Washington Report- September 20th, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

Tell Congress: No Aid to Terrorists - Hundreds of copies of a petition to congressmen demanding that aid to Saudi supported terrorists in Syria be stopped have been delivered by fax. With Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama about to order military strikes against the secular government of Syria, now is the time to tell your congressman to stop this insanity. Your signed petition will be faxed to your congressman free of charge. See Petition here!

In this issue: Obama's rebels not "palatable" / Obama FBI continues to work with CAIR / Finally! An investigation of Planned Parenthood / Congressman remembers Constitution Day / Court rules in favor of National Motto / School trips to mosques, but not to churches / Attacks on Christians worldwide / Turkey: Renowned pianist jailed for blasphemy / Tanzania: Muslims throw acid on priest / Pakistan: Christians flee Islamic terror
 
The Presidency
Obama's rebels not "palatable" - Less than one-third of Syrian rebels "palatable" to Europe and USA, reports IHS Janes, the leading military think tank in the world, The stark assessment accords with the view of Western diplomats that less than one third of the opposition forces are "palatable" to Britain, while American envoys put the figure even lower. Bottom line: Most of those Obama supports in Syria are Islamic terrorists. Read more
Obama FBI continues to work with CAIR - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently been exposed for violating its own policies about collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood front group known as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Read more
Congress
Finally! An investigation of Planned Parenthood - In February, dozens of U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to the Government Accounting Office (GAO) asking for it to conduct a thorough investigation of the possible misuse of federal tax dollars by the abortion industry - including Planned Parenthood. The GAO finally responded to that letter and has agreed to begin an investigation. Read more
Congressman remembers Constitution Day - Liberals rarely mention Constitution Day, (why would they?) but social conservative Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) wrote stirring commentary for the September 17th commemoration. Read more
Religion and Culture
Court rules in favor of National Motto - A New York federal district court has dismissed a challenge to the inclusion of our national motto, "In God We Trust," on United States currency. Forty-one Members of the House of Representatives signed an amicus curiae brief in May, filed by the American Center for Law and Justice and the American Catholic Lawyers Association supporting the motto. Read more
School trips to mosques but not churches - High school students in Tennessee were recently taken on a field trip to the Islamic Center of Nashville and were given Korans after the tour. They were also given a worksheet on Islam that described Islam as more tolerant of its conquered peoples than was the United States in its treatment of minorities. (Note: We have a black president.) Read more
International
Attacks on Christians worldwide - A new report details how Islamist attacks on Christians are increasing around the world with new attacks in Egypt, Syria, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan and elsewhere. Read more
Turkey: Renowned pianist jailed for blasphemy - An Istanbul court on Friday sentenced Turkish pianist Fazil Say to 10 months in prison on charges of insulting Islamic religious values in comments he made on Twitter. Turkey also has more journalists in jail than any other nation in the world. Turkey is an American ally and a member of NATO. Read more
Tanzania: Muslims throw acid on priest - Rev. Joseph Anselmo Mwangamba stepped outside an Internet café on the outskirts of Zanzibar City, capital of the semi-autonomous island in the Indian Ocean about 25 kilometers (16 miles) off the coast of Tanzania, when the assailants threw acid on his face and chest. Read more
Pakistan: Christians flee Islamic terror - There was uncertainty Monday, September 16, about the whereabouts of dozens of Christian families who fled their homes in a village near the Pakistani city of Lahore after a local pastor was accused of blasphemy against Muhammad. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report - Now available, the edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. In this issue by William J. Murray: The unbelievable lies to justify war on Syria / Kerry claims a 2003 photo from Iraq is proof of Syria chemical weapons / Democracy and Freedom are not synonymous / Egyptian Style Democracy for America? / Radical GOP Senate standoff - Read more
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Report From Washington - June 14, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

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. Read more

In this issue: Obama spies on all Americans, except in mosques / Obama's gay ambassadors / Innocent filmmaker jailed by Obama speaks out / Congressmen stand for religious liberty / Senator McCain's rebels kill teen for "heresy" / Congressmen stunned FBI didn't know about radical Boston mosque / No tax dollars for jihadists / Terrorists or partners in freedom? / Afghanistan: Parliament gives OK for child brides / Egypt: Decline of rights under Muslim Brotherhood / Syria: Christians returning as government gains ground / Turkey: Secularists riot in Turkey against Muslim Brotherhood / New RFC Chairman's Report

The Presidency 
 Obama spies on all Americans except in mosques - Barack Hussein Obama claims that it's essential that he spy on every American in order to protect us from terrorism. But, for some odd reason, he excludes mosques from his snooping. Read more
Obama's gay ambassadors - Since Obama became untethered from any concerns about re-election, he's been revealing his true agendas with reckless abandon. His latest move is to announce the appointment of six "gay" activists to serve as U.S. Ambassadors around the world. Read more
Innocent filmmaker jailed by Obama speaks out - Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is the man that Obama and Hillary Clinton wrongly accused of being responsible for the terrorist attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi last September 11th. Nakoula says he will complete his film on Mohammed. - Read more
Congress  
Congressmen stand for religious liberty - On June 12th several congressmen took to the House floor to speak out on behalf of religious liberty and conscience in a Special Order event. The leader of this "Conscience and Religious Freedom" Special Order is Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who is deeply concerned about the violation of conscience and religious liberty in Obamacare's abortion mandate. Read more
New GOP site featured pro-life bill - One of the first bills featured at Majority Leader Eric Cantor's new Internet site was the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ). Leader Cantor has become a real advocate of social conservative issues. Read more
Senator McCain's rebels kill teen for "heresy" - Senator John McCain's new friends in Syria - the so-called "rebels" who are fighting to overthrow Syrian President Assad - executed a 15-year-old boy in front of his parents. His crime? He was considered a Muslim "heretic" for uttering a comment that offended the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists. Read more
Congressman finds FBI ignorant on al-Qaeda - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) grilled FBI Director Robert Mueller earlier this week and found that the director was ignorant of the Al Qaeda origins of the Boston mosque. It was at this mosque that the Boston Marathon bombers probably were radicalized by an Islamist Imam. Read more
Religion and Culture
Terrorists or partners in freedom? - the U.S. government called certain Islamic groups supporters of terror in federal court, and then turned around and called these same organizations "moderates" and embraced them as outreach partners to Muslims. Why" 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 help from the CIA, 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.
International
Afghanistan: Parliament gives OK for child brides - Is this what America fought for in Afghanistan? Is this why so many of our best died there? Afghanistan's parliament has rejected a measure that would have barred men from marrying girls younger than 16, saying the proposal ran counter to Islamic ideology. Read more
Egypt: Decline of rights under Muslim Brotherhood - Two members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom visited Egypt and confirmed that pivotal rights, including religious freedom are on the decline under the Obama installed Muslim Brotherhood government. Read more Six year old Christian boy kidnapped and killed by Muslims just one example. Read more
Syria: Christians returning as government gains ground - According to John McCain and Barack Obama the "rebels" are the good guys in Syria. Yet the Christians flee when the "rebels" arrive with Sharia law and return when Syrian government forces take back their towns - only to find their churches and homes destroyed by the US supported "rebels." Read more
Turkey: Secularists riot in Turkey against Muslim Brotherhood - The Obama model of combining Islam and democracy is falling apart in Turkey as secularists riot to protest Islamist doctrine being forced upon them. In any Muslim majority nation democracy is just mob rule that represses minorities. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report - Now available, the June 14th, 2013 edition of the Religious Freedom Coalition. This edition includesIn this issue - More Religious Freedom Coalition newspaper ads exposing the evils of Saudi Arabia / Obama's FBI: Koran is "God's revealed word" / Obama's State Department wants "rights" of terrorists protected / Senator McCain finds the "right" terrorists to back / Beheading in London / UK and Syria share jihadist pain / American woman fighting for jihad killed in Syria - Read it here
My Life Without God - William J. Murray's first book, My Life Without God, is now back in print, as 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of his atheist mother's lawsuit to remove prayer from the schools. Murray writes of his life in the dysfunctional home of infamous atheist/Marxist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Learn more
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Report From Washington - August 19, 2011

Barack Obama spends your money better than you could / Obama will change immigration laws without congressional approval / Congressman King finds new 9/11 link / More Islamic hate speech in Harlem / Teacher of the year suspended for Facebook post / Ramadan body count at 433 / London riots a "moral issue" / New attacks on Israel

PRESIDENCY 
OBAMA SPENDS MONEY BETTER? - According to members of the Obama Administration, if a dollar is taken from someone in the form of taxes and given to someone else, it causes $1.84 worth of economic activity that would not have otherwise happened. Stop for a minute and think about this logic. If you spend a dollar it does not create economic activity, but if Barack Obama takes that dollar away from you so that you cannot spend it and gives it to someone else to spend, it then causes economic activity. Does this make sense to you?Read more

OBAMA AND THE CONSTITUTION - The Obama Administration has announced that it will begin to enforce a law that was rejected by Congress. Rather than enforce current immigration law, the Justice and Homeland Security Departments will drop deportation proceedings against illegals who have not committed "major" crimes. They will then be given a path to stay in the United States legally despite federal laws to the contrary. This will become a true Constitutional crisis, as States will file lawsuits to stop the illegal actions of the Administration.

THE CONGRESS 

PETER KING FINDS NEW 9/11 LINK - Congressman Peter King (R-NY), in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, said investigators believe it is no coincidence that Anwar al-Awlaki had contact with three of the five hijackers who flew a plane into the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. The House Homeland Security Committee is investigating to determine "to what extent Anwar al-Awlaki wittingly or unwittingly facilitated the plot of the 9/11 hijackers." After the attacks, Al-Awlaki was invited to speak at a Pentagon lunch and was also invited by Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison to speak on Capitol Hill. Al-Awlaki also encouraged the attack by Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood. IN RECESS - The House and Senate are in recess until September 6th at 10:00 AM

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

ISLAMIC HATE SPEECH - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told his followers that Fort Hood shooter Col. Nidal Hasan was not a terrorist, but a good Muslim. (Actually I already knew the shooter was a good Muslim.) Farrakhan said that this good Muslim was simply driven crazy by the terrorist American soldiers who rape both Muslim women and Muslim men. Read more and see actual video!

TEACHER OF THE YEAR SUSPENDED - Mount Dora, FL - Jerry Buell, last year's "Teacher of the Year" at Mount Dora High School, has been suspended from the classroom for a comment he made on his own personal Facebook page, expressing his disapproval of legalized same-sex marriage in New York. School officials received a complaint about Buell's comment on Tuesday from a 2002 Mount Dora graduate who was never even in Mr. Buell's class. The Lake County School District responded by taking away Buell's teaching privileges and reassigning him to administrative duties. Liberty Counsel is representing Buell and demanding that he be immediately reinstated with an apology for violating his First Amendment rights.

ALL NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT BY WILLIAM J MURRAY

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR AUGUST 12, 2011 - William Murray's newsletter, the Chairman's Action Report is now available online. This issue contains insights into White House actions before and after the downgrade of U.S. credit. Also featured: Obama's birthday bash that cost more per plate than the average American makes in a year. Why the atheists are suing the Ground Zero museum. More on the Ground Zero mosque, now called "PrayerSpace", and yet another attempt at jihad at Ft. Hood. VISIT www.shariafreeusa.org

INTERNATIONAL 

RAMADAN BODY COUNT - As of the 19th day of Ramadan there have been 102 Islamic terror attacks, with a total of 433 killed and hundreds more wounded. TheReligionofPeace.com keeps a daily body count of victims each year during Ramadan. Islamic assassinations, mass murders and riots often peak during the "holy" month of Ramadan as imams poison the minds of men virtually every day rather than just on Fridays. The site has links to stories from all over the world, about Islamic terror attacks that are not reported in the United States.
THE LONDON RIOTS - The smoke had hardly cleared away in the affected areas before the analyses began to roll out. Prime Minister David Cameron, on vacation when the riots began, pointed his finger not at poverty, but at "moral collapse." In an address, he blamed: "Irresponsibility. Selfishness. Behaving as if your choices have no consequences. Children without fathers. Schools without discipline. Reward without effort. Crime without punishment. Rights without responsibilities." Read more
ATTACK IN ISRAEL - Eight Israelis were killed in coordinated attacks that targeted civilians traveling along a highway near the Egyptian border on Thursday. This was the worst attack inside of Israel in several years. Of the 20 or so Muslim terrorists who attacked, just seven were killed and the rest escaped. The original targets were, of course, civilian buses. Since that attack more than 20 missiles have also been fired into Israel. The eight dead are listed among the 433 killed in Islamic terror attacks since the beginning of Ramadan.

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Report From Washington - August 5, 2011

U.S debt now 100% of GDP / Barack's birthday bash / VP Biden finally uses the word "terrorist" --- against the Tea Party! / Fed spending exceeds $30K per household / Will Senate help protect religious minorities in the Middle East? / NYC: Yes to mosque, no to church / The Bloomberg mosque and same-sex nuptials / Yet another version of Ground Zero mosque / Ramadan body count on day 4 reaches 49 dead in 20 attacks / Muslim kills six daughters in one day to defend his "honor" / Egypt slides to Islamic state.
 

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR JULY 20th, 2011 - William J Murray's Chairman's Report includes: Obama's Voice of America claims that Islamists want "reform." / Obama says no to Canadian oil but yes to Saudi oil / The State Department's Weiner problem / NBC apologizes for "under God" omission in Pledge / Military funding of same-sex marriage / Gays for Jon Huntsman / Honor killings in the West / Islamists want to take over UK cities / Pakistani Christian sex slaves / Islamic school has kids make bombs in Indonesia. Other international and domestic issues reported by William J. Murray

PRESIDENCY
DEBT NOW 100% OF GDP - President Obama demanded and got lots more borrowed money to spend. Now, as a result of the debt ceiling increase signed into law by President Obama, the United States has joined a handful of nations whose debt is greater that their entire economic output. The small club of nations owing 100% of more of GDP, which the USA now belongs to includes: Japan (229 percent), Greece (152 percent), Jamaica (137 percent), Lebanon (134 percent), Italy (120 percent), Ireland (114 percent) and Iceland (103 percent), according to the International Monetary Fund.

THE BIRTHDAY BASH - On Wednesday President Obama turned 50 years old and celebrated with a ride on Air Force One to Chicago where a party was held in a room that rents for $44,000 a night. Guests had to pay about $38,500 each to attend, and even more for a private get-together after the main party. 

BARACK IN A HARD PLACE - In the seven months leading up to the deadline for the U.S. debt ceiling, not once did President Barack Obama or anyone on his staff propose a plan to deal with the impending disaster of a default by the government. His only participation was to reject all plans that did not significantly raise taxes. As nations such as China were discussing dumping U.S bonds, President Barack Obama was busy pandering to the homosexual lobby which donates heavily to his campaign for reelection. Finally Speaker John Boehner walked out of talks with Obama saying the President "would not take yes for an answer." The Speaker and liberal Senator Harry Reid then negotiated an agreement. Americans watched and understood the lack of leadership, as Obama's favorability ratings dropped to their lowest ever.
THE VICE PRESIDENT -GASP! - Early this week Vice President Biden referred to members of the Tea Party as "terrorists." Perhaps this is why he needs the extra layer of protection of renting a property he owns to the Secret Service agents who protect his life. The Washington Times reported that Biden so far has charged the Secret Service more than $13,000 just this year. Under a contract, the Secret Service will pay the Vice President a total of $66,000 by the end of 2013. The property in question is a cottage next to his waterfront home outside Wilmington, Delaware.

THE CONGRESS 

FED SPENDING NOW OVER $30K PER HOUSEHOLD - The federal government is spending more per household than ever before. Since 1965, spending per household has grown by nearly 162%, from $11,431 in 1965 to $29,401 in 2010. From 2010 to 2021, it is projected to rise to $35,773, a 22% increase. (Click on chart for breakdown). While a debt ceiling framework passed the House this week, Congressman Randy Forbes says, "We have a lot of work to do to help America dig out of our fiscal sinkhole, including pursuing entitlement reform and passing a Balanced Budget Amendment." Forbes voted against the bill raising the debt ceiling.

PROTECTING RELIGIOUS MINORITIES - On July 29th, 2011 the House passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to create a special envoy at the U.S. State Department for religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. The legislation was introduced in January in the wake of increasing violence, targeted attacks and heightened discrimination against Christians in Iraq and Egypt, and persistent concerns in Afghanistan and Pakistan, among other nations. The bill was sent to the Senate where it must be approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by John Kerry (MA) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (IN). Please contact these Senators!

IN RECESS - The House and Senate are in recess until September 6th at 10:00 AM

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

NYC: YES TO MOSQUE, NO TO CHURCH - While New York City officials push to build a mosque at Ground Zero, they also continue to do everything in their power to stop the rebuilding of the 95-year-old St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. This church was crushed when one of the World Trade Center towers fell on it during the jihad attack on September 11th. In a recent article Pamela Geller details the struggle of the church to rebuild. Read more

BLOOMBERG'S MOSQUE AND SAME-SEX NUPTIALS - Muslims hang homosexuals in Iran and in other Islamic nations. Posters have appeared all over London threatening homosexuals. BUT ... New York's Mayor Bloomberg sees no contradiction in supporting both gays and Islam. The mayor not only advocates building a large mosque right on Ground Zero, but he has been photographed kneeling on a prayer rug in another New York City mosque. Yet this past Sunday he proudly officiated over one of the first gay weddings in New York State, for two of his top aides. (I wonder if these are the guys working to have the mosque built at Ground Zero.) Bloomberg did not go so far as to proclaim them man and wife, but rather declared, "I pronounce you both married," thus proclaiming the "union" of has top aides, Jonathan Mintz and John Feinblatt.

NO 911 MOSQUE

A NEW VISION FOR GROUND ZERO MOSQUE - The Ground Zero mosque may not be what Mayor Bloomberg and city officials rushed to support. The developer, a 37 year old former waiter named Sharif El-Gamal, told The New York Times, "We're going back to basics." The building, he indicated, may be as small as four stories and may or may not have an actual mosque. Read more 

INTERNATIONAL 

RAMADAN BODY COUNT - TheReligionofPeace.com keeps a daily body count of victims each year during Ramadan. Islamic assassinations, mass murders and riots often peak during the "holy" month of Ramadan as imams poison the minds of men virtually every day rather than just on Fridays. The site has links to stories from all over the world of Islamic terror attacks that are not reported in the United States, stories like the one that follows.

MUSLIM MAN'S HONOR KILLING OF SIX DAUGHTERS - Yes ... you read it right. He killed six of his daughters all on the same day in July. He killed two of them because one of their brothers reported to him that they were dating men. He killed the other four because, he claimed, they allowed the family to be dishonored by protecting the two sisters who were dating. Read more

EGYPT MOVES FURTHER TOWARD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC - After "prayers" last Friday, Tahrir Square in Cairo was full of tens of thousands of people, mainly Islamists, who called for the implementation of Islamic law in Egypt. Meanwhile just days later on August 1st, Egyptian army tanks entered Tahrir on the first day of Ramadan and evicted the last of the "liberal" protesters who were for the most part secularists. Shop keepers and locals cheered as those who had wanted a broad based democracy were either arrested or pushed out of the main square. Arab spring or Islamic fall?  

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