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Sheila Newman
Tue, 2010-11-09 06:50
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Planning Brunswick's Future - State Election Forum Vic
nimby
Tue, 2010-11-09 12:09
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Hospitals under stress from population growth
drogo (not verified)
Mon, 2010-11-15 00:05
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Hospitals under stress from fat and old Australians
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 2010-11-10 00:35
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Three quarters of U.S. mosques preach anti-western extremism
An undercover survey of more than 100 mosques and Islamic schools in America has exposed widespread radicalism, including the finding that 3 in 4 Islamic centres are hotbeds of anti-Western extremism. The Mapping Sharia in America Project, sponsored by the Washington-based Centre for Security Policy, has trained former counter intelligence and counter terrorism agents from the FBI, CIA and U.S. military, who are skilled in Arabic and Urdu, to conduct undercover reconnaissance at some 2,300 mosques and Islamic centres and schools across the country."
atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/mapping-sharia.html
So far of 100 mapped, 75 should be on a watchlist," an official familiar with the project said. Many of the Islamic centres are operating under the auspices of the Saudi Arabian government and U.S. front groups for the radical Muslim Brotherhood based in Egypt. Frank Gaffney, a former Pentagon official who runs the Centre for Security Policy, confirmed that "the vast majority" are inciting insurrection and jihad through sermons by Saudi-trained imams and anti-Western literature, videos and textbooks.
The project, headed by David Yerushalmi, a lawyer and expert on sharia law, has collected data from the 102 mosques and schools. Preliminary findings indicate that almost 80 percent of the group exhibit a high level of sharia-compliance and jihadi threat, including: Ultra-orthodox worship in which women are separated from men in the prayer hall and must enter the mosque from a separate, usually back, entrance; and are required to wear hijabs. Though not all mosques in America are radicalized, many have tended to serve as safe havens and meeting points for Islamic terrorist groups.
Even with such radical mosques operating in its backyard, the U.S.government has not undertaken its own systematic investigation of U.S.mosques. In contrast, European Union security officials are analysing member-state mosques, examining the training and funding sources of imams, in a large-scale project. Some U.S. lawmakers want the U.S. to conduct its own investigation."We have too many mosques in this country," said Representative Pete King. "There are too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully.
Source: Intercessors for America
Editorial comment:
John Marlowe
Wed, 2010-11-10 12:11
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Meanwhile Gillard donates $500M to Islamic schools in Indonesia!
Meanwhile Australia's Prime Minister Gillard flippantly donates $500 million to 1500 madrasah Islamic schools in Indonesia [Read More], while Indonesian President Yudhoyono is set to splurge Rp 100 trillion (AUD10 billion) over the next five years 'to bring the military’s arsenal up to date'. [Read More]. What bloody for?
Gillard hasn't even had the gumption to make the donation conditional - such as insisting the money not go to Islamic fundamental teachings, that the Indonesian Government tries the military human rights abuses in Papua, and insisting upon sending Australian convicts back to Australia to serve out their time. Gillard is a naiive spendthrift with no national vision - an embodiment of her irrelevant self-serving political party.
As what electoral mandate does Gillard thinks she's got to gift half a billion dollars of Australian taxpayer money overseas anyway? It is not as if Australia is rolling in it, or as if Australia's growing underclass and infrastructure aren't desperate for government funding after decades of neglect under the Howard regime?
Now Labor's Finance Minister Wong and Treasurer Swan claim Treasury's budget is running over...no bloody wonder with wonder woman in the till! [Read More].
RichB
Wed, 2010-11-10 13:47
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So when are Australians
Enne K (not verified)
Wed, 2010-11-10 14:15
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AUSTRALIA hands Indonesia $500 million to build 2000 schools
Scott
Wed, 2010-11-10 16:41
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Islamic paranoia and Pamela Geller
nimby (not verified)
Wed, 2010-11-10 17:21
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Why are we called "racist"?
Sheila Newman
Wed, 2010-11-10 19:36
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Geller extremism
Sheila Newman
Tue, 2010-11-09 15:16
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Prahran & Malvern - Meet Candidates night Nov 16
nimby
Wed, 2010-11-10 17:03
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Anna Bligh's sale of Port of Brisbane
RichB
Wed, 2010-11-10 18:59
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Australia's Skill shortage a myth
Milly
Thu, 2010-11-11 16:22
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Stoning of women in Iran
Milly
Mon, 2010-11-15 14:22
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Death penalty for Asia Bibi
Geoffrey Taylor
Fri, 2010-11-12 13:20
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Origins of modern Iranian fundamentalist government
A response to the comment from Milly entitled "Stoning of Women in Iran" is now an article, "Origins of modern Iranian fundamentalist government," by Geoffrey Taylor.
nimby (not verified)
Fri, 2010-11-12 18:42
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KPMG migration service profit from migration
Bandicoot
Sat, 2010-11-13 08:06
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Are we witnessing the death of our planet?
Bandicoot
Sat, 2010-11-13 08:52
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Sea Turtles Are in the Dumps
nimby (not verified)
Sat, 2010-11-13 09:31
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How Queensland high density living is criminalising youth
As reported in the Herald Sun article "Boys aged 10 to 14 Queensland's fastest growing group of violent criminals" of Nov 13th:
Boys just 10 to 14 years of age represent the fastest growing group of violent criminals in Queensland and experts are blaming parents who use television and computer games as babysitters.
Higher density living is not only environmentally bad, but bad for children and families.
The statistics were generally in contrast to overall crime rates which saw sexual offences, robberies and break-ins decrease slightly, and assaults rise by 6 per cent.
Increasing crime and social dysfunction are a sign of society's dis-ease and underlying malignancy. Population has just grown too fast, putting pressure on finances, infrastructure and families. Natural growth is fine, and able to be accommodated in the long term, but abnormal growth will inevitably bring internal stresses, as it would to any community of species. Humans are complex, and mass immigration is not in our interests - and it is not about "race" but undue numbers!
Editorial comment: Subject was originally the same as the Sun Herald to which the article refers, Boys aged 10 to 14 Queensland's fastest growing group of violent criminals".
nimby
Sat, 2010-11-13 13:29
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Feral.org.au
Milly
Sun, 2010-11-14 11:45
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Population growth is inevitable - Treasury
John Marlowe
Sun, 2010-11-14 16:38
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Puppet Judy Gillard is beholden to Sussex Street's puppeteers
James Sinnamon
Sun, 2010-11-14 14:02
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Freedom of Information Laws
nimby (not verified)
Sun, 2010-11-14 19:14
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Melbourne Mayor Robert Doyle's war on possums
Melbourne's Lord Mayor Robert Doyle is threatening to unleash a brigade of predators - powerful owls - to fix our problem possums. Cr Doyle yesterday declared war on the "exploding" population of "vermin".
Candobetter Editor: This comment has now been elevated to an article on the front page entitled, "Melbourne Mayor Robert Doyle focusing on wrong pest". Glad someone took the time to write in about the mayor's unnecessarily cruel manner of promoting owls. Our thanks to Nimby.
Anonymous (not verified)
Sun, 2010-11-14 23:52
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Growthist Committee for Melbourne - Macedon Ranges
nimby
Mon, 2010-11-15 09:45
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Frodo the baby koala is stilling clinging to life
Bandicoot
Mon, 2010-11-15 11:11
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Steve Irwin Day hypocrisy
nimby
Mon, 2010-11-15 13:28
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An evil but "necessary" trade off?
Tigerquoll
Mon, 2010-11-15 13:48
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Anna Bligh's concrete legacy
Sheila Newman
Mon, 2010-11-15 11:59
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How can candobetter advocate refusal of right to life?
Enne K (not verified)
Mon, 2010-11-15 13:16
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The whole planet is "out of balance"
nimby (not verified)
Mon, 2010-11-15 20:03
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Brumby boost to native waterbird annihilation and cruelty
Bandicoot
Wed, 2010-11-17 11:08
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Human rights violation and abuses in Iran and Pakistan
Iran:
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) make a report on discrimination against ethnic communities and religious minorities in Iran. (Oct 2010).
“Iran is a real mosaic: the country has many minorities - Azeris, Kurds, Arabs and Baluchis, among others constitute the population of entire provinces of the country, although there are no official statistics on the composition of the population; such a subject is taboo for the authorities,”said Karim Lahidji, vice-President of FIDH and President of LDDHI. “Religious minorities also face discrimination in addition to being victims of persecution such as through arbitrary detention, extrajudicial executions, destruction of cemeteries and holy places,” he added.
Iran executes the highest number of people per capita in the world, including juvenile offenders in contravention of international law. Iranian Baha’i youth continue to be denied the right to higher education, and any university found to have a Baha’i student is ordered to expel them. Apartheid is a form of laws and regulations that discriminate between citizens based on their race, creed, religious or political beliefs, or gender. It does not view all humans, the creations of God, on similar and equal footing.
In September 2008, the Iranian parliament voted for a draft bill called "Islamic Penal Code", which "would codify the death penalty for any male Iranian who leaves his Islamic faith. Women would get life imprisonment." The European Union is deeply disturbed by the arrests […] of Iranian converts to Christianity and members of the Baha'i community. It calls for their immediate and unconditional release and the cessation of all forms of violence and discrimination against them.
Pakistan:
Amnesty International: Members of religious minorities in Pakistan suffered increasing abuses, including abduction, murder, intimidation, and harassment, as state officials failed to protect them and adequately prosecute perpetrators. The Taleban imposed jizia, a tax payable by non-Muslims living under Muslim rule, on Sikhs, Hindus and Christians, or in some cases expelled them outright.
Women continued to be victims of "honour killings", with 960 incidents reported. In September, the Punjab law minister announced that crimes against women would be tried under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan recorded 276 new death sentences, with 7,700 people remaining under sentence of death. No executions were carried out.
The concept of "god" in whatever human political, cultural or religious environment does not transcend the inherently small-minded and deep-rooted bigotry we have on our wonderful planet!