Muslim Cleric Calls U.S. Aid to Egypt ‘Jizya’

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By Raymond Ibrahim

Published on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:59

 As earlier suggested, the wonderful thing about Salafis—those extra “radical” Muslims who seek to emulate as literally as possible prophet Muhammad’s teachings and habits—is that they are so unabashed and frank about what they believe.   Such is the degree of brainwashing that they have undergone.  Unlike the Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded much earlier, doublespeak is not second nature to the Salafis.

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Religious Freedom in Egypt? Ask the Sphinx

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By Ken Blackwell - Huffington Post

Published on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 07:53

If you follow the annual reports of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), you will read a sad catalog of persecution and discrimination against Christians, Jews and members of other religions around the world.

It goes almost without saying that persecution in nightmare places like North Korea is horrendous. Although the media too often treats North Korea like a clown show -- especially when highlighting the visits of unthinking Americans like Dennis Rodman -- the brutal realities are no joke. In North Korea, it is estimated, that between 100,000 and 200,000 Christians are imprisoned by a regime that still lauds the Communist mass-murderer Josef Stalin. In North Korea, you can be shot in the head for owning a Bible.

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Politically Motivated Sexual Assault: the Egypt Story None Want to Hear

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By Mariz Tadros

Published on Monday, 18 March 2013 08:27

Fear of appearing Islamophobic is silencing criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood, under whom assaults have increased

What happened to the Egyptian women who were gang raped and sexually tortured in Tahrir Square on 25 January 2013? Not much, other than power holders incriminating the victims as being responsible for bringing the assault upon themselves. Consequently, four leading rights organisations – El Nadim Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and Violence, the Center for New Woman Studies, Nazra for Feminist Studies and the Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Aid – have filed an official complaint on behalf of seven female clients.

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Obama’s New Libya

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By Raymond Ibrahim

Published on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:13

Remember all the hoopla the Obama administration engaged in after helping Libya’s “freedom fighters” oust (and sodomize and murder) the nation’s former president, Muammar Gaddafi? Remember the rationale used by Obama to justify using the U.S. military to help Libya’s “opposition”?  In his March 28, 2011, speech, he spoke of “our responsibilities to our fellow human beings,” adding that not assisting them “would have been a betrayal of who we are.”

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