New sheath, same scimitar. "New Name, Same Old Focus for Islamic Bloc," by Patrick Goodenough for CNS News, June 30 (thanks to Sayyid):
(CNSNews.com) – The bloc of mostly Muslim-majority states has a new name and logo but, despite the momentous upheavals across the Arab world, “Palestine” and religious “defamation” continue to top its agenda.Meeting in Kazakhstan this week, foreign ministers of the 42 year-old Organization of the Islamic Conference endorsed a decision to change its name to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Also being dropped is the OIC logo featuring a red crescent and the words “Allahu Akhbar” (Allah is greater) in Arabic. In its place is a green crescent, a globe, and a representation of the Ka’aba – the cube-shaped structure in Mecca which Islam says was built by Abraham and Muslims revere as their religion’s most sacred site.
The OIC called the move “a drastic positive change in the performance of the organization to uplift its effectiveness as an international system dealing with political, economic, cultural and social development issues.”
The summit host, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, described the OIC as “the U.N. of the Islamic world.”
I thought the UN of the Islamic world was the UN.
Despite the rebranding, however, OIC secretary-general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu’s speech to the gathering made it clear that the key focus remains unchanged for an organization established in 1969 with “liberating” Jerusalem as its primary goal.Leading the list of situations around the Islamic world addressed in the speech was the Palestinian issue. Ihsanoglu condemned Israeli policies and appealed for all countries to support an initiative at the U.N. in September to secure recognition of a Palestinian state “on the borders of 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
The OIC head had more to say on the Palestinian question than he did on any other country situation – the civil wars in Libya and Yemen, political turmoil in Syria and Bahrain, the imminent division of Sudan, the conflict in Afghanistan, or calls for reform from Morocco to Jordan. Iran received not a single mention.
Also receiving much attention at the meeting in Astana was the issue that has dominated OIC activism at the U.N. in recent years – “Islamophobia” and the associated campaign to outlaw religious “defamation.”
Ihsanoglu in his speech reaffirmed that it was “a matter of extreme priority for the OIC.”
“Islamophobia represents a contemporary manifestation of racism and the phenomenon must be addressed in that context,” he added, alluding to the OIC’s drive to amend an existing, binding anti-racism treaty, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, so that it also covers religion.
Islam isn't a race, but they're trying to make it one.
Should the campaign succeed, the amended convention would place legal restrictions on “matters regarded by followers of any religion or belief as sacred.”
In other words, it will become illegal to speak about Islamic jihad and Islamic supremacism.
Critics say this would silence legitimate criticism of Islamic teachings and authorities, further endanger non-Muslim minorities, and amount to enforcing blasphemy laws similar to those in place in OIC member state like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.During the meeting in Kazakhstan, an OIC body called the “Islamophobia Observatory” released its fourth annual report, stating that the 12-month period ending in April had seen an increase in the frequency and intensity of “Islamophobic events, acts and utterances.”...
And there will be more, too, in the future, as long as the jihad continues.
Should their first act be to publicly rebuke this cleric? If not, we can all conclude that all the OIC member countries are in agreement, unanimously.
Senior Saudi Cleric: Any Muslim Who Refuses To Pray Is An “Infidel” And Must Be Killed…
From the linked article: "Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars, explains in this short fatwa that any Muslim who refuses to pray has become an infidel, and therefore must be killed."
And what is it that the Muslims must pray for five times a day? Death to Jews and other non-Muslims?
In their own words . . .
It's still awkward. Who's cooperating in "Islamic cooperation?" How about:
Organization of Islamic Nations' Cooperation (OINC)?
Does this mean that poor Hillary will have to sign that document criminalizing criticism of Moslems all over again?
Meanwhile the Jihad continues unabated. Obama just listed Israel as a terrorist organization while recognized Muslim Brotherhood as an "ally".
This attempt to "defang" the counter-jihad is pretty insulting. We must still continue to educate people what Muslim Brotherhood's agenda is even as Obama list it as an ally. It is no ally or friend of the US.
I can see two things happening here. Obama is defanging the Counter-jihadist claims by making MB an ally. This means our arguments against MB because they are a terrorist organization become moot points. By forcing us to lay claims against the MB as an enemy when Obama has them as allies makes us look like the enemy. From this point on we must tread carefully when things start heating up. Continue to speak out but be mindful of consequences.
"...the key focus remains unchanged for an organization established in 1969 with “liberating” Jerusalem as its primary goal."
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Leading the list of situations around the Islamic world addressed in the speech was the Palestinian issue. Ihsanoglu condemned Israeli policies and appealed for all countries to support an initiative at the U.N. in September to secure recognition of a Palestinian state “on the borders of 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
Yep, can't have the Muslim idols called al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock under infidel control, can we?
Also receiving much attention at the meeting in Astana was the issue that has dominated OIC activism at the U.N. in recent years – “Islamophobia” and the associated campaign to outlaw religious “defamation.”
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Ihsanoglu in his speech reaffirmed that it was “a matter of extreme priority for the OIC.”
“Islamophobia represents a contemporary manifestation of racism and the phenomenon must be addressed in that context,” he added..."
Blah, blah, blah. More of the same of what we have come to expect from these guys.
I have to say, though, that as a teacher for whom bad grammar produces an effect like chewing on tin foil, I approve of the name change. "Organization of the Islamic Conference" was always somewhat awkward, grammatically speaking. (Parse it out..."Organization of the ... Conference" implies that whoever thought it up was either weak in English, or a bad translator from what was probably OK in Arabic. Apparently someone took notice. "Organization of Islamic Conferees" is better. The name change and new logo and flag, although little more than new polish on one end of the same old turd combined with a new attempt to mask the smell by changing perfumes, will undoubtedly be enthusiastically endorsed by the usual crowd of sight and olfactory challenged.
For those who don't know who Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (pronounced "ek-MEL-e-din ee-SAHN-uh-loo" is, or who have never heard him speak, check out the Charlie Rose interview at http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/726 . He's a very smooth operator, and slings taqiyya intended for Western ears with the best of them.
Another clip of him, speaking about "Islamophobia," can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6DfXHLIltU
Ihsanoglu is Turkish, and has a background similar to that of Fethullah "Since the day we were deprived of the inheritance of the Earth, the Islamic world has been in a heart-breaking plight" Gulen http://www.fethullahgulen.org/the-statue-of-our-souls/1955-on-how-to-find-our-path.html (Fethullah Gulen, pronounced "FET-yu-luh GOO-len" is the Turkish imam living in Pennsylvania who founded a network of charter schools in the U.S. administered by Turkish nationals.)
Google the JW archives for numerous stories about both Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and Fethullah Gulen.
So good Marisol..Laughed out loud at that one. TY!
"Also being dropped is...the words “Allahu Akhbar” (Allah is greater) in Arabic."
Isn't it blasphemy to drop those words?
OINC! Excellent. Yes, much better.
Organization of Islamic Nations' Cooperation (OINC)?
I get this joke. This is directly comparing Moslems to hogs. As a professional pork producer, I am deeply offended.
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Who's your lawyer? I think there's a solid fake lawsuit in this based on hate crime theory, and the OIC and Hillary will back me that I have an actionable tort here. And Hillary's a_actual Yale Law grad, so the judge will sit up and take notice when her amicus brief is read aloud in court.
And we have reel crooked courts up here. If you doubt that, just take a look at the Minnesota State Supreme Court's role in seating Stuart Smalley to the U.S. Senate.
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But, then again, maybe I've been watching too many bleach blonde lawyers on FoxNews for my own good.
"But, then again, maybe I've been watching too many bleach blonde lawyers on FoxNews for my own good."
I know what you mean. It is sometimes hard to focus, isn't it? But there is at least one raven-haired knockout lawyer on Fox, too (Kimberley Guilfoyle, ex-First Lady of San Francisco).
"OINC" ..lol!
Anyway, next it will be "Organization of Islamic Confederation" or some similar awkwardness, and the logo will become the crescent, the globe and the sword.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu employs the trick of threatening to break off an interview when he feels OIC or Islam have been offended. Accordingly he must be stroked carefully and not gainsaid by the hopeful interviewer who does not want to go away empty handed.
Rebranding...?! Then why not be up front and place a big, black swastika on the cover of Al Qur'an and use that as the logo?
Not that I'm trying to put ideas into anyone's head who might draw such an image and spread it around :))
You could put lipstick on an Islamic pig, but it's still a pig.
(My apologies to all loving and intelligent, blameless pigs of the world.)
UN's OIC now... OINC, OINC? Good one! -- LOL
More on the OIC and its plans for a global Fourth Reich: http://crombouke.blogspot.com/2011/03/organization-of-islamic-conference-oic.html
Islam isn't a race, but they're trying to make it one. (Robert Spencer)
That's certainly true. However, if we accept, for the sake of argument, that Islam is a 'race', then Islam itself is racist.
Why? The Qur'an states that Muslims are the 'best of people' and non-Muslims 'are the vilest of creatures'.
Therefore, the 'race' that is non-Muslim is vile. Isn't that racism?
Nope.
Why is Islam so afraid of criticism? Do they have something to hide? Seems to me that if Islam were true they wouldn't be so afraid of someone looking into their beliefs and behaviors. By the way, that's why I became so critical of Islam. Four years ago I knew very little about it. So I decided that as a retired LEO I would use the investigative skills I had acquired during my 16yr. career as a cop and apply them to this "religion". I even wrote to CAIR and they sent me a wonderful copy of the Koran. I studied Islamic web sites and books. I studied history, both "secular" and "religious". I am self-taught (see SCLC, one can learn a lot from self taught)but hold degrees in police science, theology and religion. I graduated from two state police academies. But, I am very critical of Islam, based on my studies, and hold it as the greatest enemy of freedom that ever existed. Why? Because I'm prejudiced? No, because of honest and open study of Islam based on their behavior, past (history), and present (government), not to mention the theological study. If Islam gets its way there will not be any open study of its tenants. It may be "blasphemy" but the truth is, Islam isn't!
Maybe when Islam starts actually contributing some good to the world then they can renegotiate terms.
Until then its 'anything goes' as far as Im concerned.
They want to blow **** up and then get a medal?
**** Islam.
Also being dropped is the OIC logo featuring a red crescent and the words “Allahu Akhbar” (Allah is greater) in Arabic. In its place is a green crescent, a globe, and a representation of the Ka’aba – the cube-shaped structure in Mecca which Islam says was built by Abraham and Muslims revere as their religion’s most sacred site.
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"A globe"? For Islam's global aims...
Eastview wrote:
Yep, can't have the Muslim idols called al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock under infidel control, can we?
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Of course, even now these are under the control not of Infidels, but of the Islamic Waqf. Israel even allows the Waqf to keep Jews and Christians away from the Western Wall of the Temple.
But Muslims—what a surprise—still feel "oppressed".
Of course, they will continue to feel "oppressed" until the Ummah takes over everywhere and imposes full Shari'ah. The new OIC will do its part.
Of course nobody mentions that Israel spent millions of dollars, countless lobbying hours, bribed, and intimidated numerous European and other countries to make any and all forms of anti semitisim illegal, punishable by fines and lengthy jail time. Which is fine of course if they didn't misuse these laws in a suprisingly successful attempt to silence any honest debate about Israel and its policies. Which after all is what her supporters fear most, especially in mainstream discourse, which would undoubtedly expose the ugly truth along with the lame and often distorted defensive arguments
I can't make out if you're *really* Jewish ( one of those lefty libtard types), or a nuslim apologist, or a muslim.
I think you're a retarded leftist liberal, actually. You people are so busy stroking yourselves with your own lovefest about how progressive, and tolerant you are. It's a mutual masturbation circle.
You're full of contempt for those who refuse to accept your empty rhetoric, and blind to elementary facts.
Look at a map of the ME. Compare the size of Israel with the surrounding muslim crapistans. Why should this *tiny* country be of so much importance, that muslims want to destroy it ? Because it's full of Jews who have created a prosperous, democratic society, where people have equal rights, that's why. It's a spit in the eye to pathetic islamic crapstains, who have nothing but chaos, violence, murder and rage to offer their citizens.
While you're so busy weeping and wailing about 'Palestinians' in Gaza, do a little googling, and find out some elementary facts about Gaza, and while you're at it, try and figure out *why*, if their 'plight' is so terrible, their muslim 'brothers' haven't offered them refugee status in their own islamic pusholes.
All Israel has ever asked is for the right to exist; why is it so important to the *large* muslim countries like Egypt, Jordan et al, that she should not ? If they are so concerned about the 'Palestinians' of Gaza, why don't they offer them asylum ? Google what Yasser Arafat (I'm sure one of your heroes) said about the 'Palestinians', google... oh, what's the point.
People like you, as are all leftist libtards, are incapable of looking at facts - all you can see is what fits your political agenda, and what makes you feel that you are a progressive, tolerant, broadminded,jolly nice human being, and anyone who shoves the *facts* in front of your nose is a bigot, a racist, an islamophobe, and whatever else is the leftist insult du jour, that will stifle questioning, criticism.
If you are really Jew, all I can say is that you are a disgrace to your people. And the same goes for any other leftist libtard traitor who doesn't support Israel 100% in her struggle for survival. You make me vomit.
Excuse the rant, everybody else.
Oh, yes. And the money spent by Israel in making anti-semitism illegal.
Are you really so criminally, indefensibly, self-hatingly ( that's if you are *really* a Jew) *stupid*, as to equate the two ? 6 *million* Jews were *murdered* by the nazis, in a horrific attempt to wipe out an entire race of people, simply because they were *Jews*.
How the *hell* does that equate with the OIC attempting to make any *criticism* of islam a criminal offence ?
Thanks for your story. Very interesting. (What does LEO stand for?).
It is similar to others that have been shared here, from time to time, by other members of the forum.
Just for you, and for others who have recently appeared here: a classic from the archives, from 2008.
Mr 'Hugh Fitzgerald', on 'the unsung history boys'.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/06/fitzgerald-the-unsung-history-boys.html
Excerpt:
"The keenest and most aware, in every part of the Western world, are now engaged in one vast, but not collective, History Lesson.
"Those in this class are necessarily a class of autodidacts, given the failure of our governments to instruct us, and given the near-total monopoly over academic departments and courses on Islam by those engaged not so much in instruction as in apologetics...
"So here we are, now rediscovering the history of India, even if we are not Indians, and perhaps learning more about it, reading more sympathetically about what Muslim rule did to India, than many Indians who, to prove their lack of parochialism, their freedom from "communalism," overlook the real history, and continuing menace, of Islam in India.
Here we are, even those who until a few years ago hardly knew about the Ottomans in Europe, realizing why the Serbs need to be protected from Muslim demands, either by "Bosnians" or by Albanians...
"Here we are, all over the world, the unsung History Boys.
"And we are learning a lot. And passing it on..".
In the comments thread, 'Battle of Tours' (who is still a regular here) observed:
"This reminds me of the Robin Williams film "The Dead Poets Society". Should we who in the dead of night read real history call ourselves "The Dead Historians Society"?"
And just in case you come back to this thread, and since you raised the subject of the self-education that many of us infidels have been engaging in, as regards Islam, a further exchange from the jihadwatch archives.
It took place in 2006, when Hugh first posted his 'history boys' riff, not as a formal posting, but upon the comments floor, in the following thread:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/07/pakistani-education-minister-jihad-an-integral-part-of-curriculum.html
A poster called Caroline responded along these lines - and it is so vividly written and lively a posting, that I saved and kept it, it deserves to be shared with our newer members:
"Yes Hugh - we can read all that [Hugh’s ‘History Boys’ essay, listing the sources and the scholars].
'Or we can merely get one casual email post in our overflowing email boxes saying –
“Hey! Did you know that the prophet Muhammad (whom Muslims worship as the most perfect man) was actually a mass-murderer? A thief? A rapist? A slave trader? A pedophile?”
'And we "rubes" can think to our ignorant "rube" selves - no bloody way! And then do about 2 hours of homework (1 solid day max for the skeptical) and confirm to ourselves - oh hell yes effing way!
'And in several short hours (OK- a an entire day for the skeptical) put 2 and 2 together - what the Koran says + what the likes of UBL and Hamas and Hezbollah say + the massive obfuscation coming from the likes of CAIR and Tariq Ramadan and the MSA say (a 5 minute lesson in the meaning of taqiyya takes care of that ambiguity) + what a rapid perusal of world history would confirm (OK - to be fair - give that a whole extra day) - and one readily goes from no way in hell! to Holy s**t! This is for real!
'It ain't rocket science.
'And seriously, infidels (both westerners and easterners) ought not to insult their dignity and intelligence by pretending it is.
'Old Hans Christian Anderson will no doubt live on as the wisest sage the west has ever known where Islam is concerned. A fairy tale ostensibly designed for children yes. But once one realizes how really childlike we all actually are (look at the huge influence of Hollywood for example which is merely high school writ large in many ways), one won't be so inclined to scoff at such a fairy tale.
'Which is my blunt way of saying that by all means, those so inclined should read Schacht, and Hurgronje and Tisdall.
'But also to point out that some of us won't.
'Some of us would just as soon look at the noses on the end of our faces and have no doubt whatsoever about what Islam is all about.
'In the end, one need only look at Islam's source - Muhammad - and confirm just a few facts about the man himself (and those facts are easily confirmed for those who are willing to look) - and all the rest just falls easily into place. "
- Posted by: Caroline at July 25, 2006 9:48 PM.
To which 'Hugh' replied (and his posting is also, as all his past postings, well worth reading, and very telling):
"You are right.
"Whatever manages to supply enough of the truth, and to allow one to convey that truth convincingly to others so they begin to comprehend the nature of the belief-system (try not to call it a "religion") of Islam, surely does not require all kinds of study.
"**But such study, when one has the time, merely deepens one's horrified convictions** {my emphasis - dda].
(And this next bit - Hugh is a scholar, and I am a scholar, so I know what he is getting at - is really, really important, and very telling - dda):
"Ordinarily, as you read more about something, you more and more see the thing in its complexity, and shades of gray, and are more and more hesitant to pass judgment.
"With Islam,
"the more you find out about what it teaches,
"the more you find out about the example of Muhammad,
"the more you find out about what Islam does to its adherents,
"the more you find out about Jihad in time and space, the more you find out about the fate of non-Muslims under Muslim rule,
"the more horrified you become.
'But it isn't all necessary.
'Sometimes a single thing will do it.
'Here's the single thing about Iran that often does it: the fact that when he came to power, one of Khomeini's very first acts (perhaps the first) was to lower the marriageable age of girls to nine.
'Tell that to people you know.
'And then tell them why."
- Posted by: Hugh at July 25, 2006 10:41 PM.