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Meet America’s first Muslim

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An essay by Paul Williams CFP

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In his speech before the University of Cairo, President Barack Obama said that Islam “has always been part of America’s story,‚” adding that Muslims have “enriched‚” the United States since the time of its founding.

Mr. Obama’s statement raises a question that few historians, let alone elected officials, have raised in the past.

Who was the first American Muslim?

Some maintain that this forgotten figure was a Moorish slave who was transported to South Carolina in 1587? This is problematic since not one scintilla of historical evidence can be used to support this assertion.

Historical evidence, however, does exist to show that Ayuiba Suleiman Diallo and Omar ibn Said were transported to the New World as slaves in 1731. But this evidence also shows that these slaves were returned to Africa in 1734.

A few Muslim writers maintain that America’s first Muslim was a Native American named Mahomet. The basis of this claim is that the name of Mahomet bears a resemblance to the name of the Prophet of Allah. The same argument, of course, could be employed to establish that Mahomet was a Mahican or a Mahayana.

If Mahomet doesn’t qualify, others argue, the title must belong to Peter Salem, a former slave who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. This noble figure, we are told, must have been a Muslim since “Salem‚” bears an etymological resemblance to “Salaam,‚” the Arabic word for peace. Such arguments could be used more convincingly to contend that this stalwart figure’s home was Salem, Massachusetts.

When all attempts fail to produce one believing Muslim who lived in colonial America, Islamic revisionists turn to legend and the story “Old Tom,‚” a 19th century slave on a Georgia plantation, who purportedly proclaimed on his death-bed: “Allah is God and Muhammad is his prophet.‚”

Of course, there isn’t documentation to show that “Old Tom the Mohammadan‚” ever lived, let alone uttered shahadah being giving up the ghost.

Who was America’s first Muslim?

INTRODUCING TIMOTHY DREW

Islam did not arrive in the New World with a boatload of black slaves or Muslim missionaries. It did not emerge from the cotton fields or the halls of ivy. Islam made its first appearance in the form of Timothy Drew, an African American conman and two-bit snake oil salesman, who popped up on a street corner in Newark, New Jersey circa 1910 as the “Savior Prophet of Allah.‚” Continue Reading →

Where’s the heart Obama?

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Army Pvt. William Long died from a bullet fired from a self described enemy of the United States. I only hope that Americans demand both he and Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula receive proper military honors in the form of a purple heart. The only difference between these two soldiers and the rest of the fine men and women fighting Islamic fanatics overseas, is that the enemy came to them. I urge Americans not to let Obamas politically correct stance on Islam overshadow this most recent terrorist attack on Americans.

 The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of an Armed Force who, while serving with the U.S. Armed Services after 5 April 1917, has been wounded or killed, or who has died or may hereafter die after being wounded;

           (1) In any action against an enemy of the United States;

           (2) In any action with an opposing armed force of a foreign country in which the Armed Forces of the United States are or have been engaged;

           (3) While serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party;

           (4) As a result of an act of any such enemy of opposing armed forces;

           (5) As the result of an act of any hostile foreign force;

           (6) After 28 March 1973, as a result of an international terrorist attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary of the department concerned, or jointly by the Secretaries of the departments concerned if persons from more than one department are wounded in the attack; or,

           (7) After 28 March 1973, as a result of military operations, while serving outside the territory of the United States as part of a peacekeeping force.

           (8) After 7 December 1941, by weapon fire while directly engaged in armed conflict, regardless of the fire causing the wound.

           (9) While held as a prisoner of war or while being taken captive.

       b. A wound for which the award is made must have required treatment by a medical officer.

Article on funeral for GI killed by Muslim terrorist in Arkansaw missing key information

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Why is this man not given full military honors for a soldier killed in combat?

Funeral held for GI shot at recruiting center

Recruiters Shot

By Jon Gambrell – The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jun 8, 2009 17:40:23 EDT

CONWAY, Ark. — A white granite headstone will mark the grave of an Arkansas soldier shot to death outside a recruiting center. His family will decide whether the tombstone says Pvt. William Andrew Long was the first soldier to die at the hands of a terrorist since Sept. 11, 2001.

Mourners gathered Monday to remember Long, shot to death a week earlier outside a military recruiting center. A convert to Islam is charged with capital murder, and according to Little Rock police, targeted Army personnel “because of what they had done to Muslims in the past.”

Caretakers laid Long’s silver casket to rest alongside a Navy veteran of World War II, but how to chisel the private’s gravemarker will remain up to his parents — while federal prosecutors decide whether to press terrorism charges against his killer.

It appears Long was the first service member to die in the U.S. as a result of a terrorist attack since 9/11. Although others have perished during wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Defense Department and a count by The Associated Press lists no domestic terror victims’ death in the more than seven years since.

“As bad as it is, people understand when a soldier is killed in combat in a war zone like Iraq or Afghanistan,” Gov. Mike Beebe said outside Harlan Park Baptist Church, where family held a funeral Monday for Long. “It’s a little different — shock I guess is the best way to say it — when one is killed right here at home; targeted because he had a uniform on.”

Daris Long, the private’s father, previously said he believed his son was a casualty of war. Long and his wife, Janet, will have the final say on what is etched into their son’s tombstone at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock, said cemetery director Mitch Shelnut.

“It’s a unique situation,” Shelnut said.

At the funeral Monday morning, about 200 people sat as mourners remembered the 23-year-old, who lay in an open flag-draped coffin at the front of the sanctuary. Pastor John Harrington described him as sharp and gifted man with an infectious smile.

Long, known to his family as Andy, sought the right path for himself on his own, Harrington said. Long elected to serve in the Army like his brother, joining a family tradition of military service that extends back to his great-grandfather, the pastor said.

I “believe Andy found what he was seeking when he became a soldier,” Harrington said.

Long was due to ship out Monday to South Korea. During the service, Daris Long read a letter he’d planned to give to his son before his deployment.

Choking up at times, Long told his son to learn his skills quickly, as the chance remained that North Korea could invade South Korea.

“Your day only ends when you’ve done your duty,” the father said, tears in his eyes.

He placed the letter in the casket. His son was to have deployed on what turned out to be the day of his funeral.

William Long’s sister, Vanessa Rice, said she spent time with her brother the day before he was killed. They floated on the upper portion of the Buffalo National River in north Arkansas.

Rice said her brother made her pick between skydiving and the float trip.

“I told him I had to pass on that” skydiving, she said, laughing as she cried.

A procession of motorcycles led the hearse carrying Long’s body to the North Little Rock cemetery. There, Army Chaplain Jeremy Miller urged those there to cast aside thoughts of revenge, as God will have the “ultimate judgment.”

Miller also said Long, who was outside smoking a cigarette with Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula at the time of the shooting, saved the lives of others inside the center. Ezeagwula was wounded, but survived.

“If he hadn’t been standing in the spot, things could have been worse,” Miller said.

In the distance, practice rifle fire could be heard from a nearby National Guard base.

Police arrested Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, of Little Rock shortly after the shooting. Muhammad faces state charges of capital murder in Long’s death and 16 counts of committing a terroristic act by shooting a rifle in a crowded place. Federal prosecutors have yet to say whether they’ll seek additional charges against Muhammad.

Muhammad, who could be executed if convicted, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Little Rock District Judge Alice Lightle issued a gag order in his case Monday, after a prosecutor complained about Muhammad’s lawyer talking about how his client was tortured while imprisoned at a prison in Yemen. Yemeni officials denied the claim.

Gag Order Issued in Army Recruiter Shooting Case

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One has to wonder why this case, which has received so little coverage already, will now receive none. I guess the Americans are worried that openly discussing the facts in this case might offend the Muslim community. The same Muslim community that supplied the religious teachings responsible for this American citizen to become a Jihadist. Muhammad’s lawyer will try to convince the courts he was indoctrinated to hate during his two week incarceration in Yemen. When in fact he was turned here in America and went to Yemen to meet, greet and support Jihadist there.

[I would like to add a weird thought of my own. It seems to me that this soldier should get a full military funeral for death in action. Clearly he deserves one and not to give him one would be a crime. However, if he does get one, it would be de facto admission that the USA is at war WITH ISLAM. Now this would make a fool of Obama and waste a lot of time he spent on his reach out to the Muslim world tour, but there seems no way out of this one to me. Eeyore for Vlad]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —  A judge has issued a gag order in the capital murder case against the man accused of killing one soldier and wounding another at a military recruiting office in Arkansas.

Judge Alice Lightle issued the order Monday after prosecutors requested it to block court officials and police from discussing the case.

Jim Hensley, attorney for suspect Abdulhakim Muhammad, said last week his client was influenced by hardened terrorists with whom he was jailed in Yemen.

Muhammad allegedly wanted to kill as many soldiers as he could because of harm he believed the military has done to Muslims.

Killed at the west Little Rock office was Army Pvt. William Long of Conway, who had just completed basic training and never saw combat.

Muslim woman crashes memorial for American troops in Arkansas

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watch on youtube here

Secure Arkansas organized a rally in rememberance of the first terrorist attack since 9/11. Pvt. William Long was killed and Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula was wounded by Carlos Leon (aka Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad). Channel 11 was the only TV crew out there with a camera, and the AR Dem Gazette sent a reporter and a photographer. The event had several speakers who did a wonderful job. Video footage of them will be uploaded soon. However, the most shocking part of the event was when a muslim fanatic crashed the event. The fanatic drove by and yelled at us, then parked in the parking lot and stood out with a homemade sign yelling anti-American and later anti-Semetic comments. Had this been a ceremony for Tiller, this would have been the top story for both local and national media. Since it isn’t a top story, it’s up to you to send this to as many people as possible.

CAIR’s open letter to Obama, and why it’s pure bullshit.

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First, CAIR’s letter to Obama on the eve of his Egyptian speech:

Council on American-Islamic Relations
453 New Jersey Ave S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel 202.488.8787   Fax 202.488.0833
E-mail: in**@**ir.com,   URL: www.cair.com

An Open Letter to President Obama and the Muslim World

May 29, 2009

Dear Mr. President:

As you prepare for your historic address to the Muslim world in Cairo on June 4th, I would
like to offer an American Muslim perspective on what governments, leaders and individuals
can do to improve the prospects for international peace and prosperity.

As an American, I will first focus on what you can do to help repair relations with the Muslim
world that have suffered such damage in recent years. Your statements since the inauguration
have raised the level of hope for real change in our nation’s foreign and domestic policies.

It is imperative that your positive statements now be backed up with concrete policy
initiatives that will help move us all toward a more peaceful and prosperous future. Otherwise,
we as a nation risk wasting the good will that has been garnered by your ongoing outreach to
Muslims.

First, America must champion political and religious freedom, human rights, the growth and
stabilization of democratic institutions, and respect for the rule of law for everyone, not just
those we favor. For too long, we have claimed to be champions of freedom and democracy,
while turning a blind eye to repression, occupation and authoritarian rule. We must hold every
nation, even those we regard as allies, to a uniform standard of justice and equality. No other
action will do more to restore America’s international reputation.

Second, we should do what is necessary to resolve long-standing conflicts, and particularly the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that are the main source of anti-American feeling in the Muslim
world.

Now is the time to tell Israeli leaders that we will no longer support the denial of the
legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and that we will take concrete actions to back up
that declaration. Israel’s wall of separation must come down, humiliating roadblocks must be
removed, the illegal settlements must be dismantled, food and other essential supplies must
flow freely, Palestinian rights must be restored, and a viable and independent Palestinian state
must be created and supported.

We should address the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan based on a reduction in our
nation’s intervention and on increased support for indigenous solutions based on the will of
the people and the decisions of democratic governments.

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Third, our nation’s elected representatives, religious leaders, commentators, and citizens of all
faiths must speak out forcefully against the rising level of anti-Muslim rhetoric and
discrimination in our society.

Prior to the 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia of the type we see today was at the margins of public
discourse. Unfortunately, today it is quite common to see and hear the faith of Islam
denigrated in newspaper columns, on talk radio and in religious sermons nationwide. Few in
the Muslim world will listen to our calls for openness and reform while the faith they hold dear
is being vilified.

Silence on this growing phenomenon is un-American and betrays the values of inclusiveness
and religious tolerance that we all hold dear.

Finally, America needs to engage in internal reform to re-establish our reputation as the
world’s standard bearer of justice.

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, national security legislation and policies related to detention,
surveillance, torture, the shutting down of American Muslim charities, FBI agent provocateurs
in mosques, citizenship delays, politicized “terror” trials, Justice Department guidelines
allowing race and ethnicity to be factors in opening an investigation, and the dubious activities
of so-called terrorism “fusion centers” have all contributed to a contraction of civil liberties.
Any legislation or government policies that diminish constitutional rights must be re-evaluated
and reversed. We should also change our visa policies to allow Muslim intellectuals and
business leaders to travel to America without fear of humiliation or harassment at points of
entry.

As an American Muslim, I ask leaders, governments and individuals in the Islamic world to
make similar changes and to implement similar reforms.

First, government, civic and religious leaders must foster a culture of respect for human and
minority rights, political and religious dissent, freedom of expression, and the rule of law.

Governments in the Muslim world must encourage full political participation in systems of
government that abide by the separation of powers and are held in check by independent
judiciaries. Leaders and individuals in Muslim nations must also respect the results of free and
fair elections.

Non-governmental entities in the Muslim world must seek partnership with elected officials
and other leaders in each society exclusively through peaceful means.

Second, Muslims worldwide must offer themselves as personal examples of the Islamic values
of compassion, tolerance and moderation. Each individual and family should exemplify the
verse in the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, which states: “And thus have We willed you to be a
community of the middle way, so that [with your lives] you might bear witness to the truth
before all humankind.” (Quran, 2:143)

Each nation should focus on internal dialogue with all members of the society, including
ideological, political and religious dissidents. Good works and public service must replace
overheated rhetoric and wasteful internal power struggles.

And finally, each individual in the Muslim world and elsewhere should dedicate themselves to
the personal improvement that is reflected in the Quranic verse: “Verily, God will never
change the condition of a people until they change that which is within themselves.” (Quran,
13:11)

True peace and understanding will only come when we all – Muslims, Christians, Jews, and
people of other faiths and philosophies – cast off the prejudices and preconceptions of the
past to engage each other based on what we have in common, not on what has separated us
for so long.

I ask you to accept this advice in the sincere spirit it is given and I hope your address in Cairo
will help change the direction of our world from the path to conflict to that of peace and
reconciliation.

As you stated in your inaugural address, a new way forward in partnership with the Muslim
world must be based on “mutual interest and mutual respect.”

This decisive moment in history requires clarity of purpose and a commitment to practical
action that will lead to real change.

Sincerely,

Nihad Awad
National Executive Director
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Now, Mark Levin exposes some of the reasons why it’s nonsense, then I will vivisect it with simple clear facts.

And now, it’s my turn:
Here is a great laugh, paragraph 4:

“First, America must champion political and religious freedom, human rights, the growth and
stabilization of democratic institutions, and respect for the rule of law for everyone, not just
those we favor.”

Let’s have a brief look at human rights in Muslim nations. It has to be brief as a proper one would be an essay the size of a phone book exposing the utter hypocrisy of the paragraph above and would probably have the entire staff of the Canadian Human Rights Commissions at my door drooling at the prospect of taking away any change I may have in the jar and spreading it to the local Immam’s and of course, CAIR-CAN. Truth you may remember, is no defense…

1. Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive. At all. Because they are women.

2. Women in Saudi Arabia may not be in public without their registered owner with them. An owner must be a father husband or brother of the woman. She may not appear in public without one. If a woman is a widow with no male relatives, she will find it very difficult to have food delivered to her even.

3. In Egypt a woman may not leave the country without her owner’s permission.

4. In Egypt, the Copts, adherents of a  religion which predates Islam there by centuries, may not repair or build new houses of worship. They are often murdered for being Copts and the killers are released.

5. in Iran women are often beaten in the street for not wearing the prescribed cloths of utter submission to Islam by religious police.

Of course, in most of the Muslim world we have ‘blasphemy’ laws which would if used in the west make Islam out and out illegal but are freely enforced against non Muslims even in ‘moderate’ Muslim nations such as Singapore.

Tina Rad beaten in Iran by police for not covering her face etc.

Tina Rad beaten in Iran by police for not covering her face etc.

As I say, a complete list of the hypocrisy in paragraph 4 of CAIR’s letter to Obama would look like a NYC phone book and that’s without even mentioning Darfur, Sudan.

In paragraph 5, we see the now-familiar accusation of negative feelings due to the Arab-Israeli conflict over Israel.

“Second, we should do what is necessary to resolve long-standing conflicts, and particularly the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that are the main source of anti-American feeling in the Muslim
world.”

No matter what your stance is on the Israel issue, the fact remains that the Islamic world did not give a sweet god damn for the Palestinians until they realized that they could fabricate a people with a corresponding cause celebre for the Western left. Yassir Arafat himself often condemned Arab and Muslim leaders for never doing a single thing for his cause. The “main source of anti-American feelings” in the Muslim world exists because America consistently manages to do extremely well without being Muslim while the Muslim world continually regresses. It must be a horrible feeling to be a Muslim and see the Americans as the masters of all that they touch without ever darkening the inside of a mosque I understand that. But it has fuck-all to do with Israel, or at least, it didn’t until recently when Arab leaders realized it was an Achilles heel for Western governments thanks to political correctness and morphed antisemitism.

As I have written, in order to properly refute this absurd letter to Obama by CAIR would take a week’s work of 15-hour days just to scratch the surface of the hypocrisy presented here. So I will conclude this with one more point from the middle of page two, paragraph five:

“In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, national security legislation and policies related to detention,
surveillance, torture, the shutting down of American Muslim charities, FBI agent provocateurs
in mosques, citizenship delays, politicized “terror” trials, Justice Department guidelines
allowing race and ethnicity to be factors in opening an investigation, and the dubious activities
of so-called terrorism “fusion centers” have all contributed to a contraction of civil liberties.”

First of all, NO Muslim charities were ever shut down, only organizations which were proven to be fund raisers or front organizations for terrorist groups using real jurisprudence. Secondly, nobody’s civil liberties were compromised, despite the attacks on the US by Muslims in the name of Islamic Jihad, which was why CAIR failed to list a single one of these allegedly “contracted” civil liberties.  I am not just referring to 9/11, either, but rather to all of the known and unknown dozens of major attacks which have been prevented, as well as the minor, successful ones which have succeeded, such as the Washington DC sniper. Furthermore, even if these civil liberties had actually been compromised among members of the Muslim community, which they certainly have not – and I challenge anyone to cite an example of one – even though perhaps some should, the security of the Constitutional rights and civil liberties of Muslims in the US would still be more secure than those of any female or non-Muslim in a Sharia state. Can I be more clear than that?

Eeyore for VTB with help from Jdamn

Another speech from Egypt.

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MSNBC Muslim debates Christian on religion. Muslim uses solid argument to win

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MSNBC Muslim debates Christian on religion. Muslim uses solid argument to win:

Found on The Religion Of Peace:

On way to debate club meeting with campus Christians

On way to debate club meeting with campus Christians

What started as an argument over religion at a bar escalated when one man shot another five times overnight, as the victim’s sister watched in horror.

Toni Simpson says she was waiting for her brother, Ernest McCullough, 29, in the 3800 block of Van Dyke Avenue at about 4:30 a.m. after a night of drinking at Nancy’s Pub. She was listening to the pair argue over religion but never thought it would lead to what happened next.

“He pulled up his shirt and it looked like a knife and it was a gun. He pulled it out and shot him,” she said.

Simpson says she was so shocked that she blacked out after the first two rounds were fired. When she came around she saw her brother covered in blood.

“I said ‘he shot you?’ And he said ‘yeah, he shot me’ and then he fell to the ground,” Simpson said.

The victim, who is Christian, was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital in serious condition but is expected to be okay.

The suspect, who Simpson says was of Muslim faith, remains at large.

U.S. Lawmakers Call on Saudi Government to Stop Using ‘Hate Speech’ in Textbooks

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saudi_in_the_classroom-1from Fox News

Reps. Weiner, Crowley and Berkley called on the Saudi government to stop planting what they said were seeds of hate in Saudi children through religious textbooks

Three U.S. lawmakers appealed to the Saudi government Wednesday to stop using religious textbooks that they say promote hatred and religious intolerance.

The appeal from the three Democrats came on the eve of President Obama’s much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world during a five-day journey to Saudi Arabia and Egypt in an attempt to smooth over bumpy relations between the U.S. and Arab countries. Obama met Wednesday afternoon with Saudi King Abdullah.

Reps. Anthony Weiner and Joseph Crowley of New York and Shelley Berkley of Nevada held a news conference to call on the Saudi government to stop planting what they said were seeds of hate in Saudi children through religious textbooks that teach controversial lessons, such as the hour of judgment will not come until Muslims fight the Jews and kill them.

“This is not some rogue document,” Weiner said. “This is the position of the Saudi government. … If we’re going to solve the generational conflicts, it’s important not to hate one another.”

Congress has tackled controversial textbooks before. Last year, a congressional report denounced portions of religious textbooks used at an Islamic school in Northern Virginia. 

The school, in response to the report, deleted from its texts some of the most contentious passages, including references to Jihad, killing infidels and hatred of Jews and Christians. But critics say the revised books still are “toxic” and contain more subtle references, such as criticism of secular forms of government.

Rep. Berkley on Wednesday declared that peace won’t come to the Middle East until this issue is resolved.

“We hope this will be part of the discussion President Obama has with the Saudi leaders,” Berkley said.

Rep. Weiner urged the Saudi government to act immediately.

“What they say is that they’ll fix it next year, next year, next year,” he said. “But the time is up.”

Obama’s big fat lie’s

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Well if President Hussein wanted to show his Muslim roots, he did so today by telling the same lies Muslims have been repeating for years. The biggest lie Muslims want the west to believe is that Islam is responsible for so many scientific advances. When the truth is, the scholars and scientists belonged to cities and states captured by Islam. Convert to Islam or become a second class citizen in your home was the option for most. The fact that the book of Optics, Islams claim to fame, was written from a prison cell is testament to Islams lie.

Here is a great bit on Obamas speech from  The Charlotte Capitalist

The other glaring, bald faced lie by this piss-ant Obama, is how Morocco was the first nation to recognize the United States as an independent country. 

Obama the Enabler is makes reference to the treaty of Tripoli circa. 1797. First it was not a treaty but a payoff  to stop Islamic state sponsored pirate attacks on American vessels.

Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary

 

On the arrival of a consul of the United States in Tripoli he is to deliver to Jussuf Bashaw Bey-

twelve thousand Spanish dollars
five hawsers-8 Inch
three cables-10 Inch
twenty five barrels tar
twenty five d° pitch
ten d° rosin
five hundred pine boards
five hundred oak d°
ten masts (without any measure mentioned, suppose for vessels from 2 to 300 ton)
twelve yards
fifty bolts canvas
four anchors

And these when delivered are to be in full of all demands on his part or on that of his successors from the United States according as it is expressed in the tenth article of the following treaty. And no farther demand of tributes, presents or payments shall ever be made.

Translated from the Arabic on the opposite page, which is signed & sealed by Hassan Bashaw Dey of Algiers-the 4th day of Argib 1211-or the 3d day of Jane 1797-by-

Joel BARLOW

Obama in Cairo

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 Transcript of Obama’s June 04 speech in Cairo

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.

We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.

Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights. This has bred more fear and mistrust. Continue Reading →

Stratfor: On the Little Rock Shooting

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By Scott Stewart and Fred Burton of Stratfor: (If anyone has not read Burton’s book Ghost run don’t walk to buy it)

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 1, as two young U.S. soldiers stood in front of the Army Navy Career Center in west Little Rock, Ark., a black pickup pulled in front of the office and the driver opened fire on the two, killing one and critically wounding the other.

Eyewitnesses to the shooting immediately reported it to police, and authorities quickly located and arrested the suspect as he fled the scene. According to police, the suspect told the arresting officers that he had a bomb in his vehicle, but after an inspection by the police bomb squad, the only weapons police recovered from the vehicle were an SKS rifle and two pistols.

At a press conference, Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas identified the suspect as Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, a 21-year-old African-American man who had changed his name from Carlos Leon Bledsoe after converting to Islam. In Arabic, the word mujahid is the singular form of mujahideen, and it literally means one who engages in jihad. Although Mujahid is not an uncommon Muslim name, it is quite telling that a convert to Islam would choose such a name — one who engages in jihad — to define his new identity. Muhammad was originally from Memphis, Tenn., but according to news reports was living and working in Little Rock.

Chief Thomas said Muhammad admitted to the shootings and told police that he specifically targeted soldiers. During an interrogation with a Little Rock homicide detective, Muhammad reportedly said that he was angry at the U.S. Army because of their attacks against Muslims overseas, that he opened fire intending to kill the two soldiers and that he would have killed more if they had been in the parking lot. These statements are likely what Chief Thomas was referring to when he noted in his press conference that Muhammad appears to have had political and religious motives for the attack and that it was conducted in response to U.S. military operations.

Chief Thomas also stated that the initial police investigation has determined that Muhammad acted alone and was not part of a wider conspiracy, but given that the shooting was an act of domestic terrorism directed against U.S military personnel, a thorough investigation has been launched by the FBI to ensure that Muhammad was not part of a larger group planning other attacks.

ABC News has reported that Muhammad had traveled to Yemen after his conversion, though the date of that travel and its duration were not provided in those reports. ABC also reported that while in Yemen, Muhammad was apparently arrested for carrying a fraudulent Somali passport and that upon his return from Yemen, the FBI opened a preliminary investigation targeting him.

The fact that the FBI was investigating Muhammad but was unable to stop this attack illustrates the difficulties that lone wolf militants present to law enforcement and security personnel, and also highlights some of the vulnerabilities associated with using law enforcement as the primary counterterrorism tool. Continue Reading →

Saudi diplomat engages in high speed chase, rams police car with SUV

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I guess the Saudis haven’t heard of hybrids yet. From CTV News

Diplomat status gets Saudi crash suspect out of jail

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Updated Tue. Jun. 2 2009 10:11 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

A man who allegedly led Ottawa police on a high-speed chase in an SUV and then collided head-on with a police cruiser was released from custody after he claimed diplomatic immunity, officers say.

While the suspect’s identity has been kept secret since the crash early Tuesday, CTV News has learned the man is a 30-year-old foreign envoy from Saudi Arabia.

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Israel to Obama: “No You Can’t!”

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You have to admit. For a guy with so much on his plate at home, Obama sure seems preoccupied with Israel and it’s affairs.

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North Korea is launching missiles, Iran is building nukes, Saudi Arabia is sponsoring hate that translates into worldwide terrorism, Sudan is still massacring and raping, China is busy ethnic cleansing Tibet into a Chinese province… but the Obama Administration is furious, yes “furious” at only one country, Israel.

What did Israel do? Well it’s building a hotel in Jerusalem.

Washington is furious over the Interior Ministry’s anticipated approval of a plan to build a new hotel in East Jerusalem, just 100 meters from the Old City’s walls. In conversations with Israeli officials, senior American officials have made it clear that they want Israel to freeze all plans for expanding the Jewish presence in East Jerusalem, and especially in the Holy Basin – the area adjacent to the Old City. 

What right does Israel have building a hotel in its own capital anyway? So far we’ve had Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demand an end to Jewish babies being born, as if she were Pharaoh dressed up in a power suit. The administration has demanded an absolute freeze on settlements, with Jerusalem to be viewed as a “settlement” too, in exchange for Abbas and Hamas, maybe sorta stepping up their security cooperation. The double standard here isn’t exactly hard to find.

The Muslim world can build nukes (Iran), commit genocide (Sudan), occupy anyplace they want including the territory of a NATO ally (Turkey), and Obama will come hat in hand to them, bearing apologies and huge aid packages. Continue Reading →

RCMP uncomfortably close to Canadian Saudi backed Muslims

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2009-06-02 08:39 PDTThe RCMP National Security Program in British Columbia is working with its Youth Advisory Council to hold this annual youth conference, Muslims of Tomorrow, with the objective of raising awareness on various issues effecting the Muslim community in Canada.

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Muslims of Tomorrow 2009 is dedicated to the issue of Muslims and the Media. Many in the Muslim community in Canada raise the question of whether the Media is biased against their community. Especially, in the post 9/11 era, there has been a lot of concern amongst Muslims on this issue. The RCMP National Security Youth Advisory Council (BC) has invited prominent journalists and a Muslim scholar as guest speakers for this event hoping to provide a forum for Muslim youth where they can
discuss their concerns on this issue.

In Attendance will be:
Dr. Reda Bedeir – Imam Burnaby Al-Salaam Mosque
Kim Bolan – Vancouver Sun
Terry Milewski – CBC News

Date: Saturday June 13, 2009

Time: 9am-4pm

Location: SFU Surrey Campus
13450 102 Avenue
Surrey, BC

Admission is FREE and includes lunch but registration is required. For more information and to register, please email: mu*****************@***il.com or call: 604-715-3705.

MOT Poster
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Released by:
Superintendent Lloyde Plante
Assistant Criminal Operations Officer – National Security, E Division
604-598-4041

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