Explosion in Lebanese Christian Neighborhood Kills 1, Injures 12

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - An explosion late Sunday across the street from a busy shopping mall killed a 63-year-old woman and injured 12 other people, sending black smoke billowing in the Christian sector of the Lebanese capital, police and witnesses said.

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See what Rick Warren thinks about that part of the world Here.

Republican Bob Parker

An Indianapolis mayoral candidate is under attack from a national Jewish group amid reports he made anti-Semitic remarks, according to a press release from the organization.

The National Jewish Democratic Council called for the removal of Republican Bob Parker from the party's slate of possible mayoral candidates after reports that the local businessman made anti-Jewish comments.

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You know free speech is out the window isn't it? This is America, or mainly still is, where we have the right to express our opinions. If you do not want someone to know your opinion keep your mouth shut or stand by what you say. That's all!

I wonder if his name is really Bob Barker?

The National Jewish Democratic Council sounds a bit like their feelings got hurt? Are they taking the same road as some Muslims by attacking everything said about them? Or rioting when ever they can?

Children Matyrs and Jews as Pigs

SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian Muslim cleric has urged children to be martyrs for Islam and referred to Jews as pigs in a series of DVDs, sparking condemnation by the government and further straining tensions with the nation’s Muslims.

This is from Sheik Feiz Mohammed, head of the Global Islamic Youth Center in Sydney’s western suburbs.

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Wouldn't everybody want their children to be taught by this "holy man"?
Why do the Muslims not ask any questions about their religion?

Arab-American and Muslim-American

During the next few weeks, as many as 20,000 American Muslims will be returning to the United States from their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The TSA has ramped up cultural-awareness training for all 43,000 of its screeners. The goal: to remind screeners what to expect from devout Muslims and how to go about screening them so it's in concert with their religious beliefs.

Arab-American and Muslim-American leaders are applauding the effort. But they say it's part of a much-needed larger cultural and political conversation about Islam and Arab culture that can help the nation as it heals from the aftereffects of 9/11.

This from Christian Science Monitor.

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Muslims are allowed to shorten prayers and/or combine them during travel.
Shortening prayers
Combining prayers
Fasting while traveling

These links are from About.com.

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How about just Americans, as in The United States of America?

Christian Solidarity International or Rick Warren

Who do you believe? Did Rick Warren have an agenda other than one of God?

By Allie Martin
January 3, 2007

(AgapePress) - An official with Christian Solidarity International (CSI) says the once thriving Christian majority in Syria has now been transformed into a small, frightened community. According to published reports, thousands of believers are fleeing from war-torn Iraq into Syria, but the Islamic nation provides no safe refuge for Christians.

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To read the story from CSI go Here

This makes you wonder where exactly did Rick Warren visit when he made the following comments, along with others similar to this.

Rick Warren's Words
"Syria's a place that has Muslims and Christians living together for 1,400 years. So it's a lot more peaceful, honestly, than a lot of other places because Christians were here first.

This only leads one to believe one of two things. Either he did not actually do any kind of research while he was in Syria or he had another agenda that included lying to every one.

Either way I cannot understand what a so called, man of God, would do this.

Iran, Isn't it an Islamic Country?

Yes, yes it is. But they still are doing all they can to pull on the Christian sympathy strings.

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), described by many as the mouthpiece of the conservative Iranian government, published on Tuesday an editorial whose headline says the U.N.’s decision to enforce sanction against Iran has “ruined Merry Christmas.”
This is by Michelle Vu, Christian Today Correspondent.

Christmas is not a Muslim holiday, therefore, Muslim countries do not celebrate it. Muslims in the United States often request that their children not attend Christmas functions at school because the belief of Jesus, peace be upon him, being the son of God runs directly against the core Muslim belief.

“On the eve of the auspicious birthday of Jesus Christ when all Muslim and Christian believers extend best wishes to each other on the onset of the new year, leaders of Christian states took an unacceptable action toward Iranians by passing a resolution against national nuclear program which surprised every individual in Iran,” stated the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).

You can see here how the Islamic faith is one of lies and deceit. Whatever it takes. The [IRIB] is stating what it thinks we all want to hear. But we need to realize it is a lie.

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A Christian couple, who ran a church in Mashdad, Iran, have been released following their arrest nine days before.
by Daniel Blake Christian Today

There in Iran they are still arresting Christians because of their faith and they want to try and tell us that they are believers of Christmas.

I wonder just how many naive people out there believe this?

Here Is A Response For Rep. Goode

A response that Susan Estrich thinks that Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode should apologize. I say, stand your ground Rep. Goode.


Hello Susan Estrich,
You wrote "Because Mr. Goode doesn’t believe in the Koran, Mr. Ellison doesn’t have any right to either. I kid you not.

What could be less American? Or less Christian?"

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To me you seem very naive. Do you know that the Muslim movement is one that started years ago and that their only purpose is total world domination and to either convert all to Islam or to kill them. But to you and many, many others they are a peaceful people. Their beliefs include lying to anyone to cover up any thing of questionable intentions. Such as world domination. They do not believe they have to tell the truth only convert others by any means possible.

To you this is Islamophobia. To me this is reality.

This also in your article "“Islamophobic remarks send a message of intolerance that is unworthy of anyone elected to public office. There can be no reasonable defense for such bigotry,” Corey Saylor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations told reporters this week."

Where on the Council on American-Islamic Relations website is their anything other than Islam and the quran? This so called American-Islamic Relations is nothing more than a way for Muslims to spread their Islamic faith. Yet here in America it is allowed. How the Muslims must laugh out loud at us. Where in other countries Christianity is not allowed and most of the time people are killed for converting others or being converted or just speaking of the Christian faith.

Yes America is the land of the free. But we must not conform to always being politically correct. Our nation was founded on Christian principles and that is where we want to keep it.

You wrote "Merry Christmas Mr. Goode. Perhaps you’ll take some time to open that Bible of yours, instead of using it as a weapon of hate. And when you do, you might learn something about how to treat a new colleague who, like you, is ready to pledge on all that is holy to him to uphold our Constitution and laws." What is holy to Keith Ellison. When it is a fact that his religion teaches them to lie, kill, and to do whatever it takes to put Islam throughout the world by any means possible. That is the main difference between Islam and Christianity. Christians are told to spread the word and God will do the rest. Muslims are told to lie, torture, and kill, or by any means necessary convert all to Islam.

Last but not least, you think that Islam is standing up for Christmas beliefs? Here are some facts.
Christmas is not a Muslim holiday, therefore, Muslim countries do not celebrate it. Muslims in the United States often request that their children not attend Christmas functions at school because the belief of Jesus, peace be upon him, being the son of God runs directly against the core Muslim belief.

God Bless,
Michael Carey

Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, Against Muslims?

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Virginia congressman will not apologize for writing that without immigration reform "there will be many more Muslims elected to office demanding the use of the Quran," his spokesman said.

He added, "The Ten Commandments and 'In God We Trust' are on the wall in my office. A Muslim student came by the office and asked why I did not have anything on my wall about the Quran.

"My response was clear, 'As long as I have the honor of representing the citizens of the 5th District of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives, the Quran is not going to be on the wall of my office.' "

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This is the exactly what this country needs. A politician who will stand up for what is right. Not one who is politically correct. I say that he is not "against" Muslims but that America is not a Muslim country. And should not be. We are Americans not Muslims. And by the way, mostly Christians.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations asked Goode to apologize. Well The Council on American-Islamic Relations has a place on its web site where you can read the quran but it does not supply a spot where you can read The Holy Bible. I say that The Council on American-Islamic Relations is really The Council For Islamic Relations. They have one purpose and one purpose only. To convert as many people over to the Islamic faith as possible, period. And if any of American tax money is supporting this council it needs to stop and the one responsible needs to be out of office. Even if it is President Bush himself.

"Rep. Goode's Islamophobic remarks send a message of intolerance that is unworthy of anyone elected to public office," the council's Corey Saylor said in a statement. "There can be no reasonable defense for such bigotry." I say to Corey Saylor that he is a bigot who is also a coward because he will not state his real feelings as Rep. Goode does. And I also say that there are many more just like him. They will say and do anything, even lie to your face, to get their religious beliefs in this country.

America was founded on Christian beliefs and that is how it should stay. I say if someone does not agree with that they can live in another country.

America is Gods' country. But we have many people trying to turn it into a country of many gods or no God. This is a free democracy and we the majority say that The Ten Commandments and 'In God We Trust' is the way America is and wants to stay. It is our foundation.

Why must the Supreme Court decide on the Ten Commandments any way. Let us, the American people, just vote on it.

Some For Democrats,Middle Eastern Perspective

The rulers in the region consider the change in America a victory for them because time is precious right now and many here think the next two years will be stagnation phase rather than action phase for America…I personally doubt this but I can say Iran, Syria and some powers in Iraq think they just won the truce they need.
This comes from a good blog at http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/.

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Who knows what is going to happen. Iran and others are saying they are glad that the Democrats won. Iraq insurgency is telling the U.S. not to leave Iraq because they want more of our soldiers blood. This is a sick way of looking at it. If those thugs want to they can do something here in the U.S. and I think it will happen. It is just a matter of when.

I think that the extreme Muslims think that the U.S. is trying to convert them to Christianity. That is false. We, as human beings, cannot and are unable to do that. God Himself will have mercy on who He wants to have mercy on. It is His choice who comes to Christ not ours. We can only spread the word of Jesus Christ and He does the rest.

We only want to live in peace with our freedom to choose what we want. Democracy is what the U.S. is trying to spread. It will give everyone a voice to be heard. Not just a dictator.