Saturday, July 26, 2014

ACT! FOR CANADA NEWSLETTER - JULY 25, 2014

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“Liberty does not exist in
the absence of morality.”


JOYFUL NEWS - MERIAM IBRAHIM IS FREE!
The baby born to a Sudanese Christian woman in shackles on a prison floor is blessed by the Pope

The Pope thanked Meriam and her family for their courageous witness and constancy of faith. For her part, Meriam expressed gratitude to the Pope for the great support and comfort she received from his prayers and from so many others believers of good will.
Senator Ted Cruz on Meriam Ibrahim’s Release: “Truly the Lord Works in Mysterious Ways”

After refusing to renounce her Christian-faith, Meriam Ibrahim showed herself to be, among other things, a woman of remarkable courage and conviction. She was presented with a choice, a choice no one should ever have to make: renounce your faith, or suffer martyrdom. (The punishment in Sudan for the “crime” of apostasy is death by hanging). She refused, knowing full well the risks she was taking. But I can only speculate that her abiding sense of faith, and her trust in the Lord, are what sustained her. And sustain her still.
“It is also a call to action for all Christians around the globe to redouble our efforts to draw attention to the plight of the many Christians still suffering cruel and unjust imprisonment, including Pastor Saeed Abedini in Iran and Kenneth Bae in North Korea.  “The vicious persecution of the Christians of Iraq, especially Mosul, also commands our urgent attention. We prayerfully urge our government to engage fully in their cases.”
ISRAEL – HAMAS

Six Reasons why Americans should care about the war between Hamas and Israel

Hamas and al-Qaeda are of the same ilk. Brothers in arms, both Islamist terrorist groups are funded by Iran and theologically motivated to wage a violent jihad, or holy war, against the West. Both deadly organizations aspire to destroy those they consider “infidels” (Americans and Israelis included) while re-establishing a pan-Arab Caliphate and, in so doing, have killed too many innocents.
Israel cannot survive by accommodating a lynch mob. Only by having the courage to defy it. When the international community at the behest of the Muslim lynch mob dictates the parameters of Israel's survival, it must expand those parameters by pushing through them to the other side. If they want to recognize terrorists, then kill those terrorists. If they want to unilaterally create a Palestinian state, then annex those territories. Accommodation is a noose. Defiance is the air of freedom. Every time Israel retreats, it is condemned for it. When it advances, it is condemned for it also, but its freedom of action expands.
Israel Must Not Repeat the Mistakes of Lebanon
The fighting in Gaza has now escalated into a full-scale ground war. For supporters of Israel, this is a good thing, despite the loss of life to Israel’s brave fighting men, as well as Arab civilians put in harm’s way by Hamas. However, this bloodletting will have been in vain, if Israel does not see things through to the end, which is to say, by militarily defeating Hamas. The question is will Israel pursue its military objectives as it did say in the 1967 or 1973 Wars, or will it succumb to self-doubt and international pressure as it did in the 2006 Lebanon War?
Israel had a rare opportunity to crush Hizb’allah in 2006, but failed to do so. It has a similar opening now against Hamas, and the military capability to do it. The only question is does Israel have the determination and the will.
Hamas’s UN Shield
When Israel unilaterally pulled all of its forces and settlers out of Gaza in 2005 and left behind greenhouses and other facilities that the Palestinians could have used to begin building an independent state infrastructure and prospering economy, the answer was Hamas’s reign of terror. Hamas decided instead to use valuable resources and time to build a military infrastructure from which to launch unremitting attacks against Israeli civilians. During the current Gaza conflict, Israel ceased its fire in response to Egypt’s ceasefire proposal. Hamas kept firing its rockets directed at Israeli civilians and using its own civilians as human shields.Yet, in its perversion of the truth, the United Nations shamelessly sides with the jihadists against the rule of law and civilized behavior.
Hamas Mega-Attack Planned through Gaza Terror Tunnels
IDF Excavation of the tunnels has resulted in the seizure of tons of Hamas supplies as well as the discovery of plans for future operations. Hamas had apparently been preparing a murderous assault on Israeli civilian targets for the coming Jewish New Year Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, which begins on September 24, according anonymous sources in the Israeli security services.
Hamas's Absurd War against Israel
What we are witnessing – as perhaps Albert Camus would have expressed it – is Israel engaged in a Sisyphean struggle against Hamas, against Palestinians, against Arabs, against Muslims, and against an expanding body of opinion in the West that is less and less inhibited from displaying the rancid anti-Semitism behind its support for those who openly call for another Holocaust for the Jews. And then there are those in the West who cheer the Palestinians on in their destructive path, with false arguments of morality, victimhood, human rights, and heedless of historical rights of Jews – and insisting that Jews should not do what they themselves would do in a similar situation, faced with never-ending abuse and violence.
Arab World Holds Hamas Responsible in Latest Conflict
As Hamas continues putting Israeli and Palestinian lives in jeopardy by rejecting a ceasefire and firing rockets, the Islamist terrorist group must be disappointed at the Muslim world’s reaction. Hamas did not get the usual reflexive support and fiery backlash against Israel. In fact, it appears that the terrorist group’s largest support is coming from protests in Europe. The latest round of fighting is remarkable in what did not happen. There weren’t automatic mass demonstrations against Israel and the West. No major riots or countless photographs of Israeli and American flags on fire across the region. No violence against diplomatic facilities. Even though Fatah fired missiles, there was no large-scale uprising in the West Bank.
Talk about bad luck. The same family that was killed in Syria by Assad, was also killed by IDF bombing Gaza few days ago.

A Tale of Two Gazas
Palestinian UN Ambassador Mansour used his speech to the Security Council to exploit the tragic loss of life of these children. He recited the names and ages of Palestinian children who lost their lives because of what he called Israel’s “murderous rampage,” “savage aggression,” “state terrorism” and every other pejorative that he could muster. But Israel did not put those children in harm’s way. Hamas’s cowardly leaders did, while operating in their secure underground bunkers built beneath the homes, schools, mosques and hospitals that they have used as their weapons storage facilities and portals to their tunnels. As Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor described Hamas’s exploitation of civilians to the Security Council: “From the safety of their luxury hotels in Qatar, Hamas leaders like Khaled Mashaal order room service with one hand and order Hamas to use Palestinians as human shields with the other.”
Egyptian TV Hosts Slam Hamas Leaders: We Are Sick and Tired of You

A Thank You Letter From Hamas to the Media
Dear Members of the Mainstream Media,
You’ve been awesome! Everyone knows that we start unwinnable wars with Israel because the real victory happens when you predictably side with us each time. And you’ve been so supportive of our strategy that we really want to acknowledge your helpfulness. In particular, we thank you for the following:

The ‘media war’ is finally tilting to Israel’s side by Rex Murphy:
People are seeing there is in Israel’s actions a very real lesson for the West. Israel is hardy and steadfast in standing up against terror, of embodying democracy even under fire, of attempting to observe some scruple as missiles fly. It stands for values and virtues that we in the West have become too cavalier about. In the words of British commentator Douglas Murray, “It is Israel which takes Western values seriously and fights for the survival of those values, rather than sitting back and assuming they are simply part of some birthright.”
IDF Most Moral Army World Has Ever Known: British Commander
Col. Richard Kemp, the former commander of all British forces in Afghanistan, is in Israel this week to lend support to the military campaign in Gaza and to take on take on detractors who claim the Israeli army is perpetrating war crimes there. “No other army in the world has ever done more than Israel is doing now to save the lives of innocent civilians in a combat zone,” Kemp said in an interview with Channel 2 News, adding that when world leaders demand Israel do more, “perhaps Israel should ask what more it can do.”
PLEASE WATCH THIS IMPORTANT VIDEO AGAIN:
Testimony at the United Nations on October 16, 2009 by UK Commander Col. Richard Kemp Challenging the Goldstone Report

In Memoriam
We mourn the deaths of the 32 soldiers and officers killed
in action in Operation Protective Edge.

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ISIS CRISIS CONTINUED
After 2,000 years, the Last Christian is Forced to Leave Mosul
The last Christian reportedly left Iraq's second largest city of Mosul at 12:00pm on Saturday, ending over 6,000 years of Assyrian history in the city. Assyrians have lived in Mosul for over 6,000 years, converting to Christianity over 2,000 years ago. This all came to an end on Saturday, when the last Assyrian Christian left the city.



“Friday at noon was the deadline for Christian families to meet ISIS’s demands: Convert to Islam, pay an anachronistic Islamic tax for non-Muslims known as jizya, leave Mosul, or be killed. But the day before the final exodus, Christians were informed jizya was no longer an option. The order came to convert, leave, or die.”
Iraq jihadists blow up 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul
The new jihadist rulers of Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Thursday completely levelled one its most well-known shrines.  The Nabi Yunus shrine was built on the reputed burial site of a prophet known in the Koran as Yunus and in the Bible as Jonah.
CANADA
Canada: Do we really want a parallel Sharia Compliant Economic System in the West?
I discovered, quite by accident, that there is a Muslim based economy developing in Canada: Halal and Sharia Compliant Investments, with their own laws specific to Sharia law. It has been developing rather quietly for several years. I found a reference to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Sharia compliant laws from 2011 on Blogwrath  after I had already lodged my own complaint with CIBC regarding these investments. I never heard back from CIBC but I did get a notification from Twitter that I was now being followed by the investment broker whom I had reported. When Pierre Trudeau declared us to be a multicultural country he wanted Canada to be a country that was inclusive, tolerant and accommodating to all. But I don’t think he anticipated that our country would welcome cultures whose practices are anathema to Canadian laws. Sharia Law, authoritarian by nature, is not compatible with Canadian culture.
Bad advice: Think Justin Trudeau’s instincts are scary? Take a look at what two of his advisers have to say
Trudeau’s more serious adviser is Omar Alghabra, the Saudi-born former president of the Canadian Arab Federation who briefly served as an MP from Mississauga. Alghabra has extreme views. When he was president of the Canadian Arab Federation in 2004, he denounced Canada’s largest newspaper chain for using the term “terrorist” to describe Muslim terrorist groups like the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. He said that was a mere opinion, not a fact.

Canada: Former head of pro-Palestinian student group accused of hate speech over violent martyrdom posts on Facebook
A pro-Israel group says it has complained to Calgary police over Facebook comments made by a former university student group president who urged Palestinians to ‘‘spill blood’’ in a fictional story. “My body and soul are ready to fight and die,” wrote Ala’a Hamdan, former president of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, a University of Calgary student group. “This land will be proud that Palestinian babies are born men and women ready to spill their blood.”
From Calgary United with Israel:
Pro-Israel Jews and Christians were attacked by an angry mob yesterday at Calgary's city hall.  The  video footage below shows this clearly. In addition to the males, 2 females were taken to the ground and kicked by a group of men. They sustained injuries. The crowd also changed "kill the Jews". The organizer of the rally is a UofC student and her club. She is previously quoted stating "I will soak a koffiyah in your blood":
Calgary: Pro-Palestinian protesters aren’t the problem, the cops are
The Calgary Police Service on the other hand thinks it’s no big deal. One officer allegedly went so far as to blame the victim for daring to wear an Israeli flag across the street from the Palestinians (geez, blame the Jews; like most things cops say, not very original) So let’s see what the complaints of some of the small group of pro-Israeli protesters are levelling. First there is Jake Birrell, who has already been mentioned. Jeff Willerton was holding an Israeli flag was punched and knocked down. And Samantha Hamilton said she saw her brother and cousin swarmed before she was punched in the eye, thrown to the ground by her hair and kicked and stepped on. Shane Hamilton, 19, ended up going to the hospital with a concussion, scrapes, bruises and a bite mark on his wrist.

In Calgary, Pro-Israel Protester Reportedly Strangled With Israeli Flag; Syrian Refugee Compares Violence to ISIS (VIDEO)

A pro-Hamas rally in Calgary, Canada, turned violent at the weekend, with a report of the extent of the brutality against supporters of Israel published on Wednesday by a dissident blogger who equated the hatred on display as being on par with what he experienced fleeing the civil war in Homs, Syria. Aboud Dandachi, who has written about his support for Israel and is now living in Istanbul, wrote: “The account of the violence inflicted on the small group is sickening,” referring to a television interview of witnesses by Canada’s Sun News on Monday. After the opening clip of the melee, the Sun News announcer exclaimed, “This is Canada for G-d’s sake!”. Dandachi described the victims and drew comparisons to what bloodthirsty terror outfit ISIS had perpetrated in Syria


AROUND THE WORLD
What the Caliphate Means
A caliphate represents a permanent, ideological enemy, not a temporal enemy that can be bought or pacified through diplomacy or concessions — economic or otherwise. Short of agreeing either to convert to Islam or live as second-class citizens, or “dhimmis” — who, among other indignities, must practice their religions quietly; pay a higher tax [jizyah]; give way to Muslims on the street; wear clothing that distinguishes them from Muslims, the start of the yellow star of David required for the Jews by the Nazis during World War II; have their testimony be worth half of a Muslim’s; and never retaliate against Muslim abuses-the jihad continues.
A caliphate is precisely what Islamists around the world are feverishly seeking to establish — before people realize what it represents and try to prevent it. Without active, preemptive measures, it is only a matter of time before they succeed.
Tunisia Fights Jihad: Closes mosques
Tunisian authorities launched a crackdown on all mosques outside state control. The mosques number around 40 and are run by radical imams. In justifying the move to close radical mosques, the government said it was not an act against religious worship, noting the state sponsored religion and fostered freedom of belief. Authorities also said some of the shuttered mosques celebrated the deaths of the slain soldiers. It promised to re-open these places of worship as soon as they were neutralised and subject to the supervision of the state. The government also closed two religious radio stations, Nour and al-Insen, for broadcasting speech calling for religious hatred and intolerance. Tunisians welcomed the government’s action. “This is what we have been waiting for since the beginning of the terrorist attacks in our country about two years ago,” commented Miriam Kaitouni. “A courageous decision was needed.”
11 parents of Nigeria's kidnapped girls die from attacks and stress
At least 11 parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again. Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants. After three months, few Chibok residents believe all the schoolgirls will ever return home.
Family considers killing 10-year-old daughter after mullah rapes her in Afghanistan mosque
It was bad enough that the alleged rape took place in the sanctity of a mosque and that the accused man was a mullah who invoked the familiar defence that it had been consensual sex. But the victim was only 10 years old. And there was more: The authorities said her family members openly planned to carry out an honour killing in the case – against the young girl. The mullah offered to marry his victim instead. This past week, the awful matter became even worse. On Tuesday, local policemen removed the girl from the shelter that had given her refuge and returned her to her family, despite complaints from women’s activists that she was likely to be killed.

Muslim Double Standards Abound

As long as it's an Arab army annihilating fellow Arabs or a Muslim military murdering fellow Muslims, too many Muslims simply shrug away our responsibility and say, "leave it to Allah" as the Qur'an supposedly commands. However, if the Muslim falls victim to the "kuffar" — meaning the Jew, Christian or Hindu — then many of our clerics take to the pulpit and deliver fiery, end-of-times lectures, using the tragedy as a reason to ignite hatred against the other, in most cases "The Jew".
Muslim Immigrants and Their Suicidal Prey
How do former empires get colonized by their own colonies? It defies all logic, yet somehow, this is what has come to be in Europe. In the midst of a full-blown conquista, after what began as a simple plan to bring over some cheap labor to do the work the natives couldn’t be bothered with, Europe is aiding and abetting in its own demise. Muslim immigration has become a Muslim takeover.
Obama “Talked About How Disrespectful We Were To Muslims… Where Is He Standing Up For The Christian Minorities” by Charles Krauthammer

“Where is the president on this?” he asked. “This is persecution of Christians who predate the Muslims by 600 years in the Middle East. These people in Mosul were there before there was Islam in the same way that the Jews of Baghdad — who were about a third of the population in the late 40s — who were expelled were there a thousand years before that. This is the exclusivity of this kind of radicalism.” He continued. “He talked about how disrespectful we were to Muslims in many of his speeches. Where is he standing up for the Christian minorities in Egypt, in Lebanon, in Palestine, among other places in the West Bank, and now in Iraq as a way to say we care about this and America cares about this, instead of a dumb statement coming out of the State Department.”
I can tell you where he is. He’s on the side of the Islamists. He always has been. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to come to this conclusion. The problem is that too many people are too scared to call him out for what he is, because they don’t believe such evil could exist or even come to power in the good old USA, but it has.

The Arabic Writing on the Wall

It takes courage to speak out against the threatening presence of Islam in today’s world. And it takes courage to defend those who have the courage to speak out. Europe has learned its lesson the hard way and it is doubtful whether she will ever recover. If the United States is to avoid the fate of Europe, which seems destined to become Eurabia unless she can be re-evangelized with the Christian culture of life, it must heed the hard lessons and avoid the mistakes of multiculturalism and prevent any future mass migration of non-Christians into North America. We have been warned. We have seen the Arabic writing on the wall.

WARNING
Deadly Mosquito Borne Diseases Spread: New EEE, West Nile, Chikungunya Outbreaks
There are a number of outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses currently making the rounds in the Continental United States. Among those diseases are the potentially lethal West Nile Virus, a less lethal but extremely serious Chikunyungya threat, and the most serious threat of EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis) that is fatal in one-third of reported cases. EEE has been confirmed in Massachussets. Be careful out there this summer friends. Any of these isolated incidences are larger outbreaks in the making.
A FINAL THOUGHT
Amidst the sadness and utter hopelessness so many of us feel, a final thought in this week’s Newsletter:
God’s Daybreak Comfort to Those in Despair by Judi McLeod
It is true that the barbarians are lined up at the gate, but even with them ready to crash through the door, daybreak, each and every day is man’s best proof that the world continues. We all need the inspiration of knowing in all the tumult that some Hand guides the world. Keep the faith, always.


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