1. ID Times: Islamic State crucifies 2 sharia court officials for allegedly taking bribes. I say allegedly as I am confident that there is nothing whatsoever like due process in Islamic law, so there is no way to know what people actually ever did.
This is not the first time that ISIS has punished its own men for their crimes. Back in June, the Islamic State executed and crucified one of its men for extorting money.
According to Al Arabiya report, a placard that was hung around the neck of dead man read: “Guilty: Abu Adnan al-Anadali. Sentence: execution and three days of crucifixion. Motive: extorting money at checkpoints by accusing drivers of apostasy.”
Nothing barbaric about this at all. no sirree
An alleged terrorist facing trial in New York City justified killing innocent people in suicide bomb attacks as a ‘forgivable sin comparable to masturbation’, court papers show.
Ali Yasin Ahmed made the twisted claim during conversations in 2008 intercepted by federal authorities as they put him and co-defendants Mahdi Hashi and Mohammed Yusuf under surveillance.
All three are to stand trial in Brooklyn charged with providing financial and material support to Somalian based militant group al-Shabaab, which has merged with al-Qaeda.
Accused: Ali Yasin Ahmed convinced one of his alleged terror colleagues that a suicide bomb attack was no worse a sin than masturbation
The recorded messages were presented to the federal court and reveal Yusuf expressing his doubts to Ahmed about traveling to Somalia in November, 2008, because he was frightened of becoming a suicide bomber in the war-torn nation.
3. The Top Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Hoaxes of 2014
On Christmas morning, a man drove up to the Islamic Cultural Center in Fresno, threw rocks through the windows, and then entered the center and destroyed things inside. The local ABC outlet, KFSN, reported Friday that “Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says it is clear the incident is a hate crime which is why the FBI is also investigating this case.” But on Saturday, it turned out that the incident was not an “anti-Muslim hate crime” at all: the vandal was Asif Mohammad Khan, a Muslim. The destruction at the Islamic Cultural Center in Fresno was yet another in a long series of fake hate crimes designed to prop up the fiction that Muslims in the U.S. are routinely targets of discrimination and harassment. […]
4.Ukip ‘would not allow Sharia law in the UK’
(Although this is from September this year, It bears repeating as elections are coming up)
5. Western University in London Ontario has a Muslim prayer room and a multi faith prayer room, mostly for muslims. This is from Dec. 2 2014
6. Mark Steyn on Michael Coren who sardonically lays out indigestible truths in a tasty wrapper.
Thank you M., Richard, and all who sent in materials. There is something of significant importance in the works. An interview in farsi from BBC Asia with one of the leaders of Hamas. I hope to get that done within 24 hours if the translators are able.
6/ E. M. Forster called his 1922 book on Alexandria a guide to a city that wasn’t there, or words to that effect, meaning that there wasn’t what you would expect to see in Alexandria in the way of historical monuments and so on, given its extraordinary past. 90 years on the situation is immeasurably worse, more like an anthill than a city. Muslims do know how to wreck a place.
IS video – Suicide attack – Muslims beheading 3 prisonners ( Kurds ? ) ( from 6:37 to 6:55 ) Shingal – Iraq ( ??? )
https://vid.me/gAJm
or on youtube :
Washington issues a clarification on dropping weapons to ISIS in Iraq
The US embassy in Baghdad denied information which indicated that its aircraft dropped military aid to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria “ISIS” organization in al-Khethera area area near Balad district , northwest of Baghdad, describing it as not minute.
The embassy said a statement reported for “Shafaq News”, that “There was no dropping of any materials by the United States in or around the airspace of Balad district and these media reports are false.”
The Embassy of the United States of America renewed its support and standing with the Government of Iraq and the Iraqi people against violent extremists, and support continued progress toward building a unified Iraq.
News and video clips indicated that US aircraft dropped two boxes on the area surrounded by security and special forces of ISIS in Balad.
The elements of the popular crowd in that area said that the boxes contain weapons and were dropped to ISIS.
https://www.zawya.com/story/Washington_issues_a_clarification_on_dropping_weapons_to_ISIS_in_Iraq-ZAWYA20141230043337/
AL NUSRA ( al qaeda )
video -Blood-thirsty moderate Muslims lynched alleged Muslim terrorists in Balad – northern Iraq –
(uploaded last week on youtube but doesn’t seem recent )
Saudi seizes smuggled ‘X-Mas’ trees
Trees were confiscated as they violated the country’s rules
Saudi customs authorities arrested two Arab men trying to smuggle Christmas trees into the conservative Gulf kingdom through its King Fahd causeway linking it with Bahrain.
Officials said the trees were confiscated as they violated the country’s rules which ban celebrations on this occasion.
Sharq newspaper quoted the causeway’s director Daifallah Al Otaibi as saying legal measures would be taken against the two smugglers but he did not specify the punishment. “The punishment depends on the type of the smuggled products and whether they are for personal or commercial use,” he said.
http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/saudi-seizes-smuggled-x-mas-trees-2014-12-30-1.574976
IS video – Dutch suicide bomber calling upon Dutch Muslims to immigrate for jihad, and recommending his colleagues carry out a “martyrdom-seeking operations”.
https://vid.me/IKUZ
UN urges Myanmar to grant rights to Muslim Rohingya
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution urging Myanmar to grant citizenship to its Rohingya Muslim minority and grant them equal access to services.
The non-binding measure was adopted by consensus in the 193-nation assembly on Monday, a month after it was approved by the assembly’s rights committee.
The resolution expresses “serious concern” over the plight of the Rohingya in Rakhine state, where 140,000 people live in squalid camps after violence erupted between Buddhists and Muslims in 2012
Under a controversial government-backed plan, the Rohingya would be forced to identify themselves as Bengali — a term seen as disparaging — in order to apply for citizenship. Those who refuse would be forced to live in camps.
Many in Myanmar’s government and local Buddhists view Rohingya as illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh, but the community maintains its has ancestral roots in the country.
The resolution urges the government to protect the rights of all inhabitants of Rakhine state and allow “equal access to full citizenship for the Rohingya minority,” to “allow self-identification” and ensure equal access to services.
The measure drafted by the European Union was adopted by consensus after Myanmar did not request a vote on the measure. A vote is held if the country targeted by the resolution requests it.
Despite criticism of the Rohingya’s treatment, the resolution welcomes “continued positive developments in Myanmar” toward reform and notes that the government is making efforts to address the “complex situation in Rakhine state.”
It calls for an office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to open “without delay” in Myanmar.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2890848/UN-urges-Myanmar-grant-rights-Muslim-Rohingya.html