Insult Mohammed, lose your head. Islamic extremism on display in London:
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
UK Muslim Protesters Threaten Geert Wilders: "We'll Have His Head"
L.A. Times On Ayaan Hirsi Ali: "Feminism's Freedom Fighter" Putting "Her Life On The Line To Defend Women Against Radical Islam"
The following is the summary of the story of Ayaan Hirsi Ali as written by the L.A. Times: "For five years she's lived under the threat of death from Islamic radicals, and in those five years, she has become an acclaimed and provocative author on matters about Islam and the West. Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born into a Somali Muslim family and eventually made her way to the Netherlands as a refugee.There she wrote a screenplay for a short film about women's treatment under Islam. Just over two months after it aired, the filmmaker Theo van Gogh was assassinated. A letter threatening Ali's life has meant she has lived under guard ever since -- most recently thanks to a fund set up by private donors. Controversy follows her: In 2006, she resigned from the Netherlands parliament under fire for lying on her asylum papers; the complex charges and countercharges precipitated a Dutch political upheaval. She now works for the conservative American Enterprise Institute, which is headquartered in Washington. She established her AHA foundation to defend the rights of women in the West against militant Islam. Her autobiography, 'Infidel: My Life,' which detailed her own genital mutilation in Somalia, was a bestseller, and her next book, 'Nomad,' is to be published in February."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times's Patt Morrison. The interview can be seen here: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison17-2009oct17,0,4356705,full.story
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Israel Slams UN Human Rights Council's "One-Sided, Unjust Decision" To Endorse Goldstone Report
The Jerusalem Post reports that "following the UN Human Rights Council's endorsement of the Goldstone Commission Report in Geneva on Friday, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem stated that Israel rejects the 'one-sided decision' and calls on 'all the responsible states' not to accept it. Despite Israeli lobbying efforts against the Goldstone report, a resolution endorsing the document passed 25-6, with eleven countries abstaining. Five states, including France and the UK, declined to vote. The move is expected to send the report on to more powerful UN bodies in New York for action. 'The council's decision undermines efforts to safeguard human rights in accordance with international law, as well as the efforts to advance the peace process in the Middle East,' the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. 'The decision encourages terror groups in the whole world and undermines world peace. The decision also ignores the fact that the IDF took unprecedented measures to avoid harming civilians, and [ignores] the terrorists' use of civilians as human shields.' Although the Goldstone report also accuses Hamas of war crimes, the five-page resolution adopted in Geneva explicitly mentions only Israeli violations of international law."
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An Unconstitutional Nobel
Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution, the emolument clause, stipulates: "And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign State."
Ronald D. Rotunda is distinguished professor of jurisprudence at Chapman University Law School. J. Peter Pham is senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. The two argue in the Washington Post that it is unconstitutional for the President to accept a foreign award, especially one meant to influence American policy without the consent of Congress. They argue that this Nobel is actually the second emolument accepted by Obama without approval if you include the collar accepted from the Saudi King that Obama made sure to bow before. If the Constitution requires a mere Congressional rubber-stamp from the Democratic Congress then it is imperative that the President be loyal to our founding document.
Not to mention the fact that a Congressional debate on the merits of the award would be priceless.
To read the article visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101502277.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Chief Rabbi Of South Africa: Goldstone Report A "Disgrace"
One of the reasons Richard Goldstone was chosen by the UN Human Rights Commission to write the report about the January conflict in Gaza was probably because he is Jewish. But his South African Jews are disgusted with him, as this opinion piece by the Chief Rabbi demonstrates: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255450652253&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Tweet
UK Rejects Goldstone Commission Report
The Jerusalem Post reports that "the United Kingdom became the first Western country with voting rights on the UN Human Rights Council to clearly state that it would not endorse the Goldstone Report or the draft resolution based on that report, which had been placed before the council's two-day special session that opened Thursday in Geneva. 'We can not endorse the report and can not vote for the resolution as tabled,' the UK told the council on Thursday. It added that it did not consider it necessary to hold a special session on the report." Tweet
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