Report From Washington - November 18, 2011

Obama: Last secular government must fall / No prayer at WW2 memorial / Military aid for Asia again? / Congressman: Stop aid to Egypt / Sharia "justice" for domestic courts? / Muslim only public pools / Norway embraces Islamic tyranny / Tunisia's Arab Spring calls for "Sixth Caliphate"

THE PRESIDENCY
OBAMA: LAST SECULAR GOVERNMENT MUST FALL - Conservatives in Congress have fallen in behind President Barack Obama's drive to oust the last secular government in the Middle East and replace it with one controlled by Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. Most of the Christians who fled the government set up in Iraq by President George W. Bush now live in Syria. Christians in Syria fully support the secular government of President Assad because they have seen the plight of Christians in nations such as Iraq and Egypt as the American government continues to favor Islamist governments over those that are secular in nature. If Obama wins in Syria, Christians will be massacred; there is no place left for them in the Middle East and this Administration has made it clear they are not welcome here. 
OBAMA: MILITARY AID FOR ASIA - President Obama, currently in Asia, has pledged a military buildup in the Pacific with military aid to Australia as a start. This is nuts. Australia is second only to Germany in financial soundness and does not need a dime from us in any form at all. Indeed our nation will have to borrow the money from China to send our military to Australia. Oddly, conservatives will support this while ignoring the Islamist threat from Indonesia. On his Asia trip President Obama again attacked Americans saying they are "lazy." What would it be like to have a President who was proud of our nation and its people?

CONGRESS 

FORBES FILES EGYPT RESOLUTION - Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA) has filed a resolution, H.Res. 459, that would encourage any new government convened in Egypt to fully allow for the freedom of religion. Forbes and 22 other congressmen also sent a letter to President Obama urging him to denounce the violence used by the Egyptian military against Coptic Christians in October.

NO PRAYER AT WW2 MEMORIAL - The Obama Administration is opposed to the World War II Memorial Prayer Act (H.R. 2070), introduced by Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) The bill would add President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer to the National World War II Memorial. President Roosevelt delivered the prayer to the nation on June 6, 1944, the day that American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Rep. Johnson said, "It is unconscionable that the Obama Administration would stand in the way of honoring our nation's distinguished World War II veterans. President Roosevelt's prayer gave solace, comfort, and strength to our nation and our brave warriors as we fought against tyranny and oppression. These words should be included among the tributes to the Greatest Generation memorialized on the National Mall."

RELIGION AND CULTURE
CULTURE BASED (SHARIA) JUSTICE - The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges wants the nation's judges to determine if there is "a culturally-based explanation" when deciding whether or not a child needs to be removed from the home because of abuse or neglect. The NCJFCJ wants judges to use the Council's "benchcard" as a legal tool and checklist on abuse and neglect cases. Under the benchcard's heading "LEGAL THRESHOLD FOR REMOVAL" is the inquiry: "Have the family's cultural background, customs and traditions been taken into account in evaluating the event and circumstances that led to the removal? Have the parent(s) cultural or tribal liaison/relevant other(s) been asked if there is a culturally-based explanation for the allegations in the petition?" In some jurisdictions, the terms of Sharia or Islamic law are already being offered as a defense for criminal abuse and forced marriages of minors. Read more CAIR ATTACKS MODERATE MUSLIMS - The Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) campaign of discrediting critics now includes attacking other Muslims who speak out against terrorism. Last week, CAIR called two Minneapolis activists "anti-Muslim" for their participation in a seminar which included a discussion about an Islamic terrorist group in Somalia. Both Omar Jamal and Abdirizak Bihi are Muslims. But CAIR's Minnesota chapter attacked them over their involvement with a seminar on Somali culture and their communities in America held Thursday in St. Paul. Read more
MARYLAND PUBLIC POOL FOR MUSLIMS ONLY? - Shehlla Khan, a Muslim in Howard County Maryland did not want people (read that as non-Muslims) watching her swim in the conservative, cover-all dress required by Islamic dress codes. The Columbia Association which controls the public pool immediately created a twice weekly, women only swim time. Will this satisfy the Muslim community? No, the goal is Sharia and Sharia says that non-Muslims may not look upon Muslim women. The policy of "Muslim only" public pools is a reality in London, UK and will be here soon.
SHARIA YES, CROSS NO - The Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by the American Atheists challenging the constitutionality of crosses placed on Utah roadsides to honor fallen state troopers. The Utah Highway Patrol Association asked the Supreme Court to hear the case after the Tenth Circuit held that the crosses violated the Establishment Clause. With Utah's permission, a private nonprofit organization placed the cross memorials at sites where state troopers were killed in the line of duty. The Supreme Court's decision declining the case means that the Tenth Circuit's decision will stand. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of the case saying, "Today the Court rejects an opportunity to provide clarity to an Establishment Clause jurisprudence in shambles." He continued, "It is difficult to imagine an area of the law more in need of clarity."

MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION
NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for November 3, 2011. In this issue: Hutton Hotel cancels our sharia conference under pressure / Tennessee church offers facilities to save conference / DOJ to National Security agencies: Train officers against terrorism, but never mention Islam / Hijabs to be a part of JROTC uniforms? / Fruits of the "Arab Spring" / U.S. Muslims demand Catholic schools remove crucifix from classrooms
 

INTERNATIONAL
NORWAY EMBRACES ISLAMIC TYRANNY - Bruce Bawer has written a new article for Hudson New York outlining in detail the anti-Semitism in Norway that is fueled by the rising tide of Islamic immigration. Bawer gives real insight into the pathology of Europe's new anti-Semitism. Read more

PASTORS HIDE FROM BLASPHEMY CHARGE - Bishop Pervaiz Joseph and Rev. Baber George were targets of the blasphemy law in Pakistan which forced them into hiding with their families. Bishop Pervaiz Joseph is leading "Pastors Care Ministries" and also serving as Pastor in a Charismatic Gospel Church. Pastor Baber George is working with Full Gospel Assemblies Church Pakistan (FGA) which is the oldest and mother church of all Pentecostal church movements in Pakistan. Read more

TUNISIA'S NEW LEADER HAILS "SIXTH CALIPHATE" - 'The Islamist politician likely to become Tunisia's first democratically elected prime minister has alarmed liberals and secularists by claiming the arrival of the "sixth caliphate", a controversial term for a Muslim empire. Hamadi Jebeli told a rally in the city of Sousse: "My brothers, you are at a historic moment in a new cycle of civilisation, God willing. We are in sixth caliphate, God willing." Read more

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Report From Washington - October 27, 2011

Sharia law advances in the USA / Noted attorney challenges Hutton Hotel for canceling anti-sharia conference / Obama's Arab Spring turns Islamist / The Left ignores human rights of Christians in Muslim lands / Muslims demand Catholic school remove crucifixes / More Christians die at Muslim hands

SHARIA RISING
HUTTON HOTEL CANCELS CONFERENCE ON SHARIA- The Hutton Hotel in Nashville, TN has cancelled the Preserving Freedom Conference scheduled for 11/11/11. Amerimar Investments at first said they had received "threats," but later claimed that two of our speakers "incited" people to violence. Any criticism of Islam is forbidden under Sharia law. Not even non-Muslims may be critical of any aspect of Sharia. The Hutton Hotel can now be said to be Sharia compliant in this regard. Read more

LIBERTY COUNSEL JOINS FIGHT IN NASHVILLE- The founder and president of Liberty Counsel, Mat Staver, was one of the slated speakers at the Preserving Freedom Conference in Nashville. As chief counsel for Liberty Counsel, he has argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court. Staver has now issued a letter to the Hutton Hotel and its owners demanding that they honor their contract and allow the conference to continue. Read more

THIRD HOTEL MAY CANCEL? - A Hyatt Hotel in Sugarland, TX cancelled an anti-Sharia conference at which Pamela Geller was scheduled to speak just one week before Islamists convinced the Hutton Hotel in Nashville to tear up its legally binding contract with the Preserving Freedom Conference. Now a hotel in Maryland is being pushed to cancel an annual event held there by a conservative group because one of the scheduled conference panels deals with Sharia. Read more

SHARIA USE IN US COURTS - A Florida appeals court ruled that Judge Richard Nielsen could use Islamic law to decide a key issue in a lawsuit involving a local mosque. The judge had found earlier that the mosque had violated Sharia law by expelling trustees. The mosque supports the use of Sharia law except in this case when it lost. Read more
RELIGION AND CULTURE 

U.S. MUSLIMS DEMAND CATHOLIC SCHOOL REMOVE CRUCIFIX - How demanding have Muslims become? They are now insisting that a Catholic University remove crucifixes from the walls of classrooms so they are not offended. A left-wing nutty professor at Catholic University of America filed the complaint with the Washington D.C. Office of Human Rights which is now actively investigating. Apparently they find some merit in a complaint that a Catholic school is somehow violating "human rights" by displaying Catholic symbols,

NASHVILLE CONFERENCE ON SHARIA - For daily updates on the situation with the refusal of the Hutton Hotel to honor the contract with the Preserving Freedom Conference, please go to www.shariafreeusa.org of to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/shariafreeusa

NEW: Chairman's Report for October 14, 2011 In this issue: No White House comment as Christians die in Egypt / Obama supports those trashing Wall Street and using drugs / The faith of presidential challengers / Santorum on Islamic fascism / Grover Norquist exposed by Congressman Wolf / Journalism school teaches that 9-11 attack not a big deal / Sharia for France 
INTERNATIONAL 
THE LEFT IGNORES HUMAN RIGHTS - The left's worst crime in the Middle East has been its support for the region's Arab-Muslim majority at the expense of minorities. Leftists have supported the majority's terrorism, atrocities, ethnic cleansing and repression of the region's minorities. Very rarely have they raised their voices in support of endangered minorities, and when they have done so, it was in muted tones completely different from their vigorous defenses of the nationalism of the Arab Muslim majority.

THE ARAB SPRING HAS SPRUNG - The first nation to "revolt" in the so-called Arab Spring was Tunisia and the first election results are in. An Islamist party has won over 40% of the vote and will form the new government. Before the "Arab Spring," Tunisia was the "model" secular nation in the Arab world. Just prior to the election the new leaders in Tunisia had announced that any new constitution would follow Sharia law. Read more

ISLAM AT ITS BEST - Muslim pirates kidnapped a very ill French woman and refused her medication, causing her death. Now the Muslims are holding her body for ransom. "The hostage-takers are even trying to sell the remains, it could not be more despicable," said French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet. "Seizing a woman of this age, who is sick and paralysed, and not giving her her medication, allowing her to develop septicaemia from which she apparently died, and then proposing to sell her remains! These are not people who deserve anything but contempt," Longuet said. Read more

MORE CHRISTIANS DIE AT MUSLIM HANDS -Five Catholic plantation workers were massacred by Moro Islamists in a pre-dawn attack on their village. The victims were aboard a vehicle of the Tumahubong Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Incorporated Development Cooperative on the way to Cabengbeng village when they were attacked. About 40 followers of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commander Dan Laksaw Asnawi perpetrated the ambush. CHRISTIAN INTERNET STORE VISIT OUR INTERNET STORE - Our Internet store has more than books and CD's. There is 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