http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17693

 Reporters Without Borders expressed shock and dismay after a brutal raid on a Christian radio station in Nairobi, Radio Hope, left one person dead and three injured overnight on 12 May 2006. The editorial management of the Pentacostal Church-owned radio blamed the raid on Muslim extremists. It immediately followed a Swahili-language broadcast entitled “Jesus is the way”, advocating conversion of Muslims to Christianity. Witnesses, cited by Agence France-Presse (AFP) said the attack on Radio Hope was carried out by a gang of about nine. Two of them opened fire on a night guard, killing him instantly and injuring another member of the security staff and a presenter before setting fire to the studios by throwing petrol bombs and taking the station off air. A passer-by was also injured as the band of attackers fled after the raid.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060513/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_2

KABUL

(Reuters) - Afghan police were hunting on Saturday for attackers who fired rocket-propelled grenades at a U.N. vehicle, killing a U.N. driver and a doctor from a German aid agency and seriously wounding a U.N. staffer. The chief U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, said he was deeply saddened by Friday's attack on the U.N. Children's Fund vehicle in the western province of Herat, and said he would do everything in his power to bring the perpetrators to justice. The three casualties were all Afghan. A security official in Herat said the attackers fired two rocket-propelled grenades, one of which hit the UNICEF vehicle. Four policemen who had been traveling in an escort vehicle were unaccounted for, he said. ... The UNICEF vehicle was on a routine health mission, traveling from Badghis province to Herat, when it was attacked. ... Koenigs said the United Nations had no idea why the UNICEF vehicle was attacked. "We know of no reasons why this attack should have occurred, nor can there be reason to justify murder and maiming," he said.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1147470612103&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

 Khalid Khawaja, a former Pakistani intelligence officer and Osama bin Laden associate, says there is no quit in the Islamic principles that inspire the Taliban. "We play only a win-win game," he says. "For this reason, you cannot win from us. You fight to live; live a comfortable life. We fight to die. You love to live. We love to die."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0510/p01s04-wome.html

"In Europe they tell Muslims that they have to create parallel societies and that they should not follow European laws," says Ms. Baran. "If this happens it will impossible for people like me to argue that Islam can be democratic."...

...Hizb ut-Tahrir takes a more gradual, long-term strategy for spreading the territory under Muslim rule.

"Islam obliges Muslims to possess power so that they can intimidate - I would not say terrorize - the enemies of Islam," says Abu Mohammed, a Hizb ut-Tahrir activist. "In the beginning, the Caliphate would strengthen itself internally and it wouldn't initiate jihad."

"But after that we would carry Islam as an intellectual call to all the world," says Abu Mohammed, a pseudonym. "And we will make people bordering the Caliphate believe in Islam. Or if they refuse then we'll ask them to be ruled by Islam."

And after that? Abu Mohammed pauses and fiddles with his Pepsi before replying.

"And if after all discussions and negotiations they still refuse, then the last resort will be a jihad to spread the spirit of Islam and the rule of Islam," he says, smiling. "This is done in the interests of all people to get them out of darkness and into light."

http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15851

“I have lost hope for Islam and I think it’s the duty of all thinkers to be blunt and straightforward to change the minds of Muslims,” she said confidently, flanked by two bodyguards, to a receptive audience of about 150 at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard. ... The daughter of devout Muslims, Sultan first began to question Islam as a medical student at the University of Aleppo, where she witnessed members of the radical Muslim Brotherhood political group shoot dead her professor while shouting “Allah is great.” She and her husband immigrated to the United States in 1989. She describes her mission as educating the world about what she calls the dangers of Islam and fostering an intellectual rebellion among “oppressed” and “brainwashed” Muslims. “There is no moderate Islam at all because Islam is different from any other religion,” Sultan said. “They believe the Quran is the absolute word of God and we’re not supposed to play with it or change it.” In addition, she said, in Islam religion and politics are intertwined, making state enforcement of Islam a religious goal among devout Muslims in any country. Islam, she said, “shouldn’t be classified as just a religion but a policy which applies its teachings violently.” Sultan didn’t reserve her criticism for Islam alone. She faulted President George W. Bush for referring to Islam as a religion of peace. She said that America has the responsibility and right to lead the ideological change that needs to occur among Muslims, to liberate them, but through “books — not only tanks.”

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22415

One might be led to think that if international law enforcement authorities and Western intelligence agencies had discovered a twenty-year old document revealing a top-secret plan developed by the oldest Islamist organization with one of the most extensive terror networks in the world to launch a program of “cultural invasion” and eventual conquest of the West that virtually mirrors the tactics used by Islamists for more than two decades, that such news would scream from headlines published on the front pages and above the fold of the New York Times, Washington Post, London Times, Le Monde, Bild, and La Repubblica.

If that’s what you might think, you would be wrong.

In fact, such a document was recovered in a raid by Swiss authorities in November 2001, two months after the horror of 9/11. Since that time information about this document, known in counterterrorism circles as “The Project”, and discussion regarding its content has been limited to the top-secret world of Western intelligence communities. Only through the work of an intrepid Swiss journalist, Sylvain Besson of Le Temps, and his book published in October 2005 in France, La conquête de l'Occident: Le projet secret des Islamistes (The Conquest of the West: The Islamists' Secret Project), has information regarding The Project finally been made public. One Western official cited by Besson has described The Project as “a totalitarian ideology of infiltration which represents, in the end, the greatest danger for European societies.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles_print.php?article_id=5483

 Excerpts: A cursory examination of the following documents would have provided diplomats with a better grasp of the problem: • The PLO Charter [1], originally written in 1964 and later amended in 1968 is adamant: there is no room or justification in “Palestine” for a Jewish State and the internationally recognized documents of the 1920s and beyond are all null and void (q.v. Art. 2, 19, 20, 22); • The PLO Phased Strategy [2] dated June 1974, urges the Palestinians to grab whatever territory Israel is prepared to relinquish to them and use it as a launching pad for additional land concessions until the “complete liberation of Palestine” is attained. • The Hamas Covenant, adopted in 1988, calls for a holy war against Zionists and Jews in general (q.v. Art. 7, 14, 28, 32, 35). • The Fatah Constitution, written in 1964, three years before any so-called “occupation of Palestinian territories,” is the official document of Fatah, the “mainstream” party of Mahmud Abbas, and is also quite eloquent in its opposition to Israel. It calls for the eradication of the “Zionist presence” in Palestine, which is presented as an imperialist, colonial entity to be destroyed by armed struggle (q.v. Art. 8, 12, 19, 22). This is not merely an ideological exposé: the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades – a military offshoot of Fatah – carried out some of the most gruesome terrorist attacks against Israel in the past few years. Negotiating with a party vowed to your destruction is insane. The true intentions of the Palestinian Arabs could not be more specific. It is inconceivable that high ranking diplomats, including Israelis, are not aware of the above. Why did they, knowingly, dismiss these warnings? We can have serious doubts about the true intentions of those who favor the pursuit of a “peace process” with such a partner. Even assuming that all the stumbling blocks of “level B” had been properly addressed and resolved; that the Palestinians agreed to live “side by side with Israel in a new, peaceful and viable state”; and that Islamic radicalism had no longer any claims on Israel, politicians and legal experts should still pause and think about the legality of the whole process...

...Unfortunately, these crucial issues seem to have been buried deep under the thick Arabian rugs of international conference rooms. But they should soon resurface and be presented to the whole world with the supporting data that constitute the founding documents of the Jewish Nation in Palestine: • The Balfour Declaration (1917): The British government favored the creation of a “Jewish national home” in Palestine. • The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919, with later amendments), as part of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI and the dismemberment of the Ottoman and other empires: Article 22 of the Covenant recognized the existence of “peoples not yet able to stand by themselves”, and established “the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization.” It further states that “tutelage of such peoples should be entrusted to advanced nations … who are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as Mandatories on behalf of the League.” • The San Remo Resolution (April 1920) included Palestine in the Mandatory system and incorporated the provisions of the Balfour Declaration, thus recognizing Palestine as a “Jewish national home” with the imprimatur of the international community. This was later spelled out in Article 95 of the Treaty of Sèvres (August 1920). Even though Turkey did not ratify the Treaty of Sèvres, Article 95 maintains its specific validity in international law. • The Franco-British Boundary Convention (December 1920) established the northern boundaries between Palestine and Syria-Lebanon, thus officially rectifying the previous Sykes-Picot secret agreement of 1916. • The Mandate for Palestine (July 1922) was officially conferred to Britain as the Mandatory Power. The preamble of this document declares that “recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country.” This Mandate, approved by 52 states, unambiguously assigns Palestine to the Jews and “encourage[s] …close settlement by Jews, on the land, including State lands and waste lands not required for public purposes” (Article 6). In what could be seen as a violation of previous agreements, the British carved the exclusively Arab Emirate of Transjordan out of Palestine and inserted Article 25, thus “postpon[ing] or withhold[ing] application of such provisions of this mandate” as they applied to the Palestine portion located to the east of the Jordan River. • The Anglo-American Convention (December 1924) further strengthened the international position with regard to Palestine, as established by the community of nations, and recognized Britain as the Mandatory Power. It can be argued that the American government later failed in its obligations to uphold the provisions of the Mandate by not opposing the several British White Papers issued in the 1930s which limited the immigration of Jews to Palestine, in violation of Britain’s Mandatory commitments. • The United Nations Charter (1945): Article 80 is quite clear in maintaining the national rights acquired through a Mandate voted by the then defunct League of Nations. Thus, the national rights of the Jewish people to “Palestine” have not been abrogated to this day. How often do we hear of the above documents? Were it not for the indefatigable effort of a few legal experts such as Howard Grief and Eli Hertz, truths would still be mostly hidden. In light of the above, one may seriously question the integrity of most diplomats and analysts who, along with the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the U.S. government (all members of the Quartet) consistently peddle the Arab line and blur or erase the history of the region prior to 1967. We can understand why the Arabs seek to ignore the pre-1967 history of the region, but why should everyone else follow the same distortions? All inquisitive analyses of these issues are strangely absent in the mainstream media. It all looks like a concerted effort in non-disclosure. Is there a name for this willful blindness? The failure of the “peace process” since its inception in 1993 (Declaration of Principles and Oslo Accords) and all the way through the present Roadmap is too obvious to deny. A telltale of a failed process is the short lifespan of its underlying expectations. Take any paper written just a year ago by a proponent of the “peace process”, and the incompatibilities with current conditions become glaring. Look at what was written about the withdrawal of Israeli forces from “Area A”; the “disengagement” from Gaza; the foreign observers at the Rafah crossing and at the Jericho jail; the transfer to the Palestinians of the greenhouses of Gush Katif, etc., and compare it with today’s reality. Nothing stood the test of time for more than a year...

http://netwmd.com/blog/2006/05/10/591

Excerpt:

Furthermore, organizations like the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) advocate the perception that, regardless of the reality, the Palestinians are occupied for life. The UNRWA has a financial interest in perpetuating this fiction. As long as the Palestinians are refugees, the UNRWA is in business. The reason is that the UNRWA’s success is measured not by results but by the contributions it receives, and here the agency is doing well for itself. The Bush administration has agreed to contribute $51 million to the agency’s emergency appeal this year, more than double the $20 million it contributed last year. Overall, the U.S. donation to UNRWA amounts to over $100 million annually.

The monies themselves illustrate how the United States is perpetuating a state of utter dependency in which the Palestinian upper class fobs off all economic responsibilities onto the international community. If one looks at Palestinian society as a whole, more than anything it is lacking social mobility. There are two social classes in Palestinian society: a small affluent class and the poor, who comprise the majority of the population. However, poverty in Gaza is ghastly not because of the so-called occupation. Rather, it is a self-inflicted state of affairs created by Palestinian leaders who are supposed to govern and better the lives of Palestinians but instead prosper at their expense. The fact is that Arafat’s corruption and the al-Aqsa intifada have only succeeded in damaging Palestinian society rather than furthering its desires.

As long as Palestinians cling to the false notion of being “occupied” with Israel in the role of the “oppressor,” they will not assume responsibility for themselves. In Palestinian society, socio-economic conditions are not the root cause of homicide bombing, since it is the more educated who are sacrificing their lives in Allah’s name. And Arab terrorism did not begin with the so-called occupation after the Six Day War; it started as early as 1929 when Jews were massacred in Hebron. Despite this history, in Palestinian nomenclature, the “occupation” remains the root cause of all problems, from social and economic woes to terrorism.

Not surprisingly the U.S. has finally caved in on aid to the palestinians. They freely elected a terrorist regime, so why do the palestinians deserve any sympathy, let alone western aid? The west no longer has the excuse to separate the palestinian population from its leaders whom they CHOSE. How can there ever be peace when we continue fund and enable terrorists?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_palestinians;_ylt=ArH24PDZADZPlNHiCgFROWKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

It's also interesting that while hamas and the palestinians cry poverty, they have the funds for weapons and explosives:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060510/wl_afp/mideastjordan

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961311139&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

hamas has clearly chosen to use it's money for terrorism rather than providing for the humanitarian needs of its people, and as long as we provide funding for the palestinians, they will be free to continue using their money for weapons and terrorism.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=22372

Excerpt:

 Even if Post reporters missed the section in the 230-page report on terror training camps operated by the Fedayeen Saddam, the militia of soldiers most loyal to the ruthless ruler, that issue was raised again in Congressional hearings last month. The camps, which were started in 1994, trained some 7,200 Iraqis in the art of terrorism in the first year alone. “Beginning in 1998,” according to the full report, “these camps began hosting ‘Arab volunteers from Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, ‘the Gulf,’ and Syria.’” So in the late 1990’s and beyond, during which time conventional wisdom tells us that Saddam was “contained,” Iraq was training thousands of terrorists from across the Arab world. Saddam was not slowing down. “The training activity of the groups were increasing both internal and apparently external. It was increasing over time,” testified Lt. Col. Kevin Woods (retired), the report’s chief author.

http://www.slate.com/id/2141276/

 Excerpt:

Before being elected to parliament, she worked as a translator and social worker among immigrant women who are treated as sexual chattel—or as the object of "honor killings"—by their menfolk, and she has case histories that will freeze your blood. These, however, are in some ways less depressing than the excuses made by qualified liberals for their continuation. At all costs, it seems, others must be allowed "their culture" and—what is more—must be allowed the freedom not to be offended by the smallest criticism of it. If they do feel offended, their very first resort is to violence and intimidation, sometimes with the support of the embassies of foreign states. (How interesting it is that the two European states most recently attacked in this way—Holland and Denmark—should be the ones that have made the greatest effort to be welcoming to immigrants.)

Yet more of the peaceful inner struggle being carried out.

http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/may/01jk.htm

I don't suppose Walt and Meirsheimer will do a study on this.

http://www.wnd.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50062

Excerpt:

The book begins by exposing the countless U.S. Muslim leaders who masquerade as moderates, forswear terrorism, but then do what the Quran commands: "instill terror in the hearts of unbelievers" (Surah 8:12). Embraced by American presidents, the likes of Sami Al-Arian, Abdurahman M. Alamoudi, and Muzammil H. Siddiqi – to name but a few – represent the creme de la creme of "moderate" Islam in America. Sperry traces the career trajectories of these (and other) faux moderates as they've gone from "the White House to the Big House": The first was tried for heading the U.S branch of Islamic Jihad; the second "pleaded guilty of plotting terrorist acts with Libya"; the third, president of the Fiqh Council of North America and the flower of the flock, has confined himself mercifully to merely cussing the United States.

Consider the "moderate" Council on American-Islamic Relations – the media-savvy mouthpiece for militant Islam in America. One CAIR leader, Omar M. Ahmad, is quoted as saying that "Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran ... should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth." Says Ibrahim Hooper, another low-key chap from CAIR: "I want to see the U.S. become an Islamic nation." This "mainstream" Islamic group has seen three of its top leaders – Ghassan Elashi, Bassem K. Khafagi, and Randall Todd "Ismail" Royer – convicted on terrorism-related charges.

Another islamic holy warrior snuff film:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2168496,00.html

A large man dressed in military fatigues, boots and cap approaches from behind and covers her mouth with his left hand. In his right hand, he clutches a large knife with a black handle and an 8in blade. He proceeds to cut her throat from the middle, slicing from side to side.

Her cries — “Ah, ah, ah” — can be heard above the “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) intoned by the holder of the mobile phone.

Even then, there is no quick release for Bahjat. Her executioner suddenly stands up, his job only half done. A second man in a dark T-shirt and camouflage trousers places his right khaki boot on her abdomen and pushes down hard eight times, forcing a rush of blood from her wounds as she moves her head from right to left.

Only now does the executioner return to finish the task. He hacks off her head and drops it to the ground, then picks it up again and perches it on her bare chest so that it faces the film-maker in a grotesque parody of one of her pieces to camera.

The voice of one of the Arab world’s most highly regarded and outspoken journalists has been silenced. She was 30.