Month: March 2012

Canada: Diversity is beautiful alert—how-to book on wife beating

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I’m not singling out Canada, we probably have this book available in the US as well.  Funny, I don’t see Sandra give-us-free-birth control Fluke and the “women of the 99%” speaking out about Muslim misogyny.  Why? This is why: (Click here).

From the Toronto Sun:

The 160-page book, published by Idara Impex in New Delhi, India, is written by Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, who’s described in the book’s foreword as a “prolific writer on almost every topic of Islamic learning.”

The store’s manager, who didn’t give his name, said the book had been sold out for some time, and the store’s owner, whom the manager identified as Shamim Ahmad, refused to comment for the story.

It wasn’t clear whether the shop has ordered more copies of the book, but it’s available at online Islamic bookstores and even through eBay.

In the book’s opening pages, it is written that “it might be necessary to restrain her with strength or even to threaten her.”

Later, its author advises that “the husband should treat the wife with kindness and love, even if she tends to be stupid and slow sometimes.”

Page 45 contains the rights of the husband, which include his wife’s inability to leave “his house without his permission,” and that his wife must “fulfil his desires” and “not allow herself to be untidy … but should beautify herself for him … ”

In terms of physical punishment, the book advises that a husband may scold her, “beat by hand or stick,” withhold money from her or “pull (her) by the ears,” but should “refrain from beating her excessively.”

Moderate Muslim voice Tarek Fatah says the shopkeeper should be charged for selling such a book.

“I wouldn’t say it’s hate, but it is inciting men to hit women,” said Fatah, who identified the book’s author as a prominent Islamic scholar. “This is new to you, but the Muslim community knows that this is widespread, that a woman can be beaten. Muslim leaders will deny this, but… ”

Male dominance over women has been making headlines for some time, with the recent lengthy trial and conviction of the Shafia family.

Read on, if you don’t know about the Shafia family honor murder.

Obama says yes to MORE “temporary” refugees—Syrians

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Thanks to a reader for sending this, I had missed it yesterday. The Obama Administration has agreed to let Syrians who are in the US now for any reason—students, tourists, illegal aliens, etc—stay basically forever.  They call it “Temporary” Protected Status and we told you that Non-profits (which will surely get something financial out of it) and far Left Senators were lobbying for the designation.  Like the Salvadorans, the Liberians, and Somalis before them, they will never be required to leave the country.

Here is a short AP story on the decision:

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration will allow Syrians in the United States to temporarily stay beyond the expiration of their visas and not deport those in the country illegally due to deteriorating conditions in their native country.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday that Syrians in the U.S. would be given temporary protected status because they would face “serious threats to their personal safety” if they were to return to Syria. She said details of the program, including eligibility requirements will be published early next week in the Federal Register.

Syrians in the U.S. have to apply for the status and must undergo a full background check before it is granted. Napolitano encouraged Syrians to apply but said they should not do until the notice is published.

Suicide.   I wonder sometimes if there were Romans who saw the end coming.

France on its knees

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A couple of weeks ago I reported on the upcoming French Presidential election that truly is pivoting on the issue of immigration—Muslim immigration.

Of course readers know what horrible atrocities just occurred in France.  I wish I could put my hands on the link, but early-on, before we learned that a Muslim terrorist who had been living in France for years was behind the killings, speculation was that the “terrorist” would be found to be a neo-Nazi type who had been brought to the edge by all the tension and political discourse against “foreigners.”   It was not a surprise to many to learn who the real killer was.

Here is a good piece by John Ransom at Townhall with the disturbing title, “Tolerating Islam: “He grabbed her by the hair and then shot her in the head.”   (Hat tip: Paul)

Ransom is basically saying it’s time to stop all the dancing around—the world’s problem for decades now has been radical Islam.  Of course he does throw the word “radical” in there, because almost no one has the guts to simply say the word—Islam—without a qualifier.  Nevertheless, I urge you to read the whole treatise.  Here is a tiny bit to give you some idea of it.

There is no denying, however, that at the nub of it, those wars are all about radical Islamists, who can’t accommodate themselves to the modern world.

And it’s also about the people who indulge them.

France has been, until now, a modern-day playground for Islamists who hearken back to the days of yore when they waged a siege on the gates of Vienna and raided the Russian and Georgian steppes for Caucasian slaves for the Ottoman Empire.

For years France has helped disseminate the lie that everything wrong in the Arab world is the fault of Israel and the United States. They welcomed Islamists into their country.

But now Merah may have brought France to its knees in ways not intended.

Read it all.

I will bet though that Ransom and his compatriots at Townhall have no clue how many Muslim immigrants pour into the US on a daily basis.  We are not far behind the canary-in-the-coalmine that is France.

Pew: Foreign-born workers getting jobs, not so much for Americans

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The Federation for American Immigration Reform reports the following in its end of the week wrap-up:

The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new report that found that “Foreign-born workers are…experiencing a faster rate of growth in employment than native-born workers.” This continues a trend that began at the start of the economic “recovery” in June 2009, and it highlights the fact that our immigration system is operating to the detriment of American workers.

Given the influence of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other special interest groups that push for an increased immigration level, it should surprise no one that even in the midst of the worst unemployment America has seen in the past 30 years, our government continues to admit millions of foreign workers every year, with some politicians campaigning for even higher levels of admissions – Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Scott Brown (R-Mass.) being the latest.

Be sure to have a look at the Pew Report which tries to soften the blow by linking the employment rate to increased population levels of mostly Hispanics and Asians.  They say that the white and black American populations are not rising as rapidly so it stands to reason that Hispanics and Asians are getting the jobs (say what?).

Greensboro, NC refugee activist visits Jordan IOM office, more Iraqis please

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A couple of days ago I came across this column written by Raleigh Bailey about his recent visit to the International Organization for Migration office in Jordan.  Among other things he appears to have been interested in the slow flow of Iraqis to the US.  You get a feeling from his piece that he laments the fact that his hometown, Greensboro, NC,  and NC generally doesn’t have an adequate number of Iraqis compared to other states.  You also get a feeling he is not happy with the Israelis and thinks a soldier’s gun was paid for by US taxpayers.  (Truth be told, the US is largely paying for Palestinian “refugees'” upkeep, so what is the point?).

But, before I tell you what he said, Greensboro interests me.   Longtime readers may recall that Greensboro resettlement agencies were blasted in 2010 because of the large number of refugees arriving there and the apparent mismanagement of them by the federal contractors.  To see how bad things got go here and follow updates, and also go here.

I wondered if the resettlement into the Triad region of North Carolina had resumed in full force.

Now here is Mr. Bailey in the Greensboro News & Record giving us a look into the IOM office in Jordan:

Freedom.” “Security.” “Education.”

The first three volunteers wrote on the board. Our interpreter explained that they were listing the advantages of living in America. The list grew.

Then they listed the disadvantages. “Separated from family members,” “loss of culture,” “learning the language,” “loss of job skills certifications.” Then these Iraqi refugees who fled to Jordan discussed their answers.

The lesson was taught by a teacher working for the International Organization for Migration. IOM contracts with the U.S. State Department to provide cultural orientation for Iraqi refugees accepted for resettlement in America. The objective was to develop realistic expectations about America and develop analytical and networking skills in decision-making. The class was conducted in Arabic because the U.S. no longer pays for English language training.

I was leading a dozen U.S. refugee professionals and researchers from half a dozen states for the Association of Refugee Service Professionals. We were studying refugee issues. My daughter, who works with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, had arranged meetings for us. The refugees were stuck. Though approved for resettlement, they can’t get security clearances because new software designed for the Department of Homeland Security has problems.  [I thought the problem had to do with the two Iraqi refugee terrorists found living in Kentucky?—ed]

All these Iraqis had met the U.S. and U.N. commission criteria as refugees: having a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, place of birth or political beliefs. Most had received death threats or lost family members because they befriended Americans in Iraq.

Since the program began in 2007, North Carolina has resettled 779 Iraqis, a small number compared to several other states: California, 8,663; Arizona, 3,161; Texas, 4,424; Massachusetts 1,719. Most North Carolina refugees come from other countries.

Forget Raleigh Bailey for a moment and humor me as my ADD (wandering mind!) sends me in another direction.

Is Greensboro a center of Muslim population and activism in the US and has this been an area Middle Easterners have known for decades as such?

Readers I am not saying that refugees in North Carolina are terrorists, I just thought it was interesting to note that for some reason Muslims have been going to North Carolina for decades—since at least the 1970s and ’80s.

Did you know Khalid Shaikh Mohammed the terror mastermind, really Osama bin Laden’s brain, went to college there, in Greensboro, along with hundreds of other Middle Easterners?   I guess you can tell I’m fascinated by what I’ve learned from Richard Miniter’s book “Mastermind”  (earlier I mentioned “asylum seeker” and 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef).

First, in 1983 KSM enrolled in Chowen College in Murfreesboro, NC (that is near the Virginia border).  The largely black college was having trouble getting enough students so the entry requirements were not strict.  Miniter tells us that 29 (of 53) freshman science students that year were Muslims.  They stayed to themselves and otherwise strictly practiced their faith, including buying live goats and killing them in the halal fashion.

Within a year, KSM transferred to equally not demanding  North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University(NC A&T), 175 miles from Chowen.  In the summer of 1984 KSM (a reckless driver who chaffed against rules of the road) caused an auto accident that seriously injured a couple of North Carolina ladies and a legal wrangle ensued.  In the car with him at the time of the accident was the brother of Ramzi Yousef (the gang was all here, or at least in NC at the time).  The Yousefs are KSM’s nephews.

You can read all about the man who was responsible for a large number of terror attacks leading up to 9/11 and beyond in Miniter’s book. KSM personally beheaded WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl.   Osama bin laden was really nothing without KSM.

Also, it’s interesting to note that Samir Khan (the right hand man of Anwar Awlaki) who was killed along with Awlaki by an Obama drone attack in Yemen also hailed from North Carolina.

What is so attractive about North Carolina? I would really like to know!

Finally, I know it has nothing to do with anything, but opinion writer, Raleigh Bailey, may well have crossed paths with KSM at NC A&T right there in Greensboro, NC when both were on the campus in 1984.