Noor Faleh Almaleki (1989-2009)

Noor Faleh Almaleki (1989-2009)

Mais uma vítima do que se convencionou chamar "crime de honra", expressão ironicamente apropriada, uma vez que actos desta natureza acabam por honrar a vítima e trazer opróbrio aos perpetradores.

«On Monday, November 2, 2009, Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20 years old, died as a result of injuries suffered on October 20, 2009 when she and Amal Edan Khalaf, 43 year old female both from Surprise, Arizona, were run down by Noor's father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki on October 20, 2009 in a parking lot at 8990 W. Peoria Avenue in Peoria, Arizona. (...) On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at approximately 2:00 pm, Suspect Faleh Hassan Almaleki drove his 2000 Jeep Laredo at Victims, Noor Almaleki, his daughter and family friend, Amal Khalaf while the victims were walking across the parking lot of the Department of Economic Security building located at 8990 West Peoria Avenue, Peoria, AZ.

Suspect Faleh Almaleki guided his vehicle toward the two victims, striking them, and then running over them. Victim Noor Almaleki suffered life threatening injuries and remains unresponsive. Victim Amal Khalaf suffered serious physical injuries and remains in serious but stable condition.

After the incident, Suspect Almaleki drove his vehicle to Mexico. He abandoned the vehicle in Nogales, Mexico, where officials there later located and seized it. Suspect Almaleki made his way to Mexico City, where he boarded a plane to London. Upon his arrival in London, UK Port of Entry authorities denied him entry into the country. The UK contacted US authorities and Suspect Almaleki was ultimately placed on a plane back to the US. Suspect Almaleki was arrested late yesterday afternoon upon his arrival in Atlanta. He currently awaits extradition to Arizona.

On Saturday, October 31, 2009 at about 1:00 pm, Faleh Hassan Almaleki was returned to Peoria, Arizona where he was booked on two charges of Aggravated Assault and then transported to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 4th Avenue Jail in Phoenix, Arizona. (...)»

Political Islam: Boletim da perseguição aos cristãos - Outubro 2009

Bulletin of Christian Persecution October 23, 2009

Facts without comments-- We Collect the Dots; You Connect Them

Please spread this bulletin and send us events that you find.

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North America

September 23, 2009 United States Ex-Muslims in the US want civil rights assurances.

September 24, 2009 California, USA Schoolhouse Sharia: Christianity banned and Islamic studies are mandatory.

September 24, 2009 Florida, USA Christians and rights group expressed concerns about the accuracy of the FDLE report of Rifqa Bary.

October 7, 2009 Washington, DC Rights activists are concerned about the adoption of a US-Egypt anti-free speech resolution because it threatens freedom to challenge religious views.

October 9, 2009 USA The American Library Association’s stealth jihad against free speech.

October 10, 2009 Washington, DC An Obama adviser defended Sharia law on British television, where she appeared with a Hizb ut Tahrir spokesperson.

October 12, 2009 Walled Lake, Michigan, USA A Muslim threatens Christians for speaking about Muhammad. (Video.)

October 13, 2009 Florida, USA A judge ordered Christian convert Rifqa Bary to return to Ohio to live under the care of child protective services.

October 15, 2009 Florida, USA Throwing Rifqa to the wolves .

October 16, 2009 California, USA Public school students must endure two weeks of whitewashed Islamic education, but only two days of Christianity.

October 17, 2009 Florida, USA Christian convert Rifqa Bary will be returned to Ohio and placed in the state’s custody.

October 22, 2009 Toronto, Canada A local imam calls on Allah - and Muslims - to kill Christians and Jews. Video here.

Africa

September 16, 2009 Somaliland Converts from Islam are jailed, pursued, and kidnapped.

September 17, 2009 Eritrea At least seven Christians recently died in a military prison. More than 3000 Christians are currently imprisoned for their faith in Eritrea.

September 18, 2009 Al-Bagur, Egypt Copts protested after a Muslim man went on a rampage, killing one man by beheading him and severely injuring two others.

September 18, 2009 Eritrea The EU called on Eritrea to free its political prisoners.

September 18, 2009 Merca, Somalia Al-Shabaab militants killed a 69-year-old Christian man after finding Bibles in his possession at a checkpoint.

September 19, 2009 Cairo, Egypt Cairo suffers after the big pig cull last May.

September 21, 2009 Qena, Egypt A 19-year-old Coptic girl was abducted to force her father to “reconcile” with the families of the men who killed his son.

September 23, 2009 Cairo, Egypt Mourners turned out to protest attacks against Christians after two were killed and one was attacked in a single day.

September 24, 2009 Egypt Father Zakariah Botros discusses Christian persecution with Michael Coren. (Video playlist.)

September 25, 2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A court upheld the prison sentences of two Christians accused of evangelism.

September 25, 2009 Nigeria Lee Jay Walker on Nigeria and Christian martyrs.

September 25, 2009 Ezo, Sudan Seven Christians were crucified in a series of raids. 17 were abducted in one of the raids.

September 26, 2009 Cairo, Egypt A Muslim convert to Christianity and his daughter were prevented from leaving the country due to an identity card issue.

September 30, 2009 Egypt “The Myth of Islamic Tolerance and Peaceful Existence:” a lecture at the Hudson Institute. (Video playlist.)

September 30, 2009 Delga, Egypt A Muslim brutally murdered a Christian and then a mob attacked mourners at his funeral.

September 30, 2009 Somalia Hunting Christians in Somalia.

September 30, 2009 Sudan A new North-South civil war may be in its early stages. More here.

October 1, 2009 Marerey, Somalia Islamic militants killed a church leader execution-style after confirming that she possessed a Bible.

October 2, 2009 Senbete, Ethiopia A Muslim mob ransacked two churches and severely injured three Christians.

October 5, 2009 Alexandria, Egypt Police arrested a Christian father for trying to get his kidnapped daughter back.

October 6, 2009 Cairo, Egypt A Christian man was arrested for handing out gospel leaflets and held without charge for four days.

October 6, 2009 Kenya Islamic militants from Somalia are expanding their influence into Kenya, targeting children.

October 8, 2009 Amhara, Ethiopia Two Christians who were sentenced to six months in prison on false charges have successfully appealed their sentences but are still being held on a new charge.

October 9, 2009 Egypt Interview with an Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity.

October 12, 2009 Khartoum, Sudan Outrage as a court defies Islamic law and sentences four Muslims to death for killing Christians.

October 12, 2009 Egypt Forced Islamization and murder of Christian conscripts in the Egyptian army.

October 16, 2009 Hargeisa, Somalia A man who was jailed for distributing Christian literature has staged a hunger strike.

October 17, 2009 Egypt Can Egypt protect its Copts?

October 17, 2009 Sudan Sudanese churches warn of return to war.

October 18, 2009 Egypt Where to bury a dead Copt?

October 19, 2009 Cairo, Egypt A Christian was killed over a rumor of his son’s affair with a Muslim woman.

Asia

October 21, 2009 Asmara, Eritrea Security forces raided the home of a pastor and arrested three people, then seven more the next day.

September 17, 2009 Gojra, Pakistan A judge granted bail to 13 Muslims accused of inciting mob attacks against Christians in August.

September 17, 2009 Pakistan Human rights groups accused police of colluding with jihadists who kill Christians with impunity.

September 18, 2009 Pakistan A Muslim man kidnapped and raped a Christian 8^th grader for two days. Officials are not investigating.

September 18, 2009 Sialkot, Pakistan The police who killed Robert Danish on 9/15 will be reinstated.

September 18, 2009 Middle East The Pope met with Patriarchs to discuss the future of the Christian community in the Middle East.

September 18, 2009 Jolo, Philippines The Catholic church joined a protest against gang-rape jihad.

September 21, 2009 Middle East A Kuwaiti liberal says that persecution of Middle Eastern Christians is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

September 22, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq A Christian doctor was freed after being abducted and then tortured for 29 days.

September 22, 2009 Istanbul, Turkey An historic Christian cemetery was desecrated.

September 23, 2009 Faisalabad, Pakistan Christians deny provoking violence against themselves after being accused of doing so.

September 23, 2009 Manila, Philippines Three teachers were freed after being held by militants for seven months.

September 24, 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh Police and the victim’s family seek a motive in the slaying of a church worker at Dhaka University.

September 24, 2009 Niveneh, Iraq Official estimates indicate that 30,000 families have been displaced since 2003, a majority of whom are Christians.

September 24, 2009 Philippines The Philippine national flag is set to be altered in order to have a ninth ray for Muslims.

September 26, 2009 Pakistan All students must now study Islam in school.

September 28, 2009 Mosul, Iraq A doctor who was kidnapped by militants was released.

September 28, 2009 Lebanon Christians are fleeing the country as it becomes increasingly Islamized.

September 28, 2009 Ankara, Turkey British women sent a petition to Turkey’s PM condemning the release of a prisoner who raped three British women and one Finnish woman.

September 29, 2009 Depok City, West Java, Indonesia A church won their legal battle to worship in their building.

September 29, 2009 Iraq Is nowhere safe for Iraqi Christians?

September 29, 2009 Gaza Islamic law is imposed in Gaza.

September 29, 2009 Manila, Philippines Two US soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.

September 30, 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh A Christian convert from Islam and his family were threatened with death and their house was burned down.

September 30, 2009 Iran A wave of arrests of Christians in Iran. (Video.)

October 1, 2009 Pakistan The Pope urged the nation of Pakistan to protect its Christians from Islamic extremists.

October 1, 2009 Pakistan Pakistani Christian organizations called for a national conference on October 24 to demand the abolition of the blasphemy law.

October 2, 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh A Catholic university student was attacked in a park over a rumor.

October 3, 2009 Kochi, India The Eastern Catholic Pope met with the Pope to discuss the exodus of Christians in the Middle East and South Asia.

October 4, 2009 Pakistan “The rising intolerance and violence against Christians is a result of the Talibanization and promulgation of Shariah law in the country.”

October 4, 2009 Pakistan Attacks on Christians seem to be part of a “well-organized campaign,” achieving the desired effect threatening their security.

October 4, 2009 Turkey Turkey made USCIRF’s watch list.

October 5, 2009 Indonesia A call for the rights of religious minorities in Indonesia, who face many obstacles to worshipping.

October 5, 2009 Jakarta, Indonesia Islamic organizations stopped a congregation from worshipping in a house, resulting in an order from city officials to cease holding services.

October 5, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq A Christian nurse was tortured and killed, and his body was dumped on a road by militants. The Iraqi prelate has sought out government protection for the community.

October 5, 2009 Faisalabad, Pakistan Pakistani Christians call upon the US to bring justice to Pakistan rather than monetary aid. Update 10/21: Gojra Christians rejected US aid and reiterated their demand.

October 5, 2009 Faisalabad, Pakistan Christian accused the government of condoning the Gojra attacks.

October 6, 2009 Islamabad, Pakistan Muslims attacked the home of a Christian family after warning them to convert to Islam to avoid being killed.

October 6, 2009 Lebanon Lebanon’s Armenians are upset over a planned deal with Turkey.

October 7, 2009 Gaza, Jerusalem Palestinians remembered a murdered Christian bookstore owner and local religious leader.

October 8, 2009 Tehran, Iran “Anti-state” charges against two Christian converts who have been imprisoned since March were dropped. They will still be charged with the propagation of their Christian faith and apostacy, which is punishable by death.

October 8, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq Christian Iraqis fear more violence after the abduction and murder of a health worker.

October 8, 2009 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan stands poised to introduce very restrictive laws regarding religious practice.

October 9, 2009 Kazakhstan Authorities closed a Christian-run rehabilitation center and fined the owner.

October 9, 2009 Middle East A Christian man was attacked by a Muslim with a screwdriver, who first elicited Christian literature.

October 9, 2009 Pakistan Christian Pakistanis spoke about their plight at the United Nations.

October 9, 2009 Lahore, Pakistan The ruling party in Pakistan says it is unable to abolish the blasphemy law.

October 11, 2009 Punjab, Pakistan An 11-year-old Christian schoolgirl was attacked by a teacher for saying that she’s Pakistani.

October 11, 2009 Mindanao, Philippines An elderly Irish priest was kidnapped by militants while taking a walk. Update 10/14: He is believed to be with the MILF. Update 10/15: He is ill but may be able to get medicine.

October 12, 2009 Mosul, Iraq “Mosul, the capital of Ninewah province, has struggled by comparison and remains a devastated cityscape, in many ways a war zone in appearance and atmosphere more than a post-war zone.”

October 12, 2009 Pakistan The Pakistani Minorities Minister vowed to end persecution of Christians by eradicating the blasphemy law.

October 13, 2009 Kerala, India Christians and Hindus find common cause in dealing with the “love jihad” racket.

October 13, 2009 Jakarta, Indonesia Two churches received bomb threats.

October 13, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq The Archbishop of Kirkuk says that for 1600 years Iraq has been a “country of martyrs.”

October 14, 2009 Iran USCIRF called upon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to address religious freedom in Iran.

October 14, 2009 Iraq British Parliament put forth a motion calling for investigations into targeted assassinations of Assyrians in Iraq’s North.

October 14, 2009 Malaysia Malaysia’s parliament is trying to pass a law which would mandate death for apostates from Islam.

October 14, 2009 Pakistan A prominent leader of the Pakistani Christian diaspora says that the blasphemy law is the root cause of violence against Christians, who do not enjoy equal rights in Pakistan.

October 15, 2009 Bethlehem Christians flee Bethlehem’s Muslim majority. (Video.)

October 15, 2009 Iraq Iraqi Christians are facing extinction. (Video.)

October 15, 2009 Gaza Christians under siege in Gaza. (Video.)

October 16, 2009 Istanbul, Turkey A defense lawyer for two Christians on trial for “insulting Turkishness and Islam” called the trial a “scandal.”

October 17, 2009 Mosul, Iraq Six were arrested for attacks on Assyrians. At least three homes were bombed.

October 17, 2009 Gojra, Pakistan A judge released six or more suspects in a series of deadly attacks on Christians. Pakistani Christians live in fear of more deadly violence.

October 17, 2009 Punjab, Pakistan The Taliban has threatened to kill more Christians if they refuse to leave, convert to Islam, or pay the jizya.

October 19, 2009 Pakistan Militant groups continue to try to take over Pakistan. The security situation is dire, and a failure would be a disaster for Christians.

October 20, 2009 Indonesia Lee Jay Walker discusses the threat that Islamic terrorism poses to Christians and other minorities in Indonesia.

October 20, 2009 Jakarta, Indonesia Theology students stand to be evicted from a campground to which Muslims drove them last year.

October 20, 2009 West Java, Indonesia Authorities have blocked the construction of a Catholic church after rescinding construction permits.

October 20, 2009 Najaf and Basra, Iraq Sharia is being enforced and is expanding in Iraqi cities.

Europe

September 19, 2009 Lomdon, England Home Office staff were warned not to eat in front of Muslims during Ramadan.

September 20, 2009 Exeter, Britain A hospital banned a nurse’s crucifix.

September 21, 2009 Liverpool, England Christian hotels owners were charged with a criminal offense for saying that the hijab is oppressive to a Muslim couple.

September 23, 2009 Belgrade, Serbia Nine Kosovar rebels were charged with war crimes for killing at least 80 Serbs and other non-Albanians.

September 25, 2009 UK A Christian convert couple from Pakistan won the right to asylum in the UK.

September 28, 2009 Kosovo Ethnic Albanians threaten to vandalize an ancient Serbian monastery.

October 2, 2009 Kosovo An EU court convicted four ethnic Albanian terrorists of beating and torturing Serbs.

October 5, 2009 Germany An al-Qaeda message threatens the “Crusader German nation,” promising October attacks.

October 6, 2009 A Christian group launched a campaign to protect Christians from the UN’s Defamation of Religions Resolution. More on the UN’s assault on free speech here.

October 11, 2009 Cernice, Kosovo A Serbian family was attacked with a hand grenade.

October 13, 2009 London, England A church’s congregation has dwindled after Muslim protested the singing of hymns.

October 15, 2009 UK Muslims in the UK demand full Sharia law.

October 20, 2009 Turin, Italy An imam’s engagement to a Catholic woman angers fundamentalist Muslims.

Pena de morte pende sobre duas iranianas

«In Iran, 27 year old Meryem Rostampour and 30 year old Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad (...) will be put to death on charges of having changed their religion. (...) The provision of Iranian law for cases of abandoning Islam is life imprisonment or the death penalty. (...)»

Leia o artigo e assine a petição.

Violência anti-copta

«On Tuesday evening, October 27, a Muslim mob attacked the Church of St. George in the village of Nazlet Albadraman, located in the Deir Mawas District, Minya Province. The Priest and the congregation were held inside until they were freed by the village mayor after security forces dispersed the mob. The attack was prompted by the restoration of the Church's tower, for which the Church holds the necessary permit. (...) The mob threw stones and destroyed the church's windows, before going on to destroy cars, shops and Coptic homes. (...) [W]hat made the situation deteriorate was "while the mob was congregating near the Church, a preacher at the 'Islamic Charity Society' in the village was calling on Muslims, through his loudspeaker, to take action against the 'Christian Infidels,' so more and more people joined the mob. (...) "Attorney Mamdouh Nakhla, Director of "Al-Kalema" Human Rights Center called today on President Mubarak to dismissed the Governor of Minya, in view of the increasing sectarian incidents and abduction and forced Islamization of Coptic girls during his tenure in office.»

Via Former Muslims United.

Bem-aventurados

Mateus 5, 10-12 «¹⁰Bem-aventurados os que sofrem perseguição por causa da justiça, porque deles é o Reino do Céu.¹¹Bem-aventurados sereis quando vos insultarem e perseguirem e, mentindo, disserem todo o género de calúnias contra vós, por minha causa.¹²Exultai e alegrai-vos, porque grande será a vossa recompensa no Céu; pois também assim perseguiram os profetas que vos precederam.»

Lições importantes

A terceira de cinco lições importantes de um postal do Faith Freedom International:

«(...) 3. Third Important Lesson – “Remember Those Who Serve”

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. “50¢,” replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.

“Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. “35¢!” she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.

When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip. (...)»

Resistência à sharia

Os responsáveis por uma mesquita nova-iorquina tentaram convencer, primeiro delicadamente, depois com ameaças veladas, os donos de um restaurante a não servir bebidas alcoólicas. Os empresários, corajosamente, recusaram, dando um bom exemplo de resistência à jihad furtiva (stealth jihad), em defesa do modo de vida ocidental face às tentativas de imposição do modo de vida islâmico. Um caso a saudar e a seguir.

Uso apropriado

Os autores das músicas usadas pelos americanos como métodos coercivos de interrogação não estão satisfeitos com o pleno uso das potencialidades das suas canções em Guantanamo. Ou estarão apenas interessados em cobrar direitos de autor? Via American Thinker Blog.

Terror khmer

Miguel Castelo Branco sobre o terror khmer:

«(...) Ainda a cidade não havia caído e já a França, a amiga de todas as tiranias, de Saddam e Khomeiny a Mao, reconhecera o governo do Kampuchea Democrático. Um padre francês, François Ponchaud, testemunha presencial da tragédia, lavrou então extenso relatório que ninguém quis aceitar como fonte credível e imparcial. A obra, que guardo entre outras dezenas que fui comprando e anotando ao longo dos anos, tinha por título Camboja: Ano Zero e foi editada em finais de 1976, entre o desprezo dos liberais, a fúria dos intelectuais e o silêncio cúmplice da Igreja. Ora, relendo a obra, está lá tudo o que acontecera, o que podia acontecer e o que de facto veio a acontecer sob o regime genocida de Pol Pot. Noam Chomsky afirmou então que o testemunho do Padre Ponchaud não passava de cabala contra o socialismo. Só não acreditou quem se deixara cegar por décadas de propaganda comunista. Se Trostky aplicara o "comunismo de guerra", se a Espanha se enchera de valas comuns, se sobre todo o Leste europeu se abatera a mais sinistra forma de governação pelo medo de que havia memória, se Mao trucidara milhões, por que razão Pol Pot não faria o mesmo ? (...) Depois disto, só pode permanecer comunista quem perdeu aquela elementar dignidade que nos separa da animalidade.»

Estratégia anti-terrorista (2)

Segundo o NY Times, a administração Obama decidiu retirar das zonas rurais, deixando-as à mercê dos talibãs, e acoitar-se nas cidades. A decisão tem tantas desvantagens que o melhor é ler o postal do Hot Air e seguir as hiperligações. Queriam change, não queriam?

Estratégia anti-terrorista

Com a situação a complicar-se no Afeganistão, Victor Davis Hanson, no Pajamas Media, analisa a estratégia da administração Obama na gestão deste conflito, entre outras coisas. Um cronista a seguir atentamente:

«(...)Terrorism

Here is our anti-terrorism policy.

1) Euphemism: hope that words can change reality—“overseas contingency operations” aimed at “man-caused disasters” (this will mean there is no more terrorism as our enemies are no longer demonized)

2) Apologies to Islam: boast that Muslims fueled the Renaissance, invented printing, pretty much gave the world our present civilization, while we offended them after 9/11 (this will mean no more plotting inside the US to kill us all, as they sense our newfound empathy)

3) “Bush Did it”: a) blame Bush the Impaler for our unpopularity and shredding the Constitution to pacify the Middle East and Europe; while stealthily keeping in play most of his protocols like Predators (more attacks in last 9 months than Bush did in 3 years); tribunals, renditions, intercepts, wiretaps, and Guantanamo, etc.); (this will mean that we copy Bush, but blame him for our failures and claim success as our own).

4) Reach-out: Become socialist at home, and UNish abroad, to convince an Ahmadinejad, Assad, Chavez, Putin, and others that we are a declining, 1950s British-like socialist state, a threat to no one, exceptional in the manner that Greece is, and becoming, as Pravda boasts daily, more like them than they like us (this will mean, why hate us when we are one of you?)

5) Declare victory and leave: there is a reason why Afghanistan and now Iraq have flared up since Obama took office, and it may well have to do with the fact that radical Islam, defeated in Iraq, stalemated in Afghanistan, suddenly bets that with a little push here and there, Obama will declare victory and leave, with something like “We can’t win Bush’s wars.” If I were a terrorist, I might think, “One or two more big death days, and this American government will Mogadishu its way home”).

In a year or two, al Qaeda will begin to suspect we are the weaker horse. They hated us when we were strong, but they will hate us even more when we appear weak. There will be renewed plots at home, and a fiery Middle East within two years—with all sorts of opportunists like China and Russia ready to capitalize.

Why the pessimism? I think there are a few truths that transcend politics and remain eternal. In life as a general rule, debt has to be paid back, and with greater pain and anger than it was to borrow it. Bullies do not respect magnanimity, but tragically interpret it as weakness to be exploited rather than to be admired.

Hoping that something good comes true —like being self-reliant through solar and wind—does not make it true; neglecting the riches at hand to dream about greater riches that do not exist is adolescent. Radical Islam hates the West, not because of what we do or say, but because of who we are: a dynamic, mercurial culture that challenges all the protocols of a traditional, tribal and religiously fundamentalist society.

Diplomacy is a tool to lessen, but not eliminate, tensions—a way to conduct foreign policy, not a foreign policy in and of itself.

I hope I am wrong about all of the above, and that human nature really has magically changed in the era of Obama. So close your eyes, listen to the Messiah’s voice, and repeat: “Debts will be forgiven by creditors; inflation will not follow from massive borrowing; breakthroughs in solar and wind will power our cars and heat our homes; enemies will admire our compassion and join us to achieve world peace; and terrorists are either misunderstood or provoked needlessly by our bellicosity that alone stands in the way of peace.”

Believe all that and you can lie back and enjoy the age of Obama. (...)»

Palestinianos torturados

Ler Melanie Phillips: palestinianos do Hamas torturados por palestinianos (moderados) da Fatah, os quais recebem generosos subsídios do estado britânico. Não deixar de ler o postal de Tom Gross no Media Blog da National Review.

«(...) Meanwhile, as Palestinian detainees are being tortured to death in Palestinian Authority jails, Palestinian prisoners (including convicted terrorists) in custody in Israel are studying for Israeli university degrees (at Israeli taxpayers’ expense) and also given cable TV, IPods and dental treatment – but international human rights groups instead criticize the treatment of prisoners in Israel, whose deputy foreign minister and former ambassador to Washington Danny Ayalon narrowly escaped being arrested in Britain for “war crimes” yesterday.

And the world community that routinely and harshly condemns Israel even when Israel hasn’t done anything wrong, has failed to condemn the Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon which narrowly missed an Israeli town last night. It is a strange world.»

É comprar

O New York Times noticia que em Gaza, através de túneis escavados sob a fronteira com o Egipto, entram todo o tipo de bens de consumo. Aqui fica uma lista copiada do artigo:

«Dusty sacks filled with cans of Coca-Cola (...), [t]housands of motorcycles (...), flat-screen televisions, microwaves, air-conditioners, generators and ovens, (...) cars smuggled in parts, (...) live animals, motorcycles, potato chips, Coca-Cola and clothing for women and children. But the most lucrative import is fuel (...).»

Melanie Phillips questiona:

«(...) And what else apart from live animals, motorcycles, potato chips, flat-screen televisions, microwaves, air-conditioners, generators and ovens is coming in through those tunnels? We can all guess.»

Corrosão cultural premeditada

Melanie Phillips dá conta das revelações feitas por Andrew Neather, redactor de discursos dos governos trabalhistas de Blair a respeito da imigração maciça e do seu efeito sobre o tecido cultural e social britânico, revelações essas que já mereceram do seu autor uma tentativa de recuo. Afirma Phillips: «In the Daily Mail, I have written about the amazing revelation (...) by Andrew Neather, a former speechwriter to various Labour ministers, that the government had not only deliberately encouraged mass immigration to Britain in order to destroy its identity and transform it into a multicultural society but had covered up what it was doing because it was well aware that the public would rise up in revolt. Such a deliberate transformation of Britain’s society while keeping the public in the dark can only be described as treachery. (...)» A ler integralmente, o artigo do Daily Mail e o postal do Spectator. Estas revelações têm a sua ressonância amplificada pelas informações recentes a respeito da entrada em vigor dos tribunais de sharia no Reino Unido.

Aristocracia Democrata (3)

Maria Antonieta terá perguntado, quando informada de que o povo não tinha pão para comer, por que não comiam bolos. Esta história apócrifa transformou-se no paradigma da alienação dos governantes aristocratas em relação à vida real dos seus concidadãos pobres. Uma das razões invocadas para essa extrema alienação seria a educação aristocrata, a qual não compreendia nenhum contacto com o povo. Inexplicável a esta luz é o comportamento dos Obama, já outras vezes aqui reportado. A menos que o mito das origens plebeias de Obama e da esposa seja falso. Na verdade, um e outro nasceram e foram educados em famílias de classe média-alta, com elevado nível académico, razão provável para o sentimento de que algo lhes é devido pela sociedade e que tem sido cobrado por via da affirmative action. Agora a cobrança faz-se na Casa Branca. Todos comem; até o cão:

«The world may be in economic turmoil, America might be fighting two wars miles from home and Barack Obama may have suffered the steepest fall in presidential approval ratings in 50 years, but that clearly does not mean that Bo has to lead a, er, dog's life too. Turning one, he was feted at a birthday party earlier this month in the White House's Rose Garden that included the cake. The details of his party emerged yesterday in a television interview given by Michelle Obama via satellite link with Jay Leno, the chat show host."We had a really sweet celebration," admitted Mrs Obama. "He got a doghouse cake made out of veal stuff (...).»

Via American Thinker Blog.