Italy continues to show the Islamic community who the boss is, them cracking down on Islam is becoming a weekly event. Makes me proud to be an Italian.
Italy: Mosques must recognize Israel
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:06:16
Italy may take its discriminatory practices to a new level, calling for measures to make mosque leaders quit unless they recognize Israel.
Action must be taken so that mosque supervisors recognize Israel, said European Affairs Minister Andrea Rochi.
We must force those who do not recognize Israel to leave the mosques, he added, according to Italian news agency Il Tempo.
Criticism has been leveled at Italy as it has failed to end fingerprinting gypsies as part of a census program, despite a European Parliament (EP) recommendation to stop.
Many Muslims around the world do not recognize Israel, saying the United Nations had no right to allow the establishment of a state in a land that has long belonged to the Palestinians.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Islamic Republic of Iraq Part 1
When I report this news, I do not mean any offense to the coalition troops fighting in Iraq. They are the greatest fighting force on the planet, but there is only so much that they can do. I caught the beginning of Bill O'Reilly tonight, the talking points segment. He said that Islamofascism in Iraq has almost been defeated. This is just not true. While attacks on our troops might be down, which is great. There are other disturbing aspects of Islam or Islamofascism as O'Reilly called it, taking place.
First off, there is the plight of the Christian community. Which has gone from a prewar estimate of approximately 1.3 million to about 700,000 now.(1) Many have fled the country and hundreds have been killed. Churches have been destroyed or abandoned out of fear.(2) These events are common across the Islamic world. Where Christians live as dhimmis(3) and have to hide who they are for their own safety. But the Muslims in Iraq have taken it one step further.
They have turned the clock back to the days of Mohammad. They are forcing the Christians that remain in Iraq to pay jizya.(1) Muslims call it protection money. But protection from who? It is extortion plain and simple, mafia style. Mohammad and his merry men forced this on Christians and Jews in return for not killing them. So many Christians were paying the jizya in Iraq, that it became a funding source for the insurgency. Some families used their entire life savings to make the payoffs. The payments have been said to have slowed down, as U.S. forces stepped in. But will that last when we finally leave?
Stay tuned for part 2.
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First off, there is the plight of the Christian community. Which has gone from a prewar estimate of approximately 1.3 million to about 700,000 now.(1) Many have fled the country and hundreds have been killed. Churches have been destroyed or abandoned out of fear.(2) These events are common across the Islamic world. Where Christians live as dhimmis(3) and have to hide who they are for their own safety. But the Muslims in Iraq have taken it one step further.
They have turned the clock back to the days of Mohammad. They are forcing the Christians that remain in Iraq to pay jizya.(1) Muslims call it protection money. But protection from who? It is extortion plain and simple, mafia style. Mohammad and his merry men forced this on Christians and Jews in return for not killing them. So many Christians were paying the jizya in Iraq, that it became a funding source for the insurgency. Some families used their entire life savings to make the payoffs. The payments have been said to have slowed down, as U.S. forces stepped in. But will that last when we finally leave?
Stay tuned for part 2.
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Milan Mosque to be Closed Down
The good news from Italy never ends. Look at the difference with a conservative group in charge, like in Italy versus a liberal one like the Labour Party in the U.K. Who constantly bends over backwards for Muslims. Ask yourself, who will win this war for us?
Monday, 7 July 2008
Milan mosque to be closed down
A controversial mosque in the Italian city of Milan is to be shut down, the country's right-wing government says.
The Jenner mosque attracts about 4,000 Muslims each week, with Friday prayers often spilling out on to the street.
Now, after years of complaints from local residents, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has said he will close the mosque by August.
A leading Roman Catholic has accused Mr Maroni of behaving like a fascist. He has rejected that charge.
Rendition
The Jenner mosque is based in a converted garage.
Since it opened as an Islamic cultural centre in 1988, it has outgrown its cramped surroundings - much to the alarm of people living in the neighbourhood, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Rome.
It has come under the spotlight several times for alleged links to extremism.
The Muslim cleric, Abu Omar, who was known for his fiery preaching, says he was kidnapped on his way to the mosque in 2003.
He claims he was then transferred to Egypt, where he was tortured.
Twenty-six suspected CIA agents and several Italian intelligence officials are currently on trial in Milan over his alleged rendition.
Most of them are being tried in absentia.
'Nomads'
Mr Maroni, who belongs to the anti-immigrant Northern League, has said he will press ahead with plans to close the mosque, and that anybody found praying in the street will be issued with a ticket.
The local Muslim community is being offered the use of a nearby stadium, in which the Beatles once played.
However, the council has said it can only be used four times each week and that each person will be charged on entry.
The president of the mosque, Abdel Hamid Shaari, has said he is happy to pay rent but that its members "won't be treated like nomads".
"We are Milanese and we are not going to accept the solution that's being offered," he said.
Catholic support
The Catholic church has come out in support of the Muslim community.
The Roman Catholic priest in charge of inter-faith relations in Milan, Monsignor Gianfranco Bottoni, said that only a fascist or populist government would resort to such dictatorial methods as closing a mosque.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Mr Maroni said he was addressing residents' complaints that worship regularly spilled out on to the street.
He said he had faced similar criticism from the UN children's fund (Unicef), when the Italian government announced that it was fingerprinting all Roma people of gypsies.
However, he had convinced Unicef that the move would help get Roma children into mainstream schools, he said.
Link to Article
Monday, 7 July 2008
Milan mosque to be closed down
A controversial mosque in the Italian city of Milan is to be shut down, the country's right-wing government says.
The Jenner mosque attracts about 4,000 Muslims each week, with Friday prayers often spilling out on to the street.
Now, after years of complaints from local residents, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has said he will close the mosque by August.
A leading Roman Catholic has accused Mr Maroni of behaving like a fascist. He has rejected that charge.
Rendition
The Jenner mosque is based in a converted garage.
Since it opened as an Islamic cultural centre in 1988, it has outgrown its cramped surroundings - much to the alarm of people living in the neighbourhood, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Rome.
It has come under the spotlight several times for alleged links to extremism.
The Muslim cleric, Abu Omar, who was known for his fiery preaching, says he was kidnapped on his way to the mosque in 2003.
He claims he was then transferred to Egypt, where he was tortured.
Twenty-six suspected CIA agents and several Italian intelligence officials are currently on trial in Milan over his alleged rendition.
Most of them are being tried in absentia.
'Nomads'
Mr Maroni, who belongs to the anti-immigrant Northern League, has said he will press ahead with plans to close the mosque, and that anybody found praying in the street will be issued with a ticket.
The local Muslim community is being offered the use of a nearby stadium, in which the Beatles once played.
However, the council has said it can only be used four times each week and that each person will be charged on entry.
The president of the mosque, Abdel Hamid Shaari, has said he is happy to pay rent but that its members "won't be treated like nomads".
"We are Milanese and we are not going to accept the solution that's being offered," he said.
Catholic support
The Catholic church has come out in support of the Muslim community.
The Roman Catholic priest in charge of inter-faith relations in Milan, Monsignor Gianfranco Bottoni, said that only a fascist or populist government would resort to such dictatorial methods as closing a mosque.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Mr Maroni said he was addressing residents' complaints that worship regularly spilled out on to the street.
He said he had faced similar criticism from the UN children's fund (Unicef), when the Italian government announced that it was fingerprinting all Roma people of gypsies.
However, he had convinced Unicef that the move would help get Roma children into mainstream schools, he said.
Link to Article
Italy Gives 38 Egyptians the Boot
They say that Italy looks like a boot on a map. Well, the country has taken it literally and given the boot to 38 Egyptians. This just about a month after bulldozing a Mosque site. The Berlusconi government might just be the biggest foe of Islam in Europe. Hopefully others will follow.
Italy expels 38 Egyptians in immigration crackdown
Reuters
June 28, 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Saturday it had expelled 38 Egyptians as part of a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on illegal immigration.
In a statement, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, of the anti-immigrant Northern League party, said he was pleased at the expulsion of the Egyptian immigrants, who were flown to Cairo aboard a chartered plane.
Maroni also defended his plans to fingerprint Roma children. Roma people, known in Italy as "nomads", are blamed for much of the crime in Italian cities.
"We don't know who lives in legal (nomadic) camps let alone the illegal ones. We don't know the nationalities of the residents so we have to do a census," Maroni told the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Berlusconi took office in May pledging tough measures to stem illegal immigration, including legislation to make the act of crossing into Italy illegally itself an offence punishable by imprisonment.
Some immigrants seeking residency in Italy are fingerprinted already, but not usually children or European Union citizens.
The Catholic charity Fondazione Migrantes, which is linked to the Italian bishops' conference, questioned why Roma people were being singled out.
"It incomprehensible why fingerprints are being taken solely from minors from this tiny ethnic minority," it was quoted as saying by Italian news agencies.
"All of this will not reduce fear and give peace to our people, but set the stage for unearthing a type of xenophobia, or worse, of racial discrimination."
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; editing by Andrew Dobbie)
Link to Article
Italy expels 38 Egyptians in immigration crackdown
Reuters
June 28, 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Saturday it had expelled 38 Egyptians as part of a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on illegal immigration.
In a statement, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, of the anti-immigrant Northern League party, said he was pleased at the expulsion of the Egyptian immigrants, who were flown to Cairo aboard a chartered plane.
Maroni also defended his plans to fingerprint Roma children. Roma people, known in Italy as "nomads", are blamed for much of the crime in Italian cities.
"We don't know who lives in legal (nomadic) camps let alone the illegal ones. We don't know the nationalities of the residents so we have to do a census," Maroni told the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Berlusconi took office in May pledging tough measures to stem illegal immigration, including legislation to make the act of crossing into Italy illegally itself an offence punishable by imprisonment.
Some immigrants seeking residency in Italy are fingerprinted already, but not usually children or European Union citizens.
The Catholic charity Fondazione Migrantes, which is linked to the Italian bishops' conference, questioned why Roma people were being singled out.
"It incomprehensible why fingerprints are being taken solely from minors from this tiny ethnic minority," it was quoted as saying by Italian news agencies.
"All of this will not reduce fear and give peace to our people, but set the stage for unearthing a type of xenophobia, or worse, of racial discrimination."
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; editing by Andrew Dobbie)
Link to Article
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Health Benefits Denied
I know this is off topic for me, but this seems to be a growing problem. People invest their whole lives, put their trust into a company and then when they turn around and ask for what was promised to them. They get the back of a hand. It is just not right. I am not for universal health care. As I do not want the government running anything else, as they can barely tie their shoes and I also do not want to pay other peoples bills. But something has to be done about this. What was the point of these poor people paying for benefits?
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Saturday July 5, 11:31 pm ET
By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer
Workers -- and some judges -- frustrated in legal fights over benefits with large employers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer.
"He was obsessed with dotting every `i' and crossing every `t'," Melissa Amschwand-Bellinger recalled about her husband, who died in 2001 at age 30.
But Spherion Corp., the temporary staffing company where Amschwand worked, told Amschwand-Bellinger she would not receive any of the $426,000 in benefits she believed she was due. When she went to court, Spherion succeeded in getting her lawsuit thrown out. The Supreme Court on June 27 refused to review the case.
Amschwand-Bellinger received a refund of the few thousand dollars in insurance premiums she and her husband dutifully had paid. The total, she said, would not cover the costs of his funeral.
The story has played out often under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Designed to protect employee benefits, the law has been used by employers as a shield against suits.
Federal appeals courts, interpreting Supreme Court decisions dating to 1993, consistently have said companies that offer health, life and retirement benefits under ERISA cannot be sued for large amounts of money, or damages. Instead, they can be sued only for typically smaller sums such as Amschwand's insurance premiums.
Several federal judges have bemoaned the unfairness even as they have felt constrained to rule in favor of employers.
"The facts ... scream out for a remedy beyond the simple return of premiums," Judge Fortunato Benavides of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in the Amschwand case. "Regrettably, under existing law it is not available."
Link to article
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Terrorist Profiling Could Include Religion
But...but....President Bush said Islam is a religion of peace. Is this just a coincidence that Bush will be out of office soon, and now people are speaking the truth?
The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without evidence of wrongdoing, relying on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups, the Associated Press reported.
The proposed policy would help root out terrorists before they strike, officials with the FBI and Justice Department told the AP. More than a half-dozen officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak publicly or because the change is not final. President Bush has disavowed targeting suspects based on race or ethnicity, but the new rules would allow the FBI to consider those factors among other traits.
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The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without evidence of wrongdoing, relying on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups, the Associated Press reported.
The proposed policy would help root out terrorists before they strike, officials with the FBI and Justice Department told the AP. More than a half-dozen officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak publicly or because the change is not final. President Bush has disavowed targeting suspects based on race or ethnicity, but the new rules would allow the FBI to consider those factors among other traits.
Link to Article
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Doctors and Dogs
Here are three separate stories of imposing Muslims. Involving life saving dogs and life saving doctors. But none of that is of any concern to the Islamos of Europe. In Tayside Scotland, Muslims are having another hissy fit. All because a picture of a police department puppy is on postcards handed out by the police department. The cards were handed out to let the people know of a new non-emergency phone number. Some shop keepers will not display the cards, not wanting to offend Muslims and the Dundee City Councilor is conducting an investigation. His name happens to be Mohammed Asif. I wonder what side he will take. This is another reason Muslims do not belong in our politics. The police department has actually apologized for this.
On to the doctors, still taking place in Scotland. The National Health Service for Scotland, has advised nurses and doctors not to eat in front of Muslim patients and colleagues during the month of Ramadan. They have also been told to keep food trolleys out of the site of Muslims. Why, will the Muslims riot? A spokesperson for the NHS said this was done to show consideration for the Muslims. When do Muslims show consideration for the beliefs of non-Muslims? Just curious.
Back to the dogs. In the overly politically correct U.K., police dogs at railway stations may no longer come into contact with Muslim passengers. After complaints from some followers of Islam. So, their religion is more important to U.K. police, then stopping suicide bombers that stem from their religion. OK, that makes sense....the U.K., who I am rooting for 100% is getting dumber by the day.
Threatening Police Puppy in Scotland Shout out to T. Hunter, for this one.
Doctors to Hide Food to Please Islam
U.K. Police Dogs
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