Paul Long's Ramblings

Sunday, January 20, 2013 Saudi Arabia Sent Death Row Inmates to Fight in Syria in Lieu of Execution By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries SAUDI ARABIA   (ANS)  --  A top secret memo sent by the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia has revealed the Saudi Kingdom sent death-row inmates, sentenced to execution by decapitation, to Syria to fight Jihad against the Syrian government in exchange for commuting their sentences. A clandestine picture taken of a beheading about to take place in Saudi Arabia According to the memo, dated April 17, 2012, which was reported by the Assyrian International News Agency ( www.aina.org ) the Saudi Kingdom negotiated with a total of 1239 inmates, offering them a full pardon and a monthly salary for their families, who were to remain in the Kingdom, in exchange for "...training for the sake of sending to the Jihad in Syria." The memo was signed by Abdullah bin Ali al-Rmezan, the "Director of follow up in Ministry of Inter...

another excellent piece by Tawfik Hamid Analysis of the Gaza Clash By Tawfik Hamid www.tawfikhamid.com The recent military confrontation between Israel and Hamas organization in Gaza raises several concerns. One of these concerns is:  Who is behind this escalation & why have they occurred at this particular time? Some Palestinian leaders such as Saeb Erekat have accused [i] Prime Minister Netanyahu of plotting the conflict for political gain, suggesting that the conflict will help Netanyahu's party in the coming Israeli elections. These accusations are somewhat illogical as the conflict is more likely to put the Israeli government in a serious Catch-22: accepting a cease fire will not satisfy those Israelis who support an invasion of Gaza , whereas invading Gaza may displease  a significant percentage  of the Israeli population. Hamas is indisputably part of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB ) [ii] (according both to the second item of the  Hamas ...

http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/radical-clerics-seek-to-legalise-child-brides/ Radical Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides By  Cam McGrath Reprint   |               |    Print   |   Send by email A Salafi rally in Cairo. Islamist leaders are pushing to reduce Egypt's legal marriage age for girls, some arguing for as low as nine. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPS. CAIRO, Nov 14 2012 (IPS)  - An ultraconservative Salafi cleric recently sparked outrage among Egypt’s liberal circles when he attempted to justify his opposition to a proposed constitutional article that would outlaw the trafficking of women for sex. Speaking on privately-owned Al-Nas satellite channel, Sheikh Mohamed Saad El-Azhary said he feared the proposed article could conflict with the local practice of child marriage. He explained that in Egypt, particularly in rural areas, there is a culture of marrying off girls as soon as they hit puberty. “T...

Seems MANY non USA citizens are praising and celebrating Obama's re-election. Hmmm... And in the light of this guardian article entitled .. Barack Obama has another chance to deliver his foreign policy promises The US president has taken a back seat in the world's dramatic changes over the past four years, but that may change http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/07/barack-obama-foreign-policy-promises ... I wonder especially in the light of Raymond Ibrahim's latest piece ... (see below) Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2012 by Raymond Ibrahim Gatestone Institute October 31, 2012 http://www.meforum.org/3371/ muslim-persecution-of- christians-september-2012  Print  Send  RSS Share:          Be the first of your friends to like this. The aftermath of  collective punishment  for Pakistan's Christians—the inevitable byproduct of the notorious Rimsha Masih blasphemy case, concerning a Christian girl fal...

Another excellent piece by Tawfik Hamid The Psychology of Appeasement Why Radical Muslims Feel Free to Target the United States but Not France By Tawfik Hamid www.tawfikhamid.com The difference between Muslims' reaction to the French cartoons  that insulted the prophet Mohamed and their reaction to the  Mohamed  film that was produced in the United States is striking. On the one hand, Muslim mobs viciously  attacked US embassies, replaced the US flag with the Al-Queda flag, and killed many innocent people-including US ambassador Chris Stevens and other US diplomats. On the other hand, however, they did not dare react with the same violence against France, despite the very insulting nature of the French cartoons. The factors that underpin this odd disparity in Muslim reaction must be analyzed. The French response to radical Islam since September 11, 2001 can explain to a great extent this paradox. It seems that the French have understood the mindset...