Washington Report- October 25th, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue: Obama created Syrian nightmare / Obama Army exposed for smearing Christian groups / Pro-gay agenda activist takes over Homeland Security / Senators demand response to persecution of Christians / Congressman wants abortion coverage disclosed / World Council of Churches ignores persecuted Christians / International Religious Freedom Day ignored? / In Yemen, Muslim father burns teen daughter to death / in Kenya, Muslims murder pastors / In Nigeria, Police in norther states enforce Sharia on Christians / In Syria, Christians turn to Russia for help

The Presidency
Obama created Syrian nightmare - Experts are referring to areas held by Obama's rebels as "the new cauldron for hatching terrorist strikes in the West." A bleak, well researched report in the Washington Times shows a hub of Islamic terror growing stronger every day in areas held by the forces supported by President Obama and Senator John McCain. Read more
Obama Army exposed for smearing Christian groups - Last week soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas were warned about giving money to evangelical groups or to Tea Party groups. They were told they could receive military punishment for doing so. This occurred on the same base where Nidal Hasan killed 13 soldiers and an unborn baby and wounded dozens more - and his actions were labeled "workplace violence" - even as he shouted praise to Allah. Read more
Pro-gay agenda activist takes over Homeland Security - President Obama has picked Department of Defense lawyer - Jeh Johnson - to run the massive Department of Homeland Security. In case Jeh Johnson's name isn't familiar to you, he's one of the primary architects behind the repeal of the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the U.S. Armed Forces. Read more
Congress
Senators demand response to persecution of Christians - In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (MO), Bob Corker (TN.) and Lamar Alexander (TN) said recent reports of more frequent, targeted attacks against Coptic churches and individuals in Egypt "warrants a clear U.S. response." Read more
Congressman wants abortion coverage disclosed - Congressman Chris Smith (R) has more than 100 co-sponsors for H.R. 3279, the Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act. If passed into law it would force companies to disclose to those buying insurance if they were paying for coverage of abortions. Read more
Religion and Culture
World Council of Churches ignores persecuted Christians - Would the world, let alone Middle East Christians, be better off without the World Council of Churches (WCC)? Why has the WCC, which claims to represent and serve 345 denominations worldwide, done nothing to help the persecuted churches in Iraq, Syria and Egypt? Read more
International Religious Freedom Day ignored? - The issue of religious persecution around the world should be front and center for our government, but clearly it's not, under Obama. In fact, it has been Obama who has been one of the key political forces in creating more religious persecution around the world and in the United States since he took office. Read more
International
Yemen: Muslim father burns teen daughter to death - Only a month after an eight-year old girl from Yemen died on her wedding night after suffering massive internal injuries from her 40-year-old groom, a Yemini father has been arrested for burning his 15-year-old daughter to death because she committed the "crime" of talking to her fiance before their wedding. Read more
Kenya: Muslims murder pastors - Evangelical Christians are mourning the death of two pastors who were killed on Kenya's coast over the weekend amid concerns about growing pressure on devoted believers in the African nation. Read more
Nigeria: Police in northern states enforcing Sharia on Christians - As Christians in Nigeria continue to suffer violent attacks at the hands of Islamic extremists, they are also facing official opposition as the authorities enforce an Islamist agenda in a number of states. Read more
Syria: Disgusted by the West, Christians turning to Russia for help - It is very ironic that Russia, known for its history of atheism and persecution of Christians around the world, should now be looked to as the protector of Syrian Christians. This, while the Obama Administration and other western nations are openly supporting Islamic terrorists who are seeking to kill Christians in Syria and oust President Assad. 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: The Religious Freedom Coalition exhibit at the Values Voter Summit exposed the evils of Saudi Arabia including the arrests and torture of Christian guest workers from Ethiopia. RFC Chairman William J Murray met with several Senators concerning the evils of the ruling Saudi royal family. See it here!

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Report From Washington - August 10, 2012

ISRAEL FACT FINDING MISSION - 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 increases lead over Romney / RFC ad campaign tells the truth about Obama / Romney digs hole deeper on social issues / Both Houses in recess / Defending Michele Bachmann against the new pro-Muslim GOP establishment / Gymnast Aly Raisman honors martyred Olympic Jews / Cop punished for eating Chick-fil-A sandwich / Three servicemen killed by Afghan police chief / "Mainstream" Islamic cleric promotes suicide bombings / Pakistani lawyer kills sister in court / UK honor killing guilt

THE PRESIDENCY
Obama increases lead - According to a new Fox News poll, Barack Hussein Obama has increased his lead over Mitt Romney in the last 30 days. Obama now leads Romney by 9 points according to the poll. An associate of mine who operates a poll by cell phone, shows Obama ahead by only four points. In electoral votes Obama is up 370 to 145 according to most polls. With nearly 50% of Americans receiving government checks of some kind, Obama is going to be harder to beat with Romney concentrating just on economic issues. Mitt Romney's refusal to bring social issues into the process may lose him the election.

Romney digs hole deeper on social issues - Despite losing ground in the polls as he tries to run only on economic issues, Mitt Romney took time out to attack the Boy Scouts. Yes ... the Boy Scouts. His spokeswoman said on the issue that Romney still stands by his 1994 statement in which he said "I feel that all people should be able to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation." Read more

Ads tell truth about Obama - The Religious Freedom Coalition has been conducting an aggressive campaign to stop the war on religious freedom being waged by the Obama Administration. During this critical year of decision the Religious Freedom Coalition will run advertisements in key newspapers asking Congress to curtail Barack Obama's secularist agenda of radically changing our nation. Learn more today

CONGRESS
Both Houses in recess - The House will reconvene on Monday, September 10th with the first vote occurring after 6:30 PM. Although the media would like to portray any recess as a "vacation," that is far from the truth. Most congressmen work six days a week in their district offices, meeting with constituents. Each congressman has more than a quarter of a million people in his or her district, many of whom demand direct contact which they can't get when the congressman is in Washington, DC.

In defense of Michele Bachmann - On Wednesday, August 8th former Federal Prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy addressed a standing-room only crowd at the National Press Club's on Muslim Brotherhood influence operations in the United States. McCarthy presented the briefing as a response to attacks on the "National Security Five." These five members of Congress - Representatives Michele Bachmann (MN) Louie Gohmert (TX), Trent Franks (AZ), Lynn Montgomery (GA) and Tom Rooney (FL) - have asked the Inspectors General of federal departments to investigate evidence of Muslim Brotherhood influence operations within the U.S. government. Read more

RELIGION AND CULTURE
U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman honors martyred Olympic Jews - The music for Aly Raisman's gold medal winning floor routine at the Summer Olympics was chosen by her as a tribute to the Israeli athletes who died at the hands of Muslm terrorists during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. The music was based on the traditional Jewish song, Hava Nagila. "I am Jewish, that's why I wanted that floor music," Aly told the New York Post. "I wanted something the crowd could clap to, especially being here in London." Read more and see floor routine.

Cop punished for eating Chick-fil-A sandwich - A Dallas, Texas police officer is facing punishment for eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich in front of two openly lesbian officers who serve on the very politically correct Dallas police force. They claim he "stared" at them while eating the sandwich. Read more

Chick-fil-A is not alone - There are other outspoken Christian businesses. Since 1997, Hobby Lobby has placed, during certain holidays, full page newspaper ads that glorify the Lord and advocate Christian values. Ads appear each Christmas, Easter and even Independence Day. The ads are powerful; some ads have reached as many as 44 million newspaper readers. Read more and see some of the ads.

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION
New August Chairman's Report -Now available, the August 2nd, 2012 edition of William J. Murray's Chairman's' Report. In Aug 2nd issue: Obama and our dwindling freedoms / Friedrich von Hayek's predictions on the dangers of Obama style central planning / Newspaper ads in four states warn of Obama's attacks on religious freedom / Should Christians pray for victory over the Islamist threat? Read more

Constitution or Sharia DVD - This is the complete set of DVD's from the November 11, 2011 Constitution or Sharia conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The Constitution or Sharia: Preserving Freedom Conference was the first true national conference on Sharia and the Islamization of America sponsored by major freedom oriented organizations! It was not just another educational conference. How do deal with and stop implementation of Sharia law in the United states was outlined by speakers and in panels. Order today

INTERNATIONAL
Afghanistan: Three US troops killed by Afghan police chief - The American media is reporting that a man "dressed as" an Afghan soldier killed three U.S. servicemen. This is a deception. The killer was actually an Afghan police commander who invited the three to dinner at his home and then gunned them down while they ate, as guests in his home. This is the third such attack by a member of the Afghan military or police force in just on week. Read more

Egypt: Suicide bombing declared mainstream - Egyptian cleric Hashem Islam Ali Islam, a member of the Fatwa Committee of Al-Azhar, made extremely radical statements in an appearance on Al Aqsa TV on July 12, 2012. In Egypt, Al Azhar is considered to represent moderate, mainstream Islam. He has declared that suicide bombing is a religious duty. Read more

Pakistan: Lawyer kills sister in court - A Muslim lawyer shot dead his own sister in an 'honor killing' in a packed courtroom "because he was opposed to her marriage." Sharia law trumps civil law in all family affairs in Islamic nations. Read more

UK - Honor killing of 16 year old - The parents of Shafilea Ahmed have at long last been found guilty of murdering the 17-year-old, who was killed because they believed she had brought shame on the family. The verdict at Chester crown court comes after a three-month trial, and almost nine years after Shafilea was killed for defying her parents' wishes for an arranged marriage in Pakistan to a much older man. Read more

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Report From Washington - December 9, 2011

Obama's new gay and Muslim immigration policy / Hillary Clinton backs both gay rights and Islamic blasphemy laws? / Senator Durbin tries to shut down commission on religious freedom / Ft. Hood jihad attack was really "workplace violence? ? Shutdown of commission on religious freedom / Blasphemy laws coming to USA / Poland's first Islamic honor killing / "Moderate" London mosque speaker's call to enslave Jewish women / Leave, you dirty Jew

THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA, GAYS, MUSLIMS AND IMMIGRATION - President Obama has in effect ordered U.S. agencies to import homosexuals from all over the world who are "threatened." Thus anyone who walks into a U.S. embassy anywhere in the world where homosexual activities (including gay marriage) are illegal, can claim to be gay and be immediately put at the front of the line to immigrate to the United States. How, after all, could officials disprove a person's "gayness?" At the same time he has opened the gates to Islamic "refugees." Read more

SECRETARY CLINTON, CHAMPION OF GAY RIGHTS - On December 6th at a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, attended by diplomats from all over the world including Arab nations, Secretary Clinton compared the struggle for "gay equality" to women's rights and racial equality. She said that a nation's cultural or religious "traditions" are not an excuse for discrimination against homosexuals. "Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights," she said. "It should never be a crime to be gay," Clinton declared and concluded that, "Gay people are born into and belong to every society in the world."

CLINTON TO BACK BLASPHEMY LAWS? - For more than 20 years, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has pressed Western governments to restrict free speech. Its charter states a goal "to combat defamation of Islam," and it wants "deterrent punishments" by all states to counter Islamophobia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears ready to buy into the idea of limited free speech worldwide if Islam is the subject. Read More

CONGRESS 

SENATOR DURBIN TRIES TO KILL U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) wants the federal government to buy a bankrupt private prison in his home state of Illinois to "create jobs." To get the bucks for the deal he has put a hold on the funding for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the only body that spotlights abuses of religious minorities. The appointees of the USCIRF are not even paid! -- and it is about the most efficient body associated with the federal government. Please contact Senator Durbin and ask him to remove his hold for funding of the USCIRF. If you do not live in Illinois his email system rejects messages. Call his office at 202.224.2152 or send a fax to 202.228.0400

SENATOR TO OBAMA: FT HOOD ATTACK NOT "WORKPLACE VIOLENCE" - During a joint session of the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees on December 7th, Senator Susan Collins (R-MA) blasted a letter by the Department of Defense labeling the Fort Hood jihad attack by Major Nidal Hasan, as a case of workplace violence. Hasan killed 14 people including an unborn child and wounded 29 others on November 5th 2009. Read more

RELIGION AND CULTURE

SHUTDOWN OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM? - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will cease to operate if Congress does not pass and President Obama does not sign into law no later than Dec. 16, legislation either reauthorizing it or continuing its funding. USCIRF is currently funded in a spending bill that expires on that date. Human rights activist Faith McDonnell said, "Dissolution of USCIRF would send a message to tyrants and thug regimes around the world that the United States no longer considers religious freedom a priority." Read more

BLASPHEMY LAWS COMING TO AMERICA? - The topic of blasphemy codes, found in numerous Muslim-majority countries around the world, including Pakistan, is the subject of Paul Marshall and Nina Shea's recently-released 448-page book, Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide. Read more

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for November 23, 2011. In this issue: The Constitution or Sharia Conference in Nashville was a great success despite cancellation by the host hotel. Details in this Chairman's Report
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

INTERNATIONAL 

POLAND'S FIRST HONOR KILLING - A prosecutor in Sieradz says that Poland has probably seen its first case of honor killing. A 34-year old mother of four named Agnieszka was murdered two years ago in June. Prosecution has accused a 40-year old Pakistani called Naaem, who has lived in Poland for 10 years. The investigation, according to prosecutor Józef Mizerski, is not a typical one in Poland. It is known as "the honor killing". In Pakistan, in 2007 alone, 1261 women lost their lives and none of the perpetrators was held responsible", says Mizerski. Read more
LONDON'S MORE MODERATE MOSQUE - A speaker at the "moderate" East London mosque is responsible for the following statement: Sheikh Saad al-Beraik, who has reportedly stated: "Muslim brothers in Palestine, do not have any mercy neither compassion on the Jews, their blood, their money, their flesh. Their women are yours to take, legitimately. God made them yours. Why don't you enslave their women? Why don't you wage jihad? Why don't you pillage them?" Read more
DIRTY JEW, GO TO YOUR COUNTRY - What happens when a young Jewish girl from Belgium is brutally attacked by Muslim schoolmates? Police fail to handle the incident, while the school and politicians turn a blind eye. A Yedioth Ahronoth correspondent meets with Oceane Sluijzer, whose assault has shocked Europe's Jewish communities. Read more

CHRISTIAN INTERNET STORE

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Report From Washington - December 2, 2011

White House and State Department applaud Islamist takeover in Egypt / More Multiculturalism? - Nearly 3,000 honor killings in the UK / The Islamic 20 year plan for America / Army hospital says "no Bibles" / Nurses refuse participate in abortions in New Jersey / More UK Islam as Christian fired for not obeying Muslims / Outrageous Muslim crime wave in Netherlands / More nutty Sharia in Pakistan

THE PRESIDENCY
WHITE HOUSE APPLAUDS ISLAMIST TAKEOVER - Since the "Arab Spring" revolts against secular governments in the Middle East supported by President Barack Obama there have been two elections. The first one in Tunisia brought a previously outlawed Islamist party to power. Now Islamists have won 60% of the vote in Egypt's first ballot round and the Obama Administration has this to say: "I congratulate the Egyptian people for a peaceful, successful start to their election process." A White House spokesman was equally upbeat on the control of the Egyptian government going to Islamic religious parties. The lessons of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and the Islamist control in Iran have been forgotten.
MORE LIKE UK WITH 3,000 HONOR KILLINGS - The Obama Administration loves multiculturalism and this is why Nashville and Atlanta have been set up as hubs for the mass immigration of Muslim "refugees." Obama sees a need to bust the Bible Belt. Obama sees the multicultural nature of Europe as an example for America. Here is an "example" of multiculturalism at work: There were nearly 3,000 honor killings by Muslims in the U.K. in 2010 and the killers are treated as heroes in their communities. Read more
THE TWENTY YEAR PLAN FOR AMERICA - Anis Shorrosh, author of ''Islam Revealed'' and ''The True Furqan,'' is a Christian Arab-American who emigrated from Arab-controlled Jerusalem in January 1967. His analysis of the Islamic twenty year plan for the United States should be read by every American. Read more

CONGRESS 

ARMY HOSPITAL RESCINDS NO BIBLE POLICY -Walter Reed National Military Medical Center rescinded a policy that prohibited family members of the wounded from bringing Bibles or any religious reading materials to their loved ones. The decision was made one day after Congressman Steve King (R-IA) denounced the policy on the House floor and demanded President Obama change it at once. Read more

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

NURSES FORCED TO ASSIST ABORTIONS - Twelve nurses at a New Jersey hospital have sued in Federal Court because they were forced to violate their religious convictions and assist in abortions. After a court order was issued to stop the practice the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey said it would hire additional staff to help perform abortions. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the nurses by the Alliance Defense Fund.
A MOVIE THIS WEEKEND - The Heart of Christmas opens on Sunday, December 5th. This is a truly evangelical film based on a true story and is suitable for the whole family. Learn more.

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for November 23, 2011. In this issue: The Constitution and Sharia Conference in Nashville was a great success despite cancellation by the host hotel. Details in this Chairman's Report
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

INTERNATIONAL

MUSLIMS IN, CHRISTIANS OUT IN UK - A Christian worker in Britain has filed a lawsuit after losing her job when she exposed a campaign of systematic harassment by fundamentalist Muslims. Nohad Halawi, a former employee at London's Heathrow Airport, is suing for unfair dismissal, claiming that Christian staff members, including her, were discriminated against because of their religious beliefs. Read More
MUSLIM CRIME IN NETHERLANDS - When an individual is not a part of the culture he has no problem committing crimes against that culture. Forty percent of Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands between the ages of 12 and 24 have been arrested, fined, charged or otherwise accused of committing a crime during the past five years, according to a new report commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Interior. Read more
MORE NUTTY SHARIA IN PAKISTAN - Pakistan's Catholic Bishops and evangelicals are protesting a decision by the nation's telecommunications authority to include "Jesus Christ" in a list of 160 words banned in text messages. This is the same nation in which numerous Christians rot in jail without trial accused of "blasphemy." The United States gives Pakistan more than a billion dollars a year in aid.

CHRISTIAN INTERNET STORE 

 A CHRISTIAN STORE FOR CHRISTMAS- We have lots of great stuff for Christmas 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. Ours is a real Christian store with tens of thousands of items. Please take a look. The store is located at www.rfcstore.com