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Title: ROUND UP ALL MUSLIMS IN USA AND PUT THEM IN CAMPS
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Sarasota Herald Tribune
URL Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699933/posts
Published: Sep 12, 2006
Author: VARIOUS
Post Date: 2006-09-12 09:33:21 by TLBSHOW
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LAUREL -- "Muslims can convert to Christianity here!" read the sign Monday in front of the Congregational Church on Laurel Road. It was an invitation that the church's pastor, K.C. McCay, admitted he didn't expect anyone to accept. But coming on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, it was bound to stir a response. And it did. "If church leaders are really interested in saving people, they would find much less offensive ways to do it," said Ahmed Bedier, director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "Religious leaders are adding fuel to the fire. It's a shame."
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By Faiza Elmasry Bloomington, MN 07 October 2006 Minnesota is home to thousands of Muslims from around the world. Like other immigrants, they have worked hard to establish themselves and support their families. But, since 9/11, the state's Muslims have become more concerned about presenting the real image of their faith and getting involved in their local communities. Pediatrician Hyder Mohammed Khan When pediatrician Hyder Mohamed Khan immigrated from India 30 years ago, and settled in Minneapolis, he could hardly find a place to do his prayers. Today, he says, he has dozens of choices. "There are 25 to 30 places where Friday prayers are being offered in town," he says. "There are a dozen mosques in this community." And across the 'North Star State', mosques and other Islamic organizations have become part of many communities, according to Ikram Ul Huq, Religious Director of the Muslim Community Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. He says there are more than 20 mosques in the state and 33 other Muslim organizations. "We have SNAP, Sisters Need a Space, a small organization that was started to help Ikram Ul Huq, religious director of the Muslim Community Center in Bloomington, Minnesota battered sisters. We do have some cases where their husbands have gone away and they need a space. We also have 'Alber,' [Arabic for righteousness] where if you're in need for finding a job or some financial assistance, initially, they do help out." These institutions, Ul Huq says, grew out of the need to serve the expanding Muslim communities across Minnesota. "Until 1998, the Muslim community in Minnesota, the whole state, was about 5,000 to 6,000 people," he says. "But in 1998, there was an influx of Somali immigrants, about 70,000 of them. Then we had another 15,000 from Bosnia and Kosovo. They got political asylum." Ul Huq estimates the number of Muslims in Minnesota to be more than 150,000. Like other American Muslims, the Minnesotan community felt victimized in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks on New York and Washington. Hydar Khan says federal authorities shut down several money-wiring services used by Muslim immigrants. He says Muslims have had to live with new challenges. "There has been curtailment of our civil liberties since 9/11 in subtle ways, which I believe is a very concerning issue that eventually, I think, should be the concern of every American," he says. "There is not any overt discrimination that I've personally encountered, but there are reports here and there. Overall, I believe there is a tendency to malign the name of Islam, [by using] terms like 'Islamic Fascism,' and to always implicate Islam as an ideological evil. I think this is a very concerning issue." Community leaders felt the need to educate their neighbors about Islam, and Muslim Center director Ul Huq says they began reaching out. One thing they did, he says, is form the Islmaic Research Group, which gives presentations in schools and churches. "We invite non-Muslims to come into the mosque. We also have a team that goes to churches on Sundays, on Thanksgiving and on special occasions to tell them what Islam is all about, just inform them, we're not trying to convert them!" Asad Zaman, Imam of the Muslim American Society in Minneapolis, Minnesota Community leaders also felt the need to educate other Muslims on their rights and duties as American citizens, according to Asad Zaman, Imam of the Muslim American Society in Minneapolis. "We train the Muslim community as to their rights and responsibilities through our conventions, lectures and seminars," he says. "We conduct about six to eight legal or rights awareness seminars where we train people about what are your rights and responsibilities. Once a year we do the Muslims Day at the Capital program here in St. Paul where hundreds of Muslims show up and meet the legislators and say, 'We are Muslims. We live in your district. We are voters and these are the issues we care about.'" In the process, says community leader Mukhtar Takur, the Muslim Community Center Community leader Mukhtar Takur has become more than just a place where Muslims gather to practice their religion. "In this facility, we had a number of community group meetings where we've had opportunities for the broader community to come, participate and learn about the political process, simple things like registering to vote, where we've had registration drives," he says. "We also review issues meetings where we come and talk about issues, not necessarily foreign issues but local issues in the town." And they host fundraisers at the Muslim Community Center. "Today we have a fundraising for the Democratic Party, though I'm not from the Democratic Party," the Center's Religious Director Ikram Ul Huq says. Ul Huq is not only preaching about the importance of political participation, he's practicing it. A Republican, Ul Huq serves as a State Delegate, and he's not alone. "We have a good number of Muslims from my community here who are elected members of the Democratic Party, they are state delegates," he says. What is more, Ul Huq points out, another member of the community, Keith Ellison, is running for U.S. Congress. "If he wins in the election, he'll be the first Muslim in the U.S. Congress." Ul Huq says he hopes more people in his community will be inspired to become politically active. By being part of the American political scene, he says, Muslims can have a significant impact on American life. http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2006-10-07-voa32.cfm
Al Jazeera - Fox News Channel - correspondent - Steve Centanni
A chilling message for the infidels Just six weeks before last Saturday's terrorist atrocity in Bali, in a jail cell in Jakarta, I interviewed Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), al-Qa'eda's main ally in the region, and the group on which western attention is focused in the hunt for culprits. Bashir was celebrating the news that an Indonesian court had agreed to reduce his 30-month sentence for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings by more than four months, meaning that he will soon walk free. Ever since the first bombings, in which 202 people died, Indonesian authorities have been woolly in their response to terrorism for fear of alienating a largely anti-American population. Nothing illustrates this better than the appeal court's judgment on Bashir's early release - they took the decision even though he was implicated in a JI plot to As Bali recovers, scott atran gets a lesson in global relations from a jailed Muslim leader overthrow Indonesia's previous government, and despite independent testimony from senior JI operatives in custody that he had approved the 2002 bombings. At 66, Bashir is a lanky, bespectacled Hadrami, who, like Osama Bin Laden, traces his family back to the Hadramawt region of Yemen. Surrounded by acolytes - including known JI bombers - serving him dates, he answered questions with a strong voice and easy laugh. Scott Atran: What are the conditions for Islam to be strong? Abu Bakar Bashir: The infidel country must be visited and spied upon. If we don't come to them, they will persecute Islam. They will prevent non-Muslims converting. SA: What can the West, especially the US, do to make the world more peaceful? ABB: They have to stop fighting Islam. That's impossible because it is sunnatullah [destiny, a law of nature], as Allah has said in the Koran. If they want to have peace, they have to accept to be governed by Islam. SA: What if they persist? ABB: We'll keep fighting them and they'll lose. The batil [falsehood] will lose sooner or later. I sent a letter to Bush. I said that you'll lose and there is no point for you [to fight us]. This [concept] is found in the Koran. SA: Have you met Osama Bin Laden? ABB: No, no. I want to though. After my release, I hope I can meet him. SA: Where will you find him? ABB: If he still exists - but how could I? I have sympathy for his struggle. Osama is Allah's soldier. When I heard his story, I came to the conclusion that he's mujahid, a soldier of Allah. SA: You will always be on his side? ABB: His tactics and calculations may sometimes be wrong, he's an ordinary human being after all. I don't agree with all of his actions. Osama believes in total war. This concept I don't agree with. If this occurs in an Islamic country, the fitnah [discord] will be felt by Muslims. But to attack them in their country [America] is fine. SA: So this fight will never end? ABB: Never. This fight is compulsory. Muslims who don't hate America sin. What I mean by America is George Bush's regime. There is no iman [belief] if one doesn't hate America. SA: How can the American regime and its policies change? ABB: We'll see. As long as there is no intention to fight us and Islam continues to grow there can be peace. This is the doctrine of Islam. Islam can't be ruled by others. Allah's law must stand above human law. There is no [example] of Islam and infidels, the right and the wrong, living together in peace. Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe
Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe
Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe
deport every muslim from america - round em up but good
Muslims Get Involved in U.S. Politics
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A chilling message for the infidels FOR AMERICA
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=46
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Shown in this courtroom artist's drawing is a man identified by authorities as Derrick Shareef, 22, of Rockford, Ill., as he appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, in Chicago. Authorities said Shareef, described as a converted Muslim, was charged Friday in a plot to set off hand grenades in garbage cans at a shopping mall the Friday before Christmas. (AP Photo/Andy Austin)
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