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Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "I\'m not going to fail to raise 9/11. I\'m not going to not talk about women\'s rights

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:30:17 +0000

In case you have not seen this vid, here is "1968." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jTmgLgDEo4

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "I\'m not going to fail to raise 9/11. I\'m not going to not talk about women\'s rights

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:03:15 +0000

The previous government was willing to hit back, though it did not understand at all the nature of Islam as the root of global conflict. But the current government is unreservedly sympathetic to Islamic professional victimhood. In foreign policy in only a short time, our government has bullied Israel, embraced the "Palestinians," snubbed Britain and the free nations Central Europe,snuggled up to the Russians and to Syria, backed the Iranian regime against its people, and backed the recently deposed would-be dictator in Honduras. In America today, Muslims can say any hateful, seditious thing they want. They can slander our our culture and flaunt our laws, and they will be cheered on by the leftists. But anyone who criticizes them for that behavior is demonized as an insensitve, racist bully. Our borders are a joke. Our immigration system is a breached dam.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "I\'m not going to fail to raise 9/11. I\'m not going to not talk about women\'s rights

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 14:01:06 +0000

Yes, I think conservatives and centrists abdicated the battle long ago without realizing it. I think generally that conservatives and centrists see education as a foundational phase in life followed by a lifetime of productive work. The radical leftists see education--indoctrination in collectivism that would transform society into their utopian model--as their "work.' They settled into the university system, entrenched themselves there permanently, and gradually took over the entire educational establishment., from kindergarten onwards. For at least a generation, they have been poisoning minds with relatiivism and societal self-hatred. This last election is the fruit of their dedicated labor. Because of this corruption of education, I am not sure at all that the familiar back and forth cycles of right-left governance can continue. The leftists in charge right now are striving mightily to cement their model in place permanently--making us just like a banana republic. Just a few more changes and there will never be a conservative or centrist government again--without a revolution.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "I\'m not going to fail to raise 9/11. I\'m not going to not talk about women\'s rights

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:37:21 +0000

I'll turn 60 next month. In all my years, I have never seen anything like this. The radicals of 1968 have taken over our federal government and all the large cities. At the federal level, Mr. Obama is racing through one radical socialist program after another, any one of which would normally have taken a leftist president his entire stay in office to enact. Obama foisted this "obamination" on us in just 6 months, and there is nothing to stop him from going further. The resistance has almost totally collapsed. Each of his radical programs precipitates another economic crisis larger than the previous one, and sets the stage for more such crises to come. With each crisis, the federal government steps in to grab more power to handle "the unforseen emergency." At the moment, we are on course to follow Britain. (Our current "leaders" seem to think European socialism is the ideal societal organization.) I hope, for everyone's sake, we can stop the slide before it is too late. But even if we do, a lot of the damage Obama is inflicting will be permanent. That's his plan, I think.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "I\'m not going to fail to raise 9/11. I\'m not going to not talk about women\'s rights

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 03:17:29 +0000

You can tell who the "leader of the free world" is by who attacks him as a bitter enemy. Today, Mr. Obama--the President of the United States--is not the leader of the free world--Geert Wilders is. The free world will not be free much longer if the obamas of this world remain in political power. Mr. Obama is crippling the United States of America. Displaying flippant ideological arrogance, profound ignorance of history, fascistic abuse of power, and disrespect for American heritage, he has abdicated the fight to preserve freedom in the West. That freedom was won by our forebears through centuries of toil, sweat, and struggle against slavery and barbarism. Mr. Obama dishonors that sacrifice. He apologizes to today's slavemasters and barbarians. He gives comfort to tyrants, thugs, and Islamic pirates across the globe. "We are weak. Come attack us. Come loot our civilzation. We are sorry for who we are." Curse this wretched man and his wretched ideas.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 13:36:22 +0000

Here is what I think he means: HC sees himself as having a sane and properly informed perspective amidst lunatics of both the left and the right (read his little bio). He is dismayed that the left is not defending Western civilization from Islamists (from the extremists, that is: reasonable people like him (!) KNOW that most Muslims are really moderates). He is further dismayed that the only people on the right who are mounting any kind of defense are the far out nutcase whackjobs--that is, all of us anti-jihadists here at JW (as if everyone here is right wing, another thing he KNOWS). He is saying that while we at JW are, in fact, trying to defend Western civilization, we automatically attack everything Muslim and Islamic just for the perverse supremacist pleasure it brings to us. We don't actually want to win the struggle, because then there would be no easy targets to demonize. We just enjoy mocking and insulting other cutlures. Bottom line: He is impuning our motives. He has judged us to be blind-eyed bigots. He has judged us to be his intellectual inferiors.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:09:45 +0000

He did not say "I will immediately launch an internal investigation to see if there are any more such perpetrators plotting jihad at my mosque, and report back to you." He did not say "I will make a special public sermon at the next Friday service to hammer home to my congregants that our first political loyalty is to America and not to any other power or entity--church and state are separate in the USA, and rightly so." And so on. Just weasel words and Islamic victimhood is all we got.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:09:05 +0000

The evidence is right in front of your nose. The iman did not do or say any of the following, at least some of which any normal peaceful person would have: He did not say "I call on all Muslims everywhere to support our American troops overseas defending freedom and hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11." He did not say "I call on all Muslims everywhere to report jihadist plans to the FBI and to U.S. Government authorities." He did not say "I am embarrassed that such a person could get these hateful ideas at our mosque" (he said instead that he was outraged--that his mosque, and Islam, got bad PR!). He did not say "I will make sure in future, at my mosque, that every congregant knows that Islamist extremism is wrong and forbidden" (he said it was merely "frowned upon").

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:46:19 +0000

Yes, perfectly stated.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:43:11 +0000

"...Muslims are Americans, too..." If you subscribe to Sura 9, then you are not an American, no matter where you were born, or what you call yourself, or what your identification paperwork says, or what the color of your skin is, or what ethnic group you belong to.

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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:06:24 +0000

"If perhaps he was more skilled, more educated, if his life had developed differently ..." Yes, perhaps he could have become a chemist, and devoted his energy to designing and building car bombs and efficient methods for poisoning the infidel water supply. Or, perhaps he could have become an electrical engineer, and designed triggers for Islamic nuclear bombs in Iran to better terrorize the Europeans and the Jews of Isreal. Or, perhaps he could have become a doctor, and learned how to inject infidel patients with blood thinners so they bleed to death, or how to prescribe the wrong medication so the infidel patients suffer and then die prematurely. Think of the endless possibilities for jihad against Dar al Harb. Economic status of the perpetrators has nothing to do with the sociopathic evil we are witnessing across the globe every day--Islam has everything to do with it.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Shoe Bomber sues to resume his jihad from prison, Obama caves in

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:39:21 +0000

Using too little force, thereby insuring that a conflict goes on an on without resolution, is just as immoral as using force illegitimately. Terror bombing? Using V-1s and V-2s on London was terror bombing. Terror bombing with SCUDs is what Iraq used on Israel. Terror bombing with missile-borne nukes is what Iran has in mind for both Israel and continental Europe. When the shooting starts, the goal must be to bring the conflict to a swift conclusion. Anything less is immoral. Nobody bombed Japan or Germany for the explict purpose of creating terror. The goal was to destroy the enemy war machine and to convince the leadership that they could not win. Crude technology of the time limited military options. The Muslim world, however, would never hesitate to terror bomb if they had the means. Terror is part of their core doctrine. Mohammed said "I have been made victorious through terror." That attitude is an essential part of the Sunnah that shoebomber Reid and the inmates at Guantanamo and Supermax follow.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Chicago Trib blogs the CAIR/ALA war on free speech: valid journalism or vicious bias?

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:45:11 +0000

Says "Slave of Allah" Mikail. Mr. brainwashed himself.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: London: Five-storey mosque with 120-foot high minaret given go-ahead

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:12:41 +0000

In the link I passed along, the discussion on psychology is limited to the Islamic world, and seems to take foundational credit for the entire discipline.. But there is no hint of any introspection (save the one extract that I provided, which is decidedly non-critical of the faith) about Islamic doctrines as a font of dysfunctional behavior. In their world, I suspect Islam would sooner be wheeled in as a therapy device than analysed for its psychologically toxic effects. I don't think they ever "go there," even briefly as a "devil's advocate" thought experiment, lest they be tarred and feathered and worse. Wafa Sultan, originally from Syria, was trained as a psychiatrist. Her bio in Wiki explains what personal trauma it took for her to begin such an introspection.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: London: Five-storey mosque with 120-foot high minaret given go-ahead

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:55:15 +0000

Here is an extract from that document: "In his book Ihya Al- Ghazzali (1058-1111) suggested that the child does not know fear until he learns it from the environment. He also discussed the egocentrism and wishful thinking of children. Al-Ghazzali indicated the importance of play in children's lives, and how it facilitates learning and training, He was also interested in individual differences. Many centuries before Wundt and Titchener, he used introspection as a method for studying behavior and analyzed himself by using this method. In many ways, Al-Ghazzali could be considered as the first scholar to establish what we now call the psychology of religion. He explained the positive impact of washing oneself prior to praying, and the role of prayer in reducing excessive emotionality (El-Osman, 1963; Nagaty, 1993)."

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: London: Five-storey mosque with 120-foot high minaret given go-ahead

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:55:03 +0000

I did a quick search. Al-Azhar does have a Dept of Psychology. I have no special knowledge about them. However, that they would never question the goodness of Islam in every detail is almost certain, given the role of Al-Azhar in the Islamic world. More generally, here is a summary I found of psychology in the Arab world: http://www.geocities.com/baderansari/PsyArb.htm

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: London: Five-storey mosque with 120-foot high minaret given go-ahead

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:08:34 +0000

Since learning about the concepts, doctrines, and methods of the Islamic cult, I've always wondered why psychologists are not naturally drawn to study it. Islam requires that people be indoctrinated from birth in so many sociopathic attitudes: supreme entitlement to power and property, duty to judge others and take vengeance on them, severe sexual repression (with relief provided by raping infildels and the promise of the heavenly bordello), misogyny, and severe paranoia driving a sense of wounded victimhood even as they are assaulting others. It seems the profession of psychology is AWOL on this on-going human catastrophe called Islam, just like most of academia. They probably refuse to help because they think it crosses some ethical boundary. But I think they are being unethical in NOT helping. Islam the cult is assaulting not just the United States, or any particular government or ideological group, but rather it is assaultling all of humanity. To NOTdefend humanity against Islamic depredation should be unconscionable.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: London: Five-storey mosque with 120-foot high minaret given go-ahead

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:34:49 +0000

Allah must never be wrapped. Allah's will is unfettered.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "Tamimi distinguishes good Muslims from their adversaries this way: \'We love death. Th

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:00:04 +0000

dda: No, I have not read Darwish--have a huge backlog of books to get through. I wish I could keep up with even a tenth of your prodigious background reading effort. Thanks for your insightful and researched comment here--as your comments and citations at JW always are, and well appreciated. This reminds me of the story of Saddam's bodyguards. As I recall, he could not trust Muslims for that job, and so used Christians. Once today's Iraqis kill or drive away all the Christians, they will have absolutely nothing left to form any kind of civil society. First, they will kill each other, and then will turn against their Middle Eastern neighbors. I have a pet theory that tribalism persists in Islamic countries because of the lack of trust caused by Islamic vengeance and Islam's holy writ of vigilante justice. Every stranger becomes a threat, and so your tribe is the only group you can count on. But even there, the inter-tribal blood feuds are amplified by Islamic ideology. So sad, and pathetic.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: London: Five-storey mosque with 120-foot high minaret given go-ahead

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:49:19 +0000

"The designs include a 40m-high minaret..." Mohammed's erect penis, dominating the skyline. The insatiable Allah. All ye who pass, bow to it. Worship it. Enslave yourself to it. Embrace death, terror, and misery in this world. Your reward in the hereafter will be that big bordello in the sky--Allah's sex kingdom, Allah's perpetual orgasm, Allah's wet dream.