Category Archives: Islam in the Americas

Mosque coming to Markham

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From York Region

Hello Islamic mosque, bye-bye Taoist temple?
A Taj Mahal-like mosque is in the works for Markham’s 16th Avenue after the town’s development services committee gave the project a green light Tuesday.
The proposal from the Islamic Society of Markham is to build a 28,000-sq. ft. mosque just east of St. Brother Andre Catholic School.
The mosque will accommodate more than 500 worshippers and will include 188 parking spaces.
It measures 34 feet in height for the main building, 70 feet for the top of the dome and 135 feet for the minaret (the tall spire).
The overall design of the mosque was well received by town councillors.
“It resembles the Taj Mahal in India,” said Regional Councillor Joe Li.
The mosque, estimated to cost between $6.5 million to $7 million, will be the second in Markham after the Islamic Society’s Jam’e Masjid on Denison Street, said Shafique Malik, president of the Islamic Society.

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AMERICAN MUSLIM CAUGHT TRYING TO BLOW UP PENTAGON, OTHER MAJOR TARGETS

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It’s funny how they kept stating he was an American and what school he went to, that no-one ever thought to ask the question that actually matters.

‘What mosque did he attend?’

More from the BBC here. Some interesting details. He was delighted that he believed his cell-phone detonators had killed US soldiers

SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER THANKS REP.PETER KING FOR HIS CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON RADICAL ISLAM IN THE US

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Keith Ellison and a host of other Democrat congressmen and senators heaped scorn and vitriol against rep. Peter King and his congressional hearings on the radicalization of Islam within the United States.

This statement from the Somali foreign minister comes as a welcome vindication of those hearings, something of which Dems like Ellison sought to undermine for political and ideological reasons. Flat out lying in their comments and testimony, with the most notorious of these statement coming from Ellison himself, is a gross display of dishonest emotionalism, that’s exactly right, dishonest emotionalism.

The Tundra Tabloids will of course be in disagreement with the Somali FM on the nature of Islam itself, that this radicalism is not an anomaly, far from it, it’s an inherent ingredient within Islamic texts and set to erupt whenever Islam finds a crack or crevice to exploit. It’s never a question of if, but of when. Just look at the historical record. KGS

NOTE: This is a difficult concept for many to comprehend, it’s seen in the knee-jerk reactions that compel them to remember that friendly Muslim businessman who “drank alcohol”, or the friendly Muslim family from around the corner, when in fact (though that may be true and it often is) it has nothing to do with Islamic texts and the historical record.

Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Ibrahim: Thanks Peter!

Rep. King reaps Somali praise for Muslim hearings

(The Hill) — Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that Somalia’s foreign minister called to voice his support for the hearings the lawmaker is holding this year on radicalization within the Muslim-American community.

As chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, King has held three hearings on the topic. The latest, in July, explored al-Shabaab’s recruitment tactics with Americans in the U.S.

Al-Shabaab is an al Qaeda affiliate that has attracted and recruited dozens of Muslim-Americans in its efforts to promote violence, according to King.

Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said that his country, which has been in a state of upheaval for several decades as factions battle for control of its government, fully supports King’s hearings.

“Foreign Minister Ibrahim emphasized that Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali joins in supporting the hearings, two of which focused on al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organization based in Somalia that has radicalized dozens of Muslim-American young men in Minneapolis and other cities, recruiting them to travel to Somalia to fight,” said King in a statement.

“U.S. intelligence officials say al-Shabaab poses a threat to the U.S. homeland, which must be thwarted. Foreign Minister Ibrahim and First Secretary Omar Jamal assured me of their government’s full support and cooperation in my hearings.”

More here.

Via: Weasel Zippers

More protests in Toronto on the Mosqueteria

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For anyone unfamiliar with this issue, in a nutshell, Blazing Cat Fur broke the story that everyone else ignored, that various public schools in Toronto, with a focus on one, have been breaking all the Canadian laws on having no religious services at a public school and having them anyway, strictly for Muslims in the school cafeteria and one school actually bringing an imam in from what people call an ‘extremist’ mosque’, which of course as we know from study after study just means a mosque, and segregating boys from girls as well as girls on their menses from girls not so. Another breach of Canadian law. Canada would have a law about segregating girls on their periods but of course, we cannot have imagined that degree of barbarism so we don’t have one.

In any case, another protest took place against the Toronto District School Board Sept. 17 2011 that holds these ‘Mosqueterias’ (a term coined by yours truly) which has a logo suspiciously like a crescent moon with a star in it. (just saying is all) and here is a video of it from the SUN news link above.

Muslim taxi drivers in New York win battle to take down strip club ads from their roofs

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From The Daily Mail:

By Paul Bentley

Last updated at 8:22 PM on 16th September 2011

Muslim taxi drivers in New York have won a controversial battle to take down adverts for strip clubs from their roofs.

The religious drivers had challenged rules which prevented them from objecting to certain adverts being placed on their vehicles – even if they owned them.

But in a landmark ruling, the city’s Taxi & Limousine Commission finally agreed yesterday to allow them to decide to opt out of displaying ads which offend their beliefs.

Gentlemanly: The ruling means religious drivers don't have to display immodest advertsGentlemanly: The ruling means religious drivers don’t have to display immodest adverts

Mohamed Tahir, 66, drives a cab which displays an advert for the Flashdancers Gentlemen’s Club.

 

He told the New York Post: ‘We are Muslims, and we do not like the ads. If I had another ad, I’d change it right away. It bothers many of us.’ Continue Reading →

I Sure Hope The TDSB Is Teaching LGBTQ Awareness At The Valley Park Mosqueteria

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Check out this amusing conundrum for the TDSB that Blazing exposed

Can A Parent Have Their Child Accommodated Out Of Human Rights Education Based On Religious Grounds?

No. “Religious accommodation” in the TDSB is carried out in the larger context of the secular education system. While the TDSB works to create a school system free from religious discrimination, this freedom is not absolute. The TDSB will limit practices or conduct in its schools that may put public safety, health, or the human rights and freedoms of others at risk.

As well, the TDSB will limit practices or conducts in its schools that are in violation of its other policies. For example, if a parent asks for his or her child to be exempted for any discussions of LGBTQ family issues as a religious accommodation, this request cannot be made because it violates the Human Rights Policy. Furthermore, this is consistent with the ideal that human rights education is an essential strategy for preventing human rights abuses. pg. 10

What does the Religion Of Peace teach about homosexuality?

Click through to BCF for the punch line

…and in case you think Canada doesn’t have the same problems Europe does…

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This from Blazing Cat Fur.

Take the time to read this one. It appears that P.M. Harper may have grossly under estimated the scale and levels of the threat. Terrorism, as this blog has asserted for some years now, is by-so-far the least of the problems in terms of Islam in Western nations that its nearly a positive thing, as it tends to alert more people to the actual danger of Islam.

Two paragraphs below:

Youngmuslims.ca spells out educational strategy for the “Tyrannical Culture” they live under in Canada

Someone really ought to forward this to Chris Spence of the TDSB. The following screen shots are taken from a document on the Youngmuslims.ca online library entitled “Muslim Youth in the West – Towards a new education strategy“.

It’s a lovely document carefully outlining the steps required to assure that Muslims are not integrated into the “Tyrannical Culture” that is Canada. As is happening with the TDSB it outlines a broad strategy  to co-opt the state school system and ensure that “Islamic needs”, especially with regard to girls, are met, all of which will contribute to the stated goal of establishing an Islamic Society.

Please click over to BCF for the rest of this important revelation.

Three Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Support to Terrorist Group

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From FOX News:

The three Pakistani men accused of trying to smuggle someone they thought was part of the Pakistani Taliban into the United States pleaded guilty to charges filed against them in a U.S. District Court Monday.

Irfran Ul Haq, 37, Qasim Ali, 32, and Zahid Yousaf, 43, pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, Taherik-e Taliban Pakistan, at a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Bates in the District of Columbia, according to a statement released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They each face up to 15 years in prison at a sentencing Dec. 9, and a fine up to $250,000. Continue Reading →

Fascinating movie. Got some time? Settle in for this one.

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I hope this isn’t one of those things people with TV have seen a million times and is brand new to me. Someone was kind enough to send me an email with a complex ‘get’ for this video, and I made it a bit more available. If you haven’t already seen it, settle back and watch. It is quite interesting indeed. Some browsers do not like my video plug-in from this site, so if you do not see the video below, or if it won’t play, click here to go directly to the video where it lives. Opinions on this, as always, welcome below.