Category Archives: Islam in the Americas
Kingston Police Call It A “Muslim Honor Killing.”
From Phyllis Chesler and Pajamas Media:
Family Charged with Four Counts of First Degree Murder and Four Counts of Conspiracy to Commit Murder
At 2pm est today, on a CFRA radio press conference, it was announced that the police have finally described the deaths of four Afghan-Canadian girls and women, as a “Muslim honor killing.” If the police are right, this is the fifth known honor killing in Canada since 1999 and it brings the death toll to nine victims. I am no statistician but I have friends who are and they tell me that this is a very high number given that the Muslim and Sikh population in Canada is no more than one million.
Let’s hear it for the Canadian police! They have just charged the Shahi family with counts of first-degree murder and four counts of conspiracy to commit murder in this case. In other words, they understand that both classic and often unique honor murders are planned and performed by families, not only by individuals.
Kingston police chief, Stephen Tanner said “It was a needless and senseless loss of human life…They had their lives cut short by members of their own family.”
Only once, in 2008, did our own FBI describe an honor killing as an honor killing. They did so in the case of the Said Dallas case but within ten days, they retracted that description. One can only imagine why. (And one does not know what the Canadian police or prosecutor will ultimately say).
This is also the second Afghan-Canadian honor killing. The first one took place in 2006, and was a brother-on-sister murder. The brother, Hasibullah Sadiqi, shot his sister and her fiancée in a shopping mall in Ottawa. Sadiqi stood trial in 2009.
Here is the background to this latest developing story in Canada.
They married in Kabul in 1979, the year the Russians invaded. Rona Amir Mohammed was Mohammed Safi’s first and only wife—that is, until it was clear she could have no children. At some point, he married a second wife, Tooba Mohammed Yahya, with whom he had four (or seven) children: three daughters and one son. The daughters were all born in Kabul, the son might have been born in Dubai. They all moved to Canada two years ago.
No one in St. Leonard, a suburb of Montreal, knew that Safi was living with two wives. Rona, his first wife, was an intimate member of the family, variously introduced as a “relative,” an “aunt,” a “cousin.” From a Muslim point of view, Safi behaved honorably because he did not divorce or banish his first wife even though she was infertile. How polygamy itself as well as secretive polygamy may psychologically affect a family is another matter entirely. And, while Safi may have appeared westernized, that was far from the truth.
Last month, 50 year-old Rona, 19-year-old-Zainab, 17-year-old Sahar, and 13-year-old Geeti were mysteriously all found dead in a car submerged in the Rideau Canal. The car entered the canal backwards. This suggests that Rona had co-parented these girls and perhaps that she supported their westernization.
Is this really an honor killing? I am not sure but let’s consider these facts:
Safi, a polygamist, considered his eldest daughter Zainab, to be a “rebel.” He accused her of having a boyfriend. He also told the police that Zainab had taken the car “on a joyride.” Safi mocked Zainab’s driving ability.
The fact that his first wife was found dead along with the second wife’s “rebellious” older daughter suggests that Rona might have argued for Zainab or might, herself, have longed for a more westernized life. I am not sure why the two younger girls also had to die. Perhaps they were seen as already too influenced by their older sister. Maybe they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Well, it could have been a mysterious accident. But yesterday, the police arrested Mohammed Safi, his second wife, Tooba, and their eldest son on their way to Montreal’s Trudeau’s International airport. Why would they be leaving at this point? Where were they going?
Atlas Shrugs has the photos of the marriage between Rona and Mohammed of thirty years ago. Rona’s sister, Diba Massomi, sent them to the police. It was she who first suggested that this was an honor killing.
Massomi emailed the Kingston police and said that “for some time, my sister and the Shafi couple’s oldest daughter Zainab, had been receiving death threats for social, cultural, and family reasons.”
An honour killing? Ontario police make arrests:
From the Whig, a Kingston Ontario paper where the drownings occured:
An honour killing? 
Posted By ROB TRIPP RT****@*****IG.COM
Updated 2 hours ago
Kingston Police have arrested at least three people in connection with the mysterious deaths of four Montreal women found in a submerged car in Kingston Mills on June 30.
Police sources confirmed the dramatic development in the case yesterday, 22 days after a black Nissan Sentra was found in roughly three metres of water near one of the four locks.
Three teenage sisters were found dead in the car, Zainab Shafi, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with a 50-year-old woman, Rona Amir Mohammed.
La Presse newspaper in Montreal said three people who were heading to Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport were arrested yesterday morning.
Initially, police said the case was suspicious but that they had not found evidence of foul play.
It’s not clear what charges are being laid, but the Whig-Standard learned that Kingston Police have been investigating, for at least two weeks, the allegation that the deaths were an honour killing. Continue Reading →
Arrests in bizarre drownings, report says
Couldnt be an honour killing could it? No nothing to see here folks the canal is full of cars full of drowned Muslims all the time.
National Post:
The mystery surrounding the deaths of three Montreal sisters and a relative whose bodies were found in a car in the Rideau Canal deepened yesterday as three people were arrested in Montreal, Global National reported.
The three were reportedly on their way to Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport at the time of their arrest.
Police would only say publicly yesterday that the status of their investigation into the Kingston-area deaths last month had changed.
Neighbours who spoke to Canwest News Service said investigators from both the Montreal and Kingston police forces spent several hours at the victims’ suburban home on Tuesday night.
Kingston police have scheduled a news conference for this afternoon and were expected to make an announcement about the status of the investigation.
Arrests in bizarre drownings, report says
Died in Rideau Canal
Mike Drolet and Paul Cherry, Global National; Canwest News Service; Published: Thursday, July 23, 2009
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The mystery surrounding the deaths of three Montreal sisters and a relative whose bodies were found in a car in the Rideau Canal deepened yesterday as three people were arrested in Montreal, Global National reported.
The three were reportedly on their way to Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport at the time of their arrest.
Police would only say publicly yesterday that the status of their investigation into the Kingston-area deaths last month had changed.
Neighbours who spoke to Canwest News Service said investigators from both the Montreal and Kingston police forces spent several hours at the victims’ suburban home on Tuesday night.
Kingston police have scheduled a news conference for this afternoon and were expected to make an announcement about the status of the investigation. Continue Reading →
Jonathon Narvey: University picks an extremist to teach ‘Islamic values’
Posted: July 22, 2009, 4:30 PM by NP Editor
National Post
Full Comment, Jonathon Narvey
You want to help inform Canadian students about what Islam is really about and create the leaders of the future, so you bring in “the shrewdest Hamas propagandist in the English-speaking world”. What could possibly go wrong?
An Islamic history and culture course at Toronto’s Ryerson University launches this week, July 24-27. This is the chosen vehicle for the Al-Fauz Institute for Islamic Thought’s endeavors to educate Muslim youth about Islamic values and provide context for the “issues experienced in the daily lives of Muslims in the pluralistic Canadian society”. But intrepid investigative journalist Terry Glavin has the scoop here in the National Post on why the person delivering these lectures, Azzam Tamimi, seems particularly ill-suited to this organization’s stated mission:
Tamimi has loudly renounced democracy, explicitly praises suicide bombers, and he’s said he’d even be happy to blow himself up in Israel: “It’s the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity.” Tamimi distinguishes good Muslims from their adversaries this way: “We love death. They love life.”
Tamimi recently proclaimed: “I don’t believe in democracy anymore,” and it was at an anti-Israel rally in Dublin only three months ago that Tamimi declared: “With regard to their attitudes to liberation, I say ‘Long Live the Taliban’.”
And we’re just getting started. An excerpt from MEMRI’s report on Tamimi in regard to September 11 and the Taliban Regime:
For the rest of this excellent and important article please click the link to the National Post:
Michigan Christian Group Claims First Amendment Rights Denied
They have reason to smile.
The lastest on a bizarre story from the dhimmi state of Michigan.
FOX NEWS….The leader of an Arab Christian evangelical group filed suit against the city of Dearborn, Mich., claiming the city violated his First Amendment right to distribute literature on public property.
The incident occurred last month at the city’s annual Arab International Festival, an event that attracted 300,000 visitors and has provided a favorite evangelizing venue for the group, Arabic Christian Perspective, whose members have attended for the past five years.Saieg says that the spot was a particularly bad one, and that his group was able to distribute only $5,000 worth of literature and Bibles — a fraction of the $50,000 worth of materials that they had prepared. In past years, he said, when they were allowed to distribute on the sidewalks, they were able to give out most of their literature.
George Saieg, Arabic Christian Perspective’s founder, says trouble started when he called the Dearborn police to let them know his group would be returning to the festival.
City police told Saieg that, unlike in previous years, his group would not be allowed to distribute material on the sidewalks, and that Arabic Christian Perspective could either rent a stand at the festival or be assigned a specific location at which it could distribute its literature.
“I told him, we are between 70 to 90 people. We cannot be in one corner of the festival,” Saieg told FOXNews.com. “But he did not give me any choice but that.”
With the help of the Thomas More Law Center, a conservative Christian legal group, Saieg sought a temporary injunction to stop the city from preventing his group from distributing materials on the sidewalk. But the petition was denied, and the group was permitted to distribute literature only at one location within the festival.
Now Saieg is suing to get the city’s action declared unconstitutional and to make sure that it has access to the sidewalks at next year’s festival.
But city officials say they acted correctly. Continue Reading →
Toronto’s newest speaking star: a would-be suicide bomber
From Canada’s National Post:
Toronto’s newest speaking star: a would-be suicide bomber
Terry Glavin, Special to the National Post Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Long live the Taliban” might seem an unlikely thing for a prominent anti-war figure to declare, but that’s to-day’s peace movement for you. Stranger still, the man who recently uttered those words, Azzam Tamimi, is being promoted by a new Toronto-based institute that says it is embarking upon a national campaign to cultivate wholesome, faith-based civic virtues among Canada’s young Muslims.
The Mississauga, Ont.-based Al-Fauz Institute for Islamic Thought claims its purpose is to teach young Muslims how to apply Islamic ideas to Canada’s pluralistic society and “prepare young minds that will take up the mantle of the Muslim community.” But Tamimi — who currently has top billing on the Al-Fauz website, and is listed as a member of the institute’s “faculty” — has loudly renounced democracy. Indeed, he recently proclaimed: “I don’t believe in democracy anymore,” explicitly praises suicide bombers, and says he is willing to blow himself up in Israel: “It’s the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity.” He distinguishes good Muslims from their adversaries this way: “We love death. They love life.” Continue Reading →
More on the Chicago terror recruit confrence
Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Shariah Takes Precedence over U.S. Constitution
Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), the international movement to re-establish an international Islamic state or Caliphate – kicked off a new campaign to win American recruits Sunday afternoon in this Chicago suburb. Nearly 300 people packed the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel for its Khalifah Conference on “The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam” to listen to listen to HT ideologues blame capitalism for World War I and World War II; the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown; the current violence in Iraq and Afghanistan; world poverty and malnutrition and inner-city drug use.
A speaker identified as Abu Atallah even blamed capitalism for the late singer Michael Jackson’s decision “to shed his black skin.”
Hizb ut-Tahrir aims to restore the Caliphate that existed during the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk abolished it in 1924 in an effort to create a secular, Europeanized state.
Security at the conference was very tight. Oak Lawn police maintained a checkpoint outside the Hilton, and local police and HT’s own security people had a substantial presence inside the hotel. In the ballroom where the conference took place, men and women were largely segregated, with men in the front and women in the back. This became a significant point of contention between HT supporters and several members of the audience who objected to this arrangement. At one point, an unidentified Hizb ut-Tahrir speaker became flustered over this line of questioning.
“Men and women,” he blurted out, must be kept separate “to prevent people from behaving like animals.”
A woman in the audience responded: “How does intermingling between men and women make you animals?” HT panelists didn’t have a persuasive answer, and soon adjourned that session.
The conference was sometimes poorly organized. There was no list of speakers, forcing reporters to sometimes guess at the spelling of speakers’ names. But HT certainly appeared to be serious about working for the larger goals of the conference: abolishing capitalism and imposing Caliphate rule over the world. Continue Reading →
David Horowitz tears Duke U a well deserved new orifice.
This is a bit old, 2007 I think. But if you have not seen it, get a drink and or a sandwich and settle down and watch this astonishing and daring lecture where Horowitz explains to Duke U what is wrong with it, and more courageously, who is wrong with it. I will post the Q&A session later today so check back for it, it is worth it. In the meantime enjoy this. I know it’s long but if only David had the time to go to all the universities especially perhaps Canadian ones and deliver this lecture exposing the various profs and their lack of credentials and not-so-hidden political agendas. This isn’t a speech so much as it is a spanking. A well deserved one.
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The perfect companion film for this lecture would be the documentary ‘Indoctrinate U. I highly recommend this excellent film.
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News clip on Jihadi recruitment convention in Chicago
Jihad recruitment conference in Chicago. Babysitting provided for the single mom.
Several hotels have canceled – at the last minute, I might add – anti-terrorism and anti-jihad conferences planned in the past few months. It indeed has become a looking-glass world.
Karachi Kids trailer.
This needs to be seen by everyone. Will try and find whole film.
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Foiling the Next 9/11 and Not Even Knowing It
July 14, 2009 – by Ryan Mauro
The United States may have narrowly missed a repeat of the 9/11 attacks in June — and, apparently, even the FBI doesn’t realize it.
On June 4, a 24-year-old Muslim man named Raed Abdhul-Rahman Alsaif was arrested for trying to bring a seven-inch knife on board a U.S. Airways flight at Tampa International Airport, destined for Phoenix. The blade was seen by a screener and Alsaif was caught before he could get onto the airliner. Of course, he says he is innocent, as some forgetful friend gave him the luggage bag and failed to mention that a knife was embedded inside the material, which the criminal complaint states was “artfully” concealed in such a way as to allow for it to be retrieved once the flight took off.
Alsaif graduated from the Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia in 2003. For those that don’t remember, this school has been embroiled in a little bit of controversy the past two years. In October 2007, the U.S. Commission on International Religion Freedom requested that the State Department close the school, citing the use of textbooks filled with extremism. The commission again reported on the school’s radical curriculum in June 2008. One graduate has been convicted of working with al-Qaeda, while two former students were kicked out of Israel upon landing due to clear signs they were planning suicide bombings.
Private investigator Bill Warner notes that when Alsaif was booked and photographed by police in October on his second arrest on drug charges, he had a beard — a beard that was shaven off before he attempted to board the U.S. Airways flight. For those that think this is all attributable to coincidence, there’s another key element to consider.
On the same day, June 4, two other individuals, Roshid Milledge and Damien Young, were arrested in Philadelphia after sneaking a handgun onto a flight. The airline? U.S. Airways. The destination? Phoenix. The departing time? About 35 minutes from the flight Alsaif attempted to board, using the same airliner and with the same destination.
The FBI immediately cast doubt on questions that the two were part of a terrorist plot or even connected to Alsaif. Continue Reading →
Nothing to see here folks.
Four Ottawa men face a slew of weapons charges after they were arrested in Toronto’s entertainment district Sunday night. Toronto police found a loaded “Tanfolio” 9-mm handgun and ammunition after stopping six men in a vehicle on Edward Street near Yonge Street at 10:45 p.m. Abdinasir Abdullahi, 22, Mohamed Warsame, 21, Abdirahman Ibrahim Hussein, 23, and Abdalla Abdi, 21, all of Ottawa, and Toronto’s Mohamed Siad, 23, are each charged with eight counts relating to the gun and ammunition. Abdullahi also faces two counts of breach of recognizance. In addition to the weapons charges, Mubarak Rirash, 20, of Toronto, is charged with possession of cocaine. All six men were to appear in Toronto court Monday morning.
© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen H/T Grace
The Last Crusade.org: FBI CIA fund gala Islamic festival.
From The Last Crusade.org:
h/t jdamn
by
Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.
Obama’s America: Jews and Christians stay out!
Welcome to Obama’s America, where Islam represents the favored religion and a vital political force.
The transformed land of liberty was very much on view at the 14th Annual Arab International Festival in Dearborn, Michigan from June 19 to 21. Most readers, in this day of two-bit journalism and bughouse blogs, might dismiss the following account as phantasmagorical, save for the fact that friends of the Last Crusade has managed to capture the gala event on video. Click, watch, and scream.
The event was sponsored not only by the Ford Motor Company (we thought they were bankrupt) and the American Arab Chamber of Commerce but also (get this) by the FBI, the CIA and various representatives of the U.S. Military.
The 250,000 people who attended the event munched on rolled pita sandwiches, shawarma, tabouli, hummus and baklava. The men, in many cases, wore throbs and ghutras; the women were draped in black burqas, or western jeans, accented with veils.
The ribbon cutting, which got the festival underway, was conducted by State Senator Irma Clarke Coleman, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, and Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly.
Note the Arabic inscription on the Government Issue T-Shirts
Representatives from the all branches of the U.S. Military – – Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force Armed forces – – promised American citizenship to every Mid-Eastern immigrant willing to enlist – – as long as they were Muslims – – Christians and Jews were excluded from the offer. G.I. Issued uniforms were emblazoned with Arabic script in case prospective recruits could not understand terms such as “United States Army”.
The FBI, not to be undone, set up a booth to recruit Muslim agents, and the CIA conducted raffles in order to entice young Islamists to enter the cloistered world of U.S. intelligence.
http://www.americanarab.com
The FBI, not to be undone, set up a booth to recruit Muslim agents, and the CIA conducted raffles in order to entice young Islamists to enter the cloistered world of U.S. intelligence.
The few Christians, who dared to venture forth on Warren Street to attend the festive gathering, were prohibited by law from distributing religious tracts and materials.
The order, which prohibited religious freedom to the Christians, came from U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmonds.
While there never has been a disruption of the public peace by Christians during the annual event, the Dearborn police kept vigilant watch for any Baptist or Pentecostal intrepid enough to violate the ruling to suppress their religious freedom.
No such stout-hearted soul appeared with tract, rosary, or Bible in hand, except for an inspired group of young Arab Christians and ex-Muslims. Rick Warren’s disciples and the Joel Osteen militia were conspicuously absent as innocent Christians were set upon with violence and threats.
Serving their Islamic masters, the Dearborn Police defied their oath of office to protect the violent 5th columnists and joined in the unconstitutional intimidation of the Christians. Continue Reading →