Of course, the UN doesn't mind if the PA creates a state with no human rights or liberties for other religious groups or people. Geesh.
David > > From: "Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/12/31 Wed PM 06:57:44 EST > To: "'The Sandbox Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Sndbox] We are making new muslim murderers > > > "State of Palestine" Constitution Institutes Islamic Law > 16:24 Dec 31, '03 / 6 Tevet 5764 > > http://www.arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=55389 > > > > > The Palestinian Authority has adopted an official constitution based on > Koranic "Sharia" Law, rendering all people living in the PA subject to > Islamic Law. So writes independent investigative journalist David Bedein in > FrontPageMagazine.com. > > Over the past three years of the Oslo War, Bedein writes, hundred of > Christians living in areas ruled by the PA have been arrested and imprisoned > for holding church services or conducting public Christian practices without > authorization. Some of the arrested Christians were set free in 2002 when > the IDF took over control of what had been PA-controlled cities. This eased > their conditions only slightly, however, as they now take refuge by hiding > throughout Israel and surreptitiously try to get their families out of PA > cities to join them and emigrate to any safe haven they can find in the > West. One organization that helps Arabs who wish to emigrate from Israel is > called HaMotzi and can be visited on the internet at . > > Bedein met with some of these former prisoners, and writes, > "One of them, whom I shall call Joseph... described to me how his family > cannot openly practice Christian holidays in Bethlehem under the watchful > eyes of the PLO's Islamic police force. After all, the only place in the > West Bank where the PLO army currently operates is in the Bethlehem area. > Joseph also described how the US-funded Palestinian public school system has > become Islamicized, and how his late nephew was literally tortured to death > at age 12 by his schoolmates because he expressed love and respect for his > uncle as a practicing Christian." > > Bedein maintains that the United States refuses to acknowledge these > disturbing developments, despite many queries to various officials - and > despite the fact that it was US AID that financed the formulation of the PA > State Constitution that restricts Christians' rights. The Vatican Ambassador > to the Holy Land, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, "expressed his concern to > visiting US lawmakers that the PA had adopted Sharia Islamic Law, based on > the Iranian and Saudi Arabian models," Bedein wrote. > > The PA Constitution, as can be seen at , begins by stating that the > territory of the "State of Palestine" is an "indivisible unit based upon its > borders on the even of June 4, 1967" - which include, of course, all of > Jerusalem and many of its Jewish suburbs. It also states, "All residents of > this territory shall be subject to Palestinian law exclusively." Equally > improbable is Article 3, which states, "Palestine is a peace loving state > that condemns terror, occupation and aggression." > > Bedein concentrates, however, on the PA Constitution's Article 5, which > reads as follows: "Arabic and Islam are the official Palestinian language > and religion. Christianity and all other monotheistic religions shall be > equally revered and respected." "In other words," Bedein explains, "as > Archbishop Sambi noted, other religions such as Christianity, let alone > Judaism, are only to be respected, while being denied any juridical status > under the new Palestinian State Constitution." Similarly, Article 7 states, > "The principles of Islamic Sharia are a major source for legislation." > > Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran that have adopted > Sharia Islamic Law have made life quite difficult for Christians, Bedein > points out: "Under Sharia Islamic Law, Christians are considered 'dhimmis,' > which in effect leaves them as second class citizens. The Archbishop was > particularly worried that all Christian churches and schools will be placed > under the authority of Islamic Law." Saudi Arabia, run by Sharia law, is in > fact one of the most oppressive countries for Christians, according to a > report released last year by the Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs, as is > Iran. > > In the PA, a similar trend is noticeable. The mainstream media have > hesitated to report that less than 5% of the population in Jesus' > birthplace, Bethlehem, is Christian - compared to only 35 years ago, when a > majority of the city was Christian. The exodus of Christians from the city > during its ten years under PA control has been dramatic. > > "President George W. Bush's administration has envisioned a democratic > Palestinian entity that is devoid of terror," Bedein concludes. "Instead, > officials of US AID have fostered a constitution that envisions creation of > the Islamic totalitarian state of Palestine, completely devoid of religious > freedom and human rights. [At present,] no Church can operate in Bethlehem > without Islamic approval... This is the legacy of what the US AID has > facilitated, with or without the knowledge of the White House." > > > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > > >
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