Has anyone *else* done a 'Churches of America 2009' calendar? Surely it's been done, and more than once. I know that an organisation here in Australia, the 'Bush Church Aid' society, does a lovely calendar each year, with photographs of country and Outback churches, many of them historic or otherwise of interest, being examples of 'vernacular' bush architecture.

There must be some stunning church buildings across America, old and new, of all styles, from simple country meeting houses, through to cathedrals - I remember watching 'Sister Act' and Peter Weir's film 'Fearless' and both of those had some beautiful shots of historic churches in San Francisco.

A calendar showing synagogues in America would also be of historic and artistic/ architectural interest.

For example: here are the two oldest surviving synagogues in the United States -

the Touro Synagogue (built 1769-1763) in Newport, Rhode Island

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touro_Synagogue

http://www.tourosynagogue.org/

and here is the USA's second oldest synagogue, the oldest in continuous use - Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, Charleston, SC (click on link, scroll down): current building dates from 1840.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/synusa.html

http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710102/index.htm

I wonder whether anyone has done a 'Synagogues of the Americas', or a 'Significant/ Historic Synagogues in the United States' calendar?

Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at July 17, 2008 6:57 AM

"The wall calendar features a vibrant photograph or photomontage for each month, displaying the beauty of mosques in America."

Now if that isn't enough to make you lose your breakfast, I don't know what is.
There is nothing beautiful about mosques in America - or anywhere else in the West, for that matter.

Posted by: ImNoDhimmi at July 17, 2008 7:04 AM

Our tax dollars at work.

Posted by: tanstaafl at July 17, 2008 8:11 AM

Wow! Great spot by Brian Ledbetter. This could have gone unnoticed and further underlined islamic 'superiority' in their own minds by highlighting something that really shouldn't be publicly financed.

Posted by: Abu_Lahab at July 17, 2008 8:23 AM

outreach. to a supremicist organization.

"The beautiful burning crosses of the Ku Klux Klan... "

the people who worked on this did not mean any harm. the point is that they are clueless.

Posted by: StillBreathing at July 17, 2008 8:44 AM

WTF!! Just goes to show that the dhimi-crats in our state department are totally clueless and out of touch! When are these morons going to wake up?

CC

Posted by: CelticCoyote at July 17, 2008 9:30 AM

Yea, WTF?

What dhimmmi dip-shit came up with this brilliant idea?

Posted by: undaunted at July 17, 2008 9:34 AM

A nice caption under the picture would be "Buy one soon...or else".

Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at July 17, 2008 10:30 AM

"2009 Mosques of America wall calendar..."

Anyone thought to do a body-search of Miss May or Miss November? They may be hiding false papers, or explosives, or any number of things found in "The Mosques of Europe" by the security services of France, Italy, Great Britain, and a half-dozen other nations.

Posted by: Hugh at July 17, 2008 10:33 AM

Interestingly I had to sign in on another computer. Typekey was experiencing difficulty in one room's computer but not this one. Hmmmmm.

The link viewed in the cached image brings you to the storefront. To view the catalog, one must be a registered member. To register, one has to be an employee (of the State Dept?).

Now the header for this website indicates:

GLOBAL PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS, YOUR WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATIONS PARTNER

Communications on behalf of our nation with "whom" exactly? Since I am not/cannot registere(d) I certainly don't feel like they are communicating very well at all with me, a taxpaying citizen. I'd be interested in perusing this particular catalog as the website clearly indicates through a tab on that cached image "SHOP ONLINE".

Such a tease!

Posted by: heroyalwhyness at July 17, 2008 10:42 AM

From the cached image:

This 12-month calendar is perfect for Muslim outreach efforts, as well as office and event giveaways.

The calendar could be a promotional item for this:

US plans to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979

The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush.

The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section - a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. The move will see US diplomats stationed in the country.

Posted by: heroyalwhyness at July 17, 2008 10:58 AM

Remember Mosques are a political symbol of Islam. It represents superiority and conquest of the infidel lands and that Islam is the superior political system. The rest are kafirs paying jizya and are humiliated for being non Muslims. It is all about power and humiliation. Once a peoples are under Islamic and Sharia laws the infidels are humiliated by setting up Mosques on their destroyed temples or places of worship. The minaret has to be the highest point to signify the conquest and dominance of Islam over all other religions.

Posted by: savsiv at July 17, 2008 11:26 AM

They at least seem to be wary enough to conceal their offerings:

You will need to login with a valid @state.gov email address to avail of our services. Using other email addresses will require a thorough verification before access can be granted.

Posted by: Concerned Citizen at July 17, 2008 12:03 PM

Abiquiu Dar al Islam mosque photos
http://myloupe.com/home/found_keyword.php?keyword=abiquiu&referring_seller=&new_search=Y&dummy=

They’re here! The ‘pod people’ have landed in New Mexico.
Your recycled Saudi petro-dollars at work:

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198803/dar.al.-.islam-the.code.and.the.calling.htm

Posted by: Battle_of_Tours at July 17, 2008 12:38 PM

Battle of Tours . . .the second link you provided is telling . . .

written by: William Tracy, a lecturer on Islam and Middle Eastern affairs, is a former assistant editor of Aramco World and remains a frequent contributor.

That very same Aramco which Saudi Arabia

employed as its exclusive public relations agent, to present itself as a "staunch ally" of the Western world when it is in fact a permanent enemy -- with or without its completely corrupt ruling family -- not only of the West, but of the entire non-Muslim world.

Posted by: heroyalwhyness at July 17, 2008 1:00 PM

Battle of Tours . . .the second link you provided is telling . . .
Posted by: heroyalwhyness

This too is telling:

” The mosque was built first, except for the still unfunded minaret. The largest part of the connecting school building was also completed; construction continues on a kitchen and cafeteria, arts and crafts rooms, and a language laboratory.
Studies indicate that as many as 80 percent of the children of Muslim families that immigrate into the American melting pot eventually leave Islam.”

Posted by: Battle_of_Tours at July 17, 2008 2:14 PM

So, I guess that whole 'separation of Church and State' thing was only for Christians.

Would this change if Christians started calling their churches 'mosques'?

Posted by: alaskan1000 at July 17, 2008 2:35 PM

Hello.

Posted by: mike trivisonno at July 17, 2008 4:43 PM

Trappists in Abiquiu

http://christdesert.org/

Posted by: skevin at July 17, 2008 6:41 PM

"Do do you have available a calendar of all the ancient destroyed Christian churches of Kosovo that our allies, the muslim albanians destroyed? I believe the total is over 100 now. Some dating back to the 1300's I understand. That would be a popular seller in both muslim and Christian circles.".

I am awaiting my response from customer service.

Posted by: ujaklija at July 17, 2008 7:15 PM

It's an election year. time to share this chunk o'crap with your Congressional Representative. Let 'em hear it.

Posted by: MP at July 17, 2008 7:23 PM

'Celtic coyote' thinks the State Dept. are " totally clueless and out of touch".

Either that or they're reading from the same page as the folks promoting the Flt. 93 Memorial(?)...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/04/america/shrine.php

Posted by: DaninVan at July 17, 2008 8:22 PM

MP

Already on it. I have forwarded this page to my state rep. Hint: Conservative (R), Married, Six children, all home schooled, two naval academy graduates--one in Iraq. We'll see who's at the bottom of this.

Posted by: CapitalistGig at July 17, 2008 10:52 PM

In celebration of Ramadan, Global Publishing Solutions (GPS) is offering a limited edition of the 2009 Mosques in America Wall Calendar. This 12-month calendar is perfect for  Muslim outreach efforts, as well as office and event giveaways.
.............................

Would this be as a gag gift?

Posted by: gravenimage at July 17, 2008 11:34 PM

Could it be possible that there is someone in the State Department who is either an Islamist or an apologist who is behind all this? I cannot help but think of the guy several months back with the last name of Islam, who was making serious trouble for another government employee...sounds like something similar!!

http://www.amazon.com/Infiltration-Muslim-Subversives-Penetrated-Washington/dp/1595550038/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216383140&sr=1-1

Posted by: CAIR-FREE FUTURE at July 18, 2008 8:19 AM

Could it be possible that there is someone in the State Department who is either an Islamist or an apologist who is behind all this? I cannot help but think of the guy several months back with the last name of Islam, who was making serious trouble for another government employee...sounds like something similar!!

http://www.amazon.com/Infiltration-Muslim-Subversives-Penetrated-Washington/dp/1595550038/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216383140&sr=1-1

Posted by: CAIR-FREE FUTURE at July 18, 2008 8:19 AM

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State, Defense and the Penatagon
are run by Trotskyites (( Zionists )),
whose ultimate goal is UNIVERSAL
socialism/communism, under GLOBAL
ECONOMIC SOCIALISM:

Planned Destruction of America
http://planneddestructionofamerica.blogspot.com/

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Posted by: Deacon at July 19, 2008 8:19 AM

If someone could obtain, by some roundabout means, a copy of this calendar, and find out *which* twelve mosques were shown, and whether there are names named of those involved with their construction or their administration, it might be interesting to try a leisurely google trawl through what Hugh calls the McGelligott's pool of the internet to see what turns up.

If one got anything ...interesting, any connections with terrorism and dirty dealing ...one could then photoshop the images in a suitable manner, to turn them into parodies of Wanted posters, and retitle the whole thing "the Rogues Gallery, or, Miching Mallecho".

Another suggestion: reword the title, "Twelve Muslim War Rooms in America, 2009'".

Go through Legacy of Jihad and The Dhimmi, and Fregosi's Jihad in the West, and the Religionofpeace website, the one that lists all the terror attacks: and mark on the calendar all the significant days - the known or guessed dates (and body counts) of the major jihadi terror attacks on the Lands of the Infidel, right from the start. E.g. 'such and such a date: beginning of jihad genocide of Armenians - 1 million dead'.

Then, too, for something entirely different, the artistically gifted could create the Calendar that the State Department, or Foreign Affairs in some other Infidel land, might have created, if it truly had both imagination and courage.

Titled - In Memoriam

Images: twelve of the major significant kafir sites or objects, secular or sacred, that has been attacked by Muslims and is now either destroyed or presently squatted on and desecrated by Muslims: e.g. The Temple Mount, Joseph's Tomb, the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the Twin Towers, a double image juxtaposing a Red London Double-Decker Bus with the London Underground), Hagia Sophia, the Bamiyan Buddhas, the Vale of Kashmir [one of the most beautiful places on the face of the earth, I understand...before Islam got to work on it]. We need four more to make twelve pages - conclude with the three most glorious Hindu sites Muslims have stolen and/or ruined, and a Sikh site.

One would find or create the most luminously beautiful image possible, of each place or thing as it is or was. There must be iconic, classic photographs or even paintings of the Twin Towers, and even of a London Bus (for the Underground, a painting representing its use as a refuge during the blitz in World War Two?). Lost Hindu temples could be re-visioned imaginatively by combining archaeological evidence and documentary descriptions.

Include an annotation under each image: for example, under the temples one could refer to Sita Ram Goel, and state that there were thousands and thousands of others that Muslims robbed and razed.

Under the Bus and Underground, one could note that there have been many other similar jihad terror attacks on iconic elements of kafir daily life - e.g. the Mumbai train bombing, the Madrid train bombings, the attack on the Beslan school.

It would haunt; it would infuriate; it would instruct. And it would not be propaganda. It would be, purely, true.

Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at July 19, 2008 8:35 AM