Last links (#5) for Oct. 30 – 2014

1. Iraq IS: Scores found dead in mass graves in Anbar

A map showing Hit and Ramadi, where mass graves have reportedly been found

Scores of bodies of Sunni Muslim tribesmen apparently killed by Islamic State (IS) militants have been found in mass graves in western Iraq.

The graves that were found in the province of Anbar may contain between 80 and 220 bodies, reports suggest.

Many of the dead belong to the Al Bu Nimr tribe, which joined Iraq’s Shia-dominated government in fighting IS.

2. Mark Lebuis of Point de Bascule exposes waves of groups that promote and sponsor all the aspects of islam that we all find so objectionable.

3. Daniel Greenfield: Why Obama Hates Netanyahu

4. Fury over council’s decision not to name Woolwich memorial after Lee Rigby in case it offends Islamic extremists

A council has decided not to name a memorial at the site of Lee Rigby’s death after the murdered fusilier for fear it may offend Islamic fanatics.

Campaigners urged Greenwich Council to build a commemorative site for the man who was murdered by two extremists in the street last year.

But after agreeing to their demands, officials revealed it would not be named after the 25-year-old for fear it could lead to more religious attacks.

Instead, an inscription will read: ‘To commemorate all those servicemen and woman who have served or lived in Woolwich and who gave given their lives.’

Critics blasted the decision as ‘disgusting’ last night, urging officials to ‘stand up’ to violent extremists.

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27 Replies to “Last links (#5) for Oct. 30 – 2014”

  1. 2/ So the plan of the Ottawa police and the RCMP to address ‘the problem of radicalization’ is to do outreach and bridge-building with the Muslim supremacist/terrorist support network in Ottawa, effectively lending these groups legitimacy and providing them cover.

    In the ‘Minutes of the October 22, 2014 meeting with Ottawa Police Service and RCMP representatives and leaders of 13 Muslim organizations in Ottawa’ posted at Pointe de Bascule, you can see the leaders of Ottawa’s Muslim community apparently getting ready to respond in a more coordinated manner to the next Muslim terrorist attack in Ottawa:

    15) We pray and hope in future we will be better organized and be able to activate 3 member UMO-OG executive committee to meet first in critical situation: past, current and next host organizations and prepare the draft common statement and send to other organizations for comments

    • the story on this page :

      IS jihadists execute 46 tribesmen in Iraq’s Anbar

      http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/is-jihadists-execute-46-tribesmen-in-iraq-s-anbar/article/411585

      Jihadists from the Islamic State group have executed at least 46 members of a tribe that fought against them in Iraq’s Anbar province, sources said.

      The men from the Albu Nimr tribe were killed in an area overrun by the militants last week north of the town of Heet, a local leader and a doctor said.

      A police colonel and a leader from the anti-jihadist Sahwa forces confirmed the killings, saying they took place on Wednesday.

      IS jihadists have overrun large areas of Anbar, and the killings are likely aimed at discouraging resistance from powerful local tribes, who will be key to any successful bid to retake the province.

      Images said to show the aftermath of the public executions were circulated on micro-blogging site Twitter, but their authenticity could not be independently confirmed.

      One picture shows a long line of more than 30 men in civilian clothes lying in the middle of a street with streams of blood running over the dusty ground, as young men and children look on.

      The victims are barefoot and many are blindfolded, their hands bound behind their backs.

  2. AUSTRALIA – Homegrown terrorist Khaled Sharrouf: is he bad, mad or both?

    Reporter Marian Wilkinson spoke to a Muslim community leader who has one explanation for why he fled Australia under his brother’s name.

    “I believe that Khaled Sharrouf was afraid for his life and that’s what made him decide to leave Australia and use his brother’s passport to escape, because he was concerned that he will be the next one to be shot.”

    Four Corners found evidence Sharrouf, who’d become something of a thug for hire in the local building industry, had come to the attention of the law after an alleged extortion threat against one of Australia’s most prominent construction companies.

    “He certainly appears to have become involved with some people who were involved in some pretty serious criminal activity and a couple of people in fact who were murdered, ultimately,”

    “Khaled Sharrouf is not bad, he’s mad,” his former lawyer tells Wilkinson.

    “There’s no less than five psychiatrists that I know who have diagnosed him with very significant mental health issues.”

    “He was very ill mentally. He had very severe schizophrenia, he suffered from delusions — every report was very clear on this point,” Justice Whealy, who presided over the 2005 terrorism trials, told ABC’s 7.30.

    In a report tendered to the Supreme Court, Sharrouf’s psychiatrist Stephen Allnutt said his patient’s mental illness had influenced his radicalisation, according to an earlier story on ABC News.

    http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/homegrown-terrorist-khaled-sharrouf-is-he-bad-mad-or-both/story-e6frfmyi-1227108664143

  3. IS and the incoherence of Western policy

    The West wants to destroy IS but it has neither allies on the ground nor a grasp of the dynamics of the conflict unfolding in Iraq and Syria. As rival versions of political Islam battle over the ruins of the post-war regional order, the West should limit itself to mobilising regional allies to reduce and contain the damage, argues Jonathan Spyer.

    http://fathomjournal.org/is-and-the-incoherence-of-western-policy/

    • Roger Simon writes what I’m ashamed to admit. It eats me alive.

      Europe still hurts, despite years hardening my heart against her naked hate. But that’s somewhat offset by the comforting, consistent support of all the decent Canadians.

      Worry for Israel is all too wretchedly familiar. It’s a small country; smaller still is the community of observant American Jews and the Israelis bonded with them. The boy you were going to marry until Israel came between you. Your camp counselor’s son breaks away from the political party headed by the man who supervised your corporate internship. Like that.

      No. What’s been tearing me apart is the same apprehension gripping Roger Simon. That Jews may be vulnerable in America.

      My people have been in Canada and the USA before there was a USA. But we’ve been Jews a lot longer.

      It’s happened to us before. Hundreds of years ago in a place we’d lived for the previous 1000 years.

      Secure here in the New World, we retained our ancient, distinctive identity. From our liturgies to our traditions, down to the genetic markers we intuited with considerable accuracy. The precious in nature become extinct.

      Some of us became committed to the rescue of co-religionists wherever they were at risk. We could engage in diplomacy, perhaps serve as an early warning system, utilize widespread networks. Our experience could save lives.

      Less than a 100 years ago we tried to convince those ensconced in the heart of Europe that life as they knew it was about to end. Nonsense, they said, as they painted swastikas on their store windows in affirmation of their German identity. More German than Jew.

      Until they were neither.
      …….
      When an American-Israeli infant is slaughtered in Jerusalem, and that atrocity fails to ignite the response one would expect here, I’m shaken to the core.
      So I hold close the verities that once seemed eternal – the ideals of our Founding Fathers and a history that proves we’ll fight for them. And I pray to the Father of us all.

  4. FATWA

    Q – Is it permissible for men to wear kohl ( eyeliner ) or not?

    A: All praise be to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, and his family and Companions.
    Yes, it is permissible for men to do so, as the Prophet used to wear it when going to sleep.
    May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

    http://www.alifta.com/Fatawa/FatawaChapters.aspx?View=Page&BookID=7&PageID=1508

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    Abu Haleema wearing eyeliner in this video on Poppy Hijabs :

      • Poppy hijab photographer denies that models were misled

        One of the photographers on the “poppy hijab” shoot has rejected accusations by one of the models that she was misled.

        Model Rukea Azougaye said she was “angry and upset” after the Daily Mail and the BBC published photos of her “without her consent.”

        The poppy hijab is an initiative by British Future and backed by the Islamic Society of Britain to get Muslims to commemorate Remembrance Day. The initiative has divided opinion as many Muslims disapprove of Britain’s wars abroad and feel that they’re being forced to prove their loyalty to the UK.

        In a Facebook post Ms Azougaye said: “I had no idea it would be all over the Daily Mail and I also didn’t know that there was an article our faces would be used for; hence I wasn’t prepared for some of the backlash I have been reading today.

        “And it is only today that I found out that this random woman at the photo shoot who assured me that the photos would not be used was actually from the Daily Mail and those two guys with the third camera, who interviewed us, also assuring us that it was nothing major, were from the BBC. We thought they were all from the same crew as none of them had introduced themselves officially.”

        But Rooful Ali, one of the photographers on the shoot, said the models were not misled. He said:

        Consent for use of images was clearly communicated at the outset.
        On location was the British Future’s team, the designer, two photographers (one from the Daily Mail), a BBC crew, and Rukea had her own videographer doing a documentary.
        ALL parties identified themselves and intention to use the footage was made clear.
        The model in question happily gave an interview/expressed her views to the BBC, which appears to contradict her stance in the article (or her Facebook page).

        Ali added: “Naturally we are disappointed that she is upset, but we would like to clarify that we can only presume this stemmed from from the negative backlash, and comments on social media. Since clearly she, like the others, consented to participate in the campaign on the outset and we are disappointed that the article comments on how the photographers and media team had allegedly and effectively mis-lead her.

        “This is not true and goes against the professionalism of all concerned. Thank you for sharing and understanding, as with all stories – there are two sides.”

        The poppy hijab, which costs £22, launched yesterday marking 100 years since the first Muslim soldier was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during the WW1.

        The scarf was designed by a Muslim fashion designer, Tabinda-Kauser Ishaq, a 24-year-old student at the University of the Arts in London.

        She said: “I hope the poppy headscarf gives Muslim women a new way to mark Remembrance Day and to help raise money for the Poppy Appeal. It’s a simple way to say you’re proudly British and proudly Muslim.”

        http://www.5pillarz.com/2014/11/01/poppy-hijab-photographer-denies-that-models-were-misled/

  5. No visas for Ebola countries: Canada

    TORONTO – Canada is following in Australia’s footsteps and is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of the West African countries battling Ebola.

    The federal government signalled it would stop issuing visas in the worker, student or visitor class and won’t issue any pending permanent residency visas for people from those countries either.

    Any applications already in the system will also not be processed at this time.

    The change, which goes into effect immediately, was announced today in the Canada Gazette.

    A spokesperson for the minister of Citizenship and Immigration says the move is similar to but a bit less restrictive than the one the Australian government announced this week.

    That move was slammed Thursday by Dr. Margaret Chan, the director general of the World Health Organization, who said closing borders will not stop spread of the Ebola virus.

    http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/national/details.asp?c=68571

    • Ebola: Three Million HazMat Suits on the Way
      By Colin Flaherty

      The liberal blogosphere is aflame with accusations that the Ebola outbreak is a fake crisis manufactured by right-wing media.

      The World Health Organization has a different point of view: the group at the front lines of the Ebola epidemic is ordering 3 million hazardous material suits for health care workers and patients around the world to meet demand over the next 9 months.
      More than 400 caretakers have contracted Ebola during the recent outbreak. The WHO estimates the outbreak could cause 10,000 new cases a week in Africa over the next two months. Officials say more than half of the cases of Ebola are fatal.

      “Several U.S. companies are ramping up production to meet the exploding demand,” said Bill Gunderson, president of Gunderson Capital. “Lakeland is gearing up to provide the hazmat suits. In a recent earnings report the company said the “aggregate of orders won by Lakeland that are believed to have resulted from the Ebola crisis amount to approximately 1 million suits with additional orders for other products, such as hoods, foot coverings and gloves.”

      WHO estimates it will need 300,000 suits a month.

      “That is a lot of suits,” Gunderson said. “A lot of sick people.”

      News of the massive increase in orders sent Lakeland’s stock soaring 37 percent on Thursday. That is up 202 percent for year to date.

      The U.S. Department of State is receiving bids to supply 160,000 hazmat suits.

      “Monthly production capacity for sealed seam ChemMAX and MicroMAX protective suit lines has increased by nearly 50% from August 2014, prior to Ebola-related product demand, to October 2014, and is on track for a 100% increase from that level by January 2015, with the ability for additional increases as needed,” said Lakeland in a release.

      DuPont is another American player in the hazmat suit market. DuPont manufactures its suits out of Tyvek, a product familiar to many in the construction industry as a sheet wrapped around buildings for insulation. DuPont’s hometown paper the News Journal recently reported the “garments are for limited use. If they have not been damaged, altered, or contaminated, and pass user inspection, they can be worn multiple times. But once a suit is exposed to a hazardous contaminant, it must be disposed of according to local regulations.”

      On the industry web site, ChemSuits.com, four suits sell for about $137.00.

      “It is good that American companies are gearing up for the Ebola crisis,” Gunderson said. “But no amount of sales from an American company can change this: investors are spooked by the Ebola crisis, not necessarily because of the disease. But because of lack of faith in people responding to the disease. Investors know this administration is just not that skilled in these kind of large scale operations. They remember the ObamaCare rollout, not just the web site, but the subsequent mishaps. And they do not see any reason why this is going to be different as long as the same people are in charge.”

      “It’s pretty simple,” Gunderson said. “Every new case of Ebola in the U.S. scares the market. And when the Ebola simmers down, so does the market. That is a compelling case for travel bans and quarantines to keep the disease out of the U.S.”

      http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/10/ebola_three_million_hazmat_suits_on_the_way.html