Reporter Kicked Out of Bill de Blasio’s Secret Pro-Israel Speech <http://gawker.com/reporter-kicked-out-of-bill-de-blasio-s-secret-pro-isra-1508152400>
[image: Reporter Kicked Out of Bill de Blasio’s Secret Pro-Israel Speech] Bill de Blasio wants you to know he shovels his own snow-encrusted sidewalk, arranging feel-good photo-ops <https://www.google.com/search?q=de+blasio+shovel&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8YriUrzrKbjKsQST4oDgAg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1163&bih=600> to show off his civic pride. The New York mayor feels a bit differently, however, about wooing the powerful pro-Israeli lobbying group AIPAC, whose members he spoke to in a Manhattan hotel on Thursday night, for a speech omitted from his public itinerary. The event’s security staff removed Azi Paybarah, a reporter for Capital New York <http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/01/8539257/de-blasio-praises-israel-closed-door-aipac-event>, who managed to get past the secret event’s coat check. Paybarah later obtained several minutes of audio, where the mayor can be heard <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw_X3k2YyGE> praising the United States’ strategic alliance with Israel as “elemental to being an American” because America has “no greater ally on earth.” According to Capital, de Blasio promised that “City Hall will always be open to AIPAC.” And though de Blasio crafted his mayoral campaign around his cutting criticisms of Mike Bloomberg, in front of AIPAC’s constituents he found only praise for his predecessor’s re-development of Roosevelt Island, where the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology plans to build a satellite campus. “The rich and powerful [have] their voices heard above the rest of us,” de Blasio declares <http://www.billdeblasio.com/issues/reform-and-transparency> on his campaign website. He adds: “It is enough to shake one’s faith in our system.” [*Photo credit: Associated Press*] On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 3:00:58 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.clarionproject.org/news/us-islamists-launch-stand-prophet-center > > > Press Kicked Out of US Islamist Conference Against 'Islamophobes' > > January 20, 2015 > > [image: Sign at the “Stand With the Prophet in Honor and Respect” > conference read] > > Sign at the “Stand With the Prophet in Honor and Respect” conference read > "[No to] War Terror Islamophobia." > > Less than two weeks after the massacre of French journalists for insulting > Mohammed, the founder of Islam, American Islamists held a conference last > Saturday titled, “Stand With the Prophet in Honor and Respect > <http://www.soundvision.com/events/dfw/>.” > > Only selected press was allowed into the event and only for the first 20 > minutes. > > The conference was billed as a fundraiser to establish a “Strategic > Communication Center” to combat “Islamophobia” > <http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/islamophobia-strategy-devised-911> > and train young Muslims in media relations. > > A former member of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood network, Abdur-Rahman > Muhammad, has gone on record about a private meeting in the early 1990s of > the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a U.S. Muslim > Brotherhood entity. > > The participants, he recalls, agreed to use the term “Islamophobia > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/islamophobia/> > > Islamophobia Glossary Item > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/islamophobia/> > > Unwarranted fear of Muslims; term frequently used by Islamist groups and > their allies to label critics of Islamic extremism as bigots in order to > stifle criticism. <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/islamophobia/> > > According to Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, a former member of a U.S. Muslim > Brotherhood front group (IIIT), “This loathsome term is nothing more than a > thought-terminating cliche conceived in the bowels of Muslim think tanks > for the purpose of beating down critics.” > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/islamophobia/> > > ” as a political weapon. “This loathsome term is nothing more than a > thought-terminating cliche conceived in the bowels of Muslim think tanks > for the purpose of beating down critics,” Muhammad said. > > Training this target audience of young Muslims was, among others, the > extremist > Imam Siraj Wahhaj <http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/masjid-taqwa>, > labeled as someone who may be an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 > World Trade Center bombing. Wahhaj supports the implementation of *sharia > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/sharia/>* > > *ShariaGlossary Item <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/sharia/>* > > *A legal framework to regulate public and private aspects of life based > upon specific Islamic teachings. Sharia is a strict system which views > non-Muslims as second-class citizens, sanctions inequality between men and > women and prescribes cruel and unusual punishments for crimes. > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/sharia/>* > > law including all its brutal punishments. > > He has been quoted as saying that he hopes all Americans eventually become > Muslim. He has also said, *“*If only Muslims were clever politically, > they could take over the United States and replace its constitutional > government with a caliphate > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/caliphate/> > > CaliphateGlossary Item <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/caliphate/> > > An Islamic State where Sharia is the basis of governance; usually used in > reference to past Islamic empires in the Middle East. > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/caliphate/> > > .” > > He has advised Muslims not to get involved in politics simply because it > is the “American thing to do.” Rather, he says, “You get involved in > politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.” > > Wahhaj refers to the FBI and CIA ad the "real terrorists.” He defended the > “Blind Sheikh <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/sheikh/> > > SheikhGlossary Item <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/sheikh/> > > A Muslim preacher with recognized religious authority. > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/sheikh/> > > ,” Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was the former leader of the Egyptian terrorist > organization *Gama'a al-Islamiyya*, by testifying on his behalf at his > trial. Abdel-Rahman is currently serving a life-sentence in a U.S. prison > for his involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. > > Wahhaj has also served as an advisory board member of the Council on > American Islamic Relations (CAIR) <http://www.clarionproject.org/tag/cair>, > an American Muslim Brotherhood > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/muslim-brotherhood/> > > Muslim BrotherhoodGlossary Item > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/muslim-brotherhood/> > > A worldwide Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan > al-Banna that seeks to implement Sharia-based governance globally. > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/muslim-brotherhood/> > > > > Another featured speaker at the conference was Georgetown University > Professor John Esposito, arguably the strongest non-Muslim defender > <http://www.investigativeproject.org/1443/john-esposito-reputation-vs-reality> > of > the Muslim Brotherhood network in the U.S. Esposito is the founding > director of the (Saudi Arabian) Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for > Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown. The center receives > significant Saudi funding, such as a $20 million donation > <http://www.investigativeproject.org/607/wolf-to-georgetown-detail-use-of-saudi> > in > 2005 alone. > > Promotional materials <http://www.soundvision.com/events/dfw/> for the > conference asked: “Frustrated with Islamophobes defaming the Prophet? > Fuming over extremists like ISIS who give a bad name to Islam? Remember the > Danish cartoons defaming the Prophet? Or the anti-Islam film, ‘Innocence of > Muslims’? These attacks are no accident.” > > Blaming the problem of Islamophobia on a well-funded “hate machine” based > in the U.S., the organizers of the event say that this “machine” is > “causing problems [for Muslims] all around the world” – even to the extent > that in some locations, “Muslim minorities are facing genocide everyday > while being called terrorists and foreigners, accused of trying to impose > Sharia law, etc. on others.” > > The organizers of the event then declare that, “All these accusations were > invented by Islamophobes in America.” > > Yet, in a public letter <http://lettertobaghdadi.com/> rebutting the > theological arguments behind the actions of Islamic State, signed by 126 > international Muslim leaders and scholars, these same leaders endorsed > the Islamic State's goal of *sharia *governance > <http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/muslim-leaders-sign-letter-against-isis-endorse-sharia> > > (which included brutal hudud > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/hudud/> > > HududGlossary Item <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/hudud/> > > The term *Hudud* in Sharia (Islamic law) usually refers to the most > serious criminal punishments. > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/hudud/> > > For example, the punishment for apostasy, adultery and homosexuality is > execution; thievery is punishable by having a hand severed and premarital > sex is punishable by 100 lashings. > <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/hudud/> > > punishments) and rebuilding the caliphate. > > Thousands were reported to have protested the event held in Garland City, > just outside of Dallas, Texas. Protesters were particularly enraged that > the venue for the event was a convention center owned by the Garland > Independent School District. > > Responding to the criticism, president of the school board, Rick Lambert, > said > <http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/garland-mesquite/headlines/20150118-protesters-picket-islamic-conference-in-garland.ece>that > > the school district could not refuse a client based on viewpoints. "The > Culwell Center is available for rental as long as you comply with the law," > Lambert said. > > Speaking to the media, school district spokesman Chris Moore added > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/18/stand-with-prophet-event-in-texas-draws-thousands-/>, > > “This is one of several cultural and religious-based groups and events that > we have there at the center. And we’re going to keep that open to them. > This is a non-discriminatory facility.” > > Disagreeing protesters said > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/18/stand-with-prophet-event-in-texas-draws-thousands-/> > > that “We’re here to stand up for the American way of life from a faction of > people who are trying to destroy us.” > > Meanwhile, organizers of the conference proclaimed, “This is not an event. > It is the beginning of a movement. A movement to defend Prophet Muhammad, > his person, and his message.” > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZ3UyczcxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjE5NTI2MDE-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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