However, things are not so peachy keen in all parts of the world as this report from the Amsterdam bureau of the Religious News Blog suggests!

Are you ready for this kids?

Killing in the name of Islam is acceptable…. that's the view of one third of British Muslim students!

I kid you not!

What makes it even more hilarious, (if you can call it that) was that just the other day Britain was told "by a United Nations committee" (and reported first here on Perspective) to take firm action to combat ‘negative public attitudes' towards Muslims.

(Gee, why are there "negative public attitudes" towards Muslims?)

The nine-member human rights committee also criticised some of the UK's anti terror measures."

But while it is a worthwhile to combat discrimination of any kind, one also has to be realistic. In this case that means recognizing and actively combating the very real threat formed by radical Muslims bent on spreading their hateful, violent version of Islam among those who want no part of it.

News from around the around the world shows that the so-called ‘purest' forms of Islam – various extremist groups do not quite agree on which form that is – is incompatible with democracy, human rights – and indeed, modern life.

When angry Muslims engage in hateful and often violent protests throughout the world against cartoons, teddy bears, and whatever else they feel is an insult to Islam, no one – no person, no committee, and no government – will be able to change ‘negative public attitudes' toward Muslims. -Ed.

The following news article illustrates the very real dangers the Western world faces from the rise in Islamic fundamentalism:

Author: Allan Janssen

The continent which produced imperialism, slavery and Hitler now produces Geert Wilders. Belgium and France ban the burqah, a British MP has stated he will refuse to speak to constituents who refuse to reveal their face and Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders declares his aim to launch his Stop Islam movement in five countries. It is Europe, not the Moslems, who are seeking a culture clash.

Europe never ceases to amaze with its abject arrogance, its imperious imperialistic policies and its disgusting demagogy. The continent which produced, imperialism, slavery and Hitler now produces Geert Wilders. The victims this time are not the Jews, but Muslims and as was the case with Hitler, the horrific, racist, genocidal Nazi movement was not only endemic to Germany but had its metastases spring up all over the Continent in similar movements.

Like Hitler, in his revolting, cruel and totally unacceptable campaign against the Jews, Geert Wilders wishes to internationalise his movement, called “Stop Islam – defend freedom”. “Freedom” is a buzz-word much used and abused by those who have an agenda, used against the Soviet Union by those whose own practices were far from peaceful or well-intentioned: “Freedom” was used by those who supported repressive Fascist dictators in Africa and Latin America, “Freedom” was used by those who attacked Fidel Castro and then tried to assassinate him 700 times.

One can read the article here.

Author: Richard B.

Author: Clarke M.

The following is article was written by the Spanish writer Sebastian Vilar Rodriguez and published in a Spanish newspaper on Jan. 15, 2008.

It doesn’t take much imagination to extrapolate the message to the rest of Europe – and possibly to the rest of the world.

REMEMBER AS YOU READ — IT WAS IN A SPANISH NEWS PAPER…!
Date: Tue. 15 January 2008 14:30

ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ

By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez

I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth – Europe died in Auschwitz. We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.

The contribution of this people is felt in all areas of life: science, art, international trade, and above all, as the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned.

And under the pretense of tolerance, and because       we wanted to prove to ourselves that we were cured of the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty, due to an unwillingness to work and support their families       with pride.

They have blown up our trains and turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime.

Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, they plan the murder and destruction of their naive hosts.

And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition.

We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs.

What a terrible mistake was made by miserable Europe.

The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000, that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION   or20% of the world’s population .

They have received the following Nobel Prizes:

Literature:
1988 – Najib Mahfooz

Peace:
1978 – Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1990 – Elias James Corey
1994 – Yaser Arafat:
1999 – Ahmed Zewai

Economics:
(zero)

Physics:
(zero)

Medicine:
1960 – Peter Brian Medawar
1998 – Ferid Mourad

TOTAL: 7 SEVEN

The Global Jewish population is approximately14,000,000 ; that is FOURTEEN MILLION or about 0.02% of the world’s population .

Literature:
1910 – Paul Heyse
1927 – Henri Bergson
1958 – Boris Pasternak
1966 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1966 – Nelly Sachs
1976 – Saul Bellow
1978 – Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981 – Elias Canetti
1987 – Joseph Brodsky
1991 – Nadine Gordimer World

Peace:
1911 – Alfred Fried
1911 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1968 – Rene Cassin
1973 – Henry Kissinger
1978 – Menachem Begin
1986 – Elie Wiesel
1994 – Shimon Peres
1994 – Yitzhak Rabin

Physics:
1905 – Adolph Von Baeyer
1906 – Henri Moissan
1907 – Albert Abraham Michelson
1908 – Gabriel Lippmann
1910 – Otto Wallach
1915 – Richard Willstaetter
1918 – Fritz Haber
1921 – Albert Einstein
1922 – Niels Bohr
1925 – James Franck
1925 – Gustav Hertz
1943 – Gustav Stern
1943 – George Charles de Hevesy
1944 – Isidor Issac Rabi
1952 – Felix Bloch
1954 – Max Born
1958 – Igor Tamm
1959 – Emilio Segre
1960 – Donald A. Glaser**
1961 – Robert Hofstadter
1961 – Melvin Calvin1962 – Lev Davidovich Landau
1962 – Max Ferdinand Perutz
1965 – Richard Phillips Feynman
1965 – Julian Schwinger
1969 – Murray Gell-Mann
1971 – Dennis Gabor
1972 – William Howard Stein
1973 – Brian David Josephson
1975 – Benjamin Mottleson
1976 – Burton Richter
1977 – Ilya Prigogine
1978 – Arno Allan Penzias
1978 – Peter L Kapitza
1979 – Stephen Weinberg
1979 – Sheldon Glashow
1979 – Herbert Charles Brown
1980 – Paul Berg
1980 – Walter Gilbert
1981 – Roald Hoffmann
1982 – Aaron Klug
1985 – Albert A. Hauptman
1985 – Jerome Karle
1986 – Dudley R. Herschbach
1988 – Robert Huber
1988 – Leon Lederman
1988 – Melvin Schwartz
1988 – Jack Steinberger
1989 – Sidney Altman
1990 – Jerome Friedman
1992 – Rudolph Marcus
1995 – Martin Perl
2000 – Alan J. Heeger

Economics:
1970 – Paul Anthony Samuelson
1971 – Simon Kuznets
1972 – Ken neth Joseph Arrow
1975 – Leonid Kantorovich
1976 – Milton Friedman
1978 – Herbert A. Simon
1980 – Lawrence Robert Klein
1985 – Franco Modigliani
1987 – Robert M.. Solow
1990 – Harry Markowitz
1990 – Merton Miller
1992 – Gary Becker
1993 – Robert Fogel

Medicine:
1908 – Elie Metchnikoff
1908 – Paul Erlich
1914 – Robert Barany
1922 – Otto Meyerhof
1930 – Karl Landsteiner
1931 – Otto Warburg
1936 – Otto Loewi
1944 – Joseph Erlanger
1944 – Herbert Spencer Gasser
1945 – Ernst Boris Chain
1946 – Hermann Joseph Muller
1950 – Tadeus Reichstein
1952 – Selman Abraham Waksman
1953 – Hans Krebs
1953 – Fritz Albert Lipmann
1958 – Joshua Lederberg
1959 – Arthur Kornberg
1964 – Konrad Bloch
1965 – Francois Jacob
1965 – Andre Lwoff
1967 – George Wald
1968 – Marshall W. Nirenberg
1969 – Salvador Luria
1970 – Julius Axelrod
1970 – Sir Bernard Katz
1972 – Gerald Maurice Edelman
1975 – Howard Martin Temin
1976 – Baruch S. Blumberg
1977 – Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1978 – Daniel Nathans
1980 – Baruj Benacerraf
1984 – Cesar Milstein
1985 – Michael Stuart Brown
1985 – Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 – Stan ley Cohen & Rita Levi-Montalcini
1988 – Gertrude Elion
1989 – Harold Varmus
1991 – Erwin Neher
1991 – Bert Sakmann
1993 – Richard J. Roberts
1993 – Phillip Sharp
1994 – Alfred Gilman
1995 – Edward B. Lewis
1996- Lu RoseIacovino

TOTAL: 129

The Jews are NOT promoting brain-washing children in military training camps, teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause the maximum number of deaths of Jews and other non-Muslims. The Jews don’t hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves up in German restaurants.

There is NOT one single Jew who has destroyed a church.

There is NOT a single Jew who protests by killing people.

The Jews do not traffic slaves, nor have leaders calling for Jihad and death to all the Infidels.

Perhaps the world’s Muslims should consider investing more in standard education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems.

Muslims must ask ‘what can they do for humankind’ before they demand that humankind respects them.

Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel’s part, the following two sentences really say it all:

“If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel..”   
Benjamin Netanyahu

When the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps, he ordered all possible photographs to be taken and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.

He did this because he said in words to this effect:

‘Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses – because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.’

Recently, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it ‘offends’ the Muslim population, which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving in to it.

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.

This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the 6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests who were ‘murdered, raped, burned, starved, beaten, experimented on and humiliated’ while the German people looked the other way.

Now more than ever, with Iran among others, claiming the Holocaust is ‘a myth,’ it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.

This e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people. Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.

How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center ‘NEVER HAPPENED’ because it offends some Muslim in the United States….? NEVER if you really care..!

Author: Donald H.

**** EXCLUSIVE: Must Cite Debbie Schlussel and/or DebbieSchlussel.com ****

Responding to criticism by Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, Barack Obama declared his strong opposition to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan:

Obama also went on to condemn his Church's award to Farrakhan and his minister's tight relationship with him.

But a former Obama insider says that Obama's sudden aversion to NOI and Farrakhan is belied by the fact that Obama employed and continues to employ several Farrakhan acolytes in high positions on his Illinois and U.S. Senate campaign and office staffs. I have verified that this person–who agreed to talk on the condition of anonymity–held a key position in the Obama campaign. The insider was so close to Senator Obama that they frequently personally discussed and exchanged direct e-mail messages on campaign and policy matters. This person is not connected with the Clintons and is not a disgruntled employee.

The insider says he frequently objected to Mr. Obama's placement of Cynthia K. Miller, a member of the Nation of Islam, as the Treasurer of his U.S. Senate campaign. When I contacted Miller, now a Chicago real estate agent, to verify whether she was a member of the Nation of Islam and whether she shared Louis Farrakhan's bigoted views about Jews, she responded, "None of your business! Where are you going with this?" She said her resignation as Obama's treasurer had nothing to do with her Nation of Islam ties. Then, she hung up.

The Obama insider says he also objected to Obama's involvement with Jennifer Mason, whom he says is also a member of the Nation of Islam. Mason is Obama's Director of Constituent Services in his U.S. Senate office and is also in charge of selecting Obama's Senate interns. She did not respond to repeated calls for comment.

But it's not just that he employed these individuals in positions of power in his office, it's that when the former associate raised objections, he says Mr. Obama's position was that he saw nothing wrong with the Nation of Islam and didn't think it was a problem. If true–and the fact that Ms. Mason still holds her prominent Obama Senate staff position bears that out–Obama's condemnation of Farrakhan, this month, is phony.

But the insider says there is more to it than that. Obama's Illinois State Senate district consisted of prime Nation of Islam territory, including Hyde Park, home to Farrakhan's mansion. It is not possible, Illinois politicos say, to win that district without the blessing of the NOI leader. NOI members, including consultant Shakir Muhammad, held important roles in the Obama state senate campaign.

How many Nation of Islam members will work in an Obama White House?

Then, there is the issue of Israel. When Obama first ran for the U.S. Senate, he gave militant responses to the Chicago Jewish News about Israel. Obama denounced Israel's fence–which he called a "wall" and "barrier to peace"–to keep out terrorists and favored working with Yasser Arafat. When members of the Chicago Jewish community circulated his responses, Obama said that the answers were not his positions, but the work of a low-level intern. He submitted new answers. But that was a lie, the insider says. In fact, they were the work of Obama's Policy Director, Audra Wilson. Moreover, Obama told the insider that he blamed the Mideast conflict on the Jews:

This is the man who says in a new campaign ad that Hillary Clinton will say anything but change nothing. Barack Obama will say anything, but change his answers.

Palestinian activist and Islamist Ali Abunimah, who was a close friend of Obama's, attended an Arab fundraiser at which the late Edward Said–plagiarist, fabricator, and prominent PLO/Arafat advisor–was the keynote speaker, and at which the Obamas were notably in attendance. Pictures on Abunimah's site, posted above, show Obama and wife, Michelle, sitting next to Said and engaging in conversation. Abunimah, in a must-read article, says the Senator has since "changed" his proclaimed views from those he expressed privately, in order to get Jewish donors and votes.

And he has succeeded in spades. Lee Rosenberg a top Illinois official of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby is a big Obama donor. Ditto for former national AIPAC official Bob Asher. And Penny Pritzker of the pro-Israel family that owns Hyatt hotels. And there are so many others who have bought in to Obama's newly pro-Israel views. The insider says Obama pulled the wool over their eyes.

Then, there's Bettylu Saltzman, also Jewish and one of Obama's first major supporters and donors. She is a major Peace Now devotee, officer of the far-left, pro-capitulation New Israel Fund, and wrote a letter to a Chicago newspaper praising Jimmy Carter's book calling Israel an apartheid state. The Obama insider says she has Obama's ear on the Mideast and "will be a major policy person for Barack. Very dangerous."

The insider points to Mr. Obama's changing views in Iraq as another area of uncertainty. He has highlighted his opposition to the War in Iraq. The insider says there is strong speculation that Obama attempted to get his crony, Federal Indictee Tony Rezko, a contract to build a nuclear power plant in the new Iraq. Rezko, a Syrian Arab who helped Obama in a deal to purchase his home, was in a partnership with NOI founder Elijah Muhammad's son, Jabir.

Barack Obama can denounce Louis Farrakhan ad infinitum. But with supporters like Ms. Saltzman, high-level staffers who are Nation of Islam members, and constantly morphing views on Israel merely for donor appeal, a Barack Obama White House bodes poorly both for Israel and–far more important–for America.

Author: Patti W.

The next thing I’d do is hire Lorena Bobbit to re-write all Sharia laws, especially the penalties for committing adultery. And she’ll have explicit instructions from Kartman not to show impartiality towards both sexes.

Then I’d have Elton John organize a gay pride parade in Iran. Guess who the grand marshal will be? That’s right… Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He’s gonna have to wear a pink tutu with a tiara. He’ll also be riding on the lead float and leading all the people in singing YMCA.

That Prophet Muhammad also has to go, too. The only worse mascot I can think of is the University of California- Santa Cruz’s Slug. Imagine Kartman being all liquored up on an elementary playground at an all-girls school and asking himself: “What would Muhammad Do (WWMD) ?” Go to jail for life. That’s what. A grown man can’t marry a 9-year-old girl. Period.

That Ali Baba seemed like a nice kid. Kartman would make him the new mascot.

Author: NOT Kartman

By the way, what does it mean to be “coached” on Christianity? Either you’ve been formally baptized into the religion, or you haven’t. The Trinity United pastor makes it sound as if Obama was feigning faith in Jesus for the sake of political expediency. The president would never do something like that, would he?

John McCain wouldn’t address Obama’s religion during the 2008 campaign, but it’s a legitimate issue. After all, Muslims account for maybe 1.5 percent of the United States population, but perpetrate nearly all terrorist actions against the country.

Wright is obviously still hurting over his mistreatment by the president during the 2008 campaign. The Black Liberation Theology minister was a mentor and friend to the then-community organizer, and was humiliated when Obama denounced him.

According to Wright’s interviews with Edward Klein, Obama didn’t renounce his Muslim heritage, and was able to learn about Jesus with turning his back on his Islamic friends.

Author: Jim Kane

[Mohurram - 2004] Islam is the greatest religion in this world and I am not making this statement without reason. The reason is that Islam is the only religion, which deals with practical spiritual efforts without any trace of theoretical gossip. This religion shows excellent tolerance to the other religions. Islam says that you should protect the non-believers of Islam also if they pray for protection from you. After protecting them you can give the message of Allah and send them to a protected place. After protection, the protected person will show great interest to hear the message. This is the message of Islam and all other religions should appreciate this. This proves the broad mindedness of this greatest religion. Islam says "Allahussamad". It means that everything and everybody depends on Allah and Allah does not depend on any thing or any body. The same statement is found in Holy Veda (Hinduism) "Yato Jaataani Jeevanti, Ekena Vijnatena" which means that this entire world depends on Brahman alone. Brahman in Hinduism, Allah in Islam and Jehovah in Christianity mean the same all pervading formless Lord. The Gita (Hinduism) also says the same "Mayi Sarvamidam Protam", which means that the entire world depends on the Brahman.

Sacrifice of Wealth

Holy Islam speaks about the sacrifice of fruit of work (money) through the word 'Jakaat'. This word says that every rich man is expected to practice sacrifice within the limit of his wealth. Islam says that people love money (Khudaan) too much – Al Fajr, 20. Islam says that by the sacrifice of money, your wealth will not decrease and in fact your wealth will increase by sacrifice. Islam also mentions that by the sacrifice of money your wealth becomes most pure. It says that by the sacrifice of money, you have followed the instruction of Allah and Allah will be immensely pleased with you. The Holy Bible also says the same "Where your money lies, there your heart lies". The Veda also says that the sacrifice of money will please the Lord (Dhanena Tyage Naike). The Gita also emphasizes throughout the scripture that one can please the Lord only by the sacrifice of the fruit of the work (money). The Gita says "Karmajam Buddhi Yuktahi Phalam Tyaktva" which means that realized scholars sacrifice the fruit of their work (money). Islam says that one should keep the wealth required for the maintenance of oneself and one's family. This is also told in the Veda that one should keep the minimum required wealth for one's family expenses and the rest should be sacrificed for the work of the Lord instead of being stored (Tyaktena Bhunjeedhah).

Islam says that the love for Allah should be greater than the love for money. Islam says that 'Inkhiad' which means that accepting the message of Allah by mouth is not final. But 'Kabul' which means knowing the message of Allah and practicing it is essential. According to Islam, Allah says that if the message is not practiced, there is no use. Exactly this wonderful concept is emphasized in the Veda and the Gita. The Veda says that words and feelings do not touch the Lord. Only sacrifice of wealth can prove the real love for the Lord (Yato Vacho Nivartante Apraapya Manasa saha, Dhanena Tyagena). The Gita also says that real sacrifice of the fruit of work is greater than knowledge and devotion (Dhyanaat Karma Phala Tyagagah). In the Bible also, Jesus asks a rich man to sacrifice wealth. But the rich man fails to do it. Then Jesus says "A camel may pass through the eye of a needle but a rich man can never reach God". Islam wants people to not over-enjoy wealth. It is also told in the Gita (Bhogaishwarya Prasaktanaam). Over-enjoyment (Bhoga) brings diseases (Roga). Islam accepts the existence of the soul and says that it cannot be seen by the naked eyes. The Gita also says exactly the same (Vimudaah Nanupasyanti). Islam and Christianity say that there will be a final enquiry and the non-believers will be thrown into hell, which is the ever-lasting fire according to Christianity. The Gita also says the same (Kshipaamyaasura Yonishu). According to Islam and Christianity there is no rebirth for the soul. Hinduism accepts the rebirth but if the inner essence of Hinduism is understood, it does not contradict the other two religions. According to Hinduism there is no human rebirth for the soul (Jantunaam Nara Janma Durlabhamidam – Shankara). The essence of all the three religions in this point is like this: The human rebirth is impossible according to Hinduism. Therefore rebirth in the other two religions means human rebirth alone i.e.; there is no human rebirth for any soul. The hell and everlasting fire is nothing but the rebirth as animals or worms in the sewage. Once one enters the cycle of such births, the soul will not return back to the human birth.

Islam says that sin was also created by Allah and says that Allah knows the logic behind it. The Veda also says the exact same point  "SaIdam Sarvamasrujata". What is the logic in the creation of the sin by the Lord? If only good exists and the fruit of good works i.e., happiness only exists, then living beings will do only good works; they will have to continuously enjoy happiness which is definitely boring. One cannot eat the sweets continuously. A break is necessary and some hot dish must be tasted in between the continuous eating of sweets. The Gita also says that both summer and winter are essential for real enjoyment (Sitoshna Sukha Duhkhadah). This logic proves that the Lord was very kind to His children in creating the sin.

Practical Spirituality

Hindus mainly concentrate on prayers, which is the sacrifice of words. Christians mainly concentrate on love and kindness, which is the sacrifice of mind. But Muslims are concentrating on the practical sacrifice, which is spirituality in action. Muslims do not believe in showing love through words and feelings. Their tradition is to show love in practice, through actions. A Muslim prays to the Lord every day for certain number of times. Whether it is a holiday or not, whether the time of prayer is convenient or not, a Muslim does his prayers even if he is traveling. Hindus pray only in their leisure time every day. Christians pray throughout the day on Sunday, which is a holiday. But look at the Muslim! Irrespective of the day and time, he prays to the Lord. This firm faith, regularity and discipline of a Muslim pleases the Lord to a great extent. The entire world must learn this aspect from the great Islam. I am neither a Hindu, nor a Muslim, nor a Christian. I am a man belonging to the entire universe. For me all the religions are one and the same. All the Hindus, Muslims, Christians and people following other religions are my brothers. I love all the religions. One must help any person in this world irrespective of his religion and the great Islam has emphasized this aspect.

At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness, Sri Datta Swami

http://www.dattaswami.org

Author: Dattaji ..

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/11/29/5543912-christian-woman-faces-death-for-blasphemy

Author: Juan J Martinez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xkt-8ItSlU

Author: Robin A.