Fri 10 Aug 2007
Barak Wants Professor Fired For Nasty Words to IDF Officer
Posted by Mitchell Plitnick under UncategorizedI have a piece on our sister blog, Muzzlewatch, on Ehud Barak’s call for the firing of a right-wing professor for nasty comments he made to an IDF commander. You can check it out here.
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August 11th, 2007 at 10:09 am
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557410557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
One of the seven soldiers who were sentenced to 28-day prison sentences and will probably be removed from combat duty had himself been forcibly evacuated from Gush Katif. The soldier, a squadron commander and student at the Otniel hesder yeshiva, told his brigade commander that he was emotionally and morally unable to carry out the orders.
“My son does not expel Jews from their homes.” They (the parents) shouted into bullhorns: “My son was trained to fight terrorists, not his brothers and sisters.”
August 12th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
“Jakarta — crowds roar in support of Islamic state — 90,000 followers of hard-line Muslim group meet, chanting ‘Allah is great!’”
MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20236318/
“. . .Followers of a hard-line Muslim group packed a stadium in the Indonesian capital Sunday, calling for the creation of an Islamic state and thunderously chanting “Allah is great!”
“Hizbut Tahrir, a Sunni organization with an estimated million members, is banned in some Asian and Arab countries, but drew supporters from Europe, Africa and the Middle East to Indonesia for a meeting of the group that is held every two years.
Speeches called for the return of the caliphate, or Islamic statehood, across the Muslim world. The crowd, divided into sections for women and men, roared in support.”
August 12th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
“High school teacher Erni Tri, 40, said she drove two hours with her husband and three children to attend the prayers, music and speeches in Jakarta.
Hizbut Tahrir “is firm and uncompromising toward un-Islamic cultures,” she said. “It is driven by love for Allah and has no hidden agenda to get votes or power.”
The group, though radical, does not support violence to obtain its objective.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20236318/
August 12th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
It’s an interesting group judging from the wiki article. They are firmly anti-Zionist, of course, and have been charged with being anti-Semitic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hizb_ut-Tahrir
But note this paragraph, vis-a-vis the topic of this and the previous threads:
“In HuT’s draft constitution for an Islamic state, non-Muslims may voice “complaints in respect to unjust acts performed by the rulers or the misapplication of Islam upon them,” but may not serve in any of the ruling offices, such as the position of caliph, nor vote for these officials. “Every mature male and female Muslim, who is sane, has the right to participate in the election of the Khaleefah [head of state] and in giving him the pledge (ba’iah). Non-Muslims have no right in this regard.” Hizb ut-Tahrir has argued that Muslims have a special responsibility to respect the rights of non-Muslims.
“The rights of Jews and other non-Muslims are enshrined within statuary Islamic Law (Sharia). These were laid down by the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) when he established the first Islamic State in Medina in the 7th century. He (saw) said, “Whoever harms a dhimmi (non-Muslim citizen) has harmed me.” Under subsequent caliphs, these rights were protected. During the reign of the second caliph - Umar bin al-Khattab, some Muslims stole a piece of land belonging to a Jew and then constructed a mosque upon it. This clearly violated the rights of the Jew, so Umar ordered the demolition of the mosque and the restoration of the land to the Jew. “Non-Muslims in the khilafah (caliphate) will have established channels to air any grievances or denial of their rights. All citizens will be empowered with the right to speak out where necessary. Non-Muslims will enjoy an elevated status with respect and tolerance shown to their beliefs and places of worships. The Khilafah will look after the needs and protect the rights of all its citizens-Muslim, Jews and Christians.”[41]”
August 20th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
that works out really well in Muslim countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan under the Taliban, doesn’t it? These countries, of course, are (were, in the case of Afghanistan) the purest form of Islamic states in the world.
Pardon me for not trusting my religious freedom to the beneficence of the tolerance of the caliphate.