must be chosen wisely with an authoritarian government there can only be one Islamic militants from the Gaza Strip and most conveniently associated with Al Qaeda. There is just one small problem with this narrative those bombings stopped just as suddenly as they had begun when the protests started on January 25. It would seem that those militants from the Gaza Strip weren't responsible for the bombings but the former Interior Minister.

According the UK diplomatic sources quoted in the reports, the former interior minister had built up in over six years a special security system that was managed by 22 officers and that employed a number of former radical Islamists, drug dealers and some security firms to carry out acts of sabotage around the country in case the regime was under threat to collapse.

The proclamation also pointed, sourcing reports on UK intelligence services, that interior ministry officer Maj. Fathi Abdelwahid began in Dec. 11, 2011 preparing Ahmed Mohamed Khaled, who had spent 11 years in Egyptian prisons, to contact an extremist group named Jundullah and coordinate with it the attack on the Alexandria church.

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David Cameron Channels America's Right Wing

British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he decried multiculturalism saying that it was a failure. His remarks echoed those given by German Chancellor Angela Merkle last October in which she like David Cameron declared multiculturalism a complete disaster in Germany. In both cases the group singled out for having fostered this failure were Muslims.

Their collective remarks seemed to have been channeled from those of American Conservatives who view Muslims with fear and hatred as they see them all as potential terrorists. Republican Representative Peter King from Long Island New York and new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee will begin holding hearings on Muslims living in America.

“I believe it will have more of an impact on the American people if they see people who are of the Muslim faith and Arab descent testifying,” Mr. King said.

The hearings, which Mr. King said would start the week of March 7, have provoked an uproar from both the left and the right. The left has accused Mr. King of embarking on a witch hunt. The right has accused him of capitulation for calling Muslims like Representative Keith Ellison, Democrat of Minnesota, to testify while denying a platform to popular critics of Islamic extremism like Steven Emerson, Frank Gaffney, Daniel Pipes and Robert Spencer.

The four people highlighted are all rabidly anti-Muslim if not out right racists

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Egyptian government offers concessions as street protests continue
The Egyptian government yesterday began to offer possible political concessions in an effort to control the crisis still engulfing the country, as tens of thousands of determined protesters rallied for a 13th day to demand the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

The new promises of political reform were treated with caution by the opposition groups as they held the first of a series of meetings – including the first between the hitherto outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and the regime – to discuss their demands with Mr Mubarak's deputy, Omar Suleiman.

Are The Guards Unhappy?
Iran's opposition is targeting the powerful Revolutionary Guard to recruit a cadre of disgruntled officials to carry out a newly launched plan to cripple President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime from within its own ranks.
Iranian opposition recruits disgruntled Revolutionary Guard to cripple Ahmadinejad
A billionaire opposition leader who has pledged his fortune to the cause of removing the Iranian government and a former senior Guard commander told The Daily Telegraph that dissatisfaction with hardline tactics was rife in throughout the Guards
Amir Jahanchahi, the leader of the exiled opposition group, Green Wave, has teamed up with Gen Reza Madhi to target insiders to undermine the government and its grip on the powerful oil industry.

Unhappy The Money Isn't Coming His Way


Afghan president critical of aid bypassing Kabul
AFGHAN PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai has said that western allies were compounding his country’s corruption problems with “parallel structures” of direct aid and private security firms.

Mr Karzai told the Munich Security Conference he would commence a three-year transition of power into Afghan hands on March 21st, the Afghan new year.

However, he complained that his efforts to “focus on the drivers of corruption” were being undermined by western dealings with regional leaders that bypass Kabul.

“The ultimate goal should be to enable Afghanistan to take all responsibility for the delivery of governance and services,” he said, suggesting that private security firms and reconstruction teams reporting to international forces frustrated his own government’s efforts.

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Human brains shrinking in size, say scientists
Human brainshave shrunk over the past 30,000 years, puzzling scientists who say it is not a sign we are growing dumber but that evolution is making brains leaner and more efficient.

The average size brain of modern humans, homo sapiens, has decreased about 10 per cent, the size of a tennis ball, during that period, from 1500 to 1359 cubic centimetres. Women's brains, which are smaller on average than those of men, have experienced an equivalent drop in size.

Literally Dieing For Political Advantage


Thai-Cambodia border fighting enters fourth day

Artillery and machine gun fire was heard around the 11th-Century Preah Vihear temple, which Cambodia says has already been damaged in the fighting.

At least five people were killed in clashes over the weekend and thousands of civilians have fled the area.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on both sides to "exercise maximum restraint".

This is the worst fighting between the two neighbours in years. The clashes have claimed the lives of two soldiers and a civilian from Cambodia, one Thai soldier and a Thai civilian.

It's Much Better To Be Afraid Than To Be Informed

Al Jazeera Hopes Reports From Egypt Open Doors in U.S.
DOHA, Qatar — “Our bureau in Cairo has been attacked.”
Phone calls and e-mail on Friday spread that short message through the Doha headquarters of Al Jazeera, the satellite news network. It was an ominous start to the day, made worse by the fact that the day before, three of the network’s staff members had been arrested and others had been harassed amid the continuing protests in Cairo, the Egyptian capital.

John McCain Fear Mongering About Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

As Egyptians fight to over come 31 years of single party dictatorial rule what is happening in America? Commentators are helping to stoke fears of the Muslim Brotherhood and their inclusion in any future government. Why? Because oil prices will increase, the whole of the Middle East will erupt in flames, Sharia law will be implemented and we all know what that will lead too The Taliban.

'They Should Be Excluded from any Transition Government'
John McCain on the Dangers of the Muslim Brotherhood

SPIEGEL: Did it take the Obama administration too long to find a clear position on Egypt?

John McCain: I don't think that I can second-guess the president. While I wanted to be, I am not in his position, I don't have all the information and background that he has. All I can say is that I think the president has handled the issue well so far.
SPIEGEL: Many policymakers in Washington say they want to "end up on the right side of history" with regards to Egypt and not on the wrong side as they were in Iran after the fall of the Shah. How can that be achieved?

McCain: There's very little doubt that for a long time we have not been on the right side of history in the Middle East, in that we have not recognized that these same ambitions for democracy and freedom are held by people everywhere in the world. The president has come a long way since 2009 when he refused to condemn the Iranian government when the demonstrations were taking place in Tehran and refused to support the demonstrators then. I think that was one of the biggest national security mistakes so far of his presidency.