Teaching Islamic Children Peace, Is it Possible

January 28, 2007

Who are the Heroes? Schools, streets, and soccer teams are often named after important people who are presented as role models for children. In the United States, Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln are among the most popular school names in honor of three of the most important U.S. Presidents. Many of those who have streets and schools named after them have served their communities admirably and helped improve many lives. This is true in the United States and throughout much of the world. However, in areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority, it is alarming to see who schools and streets are named after. Recently, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was honored throughout the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Palestinian Media Watch brings us this information from the popular Palestinian newspaper Al Hayat. According to Al Hayat: Public figures (in the Palestinian village of Yaabid) and the Factions in Yaabid decided to name one of the schools in the municipality and its most important street after Saddam (Hussein) to immortalize his memory and to emphasize the values of Arabness and Jihad, which he represented...[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, January 4, 2007] PMW has other examples of the glorification of those responsible for terror and violence. What is even more egregious is the fact that many of these places have been funded with American tax dollars. 1. After the US gave the Jenin municipality money for road works in the city, a block in the center of Jenin was named for the first Iraqi suicide terrorist who killed four American soldiers in Fallujah. The mayor of Jenin participated in the anti-American rally and the speakers blessed the "resistance of the residents of Fallujah" [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 4, 2004]. 2. USAID funded the building of the Salaf Khalef Sports Center. Salef Khalef (Abu Iyad) the head of the Black September terror organization, was behind the killing of two US diplomats in Sudan and the 11 Israeli Olympic athletes. [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May, 30, 2004] 3. USAID funded renovations of the Dalal Mughrabi School named in honor of Dalal Mughrabi and her terror group, who killed American photographer Gail Rubin and 36 Israelis. [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 14, 2004] The message from the Palestinian Authority to children who attend schools named after terrorists and dictators is clear: these are people who should be admired and emulated. TeachKidsPeace encourages the public to demand that public funds not be used to build public works projects that are named after terrorists. Stop Teaching Hate. TeachKidsPeace. Thank You.

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Tokyo Rose

She had the best music on her station and most people just laughed.
She reported that one ship was sunk no less than five times but each time Davey Jones threw her back up.
Tokyo Rose During World War II -- the Japanese developed a way to demoralize the American forces.
Psychological warfare experts developed a message they felt would work.

They gave the script to their famous broadcaster "Tokyo Rose" and every day she would broadcast this same message packaged in different ways, hoping it would have a negative impact on American GI's morale.

IT DID HAVE AN IMPACT - THAT'S WHY THE ENEMY DID IT! WHO'S SIDE ARE THESE GUYS ON?

What was that demoralizing message? It had three main points:

1. Your President is lying to you.
2. This war is illegal.
3. You cannot win the war.

Does this sound familiar?

Is it because:

Tokyo Hillary!
Tokyo Harry!
Tokyo John!
Tokyo Teddy!
Tokyo Nancy!

have picked up the same message and are broadcasting it on

Tokyo CNN
Tokyo ABC
Tokyo CBS
Tokyo NBC
Tokyo MSNBC
...... to our troops?

The only difference is that they claim to support our troops before they demoralize them.

Come to think of it, Tokyo Rose told the troops she was on their side, ALSO!

CAN WE HEAR SOMETHING POSITIVE SO WE CAN WIN THIS THING?
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The Peaceful Majority

>>>> by William Haynes

>>>>

>>>> I used to know a man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World

>>>> War II. They owned a number of large industries and estates. I asked him how many German people were true Nazis, and the answer he gave has

>>>> stuck with me and guided my attitude toward fanaticism ever since.

>>>>

>>>> "Very few people were true Nazis," he said, "but many enjoyed the

>>>> return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one

>>>> of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the

>>>> majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it,

>>>> they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had

>>>> come. My family lost everything I ended up in a concentration camp

>>>> and the Allies destroyed my factories."

>>>>

>>>> We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that Islam

>>>> is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just

>>>> want to live in peace.

>>>>

>>>> Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely

>>>> irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and

>>>> meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the

>>>> globe in the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam

>>>> at this moment in history.

>>>>

>>>> It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of

>>>> 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically

>>>> slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are

>>>> gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is

>>>> the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor kill. It is the

>>>> fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who

>>>> zealously

>>>> spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. The

>>>> hard quantifiable fact is that the "peaceful majority" is the "silent

>>>> majority" and it is cowed and extraneous.

>>>>

>>>> Communist Russia comprised Russians who just wanted to live in peace,

>>>> yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20

>>>> million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge

>>>> population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to

>>>> kill a staggering 70 million people.

>>>>

>>>> The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a

>>>> warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way

>>>> across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the

>>>> systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by

>>>> sword, shovel, and bayonet. And, who can forget Rwanda, which

>>>> collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of

>>>> Rwandans were "peace loving"?

>>>>

>>>> History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our

>>>> powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of

>>>> points:

>>>>

>>>> Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.

>>>> Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up,

>>>> because like my friend from Germany, they will awake one day and find

>>>> that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have

>>>> begun.

>>>>

>>>> Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs,

>>>> Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many

>>>> others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until

>>>> it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold; we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

>>>>

>>>> Lastly, I wish to add: I sincerely think that anyone who rejects this

>>>> as just another political rant, or doubts the seriousness of this

>>>> issue or just deletes it without paying heed to it, or sending it on,

>>>> is part of the problem. Let's quit laughing at and forwarding the

>>>> jokes and cartoons which denigrate and ridicule our leaders in this war

>>>> against terror. They are trying to protect the interests and well

>>>> being of the world and its citizens. Best we support them.

>>>>

>>>> William Haynes

>>>> bill2space@cox.net
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Prophecy News Update
February 2, 2007 Hebraic Bible Prophecy How a PLO state will bring about Judgment Upon the Nations By Eddie Chumney Times: Doors open at 6 pm Speaking from 7 pm - 10 pm Gift of $7 Suggested at the door Eddie Chumney was raised in traditional Sunday Protestant churches since the age of 5. When he was 16, God put a desire in his heart to study Bible prophecy and the end of days. From 1979 - 1988, Eddie studied and learned Bible prophecy from the traditional evangelical point of view. In 1989, Eddie began studying the Biblical Festivals and how they relate to Bible prophecy. From this study, Eddie wrote his first book, Seven Festivals of the Messiah. After studying the Biblical festivals, Eddie discovered an understanding of the Hebraic view of the end of days, which included far more than just understanding the festivals themselves. From these studies, Eddie wrote a book on the Hebraic view of the end of days entitled: Restoring the Two Houses of Israel. After learning the Hebraic view of the end of days, Eddie realized that the Hebraic view gives a different perspective on Bible prophecy and in some cases conflicts with the traditional evangelical view of the end of days. The basic foundation for understanding the Hebraic view of the end of days is not taught in traditional Christianity. More		In This Issue If it's rated 'R,' who brought all these children? U.S. military unveils heat-beaming weapon that burns without causing lasting harm Former principal accused of possession of child porn America's pro-homosexual giants: 2006 Corporate America gets 'gay'-friendlier Sutton: Nothing Wrong With Sharing Bed With Page Federal investigation sought into abortions House resolution opposes North American Union Plan for superhighway ripped as 'urban legend' Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq Maine revolts against digital U.S. ID card Arab groups urge GMA to dump 'biased' CNN personality French Babies Tagged for Protection from Kidnappers Public revolt quashes biometric ID chips Iran prepares people for 'messiah miracles' Can a past of Islam change the path to president for Obama? You are undie surveillance Church loses opt-out fight over gay adoptions Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation FBI turns to broad new wiretap method N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery" He Calls Himself God Religious Group Urges Mainline Churches to Abandon Abortion Rights Stance Iran prepares people for 'messiah miracles' Islam converts change face of Europe Young, British Muslims 'getting more radical' Exclusive: IAF to buy US smart bombs Israeli Nuclear Strike On Iran Turned Back Survey exposes divide between Pope and priests Davis to DHS: Fast-track Real ID Funerals not for shouting slogans, judge says 7 Large Tunnels Beneath U.S.-Mexican Border Raising Security Concerns 'Proof' Temple Mount 'belongs to Muslims' Religions Must Conform to Canadian 'Charter Values' or Lose Charitable Status Senate chaplain cancels appearance Israel allows minaret over Temple Mount Rockefeller Admitted Elite Goal Of Microchipped Population Death of the U.S. Constitution Gift of: $25 Item: D-DOU01 America in Bible Prophecy Gift of: $25 Item: B-AIP01 About Us Become a Partaker Bookstore Contact Us Crusader Magazine Current Gift Offers Donations Lear Financial Media / Radio Meetings Radio Schedule
If it's rated 'R,' who brought all these children? CHICAGO - When Kate Attea went to see Steven Spielberg's "Munich" last year – an R-rated film with themes of terrorism and revenge and with graphic portrayals of sex and violence – she was shocked to see a 7- or 8-year-old girl sitting behind her, occasionally asking her parents about the on-screen violence before her. "It seems very obtuse of parents to think that has no effect at all," says Ms. Attea, a Chicago mother of a 1-year-old. She still remembers being "traumatized for years" after seeing "Poltergeist" in the third grade. Even as parents push for more consistency in movie ratings and theater owners feel the pressure to keep unaccompanied teens out of "R" movies, the reality is that many parents choose – some thoughtfully, some casually – to take young teens and even preschoolers to those movies with them. 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The weapon, mounted on a Humvee, uses a large rectangular dish antenna to direct an invisible beam toward a target. It includes a high-voltage power unit and beam-generating equipment and is effective at more than 500 meters. Former principal accused of possession of child porn Anchorage, Alaska - Police say he had some of the most disturbing images of child pornography they have ever seen. Frederick Deussing, the former vice principal of Heritage Christian School, faces 12 counts of possessing thousands of pictures and movies depicting sex acts with children. Police say they will be dealing with the aftermath of this crime and trying to contact thousands of as-yet unidentified children who, police say, appear on Deussing's computer being forced to do unimaginable things. Detective Mark Thomas, a cyber crimes investigator for the Anchorage Police Department, said the images on Deussing's computer were among the most graphic he had ever seen. Police say the images of child pornography discovered on 64-year-old Deussing's computer depict children as young as 1-year-old being raped by adult men. Detectives say both the sheer number -- thousands of images -- and the nature of Deussing's alleged collection were hard to imagine, even for the most seasoned officers. America's pro-homosexual giants: 2006 Below is the list of companies scoring a perfect 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's 2006 Corporate Equality Index, with policies beneficial toward homosexuals: Adobe Systems Aetna Agere Systems Agilent Technologies Allianz Life Insurance Alston & Bird American Express AMR Corp. (American Airlines) Anheuser-Busch Apple Computer Arnold & Porter AT&T Avaya Bain & Company Bank of America Bausch & Lomb Bell South Best Buy Boeing BP America Bright Horizons Family Solutions Bristol-Myers Squibb California State Automobile Association Capital One Financial Cargill Corporate America gets 'gay'-friendlier Another three dozen major American corporations have acceded to the demands of homosexual activists in their corporate decision-making process and have been given a top ranking in an activist group's annual assessment of their accommodations. The 2006 report from the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for homosexual issues, was released yesterday and notes that "an unprecedented" 138 major U.S. corporations earned the top rating of 100 percent, up from 101 last year. Among the majors listed was Ford Motor Corp., which has been the subject of a boycott by conservatives over its advertising efforts within the homosexual community and also last week announced plans for tens of thousands of layoffs or buyouts and an expected operating loss for another three years. The report said the total companies reaching the top score was up by 10 times in just four years. Sutton: Nothing Wrong With Sharing Bed With Page PIERRE -- A state senator accused of sexually groping a male legislative page last February testified Wednesday night that he saw nothing wrong with sharing a motel bed with the lad. Dan Sutton, D-Flandreau, is the subject of a special state Senate inquiry into an allegation that he fondled Austin Wiese, 19, now a college student. "I didn't do what Austin is claiming that I did," Sutton told a lawyer hired by the Senate to grill him. "I loved Austin like a son, a son that I never had," Sutton added. Sutton said Wiese made it up -- possibly related to his father's political ambitions or a failed business venture. Wiese's father, Dennis Wiese, lost the Democratic nomination for governor last year. Asked by a lawyer for the state Senate why Wiese would have made up such a story, Sutton said, "That's an answer for this committee to decide." Wiese had told the special committee on Tuesday that his genitals were touched by Sutton on the motel room's king-size bed. The incident allegedly took place as Wiese was starting a stint as a page for the Legislature. Sutton testified his family and the Wiese family had been good friends for years. The senator said he helped Austin Wiese, Austin's cousin Anna Wiese and another youth become pages for a week during the 2006 lawmaking session. Federal investigation sought into abortions Another four-day protest, "Pray in May" has been scheduled in Wichita, Kan., where late-term abortion special George Tiller has a business, as a pro-life activist group weighs its legal options in an effort to have criminal charges against Tiller heard in a court of law. The state's former attorney general, Phill Kline, had filed 30 criminal counts against Tiller just days before Christmas, but the local prosecutor, Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Tedesco Foulston, worked with a local judge to have the counts dismissed before they could be heard. That's despite the fact they resulted from a multi-year investigation by Kline, which had been reviewed and approved by the state Supreme Court, and the counts themselves had been reviewed and approved by two separate Kansas judges. House resolution opposes North American Union Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., has introduced a House resolution expressing congressional opposition to construction of a NAFTA Super Highway System or entry into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada. Goode said the goal behind House Concurrent Resolution 40, introduced Monday, is "to block a NAFTA Superhighway System and to indicate the opposition of the Congress to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America that was declared by President Bush, Mexico's then-President Vicente Fox, and Canada's then-Prime Minister Paul Martin, at the conclusion of their summit meeting in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005." The preamble of HCR 40 refers to the Trans-Texas Corridor being built by the Texas Department of Transportation, noting "a NAFTA Super Highway System from the west coast of Mexico through the United States and into Canada has been suggested as part of a North American Union to facilitate trade between the SPP countries." Plan for superhighway ripped as 'urban legend' Congressmen and a policy official of the Department of Transportation engaged in a spirited exchange over whether NAFTA Super Highways were a threat to U.S. sovereignty or an imaginary "Internet conspiracy," such as the "black helicopter myths," advanced by fringe lunatics. At a meeting Wednesday of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Jeffrey N. Shane, undersecretary of transportation for policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, testified. During the questioning by committee members, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, asked Shane about the existence of plans for a "NAFTA superhighway." Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to kill or capture Iranian operatives inside Iraq as part of an aggressive new strategy to weaken Tehran's influence across the Middle East and compel it to give up its nuclear program, according to government and counterterrorism officials with direct knowledge of the effort. For more than a year, U.S. forces in Iraq have secretly detained dozens of suspected Iranian agents, holding them for three to four days at a time. The "catch and release" policy was designed to avoid escalating tensions with Iran and yet intimidate its emissaries. U.S. forces collected DNA samples from some of the Iranians without their knowledge, subjected others to retina scans, and fingerprinted and photographed all of them before letting them go. Maine revolts against digital U.S. ID card BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine lawmakers on Thursday became the first in the nation to demand repeal of a federal law tightening identification requirements for drivers' licenses, a post-September 11 security measure that states say will cost them billions of dollars to administer. Maine lawmakers passed a resolution urging repeal of the Real ID Act, which would create a national digital identification system by 2008. The lawmakers said it would cost Maine about $185 million, fail to boost security and put people at greater risk of identity theft. Maine's resolution is the strongest stand yet by a state against the law, which Congress passed in May 2004 and gave states three years to implement. Similar repeal measures are pending in eight other states. "We cannot be spending millions of state dollars on an initiative that does more harm to our state than good," said Maine's House Majority leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat, in a statement that called it a "massive unfunded federal mandate." Arab groups urge GMA to dump 'biased' CNN personality NEW YORK — Three groups are urging ABC News not to keep CNN Headline News personality Glenn Beck on as a Good Morning America commentator because they believe he's biased against Arabs. The Arab American Institute, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and the Muslim Public Affairs Council all said Thursday they had written to ABC News President David Westin about Beck. Good Morning America executive producer Jim Murphy has spoken to a representative of the groups and has invited them on the air to talk about their grievances, said ABC News spokeswoman Jeffrey Schneider. Beck has appeared twice on the show, once together with a Muslim religious leader. The groups said that Beck — who's drawing strong ratings with his evening show on CNN Headline News — has stated on his show that Arab and Muslim Americans are apathetic to terrorism. During an interview in November with Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress, Beck asked him to "prove to me that you are not working with our enemies." "That blatant anti-Arab, anti-Muslim bias has been given credibility on a larger news show is something that concerns us," said Arab American Institute spokeswoman Jennifer Kauffman. French Babies Tagged for Protection from Kidnappers Electronic wrist or ankle bands may sound like a high-tech way to monitor criminals on probation, but now a French hospital wants to put the digital shackles on a different demographic -- babies at risk of kidnapping. Starting in March 2007, babies born in the Le Raincy-Montfermeil hospital in Paris will wear electronic wristbands, the hospital announced on Tuesday. Each wristband will communicate with its own alarm box, which is not attached to the child. As soon as the wristband moves outside a designated area -- or someone tampers with the box -- the alarm goes off. Public revolt quashes biometric ID chips While opposition grows to a national ID card in the U.S., citizens of the southeast European nation of Serbia have successfully pressed their government to back off on a plan to make biometric data chips compulsory in the country's new citizen cards. The decision followed a pitched battle prior to the Jan. 21 election as opponents criticized the accompanying plan for a centralized database of citizen information and the taking of fingerprints. Biometric technology uses data from sources such as fingerprints, facial features and iris scans to authenticate a person's identity. In the U.S., the Real ID Act passed by Congress in 2005 calls for a national ID portion to go into effect by May 2008. It requires states to participate in a federal data-sharing program when issuing driver's licenses, making those licenses de facto national ID cards. A number of state legislatures have passed nonbinding measures in opposition, including the Maine House and Senate, which yesterday almost unanimously approved a resolution refusing to implement the Real ID Act. Iran prepares people for 'messiah miracles' Official Iranian radio has completed broadcasting a lengthy series on the imminent appearance of a messianic figure who will defeat Islam's enemies and impose Islamic Shiite rule over the entire world – even speculating on specific dates the so-called "Mahdi" will be revealed. English-language transcripts of "The World Toward Illumination" programs can be found on the website of IRIB, a public broadcast arm of Tehran. "Be joyous my heart, miracles of the Messiah will soon be here," reads a poem used to conclude the first broadcast. "The scent of breaths of the One we know comes from near. Grieve not of sorrow and melancholy, as assured I was … last night that a Savior will come, it's clear." After the coming of the 12th imam, or Mahdi, "liberal democratic civilization" will be found only in "history museums," explained the program. Can a past of Islam change the path to president for Obama? WASHINGTON - Although Sen. Barack Obama is a Christian, his childhood and family connections to Islam are beginning to complicate his presidential ambitions. The Illinois Democrat spent much of last week refuting unfounded reports that he had been educated in a madrassa, or radical Islamic school, when he lived in Indonesia as a boy. “The Indonesian school Obama attended in Jakarta is a public school that is not and never has been a Madrassa,” said a statement put out by the senator’s staff. But the school did teach the Quran, Islam’s holy book, along with subjects such as math and science, according to Obama, who attended when he was 9 and 10. “In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school,” he wrote in his first memoir, “Dreams from my Father.” “The teacher wrote to tell my mother that I made faces during Koranic studies.” You are undie surveillance OFFICIALS are bracing themselves for a storm of public outrage over their controversial X-ray cameras scheme. As part of the most shocking extension of Big Brother powers ever planned here, lenses in lampposts would snap “naked” pictures of passers-by to trap terror suspects. The proposal is contained in leaked documents drawn up by the Home Office and presented to PM Tony Blair’s working group on Security, Crime and Justice. But the prospect of the State snooping on individuals’ most private parts is certain to spark national fury. And officials are battling to find a way of dealing with that reaction. Church loses opt-out fight over gay adoptions Roman Catholic adoptions agencies yesterday lost their battle to opt out of new laws banning discrimination against homosexual couples when Tony Blair announced that there would be "no exemptions" for faith-based groups. The Prime Minister said in a statement that the new rules would not come into force until the end of 2008. Until then there would be a "statutory duty" for religious agencies to refer gay couples to other agencies. Earlier, David Cameron risked a split with Tory traditionalists by announcing that he was against allowing Catholic adoption agencies to opt out of new laws banning discrimination against gay couples. He called for a compromise that would give the Catholic agencies time to find a way of dealing with the regulations — possibly by developing twinning arrangements with other adoption services. Last week the leader of Catholics in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, warned that the agencies would close rather than accept rules that required them to hand over babies to gay couples. Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — President Bush has signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy. In an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Mr. Bush said that each agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee, to supervise the development of rules and documents providing guidance to regulated industries. The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency to analyze the costs and the benefits of new rules and to make sure the agencies carry out the president’s priorities. FBI turns to broad new wiretap method The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed. Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing, agents conducting investigations appear to be assembling the activities of thousands of Internet users at a time into massive databases, according to current and former officials. That database can subsequently be queried for names, e-mail addresses or keywords. Such a technique is broader and potentially more intrusive than the FBI's Carnivore surveillance system, later renamed DCS1000. It raises concerns similar to those stirred by widespread Internet monitoring that the National Security Agency is said to have done, according to documents that have surfaced in one federal lawsuit, and may stretch the bounds of what's legally permissible. Call it the vacuum-cleaner approach. It's employed when police have obtained a court order and an Internet service provider can't "isolate the particular person or IP address" because of technical constraints, says Paul Ohm, a former trial attorney at the Justice Department's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. (An Internet Protocol address is a series of digits that can identify an individual computer.) N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Every morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the office. The use of hand geometry and other biometric data, like facial and iris recognition, is not new -- the University of Georgia pioneered the use of hand geometry when it installed scanners in its student dining hall in 1974. But the planned roll-out of hand geometry scanners in all New York City government agencies has sparked union cries of "geoslavery" and assertions that technology developed for security will be used to track, label and control workforces. "It's frustrating, it's kind of an insult," Colson, 53, told Reuters. "They are talking about going to voice and retina scanners and that's an invasion of privacy in that they can track you wherever you go." He Calls Himself God Feb. 5, 2007 issue - At first glance, the congregation gathered in a warehouse in Doral, Fla., seems like a typical Hispanic evangelical group. There's the 10-piece band, the singing and swaying, the whooping and hollering. But look a little more closely. There's not a cross in sight. The lectern is emblazoned with a near replica of the U.S. presidential seal, except that it reads in Spanish, government of god on earth. Off to the side stand three burly guys in dark suits with Secret Service-style earpieces. When a door by the stage opens, the guards leap into action. They surround the man with slicked-back hair who emerges and escort him to his seat. When the crowd spots him, it goes wild. People chant, "Lord! Lord! Lord!" It quickly becomes clear that they're referring to him. "It's Jesus Christ himself!" a preacher onstage announces. "Let's welcome Jesus Christ Man!" Religious Group Urges Mainline Churches to Abandon Abortion Rights Stance (CNSNews.com) - Many of the pro-life activists who marched in Washington on Monday belong to mainline churches that support abortion rights, said a conservative alliance that advocates biblical and historic Christian teachings. The Washington-based Institute on Religion and Democracy, in a statement released on Friday, noted that the United Methodists and other mainline churches "routinely defend unrestricted abortion." Those mainline churches belong to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, which opposes restrictions on abortion, including partial-birth abortion, and even parental notification. "How appalling that mainline church officials have resultantly ended up sounding more like Planned Parenthood or the National Organization of Women than like the spiritual heirs of the apostles," the Institute on Religion and Democracy said. The IRD describes support for abortion rights as a "step away from the traditions and teachings of the church." "Mainline churches" are parishes that stand in the theological and political middle, between the more liberal groups such as Unitarian Universalism and the more conservative fundamentalist and evangelical churches. These mainline church agencies are more open to new ideas, and many have taken a pro-abortion stance by joining the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). Iran prepares people for 'messiah miracles' Official Iranian radio has completed broadcasting a lengthy series on the imminent appearance of a messianic figure who will defeat Islam's enemies and impose Islamic Shiite rule over the entire world – even speculating on specific dates the so-called "Mahdi" will be revealed. English-language transcripts of "The World Toward Illumination" programs can be found on the website of IRIB, a public broadcast arm of Tehran. "Be joyous my heart, miracles of the Messiah will soon be here," reads a poem used to conclude the first broadcast. "The scent of breaths of the One we know comes from near. Grieve not of sorrow and melancholy, as assured I was … last night that a Savior will come, it's clear." After the coming of the 12th imam, or Mahdi, "liberal democratic civilization" will be found only in "history museums," explained the program. Islam converts change face of Europe As many as 100,000 French and British citizens have converted to Islam over the last decade, according to a new book by an Israeli historian. The figures cited by Hebrew University Prof. Raphael Israeli in his upcoming book The Third Islamic Invasion of Europe are representative of the fast-changing face of Europe, which the Islamic history professor says is in danger of becoming "Eurabia" within half a century. He noted that about 30 million Muslims currently live in Europe, out of a total population of 380 million., adding that with a high Muslim birthrate in Europe, the number of Muslims living in the continent is likely to double within 25 years. Israeli also cited massive immigration and Turkey's future inclusion in the EU as the primary reasons why the face of Europe will be indelibly changed within a generation. European concerns over a fast-growing Muslim population is at the center of opposition to Turkey's entry into the EU, he said, as the inclusion of Turkey into the EU will catapult the number of Muslims to 100 million out of a total population of 450 million. Young, British Muslims 'getting more radical' A bleak picture of a generation of young British Muslims radicalised by anti-Western views and misplaced multicultural policies is shown in a survey published today. The study found disturbing evidence of young Muslims adopting more fundamentalist beliefs on key social and political issuesForty per cent of Muslims between the ages of 16 and 24 said they would prefer to live under sharia law in Britain, a legal system based on the teachings of the Koran. The figure among over-55s, in contrast, was only 17 per cent. In some countries, people found guilty under sharia law face penalties such as beheading, stoning, the severing of a hand or being lashed. The study, by the Right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange, also found a significant minority who expressed backing for Islamic terrorism. Exclusive: IAF to buy US smart bombs In one of the largest weapons deals since the war in Lebanon, the Israel Air Force intends to purchase thousands of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) missiles from the United States for an estimated $100 million, The Jerusalem Post has learned. During the war this past summer, the IAF used JDAM missiles extensively and even received emergency shipments from the US. The aerial shipments caused an international uproar after one of the planes destined for Israel was routed through Glasgow's Prestwick Airport and reportedly did not fly according to safety and security procedures established by the British Civil Aviation Authority. # 'Cluster bombs used in self defense' # The second Lebanon war: JPost.com special report The Post has also learned of ongoing negotiations between the IAF and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) concerning the purchase of LORA ground-to-ground ballistic tactical missiles. Accurate to less than 10 meters, equal to that of a JDAM, the LORA missile can eliminate targets without risking expensive fighter jets. It can be equipped with a 400-kilogram high-explosive warhead and can penetrate enemy territory more than 1,000 kilometers away. The LORA missile was displayed by IAI at the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris in 2006. It was developed under orders by former prime minister Ariel Sharon and was the brainchild of former Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuval Steinitz (Likud), who realized the need for a tactical missile that could carry out missions instead of fighter jets. The JDAM is a low-cost guidance kit produced by Boeing Co. that converts free-fall bombs into guided "smart" weapons. The JDAM kit consists of a tail section that contains a Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System and body improvements for additional stability and lift. Israeli Nuclear Strike On Iran Turned Back A recent strike by nuclear-armed Israeli Air Force fighter-bombers bound for targets in Iran was turned back after being intercepted by U.S. fighters over Iraq, this reporter has learned. Two sources have independently confirmed the encounter, which took place on January 7, 2007. Though the first informant offered few details beyond an initial tip, a second source long-known by this reporter to have well-placed U.S. and “non-U.S.” military and government contacts provided specific information regarding the raid, which was aimed at the radical religious ayatollahs holding ultimate power in Iran. Israeli nuclear strikes are not unprecedented. Soon after Desert Storm, U.S. Navy pilots told this reporter in Kuwait how in late 1990 Israel made good on its pledge to respond in kind to WMD attacks by launching nuclear-armed aircraft against Baghdad following a lethal assault on Tel Aviv by Scud missiles tipped with chemical warheads. That air strike was called off when the Americans refused to provide the vital IFF codes needed to fly through U.S.-controlled airspace. When questioned concerning the “Identification Friend or Foe” transponder codes needed to overfly Iraq today, this source said that allied Israeli aircraft are routinely provided “squawk codes” when flying missions aimed at acquiring the characteristics of air defence radars triggered by their approach to Syrian, Jordanian, Iranian and U.S.-controlled Iraqi airspace. Survey exposes divide between Pope and priests A yawning gulf between the stern doctrines preached by Pope Benedict and the advice offered by ordinary Roman Catholic priests has been exposed by an Italian magazine, which dispatched reporters to 24 churches around Italy where, in the confessional, they sought rulings on various thorny moral dilemmas. One reporter for L'Espresso claimed to have let a doctor switch off the respirator that kept her father alive. "Don't think any more about it," she was told by a friar in Naples. "I myself, if I had a father, a wife or a child who had lived for years only because of artificial means, would pull out [the plug]." Another journalist posed as a researcher who had received a lucrative offer to work abroad on embryonic stem cells. With the extra cash, he said, he and his wife could think about starting a family. So should he take up the post? Davis to DHS: Fast-track Real ID As Maine and other states dig in their heels against the Real ID Act of 2005, Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., called on the Homeland Security Department to move forward quickly to show how the program should be implemented. “The department's leadership in the coming weeks is crucial to the success or failure of the Real ID program,” Davis said in a Jan. 31 statement to the press. Davis was responding to the Maine State Legislature’s approval last week of a resolution asking Congress to repeal the Real ID Act. Maine lawmakers called it an unfunded mandate that will cost the state millions. Several other states, including Montana, are expected to approve similar bills rejecting the Real ID Act due to concerns about the expense and possible loss of privacy. The goal of the act is to improve homeland security by tightening procedures by which driver’s licenses are issued. Under the law, states must meet national standards for their driver’s licenses and issuance processes by 2008, and build a national network to validate the identities of hundreds of millions of driver’s license holders. State government organizations have estimated the cost of implementing the Real ID Act at $11 billion. Davis wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff requesting a briefing on the program. Funerals not for shouting slogans, judge says A federal judge in Missouri has ruled that a church whose members believe God is judging America by having her soldiers killed in war cannot shout those beliefs at memorial services for U.S. servicemen and women. The ruling came on a request for a preliminary injunction in a case brought by a member of that organization, the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., against the state of Missouri, which earlier adopted a law banning protests within an hour before and after such a memorial service. Judicial Watch, the Washington group focused on more transparency in government, had filed a brief in the case, and its chief, Tom Fitton, told WND that Missouri's restrictions on protests at funerals were "appropriate." "The question we were trying to address is whether it is appropriate for states to regulate, to protect the rights of these families to have these funerals of fallen service family members conducted in peace," he said. 7 Large Tunnels Beneath U.S.-Mexican Border Raising Security Concerns SAN DIEGO — While key entrance and exit points have been plugged in some of the biggest tunnels used to ferry people and drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border, the passageways remain largely intact raising concerns smugglers reuse them, according to a published report. In recent years, dozens of tunnels have been discovered running under the border. The smaller, more crudely constructed passages are easily destroyed, authorities say. But the larger, more elaborate tunnels require enormous amounts of material and expertise to fill. The task to jam up an entire route also is costly and sometimes complicated if the tunnels run under private property, authorities say. According to a report in Tuesday's Los Angeles Times, seven of the largest tunnels discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border have yet to be filled in, including the so-called Grande Tunnel found in January 2006 that extends nearly half a mile from San Diego to Tijuana. 'Proof' Temple Mount 'belongs to Muslims' The replacement tomorrow in the Al Aqsa Mosque of a key podium transported with the coordination of Israeli security forces is "proof" the Temple Mount belongs only to Muslims and will never be returned to Jewish sovereignty, according to the leader of the Wafq – the Muslim custodians of the Temple Mount. "This historic occasion proves that the extremist Jews will never achieve their goals of taking over the [Temple Mount.] It shows that we are much closer to liberating the Al Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem from Israeli occupation," said Waqf chief Adnan Husseini. Religions Must Conform to Canadian 'Charter Values' or Lose Charitable Status TORONTO, February 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A political scientist at the University of Toronto has argued that as Canadian “Charter values” and Christian values drift further apart, churches should either adhere to and promote the state ideology, or lose the financial support they enjoy through their tax-free status. In her article, “Living Better Multiculturally: Whose values should prevail?” published in the Fall 2006 edition of the Literary Review of Canada, Janice Gross Stein equates “Canadian values” with “Charter values,” in other words, those formulated and championed by the Liberal party of Canada after Pierre Trudeau’s leftist revolution. Stein is a prominent political scientist and director of the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Affairs, a member of the Order of Canada and a recognized expert in Middle Eastern conflicts. Deborah Gyapong reported in Canadian Catholic News that Stein proposed traditional religious groups essentially must either abandon any religious beliefs that conflict with the ideologies of the state, notably that of radical feminism, or cease to make any claims to special financial considerations for their charitable, non-profit works for the community. “If religious institutions are able to raise funds more easily because governments give a tax benefit to those who contribute, are religious practices against women a matter only for religious law, as is currently the case under Canadian law, which protects freedom of religion, or should the values of the Charter and of human rights commissions across Canada have some application when religious institutions are officially recognized and advantaged in fundraising?” Stein writes of what she calls a “resurgence of orthodoxy in Christianity, Islam and Judaism,” as a threat to the peaceful coexistence of various cultures in Canada’s urban centres. This orthodoxy, she claims, “is sharpening lines of division between ‘them’ and ‘us’.” Senate chaplain cancels appearance WASHINGTON — Senate Chaplain Barry Black has canceled his scheduled appearance at a Christian evangelical conference after he was pictured with columnist Ann Coulter and other prominent conservatives in a brochure promoting the event. Black told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., he wouldn't be addressing next month's Reclaiming America for Christ Conference because his appearance wouldn't uphold the Senate chaplain's "historic tradition of being nonpolitical, nonpartisan, nonsectarian," Meg Saunders, a spokeswoman for the chaplain, said Thursday. Saunders said Black, a Seventh-day Adventist and a former Navy chaplain, had received "a very generic invitation" in the fall of 2005 to speak at the conference and had agreed because there was room on his schedule. After learning more about the other speakers and the event's featured topics, Black became "concerned" and canceled his appearance, Saunders said. "He felt the information had been incomplete," she said. Other featured speakers at the March 2 and 3 conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., include abortion opponent and Catholic priest Frank Pavone, conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. Listed topics include "making America safe for the unborn," "the battle to defend marriage," "homosexuality and the church" and "Darwin's deadly legacy." Israel allows minaret over Temple Mount As Maine and other states dig in their heels against the Real ID Act of 2005, Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., called on the Homeland Security Department to move forward quickly to show how the program should be implemented. “The department's leadership in the coming weeks is crucial to the success or failure of the Real ID program,” Davis said in a Jan. 31 statement to the press. Davis was responding to the Maine State Legislature’s approval last week of a resolution asking Congress to repeal the Real ID Act. Maine lawmakers called it an unfunded mandate that will cost the state millions. Several other states, including Montana, are expected to approve similar bills rejecting the Real ID Act due to concerns about the expense and possible loss of privacy. The goal of the act is to improve homeland security by tightening procedures by which driver’s licenses are issued. Under the law, states must meet national standards for their driver’s licenses and issuance processes by 2008, and build a national network to validate the identities of hundreds of millions of driver’s license holders. State government organizations have estimated the cost of implementing the Real ID Act at $11 billion. Davis wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff requesting a briefing on the program. Rockefeller Admitted Elite Goal Of Microchipped Population Hollywood director and documentary film maker Aaron Russo has gone in-depth on the astounding admissions of Nick Rockefeller, who personally told him that the elite's ultimate goal was to create a microchipped population and that the war on terror was a hoax, Rockefeller having predicted an "event" that would trigger the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan eleven months before 9/11. Rockefeller also told Russo that his family's foundation had created and bankrolled the women's liberation movement in order to destroy the family and that population reduction was a fundamental aim of the global elite. Russo is perhaps best known for directing Trading Places starring Eddie Murphy but was more recently in the spotlight for his exposé of the criminal run for profit federal reserve system, the documentary America From Freedom to Fascism .

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January 26, 2007 Hebraic Bible Prophecy How a PLO state will bring about Judgment Upon the Nations By Eddie Chumney Times: Doors open at 6 pm Speaking from 7 pm - 10 pm Gift of $7 Suggested at the door Eddie Chumney was raised in traditional Sunday Protestant churches since the age of 5. When he was 16, God put a desire in his heart to study Bible prophecy and the end of days. From 1979 - 1988, Eddie studied and learned Bible prophecy from the traditional evangelical point of view. In 1989, Eddie began studying the Biblical Festivals and how they relate to Bible prophecy. From this study, Eddie wrote his first book, Seven Festivals of the Messiah. After studying the Biblical festivals, Eddie discovered an understanding of the Hebraic view of the end of days, which included far more than just understanding the festivals themselves. From these studies, Eddie wrote a book on the Hebraic view of the end of days entitled: Restoring the Two Houses of Israel. After learning the Hebraic view of the end of days, Eddie realized that the Hebraic view gives a different perspective on Bible prophecy and in some cases conflicts with the traditional evangelical view of the end of days. The basic foundation for understanding the Hebraic view of the end of days is not taught in traditional Christianity. More		In This Issue Canadian City Councillor Fined $1000 for Saying Homosexuality “not Normal or Natural” Strategist: Iran believes it could destroy Israel with a single nuke Website offers whistleblowers chance to go global Chavez to U.S. Officials: 'Go to Hell' Kuwait media: U.S. military strike on Iran seen by April EU's Solana calls Mideast peace agreement by end of 2007 Israel Readies Nuclear Bunker Ahmadinejad Says Ready for War With US & Israel Germany: Sharp rise in Muslim converts European Cathedrals Become Entertainment Centers Iran to Test-Fire Missiles in Military Exercises Israel warns Russia on Iran arms sale Beliefwatch: Blasphemy Episcopal Rifts: 'Issue is Orthodoxy, Not Homosexuality' Thumb-Print Banking Takes India Study: Most 'Evangelicals' Do Not Meet Criteria Burma 'orders Christians to be wiped out' U.S. Warns Iran to Back Down Iran: Israel, US will soon die N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing Evolution battles caused by politically powerful Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company Says Lights 'not of this world' mystery finally solved Olmert's party proposes handing West Bank to Europe UN chief, Solana discuss international issues MEPs roast EU states and Solana for 'lies' on CIA THE MORAL COMPASS OF THE NATION RFID tags generate a buzz Grant rep says he will introduce memorial opposing Real ID Act Exotic Species Invade, and Prevention Is Tough Death of the U.S. Constitution Gift of: $25 Item: D-DOU01 America in Bible Prophecy Gift of: $25 Item: B-AIP01 About Us Become a Partaker Bookstore Contact Us Crusader Magazine Current Gift Offers Donations Lear Financial Media / Radio Meetings Radio Schedule
Canadian City Councillor Fined $1000 for Saying Homosexuality “not Normal or Natural” KAMLOOPS, BC, January 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic city councillor in Kamloops, British Columbia, who was himself the victim of the crime of vandalism due to his faith, has been forced to apologize and pay a homosexual activist couple $1000. The couple filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal which was accepted and was to go to the hearing stage. Strangely, it was councillor who was shown true discrimination worthy of a human rights complaint. In June, the councillor opposed a homosexual pride proclamation, after which his barber shop was vandalized with "Homophobia Die" scrawled on the door of his business. At the time LifeSiteNews.com interviewed John DeCicco, an active Catholic and member of the Knights of Columbus. DeCicco, an Italian immigrant who came to Canada at the young age of 15 and is fiercely proud of the country he now calls home, told LifeSiteNews.com at the time, "In this great nation of ours we can express our opinions and when you can't there's something wrong." In August, homosexual activist couple John Olynick and Greg Koll filed a complaint against DeCicco with the human rights commission over remarks he made at the council meeting and repeated in media interviews. In line with Catholic teaching on the matter, he described homosexual acts as "not normal and not natural.'' Strategist: Iran believes it could destroy Israel with a single nuke JERUSALEM — Iran's nuclear program seeks first-strike capability against Israel, a leading strategist said. The Israeli strategist and former intelligence officer said Iran believes it could destroy the Jewish state with one nuclear weapon. "Iranians believe that it holds, may hold, a first strike capability against Israel once it has a nuclear capability," said Shmuel Bar, director of studies at the Institute of Police and Strategy. Website offers whistleblowers chance to go global THE internet could become even more difficult for governments to regulate with a new website, Wikileaks, promising to provide a safe haven for whistleblowers to upload confidential documents. Australians are among the volunteers behind the site. "Your country's support for the underdog and for a fair go is showing through," a spokeswoman said. Comparing themselves with the leaker of the Pentagon papers that damaged the Nixon administration and eroded US public confidence in the Vietnam War, Wikileaks' creators say they will uncover unethical behaviour by developing "an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis". Chavez to U.S. Officials: 'Go to Hell' CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez told U.S. officials to "Go to hell, gringos!" and called Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "missy" on his weekly radio and TV show Sunday, lashing out at Washington for what he called unacceptable meddling in Venezuelan affairs. The tirade came after Washington raised concerns about a measure to grant the fiery leftist leader broad lawmaking powers. The National Assembly, which is controlled by the president's political allies, is expected to give final approval this week to what it calls the "enabling law," which would give Chavez the authority to pass a series of laws by decree during an 18-month period. On Friday, U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said Chavez's plans under the law "have caused us some concern." Chavez rejected Casey's statement in his broadcast, saying: "Go to hell, gringos! Go home!" Kuwait media: U.S. military strike on Iran seen by April KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. might launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007, Kuwait-based daily Arab Times released on Sunday said in a report. The report, written by Arab Times' Editor-in-chief Ahmed al-Jarallah citing a reliable source, said that the attack would be launched from the sea, while Patriot missiles would guard all Arab countries in the Gulf. Recent statements emanating from the United States indicated the Bush administration's new strategy for Iraq doesn't include any proposal to make a compromise or negotiate with Syria or Iran, added the report. EU's Solana calls Mideast peace agreement by end of 2007 Cairo - European Union chief diplomat Javier Solana and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit in Cairo on Thursday called on Israel and the Palestinians to reach a peace agreement by the end of 2007. During the short visit by Solana to Egypt, both ministers also called on the United States to aim for progress in the conflict by the end of the year, as the time before the 2008 elections acted as a 'window' of opportunity in which the parties to the conflict could find agreement on fundamental issues. Israel Readies Nuclear Bunker The Israeli government is building a massive war bunker in the hills outside Jerusalem – a refuge for top government officials in the event of a biological, chemical or nuclear attack. The maze of tunnels and underground rooms is scheduled to be completed in the next year or two as fears of an attack from Iran intensify, the Baltimore Sun reported. Israel’s top intelligence officer told the Knesset last month that Iran could have a nuclear weapon by 2009, and Israelis increasingly fear that Tehran would seek to carry out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threat to "wipe Israel off the map.” Ahmadinejad Says Ready for War With US & Israel Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Thursday that Iran is now fully prepared for a war with Israel and the United States. "Today, with the grace of God, we have gone through the arduous passes and we are ready for anything in this path," Ahmadinejad said, according to Iran’s state-run TV. The comments were in response to the US decision to send the USS Stennis to the Perisan Gulf, joining another such vessel already stationed there. Iranian media is also reporting that 3,000 centrifuges are prepared to go online. Ahmadinejad responded to criticism from Iranians who say Iran should compromise its nuclear ambitions to avoid a conflict with the Western world and sanctions from the UN. "Unfortunately, some inside the country try to fabricate news and portray a bad image of the great achievement of the Iranian nation," he said. "[They] prescribe compromise and repeat the words of the enemy. Of course, this will have no effect. Their aim is to frighten Iran and weaken the resistance of the Iranian nation, but they will not succeed.” Germany: Sharp rise in Muslim converts Report reveals more German university graduates, high-wage earners converting to Islam. GERMANY – A report prepared at the request of the German Interior Ministry revealed that 5,000 Germans converted to Islam between July 2004 and June 2005, a figure that is four times higher than that of the previous year. In previous years the average number of Germans who converted to Islam stood at only 300. The researchers said that while in the past most of those who converted were women who married Muslims, today many university graduates and high-wage earners are joining Prophet Mohammad’s religion. According to Berlin Imam Mohammed Herzog – a former protestant priest who converted to Islam – the Germans are choosing Islam ‘as they respect its clear values and decrees.’ European Cathedrals Become Entertainment Centers That's a valid concern as spiritual darkness drives worshippers away and replaces them with things like, in one case, indoor climbers. At the Glasgow Climbing Center, fitness types can scale walls up to 40 feet high in the former Ibrox Anglican Church. Fifteen years ago, people stopped attending so the congregation sold the church. Now, the place that calls itself "Scotland's premiere leisure facility" features state-of-the art recreation, in a place once intended to point people to God. And it's not the only Scottish church that has put Christianity on the back-burner. Cottiers is a pub and dinner theatre that was also once a church. And just a few blocks away, an old parish church built in 1865 is now a restaurant. Iran to Test-Fire Missiles in Military Exercises TEHRAN, Iran — Adamant not to budge under pressure, Iran on Sunday announced new short-range missile tests, and hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed criticism that new U.N. Security Council sanctions were hurting the economy. The missile tests come days after the United States said it would deploy a second aircraft carrier to the volatile Gulf, the USS John C. Stennis. U.S. military officials have said the carrier, which is set to arrive in Mideast waters in a matter of weeks, was meant as a plain warning to Iran. The deployment appeared to alarm some in Iran's hard-line leadership, including a member of a powerful cleric-run body who last week warned that Washington plans to attack Iran in the coming months, possibly by striking its nuclear facilities. Israel warns Russia on Iran arms sale Voicing extreme concern over Russia's recent sale of advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Iran, senior diplomatic and defense officials warned Moscow Tuesday that the deal could have serious security implications that would even "get back to Russia." Senior officials in Jerusalem said they "were not pleased" with the sale of the anti-aircraft missiles, but that Russia was a sovereign country and they could not intervene. They did, however, issue a warning: "We hope they understand that this is a threat that could come back to them as well." Earlier Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Moscow had sent air defense missiles to Teheran, the first high-level confirmation that their delivery took place despite US complaints. Ivanov did not specify how many missile systems had been delivered. "We have delivered short-range Tor-M1 missiles to Iran in accordance with the contract," Ivanov told reporters. Beliefwatch: Blasphemy Jan. 8, 2006 issue - With that five-second submission to YouTube, a 24-year-old who uses the name "menotsimple" has either condemned herself to an eternity of punishment in the afterlife or struck a courageous blow against superstition. She's one of more than 400 mostly young people who have joined a campaign by the Web site BlasphemyChallenge.com to stake their souls against the existence of God. That, of course, is the ultimate no-win wager, as the 17th-century French mathematician Blaise Pascal calculated—it can't be settled until you're dead, and if you lose, you go to hell. Episcopal Rifts: 'Issue is Orthodoxy, Not Homosexuality' "When even President Gerald Ford's funeral at Washington National Cathedral is not exempt from comment about the crisis in the Episcopal Church, we believe it is time to set the record straight as to why our church and so many others around the country have severed ties with the Episcopal Church," stated the Rev. John Yates and Os Guinness of The Falls Church in The Washington Post. The Falls Church is one of the largest Virginia churches that voted last month to leave the Episcopal Church. Even prominent evangelical leader Chuck Colson stepped into the argument to point out a "much broader" issue than the matter of homosexuality. Thumb-Print Banking Takes India CHENNAI, India -- Banks and ATM machines are an unfamiliar sight in the rural countryside here, but the government hopes to change that with new technology that could ease the transition from cash to computers. A pilot program will put 15 biometric ATMs at village kiosks in five districts across southern India. The machines are expected to serve about 100,000 workers who will use fingerprint scanners, rather than ATM cards and PINs, to obtain their funds. Biometric ATMs are already in use in Colombia and a few locations in Japan, but haven't caught on in much of the rest of the world. As a result, biometrics companies are watching the experiment closely as a potential watershed for the industry. Study: Most 'Evangelicals' Do Not Meet Criteria A relatively substantial number of people label themselves as evangelicals. But new research by The Barna Group found a much smaller number of people actually fit the criteria. For two decades, The Barna Group has been measuring the characteristics of evangelicals based on a 9-question set of criteria. In its latest study, the research group names them "9-point evangelicals." On a general note, 38 percent of the population accepts the label of evangelical. When The Barna Group measured them using its nine questions to categorize evangelicals, only eight percent of the adult population fit the criteria. Applied to the entire adult population, the difference is "staggering," the report stated. Self-proclaimed evangelicals would number 84 million versus 18 million 9-point evangelicals. Burma 'orders Christians to be wiped out' The military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled "Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma", the incendiary memo contains point by point instructions on how to drive Christians out of the state. The text, which opens with the line "There shall be no home where the Christian religion is practised", calls for anyone caught evangelising to be imprisoned. It advises: "The Christian religion is very gentle – identify and utilise its weakness." Its discovery follows widespread reports of religious persecution, with churches burnt to the ground, Christians forced to convert to the state religion, Buddhism, and their children barred from school. U.S. Warns Iran to Back Down DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until Iran halts uranium enrichment. "The Middle East isn't a region to be dominated by Iran. The Gulf isn't a body of water to be controlled by Iran. That's why we've seen the United States station two carrier battle groups in the region," Burns said in an address to the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, an influential think-tank. "Iran is going to have to understand that the United States will protect its interests if Iran seeks to confront us," Burns continued. Iran is in a standoff with the West over its defiance of U.N. demands to halt uranium enrichment, which can produce fuel for both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Iran says its atomic program is aimed solely at generating energy, but the United States and some of its allies suspect it is geared toward making weapons. The U.N. imposed limited sanctions on Iran last month. Iran: Israel, US will soon die Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report. Iran's official FARS news agency also reported the comments. "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad… assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives," the Iranian president was quoted as saying. "Sparking discord among Muslims, especially between the Shiites and Sunnis, is a plot hatched by the Zionists and the US for dominating regional nations and looting their resources," Ahmadinejad added, according to the report. N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out last year. Under the terms of a new understanding between the two countries, the North Koreans have agreed to share all the data and information they received from their successful test last October with Teheran's nuclear scientists. Evolution battles caused by politically powerful A new study is blaming the monolithic public school system being used in the United States for the estimated 150 major battles over the course of the last year over religion, evolutionary theory, slogans on T-shirts, the "gay" agenda and other points of contention. "All across the country, public schools threw Americans' fundamental values into conflict during the 2005-2006 school year – whether over intelligent design, dress codes, controversial school books, or sundry other divisive topics," said the study by Neal McCluskey, policy analyst with the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom. "This was not an aberration. American history is littered with an endless series of such conflicts, and the problem has only grown worse as public school systems have become more centralized and the nation more diverse," he said. "These conflicts are not only inescapable under our monolithic system of official schools, they are actually caused by it. Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company Says A startup company developing chipless RFID ink has tested its product on cattle and laboratory rats. Somark Innovations announced this week that it successfully tested biocompatible RFID ink, which can be read through animal hairs. The passive RFID technology could be used to identify and track cows to reduce financial losses from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) scares. Somark, which formed in 2005, is located at the Center for Emerging Technologies in St. Louis. The company is raising Series A equity financing and plans to license the technology to secondary markets, which could include laboratory animals, dogs, cats, prime cuts of meat, and military personnel. Lights 'not of this world' mystery finally solved Mysterious lights in the sky witnessed and photographed by an Air Force colonel who described them as "not of this world" apparently have an explanation of this Earth after all, WND can reveal. LUU-2 flare deploys parachute to float slowly to Earth Officials say the colorful illuminations seen Jan. 9 over western Arkansas came from special military flares that slowly parachuted to the ground as part of an Air Force training mission involving A-10 aircraft pilots at nearby Fort Chaffee, a base used for testing weaponry. "We were flying A-10s in that area and they were using flares," Jessica D'Aurizio, chief of public affairs at the 917th Wing of the Air Force Reserve at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, told WND. She says the flares, which stay lit for about five minutes, produce nearly 2 million candlepower. "It brightens up the target area," D'Aurizio said. "They go down in parachutes, so they're very bright. That had to be what it was, I'm sure." Olmert's party proposes handing West Bank to Europe JERUSALEM – A member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima party yesterday proposed transferring control of the West Bank to a European task force until the establishment of a Palestinian state, at which time the strategic territory would be handed to security forces associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The proposal comes after WND broke the story earlier this week that, according to top European and Egyptian diplomatic sources, Israel has been conducting behind-the-scene negotiations to hand over most of the West Bank to Abbas' security forces. The sources said the transfer of security control to Abbas would be coordinated by the European Union and Jordan. The West Bank borders Jerusalem and is within rocket-firing range of Tel Aviv and Israel's international airport. UN chief, Solana discuss international issues United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on his first visit abroad since taking office, met European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Brussels Wednesday and discussed with him a wide range of issues. Ban told reporters that the talks covered Africa, particularly Darfur and Somalia, Ivory Coast and the Balkans. The position of the EU and the UN "are on the same page," he said, adding that the two organizations "maintain a special relationship." For his part, Solana said the situation in the Middle East, Balkans, Africa as well as the issues of non-proliferation, terrorism and human rights were also discussed with the UN chief. Later in the day, the secretary-general is due to meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. MEPs roast EU states and Solana for 'lies' on CIA EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's committee on CIA activities in Europe has called for sanctions to be imposed on member states which have condoned violation of human rights by US intelligence and slammed the EU council [the member states' secretariat] for "trying to lie" to parliamentarians. The final, strongly-worded report adopted Wednesday (23 January), demands "the council to start hearings and the European Commission an independent investigation without delay... [and] impose sanctions on member states in case of a serious and persistent breach of human rights". THE MORAL COMPASS OF THE NATION Before my days as the Chairman of the Republican Party of Massachusetts (during the Nixon era); and even long before the nominating committee of the Men's Club of my church asked me to assume the role of president of the organization (during the Eisenhower years) I was consciously aware that I lived in a nation with a strong moral compass. I was proud to be an American. Every citizen of this great nation—native or naturalized—was, too. We proudly wore our patriotism like a badge of honor. We may have been Baptists, Congregationalists, Catholics or Pentecostals, and we our families may have come from Ireland, England, Poland, Italy, China—or Mexico or Russia, but first and foremost, we were Americans. Not hyphenated Americans, or "universal" Americans from one of the American continents. We were distinctly US Americans—and we were proud of that distinction. RFID tags generate a buzz The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has fitted wasps with tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to gather information on the insects’ behaviour. Scientists fitted the insects with tags and placed sensors at the entrance of each nest to record their movements, in real time, as they entered and exited nests. It allowed the team to discover that rather than just tending home colonies, worker wasps also entered other nests to help raise the young. Grant rep says he will introduce memorial opposing Real ID Act SANTA FE — House Majority Floor Leader Ken Martinez, D-Grants, said Tuesday that he is following up on concerns raised about the federal Real ID Act during an interim Judiciary Committee meeting in Las Cruces last year, and would introduce a memorial today opposing the law. The memorial does not carry any real weight, but indicates to federal lawmakers that the state Legislature opposes the bill, which places new standards for the issuing of state driver's licenses. "At that meeting there was universal disdain for that legislation," Martinez said of the September interim meeting in Las Cruces. "This act is a bad act. It doesn't work for America." Exotic Species Invade, and Prevention Is Tough In 1984 I wrote an article about a pair of pet pythons, one of which was pregnant, that had escaped from their cages and were last seen wandering the wilds around Poinciana. I asked a snake expert about the possibility that the pythons might breed in the wild and become a problem. Not this far north, I was told.

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