February 2006 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

A Manifesto Against Islamic Totalitarianism

Jyllands-Posten has published a beautiful manifesto against Islamic totalitarianism. Here is the English translation by Agora:Together facing the new totalitarianismAfter having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat: Islamism.We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and secular values for all.The...

There is truly nothing new under the sun.Muslims have staged deadly riots over stupid things way before Denmark ever became this year's target of flag-burning.(All of these articles are taken from The Palestine Post archives.)In 1934, Muslims started rioting over a book that supposedly insulted Mohammed:A very similar case happened a year later. A Hindu wrote a book, allegedly...

I wonder if this is what CSN&Y were referring to?You who are on the roadMust have a code that you can live byAnd so become yourselfBecause the past is just a good bye.Teach your children well,Their father's hell did slowly go by,And feed them on your dreamsThe one they picked, the one you'll know by.Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,So just look...

Kashmiri Muslim youths burn copies of an Indian magazine in Srinagar February 28, 2006. Dozens of Kashmiri youths on Tuesday took to the streets in Srinagar to protest against an Indian magazine for publishing a picture of a playing card showing an image of the Mecca. REUTERS/Danish IsmailSay what? Further research found this:Life in the historic Lal Chowk and Budshah chowk,...

Tradition ain't what it used to be

This is a funny video.("When the first Japanese production of Fiddler was produced, the composers Harnick, Bock and Stein went to Japan. They were all very nervous. ‘How’s a New York interpretive Jewish musical is going to work in Japan? During production they are all anxiously biting their nails. At the end the Japanese producer comes over to them and says: I don’t understand, I don’t know how this piece can work so well in New York. It’s so Japanese!'...

The religious war from Qatar

Like the UAE, Qatar is considered a great ally in our "war on terror." It seems that the current administration is havin a hard time in distinguishing between friends and enemies.Qatar is where the infamous Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi resides, and he is given many opportunities to spew hate on Qatar TV - not against Zionists but against Jews as well as Christians, Americans and whoever else is on his radar screen that week. Here's his latest:Our war...

A banner day for the cartoon protesters!Tolerance and justice all rolled up into on...

The pictures keep coming!Funny thing - according to these mental midgets, imams calling for jihad against the West is not incitement to violence, but making fun of their religion is. And it is not incitement to the West to wage war against Islam, but it is incitement to Muslims to burn, pillage and kill.Once again, the truth comes out from those lowest on the Islamic totem...

This young (or perhaps old) woman (or perhaps man) has something important to say:Cutting off hands for robbery? I can handle that!Walking in desert heat with my entire body covered up except for a slit for my eyes? No problem!Iran building nuclear weapons so they can destroy the Western menace? Go for it!Hijacked planes crashing into buildings? Hand out the candy!But if you...

Formally renounce Oslo

Let's revisit the letter that the lying murderer Yasir Arafat sent to Yitzchak Rabin that started the entire Oslo fiasco:September 9, 1993Yitzhak RabinPrime Minister of IsraelMr. Prime Minister,The signing of the Declaration of Principles marks a new era in the history of the Middle East. In firm conviction thereof, I would like to confirm the following PLO commitments: The PLO recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security....

Blog evolution

Soccer Dad reminisces about his early on-line experiences that culminated (so far) with blogging. As a geek, I can't resist the temptation to add my own on-line history.I was on Usenet as early as 1985. I mostly posted in net.religion.jewish which soon became soc.culture.jewish but occasionally in other places. I mostly stayed away from politics in those days and stuck with religious arguments. It was a simpler time, when people all used their real...

My curiosity piqued, I decided to find out what exactly JSO means.It turns out it is the Jafria Students Organization in Pakistan, which apprently has perhaps one member based on how poor their website is. But it is worth reading anyway, both for content and for style: Jafria students organization pakistan is pakistani Shia Youth organization working for humain help. if...

Vanity 59

This week Daled Amos hosts Haveil Havalim #59, the latest excellent selection of notable posts in the Jewish blogosphere.Another excellent collection of articles, including links to blogs that I've never seen before. I don't even have enough time to read all of these blogs, and the amount of time it takes to put HH together must be huge.I am fortunate that one of my postings was included as well.So check it ou...

MEMRI does it again:On February 19, 2006, Iranian TV channel 4 covered a film seminar that included a lecture by Professor Hasan Bolkhari. In addition to being a member of the Film Council of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Bolkhari is a cultural advisor to the Iranian Education Ministry, and active on behalf of interfaith issues.The following are excerpts from...

This stuff is like crack to me.The latest protests in Hong Kong and Germany have at least been peaceful, but the hypocrisy of the message remains incredible. This means "Press freedom - yes, press rudeness - no."And somehow they are referring to relatively mild cartoons about Islam and not the daily demonizing of Jews, America and the West in the Arab press. 'Who insults the...

Insane Muslim Protestor of the Day

Who says women in Islam have less rights? Their traditional garb allows them much more advertising space than Muslim men have!Imagine how much she could get for her forehead rights on eBay....

Cart00ns

Soon, in Muslim lands, you will not be allowed to whisper the word "cartoon" because the very word will whip up he listener into a murderous frenzy.Don't believe me? Then listen to the saga of the New Straits Times, a Malaysian newspaper.Malaysia is about 60% Muslim, and the NST is quite on board with the whole "blame the West for insulting the Prophet" nonsense.The newspaper...

I can't get enough of these. These charming young Pakistani women are very upset. After all, a Danish newspaper published a couple of cartoons and some Sunni Muslims in Iraq bombed a major shrine.So, naturally, they must protest against America.Humorously enough, while the signs say "Down with America" in English, in Arabic and Urdu they helpfully elaborate it as "Death to...

I wish I could read the trenchant political humor that these wild Pakistani college girls came up with. (Although the one in the middle looks like a guy in drag to me. Who knew they were so progressive?)The best I can see is that a dog, representing Europe and called George, ate something bloody that may or may have not been Muslim pride and is still hungry. The physics of...

Hamas terror-apologists increase in Europe

The "united front" against a Hamas-led PA continues to crumble, only weeks after the election and without Hamas doing anything remotely peaceful. It is truly an amazing scenario and one that is more pessimistic than I expected - even without Hamas having to lie about being interested in peace, the innate Jew-hatred and sympathy for those who want to wipe out all Jews continues unabated.The new terrorist supporters barely even attempt to address Hamas'...

A small Oslo history lesson

Thanks to MEMRI:Following are excerpts from an interview by Al-Quds Al-Arabi Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Bari Atwan, aired on ANB TV on February 16, 2006.Abd Al-Bari Atwan: When the Oslo Accords were signed, I went to visit [Arafat] in Tunis. It was around July, before he went to Gaza. I said to him: We disagree. I do not support this agreement. It will harm us, the Palestinians, distort our image, and uproot us from our Arab origins. This agreement will...

Isn't unity wonderful?Muslims across the Middle East – Sunnis and Shiites alike – largely ignored sectarian divides today to unite in condemnation of the the bombing that destroyed of the golden dome that graced one of Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrines.King Abdullah II, the Jordanian monarch, call it “a heinous attack … (that) has greatly angered us and has provoked our strong...

Free Speech

What exactly are the limits of free speech?Many Muslims are convinced that there is a double-standard in the West: while Holocaust denial and hate speech are illegal in some countries, making fun of Mohammed is not.A recent LA Times editorial says that the Austrian laws against Holocaust denial are counterproductive:Free speech, even if it hurts# Protecting the rights of a Holocaust denier ultimately protects us all.By Michael Shermer, MICHAEL SHERMER...

More pragmatism from Hamas

This animation was on Hamas' website: (hat tip LGF) ...

It is interesting how Muslims use the Crusades as a club to beat the West with. I wonder how tolerant they would be if prominent leaders would claim that they were a myth created to justify Islamist expansionism and warmongering....

Soccer Dad asks a good question from me: what exactly is this military exercise that Palestinian "policemen" are doing?This other picture, however, gives the answer:Obviously, because of how inconsistently their paychecks have been arriving, they are starting a circus! This will help cheer up the poor Palestinian Arab children and will of course be underwritten by the EU.The...

The money source fallacy

I've been seeing news stories that seem to suggest that the reason why the West should continue to fund the Palestinians in the wake of the Hamas victory is because if we don't, Iran and Saudi Arabia will. This makes no sense. While in a very broad outline, Western money has some strings attached to ensure that the money ends up going towards specific programs, in the end all it does is free up money for Palestinians to blow up Jews. And the idea...

Hamas feminism again

Mrs Naeem, a 37-year-old social worker at the Islamic University in Gaza City and a mother of four, is one of six women elected to parliament on the Hamas ticket in the Islamist party's landslide victory last month....Women played a crucial role in getting out the vote for Hamas, knocking on doors and often getting a sympathetic hearing. Hamas's strategy to build political support through its social programmes - the provision of health clinics, nurseries...

Dhimmi Carter says to give Hamas lots of money

Another predictable idiotic op-ed piece by Jimmy Carter supporting terrorists in the name of democracy.Don't Punish the Palestinians[...]The role of the prime minister was greatly strengthened while Abbas and Ahmed Qureia served in that position under Yasser Arafat, and Abbas has announced that he will not choose a prime minister who does not recognize Israel or adhere to the basic principles of the "road map." This could result in a stalemated process,...

Wine and cheese

From Denmark:Kosher Wine and Chees...

Haveil Havalim #58 has arrived

The grand-daddy of Jewish blog carnivals is back with HH58 hosted by Soccer Dad himself! Lots of new (to me) blogs to check out and a great job, as always.He was nice enough to link to this article of mine.If you haven't yet seen this weekly collection of the best of the J-Blogosphere, read it no...

Insane Muslim Protesters of the Day

In my previous posting, I reproduced a sign from some New York City protesters that appear to show death threats against people who have upset Muslims.The sponsors of that poster are from the "Islamic Thinkers Society" whose webpage is currently down. But thanks to Google's cache, we can find a lovely recent picture of a protest by these people in Europe, threatening to "butcher"...

The insane Muslims are in the US as well: The pictures that I recognize on the placard are Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a critic of Islam who helped make the film about women in Islam called Submission with Theo Van Gogh who was murdered because of it; and Flemming Rose, who published the pictures in Denmark. (The picture on the right, Michael Leunig, is a different story and it is very...

TORONTO -- A student newspaper at Canada's largest university is drawing criticism for publishing a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus embracing.The University of Toronto student union says it's received several complaints about the Strand, published by Victoria College.The cartoon, submitted by a student, was published Wednesday alongside an editorial addressing...

Cross-burning in Iran

Iranian Sunny Muslim protesters burn a cross during a demonstration against the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad outside the Danish embassy in Tehran, on Friday Feb. 17, 2006. The drawings, first published by a Danish newspaper, sparked at times violent protests in Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)Well, well. It sure appears like they are attacking...

The Arab Parallel Universe

I just stumbled onto a brilliant set of posts by Sandmonkey and his commenters, which together explain Arab actions with a small set of rules.The term APU, or Arab Parallel Universe, was coined by Jeffrey to describe the phenomenon where Arabs never lose wars - they either win, become an Arab Champion or are heroically martyred.Egyptian Sandmonkey followed up with his own set of 7 Rules of the APU, which are as hilarious as they are accurate. In...

Today's nutcase comes from Hong Kong.And as a bonus, here is an incoherent letter to the editor in a Bangladeshi newspaper:Curtail freedom of speech! Mohammad Abdul Hannan, University of DhakaDesecration of the religious icon of Islam can in no way be justified on the pretext of freedom of speech, for freedom of speech is meant for serving the greater interest of mankind....

On the cover of the Rolling Stone

Above the masthead (February 23rd issue):METALLICA * YELLOWCARD * MATISYAHUMaybe we really do rule the media.(Ironically, I like Metallica and Yellowcard but I'm not really into Matisyahu...

Score: Islamists 40, Indian Tennis Star Love

More tolerance from the Religion of Peace towards a 19-year old girl.Indian female tennis player Sania Mirza, 19, who is ranked 39th in the world, announced that she would not play with Israeli up and coming tennis star Shahar Pe’er in the doubles tournament of the Bangalore Open for fear of violent protests by India’s Islamic community.The two friends were prevented from cooperating in last month’s Australian Open for the same reason.Mirza initially...

Three cheers for the Czechs

I always find it interesting how former Iron Curtain countries understand the threat from radical Islam better than the "enlightened" West.PRAGUE, Feb 14 (CTK) - Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda wants the EU to make a clear gesture in support of Denmark that faces pressure from Muslim countries over the publication of cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammad in the media, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes today.For example, the EU could provide...

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Insane Muslim Protestor of the Day

Today's nutcases come from the Philippines....

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Arafatization of Hamas, part IV

It looks like Hamas can have its cake and eat it, too.One of the major differences between Hamas and Fatah is that Fatah consistently and shamelessly lied to the Western media and politicians to achieve its goals, and Hamas keeps its outright lies to a minimum.What Hamas is starting to learn now is that the media, the EU and much of the liberal "intelligentsia" is so emotionally invested in the idea of "peace" that they will even believe things that...

Useful idiots of the day: Greenpeace

From Iran's GoozNews:Given the years a country needs to produce a nuclear weapon and assuming that Iran intends to do so, there is no need to rush in sending Iran's nuclear case to the Security Council, said Paul Horseman, a spokesman for Greenpeace International."The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council will seriously increase the risk of escalating tensions in the region and is counter-productive,"...

Muslims finally find cartoon character to attack

After searching for weeks, Muslims finally found a cartoon character to pour their seething wrath upon. The hapless man was publicly dragged through the streets of Lahore, Pakistan.The brave victim, a Mr. McDonald, remained calm and silent during his ordeal, which soon took a turn for the worse.A true hero, Mr. McDonald mocked his attackers with a smile even as body burned...