Report From Washington - January 27, 2012

Rick Santorum stands for God given rights in Florida debate / Obama favors Muslim Brotherhood / The Egypt Obama made / One Thousand days since Congress passed a budget / Muslim students attack in Dearborn / School attacks student for pro-family op-ed / Will Nigeria surrender to terror? / Christian schools with Islamic prayers / Canada honor killings trial
MONDAY OR FRIDAY? - For two weeks I have run a survey asking subscribers to tell me if they prefer to continue to received updates late Friday or early Monday. The results are in and .... it is a tie. Being rather surprised by this I will continue to issue the updates on Friday.

THE PRESIDENCY

WHAT A CONTRAST - While President Obama and his campaign is championing class warfare and central planning, one presidential candidate is telling Americans that rights come from God and not from government. During the most recent presidential debate in Florida, former Senator Rick Santorum received thunderous applause when he reminded the audience that our rights come from God but in Obama's view our rights come from government which means they can be taken away by government. See Youtube Clip

WHY OBAMA FAVORS THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD - Islamists are coming to power throughout the Middle East with the support of President Barack Obama. The President and a vast array of liberals are in solidarity with Islamists and are enabling their rise to power. In this new book, United In Hate, Jamie Glazov explains the phenomena. A CBN interview of Jamie Glazov on his powerful book is a must read.

THE EGYPT OBAMA MADE - The United States gives Egypt over $2 billion a year, of which about 80% is military aid. The Egyptian military now refuses to allow Sam LaHood, the son of a the Secretary of Transportation, to leave Egypt. He had been working there with the International Republican Institute, a conservative pro-democracy group. It was among 31 groups shut down by the military last month. More bad news: The really bad guys, the Muslim Brotherhood, will take over from the military in a few more months.

CONGRESS 

NO BUDGET IN 1,000 DAYS - It has now been more than 1,000 days since the Senate has passed a budget for our federal government. Although the Republican House has passed a budget the last two years, the Democrat controlled Senate last passed a budget on April 29, 2009. At that time the national debt was $11.15 trillion. Today, the national debt is $15.2 trillion. Every American now owes $48,700, or, another way to put it is that every U.S. household owes $128,300.

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

MUSLIM VIOLENCE IN DEARBORN - In October of last year, Lutheran Westland football team was beating the Star International Academy which is all Muslim, by a score of 47 to 6 at the end of the fourth quarter. It was the last minute of the game and Lutheran's quarterback was going to "take a knee" and run out the clock. Knowing this, the referee had told both teams that there could be "no contact" on the play. As the Lutheran quarterback kneeled with the ball the Muslims busted through the unprepared defensive line and beat him unconscious after taking off his helmet. Read more
STRAIGHT STUDENT BELITTLED BY SCHOOL - A 15-year-old Wisconsin boy who wrote an op-ed opposing gay adoptions was censored, threatened with suspension and called ignorant by the superintendent of the Shawano School District in Wisconsin. Oddly the school had solicited both pro and con op-eds for the newspaper and there was no problem until homosexuals complained. The school then tore out the anti-gay marriage op-ed before distributing the newspaper. The student, Brandon Wegner, is suing the school demanding an apology for "Its unconstitutional and irrational censorship and humiliation." Read more

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for January 5, 2012. IN THIS ISSUE: Obama's worldwide war on religious freedom / We spill blood, China gets the oil / The White House "holiday" card features a dog / Obama and Congress share blame for lack of certainty / New war between Egypt and Israel? / Cry for Nigeria - More churches bombed / No Christmas for Asia Bibi / Pastor attacked with acid in his church
LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARIA LAW - One of the best locations on the Internet to learn about Islamic Sharia law and its effect on the West is www.shariafreeusa.org FACEBOOK FAN? Sharia Free USA now has a Facebook page with more than 1,500 followers. Join with us at Facebook today!

INTERNATIONAL
NIGERIA TO SURRENDER? - Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, who is a Christian, suggested talks with the Islamic terror group Boko Haram. This comes just a week after Boko Haram attacks killed nearly 200. The leader of the Boko Haram wasted no time in answering the attempt by the Nigerian government to negotiate. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau flatly said no and then told President Jonathan he must "repent as a Muslim."

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS WITH ISLAMIC PRAYERS? - A self established sharia court in Jammu and Kashmir in India has asked the state government to take over Christian schools. The decree also asked three Christian priests to leave the state for "luring Muslims in the valley toward Christianity." The Muslims do not, however, want the Indian government to take over their schools. As part of the takeover the Muslims are demanding that the Christian schools start the day with Muslim songs and prayers and have classes on Islam.

CANADA HONOR KILLINGS -On June 30, 2009, Mohammad Shafia, with the help of his wife Tuba and his son Hamed, murdered his three daughters and his other wife in Ontario, Canada. The wealthy Shafia family worked quickly to conceal their actions but police caught up with them. This week CNN reported on the mass honor killing without mentioning the motive. The father of the murdered children had said, "They betrayed kindness. They betrayed Islam. They betrayed our religion and creed. They betrayed our tradition." He added, "Even if they come back to life a hundred times, if I have a cleaver in my hand, I will cut (them) in pieces." He renounced his three daughters for dating westernized men and acting unclean. Incredibly, CNN reported that: "interrogations of the family never uncovered a motive." How about this motive: The killers believe every word and instruction of the Qur'an.

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Santorum: Our rights come from God

While President Obama and his campaign is championing class warfare and central planning, one presidential candidate is telling Americans that rights come from God and not from government. During the most recent presidential debate in Florida, former Senator Rick Santorum received thunderous applause when he reminded the audience that our rights come from God but in Obama's view our rights come from government which means they can be taken away by government.

Report From Washington - January 20, 2012

Obama says oil pipeline too dangerous / The Gingrich disaster / Santorum's surprise / American Muslim children taught hatred in Islamic schools / NYC pastors arrested over service ban / Nigeria death toll rises / Pakistan province seizes church hospital / Jihad in Egypt rising
 
THE PRESIDENCY 

OBAMA: PIPELINE TOO DANGEROUS - We have all seen those haunting photos of starving kids in Africa that organizations such as Feed the Children use to raise money. Try to picture American kids looking like that. Most African poverty is caused by a lack of cheap energy. There is no power to drill wells; no power to transport water; no diesel for farming tractors; no gas for cooking; and no electricity to refrigerate and store food. An energy poor nation is a starving nation. By refusing to meet the energy needs of the American people, President Barack Obama and his leftist supporters are pointing the nation toward poverty and starvation. Obama's refusal to increase Canadian oil imports by denying a permit for the Keystone pipeline is an epoch disaster for the American people.
SANTORUM'S SURPRISE - The day Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the race, Fox News commentators said it was really bad news for Santorum because he would now finish last behind Ron Paul. The final polls showed Rick Santorum at 9%, but on election day he nearly doubled that, decidedly defeating Ron Paul. After the departure of Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, the only consistent conservative left in the GOP primary race is Rick Santorum. Both Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker Newt Gingrich had supported the same medical insurance mandates as Barack Obama. Gingrich appeared in a TV ad with radical leftist Nancy Pelosi promoting "green energy." As for Ron Paul, his foreign affairs views are to the far left of Barack Obama's.
THE GINGRICH DISASTER - This update was released late Saturday to include the results of the South Carolina GOP primary. Newt Gingrich, riding high on his attacks on the media, received 41% of the vote. The problem with this is that Newt Gingrich's views change literally by the minute and he has held far more positions on both sides of the issues than has Gov. Mitt Romney. Because I am a Washington insider and because I do know Newt Gingrich well, I can say with clarity that if he is the Republican nominee for president Barack Obama will win a second term and the Republicans will lose control of the House and drop seats in the Senate. During a second Obama term the pro-life movement will be crushed using Obama Care and the United States will become a welfare state. Religious freedom as we know it will end, with the government controlling who is hired and fired by the church and dictating what can be said from the pulpit.
 
RELIGION AND CULTURE

AMERICAN MUSLIM CHILDREN TAUGHT HATE - Muslim children attending mosques and Islamic schools are being taught to hate America, our government, our military personnel, and America's non Muslim population. The following article identifies three significant mosques in America that are leading the way in teaching Muslim children to hate and to influence them to commit violent acts inside our country. The report prepared by Dave Gaubatz, a former federal agent, is astonishing. Read more
PASTORS ARRESTED IN NYC - Forty-three people including pastors were arrested in the Bronx on the 13th for protesting the ban on churches renting schools for meetings. New York City is the only school district in the nation that refuses to rent auditoriums to religious groups, but it will rent them to atheists and communists. Most congregations that rented space before the ban are minority evangelicals. Read more

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for January 5, 2012. IN THIS ISSUE: Obama's worldwide war on religious freedom / We spill blood, China gets the oil / The White House "holiday" card features a dog / Obama and Congress share blame for lack of certainty / New war between Egypt and Israel? / Cry for Nigeria - More churches bombed / No Christmas for Asia Bibi / Pastor attacked with acid in his church
LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARIA LAW - One of the best locations on the Internet to learn about Islamic Sharia law and its effect on the West is www.shariafreeusa.org FACEBOOK FAN? Sharia Free USA now has a Facebook page with more than 1,500 followers. Join with us at Facebook today!

INTERNATIONAL 

DEATH TOLL RISES IN NIGERIA - The death toll following coordinated bomb attacks by the Boko Haram in Kano, Nigeria on Friday and Saturday is now over 162 officially, with bodies still in the streets. Kano is mainly Muslim and the largest city in the north. The Islamic terror group Boko Haram claimed responsibility, saying the attacks were in reprisal for the government refusal to release terrorists held in jail. Police and Christians were the main targets as Islamic violence sends that nation into a state of chaos. Read more

PAKISTAN SEIZES CHURCH HOSPITAL - United Christian Hospital in Liberty Chowk and other church property in Garden Town have been seized by local government officials in Pakistan. The province of Punjab has become a living hell for Christians as another church in Garhi Shahu has been desecrated and demolished. Secretary of State Clinton has nothing but kind words to say about Pakistan and our government gives that nation billions of dollars a year. Read more

EXTREME EGYPT - The final results are in, and Islamic extremists have won 75% of the seats in the new parliament. Previously the religious parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood were outlawed. President Barack Obama led the charge to have the secular government replaced during the "Arab Spring" that was supposed to bring freedom. What it may well bring is the total elimination of rights for women and religious police to enforce Sharia law upon all, including Christians.

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Report From Washington - January 13, 2102

Obama attack on religious freedom rebuffed by High Court / Former congressman jailed for Sudan contacts / New York Times op-ed says Boko Haram "not a problem" / More die in Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria / Wealthiest Christian in Egypt charged with blasphemy / Pakistan Muslim men attack children at a church

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THE PRESIDENCY

HIGH COURT DEFEAT FOR OBAMA - From his first day in office Barack Obama has been working against religious liberty. His Justice Department has attacked churches on numerous fronts. In a unanimous nine to zero decision the Supreme Court told Obama and his Justice Department that his administration could not take over the internal employment practices of church organizations. In a lawsuit against a Lutheran school, the Obama Administration contended employees of churches were no different than employees of a convenience store and thus subject to all government regulations. Read more

CONGRESS

CONGRESS IN RECESS - Congress is in recess and there will be no votes prior to January 17th. The full 2012 House calendar prepared by the office of Majority Leader Cantor can be viewed here.

CONGRESSMAN JAILED - Former Congressman Mark Siljander (R-MI), with whom I and others traveled on a fact finding mission to the Sudan in October, 2006, has been sentenced to one year in jail. He had accepted funds from a group associated with terror organizations and acted for them as a lobbyist to end sanctions on the Sudan. I have known Mark for decades and it is known to me that he was not aware of the terror association. Rather, he was blinded by the belief that Christianity and Islam are somehow comparable and he was easily manipulated by Islamic handlers assigned to him. Read more 

RELIGION AND CULTURE

BOKO HARAM NOT A PROBLEM - The Boko Haram has killed thousands of Christians in the last year in the name of Islam, yet a liberal New York professor says that in Nigeria the Boko Haram "is not a problem." In New York Times Op-ed Jean Herskovits, a professor of history at the State University of New York, says that those bombing churches and killing Christians are merely criminal gangs misusing the good name of the terror group. She further claims that the Boko Haram, which is an offshoot of Al-qaeda, was a "peaceable" Muslim organization founded in 2002 that did not turn to any form of violence until its leader was killed in 2009 by security forces. Although willing to print her articles, the New York Times fails to mention that Herskovits has served in lucrative positions associated with Nigerian Islamic billionaire T.Y Danjuma. Read more

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for January 5, 2012. IN THIS ISSUE: Obama's worldwide war on religious freedom / We spill blood, China gets the oil / The White House "holiday" card featured a dog / Obama and Congress share blame for lack of certainty / New war between Egypt and Israel? / Cry for Nigeria - More Churches bombed / No Christmas for Asia Bibi / Pastor attacked with acid in his church

LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARIA LAW - One of the best locations on the Internet to learn about Islamic Sharia law and its effect on the West is www.shariafreeusa.org. FACEBOOK FAN? Sharia Free USA now has a Facebook page with more than 1,500 followers. Join with us at Facebook today!

INTERNATIONAL

BLASPHEMY COMES TO EGYPT - It is common in many majority Muslim nations for Christians to be unfairly accused of blasphemy and jailed. Many Christians including Asia Bibi are rotting in Pakistani jails because of blasphemy charges, but this had not been the case in Egypt until the "Arab Spring." An Egyptian liberal secular leader, Naguib Sawiris, also one of Egypt's richest men, is to be put on trial for insulting religion over cartoons he Twitted showing Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Muslim clothing. Sawiris is one of the very few Christians in Egypt with money; most are poor and repressed. Read more

MORE DEAD IN NIGERIA -On January 6th gunmen of the Boko Haram attacked Christ Apostolic Church in Yola, Adamawa State capital, killing 12 worshipers. Christians fled their homes in the night to seek refuge at the General Jalo Army Barracks. On January 7th two Christian college students were murdered in Maiduguri. On the 8th two more Christians were murdered in the same town. On the 10th three Christians were hacked to death in Dalman. Also on the 10th seven Christians were killed including a seven year old boy in Potiskum. On the 11th four Christians were killed when their bus was machine gunned by Boko Haram gunmen in the same town. Meanwhile an op-ed in the New York Times stated that the Boko Haram in Nigeria "was not a problem."

CHILDREN ATTACKED AT CHURCH SERVICE - Men praying in a mosque stopped and attacked children at the Philadelphia Pentecostal Church in New Mianwali Colony, Pakistan because they could hear them singing carols. The children were preparing for the Sunday service. Four men, one of them with an axe, barged into the church, slapped the children, wrecked the furniture and kicked the altar. Read more

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Report From Washington - January 6, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE: Santorum surges ahead / Ron Paul defends Hamas / His Highness Barack / Prayer Caucus Summary / Islamic war camps in America / Cry for Nigeria / Moderate Indonesia

THE PRESIDENCY

SANTORUM SURGES AHEAD - Rasmussen, perhaps the most respected polling company in the nation, shows social conservative Senator Rick Santorum at 21% nationally. What is astonishing about the poll is that Mitt Romney's support is stuck at 29% after six straight years of campaigning for the presidency at a cost of tens of millions of dollars. Romney received 25% of the vote in the Iowa caucus this time around, and his total vote count was actually less than in 2008. GOP voters are sending a message to the establishment, "We don't want Romney." Still the inside-the-Beltway establishment is positive that they need a moderate to win in November, showing exactly how detached they are from the base.  
RON PAUL DEFENDS HAMAS - Speaking of the Gaza Strip on a state owned Iranian TV network, presidential candidate Ron Paul said, "To me, I look at it like it's a concentration camp, and people are making bombs, like, they're the aggressors?" The astonishing video is available on Yourtube. Columnist Don Feder wrote an article on Ron Paul's insane world views that this interview on Iranian TV reinforces.
HIS HIGHNESS BARACK - During the last year of the Bush Administration, Senator Harry Reid called "pro-forma" sessions of the Senate to block any recess appointees he could, and this left hundreds of federal offices and judgeships vacate in hopes a Democrat would be elected. President Bush honored the Constitution which does not allow recess appointments when the Senate is in session. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is now holding the same "pro-forma" sessions of the Senate but President Barack Obama is ignoring the Constitution and has issued recess appointments of individuals to the National Labor Relations Board who are radically pro-union. This is vote buying at its worst.

CONGRESS 

CONGRESS IN RECESS (SORT OF) - Congress is in recess and there will be no votes prior to January 17th. The full 2012 House calendar prepared by the office of Majority Leader Cantor can be viewed here.  
PRAYER CAUCUS SUMMARY - The Congressional Prayer Caucus founded by Congressman Randy Forbes took numerous actions in 2011 to defend religious expression and religious liberty in 2011. Actions included the filing of bills in Congress as well as letters to President Obama and corporate leaders. Read summary here!

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

ISLAMIC WAR CAMPS IN AMERICA - A radical jihadist group responsible for nearly 50 attacks on American soil is operating 35 terrorist training camps across the nation, but the U.S. government refuses to include the organization on the State Department's list of foreign terrorists. Jamaat ul-Fuqra, known in the U.S. as "Muslims of America," has purchased or leased hundreds of acres of property - from New York to California - in which the leader, Sheikh Mubarak Gilani, boasts of conducting "the most advanced training courses in Islamic military warfare." Read more
 

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for January 5, 2012. IN THIS ISSUE: Obama's worldwide war on religious freedom / We spill blood, China gets the oil / The White House "holiday" card featured a dog / Obama and Congress share blame for lack of certainty / New war between Egypt and Israel? / Cry for Nigeria - More Churches bombed / No Christmas for Asia Bibi / Pastor attacked with acid in his church  
LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARIA LAW - One of the best locations on the Internet to learn about Islamic Sharia law and its effect on the West is www.shariafreeusa.org FACEBOOK FAN? Sharia Free USA now has a Facebook page with more than 1,500 followers. Join with us at Facebook today!

INTERNATIONAL 

CRY FOR NIGERIA - Earlier today I began to write about the six killed at a Thursday church service. Pastor Johnson Jauro's wife and five others were killed when Muslim gunmen fired into the Deeper Life Church in Gombe during a prayer service. But the story has since become more tragic. As people gathered to mourn the dead today in Adamawa state, four Muslim gunmen surrounded the building they were in and opened fire with Kalashnikov rifles. At least 20 Christians were killed and and another 15 seriously wounded. The story will probably be reported as "ethnic violence" by liberal outlets such as the Washington Post although the attacks were the work of the Boko Haram . In America the liberal media defends radical Islam and its imposition of Sharia law worldwide. Read more  
"MODERATE" INDONESIA - Acts of violence and intolerance against Christians in Indonesia almost doubled in 2011, with an Islamist campaign to close down churches symbolizing the plight of the religious minority. The Indonesian Protestant Church Union, locally known as PGI, counted 54 acts of violence and other violations against Christians in 2011, up from 30 in 2010. Read more

CHRISTIAN INTERNET STORE 

VISIT OUR INTERNET STORE- We have lots of great gifts at our Internet store. Not only are there books and CD's, but everything from candy to jewelry and all of it has a Christian theme. Unlike Amazon and other major Internet stores we do not sell porn and satanic materials right beside Christian books. Our store has tens of thousands of items. Please take a look. The store is located at www.rfcstore.com