Farzana Hassan Tells Muslims to "Actively Counter the Extremism In Their Midst" By Rejecting Their Islamic "Values"

She may not put it into those exact words, but that, in essence, is her message:

They must not just condemn outrages and disown the perpetrators, but advocate positively for tolerance toward Westerners, women, homosexuals and those of different religious beliefs, or no beliefs.

If more Muslims imparted these values to their children, violence in the name of Islam would decrease.

If more Muslims imparted these (Western) values to their children, would they still be Muslim? Or would they be Muslim in name only? And isn't that, in fact, part of the problem--immigrant parents who move away from their traditions only to find that that makes their children feel adrift in the larger society, and therefore more inclined to want to search for the identity--and the "values"-- their parents had shunned?

How many "lone wolf" jihadis are born right here in the West?

Hassan's suggestion sounds eminently sensible, but, alas, when it comes to Islamic supremacism and all the bad stuff it engenders, including jihadi terrorism, there is no magic bullet.

Update: Here's another problem--"moderate" Muslims who, instead of copping to the reality of what Islamic scripture has to say about homosexuality, insist that it says no such thing:

Raheel Raza, president of the Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow, and an author who tries to fight hate in Islam, said the video is shocking and Quick's remarks dehumanize gay men. She said the comments do not reflect the teachings of Islam. 

"It's an appalling video, it's shocking. We have a responsibility to not make statements that lead to violence," Raza said. "What right does one human being have, no matter what faith, no matter what religion, to condemn another person to death? This is at the core of this issue." 

Raza said the belief Quick expressed in the video that gay men should die is not found in the the (sic)  Qur'an. She says the Islamic holy book does not accept "homosexuality," but it does not condone violence against the gay community, either. 

Raheel's on the right side, but she does her cause a grave disservice by misrepresenting the contents of the Quran (which calls for homosexuals to be stoned to death, the reason why gays are executed in Muslim countries--Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen--that practice Quran-inspired sharia law).

This assessment by another moderate is far more honest (my bolds):

Mainstream Muslim-American imams or religious leaders believe that everything the prophet said was true. Cognitive dissonance is the fundamental psychological issue that is swept under the rug, but that needs to be a conversation in American mosques. On the topic of homosexuality, most American-Muslim scholars, such as Yasir Qadhi, will argue that in a pluralistic society such as that of the United States, we must tolerate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans even while we believe that they live sinful lives. 

More liberal American-Muslim leaders will advocate that we are obliged to fight for the LGBT community. Reza Aslan and Hasan Minhaj, after last year’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage, followed the liberal line in  An Open Letter to American Muslims on Same-Sex Marriage. They cited the Quran ("Be just, for this is closest to righteousness") and said God's mercy and compassion extends "to all people, not just those who are straight.” 

But if it were really that simple, their letter would not be necessary. Their logic, unfortunately, is torn apart by any honest reading of the prophet’s words.

Update: This letter appears in the National Post:

Re: Islamism? Perish The Thought!, Barbara Kay, June 22.It is unbelievable so many individuals try to blind themselves to the fact some Muslims advocate hostility against those who are not in their particular faith group, and that includes other Muslims. From all evidence, it appears Omar Mateem was gay, that a local iman inspired Muslims to act compassionately toward gays by killing them, and that by doing so Mateem could erase his guilt of being gay. 

Barbara Kay is correct in pointing out the methods other than firearms, used by terrorists who were all motivated in some degree by their interpretation of Islam. It is not Islamophobic to face the facts there are such people in this country, as evidenced by attacks by Islamic-inspired terrorists and that the Mounties and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service are surveilling as many as their budgets and physical resources will allow. Fortunately, there are Muslims who advocate for a reformation in the interpreting of wording that might encourage those looking at terrorism to adopt a more tolerant approach to others.
Norman Gardner, Toronto

My response:

Letter-writer Norman Gardner thinks that Muslims who call for a reinterpretation of  "wording" in Islam's sacred texts could prompt potential terrorists to "adopt a more tolerant approach to others."

Well, that's certainly one possibility--and a highly optimistic one at that.

The more likely scenario, however, sees such  "moderate" voices being shunned, not only by young Muslims searching for "authenticy"--which means a literalist interpration of the texts--but also by non-Muslims, who think the only "authentic" Muslim leaders are imams who dress and think in the most traditional ways.

Therefore, the best--and one might argue the only--way for Muslims to effect the sort of change that will result in more tolerance is not by performing Cirque du Soleil-worthy contortions in a vain attempt to try to make the wording say something it does not. Instead, it is via a wholesale rejection of what is actually written.

Mahmoud Abbas's Speech to the EU in Brussels: Mad, Bad and Seriously Unhinged

If the man is off his meds, he needs to get back on 'em a.s.a.p. If he isn't on any meds, it's time he was.

Maybe some heavy-duty psychoactives could do something to mitigate this sort of mishegas:

In his speech, Abbas accused Israeli rabbis of calling for the poisoning of Palestinian drinking water — an apparent reference to a media report that has been debunked. 

“Isn’t that clear incitement to commit mass killings against the Palestinian people?” Abbas asked. 

Abbas also claimed terrorism around the world would halt if Israel withdrew from Judea and Samaria and east Jerusalem. 

“Once the occupation ends, terrorism will disappear, there will be no more terrorism in the Middle East, or anywhere else in the world,” Abbas said...

At which point this mental case skipped around the room while gaily singing, "Choo Choo Charlie was an engineer..."

"Do Loretta Lynch's Ties with 'Muslim Advocates' Org Explain Her Whitewash of Orlando?"

Maybe. But there's a far simpler explanation than that. To wit: she's an Obama factotum and must therefore act in keeping with her boss's muddled, Islam-friendly agenda.

Just ask Susan Rice (or Hillary Clinton) how that works.

Update: Loretta Lynch's Appalling Response to Terrorism, a headline which inspired this:

Loretta's response is "appalling,"
Also feckless, upsetting and galling.
She thinks that mere squish
Will fulfill Barack's wish.
Clearly, being supine is her calling.

Redictator, Er, Redactor LoLy Thinks the Best Way To Counter Jihadi Decapitators Is Via Hugs 'n' Kisses 'n' Stuff

Everybody sing: What jihadis need/Is love, sweet love...

Update: In other LoLy news, she seems to have lost track of Omar Mateen's helpful missus. ("Dammit, she was here just a second ago," says the befuddled AG.)

Roger L. Simon: Is The Left Pathologically Incapable of Perceiving the Islam in Jihad?

Yup:

Poor ISIS. The left  in our country -- liberals, progressives, the administration and their media cohorts -- can't face up to, or even admit, the evils of radical Islam, no matter what the Islamists do. One wonders if the jihadists set off a dirty nuke in the press room of the New York Times whether the reporters would even object. They'd probably write an editorial about the unhappy childhoods of the bombers and how one of them was once humiliated by a Christian schoolmate in a volleyball game during recess in Beirut. 

It's almost like a disease. In fact, it is a disease -- the real Islamophobia... not irrational fear of Islam, but irrational fear of blaming Islam. 

Consider Orlando. Not just the uber-lefty slickster Van Jones, who comes off like a re-upped CNN version of the Soviet Union's old Vladimir Pozner, but Kirsten Powers, playing her "liberal" role on Fox, blathered on about how she didn't really consider Omar Mateen a radical Islamic terrorist but someone who was mentally ill and an unfortunately guilty homophobic gay. 

I hate to be rude to Kirsten, who seems like a nice person, but that is incredibly naive. Of course Mateen was a mentally ill homophobic gay, unfortunate or not. So what? The point is he was a mentally ill homophobic gay who believed in radical Islam. It is radical Islam that gave him the license to kill, indeed urged him to kill with its precepts, all those innocent people. Without radical Islam, they would all be alive today...

Last week I attended a talk given by one of Canada's big time security/terrorism experts. I mean, this guy has a C.V. that runs to dozens of pages, and his expertise in the area, we were told, is second to none, not only in Canada but internationally, too.

I knew we were not going to see eye-to-eye, though, when, early on, he said he was a Democrat and used the Obama locution--or, rather, circumlocution--"violent extremism" to refer to the terrorist acts of radicalized Muslims who pledge allegiance to ISIS and/or other groups waging the jihad du jour.

Those in attendance were treated to a mind-blowing display of multi-coloured charts and graphs and maps, replete with dots and lines and arrows, along with a somewhat abstruse explanation re how all this stuff could help predict where in Africa groups such as Boko Haram might strike next.

As impressive as this was--and, boy, was it ever impressive!--it soon dawned on me that something was missing. That something: the understanding that all this "criminal" activity wasn't simply a matter of organized crime with an Islamic flavor--the equivalent of a Muslim Costa Nostra. It was about true belief, religious fanaticism and the desire to supersede Western Civilization so that Islam could be on top, as per Allah's promises to Islam's founder.

Sadly, however, this expert, like many on the Left, could not wrap his (secular, non-religious) head around the religious underpinnings of all the "violent extremism." He even opined that the Omar Mateens of the world would likely act out in a violent way no matter what (meaning that the Islamic radicalization doesn't really matter).

Seriously. He really said that.

He also said that, here in Canada, it was awesome how everyone got along so well. (Oh, yeah, Mr. "Expert"? Have you been to an Al Quds Day at Queen's Park where imports from Islamic lands shriek "Allahu Akbar!" and "Death to Israel"? Clearly not.)

It should come as no surprise that the whole presentation left me feeling depressed bordering on the bereft. Because if this is "the guy"--the one who advises government bigwigs and military brass on the ins and outs of terrorism--things are even worse than I thought they were.

And, believe me, going in I already thought they were pretty damn calamitous.

In DOJ Transcripts, Omar Mateen's Name for God--i.e. "Allah"--Is Lost In Translation

So after a public outcry, LoLy's DOJ released an unredacted version of Omar Mateen's calls to police.

Unredacted, perhaps, but not exactly untampered with, as you can see in this transcript of one of the calls (not my bolds):

Orlando Police Dispatcher (OD)
Shooter (OM)

OD: Emergency 911, this is being recorded.

OM: In the name of God the Merciful, the beneficial [in Arabic]

OD: What?

OM: Praise be to God, and prayers as well as peace be upon the prophet of God [in Arabic]. I let you know, I’m in Orlando and I did the shootings.

OD: What’s your name?

OM: My name is I pledge of allegiance to [omitted].

OD: Ok, What’s your name?

OM: I pledge allegiance to [omitted] may God protect him [in Arabic], on behalf of [omitted].

"God the Merciful" sounds non-threatening and almost, well, Jewish. (One has the sense that Obama's DOJ would be inclined to translate "Allahu Akbar!" as "Go, God!")

"Allah the Merciful," on the other hand, is as Islamic--and, in Mateen's case, as jihadist--as it gets. (As for that "beneficial"--I'm no linguist, but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be "beneficent." And the name that's been "[omitted]" is none other than the Islamic scholar--he's a PhD, no less--who heads up ISIS.)

So who, exactly, do the Obami think they're fooling with this translation (aside from themselves, I mean)?

Update: Obama had done that "Voila, no Allah" thing before.

Caroline Glick On Why Israelis Have Abandonned Leftist Leaders

In brief, it's because these leaders:

• are clueless;
• are insufferably pompous;
• believe they have all the answers when it's clear they don't;
• hate anyone on the Right, especially those who are religious;
• are so power-hungry that they would put Israel's existence at risk in order to further their own political ambitions.

World Jewish Congress Head Ron Lauder "Expresses Horror" At Return of Jew-Hate to Europe

Time for a JEXIT, no?

CAIR Propaganda Targets Familiar--and Effective--Anti-Jihadis

The best defense being a good offence, today CAIR released a study that documents the mega-bucks--$205 million, to be exact--that "33 Islamophobic groups had access to...in total revenue between 2008-2013."

Ooo, scary, right?

Well, no, not exactly. In fact, the "Islamophobic" groups and individuals listed on CAIR's islamophobia.org website include many of the most familiar and respected names in anti-jihad ranks.

These "Islamophobes," so called, include, for instance:

• Bill Maher
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• Brigitte Gabriel
• Robert Spencer
• Daniel Pipes
• Frank Gaffney; and
• Zuhdi Jasser.

Not one of these individuals "hates" Muslims. Each one, however, is active in speaking out against jihad, sharia, ISIS, Islamic supremacism, the Caliphate, and all the rest of that wonderful stuff.

You see, CAIR understands that the best way to control the narrative (the bogus one, which presents Islam as being entirely benign save for a few individuals who have "twisted" the faith's message of peace) is to delegitimize the very people who are brave enough to stand up and tell the truth, even at the cost of being labeled "haters" and bigots by the likes of CAIR (or, as I like to think of 'em, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holyland terrorism funding case).

Broadway Community Sings "What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)" For Orlando Victims

Here's the Broadway version.

And here's mine, which has been tweaked to reflect reality:

What jihadis love is death, sweet death.
It's what they espouse to their dying breath.
What jihadis love is martyrdom.
Panting virgins wait up in Kingdom Come.

Lord, we don't need to find their "motive".
It's apparent and plain in their battle cry.
It's Fort Hood and Orlando and Bataclan--
A plan to for them to be supreme.

What jihadis love is death, sweet death.
It's what they espouse to their dying breath.
What the world needs now's a clue, yoo hoo.
Love's a lovely thing, but it won't save you.

Lord, we don't need more clueless leftists
Who say hugs and good wishes will turn the tide.
Who say sunbeams and rainbows will melt their hearts.
Oy vey, that stuff--it's suicide!

What jihadis love is death, sweet death.
It's what they espouse to their dying breath.
What jihadis want is to terrorize.
When will all you chumps open up your eyes?...

Six Flags Over Wahhabiland to Offer Saudi-Style "Fun"

There's news that the Six Flags organization will be opening some theme parks in Saudi Arabia, perhaps the least fun place on the planet. Hence this unintentionally amusing para from the Reuters piece:

It is unclear whether the theme park company will tailor its rides, which include water slides, to the social codes of a country where public spaces are gender segregated and patrolled by state-sponsored Islamic morality enforcers.

It will definitely have to tailor its rides to suit the country. For one thing, how is it even safe for chicks clad in heavy, head-to-toe black shrouds to go on any unadapted Six Flags rides? Also, the rides will have to be gender segregated--either by the ride (some rides being deemed unsuitable for the second-class sex) or, a la swimming pool rules, by designated times when each gender can use it.

And, sorry, but those morality police are bound to put a damper on the fun: heck, spoiling peoples' fun is part of their job description.

All in all, that makes a Six Flags Over Riyadh theme park one to avoid.