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Warning to all Muslims the world over seeking asylum and protection from the manifestations of their faith.
Do not under any circumstances come to Australia, for we are a Nation founded upon Judeo Christian Law and principles and as such Australia is an anathema to any follower of the Paedophile Slave Trader Mohammad's cult of Islam.
There is no ideology more hated and despised in Australia than Islam.You simply would not like it here.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
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Those who demand you believe that Islam is a Religion of Peace also demand you believe in Anthropogenic Global Warming.
Aussie News & Views Jan 1 2009
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"But Communism is the god of discontent, and needs no blessing. All it needs is a heart willing to hate, willing to call envy “justice."
Equality then means the violent destruction of all social and cultural distinctions. Freedom means absolute dictatorship over the people."
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Take Hope from the Heart of Man and you make him a Beast of Prey
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“ If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival.
“There may be even a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves”
Winston Churchill. Pg.310 “The Hell Makers” John C. Grover ISBN # 0 7316 1918 8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said.
This matters above everything.
—Confucius
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'a socialist is communist without the courage of conviction to say what he really is'.
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Hontar: We must work in the world, your eminence. The world is thus.
Altamirano: No, Señor Hontar. Thus have we made the world... thus have I made it.
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Voltaire said: “If you want to know who rules over you, just find out who you are not permitted to criticize.”


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When those sworn to destroy you,Communism, Socialism,"Change you can Believe in" via their rabid salivating Mongrel Dog,Islam,take away your humanity, your God given Sanctity of Life, Created in His Image , If you are lucky this prayer is maybe all you have left, If you believe in God and his Son,Jesus Christ, then you are, despite the evils that may befall you are better off than most.

Lord, I come before You with a heavy heart. I feel so much and yet sometimes I feel nothing at all. I don't know where to turn, who to talk to, or how to deal with the things going on in my life. You see everything, Lord. You know everything, Lord. Yet when I seek you it is so hard to feel You here with me. Lord, help me through this. I don't see any other way to get out of this. There is no light at the end of my tunnel, yet everyone says You can show it to me. Lord, help me find that light. Let it be Your light. Give me someone to help. Let me feel You with me. Lord, let me see what You provide and see an alternative to taking my life. Let me feel Your blessings and comfort. Amen.
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"The chief weapon in the quiver of all Islamist expansionist movements, is the absolute necessity to keep victims largely unaware of the actual theology plotting their demise. To complete this deception, a large body of ‘moderates’ continue to spew such ridiculous claims as “Islam means Peace” thereby keeping non-Muslims from actually reading the Qur’an, the Sira, the Hadith, or actually looking into the past 1400 years of history. Islamists also deny or dismiss the concept of ‘abrogation’, which is the universal intra-Islamic method of replacing slightly more tolerable aspects of the religion in favor of more violent demands for Muslims to slay and subdue infidels"

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Anthropogenic Global Warming SCAM

Thursday, December 06, 2012

Stone Age Satan Worshippers abduct and Rape 14 year old Girl



A Pakistani Christian girl forced to convert to Islam and raped

Pakistan Christian Post
December 5, 2012, 11:25 pm

Vihari, Punjab
A young Christian girl named, Asiya Masih, daughter of Francis Yaqoob, aged 14 years, was a resident of Chak no.198 EB, District Vihari. Francis Masih worked as a laborer in the fields of the landlords. Due to the poverty, Asiya Masih also helped her parents in the fields to earn some more money for the family.

On 11th November, 2012, she went to the fields to pick cotton flowers from the fields. The two culprits, Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Mumtaz who are the influential persons of their area, abducted her from the fields and took her to some unknown place. They took thumb impressions of Asiya Masih on different papers and forcibly converted her to Islam. They also raped her and tortured her for 11 days.

When Francis Masih came to know that Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Mumtaz had abducted his daughter, he made a complaint in the local police station but the police did not cooperate with him. Afterwards Javed and Mumtaz called Francis Masih and threatened him that if would contact the police, they would kill Asiya Masih. They also proposed Francis that if he wants his daughter back, then he would have to give them a written document that he would not take any police action.

Afterwards with the help of WVIP and Chaudhry Riaz Bashir, who is an influential Christian businessman, Francis Masih got his daughter back on the 22nd of November. But the Paish Imam of the local mosque has announced yesterday that as Asiya Masih was converted to Islam, she cannot live as a Christian again, if she did not follow the Religious customs of Islam, She and her family will face the consequences. He also announced that all eight Christian families of the village should be banished and their houses should be burnt. And today at 5:00 P.M they are holding a meeting of Muslim clerics in Chack No- 198/EB District Vihari . WVIP Team leader of South Punjab and Legal Advisor Mr. Lazar Allahraka is making every effort to help these Christian families as well Aisya Masih. The Executive Director of WVIP, Mr. Farrukh H. Saif Requested the international community to lift their voices for the defenseless Christian Girls and women in Pakistan.


Sydney Australia 

Serial Muslim Blasphemer Diaa Muhammad to continue to run Blasphemy bill boards and now TV Commercials


"We can't keep letting other people paint a picture of who we are."


"THE Muslim activists behind the controversial billboards proclaiming Jesus was a "prophet of Islam" have launched a TV campaign to show the world their religion is about "peace and respect".

Called "I'm Muslim and proud", the $30,000 commercials - airing on Foxtel and SBS - aim to repair the religion's image in Australia.

Worried about negative public perceptions after the September riots in central Sydney, the My Peace organisation aims to show Australian Muslims are "just like everyone else - they love their family, contribute to the community and are proud Australians".


"We hope this campaign enables the wider community to see us in a new light, to see that our values are closely matched and our beliefs are not that different," he said.

"Social media has enabled My Peace to connect with thousands of Australian Muslims."


"When people understand other religions, only then can they accept them and have nothing to be concerned about," Mr Mohamed said.
 
Billboards preaching about Mohammed, Islam and the Koran have already started springing up around Sydney and the campaign features in ads on the back of more than 40 buses. As for his comment that "Muslims can be whingers", Mr Mohamed said: "A large part of that is, even though we have migrated well, we have kept who we are from Australians. 
"This commercial will educate non-Muslims on Islam and the beauty of our religion. 
"We can't keep letting other people paint a picture of who we are." 





Serial Muslim Blasphemer Diaa Muhammad to continue to run Blasphemy bill boards and now TV Commercials


Supporting Islam and Australia

Bruce McDougall
The Daily Telegraph 
December 06, 2012 12:00AM

THE Muslim activists behind the controversial billboards proclaiming Jesus was a "prophet of Islam" have launched a TV campaign to show the world their religion is about "peace and respect".

Called "I'm Muslim and proud", the $30,000 commercials - airing on Foxtel and SBS - aim to repair the religion's image in Australia.

Worried about negative public perceptions after the September riots in central Sydney, the My Peace organisation aims to show Australian Muslims are "just like everyone else - they love their family, contribute to the community and are proud Australians".

The "Jesus and Islam" message sparked outcry among some Christians when it appeared on billboards around Sydney.

Diaa Muhammad - who founded My Peace in 2011 to "build bridges between the Muslim and wider community" - hopes to energise Muslims with positive images so they saw themselves as proud members of Australian society.

"We hope this campaign enables the wider community to see us in a new light, to see that our values are closely matched and our beliefs are not that different," he said.

"Social media has enabled My Peace to connect with thousands of Australian Muslims."

Equating Jesus Christ,the Son of God,with a Syphilitic induced Sociopath,self confessed Paedophile,Slave Trader,Mass Murderer and Serial Rapist will not win this Blasphemer, Diaa Muhammad, many friends in the majority Judeo / Christian Australian population.
I am sure the Multicultural Industry will just love it, Diaa Muhammad's version of "Pisst Christ" if you like,smearing Jesus by association, with such filth as Muhammed and allh will I am sure win him and his co religionists many friends in the Labor Green Loon Government and its "Progressive" arts, education and media cheer squads.


He's not the son of God, just the support act
SMH
Aaron Cook 
May 28, 2011
CHRISTIANS in Sydney will have their core beliefs challenged by provocative advertisements due to appear on billboards and buses in the next month.
The ads, paid for by an Islamic group called MyPeace, will carry slogans such as ''Jesus: a prophet of Islam'', ''Holy Quran: the final testament'' and ''Muhammad: mercy to mankind''.
A phone number urges people to call to receive a free Koran and other Islamic literature.

“The Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, Rob Forsyth, said it was ''complete nonsense'' to say Jesus was a prophet of Islam. ''Jesus was not the prophet of a religion that came into being 600 years later.''
But the billboard was not offensive, he said. ''They've got a perfect right to say it, and I would defend their right to say it [but] … you couldn't run a Christian billboard in Saudi Arabia.''
 The organiser of MyPeace, Diaa Mohamed, said the campaign was intended to educate non-Muslims about Islam. He said Jesus was a prophet of Islam, who was to come before Muhammad. ''The only difference is we say he was a prophet of God, and they say he is God,'' Mr Mohamed said. ''Is it thought-provoking? Yes, it is. We want to raise awareness that Islam believes in Jesus Christ,'' he said.
Mr Mohamed said he hoped the billboards would encourage Christians and Muslims to find common ground. They were not intended to downgrade the significance of Jesus. ''We embrace him and say that he was one of the mightiest prophets of God.''
MyPeace plans to extend the campaign, funded by private donations, to television.

The Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, Rob Forsyth, said it was ''complete nonsense'' to say Jesus was a prophet of Islam. ''Jesus was not the prophet of a religion that came into being 600 years later.''
But the billboard was not offensive, he said. ''They've got a perfect right to say it, and I would defend their right to say it [but] … you couldn't run a Christian billboard in Saudi Arabia.''
The bishop said he would pay for billboards to counter those of MyPeace if he could afford it, and ''maybe the atheists should run their billboards as well''.

A spokesman for the Australian Islamic Mission, Siddiq Buckley, said the campaign would increase awareness of the positive facts of Islam. ''I would be looking at this as a good opportunity to explain what we mean.''




Siddiq Buckley
Clearly Mr Buckley and his co religionists prefer to live under the the manifestations of Judeo / Christianity founded by a Jew, the Son of God, Jesus Christ, than they do the manifestations of their “Islam” founded by their Infamous Paedophile Pirate,Slave Trader,Misogynist,Rapist,Mass Murderer and Polygamist called Mohammed.
Why would this “Two Pound Pom” want to do to Australia,what his coreligionists have done to the Country he and many of his fellow English Men and Women Ran Away from ?




 

Australia: Devout Muslim Diaa Mohamed the “Bill Board Blasphemist” sharing the “real truth” of Islam.
Devout Muslim Diaa Mohamed sharing the 'real truth' of Islam 

EXCLUSIVE by Nathan Klein 
The Daily Telegraph 
July 15, 2011 12:00AM 

"MUSLIMS can be whingers and they tend to blame everyone but themselves for the way people view them." 
They are the words of a devout Muslim man who is determined to show the real people behind the religion. 
Television commercials aimed at improving the "concerning" way many Australians perceive Muslims will soon hit our screens. 
They are the brainchild of mypeace.com.au - the same group of Muslims behind the "Jesus is a Prophet of Islam" billboards across the city. I guess Diaa Mohamed and his group are not yet prepared to go as far as their fellow Islamist’s in Israel and declare Jesus a SLAVE of allah, not yet anyway.
In the muslim area of Jerusalem, right next to the spot where Jesus Christ fell while carrying the cross, Glenn Beck comes across the following sign: Via. Bare Naked Islam






"A lot of the things we see on television are acts by extremists and radical Muslims. (according to Muslims and their apologists there is only about 100 million of them) 
"That is not who we are." 
The state government recently flagged new laws giving police the power to compel Muslim women to show their faces if they are suspected of committing an offence. 
The move came after the case of Carnita Matthews, who was convicted and later acquitted of falsely accusing a police officer of trying to rip her niqab from her face when stopped for traffic offences. 
The commercials - the first Islamic advertisement on free-to-air TV - are stage two of a plan to improve the way Muslims are viewed in Australia. 
They will be unveiled at a $75-a-head dinner tonight featuring a guest appearance by Canadian Muslim rapper Boona Mohammed. 
Organisers will also reveal the findings of a survey of more than 1000 people, commissioned by mypeace.com.au, which aims to educate all religions on the Islamic faith. 
"When people understand other religions, only then can they accept them and have nothing to be concerned about," Mr Mohamed said. 
Billboards preaching about Mohammed, Islam and the Koran have already started springing up around Sydney and the campaign features in ads on the back of more than 40 buses. As for his comment that "Muslims can be whingers", Mr Mohamed said: "A large part of that is, even though we have migrated well, we have kept who we are from Australians. 
"This commercial will educate non-Muslims on Islam and the beauty of our religion. 
"We can't keep letting other people paint a picture of who we are." 


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Australia:Dame Elisabeth Murdoch dies at 103


Dame Elisabeth Murdoch - a woman who touched so many lives

Andrew Rule 
Herald Sun
December 05, 2012 11:34PM


DAME Elisabeth Murdoch has died, aged 103.



She passed away peacefully at her home Cruden Farm in Langwarrin.

The renowned community leader, charity worker, philanthropist and matriach of Australia's greatest media family will be mourned by countless thousands of Australians whose lives she has touched.

She was the wife of Sir Keith Murdoch and mother of four children, including Rupert Murdoch.

Dame Elisabeth leaves behind three surviving children - Rupert, Anne Kantor and Janet Calvert-Jones. 

Her eldest daughter, Helen Handbury, died in 2004.

Share your memories and leave your condolences below.

She is also survived by 77 living direct descendants, including five great-great grandchildren as well as other members of her large extended family.

Dame Elisabeth devoted her life to helping others.

She said it was the most important thing in life and the most rewarding.

"Be optimistic - and always think of other people before yourself," she said in an interview to mark her 100th birthday.

Born on February 8, 1909, in Melbourne, she went to school at St Catherine’s in Toorak before being sent to board at Clyde at Mt Macedon.

As Elisabeth Greene, aged 18, she featured as a debutante in Table Talk magazine, which was published by the Herald and Weekly Times Limited.

The photograph caught the eye of Keith Murdoch, influential editor and newspaperman and at 42, one of Melbourne’s most eligible bachelors.

After a fairytale romance they married on June 6, 1928, and they would have 24 years together before his death.

As a wedding present, Keith Murdoch gave his bride Cruden Farm, set on 54ha at Langwarrin.

Over the years the property became both the family home and an internationally famous garden which Dame Elisabeth opened to the public to raise millions of dollars for charity.

Dame Elisabeth constantly supported her husband and he became chairman of the Herald and Weekly Times Limited in 1942.

Her interest in the arts grew alongside his as he became president of the board of trustees which ran the National Gallery of Victoria, the State Library and the Museum until he put them into separate administrations.

Dame Elisabeth was the first woman trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria; chair of the committee which established the Victorian Tapestry Workshop; trustee and prime mover behind the establishment of the regional McLelland Gallery and a benefactor of organisations ranging from the Australian Ballet and Opera Australia to the Bell Theatre Company.

She was known to have helped at least 100 organisations directly.

But she also helped thousands of individuals, either with advice or by using her considerable influence and contacts.

Her greatest monuments are the Royal Children's Hospital and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Lady Elisabeth, as she was then, threw herself into the work of the Royal Children's Hospital after the sudden death of Sir Keith in 1952.

Widowed at 43 and left to raise four children, she commuted to Melbourne almost daily from Cruden Farm to head the planning committee to relocate and build a new children's hospital at Parkville.

She was created a Dame the day the Queen opened the hospital.

Altogether, Dame Elisabeth would serve the hospital for 33 years, retiring as President. She was known ever since as the children's friend.

Her interest in the hospital never waned and she turned up at every Good Friday Appeal to greet volunteers and thank them for their efforts.

Peter Blunden, Victorian Managing Director (Editorial) said Dame Elisabeth was “part of the family” and that everyone at the Herald and Weekly Times was feeling “a deep sense of personal loss”.

“Dame Elisabeth involved herself in all our lives and with our newspapers,” he said. “She was part of the fabric of Melbourne and Victoria and did so much good in the community.”

News Limited CEO Kim Williams said all who work at News Limited in Australia mourned the loss of “an extraordinary national figure who inspired generations of Australians through her selfless devotion to helping others and by her leadership and her remarkable generosity in fostering both scientific research and the arts.

“We feel the loss intensely because she was the wife of Sir Keith Murdoch and mother of our chairman Rupert Murdoch, both towering figures in our national story and the builders of our own media heritage here at News.”

HWT board chairman Julian Clarke said Dame Elisabeth’s extraordinary contribution and generosity and warmth and hospitality would not be forgotten.

"History will long remember Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's extraordinary contribution and generosity to this State and the wider Australian community.

"Undoubtedly, Dame Elisabeth has been one of the great Australians whose intellect and keen interest in others, particularly their welfare, has endeared her to so many throughout her long and remarkable life.

"Dame Elisabeth has been an ever-present influence in our company and will be sadly missed by the many employees who knew her personally.

"We send our sincere condolences to her loving family."

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

ASSASSINS that live among us Sydney Muslim Youth Forum





"You may (and must) curse...the Infidel "




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"You may (and must) curse...he Infidel "


Whilst in Sydney Jewish School Girls are been programmed to submit the Saudi's have issued the following instructions to their fellow Muslims when living amongst the Infidel 




Don't dare say hello to your `infidel' neighbor

A report by the Center for Religious Freedom shows that literature distributed at many U.S. mosques promotes extreme Islamic teachings as well as hatred of Jews, Christians, moderate Muslims and America.

By Nathan Guttman
Feb.14, 2005 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - When a believing Muslim is summoned to the United States due to 
life's circumstances, Saudi Arabian authorities disseminate through a 
network of major American mosques, like other religious directives, clear 
ways as to how one should act in his new surroundings.

Take, for example, a document signed by the cultural attache at the Saudi 
embassy in Washington that instructs Muslims arriving in the United States 
not to initiate a greeting when meeting Christians or Jews, and never to 
convey good wishes marking a Christian or Jewish holiday. 

In general, the attached recommends that the Muslim believer avoid friendships with the 
infidels, be careful not to imitate their customs (e.g. not to wear a cap 
and gown at a graduation ceremony), and try not to remain in the country any 
longer than required. The Saudis feel that a good Muslim can stay in America 
only for two reasons: acquiring knowledge and capital to promote the 
objectives of jihad, and lobbying the infidels to accept Islam.

The aforementioned document and dozens of other papers and books are 
distributed for free at major mosques throughout the U.S. 
This is revealed in a recent study published by the Center for Religious Freedom, which is 
affiliated with Freedom House, an unaffiliated organization promoting 
political and economic freedom around the world, partly through research 
studies and information dissemination.

The center's representatives went to the 12 largest mosques in American 
urban centers and took samples of literature distributed to all comers. The 
study's findings were unequivocal: All of the mosques had literature 
originating from Saudi Arabia that promoted extreme Islamic teachings 
(Wahabi) as well as the hatred of Jews, Christians, moderate Muslims and 
America.

The report further exacerbates the rift in America between supporters of 
friendship with Saudi Arabia and those calling for a forceful approach 
against the kingdom. While the Bush administration continues to show 
patience toward the House of Saud, and finds rays of democratization and the 
war on terror, some congressmen consider the report on Saudi incitement in 
the mosques as additional evidence that the country's soft-handed approach 
is a mistake and will not produce results.

Examination of the literature began about a year and a half ago after 
American Muslims informed the center about hate literature being distributed 
in the mosques. Although the center usually tracks religious freedoms 
outside the United States, since this issue involved actions taken by a 
foreign regime, the Saudi government, it decided to pursue the 
investigation.

Once the material was assembled and translated, the researchers concluded 
that the Saudi Arabians indeed were trying to promote an attitude among 
Muslims living in America that they should resist their hosts and not 
befriend them. "It represents an ideology in which the Muslim in the U.S. is 
in enemy territory," Paul Marshall, a senior fellow at the center who 
co-authored the report, says.

One of the documents, signed by the Saudi embassy in Washington, warns Muslim foreigners that there are no Muslim scholars in the country who might guide the visitor, and therefore, he must learn from distributed written 
material. The document may explain how the Wahabi followers became 
mainstream in America, even though they are in the majority in the Muslim world at large.

You may (and must) curse

The main message of the material examined in the study is one of hatred 
toward any non-Muslim.

 "[I]t is basic Islam to believe that everyone who 
does not embrace Islam is an unbeliever, and must be called an unbeliever, 
and that they are enemies to Allah, his Prophet and believers,"

one handout distributed at a San Diego mosque said. Another document, found in the Great Mosque in Washington, D.C., explains to Muslims that they must keep their 
distance from non-believers:
 "To be disassociated from the infidels is to hate them for their religion, to leave them, never to rely on them for support, not to admire them, to be on one's guard against them, never to imitate them, and to always oppose them in every way according to Islamic 
law."
A book was distributed in another mosque containing questions and 
answers on matters of religion. 

Regarding whether it is permitted to curse Christians and Jews, the author answers it is not only permitted, but also obligatory.

Hatred aside,the literature found in American mosques clearly maps out what 
sort of difficulties the United States can expect when it tries to enlist 
the Muslim community to help in the war on terror. The Saudi literature 
expresses absolute opposition to any believing Muslim working for the alien 
government or assisting it to defend itself from its enemies.

The report's authors believe that the aim of the authors and disseminators 
of the documents is to intimidate Muslims living in America not to become 
involved in local culture, thereby ensuring loyalty to the Islamic approach 
represented in the literature. A booklet distributed to high-school students 
at a Houston mosque goes so far as to warn Muslim youth not to celebrate 
birthdays in an American style.

Three wrongs of the Jews

Much of the literature groups Christians and Jews together as "infidels" 
whom one is obligated to hate, but a significant amount of the material 
specifically refers to hatred of Jews. "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" 
is referred to as absolute truth and as containing basic facts about Jews, 
who are accused of harming Muslim values and of being infidels. 

One document found in Washington even enumerates the three wrongs of the Jews against 
religion in general, and the Muslims in particular - Karl Marx, Sigmund 
Freud and the industrial revolution, which brought women into the labor 
force and caused the loss of their modesty. "They're anti-Semitic," Marshall 
says. "It is beyond criticism of Israel and views on the conflict; they 
speak directly about the Jews in an anti-Semitic way."

The material relating to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute also is rife with 
harsh expressions. A fourth-grade textbook written in Saudi Arabia that was 
handed out at a New Jersey mosque states that Israel is "a thorn in the back 
of the Muslim nations, and a window through which colonialism can sneak up 
among the ranks of the Muslims to work on dividing them, and light the fire 
of hatred between them." The book explains to pupils that "the Muslims will 
not rest until they cut off this disease, and purify the land of Palestine 
from the plague of Zionism."

The researchers also discovered some discordant expressions reserved for 
moderate Muslims, including a definition of Muslims who exhibit tolerance 
for other religions as "infidels." In a similar context, threats were 
leveled against any Muslim who converts - such an individual faces a 
punishment of death.

The Saudi embassy in Washington did not deny the existence of the incitement 
literature in mosques, or their Saudi origin. A statement issued to several 
American media outlets simply stated, "Saudi Arabia condemns extremism or 
hateful expressions among people anywhere in the world."

The study's authors are asking American mosques to take measures to prevent 
the free distribution of the literature, and that minimally, it should be 
placed in a separate area of the mosque. But beyond that, it will be 
difficult to do much about the phenomenon. Marshall explains there is 
disagreement among people engaged with the issue over whether it is 
permitted to restrict distribution of such written material: 

On the one hand, some people believe this is an issue of freedom of expression, 
protected by the First Amendment. On the other hand, however, some observers 
believe the First Amendment does not apply to foreign governments, and 
therefore, the United States can prohibit Saudi Arabia from bringing such 
material into its borders. Due to the differences of opinion, the Center for 
Religious Freedom is making do with a call on the administration to lodge a 
protest against Saudi Arabia regarding distribution of the hate literature.

However, the situation of the Saudi Arabians in Congress is much less 
secure. Two subcommittee chairmen in the House of Representatives already 
have promised to hold hearings on the subject. And at least three 
congressmen, prompted by the Center for Religious Freedom report, have 
issued condemnations of the Saudis. A group of six House lawmakers sent a 
letter to the Saudi ambassador in Washington, Prince Bandar, calling on him 
to denounce the literature.

Congress has been pestering the administration with a lengthy list of 
complaints against Saudi Arabia for some time, including foot dragging in 
the quelling of terror, questions of human rights and democracy within the 
kingdom, and issues of xenophobia and incitement toward anti-Semitism. It is 
hard to find any real changes, however, in the administration's position.

U.S. President George W. Bush did issue a rare direct call on the Saudis in 
his State of the Union address two weeks ago, saying, "The government of 
Saudi Arabia can demonstrate its leadership in the region by expanding the 
role of its people in determining their future." However, critics contend 
this was merely lip service, and the United States has little intention of 
altering its supportive attitude toward the House of Saud.

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the historic meeting between former U.S. 
president Franklin Roosevelt and former Saudi King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, a 
meeting that paved the way for long years of partnership between the two 
countries. 

The U.S.-Saudi relationship is still in robust condition, albeit 
with a sense of continued erosion: Disapproving voices in Congress, 
grievances of Democrats (expressed during John Kerry's presidential 
campaign), and the administration's desire to avoid an image of exercising 
double standards in its drive to realize the vision of promoting democracy 
around the world are jeopardizing the old friendship between the two states.

The Saudis still enjoy an open door to the administration, but now they are 
also appealing to the American people. For the past three years, they have 
invested large sums of money in advertising and public relations in the 
United States, and last month, a counselor at the Saudi Arabian embassy, 
Nail Al-Jubier, even embarked on a U.S. speaking tour with the aim of 
promoting Saudi interests.

Even so, the report on incitement literature is the clearest indicator of 
all that the Saudis have little to be concerned about. The American 
administration has done nothing about the report, so far. When asked about 
it last week, deputy spokesman of the State Department Adam Ereli said that 
the department is still studying the report and that it had yet to be 
determined that any "wrongdoing had been done by diplomatic establishments."

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