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Friday, July 27, 2018

HAMAS-LINKED "CAIR" PRESSURES FOX NEWS TO PULL OUT OF COUNTER-JIHAD CONFERENCE, LABELING "ACT! FOR AMERICA" AN ANTI-MUSLIM HATE GROUP


SEE: https://www.actforamerica.org/
HAMAS-LINKED "CAIR" PRESSURES FOX NEWS TO PULL OUT OF COUNTER-JIHAD CONFERENCE 
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/hamas-linked-cair-pressures-fox-reps-to-pull-out-of-counter-jihad-conferencerepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization…called on Fox News to withdraw its representatives from an upcoming conference sponsored by a notorious anti-Muslim hate group.
A reminder: the West is not under Sharia, but still upholds the freedom of speech, which includes the right to criticize Islam. Criticizing Islam is not hate.
ACT For America does not espouse hate, but casts light on the atrocities committed worldwide in the name of Islam, and on the truth about the incursion of Islamic supremacist/Sharia ideology into the West. That ideology aims to shut down the freedom of speech, the cornerstone of democracy, as we can see from this call.
CAIR and other unindicted co-conspirators relentlessly chip away at the freedom of speech in accordance with the program of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to bring Sharia blasphemy restrictions to the West. The U.S. needs to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terror organization and deal with its affiliates and offshoots accordingly.
Note in CAIR’s press release the same old accusations of “Nazism” and “white supremacism” aimed at ACT For America. Somali-born anti-Sharia activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was also called a “white supremacist” by a group of Australian Muslim women. Yet no matter how often this accusation is made, Islam is not a race, and it is not “white supremacist” to oppose jihad and Sharia.
“CAIR Calls on Fox News to Pull Reps From Anti-Muslim Hate Conference”, CAIR press release, July 24, 2018:
WASHINGTON–The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Fox News to withdraw its representatives from an upcoming conference sponsored by a notorious anti-Muslim hate group.
Several Fox News hosts and commentators are scheduled to appear at the September 4-5 conference of the hate group ACT For America in Arlington, Va.
Host Tomi Lahren, along with commentators Jeanine Pirro and Lisa Daftari, are listed as “Invited and Confirmed Speakers” for the conference.
ACT For America, founded by “Brigitte Gabriel,” is an anti-Muslim hate group with growing ties to white supremacist, neo-Nazi hate organizations….

10,800 "RADICAL ISLAMIC SALAFISTS" IN GERMANY, THOUSANDS MORE IN FRANCE, SWEDEN & INCREASING

10,800 "RADICAL ISLAMIC SALAFISTS" IN GERMANY, THOUSANDS MORE IN FRANCE, SWEDEN & INCREASING 
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/10800-radical-islamic-salafists-in-germany-thousands-more-in-france-sweden-and-increasingrepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
The report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which was released this week, shows that the number of radical Islamists now totals 10,800, up from 9,700 the year before and shows a more than doubling of the number from five years ago
10,800 represents known “radical Islamists.” Chances are that there are many more, thanks to Germany’s open-door policy regarding Muslim migration.
The number of terrorism cases has also greatly increased between 2016 and 2017. Last year the agency said there had been 1,200 terror cases initiated, 1,000 of which were related to radical Islamic elements. In 2016, the total number was 250 with 200 of the cases being linked to radical Islam.
Sweden and France are also experiencing a rise in the number of “Islamic salafists,” by the thousands. With the EU continuing its suicidal immigration policies, those numbers will continue to multiply exponentially.
Willful blindness continues to put Western populations at risk.
“Number of Radical Islamic Salafists Tops 10,000 in Germany for the First Time,” Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, July 25, 2018:
The number of known radical Islamic Salafists has exceeded the 10,000 mark, according to a new report by the German domestic intelligence agency.
The report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which was released this week, shows that the number of radical Islamists now totals 10,800, up from 9,700 the year before and shows a more than doubling of the number from five years ago, Die Welt reports.
The newspaper has also claimed that the number of radical Islamists coincides with an increase in the number of criminal cases in which a radical Islamic motive or background was suspected.
The BfV noted that Germany is still in the crosshairs for radical Islamic terrorism and that the situation is still very serious. The agency said that they have identified around 1,880 individuals in Germany who they believe may have the potential to carry out a terrorist attack and more worryingly, that the number was continuing to rise.
The number of terrorism cases has also greatly increased between 2016 and 2017. Last year the agency said there had been 1,200 terror cases initiated, 1,000 of which were related to radical Islamic elements. In 2016, the total number was 250 with 200 of the cases being linked to radical Islam.
The report echoes that of other security agencies in Europe which continue to reveal a rise in the number of radical extremists…..

IRAN'S TOP COMMANDER THREATENS AMERICA WITH "UNIMAGINABLE RESPONSE" TO TRUMP

IRAN'S TOP COMMANDER THREATENS AMERICA WITH "UNIMAGINABLE RESPONSE" TO TRUMP 
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/irans-top-commander-threatens-america-with-unimaginable-response-to-trumprepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
In a continued war of words: The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri reportedly warned the United States on Tuesday that, just as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned American President Donald Trump, threatening Iran would result in an “unimaginable” response that the U.S. will “regret.”
Days ago, Trump tweeted to Rouhani:
“Never, ever threaten the United States again or you will suffer the consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.”
As with Islamic supremacists/jihadists, taqiyya is a specialty (particularly since Iran is Shi’ite):
General Baqeri went on to say that Iran is a peace-loving country and has never started any wars against other nations.
Thanks to the Obama Administration, the Iranian regime was emboldened for years, and the Iran nuclear deal saw billions released to fund Iran’s jihad proxy wars. Obama also engaged in further shady backroom deals to the tune of tens of billions.
“Iran’s Top Commander: U.S. Will Regret Triggering ‘Unimaginable’ Response from Tehran,” by Adelle Nazarian, Breitbart, July 25, 2018:
The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri reportedly warned the United States on Tuesday that, just as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned American President Donald Trump, threatening Iran would result in an “unimaginable” response that the U.S. will “regret.”
According to Iran’s state-run Fars News agency, Baqeri said:
As correctly stated in the remarks of our honorable president, the enemies, especially the U.S., whose deployment centers and interests are accessed by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s overt and covert defense power should not play with lion’s tail otherwise they will be given a strong, unimaginable and regretting response at a very vast extent in the region and the world.
Ironically, General Baqeri went on to say that Iran is a peace-loving country and has never started any wars against other nations. “Iran, as the superior power in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, has always guaranteed security of shipping in the vital waterway and the global economy and enjoys the power to make any move (it desires) in this region,” Baqeri reportedly said.
While Iran has had a relatively peaceful history prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the current government has been responsible for the export of terrorism throughout the region with its support for Houthi rebels in Libya, Hezbollah in Lebanon, its support for Hamas in the Palestinian territories, and its stalwart support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Shi’ite-majority region has also sowed conflict in the Muslim world, specifically as it pertains to its Sunni nemesis Saudi Arabia…..

AUSTRALIAN MUSLIM CODDLING: REPORTER THROWN OUT OF SYDNEY SHARIA NO GO ZONE BY POLICE WHO THREATEN HER WITH ARREST FOR "FEAR OF BREACHING THE PEACE"

MUSLIM CODDLING USURPS RIGHTS
AUSTRALIA: REPORTER THROWN OUT OF SYDNEY SHARIA NO GO ZONE BY POLICE WHO THREATEN HER WITH ARREST FOR "FEAR OF BREACHING THE PEACE" 

SWEDEN: GIRL HAS PANTS PULLED DOWN, THREATENED WITH RAPE FOR NOT LOOKING “MUSLIM ENOUGH”

SWEDEN: GIRL HAS PANTS PULLED DOWN, THREATENED WITH RAPE FOR NOT LOOKING “MUSLIM ENOUGH” 
Europe’s efforts to integrate Islamic migrants are failing
BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/sweden-girl-has-pants-pulled-down-threatened-with-rape-for-not-looking-muslim-enough/republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
A girl at a school in Sweden had her pants pulled down and was threatened with rape because she didn’t look “Muslim enough.”
The girl has been awarded 2,000 euros in damages after being subjected to “gross harassment” by other students at the Johannes school in Malmo.
The victim was bullied, called a slut and in one incident had her clothing removed because she wasn’t dressed “Muslim enough,” according to the girl’s father, who also said that his daughter was called a “slut” and asked what her religious affiliation was.
Shockingly, the boys who abused the girl also bombarded her with threats that their fathers would rape her.
According to a report by Sydsvenskan, other children as young as 6-years-old were also beaten and harassed at the school, which refused to do anything about the bullying.
Thanks to an investigation by the Discrimination Ombudsman and Malmö Against Discrimination, the girl has been awarded damages and moved to another school.
As we have previously highlighted, bullying of non-Muslim students in schools heavily populated by migrant Muslim children is becoming a major problem across Europe.
A mother in Germany whose daughter was being bullied by Muslim students because she was blonde, Christian and didn’t wear a headscarf was told by the headmaster of a school in Frankfurt to cover her up with a hijab.
Earlier this year, the President of Germany’s Teachers Association warned that anti-Semitic attacks and ISIS beheading videos were spreading like wildfire through German schools.
Heinz-Peter Meidinger said that the attacks on teachers were primarily driven by cultural and religious attitudes held by Arab and North African teens who do not respect women.
As we document in the video below, Europe’s desperate efforts to integrate migrants from Islamic countries who continue to arrive in large numbers are clearly failing.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKES UNBELIEVABLE PROMISE TO AMERICAN WORKERS AT ROUNDTABLE WORKFORCE EVENT

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKES UNBELIEVABLE PROMISE 
TO AMERICAN WORKERS 
AT ROUNDTABLE WORKFORCE EVENT  

Thursday, July 26, 2018

30 ILLINOIS COUNTIES DECLARING THEMSELVES "GUN SANCTUARIES" IN OPPOSITION TO STATE'S ANTI-GUN MEASURES

ILLINOIS COUNTIES DECLARING THEMSELVES "GUN SANCTUARIES" IN OPPOSITION TO STATE'S ANTI-GUN MEASURES
BY RAVEN CLABOUGH
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Thirty counties in Illinois have declared themselves "sanctuary cities" and "safe spaces" for gun owners in an effort to discourage legislators from passing anti-gun legislation. According to Guns.com, the designations are part of a statewide effort to send a message to legislators, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Counties across Illinois have passed “gun sanctuary” resolutions or similar measures, stating that gun owners, too, deserve protection from lawmakers. The Daily Wire reports that the “sanctuary” designations are “largely symbolic,” but the idea has become increasingly popular, particularly among Illinois residents outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. The counties are sending a message that if the Democratic-controlled Legislature continues to pass gun restrictions, the counties may bar their employees from enforcing the new laws, according to the Chicago Tribune.
"It's a buzzword, a word that really gets attention. With all these sanctuary cities, we just decided to turn it around to protect our Second Amendment rights," said David Campbell, vice chairman of the Effingham County Board.
"We're just stealing the language that sanctuary cities use," explained the Effingham County's top prosecutor, Bryan Kibler, who came up with the idea.
Mercer County was the latest to label itself a “gun sanctuary.”
"It is a message that the people here want to send saying we don't want Chicago and Springfield telling us what to do with our Second Amendment," said Board Member Brian Anseeuw. "It is guaranteed in the Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Illinois."
With Mercer County declaring itself a “gun sanctuary,” approximately one-third of Illinois' counties are now “sanctuary cities,” and that number is expected to grow.
And according to Campbell, the idea could be gaining steam outside of Illinois as well. He said local officials in Oregon and Washington have asked for copies of Effingham County's resolution.
Illinois has become a battleground for gun rights, as the state has passed what it has deemed “common sense gun legislation,” including a restriction on anyone under the age of 21 from purchasing a firearm, new fees on federally licensed gun dealers, a mandatory 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases, and even gun confiscation legislation.  
The state has also become a popular talking point for pro-gun advocates who note that despite the state’s strict anti-gun laws, its murder rate, particularly in Chicago, remains staggeringly high. In 2017 alone, the city witnessed more than 2,700 shooting incidents.
"That's where this narrative is so false and is so incorrect. And I don't understand the insanity of those — especially the Democrat legislators in Illinois and in the city of Chicago — who believe that if you have the most comprehensive gun control laws on the books, that that will prevent this gun violence that continues to occur," Fox News political analyst and Chicago native Gianno Caldwell said.
The Chicago Tribune notes that the battle over gun rights in Illinois has drawn attention to the “rural-urban political divide that was so stark in the last general election.”
County officials fear that they are unable to stop the passage of gun restrictions so long as they are outnumbered by lawmakers in Chicago and surrounding areas.
"They are trying to make a point that they really resent how the city of Chicago treats the rest of the state and how they're treated as gun owners," said Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association.
And not all Chicago residents are anti-gun. The Huffington Post pointed out last year that the rate of concealed carry permit requests in the city has soared in recent years, particularly amongst the black population, after the city loosened some of its restrictions, because law-abiding citizens are becoming increasingly frightened about rising rates of violent crime.
Second Amendment advocates are applauding the counties’ usurpation of the “sanctuary” status to advance the constitutional rights of its citizens. “I love this kind of pro-gun rights pushback,” Alan Gottlieb, with the Second Amendment Foundation, told Guns.com. “It sends a message that the right to keep and bear arms must be protected not attacked.”
Americans are increasingly resorting to these sort of nullification efforts to defeat government overreach. In California, counties and smaller municipalities have been rejecting their illegal immigration “sanctuary status” in an effort to force the state to comply with federal immigration laws.
In Illinois, they are using the liberals’ own arguments for sanctuary status against them to push for Second Amendment protections.

NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS: SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTS OPEN CARRY FOR SELF DEFENSE

NINTH CIRCUIT COURT: SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTS OPEN CARRY FOR SELF DEFENSE 
BY RAVEN CLABOUGH
On Tuesday, the liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a surprisingly pro-Second Amendment ruling. In a boon for constitutionalists and pro-Second Amendment advocates, the court ruled that the Second Amendment protects open carry in public for self-defense, reversing a decision handed down by a U.S. District Court in Hawaii.
The ruling came out of a case involving a Hawaiian resident, George Young, who in 2011 had been twice denied a permit to carry a handgun. Hawaii is one of 15 states to require a permit or license to openly carry a handgun. The Hawaiian District Court determined that state officials did not infringe on the rights of one of its citizens by denying him a permit to carry a gun in public.
But Tuesday's decision reverses that ruling, as two out of the three Ninth Circuit judges disagreed with the Hawaiian court. According to Judge Diarmuid O' Scannlain, “We do not take lightly the problem of gun violence. But, for better or for worse, the Second Amendment does protect a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.”
“Once identified as an individual right focused on self-defense, the right to bear arms must guarantee some right to self-defense in public,” Judge O'Scannlain wrote for the majority. “While the concealed carry of firearms categorically falls outside such protection, we are satisfied that the Second Amendment encompasses a right to carry a firearm openly in public for self-defense.”
“Analyzing the text of the Second Amendment and reviewing the relevant history, including Founding-era treatises and Nineteenth-century case law, the panel stated that it was unpersuaded by the county’s and the state’s argument that the Second Amendment only has force within the home,” the ruling states.
The majority opinion effectively breaks down the difference between “keeping” and “bearing” arms.
“While the amendment’s guarantee of a right to ‘keep’ arms effectuates the core purpose of self-defense within the home, the separate right to ‘bear’ arms protects that core purpose outside the home,” the majority wrote. Judge O'Scannlain observed that if the authors of the Second Amendment had meant to differentiate between the two, they would have merely protected the right to “keep” arms without also enshrining the right to “bear” arms.
Judge Richard Clifton dissented from the majority, claiming states “have long allowed for extensive regulations of and limitations on the public carry of firearms.”
The National Review notes that the ruling comes one year after the Supreme Court declined to rule on the issue. But Alan Beck, Young's lawyer, believes that the question about open carry will eventually come before the Supreme Court.
“I think the Supreme Court is receptive to this,” Beck told Reuters.
Judge Clifton made a similar prediction in his dissenting opinion. The Supreme Court, he wrote, “will find it appropriate at some point to revisit the reach of the Second Amendment and to speak more precisely to the limits on the authority of state and local governments to impose restrictions on carrying guns in public.”
In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep guns at home for self-defense.
Hawaii’s state Attorney General Russell Suzuki responded to the ruling with disappointment, and claimed that Judge Clifton’s dissent was “well-reasoned” and supported the “constitutionality of this law.” Suzuki said he would be consulting with the state and local authorities to determine further action.
This marks the second time that the liberal Ninth Circuit court has ruled in favor of the Second Amendment this month. Just last week, the Ninth Circuit backed a lower court's decision to suspend California's ban on the possession of large magazines. The court found that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting the injunction or by determining that magazines fall within the scope of the Second Amendment.
All of this is certainly surprising, as the Ninth Circuit has garnered a reputation for being one of the most liberal courts in the country. Fox News observes,
Critics have branded the court the “Nutty 9th” or the “9th Circus,” in part because many of its rulings have been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. This includes an infamous 2002 ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because of its use of the phrase “under God.”
Of course, Young's case could be appealed to the full Ninth Circuit, where the decision could be overturned, and the Ninth Circuit could resume its role as the most liberal court in the country.
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TORONTO, CANADA: SCHOOL TEACHER DOESN’T CARE ABOUT TORONTO SHOOTER’S POSSIBLE ISIS TIES~VERBALLY ASSAULTS REBEL REPORTER AS FASCIST, RACIST, NOT WELCOME~CLAIMS THE CURE IS LOVE

MAKE LOVE, NOT HATE?
LIBERAL CANADA'S SHAME
Crazy Video: Lady Doesn't Care About Toronto Shooter's Possible ISIS Ties
CRAZY VIDEO: LADY DOESN’T CARE ABOUT TORONTO SHOOTER’S POSSIBLE ISIS TIES

In this cringeworthy video a high school teacher tries to infringe on a reporter’s free speech

BY KELEN MCBREEN
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/crazy-video-lady-doesnt-care-about-toronto-shooters-possible-isis-ties/republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
While interviewing attendees of the memorial for Toronto’s Danforth shooting victims, The Rebel’s David Menzies encountered a woman who regurgitated every liberal talking point in the book.
When Menzies asked a couple about a CBS report claiming the shooter visited ISIS websites, the woman interrupted the interview by asking that “we not descend into racism,” apparently unaware that affiliation with the terrorist group has nothing to do with race.
“What did I say that was racist?” Menzies asked, but the woman just attacked The Rebel and said they aren’t welcome in “our community.”
From there, the woman called The Rebel “fake news,” endorsed socialism over capitalism, admitted she doesn’t care about ISIS, said a majority of Ontario citizens are “demented” and called Trump a fascist.
The woman, who said she’s a high school teacher who educates her students about the racist agenda of the right, then threatened to call the cops over the “racist hate speech.”

ERDOGAN OF TURKEY: "SPIRIT OF HITLER" LIVES ON IN ISRAEL BECAUSE OF NEW NATION STATE LAW

ERDOGAN OF TURKEY: "SPIRIT OF HITLER" LIVES ON IN ISRAEL BECAUSE OF 
NEW NATION STATE LAW 
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/erdogan-spirit-of-hitler-lives-on-in-israel-because-of-new-nation-state-lawrepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

Turkey’s bombastic president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the “spirit of Hitler” lives on in Israel after the country passed a controversial “nation state” law which critics say is discriminatory towards the country’s Arab minority.
The jihad propagandist war against Israel continues. Erdogan referred to Israel as a “fascist, racist state” and invoked Hitler because of a new law that “downgrades Arabic from being an official language and encourages settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.”
There is no reason for Arabic to be an official language in Israel. Arab states do not designate Hebrew as an official language. Palestinians, moreover, are merely historic settlers from Ottoman South Syria, but since Erdogan’s goal is to revive the Ottoman Empire, his words are to be expected.
Erdogan also stated:
There’s no difference between Hitler’s obsession with a pure race and the understanding that these ancient lands are just for the Jews.
Yet Arab Muslims hold seats in the Knesset and are active in every sphere of Israeli life. Jews and other non-Muslims are not similarly represented in any majority-Muslim country. Then there is the inconvenient truth that the vast Arab Muslim lands of the Middle East were captured from Christians by means of violent conquests, and Christians are still being wiped out by Muslims in the Middle East.
Calling on the international community to stand up to the oppression of Palestinians, he said the law would lead the Middle East and the rest of the world to “blood, fire and pain”.
Erdogan is using false accusations against Israel to mask his open call for  jihad. Back in March, Erdogan called for “an army of Islam to attack Israel on all sides.”
“‘Spirit of Hitler’ has emerged in Israel after new nation state law, says Turkey president Erdogan,” by Bethan McKernan, Independent, July 24, 2018:
Turkey’s bombastic president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the “spirit of Hitler” lives on in Israel after the country passed a controversial “nation state” law which critics say is discriminatory towards the country’s Arab minority.
In a speech to his country’s parliament in Ankara he said the new law, designed to strengthen Israel’s identity as the “national home of the Jewish people”, showed that the soul of the Nazi leader had “risen again within some of Israel’s officials”.
“There’s no difference between Hitler’s obsession with a pure race and the understanding that these ancient lands are just for the Jews,” he declared, referencing the German regime which massacred six million Jews in the Second World War.
The proposed nation state bill was met with months of public protests from Israel’s 20 per cent Arab minority.
Its passing in the country’s parliament, the Knesset, last week was greeted with shouts of “apartheid” from Arab MPs, who waved black flags for an “evil” law.
Among other measures, the law, which holds constitution-like status, downgrades Arabic from being an official language and encourages settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.
The move makes Israel “the world’s most Zionist, fascist, racist state”, Mr Erdogan said…..
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Erdogan, Turkey’s Radical Leader, Claims 

“Hitler’s Spirit” Is in Israel

BY R. CORT KIRKWOOD
SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/29635-erdogan-turkey-s-radical-leader-claims-hitler-s-spirit-is-in-israel?vsmaid=202&vcid=3987republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
The imam in Denmark who will face trial for saying he wants to kill Jews isn’t the only Muslim angry at the Chosen People.
So is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey. Indeed, Erdogan (shown) might be the angriest Turk on Earth, now that Israel has passed a law that says the Jewish state is, well, a state for Jews.
Erdogan, who has promised that Islam will subdue Europe, thinks the new law is Hitleresque, and said so in a speech. Coincidentally, liberals don’t like it, either.
Erdogan vs. Israel
Erdogan’s remarks about the law, which the Knesset passed 62-55 on July 19, were blunt.
Speaking in his country’s parliament, the hot-tempered Turk said the law proves that Israel is “the most Zionist, fascist and racist country in the world.”
And that’s not all. According to Erdogan:
The Jewish Nation-State Law passed in the Israeli parliament shows this country’s real intentions. It legitimizes all unlawful actions and oppression. There is no difference between Hitler’s Aryan race obsession and Israel’s mentality. Hitler’s spirit has re-emerged among administrators in Israel.
The law that sent the Turkish leader into a fury was its nation-state measure that’s been kicking around in the Knesset since 2011. It’s provisions are clear about who’s on top in Israel, and just what it means to live there:
a) Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people in which the state of Israel was established.
b) The state of Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, in which it actualizes its natural, religious, and historical right for self-determination.
c) The actualization of the right of national self-determination in the state of Israel is unique to the Jewish people.
The law made Hebrew Israel’s official language, while giving Arabic special status. The law also says “the state views Jewish settlement as a national value and will labor to encourage and promote its establishment and development.”
Settlements are a matter of some controversy in Israel, and Arab lawmakers were predictably unenthused. An Arab member “ripped a printed text of the bill to shreds from the podium,” The Times of Israel reported. Said another, “I declare with astonishment and sorrow the death of democracy.... The funeral will take place today in the plenum.”
Liberals outside Israel, including Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, are also upset about the law. “This is a sad and unnecessary day for Israeli democracy,” he said. “The damage that will be done by this new Nation-State law to the legitimacy of the Zionist vision and to the values of the state of Israel as a democratic — and Jewish — nation is enormous.” He added:
There are millions of us who are united in our opposition to this new law and fortified in our determination to continue to fight for an Israel that will be true to its own founding declaration of equality for all within its land, with the freedom to worship and to live with true hope for the future.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who obviously does not agree, was characteristically blunt:
We enshrined in law the basic principle of our existence. Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people, that respects the individual rights of all its citizens. This is our state — the Jewish state. In recent years there have been some who have attempted to put this in doubt, to undercut the core of our being. Today we made it law: This is our nation, language and flag.
Erdogan’s Minarets
But back to Erdogan, who is somewhat of a loose cannon even in the Muslim world.
For years, he has been threatening the West. He is a hard-line Muslim who thinks, not without good reason, that Islam will triumph in Europe. “The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers,” he once said, quoting an Islamic poem. Such was his radicalism that he landed in jail and was briefly banned from holding political office. Now, he runs Turkey.
A “moderate” version of Islam cannot, he avers, be squared with Islamic teaching. “Islam cannot be either ‘moderate’ or ‘not moderate.’ Islam can only be one thing,” he said in November, criticizing the Saudi crown prince. Apropos of The New American’s story about the imam in Denmark threatening Jews, Turkey is building mosques in Denmark country to Islamize it, the Gatestone Institute reported in November.
Like Moammar GhadafiErdogan sees a high Muslim birth rate as the key to conquering Europe without a shot: “Go live in better neighborhoods. Drive the best cars. Live in the best houses. Make not three, but five children. Because you are the future of Europe. That will be the best response to the injustices against you.”
Should the Islamization of Europe become reality, the plight of Jews in Europe (as well as others, including Christians) could become very perilous indeed.