The Obama File lists the Muslims that are pro-Sharia and anti-American Constitution that are in the U.S. government. You need to know there is a Islamic agenda in America and that agenda if successful will take away the Essential Liberty that is the foundation of our Constitutional government. A significant amount of these Fifth Columnist Muslims are Obama appointees and have connections to the Muslim Brotherhood in one fashion or another.
JRH 4/30/12
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Obama's Muslims
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Obama Advisor Defends Sharia And The Overthrow Of The U.S. Constitution
Vijay Kumar, candidate for Congress, says that according to an article in the United Kingdom's Telegraph, in October of 2009, Barack Obama's advisor on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, went on Islamic television with members of the radical Islamic group Hizb ut Tahrir and defended their blatant call for the overthrow of all "man-made law" -- which includes the United States Constitution -- and the adoption of Islamic Sharia law as "the source of legislation":
Miss Mogahed, appointed to the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was "oversimplified" and the majority of women around the world associate it with "gender justice".
The White House adviser made the remarks on a London-based TV discussion programme hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party.
The group believes in the non-violent destruction of Western democracy and the creation of an Islamic state under Sharia Law across the world.
Miss Mogahed appeared alongside Hizb ut Tahrir's national women's officer, Nazreen Nawaz.
During the 45-minute discussion, on the Islam Channel programme Muslimah Dilemma earlier this week, the two members of the group made repeated attacks on secular "man-made law," and the West's "lethal cocktail of liberty and capitalism".
They called for Sharia Law to be "the source of legislation" and said that women should not be "permitted to hold a position of leadership in government".
Miss Mogahed made no challenge to these demands and said that "promiscuity" and the "breakdown of traditional values" were what Muslims admired least about the West.
...Miss Mogahed admitted that even many Muslims associated Sharia with "maximum criminal punishments" and "laws that... to many people seem unequal to women," but added: "Part of the reason that there is this perception of Sharia is because Sharia is not well understood and Islam as a faith is not well understood."
The White House adviser made the remarks on a London-based TV discussion programme hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party.
The group believes in the non-violent destruction of Western democracy and the creation of an Islamic state under Sharia Law across the world.
Miss Mogahed appeared alongside Hizb ut Tahrir's national women's officer, Nazreen Nawaz.
During the 45-minute discussion, on the Islam Channel programme Muslimah Dilemma earlier this week, the two members of the group made repeated attacks on secular "man-made law," and the West's "lethal cocktail of liberty and capitalism".
They called for Sharia Law to be "the source of legislation" and said that women should not be "permitted to hold a position of leadership in government".
Miss Mogahed made no challenge to these demands and said that "promiscuity" and the "breakdown of traditional values" were what Muslims admired least about the West.
...Miss Mogahed admitted that even many Muslims associated Sharia with "maximum criminal punishments" and "laws that... to many people seem unequal to women," but added: "Part of the reason that there is this perception of Sharia is because Sharia is not well understood and Islam as a faith is not well understood."
I call for Dalia Mogahed's immediate dismissal. While our country's men and women, sons and daughters, friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers are shedding their blood on foreign soil, being maimed and slaughtered while fighting to defend of our liberties, our rights, our freedom, our Constitution, and the very foundation of our way of life, an official connected to our own White House is sitting down next to known, vocal, avowed enemies of our Constitution and our nation, giving them aid and comfort, defending Sharia law as an overthrow of our Constitution, and having it broadcast all over the world on Islamic television.
It is an absolute outrage. Neville Chamberlain's fawning appeasement of a madman was nothing compared to such blatant, mutinous sedition, carried out over the imprimatur of the White House and under the auspices of our own Commander in Chief of our armed forces -- who are dying under his direction at the hands of the enemies his "advisor" defends!
Where is the Justice Department? Where is Congress? Where are the investigations and hearings? Their inaction makes a mockery of our Constitution and the highest laws of our land.
And So Does This Obama Appointee
Douglas J. Hagmann, Director of the Northeast Intelligence Network says that Barack Hussein Obama, catering to both Muslim and globalist agendas, is exposing his preference to Islamic and globalist agendas and placing yet another nail in America's coffin by appointing Rashad Hussain as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. To understand the extreme significance of this appointment, it is vital for Americans to understand the composition and objectives of the OIC, its global influence and potential impact on the U.S., and also be fully aware of the background of Rashad Hussain.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the world's largest Islamic entity with a membership of 57 Muslim states and a permanent delegation to the United Nations. Aside from the United Nations, it is the largest international entity of any type. It was formed on September 25, 1969 by the Islamic heads of state in Rabat, Morocco as an affront to Israel, with its primary objective to regain complete Muslim control and Islamic religious dominance over Jerusalem. It is now based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Top PLO terrorist leader and Muslim Brotherhood descendent Yasser Arafat was given the honorary position of permanent deputy chairman of the OIC in the years following its establishment. Unsurprisingly, the symbol of the OIC is a flag with a green background and an upward facing red crescent within a white circle. Above the crescent are the words "Allahu Akbar" -- Allah is the greatest -- written in Arabic script.
Since its establishment, the OIC has been THE primary organization pushing for the global criminalization of any criticism of Islam, Muslims, Islamic Sharia law, and all cultural and religious aspects of Islam. An early adherent to the use of the term Islamophobia, the OIC urged the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in 2005 to pass a resolution titled "Combating Defamation of Religions," a relatively benign sounding objective until closer inspection of the resolution found that it applied only to criticism of Islam. The "Combating Defamation of Religions" resolution was formally passed on March 30, 2007 by a vote of 24 to 14.
The OIC is engaged in an aggressive campaign to intimidate Western governments, including the U.S., into adopting hate speech laws that will effectively prohibit any form of criticism of Islam, including violent acts of Islamic jihad. Its march toward criminalizing any negative speech against Islam is rapidly progressing. In 2008, the OIC issued a 58-page report citing numerous allegations of Islamophobia, even identifying the state of Florida's Attorney General's decision to show the movie Obsession to his staff, a documentary that warned about the actions and objectives of "radical Islam," as an example of hate speech and Islamophobia. This comes from the same entity that, in early May 2002, during at a meeting of religious affairs ministers of the OIC in Kuala Lampur, a Saudi representative continued to justify "suicide bombings." Saudi Arabia's Minister of Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Saleh Al al-Sheikh reportedly stated that suicide bombing are permitted and the (Islamic) victims are considered to have died a martyr's death. Their global influence is growing rapidly.
Now, Obama is appointing a new envoy -- Rashad HUSSAIN, his associate deputy counsel to that position. Who is Rashad HUSSAIN? HUSSAIN was a Yale Law School student and from 2003-2005, an editor of the Yale Law Journal. He eventually served as a Department of Justice trial attorney and in January 2009 was appointed White House deputy associate counsel.
At a Muslim Students Association (MSA) conference in Chicago on September 5, 2004 HUSSAIN was quoted as saying that the case against Sami al Arian, a University of South Florida professor, North American head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, former chairman of the Islamic Academy of Florida, and the recipient of a 50-count indictment by a federal grand jury in February 2003, was politically motivated. Al Arian was also involved in the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (AADC), the American Muslim Council (AMC), the American Muslim Alliance, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
According to investigative documents, al Arian had connections to the blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, mastermind of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, and to Hamas official Mohammed Sakr and other high ranking terrorists, including Sudanese terrorist Hassan Turbai and Islamic Jihad co-founder Abdel Aziz-Odeh.
HUSSAIN reportedly stated that the prosecution of al Arian was being used "to squash dissent." HUSSAIN was also quoted telling a Muslim students' event in Chicago that if U.S. Muslims did not speak out against the injustices taking place in America, then everyone's rights would be in jeopardy.
In 2006, al Arian entered into a plea agreement to plead guilty to conspiracy to help a "specially designated terrorist" organization, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison with credit to time served and face deportation. In March 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice subpoenaed Al-Arian to testify before another grand jury. He refused to do so and was cited for contempt in June of that year. He is presently under house arrest and awaits trial on contempt charges.
After being selected as special envoy to the OIC, HUSSSAIN initially denied making any such statements, then stated that his statements were taken out of context, and as of last week, admits to making statements that were "ill-conceived or not well-formulated." According to recent reports, HUSSAIN's statements were part of a much broader defense of suspected Islamic terrorists.
The events that happened next involving Rashad HUSSAIN are nothing less than a cover-up that can be traced back to the highest levels at the White House. According to published reports, The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs deleted two paragraphs from a 2004 article that quoted HUSSAIN, and then tried to further cover up the "cover up" by claiming that the web site Archive.org was lying "and implied that anyone who wonders what happened to the article is a bigot.
The White House stood behind HUSSAIN, who unsurprisingly, was named a Fellow to the Paul and Daisy SOROS Foundation in 2003. Paul SOROS is the older brother of George SOROS, a financial supporter of Barack Hussein OBAMA and a virulent anti-capitalist and globalist.
Earlier, Fox News reported to have "unearthed tapes" telling an audience that he favors the imposition of Islamic Sharia law on a global scale. What better position to hold than envoy to an organization with the very same objectives. Despite the controversy involving HUSSAIN, Barack HUSSEIN Obama is standing firm on his appointment.
Is Sharia an Obama goal? I don't know, but he sure is appointing a lot of people that publicly call for the overthrow of the U. S. Constitution in favor of Sharia Law. Based on the fact that Obama is violating Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U. S. Constitution on a daily basis, and appointing terrorists' lawyers to the Justice Department, it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
Daniel Greenfield says Obama has announced the appointment of Azizah al-Hibri to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Al-Hibri (full name, Azizah Yahia Muhammad Toufiq al-Hibri) is a Muslim professor and the granddaughter of a Sheikh, who claims that the Koran inspired Thomas Jefferson and the Founders and that the Saudi criminal justice system is more moral than the American one because it accepts blood money from murderers.
Appointing a Muslim scholar to a commission on international religious freedom is only justifiable if that scholar recognized that much of the injustice in the world originates from Islamic law. But Al-Hibri has made her career whitewashing Islamic law and even presenting it as superior to American law. While she has been called a reformer, her call in 2001 for a return to the fundamentals echoes Wahhabi rhetoric. Rather than examining the incompatibilities of Islamic law and the modern world, and urging the appropriate adjustments, as genuine reformers have done, Al-Hibri instead builds myths that uphold the Islamist agenda.
According to Al-Hibri, "Islamic fiqh is deeper and better than Western codes of law". She favorably compares Saudi Arabia’s willingness to accept blood money bribes to excuse a murder, to the "impersonal and powerful" American justice system. Al-Hibri is often billed as a Muslim feminist, but she is equally hypocritical on women’s rights. Rather than conceding that Islamic law discriminates against women, she whitewashes its discriminatory treatment of women, arguing that guardianship is meant to protect "inexperienced women."
Rather than trying to bring Islam in line with the modern world, Azizah Al-Hibri pushes for the modern world to be brought in line with Islam. Rather than reforming Islam, it is America that she would like to reform to Islamic standards. Placing a woman who believes that American law is inferior to that of the Koran on an American commission to promote international religious freedom perverts the purpose of the commission and promotes religious tyranny instead.
Given a forum to call for reform, Al-Hibri unerringly insists that there is nothing to reform. At the UN, Al-Hibri expressed outrage that the Koran, which "established acceptance of others, now needed to be defended" and insisted that Islam "guaranteed freedom of thought". Listening to her defend Mohammed’s tyranny as an early form of democracy at the UN is a reminder of the era when Soviet representatives to the UN angrily defended their record on human rights and insisted that there is no freedom outside of Communism.
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Obama's Jihad On NASA
Three Muslims from the United Arab Emirates have been selected for space training at NASA, or what's left of it.
Mr Bani Malek, Hamad Rajab and Shamma al Qassim are from the Arab Youth Venture Foundation, an organization in RAK, for the Educational Associates program, which was previously reserved only for US citizens. While I have nothing against these people or the UAE, shouldn't Us Citizens come first?
When you add up benefits for illegal aliens, and rights for terrorists, it seems US Citizens are always last in line in their own country.
America, welcome to your new Islamic Space Program -- courtesy of Barak Hussein Obama!
Mr Bani Malek, Hamad Rajab and Shamma al Qassim are from the Arab Youth Venture Foundation, an organization in RAK, for the Educational Associates program, which was previously reserved only for US citizens. While I have nothing against these people or the UAE, shouldn't Us Citizens come first?
When you add up benefits for illegal aliens, and rights for terrorists, it seems US Citizens are always last in line in their own country.
America, welcome to your new Islamic Space Program -- courtesy of Barak Hussein Obama!
Obama Adviser Says Sharia Law Is Misunderstood
The Telegraph (UK) is reporting that Barack Obama's adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has provoked controversy by appearing on a British television show hosted by a member of an extremist group to talk about Sharia Law.
Miss Mogahed, appointed to the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was "oversimplified" and the majority of women around the world associate it with "gender justice."
Miss Mogahed, appointed to the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was "oversimplified" and the majority of women around the world associate it with "gender justice."
The White House adviser made the remarks on a London-based TV discussion programme hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party.
Miss Mogahed appeared alongside Hizb ut Tahrir's national women's officer, Nazreen Nawaz.
During the 45-minute discussion, on the Islam Channel programme Muslimah Dilemma earlier this week, the two members of the group made repeated attacks on secular "man-made law" and the West's "lethal cocktail of liberty and capitalism".
They called for Sharia Law to be "the source of legislation" and said that women should not be "permitted to hold a position of leadership in government."
Miss Mogahed appeared alongside Hizb ut Tahrir's national women's officer, Nazreen Nawaz.
During the 45-minute discussion, on the Islam Channel programme Muslimah Dilemma earlier this week, the two members of the group made repeated attacks on secular "man-made law" and the West's "lethal cocktail of liberty and capitalism".
They called for Sharia Law to be "the source of legislation" and said that women should not be "permitted to hold a position of leadership in government."
Another Obama Pal Busted For Terrorism
Joy Tiz asks, has Holder lost all control over the FBI? This time, it’s Hatem Abudayyeh, also of Chicago. BigGovernment is reporting that the FBI has raided the homes of a number of suspected terrorist supporters (including SEIU thug, Joseph Iosbaker).
Hatem Abudayyeh is the executive director of the Arab American Action Network (AAAN). Hatem Abudayyeh has been with the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) since 1999, and was appointed Executive Director in 2003. The Arab American Action Network was founded by former PLO operative and close Obama family friend Rashid Khalidi. Obama was a director of Bill Ayers' Woods Fund from 1994 through 2001, when the board approved a $40,000 grant to the Arab American Action Network.
In 2003 Barack Obama was an honored guest at a dinner sponsored by the AAAN for former PLO-operative Rashid Khalidi. During the dinner a video was taken that shows Barack Obama celebrating with members of this Palestinian group who are openly hostile towards Israel. Barack Obama even gave a toast to a Rashid Khalidi at this going away party. The LA Times will not release the video from this Jew-bashing dinner.
In 2003 Barack Obama was an honored guest at a dinner sponsored by the AAAN for former PLO-operative Rashid Khalidi. During the dinner a video was taken that shows Barack Obama celebrating with members of this Palestinian group who are openly hostile towards Israel. Barack Obama even gave a toast to a Rashid Khalidi at this going away party. The LA Times will not release the video from this Jew-bashing dinner.
A recent quote from Obama’s pal:
The U.S. and Israel will continue to describe Hamas, Hezbollah and the other Palestinian and Lebanese resistance organizations as "terrorists," but the real terrorists are the governments and military forces of the U.S. and Israel. The vast majority of the world sees and understands this, and are in full support of Lebanese, Palestinian and worldwide resistance to Israel and the U.S.’s naked aggression, war, imperialism and occupation. As we have seen in Iraq, where the resistance is standing up to U.S. power, the U.S. military is not indomitable.
Related: Visitor Logs Show Muslim Man Whose Home Was Raided by FBI For Ties to Palestinian Terrorists Visited White House in April
NASA Chief Goes To Saudi Arabia
Wizbang blog is reporting that there's not much in the ObamaMedia on Charles Bolden's trip to Saudi Arabia:
The NASA chief who caused an uproar over the summer when he said outreach to the Muslim world might be his "foremost" priority has embarked on a trip this weekend to Saudi Arabia.
A NASA spokesman said the visit is part of a multicountry tour. Administrator Charles Bolden and a delegation of several other NASA officials arrive in Saudi Arabia on Friday following a trip to Prague. From the Middle East, they will head next to Nepal where Bolden will give a keynote address at a climate change conference.
A NASA spokesman said the visit is part of a multicountry tour. Administrator Charles Bolden and a delegation of several other NASA officials arrive in Saudi Arabia on Friday following a trip to Prague. From the Middle East, they will head next to Nepal where Bolden will give a keynote address at a climate change conference.
A Google search reveals little as to others covering the junket, but one will find the following being mentioned more widely:
Despite the fact Congress finally passed the three-year $58 billion NASA Authorization Act late Wednesday night, hundreds of space workers found themselves without jobs Friday.
Some could be blamed on the uncertainty that has hung over the space program for the past nine months, but most were because of the space shuttle's pending retirement.
United Space Alliance laid off 333 employees who worked here in the Johnson Space Center area Friday, as planned, and Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership President Bob Mitchell said "at least an additional 400" were being laid off at aerospace firms, big and small, all around the area as the week came to an end.
"It is our hope that some . . . . some portion of these will be rehired in the first quarter of next year when the funding becomes clearer," he added.
Jacobs Engineering laid off 129 employees at its Clear Lake offices just two weeks ago. Most of the layoffs have been expected for months when it became clear that at least part of the Constellation program was going to be terminated and the shuttle was being retired.
USA Communications Manager Kari Fluegel said Friday that her company had also laid off an additional 1,222 employees in Florida and Alabama. Almost 800 were terminated at Cape Canaveral. The Huntsville, Ala., newspaper reported that from 150 to 250 space workers were being laid off as NASA switched from one rocket program to another and that some were expecting to come back when work starts on the new program.
That won't be all the layoffs at USA.
Fruegel said "we'll initiate the next layoff in January when another 200 to 300 will be laid off. We'll start that process in October with notices given out in about 60 days."
Some could be blamed on the uncertainty that has hung over the space program for the past nine months, but most were because of the space shuttle's pending retirement.
United Space Alliance laid off 333 employees who worked here in the Johnson Space Center area Friday, as planned, and Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership President Bob Mitchell said "at least an additional 400" were being laid off at aerospace firms, big and small, all around the area as the week came to an end.
"It is our hope that some . . . . some portion of these will be rehired in the first quarter of next year when the funding becomes clearer," he added.
Jacobs Engineering laid off 129 employees at its Clear Lake offices just two weeks ago. Most of the layoffs have been expected for months when it became clear that at least part of the Constellation program was going to be terminated and the shuttle was being retired.
USA Communications Manager Kari Fluegel said Friday that her company had also laid off an additional 1,222 employees in Florida and Alabama. Almost 800 were terminated at Cape Canaveral. The Huntsville, Ala., newspaper reported that from 150 to 250 space workers were being laid off as NASA switched from one rocket program to another and that some were expecting to come back when work starts on the new program.
That won't be all the layoffs at USA.
Fruegel said "we'll initiate the next layoff in January when another 200 to 300 will be laid off. We'll start that process in October with notices given out in about 60 days."
It is compelling that at the same time NASA Chief Bolden is reaching out to Muslims in Saudi Arabia, Americans by the thousands are being laid off as part of the Obama's retooling of the space agency.
A juxtaposition worth noting as November approaches.
Get Ready For New Muslim Invasion
Dr. Paul L. Williams says Barack Hussein Obama, in a determination letter to Congress, has announced that he will allow an additional 80,000 immigrants – - mostly from Islamic countries – - to resettle in the United States during fiscal year 2011.
Obama says that the increase in Muslim immigrants "is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest."
The following "goals" for new immigrants has been set as follows:
Obama says that the increase in Muslim immigrants "is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest."
The following "goals" for new immigrants has been set as follows:
Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000
East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,000
Europe and Central Asia . . . . . . . . 2,000
Latin America/Caribbean. . . . . . . . 5,500
Near East/South Asia. . . . . . . . . 35,500
Unallocated Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000
East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,000
Europe and Central Asia . . . . . . . . 2,000
Latin America/Caribbean. . . . . . . . 5,500
Near East/South Asia. . . . . . . . . 35,500
Unallocated Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000
Refugee Resettlement Watch and other organizations have expressed grave concern that Obama is allowing so many immigrants into the country while so many Americans remain out of work and living in poverty. According to the US Department of Labor, 14.8 million Americans remain unemployed. 6.1 million have been out of work for 27 weeks or over. This figure has been challenged by the Union of the Unemployed who provide statistics that the actual number of unemployed Americans is 31 million.
The U. S. Census Bureau shows that the median household income for Americans has fallen to $49,777 – - a decline of 0.7% in the past year.
One in seven Americans no longer can feed themselves. According to The Wall Street Journal, 14.3% of the American people live in abject poverty.
A refugee is defined by The US Department of Immigration and Naturalization as someone who has left one’s country due to persecution or a fear of persecution. This accounts for the sharp rise of Somali communities throughout the country.
However, the definition of refugee is "fudged" in several cases. "Refugees" who have not left their country due to persecution, according to Obama’s determination letter, can still be called "refugees" if they are from Iraq, one of the Islamic countries of the former Soviet Union, or Cuba.
According to Section 413 (a) of the Immigration and Nationalities Act, the Office of Refugee Resettlement is required to submit an annual report to Congress on the activities of the refugees. The report is supposed to include the number who are on public welfare programs, but no report has forthcoming from the Office of Refugee Resettlement since 2007.
Just what we need 50,000 more Muslims -- especially Somalis -- they'll assimilate well -- right!.
Related: Somalia militants kill Church leader and behead Christians, continuing crackdown on "non-Islamic culture."
How Secure Does This Make You Feel?
Aaron Klein is reporting that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has sworn in Mohamed Elibiary, a member of her agency's Advisory Council, who is a strong supporter of the radical Islamist theologian who calls for "war" with the non-Muslim world and whose teachings inspired and continues to govern al-Qaida and Islamic terrorist organizations worldwide.
Elibiary, president and CEO of the Freedom and Justice Foundation of Carrollton, Texas, also spoke at a conference that honored the anti-U.S. founder of the Iranian Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini. Elibiary has strongly criticized the government's persecution of fundraisers for Hamas and is a defender of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Elibiary fervently endorses the teachings of Egyptian writer Sayyid Qutb, who is widely considered the father of the modern Islamic terrorist revolution. Osama bin Laden and terror groups worldwide rely on Qutb for their fatwas and ideology.
Elibiary, meanwhile, has criticized the U.S. government's prosecution and conviction of the Holy Land Foundation and five former officials for providing more than $12 million to Hamas, depicting the case as a defeat for the United States.
He wrote an op-ed in the Dallas Morning News suggesting the convictions were part of a U.S. government policy of "denying our civil liberties and privacy at home" while pursuing anti-terror policies that have "left thousands of Americans dead, tens of thousands maimed, trillions of taxpayer dollars squandered and our homeland more vulnerable than ever."
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Elibiary may depict the Holy Land Foundation case as a defeat for the United States all he wants. The defendants were found guilty on all counts (at link above). It's perfectly acceptable for Muslims to lie to advance Islam. It's called al-taqqiya.
Elibiary, president and CEO of the Freedom and Justice Foundation of Carrollton, Texas, also spoke at a conference that honored the anti-U.S. founder of the Iranian Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini. Elibiary has strongly criticized the government's persecution of fundraisers for Hamas and is a defender of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Elibiary fervently endorses the teachings of Egyptian writer Sayyid Qutb, who is widely considered the father of the modern Islamic terrorist revolution. Osama bin Laden and terror groups worldwide rely on Qutb for their fatwas and ideology.
Elibiary, meanwhile, has criticized the U.S. government's prosecution and conviction of the Holy Land Foundation and five former officials for providing more than $12 million to Hamas, depicting the case as a defeat for the United States.
He wrote an op-ed in the Dallas Morning News suggesting the convictions were part of a U.S. government policy of "denying our civil liberties and privacy at home" while pursuing anti-terror policies that have "left thousands of Americans dead, tens of thousands maimed, trillions of taxpayer dollars squandered and our homeland more vulnerable than ever."
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Elibiary may depict the Holy Land Foundation case as a defeat for the United States all he wants. The defendants were found guilty on all counts (at link above). It's perfectly acceptable for Muslims to lie to advance Islam. It's called al-taqqiya.
Stealth Jihadists At Obama's Department Of Justice
Pamela Geller says, increasingly, the "J" in DoJ points more to jihad than to justice.
Lema Bashir was at the center of Virginia failing to mail military ballots in time in 2008. The same mistakes were repeated in 2010, and United States military voters were heavily disenfranchised because of in-actions by Bashir and DOJ throughout the year. Disenfranchising the military vote is policy. You could make a case that bad mistakes were made in 2008, but that when those same mistakes are made and made worse in 2010 by a devout Muslim who calls Israel "northern Palestine," I submit that it is no accident but deliberate policy.
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Meet Obama's New Top NASA Scientist, Waleed Abdalati
The Obama Administration has picked an Arab -- whose surname indicates that he might be Muslim (but it's not certain) -- as its top scientist. This appointment will fit nicely with NASA chief, Charles Bolden's, Obama-directed outreach to the Muslim world, that Bolden described as his "foremost priority."
Here's NASA's press release.
Reading Asdalati's CV, the guy has nothing to do with aeronautics, or space:
Dr. Waleed Abdalati, the Head of NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Branch, at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Md. conducts research on high-latitude glaciers and ice sheets using satellite and airborne instruments. He has led or participated in eight field expeditions to remote regions of the Greenland ice sheet and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic. From 2000 to the present, he has been Manager of NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Program, overseeing NASA-funded research efforts on glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, and polar climate. For the last four years, he has served as Program Scientist for NASA's Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), which has as its primary objective to increase our understanding of changes in the Earth's ice cover. Dr. Abdalati also worked as a research scientist at NASA's GSFC 1996 through 2000.
He's an expert on ice -- and get this -- climate!
It appears Obama is refocusing NASA's mission away from space and into climate research -- echoes of Van Jones.
NASA is retiring the shuttle program next year, and the Soviet-designed Soyuz will now become the world's only lifeline to the International Space Station. This predicament is provoking concern over excess reliance on Russia's space program and the Soviet-designed Soyuz.
Here's NASA's press release.
Reading Asdalati's CV, the guy has nothing to do with aeronautics, or space:
Dr. Waleed Abdalati, the Head of NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Branch, at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Md. conducts research on high-latitude glaciers and ice sheets using satellite and airborne instruments. He has led or participated in eight field expeditions to remote regions of the Greenland ice sheet and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic. From 2000 to the present, he has been Manager of NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Program, overseeing NASA-funded research efforts on glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, and polar climate. For the last four years, he has served as Program Scientist for NASA's Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), which has as its primary objective to increase our understanding of changes in the Earth's ice cover. Dr. Abdalati also worked as a research scientist at NASA's GSFC 1996 through 2000.
He's an expert on ice -- and get this -- climate!
It appears Obama is refocusing NASA's mission away from space and into climate research -- echoes of Van Jones.
NASA is retiring the shuttle program next year, and the Soviet-designed Soyuz will now become the world's only lifeline to the International Space Station. This predicament is provoking concern over excess reliance on Russia's space program and the Soviet-designed Soyuz.
Homeland Security’s Muslim Advisor
Big Peace says when Mohamed Elibiary was appointed earlier this year to the Department of Homeland Security’s newly-formed Countering Violent Extremism Working Group, it was done quietly and without fanfare. It’s hard to believe that this silence was accidental, considering Elibiary’s appearance at a conference honoring Ayatollah Khomeini, his attacks on prosecution of terrorist fundraisers, his active promotion of jihadist ideology godfather Sayyid Qutb, and the threat he made against a Dallas Morning News journalist who repeatedly exposed his extremist views.
But none of that has stopped Mohamed Elibiary from promoting himself as a "de-radicalization" expert courted not only by Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security, but testifying before Congress earlier this year, giving briefings to the Congressional Research Service, and being hailed by the establishment media.
Perhaps the hardest thing for Elibiary to explain away is his sharing the podium with a rabid anti-American and anti-Jewish speaker who has publicly pledged his loyalty to the Iranian regime, but he has offered several fantastic explanations for appearing at the December 2004 conference honoring the life and works of the "Great Islamic Visionary" Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The Dallas Morning News condemned the meeting and its high-profile speakers as a "disgrace," Elibiary defended his appearance by claiming that he never knew the conference was to honor Khomeini and that he endorsed the conference out of "Muslim unity" and his hopes to present a "moderating counterpoint" -- one that apparently was never offered.
When the local CBS affiliate reported that keynote speaker and outspoken Khomeini enthusiast Mohammad Al-Asi had delivered an anti-American, anti-Jewish harangue during the conference, and a 10-year old boy had opened the conference praising Khomeini for reviving "pure Islamic thinking" and calling President Bush "the greatest enemy of the Muslim Ummah," Elibiary conveniently claimed that he didn’t hear those comments since he had arrived after the boy spoke and before Al-Asi’s speech. He has elaborated on those excuses for speaking at the event on his own website.
More recently, Elibiary has publicly attacked the prosecution the Holy Land Foundation executives who were convicted of raising millions in support of Hamas, and a landmark Supreme Court decision earlier this year that backed federal laws prohibiting material support for terrorism.
When Elibiary testified before Congress earlier this year, his status as a "de-radicalization expert" was challenged by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, who noted his running online feud with Dallas Morning News editorial page editor Rod Dreher over Elibiary’s defense of the godfather of jihadist ideology, Sayyid Qutb. The 9/11 Commission observed that Qutb was instrumental in developing the ideological foundations of Al-Qaeda’s terrorist worldview that justified the 9/11 attacks and inspired Osama bin Laden.
When Elibiary was cited as an expert source by the Congressional Research Service in a study published last November, Dreher recounted some of the defenses made by Elibiary in defense of Qutb in response to an editorial identifying the threat from Qutb’s jihadist ideology. This included Elibiary’s stated position that some who have read Qutb’s writings saw "the potential for a strong spiritual rebirth that’s truly ecumenical allowing all faiths practiced in America to enrich us and motivate us to serve God better by serving our fellow man more." Dreher reprinted some of Qutb’s statements calling for the establishment of a global Islamic state, the imposition of shariah law, and carrying out violence against non-Muslims and non-compliant Muslims until the entire world is in submission to Allah and Islamic law.
Even more disturbing is an email exchange the two had in 2006, where Elibiary called Dreher "a Klansman without a hood" and warned "treat people as inferiors and you can expect someone to put a banana in your exhaust pipe or something."
With that in mind, it is hard to understand why the Department of Homeland Security would be embracing Mohamed Elibiary and seeking his counsel. It would be one thing if they understood their outreach to Elibiary as an attempt to engage extremists, but it is clear that Janet Napolitano and her DHS colleagues believes that Elibiary is part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
One only needs to read the lame recommendations offered by the Countering Violent Extremism Working Group to identify the corrosive effect of trying to mainstream extremists like Mohamed Elibiary is having on U.S. government policy concerning violent Islamic ideology.
Elibiary is employing the Islamic tactic of al-taqiyya, the Islamist terrorist weapon of deception.
But none of that has stopped Mohamed Elibiary from promoting himself as a "de-radicalization" expert courted not only by Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security, but testifying before Congress earlier this year, giving briefings to the Congressional Research Service, and being hailed by the establishment media.
Perhaps the hardest thing for Elibiary to explain away is his sharing the podium with a rabid anti-American and anti-Jewish speaker who has publicly pledged his loyalty to the Iranian regime, but he has offered several fantastic explanations for appearing at the December 2004 conference honoring the life and works of the "Great Islamic Visionary" Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The Dallas Morning News condemned the meeting and its high-profile speakers as a "disgrace," Elibiary defended his appearance by claiming that he never knew the conference was to honor Khomeini and that he endorsed the conference out of "Muslim unity" and his hopes to present a "moderating counterpoint" -- one that apparently was never offered.
When the local CBS affiliate reported that keynote speaker and outspoken Khomeini enthusiast Mohammad Al-Asi had delivered an anti-American, anti-Jewish harangue during the conference, and a 10-year old boy had opened the conference praising Khomeini for reviving "pure Islamic thinking" and calling President Bush "the greatest enemy of the Muslim Ummah," Elibiary conveniently claimed that he didn’t hear those comments since he had arrived after the boy spoke and before Al-Asi’s speech. He has elaborated on those excuses for speaking at the event on his own website.
More recently, Elibiary has publicly attacked the prosecution the Holy Land Foundation executives who were convicted of raising millions in support of Hamas, and a landmark Supreme Court decision earlier this year that backed federal laws prohibiting material support for terrorism.
When Elibiary testified before Congress earlier this year, his status as a "de-radicalization expert" was challenged by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, who noted his running online feud with Dallas Morning News editorial page editor Rod Dreher over Elibiary’s defense of the godfather of jihadist ideology, Sayyid Qutb. The 9/11 Commission observed that Qutb was instrumental in developing the ideological foundations of Al-Qaeda’s terrorist worldview that justified the 9/11 attacks and inspired Osama bin Laden.
When Elibiary was cited as an expert source by the Congressional Research Service in a study published last November, Dreher recounted some of the defenses made by Elibiary in defense of Qutb in response to an editorial identifying the threat from Qutb’s jihadist ideology. This included Elibiary’s stated position that some who have read Qutb’s writings saw "the potential for a strong spiritual rebirth that’s truly ecumenical allowing all faiths practiced in America to enrich us and motivate us to serve God better by serving our fellow man more." Dreher reprinted some of Qutb’s statements calling for the establishment of a global Islamic state, the imposition of shariah law, and carrying out violence against non-Muslims and non-compliant Muslims until the entire world is in submission to Allah and Islamic law.
Even more disturbing is an email exchange the two had in 2006, where Elibiary called Dreher "a Klansman without a hood" and warned "treat people as inferiors and you can expect someone to put a banana in your exhaust pipe or something."
With that in mind, it is hard to understand why the Department of Homeland Security would be embracing Mohamed Elibiary and seeking his counsel. It would be one thing if they understood their outreach to Elibiary as an attempt to engage extremists, but it is clear that Janet Napolitano and her DHS colleagues believes that Elibiary is part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
One only needs to read the lame recommendations offered by the Countering Violent Extremism Working Group to identify the corrosive effect of trying to mainstream extremists like Mohamed Elibiary is having on U.S. government policy concerning violent Islamic ideology.
Elibiary is employing the Islamic tactic of al-taqiyya, the Islamist terrorist weapon of deception.
NASA To Put Muslim's Name On Rocket
Dr. Essam Mohamed Haji, a young researcher at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), said that he received approval from NASA to put Sally Zahran’s name on a spaceship heading for Mars.
Sally Zahran was mercilessly clubbed to death during Tahrir demonstrations. Haji said in a telephone call from his office in California that it is a tradition in NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to write names of notable people on space ships at the request of a NASA staff member or any US citizen. Haji stressed that he made a request to put martyred Sally Zahran’s name on the spacecraft in order to honor her.
"This is the least we could provide to Egyptian youth and revolutionaries. This step represents transferring the dreams of Egyptian youth from a small stretch of earth to the enormous expanse of space," said Haji to Al-Mary Al-Youm.
Haji said to Al-Masry Al-Youm that "standing in Tahrir is like setting foot upon the moon." He likened those standing in Cairo’s Tahrir Square–a central site for recent protests in Egypt–to the first man who set foot upon the moon. He said both started by a dream and changed the world’s view of human potential.
"Today millions of youth are taking the first steps on the path to freedom with the same courage with which Armstrong stepped upon the moon for the first time. These young people have been a subject to marginalization, alienation and repression for over than 30 years. The role of security agents was to protect only the elite while employing repression against the poor," said Haji.
Sally Zahran was mercilessly clubbed to death during Tahrir demonstrations. Haji said in a telephone call from his office in California that it is a tradition in NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to write names of notable people on space ships at the request of a NASA staff member or any US citizen. Haji stressed that he made a request to put martyred Sally Zahran’s name on the spacecraft in order to honor her.
"This is the least we could provide to Egyptian youth and revolutionaries. This step represents transferring the dreams of Egyptian youth from a small stretch of earth to the enormous expanse of space," said Haji to Al-Mary Al-Youm.
Haji said to Al-Masry Al-Youm that "standing in Tahrir is like setting foot upon the moon." He likened those standing in Cairo’s Tahrir Square–a central site for recent protests in Egypt–to the first man who set foot upon the moon. He said both started by a dream and changed the world’s view of human potential.
"Today millions of youth are taking the first steps on the path to freedom with the same courage with which Armstrong stepped upon the moon for the first time. These young people have been a subject to marginalization, alienation and repression for over than 30 years. The role of security agents was to protect only the elite while employing repression against the poor," said Haji.
If this is true, then why isn’t this wonderful news being trumpeted by our news media in our country? And where is the rocket named after Neda Agha-Soltan, and all of the thousands of martyred Iranian protesters? (These are rhetorical questions.)
Also note the date of this report -- Thu, 10/02/2011. This permission, if true, was given even before Mubarak stepped down. And really who knows what the future holds?
Islamists Have Infiltrated The Obama Administration
VIDEO: "Islamist-supporters infiltrate Obama Admin to subvert US security," reveals ex-CIA'er, Clare Lopez
Islamist-allied operatives appointed by Obama are undermining U.S. security policy -- explains counter-Intelligence expert, Prof. Clare Lopez. Aimed at co-opting America’s foreign policy in the Middle East, a network including well-known American diplomats, congressional representatives, figures from academia and the think tank world -- with ties to the clerical regime in Tehran -- is directing the Obama Administration's policy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Middle East.
Obama Gives $5 Million To Arab-Based Green Energy Firm
Judicial Watch's Corruption Chronicles says if wasting exorbitant amounts of money to support the corrupt United Nations wasn’t bad enough, Obama has joined a new Arab-based "international organization" dedicated to promoting renewable energy worldwide.
That means U.S. taxpayers will supply a big chunk of the group’s funding in addition to the billions of dollars that already go to the U.N. each year for programs that, incidentally, already address renewable energy. As the largest contributors to the U.N., American taxpayers forked over $6.3 billion last year and billions more will be allocated this fiscal year, despite promises from some lawmakers to slash the cash flow to the scandal-plagued world body.
With the U.S. national debt topping $14 trillion the last thing the country needs is a costly membership to yet another world agency promoting a leftist agenda. Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will get a chunk of change from Uncle Sam -- around $5 million -- to promote renewable energy technologies that meet the challenges of sustained economic growth, energy security and climate change. At least that’s how the State Department explains it.
The Obama Administration is especially excited that IRENA is the "first truly international organization based in an Arab country." With its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the group claims that it will act as the "global voice for renewable energies" by facilitating access to all relevant renewable energy information, economic data and "renewable resource potential data." So far 65 countries have officially joined IRENA, which also has offices in Austria and Germany.
Two big events are coming up in April at the group’s headquarters; the "First Session of the Assembly" and the "Fifth Session of the Preparatory Commission." Those who may wonder what exactly happens at these very important gatherings should be able to get an idea by clicking on the agenda, but it’s not quite ready yet and simply says "coming soon." Maybe they’re just making it up as they go along. Travel and hotel information for "delegates" who plan to attend the powwow are up and running, however.
That means U.S. taxpayers will supply a big chunk of the group’s funding in addition to the billions of dollars that already go to the U.N. each year for programs that, incidentally, already address renewable energy. As the largest contributors to the U.N., American taxpayers forked over $6.3 billion last year and billions more will be allocated this fiscal year, despite promises from some lawmakers to slash the cash flow to the scandal-plagued world body.
With the U.S. national debt topping $14 trillion the last thing the country needs is a costly membership to yet another world agency promoting a leftist agenda. Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will get a chunk of change from Uncle Sam -- around $5 million -- to promote renewable energy technologies that meet the challenges of sustained economic growth, energy security and climate change. At least that’s how the State Department explains it.
The Obama Administration is especially excited that IRENA is the "first truly international organization based in an Arab country." With its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the group claims that it will act as the "global voice for renewable energies" by facilitating access to all relevant renewable energy information, economic data and "renewable resource potential data." So far 65 countries have officially joined IRENA, which also has offices in Austria and Germany.
Two big events are coming up in April at the group’s headquarters; the "First Session of the Assembly" and the "Fifth Session of the Preparatory Commission." Those who may wonder what exactly happens at these very important gatherings should be able to get an idea by clicking on the agenda, but it’s not quite ready yet and simply says "coming soon." Maybe they’re just making it up as they go along. Travel and hotel information for "delegates" who plan to attend the powwow are up and running, however.
The Religion Of Peace Marches On
Investors.com is reporting that Obama's top Muslim envoy has been overseas encouraging devotion to Islam, including in terror hot spots like Afghanistan. In fact, Rashad Hussain, U.S. special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, just returned from Afghanistan, where he told locals the antidote to Islamic violence "is Islam itself." Hussain said during a speech in Kabul:
"I am of the opinion that one of the strongest tools that you can use to counter radicalization and violent extremism is Islam itself, because Islam rejects violent extremism."
Afghans responded to his message by slaughtering a dozen innocent United Nations workers in the name of Islam.
And, in the Ivory Coast Muslims continue their savage attacks on Christians:
• Rebels loyal to Muslim opposition leader Quattara from the north have battled their way to the main city, Abidjan. There are constant reports of savage attacks on villages by rebels armed with guns and machetes.
• Thousands of refugees from the Ivory Coast in Liberia are reporting that the pro-Quattara Muslim rebels are killing people and raping women. They are killing "everyone and anyone." There are even rumors of cannibalism.
• At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered last week at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekoue, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara as they worked their way to Abidjan.
• Hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing their homes and escaping to neighboring countries.
• The United Nations and French forces opened fire with attack helicopters Monday on the arsenal of this country's entrenched ruler (video), as columns of foot soldiers finally pierced the city limit and surrounded the strongman's home. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the attacks were ordered to defend civilians and were not a declaration of war on Mr Gbagbo.
• Thousands of refugees from the Ivory Coast in Liberia are reporting that the pro-Quattara Muslim rebels are killing people and raping women. They are killing "everyone and anyone." There are even rumors of cannibalism.
• At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered last week at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekoue, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara as they worked their way to Abidjan.
• Hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing their homes and escaping to neighboring countries.
• The United Nations and French forces opened fire with attack helicopters Monday on the arsenal of this country's entrenched ruler (video), as columns of foot soldiers finally pierced the city limit and surrounded the strongman's home. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the attacks were ordered to defend civilians and were not a declaration of war on Mr Gbagbo.
And, in Libya, American officials have been straining to make out "flickers" of intelligence suggesting a jihadist influence in the eastern Libyan rebellion against the rule of Muammar al-Gaddafi, but French journalist Julien Fouchet, reporting from eastern Libya, encountered a flagrant jihadist presence and met with participants who talked openly about their dedication to jihad and/or their desire to establish an Islamic state.
On the front near the oil-producing town of Brega, for instance, Fouchet spotted a bearded commander on a sand dune giving orders by satellite phone. The man wore the traditional robe favored by the Salafist current of Islamic fundamentalism and had a Kalashnikov slung over his shoulder. "You can't speak to him," rebel Muslim fighters told Fouchet. "He is not fighting for Libya. If he is fighting today, it's for Allah." Fouchet describes seeing imams driving among the ranks of the rebel fighters in a pick-up truck and reciting prayers over a loudspeaker.
In England, British Islamists protested in front of the US Embassy, calling for jihad against the West (video). Ironically, the Islamists have adopted the Muslim nickname, "Londonistan," for the British capital.
A "Perfect Islamic State"
Aaron Klein is reporting that Dalia Mogahed, appointed to Obama's White House Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, was a partner in an Islamic project whose stated goal was to "define, interpret and implement the concept of the Islamic State in modern times."
The project was founded and directed by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the controversial Muslim cleric behind the proposed 13-story, $100 million Islamic cultural center and mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City.
Besides her role on the White House council, Mogahed is also on the advisory council of the Department of Homeland Security. She testified before the Senate on engagement with the Muslim community.
Together with Rauf, Mogahed was a leading voice in the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement, which issued a 153-page recommendation paper, obtained and reviewed by WorldNetDaily, that calls for dialogue with Hamas.
The consensus focused on improving America's relationship with Muslims globally, with many of the recommendations later reportedly being adopted by the Obama administration. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Dennis Ross, Obama's Mideast envoy, also served on the Leadership Group that released the recommendation paper.
The paper specifically called on the U.S. to engage opposition parties in Egypt, including the Muslim Brotherhood. It set the boundaries for dialogue with Hamas if the Islamist terror group renounced violence. Also, the paper called on the U.S. to immediately engage Hamas using intermediaries in hopes of moderating the group.
Mogahed, meanwhile, is a senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, where she led what has been described an unprecedented survey of Muslims worldwide, including in the U.S. and Europe. The survey was the basis for a 2008 book she co-authored, "Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think."
Mogahed's Gallup survey concluded only 7 percent of the world's Muslims (that's 91,000,000 fanatics -- and that number is extremely conservative) are political radicals and that the majority support democracy.
Continue reading here . . .
This Pew research survey certainly shows a different set of numbers:
The project was founded and directed by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the controversial Muslim cleric behind the proposed 13-story, $100 million Islamic cultural center and mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City.
Besides her role on the White House council, Mogahed is also on the advisory council of the Department of Homeland Security. She testified before the Senate on engagement with the Muslim community.
Together with Rauf, Mogahed was a leading voice in the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement, which issued a 153-page recommendation paper, obtained and reviewed by WorldNetDaily, that calls for dialogue with Hamas.
The consensus focused on improving America's relationship with Muslims globally, with many of the recommendations later reportedly being adopted by the Obama administration. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Dennis Ross, Obama's Mideast envoy, also served on the Leadership Group that released the recommendation paper.
The paper specifically called on the U.S. to engage opposition parties in Egypt, including the Muslim Brotherhood. It set the boundaries for dialogue with Hamas if the Islamist terror group renounced violence. Also, the paper called on the U.S. to immediately engage Hamas using intermediaries in hopes of moderating the group.
Mogahed, meanwhile, is a senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, where she led what has been described an unprecedented survey of Muslims worldwide, including in the U.S. and Europe. The survey was the basis for a 2008 book she co-authored, "Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think."
Mogahed's Gallup survey concluded only 7 percent of the world's Muslims (that's 91,000,000 fanatics -- and that number is extremely conservative) are political radicals and that the majority support democracy.
Continue reading here . . .
This Pew research survey certainly shows a different set of numbers:
Obama Honoree, Common, Is A Muslim
Debbie Schlussel is reporting that police officers and others are rightfully upset by Michelle Hussein Obama’s invitation to cop-killer loving rapper Common to come to the White House, this week, but what press reports are conveniently omitting is that Common is a practicing Muslim (to which he eagerly converted) and, while he supports rap’s denigration of women as "bitches and hos," he has blamed it on churches and Christians. Yup, this cop-hater whose song praises a Black Panther, Assata Shakur, who murdered a cop, is a Muslim and is often touted by Muslim groups as a "model citizen" Muslim in the "arts."
And it’s no coincidence. Muslims, including the CAIR Action Network, have a strong love affair with Black Panther cop killers. That’s why CAIR Action Network continues to campaign for the freedom of H. Rap Brown, a Muslim imam now known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who is also a cop killer and former Black Panther and is currently in prison for that.
I’ve written about Common before, like when he went on Oprah four years ago, to praise rap and hip-hop and the genre’s degradation of women as "hos" and "bitches," something he blamed not on himself and his, um, "colleagues" in the rap/hip-hop biz, but on White people and "slavery." The Muslim Common also blamed rap/hip-hop’s treatment of women on Christian Churches (because, you know, Islam is so liberal in its treatment of women, right?)
Uh, no. Slavery ended more than a hundred years ago. Slavery of Blacks continues mostly only in Islamic nations. The "bitches and hos" thing–just like the glorification of cop killers and Black Panthers–is a function of Black culture, where people willingly embrace this stuff. To blame it on anyone else is baloney. Churches? Puh-leeze. Churches and synagogues give women far more respect than Common and his ilk, much less any mosque in America or elsewhere around the world, accord them.
Oh, and FYI, not only is Common tight with the Obamas, he is a close friend of Oprah and tennis player Serena Williams, who is his on-again, off-again concubine. Ask her and her many tennis sponsors if they agree with his cop-killer love and attacks on America’s churches and Christians.
Common, a Muslim, is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), whose ex-Black Muslim preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright was the "spiritual mentor" of the Muslim-at-birth Barack Obama. Here's Common doing his thing, praising Obama, at TUCC:
And it’s no coincidence. Muslims, including the CAIR Action Network, have a strong love affair with Black Panther cop killers. That’s why CAIR Action Network continues to campaign for the freedom of H. Rap Brown, a Muslim imam now known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who is also a cop killer and former Black Panther and is currently in prison for that.
I’ve written about Common before, like when he went on Oprah four years ago, to praise rap and hip-hop and the genre’s degradation of women as "hos" and "bitches," something he blamed not on himself and his, um, "colleagues" in the rap/hip-hop biz, but on White people and "slavery." The Muslim Common also blamed rap/hip-hop’s treatment of women on Christian Churches (because, you know, Islam is so liberal in its treatment of women, right?)
Uh, no. Slavery ended more than a hundred years ago. Slavery of Blacks continues mostly only in Islamic nations. The "bitches and hos" thing–just like the glorification of cop killers and Black Panthers–is a function of Black culture, where people willingly embrace this stuff. To blame it on anyone else is baloney. Churches? Puh-leeze. Churches and synagogues give women far more respect than Common and his ilk, much less any mosque in America or elsewhere around the world, accord them.
Oh, and FYI, not only is Common tight with the Obamas, he is a close friend of Oprah and tennis player Serena Williams, who is his on-again, off-again concubine. Ask her and her many tennis sponsors if they agree with his cop-killer love and attacks on America’s churches and Christians.
Common, a Muslim, is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), whose ex-Black Muslim preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright was the "spiritual mentor" of the Muslim-at-birth Barack Obama. Here's Common doing his thing, praising Obama, at TUCC:
[SlantRight Editor: I’ll provide the link however the last I checked the video was marked as “private.”]
Here's something you may not know. The Rev. Wright welcomed Muslims as members of TUCC.
Usama K. Dakdok, is a Christian ministry and outreach to the Muslim community, contacted Obama’s Chicago church, Trinity United Church of Christ, posing as an Egyptian Muslim interested in joining the church. He had the following conversation with a church employee: "If I am Muslim and believe in prophet Muhammed, peace be upon him and I also believe in Jesus, peace be upon him, do I have to give up my Islamic faith to be a member in your church?" The Trinity U.C.C. employee responded, "No. We have many Muslim members in our church." The phone conversation was witnessed by four other individuals, and he claims he can produce the phone records to verify this exchange.
Related: Obama joins Michelle at racially charged White House reception for rapper who praised Black Panther cop killer and singer who condemned mixed race marriages.
Related: Radical White House Guest Common Even Named His Daughter After Cop Killer
You REALLY need to check out the above related article. Very damning -- more than any mainstream media coverage I’ve seen. You can take the thug off the street, but you can't take the street out of the thug. Hopefully this gives even more people a glimpse into the wicked inner workings of the Obamas.
Usama K. Dakdok, is a Christian ministry and outreach to the Muslim community, contacted Obama’s Chicago church, Trinity United Church of Christ, posing as an Egyptian Muslim interested in joining the church. He had the following conversation with a church employee: "If I am Muslim and believe in prophet Muhammed, peace be upon him and I also believe in Jesus, peace be upon him, do I have to give up my Islamic faith to be a member in your church?" The Trinity U.C.C. employee responded, "No. We have many Muslim members in our church." The phone conversation was witnessed by four other individuals, and he claims he can produce the phone records to verify this exchange.
Related: Obama joins Michelle at racially charged White House reception for rapper who praised Black Panther cop killer and singer who condemned mixed race marriages.
Related: Radical White House Guest Common Even Named His Daughter After Cop Killer
You REALLY need to check out the above related article. Very damning -- more than any mainstream media coverage I’ve seen. You can take the thug off the street, but you can't take the street out of the thug. Hopefully this gives even more people a glimpse into the wicked inner workings of the Obamas.
Ethical Journalism?
The Constitution Club is reporting that after Barack Obama’s speech on the Middle East last week -- in which Israel and most of its supporters correctly claim he threw Israel under the bus -- CNN’s Fareed Zakaria heaped praise on the man and the message. Of course he did -- he probably wrote half the speech -- or at the very least, had a hand in crafting it.
After CNN’s Eliot Spitzer revealed last week that Zakaria has been advising Obama on foreign policy matters, Fareed claimed that he’s simply had "off-the-record conversations" with Obama on "foreign issues" and that the whole thing is a misunderstanding. Of course it is Fareed. Accepting, (for a moment) that Zakaria’s explanation is correct, should he still not have disclosed that tidbit when he evaluated Obama’s speech? Of course he should have.
So, who is this guy, Fareed Zakaria, anyway? In December of last year, we published an article entitled CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: The American People are the Problem, in that commented on Zakaria’s take on America:
After CNN’s Eliot Spitzer revealed last week that Zakaria has been advising Obama on foreign policy matters, Fareed claimed that he’s simply had "off-the-record conversations" with Obama on "foreign issues" and that the whole thing is a misunderstanding. Of course it is Fareed. Accepting, (for a moment) that Zakaria’s explanation is correct, should he still not have disclosed that tidbit when he evaluated Obama’s speech? Of course he should have.
So, who is this guy, Fareed Zakaria, anyway? In December of last year, we published an article entitled CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: The American People are the Problem, in that commented on Zakaria’s take on America:
"The Chinese are the ones who should be celebrating Thanksgiving and we should be having a big Mardi Gras party, but that’s what ‘we’ pick up, a kind of a culture of over-consumption. The people are the big problem. I mean, Americans -- everybody wants to say the American people are so wonderful. You know, I think that when they come to recognize that they have to make sacrifices too, that it’s not just wasteful -- they need to have -- they need to recognize that some of what’s going to happen here is fewer. They have to consume fewer things. They have to accept higher taxes."
So goes the worldview of Fareed Zakaria. The "real problem" is the American people; we are spoiled and overindulgent; we must spend less, accept higher taxes, and stop being so selfish. Is this an internationalist marriage made in wealth-redistribution heaven, or what? Barack Obama feels exactly the same way.
The story of Zakaria’s meetings with Obama became a discussion of journalistic credibility early last week. While the New York Times article praised Obama for "sounding out prominent journalists like Zakaria," (of course it did) more objective and credible sources had a different take:
Should a journalist offer "objective" public analysis on the policies of a president whom he is advising on the very topics he is assessing? On his own television program, no less?"
After several internet outlets reported that Zakaria was advising Obama, Zakaria posted on his website Saturday that those reports were "inaccurate" and that he simply had some "off-the-record" conversations with Obama, who had never asked him for advice.
While it follows that Obama -- Mr. Know-it-all -- doesn’t seem to need advice from anyone on anything, Zakaria and CNN had a journalistic obligation to disclose his "off-the-record" conversations with Obama. They would have demanded no less from Fox News, Sean Hannity and George Bush.
At least the Keith Olbermanns and Ed Schultzes of the world are honest -- in your face -- unabashed apologists for Barack Obama and everything he does. Fareed Zakaria is no such man -- choosing instead to pass himself off as an objective enlightened intellectual -- the most insidious kind of all.
Obama's a big fan of Zakaria. Remember this photo of him reading Zakaria's "The Post American World?"
Obama's Muslim Advisor
CNN's Fareed Zakaria, host of the weekend show Fareed Zakaria GPS and editor-at-large for Time magazine, admitted on CNN recently that he has been advising Barack Obama on foreign policy matters. Zakaria walked this report back later, but here's the transcript. You decide.
ELIOT SPITZER: Look, I read something in the paper this week a couple of days ago that actually made me -- you know brought a smile to my face. It said the president of the United States calls you for wisdom and advice about issues around the world.
So first, when he calls you, what does he say? "Hi, Barack calling for Fareed?" What does he do?
FAREED ZAKARIA: Mostly it's been face-to-face meetings.
So first, when he calls you, what does he say? "Hi, Barack calling for Fareed?" What does he do?
FAREED ZAKARIA: Mostly it's been face-to-face meetings.
We first became aware of the influence that Zakaria was having on Obama via this photo of Obama carrying Zakaria's book, "The Post-American World"
[SlantRight Editor: The account that had this video was removed by YouTube for violating copyright.]
In this video Zakaria's not advising Obama. He's just confirming Obama's already public pronouncements. The Founders are irrelevant and the Constitution is old fashioned. I particularly noticed Zakaria's reference to "...this 'New World'."
And exactly which part the US Constitution does Zakaria believe is "dysfunctional?"
And exactly which part the US Constitution does Zakaria believe is "dysfunctional?"
Freedom of speech, assembly and the press; the right to bear arms (all statists hate this one); protection against unreasonable search and seizure; the right to due process; the right to a jury, no excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment; and other rights that are retained by The People; and powers not listed remaining in the States.
Zakaria talks about the Constitution needing change, but if he's so smart then he should know there's a mechanism for that in the Constitution, and that it has been exercised 27 times -- on average once every 9 years.
What Zakaria and Obama and the rest of them really mean is that they want the Constitution to be "flexible." To be interpretable. What they really want is another set of laws. The question is, if Obama and Zakaria don't want the "People's law," do they want a tyrant's law, or Sharia law?
Obama's Faith Adviser Addresses Radical Muslim Group
Aaron Klein is reporting that Obama's faith adviser, Eboo Patel, spoke this past weekend at the main event of a 3-day convention held by the Muslim Students Association, or MSA, a controversial group founded by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Patel appeared on a panel alongside Tariq Ramadan, grandson of the notorious founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Siraj Wahhaj, who was named as a possible co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Wahhaj has also defended the convicted WTC bomb plotters and has urged the Islamic takeover of America.
The MSA event was part of a larger weekend convention in which several U.S. Islamic groups held a series of speaking engagements. The convention was arranged by the Islamic Society of North America, itself an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to raise money for Hamas.
Patel was featured on a panel at what was billed as the main session of both the MSA and ISNA conventions. The session was titled, "I took the Road Less Traveled by, and that has made all the Difference."
A description of the panel by the ISNA website states, "We live in a society in which immersion is encouraged and in which we are often confronted with evil. Muslims have always been challenged, but Islam is a guiding star that can help us overcome these challenges as we strive to remain faithful. We must remain confident and unified as we make our short journey through this life. And sometimes, we must be 'strangers.'"
The MSA event was part of a larger weekend convention in which several U.S. Islamic groups held a series of speaking engagements. The convention was arranged by the Islamic Society of North America, itself an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to raise money for Hamas.
Patel was featured on a panel at what was billed as the main session of both the MSA and ISNA conventions. The session was titled, "I took the Road Less Traveled by, and that has made all the Difference."
A description of the panel by the ISNA website states, "We live in a society in which immersion is encouraged and in which we are often confronted with evil. Muslims have always been challenged, but Islam is a guiding star that can help us overcome these challenges as we strive to remain faithful. We must remain confident and unified as we make our short journey through this life. And sometimes, we must be 'strangers.'"
Panel participants with Patel were Ramadan, Wahhaj, and Islamic author Yasir Qadhi.
Ramadan's maternal grandfather was Hasan al-Banna, who in 1928 founded the Muslim Brotherhood. Osama bin Laden routinely referred to al-Banna in al-Qaida doctrine. Ramadan's father, Said Ramadan, led the Brotherhood throughout the 1950s and then was exiled from Egypt to Switzerland .
Wahhaj is an African American convert to Islam via the Nation of Islam.
He repeatedly urged the U.S. to accept Islamic law. Discover the Networks notes Wahajj in 1991 predicted America will fall unless it "accepts the Islamic agenda."
The next year, he stated, "Hear what I'm telling you well. The Americans are not your friends … The Canadians are not your friends … The Europeans are not your friends. Your friend is Allah, the Messenger and those who believe."
Also, in a 1992 address to an audience of Muslims in New Jersey, Wahhaj expressed his desire to replace the U.S. government with an Islamic caliphate. "If we were united and strong," Wahhaj said, "we'd elect our own emir [leader] and give allegiance to him…. [T]ake my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America , the country will come to us."
In 1995, Wahhaj was named by U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White as a possible co-conspirator to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. He objected to that designation, noting in his defense that he had eaten "dinner with Secretary of State [Madeleine] Albright -- after the list" of co-conspirators had been released.
Discover the Networks notes in the summer of 1999, Wahhaj testified as a character witness for convicted terror mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. Wahhaj stated, on the record, that he considered it an honor to have had an opportunity to host Abdel-Rahman at his mosque, describing the latter as a "respected scholar … bold … [and] a strong preacher of Islam."
Ramadan's maternal grandfather was Hasan al-Banna, who in 1928 founded the Muslim Brotherhood. Osama bin Laden routinely referred to al-Banna in al-Qaida doctrine. Ramadan's father, Said Ramadan, led the Brotherhood throughout the 1950s and then was exiled from Egypt to Switzerland .
Wahhaj is an African American convert to Islam via the Nation of Islam.
He repeatedly urged the U.S. to accept Islamic law. Discover the Networks notes Wahajj in 1991 predicted America will fall unless it "accepts the Islamic agenda."
The next year, he stated, "Hear what I'm telling you well. The Americans are not your friends … The Canadians are not your friends … The Europeans are not your friends. Your friend is Allah, the Messenger and those who believe."
Also, in a 1992 address to an audience of Muslims in New Jersey, Wahhaj expressed his desire to replace the U.S. government with an Islamic caliphate. "If we were united and strong," Wahhaj said, "we'd elect our own emir [leader] and give allegiance to him…. [T]ake my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America , the country will come to us."
In 1995, Wahhaj was named by U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White as a possible co-conspirator to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. He objected to that designation, noting in his defense that he had eaten "dinner with Secretary of State [Madeleine] Albright -- after the list" of co-conspirators had been released.
Discover the Networks notes in the summer of 1999, Wahhaj testified as a character witness for convicted terror mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. Wahhaj stated, on the record, that he considered it an honor to have had an opportunity to host Abdel-Rahman at his mosque, describing the latter as a "respected scholar … bold … [and] a strong preacher of Islam."
And The Beat Goes On
Arif Alikahn, Former Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Policy Development: Now a Distinguished Visiting Professor of DHS and Counterterrorism at the National Defense University, Alikahn also served as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles where he reportedly derailed the LAPD’s efforts to monitor the city’s Muslim community -- particularly its radical mosques and madrassas where certain 9/11 hijackers were said to have received support. He is affiliated with MPAC, which has called the terrorist group Hezbollah a "liberation movement."
Salam al-Marayati, Founder and Executive Director of Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC): Marayati is an Iraqi immigrant who drew national attention over a decade ago when then-House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt nominated him to serve on the National Commission on Terrorism. Backlash over al-Marayati’s defense of Hezbollah and other Islamic groups prompted a withdrawal of the nomination. The Center for Security Policy reports that MPAC was formed in 1986 as the Political Action Committee for the Islamic Center for Southern California, one of the largest Wahhabi mosques in the country. While MPAC later fractioned-off, one of the founders of the Islamic Center, Hassan Hathout, was a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood who also spent time in Egyptian prison.
Mohamed Elibiary, Homeland Security Advisory Committee Member: He is the former president of the Freedom and Justice Foundation, which was billed to "promote a Centrist Public Policy environment in Texas by coordinating the state level government and interfaith community relations for the organized Texas Muslim community." He spoke at a 2004 conference in Dallas praising the "Great Islamic Visionary" Ayatollah Khomeini. Most recently he is famous for leaking highly sensitive intelligence documents to a media outlet in Texas.
Rashad Hussain, State Department Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation: The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report uncovered that Hussain spoke at a conference sponsored by the Muslim Brotherhood affiliate, the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. An internal Brotherhood document dubbed the Social Scientists as one of "our organizations and the organizations of our friends." Hussain also spoke at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding of Georgetown University, which reportedly receives Saudi funding and is directed by Muslim Brotherhood advocate, John Esposito. In 2004, Hussain also participated in the Muslim Students Association’s annual conference, a group founded by the Muslim Brotherhood and known as one of its front-groups. The report also asserts that many of the Student Associations’ nearly 600 college chapters "have engaged in extremism and the group closely collaborates with the other Brotherhood fronts."
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