Vi må ikke komme bag ud med Sappho – det går da virkelig ikke:
Islam tvang ham ind i politik
18. juni 2012 – Interview af Sapphos udsendte
Selvom England er et af de europæiske lande, der er mest præget af masseindvandring, har landet først for nylig fået et islamkritisk parti. Sappho har mødt lederen af det nystiftede British Freedom Party, Paul Weston.
Bury Park er islams land, siger EDL-leder Tommy Robinson. Han tager Sapphos udsendte med på en køretur i en engelsk by præget af moskeer, burkaer og mænd i kjortler.
Tiderne er skiftet: Når den røde regering følger samme udvisningspolitik som den borgerlige, kan “de gode” pludselig ikke bruge de stakkels asylansøgere til noget.
Efter at den langelandske sognepræst Helle Frimann Hansen i Sappho offentliggjorde sit åbne brev om muslimers behandling af kristne konvertitter på et lokalt asylcenter, forsøger kommunen at få hende til at klappe i. [...]
Professor Bent Jensens med spænding ventede værk om Danmark under Den Kolde Krig er på trapperne, men forfatteren har fået forbud mod at bringe mange af de mest interessante oplysninger, bl.a. om Danmarks måske farligste Sovjet-spion.
Efter at Gud er erklæret død, er vi ikke blevet irreligiøse. Vi er bare begyndt at tro på andre religioner båret af dogmer, der er langt mere tyranniske end Bibelens Gud, skriver Melanie Phillips.
Mere HER i Sappho. Hele artiklen kan læses i Standpoint Magazine:
Apologists for Islamic persecution of Christians regularly argue that the animosity is not driven by religion, but rather a “sectarian” divide, by any number of “indigenous” factors—poverty, intertribal conflicts, political machinations, etc.
Mere HER i Sappho. Kan også læses her hos Middle East Forum.
Muslimer nedslagter konvertitter til kristendommen i Tunesien
04. juni 2012 – Internationalt af Raymond Ibrahim
Liberal talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on “Egypt Today” airing a video of Muslims slicing a young man’s head off for the crime of apostasy, in this case, the crime of converting to Christianity and refusing to renounce it. The video—be warned, it is immensely graphic—is below (the actual execution appears from minute 1:13-4:00). For those who prefer not to view it, a summary follows:
Ostensibly dealing with a building, a recent report demonstrates how Turkey’s populace—once deemed the most secular and liberal in the Muslim world—is reverting to its Islamic heritage, complete with animosity for the infidel West and dreams of Islam’s glory days of jihad and conquest.
Mere HER i Sappho. Middle East Forum her. Følg med i de løbende opdateringer i:
Bernard Lewis’ new book, Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian, written at the age of 95, is essentially his autobiography. Since he is, above all, a scholar, much of his life has been thinking and writing. Not surprisingly, the book recounts the gestational process of a number of his major works. Lewis is the author of more than 30 books. This leads him to wonder, in 100 years, which of his works will be remembered? I venture to say that it will not be this one, nor does he mean it to be. This is a breezy, episodic, conversational book of reflections, aperçus, anecdotes, and some very sharp observations. It is what is called a “good read.” It is not particularly profound or deep. It only glancingly refers to ideas that Lewis has developed at greater length in his earlier works. He refers to them rather than repeating them, and places their development in the context of his long life.
Therefore, this is not the Lewis book with which you should begin. First, become conversant with his deep scholarship in the history of the Middle East. Then, you will no doubt be driven to know more about the man himself, and that you can find entertainingly set forth in Notes on a Century.
Mere HER i Online Library of Law and Liberty. Desuden snublede jeg over en Lewis-artikel i pdf – fra Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 2003:
When the Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah was captured, six months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, C.I.A. lawyers were asked to approve a battery of tough interrogation techniques hastily thrown together. They did not much fear that posterity would think them ruthless. On the contrary, the C.I.A.’s No. 2 attorney worried that “with all the restrictions and precautions and scrutiny by lawyers and doctors and psychologists,” they’d look like a bunch of wimps.
It is not as a bunch of wimps that history has remembered George W. Bush’s antiterrorist team. The Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith, who worked briefly in the Bush administration’s Office of Legal Counsel, has himself been critical of his former colleagues’ “unilateralism” and their preference for power over persuasion. But he has also been an eloquent dissenter from the view that the Bush administration simply ran roughshod over the Constitution.[...]
SCO. Det er ikke kun en cykel fra Smidt & Co, – det er også en asiatisk interesseorganisation. Kaplan følger med i, hvad det er for en fisk og hvad de laver. Det gør jeg også engang imellem – fra 8. juni 2012:
Robert D. Kaplan on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Agenda)
Stratfor Chief Geopolitical Analyst Robert D. Kaplan looks at the significance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which is seeking to spread its influence as far as Turkey.
En ret nørdet diskussion om krigsstrategi & taktik - faktisk ikke overdrevent interessant. Fra 8 juni 2012:
A Conversation on Counterinsurgency as a Strategy with George Friedman and Robert D. Kaplan
Stratfor CEO George Friedman and Chief Geopolitical Analyst Robert Kaplan debate the viability of counterinsurgency as a military strategy.
Jeg tror, jeg har forsømt Brigitte Gabriel på det seneste? Vi må have lidt opsamling – video om islamisering af USA, indoktrinering i skolesystemet, saudiarabisk infiltrering og mere. Spol 3 minutter frem:
Brigitte Gabriel in Jacksonville, FL
Brigitte Gabriel Part One. Brigitte Gabriel speaking at First Conservative Baptist Church April 12, 2012 in Jacksonville, FL.
Man kan se hele rapporten om skolebøger hos Act! for America:
Brigitte Gabriel on Why Americans Are Not Up in Arms at the Overreach of the Obama Administration
Brigitte Gabriel Explains Sharia Law and How it Works
Fra november 2011:
ACT for America founder speaks at anti-Shariah conference in Nashville, TN
Brigitte Gabriel focuses on Islamic infiltration into the American education system. This intuitive and highly intelligent lady knows exactly what’s going on in our nation today and boldly explains in detail without regard to any ridiculous political correctness whatsoever. You may be shocked to learn what is going on in our public schools today. This subject could not have been explained any better.
Fra Moody Radio 14. marts 2012 – “In the Market” hedder programmet:
Brigitte Gabriel & Janet Parshall on Sharia in America – Zombie Muhammad – March 14, 201
From Moody Radio – In the Market: Brigitte Gabriel discusses Sharia Law versus the United States Constitution, and what that means for Americans. Especially the Pennsylvania Zombie Mohammed case involving Ernest Perce and judge Mark Martin.
Brigitte Gabriel, is a Christian Lebanese-born, American journalist and author of They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It. Gabriel talks with America’s Morning News about the debate and the unfolding situation in Syria.
Startes HER – åbner Windows Media Player. Varighed 5½ minut.
Ultimo 2007, men ellers udateret. Jimmy Swaggart, Donnie Swaggart, Francis Swaggart - uploadet 7. maj 2012:
The Truth About Islam – An Interview With Brigitte Gabriel
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Widespread textbook bias threatens national security
By Brigitte Gabriel & Guy Rodgers – May 14, 2012
“Sharia law requires Muslim leaders to extend religious tolerance to Christians and Jews.”
So states the school textbook World History: Patterns of Interaction (2007), published by McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin.
This false, preposterous claim is just one of hundreds of errors uncovered during a two-year research project that culminated in the report “Education or Indoctrination? The Treatment of Islam in 6th through 12th Grade American Textbooks,” released by ACT! for America Education.
Ten questions for the Council on American Islamic Relations
By Brigitte Gabriel and Frank Gaffney | March 22nd, 2012
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has launched a propaganda campaign attacking a state legislative initiative that is designed to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans, including Muslims.
That initiative is known as American Laws for American Courts (ALAC).
CAIR claims this bill would have the opposite effect — infringing upon Muslims’ and others’ right to freedom of religion. CAIR’s real motivation, however, is not to safeguard the U.S. Constitution, but rather to promote the insinuation here of Shariah, a totalitarian Islamic political-military-legal doctrine. Shariah requires and enforces discrimination against women, children, homosexuals, atheists, members of other religions such as Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians, as well as Muslims who repudiate the dictates of that doctrine.
Mere HER i The World Tribune. Næsten identisk version her hos Newsmax. Accuracy in Media her.
Opdatering: Denne audio fra BlogTalkRadio ligner dem ovenfor – Roger Aronoff interviewer:
Brigitte Gabriel on Islamic Terrorism and Why They Hate
Brigitte Gabriel, founder of Act! for America and the author of “They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It,” joins Take AIM to discuss global current events, the Act! for America conference, which will be held June 27-29 in Washington D.C., and we’ll ask Brigitte about her upcoming book.
Gabriel is one of the leading terrorism experts in the world providing information and analysis on the rise of global Islamic terrorism. She serves on the board of advisors of the Intelligence Summit, and her expertise is sought after by world and business leaders, including: the Australian Prime Minister, members of The British Parliament/House of Commons, members of the United States Congress, The Joint Forces Staff College, The U.S. Special Operations Command, the FBI, and many others.
Startes HER – åbner Windows Media Player. Varer 49 minutter.
Lewis er ikke helt nem at interviewe, men audioen er nu ganske interessant alligevel:
At 96, Historian Lewis Reflects On ‘A Century’
May 15, 2012
Over his long academic career, Bernard Lewis has arguably become the world’s greatest historian of the Middle East. Now, at 96, Lewis turns his attention inward in a memoir that looks back on his life, work and legacy.
The linguist and scholar’s career began before World War II, and in a new memoir he covers more than a few sensitive areas, from race and slavery in Islam, to the clash of civilizations and his long argument with scholar Edward Said, to his role as an adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney.
NPR’s Neal Conan talks with Lewis about his new book, Notes on a Century.
Startes HER - åbner Windows Media Player. Kan desuden høres hos NPR her, hvor man også finder en udskrift. Boise State Public Radio her. Varighed ½ time.
When I was asked to write a foreword to Geert Wilders’ new book, my first reaction, to be honest, was to pass. Mr. Wilders lives under 24/7 armed guard because significant numbers of motivated people wish to kill him, and it seemed to me, as someone who’s attracted more than enough homicidal attention over the years, that sharing space in these pages was likely to lead to an uptick in my own death threats. Who needs it? Why not just plead too crowded a schedule and suggest the author try elsewhere? I would imagine Geert Wilders gets quite a lot of this.
And then I took a stroll in the woods, and felt vaguely ashamed at the ease with which I was willing to hand a small victory to his enemies. After I saw off the Islamic enforcers in my own country, their frontman crowed to The Canadian Arab News that, even though the Canadian Islamic Congress had struck out in three different jurisdictions in their attempt to criminalize my writing about Islam, the lawsuits had cost my magazine (he boasted) two million bucks, and thereby “attained our strategic objective — to increase the cost of publishing anti-Islamic material.” In the Netherlands, Mr. Wilders’ foes, whether murderous jihadists or the multicultural establishment, share the same “strategic objective” — to increase the cost of associating with him beyond that which most people are willing to bear. It is not easy to be Geert Wilders. He has spent almost a decade in a strange, claustrophobic, transient, and tenuous existence little different from kidnap victims or, in his words, a political prisoner. He is under round-the-clock guard because of explicit threats to murder him by Muslim extremists.
Den dødbringende fortælling om Det Arabiske Forår spiller på den vestlige kulturs gode ønsker for alle. Det forekommer langt mere anstændigt at håbe, at folk, der så længe har været undertrykt, omsider vil kunne ånde frit, end at erkende, at de simpelthen er blevet trætte af den gamle kalif og vil have en ny.
Mere HER hos Sappho. Kan også læses på engelsk hos The New English Review her.
Bevis jeres værd, IMR
Klumme af Kit Louise Strand – 11. maj 2012
Efter årtiers politisk korrekte udmeldinger er der bevægelse i Institut for Menneskerettigheder, men direktøren har stadig ikke forstået, hvad menneskerettigheder går ud på.
Colin Powell on the Bush Administration’s Iraq War Mistakes
May 13, 2012 – Colin Powell
Chaos in Baghdad
On the evening of Aug. 5, 2002, President Bush and I met in his residence at the White House to discuss the pros and cons of the Iraq crisis. Momentum within the administration was building toward military action, and the president was increasingly inclined in that direction.
I had no doubt that our military would easily crush a smaller Iraqi army, much weakened by Desert Storm and the sanctions and other actions that came afterward. But I was concerned about the unpredictable consequences of war. According to plans being confidently put forward, Iraq was expected to somehow transform itself into a stable country with democratic leaders 90 days after we took Baghdad. I believed such hopes were unrealistic. I was sure we would be in for a longer struggle. Colin Powell reflects on lessons from the battlefield to the halls of power—including the mistakes of the Iraq War, his infamous U.N. speech, and the crimes at Abu Ghraib.
Stoned to death for being an emo: NINETY Iraqi students killed for having ‘strange hair and tight clothes’
Number of deaths could be even higher
Cleric calls the stonings ‘an act of terrorism’
Ministry of Interior ‘complicit’ in the killings
10 March 2012
Youngsters in Iraq are being stoned to death for having haircuts and wearing clothes that emulate the ‘emo’ style popular among western teenagers.
At least 14 youths have been killed in the capital Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shia militants.
Militants in Shia neighbourhoods, where the stonings have taken place, circulated lists yesterday naming more youths targeted to be killed if they do not change the way they dress.
Since the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, one of the most frequently recurring talking points has been speculation as to whether there will be a sectarian civil war in the country. Throughout this winter, the media at large and numerous analysts have been quick to note incidents of mass casualty attacks, pointing to an upsurge in fatalities, particularly in the month of January.
In addition, there has been a tendency to tie the increase in violence to the U.S. withdrawal and the subsequent political crisis that entailed the issuing of an arrest warrant against Tariq al-Hashimi, the Sunni vice-president of Iraq, on allegations of involvement in terrorism, as well as a boycott of the Iraqi parliament by the main opposition bloc al-Iraqiya, which has now decided to end its boycott.
Bernard Lewis – årgang 1916 – har skrevet en ny bog. Lewis ser tilbage på det århundrede, der gik. Spengler anmelder:
Bernard Lewis’ Stubborn Hope
In Notes on a Century, the historian is still optimistic about a ‘great civilization’ in the Muslim world
By David P. Goldman | May 9, 2012
Bernard Lewis beckons to us as if from the mists of legend. A poet-scholar, linguist, observer and sometime participant in the great events of the Middle East for seven decades, the London-born scholar belongs more to the world of T.E. Lawrence than to ours. At 95, his prose is translucent and his recollection luminous.
But Notes on a Century—his personal and professional memoir—makes for sad reading, for two reasons. The first is that we will not find another like Bernard Lewis; it is a valedictory essay not just for a remarkable man but for an epoch. No university today could train a poet capable of extracting the red thread of history from the obscure orthography of official archives, or a historian-diplomat who knows the songs of a dozen peoples in their own dialects. Part of the reason is ideological. The post-colonial-studies movement typified by the late Edward Said has ruined a field that once was called “Orientalism”—meaning simply a specialty in Near Eastern philology rather than Greek and Roman. Saudi and other Gulf State funding of Middle East studies programs, meanwhile, has made a critical stance toward Muslim culture an academic career-killer. Even without the ideological divide, though, our culture has grown too brittle to nurture another mind of Lewis’ depth.
Prof. Bernard Lewis has just published a memoir which is as much a valedictory statement of his views as a reminiscence about a remarkable life; I review it today at the Jewish webzine The Tablet. Lewis has of course been denounced from the left (by the sulfurous Edward Said) as an “orientalist,” which used to mean scholar of Semitic languages but now means “neo-colonialist.” That is an absurd charge by an incompetent and mendacious scholar, but it ruined Middle Eastern studies in the politically correct (and Arab-funded) world of academia. From the right, he has been denounced as an “Arab apologist” by Pamela Geller and as a “Pied Piper of Islamic Confusion” by Andrew Bostom.
One should be cautious about attacking Prof. Lewis, whose analysis of Muslim rage did more to galvanize Western support for the idea of a war on terror than any other single source, and who drew more opprobrium from the academic left than any other personality. His optimism about Islamic democracy ultimately was misplaced, in my view, but should be understood in context. As I wrote in Tablet:
Bernard Lewis left Princeton University in 1986, forced out at the then-mandatory retirement age of 70. At his farewell party, Charles Issawi, who was also retiring from the department of Near Eastern studies, delivered some remarks. “There are five ages of professors,” he said, “tireless, tiring, tiresome, tired, and retired; but for people like Bernard and me, retirement means a new set of tires and full speed ahead.”
Issawi was right: Lewis isn’t the retiring type. He has spent the years since then producing 16 books and countless articles, carried on his decades-long spat with Edward Said over the direction of scholarship on the Middle East, helped found a learned society to challenge “intellectual conformism” in the Middle East Studies Association, coined the idea of a “clash of civilizations,” became an informal adviser to the George W. Bush administration, and according to some observers, provided the intellectual firepower for the war in Iraq. Oh, and not least: At the age of 80, Lewis fell in love again.
Mere HER i The Chronicle of Higher Education. Det næste interview er i pdf-form:
Interview with Bernard Lewis
Winter 2012
In this exclusive interview with TPQ, Bernard Lewis attributes Turkey’s historical progress to the practice of self-critique and to the choice of women’s empowerment. These are also the qualities, if maintained and developed, that will ensure a bright future for Turkey, he states. Indicating that in Turkey “at the moment, the movement seems to be backwards rather than forward,” Lewis points out that Turks currently face a choice. About Turkey’s role in the Middle East, Lewis reflects skepticism but also hope, relaying the message that Turkey can indeed play a leading role in the Middle East but whether this will strengthen Turkey in the global arena or not depends on how Turkey uses this influence, to what end, and in what direction. Decisions made today, in areas such as to enable frank and critical discussion, to innovate, and to provide women with the full range of freedom will determine how the future of Turkey and of the region at large is shaped.
I den krigshærgede syriske by Homs har Syriens opposition indført den islamiske skat jizya, der kun pålægges ikke-muslimer. Manglende betaling resulterer ifølge vidner i kidnapning af familiemedlemmer
Dershowitz laver så mange fine ting i øjeblikket. Jeg har lige læst Dershowitz’s artikelproduktion fra årets første måneder og har plukket noget ud. Der kommer lidt mere (lige pludselig) i et par andre poster:
The “Rorschach” Facts in the Killing of Trayvon Martin
by Alan M. Dershowitz – April 11, 2012
The time has come for the cheerleading on both sides to stop in the killing of Trayvon Martin and for everybody to unite around the need for the truth—or as much of it as we can recapture— to emerge as to precisely what happened on that dark, rainy night. Once the facts have been established, by scientific, forensic and other evidence, then we can begin to analyze whether these facts constitute a defense under Florida’s stand your ground statute, which, for better or worse, strongly favors the defendant.
At the moment, the facts in the case—at least those known to the public—are ever shifting. One journalist aptly characterized the case as, “a narrative Rorschach that each side will interpret as it wishes.” Now it has been announced that the special prosecutor may soon release new information that may change both the public perception of the case and its legal strengths and weaknesses.
Mere HER hos Gatestone Institute. Huffington Post her.
The Case Against the Left and Right One-State Solution
by Alan M. Dershowitz – March 22, 2012
Both the extreme left and the extreme right are now calling for a one state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Of course the one state solution each seeks is completely different: the left wants yet another Arab state in place of Israel; the right wants a Jewish state that encompasses what is now the West Bank, in place of any Palestinian state. Both are prescriptions for undemocratic disasters and for the ultimate delegitimation of Israel as the democratic nation state of the Jewish people.
I have advocated a two-state solution, based on secure borders for Israel, since the early 1970s, when I debated Noam Chomsky, who was then an advocate of a secular bi-national state. I advocated a version of what was then known as “the Alon Plan,” which, in effect, would have annexed portions of the captured territories that were necessary for Israel’s security but would have precluded Israeli civilian settlements in other captured areas. This plan was consistent with Security Council Resolution 242, which allowed for some territorial annexation by Israel to achieve secure borders. I did not, and do not now, advocate a return to the indefensible 1967 lines, which reflected
Mere HER hos Gatestone Institute. Kan også læses her hos Newsmax.
Why deterrence won’t work against Iran
by Alan M. Dershowitz – March 20, 2012
Following President Obama’s strong renunciation of “containment” and his expression of willingness to use military force as a last resort to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, some on the left continue to oppose any threat to use the military option. Leading this approach is Fareed Zakaria, who recently on his CNN program, characterized the Obama policy as “a serious error,” and called instead for a “robust policy of containment and deterrence.”
But the policy that Zakaria is proposing is anything but robust. To the contrary, it is a call for inaction. It presumed that Iran will be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, but that they will be deterred from actually using them by the threat of nuclear retaliation. Zakaria points to the fact that deterrence succeeded in preventing war between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as between India and Pakistan. He claims that each side was effectively deterred by the threat of mutually assured destruction. He says it will work equally well with Iran.
Mere HER hos Gatestone Institute. Kan også læses her hos Newsmax eller her The Jewish Press.
President Obama Turns a Corner on Iran
by Alan M. Dershowitz – March 2, 2012
President Obama has turned an important corner in his efforts to persuade Iran not to try to develop nuclear weapons, and in his efforts to persuade Israel to allow his combination of punishing sanctions and tough talk to work. In his recent interview with Jeffrey Goldberg in Atlantic Magazine, President Obama sent a clear message to the Iranians that he is not bluffing, that he means it when he says that American policy is not to accept a nuclear Iran, and that no option, including a military one, is off the table if sanctions and threats appear not to be working.
I was not surprised by President Obama’s strong words, because he said similar things to me in private conversation. But now he has said them in public, and with words that are unequivocal and put his credibility, and the credibility of our country, on the line. (I will not repeat the President’s words here because they can be found in the Goldberg article.)
Mere HER hos Gatestone Institute eller her i The Jewish Press. Algemeiner her.
Who are America’s Reliable Allies?
by Alan M. Dershowitz – February 15, 2012
In a quickly changing world, it is important to ask which countries the United States can always count on in times of crisis. Recent events have shortened that list considerably.
India has long claimed to be a reliable ally, but it is now undercutting American efforts to impose meaningful sanctions against Iran. Its help cannot any longer be counted on in the struggle against the greatest danger faced by the United States—an Iran with nuclear weapons. Japan, another ally, is dilly dallying on sanctions as well. Brazil used to be a reliable partner, until it began to fall under the sway of Venezuela’s Chavez, who is closely allied with Iran and other American enemies. The “new” Russia and China demonstrated their lack of reliability when they vetoed American efforts in the Security Council to help resolve the Syrian crisis. Egypt, which has received billions of dollars of American aid, has defied American warnings not to put US citizens on trial on phony, trumped-up charges. Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates are now playing footsy with Hamas and Hezbollah, also Iranian surrogates, as they worry about the contagion of the Arab Spring and the growing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Mere HER hos Gatestone Institute eller her i The Jewish Press. Huffington Post her. FrontPageMagazine her.
Why anti-Semitism is moving toward the mainstream
By Alan M. Dershowitz – January 7, 2012
Brian Leiter and Ron Paul are guilty of helping to legitimize bigotry. Shame on them!
For the first time since the end of World War II, classic anti-Semitic tropes – “the Jews” control the world and are to blame for everything that goes wrong, including the financial crisis; “The Jews killed Christian children in order to use the blood to bake matza; the Holocaust never happened – are becoming acceptable and legitimate subjects for academic and political discussion.
To understand why these absurd and reprehensible views, once reserved for the racist fringes of academia and politics, are moving closer to the mainstream, consider the attitudes of two men, one an academic, the other a politician, toward those who express or endorse such bigotry. The academic is Prof. Brian Leiter. The politician is Ron Paul.
Mere HER i The Jerusalem Post. Issues of Concern for Justice & Society her. FrontPageMagazine her.
Dershowitz vandt. Både Media Matters og Center for American Progress har fået et ordentligt pulver, – især Media Matters. Som svar på sin kritik fik Dershowitz besked på at “go to Hell”, skriver Fox News. Nu er sagens hovedperson, MJ Rosenberg, blevet tvunget til at gå af. Fra Newsmax:
Rosenberg’s recent comments have drawn heavy fire. He mistakenly accused the Drudge Report website of racism in its coverage of the Trayvon Martin case, for which he has apologized. He also branded pro-Israel Americans as “Israel-firsters” and verbally attackd a Harvard professor.
Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz branded Rosenberg an anti-Semite for the “Israel-firsters” comment. When Dershowitz, a lifelong Democrat, urged the Democratic Party to distance itself from Media Matters, Rosenberg responded by telling him to “go to Hell” and urging Dershowitz’s students to boycott his class
“Rosenberg was an extremist,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He didn’t engage in careful, nuanced critiques of Israel, which is fine. He engaged in hyperbole, name-calling. He just hated, hated, hated, with a passion, almost an eroticized passion of anything associated with Israel. He was like a spurned lover — irrational.”
Media Matters samarbejder ret tæt med Al-Jazeera, fortæller The Daily Caller i en anden artikel. Det var også Media Matters, der stod bag den kampagne, som resulterede i Lou Dobbs exit fra CNN, ligesom Media Matters spillede hovedrollen i den mediehetz, der fik Glenn Beck til at forlade Fox News. Det skriver The Daily Caller i en tredje artikel. George Soros er en af Media Matters hovedsponsorer. Det Hvide Hus er også fedtet til:
A series of reports has exposed the embattled Media Matters’ alleged illicit tactics, including compiling a de facto enemies list; announcing an all-out campaign of “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” aimed at the Fox News Channel; and reportedly seeking to investigate the personal lives of reporters and news personalities.
The information came amid reports White House staffers held regular meetings and even a weekly conference call with Media Matters.
Det skriver WND. Dershowitz sagde allerede i februar – fra en anden artikel i WND:
“I don’t know whether President Obama has any idea that Media Matters has turned the corner against Israel in this way,” Dershowitz said. “I can tell you this: he will know very shortly because I am beginning a serious campaign on this issue and I will not let it drop until and unless Rosenberg is fired from Media Matters, or Media Matters changes its policy or the White House disassociates itself from Media Matters.”
Det er næsten historisk: det lykkedes at stille en hadspredende, løgnagtig venstrefløjser til regnskab for sine injurier! The Washington Free Beacon:
“I’m proud of whatever small role I played,” Dershowitz said, explaining that if Media Matters and Rosenberg had not parted ways, the latter’s association with the group would have become an electoral issue for President Obama.
Ja, for det ville Dershowitz nemlig have sørget for. Godt gået af ham.
Liberal Alan Dershowitz: “Obama Will Lose Election Because of AntiSemitic Media Matters”
Fra Newsmax.TV:
Alan Dershowitz & Ashley Martella on Media Matters and Obama as the new Chamberlain
From February 28, 2012 – quote: President Barack Obama is in danger of going down in history as “the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century,” if he fails to stop Iran’s development of the nuclear bomb, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz tells Newsmax.TV.
Quote: “But the White House is in close touch with Media Matters, and they have to disassociate themselves from Media Matters unless Media Matters fires this bigot, M.J. Rosenberg, distances itself from his statements, and apologizes for what he has said. Otherwise, this becomes a major election issue.”
M.J. Rosenberg left Media Matters on April 6, 2012.
Der følger en artikel med som man kan læse her hos Newsmax.TV. Kathleen Walter kommer rundt i flere emner i sit interview:
Alan Dershowitz & Kathleen Walter on Media Matters, Iran, Israel, Afghanistan and more
From March 18, 2012 – quote: “It’s gotten much worse. Media Matters has doubled down and M.J. Rosenberg has now said that his only response is to tell me to ‘go to H-E-L-L,’ and to urge my students to picket my classes, as if the students would listen to him,” Dershowitz said.
M.J. Rosenberg left Media Matters on April 6, 2012.
Der følger en artikel med som man kan læse her hos Newsmax.TV.
Der er endnu et interview med Alan Dershowitz om Media Matters fra den 14. februar 2012 HER hos The Jay Severin Show på Radio Talk 1200 Boston.
Artikler:
Media Matters Hurts Obama
by Alan M. Dershowitz – February 27, 2012
It’s the kind of anti-Jewish hate speech you’d expect to find on a neo Nazi website or in a Patrick Buchanan column: American Jews who support current Israeli policies are accused of dual loyalty and called “Israel Firsters” because they place their loyalty to Israel above their loyalty to the United States.
AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) fares even worse:
“saying AIPAC is guilty of dual loyalty is giving it credit for one more loyalty that it holds.”
In other words, this widely respected American organization, and the hundreds of thousands of Jews (and Christians) who support it, including senators, congressmen and other elected officials, have absolutely no loyalty to our nation; their sole loyalty is to the foreign nation of Israel.
Mere HER hos Stonegate Institute eller her i The Jewish Press. New York Daily News her.
ECI Should Distinguish Friend From Foe
My Name Was on an Advertisement I Do Not Support
By Alan Dershowitz – March 04, 2012.
When I opened up The New York Times on March 1, I was shocked to see my name on an advertisement that I do not support. The ad was placed by a group called the Emergency Committee for Israel and it included quotations from various individuals and organizations condemning two liberal think tanks, Media Matters and the Center for American Progress for anti-Israel statements posted by several of their bloggers. But the ad went much further. It implicitly criticized various Jewish federations, including the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston, of which I am a major contributor, for “funding” these two organizations.
When I first heard this charge, I called my friend Barry Shrage, who is the executive director of the CJP of Boston, to ask him whether it was true. He informed me that it was misleading at best. It is true that a few individuals who have donor-advised funds that are administered through the CJP have in fact directed the CJP to contribute their funds to these organizations. (I’m sure that when they did so, most were unaware of the turn these organizations have recently taken against Israel and its supporters.) I, too, have a family donor-advised fund and each year my wife, my children and I inform the CJP to which charities — Jewish and non-Jewish — we wished charitable contributions to go. These generally include organizations such as the ACLU and the American Cancer Society.
CBN News has obtained a document showing that the very foundation of the group known as Media Matters for America is built on anti-Christian bias… The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN
Fra Christian Solidarity International i Bern i Svejts 7. marts 2012. Etnisk udrensning af Mellemøstens kristne, jøder og andre mindretal:
Daniel Pipes – Religious Minorities in an Increasingly Intolerant Middle East
Daniel Pipes, a historian and president of Middle East Forum, speaks at a CSI seminar on the future of religious minorities in the Middle East. Pipes warns that persecution of Christians in the Middle East is “acquiring genocidal characteristics.”
PR Newswire har en artikel om foredraget i ovenstående video:
Og fra en høring i Israel om det arabiske “forår”:
Daniel Pipes – Middle Eastern Upheavals and Immigration to Israel – March 14, 2012
Hearing in Israel – Danny Danon – Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs. Article in The Jerusalem Post
Q&A:
Fra 6. marts 2012:
Michael Coren & Daniel Pipes: Israel vs Iran
Pipes om en march, der løb ud i sandet:
Israel’s Enemies Unite for March to Jerusalem
Der følger en artikel med, som man kan læse her:
Israeli Security Halts Skirmishes on ‘March to Jerusalem’,
By Chris Mitchell – April 01, 2012
Israeli security forces battled Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem Friday, with reports of one Palestinian killed and dozens wounded.
The clashes came during demonstrations marking Land Day and the Global March on Jerusalem. Palestinians and Israeli Arabs hold the annual event to protest Israel’s land policies.
Daniel Pipes & Zuhdi Jasser diskuterer – artikler fra begge på Daniel Pipes’ hjemmeside:
Syria: Arguing for U.S. Inaction
by Daniel Pipes – February 25, 2012
Some thoughts on U.S. policy toward Syria on the occasion of the just-ended “Friends of Syria” meeting in Tunisia:
Since the end of the cold war, many Americans have a sense of being so strong, they don’t need to think about their own security but can afford to focus on the immediate humanitarian concerns of others. This leads to a sentimental U.S. foreign policy of “war as social work” in which the welfare of peoples with an admittedly wretched record as American allies (Afghans, Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians) can trump national interests. In fact, American interests often diverge from those of Middle Easterners. For example, as I put it six years ago, “when Sunni terrorists target Shiites and vice-versa, non-Muslims are less likely to be hurt.”
Mere HER hos Daniel Pipes. Zuhdi Jasser er lige blevet udpeget til The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The Investigative Project on Terrorism har en artikel om det:
Der står sådan set det samme i de her tre artikler. Men eftersom ingen hører efter, må der gentagelser til:
Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”
by Raymond Ibrahim – March 14, 2012
According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.”
The Grand Mufti made his assertion in response to a question posed by a delegation from Kuwait: a Kuwaiti parliament member recently called for the “removal” of churches (he later “clarified” by saying he merely meant that no churches should be built in Kuwait), and the delegation wanted to confirm Sharia’s position on churches.
Accordingly, the Grand Mufti “stressed that Kuwait was a part of the Arabian Peninsula, and therefore it is necessary to destroy all churches in it.”
Did you read about Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, and his call this month to “destroy all the churches of the region?”
You might think that’s big news – big enough to garner some attention from America’s leading media – especially because the Grand Mufti is among the Muslim world’s leading authorities. He is President of the Supreme Council of Ulema [Islamic scholars] and Chairman of the Standing Committee for Scientific Research and Issuing of Fatwas, according to the Middle East Forum’s Raymond Ibrahim.
Obama silent while Saudi grand mufti targets Christianity
March 16, 2012
If the pope called for the destruction of all the mosques in Europe, the uproar would be cataclysmic. Pundits would lambaste the church, the White House would rush out a statement of deep concern, and rioters in the Middle East would kill each other in their grief. But when the most influential leader in the Muslim world issues a fatwa to destroy Christian churches, the silence is deafening.
On March 12, Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.” The ruling came in response to a query from a Kuwaiti delegation over proposed legislation to prevent construction of churches in the emirate. The mufti based his decision on a story that on his deathbed, Muhammad declared, “There are not to be two religions in the [Arabian] Peninsula.” This passage has long been used to justify intolerance in the kingdom. Churches have always been banned in Saudi Arabia, and until recently Jews were not even allowed in the country. Those wishing to worship in the manner of their choosing must do so hidden away in private, and even then the morality police have been known to show up unexpectedly and halt proceedings.
Mere HER i The Washington Times. Ovenfor refereres til denne artikel i The Daily Beast:
Endnu et par videoer fra konferencen, Faith Under Fire, kom dryssede i dag. Fra 10. marts 2012:
Faith Under Fire: Clare Lopez – Islamic Persecution of Religious Minorities in Doctrine and History
Clare Lopez is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and The Clarion Fund. She is co-author of Shariah: The Threat to America with a strategic policy focus on Iran. She is a member of newly-formed Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security with a focus on EMP threat. She is a strategic policy & intelligence expert with a focus on national defense, Islam, Iran, & counterterrorism issues.
Please join us for this eye-opening Chicago-area conference on the worldwide crisis in religious freedom. We will examine the plight of persecuted religious minorities in Islamic countries as representatives of these communities offer riveting testimony. Key members of the U.S. Congress will discuss the latest legislation and actions intended to prevent genocide. Recognized international and national experts will offer insightful analysis of policy issues and the global threat to religious freedom.
Faith Under Fire: Q+A Rep. Walsh, Clare Lopez, Ashraf Ramelah, Keith Roderick, Juliana Taimoorazy
Policy Issues and Opportunities for Intervention: Clare Lopez, Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, Juliana Taimoorazy, Keith Roderick, US Congressman Walsh
The Center for Security Policy welcomes you to Faith Under Fire. In Islamic countries, Christians and other reli-gious minorities are deprived of fundamental rights and sidelined from public life; they endure violent attacks against their churches and homes. In a year’s time, we have witnessed an escalation in the violence, bloody attacks, murder of Christians and the destruction of their churches and homes throughout the Middle East and Africa. Religious and eth-nic cleansing of indigenous Christian communities in Islamic countries is a reality in 2012. We are witnessing events which may precipitate a foreseeable genocide of these indigenous communities in the near future. Proactive engage-ment on these matters by citizens in the US and our Congress is crucial, as we must be a Voice for the Voiceless!
Mange islamkritikere har ikke flere illusioner tilbage, – der er ikke nogen her i hvert fald. Geller er fantastisk i denne video. Fra 22. marts 2012:
Pamela Geller
3/22/2012 Denver presentation for “Stop the Islamization of America” book tour
Robert Spencer
3/22/2012 Denver presentation for “Stop the Islamization of America” book tour
Fra KHOW Radios The Caplis & Silverman Show. Fra 22. marts 2012:
If you missed Caplis and Silverman three o’clock hour yesterday, you missed a lot! But worry not, it is the featured podcast at www.khow.com. BTW, when Spencer and Geller were asked about military action against Iran’s nuclear program, they both said yes. When asked when it should occur, both said, “YESTERDAY!”
Startes HER – åbner Windows Media Player. Varer 38½ minutter.
Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch is in studio with Peter for the Full hour. Peter and Robert discuss the history of Islam and the vast differences between Islamic and western culture and philosophy. Robert Spencer and Peter discuss Jihad in Europe, Jefferson and the Jihadist, Bush and Obama and western governments misunderstanding of Islamic law and culture, slavery and Islam and Arab Muslims slaughtering black Africans and more.
Startes HER – åbner Windows Media Player. Varer 33½ minut.
Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
March 19, 2012 – By Robert Spencer
The Afghan mission is imploding, and the Obama administration is covering for Islamic jihadists. Last week, Marine officials revealed that a Marine killed on February 1 in what the Pentagon called “combat operations” at the time was actually murdered by a jihadist in the Afghan army. The cover-up of this latest jihad attack from a supposed ally is emblematic of a failed mission. It is long past time to end the mission in Afghanistan.
Hamid Karzai has said that he wants Afghan forces to take control of the nation’s security in 2013, not 2014 as American officials are planning. Karzai is a scoundrel, but he is right about this, albeit for the wrong reasons. This mission is foredoomed. There is no clearly defined goal, and in any case, any goal worth reaching is impossible to achieve. There is no bringing democracy or humane values to a sharia state, and in any case, we already gave the Karzai regime a sharia constitution, so we aren’t really even trying to do anything effective for women or non-Muslims or the freedom of speech or the freedom of conscience. We’re fighting against an enemy that the vice president of the United States says is not an enemy, and that our client president of Afghanistan threatens to join. How long is this madness going to continue?
Egypt Designates Israel Its Top Enemy — Obama Restores Military Aid
by Robert Spencer on Mar 21st, 2012
Egypt’s parliament, which is dominated by two pro-Sharia Islamic supremacist groups, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists, voted unanimously last Monday to expel Israel’s ambassador to Egypt, and signaled that the Camp David Accords would soon be a thing of the past: Egypt, the parliamentarians declared, would “never” be Israel’s ally. In fact, Israel was Egypt’s “number one enemy.” And how did Barack Obama respond to this egregious trampling upon the agreement that has kept an uneasy peace between Israel and Egypt for thirty years? By announcing a resumption of military aid to Egypt.
From the beginning of the “Arab Spring,” I said repeatedly that it was not a democracy movement, as the Western press was claiming, but an Islamic supremacist takeover that would result in the creation of Sharia states that would be far more hostile to the U.S. and Israel than the Arab nationalist regimes they were supplanting. This assessment was greeted with the usual scorn: the Islamic supremacist media machine charged “Islamophobia,” on Fox Juan Williams said I was “fearmongering,” and the usual suspects made the usual ad hominem attacks. Yet everything that has happened since then has shown that the “Arab Spring” is indeed an Islamic supremacist winter, ushering in repressive Sharia regimes with the enthusiastic blessing of Barack Obama.
They hate us because we’re pigs. No, not the apes and pigs into which Allah transforms the Sabbath-breaking Jews in the Qur’an (2:62-66; 5:59-60; 7:166), but pigs as in…dogs. Wolves. Immoral, lecherous, lustful, fornicating creeps. Western immorality is a frequent feature of the Islamic critique of the contemporary West, as well as a target for the morality police of Sharia states. In the summer of 2009 Iranian authorities even published a list of hairstyles that were acceptably moral and Islamic, as opposed to “decadent” Western imports, among which were the ponytail and the mullet.
That same Western decadence is also a frequent preoccupation of Islamic jihadists. In December 2010, a Muslim named Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly set off explosives on a street in Stockholm that was crowded with Christmas shoppers, killing himself and injuring two others. His wife, who was herself later arrested for helping plan the attack, explained that Abdulwahab “disliked the decadent side of society here.”
Even some non-Muslim writers echo this critique. Dinesh D’Souza argued in his 2007 farrago The Enemy At Home that Islamic jihadists were largely motivated by rage at the West’s “social and moral corruption,” and asserted that “the Muslims who hate us the most are the ones who have encountered Western decadence, either in the West or in their own countries.”
Et klart mønster tegner sig. Konservative medier får etiketten ‘højreorienteret’, hvorimod venstreorienterede får ‘uafhængig’, ‘velanset’ eller ‘troværdig’.
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