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Report: Egypt admits to forcing "virginity tests"On March 9, as the Egypt uprising continued to celebrate its success with Hosni Mubarak's Feb. 11 departure from office, the army attempted to clear Tahrir Square in Cairo of protesters, and about 18 women were caught up and arrested in the security sweep.
About two weeks later, Amnesty International issued a scathing report, claiming Egyptian authorities forced "virginity tests" on the detained women, and this was only after the female protesters had been beaten, given electric shocks and "subjected to strip searches while being photographed by male soldiers."
At the time, Egypt's rulers denied the accusations, in no small part because forced "virginity tests" are considered torture by many. Now, Maj. Amr Imam of the Egyptian army has admitted to CNN that the virginity tests were indeed conducted, and he went so far as to defend the practice.Complete coverage: Anger in the Arab World
Lara Logan: Assault in Egypt was "merciless"Egypt's Mubarak to be tried for protester deaths"The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine," Imam told CNN. "These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protesters in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and (drugs). We didn't want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren't virgins in the first place. None of them were (virgins)."In its report Amnesty International writes:"20-year-old Salwa Hosseini (said) that after she was arrested and taken to a military prison in Heikstep, she was made, with the other women, to take off all her clothes to be searched by a female prison guard, in a room with two open doors and a window. During the strip search, Salwa Hosseini said male soldiers were looking into the room and taking pictures of the naked women. The women were then subjected to 'virginity tests' in a different room by a man in a white coat. They were threatened that "those not found to be virgins" would be charged with prostitution. According to information received by Amnesty International, one woman who said she was a virgin but whose test supposedly proved otherwise was beaten and given electric shocks."
Most of the arrested women were brought to trial on March 11, and released two days later with one-year suspended sentences, Amnesty writes.
Mubarak stepped down after 30 years in power on Feb. 11 and transferred power to the military after the 18-day popular uprising. At least 846 protesters were killed, and thousands injured, according to a government fact-finding mission.See also :- http://goo.gl/tX6OI
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May 31, 2011
"virginity tests"
May 29, 2011
May 28, 2011
A schoolbus driver !
AOW,
Shocking footage of a teacher beating young pupils at an Egyptian school has emerged - prompting the arrest of the tutor involved.
This one realy hates to be a schoolbus driver !
Shocking Video Shows Teacher Beating Pupils Shocking footage of a teacher beating young pupils at an Egyptian school has emerged - prompting the arrest of the tutor involved.
WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES OF CHILDREN BEING BEATEN.
The man, named in Egypt as Magdi el-Shaar, is shown apparently marking the children's homework before hitting them with a ruler.
He is reported to have blamed the country's revolution earlier this year for his actions, understood to have taken place at a centre in the city of Kafr Shukr, in Gharbiya state.
Video of the disturbing scenes - which have already been viewed by thousands after being posted online - captures pupils screaming in pain and attempting to avoid the blows.
More than 10 children, all aged under 10, are seen being abused.
Magdi el-Shaar's alleged reason for the beatingsBeating and corporal punishment are the best means for disciplining children especially after the January 25 revolt.
Police said the man was arrested and questioned by local prosecutors and the centre closed down upon the orders of the minister of social solidarity.
El-Shaar allegedly told prosecutors: "Beating and corporal punishment are the best means for disciplining children especially after the January 25 revolt."
The teacher can be seen smiling during his assaults, with one girl dressed in pink receiving a particularly sickening beating as he repeatedly hits her and pulls her hair.
In the background, at least one other man can be heard laughing at the scenes, which were filmed by an unknown veiled female worker at the centre.
Uploaded on May 15 the video finishes with the shot panning round to reveal two more adults who have been watching.
Newspapers in Egypt say the ministry of social solidarity will decide whether to re-open the centre or keep it closed depending on the results of an investigation.
May 27, 2011
May 25, 2011
Debbie Schlussel
See also :-
Hamas Digs Up Christian Graves In Gaza
http://goo.gl/vUx4z & http://goo.gl/6IW58
Netanyahu: Abbas distorting history
http://goo.gl/0us8N
May 19, 2011, - 7:24 pm
Obama’s Israel 1967 “Borders”: What Jordanian/”Palestinians” Did to Pre-1967 Jewish & Christian Graves, ChurchesEarlier today, I discussed the Palestinian/Jordanian Muslim desecration of Jewish and Christian graves when they had control of the land that Barack Hussein Obama wants Israel to retreat from. Here’s what his cherished “pre-1967 borders” looked like when the Jordanians/”Palestinians” controlled and destroyed the place. These photos, from the pamphlet, “Desecration,” show how Israel found various Jewish and Christian graves and relics of churches and synagogues desecrated and otherwise deliberately damaged and destroyed by the Muslims. There is page after page, and I’m only posting a few examples, below. We must never return to those “pre-1967″ lines. Never.
Muslims Made Jewish Gravestones into Toilets . . .
Rabbi Abraham Nigrin of Jerusalem Discovers Muslims Made His Mother’s Tombstone into a Sidewalk . . .
Muslim Caretaker of Mount of Olives Cemetery, Sadar Khalil, Built His House Out of Jewish Gravestones . . .
The steps to a Jordanian officer’s house . . .
Muslims Destroyed Churches and Made Part of Them Into Buildings & Walls . . .
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May 24, 2011
I'm famous now !
I'm famous now !
Now, as the grassroots coordinator for far-left organization Code Pink: Women for Peace, she takes part in protests against Israel and what she calls the “illegal siege” of Gaza.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Move Over AIPAC Jewish Protester Disrupts Netanyahu During Congressional Address
UPDATE: Rae Abileah arrested from George Washington University HospitalDuring the Joint Session of Congress while Prime Minister Netanyahu was speaking, Rae Abileah stood up from the gallery and shouted “Stop Israeli War Crimes.”
See video:From the peace group CODEPINK, Rae is a 28 yr. old Jewish American of Israeli descent. She has traveled to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza and witnessed firsthand the reality of occupation and oppression. “Prime Minister Netanyahu says that the 1967 borders are indefensible. But what is really indefensible is the occupation of land, the starvation of Gaza, the jailing of dissenters and the lack of equal rights in the alleged Israeli democracy. As a Jew and an American taxpayer, I can’t be silent when these crimes are being committed in my name and with my tax money.”Ms. Abileah grew up on Half Moon Bay and presently lives in San Francisco. She was arrested and charged with disrupting Congress.
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IntermezzoHa, Ha, Ha !... Click, Click, Click !...( I love myself because I'm so MEAN !... )My Clickin' machine ...& a Road-Kill Dinner !Recycle Mr. Watson, Recycle !http://goo.gl/RZDUZ ( Nice Galery )
May 22, 2011
41 years ago
Today, 41 years ago :-
The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on May 22, 1970 in which 12 Israeli civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim, near Israel's border with Lebanon. Two bazooka shells were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP.
Avivim school bus massacre memorial
IDF soldier carrying his wounded sister !
Four bazooka shells ! Not Two !
The bus was converted into a service truck by "EGED"
Nobless Oblige !
===" Let me be clear. Israel's security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable. The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive, and that allows them to prosper — but any agreement with the Palestinian people
must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided. "=== BHO June 4, 2008
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May 21, 2011
May 20, 2011
I Love Noa !
I Love Noa !I just received an E-mail from Robert Spencer, ( You know, the short guy, the "Mossadnik" with the Jewish nose... ), asking me if he can leave this http://goo.gl/Y3uMW post on his Blog (JW) for another 48 hours!...I said, yes - Provided that you add this :-
Mr. President:
The one sitting in front of you now, is the PM of the state of Israel ! He bears this title because " The people of Israel have spoken, and the collective wishes of the Israeli people must be respected" (See Carter in Gaza).Mr. Bibiyahu is an Ex "Matkalnik" ! He and his buddies blasted some brains out of a few hoodlums in the Lod Airport when the murderers tried to dictate their "67 concept"! ( Remember SABENA?)His brother Joni (also a "Matkalnik"), flew with his cohorts all the way to Entebbe to explain to "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" the realities of the survival of the nation of Israel!
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Should Israel Pull Back to '67 Borders to Create Palestinian State?NO!
President Obama on Thursday endorsed Palestinians' demand for their own state based on borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. The move comes ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech next week to a joint session of Congress. Do you agree with Obama's decision?Tweet
May 19, 2011
Walid Shoebat's Response to Son of Hamas
Walid Shoebat's Response to Son of Hamas personal attacks;
through his Shin Bet Handler
In an attempt to defend himself from my exposure of his record and actions, Mosab Hassan Yousef has solicited help from Gonen ben Itzhak – Yousef’s former handler within Shin Bet (Itzhak was fired from the organization).
(Read complete article that exposes former Shin bet agent in which he admits he was fired for lying as well as for "financial mismanagement." He also admits to be a far leftist voting for the communist party in Israel called Meretz. These people hate the religious community as well as many are aligned with the views of PLO and even Hamas, i.e. Israel's enemies.
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/shin-bet-agent-discusses-his-special-relationship-with-a-hamas-spy-1.290215)
Itzhak intended to write and publicize a letter damaging my name and credibility. I obtained the letter sent by Itzhak prior to its publication, have seen its claims, and can offer proof beyond any doubt defending myself from the spurious charges therein.
It is crucial to note Itzhak’s own background: he was fired from Shin Bet for “financial mismanagement and lying.” Additionally, former deputy head of the Shin Bet (and current Kadima MK) Gideon Ezra has questioned the credibility of Mosab’s story, saying it was all “exaggerated.” Itzhak is also an extremist Greenpeace activist and a pro-Palestine, anti-settlement advocate. This man is now countering my honest, factual reporting of Yousef by claiming he investigated me and found that I was a “fraud.” I can prove he is now lying about my past, and given his current behavior, I am not surprised at the stated reason for his previous firing.
In my article exposing Yousef, I mentioned having witnessed a Jew being beaten at the hands of Jewish guards while a prisoner in theMasqubiyeh (Jerusalem Central Prison). Itzhak now writes of my account:
I visited many times the Masqubiyeh prison. Reading Mr. Shoebat’s description of the place, I can only say, Mr. Shoebat, you know nothing of the Masqubiyeh.
Itzhak also challenges the veracity of my past as a PLO terrorist:
[Walid] claims to have been a PLO terrorist who bombed Bank Leumi in Bethlehem. Yet, I never heard his name before, never saw his name in any Israeli intelligence files, and there is no record of any such attack.
Itzhak then chooses to rebuke me for not being more involved in the current “Arab Spring”:
I found it strange that, while his brothers and sisters are being slaughtered in Syria, Libya, Egypt, and Yemen …
In other words, Itzhak thinks an Arab like me should be supporting the current Muslim Brotherhood-led revolts, as Yousef is doing.
And that’s about it. Itzhak provides nothing: no research material, no details of any sort, and no due-diligence to collaborate his supposed efforts to arrive at his “fraud” allegations. Itzhak has no access to any internal Israeli records, anyway — he was fired for misconduct. In actuality, his claims are simply a repeating of the slanders about me one can find circulating on the internet, as this is not the first time I have been so libeled.
For many years I have had my terror activity questioned, my imprisonment in the Masqubiyeh (with notorious bombmaker Mahmoud Al-Mughrabi, who recruited me to bomb an Israeli bank) denied. Itzhak is pulling his charges from New York Times reporter Chris Hedges and from Holocaust-denial supporter Jorg Luyken, writing for the Jerusalem Post, who has claimed that my story cannot be corroborated.
Further, I know Itzhak is being dishonest about performing due-diligence since it takes months to dig out the old records proving my past. This I know because I have put the time in to gather these records — it took me months, and there is more to be done. Additionally, Itzhak has clearly not even checked the Jerusalem Post archives (United Nations reports on the bombing I was involved in included references to Jerusalem Post coverage of the incident).
Enough: Below is evidence proving the activities of Al-Mughrabi and myself, evidence Itzhak claims does not exist.
Al-Mughrabi was my prison mate and my PLO recruiter: he sent me to bomb the Bank Leumi branch in Bethlehem. After his release from the Masqubiyeh, he was considered enough of a danger that Israel assassinated him on October 1, 1985: Israeli F-15B Eagle war planes, in Operation Wooden Leg, hit Arafat’s Tunisia headquarters in retaliation for the PLO’s murder of Israelis in Larnaca, Cyprus one week earlier. (The assassination mission that killed Al-Mughrabi can be pulled up on video via Al-Jazeera.) Arab sources like Middle East Report lamented his death:
In pain and sorrow we learn that our friend Mahmud Al-Mughrabi was killed during the October bombing raid in Tunisia. Mahmud was born in Jerusalem in 1960. By the age of 16 he was under detention 12 times and he was one of the first to speak in public about the methods of interrogation of Palestinian detainees used by the General Security Services in Israel. He then gave his permission to being publicly identified as an informant for the Sunday Times expose of Israeli torture in June 1977. In 1984, he managed to escape to Jordan after years of increasingly marginal existence under steadily deteriorating conditions of military occupation.
Famed Egyptian terror-apologist Edward Said spoke of Al-Mughrabi:
One of the victims of the Tunis bombing was Mahmoud Al-Mughrabi, born in Jerusalem in 1960, under detention twelve times by the age of 16, one of the informants of The Sunday Times to expose of torture in Israel (19 June, 1977) who “managed to escape to Jordan after years of increasingly marginal existence under steadily deteriorating existence of the Israeli occupation”, according to a memorial notice by Israeli Jewish friends that was repeatedly denied publication in Arab newspapers in East Jerusalem by Israeli military censorship.
Al-Jazeera and Said are not “Zionist” sources, but Arab.
Al-Mughrabi boasted of carrying out 15 bombing operations against Israeli civilians and infrastructure. His claims of torture within the prison are pure deception. He told his communist activist lawyer, Leah Tsemel — who represented him from 1976-1978 — that he had suffered severe electrocution, yet every time he returned from interrogations he was without a scratch. In fact, he disclosed that he was lying to Leah Tsemel, using her as a pawn to win his release.
I have researched old records of a litany of claims against Masqubiyeh: alleged tortures, humiliations, spitting incidents, sexual harassment, overcrowding, and even claims of being forced to watch rapes. All are unfounded upon examination. Unlike what Mosab described, the Masqubiyeh was humane, perhaps even more so than American prisons. Each inmate had his own bed and an in-the-cell shower. We ate three full meals a day, which included a beverage choice of tea or sweet punch. We were fine, and Al-Mughrabi always seemed fine after he returned from questioning.
I met Al-Mughrabi in the Masqubiyeh prison — his detention there is documented by the General Assembly of the United Nations records.2 The UN report reads:
Lea Tsemel’s clients whom Hedva Sarid says she saw being kicked, was a youth-called Mahmud el-Mughrabi. At l6, he had already been picked up a dozen times, and he was clearly regarded as a trouble-maker. Mughrabi gave us a detailed account of how he was beaten at the session Hedva Sarid interrupted. His story is in part corroborated by another prisoner though Mughrabi’s additional allegation of electric shock remains unconfirmed. Mughrabi was one of 24 Palestinians we interviewed who had been interrogated in the Russian Compound — “Moscobiya” the Arabs call it. … Thus the faces constantly re-appear among the countless detainees whose names can (or cannot) be seen on graffiti on the filthy walls of the Russian Compound (Moskubiye) prison cells. 3
The several riots in both Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Beit Sahour in which I participated in are documented events:
The riots in Bethlehem, Beit-Sahur, Hebron, Jericho and Halhul were reported in Ha’aretz on 18 March 1976. 4
I first spotted Mahmud Al-Mughrabi during a demonstration on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He was firing a low-caliber pistol when an Israeli post guard fired back, hitting Mahmoud Al-Jneidi instead. I was right behind Jnedi, who was killed by the shot.
Later on, I was imprisoned with Mahmoud Al-Mughrabi at the Masqubiyeh in 1977. I recognized him from that event on the Temple Mount.
We became friends. He recruited me into the PLO to carry out a bombing operation after my release. He gave me his address: Judo Star Martial Arts Institute on Bab Al-Wad Street in Jerusalem’s Old City. We met several times to plan an operation: we concluded that I could use my U.S. passport one day to hijack an airliner, but to start we would target all branches of Bank Leumi — mine was the branch of Bank Leumi in Bethlehem’s Manger Square.
The Jerusalem Post article by Jorg Loyken stated that “[Loyken] called Bank Leumi and there was no record of any bombing.” This meaningless statement provided no reference of what records were checked, and Loyken apparently did not check other sources or witness statements that were provided to him. (Loyken’s article has since been referenced by other news sources to attack the credibility and legitimacy of my story.)
After the publication of the Loyken article, witnesses came forth to rebut it and to confirm my account.
I spoke to Moshe Ozery, a retired military officer who served in the Israeli Defense Forces in the Bethlehem area under Moshe Ya’alon prior to Ya’alon becoming IDF chief of staff. Ozery was stationed in Beit Sahour during 1976-1977. He gave details regarding the bombing and demonstrations (and additionally gave a corroborating description of the injured soldier that I attempted to lynch during the Land Day demonstrations of March 1976).
The bombing of the Bank Leumi in Bethlehem’s Manger Square — as described in my books — was documented by the United Nations. Between December 24 and 27, there were two explosions in Manger Square: “Bethlehem (in Manger Square near the Church of the Nativity)” and “Explosive charge went off outside the local Courthouse 27 December 1977 JP. 2 Jan. 1978 Yediot Aharonot, 2 January 1978.” The Sharia Court in Bethlehem Square is part of the mosque in front of Bank Leumi.
James Al-Yateem — another witness from my village and a former classmate of mine — stated: “Not only was there an explosion on top of Bank Leumi in Bethlehem, but many of us knew that Walid did the bombing.” Al-Yateem also recounts several incidents of violence that I was involved in (including the attempted Land Day lynching).
Muhammad Meri Al-Atrash Shoebat, my relative, was also arrested at the Bethlehem Police Station after the explosion and released three days later.
I have other family connections that Itzhak has not explored. My cousin Jawad Younis, another terrorist who was exiled to Jordan, later became a prominent attorney and defended Abu Zubayda, Osama bin Laden’s henchman. My cousin Arin Shoebat was the mastermind of Operation Rishon Litzion, and Raed Awadallah Khalil Shoebat was behind an attempt to bomb Ben Yehuda street.
Gonen: how come you never discovered any of this? No wonder Shin Bet fired you.—————————————————————-
1 Blaming The Victims by Edward W. Said and Christopher Hitchens (Verso 2001) on page 100. Also see The Spectator by F.C Westley, 1987, Volume 258, Issues 8269-8285, page 13. Also see Leila Baroody in The Arabs Under Israeli Occupation, 1977, pages 28-29. Also, see Middle East Report, issue 138, page 47.
http://student.cs.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=17970
http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/event.php?eid=990
2 A/32/132, S/12356 July 5, 1977
The article entitled “Israel tortures Arab Prisoners” and a related editorial which appeared in The Sunday Times 19 June 1977 with the request that they be circulated as an official document signed by Security Council Mustafa Medani, Permanent Representative of the Sudan Chairman of the Arab Group.
http://unispal.un.org/pdfs/A32132.pdf
http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/FE3D603D74F5729B85256FE0006CC519
3 Detention of Palestinian Youths in East Jerusalem, Journal of Palestine Studies 1977, University of California Press. Also see Noam Chomsky Protest From Israel, January 1977
4 International Documents On Palestine, Institute of Palestine Studies, 1978
Other articles:
http://www.moghrabi-jerusalem.com/shohdaaa/mahmoud.htm
http://pjf-pal.riadah.org/montada-f3/topic-t3.htm
http://rachedarfaoui.over-blog.com/article-36803579.html
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Netanyahu: 'Bloc' has various meanings
Chairman of the National Union MK Yaakov Katz, reveals in numbers the meaning of Netanyahu's speech in the Knesset last night, which means the expulsion of 130 thousand Jews from their homes.
May 18, 2011
Gaddafi has two doubles !
Gaddafi's two doubles, Max & Moritz, will testify against him in The International Criminal Court in the Hague, the Netherlands! Our case against Mr. Gaddafi is sealed , said Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo. We have all the evidence and the most reliable witnesses who will testify that Muammar Gaddafi personally ordered attacks on unarmed civilians," Ocampo said at the press conference. "[He] committed the crimes with the goal of preserving his authority, his absolute authority.""And his grandmother was Jewish !", Max added.
May 17, 2011
Against Terrorism and for a just Peace .
Imam Al Asi in Iran
- Washington D.C. Friday prayers imam Muhammad Al-'Asi Takes part in IRAN on the International Conference on Global Alliance against Terrorism for a Just Peace: Israel Is the Root Of Global Terrorism!
The International Conference on Global Alliance against Terrorism for a Just Peace (http://www.peacetribune.com/), hosted by Tehran May 14-15, 2011, was attended by 100 foreigners and 300 local figures. Among the conferees were Washington D.C. Friday prayers imam Muhammad Al-'Asi ;senior Muslim cleric in Russia Umar Khazrat Idrisov; British-Islamic Relations Institute director Kamal Al-Halbawi, and Malaysian human rights activist Chandra Mozaffar. The Iranian officials included Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Tashkhiri, head of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, and Mohammad Hassan Akhtari, secretary-general of the World Assembly of Ahl-al-Bayt and deputy of international affairs in the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.In his May 15 speech at the conference, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel the root cause and main pillar of global terrorism, and said that Tehran constantly stresses the need to overthrow it because the fight against terrorism requires attacks against the bases and symbols of global repression. Ahmadinejad warned at the conference that if Israel continued to exist, the region would be subject to many more decades of threats, occupation, and insecurity. Another cause of global terrorism, he said, was the coming to power of "unjust individuals" in the U.S. and in several European countries. At the same time, Ahmadinejad said that the regimes of the U.S. and its allies would collapse after Israel did, because they were the foundation of the Western world order – which he said would end in light of the awakening and steadfastness of the nations. The West, he maintained, is perpetrating economic terrorism as it loots the resources of Africa and Central America.It was reported that among the issues discussed at the conference were: theoretical principles of terrorism, the typology of terrorism, coordination of efforts in fighting terror, policies adopted by different governments to combat terrorism, real objectives of combating terrorism, terrorist groups, cultural terrorism, cyber-terrorism, media terrorism, and the role of media in fighting terror.Hmmmm......Whas he there with the aproval of the Obama regime??Read the full story here.
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Muhammad al-Asi was in Tehran to participate in the 23rd International Islamic Unity Conference from March 3 to 5.
In an interview with the Tehran Times, Al-Asi said he believes that lack of “rational thought” is the most important reason behind misunderstandings between Muslims.
Following is an excerpt of the interview:
Q: Why there is misunderstanding between Muslims?
A: I think the absence of rational thought has contributed significantly to misunderstandings among Muslims. Tensions, and even accusations and in some cases the bad blood, most of that is attributable to the fact that we have a general public Muslim that lacks a minimum standard of thinking. If Muslims could raise their level of thinking then they can tolerate differences and if they raise their level of thinking they can accept the other opinion that does not necessarily correspond with their own opinion. I think there is no avoiding the issue that Muslims need to think and if we continue along this traditional Islam that we have then we will go from one generation to next generation with more problem, misunderstanding, friction, accusation, one denomination against the other, and one school of thought against the other. The only way out of these is to raise our standards of thinking.
Q: How should we handle the problems Muslims face?
A: When you speak about the pluralism and sectarianism you are becoming more practical in dealing with real problems that Muslims face. You know some Muslims are dying because of sectarianism, some Muslims are becoming tools of foreign policies that are against the Islamic common good. So, when you begin to deal with the issue of sectarianism and you begin to deal with the issue of Muslims tolerating a plurality of legitimate opinions, you are being more practical. There should be some type of input as to how we can come to terms with real problems that have plagued us for centuries and centuries.
Q: What are your suggestions for promoting unity in the Islamic world?
A: I always say and I continue to repeat that the best way in overcoming the centuries-old problems that we inherited is to intensify the communication among Muslims. There has to be more contact. We live in a world that is called the global village. The world is shrinking but we Muslims are still. Just because of artificial and geographical and political borders we can’t understand the Muslims that are just twenty miles away or twenty kilometers away. And this is very bad. All of this has to come down. There has to be a world of Islam that has intensive communications. All of these barriers have to come down. Why should be visas between Muslim countries? One of the issues that can eliminate a lot of these problems is to drop out the visas requirements. Muslims should be allowed to go anywhere in the Muslim world they wish to go. And in particular Mecca and Medina should be an open city for all Muslims. In all of the Islamic history Mecca was a gravity city for all Muslims. Muslims used to gravitate towards Mecca. No one told them you can’t come to Mecca. You can’t settle in Mecca, you can’t speak your mind in Mecca; you can’t open up to your other brother Muslim in Mecca. But right now the fact on the ground is that we have obstacles, we have official, physical, and economic obstacles that have isolated Mecca and have choked the vitality that belongs there as the melting part of Muslims. These barriers should come down and we can all meet and travel to our common Gheblah, Harram, birthplace of Islam and the Prophet. When this happens, we begin to see that differences among Muslims.
We can communicate with each other and bypass these types of differences there by overcoming the prejudice and bigotry that comes from us not knowing each other.
Mecca is a melting part. It is where Muslims are supposed to come from all over the world to express their heartfelt condition, inner thoughts and their mind to each other. It is a place where the Muslim public mind is consolidated. We don’t have a public mind. By public mind we should be sharing common thoughts, and the reason why we don’t share common thoughts is because we have been divided into 57 nation states and within these 57 nation states there are also subdivisions. Within one nation state we will find a little minority here, a little ethnic group there, a little denomination here. So the division keeps on multiplying and multiplying. This has to cease, it has to end. And the only way this can end is for us, to breathe the freedom that Allah has given us in Mecca and Medina. This is my understanding of how we can truly have a consolidation of the Islamic rank and file of the different peoples, ethnic groups of Islam, different languages, cultures, and educational levels of Muslims.
Q: All participants in such meetings insist on Muslim unity but when they return home no tangible progress is seen and sectarian rifts still persist.
A: There are two elements here. There is an element that gives and an element that takes. Not all people who attend in this conference are at the same level. Some people are more knowledgeable, some people are more experienced, and some people have accurate information. Others are less knowledgeable, less experienced, and less informed. So the people here who come to this conference who have accurate information and who have enough experience should influence those who don’t have… and influence them because people who come to this conference are supposed to be leaders in their own countries or own communities. They are supposed to be intellectuals, professors, and clergyman. They are all in position to affect public opinion in their own environment. So in this conference there has to be those who have the experience, who have the knowledge, the sincerity, and the background to influence, to give. So the others will be the recipients, and then when they go back home are not empty headed and empty handed; they go back with something. And this is supposed to be accomplished.
Q: What do people think about Islam in the U.S.?
A: This is a very hard question to answer because feelings about Islam are very mixed. If you take an official position in Washington, in the United States, there is much animosity and much hostility towards Muslims. This is expressed in policies, occupation, invasion, and stealing the resources of the Muslims.
Then you have the average person in the U.S. who is confused. He listens, says, and hears Islam is this and Islam is that. He may know some Muslims. So you have a proportion of people who are looking and searching for the truth. What is Islam? They want to understand. That segment of people exists in the U.S.
There is another segment of people we are called minorities because of the racist nature of American society. …so if the government is speaking bad about Islam and Muslims, minorities are going to begin to think: wait a minute there might be something good about Islam and Muslims. If my enemy is saying Islam is bad there must be some merits to Islam.
Q: What is your opinion about Iranophobia in the region and in the U.S.?
A: In the region it is only the governments who are Iranophobic. People, they sympathize and they understand Iran. But in the United States, Iran is a peculiar case of Islam. Iran is a head of the rest of the Muslims. That is why we see it (the U.S.) is trying to get Europe, China, and Russia to sanction Iran, to put economic pressure on Iran and these types of things because Iran is ahead of the other Muslims developing in technology, scientific research, progress, and in all of these. It has become the target of the evil governments in the world particularly those that are classified under the replica of imperialism and Zionism.
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Muhammad al-Asi is the elected Imam (the only elected Imam) of the Islamic Center in Washington, DC. He leads the Friday prayers outside of the Masjid as he is barred from entering the mosque for over 27 years.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=216001
May 16, 2011
The POSSESSED !
נשיא איראן מחמוד אחמדי נג'אד אומר כי יש מידע מדויק ולפיו בין-לאדן היה אסיר בארצות הברית לפני שחוסל בפעולת הצבא האמריקני. הנשיא אחמדי נג'אד אמר כי חשוב לציין שמנהיג אל-קעידה הוחזק במשך זמן בידי האמריקנים והם גרמו לו לחלות ואז הרגו אותו. הוא האשים את אובאמה כי הודיע על חיסול מנהיג אל-קעידה למטרות פוליטיות פנימיות. מה שעשה נשיא ארצות הברית למעשה הוא להרוג את אוסאמה בין-לאדן כדי לנצח בבחירות ועכשיו מחפשת וושינגטון מישהו שיחליף את מנהיג אל-קעידה.
הנשיא אמר בפגישה עם המשתתפים בועידת הקואליציה הבינ"ל למלחמה בטירור כי רצח בין לאדן שומש כאמתלה לכבוש את האזור כאשר מדי יום היו נרצחים כ-150 בני אדם בפקיסטן .
אחמדי נג'אד הוסיף כי נשיא ארה"ב לשעבר קידם את המלחמה ב(טירור) כדי להציל את המשק האמריקני ובתוך כך רצח מליון בני אדם והנשיא הנוכחי ממשיך את מדיניות קודמו להציל את הישות הציונית מהקריסה וההתמוטטות הוודאיות.
THE POSSESSED
President Ahmadinejad: Bin Laden was being held for a time the U.S ( Translation )
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that there is accurate information according to which the - bin Laden was a prisoner in the United States before the U.S. military action eliminated. President Ahmadinejad said that it is important to note that the leader of al - Qaeda was held for a time by the Americans and they made him sick and then killed him. He accused Obama announced the elimination of the leader of al - Qaeda domestic political purposes. What U.S. president did in fact kill Osama - bin Laden to win the elections and now Washington is looking for someone to replace the leader of al - Qaeda.
The president said in a meeting with the International Coalition Conference participants terror war that bin Laden was used murder as a pretext to occupy the area when they were being murdered every day about 150 people in Pakistan.
Ahmadinejad added that former U.S. president promoted the war on (terrorism) to save the American economy while million people murdered current president continues the policies of his predecessor to save the Zionist entity collapse and the collapse of certainty.
In Syria they speak Syrian !
Mass grave discovered in Dara'a-Syria 16.05.2011 http://youtu.be/8Gf_1i8QFiI
The plot turns out to be more of Bashar Assad, at least by Arab talkbacks: Yesterday, Sunday, seventy buses arrived to Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, the Security Services recruited young unemployed Palestinians , and activists of the Palestinian organizations. They were promised free travel to Quneitra ( 4 Km from my Jonathan ! ). On the way to the Israeli border, The SS , cheered them up and sent them excited into Israel, in fact to their possible deaths. The scheme did not work, and in Syria it turned into joke !Just in :-The White House official called the behavior of Damascus "unacceptable"and claimed that she tried to divert attention from violence against opponents to the Assad regime. He made it clear that Israel has the right to defend itself.
UN official: The IDF used excessive force in Lebanon - and the number of casualties is "overwhelming" !Joke !... Ha!
הודעה לישראל --- אנחנו העם הסורי מוכן לקרב איתך אנחנו רוצים להזכיר לכם כי הצבא שלנו יש רבים של ציוד צבאי כל מפותחת מאוד ומסוגלים להגיע לעומק ישראל אנו בסוריה, נשים, גברים וילדים מאומנים כל הקרב אנחנו כל התנגדות ננצח, אם ירצה השם אנחנו לא נהיה לבד יהיה איתנו הרבה של המדינות הערביות של יושרה --- ואת ארצות האסלאם ומדינות ידידותיות של סוריה --- כן, אתה צריך לקנות כמה ממשלות ערביות, אבל אתה לא חייב לרכוש העמים --- העמים הערביים רוצה מלחמה איתך --- העם המצרי כל יום קוראים על המלחמה איתך --- לבנון אנשים --- התוניסאי אנשים --- העם העיראקי --- ירדני אנשים --- אנשים של המפרץ --- האלג אנשים --- לוב אנשים --- כל העמים הערביים רוצה מלחמה איתך
May 15, 2011
View from Syria.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) is the national official news agency in Syria. It was established in 1965. It is linked to the Ministry of Information and has its headquarters in Damascus.
The Agency provides full coverage of local, Arab and international events based on balanced, objective approach. It is always matching up with the latest developments in news agencies work.
SANA performs its work through a highly-qualified staff at its Damascus-based headquarters and reporters at all state ministries and institutions, as well as offices in all of the 14 Syrian governorates.
The Agency also has offices in Beirut, Paris, Moscow, Jordan, Tehran, Kuwait, Cairo, Libya, Rome and Turkey. There are approximately 43 correspondents in other Arab and foreign countries all over the world.
May 15,2011QUNEITRA, BEIRUT, GAZA (SANA) - Israeli occupation army on Sunday opened live fire on Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese civilian demonstrators who were marking the 63rd anniversary of al-Nakba Day. A number of civilian demonstrators were martyred, hundreds others wounded, scores of them in critical conditions.Two citizens were martyred and 170 others wounded in the Israeli occupation forces attacks on citizens in Ein al-Tineh in Quneitra province and Majdal Shams in the Occupied Syrian Golan. Director of Martyr Mamdouh Abaza Hospital in Quneitra, Ali Kana'an, said the two martyrs, Ahmad al-Madani and Bashar Ali al-Shehabi from al-Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, were already dead when they reached the hospital as they were injured from live fire.
Kana'an pointed out that al-Madani, 18 years old, was martyred due to a gunshot in the heart, and that al-Shehabi, who is in his forties, was shot in the face.
An oratorical festival was held in Ein al-Tineh to mark al-Nakba Day, with participants denouncing the racist Israeli occupation policies and stressing the need to end occupation and adhere to the right to return.In Gaza, one Palestinian was martyred and 160 were wounded when the Israeli occupation army opened fire on rallies commemorating the 63rd anniversary of al-Nakba Day. Palestinian sources also said that dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli artillery fire that targeted areas near Beit Hanoun crossing point north of Gaza Strip and near Kalandia crossing point in occupied Jerusalem.
Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) quoted Spokesman of the Higher Commission of Relief and Emergency in Gaza Adham Abu Salmiye as saying that relief crew transported more than 80 injured people to Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, and that one of the injured was in critical condition.
In the West Bank, more than 80 Palestinians were inured near Kalandia crossing point in occupied Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation army's gunfire, while the towns of Salwan south of al-Aqsa Mosque and al-Isawiya and Shaafat Camp witnessed Israeli assaults against Palesitnian youths since Sunday morning.The Israeli occupation authorities imposed a military blockade on Sunday morning on the West Bank on the pretense of fearing altercations between Palestinians and occupation forces after the announcement of several protests in Palestine on occasion of al-Nakba Day.
WAFA reported that the Israeli occupation army deployed around 10,000 members of its security forces and raised the state of alert among its police, with the army setting up more blockades at the entrances of towns in Jerusalem and in main and side roads which impeded the movement of students.
Israeli occupation intelligence, police and border police forces raided the old city in Jerusalem on Friday and arrested dozens in the area of Bab Hatta near al-Aqsa Mosque. Meanwhile, Lebanon's National News Agency reported that 10 people were martyred and 56 injured after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators in Maroun al-Ras area in southern Lebanon, and that some of inured are in critical condition.
The demonstrators gathered in front of the border fence between Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories to marking the 63rd anniversary of al-Nakba Day.The injured people were transported to hospitals inSour and Bint Jbeil.The Israeli forces deployed tanks and military vehicles that were positioned in the fields opposite Maroun al-Ras area, Lebanon's National News Agency reported, adding that heavy gunfire was heard near where the Lebanese and Palestinians were gathering.
Head of the First Aid Arab Union Society Mohammad Gharabli said the occupation forces arrested the first-aid man Ja'afar Hamdan after beating him, adding that the Israeli soldiers are preventing the ambulance staff, cameramen and journalists from reaching the area. Israeli military helicopters violated Lebanese airspace and flew over the occupied Palestinian lands opposite Maroun al-Ras.
Lebanese Army: 10 Martyred, 112 Wounded in Marounal-Ras
The Lebanese Army stated that despite its strictprecautions, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on the gathering in Maroun al-Ras area, martyring 10 and wounding 112, some of which are in critical condition. The Lebanese Army was placed in full alert and coordinated with international forces to prevent the enemy from continuing to target the crowds and violate Lebanese sovereignty.Sleiman: Bolstering Arab Solidarity to Confront Israel's Plots
In a similar statement issued earlier, Sleiman affirmed that the Israeli enemy could never undo the injustice it committed against the Palestinian people who are still struggling for their internationally-acknowledged just rights.In a statement issued by the Media Office of the Lebanese Presidency on occasion of al-Nakba Day, Sleiman said that developments proved the futility of the Israeli aggressive option, which calls for the international community to exert new efforts to find a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause.
Sleiman called for bolstering Arab solidarity to confront Israeli plots, condemning the criminal Israeli practices against innocent civilians in Southern Lebanon, the Golan and Palestine, which led to the martyring of dozens of civilians and the wounding of hundreds.
Mikati: Israel's Aggression a Statement to International Community that Says Israel is Above Reproach and CondemnationLebanese Designate Prime Minister Najib Mikati denounced the Israeli aggressive practices and massacres against unarmed protestors, saying that through these actions, Israel wanted to relay a message to the international community that it is above reproach, accountability and denouncement.
Mikati called on Palestinians to strengthen their reconciliation in the face of the conspiracy against the Palestinian cause.Several other figures, including MP Hussein al-Musawi, Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Shiite Council Abdelamir Qabalan and Speaker of the Arab Parliament Ali Salem al-Dekbasi affirmed that Palestine is the central Arab cause and that resistance, calling for supporting the Palestinian people to reclaim their just and legitimate rights.
The thousands participating in the popular festival in the town of Maroun al-Ras affirmed the Palestinian people's adherence to their rights, including the right to return which is the basis of the Palestinian cause.
Arab League Condemns Israeli Crimes against Civilians in Golan, Palestine, Southern Lebanon
The Arab League strongly condemned the Israeli occupation's crimes against Arab demonstrators in Golan, Palestine and Southern Lebanon who were commemorating al-Nakba Day.AL Assistant Secretary General fir Palestine and Occupied Arab Lands Affairs, Ambassador Mohammad Sbeih, decried the occupation's forces aggression and opening fire against unarmed civilians in Maroun al-Ras, the occupied Syrian Golan, Beit Hanoun and the West Bank.
Sbeih said that the events taking place on the anniversary of al-Nakba Day prove that the Palestinian cause is returning to its proper place in the conscience of the Arab youth, adding that the message being to directed to Israel today is that force and fait accompli policies cannot give it the right to Jerusalem or any other inch of Palestinian land.
Egypt Voices Full Support of Palestinian People's Rightto Defend Their Cause
In a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi, Egypt voiced its full support of the Palestinian people's right to defend their cause, saying that Israel's oppression of peaceful demonstrations shows that it doesn't understand the changes taking place in the region.Al-Arbai held Israel full responsibility for the deterioration of the situation in the occupied Palestinian lands, demanding that it deal with peaceful demonstration within the context of international law and human rights.
UNIFIL Commander in Southern Lebanon: Events in Maroun al-Ras are Grave
In a statement, Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Alberto Asarta, described the events that took place in Maroun al-Ras and the Israeli forces' attack against Lebanese and Palestinian civilians as grave, calling for exerting self-control to prevent any more injuries and affirming that UNFIL will maintain its presence to support the Lebanese Armed Forces.
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