A rocket fired from Gaza hit electricity infrastructure in Israel that supplied power to Gaza, cutting power to about 70,000 people in Gaza.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 13, 2014
Those Moderate Muslims!
Hundreds trapped in synagogue as Paris protest turns violent.
And, more.
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Must be the Moderates: Palestinian-terror supporters on Toronto’s streets make the case for overhauling Canada’s immigration system
Operation Empty Chair
“They know that the West will not respond.”
The “Arab Spring” began in Tunisia in 2010, and raced through Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria, and other countries with large or predominantly Muslim populations whether Arab or not. The movement was later renamed the “Arab Awakening,” but changing the name didn’t change its Sunni Islamic character.
The common thread throughout these rolling revolutions that cut such a broad swath of the Muslim world was the dramatic shift from largely secular autocracies to Islamist-dominated governments. Uprisings that began naïvely as movements to promote democratic government, devolved into bloody and chaotic wars, spanning the region from West Africa to Malaysia. In many cases they installed new Islamist leaders governing under strict Shari’ah law.
Deeply imbedded and often covert in these conflicts is Shi’ah Iran and its proxies such as Hezbollah, hell-bent to generate chaos; presumably the chaos Shi’ah Muslims believe will precede the coming of the 12th Imam. On the other side are scores of Sunni groups, fighting the Shi’ah in Iraq, Assad in Syria, and each other wherever they can.
h/t Frank M.
Photo Credit: @GreenHelmetMan
“Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.”
The hashtag has received 375,000 retweets in eight days.
“A #BBCtrending investigation has found that many of these images are not from the latest conflict and not even from Gaza. Some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq,” the report said.
Those Moderate Muslims!
BCF: Muslim working for Homeland Security re-sues Experts Who Exposed His Terror Ties
Related: Religion of Peace Update for the month of June.
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Those Moderate Muslims!
At least four Canadian MPs and possibly some senators appear to have been forced to huddle in a bomb shelter in Jerusalem Tuesday after Israeli Defence Forces sounded the alarm because of fears Hamas terrorists would send rockets into the capital.
B.C. Conservative Bob Zimmer, B.C. New Democrat Jasbir Sandhu, Manitoba Conservative Ted Falk and Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Yvonne Jones were in Israel as guests of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). It wasn’t immediately clear which Canadian senators were on the trip.
Standing up Against Political Correctness
Brigitte Gabriel gives a young woman a little history lesson:
It’s Probably Nothing
Via BCF: Despite denials by Hamas, there is growing evidence that the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] — also known as “The Islamic State” — has begun operating in the Gaza Strip.
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Those Moderate Muslims!
Rome will be conquered next, says leader of ‘Islamic State’
“This is my advice to you. If you hold to it you will conquer Rome and own the world, if Allah wills.”
Having claimed the title of “caliph”, Baghdadi appealed to “judges and those who have military and managerial and service skills, and doctors and engineers in all fields.”
He also called on jihadi fighters to escalate fighting in the holy month of Ramadan, which began on Sunday. “In this virtuous month or in any other month, there is no deed better than jihad in the path of Allah, so take advantage of this opportunity and walk the path of you righteous predecessors,” he said. “So to arms, to arms, soldiers of the Islamic s, fight, fight.”
We’re “Rome”, by the way.
h/t JB, who adds: “The following caught my eye in this story — it about sums up what we need to know about this movement!‘Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the ‘Islamic State’ stretching across Iraq and Syria, … holds a PhD in Islamic studies'”
Bin Laden is Dead And Ambassador Stevens Is Dead
Related: How Obama lost the Middle East.
h/t marc in calgary
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Guardian: It is estimated that 24,000 girls under the age of 15 are at risk of female genital mutilation in the UK.
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Moderate multiculturalism: Swedish health officials have revealed a stunning scale of female genital mutilation at a school where every girl in a single class had been subjected to the procedure.
Strange Happenings in the U.S. Presbyterian Church
The leaders of the Presbyterian Church in America had an interesting vote yesterday:
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, voting to sell church stock in three companies whose products Israel uses in the occupied territories.
The General Assembly voted by a razor-thin margin — 310-303 — to sell stock in Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions. Two years ago, the General Assembly rejected a similar divestment proposal by two votes.
Is it too far fetched to think that a future vote will have them divesting themselves of everything Canadian, blaming the oil sands as the reason?!
What We Really Need Is Democracy
Egypt: “He isn’t Hitler, but he does look a bit like Mussolini.”
Things One Doesn’t Hear From Canadian Ministers in Question Period
Give the British PM a bit of credit:
David Cameron: Isis terrorists are planning attacks in Britain
The Prime Minister says the crisis in Iraq must not be ignored as jihadists will ‘attack us here at home’
Operation Empty Chair
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Foreign Policy Magazine – Jihadist Gains in Iraq Blindside American Spies
New York Times – Ten Years of ISIS Attacks in Iraq (an infographic).
Peace Prize Update: The White House believes it has a brief window to pursue diplomacy, this official said…
Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?
Never ever attribute to stupidity, that which can adequately be explained by malice.
The FBI “most wanted” mugshot shows a tough, swarthy figure, his hair in a jailbird crew-cut. The $10 million price on his head, meanwhile, suggests that whoever released him from US custody four years ago may now be regretting it.
Taken during his years as a detainee at the US-run Camp Bucca in southern Iraq, this is the only known photograph of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the new leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria. But while he may lack the photogenic qualities of his hero, Osama bin Laden, he is fast becoming the new poster-boy for the global jihadist movement. […]
Why such a ferocious individual was deemed fit for release in 2009 is not known.
Related.
U.S. intelligence official: “#Baghdad is going to be overrun. The Green Zone is going down.” http://t.co/vQxXpAcg4P
— Julie (@MsIntervention) June 13, 2014