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New SION/AFDI billboard counters Islamic supremacist whitewash of Sharia

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:40 GMT

Here is a terrific piece in WND about our new SION/AFDI billboard campaign, a response to Muslim Brotherhood-linked ICNA&os;s deceptive pro-Sharia campaign. Pamela Geller has more here and here. "Billboard offers defense to Shariah threats: &os;They don&os;t want Americans to know truth about gendercide, honor killings, stonings,&os;" by Michael...

Egypt: Member of parliament disrupts proceedings with Islamic call to prayer

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:32 GMT

This guy again: Mamdouh Ismail, who, while taking his oath of office, added words to abide by Allah&os;s law. Large and small attempts to impose Sharia by any means available promise to continue in Egyptian society. "Egyptian Salafi MP calls to prayer in parliament session, met with anger," by Eman...

Egypt: As many as 100,000 Christians have left in recent months

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25 GMT

They&os;re fleeing all that "tolerance" that&os;s just breaking out all over. "Egypt’s Christians, post-Mubarak," by Aline Sara for NOW Lebanon, January 31: “We don’t feel as safe as before,” said Georges Nader, an Egyptian Copt who lives in Cairo. A year after the revolution that led to the ouster of...

Saudi writer flees threats for "offending Islam"

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:03 GMT

His crime? Comparing his poetry to something in the Qur&os;an. The Qur&os;an is adamant that it cannot be rivaled (2:23). One report even says King Abdullah ordered his arrest. That&os;s the same King Abdullah of the "King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue," not in Mecca...

Sunspots? Newsweek notices Muslim persecution of Christians

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:54 GMT

Newsweek, February 2012 Spencer pamphlet, April 2011 Bob Dylan: "Mavis, I&os;ve had the blues." Mavis Staples: "Oh, Bobby, don&os;t tell me you got the blues." Bob Dylan: "Yeah, I&os;ve been up all night, laying in bed, having insomnia, reading Snoozeweek." Mavis Staples: "Snoozeweek? That ain&os;t gonna get rid of no...

BBC directive: Don't make Osama's right-hand man in Europe look fat

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:22 GMT

Hey hey hey! Fat Abu Qatada in an image banned by the BBC How clueless and compromised is the mainstream media? This clueless and compromised: "BBC tells its staff: don’t call Qatada extremist," by Neil Midgley and James Kirkup in the Telegraph, February 7 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The BBC...

Coren: We must be honest about honor killings

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:51 GMT

In "We must be honest about honour killings" in The Spectator, February 6, Michael Coren tells truths that the mainstream media is too clueless and/or compromised to tell about Islamic honor killings.We are very happy and honored that Coren, award-winning television host and bestselling author, will be speaking at the...

Tech Note: Comments Now Show Your 'Display Name'

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:58 GMT

Our new feature of the day has to do with comments; when you post a comment, your username is shown on the top line. This is how it's been at LGF for lo, these many years.

But now, you can actually change the name that shows up in your comment, by entering a new name for your "display name" in your Account Settings.

This means that anyone with an LGF account can now use almost any name they like when posting comments, but to help you know who's really behind that display name, just hover your mouse over it for a second or two and their real username will pop up. The real username is also shown in the Profile dialog box, when you click a user's icon.

Note that changing your display name will change what appears in all your comments; if you've posted a comment previously with a different display name, it will change when you change the name.

And just in case someone decides to abuse this feature and impersonate someone for less-than-groovy reasons, I've coded it so that I have a simple, one-click way to completely turn it off and show only real usernames again.

Have at it. And try not to get discombobulated.

Primaries and Caucuses in Three States

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:14 GMT

There's a primary election in Missouri, and caucuses tonight in Minnesota and Colorado, so here's a thread to keep up with news from the front lines; the Missouri primary just closed (at 8pm ET) so results should start to be available soon.

Survey: Majority of Catholics Favor Birth Control in Health Care Coverage

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:58 GMT

Birth control pills via Shutterstock

Right wing think tank the Heritage Foundation is blaring that "Obamacare" has awakened a sleeping giant:

It is a rare moment indeed when faith denominations of all stripes unite together in common cause, and it is rarer still when that cause is a political one, with a sole piece of legislation as its principal target. But when that law eviscerates the very foundation of religious liberty in America as protected under the First Amendment, it should not be surprising that Catholics and Jews, evangelical Christians, and mainline Lutherans alike find common cause in defense of their liberties.

Bill Donohue of the Catholic League is threatening fighting in the streets:

“Never before, unprecedented in American history, for the federal government to line up against the Roman Catholic Church,” said Catholic League head Bill Donohue.

Already Archbishop Timothy Dolan has spoken out against the law and priests around the country have mobilized, reading letters from the pulpit. Donohue said Catholic officials will stop at nothing to put a stop to it.

“This is going to be fought out with lawsuits, with court decisions, and, dare I say it, maybe even in the streets,” Donohue said.

But it's hard to picture a newly-awakened army of raging Catholics and evangelicals rioting in the streets when polls show that a Majority of Catholics Think Employers Should Be Required to Provide Health Care Plans That Cover Birth Control at No Cost.

President Obama on Super PACs: We Will Not Play by Two Sets of Rules

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:03 GMT

This is rather unfortunate, but what other choice does Obama have? If he doesn't deploy his own Super PACs (while never actually coordinating with them, wink), the gargantuan amounts of money the Republicans will throw into the race would give them an overwhelming advantage: We Will Not Play by Two Sets of Rules -- Blog -- Barack Obama.

The President opposed the Citizens United decision. He understood that with the dramatic growth in opportunities to raise and spend unlimited special-interest money, we would see new strategies to hide it from public view. He continues to support a law to force full disclosure of all funding intended to influence our elections, a reform that was blocked in 2010 by a unanimous Republican filibuster in the U.S. Senate. And the President favors action—by constitutional amendment, if necessary—to place reasonable limits on all such spending.

But this cycle, our campaign has to face the reality of the law as it currently stands.

Over the last few months, Super PACs affiliated with Republican presidential candidates have spent more than $40 million on television and radio, almost all of it for negative ads.

Last week, filings showed that the Super PAC affiliated with Mitt Romney's campaign raised $30 million in 2011 from fewer than 200 contributors, most of them from the financial sector. Governor Romney personally helped raise money for this group, which is run by some of his closest allies.

Meanwhile, other Super PACs established for the sole purpose of defeating the President—along with "nonprofits" that also aren't required to disclose the sources of their funding—have raised more than $50 million. In the aggregate, these groups are expected to spend half a billion dollars, above and beyond what the Republican nominee and party are expected to commit to try to defeat the President.

With so much at stake, we can't allow for two sets of rules in this election whereby the Republican nominee is the beneficiary of unlimited spending and Democrats unilaterally disarm.

Therefore, the campaign has decided to do what we can, consistent with the law, to support Priorities USA in its effort to counter the weight of the GOP Super PAC. We will do so only in the knowledge and with the expectation that all of its donations will be fully disclosed as required by law to the Federal Election Commission.

There's nothing else he can do. The Citizens United decision launched a political arms race among super-wealthy donors, to see who could control the US political system by writing the biggest check.

Occupy DC thugs plan violent disruption of CPAC

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:34 GMT

This is the way it always is with the Left and the Islamic supremacists. They are enemies of freedom, enemies of the freedom of speech, and brutish thugs who can do nothing else to silence us but resort to violence. This is all of a piece with the fact...

Breaking: CA Appeals Court Rules Ban on Gay Marriage is Unconstitutional

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:04 GMT

The Associated Press is reporting that the appeals court has ruled California's voter-approved ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, so we know what the next big right wing freak-out will be.

UPDATE at 2/7/12 11:39:32 am

Here's a link to the court's decision.

Karen Handel Resigns From Komen, Mitt Romney Attacks Planned Parenthood

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:49 GMT

Republican anti-choice activist Karen Handel is resigning from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, with an angry statement defending her work against Planned Parenthood: Karen Handel Resigns From Komen for the Cure.

I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its rationale, and my involvement in it. I openly acknowledge my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komen’s future and the women we serve. However, the decision to update our granting model was made before I joined Komen, and the controversy related to Planned Parenthood has long been a concern to the organization. Neither the decision nor the changes themselves were based on anyone’s political beliefs or ideology. Rather, both were based on Komen’s mission and how to better serve women, as well as a realization of the need to distance Komen from controversy. I believe that Komen, like any other nonprofit organization, has the right and the responsibility to set criteria and highest standards for how and to whom it grants.

What was a thoughtful and thoroughly reviewed decision – one that would have indeed enabled Komen to deliver even greater community impact – has unfortunately been turned into something about politics. This is entirely untrue. This development should sadden us all greatly.

Please note that in her statement, Handel is openly admitting that Planned Parenthood was deliberately targeted. This comes after many days of Komen Foundation officials denying that there was any specific intent to defund Planned Parenthood. The truth will eventually out.

Meanwhile, Mitt Romney obviously understands which side his bread is buttered on: the religious right side.

When Minnesota radio host Scott Hennen asked Romney whether Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the leading U.S. anti-breast cancer charity, should continue to give Planned Parenthood grants for cancer screenings and mammogram referrals, Romney said, "I don't think so."

"I also feel that the government should cut off funding to Planned Parenthood," the former Massachusetts governor added. "Look, the idea that we're subsidizing an institution which is providing abortion, in my view, is wrong. Planned Parenthood ought to stand on their own feet, and should not get government subsidy."

Who Defames the Prophet?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:18 GMT

Over at Stonegate Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I translate an Arabic op-ed, written by Ahmed El Aswany, and with the above title. It appeared in the popular news website, El Bashayer, December 22, 2011, following several lawsuits against Egypt&os;s Christians, most notably billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who allegedly "defamed Islam" by posting...

Michael Coren to Address AFDI Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference in Dearborn, Michigan at Hyatt Regency

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:50 GMT

From Yahoo News: NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Popular television host and bestselling author Michael Coren has been added to the speakers list of the first-ever human rights conference dedicated to exposing the plight of women under Islamic law in Dearborn, Michigan on the anniversary of the...

Chicago: Muslim pleads guilty to misunderstanding Islam, trying to send money to al-Qaeda -- also discussed jihad bomb at stadium

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:17 GMT

More shameless Islamophobia. "Chicago cabbie pleads guilty in terror case," by Michael Tarm for the Associated Press, February 6 (thanks to Bill): CHICAGO—A Pakistani-born Chicago taxi driver who prosecutors say could be heard on FBI wiretaps discussing a plan to bomb a stadium pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to...

Spencer: Jimmy Carter All Over Again

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:05 GMT

In my FrontPage column this morning I discuss some of the many indications that we are now living through Jimmy Carter&os;s long-delayed second term: The Egyptian Government has released the names of nineteen American citizens that it intends to prosecute for their role in fomenting anti-government protests – a...

The High Price of Telling the Truth About Islam

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:02 GMT

Eric Allen Bell, with whom I&os;ll be appearing on the Jamie Glazov Show tonight, has written a revealing overview of what happens to someone on the Left who discovers the truth about Islam: "The High Price of Telling the Truth About Islam," in FrontPage today: [Editor&os;s note: The article below...

U.K.: Al-Qaeda seeking female recruits for suicide bombings

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:38 GMT

Al-Qaeda did not invent the jihadist ideology that drives it, but it is an effective transmitter of tactics to distant theaters of jihad, most notably in the case of suicide bombings. Here, a tactic associated with the Palestinian jihad and the Chechen "black widow" jihadists threatens to make inroads in...