seeing a gentile call a zionist jew a traitor to israel is just too funny. On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 10:40:44 PM UTC-5, MJ wrote: > > > > *ISIS Has “More In Common With Mao’s Red Guards or the Khmer Rouge Than It > Does With the Muslim Empires of Antiquity” *Posted on September 30, 2014 > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/09/isis-common-maos-red-guards-khmer-rouge-muslim-empires-antiquity.html> > > by WashingtonsBlog <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/author/washingtonsblog> > > > > *Top Muslim Leaders Worldwide Say ISIS Is Not Really Islamic*ABC News’ Laura > Ingraham <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slpfdO0iks>, Fox News’ Sean > Hannity > <http://s3.amazonaws.com/TVEyesMediaCenter/UserContent/10807/3882550.5529/FNC_08-12-2014_22.24.40.mp4>, > > Fox & Friends > <http://mediamatters.org/embed/static/clips/2014/08/21/36488/fnc-ff-20140821-condemnationofisis> > > and other U.S. media commentators say that Muslims are silent and complicit > in the barbarian crimes of ISIS. Fox News host Andrea Tantaros > <http://www.salon.com/2014/08/20/foxs_andrea_tantaros_you_solve_it_with_a_bullet_to_the_head/> > > said that all Muslims are the same as ISIS, and implied that all Muslims > should be met “with a bullet to the head”. > > Why *don’t* we hear Muslims condemning the barbarian ISIS terrorists? > > Turns out they *are* loudly condemning ISIS but our press isn’t covering > it. > > Father Elias Mallon of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association explains > <http://www.cnewa.org/blog.aspx?ID=1856&pagetypeID=35&sitecode=HQ>: > > “Why aren’t Muslims speaking out against these atrocities?” The answer > is: Muslims have been speaking out in the strongest terms, condemning the > crimes against humanity committed by ISIS (or, as it is increasingly > called, IS) and others in the name of Islam. > > Father Mallon is right > > Vatican Radio – an official Vatican news site – reports > <http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/07/25/worlds_muslim_leaders_condemn_attacks_on_iraqi_christians/1103410> > : > > Two of the leading voices in the Muslim world denounced the persecution > of Christians in Iraq, at the hands of extremists proclaiming a caliphate > under the name Islamic State. The most explicit condemnation came from > Iyad Ameen Madani, the Secretary General for the Organization of Islamic > Cooperation, the group representing 57 countries, and 1.4 billion Muslims. In > a statement, he officially denounced the “forced deportation under the > threat of execution” of Christians, calling it a “crime that cannot be > tolerated.” The Secretary General also distanced Islam from the actions of > the militant group known as ISIS, saying they “have nothing to do with > Islam and its principles that call for justice, kindness, fairness, freedom > of faith and coexistence.” Meanwhile, Turkey’s top cleric, the spiritual > successor to the caliphate under the Ottoman Empire, also touched on the > topic during a peace conference of Islamic scholars. In a not-so-veiled > swipe at ISIS, Mehmet Gormez declared that “an entity that lacks legal > justification has no authority to declare war against a political > gathering, any country or community.” He went on to say that Muslims should > not be hostile towards “people with different views, values and beliefs, > and regard them as enemies.” *** > > Gormez said death threats against non-Muslims made by the group, formerly > known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), were hugely damaging. > “The statement made against Christians is truly awful. Islamic scholars > need to focus on this (because) an inability to peacefully sustain other > faiths and cultures heralds the collapse of a civilization,” he told > Reuters in an interview. > > 120 top Muslim scholars – including top religious leaders from Nigeria, > Bosnia and Egypt - have written a letter condemning ISIS > <http://lettertobaghdadi.com/index.php> as unIslamic. > > The Independent notes > <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/isis-concern-british-muslim-leaders-condemn-extremist-group-9599273.html> > : > > Muslim leaders in Britain have condemned the extremist group Islamic > State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), expressing their “grave concern” at > continued violence in its name. > > Representatives from both the Sunni and Shia groups in the UK met at the > Palace of Westminster and relayed their message that the militant group > does not represent the majority of Muslims. *** > > Shuja Shafi, of the Muslim Council of Great Britain, said: “Violence has > no place in religion, violence has no religion. > > 100 Sunni and Shiite religious leaders from the U.K. produced a video > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bd0Y6qWmlA> denouncing the Islamic > State, saying they wanted to “come together to emphasise the importance of > unity in the UK and to decree ISIS as an illegitimate, vicious group who do > not represent Islam in any way.” > > Breitbart notes > <http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/08/02/Indonesian-Muslim-Leaders-Condemn-ISIS-The-Public-Have-to-be-Critical> > : > > Two prominent Muslim leaders are urging Muslim men not to join the > radical jihadists. “The public have to be critical. This is not about > [establishing] a Caliphate [Islamic State]; but [a group] working for its > own cause and gains from a sectarian issue,” said Nahdlatul Ulama > executive council chair, Slamet Effendy Yusuf > <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/02/muslim-leaders-condemn-support-isil.html>. > > The Nahdlatul Ulama is one of the largest Islamic organizations in the > world and concentrates on traditional Islam. *** > > Muhammadiyah, an organization with 29 million members, is more modern, > well-known for educational activities, and avoids politics. Secretary Abdul > Mu’ti said ISIS does not represent Islam. “That’s my point, this > [movement] is not in the context of religion [Islam],” Abdul said. “We all > need to question the group’s goals. Don’t just follow radicals who tried to > win their own wars in other countries; we will be the ones to suffer > losses.” *** These men are not the first Muslim leaders to denounce the > Islamic State. The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) spoke > out against IS’s expulsion of Christians in Mosul > <http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/07/23/Influential-Muslim-Group-Condemns-Christian-Treatment-by-Islamic-State-in-Iraq>. > > The group claimed the rejection > <http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/23/us-iraq-security-christians-scholars-idUSKBN0FS17Z20140723> > > served to “violate Islamic laws, Islamic conscience and leave but a > negative image of Islam and Muslims.” > > Al Arabiya News reports > <http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/08/11/U-S-weighs-options-to-evacuate-trapped-Yazidis-.html> > > that the Arab League Chief denounced acts committed by the Islamic State in > Iraq as “crimes against humanity,” demanding that they be brought to > justice, and he: > > Strongly denounced the crimes, killings, dispossession carried out by > the terrorist (ISIS) against civilians and minorities in Iraq that have > affected Christians in Mosul and Yazidis. > > The Daily Star writes > <http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-13/267022-al-azhar-condemns-isis-as-corrupt-and-a-danger-to-islam.ashx#axzz3B1ymBb5P> > > that Egypt’s highest religious authority – Al-Azhar’s Grand Mufti Shawqi > Allam – denounced the Islamic State as a threat to Islam and said that the > group violates Islamic law: > > [They] give an opportunity for those who seek to harm us, to destroy us > and interfere in our affairs with the [pretext of a] call to fight > terrorism. > > The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) – the largest Muslim > group in the U.S. – called ISIS un-Islamic and morally repugnant,” notes > that the Islamic State’s “human rights abuses on the ground are > well-documented,” called the Islamic State “both un-Islamic and morally > repugnant” and called the killing of American journalist James Foley > “gruesome and barbaric”. See this > <http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/12551-cair-condemns-isis-violence-and-rejects-calls-to-join-extremists-fighting-abroad.html>, > > this > <http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/12610-cair-reiterates-condemnation-of-isis-violence-religious-extremism.html> > > and this > <http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/12622-cair-condemns-barbaric-killing-of-american-journalist-james-foley-by-terrorist-group-isis.html> > . > > The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) – the largest Muslim > organization on the continent – released a statement > <http://www.isna.net/isna-denounces-isis-attacks-on-iraqs-religious-minorities.html> > > denouncing the Islamic State “for its attacks on Iraq’s religious > minorities and the destruction of their places of worship.” ISNA President > Imam Mohamed Magid said, “ISIS actions against religious minorities in Iraq > violate the Quranic teaching, ‘Let there be no compulsion in religion’ ” > adding, “Their actions are to be denounced and are in no way representative > of what Islam actually teaches.” INSA condemned > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/09/www.alexa.com/data/details/main?url=http://indianexpress.com/article/world/americas/top-muslim-groups-and-leaders-condemn-isis/> > > the vicious execution of Foley at the hands of the terrorist group ISIS, > terming it as “un-Islamic behaviour”, and said: > > ISIS actions have never been representative nor in accordance to the > mainstream teachings of Islam. This act of murder cannot be justified > according to the faith practiced by over 1.6 billion people. > > The head Shia religious leader > <http://www.ibtimes.com/ayatollah-ali-sistani-iraqs-highest-ranking-shia-cleric-issues-fatwa-shias-fight-isis-1600394> > > in Iraq and Sunni religious leaders > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy9cFRe-8Lc> in Iraq have all condemned – > and called for war against – ISIS. > > Al Jazeera reports > <http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/islamic-state-our-top-enemy-saudi-mufti-2014819165435845901.html> > : > > Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority has condemned the armed > groups Islamic State and al-Qaeda as apostates and labelled them the > “number one enemy of Islam”. *** “Extremist and militant ideas and > terrorism which spread decay on Earth, destroying human civilisation, are > not in any way part of Islam, but are enemy number one of Islam, and > Muslims are their first victims” . > > The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) released a statement > <http://www.mpac.org/issues/national-security/isis-execution-of-american-journalist-underscores-need-to-combat-extremism.php#.U_Ya0fldV8E> > > condemning “the barbaric execution of American Journalist James Foley by > the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).” MPAC urged “all people of > conscience to take a stand against extremism” and offered condolences to > Foley’s family. MPAC also noted the importance of countering ISIS and other > extremist groups by working “to empower the mainstream and relegate > extremists to the irrelevance they deserve.” > > > > > *ISIS and Al Qaeda Are FAKE Muslims*The Intercept points out that ISIS > has “ more in common with Mao’s Red Guards or the Khmer Rouge than it > does with the Muslim empires of antiquity > <https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/26/isis-islamic/>“. > > The 9/11 hijackers used cocaine and drank alcohol, slept with prostitutes > and attended strip clubs but they did not worship at any mosque. See this > <http://web.archive.org/web/20011010224657/http://www.bostonherald.com/attack/investigation/ausprob10102001.htm>, > > this > <http://web.archive.org/web/20010916150533/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-warriors916.story>, > > this <http://www.newsweek.com/2001/10/14/cracking-the-terror-code.html>, > this > <http://web.archive.org/web/20011023132702/http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1003180286455952120.htm>, > > this > <http://web.archive.org/web/20090213114442/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/01/nation/na-plot>, > > this > <http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a091101beforepinkpony#a091101beforepinkpony>, > > this <http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=23296> > and this <http://www.youtube.com/embed/_qC0rEG_f3Y>. Hardly the acts of > devout Muslims. > > Huffington Post reports > <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/jihadist-radicalisation-islam-for-dummies_b_5697160.html?utm_hp_ref=tw> > : > > Can you guess which books the wannabe jihadists Yusuf Sarwar and > Mohammed Ahmed ordered online from Amazon before they set out from > Birmingham to fight in Syria last May? A copy of Milestones by the Egyptian > Islamist Sayyid Qutb? No. How about Messages to the World: the Statements > of Osama Bin Laden? Guess again. Wait, The Anarchist Cookbook, right? Wrong. > > Sarwar and Ahmed, both of whom pleaded guilty to terrorism offences last > month, purchased Islam for Dummies and The Koran for Dummies. You could not > ask for better evidence to bolster the argument that the 1,400-year-old > Islamic faith has little to do with the modern jihadist movement. The > swivel-eyed young men who take sadistic pleasure in bombings and beheadings > may try to justify their violence with recourse to religious rhetoric – > think the killers of Lee Rigby screaming “Allahu Akbar” at their trial; > think of Islamic State beheading the photojournalist James Foley as part of > its “holy war” – but religious fervour isn’t what motivates most of them. In > 2008, a classified briefing note on radicalisation, prepared by MI5 s > behavioural science unit, was leaked to the Guardian. It revealed that, > “far from being religious zealots, a large number of those involved in > terrorism do not practise their faith regularly. Many lack religious > literacy and could . . . be regarded as religious novices.” The analysts > concluded that “a well-established religious identity actually protects > against violent radicalisation“, the newspaper said. [ Here's the > Guardian report > <http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/aug/20/uksecurity.terrorism1>.] > > For more evidence, read the books of the forensic psychiatrist and former > CIA officer Marc Sageman; the political scientist Robert Pape [Pape found > that foreign occupation - and not religion > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/10/u-s-war-on-terror-has-increased-terrorism.html> > > - made certain Arabs into terrorists; the CIA's top Bin Laden hunter > agreed > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/head-cia-unit-tasked-killing-bin-laden.html>]; > > the international relations scholar Rik Coolsaet; the Islamism expert > Olivier Roy; the anthropologist Scott Atran. They have all studied the > lives and backgrounds of hundreds of gun-toting, bomb-throwing jihadists > and they all agree that Islam isn’t to blame for the behaviour of such men > (and, yes, they usually are men). Instead they point to other drivers of > radicalisation . When he lived in the Philippines in the 1990s, Khalid > Sheikh Mohammed, described as “the principal architect” of the 11 September > attacks by the 9/11 Commission, once flew a helicopter past a girlfriend’s > office building with a banner saying “I love you”. His nephew Ramzi Yousef, > sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center > bombing, also had a girlfriend and, like his uncle, was often spotted in > Manila’s red-light district. The FBI agent who hunted Yousef said that he > “hid behind a cloak of Islam”. Eyewitness accounts suggest the 9/11 > hijackers were visiting bars and strip clubs in Florida and Las Vegas in > the run-up to the attacks. The Spanish neighbours of Hamid Ahmidan, > convicted for his role in the Madrid train bombings of 2004, remember him > “zooming by on a motorcycle with his long-haired girlfriend, a Spanish > woman with a taste for revealing outfits”, according to press reports. > > And alleged Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a pothead > <http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/19/students-saw-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-on-umass-dartmouth-campus-after-bombings/>. > > And his brother Tamerlan looked more like an ego-driven hustler > <http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/tamerlan.jpg> than a devout Muslim > (that’s his Mercedes in the background). > > I agree with Bill O’Reilly when he said that it is unfair to call the > Norwegian mass murderer a “Christian” > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/07/bill-oreilly-is-right-its-unfair-to-call-the-norwegian-mass-murderer-a-christian-and-its-also-unfair-to-call-arab-terrorists-muslims.html>. > > Likewise, we shouldn’t call Arab terrorists “Muslims” > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/07/bill-oreilly-is-right-its-unfair-to-call-the-norwegian-mass-murderer-a-christian-and-its-also-unfair-to-call-arab-terrorists-muslims.html> > . > > Postscript: I am not a Muslim. I am, however, American. And knee-jerk > hatred of any group of people based on their religion – including > Christians, Jews or Muslims, – is deeply > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/10/the-demonization-of-muslims-is-completely-at-odds-with-americas-founding-principles.html> > > anti -American > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/10/the-demonization-of-muslims-is-completely-at-odds-with-americas-founding-principles.html> > . > > And the most crazed, radical Islamic terrorists would > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/iraq-afghanistan-libya-countries-u-s-regime-changed-going-chaos.html> > > never have gained power > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/iraq-afghanistan-libya-countries-u-s-regime-changed-going-chaos.html> > > if the U.S. and our allies hadn’t overthrown the more moderate Arab leaders. > > > http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/09/isis-common-maos-red-guards-khmer-rouge-muslim-empires-antiquity.html > >
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