CW: what gets me is the seemingly total ignorance of the islamofascist threat to our own country on the part of our so-called "leaders". That bunch of bastards in congress don't have a clue as to what is going on not only here but anywhere else.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * The United Islamist Nations > > By Supna Zaidi <http://spectator.org/people/supna-zaidi> on 12.4.08 @ > 6:09AM > > Last week, the attacks in India and the threat to New York City's subway > system provided another stark reminder of the need for a united front > against global terrorism. Yet instead of figuring out how to combat Islamic > extremists, the United Nations is worried about offending them. > > On November 24, 2008, the U.N. passed a draft resolution against the > defamation of religion sponsored by the 57-member Organization of the > Islamic Conference (OIC), where all U.N. members are being asked to pass > domestic legislation against blasphemy. The resolution was originally > introduced in 1999 by the OIC, asserting that "Islam is frequently and > wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism." > > In reality, terrorism happens in Islam's name, or more accurately, in > Islamism's name. Islamism is a 20th century product arising from the > writings of sincere Muslims such as Hasan al-Banna and Syed Qutb. Frustrated > by the fallen status of Muslims vis-à-vis the West, they offered a new > version of Islam as a totalitarian socio-political alternative to democracy > and Western license. Disparate followers from Osama bin Laden, Hezbollah and > Hamas to the Jihadis that waged war on Mumbai last week are not deranged or > crazy. Rather, they subscribe to a worldview that is antithetical to most > Muslims and the West. > > The OIC nations charge critics of Islamic extremism with "racism" and > "Islamophobia" to deflect attention from the fact that such violence > originates at the hand of Muslim clerics born and bread in their lands. This > is because they realize they can't control Islamism, or they tacitly agree > with its message. > > These Muslim clerics also export this ideology to the West to radicalize > Muslim immigrants abroad, and reform-minded Muslims are usually the first > victims. > > Kadra Noor was beat up in 2007 for speaking out against "Islamic" female > genital mutilation in Norway. In Sweden, cabinet minister Nyamko Sabuni > proposed <http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/VictimsofIntimidation.pdf>that > honor killings be labeled a separate crime in the Swedish penal code > and girls get mandatory gynecological exams to discourage female > circumcision. She also told the Sunday Times that arranged marriages are not > a part of Islam. > > As a result, she was called an "Islamophobe" and instead of supporting her, > 50 Islamic Swedish organizations petitioned against her appointment to the > cabinet in an effort to suppress her growing influence in Swedish politics. > > Pakistan, spokesman for the OIC, recently promoted a politician to minister > of education after he defended the live burial of five girls in Balochistan > as "tribal custom." It is not a stretch to argue that Pakistan is not an OIC > member interested in reform. > > The 2005 Danish cartoon controversy kick-started the OIC campaign to pass > last month's resolution when it was cited as another example of increased > discrimination against Muslims after 9/11. The "cartoon intifada" arose 5 > months after the original printing of the images of Muhammad, but only weeks > before the UNHCR was due to consider the OIC's resolution on "Combating > Defamation of Religion." > > Such a coincidence caused the National Secular Society to state in its > Memorandum<http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmfaff/memo/533/uc09302.htm>to > the United Kingdom Parliament that "the Danish cartoon crisis was > manufactured…to exploit sensitivities around racial discrimination and to > promote (or even exaggerate) the notion of 'Islamophobia' in order to > restrict possibilities for open discussion or criticism of Islam….[M]easures > calling for legislation banning 'defamation of religion' …. aim[] to remove > religion, especially Islam, from public scrutiny and public debate." > > The OIC forgets that Muslims are already protected in the West. The U.S., > for example, increases sentences on crimes ranging from assault and battery > to murder if they are deemed "hate crimes," which includes crimes against a > victim based on his or her religious identity. > > So what is this 57-nation organization really pushing with this > "anti-blasphemy" resolution at the U.N.? > > In the Muslim world, anti-blasphemy laws are regularly used to suppress > free speech by attacking fellow Muslims and non-Muslims who criticize the > government or protest human rights violations. Such laws are also used as > pretext against individuals in personal and business disputes. The mere > allegation puts mobs before the accused before the police can arrive to > investigate. > > At the U.N., the OIC has manipulated the language of racism to make its > anti-democratic agenda more attractive to "third world" nations recovering > from their own genuine post-colonial struggles. Nations that voted in favor > of the resolution or abstained were predominantly from Latin America or > developing African nations. > > A final version of the resolution is up for a vote this month. It would be > a mistake for these U.N. members to fall for anti-colonial rhetoric once > again. By aligning with Islamists, the U.N. would be supporting the stifling > of free speech and the suppression of human rights, and crushing the goal of > building tolerant democratic societies. > > Supna Zaidi is the assistant director of Islamist Watch, a project at the > Middle > East Forum <http://www.meforum.org/>. > http://spectator.org/archives/2008/12/04/the-united-islamist-nations/print > * > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. 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