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Mark Alexander
Thursday, August 24, 2006
TONY BLAIR’S peace mission to the Middle East appeared in jeopardy last night after Hezbollah declared that the Prime Minister would not be welcome in Lebanon because of his support for Israel during the war. Hezbollah warns Blair: you're not welcome in BeirutMark Alexander
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
When I look around me, it is so obvious that Western civilization is rotting from within. Standards in public life and standards in private are in decline. As far as I can discern, there is little doubt that this is so. How people behave, how people speak, how people dress, family life, the declining influence of religion, standards in education, in fact, standards in most walks of life seem to have taken a beating.
I am old enough to be able to remember different times. It is not so long ago that there were standards worthy of being emulated by the masses. For example, in the United Kingdom, BBC English was the gold standard in language: people who wanted to be socially mobile aspired to being able to speak like radio and television announcers. Then there were the grammar schools which all children who wished to be educated well would aspire to enter.
Children, except in exceptional circumstances, were raised in a conventional family: there was a mother and father to correct and discipline the children. Mothers did their duty, and endeavoured to raise their children correctly, very often to very high standards of behaviour, achievement, and dress. Moreover, mothers would take pride in keeping a good table for their husbands, children, extended family, and visitors.
A formal and an informal education were given to children. That means to say that they received an education in the school and in the home. Further, children from good homes would be encouraged to go to church on Sundays, and if not to church proper, then certainly to Sunday school, where they learnt the fundamentals of their faith, and where the proper way to behave, already taught in the home, would be reinforced.
In short, children were given direction, and solid moral values.
In school, they were put through the rigours of a proper education: they were pushed to achieve. Pushed by their teachers and pushed by their parents. Their achievements were measured by rigorous tests and examinations, which not all children passed. A child passed an exam only when he was good enough to do so. Children who didn't measure up, failed; and there was no easy way out, either. There was none of the current ‘feel good factor’, the ‘touchy-feely’, everybody-has-got-to-pass nonsense. If a child had not come up to standard, he failed, and that was the end of it. Of course, he would be given the chance to re-sit the examination – often the following year.
The family, even the extended family, would see to it that children dressed appropriately for the occasion. This went for the less well off, too. No excuses were made for the poor in this regard. They just had to try and keep up, somehow.
In public life, standards were generally much higher, too. Prime ministers led by example. They took the decisions they felt were right for the nation. They were not governed by opinion polls, and they generally didn’t pander to this lobby group or that. In addition, they didn’t shy away from the tough decisions they felt were necessary to maintain public order. They legislated on behalf of the people in order to maintain high standards of civilized life. The crime rate was low, and when people misbehaved, they would be sanctioned by the system, and they were punished accordingly.
Money, profit, and economic growth, though very important, were not the be all and end all of life. There were other considerations. People were less materialistic than they are today: they were prepared to make do with less. As a result, mothers, for the most part, stayed at home to raise their children, realizing that nobody else could raise them as well, and realizing too that it was their duty to raise them. Furthermore, because women stayed at home, there was an adequate supply of newborn babies to ensure the survival of the nation. British governments, at least, didn’t look to immigrants to fill the gap (the post-War period was an exception). If more children were needed, then the father would benefit from increased tax benefits to encourage more procreation.
In general, the system worked well; though, as standards tended to be rigid, they could be a little stifling at times. But there was order in society; and people knew where they fitted in. Generally, people were not lonely, because there was always the family to fall back on.
With the Sixties, things started to change dramatically. With the Sixties came the ‘anything goes’ ‘culture’ (if one dare call it that), and Western civilization started to decline. Then came ‘the Pill’, which made for a sexual revolution. Women could go to bed with men before wedlock with impunity. They could make sure they wouldn’t become pregnant. With this change, the morality of the nation went into freefall.
If we compare then with now, if we look at the situation critically, if we are indeed old enough to remember, then it is an indisputable fact that things have not improved in terms of education, values, morality, or in terms of politics. Things are indeed going downhill. The tragedy is that our leaders today do not have the courage to tell people the way things ‘should be’. Of course, we are living in a period of moral relativism; so many would argue that who is to say what ‘should be’ anyway?
Even the Church of England is wary of saying what ‘should be' today. The Church elders have long since given up on moralizing to the people. The ‘Good News’ is not theirs to teach, it seems. They would prefer to engage in politics. They would prefer to demonstrate to show their disapproval of this government policy or that one. The fact that the churches are emptying at an alarming rate seems to evade them completely.
Church elders also seem to be oblivious to the fact that Islam is ready and willing and waiting to fill the vacuum that the failing Christian churches of Europe are creating by their lack of certitude in the superior teachings of Christ.
The fact of the matter is that we are living through very dangerous times. The times are not dangerous only because people are being threatened by terrorist bombs by the jihadis, but they are dangerous times for us also because we have allowed our standards to drop, because we have become unsure of ourselves and what we stand for, and because we have allowed foreigners with vastly different ideas and values to enter our countries in their millions. Interestingly, and disturbingly for us, these immigrants are very sure of what they believe in, they are very sure of their destiny, and very sure of their moral rectitude.
In the States, there is the almost unsolvable problem of illegal Mexicans there. Some estimate their numbers at up to twenty million! Some estimate their numbers far lower. But the fact is that nobody knows how many there are in the country. Further, Islam is growing apace in the States. The future of the ‘Land of the Free’ lies very much in the balance. Yet there appears to be no will to do anything about the problem.
Here in the United Kingdom, we have a similar problem with illegal immigrants, too. In the case of the UK, most of them are Muslims. This problem, because it is not being addressed, will clearly change the nature of the United Kingdom in the years to come, and it will certainly change its politics, too. Already we have heard calls from the small but vociferous Muslim community for the UK government to become more anti-American and more anti-Israel, and more pro-Islam and pro-Arab. And this with present numbers!
In view of the Muslims’ propensity to procreate quickly and in great numbers, it doesn’t take a PhD in mathematics to do the calculations: The indigenous population, moderate as it has always been, will in years to come be outnumbered by the extremist voice of the ‘new breed of Englishman’ – Muslim and of Asian descent as he will most surely be.
It would appear that it is now only a question of time before the West, as we know the West to be, will be a civilization of the past. If Islam comes to influence the politics of our nations, which if present trends continue it most surely will, then rest assured that lax moral values will be cleaned up forthwith. Our way of dressing will change, as will our way of speaking (will Arabic become our lingua franca?), our way of behaving, our politics, our thinking, even our economics. Oh, and don’t forget the meting out of barbaric punishments for relatively minor offences. Punishments will no longer fit the crime. Freedom and democracy will become concepts of the past. We shall have entered into the Islamic era – an era which will be characterized by ‘dark age’ thinking; indeed, we shall have entered the ‘new dark age’ that I wrote of in my book.
These changes, of course, are not inevitable; but if we wish to save the West, then we have much thinking to do, much bellyaching, and many policies will have to be reversed.
I suggest that we start today. There is no time to waste.
©Mark Alexander
Objections to Turkey's launch of membership talks with the EU have been raised by leading French and German politicians. However, the Commission remains adamant that the talks will start as scheduled on 3 October. Turkey: France and Germany turn up the heatMark Alexander
The same article may be read in German here: EU-Beitritt der Türkei: Widerstand in Frankreich und Deutschland wächst
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
In a recent column for JewishWorldReview, Daniel Pipes describes what he sees as a new, tougher, approach by the Vatican to the encroachment of Islam throughout the West, and the decline of Christian populations in Islamic states.Mark Alexander
In his closing paragraph, Pipes tells us, “Obtaining the same rights for Christians in Islamdom that Muslims enjoy in Christendom has become the key to the Vatican’s diplomacy toward Muslims. This balanced, serious approach marks a profound improvement in understanding that could have implications well beyond the Church… Should Western states also promote the principle of reciprocity the results should indeed be interesting.” The Vatican Confronts Islam by Paul R. Hollrath
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday blasted the US President George W. Bush for his recent "impudent" claims.Mark Alexander
"This guy (Bush) speaks as if he is the master and owner of Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Iran and other Muslim states; whereas, if the huge power of nations comes to the scene, the arrogant powers will -- as was the case recently in Lebanon -- be humiliated and the enemies of Islam will no longer be rude," said Ayatollah Khamenei in an address to heads of the three branches of the government, the Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the state and military officials, and ambassadors of Muslim states on the feast of Mab'ath, marking Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) divine assignment to prophethood. Supreme Leader blasts Bush's recent "impudent" remarks
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
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
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
On the BBC website today, this video clip is showing in which the British Home Secretary, John Reid, talks of a "persistent and very real" threat of terrorism to Europe. He goes on to say that a group of people have subverted a religion whose very name, Islam, means "PEACE". I say, NO, Mr Reid. Please do your homework before making such pronouncements. ISLAM means SUBMISSION. 'Salaam' means peace, not 'Islam'; the root of the word (salama, or more correctly 'slm') may be the same, but the meaning is very different.
Islam means 'submission', submission to what Muslims consider to be the one true god, Allah, and to their prophet, the prophet Muhammad. That's what Islam means. And please don't think that Islam has been subverted. What we are witnessing today is the practice of Jihad, an cornerstone of Islam which has been there since Islam's inception. Jihad, of course, as all well-informed men and women know, is the instrument used by all good Muslims to terrorize the world into submission to the Islamic way of life. It is the instrument to Islamize the world. Please watch this VIDEO and see what you think.
Mark Alexander
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Mark Alexander
In June 2006, the Turkish media reported on two recent surveys, by Pew and by Princeton Survey Research Associates. The Pew study, which was conducted in 15 countries between March 31 and May 14, 2006, found significant erosion of positive feelings towards the U.S. among the Turkish people. The Princeton study showed that most Turks have negative feelings towards Jews and Christians - more than in other Muslim countries and Arab countries - and that most do not believe in democracy, despite the common belief that Turkey is the most democratic country in the Muslim world. Turkish PM Erdogan Says 'Nobody Should Expect Us to Remain Neutral': Reactions From the Turkish Media to the Middle East Crisis from MEMRIMark Alexander
We call upon the Jewish people throughout the diaspora to unite with us in our homeland by making aliyah, by building the land, and by taking part in the momentous undertaking of the redemption of the Jewish people, which has been the dream of generations - David Ben Gurion, First Israeli Prime Minister, 1948 (Source: BBC)
Emigration is a life changing experience - but for British Jews who choose to go to Israel it can also be the fulfilment of a religious and cultural dream. So how do they feel about moving to what the rest of the world regards a war zone?Mark Alexander
Sharon Saltoun hugs her parents, Shoshi and Ischeskel, and smiles. Shoshi holds back tears - those happy tears tinged with sadness that parents shed as children fly the nest.
"We'll take good care of her," says the rep from Nefesh B'Nefesh, the organisation taking a coach load of British Jews to Heathrow Airport to embark on a new life in Israel. Why leave the UK for this? by Dominic Casciani (BBC News)
Straight after 9/11, American Muslims proudly flew the Stars and Stripes. New York cabbies plastered their cars with patriotic decals. In Britain, days after the security services busted a plot that could have been as deadly as 9/11, so-called Muslim leaders delivered an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair demanding that Britain change its "foreign policy to show the world that we value the lives of civilians wherever they live and whatever their religion." Or to put it more bluntly, pull out of Iraq, denounce President Bush and abandon support for Israel. Radical Islam plagues U.K. by James ForsythMark Alexander
Where will it all end? All right-thinking, sensible people know that Muslims' demands will never end until they have turned Britain into an Islamic state. Now they want to start the process by introducing Islamic family law into the UK "to curb extremism"! There is no limit to Muslims' chutzpah (yes, I know, I used that word deliberately). This, of course, is the tip of the iceberg, the thin edge of the wedge. We can all only hope - and pray - that this government, which has shown itself so weak on many things, will find the strength to tell these Muslims where to get off. But don't hold your breath.
Muslim leaders have urged Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Communities, to support Islamic family law in Britain to stop youths joining Islamic extremists. Let us adopt Islamic family law to curb extremists, Muslims tell Kelly [the Secretary of State for Communities] by Colin Brown©Mark Alexander
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
If you would like to watch the news from an Israeli perspective, then please click on the following link: Jerusalem Online
Mark Alexander
Thousands of citizens take to streets chanting, 'Lebanon won, Israel destroyed'; dozens of ambulances hold procession in show of empathy with casualties of war. Senior religious figure in Iran warns: 'If Israel and US attack us, we will shoot missiles at Tel Aviv'Mark Alexander
Read the rest here: Iran: Victory celebrations, threats to Israel by Dudy Cohen
THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk.Mark Alexander
The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background. Read it all here: Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown by Ben Webster
Profiling plan angers UK Muslims
Monday, August 14, 2006
Suppose the foiled terror plot in the UK had not been foiled and thousands of innocents had perished aboard planes heading for the United States. I fear that one of the scenes we would have witnessed would have been one we witnessed following 9/11: scenes of celebration and jubilation in certain boroughs and banlieus of major European cities.Mark Alexander
Never before has the West faced an enemy like this. It is an enemy who is prepared to blow up thousands of innocent people in suicide actions, but it is also one who lives in our midst. As in the 1930s the Europeans prefer to appease the enemy. Drawing people’s attention to the fact that he is living in our midst is regarded as hate-mongering. Thou shalt not hate the enemy, let alone fight him, thou shalt appease him. Read it all here: The Enemy in Our Midst by Paul Belien
I'd like to share this excellent article from The Telegraph today. I think you'll enjoy it.
The anti-war-on-terror lobby has had a bad week. Not that it hasn't kept its end up. Oh no. Faced with a threat so devastating that it seemed more like a world-domination plot from a Superman comic than a hard-headed act of war, there was nothing for it but to fall back on semantics.Mark Alexander
George W. Bush was pilloried for referring to "Islamic fascists" by, among others, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. Using that kind of language "on the ranch in Texas" did not help, he said, to make society "a good, neighbourly place".
I don't know what the ranch in Texas has to do with anything, but Dr Sentamu seems not to understand the difference between describing Islamic fundamentalists as fascistic, and saying that all Muslims are fascists. Read it all here: 'Fascistic' is the right word for Islamic fundamentalism by Janet Daley
Sunday, August 13, 2006
This audio, based on Craig Winn's book, 'Prophet of Doom', is an interesting view on Islam. See what you think.
Mark Alexander
“It is a war with a cultural and ideological component that is lavishly financed by easy oil money from states like Saudi Arabia that we have long (and foolishly) regarded as ‘moderates’ and ‘friends’. It is a war utilising sophisticated technology for destruction and communications, and equally sophisticated techniques for inculcating lethal extremism.” – Richard PerleNo, Mr Perle, we should not; and nor should we tolerate the explosive growth of Islam in the West!
Read the article: We should not tolerate the preachers of jihad
Mark Alexander
Saturday, August 12, 2006
British Muslim community leaders are working hard to change government foreign policy. They should be given the cold shoulder by all sane people. This country has its own foreign policy, which has always been pro-Israel and pro-America. It should remain that way for ever. We, the people, must insist on that. If Muslims don't like our foreign policy, then they should be shown the door. Goodbye! We don't need them. Islam spells trouble whichever way you slice it. Islam always will. Maybe it's time we started to think about repatriating these people. They don't belong here; and they probably never will.
Foreign Office minister Kim Howells has criticised Muslim leaders for condemning British foreign policy.Mark Alexander
An open letter, signed by three Muslim MPs, three peers and 38 community groups, said the stance on the Middle East has put civilians at risk.
They went on to say that UK policy has given "ammunition to extremists".
But Mr Howells denied there was a "rational connection" and said "no government" formulates policy based on a perceived risk from terrorists. Minister criticises Muslim letter
President Bush at last shows some understanding of the nature of Islam and the BBC rushes to protect Muslims again. People at the Beeb seem to feel that the President has insulted moderate Muslims. Well, if so-called moderate Muslims feel offended by this term, maybe they should better direct their anger at the fanatics carrying out quranic instructions! And while they're at it, they would be wise to control their offspring better, too. Bush's language angers US Muslims
©Mark Alexander
Friday, August 11, 2006
With thanks to Always On Watch for drawing this video to my attention.Mark Alexander
Thursday, August 10, 2006
A terrorist plot to blow up several aircraft in mid-air has been foiled. Hand-luggage may no longer be taken on board. Except for the barest essentials, nothing may be carried on board. Wallets, credit cards, and essential papers must be carried on board in transparent plastic bags. As it is believed that the terrorists intended to detonate “liquid chemical” devices, even baby milk must now be tasted by the baby’s mother or father in front of the security. Moreover, all electronic devices, including mobile phones, laptop computers, CD players, and MP3 players may no longer be carried on board the plane until further notice.
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung has reported that all flights to continental Europe from Heathrow have been cancelled, and added that the next stage would be to close all airports altogether. CNN has reported that the Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson had said the plot was "intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale".
This from The Telegraph:
Aircraft bomb plot thwarted
This from the BBC:
’Airlines terror plot’ disrupted
This from CNN:
UK foils aircraft terror alert
And this from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
Flughafen Heathrow macht dicht
©Mark Alexander
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Ben Shapiro, on Townhall.com today, hits the nail on the head with his open letter to the mainstream media:
Dear mainstream media,Mark Alexander
I understand why you report as you do in both the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and the larger war on terror. You believe journalism requires a sort of elegant moral relativism, that telling "both sides of the story" is a necessary prerequisite to "objective" journalism. You don't believe that there can be an objective right or wrong; if you were reporting World War II today, you'd feel obligated to speak to front-line Japanese and Nazi soldiers and discuss the Allies' disproportionate response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Poland. Open letter to the mainstream media by Ben Shapiro
Monday, August 07, 2006
Having just returned from my summer holidays, one thing struck me above all else whilst travelling: European airports are full to bursting with Muslims. This goes for British airports too. Landing in Heathrow upon my return I could have been forgiven for believing I had landed in Riyadh!
News, too, is rather depressing: We are doing our level best to destroy our heritage and civilization. Indeed, we are busy paving the way for Islam’s eventual triumph in the very heart of Europe, and the process appears to be accelerating. The sad thing is that many Europeans are in denial of the fact, and I include the British in this. Germans seem to have mastered the art of contorting their brains to excuse what is happening. Many have elevated this denial to a fine art. The main reason for this, in my opinion, is that they still live in the shadow of a racist past. Herr Hitler sadly casts a long shadow. So long, in fact, that many Germans are quite incapable of coming to terms with the threat that Islam poses our continent.
Of course, it also has to be said that Europeans have gone soft: They no longer have any appetite for making tough decisions, let alone for a fight. Muslims will surely have sensed this. Little wonder many of them think that the future of the West belongs to them.
It should depress any sane European that Christianity is given no special place in present day Europe. That nobody may discriminate on the basis of religion is enshrined in European law. This sounds all well, good and fair; but what this effectively means is that Christianity is no longer afforded any special place. A civilization which no longer gives pride of place to the religion upon which it is founded should start counting the days before its eventual demise, for its days are surely numbered.
©Mark Alexander
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