Minister of Pensioner Affairs Rafi Eitan told Israel Radio Tuesday that Israel faced the possibility of "an Iranian missile attack," and called on the home front to prepare bomb shelters and protected rooms in case of an Iranian attack.Mark Alexander
"The Iranians have said very clearly that if they come under attack, their primary target would be Israel," Eitan said. Minister: Prepare for Iranian missiles
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
The battle has become global capitalism versus global Islam. One is affluent, powerful, politically empowered and mainly Christian but running out of resources; the other is poor, politically un-empowered and Muslim, but resource-rich. Both find nationalistic politics an impediment to their progress, because nationalism impedes economic domination and theological control. - Vikram Sood
Capitalism vs Global Islam by Vikram Sood (Vikram Sood is a former chief of Research and Analysis Wing, India's foreign intelligence agency.)
Mark Alexander
As the good Pastor Grant Swank states with such eloquence and theological authority, the “Religion” of Islam is all about murder, mayhem and malfeasance. There is no spirituality, compassion, or human kindness in this so-called faith.Mark Alexander
Most other religions go door to door in search of souls. Members and church officials visit prisons, hospitals, and hospices to bring words of hope and inspiration to those no longer embraced elsewhere by the human family.
Islam, and Islam alone, uses decapitation as a proselytizing tool. Fear, not faith, is used as a means of persuasion and conformity.
Whereas the Good Shepherd tends to the needy flock in Christianity, in Islam the sheep are slaughtered. Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity all teach love and acceptance. Islam alone teaches violent assault on those with the temerity to be “infidels.” Islam Fools Many - But not Pastor Grant Swank!
The alliance between George Bush and Tony Blair is in danger after it was revealed that the Prime Minister believes the President has 'let him down badly' over the Middle East crisis.Mark Alexander
A senior Downing Street source said that, privately, Mr Blair broadly agrees with John Prescott, who said Mr Bush's record on the issue was 'crap'.
The source said: "We all feel badly let down by Bush. We thought we had persuaded him to take the Israel-Palestine situation seriously, but we were wrong. How can anyone have faith in a man of such low intellect?" Blair 'feels betrayed by Bush on Lebanon' by SIMON WALTERS
Monday, August 21, 2006
Do we, the Europeans, really have to put up with the nonsense and appeasement coming out of Europe? The stupidity of the pronouncements coming out of Europe knows no bounds. Franco Frattini, the European Union commissioner for justice, freedom and security, has recently stated, in an interview with The Telegraph, that no religion in Europe should be afforded special status; moreover, he wants to introduce a voluntary code of conduct – a European press charter - for the media in Europe to commit to “prudence” when reporting on Islam and other religions.
Franco Frattini says that Europe faces a “very real problem” inasmuch as Europe needs to reconcile two fundamental freedoms: freedom of expression and freedom of religion. He went on to say that the acceptance of such self-regulation would send an important political message to the Muslim world: the press would give the Muslim world the message that we are aware of the consequences of exercising the right of free expression, and we are able to and are willing to self-regulate.
He added that in Europe, no religion would be offered “privileged” status. It should be noted that the EU has harboured for a long time the ambition to combat racism and xenophobia.
Who is this man? And who has given him the mandate to speak on behalf of Europeans? Who has given him the mandate to sell our souls to the Arab and Islamic world? On what authority does he speak? Does he understand what is going on in the world around him? Does he understand the nature of jihad? Does he understand the nature of Islam? Does he understand the nature of Muslims? Does he understand what Muslims’ objectives are?
As far as I can see, this man is endangering the very fabric of European culture and civilization.
First of all, to say that no religion should be given “privileged” status is ludicrous at best, dangerous at worst. To what does he think European culture and civilization owes its strength? Doesn’t he realize that but for Christianity, we wouldn’t be able to live in such civilized circumstances today?
Secondly, he ignores what previous generations have fought so long and hard for: for the liberty and democracy we as Europeans now enjoy.
Signore Frattini, your ignorance and weakness and appeasement know no bounds!
He says that it is necessary for Europeans to reconcile the two freedoms of expression and religion. No it isn’t! We have never had such a problem before. We have this problem now because we have allowed all those millions of Muslims into Europe who never had any intention to assimilate in the first place. Interestingly, many fled to Europe because they were persecuted in their own countries. Their own countries offered no such European freedoms. Now they have come to our countries, and, ironically, they want to take our freedoms away from us! They wish to impose on the long-suffering Europeans the very restrictions they fled from!
There is no such dilemma of reconciliation for us to face at all. This is a dilemma of Frattini’s own making. The fact of the matter is that Muslims came to Europe of their own free will. If they now decide that they don’t like the freedoms that Europe has to offer, then they are also free to leave – forthwith! It is not for the Europeans to relinquish their freedoms in order to appease Muslims and their sensibilities. After all, what do Muslims do to appease Westerners in their own countries? We all know the answer to that question!
Grow a backbone, Signore Frattini! The fact of the matter is that you are terrified of the consequences of allowing all these immigrants into Europe, be they legal or illegal. Fact is, the people were never asked whether we wanted them here in the first instance. Now you are trying to impose this restriction on us too.
This form of self-regulation is a form of censorship. It takes away our liberty to express ourselves as we wish to do. Freedom of expression is indivisible: either we have that right to express ourselves freely, or we don’t. There is no half way house.
It is a fact of life, perhaps a harsh fact of life, that we cannot go through this life without offending others sometimes, even if only unwittingly. As people we have to grow up and accept this. We have all been hurt many times in our lives, and this will always be so, because we all see things differently. Muslims would have us all see things their way: the Islamic way. But, Signore Frattini, the Islamic way is not our way. The Islamic way is coercive and intolerant and prescriptive. Our way is tolerant; it allows for man to express himself as he so wishes, be this in the way we dress, in the way we speak, in the way we think. It is what makes Europeans, and other Westerners, vibrant, alive, thinking, and creative. In contradistinction, the Islamic way is lifeless and without spirit, dead and unthinking, and most certainly uncreative. Is this what you wish for Europe, too, Signore Frattini? Do you wish to hasten the Islamization of Europe? Are you trying to bring forward the day when Europe will truly morph into Eurabia?
Moreover, Signore Frattini has shown his basic ignorance of Islam inasmuch as he has called for there to be a “European Islam”. He obviously doesn’t realize that there is only ONE Islam. Islam manifests itself slightly differently in different countries, it’s true; but the basic tenets of the faith are the same for ALL Muslims, regardless of where they live.
Indubitably, Frattini is hoping to sanitize the unsavoury aspects of Islam, the militaristic side of the faith. But it cannot be sanitized in this way. Islam is militaristic and political. It is unsavoury to rational men and women throughout the world. That the Qur’an calls for the death of infidels cannot be denied; and no form of Islam, European or otherwise, will ever change this fact.
Interestingly, it has been reported by the Iranian Republic News Agency only today that there is alarm at EU call for 'European Islam' among Iranians and other Muslims, because they fear that Europe is trying to impose its own version of Islam on Muslims in Europe.
Signore Frattini, it seems that you cannot win! You upset Europeans for trying to impose censorship on Europeans, and you upset Muslims with your plans to impose a “European Islam”. I have a suggestion to make to you: Defend European freedoms. Islam doesn’t need to be protected. Islam is a strong faith, or more correctly, a strong political movement, intent on taking over Europe and the West. It doesn’t need your help to do this; rather, it would make far more sense for you to have the courage to take measures to thwart Islam’s advance.
What you need to do, Signore Frattini, is defend the freedoms Europe enjoys today, because countless millions died to gain those very freedoms on our behalf. If you wish to choose dhimmitude for yourself, then do so: Go and live in an Islamic country. But don’t try and impose it on us, the people. We want no dhimmitude: not now, not ever!
©Mark Alexander
The following video, kindly brought to my attention by Always On Watch, is a 'MUST VIEW' for all those concerned about the future of the West, and the future of democracy and freedom: THE VIDEO
Mark Alexander
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Vorwürfe Annans an IsraelMark Alexander
Der israelische Ministerpräsident Olmert hat einen Ausschuss angekündigt, der den Einsatz von Regierung und Streitkräften während der Libanon-Offensive untersuchen soll. Zuvor hatte er in einem Telefongespräch mit Uno-Generalsekretär Annan die Kommandoaktion in Libanon verteidigt. Olmert kündigt Untersuchung zu Militäreinsatz in Libanon an
THE public wants far tougher immigration policies, an Ipsos Mori poll for The Sunday Times has found, writes Isabel Oakeshott.Mark Alexander
The research reveals that opinion on immigration is hardening dramatically, with three-quarters of the population calling for far stricter limits on immigrant numbers.
Almost half the population has serious doubts that allowing foreigners to settle in Britain is good for the country. Public wants much harsher immigration policy, says poll
The following video has been kindly brought to my attention by Norman Caswallon. (Thank you, Norman!) It shows the close relationship Hitler had with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini. The Mufti's visit to Berlin, where he met with Hitler, took place in 1941. What did they have in common? Anti-Semitism, of course!
Video courtesy of You TubeMark Alexander
Kasra Naji finds an atmosphere of anxiety among people on the streets of TehranMark Alexander
The middle-aged housewife lugging her food shopping in a white plastic bag had a lot to say about her worries for her three grown-up children living here.
With the fighting over in Lebanon, many here fear the world’s attention may now focus on Tehran — and that international sanctions will be imposed if Iran does not suspend its nuclear research programme by the end of the month. Ordinary Iranians fearful as prospect of international sanctions looms closer
Thursday, August 17, 2006
After the shocking news that “home grown” Muslim “terrorists” (more rightfully called jihadis) planned to blow up nine aircraft full of passengers mid-flight over US metropolitan areas which would have killed thousands of innocent people (mostly infidels in their eyes) – in other words, mass murder of enormous proportions – there have been renewed calls for more interfaith dialogue with “our Muslim brothers and sisters”. These calls for more interfaith dialogue are naïve at best, downright stupid, dangerous and appeasing at worst.
One engages in dialogue with people who are yielding enough, with people who are willing enough to shift their opinions somewhat, in order to be able to reach a compromise. Muslims are totally and utterly unyielding. There can be no compromise with them. None at all! They believe they are right. They believe they are God’s (more correctly Allah’s) chosen people, the people who have a monopoly on the truth. They believe that we are inferior beings to them simply because we do not belong to their faith group, because we have not accepted Muhammad as the final messenger of Allah. Further, they believe that we are unclean and unworthy. Their stated aim is to take over the world, to Islamize it. This is the aim of jihad. How can one engage successfully in dialogue with such people?
To engage in dialogue with Muslims is a futile exercise. Nothing will come out of it. Ex niliho nihil fit. This is not a defeatist attitude; rather, it is a realistic one. Islam is out to dominate the world, out to supersede Christianity as the only worthy faith, and out to annihilate Israel and the Jews. With such people, one does not engage in dialogue; rather, one fights them, one thwarts their ambitions, one vanquishes them.
In any case, what is there to discuss? Muslims deny all the basic tenets of Christianity: They deny that Jesus was the Son of God; they deny that Jesus was crucified (hence the cross is anathema to them); they deny that true Salvation can be found only when one accepts Jesus as one’s Redeemer; indeed, they deny that Jesus is the Christ.
If someone doesn’t believe in these basic tenets of our faith, then there is absolutely nothing to talk about.
In actual fact, Muslims believe that Islam is the perfection of religion for man for all time. They believe that Muhammad came to bring this perfection about. They believe that Muhammad was the ultimate prophet of Allah, and that Jesus was the penultimate one. Jesus is therefore a lesser ‘prophet’ in their eyes than Muhammad is. This should surely be anathema to Church leaders; but apparently it is not. So dilute has our faith become in the eyes of the Church elders!
It defies belief that our Church leaders are prepared and willing for Muslims to deny - absolutely - the raison d’être of the Church. What Church leaders should be urging their priests to do is evangelize, they should be bringing Muslims to task for their heinous crimes against humanity, and showing them the Way, the Truth and the Light. That, after all, is what they are paid to do; it’s their raison d’être. But they seem not to know it!
Do churchmen not know that every country in which Islam has put down roots it has eventually taken over and snuffed out Christianity almost for good. Egypt, Libya, Syria, and the Lebanon are good cases in point. Yes, there are still some Christians left in some of these countries – just – but these countries are now Islamic, and the indigenous populations are minorities in their own lands. Christianity never thrives where Islam takes hold. So what on earth are our Church leaders aiding this process of our own destruction for? Don’t they really believe that Jesus is the Christ? Don’t they really believe that Jesus was crucified for our sins? Don’t they really believe that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Light?
Interfaith dialogue with Muslims is a waste of time and effort; so I do not believe in it. Rather, I believe in thwarting the enemy within, and making the enemy submit to our way of life. After all, if they don’t like it here, then they are free to leave and find other pastures. Nobody is keeping Muslims here; and there is easy access to airports throughout the UK. This is true not only for the UK, but for other Western countries, too. In fact, I would hazard a guess and say that the vast majority of Westerners would be relieved if they did leave, since hell will freeze over before Muslims integrate!
To get to this point, we have made many, many mistakes. Here are some of them…
First of all, we shouldn’t have allowed so many Muslims into the West in the first place. We should have done our homework first. Successive political leaders should have read a few history books on the 1400-year struggle between Christendom and Islam. That would have set off some alarms. Instead of this, nothing was learnt from history. People thought that the wheel could be reinvented. They were let in in their droves. And – astoundingly – they are still being let in! Moreover, if we truly live in a democracy, as our leaders keep telling us, then the people should have been consulted about allowing them in, and warned of the dangers of such a course of action.
Secondly, the ones that were let in should have been told – in no uncertain terms – that they can come here if they abide by our laws, and live according to our customs; otherwise they would not be welcome here. Instead of that, the West has gone down the politically-correct, multicultural route, thus forcing the indigenous population to make all the concessions. I always liken it to guests in my home: They are always welcome, as long as they abide by the rules of the house. I make the rules in my household. I am always the boss in my own home. Once someone starts to tell me how I should run my home, I politely show him/her the door. This should have been done with these immigrants from the start. They need to be placed on the defensive. They must be shown that they are not in the driving seat in our countries, no more than we are in the driving seat in theirs.
Thirdly, who gave our leaders the permission to try and turn our countries into pluralistic havens anyway, into utopias for all the peoples of the world. Were you ever asked to vote on this? I wasn’t; I know that. And had I been asked, I would have voted a firm ‘no’, without any hesitation.
The politicians have got themselves into a fix; and they don’t know how to get out of it. They haven’t got the courage to take the necessary Draconian measures to fix this problem, so they ask for dialogue instead. This goes for the Church, too. They no longer believe in the Scriptures as they should do; so they embark on a dilution of our faith instead, so that it doesn’t offend Muslims. Church leaders will never fill the empty pews that way. People are sick and tired of their prattling! That probably goes a long way to answer why the pews in Europe are pretty empty, and are continuing to empty still further, too.
We have embarked on a perilous journey: a journey of self-destruction. If people don’t wake up to the realities of what we are facing soon, then it will be too late. It is already five to midnight!
President Bush, for the first time in a long time, had the courage recently to state that we are engaged in a war with “Islamic fascists”. This is the most truthful thing he has stated in a very long time. I applaud him for having the courage to say it. He should say it again and again, until it sinks in with the general public. But if he really wants to hit the nail on the head, he should come out and say that this is not so much a “war on terror”, but a ‘war on the jihad’, the jihad which is out to annihilate us, and annihilate freedom and democracy, and annihilate all that the West stands for. This is indeed a battle between two civilizations. In such a battle, there is no room for dialogue, there is room only for victory. For, as Churchill so wisely stated during the Second World War, “without victory, there is no survival”. That, ladies and gentlemen, is why I say: You 'interfaith' if you want to. This gentleman is not for ‘interfaithing’!
©Mark Alexander
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THE CHURCH of England must play its part to make sure the Muslim community does not become demonised or alienated in the wake of last week’s terror alert, according to senior interfaith representatives. Church urged to reach out to alienated Muslim communities by Ed Beavan for 'The Church of England Newspaper'Mark Alexander
Police have arrested 20 men after raiding what was described as the wedding party of two men in the town of Jizan, in the south of the Gulf kingdom. 20 arrested at gay ‘wedding’ in Saudi Arabia by Tony GrewMark Alexander
Photo courtesy of IRNA
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyed Ali Khamenei here Thursday felicitated the Lebanese Hezbollah's Secretary-General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah on the victory of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon. Victory of resistance is victory of Islam, says Supreme Leader according to IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)Mark Alexander
Reactions to recent security alerts have been varied among British communities. Tensions are running high on all sides and we need to keep our minds focused on the critical issues. Issues for which panic is the worst possible reaction. Judging the alleged plotters before the due process of law is given a chance may only compound the problem. Their names and other personal information should not have been released. There is a huge sense of relief amongst all Britons, including Muslims, that the alleged plot was foiled. If such a plot had succeeded it would have been the one of most difficult tests that we as a nation would have faced. It is deeply distressing and doubly painful for us, as Muslims [,] to learn of allegations that some of our youth may be prepared to commit mass murder. While some members of the government and sections of the media are increasingly framing this as a problem pertaining exclusively to the radicalisation of our Muslim youth, there is [a] growing sense of despair and anguish among Muslim leaders over the lack of recognition for their unreserved condemnation of these (alleged) senseless acts of violence and the persistent belittling of their tireless efforts to guide the Muslim youth away from such paths of death and destruction. Let there be no doubt, despite the Prime Minister’s denial, that recruiters for violent extremists exploit the carnage of the Middle East and the suffering of the innocent in Muslim countries.Mark Alexander
Read it all here: Blaming Islam for the rise in extremism is counter-productive says Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, Chairman of the Interfaith Relations Committee of the Muslim Council of Britain
WASHINGTON -- Prevention of the plan to destroy 10 jetliners bound for America has sharply boosted President Bush's approval scores for his handling of the war on terrorism and homeland security. U.K. terror plot vindicates Bush by Donald LambroMark Alexander
A majority of British people wants the Government to adopt an even more "aggressive" foreign policy to combat international terrorism, according to an opinion poll conducted after the arrests of 24 terrorism suspects last week.Mark Alexander
However - by a margin of more than five to one - the public wants Tony Blair to split from President George W Bush and either go it alone in the "war on terror", or work more closely with Europe. Ditch US in terror war, say 80pc of Britons by Toby Helm
John Prescott has given vent to his private feelings about the Bush presidency, summing up George Bush's administration in a single word: crap. Bush is crap, says Prescott by Colin BrownMark Alexander
A MAJORITY of voters support moves by the Government to introduce security screening at airports that focuses on the passengers who pose the greatest risk. 55% support passenger profiling, poll indicates by Andrew PierceMark Alexander
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