Unless we get a handle on it...coming to a community near you. On Monday, December 12, 2016 at 4:04:04 PM UTC-7, Bill wrote: > > > > > > [image: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/] > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/> > [image: https://www.facebook.com/Gatestone.Institute] > <https://www.facebook.com/Gatestone.Institute> [image: > https://twitter.com/GatestoneInst] <https://twitter.com/GatestoneInst> > [image: > https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/rss.xml] > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/rss.xml> > [image: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/contribute.php] > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/contribute.php> > > *In this mailing:* > > - Judith Bergman: Europe: Illegal to Criticize Islam > - Ahmed Charai: Why Donald Trump Should Focus on Africa > - Raymond Ibrahim: Egypt's Deadliest Church Attack > > Europe: Illegal to Criticize Islam > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9525/europe-illegal-criticize-islam> > > by *Judith Bergman* • December 12, 2016 at 5:00 am > > - > > While Geert Wilders was being prosecuted in the Netherlands for > talking about "fewer Moroccans" during an election campaign, a > state-funded > watchdog group says that threatening homosexuals with burning, > decapitation > and slaughter is just fine, so long as it is Muslims who are making those > threats, as the Quran tells them that such behavior is mandated. > - > > "I am still of the view that declaring statistical facts or even > sharing an opinion is not a crime if someone doesn't like it." - Finns > Party politician, Terhi Kiemunki, fined 450 euros for writing of a > "culture > and law based on a violent, intolerant and oppressive religion." > - > > In Finland, since the court's decision, citizens are now required to > make a distinction, entirely fictitious, between "Islam" and "radical > Islam," or else they may find themselves prosecuted and fined for > "slandering and insulting adherents of the Islamic faith." > - > > As Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said, "These descriptions > are very ugly, it is offensive and an insult to our religion. There is no > moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it." There are > extremist Muslims and non-extremist Muslims, but there is only one Islam. > - > > It is troubling that Western governments are so eager to crack down on > anything that vaguely resembles what has erroneously been termed > "Islamophobia," which literally means an irrational fear of Islam. > - > > Considering the violence we have been witnessing, for those Westerners > who have studied Islam and listened to what the most influential Islamic > scholars have to say, there are quite a few things in Islam of which one > legitimately* ought* to be fearful. > > In Finland, Terhi Kiemunki, a Finns Party politician, was found guilty by > a court of "slandering and insulting adherents of the Islamic faith." > (Image source: YouTube video screenshot) > > Several European governments have made it clear to their citizens that > criticizing European migrant policies or migrants is criminally off-limits > and may lead to arrest, prosecution and even convictions. Although these > practices constitute police state behavior, European governments do not > stop there. They go still farther, by ensuring that Islam in general is not > criticized either. > > Finland is the European country most recently to adopt the way that > European authorities sanction those who criticize Islam. According to the > Finnish news outlet YLE, the Pirkanmaa District Court found the Finns Party > politician, Terhi Kiemunki, guilty of "slandering and insulting adherents > of the Islamic faith" in a blog post of *Uusi Suomi*. In it, she claimed > that all the terrorists in Europe are Muslims. The Court found that when > Kiemunki wrote of a "repressive, intolerant and violent religion and > culture," she meant the Islamic faith. > > *Continue Reading Article[image: > https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9525/europe-illegal-criticize-islam] > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9525/europe-illegal-criticize-islam>* > Why Donald Trump Should Focus on Africa > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9522/trump-africa-focus> > > by *Ahmed Charai* • December 12, 2016 at 4:00 am > > - > > President-elect Trump has the opportunity to make a historic course > correction, and to do so in a manner consistent with his administration's > stated goals. By renegotiating the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity > Act, > which was first initiated by the Clinton Administration, he can strengthen > American exports, create new export-related jobs and foster > development-oriented investment on the continent. By reforming U.S. > humanitarian aid to Africa, he can cut considerable bureaucratic waste, > effectively increasing assistance without upping the cost. > > Kenyan military personnel meet with U.S. military personnel at Camp > Lemonnier, in Djibouti, on March 14, 2011. (Image source: U.S. Army) > > What's a three-word foreign policy agenda President-elect Donald Trump can > pursue that will create American jobs, reduce terrorism, challenge China > and set him apart from the failings of his predecessor? Promote African > development. > > On the one hand, the world's poorest continent is rife with socioeconomic > problems that have paved the way for some lands to become hubs of > international terrorism, posing a threat to their own populations as well > as to distant countries, including the United States. Of the eighteen ISIS > branches deemed fully operational by the National Counterterrorism Center, > eight are in Africa. According to the latest edition of the Global > Terrorism Index, the world's deadliest terrorist group by sheer volume of > lethality is not ISIS but the Nigerian Boko Haram. > > *Continue Reading Article[image: > https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9522/trump-africa-focus] > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9522/trump-africa-focus>* > Egypt's Deadliest Church Attack > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9549/egypt-church-attack> > > by *Raymond Ibrahim* • December 12, 2016 at 3:00 am > > - > > The law that the elders of Islam bequeathed to Egypt's Muslims, holds > that all conquered indigenous inhabitants -- in Egypt, the infidel > Christians -- must not be permitted to build churches, must not complain > or > ask for equal rights, and must be grateful merely for being allowed to > live. > - > > In short, not only has nothing changed for Egypt's Christians; the > deadliest church attack in modern history has now just taken place, not > under Mubarak or Morsi, but under President el-Sisi. What does he propose > to do about it? > > The interior of St. Peter Cathedral in Cairo, after the bombing of > December 11, 2016. (Image source: AP video screenshot) > > The worst attack on Egypt's Christian minority in recent years occurred > yesterday, Sunday, December 11, 2016. St. Peter Cathedral in Cairo, packed > with worshipers celebrating Sunday mass, was bombed; at least 27 > churchgoers, mostly women and children, were killed and 65 severely > wounded. As many of the wounded are in critical condition, the death toll > is expected to rise. > > As usual, witnesses say that state security was not present, and that > police took an inordinate amount of time to arrive after the explosion. > Preliminary investigations point to a bomb placed inside an unattended > woman's purse on one of the rear pews of the women's section. > > Mutilated bodies were strewn along the floor of the cathedral. "I found > bodies, many of them women, lying on the pews. It was a horrible scene," > said one witness. > > "I saw a headless woman being carried away," said Mariam Shenouda. > > *Continue Reading Article[image: > https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9549/egypt-church-attack] > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9549/egypt-church-attack>* > > You are subscribed to this list as *[email protected] <javascript:>*. > To *unsubscribe*, go to > https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/list_unsubscribe.php > To edit your subscription options, go to > https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/list_edit.php > To *subscribe* to the this mailing list, go to > https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/list_subscribe.php > > *Gatestone Institute* <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/> > > 14 East 60 St., Suite 1001, New York, NY 10022 > >
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