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In Cyprus, the pope saw up close the drama of the Christians of the East. Ecumenism is flourishing, but where Islam reigns there is no freedom of conscience or religion

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Islamic Murder Of Catholic Bishop In Turkey

Bloody, Turkish Islamo-Fascist tyrant, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

The prophet Muhammad, in whose name murder, mayhem, misogyny, barbarism, jihad, terrorism, deceit, darkness and malevolence these crimes against Catholics, Christians, Jews, fellow Muslims are carried out...

Catholic Online:

The Bishop was stabbed in the house and then beheaded outside. He cried for help before he died. The murderer shouted "Allah Akbar!".

The alleged insanity of the murderer is now to be excluded from consideration. There is no medical certificate to prove it. Turkish minister of justice condemns the murder and promises to shed light on the incident.

On Monday June 7, 2010 the funeral of mudered Bishop Padovese, killed by his driver, Murat Altun, on June 3, 2010, was to take place. Early reports alleged the driver was strangely "crazed". New details have emerged concerning the dynamics and motives of the killing that has now devastated the Turkish Church.

The funeral ceremony was be held in the Church of the Annunciation, with the participation of the apostolic nuncio, Mgr. Antonio Lucibello, the Latin bishops of Istanbul and Izmir, the Armenian Catholic Bishop of Istanbul, as well as the priests in Turkey and representatives of international embassies.

A delegate of the Conference of Bishops of Europe was to be present. The presence of bishops from other countries, particularly Italy, was not expected: After the funeral, in Iskenderun, the body of Mgr. Padovese will be brought to Milan, Italy, where he will receive another funeral. The funeral in Italy is likely to take place on Monday, June 14. The delay is due to the fact that the Italian courts have asked to do an autopsy on the body of the martyred bishop.

As the days pass, new details emerge concerning the murder and the alleged "insanity" of the assassin.

The doctors who performed the autopsy reveal that Mgr. Padovese had knife wounds all over his body, but especially in the heart (at least 8). His head was almost completely detached from his neck, attached to his body by only the skin of the back of the neck.

Even the dynamics of the killing is clearer: the Bishop was stabbed in his house. He had the strength to go out the door of the house, bleeding and crying for help and there he was killed. Perhaps only when he fell to the ground, was his head cut off.

Witnesses said they heard the bishop cry out for help. But more importantly, is that they heard screams of Murat immediately after the murder.

According to these sources, he climbed on the roof of the house shouted: "I killed the great Satan! Allah Akbar! ".

This call coincides perfectly with the idea of beheading, making sense that it is like a ritual sacrifice against evil. This correlates with the murders of ultranationalist groups and Islamic fundamentalists who apparently want to eliminate Christians from Turkey.

Moreover, according to a Turkish newspaper, Milliyet on June 4, the murderer had told police that he his actions were the result of a " divine revelation."

Faced with these new chilling details perhaps the statements by the Turkish government and the first views expressed by the Vatican need to be revised. They had claimed that the killing did not have political or religious implications.

Notwithstanding that, as Pope Benedict XVI said in the plane en route to Cyprus, this murder "can not be attributed to Turkey or the Turks, and should not obscure dialogue".

Adding to the pontiff's justifiable concerns, are the increasing demands of Catholics and some Turkish NGOs that police should not stop the investigation at the presumed "insanity" of Murat, but proceed and delve deeper into his possible links with organizations of the "Deep State", even beyond the Turkish government.

The alleged insanity of the 26 year old who for more than four years lived next to the bishop is now indefensible. Ercan Eris, the church's lawyer, argues that the murderer cannot become depressed in a day and that there is no medical report which declares that.

Now it is certain that the young man is sane. There is no medical certificate attesting to his mental disability. Recently he said he was depressed, but now it is thought that this was all a strategy to defend himself later.

Yesterday in the Ministry of Justice came directly from Ankara to Iskenderun and explicitly condemned the act and ensured that he will do everything possible to shed light on what happened.

Establishing the truth is necessary for the Turkish State, because it desires to show its modernity and ability to guarantee rights. However, it is also necessary for the Church. According to police sources, it seems that Murat is offering a new 'justification' for his action.

He now alleges that Mgr. Padovese was a homosexual. He claims that he was the victim, "forced to suffer abuse." That the killing of the bishop was not martyrdom, but an act of "legitimate defence".He has offered no collaboration of the claim.

But according to experts from the Turkish world, the killing of Mgr. Padovese shows an evolution of organizations of the "Deep State" being the first time they aim so high. So far they had targeted ordinary priests, but now they have attacked the head of the Turkish Church (Mgr Padovese was president of the Episcopal Conference of Turkey).

At the same time, their actions are becoming more sophisticated, less crude than before. These actions not only limit their defence to claims of "insanity", already used for the murder of Father Santoro, but appear to offer more explanations in order to confuse public opinion nationally and internationally.

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Turkish media reports question insanity of Bishop Padovese’s killer

Incisive and penetrating analysis by Antonio Gabriele Fucilone (in Italian)

An Italian Vatican expert is saying that Bishop Luigi Padovese, canceled his trip to Cyprus because he feared that his driver –who later confessed to killing the bishop- might attempt an attack on Pope Benedict XVI during his stay on the island

B16 In Portugal-Day 4, Related Links

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the door of a plane at the Sa Carneiro Airport, in Porto, Portugal, Friday, May 14, 2010, after celebrating a mass closing his four-day visit to Portugal. (Daylife-Reuters, AP & Getty Images)




















Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass at the Aliados Avenue in Porto on May 14, 2010, on the last day of his official visit to Portugal. Pope Benedict XVI on May 14 holds the last outdoor mass of his landmark tour to Portugal.(Daylife Photos)







St. Matthias:

According to Acts 1:15-26, during the days after the Ascension, Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (about 120 of Jesus’ followers). Now that Judas had betrayed his ministry, it was necessary, Peter said, to fulfill the scriptural recommendation: “May another take his office.”

“Therefore, it is necessary that one of the men who accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus came and went among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us, become with us a witness to his resurrection” (Acts 1:21-22).

They nominated two men: Joseph Barsabbas and Matthias. They prayed and drew lots. The choice fell upon Matthias, who was added to the Eleven.

Matthias is not mentioned by name anywhere else in the New Testament.

Comment:

What was the holiness of Matthias? Obviously he was suited for apostleship by the experience of being with Jesus from his baptism to his ascension. He must also have been suited personally, or he would not have been nominated for so great a responsibility. Must we not remind ourselves that the fundamental holiness of Matthias was his receiving gladly the relationship with the Father offered him by Jesus and completed by the Holy Spirit?

If the apostles are the foundations of our faith by their witness, they must also be reminders, if only implicitly, that holiness is entirely a matter of God’s giving, and it is offered to all, in the everyday circumstances of life. We receive, and even for this God supplies the power of freedom.

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Jesus speaks of the apostles’ function of being judges, that is, rulers. He said, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (Matthew 19:28).

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Following Mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Benedict XVI processed with the Exposed Blessed Sacrament into the crowd of pilgrims, imparting a blessing and praying for graces of healing, consolation and mercy for the faithful

The pope said abortion and efforts to promote same-sex marriage were "insidious and dangerous threats to the common good," and he encouraged pastoral workers in Portugal to keep up their efforts to protect the unborn and the traditional family

"The Governorate of Vatican City State and Vodafone Italia today signed an agreement for the supply of mobile telephone services. The agreement makes provision for around 2000 users."

After the Ascension of Jesus, St. Peter proposed to the assembled faithful that they choose a disciple of Christ to fill the place of the traitor Judas in the first missionary band. Lots were drawn, with the result in favor of Matthias

As Cyprus prepares for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI on June 4-6, the country’s ambassador to the Holy See, George Poulides, speaks to Terrasanta.net, he believes the Pope’s mere presence will act as a “vigorous protest” against the Turkish occupation of the north of the country



Fr. Federico Lombardi, the spokesman for the Vatican, said it was not a surprise that hundreds of thousands of people were in Fatima for Pope Benedict's Mass at Fatima yesterday

At 1.30 p.m. today, the Pope arrived at the international airport of the city of Porto for the departure ceremony at the end of his apostolic trip to Portugal. Following a greeting by Anibal Cavaco Silva, president of the Republic of Portugal, the Holy Father pronounced his address

Celebrating Mass in Porto, where he had arrived from Fatima early this morning, Pope Benedict called the faithful to witness the Resurrection and be missionaries of Christ

The Holy Father spent the final day of his Apostolic Visit to Portugal in the nation’s “second city” of Porto where the main event of the day was Mass in the main square. Upon his departure from the city this afternoon he thanked the country for its hospitality and said he hopes to see a renewal of the Church

Two Moroccan students who attended a university in the central Italian city of Perugia were expelled from the country last month after it was discovered that they were conspiring to kill Pope Benedict. One of them allegedly said he wished to “earn a place in Paradise.”

Farewell remarks by the Holy Father

If you missed this morning’s live coverage of the Pope’s final Mass and farewell ceremony, it will air once again on Salt + Light Television, Friday evening, May 14th, at 8pm ET/5pm PT

Here is a Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered today during a public Mass in Porto's Gran Plaza de la Avenida dos Aliados, which is in front of the municipal palace, with the participation of 120,000 faithful

Inquisition's juridical innovations included "the defense attorney, testimony under oath, appeals to a higher court, the adoption of the principle 'unus testis nullus testis,'" in which uncorroborated testimony is inadmissible, as well as reducing life sentences to a few years of incarceration and offering a public defender for the poor

Answering the call from the Italian Bishops' Conference-promoted National Consultancy of Lay Aggregations (CNAL), thousands of people are planning on attending the Regina Coeli prayer in St. Peter's Square on May 16

Benedict and his admirers face a choice straight out of Goethe’s Faust: In order to salvage Benedict’s reputation on the sexual abuse crisis, they’re almost compelled to tarnish that of Pope John Paul II

New Koran Book-Infidel's Guide

Robert Spencer:

My new book, The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran, is coming September 21 from Regnery Publishing.

What they're saying about the new book:

"Unlike most of today’s self-styled experts, Robert Spencer won’t tell you that ‘slay the idolaters wherever you find them’ really means ‘love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.’ In The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran, Spencer shows once again that he is America’s most informed, fearless, and compelling voice on modern jihadism, insisting that we come to grips with the words behind the ideology that fuels international terror.” — Andrew C. McCarthy, senior fellow at the National Review Institute and author of Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad.

"Meticulous, comprehensive, indispensable. ‘I read the Koran so you don’t have to,’ Spencer writes—but even for those of us who have read the Koran, this is a richly illuminating work.” — Bruce Bawer, author of Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom and While Europe Slept.

Dhimmitude at Yale, Muhammad Pictures

This wooden sculpture in the Church of Our Dear Lady in Dendermonde, Belgium depicts Mohammed on the ground, clutching the Koran, being trampled on by angels. It represents the triumph of Christianity over Islam and it was carved in the 17th century by Mattheus van Beveren. (Source-Faces of Muhammad)

This medieval drawing of Mohammed showing his entrails to Dante and Virgil is from one of the earliest surviving illustrated manuscripts of Dante's Inferno, dating from the 3rd quarter of the 14th century. (Source-Faces of Muhammad)

Hat Tip: Jawa Report
Hat Tip: Ghost of a Flea

More Muhammad photos can be found here.

Original story regarding Yale's capitulation here.

Plight of Iraqi Christians

Pope Walks Out After Anti-Israel Diatribe

Pope Benedict XVI (R) walks past senior Palestinian Muslim cleric Sheikh Taysir al-Tamimi as he arrives to attend a meeting with representatives of the organizations for the inter-religious dialogue in the Our Lady of Jerusalem Centre in Jerusalem May 11, 2009. Tamimi fiercely denounced Israeli policy in Jerusalem in the presence of Pope Benedict on Monday and appealed to the pope to help end what he called the ”crimes” of the Jewish state. REUTERS-Sky News

Christopher @ Pope Benedict in Israel has the best and complete analysis of what unfortunately transpired:

Lest there be any misinterpretation as to why the Pope and Tamimi shook hands after the incident occurred, Tobias Buck (Financial Times explains:

Organisers tried to persuade the sheikh to stop, but he continued for several minutes. According to local media reports, there was no translation available, so the pontiff was made aware of the content of the statement only after Mr al-Tamimi had finished speaking. The Pope and his entourage then left the meeting.

Minutes after the embarrassing incident, Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See press office, released the following response:

"The intervention of Sheikh Tayssir Attamimi was not scheduled by the organizers of the meeting. In a meeting dedicated to dialogue this intervention was a direct negation of what a dialogue should be. We hope that such an incident will not damage the mission of the Pope aiming at promoting peace and also interreligious dialogue, as he has clearly affirmed in many occasions during this pilgrimage. We hope also that interreligious dialogue in the Holy Land will not be compromised by this incident."

The Tourism and Foreign ministries also denounced Tamimi's remarks:

It is regrettable that Sheikh Tayssir Tamimi has abused an inter-religious meeting aimed at promoting dialogue and understanding between Christians, Jews and Muslims, in order to incite against Israel.

Minister Stas Misezhnikov, charged with the pope's visit to Israel, stated:

"The sheikh's provocation hurt, first and foremost, Pope Benedict XVI who came to the Holy Land to promote peace and unity between the peoples of the region and all persons of faith. Israel condemns these words of hatred uttered by the sheikh, who instead of fostering peace and coexistence chose to plant seeds of division and confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as between Jews, Muslims and Christians."

It is a shame that the extremists were those who represented the Palestinians and the Muslims in this important event in the presence of the Holy See. Coincidentally, this was the very same Sheikh who caused a similar disruption during an interfaith meeting attended by then-Pope John Paul II at the Notre Dame Jerusalem Center in 2000.

Cindy Wooden and Judith Sudilovsky (Catholic News Service) recall the incident:

Nine years ago, one of Israel's chief rabbis made a speech in which he called Jerusalem Israel's "eternal undivided capital" and claimed the pope had recognized it as such. Sheik al-Tamimi got up and made a rebuttal, saying Jerusalem was Palestine's undivided capital and decrying Israel's occupation of the city.

Haunting Muslim Demographics

Hat Tip: Orbis Catholicvs

Pope Tells Muslims "Embrace Reason"

UPDATE 1:

Incorrigible Muslim leaders wanted another "official" apology from Pope Benedict XVI and they did not get one...

What a surprise, they are quite perturbed, to say the least!

Can we, at least, have 1 official apology for the last 1400 years of Islamo-Fascism and the untold murder & enslavement of Catholic, Christian and Jewish men and women???

Complete wrap up of today's events can be found here.


Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by a Muslim sheikh upon his arrival at Queen Alia International airport in Amman yesterday. He spoke at a Jordanian mosque today. (REUTERS/Ali Jarekji)

NCRegister's post of full text of Pope's discourse to Islamic leaders in Amman:

Discourse of Pope Benedict XVI at the Al-Hussein Bin Talal Mosque in Amman, Jordan.

May 9th, 2009

Your Royal Highness,

Your Excellencies,

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a source of great joy for me to meet with you this morning in this magnificent setting. I wish to thank Prince Ghazi Bin Muhammed Bin Talal for his kind words of welcome. Your Royal Highness’s numerous initiatives to promote inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue and exchanges are appreciated by the people of the Hashemite Kingdom and they are widely respected by the international community. I know that these efforts receive the active support of other members of the Royal Family as well as the nation’s government, and find ample resonance in the many initiatives of collaboration among Jordanians. For all this, I wish to express my own heartfelt admiration.

Places of worship, like this splendid Al-Hussein Bin Talal mosque named after the revered late King, stand out like jewels across the earth’s surface. From the ancient to the modern, the magnificent to the humble, they all point to the divine, to the Transcendent One, to the Almighty. And through the centuries these sanctuaries have drawn men and women into their sacred space to pause, to pray, to acknowledge the presence of the Almighty, and to recognize that we are all his creatures.

For this reason we cannot fail to be concerned that today, with increasing insistency, some maintain that religion fails in its claim to be, by nature, a builder of unity and harmony, an expression of communion between persons and with God. Indeed some assert that religion is necessarily a cause of division in our world; and so they argue that the less attention given to religion in the public sphere the better. Certainly, the contradiction of tensions and divisions between the followers of different religious traditions, sadly, cannot be denied.

However, is it not also the case that often it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is the real catalyst for tension and division, and at times even violence in society? In the face of this situation, where the opponents of religion seek not simply to silence its voice but to replace it with their own, the need for believers to be true to their principles and beliefs is felt all the more keenly.

Muslims and Christians, precisely because of the burden of our common history so often marked by misunderstanding, must today strive to be known and recognized as worshippers of God faithful to prayer, eager to uphold and live by the Almighty’s decrees, merciful and compassionate, consistent in bearing witness to all that is true and good, and ever mindful of the common origin and dignity of all human persons, who remain at the apex of God’s creative design for the world and for history.

The resolve of Jordanian educators and religious and civic leaders to ensure that the public face of religion reflects its true nature is praiseworthy. The example of individuals and communities, together with the provision of courses and programmes, manifest the constructive contribution of religion to the educational, cultural, social and other charitable sectors of your civic society. Some of this spirit I have been able to sample at first hand.

Yesterday, I experienced the renowned educational and rehabilitation work of the Our Lady of Peace Centre where Christians and Muslims are transforming the lives of entire families, by assisting them to ensure that their disabled children take up their rightful place in society. Earlier this morning, I blessed the foundation stone of Madaba University where young Muslim and Christian adults will side by side receive the benefits of a tertiary education, enabling them to contribute justly to the social and economic development of their nation. Of great merit too are the numerous initiatives of inter-religious dialogue supported by the Royal Family and the diplomatic community and sometimes undertaken in conjunction with the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue. These include the ongoing work of the Royal Institutes for Inter-faith studies and for Islamic Thought, the Amman Message of 2004, the Amman Interfaith Message of 2005, and the more recent Common Word letter which echoed a theme consonant with my first encyclical: the unbreakable bond between love of God and love of neighbour, and the fundamental contradiction of resorting to violence or exclusion in the name of God (cf. Deus Caritas Est, 16).

Such initiatives clearly lead to greater reciprocal knowledge, and they foster a growing respect both for what we hold in common and for what we understand differently. Thus, they should prompt Christians and Muslims to probe even more deeply the essential relationship between God and his world so that together we may strive to ensure that society resonates in harmony with the divine order. In this regard, the co-operation found here in Jordan sets an encouraging and persuasive example for the region, and indeed the world, of the positive, creative contribution which religion can and must make to civic society.

Distinguished friends, today I wish to refer to a task which I have addressed on a number of occasions and which I firmly believe Christians and Muslims can embrace, particularly through our respective contributions to learning and scholarship, and public service. That task is the challenge to cultivate for the good, in the context of faith and truth, the vast potential of human reason.

Christians in fact describe God, among other ways, as creative Reason, which orders and guides the world. And God endows us with the capacity to participate in his reason and thus to act in accordance with what is good. Muslims worship God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, who has spoken to humanity. And as believers in the one God we know that human reason is itself God’s gift and that it soars to its highest plane when suffused with the light of God’s truth. In fact, when human reason humbly allows itself to be purified by faith, it is far from weakened; rather, it is strengthened to resist presumption and to reach beyond its own limitations.

In this way, human reason is emboldened to pursue its noble purpose of serving mankind, giving expression to our deepest common aspirations and extending, rather than manipulating or confining, public debate. Thus, genuine adherence to religion – far from narrowing our minds – widens the horizon of human understanding. It protects civil society from the excesses of the unbridled ego which tend to absolutize the finite and eclipse the infinite; it ensures that freedom is exercised hand in hand with truth, and it adorns culture with insights concerning all that is true, good and beautiful.

This understanding of reason, which continually draws the human mind beyond itself in the quest for the Absolute, poses a challenge; it contains a sense of both hope and caution. Together, Christians and Muslims are impelled to seek all that is just and right. We are bound to step beyond our particular interests and to encourage others, civil servants and leaders in particular, to do likewise in order to embrace the profound satisfaction of serving the common good, even at personal cost. And we are reminded that because it is our common human dignity which gives rise to universal human rights, they hold equally for every man and woman, irrespective of his or her religious, social or ethnic group. In this regard, we must note that the right of religious freedom extends beyond the question of worship and includes the right – especially of minorities – to fair access to the employment market and other spheres of civic life.

Before I leave you this morning I would like to acknowledge in a special way the presence among us of His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Baghdad, whom I greet most warmly. His presence brings to mind the people of neighbouring Iraq many of whom have found welcome refuge here in Jordan. The international community’s efforts to promote peace and reconciliation, together with those of the local leaders, must continue in order to bear fruit in the lives of Iraqis. I wish to express my appreciation for all those who are assisting in the endeavors to deepen trust and to rebuild the institutions and infrastructure essential to the well-being of that society. And once again, I urge diplomats and the international community they represent together with local political and religious leaders to do everything possible to ensure the ancient Christian community of that noble land its fundamental right to peaceful coexistence with their fellow citizens.

Distinguished friends, I trust that the sentiments I have expressed today will leave us with renewed hope for the future. Our love and duty before the Almighty is expressed not only in our worship but also in our love and concern for children and young people – your families – and for all Jordanians. It is for them that you labor and it is they who motivate you to place the good of every human person at the heart of institutions, laws and the workings of society.

May reason, ennobled and humbled by the grandeur of God’s truth, continue to shape the life and institutions of this nation, in order that families may flourish and that all may live in peace, contributing to and drawing upon the culture that unifies this great Kingdom!*

*Emphasis added

Pope Promotes Religious Freedom

UPDATE 1:

The lies & manipulations have begun and it didn't take long...

AMMAN (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI stressed his deep respect for Islam on Friday in Jordan, on his first trip as pontiff to an Arab state, and also stressed that religious freedom is a fundamental human right.

What did His Holiness REALLY say:

"gives me a welcome opportunity to speak of my deep respect for the Muslim community, and to pay tribute to the leadership shown by His Majesty the King in promoting a better understanding of the virtues proclaimed by Islam."

Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch picked this up and rightly corrected this misinterpreation here.

Text of Benedict XVI's remarks at the Regina Pacis Centre can be found here.

Weasel Zippers discusses the Pope's call for religious freedom in the Muslim world here.

Jihad Watch indicates that hypocritical Muslims & Islamo-Fascists are calling for an official apology over the '06 Regensburg speech.



Video source: CNA

Hamas Spreading the "Religion of Peace"

Reut Cohen reports:

Here is the transcript:

"True foundation and education start in the mosques... Do you realize what the mosque is? It is a prime factory educating men to fear and please Allah; [it is] the prime factory educating Jihad fighters... The mosque is the life of Muslims, and the symbol of their courage and honor... The Palestinian fetus in its mother's womb, the Muslim fetus throughout the world in its mother's womb, call [on Muslims] to unite through fear of Allah, through pleasing Him, and through choosing Jihad and Resistance [terror]." [1]

Give them a state!

Extreme Dhimmitude in Belgium

Hat Tip: EuropeNews

Islamic Rape of Western Women

Hat Tip: Bare Naked Islam

Pope Challenges Muslims on Violence

"Genuine religion thus widens the horizon of human understanding and stands at the base of any authentically human culture. It rejects all forms of violence and totalitarianism: not only on principles of faith, but also of right reason." Pope Benedict XVI

In his March 19th meeting with Cameroon Muslims, Benedict XVI went on to display, as NCRegister's Tom McFeeley asserts, an "intellectual fearlessness: Remember how his comments in 2005 in Regensburg, Bavaria — noting that Islam may be prone to committing violence in the name of religion because Islam appears to conceive of God as being beyond reason — incited waves of violent protest in Islamic countries? And how those comments incited waves of unfounded criticism from Western commentators that Benedict had unjustly criticized the Islamic religion?"

Read entire original article & commentary here.

Hat Tip: GateWay Pundit

Submission

Source: IslamIsUnwanted

Rest in Peace, Theo Van Gogh.

They Must Be Stopped

Source: IslamIsUnwanted You Tube Page

I highly recommend Brigette Gabriel's organization, Act! for America, which can be accessed here and her You Tube channel here.

Islam=Honor Killings Incorporated

Source: Atlas Shrugs

Click here to witness more victims murdered and maimed in the most barbaric fashion, all carried out in the name of Islam, their prophet, Muhammad & the nefarious legal code he instituted.

Meet Norway's Thatcher

Norwegian Progress Party (Frp) Leader Siv Jensen is a champion of freedom & liberty. She comprehends, like Geert Wilders, that Islamo Fascism is the impending threat in Europe.

Jensen, who has been characterized as "Norway's Thatcher" is her party's candidate for Prime Minister in the parliamentary elections which will be held in September of this year.

She does not fear tackling Islam related issues like other dhimmis in her nation:

Throughout history we managed to fight totalitarian ideas like Nazism and later Communism. As a [classical] liberal I will always fight against such ideas and movements. Radical Islam is a dark and scary ideology and fighting it is our era's most important struggle...

It's most probably an expression that they don't know what's happening in the society around them. They shut their eyes and try to appear tolerant and liberal, while in reality they are deeply intolerant. (Read entire article here)

Reject Sharia

UAC has put up an anti-Sharia billboard on the I-75 Detroit-Toledo Expressway.

The United American Committee is an organization dedicated to rejecting and counter-acting Sharia Law in the United States.

We have the unfortunate examples of the United Kingdom, Canada and the Netherlands, to a lesser extent, permitting Islamo-Fascist thugs to impose this draconian form of perverted "justice".

I have commented before that the Obama regime will begin, next year, to permit applications of Sharia in Texas, Michigan and Florida, albeit in a stealth fashion.

The Anti-Jihad Resistance is an umbrella community comprising of various groups/blogs which are committed to ensuring our liberties and freedom in America and the civilized Western World.

So let us band together and defeat this malevolence!!!