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In Padang, Indonesia, Female students who do not wear the headscarf (hijab) are frequently suspended from school.  The requirement to observe Islamic customs, sanctioned by the controversial regional law of 2005, is also imposed on non-Muslim girls, and has generated an atmosphere of strong pressure on religious minorities. In Turkey, the Islamic government wants to &#8216;liberate&#8217; women by forcing them to cover up. [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] * In Iraq, at least a hundred women have been raped and killed for not wearing the veil.  In Iran, the religious police arrests and beats women in the street who don&#8217;t cover up from head to toe. In Padang, Indonesia, Female students who do not wear the headscarf (hijab) are frequently suspended from school.  The requirement to observe Islamic customs, sanctioned by the controversial regional law of 2005, is also imposed on non-Muslim girls, and has generated an atmosphere of strong pressure on religious minorities. In Turkey, the Islamic government wants to &#8216;liberate&#8217; women by forcing them to cover up. [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: eloivsdiablo</title><link>http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-24628</link> <dc:creator>eloivsdiablo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:27:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/#comment-24628</guid> <description>http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?banquran</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?banquran" rel="nofollow">http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?banquran</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sheikyermami</title><link>http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-24605</link> <dc:creator>sheikyermami</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:59:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/#comment-24605</guid> <description>Kitman &amp; taqiyya revisited:Just to repeat the concepts of taqiyya and kitman, lying about Islam and Muslims&#039; real intentions to non-Muslims, some extracts from this thread:http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=178The intention is to deceive unbelievers about Islam, for the explicit purpose of assuaging doubts and concerns about Islam, and encouraging conversion. Taqiyya underlies the whole gamut of Muslim propaganda which is disseminated in the West, from the claim that Islam promotes equal rights for women, to the attempts at inflating the perceived number of Muslims. All are designed to draw people to Islam, by hook or by crook. The example given before of the Durham imam who went so far as to claim that he would be compelled by his religion to prevent a vandal from destroying the property of a church or synagogue is a typical example of taqiyya. It was said in a public forum for the express purpose of giving an appearance to the Islamic religion which does not reflect reality. Certainly, as has been seen, the historical attitudes of Muslims toward churches and synagogues has NOT been to protect them from vandalism, just the opposite is in fact the case. But, the lie must be told in the public forum so as to present Islam in a positive and tolerant light which will appeal to Westerners, which will cause them to believe that the image of Islam as an intolerant and violent religion are just myths created by Islam&#039;s enemies to defame the True Faith.Al-taqiyya and dissimulation are words used for a practice of Muslims blatantly lying to non-Muslims. All but some of the most fundamental Muslims consider the act of Al-taqiyya or lying to non-Muslims to be a good work. This is very important when one remembers that, in Islam, salvation is determined by good works. This means that a Muslim lying to a non-Muslim is that Muslim doing a good work to earn salvation.Taqiyya has been used by Muslims since the 7th century to confuse and split &#039;the enemy’. A favored tactic was ‘deceptive triangulation’; to persuade the enemy that jihad was not aimed at them but at another enemy. Another tactic was to deny that there was jihad at all. A believer can make any statement as long as the ‘heart is comfortable&#039;. The 9/11 terrorists lived and visited in the United States for two years before the 9/11 attacks. How did they acculturate? By the use of taqiyya. Meaning: I hate you but I smile at you-in public. Claiming that Jihad is a subjective and psychological state of personal struggle is taqiyya. In contemporary terms, Jihad means - holy war - against unbelievers and it in this context that Al Qaeda training manuals refer to Jihad as ‘Holy War’.The principle of sanctioning lying for the cause of Islam bears grave implications in matters relating to the spread of the religion of Islam in the West. Muslim activists employ deceptive tactics in their attempts to polish Islam&#039;s image and make it more attractive to prospective converts. They carefully try to avoid, obscure, and omit mentioning any of the negative Islamic texts and teachings.We should keep hush-hush on things that are still in preparation. To this type of hiding, kitman is the best policy. In this regard, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, says in the hadith: “Seek fulfillment for things you want to finish inkitman.]” He himself gave the best example of such a type in the early days of Islam. When the number of Muslims was still small and the community was still weak, there was a big need for concealment or secret call (kitman).Australia&#039;s Mufti, Taj El-Din El-Hilaly, praises terrorists in Arabic. Then, when his words leak out, the sheik&#039;s spokesman, Keysar Trad of the Lebanese Muslim Association, tells us in English how we&#039;ve again got the peace-loving cleric all wrong.Islam allows deception in war in order to attain victory. Al-Nawawi said: “The scholars are agreed that it is permissible to deceive the kuffaar in war in any way possible, except if that would mean breaking the terms of a treaty or trust, in which case it is not permitted. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “War is deceit.”Sheik Omar told us it was just fine with Allah to lie, renege, deceive and cheat as long as it is for the betterment of Islam. The sheik said, &quot;Yes, it was okay to lie in a war.&quot; Islam is in a Jihad with the US and its allies. Therefore, Muslims CAN renege on the covenant, lie, deceive and kill--as long as Islam is in Jihad--which they are all the time.Al-Taqiya, from the verb Ittaqu, means linguistically dodge the threat. Politically it means simulate whatever status you need in order to win the war against the enemy. According to Al-Taqiya, Muslims were granted the Shar&#039;iya (legitimacy) to infiltrate the Dar el-Harb (war zone), infiltrate the enemy&#039;s cities and forums and plant the seeds of discord and sedition. These agents were acting on behalf of the Muslim authority at war, and therefore were not considered as lying or denouncing the tenants of Islam. They were &quot;legitimate&quot; mujahedeen, whose mission was to undermine the enemy&#039;s resistance and level of mobilization. One of their major objectives was to cause a split among the enemy&#039;s camp. In many instances, they convinced their targeted audiences that Jihad is not aimed at them.It is stated in the English version of the Sudanese Constitution that Islam is the state religion and that other faiths are tolerated. However in the Arab version, there is not a trace of such a guarantee.” The greatest punishment Arabs can inflict is oppression, a sense of falsity. If they can fool you, they do it with will all their might. They are proud of their ability to trick you.This point is proven by numerous incidences in the life of Mohammed. He often lied and instructed his followers to do the same. He rationalized that the prospect of success in missions to extend Islam’s influence overrode Allah’s initial prohibitions against lying. A good example of sanctioned lying is the account of the assassinations of Kaab Ibn al-Ashrf, and Shaaban Ibn Khalid al-Hazly. Mohammed reportedly allowed his assassins lie to them in order to lure them into a place where they could easily butcher them.The Quran alleges that Allah sanctions lies and deception:
“Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths, but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you His signs, that ye may be grateful.” Surah 5:89“Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief, except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty.” Surah 16: 106“Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.” Surah 3: 28According to this verse it is acceptable for Muslims to use deceptive tactics. In violation to the teachings of Islam, they can pretend to befriend infidels. In situations where real or imagined harm is perceived they are permitted to display adherence with the ideals of those considered as infidels.When dealing with Muslim leaders it is essential to keep in mind that they can say or do anything that will get them out of trouble. All the while, they are apt to have just the opposite agenda in their hearts. It is imperative that our leaders not be naïve. They must understand that Muslims can use this loophole in their religion to absolve them from any accountability when they revert to deceptive tactics. They can unashamedly do so, as they adhere to Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, who was quoted as saying “War is a deception.” The Allah of Islam is described in the Quran as “the best of deceivers.” Surah 8:30.There are two separate stages a Muslim community goes through: &quot;The stage of weakness - In it a Muslim community is unable to take charge of its own destiny. In this case - according to his thinking - they must withdraw for the purpose of preparing themselves to be capable of executing the second stage. &quot;The second stage is the Jihad stage, and it will come when the Muslim community has completed its prepardness and is ready to come out of its isolation to take charge, through Jihad. &quot;In this, Abul Aala Almaudoody was making a comparison between the two stages of weakness and Jihad on the one hand, and on the other hand, Mohammed&#039;s struggle in Mecca then in Medina.&quot; Today, in the West, we are witnessing the Islamic stage of weakness, but lets not be fooled, the stage of Jihad is coming sooner or later.The Iraqi Information minister quoted Sura 3:54, saying that &quot;Allah was the best of deceivers&quot;. What actually is this word? Sura 3:54 says that Allah &quot;makara.&quot; The Arabic word makara means to deceive, scheme, or plan. The Arabic Bible in Genesis 3:1 uses the same word for Satan. This word &quot;schemer&quot; (maakir) is a very strong word which Wehr and Abdel-Nour define as &quot;sly, cunning, wily&quot;. The Arabic-Arabic unjid defines it with &quot;khuda`a&quot; which means exactly the same thing. The phrase of Allah &quot;being the best deceiver&quot;. &quot;kheir ol makarein&quot; is also used of Allah in Suras 8:30; 10:22. The person who is a Makir (Same form as the word Kafir) speaking of
the attribute of a person is one who would outwit someone else to cause them harm. It speaks of one who would reveal the opposite of what he plans to do. The reality is that he is scheming evil for that person. So yes there is the sense of planning and scheming but mostly it means to trick, outwit and deceive for the purpose of overpowering and conquering the other. A Makir is one who devises a secret scheme against someone else. Synonyms would be cheating, defrauding, double-crossing, deceiving, tricking, in all cases Makara has the sense of defeating the one you have tricked.Posted by: Ali Dashti</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kitman &#038; taqiyya revisited:</p><p>Just to repeat the concepts of taqiyya and kitman, lying about Islam and Muslims&#8217; real intentions to non-Muslims, some extracts from this thread:</p><p><a href="http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=178" rel="nofollow">http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=178</a></p><p>The intention is to deceive unbelievers about Islam, for the explicit purpose of assuaging doubts and concerns about Islam, and encouraging conversion. Taqiyya underlies the whole gamut of Muslim propaganda which is disseminated in the West, from the claim that Islam promotes equal rights for women, to the attempts at inflating the perceived number of Muslims. All are designed to draw people to Islam, by hook or by crook. The example given before of the Durham imam who went so far as to claim that he would be compelled by his religion to prevent a vandal from destroying the property of a church or synagogue is a typical example of taqiyya. It was said in a public forum for the express purpose of giving an appearance to the Islamic religion which does not reflect reality. Certainly, as has been seen, the historical attitudes of Muslims toward churches and synagogues has NOT been to protect them from vandalism, just the opposite is in fact the case. But, the lie must be told in the public forum so as to present Islam in a positive and tolerant light which will appeal to Westerners, which will cause them to believe that the image of Islam as an intolerant and violent religion are just myths created by Islam&#8217;s enemies to defame the True Faith.</p><p>Al-taqiyya and dissimulation are words used for a practice of Muslims blatantly lying to non-Muslims. All but some of the most fundamental Muslims consider the act of Al-taqiyya or lying to non-Muslims to be a good work. This is very important when one remembers that, in Islam, salvation is determined by good works. This means that a Muslim lying to a non-Muslim is that Muslim doing a good work to earn salvation.</p><p>Taqiyya has been used by Muslims since the 7th century to confuse and split &#8216;the enemy’. A favored tactic was ‘deceptive triangulation’; to persuade the enemy that jihad was not aimed at them but at another enemy. Another tactic was to deny that there was jihad at all. A believer can make any statement as long as the ‘heart is comfortable&#8217;. The 9/11 terrorists lived and visited in the United States for two years before the 9/11 attacks. How did they acculturate? By the use of taqiyya. Meaning: I hate you but I smile at you-in public. Claiming that Jihad is a subjective and psychological state of personal struggle is taqiyya. In contemporary terms, Jihad means &#8211; holy war &#8211; against unbelievers and it in this context that Al Qaeda training manuals refer to Jihad as ‘Holy War’.</p><p>The principle of sanctioning lying for the cause of Islam bears grave implications in matters relating to the spread of the religion of Islam in the West. Muslim activists employ deceptive tactics in their attempts to polish Islam&#8217;s image and make it more attractive to prospective converts. They carefully try to avoid, obscure, and omit mentioning any of the negative Islamic texts and teachings.</p><p>We should keep hush-hush on things that are still in preparation. To this type of hiding, kitman is the best policy. In this regard, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, says in the hadith: “Seek fulfillment for things you want to finish inkitman.]” He himself gave the best example of such a type in the early days of Islam. When the number of Muslims was still small and the community was still weak, there was a big need for concealment or secret call (kitman).</p><p>Australia&#8217;s Mufti, Taj El-Din El-Hilaly, praises terrorists in Arabic. Then, when his words leak out, the sheik&#8217;s spokesman, Keysar Trad of the Lebanese Muslim Association, tells us in English how we&#8217;ve again got the peace-loving cleric all wrong.</p><p>Islam allows deception in war in order to attain victory. Al-Nawawi said: “The scholars are agreed that it is permissible to deceive the kuffaar in war in any way possible, except if that would mean breaking the terms of a treaty or trust, in which case it is not permitted. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “War is deceit.”</p><p>Sheik Omar told us it was just fine with Allah to lie, renege, deceive and cheat as long as it is for the betterment of Islam. The sheik said, &#8220;Yes, it was okay to lie in a war.&#8221; Islam is in a Jihad with the US and its allies. Therefore, Muslims CAN renege on the covenant, lie, deceive and kill&#8211;as long as Islam is in Jihad&#8211;which they are all the time.</p><p>Al-Taqiya, from the verb Ittaqu, means linguistically dodge the threat. Politically it means simulate whatever status you need in order to win the war against the enemy. According to Al-Taqiya, Muslims were granted the Shar&#8217;iya (legitimacy) to infiltrate the Dar el-Harb (war zone), infiltrate the enemy&#8217;s cities and forums and plant the seeds of discord and sedition. These agents were acting on behalf of the Muslim authority at war, and therefore were not considered as lying or denouncing the tenants of Islam. They were &#8220;legitimate&#8221; mujahedeen, whose mission was to undermine the enemy&#8217;s resistance and level of mobilization. One of their major objectives was to cause a split among the enemy&#8217;s camp. In many instances, they convinced their targeted audiences that Jihad is not aimed at them.</p><p>It is stated in the English version of the Sudanese Constitution that Islam is the state religion and that other faiths are tolerated. However in the Arab version, there is not a trace of such a guarantee.” The greatest punishment Arabs can inflict is oppression, a sense of falsity. If they can fool you, they do it with will all their might. They are proud of their ability to trick you.</p><p>This point is proven by numerous incidences in the life of Mohammed. He often lied and instructed his followers to do the same. He rationalized that the prospect of success in missions to extend Islam’s influence overrode Allah’s initial prohibitions against lying. A good example of sanctioned lying is the account of the assassinations of Kaab Ibn al-Ashrf, and Shaaban Ibn Khalid al-Hazly. Mohammed reportedly allowed his assassins lie to them in order to lure them into a place where they could easily butcher them.</p><p>The Quran alleges that Allah sanctions lies and deception:<br /> “Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths, but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you His signs, that ye may be grateful.” Surah 5:89</p><p>“Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief, except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith &#8211; but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty.” Surah 16: 106</p><p>“Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.” Surah 3: 28</p><p>According to this verse it is acceptable for Muslims to use deceptive tactics. In violation to the teachings of Islam, they can pretend to befriend infidels. In situations where real or imagined harm is perceived they are permitted to display adherence with the ideals of those considered as infidels.</p><p>When dealing with Muslim leaders it is essential to keep in mind that they can say or do anything that will get them out of trouble. All the while, they are apt to have just the opposite agenda in their hearts. It is imperative that our leaders not be naïve. They must understand that Muslims can use this loophole in their religion to absolve them from any accountability when they revert to deceptive tactics. They can unashamedly do so, as they adhere to Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, who was quoted as saying “War is a deception.” The Allah of Islam is described in the Quran as “the best of deceivers.” Surah 8:30.</p><p>There are two separate stages a Muslim community goes through: &#8220;The stage of weakness &#8211; In it a Muslim community is unable to take charge of its own destiny. In this case &#8211; according to his thinking &#8211; they must withdraw for the purpose of preparing themselves to be capable of executing the second stage. &#8220;The second stage is the Jihad stage, and it will come when the Muslim community has completed its prepardness and is ready to come out of its isolation to take charge, through Jihad. &#8220;In this, Abul Aala Almaudoody was making a comparison between the two stages of weakness and Jihad on the one hand, and on the other hand, Mohammed&#8217;s struggle in Mecca then in Medina.&#8221; Today, in the West, we are witnessing the Islamic stage of weakness, but lets not be fooled, the stage of Jihad is coming sooner or later.</p><p>The Iraqi Information minister quoted Sura 3:54, saying that &#8220;Allah was the best of deceivers&#8221;. What actually is this word? Sura 3:54 says that Allah &#8220;makara.&#8221; The Arabic word makara means to deceive, scheme, or plan. The Arabic Bible in Genesis 3:1 uses the same word for Satan. This word &#8220;schemer&#8221; (maakir) is a very strong word which Wehr and Abdel-Nour define as &#8220;sly, cunning, wily&#8221;. The Arabic-Arabic unjid defines it with &#8220;khuda`a&#8221; which means exactly the same thing. The phrase of Allah &#8220;being the best deceiver&#8221;. &#8220;kheir ol makarein&#8221; is also used of Allah in Suras 8:30; 10:22. The person who is a Makir (Same form as the word Kafir) speaking of<br /> the attribute of a person is one who would outwit someone else to cause them harm. It speaks of one who would reveal the opposite of what he plans to do. The reality is that he is scheming evil for that person. So yes there is the sense of planning and scheming but mostly it means to trick, outwit and deceive for the purpose of overpowering and conquering the other. A Makir is one who devises a secret scheme against someone else. Synonyms would be cheating, defrauding, double-crossing, deceiving, tricking, in all cases Makara has the sense of defeating the one you have tricked.</p><p>Posted by: Ali Dashti</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Teba</title><link>http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-24603</link> <dc:creator>Teba</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:52:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/#comment-24603</guid> <description>Parliament Declares October As Islamic History Month.
Bin Laden chose 9/11 because Jan Sobieski stopped the Turks at Vienna on 9/11 1683 and Eugene of Savoy slaughtered a Turkish army at Zenda on 9/11 1697 , thus ending the second Muslim invasion of Europe.On 10/10 732 Charles Martell stopped the first Muslim invasion of Europe at Tours,has someone in Canada got a sense of humor?The 3rd Muslim Invasion of Europe is current and they have landed 20 million troops without opposition  .
&quot;WE WILL CONQUER EUROPE WITH THE BELLIES OF OUR WOMEN&quot; (President Boumedienne 1974)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Parliament Declares October As Islamic History Month.<br /> Bin Laden chose 9/11 because Jan Sobieski stopped the Turks at Vienna on 9/11 1683 and Eugene of Savoy slaughtered a Turkish army at Zenda on 9/11 1697 , thus ending the second Muslim invasion of Europe.</p><p>On 10/10 732 Charles Martell stopped the first Muslim invasion of Europe at Tours,has someone in Canada got a sense of humor?</p><p>The 3rd Muslim Invasion of Europe is current and they have landed 20 million troops without opposition  .<br /> &#8220;WE WILL CONQUER EUROPE WITH THE BELLIES OF OUR WOMEN&#8221; (President Boumedienne 1974)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Savitch</title><link>http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-24591</link> <dc:creator>Savitch</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:55:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/#comment-24591</guid> <description>40 woman murdered recently in Basra for not exersising their freedoms to wear the headscarf (the mohammedan swastika).</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>40 woman murdered recently in Basra for not exersising their freedoms to wear the headscarf (the mohammedan swastika).</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ISLAMSFORLOSERS</title><link>http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-24587</link> <dc:creator>ISLAMSFORLOSERS</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:14:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheikyermami.com/2007/12/08/the-islamic-republic-of-turkey/#comment-24587</guid> <description>Mustapha Kemal was hardly perfect but he did have one redeeming feature-he tried hard to drag Turkey into the modern world by getting rid of the caliphate and introducing the Roman
alphabet. Unfortunately, he didn&#039;t go far enough-he didn&#039;t banish the Koran. Now that mistake is coming back to haunt Turkey. Had Kemal realized this he might have taken that extra step.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mustapha Kemal was hardly perfect but he did have one redeeming feature-he tried hard to drag Turkey into the modern world by getting rid of the caliphate and introducing the Roman<br /> alphabet. Unfortunately, he didn&#8217;t go far enough-he didn&#8217;t banish the Koran. Now that mistake is coming back to haunt Turkey. Had Kemal realized this he might have taken that extra step.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>