Pakistan’s Christian cabinet member urges blasphemy rethink

Telegraph.co.uk 04 Sep 2012  By Rob Crilly, Islamabad

 Pakistan’s only Christian Cabinet member has urged a rethink of how the country deals with blasphemy cases to prevent a repeat of the scandal involving a young girl with learning difficulties.

Paul Bhatti gave up a comfortable life as a surgeon in Italy to join the government earlier this year following the assassination of his brother, Shahbaz, who campaigned for reform of the controversial law.

Today he heads the Ministry of National Harmony, one of the most dangerous jobs in the country as he navigates Pakistan’s religious and ethnic divides.

Choosing his words carefully, for fear they could be twisted to present him as an opponent of Islam, he said the case of Rimsha Masih, an 11-year-old girl who has spent two weeks on remand, showed the law was being abused.

“I don’t think we have to reform the law itself,” he told The Daily Telegraph in his heavily guarded office. “But we have to stop its misuse. (more…)

Continue ReadingPakistan’s Christian cabinet member urges blasphemy rethink

Melbourne Islamic rally cancelled

Nine MSN News 20/09/12

One of the key organisers of an Islamic rally to be held in Melbourne on Sunday has cancelled the protest amid police concerns it will be overrun by violent activists.

Swaybah Javed, who had helped invite more than 1800 people through social networking to a rally outside the city’s State Library, says she’s been forced to scrap the event.

“I am calling off the protest as I do not want more violence on the streets, as Islam does not promote violence,” she told AAP on Thursday.

“It is a shameful day for Australia when Islamophobia has boiled over to the point where it is impossible to carry out a peaceful protest.”

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Tim Cartwright had already started planning for the worst on Sunday, putting mounted police and heavily armed police on alert and warning that those planning the rally were not representatives of the Islamic community.

(more…)

Continue ReadingMelbourne Islamic rally cancelled

Muslim migrants should integrate: Senator

AAP • 17/09/2012 Liberal senator Connie Fierravanti-Wells says Muslim migrants who don't wish to integrate into Australian society should consider leaving. Senator Fierravanti-Wells told the Senate on Monday Australia was…

Continue ReadingMuslim migrants should integrate: Senator

RUAP Media Release: Sydney Riots – Parents of child with poster “Behead those who speaks against the prophet” should be arrested and charged

Rise Up Australia Party Media Release on 17th September 2012

Calling on beheading people who speak against Islam is un-Australian and should be stamped out from its roots

Calling on beheading those who speak against Islam is un-Australian and should be stamped out from its roots, stated the National President, Daniel Nalliah of Rise Up Australia Party this morning from his office in Melbourne.

Rise Up Australia Party is committed to keeping Australia Australian and protecting one of our fundamental rights of freedom of speech. To this that we cannot express our feelings for or against another religion, and to think that by doing so you face the possibility of getting beheaded is absolute nonsense.

Daniel stated this morning, “We fought a 5 year court battle from 2002- 2007 to protect freedom of speech, when the Islamic Council of Victoria took us to court for quoting verses from the Quran. We successfully defended our case, and won the court case in supreme court, which was successful in restoring freedom of speech.”

Rise Up Australia Party is totally opposed to Multiculturalism as it causes immigrants to build ethnic enclaves and beats the very purpose it was created to protect. Instead of uniting communities, Multiculturalism divides a nation into ethnic grouping. This is counterproductive in a democratic society.

(more…)

Continue ReadingRUAP Media Release: Sydney Riots – Parents of child with poster “Behead those who speaks against the prophet” should be arrested and charged

Live webcast this Sun 16th Sept – Pastor Daniel’s personal testimony, Smith Wigglesworth prophetic word, Rise Up Australia for Jesus by 2020

Dear friends and family in Christ, Please pray and watch (if possible) the live webcast this Sun 16th Sept as Pr Daniel shares his personal testimony and vision to take…

Continue ReadingLive webcast this Sun 16th Sept – Pastor Daniel’s personal testimony, Smith Wigglesworth prophetic word, Rise Up Australia for Jesus by 2020

Pakistan imam held for evidence tampering in blasphemy case

Sapa-AFP | 02 September, 2012 

A Pakistani cleric who submitted evidence against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy has been arrested on suspicion of evidence-tampering and desecrating the Koran, police say.

Rimsha has been in custody since she was arrested in the poor Islamabad suburb of Mehrabad more than two weeks ago accused of burning papers containing verses from the Koran, in breach of Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws.

Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti, the imam of the mosque in Rimsha’s area who first handed over evidence, was arrested on Saturday after his assistants told a magistrate he had added pages from the Koran to the burnt pages to strengthen the case against the girl.

“The imam was arrested after his deputy Maulvi Zubair and two others told a magistrate he added pages from the Koran to the burnt pages brought to him by a witness,” police investigator Munir Hussain Jaffri said. (more…)

Continue ReadingPakistan imam held for evidence tampering in blasphemy case

New Reality TV series called “Becoming…Christian from Muslim”

By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries –  August 16, 2012 

‘Wow, wow. It’s great!‘ says a former Muslim who is considering the Christian faith.

LOS ANGELES, CA (ANS) — Reality television: can we possibly need more? Yes, according to Joseph Nassrallah, CEO of The Way TV (www.atvsat.com/en). He believes the world needs to know about when a Muslim becomes a Christian.

Nassrallah is confident the new series will make an impact. “Becoming… Christian from Muslim is one of the strongest, most attractive and well prepared preaching series,” he says. “I pray the Lord will use it to attract millions, through satellites, into His blessed fold.”This month The Way TV begins broadcasting a reality series on the discipleship of a previously Muslim new believer.

Traditionally, no Christian from a Muslim background would take the risk of showing their face on television. But in the last decade all that has changed. Former Muslims are becoming bolder in their love for Christ and desire to see other Muslims saved through him. Huda, the series’ new believer is one of them.

“I want to join this program,” says Huda, whose name means enlightened, “because there are a lot of things unknown to people like myself who are from a Muslim background. Before, I didn’t know anything about the Lord Jesus. Through this program I am happy to share the answers to questions that will enlighten others as much as they will enlighten me.”

(more…)

Continue ReadingNew Reality TV series called “Becoming…Christian from Muslim”

Petition to Congress Claims US Aiding Muslim Brother in Oppression of Christians

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter – August 13, 2012

A petition aimed at Congress is seeking to expose President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s alleged support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, a conservative Islamic group said to be endangering the lives of Christians in the Middle East with its influence on the new government.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s Freedom and Justice Party is closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is reportedly working toward establishing Sharia law in the country, which observers say threatens the religious liberties and even lives of those who are not Islamic.

“In fact, in his speech at his swearing-in ceremony on Friday, June 29, 2012, he promised to try to free the Egyptian-born militant Islamist, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, who was convicted of planning to attack other New York City landmarks after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center,” the petition states.

The letter, published on Petition2Congress and bearing no information as to who produced it, also claims that thousands of Christian minorities in the Middle East are being forced to flee their homes as the threat of radical Islam grows bigger. It also claims that in the first 10 days of this year’s Ramadan, there have reportedly been eight big attacks on Christians in Egypt alone.

(more…)

Continue ReadingPetition to Congress Claims US Aiding Muslim Brother in Oppression of Christians

Muslim Man’s Desperate Cries to Muhammad Go Unanswered, Then He Calls Out to God—and Meets Jesus

Aimee Herd (Aug 10, 2012)

“He said, ‘I am the God of the Christians.’ And He said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.'” -Nasir Siddiki

In an incredible account of miraculous healing and redemption, Nasir Siddiki shared his testimony with Charisma News, recently, reminding Believers that “love never fails,” and that it will prevail in every situation.

Siddiki was a Muslim businessman when he broke out in a life-threatening case of shingles back in 1987. His blisters spread from his forehead down the side of his face, neck and on his shoulders. His ear became deformed with the extremely painful virus, and his temperature raged at 107.6 degrees.

At the time, Toronto General Hospital in Canada—where Siddiki lay fighting off death—called it the worst case of shingles in the hospital’s history.

Siddiki told Charisma News how he—on the verge of death—cried out to Muhammad; with silence his only answer. Alone and afraid, he remembered some of the stories he’d heard about the prophet Jesus, and prayed, “God if You’re real, don’t let me die.”

According to the report, Siddiki was passionate as he described the One who suddenly entered his hospital room, “It was the outline of a Person. I couldn’t see the facial features because there was so much light shining from this Person.”

“This Person spoke without opening Their mouth . . . He said, ‘I am the God of the Christians.’ And He said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’

Siddiki stated emphatically, “It was Jesus Christ.”

(more…)

Continue ReadingMuslim Man’s Desperate Cries to Muhammad Go Unanswered, Then He Calls Out to God—and Meets Jesus

Islam’s Universal Economic Failure

Posted by Daniel Greenfield Bio ? on Aug 1st, 2012

If Romney accomplished nothing else during his Israeli visit, he did manage to offend every single Palestinian Arab terrorist group, all of whom, the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP and the DFLP, issued press releases denouncing him. American media outlets have been denouncing him for saying that the GDP Per Capita differences between Israel and the Palestinian Authority represent a contrast in values.

The official media narrative is that these differences are the results of oppression, checkpoints and blockades. But then why does the IMF put Israel’s GDP Per Capita well ahead of the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia has no Israeli checkpoints, no Israeli soldiers or planes flying overhead. It has wealth literally pouring out of the ground with a fifth of the world’s petroleum reserves. And yet the IMF puts it 13 places behind Israel and the World Bank puts it 8 places behind Israel. The only Muslim countries with a better GDP Per Capita than Israel are small monarchies drowning in oil.

The non-oil Muslim countries who are closest to Israel are Malaysia and Lebanon, 32 and 33 places behind Israel. Both countries also have sizable non-Muslim populations. Muslims make up only 50 percent of Lebanon and only 60 percent of Malaysia. No Muslim country without oil has a better GDP Per Capita than a Muslim country with sizable Christian or Buddhist minorities.

(more…)

Continue ReadingIslam’s Universal Economic Failure

What is Sharia?

Posted by Dr. Hans Jansen Bio  on Jul 16th, 2012 

The Islamic Sharia is a system of law. It is a collection of prohibitions, admonitions and commands about human behavior. The Sharia is not an internal matter that only concerns Islam and Muslims. The Sharia includes a large number of provisions about people who are not Muslims. These rules are usually prohibitions that carry severe penalties if violated. These provisions of the Sharia make life unsafe and uncertain for someone who lives under Sharia law and who is not a Muslim.

Under Sharia law, someone who is not a Muslim possesses no inalienable rights. If I am wrong here, I will be relieved, and happy to stand corrected and receive your e-mails pointing out why I am wrong. But if I am right, a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay possesses more rights than a Jew or a Christian who lives under Sharia law.

Unlike the legal systems of most modern nation states, Sharia law is not subject to democratic supervision. Like international law and rabbinic law, Sharia law is an academic affair: experts discuss and debate the rules until they reach an agreement. Sharia law does not know a parliament or a government that acts as legislator, but the rules of the Sharia come into being by being agreed upon by the experts, that is, the Islamic religious leaders, the professional Muslims, the Ulama, Ayatollahs, or whatever these dignitaries are called.

(more…)

Continue ReadingWhat is Sharia?

Decision by Netanyahu, Barak to strike Iran is almost final — Israel TV

By Times of Israel staff August 11, 2012

PM believes Iran’s regime is aiming to ‘destroy the Jewish people,’ does not think Obama will resort to force. Nuclear drive ‘further ahead’ than previously thought. In a year, Israeli action could have only ‘negligible effect’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have “almost finally” decided on an Israeli strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities this fall, and a final decision will be taken “soon,” Israel’s main TV news broadcast reported on Friday evening.

Channel 2 News, the country’s leading news program, devoted much of its Friday night broadcast to the issue, detailing the pros and cons that, it said, have taken Netanyahu and Barak to the brink of approving an Israeli military attack despite opposition from the Obama administration and from many Israeli security chiefs.

Critically, the station’s diplomatic correspondent Udi Segal said, Israel does not believe that the US will take military action as Iran closes in on the bomb.

The US, the TV report said, has not provided Israel with details of an attack plan. President Obama has not promised to attack Iran if all else fails. Conditions cited by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta for an American attack do not calm Israeli concerns. And Obama has a record of seeking UN and Arab League approval before action. All these factors, in Jerusalem’s mind, underline the growing conviction of Netanyahu and Barak that Israel will have to tackle Iran alone, the TV report said.

(more…)

Continue ReadingDecision by Netanyahu, Barak to strike Iran is almost final — Israel TV

CHRISTIANS FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD START CRUCIFIXIONS IN EGYPT

World Net Daily – 21st August 2012

The Arab Spring takeover of Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood has run amok, with reports from several different media agencies that the radical Muslims have begun crucifying opponents of newly installed President Mohammed Morsi.

Middle East media confirm that during a recent rampage, Muslim Brotherhood operatives “crucified those opposing Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi naked on trees in front of the presidential palace while abusing others.”

Raymond Ibrahim, a fellow with the Middle East Forum and the Investigative Project on Terrorism, said the crucifixions are the product of who the Middle Eastern media call “partisans.”

“Arabic media call them ‘supporters,’ ‘followers’ and ‘partisans’ of the Muslim Brotherhood,” Ibraham said.

Ibrahim also says the victims can be anyone, including Egyptian Christians.

“It’s anyone who is resisting the new government,” Ibrahim said. “In this particular case, the people attacked and crucified were secular protesters upset because of Morsi’s hostile campaign against the media, especially of Tawfik Okasha, who was constantly exposing him on his station, until Morsi shut him down.”

(more…)

Continue ReadingCHRISTIANS FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD START CRUCIFIXIONS IN EGYPT

Pakistan: burned to death for Islamic blasphemy

By Rodrick Sanson – Friday, July 06, 2012

A man accused of blasphemy, according to Islamic religious law, was extra-judicially killed in Pakistan outside a police station in the Chani Ghoth area of theBahawalpur region in the Punjab.  Deputy Superintendent of Police Ahmedpur said, “The Chani Goth police station received a complaint that a person has burnt the pages of the Quran; the police arrested the person and brought him to the police station and put him in the lock up.

Some religious leaders announced on the loud speakers that a man has committed blasphemy against Islam.”As is frequently the case in Muslim-dominated Pakistan, mobs surrounded the police station baying for the life of the alleged blasphemer. The mob blocked the main highway through the town and broke down the gates of the police station, attacking the officers and injuring Station House Officer Ghulam Mohudin Gajjar along with four guards. Superintendent Ahmedpur also sustained injuries. All told, some 15 officers were injured in the melee and are now in hospital.

(more…)

Continue ReadingPakistan: burned to death for Islamic blasphemy

Olympic Committee On Munich Moment of Silence Refusal: “Muslims Tied Our Hands”

July 17, 2012 – http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com.au

Ankie Spitzer whose husband was murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics has been fighting to have a minute of silence at the London Games to remember the eleven murdered victims.

Her efforts have been supported by the governments of much of the western world, but they have been rejected by the International Olympic Committee.

The organisation and its president Jacques Rogge have been subject to intense criticism from across the international community for its continued refusal to honour the 11 Israel Olympians murdered at the 1972 Munich Games with a minute’s silence to mark the 40th anniversary of the killings, in what has been presented as a “humanitarian” gesture.

Munich widow Ankie Spitzer spearheaded the campaign by launching an online protest, which has since garnered support from across political spectrums in several countries including Israel, Canada, the UK, Australia, the US, Belgium and Germany.

(more…)

Continue ReadingOlympic Committee On Munich Moment of Silence Refusal: “Muslims Tied Our Hands”