Day: February 12, 2016

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Supporters, opponents hold rallies over Constitution revision drive

http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/supporters-opponents-hold-rallies-over-constitution-revision-drive

 

TOKYO —

Supporters and opponents of revising the Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, staged rallies in Tokyo on Thursday in the wake of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive to amend Japan’s supreme law.

A group of organizations including the national association of Shinto shrines held an event in Shibuya Ward bringing together some 1,200 people eager to promote the revision drive.

They adopted a resolution saying, “We must rise up for the great business of revising.”

Masahiko Komura, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was among the participants and told the event, “We will make efforts toward revision, advocating revisions to the Constitution openly and squarely in the House of Councillors election this summer and deepening national debate.”

Opponents held a rally of about 350 people, including history teachers, in Chuo Ward. The participants adopted a resolution condemning the Abe administration for trying to “destroy” Article 9 and called for creating a peaceful Asia and world based on the philosophy of the Constitution.

“Japan has been shifting straight to a country that can wage a war since the security legislation was enacted,” the resolution said.

Thursday was National Foundation Day, an imperial family-related national holiday.

Last week, Abe called for more public debate about amending the Constitution, which he has said will be one of the issues to be highlighted during campaigns for the upper house election.

The supreme law drafted under the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II has been unaltered since its promulgation in November 1946.

Abe, speaking in parliament, acknowledged he has yet to win public support for his call to revise the second paragraph of the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution.

The second paragraph of the article says, “Land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained.”

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CAIR Intertwines With US-based, Terror-Linked Fuqra Group

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its “moderate” image is suffering from a self-inflicted wound now it has become intertwined with the Muslims of the Americas, a radical anti-Semitic front for the Jamaat ul-Fuqra terrorist group.

CAIR’s Massachusetts chapter now shares an official with MOA and two CAIR officials spoke at MOA’s International Islamophobia Conference.

The Massachusetts chapter of CAIR recently chose MOA’s general counsel, Tahirah Amatul Wadud, as a board member. CAIR, a U.S.Muslim Brotherhood entity banned for its own terror links in the UAE, wisely omitted mention of MOA. It described her generically as a “general counsel for a New York Muslim congregation.”

Wadud reportedly posted an article by MOA’s Pakistan-based leader,Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, on her Facebook claiming the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is a puppet of the British government and a Jewish conspiracy perpetrated the attacks on Pearl Harbor and September 11, 2001. The Clarion Project was the first to report on the inflammatory article.

“There was no need for America to go to war against Hitler. Hitler was not the enemy of America or the American people. There was a mutual animosity between Hitler and the Jews. So, the American people paid a very heavy price for fighting someone else’s war,” Gilani wrote.

 

Two CAIR officials spoke at MOA’s InternationalIslamophobia Conference, which included a poster featuring the faces of the “American Taliban” that included Clarion Projectnational security analyst Ryan Mauro. They were CAIR-Michigan Executive Director Dawud Walid and CAIR-ArizonaExecutive Director Imraan Siddiqi. Walid was one of the CAIR officials who have questioned whether Muslims should honor fallen U.S. servicemen on Memorial Day, sparking a backlash from Muslims who appreciate the U.S. military.

Jamaat ul-Fuqra is led by Gilani. It is best known for a series of terrorist attacks and plots in the 1980s and early 1990s and for setting up “Islamic villages” across the country, including at least two that were shut down by the authorities. These “villages” are known to have been used for guerilla warfare training. Fuqra now goes primarily by the name of Muslims of the Americas (MOA), among other names. The group says it has 22 such “villages” in the U.S.

The Clarion Project obtained video of female members receiving basic paramilitary instruction in military fatigue at its “Islamberg” headquarters in New York. The date of the footage is cut off, only stating “Jan. 28 20,” presumably meaning it was made in 2000 or after. The best explanation MOA members have come up with is that it was a “self-defense class.”

http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/cair-intertwines-us-based-terror-linked-fuqra-group

 

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SPEED singer Imai to run in upper house election on LDP ticket

TOKYO —

The Liberal Democratic Party will field Eriko Imai, a singer and member of the female J-pop group SPEED, to run in the House of Councillors election this summer, officials of the ruling party said Monday.

Imai, 32, is a single mother raising a son with impaired hearing. The LDP deems Imai, who is an active promoter of sign language, to fit well with the concept of “promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens,” a slogan of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to the officials.

The singer will be placed on the LDP’s list of proportional representation candidates. She is expected to hold a press conference in the near future to announce her candidacy.

SPEED released their first single “Body & Soul” in 1996 when the four members, who are all from the southern prefecture of Okinawa, were between 12 and 15. The quartet is best known for “White Love,” a 1997 smash hit.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/speed-singer-imai-to-run-in-upper-house-election-on-ldp-ticket

 

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Video: Muslim NHL player threatens to slit the throat of opposing player

“Nazem Kadri’s throat-slashing gesture being examined by NHL,” by Doug Harrison, CBC Sports, February 10, 2016:

A depleted Toronto Maple Leafs forward unit soon could be minus another player.

The NHL’s hockey operations department is taking a look at Nazem Kadri’s throat-slashing gesture towards Mark Giordano after the Flames defenceman dazed Kadri with a hit in the first period of Tuesday night’s 4-3 Calgary win at the Saddledome.

“There was emotion, I couldn’t tell if it was a clean hit or not,” Kadri told reporters. “I was told it was, but it certainly didn’t feel like it. It [the throat slash] is something I don’t really remember doing. I was in and out a little bit.”

“I guess it’s going to be reviewed [by the league], but it was an emotional reaction.”

The 25-year-old Kadri was disciplined for the same gesture while playing for Canada in a game against Switzerland at the 2010 world junior hockey championship.
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Video: Muslim NHL player threatens to slit the throat of opposing player

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Mural calling for violence against Israelis still displayed at York University

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Posted by: Ilana Shneider February 12, 2016

The controversy over the ‘pro-Palestinian’ mural at York University is not showing any signs of dying down, in spite of an outcry from students and Jewish community leaders over a mural which has been hanging at a student center which depicts a man holding two large rocks in his hands and wearing a keffiyeh adorned with a map which erases the borders between Israel, Gaza and Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank).

Both Jewish students and Jewish community leaders believe the mural calls for violence against Israelis and excuses Palestinian terrorism. The offensive mural prompted Paul Bronfman, a Jewish philanthropist, to withdraw his considerable financial support to York University.

As soon as Mr. Bronfman pulled the plug on York and called on other donors to follow suit, Mamdouh Shourki, President of York, issued a statement confirming that the mural is, indeed, “offensive” to the Jewish members of York, but explained that the “continued display is the responsibility of the governing body responsible for the Student Centre which is a separate and distinct legal entity from the university”.

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC), who finally called attention to the mural two years after it was first displayed at the Student Center, asked for clarification from Shoukri and requested that York provide full disclosure affirming the legal status of the Student Center and its separate financial standing including that of the York Federation of Students and including that of policies and policies concerning inclusivity, diversity and respect. FSWC also called for “an independent task force to be appointed by Premiere Kathleen Wynn to provide recommendation and actionable results for ending anti-Semitism on the York University campus.”

According to its own statement, FSWC has collected over 50 pages of testimony and responses from concerned Canadians who stand with Mr. Paul Bronfman and the students on campus.

On February 9, Roger Waters, a notorious anti-Israel activist and supporter of the bigoted boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, weighed in on the mural by sending a letter of support for York students “freedom of expression”. Rogers has a dubious distinction of being considered an anti-Semite by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) because of his unnatural and obsessive preoccupation with the State of Israel. Rogers often compares Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to that of Nazi Germany and a few years ago he came under fire for using a pig-shaped balloon with Jewish symbols, including a Star of David, at his concerts, which the ADL called a “grotesque display of Jew-hatred”.

In the letter to York, Rogers, who has made it his crusade to intimidate fellow artists who are scheduled to perform in Israel to cancel their concerts by using pressure and bullying tactics, hypocritically referred to Bronfman’s withdrawal of financial support as “using economic muscle” to effect the removal of the mural.

Rogers, predictably, excused Palestinian terrorism when he said that “this this person (in the mural) has a legal and moral right, under the terms of article 4 of the Geneva conventions to resist the occupation of his homeland.”

He also used the “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” excuse when he said: “There is absolutely no indication that this person is a “Terrorist”. What ever that means? As we all know the word “Terrorist” has become a noun devoid of meaning. If it’s us, the good guys, we’re just defending ourselves and anything goes, if it’s them, the bad guys, they are “Terrorists”. One could if one wished suggest the routine demolition of homes and olive trees is a “Terrorist” tactic.”

He goes further in his support for terrorism by saying that “protesting the Israeli occupation is not “anti-Semitic” It is a moral duty” and finishes his letter with a predictable nod of appreciation for groups like “Jewish Voice For Peace”. Jewish Voice for Peace is This is the 4th letter the Jewish Defence League has sent to your office regarding antisemitism at York University and we have so far not received any response from your office. The Jewish Defence League is calling on your office to investigate antisemitism from faculty members past and present. Jewish students on your campus should never have to feel like second class or less. a radical anti-Israel organization which the ADL lists as one of the “top 10” anti-Israel groups operating in the United States.

On January 30, Meir Weinstein, National Director of the Jewish Defence League of Canada (JDL) published an open letter to the President of York, in which he expressed his concern regarding President Shoukri’s statement regarding what the JDL deems “anti-Semitic” mural at York University and reiterated that Jewish students at York have been very vocal that they do not feel safe on campus and the mural is a call for violence. JDL urged Shoukri to “do the right thing and remove the mural.”

On four separate occasions, Weinstein has asked to meet with Shoukri to discuss the mural, the issue of recurring anti-Semitism at York, as well as reports from Jewish students who claim to have been bullied by certain faculty members. As of the date of this publication, President Shoukri has not responded to JDL’s request for a meeting.

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Canadian newspaper: Intifada stabbing attacks aimed at Jews are “sacred duty of jihad”

http://en.cijnews.com/?p=25646

 

Mohamad Hisham Khalifeh (محمد هشام خليفة) is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of Al Forqan Newspaper‎ (جريدة الفرقان) printed in Windsor, Ontario.

Al Forqan (www.alforqannewspaper.ca) is a monthly newspaper which defines itself as:

  • “an independent, political and cultural newspaper that does not follow any political party yet pursues a policy of truth and justice and includes sections on education, culture, sports and society.”
  • “a contemporary newspaper which deals with life affairs and includes topics of interest to all segments of society (Arab and Canadian writers, elite, doctors, professors and professionals).”

 

According to Al Forqan’s official statement, over than ten thousand free copies are distributed monthly in the Windsor, London and Detroit areas (including all shops, mosques and residential complexes).

Mohamad Hisham Khalifeh, a Canadian of Lebanese descent, is known of his open support of the Palestinian armed struggle against Israel.

Khalifeh’s editorial on the front page of Al Forqan (Issue 33, October – November 2015, p. 1) was dedicated to the Palestinian al-Quds Intifada (violent struggle including terrorist attacks), also dubbed the Knife Intifada.

According to the Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the ongoing al-Quds/ Knife Intifada (September 13, 2015 – February 7, 2016 the number of people murdered in Palestinian terrorist attacks reached 31 and 304 people were injured (28 of them seriously). The Palestinian new wave of terrorism included 119 stabbings, 41 shootings and 23 car rammings in addition to firing rockets (from Gaza), detonating explosive charges, and many thousands incidents of firebombings and stone/rock throwing.

In his editorial, Khalifeh hails the Palestinian youths who go armed with knives in a mission to stab Israeli Jews. Khalifeh explains that by carrying out the stabbing attacks the Palestinian youths fulfil the “sacred duty of jihad” and defend the “honour and dignity” of all Arabs, all Muslims and in fact all mankind.

The following is Khalifeh’s editorial (originally in Arabic):

“The Duty of Jihad

“Everyone carries out the jihad in his/ her way, that what said to me one of the pilgrims [in Mecca] and this summarizes the course of events in our Arab and Islamic countries, armies and parties, weapons and munitions, rockets and [fighter] jets… and the Palestinian teenager is [standing] alone wielding a knife in his hand, defending the honour and dignity of every Arab and every Muslim, and moreover every person. He [the Palestinian teenager] does not accept the injustice in the face of the Zionist usurper.

“The Knife Intifada, initiated by the sons of al-Quds [Jerusalem] who scarified their souls, exposed the falsity of the allegations made by those who espouse the duty of jihad and fight in Syria and Iraq and everywhere but not in Beit al-Maqdis [Jerusalem]. The executions of Jerusalemites (children, women and elders) did not move the manhood in the heads of the leaders of the Arab and Islamic nation! The violations against the holy site in al-Quds [Jerusalem] have not affected those who protect the holy shrines! [Note: the killing of the Palestinian terrorists during attack by Israeli forces is portrayed by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas as “executions”]

“The Knife Intifada was born orphan from the womb of a bereaved mother, but the sons of this sacred place with the determination of the heroes will be mentioned in history of this nation that in the midst of the current events there was a group which recognized the right of the sacred duty of jihad!

“Unlike the one who claims everyday that he is defending al-Quds [Jerusalem] and draws on a map the way towards it. You would see them in all countries but Palestine, such as Hezbollah [in Lebanon],

ISIS [in Iraq and Syria], the fundamentalist jihadists [in the Muslims countries], the Houthis [in Yemen], Boko Haram [in Nigeria], Popular Mobilization Forces [in Iraq] etc., all of them want to liberate al-Quds [Jerusalem] but they lost the compass!!!

May Allah forgive those who truthfully knew the way to al-Quds [Jerusalem]. May Allah forgive the Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab [who conquered Jerusalem in 635] and the leader Salahuddin Al Ayyub [who conquered Jerusalem in 1187]. I’m asking Allah to give victory to the youths of Palestine and every freeman who does not accept injustice and shame.”

See also:

Teen terrorist hailed as hero by Toronto children at the Palestine House

Montreal newspaper glorifies stabbing attacks against Israelis

Liberal MP meets with board members of the pro intifada Palestine House

Trudeau’s Parliamentary Secretary: photo op with supporter of the Palestinian intifada

What Trudeau’s senior Parliamentary Secretary thinks of Hezbollah?

Can Omar Alghabra be trusted in shaping Canada’s policy towards terrorism?

Trudeau’s Parliamentary Secretary urged offering asylum in Canada to 5 million Palestinians

Trudeau’s Parliamentary Secretary: recruit Arabs and Muslims to RCMP to better identify terrorists

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Man Hating Independent Newspaper ending its print production

man hating newspapers suffering financial losses as the public is tired of feminazi hate propaganda

 

 

The Independent has confirmed that it is ending print production following the sale of its i newspaper.

The paper, which was launched in 1986, will print its last daily title on March 26. The last Independent on Sunday will be on 20 March.

The paper’s publishing group, ESI Media, has said that the move to a digital-only model will have no bearing on the publication of sister title The Evening Standard.

The end of its print national titles, which has put up to 100 jobs at risk, follows the sale of the i newspaper to Johnston Press in a £24m deal.

“The newspaper industry is changing, and that change is being driven by readers,” owner Evgeny Lebedev.

“They’re showing us that the future is digital,” he added. “This decision preserves the Independent brand and allows us to continue to invest in the high quality editorial content that is attracting more and more readers to our online platforms.”

Amol Rajan, editor of the Independent, and Lisa Markwell, editor of the Independent on Sunday, tweeted their reactions to the announcement.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/12153947/The-Independent-newspaper-confirms-an-end-to-print-production.html