MS-13 Smuggles Thousends of Muslim Terrorists Into the U.S.
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MS-13 SMUGGLES THOUSANDS OF MUSLIM TERRORISTS INTO U.S.
By Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.
Al Qaeda and the Latino Gang-Bangers
The situation at the border now poses a grave threat to national security.
Agent Mike Scioli of the U.S. Border Patrol confirms that the Tucson sector of the Border Patrol is facing a worsening problem with Mara Salvatrucha, a Salvadoran street gang that now controls the flow of arms, drugs, and illegal aliens into the U.S.
Two members of the violent gang were collared last week in Tucson and Nogales.
Twenty have been brought into custody since President Barack Obama assumed the oath of office on January 20, 2009. But the Salvadoran gang is bringing more than guns, dope, and Mexican peasant workers over the border.
In the wake of 9/11, Mara Salvatrucha attracted the attention of top al Qaeda officials, who realized that the gang could be used to smuggle operatives and weapons into the United States. An agreement was forged between the terrorists and the gang-bangers. In exchange for safe passage across the border, al Qaeda, through its cells in South America, agreed to pay the Maras from $30,000 to $50,000 for each sleeper agent they managed to smuggle into the country with bogus matricula consulars. Matricula consulars are official identification cards that are issued by the Mexican government through its consular offices. The cards verify that the bearers are Mexican citizens who are living outside of Mexico with the government’s permission.
According to US officials, these cards pose a grave threat to national security. Steven McCraw, assistant director of the FBI’s Office of Intelligence, told a House Judiciary Subcommittee: “The ability of foreign nationals to use the matricula consular provides an opportunity for terrorists to move freely within the United States without triggering name-based watch lists that are disseminated to local police officers.”
Counterfeit matricula consulars are easy to obtain. In Los Angeles, the going rate is $90; in New York City $150.
News of the alliance between al Qaeda and Mara Salvatrucha prompted Honduran officials, including Security Minister Oscar Alvarez, to adopt a zero-tolerance law that makes membership in the street gang punishable by twelve years in prison. Mara members responded to this legislation by beheading scores of victims and leaving notes on the bodies for the Honduran government. One note read: “Idiots, the end of the world is approaching.”
According to border patrol officials, including Sheriff D’Wayne Jenigan of Del Rio, Texas, thousands of Special Interest Aliens (SIAs), with the help of Mara Salvatrucha “coyotes,” have made their way across the Mexican border and into the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Such SIAs come from countries that pose national security concerns: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Somalia, Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon, and even Iraq.
The routes used by illegal aliens to enter the U.S. have become littered with discarded Muslim prayer blankets, pages from Islamic texts, and Arabic newspapers. Law enforcement officials have named such passageways “terrorists’ alleys” and a street leading north from the city of Douglas, Arizona, as “Arab Road.”
PREDICTIVE PROFILING AND SECURITY QUESTIONING
October 6 - 7, 2009
At the Double Tree hotel, Nashville, TN
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THE DARK SIDE OF THE INTERNET
UNDERDSTAND THE SECURITY IMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM USING THE INTERNET
October 15 - 16, 2009
At the Treasure Island Hotel, Las Vegas NV
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PREDICTIVE PROFILING AND SECURITY QUESTIONING
October 29- 30, 2009
At the Bankers Hall Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta
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EXECUTIVE SEMINAR
The next Behind-the-Scenes of Israel’s Counter-Terrorism & Security Operations is February 20 – 27, 2010
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This seminar provides attendees with an inside look into the security operations of some of Israel’s most secured facilities and protected environments. Attendees will meet with top Israeli security and law enforcement officials and will learn first hand how Israel developed and maintains some of the world’s best counter-terrorism and security systems.
Some of the facilities and locations visited in the seminar include mass-transit hubs, airports, seaports, border crossings, government facilities, critical infrastructures, shopping malls, corporate facilities and more.
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NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH
September is National Preparedness Month, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The goal of the month is to increase public awareness about the importance of preparing for emergencies and to encourage individuals to take action.As a way of contributing to the cause, for the entire month of September Chameleon Associates is giving away its Demystifying Terrorism CD-ROM for free (S/H excluded). This 20-minute flash presentation was distilled from curricula that Chameleon Associates uses in its anti-terrorism seminars, workshops and consulting work. Demystifying Terrorism was created to educate citizens and security personnel about proactively countering terrorism and normally costs $19.95.
Link here to order your free copy: http://chameleonassociates.com/chameleon_course/cdromcourse.php
Monday, November 9, 2009
WHY CAN'T THE USA BUILD NUCLEAR PLANTS?
Sweden plans to build new nuclear reactor
30.10.2009 @ 09:07 CET
Plans to build a new nuclear reactor in Sweden are due to get published on Friday by state-owned company Vattenfall and Industrikraft, public broadcaster Ekot reports. The conservative-led government lifted a ban on building new nuclear plants in February.
30.10.2009 @ 09:07 CET
Plans to build a new nuclear reactor in Sweden are due to get published on Friday by state-owned company Vattenfall and Industrikraft, public broadcaster Ekot reports. The conservative-led government lifted a ban on building new nuclear plants in February.
MORE LIES
Arabian Fables (I)
FLAME - Nov 01, 2009
U.S.News & World Report
Josef Goebbels, the infamous propaganda minister of the Nazis, had it right. Just tell people big lies often enough and they will believe them. The Arabs have learned that lesson well. They have swayed world opinion by endlessly repeating myths and lies that have no basis in fact.
What are some of these myths?
The "Palestinians." That is the fundamental myth. The reality is that the concept of "Palestinians" is one that did not exist until about 1948, when the Arab inhabitants of what until then was Palestine, wished to differentiate themselves from the Jews. Until then, the Jews were the Palestinians. There was the Palestinian Brigade of Jewish volunteers in the British World War II Army (at a time when the Palestinian Arabs were in Berlin hatching plans with Adolf Hitler for world conquest and how to kill all the Jews); there was the Palestinian Symphony Orchestra (all Jews, of course); there was The Palestine Post, and so much more.
The Arabs, who now call themselves "Palestinians," do so in order to persuade a misinformed world that they are a distinct nationality and that "Palestine" is their ancestral homeland. But, of course, they are no distinct nationality at all. They are entirely the same - in language, customs, and tribal ties - as the Arabs of Syria, Jordan, and beyond. There is no more difference between the "Palestinians" and the other Arabs of those countries than there is between, say, the citizens of Minnesota and of Wisconsin.
What's more, many of the "Palestinians," or their immediate ancestors, came to the area attracted by the prosperity created by the Jews, in what previously had been pretty much of a wasteland.
The nationhood of the "Palestinians" is a myth.
The "West Bank." Again, this is a concept that did not exist until 1948, when the army of the Kingdom of Transjordan, together with five other Arab armies, invaded the Jewish state of Israel, on the very day of its creation.
In what can almost be described as a Biblical miracle, the ragtag Jewish forces defeated the combined Arab might. But Transjordan stayed in possession of the territories of Judea and Samaria and part of the city of Jerusalem. The Jordanians promptly expelled all Jews from the area that they occupied, destroyed all Jewish institutions and houses of worship, used Jewish cemetery headstones to build military latrines, and renamed as "West Bank" what had been Judea and Samaria since time immemorial.
The attempt, quite successful, was to persuade an uninformed world that these territories were ancestral parts of the Jordanian Arab Kingdom (itself a very recent creation of British power diplomacy). Even after the total rout of the Arabs in the 1967 Six-Day War, in which the Jordanians were driven out of Judea/Samaria and of Jerusalem, they and the world continued to call this territory the "West Bank", a geographical concept that cannot be found on any except the most recent maps.
The concept of the "West Bank" is a myth.
The "Occupied Territories." After the victorious Six-Day War, during which the Israeli army defeated the same cabal of Arabs that had invaded the country in 1948, Israel remained in possession of Judea/Samaria (now renamed "West Bank"), which the Jordanians had illegally occupied for 19 years; of the Gaza strip, which had been occupied by the Egyptians but which (hundreds of miles from Egypt proper) had never been part of their country; and of the Golan Heights, a plateau of about 400 square miles, which, though originally part of Palestine, had been ceded to Syria by British-French agreement.
The last sovereign in Judea/Samaria and in Gaza was the British mandatory power - and before it was the Ottoman Empire. All of Palestine, including what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, was, by the Balfour Declaration, destined to be the Jewish National Home. How then could the Israelis be "occupiers" in their own territory? Who would be the sovereign and who the rightful inhabitants?
The concept of "occupied territories" in reference to Judea/Samaria and Gaza is a myth created by Arab propaganda.
Unable so far to destroy Israel on the battlefield - though they are feverishly preparing for their next assault - the Arabs are now trying to overcome and destroy Israel by their acknowledged "policy of stages". That policy is to get as much land as possible carved out of Israel "by peaceful and diplomatic" means, so as to make Israel indefensible and softened up for the final assault. The web of lies and myths that the Arab propaganda machine has created plays an important role in the unrelenting quest to destroy the State of Israel. What a shame that the world has accepted most of it!
FLAME - Nov 01, 2009
U.S.News & World Report
Josef Goebbels, the infamous propaganda minister of the Nazis, had it right. Just tell people big lies often enough and they will believe them. The Arabs have learned that lesson well. They have swayed world opinion by endlessly repeating myths and lies that have no basis in fact.
What are some of these myths?
The "Palestinians." That is the fundamental myth. The reality is that the concept of "Palestinians" is one that did not exist until about 1948, when the Arab inhabitants of what until then was Palestine, wished to differentiate themselves from the Jews. Until then, the Jews were the Palestinians. There was the Palestinian Brigade of Jewish volunteers in the British World War II Army (at a time when the Palestinian Arabs were in Berlin hatching plans with Adolf Hitler for world conquest and how to kill all the Jews); there was the Palestinian Symphony Orchestra (all Jews, of course); there was The Palestine Post, and so much more.
The Arabs, who now call themselves "Palestinians," do so in order to persuade a misinformed world that they are a distinct nationality and that "Palestine" is their ancestral homeland. But, of course, they are no distinct nationality at all. They are entirely the same - in language, customs, and tribal ties - as the Arabs of Syria, Jordan, and beyond. There is no more difference between the "Palestinians" and the other Arabs of those countries than there is between, say, the citizens of Minnesota and of Wisconsin.
What's more, many of the "Palestinians," or their immediate ancestors, came to the area attracted by the prosperity created by the Jews, in what previously had been pretty much of a wasteland.
The nationhood of the "Palestinians" is a myth.
The "West Bank." Again, this is a concept that did not exist until 1948, when the army of the Kingdom of Transjordan, together with five other Arab armies, invaded the Jewish state of Israel, on the very day of its creation.
In what can almost be described as a Biblical miracle, the ragtag Jewish forces defeated the combined Arab might. But Transjordan stayed in possession of the territories of Judea and Samaria and part of the city of Jerusalem. The Jordanians promptly expelled all Jews from the area that they occupied, destroyed all Jewish institutions and houses of worship, used Jewish cemetery headstones to build military latrines, and renamed as "West Bank" what had been Judea and Samaria since time immemorial.
The attempt, quite successful, was to persuade an uninformed world that these territories were ancestral parts of the Jordanian Arab Kingdom (itself a very recent creation of British power diplomacy). Even after the total rout of the Arabs in the 1967 Six-Day War, in which the Jordanians were driven out of Judea/Samaria and of Jerusalem, they and the world continued to call this territory the "West Bank", a geographical concept that cannot be found on any except the most recent maps.
The concept of the "West Bank" is a myth.
The "Occupied Territories." After the victorious Six-Day War, during which the Israeli army defeated the same cabal of Arabs that had invaded the country in 1948, Israel remained in possession of Judea/Samaria (now renamed "West Bank"), which the Jordanians had illegally occupied for 19 years; of the Gaza strip, which had been occupied by the Egyptians but which (hundreds of miles from Egypt proper) had never been part of their country; and of the Golan Heights, a plateau of about 400 square miles, which, though originally part of Palestine, had been ceded to Syria by British-French agreement.
The last sovereign in Judea/Samaria and in Gaza was the British mandatory power - and before it was the Ottoman Empire. All of Palestine, including what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, was, by the Balfour Declaration, destined to be the Jewish National Home. How then could the Israelis be "occupiers" in their own territory? Who would be the sovereign and who the rightful inhabitants?
The concept of "occupied territories" in reference to Judea/Samaria and Gaza is a myth created by Arab propaganda.
Unable so far to destroy Israel on the battlefield - though they are feverishly preparing for their next assault - the Arabs are now trying to overcome and destroy Israel by their acknowledged "policy of stages". That policy is to get as much land as possible carved out of Israel "by peaceful and diplomatic" means, so as to make Israel indefensible and softened up for the final assault. The web of lies and myths that the Arab propaganda machine has created plays an important role in the unrelenting quest to destroy the State of Israel. What a shame that the world has accepted most of it!
DENMARK: TROUBLE
Susan MacAllen is a contributing editor for (FamilySecurityMatters.org)
Salute the Danish Flag - it's a Symbol of Western Freedom By Susan
MacAllen
In 1978-9 I was living and studying in Denmark . But in 1978 - even in
Copenhagen, one didn't see Muslim immigrants.
The Danish population embraced visitors, celebrated the exotic, went out of
its way to protect each of its citizens. It was proud of its new brand of
socialist liberalism one in development since the conservatives had lost
power in 1929 - a system where no worker had to struggle to survive, where
one ultimately could count upon the state as in, perhaps, no other western
nation at the time.
The rest of Europe saw the Scandinavians as free-thinking, progressive
and infinitely generous in their welfare policies. Denmark boasted low crime
rates, devotion to the environment, a superior educational system and a
history of humanitarianism.
Denmark was also most generous in its immigration policies - it offered the
best welcome in Europe to the new immigrant: generous welfare payments from
first arrival plus additional perks in transportation, housing and
education. It was determined to set a world example for inclusiveness and
multiculturalism. How could it have predicted that one day in 2005 a
series of political cartoons in a newspaper would spark violence that would
leave dozens dead in the streets -all because its commitment to
multiculturalism would come back to bite?
By the 1990's the growing urban Muslim population was obvious - and its
unwillingness to integrate into Danish society was obvious.
Years of immigrants had settled into Muslim-exclusive enclaves. As the
Muslim leadership became more vocal about what they considered the decadence
of Denmark's liberal way of life, the Danes - once so welcoming - began to
feel slighted. Many Danes had begun to see Islam as incompatible with their
long-standing values: belief in personal liberty and free speech, in
equality for women, in tolerance for other ethnic groups, and a deep pride
in Danish heritage and history.
An article by Daniel Pipes and Lars Hedegaard, in which they forecasted,
accurately, that the growing immigrant problem in Denmark would explode. In
the article they reported:
'Muslim immigrants constitute 5 percent of the population but consume
upwards of 40 percent of the welfare spending.'
'Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark's 5.4 million people but make up a
majority of the country's convicted rapists, an especially
combustible issue given that practically all the female victims are
non-Muslim. Similar, if lesser, disproportions are found in other crimes.'
'Over time, as Muslim immigrants increase in numbers, they wish less to mix
with the indigenous population.
A recent survey finds that only 5 percent of young Muslim immigrants would
readily marry a Dane.'
'Forced marriages - promising a newborn daughter in Denmark to a male
cousin in the home country, then compelling her to marry him, sometimes on
pain of death - are one problem'
'Muslim leaders openly declare their goal of introducing Islamic law once
Denmark's Muslim population grows large enough - a
not-that-remote prospect. If present trends persist, one sociologist
estimates, every third inhabitant of Denmark in 40 years will be Muslim.'
It is easy to understand why a growing number of Danes would feel that
Muslim immigrants show little respect for Danish values and laws.
An example is the phenomenon common to other European countries and
Canada: some Muslims in Denmark who opted to leave the Muslim faith have
been murdered in the name of Islam, while others hide in fear for their
lives. Jews are also threatened and harassed openly by Muslim leaders in
Denmark, a country where once Christian citizens worked to smuggle out
nearly all of their 7,000 Jews by night to Sweden - before the Nazis could
invade. I think of my Danish friend Elsa - who. as a teenager. had dreaded
crossing the street to the bakery every morning under the eyes of occupying
Nazi soldiers - and I wonder what she would say today.
In 2001, Denmark elected the most conservative government in some 70
years - one that had some decidedly non-generous ideas about liberal
unfettered immigration. Today Denmark has the strictest immigration
policies in Europe. (Its effort to protect itself has been met with
accusations of 'racism' by liberal media across Europe - even as other
governments struggle to right the social problems wrought by years of
too-lax immigration.)
If you wish to become Danish, you must attend three years of language
classes. You must pass a test on Denmark 's history, culture, and a Danish
language test .
You must live in Denmark for 7 years before applying for citizenship.
You must demonstrate an intent to work, and have a job waiting. If you wish
to bring a spouse into Denmark, you must both be over 24 years of age,
and you won't find it so easy anymore to move your friends and family to
Denmark with you.
You will not be allowed to build a mosque in Copenhagen . Although your
children have a choice of some 30 Arabic culture and language schools in
Denmark , they will be strongly encouraged to assimilate to Danish society
in ways that past immigrants weren't.
In 2006, the Danish minister for employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, spoke
publicly of the burden of Muslim immigrants on the Danish welfare system,
and it was horrifying: the government's welfare committee had calculated
that if immigration from Third World countries were blocked, 75 percent of
the cuts needed to sustain the huge welfare system in coming decades would
be unnecessary. In other words, the welfare system, as it
existed, was being exploited by immigrants to the point of eventually
bankrupting the government. 'We are simply forced to adopt a new policy on
immigration'.
'The calculations of the welfare committee are terrifying and show how
unsuccessful the integration of immigrants has been up to now,' he said.
A large thorn in the side of Denmark's imams is the Minister of
Immigration and Integration, Rikke Hvilshoj. She makes no bones about the
new policy toward immigration, 'The number of foreigners coming to the
country makes a difference,' Hvilshoj says, 'There is an inverse correlation
between how many come here and how well we can receive the foreigners that
come.' And on Muslim immigrants needing to demonstrate a willingness to
blend in, 'In my view, Denmark should be a country with room for
different cultures and religions. Some values, however, are more important
than others. We refuse to question democracy, equal rights, and freedom of
speech.'
Hvilshoj has paid a price for her show of backbone. Perhaps to test her
resolve, the leading radical imam in Denmark, Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban,
demanded that the government pay blood money to the family of a Muslim who
was murdered in a suburb of Copenhagen, stating that the family's thirst
for revenge could be thwarted for money. When Hvilshoj dismissed his demand,
he argued that in Muslim culture the payment of retribution money was
common, to which Hvilshoj replied that what is done in a Muslim country is
not necessarily what is done in Denmark.
The Muslim reply came soon after: her house was torched while she, her
husband and children slept. All managed to escape unharmed, but she and her
family were moved to a secret location and she and other ministers were
assigned bodyguards for the first time - in a country where such murderous
violence was once so scarce.
Her government has slid to the right, and her borders have tightened.
Many believe that what happens in the next decade will determine whether
Denmark survives as a bastion of good living, humane thinking and social
responsibility, or whether it becomes a nation at civil war with supporters
of Sharia law.
And meanwhile, Canadians clamor for stricter immigration policies, and
demand an end to state welfare programs that allow many immigrants to live
on the public dole. As we in Canada look at the enclaves of Muslims amongst
us, and see those who enter our shores too easily, dare live on our taxes,
yet refuse to embrace our culture, respect our traditions, participate in
our legal system, obey our laws, speak our language, appreciate our history
. we would do well to look to Denmark , and say a prayer for her future
and for our own..
If you agree with this article, then please pass it on..
Salute the Danish Flag - it's a Symbol of Western Freedom By Susan
MacAllen
In 1978-9 I was living and studying in Denmark . But in 1978 - even in
Copenhagen, one didn't see Muslim immigrants.
The Danish population embraced visitors, celebrated the exotic, went out of
its way to protect each of its citizens. It was proud of its new brand of
socialist liberalism one in development since the conservatives had lost
power in 1929 - a system where no worker had to struggle to survive, where
one ultimately could count upon the state as in, perhaps, no other western
nation at the time.
The rest of Europe saw the Scandinavians as free-thinking, progressive
and infinitely generous in their welfare policies. Denmark boasted low crime
rates, devotion to the environment, a superior educational system and a
history of humanitarianism.
Denmark was also most generous in its immigration policies - it offered the
best welcome in Europe to the new immigrant: generous welfare payments from
first arrival plus additional perks in transportation, housing and
education. It was determined to set a world example for inclusiveness and
multiculturalism. How could it have predicted that one day in 2005 a
series of political cartoons in a newspaper would spark violence that would
leave dozens dead in the streets -all because its commitment to
multiculturalism would come back to bite?
By the 1990's the growing urban Muslim population was obvious - and its
unwillingness to integrate into Danish society was obvious.
Years of immigrants had settled into Muslim-exclusive enclaves. As the
Muslim leadership became more vocal about what they considered the decadence
of Denmark's liberal way of life, the Danes - once so welcoming - began to
feel slighted. Many Danes had begun to see Islam as incompatible with their
long-standing values: belief in personal liberty and free speech, in
equality for women, in tolerance for other ethnic groups, and a deep pride
in Danish heritage and history.
An article by Daniel Pipes and Lars Hedegaard, in which they forecasted,
accurately, that the growing immigrant problem in Denmark would explode. In
the article they reported:
'Muslim immigrants constitute 5 percent of the population but consume
upwards of 40 percent of the welfare spending.'
'Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark's 5.4 million people but make up a
majority of the country's convicted rapists, an especially
combustible issue given that practically all the female victims are
non-Muslim. Similar, if lesser, disproportions are found in other crimes.'
'Over time, as Muslim immigrants increase in numbers, they wish less to mix
with the indigenous population.
A recent survey finds that only 5 percent of young Muslim immigrants would
readily marry a Dane.'
'Forced marriages - promising a newborn daughter in Denmark to a male
cousin in the home country, then compelling her to marry him, sometimes on
pain of death - are one problem'
'Muslim leaders openly declare their goal of introducing Islamic law once
Denmark's Muslim population grows large enough - a
not-that-remote prospect. If present trends persist, one sociologist
estimates, every third inhabitant of Denmark in 40 years will be Muslim.'
It is easy to understand why a growing number of Danes would feel that
Muslim immigrants show little respect for Danish values and laws.
An example is the phenomenon common to other European countries and
Canada: some Muslims in Denmark who opted to leave the Muslim faith have
been murdered in the name of Islam, while others hide in fear for their
lives. Jews are also threatened and harassed openly by Muslim leaders in
Denmark, a country where once Christian citizens worked to smuggle out
nearly all of their 7,000 Jews by night to Sweden - before the Nazis could
invade. I think of my Danish friend Elsa - who. as a teenager. had dreaded
crossing the street to the bakery every morning under the eyes of occupying
Nazi soldiers - and I wonder what she would say today.
In 2001, Denmark elected the most conservative government in some 70
years - one that had some decidedly non-generous ideas about liberal
unfettered immigration. Today Denmark has the strictest immigration
policies in Europe. (Its effort to protect itself has been met with
accusations of 'racism' by liberal media across Europe - even as other
governments struggle to right the social problems wrought by years of
too-lax immigration.)
If you wish to become Danish, you must attend three years of language
classes. You must pass a test on Denmark 's history, culture, and a Danish
language test .
You must live in Denmark for 7 years before applying for citizenship.
You must demonstrate an intent to work, and have a job waiting. If you wish
to bring a spouse into Denmark, you must both be over 24 years of age,
and you won't find it so easy anymore to move your friends and family to
Denmark with you.
You will not be allowed to build a mosque in Copenhagen . Although your
children have a choice of some 30 Arabic culture and language schools in
Denmark , they will be strongly encouraged to assimilate to Danish society
in ways that past immigrants weren't.
In 2006, the Danish minister for employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, spoke
publicly of the burden of Muslim immigrants on the Danish welfare system,
and it was horrifying: the government's welfare committee had calculated
that if immigration from Third World countries were blocked, 75 percent of
the cuts needed to sustain the huge welfare system in coming decades would
be unnecessary. In other words, the welfare system, as it
existed, was being exploited by immigrants to the point of eventually
bankrupting the government. 'We are simply forced to adopt a new policy on
immigration'.
'The calculations of the welfare committee are terrifying and show how
unsuccessful the integration of immigrants has been up to now,' he said.
A large thorn in the side of Denmark's imams is the Minister of
Immigration and Integration, Rikke Hvilshoj. She makes no bones about the
new policy toward immigration, 'The number of foreigners coming to the
country makes a difference,' Hvilshoj says, 'There is an inverse correlation
between how many come here and how well we can receive the foreigners that
come.' And on Muslim immigrants needing to demonstrate a willingness to
blend in, 'In my view, Denmark should be a country with room for
different cultures and religions. Some values, however, are more important
than others. We refuse to question democracy, equal rights, and freedom of
speech.'
Hvilshoj has paid a price for her show of backbone. Perhaps to test her
resolve, the leading radical imam in Denmark, Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban,
demanded that the government pay blood money to the family of a Muslim who
was murdered in a suburb of Copenhagen, stating that the family's thirst
for revenge could be thwarted for money. When Hvilshoj dismissed his demand,
he argued that in Muslim culture the payment of retribution money was
common, to which Hvilshoj replied that what is done in a Muslim country is
not necessarily what is done in Denmark.
The Muslim reply came soon after: her house was torched while she, her
husband and children slept. All managed to escape unharmed, but she and her
family were moved to a secret location and she and other ministers were
assigned bodyguards for the first time - in a country where such murderous
violence was once so scarce.
Her government has slid to the right, and her borders have tightened.
Many believe that what happens in the next decade will determine whether
Denmark survives as a bastion of good living, humane thinking and social
responsibility, or whether it becomes a nation at civil war with supporters
of Sharia law.
And meanwhile, Canadians clamor for stricter immigration policies, and
demand an end to state welfare programs that allow many immigrants to live
on the public dole. As we in Canada look at the enclaves of Muslims amongst
us, and see those who enter our shores too easily, dare live on our taxes,
yet refuse to embrace our culture, respect our traditions, participate in
our legal system, obey our laws, speak our language, appreciate our history
. we would do well to look to Denmark , and say a prayer for her future
and for our own..
If you agree with this article, then please pass it on..
WILL OUR LACK OF VIGILANCE COST US OUR LIBERTY?
http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=dispatches+undercover+mosque
EGYPT NEWS
Project Censored
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009
* #1. Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation
* # 2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA
* # 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business
* # 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars in Latin America?
* # 5 Seizing War Protesters’ Assets
* # 6 The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
* # 7 Guest Workers Inc.: Fraud and Human Trafficking
* # 8 Executive Orders Can Be Changed Secretly
* #9 Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Testify
* # 10 APA Complicit in CIA Torture
* # 11 El Salvador’s Water Privatization and the Global War on Terror
* # 12 Bush Profiteers Collect Billions From No Child Left Behind
* # 13 Tracking Billions of Dollars Lost in Iraq
* # 14 Mainstreaming Nuclear Waste
* # 15 Worldwide Slavery
* # 16 Annual Survey on Trade Union Rights
* # 17 UN’s Empty Declaration of Indigenous Rights
* # 18 Cruelty and Death in Juvenile Detention Centers
* # 19 Indigenous Herders and Small Farmers Fight Livestock Extinction
* # 20 Marijuana Arrests Set New Record
* # 21 NATO Considers “First Strike” Nuclear Option
* # 22 CARE Rejects US Food Aid
* # 23 FDA Complicit in Pushing Pharmaceutical Drugs
* # 24 Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror
* # 25 Bush’s Real Problem with Eliot Spitzer
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ROBERT SPENCER: SCHOLAR OF THE KORAN
Jihad Watch
About Robert Spencer
Robert SpencerROBERT SPENCER is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of nine books on Islam and jihad, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer is a weekly columnist for Human Events and FrontPage Magazine, and has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community.
Spencer has also written eleven monographs and well over three hundred articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism. Along with the bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery), he is the author of Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Encounter); Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West (Regnery); Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't (Regnery), a refutation of moral equivalence and call for all the beneficiaries and heirs of Judeo-Christian Western civilization, whatever their own religious or philosophical perspective may be, to defend it from the global jihad; and Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs (Regnery), an expose of how jihadist groups are advancing their agenda in the U.S. today by means other than terrorist attacks.. He is coauthor, with Daniel Ali, of Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (Ascension), and editor of the essay collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (Prometheus). His latest book is The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Regnery). Spencer's books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Italian, Finnish, and Bahasa Indonesia.
Along with his weekly columns, Spencer has completed a weekly Qur'an commentary at Jihad Watch, Blogging the Qur'an, which has been translated into Czech, Danish, German and Italian. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Freedom Alliance and a contributing writer to Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism. His articles on Islam and other topics have appeared in the New York Post, the Washington Times, the Dallas Morning News, Canada's National Post, Middle East Quarterly, WorldNet Daily, First Things, Insight in the News, National Review Online, and many other journals.
In addition to the seminars on Islam and jihad that Spencer has led for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, a Department of Homeland Security task force, the FBI, branches of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community, he has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, FoxNews, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC, C-Span, France24 and Croatia National Televison (HTV), as well as on numerous radio programs including Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor, The Laura Ingraham Show, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, Michael Savage's Savage Nation, The Sean Hannity Show, The Alan Colmes Show, The G. Gordon Liddy Show, The Neal Boortz Show, The Michael Medved Show, The Michael Reagan Show, The Rusty Humphries Show, The Larry Elder Show, The Barbara Simpson Show, Vatican Radio, and many others.
Spencer (MA, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) has been studying Islamic theology, law, and history in depth since 1980. As an Adjunct Fellow with the Free Congress Foundation in 2002 and 2003, he wrote a series of monographs on Islam that are still available from the Foundation: An Introduction to the Qur'an; Women and Islam; An Islamic Primer; Islam and the West; The Islamic Disinformation Lobby; Islam vs. Christianity; and Jihad in Context. More recently he has also written monographs for the David Horowitz Freedom Center: What Americans Need to Know About Jihad; The Violent Oppression of Women In Islam (with Phyllis Chesler); Islamic Leaders' Plan for Genocide; and Muslim Persecution of Christians.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Why should I believe what you say about Islam?
RS: Pick up any of my books, and you will see that they are made up largely of quotations from Islamic jihadists and the traditional Islamic sources to which they appeal to justify violence and terrorism. My work sheds light on what these sources say.
The evidence stands by itself; readers can evaluate it for themselves. I would, of course, be happy to debate any scholar about Islam and jihad; this is a standing invitation.
Q: Have you debated Islamic scholars and spokesmen?
RS: Yes, I have discussed and/or debated various aspects of it with Jaafar Siddiqui and Salam Al-Marayati (twice) on the Michael Medved Show; Al-Marayati again on the Alan Colmes Show and Radio Islam; Hussam Ayloush on the Dennis Prager Show and another show; Hussein Ibish on CNN radio; As'ad AbuKhalil (the "Angry Arab") on a station in San Diego; Muqtedar Khan on a Jamaican radio station; Ibrahim Hooper on MSNBC TV with Keith Olbermann; Abdul Malik Ali on Pax TV; two Islamic scholars on Michael Coren's TV show in Toronto; Abdulaziz Sachedina and an Iranian scholar on the Lou Dobbs show; and Ayloush and AbuKhalil, as well as Khaleel Mohammed, in print. Others also.
Q: Why have you studied Islam for so long?
RS: It has been an enduring fascination. Since childhood I have had an interest in the Muslim world, from which my family comes. When I was very young my grandparents would tell me stories about their life there, and I always heard them with great interest. When I met Muslim students as a college undergraduate I began reading and studying the Qur'an in earnest. That led to in-depth forays into tafsir (interpretations of the Qur'an), hadith (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), and much more about Islamic theology and law. While working on my master's thesis, which dealt not with Islam but (in part) with some early Christian heretical groups, I began to study early Islamic history, since some of these groups ended up in Arabia and may have influenced Muhammad. In the intervening years I continued these studies of Islamic theology, history, and law out of personal interest.
This led to my consulting privately with some individuals and groups about Islam, but I had never intended to do such work publicly. However, after 9/11 I was asked to write my first book, Islam Unveiled, in order to correct some of the misapprehensions about Islam that were widespread at that time.
Q: I've read that you are secretly a Catholic and have a religious agenda.
RS: My being Catholic is no secret; I co-wrote a book called Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics. But I have no religious agenda. In fact, Jihad Watch covers jihad in all its manifestations, and emphasizes the need for all the actual and potential victims of jihad violence and oppression -- Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, secular Muslims, atheists, whatever -- to join together to defend universal human rights. There are many things about which we all disagree, but at this point we need to unite simply in order to survive. We can sort out our disagreements later.
Q: I've read that you are a member of Opus Dei.
RS: No, I am not.
Q: I've read that you are actually Jewish.
RS: Again, no. Jihadists commonly label all their opponents as Jews and Zionist. I am honored to be able to stand with Jews and others in defense of human rights against the totalitarian, supremacist jihad ideology.
Q: I've read that you are actually a white supremacist neo-Nazi.
RS: No. I have consistently opposed racism and supremacism of all kinds -- otherwise, I wouldn't oppose the global jihad. See here for more on this.
Q: I've read that you are actually ignorant of Islam.
RS: Such a charge is a common, albeit empty, rhetorical tactic of jihadist apologists. Here are two examples of how it is used.
Q: What do you say to those who criticize your work?
RS: Here, here, here, and here are some responses to critics. There are others here and there in the archives.
Q: Why do so many people convert to Islam?
RS: There are many attractive elements of the religion. Its adamantine certainties appeal to many people who are disgusted with the current relativism and amorality of the Western world. Also there are many rich and grand aspects of Islamic history and culture which also make the religion attractive today. The global jihad against the West today also helps Islam gather converts in the West from among groups that feel themselves to be oppressed or marginalized. Conversions have been stimulated by successful, if often fanciful, Muslim efforts to present Islam as a religion free of the sins of the West -- particularly racial discrimination.
Q: Do you hate Muslims?
RS: Of course not. Islam is not a monolith, and never have I said or written anything that characterizes all Muslims as terrorist or given to violence. To call attention to the roots and goals of jihad violence within Islamic texts and teachings, and to show how jihadists use those texts and teachings, says nothing at all about what any given Muslim believes or how he acts. Any Muslim who renounces violent jihad and dhimmitude is welcome to join in our anti-jihadist efforts. Any hate in my books comes from Muslim sources quoted, not from me. Cries of "hatred" and "bigotry" are effectively used by American Muslim advocacy groups to try to stifle the debate about the terrorist threat. But there is no substance to them.
It is not an act of hatred against Muslims to point out the depredations of jihad ideology. It is a peculiar species of displacement and projection to accuse someone who exposes the hatred of one group of hatred himself: I believe in the equality of rights and dignity of all people, and that is why I oppose the global jihad. Those who make the charge use it as a tool to frighten the credulous and politically correct away from the truth.
Some time ago here at Jihad Watch I had an exchange with an English convert to Islam. I said: "I would like nothing better than a flowering, a renaissance, in the Muslim world, including full equality of rights for women and non-Muslims in Islamic societies: freedom of conscience, equality in laws regarding legal testimony, equal employment opportunities, etc." Is all that "anti-Muslim"? My correspondent thought so. He responded: "So, you would like to see us ditch much of our religion and, thereby, become non-Muslims."
In other words, he saw a call for equality of rights for women and non-Muslims in Islamic societies, including freedom of conscience, equality in laws regarding legal testimony, and equal employment opportunities, as a challenge to his religion. To the extent that they are, these facts have to be confronted by both Muslims and non-Muslims. But it is not "anti-Muslim" to wish freedom of conscience and equality of rights on the Islamic world -- quite the contrary.
Q: Do you think all Muslims are terrorists?
RS: See above.
Q: Are you trying to incite anti-Muslim hatred?
RS: Certainly not. I am trying to point out the depth and extent of the hatred that is directed against the United States, because efforts to downplay its depth and extent leave us less equipped to defend ourselves. Anyone who targets innocent Muslims in the USA is not only evil, but is playing into the hands of the jihadists who are trying to fan the flames of anti-American hatred. Also, one of the reasons why the war on terror is so important is that those who would destroy Western civilization do not believe in the principles of due process and justice that are central elements of the American system.
Q: Are you deliberately ignoring more liberal schools of thought in Islam?
RS: Certainly not. Any Muslim individual or group who works for genuine reform of the Islamic doctrines, theological tenets and laws that Islamic jihadists use to justify violence, is to be commended. But this reform must be undertaken honestly and thoroughly, confronting the texts of the Qur'an, Hadith, and Sira that are used to justify violence against unbelievers, and decisively rejecting Qur'anic literalism. Not all self-proclaimed moderates are truly moderate: many deny that these elements of Islam exist at all -- hardly a promising platform for reform. It is important to make proper distinctions and speak honestly about the roots of the terrorist threat.
Q: Can you recommend a good English translation of the Qur'an?
RS: N. J. Dawood's is the most readable in English. However, most versions do not mark the verse numbers precisely. Some non-Muslims don't like it because he uses "God" for Allah, although since Arabic-speaking Christians use "Allah" for the God of the Bible, and have for over a millennium, this is a problem for poseurs and pseudo-scholars but is not really a serious objection to anyone who knows both languages. Also, many Muslims dislike this translation because Dawood was not a Muslim, and doesn't sugarcoat any of the passages. Two translations by Muslims, those by Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, are generally reliable, although both write in a stilted, practically unreadable pseudo-King James Bible English. Of the two, Ali's contains more liberties with the text -- such as adding "(lightly)" to Sura 4:34 after the directive to husbands to beat their disobedient wives. The Arabic doesn't say to beat them lightly, it just says to beat them. Pickthall's is generally accurate.
There are other good translations. For years I have liked Arberry's for its audacious literalism and often poetic English. Compare, for example, 81:15-18:
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
...in Pickthall and Arberry: Pickthall: "Oh, but I call to witness the planets, the stars which rise and set, and the close of night, and the breath of morning..." Arberry: "No! I swear by the slinkers, the runners, the sinkers, by the night swarming, by the dawn sighing..." Shades of the Symbolists. Arberry gives a hint of how the book sounds in Arabic, in which it is full of beguiling rhymes and rhythms.
Q: What can we do about this threat?
RS: Many things, but what we must do above all is remain true to our principles of freedom and equality of rights and dignity for all. These ideas and related ones are what set us apart from global jihadists. If we discard them in order to fight the jihadists, we risk erasing the distinction between the two camps.
Q: What is Jihad Watch?
RS: Jihad Watch is an attempt to raise awareness about the activities of the global jihadists. We are a 501c3 organization affiliated with the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
Q: Why are you doing this?
RS: The doctrines of jihad and Islamic supremacism threaten the peace and human rights of all free people. If it is not confronted and resisted, it will prevail.
JIHAD WATCH IN THE MEDIA
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer is available to speak to your group or on your program regarding current events and/or other issues relating to jihad and dhimmitude. Jihad Watch contributor Hugh Fitzgerald is also available to speak. Contact them at director[at]jihadwatch.org.
Notable Speaking Engagements:
Young America's Foundation, Santa Barbara, California (July 2009)
Free Press Society, Copenhagen, Denmark (May 2009)
American University, Washington, DC (April 2009)
Hudson Institute, New York, NY (April 2009)
Evening with Geert Wilders, Los Angeles, CA (April 2009)
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (March 2009)
U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, Fort Meade (March 2009
Middle East Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (March 2009)
An Evening with Geert Wilders, Washington, DC (February 2009)
Middle East Forum, New York, New York (January 2009)
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
State University of New York, Binghamton, New York
State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (2008)
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (October 2008)
Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Center for Strategic Analysis, Las Vegas, Nevada (2008)
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2008)
FreedomFest 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada
David Horowitz's Second Annual Santa Barbara Retreat, Santa Barbara, California
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Christendom College, Front Royal, Virginia
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Free Speech in the Age of Jihad Conference, New York, New York
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Georgia
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Middle East Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Southwest Florida Speaker's Forum, Bonita Springs, Florida
Middle East Forum, New York, New York
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (Spring 2008)
Thomas More College, Nashua, New Hampshire
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire
Eagle Forum, St. Louis, Missouri
Center for Strategic Analysis, Las Vegas, Nevada (2007)
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2007)
Legatus, Covington, Louisiana (2007)
Legatus, New Orleans, Louisiana (2007)
Young Presidents' Organization Southern 7 Chapter, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Eagle Forum, Washington, DC
Legatus, Chicago, Illinois
Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
David Horowitz Freedom Center Santa Barbara Retreat, Santa Barbara, California
Conservative Political Action Conference 2007, Washington, DC
Wednesday Morning Club, Santa Barbara, California
Wednesday Morning Club, Los Angeles, California
Lumen Institute, New York, New York
United States Army Command and General Staff College, School for Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Joint Terrorism Task Force, Washington, DC
Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
America's Truth Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada
Lumen Institute, Dallas, Texas
Tidewater Joint Terrorism Task Force, Norfolk, Virginia
Objectivist Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Panel discussion at showing of "Obsession," Aish, Fox Studios, Los Angeles, California
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2006)
U.S. State Department/German Foreign Ministry workshop, Berlin, Germany
United States Central Command, Tampa, Florida
Panel discussion at showing of "Obsession," Los Angeles, California
Legatus, Covington, Louisiana (2006)
Legatus, New Orleans, Louisiana (2006)
Zionist Organization of America, Detroit, Michigan
America's Truth Forum, Arlington, Virginia
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Restoration Weekend, Phoenix, Arizona
The Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference, The Hague, Netherlands
Bureau of Jewish Education, Phoenix, Arizona
Israel Christian Nexus, Jerusalem, Israel
Legatus, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Marine Corps Birthday Celebration, Casper, Wyoming
Legatus, Santa Barbara, California
Legatus, Phoenix, Arizona
Legatus, Las Vegas, Nevada
Legatus, Baltimore, Maryland
Legatus, Wichita, Kansas
Israel Christian Nexus, Los Angeles, California
Temple of the Arts, Los Angeles, California
Legatus, Peoria, Illinois
Legatus, Chicago, Illiniois
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2005)
Legatus, Houma, Louisiana
New York Tolerance Center, Simon Wiesenthal Center, New York, NY
Legatus, Lincoln, Nebraska
Zionist Organization of America, Washington, DC
Legatus, Columbus, Ohio
Legatus, San Antonio, Texas
Eastern Christian Fellowship, Boston, Massachusetts
Legatus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Council for National Policy, New York, NY
Legatus, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Conservative Political Action Conference 2003, Washington, DC
Legatus, Princeton, New Jersey
Middle East Forum, Boston, MA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (2003)
Florida Society for Middle East Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Ave Maria Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Legatus, Fresno, California
Legatus, San Jose, California
Legatus, San Francisco, California
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About Robert Spencer
Robert SpencerROBERT SPENCER is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of nine books on Islam and jihad, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer is a weekly columnist for Human Events and FrontPage Magazine, and has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community.
Spencer has also written eleven monographs and well over three hundred articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism. Along with the bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery), he is the author of Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Encounter); Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West (Regnery); Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't (Regnery), a refutation of moral equivalence and call for all the beneficiaries and heirs of Judeo-Christian Western civilization, whatever their own religious or philosophical perspective may be, to defend it from the global jihad; and Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs (Regnery), an expose of how jihadist groups are advancing their agenda in the U.S. today by means other than terrorist attacks.. He is coauthor, with Daniel Ali, of Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (Ascension), and editor of the essay collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (Prometheus). His latest book is The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Regnery). Spencer's books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Italian, Finnish, and Bahasa Indonesia.
Along with his weekly columns, Spencer has completed a weekly Qur'an commentary at Jihad Watch, Blogging the Qur'an, which has been translated into Czech, Danish, German and Italian. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Freedom Alliance and a contributing writer to Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism. His articles on Islam and other topics have appeared in the New York Post, the Washington Times, the Dallas Morning News, Canada's National Post, Middle East Quarterly, WorldNet Daily, First Things, Insight in the News, National Review Online, and many other journals.
In addition to the seminars on Islam and jihad that Spencer has led for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, a Department of Homeland Security task force, the FBI, branches of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community, he has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, FoxNews, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC, C-Span, France24 and Croatia National Televison (HTV), as well as on numerous radio programs including Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor, The Laura Ingraham Show, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, Michael Savage's Savage Nation, The Sean Hannity Show, The Alan Colmes Show, The G. Gordon Liddy Show, The Neal Boortz Show, The Michael Medved Show, The Michael Reagan Show, The Rusty Humphries Show, The Larry Elder Show, The Barbara Simpson Show, Vatican Radio, and many others.
Spencer (MA, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) has been studying Islamic theology, law, and history in depth since 1980. As an Adjunct Fellow with the Free Congress Foundation in 2002 and 2003, he wrote a series of monographs on Islam that are still available from the Foundation: An Introduction to the Qur'an; Women and Islam; An Islamic Primer; Islam and the West; The Islamic Disinformation Lobby; Islam vs. Christianity; and Jihad in Context. More recently he has also written monographs for the David Horowitz Freedom Center: What Americans Need to Know About Jihad; The Violent Oppression of Women In Islam (with Phyllis Chesler); Islamic Leaders' Plan for Genocide; and Muslim Persecution of Christians.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Why should I believe what you say about Islam?
RS: Pick up any of my books, and you will see that they are made up largely of quotations from Islamic jihadists and the traditional Islamic sources to which they appeal to justify violence and terrorism. My work sheds light on what these sources say.
The evidence stands by itself; readers can evaluate it for themselves. I would, of course, be happy to debate any scholar about Islam and jihad; this is a standing invitation.
Q: Have you debated Islamic scholars and spokesmen?
RS: Yes, I have discussed and/or debated various aspects of it with Jaafar Siddiqui and Salam Al-Marayati (twice) on the Michael Medved Show; Al-Marayati again on the Alan Colmes Show and Radio Islam; Hussam Ayloush on the Dennis Prager Show and another show; Hussein Ibish on CNN radio; As'ad AbuKhalil (the "Angry Arab") on a station in San Diego; Muqtedar Khan on a Jamaican radio station; Ibrahim Hooper on MSNBC TV with Keith Olbermann; Abdul Malik Ali on Pax TV; two Islamic scholars on Michael Coren's TV show in Toronto; Abdulaziz Sachedina and an Iranian scholar on the Lou Dobbs show; and Ayloush and AbuKhalil, as well as Khaleel Mohammed, in print. Others also.
Q: Why have you studied Islam for so long?
RS: It has been an enduring fascination. Since childhood I have had an interest in the Muslim world, from which my family comes. When I was very young my grandparents would tell me stories about their life there, and I always heard them with great interest. When I met Muslim students as a college undergraduate I began reading and studying the Qur'an in earnest. That led to in-depth forays into tafsir (interpretations of the Qur'an), hadith (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), and much more about Islamic theology and law. While working on my master's thesis, which dealt not with Islam but (in part) with some early Christian heretical groups, I began to study early Islamic history, since some of these groups ended up in Arabia and may have influenced Muhammad. In the intervening years I continued these studies of Islamic theology, history, and law out of personal interest.
This led to my consulting privately with some individuals and groups about Islam, but I had never intended to do such work publicly. However, after 9/11 I was asked to write my first book, Islam Unveiled, in order to correct some of the misapprehensions about Islam that were widespread at that time.
Q: I've read that you are secretly a Catholic and have a religious agenda.
RS: My being Catholic is no secret; I co-wrote a book called Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics. But I have no religious agenda. In fact, Jihad Watch covers jihad in all its manifestations, and emphasizes the need for all the actual and potential victims of jihad violence and oppression -- Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, secular Muslims, atheists, whatever -- to join together to defend universal human rights. There are many things about which we all disagree, but at this point we need to unite simply in order to survive. We can sort out our disagreements later.
Q: I've read that you are a member of Opus Dei.
RS: No, I am not.
Q: I've read that you are actually Jewish.
RS: Again, no. Jihadists commonly label all their opponents as Jews and Zionist. I am honored to be able to stand with Jews and others in defense of human rights against the totalitarian, supremacist jihad ideology.
Q: I've read that you are actually a white supremacist neo-Nazi.
RS: No. I have consistently opposed racism and supremacism of all kinds -- otherwise, I wouldn't oppose the global jihad. See here for more on this.
Q: I've read that you are actually ignorant of Islam.
RS: Such a charge is a common, albeit empty, rhetorical tactic of jihadist apologists. Here are two examples of how it is used.
Q: What do you say to those who criticize your work?
RS: Here, here, here, and here are some responses to critics. There are others here and there in the archives.
Q: Why do so many people convert to Islam?
RS: There are many attractive elements of the religion. Its adamantine certainties appeal to many people who are disgusted with the current relativism and amorality of the Western world. Also there are many rich and grand aspects of Islamic history and culture which also make the religion attractive today. The global jihad against the West today also helps Islam gather converts in the West from among groups that feel themselves to be oppressed or marginalized. Conversions have been stimulated by successful, if often fanciful, Muslim efforts to present Islam as a religion free of the sins of the West -- particularly racial discrimination.
Q: Do you hate Muslims?
RS: Of course not. Islam is not a monolith, and never have I said or written anything that characterizes all Muslims as terrorist or given to violence. To call attention to the roots and goals of jihad violence within Islamic texts and teachings, and to show how jihadists use those texts and teachings, says nothing at all about what any given Muslim believes or how he acts. Any Muslim who renounces violent jihad and dhimmitude is welcome to join in our anti-jihadist efforts. Any hate in my books comes from Muslim sources quoted, not from me. Cries of "hatred" and "bigotry" are effectively used by American Muslim advocacy groups to try to stifle the debate about the terrorist threat. But there is no substance to them.
It is not an act of hatred against Muslims to point out the depredations of jihad ideology. It is a peculiar species of displacement and projection to accuse someone who exposes the hatred of one group of hatred himself: I believe in the equality of rights and dignity of all people, and that is why I oppose the global jihad. Those who make the charge use it as a tool to frighten the credulous and politically correct away from the truth.
Some time ago here at Jihad Watch I had an exchange with an English convert to Islam. I said: "I would like nothing better than a flowering, a renaissance, in the Muslim world, including full equality of rights for women and non-Muslims in Islamic societies: freedom of conscience, equality in laws regarding legal testimony, equal employment opportunities, etc." Is all that "anti-Muslim"? My correspondent thought so. He responded: "So, you would like to see us ditch much of our religion and, thereby, become non-Muslims."
In other words, he saw a call for equality of rights for women and non-Muslims in Islamic societies, including freedom of conscience, equality in laws regarding legal testimony, and equal employment opportunities, as a challenge to his religion. To the extent that they are, these facts have to be confronted by both Muslims and non-Muslims. But it is not "anti-Muslim" to wish freedom of conscience and equality of rights on the Islamic world -- quite the contrary.
Q: Do you think all Muslims are terrorists?
RS: See above.
Q: Are you trying to incite anti-Muslim hatred?
RS: Certainly not. I am trying to point out the depth and extent of the hatred that is directed against the United States, because efforts to downplay its depth and extent leave us less equipped to defend ourselves. Anyone who targets innocent Muslims in the USA is not only evil, but is playing into the hands of the jihadists who are trying to fan the flames of anti-American hatred. Also, one of the reasons why the war on terror is so important is that those who would destroy Western civilization do not believe in the principles of due process and justice that are central elements of the American system.
Q: Are you deliberately ignoring more liberal schools of thought in Islam?
RS: Certainly not. Any Muslim individual or group who works for genuine reform of the Islamic doctrines, theological tenets and laws that Islamic jihadists use to justify violence, is to be commended. But this reform must be undertaken honestly and thoroughly, confronting the texts of the Qur'an, Hadith, and Sira that are used to justify violence against unbelievers, and decisively rejecting Qur'anic literalism. Not all self-proclaimed moderates are truly moderate: many deny that these elements of Islam exist at all -- hardly a promising platform for reform. It is important to make proper distinctions and speak honestly about the roots of the terrorist threat.
Q: Can you recommend a good English translation of the Qur'an?
RS: N. J. Dawood's is the most readable in English. However, most versions do not mark the verse numbers precisely. Some non-Muslims don't like it because he uses "God" for Allah, although since Arabic-speaking Christians use "Allah" for the God of the Bible, and have for over a millennium, this is a problem for poseurs and pseudo-scholars but is not really a serious objection to anyone who knows both languages. Also, many Muslims dislike this translation because Dawood was not a Muslim, and doesn't sugarcoat any of the passages. Two translations by Muslims, those by Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, are generally reliable, although both write in a stilted, practically unreadable pseudo-King James Bible English. Of the two, Ali's contains more liberties with the text -- such as adding "(lightly)" to Sura 4:34 after the directive to husbands to beat their disobedient wives. The Arabic doesn't say to beat them lightly, it just says to beat them. Pickthall's is generally accurate.
There are other good translations. For years I have liked Arberry's for its audacious literalism and often poetic English. Compare, for example, 81:15-18:
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
...in Pickthall and Arberry: Pickthall: "Oh, but I call to witness the planets, the stars which rise and set, and the close of night, and the breath of morning..." Arberry: "No! I swear by the slinkers, the runners, the sinkers, by the night swarming, by the dawn sighing..." Shades of the Symbolists. Arberry gives a hint of how the book sounds in Arabic, in which it is full of beguiling rhymes and rhythms.
Q: What can we do about this threat?
RS: Many things, but what we must do above all is remain true to our principles of freedom and equality of rights and dignity for all. These ideas and related ones are what set us apart from global jihadists. If we discard them in order to fight the jihadists, we risk erasing the distinction between the two camps.
Q: What is Jihad Watch?
RS: Jihad Watch is an attempt to raise awareness about the activities of the global jihadists. We are a 501c3 organization affiliated with the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
Q: Why are you doing this?
RS: The doctrines of jihad and Islamic supremacism threaten the peace and human rights of all free people. If it is not confronted and resisted, it will prevail.
JIHAD WATCH IN THE MEDIA
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer is available to speak to your group or on your program regarding current events and/or other issues relating to jihad and dhimmitude. Jihad Watch contributor Hugh Fitzgerald is also available to speak. Contact them at director[at]jihadwatch.org.
Notable Speaking Engagements:
Young America's Foundation, Santa Barbara, California (July 2009)
Free Press Society, Copenhagen, Denmark (May 2009)
American University, Washington, DC (April 2009)
Hudson Institute, New York, NY (April 2009)
Evening with Geert Wilders, Los Angeles, CA (April 2009)
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (March 2009)
U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, Fort Meade (March 2009
Middle East Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (March 2009)
An Evening with Geert Wilders, Washington, DC (February 2009)
Middle East Forum, New York, New York (January 2009)
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
State University of New York, Binghamton, New York
State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (2008)
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (October 2008)
Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Center for Strategic Analysis, Las Vegas, Nevada (2008)
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2008)
FreedomFest 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada
David Horowitz's Second Annual Santa Barbara Retreat, Santa Barbara, California
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Christendom College, Front Royal, Virginia
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Free Speech in the Age of Jihad Conference, New York, New York
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Georgia
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Middle East Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Southwest Florida Speaker's Forum, Bonita Springs, Florida
Middle East Forum, New York, New York
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (Spring 2008)
Thomas More College, Nashua, New Hampshire
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire
Eagle Forum, St. Louis, Missouri
Center for Strategic Analysis, Las Vegas, Nevada (2007)
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2007)
Legatus, Covington, Louisiana (2007)
Legatus, New Orleans, Louisiana (2007)
Young Presidents' Organization Southern 7 Chapter, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Eagle Forum, Washington, DC
Legatus, Chicago, Illinois
Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
David Horowitz Freedom Center Santa Barbara Retreat, Santa Barbara, California
Conservative Political Action Conference 2007, Washington, DC
Wednesday Morning Club, Santa Barbara, California
Wednesday Morning Club, Los Angeles, California
Lumen Institute, New York, New York
United States Army Command and General Staff College, School for Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Joint Terrorism Task Force, Washington, DC
Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
America's Truth Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada
Lumen Institute, Dallas, Texas
Tidewater Joint Terrorism Task Force, Norfolk, Virginia
Objectivist Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Panel discussion at showing of "Obsession," Aish, Fox Studios, Los Angeles, California
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2006)
U.S. State Department/German Foreign Ministry workshop, Berlin, Germany
United States Central Command, Tampa, Florida
Panel discussion at showing of "Obsession," Los Angeles, California
Legatus, Covington, Louisiana (2006)
Legatus, New Orleans, Louisiana (2006)
Zionist Organization of America, Detroit, Michigan
America's Truth Forum, Arlington, Virginia
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Restoration Weekend, Phoenix, Arizona
The Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference, The Hague, Netherlands
Bureau of Jewish Education, Phoenix, Arizona
Israel Christian Nexus, Jerusalem, Israel
Legatus, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Marine Corps Birthday Celebration, Casper, Wyoming
Legatus, Santa Barbara, California
Legatus, Phoenix, Arizona
Legatus, Las Vegas, Nevada
Legatus, Baltimore, Maryland
Legatus, Wichita, Kansas
Israel Christian Nexus, Los Angeles, California
Temple of the Arts, Los Angeles, California
Legatus, Peoria, Illinois
Legatus, Chicago, Illiniois
Young America's Foundation, Washington, DC (2005)
Legatus, Houma, Louisiana
New York Tolerance Center, Simon Wiesenthal Center, New York, NY
Legatus, Lincoln, Nebraska
Zionist Organization of America, Washington, DC
Legatus, Columbus, Ohio
Legatus, San Antonio, Texas
Eastern Christian Fellowship, Boston, Massachusetts
Legatus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Council for National Policy, New York, NY
Legatus, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Conservative Political Action Conference 2003, Washington, DC
Legatus, Princeton, New Jersey
Middle East Forum, Boston, MA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (2003)
Florida Society for Middle East Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Ave Maria Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Legatus, Fresno, California
Legatus, San Jose, California
Legatus, San Francisco, California
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