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Whipping up the rubes: Muslims protest against pope amidst calls for calm
2006-09-23
“Around 2,000 Hamas followers swelled the streets of the West Bank town of Ramallah, criticising Pope Benedict XVI, whom they said 'knew nothing about history'...”
Thousands of Palestinians on Friday led peaceful demonstrations across the Muslim world against the pope’s criticism of Islam, demanding a frank apology amidst appeals for dialogue and calm. Around 2,000 Hamas followers swelled the streets of the West Bank town of Ramallah, criticising Pope Benedict XVI, whom they said “knew nothing about history”.

“He should debate with Iranian scholars so logic replaces his irrelevant comments...”
Around 300 demonstrators filed into Tehran’s revolution square, burning US, British and Israeli flags and chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel”. “We want once again for the pope to apologise officially. He should debate with Iranian scholars so logic replaces his irrelevant comments,” said a leader of the protest. “We strongly condemn his comments and we ask Muslims and Christians to be alert in the face of attempts to create tension, and we ask the pope to correctly apologise,” he said. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has voiced respect for the pope and acknowledged that he had “modified” the offending remarks.

“Qaradawi accused the pope of saying things 'even a secondary school pupil should not say'...
Influential Qatari sheikh Yussef Al-Qaradawi accused the pope of saying things “even a secondary school pupil should not say”, in a sermon partly broadcast by Al-Jazeera. “The pope should have been prudent before making remarks that hurt a nation of a billion-and-a-half people,” said the Egyptian-born cleric.

“'The pope has shown himself to be like Hitler, Lenin and the contemporary dictator and bloodsucker Bush,' said the head of the Kabul provincial council, Habibullah Hisam...”
A gathering of around 300 angry scholars in Kabul called on mullahs across the country to use Friday prayers to read to their congregations the pope’s words. “In the history of humanity, the pope has shown himself to be like Hitler, Lenin and the contemporary dictator and bloodsucker Bush,” said the head of the Kabul provincial council, Habibullah Hisam.

“Hundreds of Muslims took part in what the organisers called a 'day of anger'...”
Meanwhile, thousands of Muslims from Cairo to Kuala Lumpur protested against the pope at mosques on Friday, demanding at least a full apology and in some cases a retraction of comments he made. At Cairo’s 10th century Al-Azhar mosque, hundreds of Muslims took part in what the organisers called a “day of anger”. The Friday preacher criticised the pope’s initial response to the controversy. “Not only do we not accept his apology, but his insulting words should be wiped out of the text,” he said.

Speakers after Friday prayers in Cairo linked the pope to the invasion or occupation of Arab and Muslim countries by the US, Israel and their allies. “Wake up Muslims! It’s a conspiracy between the pope and Bush!” said a banner strung between two mosque pillars.

“It looks as if the Vatican is providing religious justification for the wars waged in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said scholar Kamal Habib. In Malaysia, some 300 Muslims held a peaceful rally after Friday prayers. Waving anti-pope banners, supporters of the opposition Islamic party PAS demanded the pope resign and make a full apology. Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad urged Muslims to refrain from violent protests similar to those held over the cartoons. Asked if Muslim anger over the comments was seen as linking Islam with violence was justified, he said, “Not to the point of burning embassies and such.”
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Via Gateway Pundit: Danish Imam Who Faked Cartoons, Linked to Terror, Cheered 9-11
2006-02-17
Imam Ahmad Abu Laban, the man behind this whole Danish cartoon controversy, not only faked obscene cartoons on his trip to the Middle East, but also:

* Entertained the "Blind Sheikh" behind the first World Trade Center attacks

* Praised Osama Bin Laden after 9-11 Attacks

* Preached he "Shed no tears" after 9-11 Attacks

* Accused of giving Political support to Osama bin Laden's network

* Accused of giving Financial support to Osama bin Laden's network

* Joined with 225 Islamic Radicals to form Global Jihadist Group in 2003

* Said that Theo van Gogh - "Had it coming!"

* Called on his flock to Give Their Lives to Global Jihad for Palestinians

* Met with Sheikh Qaradawi in Saudi Arabia who has legalized the murder of American soldiers in Iraq

Imam Ahmad Abu Laban, the leader of the Islamic Society of Denmark toured the Middle-East to "create awareness" about the 12 cartoons that were published in Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, on September 30, 2005...
As far as most Western news services are concerned, the cartoons pictured above are the ones creating all of the uproar.
Go to linked site to view the three faked cartoons.
However, the truth is that Imam Ahmad Abu Laban, brought at least 3 additional images, which HAD NEVER been published in any media source. They included a cartoon of Muhammad as a pedophile demon, Muhammed with a pig snout, and a praying Muslim being raped by a dog. The drawings in Jyllands-Posten were harmless compared to these:

Evidently, the originals were not offensive enough for the trip!

The spokesman for the Islamic Society of Denmark, Ahmed Akkari, claimed he does not know the origin of the three pictures. He said they had been sent anonymously to Danish Muslims. However, when a reporter asked if it could talk to these Muslims, the spokesman refused to reveal their identity.

Abu Laban, who had previously been unwelcome in several Arab states, toured Egypt with fellow Islamic Society of Denmark representatives and spoke with representatives of the Arab League, Egypt's grand mufti and other high-level officials.

- The Radical Islamist, Imam Ahmad Abu Laban -

During his tour of the Middle East, Abu Laban also visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar and met with renowned Muslim scholar Sheikh Yussef Al-Qaradawi.

The spiritual leader of the global Islamic organisation, The Islamic Brotherhood, Qaradawi has his own TV programme on the Arabic channel Al-Jazeera. In a fatwa disseminated as part of his programme, Qaradawi has legalised the murder of American soldiers in Iraq, he supports the death penalty for homosexuality, he supports the right of Muslim men to beat their wives, says that suicide actions are the most exalted aspect of the Jihad for the Sake of Allah, and that women are required to engage in such a jihad side by side with their men.

Abu Laban praised Osama Bin Laden after the 9-11 attacks:

In a Friday prayer a few days after the second attack on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 Abu Laban praised the Taliban as people who were trying to build a country in Afghanistan. (Kristeligt Dagblad 19 September 2001). He has also spoken highly of Osama bin Laden, who he has lauded for his ascetic life style.

On April 28th 2003, Abu Laban joined a forum of 225 Islamist clerics, scholars, and businessmen in Mekkah, Saudi Arabia to form a new body of supporters of global Jihad against the United States and the "Crusader" West:

The secretary General of the forum is the known Saudi Dr. Safar al-Hawali, who is regarded by many scholars as one of the main mentors of Osama bin Laden and leads the opposition to the U.S. military presence in the Arabian peninsula. A number of the founders are very popular among the generation of young supporters of Al-Qaeda in the Arab world. The forum might be an attempt to promote a political-ideological anti-Western struggle, as a result of the operational difficulties of Al-Qaeda to launch attacks against Western targets, as was expected from Al Qaeda following the start up of the War in Iraq.

Abu Laban entertained "The Blind Sheik" behind the 1993 Trade Center attacks:

In 1990 Abu Laban in his capacity as leader of The Islamic Community received "the blind sheik" Omar Abdul Rahman as his guest in Denmark. (Kristeligt Dagblad 19 September 2001. The sheik is now imprisoned in the US for 240 years for his part in the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

After the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, Abu Laban celebrated:

Moslems in Denmark joined the jubilant celebration of some American and 'Palestinian' Moslems as they took to the streets to celebrate the terrorist attacks in America. Convoys waved PLO flags and beeped their horns in celebration. In spite of local protests against the Islamic happiness, the Imam of Copenhagen, Mohamed Abu-Laban, said in his Friday sermon that he sheds no tears for the victims of the World Trade Center attack.
Abu Laban is accused of giving political and economic support to radical group that is part of Osama bin Laden's network:

After 9/11 Rohan Gunaratna, the author of the book Inside Al Qaeda and affiliated with the prestigious Centre for Terrorism and Political Violence in Sct. Andrews, Scotland, characterised Ahmed Abu Laban as an Islamic extremist. He also accused him of giving political and economic support to al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, an Egyptian radical group that is part of Osama bin Laden's network. Imam Abu Laban threatened Rohan Gunaratna with a lawsuit, but nothing seems to have come of it.

Abu Laban said that murdered Dutch artist Theo Van Gogh "had it coming":

Danish imam Ahmed Abu Laban, Palestinian by birth, has today explained how Van Gogh infuriated Muslims: "Theo van Gogh provoked all Muslims by showing a naked woman."

In April 2002, Abu Laban called on his flock to offer their lives in jihad for the Palestinian cause:

On 5 April Palestinian imam Ahmad Abu Laban called on his congregation at Friday prayers to offer their lives in a jihad for the Palestinian cause. Outside the mosque buses were waiting to take the congregants to a demonstration at Parliament Square, where they held up signs equating Judaism with Nazism, brandished a gun and burned the Israeli flag.

Freedom for Egyptians (who was interviewed by the BBC on Friday night) has a terrific post including this news: The Egyptian Al Fager newspaper a month ago printed the cartoons but only because of a radical Islamist living in Denmark who distributed those cartoons on Muslim embassies did the whole saga get started. The media also refuses to report on the Muslim immigrants who are standing up against the the radical Islamists:

The Danish press has also paid very little attention to the representatives of a group of 80 immigrants who have expressed their support of Jyllands-Posten. A statement by the group placed on the internet carries the caption "We must condemn Islamist threats against free speech." It goes on to accuse the Islamists of "viewing any criticism or any making fun of the Islamic religion as an affront and an insult to Muslims. In this way they want to prevent any human being from questioning the Islamic religion and its holy book and the prophet Muhammad. ... With the same argument Islamic regimes and other forces in the Middle Eastern and Arabic countries have killed thousands of people and issued fatwas against authors, journalists and artists."
As I have mentioned elswhere at this site, if Ahmad Abu Laban cannot produce a source for the three faked cartoons, he should be charged with incitement to riot, hate speech and whatever other charges can be made against him. Laban is directly responsible for the deaths of those who rioted in protest of the cartoons he took it upon himself to falsely distribute. This guy is a major maggot and needs capping post haste.
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Arabia
Qaradawi Urges Release of Hostages in Iraq
2004-09-10
A prominent Muslim cleric called yesterday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, and said two captive Italian female aid workers should also be freed despite Italy's military involvement in Iraq. The abduction of newsmen Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot is "prohibited by religion and logic," Egyptian-born, Qatar-based Sheikh Yussef Al-Qaradawi told a news conference.

"prohibited by religion and logic"? Did his lips fall off or did the heads of his followers start to spin?
"We are in contact with our brethren in the Council of (Muslim) Ulema in Iraq, (urging them to) exert efforts to end the crisis of the French journalists," who were kidnapped along with their Syrian driver on Aug. 20 by a group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq, he said.

The group has demanded that France rescind a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools, a demand rejected by Paris. Qaradawi said he had told French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier when they met in Cairo on Aug. 30 that while he himself was opposed to the headscarf ban, "this is one thing and the abduction of the two journalists is another, and we don't accept it at all." Barnier was in Cairo as part of a Middle East tour aimed at trying to win the journalists' release. Noting that France opposed last year's US-led war on Iraq, Qaradawi asked: "How can we equate those who stood by us with those who were against us?"

Qaradawi condemned all hostage-taking, saying it was banned under Islamic law and calling for the release of Italian charity workers Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, who were snatched from their Baghdad office on Tuesday, despite the fact that Rome backed the war and maintains troops in Iraq.
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Africa: Horn
Qaradawi Says Global Aid Agencies Proselytizing in Darfur
2004-09-04
A prominent Egyptian religious scholar yesterday accused international aid agencies operating in Sudan' war-torn Darfur region of using relief distribution to convert the region's Muslim population to Christianity. Sheikh Yussef Al-Qaradawi made the charge during a sermon at Khartoum's Martyrs' Mosque, where he led the Friday prayers. He charged that the West was conspiring against Muslims the world over, including in Darfur. "We are in a big battle with our foes," said Qaradawi, adding that it was a military, political as well as religious battle, in a sermon that was carried live by state television. "They are conspiring against us religiously," he added. Qaradawi said there was a host of non-governmental organizations operating in Darfur under cover of "charity", but in reality they were actively preaching the Gospel and converting the local population to Christianity.

He added that of the 53 international agencies in Darfur, only four had Islamic affiliations and called on Muslim nations to mobilize and come to the aid of the region's people. The sheikh, a regular guest on the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel's religious talk shows, arrived in the Sudanese capital late Thursday at the head of a delegation of Islamic scholars to try to mediate an end to the 18-month conflict in Darfur.

Qaradawi urged Darfur's Muslims not to "attack each other" and not to allow their "enemies and the enemies of your nation" to use the conflict as an excuse to interfere in Sudan's internal affairs. Muslims were capable of handling their own affairs, he said. "We are not slaves to anyone, but Allah," he added. Qaradawi and members of his delegation were expected to meet religious and political leaders in Khartoum before traveling to Darfur.
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