Obama campaigned in Kenya in August 2006 for the presidential candidate Raila Odinga, who is now Prime Minister of Kenya. Odinga has troubling ties to Islamic hardliners: he reportedly made a fortune in the oil industry by making a deal with the Al-Bakri Group of Saudi Arabia. Abdulkader al-Bakri, the CEO of the Al Bakri Group, has been identified as a sponsor of Al-Qaeda. Odinga also cultivated ties with Muammar Gaddafi.
And now this: the U.S. government is promoting a pro-Sharia Constitution in Kenya. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed Obama's consistent pro-Islamic supremacist, pro-Sharia policies; get the full story of Obama's dealings with Odinga and his Islamic supremacist ties in general in The Post-American Presidency.
Is there any problem with the President of the United States pushing and financing in another country the establishment of a system that would deny basic freedoms? Does anyone care?
"Trouble in Kenya," by Kathryn Lopez, July 9 (thanks to Neil):
[...] Biden was in Kenya leading what sounded a lot like a rally for that nation's new constitution, one that's going to be voted on in August. It's a fatally flawed document, inimical to the values of many Kenyans. The government lost a constitutional vote once before, and it's called out the big guns for this propaganda campaign, including claimed promises of an Obama visit if the populace knuckles under.Many foreign observers have enthusiastically joined the government and the Kenyan mainstream media in insisting that a "yes" vote is essential. But it's far from an open-and-shut case. [...]
U.S. financial and rhetorical support for the Kenyan constitution has some members of Congress calling for an investigation. In a letter to Department of State officials and others, Reps. Chris Smith of New Jersey, Darrell Issa of California and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida raised questions about U.S. lobbying in Kenya -- specifically, the possibility that the Obama administration may have violated federal law in doing so.
Administration officials have denied any impropriety. But, as the letter points out, our ambassador to Kenya has been quoted as saying that the U.S. has given Kenya $2 million for "civic education" on the constitution, and that we're committed to more.
"The U.S. shouldn't be interfering with this process, and we have serious questions about why the Obama administration is promoting a constitution which allows abortion on demand and waters down protections for religious freedom," Rebecca Marchinda of the New York-based World Youth Alliance, which has an office in Nairobi, says. [...]
...the proposed constitution would also create a legal system within a legal system -- codifying the strengthening of sharia by making it apply to every Muslim Kenyan. As Eric Rassbach of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty points out: "People are subjected to these tribunals merely by virtue of what religious community they were born into, and they have no way of opting out."
Ray Walser of the Heritage Foundation gives the Obama administration the benefit of the doubt: "I would suspect the administration is pushing the constitution package as a whole with the promise to reduce presidential power and to place constitutional safeguards against corruption." That would take Vice President Biden at his word. But the Achilles heel of this administration is that it is not, in the subtle words of Walser, "adverse to measures that permit space for sharia-like legal customs -- for Muslim outreach/public-diplomacy purposes"...
Nina Shea, director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, has a more direct and alarming warning: "The U.S. is drifting unconsciously, haltingly, inconsistently toward a foreign policy that actively promotes the state coercion of Islamic strictures. It adopted such a policy in its financial and legal drafting support of the constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan. ... It did so at the U.N. Human Rights Council in October 2009, when the U.S. joined with Egypt, representing the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to introduce a resolution calling for states to enforce their hate-speech laws. It explained its initiative, which shocked many NGOs, as seeking to 'reach out to Muslim countries.'" [...]
And in another African country, the "religion of peace" targeted World Cup fans. No, the Perps aren't identified in the article, but I betcha they are our peaceful friends, the Mohammedans:
Kampala, Uganda:
"At least 23 people were killed in explosions that ripped through two restaurants in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday as crowds watched the World Cup football final, police said.
One blast hit an Ethiopian restaurant in the south of the capital and the other was at a rugby sports club in the east of Kampala, police chief Kale Kayihura told reporters.
"Here there are 13 dead," he said in reference to the Ethiopian restaurant, adding that "I can talk of deaths in the tens" when asked about the toll at the sports club.
"These bombs were definitely targeting World Cup crowds," Kayihura said.
Police blocked roads leading to the Ethiopian restaurant in Kabalagala, a crowded suburb in the south of Kampala littered with several pubs popular with football fans.
Several security officers were deployed to the blast area and crowds were kept at bay, an AFP correspondent said.
Kampala city police spokesman Idi Ssenkunzi told AFP emergency teams had been dispatched to the second blast site in Cyadondo district.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the explosions, but Ssekunzi said they suspected that the perpetrators detonated bombs.
Such blasts are uncommon in Kampala although at least three people were wounded when attackers threw an explosive device at security forces after the country's 2006 general elections.
Police accused the opposition Forum for Democratic Change of planning violent post-election protests after losing to incumbent President Yoweri Museveni."
I was waiting for some mass-murder event by Muslims in connection with the World Cup, I really was. Talk about predictable, unfortunately.
If he has flouted your laws, you should have him over the barrel for that. No person is above the law. Mount a legal case against him.
There is no might about it, this violates federal law. They are promoting religion in their quest to get sharia enshrined in the Kenyan constitution.
As oba-mao (the judicial and the legislative branches of government too for that matter!) continue to rack up violations against the Constitution I can't help but wonder why we're not already marching on Washington with torches and pitchforks!!
If he has flouted your laws, you should have him over the barrel for that. No person is above the law. Mount a legal case against him.
This corrupt, perfidious administration seems to make its own laws and is impervious to challenges of illegal, unconstitutional behavior. Whatever Obama wants that would never get through Congress is obtained via 'executive order'. The mainstream media cover for him and refuse to present any of his exploits in an unflattering way. He appoints a new 'czar' every week, most of them Marxists and revolutionists. He hasn't been in office two years and it seems like fifty. I pray our country will survive this evil man and his gang of commie thugs.
Surely not unrelated to this is the situation in Sudan, which borders Kenya on the north.
Southern Sudan will hold an independence referendum in January 2011 on whether or not it should remain as a part of Sudan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Sudanese_independence_referendum,_2011 . It is reasonable to suppose that there will be massive interference from Bashir in Khartoum, in the form of voter intimidation or worse, to prevent the Black Christian South from escaping the clutches of its Arab Muslim overlords.
Do we know how Obama is likely to position the U.S. in the event of election related fighting in Sudan? I think we would be justified in suspecting he would tilt the scales in favor of Islam.
November is now only four months away. Everyone who can, plan to VOTE.
I'm relieved to discover someone is finally exposing this story. I have been trying to get various media outlets to run this story since I returned from Kenya in early June after learning many disturbing details about the new constitution and how our administration is supporting it. Thank you.
Disturbing aspects of the constitution:
- Establishment of kadhis courts nationally, paid for by taxpayers, to benefit Muslims alone.
- Exemption for Muslims from certain aspects of the bill of rights that apply to all other citizens; necessary to enforce Shari'a law.
- Nobody will be allowed to change religions; the new constitution removes language that currently allows anyone to change religions.
- Nobody will be able to openly talk about religious issues with others. Whether you agree with this or not, it removes religious freedom altogether in Kenya.
Our administration supporting the implementation of Shar'a law in Kenya? Absolutely!
A few facts about Kenya, from the CIA world factbook online, latest version.
Total population guessed at around 40 million.
Main ethnic groups - Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%
Religious percentages, roughly speaking - "Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%
note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely".
So: broadly speaking, 78 % of the population is Christian, 10 % follows traditional African beliefs, 2 % are 'other', and 10 % are Muslim.
Why should the non-Muslim 90 % of the population have to pander to the Muslim 10 %? Especially when everywhere in the world that the situations are reversed - where you have a 90% *Muslim* population and a 10 % non-Muslim population - the Muslims oppress and abuse non-Muslim minorities with a sadistic glee that is quite horrifying to watch.
and now, on a lighter note...."they suspected that the perpetrators detonated bombs." hahaha
I just wonder why Obama is never questioned about Sharia Law.
Or about female circumcision. (mutilation)
Even in his book, when his half sister is talking about these procedures, he does not make an comment either.
Why he can never be straight forward about his personal
feelings about Islam and these type of practices, he just
dances around it, to not hurt their feelings, not caring about the feelings of most of the American people, who realy like to know him better when it comes to Islam,
We all know the appeasing speeches from Cairo and Istanbul.
Where exactly does he stand when it comes to Israel.
Do something about the border problem with Mexico. Now that so many other illegal foreigners are coming thru their borders.
Some say he is a secret muslim and the evidence seems to be quite compelling (uless it is taken out of context). You and others say he is a Commie, and he does seem to be liberal in some respects.
He cant be both. Whats the truth?
Obama is promoting the dreams of his father Allah. Heh.
"November is now only four months away. Everyone who can, plan to VOTE." Eastview
Eastview, May I resoundingly second this. Seriously, if we don't relieve Obama of some of his power in November, we may see 2012 somewhat the same as the Mayans saw 2012.
Yes, unless Obama is brought up short by voters in November, his unchecked political and social berzerking could well be considered by historians as being the real meaning behind the Mayan 2012 doomsday scenario.
Just like we promoted and supported a sharia based system in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Americans are too stupid.
Either the 2008 "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) between then candidate for President of Kenya Raila Odinga and the National Muslim Leaders Forum (of Kenya) was a clever forgery, or it was not. But, here is where it can be found, and it sure makes for interesting reading: http://www.eakenya.org/AAEAKUpdate/RAILA_MUSLIM_MOU.pdf
This MOU emerged in the same campaign that Obama showed up and campaigned for Odinga, a Marxist.