It's not really a question of trusting Babs and Milquetoast Mikkelson (e.g.; Snopes); it's more of attempting to understand what and why they are influenced and by whom.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems that the information has come from a parody/satire site: > > http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/sharia.asp > > and if you don't trust snopes, try the city of Dearbourn's site: > > > http://www.cityofdearborn.org/news-and-events/city-news/116-satirical-website-makes-up-article-on-sharia-law-for-humor-but-city-of-dearborn-is-not-amused-by-falsehood-sets-record-straight > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:25 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Examine loans being given to muslims that are shariah compliant >> financing -- no interest; no go zones where shariah law is the order and >> the City of Dearborn has voted to have shariah law govern. It is slowly >> creeping into our society and is anthetical to American law. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"plainolamerican" <[email protected]> >> *To: *"PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> >> *Cc: *"PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> >> *Sent: *Wednesday, June 1, 2016 12:05:39 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [grendelreport] Florida Muslim Prof Endorses Severing >> Hands, Blasphemy Laws >> >> *Florida Prof Endorses Severing Hands, Blasphemy Laws* >> *---* >> >> *he can endorse it all he wants ... just like a jew can endorse judaic >> law ... but American law trumps both judaic and sharia law. Stop >> fearmongering.* >> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 10:24:26 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Florida Prof Endorses Severing Hands, Blasphemy Laws* >>> >>> A Florida Atlantic University professor and mosque official has been >>> exposed as an Islamist radical after activists videotaped him endorsing the >>> severing of hands under Sharia >>> <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/sharia/> governance. On another >>> occasion, he supported outlawing speech he perceives as “blasphemy,” like >>> criticizing Islam. >>> >>> The blockbuster footage <https://youtu.be/e43MSvIxb6k> was taken by an >>> activist group named the United West that attended a panel on >>> Islamophobia <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/islamophobia/> at >>> Florida Atlantic University featuring one of its staff members, Associate >>> Professor Bassem Al-Halabi, who teaches computer science and engineering >>> there. >>> >>> The panel included other unsettling speakers and the organizer >>> <http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/262912/islamophobia-forum-features-panelists-linked-joe-kaufman> >>> posted on Facebook about “wiping out the CIA” and “Zionist/Israelis are not >>> holy people. They are demonic and the most evil on earth.” >>> >>> The footage shows Al-Halabi saying: >>> >>> *“Where there is no sharia, Islamic sharia, they die in dozens and >>> hundreds every day because of organized crime. People kill people, other >>> people or steal pizza for $10 and so – so when Islamic shariah is saying >>> about capital punishment – so even though it sounds like it is severe but >>> if that is the solution to prevent any crimes, then it still has a lot of >>> rules and regulations.* >>> >>> *I will just mention one and stop here, which is let’s say cutting off >>> the hands of a person if they steal. It sounds very severe. It sounds very >>> barbaric, I know. But if takes one or two people to have their hands cut >>> off, and then there’s no more stealing and there’s no more stealing in the >>> whole nation – that’s a much better resolution than having hundreds of >>> people die every day.”* >>> >>> The Islamic speaker next to Al-Halabi heard the audience’s booing and >>> jumped in to clarify Al-Halabi’s statement, saying that Al-Halabi was only >>> talking about the Islamic State’s practice of the severing of hands and not >>> about it happening in America. Al-Halabi nodded in agreement, but that >>> doesn’t change the fact that he was endorsing the practice. The geographic >>> location of where it’s currently happening is beside the point. >>> >>> Another video <https://youtu.be/kj5gUPBjxKA> of Al-Halabi filmed in >>> 2012 shows this isn’t some kind of misinterpretation of what he clearly >>> said. He engages a demonstrator who presses him on whether he supports >>> Islamist blasphemy laws that would criminalize criticism or mockery of >>> Islam. After a series of dodges, Al-Halabi says, “We should have laws to >>> eliminate that” (05:30 in the video). He confirmed his answer when it was >>> repeated back to him. >>> >>> Al-Halabi is a co-founder of the Islamic Center of Boca Raton, which has >>> a history of radicalism. >>> <http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/islamic-center-boca-raton> The >>> extremism of the mosque and history of Al-Halabi has been meticulously >>> documented >>> <http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=32348> by Joe >>> Kaufman of Americans Against Hate, including its links to Hamas >>> <http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/245684/boca-mosque-targets-jews-christians-and-west-joe-kaufman> >>> and anti-Semitic incitement of violence towards Jews. >>> >>> Of special concern is that Al-Harabi was the research assistant for Sami >>> Al-Arian from 1989 to 1990. Al-Arian was acting as a secret Palestinian >>> Islamic Jihad <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/jihad/> >>> operative. He was later convicted on terrorism-related charges related to >>> that organization . Video footage from 1991 shows him >>> <https://youtu.be/Xc3E1VfyEtc> preaching for the destruction of Israel >>> through jihad and using language very similar to the Muslim Brotherhood >>> <http://www.clarionproject.org/glossary/muslim-brotherhood/> motto. >>> >>> Kaufman writes that Al-Arian provided Al-Harabi with a reference letter >>> to use in applying for Florida Atlantic University, where he has taught >>> since 1996. They also wrote a book together that was published in 1992. >>> >>> One of Al-Arian’s strategies was to advance the Islamist agenda using >>> the kind of activity that Al-Harabi, his former colleague, is undertaking >>> with the Islamophobia panel. The indictment >>> <http://fas.org/irp/ops/ci/al-arian_indict_022003.pdf> of Al-Arian and >>> his partners says that they “would and did seek to obtain support from >>> influential individuals, in the United States under the guise of promoting >>> and protecting Arab rights.” >>> >>> Al-Halabi himself was convicted >>> <http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/84703/islamist-professor-teaches-lesson-violence-joe-kaufman> >>> in 2003 of illegally transferring a $13,000 thermal imaging camera to >>> Syria, a country ruled by a regime that is labeled a state sponsor of >>> terrorists including those that Al-Arian was involved with. >>> >>> And in 2010, after attacking Kaufman and his cameraman at in the lobby >>> of the State Capitol Building in Florida, he pled guilty >>> <http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/84703/islamist-professor-teaches-lesson-violence-joe-kaufman> >>> to assault and battery. >>> >>> Still, he kept his job at Florida Atlantic University. >>> >>> If close ties to a convicted terrorist, founding and continuing to >>> associate with a radical mosque, getting convicted for illegally >>> transferring a dangerous device to a state sponsor of terrorism and >>> pleading guilty to assault isn’t enough to get Al-Halabi fired from Florida >>> Atlantic University, then it is doubtful that these latest videos will even >>> get a second glance from the school. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Ryan Mauro is ClarionProject.org <http://www.clarionproject.org/>’s >>> national security analyst, a fellow with Clarion Project and an adjunct >>> professor of homeland security. Mauro is frequently interviewed on top-tier >>> television and radio. Read more, contact or arrange a speaking engagement >>> <http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/”http:/www.clarionproject.org/content/ryan-mauro”>.* >>> >>> Copyright © 2013 Clarion Project, Inc. All rights reserved. >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *Source URL:* >>> http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/florida-prof-endorses-severing-hands-blasphemy-laws >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __._,_.___ >>> ------------------------------ >>> Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] >>> <https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/JAVASCRIPT-BLOCKED>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> Visit Your Group >>> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYzBvOWY1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjQ3ODk1ODE-> >>> >>> >>> [image: Yahoo! Groups] >>> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcDl2bzByBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ2NDc4OTU4Mg--> >>> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> >>> • Unsubscribe <https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/JAVASCRIPT-BLOCKED> >>> • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> >>> >>> __,_._,___ >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> <http://www.politicalforum.com/> >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > brine > http://brineb.blogspot.com/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
