Category Archives: Islam in the Americas

Eric Allen Bell tells the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro why he no longer supports their mega-mosque

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Faith Freedom.Org

The nearly completed mega-mosque of Murfreesboro

By Eric Allen Bell

Here is a slightly edited version of a letter Eric Allen Bell wrote to Abdou Kattih, Vice President of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, explaining why he no longer supports the mega-mosque there. The deed to the property for the mega-mosque is in Kattih’s name, and he appears to have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood-linked North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). Bell exposed his Muslim Brotherhood ties and designs on the community here.

Mr. Kattih -I wanted to contact you personally, for the record, and to make a few things clear. First, I want you to know that I strongly object to any and all hate speech that is directed at Muslims or any other group. I continue to be saddened when I think of the vandalism that your organization has endured, the threats and the mistreatment and bullying of Muslim children in the schools here.

Unlike some of the people who oppose you, I am able to separate in my mind, Islam from Muslims. A Muslim is a deeply indoctrinated human being who may or may not pose a threat to Liberty. Islam, on the other hand, is the antithesis of Liberty.

You see, my heart has not changed. I am not full of hate. I advocated for you and for the ICM because I believed that the backlash against your mega mosque was only based on religious intolerance and disrespect for civil rights. I still think that some of it is, and I find that regrettable. Some of the people who oppose you truly are bigots, and as an American, they embarass me.

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Another reason not to vote for a muslim

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“America will never tap into educational innovation and ingenuity without looking at the model that we have in our Madrassas, in our schools where innovation is encouraged. Where the foundation is the Koran,” Rep. Andre Carson (D-Indiana) said at the ICNA-MAS convention at the end of May.

h/t Shab

SUN TV theorizes about Montreal Murder…

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I have a theory of my own. First, the SUN clip which speculates wildly about the reasons for neighbors not calling authorities.

So I decided to look up the killing and see if anywhere in the media it bothers to mention the killer’s name in case there might be a clue as to motive…

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Ruling from Murfreesboro Chancery Court Stops Mosque Opening

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The Iconoclast:

Imam Bahloul, Islamic Center of Murfreesboro

Source: Daily New Journal

This morning, Rutherford County Court Chancellor Robert E. Corlew, III issued a response to the Writ of Mandamus filed by Plaintiffs on June 6th and heard on June 13th.    Those legal actions were triggered by Corlew’s June 1st ruling that inadequate notice was provided the County’s citizens before the hearing of May 24, 2010 of the Regional Planning Commission approved the mega-mosque  for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (ICM). The June 1st ruling by Chancellor Corlew followed hearings on this issue in April 2012.  Effectively, the ruling today prevented the County from issuing a certificate of occupancy for the first phase of the expanded  ICM of over 12,500 square feet until all appeals by the plaintiffs under the Tennessee Open Meetings Act are concluded.  That may well prevent the new Mosque located at 2700 Veals Road from being opened  at this time prior to  the onset of the Islamic religious period of Ramadan that begins on July 20th.  Chancellor Corlew had directed the County to re-open hearings on the Mosque Approval based on notifications that met the standards of the Open Meetings Act.

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Raw footage of the Dearborn welcome.

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I do think this should be known as the ‘Dearborn Welcome’. Whenever a group of peaceful dissenters arrive somewhere and groups of mustards start throwing bottles, stones and eggs etc. at them. The Dearborn Welcome. I suspect it will catch on.

I must say I do like the pigs head. I wish he had a wheel of Brie on another stick in his other hand though.

‘Iran sets about the conquest of Latin America’

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Translation by Michal Laudahn

From El Paiz:

Tehran uses hundreds of diplomats and constant visits and military cooperation, in order to attract the region to it

In the past six months, Iran has been making an offensive on all fronts – on the commercial, military, diplomatic and information fronts – with Latin America as the scene, and without minding the cost. Tehran considers the region as one of the points of principal support, in order to overcome their growing international isolation which it is experiencing as a consequence of its nuclear program, and it has decided to act on all levels, multiplying its presence in a region of the world which until very recently remained outside its radius of action.   

The iranian strategy is extensive, giving as much importance to the offices as to the streets. For example, a few weeks ago the inhabitans of Quito [Ecuador] found themselves surprised by the appearance of posters inviting to an act with zero tradition in their country: the comemoration of the anniversary of the death of ayatollah Khomeini. ‘An entire life dedicated to the people and the revolution’, proclaimed the announcements. During the act, celebrated on May 31 at the Auditorio del Consejo Nacional de Pichincha, in the presence of iranian diplomats, the iranian leader was compared to [freedom fighter Simon] Bolívar. The act was recorded by Hispan TV, the satellite tv channel which the iranian regime inaugurated in december, transmitting 24 hours each day news in spanish, and whose principal target group is the latin american public. 

(This was Part 1 of II. The rest I hope will be available tomorrow. Thank you Michael Laudahn for the tip and translation)

 

Police chaplains told not to invoke name of Jesus for fear of upsetting other religions

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Daily Mail:

  • Pastor Terry Sartain of Horizon Christian Fellowship said he was told not to by his superior major
  • ‘I’m very sad about it,’ he said

By Jill Reilly

PUBLISHED: 07:05 EST, 21 June 2012 | UPDATED: 07:15 EST, 21 June 2012

Changes: Pastor Terry Sartain said he was upset by the new rulesChanges: Pastor Terry Sartain said he was upset by the new rules

Volunteer chaplains in North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have been told not to use Jesus’ name in prayers at public events held on government property.

Pastor Terry Sartain of Horizon Christian Fellowship told FOX News Radio he was informed of the change by his superior major just before he was about to give a invocation at a promotion ceremony.

‘I was told chaplains can no longer invoke the name of Jesus on government property,’ Mr Sartain said.

‘[He said] if I could refrain from that during the invocation he would appreciate that.’

Mr Sartain said he was upset by the new rules.

‘I’m very sad about it,’ he continued.

‘I’m a pastor and Jesus is the only thing I have to offer to bless people — his life and his person.’

He said that he had used the name of Jesus in the past at police events and not had run into any barriers then.

 

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Muslims in the US warn Christians not to carry a bible or they will “Get their ass kicked”

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Sharia in America. Here it is kiddo.

June 16 2012

http://www.answeringmuslims.com/
Politicians, the media, and Muslim organizations assure us that Muslims have no desire to establish Sharia in America. For whatever reason, some Muslims didn’t get the memo.

Cops arrest third suspect, 16, in teen prostitution ring

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While this article may not say much, I have recently spoken with the mother of a girl attending an Ottawa Public school, and it would appear that while the news cannot legally report on the identities of the perpetrators, the people who have children at these schools and know about it are certainly free to talk about it, and this forced prostitution ring being broken up in Ottawa has more in common with the European, and notably English ones, than merely forcing underage girls into sexual slavery.

From the Ottawa Sun:

 

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Teens arrested in human trafficking, prostitution case
Two 15-year-old Ottawa girls were arrested in connection with human trafficking at the Russell housing complex on Walkley Rd. They face charges of human trafficking, robbery, forcible confinement, sexual assault, assault, abduction and uttering threats. (KELLY ROCHE/OTTAWA SUN/QMI AGENCY)

The 16-year-old girl, who is alleged to have pimped out other young girls for sex, was arrested Thursday night in Gatineau.

She is believed to be the last suspect Ottawa police were looking for in connection with a teenage prostitution ring.

“We’ve had information coming in,” said Ottawa police Staff Sgt. John McGetrick, of the sex assault unit. “It all came together (Thursday) night.”

Two 15-year-old girls, who face human trafficking and other charges, were arrested over the weekend.

The 16-year-old girl — who police had earlier said was 17 years old — had been on the lam since then.

Police were tight-lipped about the details, but said she was arrested at about 8 p.m. in Gatineau and was later returned to Ottawa.

“We had some information she was over there,” said McGetrick. “It’s one step out of the way, but in a major cases a lot of work starts after the arrest.”

Police said they do not believe any other suspects were involved. Nor have any additional victims come forward, but anyone with information is encouraged to contact Ottawa cops.

She is accused of eight charges related to one teen girl in incidents on May 30. The charges include to “recruit, transport and hold” a person under 18 for exploitation, procuring the same teen girl to become a prostitute and confining, robbing, assaulting and threatening the girl.

She’s also charged with breaching recognizance, including a curfew.

The young woman, wearing glasses with thick, square frames and an oversized hoodie, her hair scraped into a ponytail, made a brief court appearance Friday.

She’ll be back in court by video link Wednesday.

She indicated to her lawyer that she understood what was being said in English and that she understood an order not to communicate with a long list of people, including two 15-year-olds facing similar charges and the alleged victims in the case.

One 15-year-old will appear in court Monday, the second on Tuesday.

Lawyer Nicholas St. Pierre, who said he’s represented the girl before, but wouldn’t give other details, said the girl is under a lot of pressure.

“She understands fully the importance of those charges and that’s why it’s been so rough on her,” St. Pierre said.

“She fully understands them and she is, to use the word, shocked by the allegations that she is facing. She’s doing her best in coping with the media attention that she’s getting from these charges. Obviously, she’s been detained at the moment so therefore it’s hard on her.”

St. Pierre said he’s awaiting disclosure of the evidence against his client before he can schedule any bid for bail.

Police on Friday also said they have yet to arrest any johns in connection with this case.

Neighbours described the girls, one of whom is a high school drop-out, as troublesome. The teens apparently threw parties, luring girls via social media to a Walkley Rd. home three times between mid-May and early June. Police said victims were threatened into prostitution, and were also taken to various locations.

“You see these girls walking with a stack of $100 bills in their hands,” a neighbour told the Sun.

The identities of all three girls are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

— With files from Kelly Roche

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