Report From Washington - March 22, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue: Obama in Israel - why now? / Obama to Israelis: Pretend you're Palestinians / Obama and the great green con / No tax dollars for jihadists / Jewish Senator wants jihadist state in Syria / Is U.S foreign aid a "jizya? / Hamas supporter to head Syrian rebels / Tenth anniversary of Iraq war - 20 bombings / More Christian kids murdered in Nigeria / "Moderate" Indonesia to tear down church \ Join me in fact finding trip to Israel.

The Presidency
Why Israel, why now? - That is the question of many professional Middle Eastern experts as they watch President Obama's trip to Israel unfold. He and Prime Minister Netanyahu seem to be lavishing praise on each other, although it is widley known the two men detest each other. My guess: Obama will promise future support for Israel in return for putting the Muslim Brotherhood in charge not only in Syria but in Jordan as well.
Obama to Israeli youth -Pretend you are Palestinians - These were Obama's exact words to Israeli college students: ""Put yourself in their shoes - look at the world through their eyes. It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of her own, and lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of her parents every single day." Note that he called the Israel Army presence in Samaria "foreign."
Great Green Con - Global warming is not normally an issue for this update, but it sure is an issue for President Barack Obama who wants to spend trillions of taxpayers dollars to save the planet from getting warmer - OOPS - there seems to be a problem. The Earth is not warming as predicted by the gloomsters. Read more
Congress
Jewish Senator supports jihadists in Syria - Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, who is Jewish, has joined Senator John McCain in calling on Obama to bomb airports in Syria to help establish yet another Islamist state on the border of Israel. Strangely, the two Senators used a chemical attack by the Islamists on Syrian government troops as a reason to bomb the Syrian government troops.
Conservative Senators offer Pro-life legislation - Florida Senator Marco Rubio is offering the "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act." This will require that an abortionist, before performing an abortion on a minor from another state, must first notify one parent, unless the minor is the victim of sexual abuse or faces a life-endangering emergency. Other pro-life amendments to budget bills were offered by Senators Mike Lee and David Vitter. Read more
No tax dollars for jihadists - The Religious Freedom Coalition has begun an online petition asking congressmen to speak out against any funding, military or otherwise, to jihadists anywhere in the world. The petition comes at a time the Obama Administration is furnishing CIA help as well as cash and "humanitarian" aid to jihadists fighting the secular government of Syria. Provide your name and zip code, and a copy of the petition will be faxed to your congressman free of charge. See petition here.
Using the Fax Congress system - The new system we are using to fax congressmen works, it's free, and it really helps me when I call congressional offices. E-mail addresses are NOT collected unless a box is checked for this weekly update from the Hill. I have received complaints that the system has too many steps and asks for too much information ... We must guard against sending anonymous faxes to congressmen. We must be able to prove that the fax you send is from a real person in his district. If we don't have the safeguards in place the faxes go in the trash. The information collected is confidential and not sold.
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Religion and Culture
Is US foreign aid to Egypt a "jizya?" - In sharia law, jizya refers either to tribute paid by non-Muslim nations to ward off jihad attack, or to a head tax paid by conquered non-Muslim adult males living under Islamic conditions. Islamic scholar Dr. Mark Durie asks if the current foreign aid to Islamic nations is not in fact a payment of tribute or jizya. Read more
Lesbian parenthood and drinking - The American Pediatric Society made a statement approving of same-sex marriage saying the outcome for children is no different than for those raised in normal homes. Meanwhile the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $2.7 million to study why lesbians are at a higher "risk for hazardous drinking." This follows another study to learn why most lesbians are obese. Dysfunctional is dysfunctional, and same-sex relationships are as dysfunctional as hazardous drinking and eating.
International
Nigeria - Muslims murder Christian family's baby - Muslims killed a six month old baby and four others at a funeral being held for Christians who had previously been killed by Muslim gunmen. Read more
Syria: Hamas supporter to head Syrian "rebels" - U.S. media is reporting that Ghassan Hitto, known to have been a leader in several U.S. Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas support organizations, has been elected by the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) as head of an interim government in Syria. Read more
Iraq - 56 dead, 240 injured by bombs - The Al-Qaeda that Barack Obama declared was in disarray, staged twenty bombings and other attacks in Iraq on the tenth anniversary of the U.S invasion. Read more
"Moderate" Indonesia to tear down church - Around 100 Indonesian Christians begged the government Thursday to halt the demolition of their church, as hundreds of Muslim protesters branded them "infidels" and demanded the building be torn down. Read more
Sleeping With The Devil - A former CIA operative Robert Baer exposes how Washington politics drastically compromised the CIA's efforts to fight global terrorism. Baer turns his attention to Saudi Arabia, revealing how our government's cynical relationship with our Middle Eastern ally and America's dependence on Saudi oil make us increasingly vulnerable to economic disaster and puts us at risk for further acts of terrorism.
Join me in a fact finding mission to Israel - A once in a lifetime mission led by William J. Murray, William Federer and Frank Gaffney, all three experts on Israel and Islamic affairs. Not a standard "tour," the mission includes visits to settlements and military bases plus evening panels. Limited time for $400 discount! Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report - Now available, the March, 22nd, 2013 edition of the Religious Freedom Coalition. This edition includes an extensive report on evils of the Saudi Arabian Kingdom and its finance of Islamic supremacists and anti-Semites. Recent arrests of Christians in Saudi Arabia are explored. Read it here
My Life Without God - William J. Murray's first book, My Life Without God, is now back in print as the 30th anniversary of his atheist mother's lawsuit to remove prayer form the schools approaches. Murray writes of his life in the dysfunctional home of infamous atheist/Marxist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Learn more
Christian Bookstore and more - books, CD's, DVD's, cards and much more available at the Religious Freedom Coalition Internet Store. Please visit today!

Report From Washington - March 1, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue: The Sequester Scare, part 2 / Direct aid to terrorists / See no Saudi evil / Congressman speaks out on Saudi evil / Muslim congressman spokesman for racist group / Prayer Caucus fights abortion mandate / 20th anniversary of first WTC attack / UN: Turkey's PM calls Zionism a "crime against humanity" / Turkey: How democracy died / Nigeria: 16 die during phoney Muslim cease fire / Join me in a fact finding mission to Israel

The Presidency
The Sequester Scare part 2- At midnight last night the sequester took effect, and the United States did not collapse as President Obama said it would. The military has not been shut down and there are no five hour delays at airports. Obama even released hundreds of convicted felons illegally in the United States to scare the American people into backing his tax increases. None of it worked. Why? There are no real cuts in spending in the sequester. The cuts were made only to the proposed increases in spending for 2012.
Direct aid to terrorists - Unhappy that the black flag of jihad is not flying over Damascus, the Obama Administration is now considering direct military aid to the two year old jihadist rebellion against the secular government of Syria. Obama claims the "sequester" has destroyed the readiness of our military, but at the same time says he can somehow find tens of millions of dollars to arm the "rebels" in Syria who are trying to overthrow the secular government there.
See no Saudi evil - Last week I reported on the arrests of 53 Ethiopian Christians in Saudi Arabia for the "crime" of praying in private. The White House seems to approve of the arrests of the Christians, while condemning the arrest of an anarchist band in Russia after they defiled the altar of a church. I wrote a lengthy op-ed on the Administration's support of intolerance and evil in Saudi Arabia which has appeared in several places including WND.COM. See my column here
Congress
Congressman speaks out on Saudi evil - So far only one lawmaker has spoken up about the latest abuse of Christians by the Saudi Arabia monarchy/dictatorship. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, (R-NE), who sits on the Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East said, "Nations that wish to be a part of the responsible nations of the world must see the protection of religious freedom and the principles of reason as an essential part of the duty of the state." Read more
Muslim congressman spokesman for racist group - Congressman Keith Ellison refuses to explain his association with the anti-Semitic, anti-white Nation of Islam. Newspaper reports from the 1990's indicate Ellison was an activist for Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, even speaking on behalf of the controversial group as a "representative." During his first campaign for Congress, Ellison claimed he had never been a Nation of Islam member. Read more
Prayer Caucus fights abortion mandate - The Congressional Prayer Caucus, founded by Rep. Randy Forbes, has recently filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in support of Hobby Lobby's challenge to the abortion mandate in Obamacare. The abortion mandate forces Christian-run businesses like Hobby Lobby to provide abortion, contraceptives, and sterilization resources to their employees. Read more
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Religion and Culture 
20th Anniversary of first WTC attack - This week marked 20 years since the first Islamic jihad attack on the World Trade Center. The first Islamic attack on the WTC killed six and injured over a thousand. Just eight years later, the second Islamic attack on the WTC brought down the towers killing 2977. From these attacks the American establishment has learned nothing and the demise of Western civilization may be the result. Read more
International
UN: Turkey's PM calls Zionism a "crime against humanity"  - At a United Nations conference with Secretary General Ban present, Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan stated that Zionism is a "crime against humanity." None present, including the representative from the United States, was critical of his statement. Read more
Turkey: How democracy died - Religious political parties were banned in Turkish elections for decades and freedom thrived. When the Muslim Brotherhood party was allowed to run, it won and both freedom and democracy are now vanishing in Turkey. Read more
Nigeria: 16 die during phoney Muslim cease fire - Weekend attacks on mourners in Nigeria's Plateau and Kaduna States in Nigeria killed 16, including six at a funeral. The Islamic Boko Haram, under military pressure from the government, claimed a cease fire but are not honoring it as more Christians die. Read more.
Join me in a fact finding mission to Israel - A once in a lifetime mission led by William J. Murray, William Federer and Frank Gaffney, all three experts on Israel and Islamic affairs. Not a standard "tour," the mission includes visits to settlements and military bases plus evening panels. Limited time for $400 discount! Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report - Now available, the February 8th, 2013 edition of the Religious Freedom Coalition Chairman's Report. In the current issue: William J. Murray answers a CIA "specialist" who claims democracy will "moderate" Islam / Saudi cleric pays $50,000 fine for raping and murdering his six year old daughter / UK judge lets Muslim rapist walk because he was taught "women were worthless" by his religion / UK politician jailed for critical Facebook comment on Islam
My Life Without God - William J. Murray's first book, My Life Without God, is now back in print as the 30th anniversary of his atheist mother's lawsuit to remove prayer form the schools approaches. Murray writes of his life in the dysfunctional home of infamous atheist/Marxist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Learn more
Christian Bookstore and more - books, CD's, DVD's, cards and much more available at the Religious Freedom Coalition Internet Store. Please visit today!