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"The time has come to address our nation's bigotry"
Jim Wallis and is merry gang of duplicitous religious leftists at Sojourners are attempting to raise money and combat all the Islamaphobia that's out there.  An excerpt from their latest fund raising email follows with some running commentary from yours truly in brackets: Dear Rick, It's easy to see that hostility toward Muslims is on the rise in America [what's not apparently easy to see by Sojourners is the reason why this might be the case - Rick*]. My heart aches every time I hear...

Temecula: Anti-Mosque group trying to Separate Islam from Sharia Law
Temecula, California has been the scene of another Mosque controversy. This is the place where Mosque opponents called for Protesters to bring dogs to their demonstration during Friday prayers. This time some vocal residents don’t want the Mosque in Temecula for all the same reasons that we have heard repeated over and over throughout the country: Islam wants to take over, Muslims cannot be trusted, they want to impose Sharia’ law on us. Now a group of Temecula residents opposed to...

US protest at Iran leader's UN speech
The US and other Western delegations at the 65th UN General Assembly have walked out in Protest at the Speech of the Iranian president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said some saw the 11 September attacks on the US as part of a US Conspiracy to protect Israel. Mr Ahmadinejad was speaking on the first day of a week-long UN diplomatic marathon at its New York headquarters. Continue reading the main story Related stories The US denounced his remarks on the 2001 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, as...

Tworld News: Week of September 13, 2010
Finding out that your weekly news consumption could be entertaining is like finding out that your (something else that sucks) could be entertaining… Christine O'Donnell could kill so many birds with one stone by hacking into the Internet at large and replacing all porn with closeup shots of Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus . Moving to France to become a mime still remains an awesome idea. "Wait, they're both on Comedy Central but they have competing rallies ? I don't...

Terry-jones security and Aafia-Sidiqe case
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Terry Jones May Be Charged $200K For Canceled Koran-Burning Security Costs
Terry Jones and the Dove World Outreach Center may be charged $200,000 by the city of Gainesville, Florida, for security costs incurred by the canceled Koran-burning originally planned for September 11. Jones' announcement of "International Burn-A-Koran" day resulted in some violent Protests in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and threats against Americans. In response, Gainesville upped its security. According to The Associated Press : "Police Maj. Rick Hanna said more than 200 officers were on...

"Rushdie Rules" Reach Florida
Pastor Terry Jones' plan to burn copies of the Koran at his church in Gainesville, Florida, let it be emphasized, is a distasteful act that fits an ugly tradition . That said, two other points need be noted: Buying books and then burning them is an entirely legal act in the United States. Second, David Petraeus , Robert Gates , Eric Holder , Hillary Clinton , and Barack Obama pressured Jones to cancel only because they feared Muslim violence against Americans if he proceeded. Indeed,...

Pastor Terry Jones Was 'Terrified' And 'Lost' Before Halting Koran Burnings
The pastor of a tiny Gainesville, Fla. church who diverted attention from 9/11 commemorations and riveted world opinion with plans to burn Korans was "terrified" as he holed up in a New York Hotel Room under police guard during last-minute negotiations to stop the book burning, according to Evangelical leaders who were privy to the discussions. The pastor, Terry Jones, was also described as "lost" amid the klieg lights of international attention and condemnation, and was reportedly looking for...

Terrorist Creates Virus in Response to Burning Koran that Never Happened
Listen to "iraqi_resistance" explain why he's not a real Terrorist. Instead, Terry Jones is the real Terrorist for burning the Quran. Creating a global computer virus, burning a book -- it's all the same! Secure Works has much more on this joker's background. Thanks to Internet Haganah . I'll also note that one of the websites this hacker has been active on belongs to Hamas. But don't worry, he's no Terrorist!

Jim Wallis on the story behind Pastor Terry Jones's change of heart
It is easy to believe that hostility toward Muslims is on the rise in America. Media coverage of the battle over the proposed Islamic Community Center in New York, together with the hateful rants of Florida pastor Terry Jones, who threatened to burn Korans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, paints a picture of tension between faiths. This Story This Story But this narrative of constant conflict doesn't tell the whole story. In my work with Religious communities across the country, I...

Further Thoughts on Koran Burning
(1) In contrast to Terry Jones and his miniscule band, British Muslims twice burned copies of The Satanic Verses in pubic during 1988-89, attended by crowds of 1,000 and 7,000. One hardly needs point out that the government did not apply pressure on the ringleaders to desist out of fear of violence resulting. (2) In contrast to the permission to use The Bible as toilet paper, Muslims rioted, causing at least fifteen deaths, over an incorrect report in Newsweek that interrogators " flushed a...

"Rock of Ages," other hymns get modern twist
Heather Payne left the group Point of Grace in 2008 to devote her time to being a mom of four The next time you hear "Rock of Ages" on Christian radio you might not recognize it. The 2010 version is definitely a lot different than the 1775 version. Heather Payne's adaptation has a decidedly pop feel to it, with a driving drumbeat and electric guitar lead. She said she also tweaked the arrangement, making one of the verses into a chorus. "I love how it turned out," she...

Don't Pay It
The Florida pastor who threatened to burn a Koran is getting a bill from the city : The Controversial Florida pastor who threatened to burn Korans on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is expected to be billed at least $200,000 by the city of Gainesville for costs associated with the stunt. Pastor Terry Jones, who got international attention with his on-again, off-again plan to burn 200 copies of Islam's holiest book, said the costs would essentially bankrupt his 50-member church, the Dove...

Florida Pastor Terry Jones Who Planned Koran Burning Billed for Security
The Controversial Florida pastor who threatened to burn Korans on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is expected to be billed at least $200,000 by the city of Gainesville for costs associated with the stunt. '); } Pastor Terry Jones, who got international attention with his on-again, off-again plan to burn 200 copies of Islam's holiest book, said the costs would essentially bankrupt his 50-member church, the Dove World Outreach Center. "That would be impossible for us to pay," Jones...

Police arrest six for burning 'Korans'
LONDON — Police have arrested six people on suspicion of inciting racial hatred over a YouTube video apparently showing them setting fire to copies of the Koran, a spokesman said Thursday. Northumbria Police said that they had detained two men on September 15 and four more on Wednesday, adding that all of them had been bailed pending further inquiries. "The arrests followed the burning of what are believed to have been two Korans in Gateshead on September 11," a spokesman said, referring...

The silent dignity of solemn remembrance drowns out the voices of the crackpots
For the kin of those who perished and other witnesses of evil on that fine blue day in 2001, the anniversaries are never adequate. Yesterday, though, was the hardest. Solemn remembrance had been fouled by bating between world religions, stoked by a crackpot pastor with a ministry of flames and hatred. A pastor who can't leave well alone. Minutes before the ceremonies of commemoration – in Manhattan, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the fourth plane went down...

Gainesville, Fla. Charges Koran-Burning Pastor $200K For Security Costs
Gainesville, Fla. will charge the Koran-burning pastor at least $200,000 for security costs, ABC News reports . And Pastor Terry Jones never even burned the book! The city says it was forced to provide direct services to the church. It charges the University of Florida for similar services: Gainesville City Attorney Marion Radson said the city provided a "direct service" to the church, which now must pay. "Some of the services the city provided to Rev. Jones and the church were directly...

PIPES: 'Rushdie Rules' reach Florida
Pastor Terry Jones ' plan to burn copies of the Koran at his church in Gainesville, Fla., let it be emphasized, is a distasteful act that fits an ugly tradition. That said, two other points need be noted: Buying books and then burning them is a legal act in the United States . Second, David H. Petraeus , Robert M. Gates , Eric H. Holder Jr. , Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama pressured Mr. Jones to cancel only because they feared Muslim violence against Americans if he...

Burned for Being American
Another Sept. 11 is behind us, leaving something new and disturbing, a dark spawn to examine with plenty of careful soul-searching. That legacy begins with the reflexive, lockstep process by which an American Citizen, Terry Jones, was simultaneously depicted and denounced as a raving lunatic for even conceiving of his plan to burn copies of the Koran to mark the ninth anniversary of demonstrably Koran-inspired attacks. In society's fearful fervor to distance itself from Jones, there was...

Report: Iran sentences human rights activist to 6 years in prison
Tehran, Iran -   Tehran, Iran (AP) — An Iranian newspaper says a court has sentenced a prominent Human Rights Activist to six years in Prison on Security charges. The pro-reform Sharq daily said Wednesday that Emadoddin Baghi was convicted of "spreading Propaganda" against the ruling establishment as well as planning to "violate National Security." The 48-year-old Baghi has been on trial or in jail almost continually since 2000 over similar charges. The latest case against...

`Deeply embarrassed' Pa. governor shuts down intelligence reports on peaceful protesters
Harrisburg, PA. — An embarrassed Gov. Ed Rendell apologized Tuesday to groups whose peaceful Protests or events, from an Animal Rights demonstration to a gay and Lesbian festival, were the subject of regular anti-terrorism bulletins being distributed by his Homeland Security director. Rendell said that the information was useless to Law Enforcement agencies and that distributing it was tantamount to trampling on Constitutional Rights. Bulletins also went to members of Pennsylvania's...

Hooray for Democracy
FBI anti-terrorism agents raided the Queens home of a self-described Anarchist charged with tweeting Protesters with instructions on how to evade Police at the G-20 summit. The charges? "Hindering prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility and possessing criminal instruments." Those criminal instruments were gas masks (though presumably this is for olfactory protection from Riot Police), mercury, a bag of hammers and *gasp* Anarchist literature. Anyone who still likes to laud this...

Obama heckled on AIDS, gay rights at fundraiser
NEW YORK – President Barack Obama got heckled at a Fundraiser Wednesday night by Protesters pushing for more funding for AIDS programs and quicker action to allow Gays to serve openly in the Military. Activists yelled slogans and held signs aloft reading "Obama broken promises KILL." Supporters of the president tried to drown them out with shouts of "O-bam-a! O-bam-a!" The Hecklers were so raucous Obama went off-script several times to address them, insisting he's increased AIDS funding...

Obama 'Protester' Arrested At Alaska State Fair
Here's a great example of how the left is so desperate to control the narrative that they are willing to sacrifice themselves in order to perpetuate the myth that Conservatives are a bunch of crazy loons. Case in point is the recent arrest of a man holding a large "Impeach Obama" banner at the Alaska State Fair. Security asks the man to leave and he responds by refusing and loudly proclaiming a violation of his free Speech rights. First of all the fair is held on private property and run by a...

UN officials praise Iran's cooperation
Tehran United Nations Information Center held a Press Conference on Tuesday in Tehran to elaborate on the overall activities of the UN in Iran. Consuelo Vidal, UN resident coordinator & UNDP resident presided over the Conference while representatives of other UN institutions in Iran also attended to answer questions. Vidal praised the level of cooperation between UN and the national institutions in Iran, calling it suitable. She said the UN agencies in Iran implement their projects...