Geert Wilders' Party Second Biggest In Latest Polls

The row over the banning of anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders from entering Britain last week has not boosted the popularity of his PVV party greatly, according to the latest online poll by Maurice de Hond.

The populist PVV would win 25 seats (!) in the 150-seat parliament if an election was held now, just two more than a week ago. The party currently has nine MP's

The two extra seats come from the main government partners, the Christian Democrats (CDA) and Labour, who both lost one each in the latest opinion poll. This makes the PVV the second biggest party after the CDA.

Dutch MP Wilders Refused Entry To The UK

"A threat to public order"

Dutch Right-wing politician and controversial anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders has been refused entry to the United Kingdom despite being invited to visit by a member of the House of Lords, the British parliament's upper chamber.

Mr Wilders, who was due to go to London this Thursday, received a letter today, 10 February, from the British ambassador to the Netherlands telling him that he was not welcome, reportedly because his visit would constitute a threat to public order.

Mr Wilders responded to the decision in fighting mood, telling Dutch media that he still intended to travel to London:

"I'll see what happens at the border. Let them put me in handcuffs."

Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen's response was also firm. He contacted his UK counterpart, David Miliband, by telephone and voiced his dissatisfaction that a member of the Dutch parliament - Geert Wilders is in fact also the leader of a political grouping, The Freedom Party - has been prohibited from entering a fellow European Union member state.

Invited

Geert Wilders, perhaps best known outside the Netherlands for having made the video Fitna, in which the religion Islam and its holy book the Qur'an are Islam attacked as providing a basis for terrorist attacks and for the undermining of western democracy and values, had been invited to London for a showing of this film to members of the British parliament.

The invitation to do so was extended to the controversial Dutch politician by a member of the unelected House of Lords.

Regrettable

Mr Verhagen commented regarding the showing of Fitna in the British parliament that this was a matter for the House of Lords to decide on, but added: "The fact that a Dutch parliamentarian is refused entry to another EU country is highly regrettable."

Geert Wilders was initially to have shown his video to the British parliament in January, but those plans were cancelled following fierce protests from the UK's Muslim community.

(Again the leader of one of the biggest parties of the Netherlands has to be silence, like the voters and members of this party who indirectly are being disadvantaged with this mistreat.

And as always: the people with the biggest mouths are getting it their way again.)

Birmingham is home to al-Qaeda linked terror suspects

Abd'rabbah Ghuma, 51, Abdulbaqi Mohammed Khaled, 51 and Mohammed Benhammedi, 42, appear on a United Nation's list of al-Qaeda and Taliban associates.

Khaled and Benhammedi are accused of being key terror financiers, while Ghuma is accused of being involved in transferring cash and travel documents to Middle East terror cells.

Last night, a spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said the force could not comment on ongoing investigations.

"We work closely with a range of national and international agencies including Interpol," she said.

"However, we cannot discuss individuals that may or may not be subject of an ongoing investigation or operation."

An Interpol spokeswoman urged anyone with information regarding the wherabouts of Khaled, Benhammedi or Ghuma to contact them immediately.

more info:
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/02/08/birmingham-is-home-to-al-qaida-linked-terror-suspects-66331-22879232/2

Terrorist Alert: Osama Bin Laden Associates On Run In Midlands

Three members of a suspected terror cell with links to al-Qaeda are on the run in the Midlands.

The alleged jihadists, who all have joint Libyan/British citizenship, have been placed on Interpol's Most Wanted list over claims they funded terror plots for Osama Bin Laden.

The international police force has made the men subject to a Red Notice - the highest level of arrest warrant - and have traced them to areas in and around Birmingham.

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/02/07/terrorist-alert-osama-bin-laden-associates-on-run-in-midlands-66331-22878627/

Police Adopt Uniform Hijab

This is not a joke...

Police in Leicester (UK) have opened the door to female Muslim recruits by incorporating the hijab into the uniform.

The force has become the latest to approve a design for a headscarf suitable for officers on patrol.

A small number of forces nationwide have taken a similar step, including Thames Valley and the Metropolitan police.

www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Police-adopt-uniform-hijab/article-660197-detail/article.html

Muslim's Population Grown By More Than 500,000 To 2.4 Million In Four Years

Britain's Muslim population has reached 2.4 million in just four years time, according to official research collated for The Times.

The population multiplied 10 times faster than the rest of society; more than 500, 000 in four years. In the same period the number of Christians in the country fell by more than 2 million.

Experts said that the increase was attributable to immigration, a higher birthrate and conversions to Islam during the period of 2004-2008.

Professor Coleman said that Muslims would naturally reap collective benefits from the increase in population. "In the growth of any population...its voice is regarded as being stronger in terms of formulating policy, not least because we live in a democracy where most people in most religious groups and most racial groups have votes. That necessarily means their opinions have to be taken and attention to be paid to them."

Muhammad Abdul Bari, general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, predicted that the number of mosques in Britain would multiply from the present 1,600 in line with the rising Islamic population. He said the greater platform that Muslims would command in the future should not be perceived as a threat to the rest of society.

"We each have our own set of beliefs. This should really be a source of celebration rather than fear as long as we all clearly understand that we must abide by the laws of this country regardless of the faith we belong to," he said.

(But they don't "celebrate" other beliefs in Islamic countries)

Ticking Bomb: Muslims in French Prisons, Blacks in US Jails.

Surprised?...



While in the United States African Americans tend to be disproportional in the prisons, in France it is the Muslims. Between 60 to 70 percent of all prisoners in France are Muslim.

Researchers, sociologists and Muslim leaders came with the information, the total Muslim population of France is 12%.

Brookings Institute underlined the seriousness of the French problem to the welfare of the country in relationship to some of its youth, a new generation that is not well integrated.

90% of the French Muslims condemned the attacks on the World Trade Towers and 70% supported France's involvement in an eventual military response. That shows that there is a pricipal core of Muslims against extremism but a serious concern about the growing numbers of disaffected youth ending up in prison and the evental consequences of it to their families and to the community, and possibly the world.

*In Britain, 11% of prisoners are Muslim in contrast to 2% of all inhabitants.

*In the Netherlands 20% of adult prisoners and 26% of all juvenile offenders are Muslim in contrast to the 5.5% of all inhabitants.

*In Belgium, Muslims from Morocco and Turkey make up at least 16% of the prison population, compared with 2% of the general populace.

The problem of depression and serious social consequences developing from the high rate of Muslims in prison has been documented for a number of years. In 2005 it was reported that this is a serious issue because the prisons are becoming a breeding ground for terrorists.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/266231

Also the prisoners in the UK convert to Islam for "bigger gang protection", see another January 2009-article on this blog:
http://news-from-islam.blogspot.com/2009/01/prisoners-convert-to-islam-for-gang.html

Holocaust Day Britain Boycott By Muslim Council

The Muslim Councel of Britain boycotted yesterday's national Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration in protest at the Israeli offensive in Gaza this month. The desision not to send representatives from the umbrella body, which represents 500 Muslim organisations in Britain, was made at an MCB committee meeting last week.
The committee overwhelmingly ruled out attendance at events marking the Holocaust due to take place over the next few days, but the decision has not been officially announced. The MCB believes that the memorial day will be used to "silence criticism of Israel".

The Queen, Prince Philip and Tony Blair will represent the nation at Thursday's Holocaust Memorial Day national event at Westminster Hall, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

More than 600 Holocaust survivors together with British soldiers who helped liberate the camps will attend.

Iqbal Sacranie, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, says it will not attend because the event did not include what it described as continuing human rights abuses and genocide in the occupied territories of Palestine.

Every year the MCB has a new excuse to boycott this event...

Pro-Israel Rally Crashed In Sweden

Protestors gathered to support Israel were pelted with eggs, bottles and tear gas grenades, then dispersed by police.

A pro-Israel rally in Malmo, Sweden was torn apart Sunday by pro-Palestinian residents who arrived on the scene with eggs, bottles, and tear gas grenades which they threw at Israel's supporters. Police dispersed the entire crowd.

Seven hundred people took part in the rally in support of Israel, which was held at the city's main square. It was organized by Malmo's Jewish community and Sweden's Democratic Party.

Protestors carried signs that said "Stop eight years of Qassams" and "Peace for children in Israel and Gaza". The organizers received a police permit for the demonstration.

However, a number of pro-Palestinian protesters who did not have a permit to demonstrate took to the streets in retaliation to the approved rally. They were not dispersed by police despite lacking a permit.

"At some point, about a half an hour after the protest began, pro-Palestinian protestors began to throw eggs, bottles, and even tear gas grenades", Elad Meier, a Bnei Akiva and Jewish Agency envoy to Sweden, recounted.

Meier added that the lawless protestors disconnected the speakers brought to the square by the Jewish community while its leader was speaking. The act brought the pro-Israel rally to an end, as others could not speak.

At this point, Meier said, police stepped in and asked the unruly protestors to leave. Officers then proceeded to clear the square of all present, including those who had received permission to demonstrate.

The Jewish community in Malmo was angered by the police's conduct, and its president has lodged an official complaint stating that only those who had protested without permit should have been dispersed.

PVV: Hate Preacher Must Leave Country Or Go To Prison

The Islamic preacher Khalid Yasin must immediately leave the Netherlands is the opinion of Sietse Fritsma, member of the Party For Freedom, (PVV) from Geert Wilders.

Fritsma said this after the sheik made the remark on an Islamic University in Rotterdam.

In a speech Yasin said that Geert Wilders should be whipped for insulting Islam.

Fritsma wants the Muslim mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, to stop the American imam from having a speech on Sunday in a mosque.
"It is obvious that this hate preacher calls for violence, he has to leave the Netherlands as soon as possible or go to prison." Fritsma says.

Minister of Justice, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, answered questions of several parties about the controversial imam this week. His conclusion was that there were no reasons to stop Yasin from visiting the Netherlands.
Fritsma said that the circumstances now has changed since the hate preacher made his violent remark.

UK NO1 TARGET TERROR ATTACKS

A leading Islamic terrorist has warned that Britain is now the No.1 target for horror attacks.

Evil al-Qaeda chif Abu Yahya al-Libi called on all Muslims to attack the UK, which he blames for the recent Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip.

The sick extremist, whose rant appeared on an Islamic website, singled out Britain because we signed the 1971 Balfour Declaration, which eventually led to the creation of Israel.

He said: "It's high time this criminal country - I mean Britain - paid the price of its historic crime that we have not and will never forget....

There is no child who dies in Palestine without this being the outcome of the country that handed Palestine to the Jews. That is Britain."

The Libyan hate preacher, whose group was responsible for 52 deaths in the 7/7 attacks on Britain in 2005, said violence is the only way to solve the problems in Gaza.

During his 31-minute rant, which is thought to have been filmed in either Pakistan or Afghanistan, he also dismissed peace protesters in Britain who spoke out over Israel's attacks.

He said: "We are not fooled by the policies of courtesy. A wolf is a wolf - even dressed as lamb.

Make them taste the bitterness of war and the tragedies of homelessness and the misery of horror. They should not be secure while our people are scared....

Oh, Mujahideen (holy strugglers) all over the world, rise up like a raging lion and do everything you can to make the infidel Western capitals, criminal America, and the tyrant traitors suffer what our people in Palestine are suffering...

This can only be achieved by striking against Jews and the countries that support them everywhere - especially against their economic interests, political intitutions and milit-ary strongholds.....

This is a duty that is incumbent upon our Muslim brothers in Palestine, and their fellow Mujahideen all over the globe."

Controversial Imam Can Speak In Holland

The controversial imam Khalid Yasin can give a number of speeches in the Netherlands over the next few days but will be prosecuted if he incites hatred, the NRC reports on Thursday.

The Paper says justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin (also known from the "IRT affaire") has told MPs that Yasin cannot be refused entry unless he is a danger to national security or public order. Yasin, a convert to Islam, was born in the US and does not need a visa.

In the past the imam has reportedly said homosexuals should be killed, that AIDS was invented by the west and deliberately injected into Africans under the guise of vaccinations, and that Muslims cannot have non-Muslim friends.

Hirsch Ballin told MPs that the Netherlands respects the right to freedom of speech as long as legal boundaries are observed, the paper said.

"The government can only intervene if there is incitement to hatred. If that is the case in this instance, or if prosecution would be opportune, depends on the judgment of the public prosecution department," the NRC quoted the minister as saying.

In Defense Of Geert Wilders Petition, To The Dutch Government

Petition "In Defense Of Geert Wilders"

Whereas Geert Wilders has exercised his fundamental human right of freedom of expression and spoken out, with facts and evidence, of the threat posed by radical Islam;

Whereas certain elements in Dutch industry and the Dutch government are suggesting that Geert Wilders be prosecuted civilly or criminally, in order to prevent such a boycott;

It is resolved that, in the event that the Dutch goverment attempts, in any way, to punish or prosecute Geert Wilders, civilly or criminally, for exercising his freedom of expression, the undersigned will initiate a boycott of any and all Dutch goods,

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

http://www.petitiononline.com/wilders/petition.html

Geert Wilders To Be Prosecuted

So long, free speech!


Amsterdam's Court of Appeal has ordered the prosecution of outspoken Dutch politician Geert Wilders for hate-speech, related to his anti-Islamic film, "Fitna".

In a decision posted on Wednesday, the court called on public prosecutors to begin a case against the right-wing politician over statements he made in interviews, in editorials and in his 15-minute film, released last March on the internet.

The court singled out Wilders for insulting comments like "Islam is a fascist ideology".

The court considers this so insulting for Muslims that it is in the public interest to prosecute Wilders", a summary of the court's decision said.

Commenting to Dutch media, Wilders called it a "black day for myself and for the Freedom of Speech."

Wilders' short film, which drew widespread condemnation and protests in Muslim countries, intersperses violent, graphic imagery - including from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States and the beheading of a Caucasian man - with quotations from the Qur'an, Islam's holy book.

It ends with text saying Islam "seeks to destroy our Western civilization" and a caricature of Muhammad, his head drawn in the shape of a bomb that explodes into a crack of thunder and lighting.

The title, "Fitna", refers to a Qur'anic term for "strife".

Wednesday's decision overturns the one made by the Dutch public prosecutor's office last year. After a six-month investigation, the office had decided not to pursue a case against Wilders, saying his remarks did not amount to a punishable offence.


http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLvM0Vvi8g

"Moderate" muslim in British government turns out to be JIHADIST

Treasury official Azad Ali, president of the Civil Service Islamic Society, in his own words:

"If I found the same soldier over the border in Jordan I wouln't touch him. In Iraq he is a fighter and an occupier, here he is not. This is my religion and I respect this as the main instruction in my religion for Jihad."
Last week Mr. Ali wrote on the "Between the Lines" site: "We are the Resistance. The Zionist terrorist state of Israel had only one aim, to destroy all semblance of resistance. We have yet to hear any condemnation from our government."

He pours scorn on the British Government's call for a ceasefire and mocks official representatives of moderate British "Muslims" (his quotation marks) who support them and call them "self-serving vultures, feeding on the dead flesh of the Palestines".

In one posting, "Defeating extremism by promoting balance", he appears to condone the killing of british and US troops in Iraq. He said there was "much truth" in an interview with an Islamic militant who said: "If I saw an American or British man wearing a soldiers uniform inside Iraq I would kill him because that is my obligation."

"If I found the same soldier over the border in Jordan I wouldn't touch him. In Iraq he is a fighter and an occupier, here he is not. This is my religion and I respect this as the main instruction in my religion for Jihad."

Azad Ali is considered a high profile "moderate" Muslim who is trustee of the East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre, among many posts.

read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html

Jewish Man Stabbed For Wearing Star Of David

Paris: A Jewish man was stabbed four times in a paris suburb
in an anti-Semitic attack, officials said Friday,
as the Israeli offensive in Gaza continued to stoke tension in France.

The 24-year-old man was beaten up late Thursday by two robbers who wanted to steal his car and, after they discovered he was Jewish, pulled out a knife and stabbed him, in the latest in a spate of such attacks.

"After noticing he was wearing a Jewish religious symbol, the aggressors made anti-Semitic threats and stabbed him four times with a knife," the Interior Minister said in a statement.

The man suffered minor wounds from the attack in Fontenay-sous-Bois, southwest of Paris, according to the police sources.

The Interior Minister condemned the assault and vowed: "Everything will be done to arrest the perpetrators. All acts of racism and anti-Semitism ar contrary to the values of the republic."

Home to Europe's biggest Muslim and Jewish populations, France has recorded scores of anti-Semitic incidents since Israel launched its Gaza offensive late last month, drawing appeals for calm from politicians and religious leaders.

Three synagogues have been fire-bombed in the past two weeks and vandals have daubed anti-Israeli graffiti on at least two more.

Vandals wrote "Israel Nazi" and other graffiti overnight near a kosher restaurant in the southern city of Toulouse where a synagogue was attacked two weeks ago.

President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed "zero tolerance" for hate violence and warned against attempts to import the Arab-Israeli conflict in Gaza.

But as reports of violence continue, the Jewish central Consistoire, the umbrella representative of religious institutions, called on France to take action to end anti-Semitic attacks, saying 66 incidents had been recorded over the past three weeks.

"Are we waiting for the irreparable to happen before we act?" asked the top Jewish body.

Muslim members of the Jewish-Muslim Frendship Association resigned on Friday after accusing their Jewish counterparts of remaining silent in the face of Israeli "war crimes" in Gaza, said co-president Djelloul Seddiki.

"All of the Muslim members left on Thursday," he said, confirming that those leaving included the head of the Paris Grand Mosque, Dalil Boubakeur.

"We aren't talking to each other anymore," confirmed rabbi Michel Serfaty.
But 15 other anti-racism organisations banded together and issued an appeal for French residents of all faiths to "live together" and to "oppose hate".

Ramming a car into the gates of a synagogue or attacking north Aftican students is not the way to help Palestinians or Israelis live together", the authors of the appeal said.

Around 600,000 Jews live in France.

Danes Back Israeli Gaza After Experiencing Muslim Violence

Having experienced Muslim violence, Danes support Israel.

The surprising results from a survey in Denmark - which recently experienced widespread Muslim violence - revealed that more people in the Scandinavian country back Israel over the Palestinians in the Gaza war.

According to the poll commissioned by Danish television station TV2 on Tuesday, 29 percent of Danes back Israel's current war against the Gaza terrorist infrastructure. Only 22 percent oppose the offensive and sympathize with the Palestinians.

Thirty-eight percent said they blame both sides for the situation and sympathize with neither.

The picture in the rest of Scandinavia, and indeed most of Europe, has been far different with most politicians and media and much of the public focusing solely on Israels heavy use of force and accusing the Jewish state of overreacting to years of terrorist rocket fire.

Over the past three years, Denmark has experienced several large-scale violent Muslim riots after local newspapers repeatedly reprinted political cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Danish embassies in the Middle East and Asia have also been burned in response to the cartoons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkxF7tOoceA

Prisoners convert to Islam for gang protection

Inmates at Long Lartin Prison said some were "becoming Muslim" because it is a "bigger gang".

In the same prison a radical cleric Abu Qatada (Osama's right-hand man in Europe) was held last year befor being released on bail - which he went on to breach.

Similar concerns were raised in an inspection report in to Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire last year, in which prison officers warned extremist Muslim prisoners are ganging up on others in an attempt to radicalise them.
At Long Lartin, in Worcestershire, gang culture is widespread.

One inmate said: "Yes, there is a gang culture here which is becoming an issue. A lot of people are becoming Muslim just because it's a bigger gang."

Another said: "There are issues with Muslim gangs wanting to overpower others."

One added: "Muslim gangs; if you have a problem with one, you have a problem with them all," while a fourth said: "People are converting to Islam for protection."

Phil wheatley, director general of the National Offender Management Service, said: "The Governor and senior management team are committed to ensuring that all prisoners feel safe, and the strong personal officer scheme at Long Lartin continues to be developed to offer support to prisoners.

"A new programme to improve engagement, led by the Muslim Chaplain, will develop support specifically for Muslim prisoners."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4224403/Prisoners-convert-to-Islam-for-gang-protection.html

Labour Icon Aims for "Blooming Muslim Community" in Amsterdam West

The Hague, 13/01/09
Labour's (PvdA) integration icon Ahmed Marcouch is at the centre of controversy once again. This time, he has made a plea for making Amsterdam-West a "town in itself" where a "blooming Muslim community" should arise.

Marcouch, Moroccan and Muslim, is the leader of Slotervaart, one of the 14 district councils in Amsterdam. These districts, which also exist in Rotterdam, were introduced years ago following the example of the five New York boroughs.
A debate has been raging for some time over the future of the district councils.

In an internal letter to other district council leaders in Amsterdam-West, Marcouch has now described his ideas for a "town in itself," which could be created by merging their district councils to form "New West". A blooming Muslim community could arise with sufficient social capital. The Muslim minority would then become a positive point and "New West could focus on the integration of immigrants", Marcouch writes.

Last year, Marcouch became the centre of controversy when he proposed introducing education about Islam in all schools. Three members of the Slotervaart district council then resigned from the PvdA. And recently, newspaper De Telegraaf reported that in 2005, Marcouch wanted to bring the Muslim Brotherhood's chief ideologist, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, to the Netherlands to participate in a congress about Islam. The Amsterdam city council prevented this.

National PvdA leader Wouter Bos has consistently praised Marcouch as a Muslim who dares to express criticism of the Islamic community, but some, including Party For Freedom (PVV) leader and MP Geert Wilders, see him as a wolf in sheep's clothing. Wilders yesterday requested clarification from the cabinet about Marcouch's letter, terming "the Islamisation desire of Amsterdam politicians perilous."

Conservative (VVD) MP Paul de Krom said in free newspaper De Pers, which obtained Marcouch's letter, that administrators must not allow themselves to be influenced by their religion. "If Marcouch means to say that he wants to strengthen the Muslim community, or that he wants to create a specific Muslim district in Amsterdam, I would consider that very unfortunate."

PvdA MP Jeroen Dijsselbloem said he "does not understand" what exactly Marcouch wants. "Muslim communities form around mosques and not along district council borders."

Clyde Moerlie, one of the three Slotervaart district council members who resigned last year, said Marcouch's letter "fits into his thinking. I see little good in the one-sided Walhalla that Marcouch wants to set up. Perhaps a district council where public servants do not have to shake hands with women, with Islam lessons in public schools. We thought that we were members of a secular party at PvdA, but Marcouch sees it primarily as his duty as a good Muslim to propagate Islam."

http://www.nisnews.nl/public/130109_1.htm

German cops aids Jew-hating Muslim mob, removes flag of Israel from window.

Here is the posting from Muqata:

1:16 AM Received from Muqata Blog Reader in Germany, Sebastian M.

"Today, 10,000 people demonstrated against Israel here in my hometown Duisburg (Germany) and to express their solidarity with Hamas. So, my girlfriend and me put two Israel flags out of the windows of our flat in the 3rd floor. During the demonstration which went through our street the police broke into our flat and removed the flag of Israel. The statement of the police was to de-escalate the situation, because many youth demonstrators were on the brink of breaking into our apartment house. Before this they threw snowballs, knifes and stones against our windows and the complete building. We both were standing on the other side of the street and were shocked by seeing a police officer standing in our bedroom and opening the window to get the flag. The picture illustrate this situation. The police acquiesced in the demands of the mob."

http://jewishodysseus.blogspot.com/2009/01/german-police-join-jew-hating-muslim.html