Gita Shagal: Amnesty International seems not to understand what defensive jihad means

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Amnesty International responds to the global petition and a response from the petitioners

Shocking endorsement of the concept of ’Defensive Jihad’ by Amnesty International, in a letter in response to the Global Petition to Amnesty international. The initiators of the Global petition (Human Rights for All) respond to the disturbing letter from Amnesty international. These two letters are made public on the above website via their press release.

Earlier on this blog:
* Follow-up: Gita Saghal explains her concerns about Amnesty International
* Amnesty Int. official deplores its work with a jihadist

How the left got corrupted

In 2008 the left-winged (non-Jewish) Spanish journalist Pilar Rahola visited AIPAC and spoke there. In her speech she raised some serious issues of how some of the left-winged ideologies are corrupted:

Thus, like Salman Rushdie, Talisma Nasreen and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Robert Redeker has discovered that one part of the European left is betraying freedom. He speaks of the menace of Islamic fascism, which threatens, terrorizes, enslaves and kills. And his leftist companions accuse him of being Islamophobic and racist. He denounces the world’s passiveness in the face of the slavery of women, clitoral ablation, the use of children as bombs and terrorist fanaticism. And his left-wing comrades accuse him of being disrespectful of other cultures. Like myself and many others, Robert Redeker defends an Islam free of fanatics, dictators, terrorists and totalitarians. And our leftist comrades leave us alone to make that defense.
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What deeply rooted pathologies are causing the European left to back off from its moral commitment? Why are we not seeing demonstrations against Islamic dictatorships in Paris, London or Barcelona? Why are they not marching in the streets against the Burmese dictatorship? Why isn´t the left worried about the Iranian nuclear threat, when It wishes to export the islamo-fascim, and threats to destroy Israel. The Torah says: If your enemy “says” that he wants to destroy you, you must believe him… Why doesn´t the left believe? Why are there no protests against the slavery of millions of women, who live without any kind of legal protection? Why is there no public outcry against the use of children as bombs, in the conflicts in which Islam is involved? Why has the left never championed the cause of the victims of the appalling Islamic dictatorship in Sudan? Why has it never been moved by the victims of terrorist acts in Israel? Why does it not rank the fight against Islamic fanaticism among its major causes? Why does it not support Israel’s right to defend itself and to exist? Why does it mistake defending the Palestinian cause with justifying Palestinian terrorism? And now the big question: Why is the European left, and globally all of the left, so obsessed merely with caviling at two of the most solid democracies on the planet, United States and Israel, and not at the worst dictatorships? Two solid democracies, that have suffered the world’s bloodiest terrorist attacks. And the left doesn’t even blink.

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Father of Daniel Pearl concerned 7 years after son's death

Those around the world who mourned for Danny in 2002 genuinely hoped that Danny's murder would be a turning point in the history of man's inhumanity to man, and that the targeting of innocents to transmit political messages would quickly become, like slavery and human sacrifice, an embarrassing relic of a bygone era.

But somehow, barbarism, often cloaked in the language of "resistance," has gained acceptance in the most elite circles of our society. The words "war on terror" cannot be uttered today without fear of offense. Civilized society, so it seems, is so numbed by violence that it has lost its gift to be disgusted by evil. (...)

Danny's picture is hanging just in front of me, his warm smile as reassuring as ever. But I find it hard to look him straight in the eyes and say: You did not die in vain.

READ IT ALL: Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil

Aid does not create wealth

"Too much of the aid from rich nations, he says, goes to the worst African countries to fuel war and government abuse. Such money not only never gets to its intended recipients, Africa's truly needy -- it actively plays a part in making their lives worse."

This... is a historic moment

Well, Obama won. That's a historic moment.

And another important historic moment to remember from the books of history (see all the way down this blog for more info):
Susan B. Anthony Breaks US Law to Vote (1872). She defied US law and voted in the presidential election, asserting that the 14th Amendment entitled her to do so. She was arrested and fined, but her actions drew great attention to the women's rights movement.

Who let the dogs out?

While US citizens are voting their new president, I believe it's time for a nice anecdote:

Following Barack Obama's election to the U.S. Senate (for Illinois) in 2004, Arizona Senator John McCain was asked whether he had met his new colleauge. "I spoke to him on the phone today," McCain replied. "I told him Harry Truman said the truest thing. He said, 'If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.'"

From: Anecdotage.com

I wonder how many dogs there are in Washington.