The US government’s predicted surge in “homegrown Islamic terrorism” has not materialized and that the decline in prosecutions for funding terrorism, which makes up the bulk of domestic terrorism cases, “is particularly notable in view of the heightened scrutiny that terrorism financing now receives from law enforcement agencies.”
Yet the extent to which the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have set Muslims in their sights is shocking. The Associated Press has published an explosive series of reports on leaked documents showing the New York Police Department’s mapping of Muslim communities and spying on student groups. And last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act demonstrating that the FBI in San Francisco used a mosque outreach program to gather intelligence on Muslim organizations and their constituents “without any suspicion of wrongdoing” (“FBI FOIA Docs Show Use of “Mosque Outreach” for Illegal Intel Gathering”). Of course, foreign policy is the driving force behind the development and application of anti-terror legislation, as the historic and contemporary targeting of Palestinian leaders and solidarity activists in the US reinforces. Opposition to the increasingly unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are frequently used against defendants in terror trials, who are sometimes prosecuted after having refused to become informants themselves, as in the case of Tarek Mehanna, who received a 17.5 year prison sentence yesterday for various trumped-up terror charges. As the ACLU of Massachusetts commented last month, “if you are Muslim and criticize US foreign policy, you too can be prosecuted — unless you agree to play the FBI’s game” On Oct 8, 3:07 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > *Bulletin of Christian Persecution * > > *August 31 - October 6, 2012* > > *August 31, 2012* > Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to > thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>) > The young Christian Faisal Masih was killed two days ago in shots fired in > the attack of an Islamic extremist group in the Christian suburb of Essa > Nagri, on the outskirts of Karachi. > > *September 2, 2012* > Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > Shells fired Sunday morning from Syria appear to have targeted Our Lady of > the Castle Maronite monastery in the town of Menjez in the Akkar district > near the Lebanese Syrian border , National News Agency reported. > > "A large number of shells coming from the Syrian side landed on Lebanese > border villages and towns adjacent to the Al-Kabir River. The town of > Menjez where the Christian Maronite monastery Our Lady of the Castle is > located witnessed the most intense shelling resulting in the displacement > of many residents who headed for safer areas," NNA reported. > > *September 3, 2012* > Bahrain<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > Hardline Sunni clerics have strongly opposed the construction of a large > Roman Catholic church complex, in a rare open challenge of the country's > Sunni king. More than 70 clerics signed a petition last week saying it was > forbidden to build churches in the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of > Islam. > > *September 13, 2012* > Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to > JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > The largest evangelical church in the mid-east was attacked with stones and > gas bombs. Worshippers locked themselves inside the church and put on masks > to avoid gas poisoning. > > *September 25, 2012* > Syria<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>) > Christians kidnapped in the village of Rableh, on the border with Lebanon, > in western Syria, spreads: after the maxi kidnapping which occurred > yesterday, of 150 people (see Fides article 25/9), today another 130 > civilians were detained and kidnapped by armed gangs in the area, creating > a group of 280 hostages. > > Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to > GatesofVienna<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > A sixteen year old girl was gang-raped for hours by young Muslim men. > > *September 26, 2012* > Spain<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to Vlad > Tepes<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > A Moroccan attacked a Catholic church in Catalonia. > > *September 27, 2012* > From Africa to > Asia<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>offended > Muslims vented their anger on Christians and their churches. > > *September 29, 2012* > Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > The United States warned on Saturday that U.S. women Christian missionaries > in mainly Muslim Egypt face threats of terror attacks and urged vigilance. > > "The embassy has credible information suggesting terrorist interest in > targeting U.S. female missionaries in Egypt," the American mission in Cairo > said in a statement on its website. > > Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > Copts in the North Sinai border town of Rafah have started leaving their > homes after receiving an ultimatum from Islamists to leave "within 48 > hours" or be killed. According to confirmed reports 9 Coptic families have > left the town. The remaining 23 Coptic families are still there, waiting to > leave. The Copts are all confined to their homes, afraid to venture out. > More > HERE<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > . > > *September 30, 2012* > Maldives<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to > thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > Customs officials at the Male' Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) > seized 11 books about Christianity, typed in Dhivehi, from a Bangladeshi > expatriate who came to the Maldives via Sri Lanka. > > Lebanon<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to > thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > Two unknown assailants opened fire on a church in the town of Bqosta on > Saturday night, According to the NNA, the assailants shot at the town's > Saint Joseph Church with hunting rifles, damaging the building's windows. > > Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > Pakistan Christians are under attack from Islamic extremists angry at the > film US-made film, The Innocence of Muslims. Following the attack on St. > Paul's church in Mardan, a bishop was assaulted, beaten and injured. Local > sources of the Vatican news agency Fides report that protestant bishop > Naeem Samuel of the Trinity Evangelical Church Prayer, was attacked > yesterday as he was leaving church in Youhanaabad > > *October 1, 2012* > Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > Three witnesses whose testimony could absolve a 14-year-old Pakistani girl > facing life in prison have changed their statements. It's the latest twist > in the case of Rimsha Masih, a Christian teenager who was charged more than > a month ago under Pakistan's blasphemy laws for allegedly burning pages of > Islam's holy book for cooking fuel. She has denied the charges. > > *October 2, 2012* > Nigeria<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > At least 25 [Christian] people were killed late Monday in what appears to > be a systematic slaughter in Adamawa State in northern Nigeria. Locals say > the victims, mostly college students, were individually questioned before > being attacked. > > Daniel Babayi, the executive secretary of the Northern States Christian > Association of Nigeria, says he believes the killings were a reprisal > attack after 156 people were arrested and accused of being members of the > Islamist militant group known as Boko Haram late last month. Update > HERE<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>. > And > HERE<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > . > > *October 3, 2012* > Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to > thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > Two Egyptian Christian children, Nabil Rizk, 10, and Mina al-Farag, 9, have > been taken from their parents and arrested after a Muslim man accused the > two youngsters of desecrating the Qur'an. > > *October 6, 2012* > Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(H/t > to > thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > Gunmen opened fire on the home of a Coptic Christian in the Sinai peninsula > on Saturday, hours after a visit by President Mohamed Morsi to reassure > Christian residents they would not be targeted again. > > Syria > <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...>(h/t > to > JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > ) > The mother superior of a 1500-year-old monastery in Syria warned yesterday > during a visit to Australia that the uprising against Bashar al-Assad has > been hijacked by foreign Islamist mercenaries, with strong support from > Western countries. > > Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix was forced to flee to neighbouring Lebanon > in June when she was warned of a plot to abduct her, after she revealed > that about 80,000 Christians had been "cleared" by rebel forces from their > homes in Homs province. > > Produced by > politicalislam.com<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > Publisher: Bill Warner; Edited by Asma Marwan > Permalink<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=895388&act=6V...> > > Political Islam . com | Suite 500 3212 West End Av | Nashville, TN 37203 > > Email Marketing by [image: iContact - Try It > Free!]<http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> > > <http://app.icontact.com/icp/core/message/forward?m=895388&s=8149463&c...> -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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