FREEDOM of SPEECH or Freedom to INSULT by Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson

Hamza Yusuf Hanson is an American Islamic scholar and (with Zaid Shakir and Hatem Bazian) is co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, United States.
He is a convert to Islam, and is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. He has described the 9/11 attacks as "an act of 'mass murder, pure and simple'". Condemning the attacks, he has also stated "Islam was hijacked ... on that plane as an innocent victim" The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom reported that he "is arguably the west's most influential Islamic scholar" and added that "many Muslims find his views hard to stomach."

Hamza Yusuf was born to two academics in Washington State and raised in Northern California. In 1977, he became Muslim and subsequently traveled to the Muslim world and studied for ten years in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, as well as North and West Africa. Later he traveled to West Africa and studied in Mauritania, Medina, Algeria, and Morocco under such scholars as Murabit al Haaj; Baya bin Salik, head of the Islamic court in Al-'Ain, United Arab Emirates; Muhammad Shaybani, Mufti of Abu Dhabi; Hamad al-Wali; and Muhammad al-Fatrati of Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. After more than a decade abroad, he returned to the United States and earned degrees in nursing from Imperial Valley College and religious studies at San José State University.

Islamophobia is PREJUDICE against, HATRED towards and IRRATIONAL FEAR of Muslims.

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another.
Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.
The Quran Surat Al-Ĥujurāt (The Rooms) 49:13

The British Runnymede Trust defined Islamophobia as the "dread or hatred of Islam and therefore, [the] fear and dislike of all Muslims," stating that it also refers to the practice of discriminating against Muslims by excluding them from the economic, social, and public life of the nation. The concept also encompasses the opinions that Islam has no values in common with other cultures, is inferior to the West and is a violent political ideology rather than a religion.

The Runnymede report contrasted "open" and "closed" views of Islam, and stated that the following eight "closed" views are equated with Islamophobia:

1) Islam is seen as a monolithic bloc, static and unresponsive to change.

2) It is seen as separate and "other." It does not have values in common with other cultures, is not affected by them and does not influence them.

3) It is seen as inferior to the West. It is seen as barbaric, irrational, primitive, and sexist.

4) It is seen as violent, aggressive, threatening, supportive of terrorism, and engaged in a clash of civilizations.

5) It is seen as a political ideology, used for political or military advantage.

6) Criticisms made of "the West" by Muslims are rejected out of hand.

7) Hostility towards Islam is used to justify discriminatory practices towards Muslims and exclusion of Muslims from mainstream society.

8) Anti-Muslim hostility is seen as natural and normal

Islamophobia was recognized as a form of intolerance alongside xenophobia and antisemitism at the "Stockholm International Forum on Combating Intolerance".The conference, attended by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, the OSCE Secretary General Ján Kubis and representatives of the European Union and Council of Europe, adopted a declaration to combat "genocide, ethnic cleansing, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia and xenophobia, and to combat all forms of racial discrimination and intolerance related to it." Some scholars of the social sciences consider it a form of racism, but this is controversial.

A perceived trend of increasing Islamophobia and Islamophobic incidents during the 2000s has been attributed by commentators to the September 11 attacks, Moral panics and "racist" campaigns against Muslims while others associate it with the increased presence of Muslims in the Western world.

In May 2002, the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), a European Union watchdog, released a report entitled "Summary report on Islamophobia in the EU after 11 September 2001", which described an increase in Islamophobia-related incidents in European member states post-9/11.

BREAKING : Chris Dorner Cornered Shootout With Cops in Cabin

2/12/13 - Former-LAPD officer Chris Dorner is reportedly barricaded in a cabin in Big Bear after a shootout with authorities that wounded two officers. A fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop sought in three killings was barricaded in a cabin in the in the San Bernardino Mountains on Tuesday after a shootout with authorities that wounded two officers. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says two law enforcement officers are being airlifted to a local hospital with unknown injuries. Deputies in the Big Bear area looking for Christopher Dorner responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in the area about 12:20 p.m., the sheriff's office said. The people whose vehicle was stolen described the suspect as looking very similar to Dorner. The vehicle found and the suspect, believed to be Dorner, ran into the forest and barricaded himself inside a cabin. A short time later there was an exchange of gunfire between law enforcement and the suspect. It's not clear which agency the two agents wounded belong to, State Fish and Wildlife Assistant Chief Dan Sforza told KCAL. It's also believed Dorner committed a residential burglary of a cabin where a couple was tied up, an officer told The Associated Press. The officer requested anonymity because the officer was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation. One of the people was able to get away and make a call. The area is in the Big Bear region where a search for Dorner has been under way since his pickup truck was found there Thursday. A KCAL-TV reporter in the Angelus Oaks area along Highway 38 reported gunfire in his vicinity. The noise of the gunbattle was broadcast by the station, whose reporter suddenly found himself near the fight. Someone could be heard yelling at the reporter to get out of the area. Road blocks were up around Big Bear.

David Icke on the Alex Jones Show: Tuesday (2-12-13)

On the Tuesday, February 12 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex continues to break down the frenzied search for Chris Dorner which has thus far led LAPD to fire on innocent citizens and the constitutionally-questionable mobilization of spy drones to aid in his capture. Alex also reports on Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, and also continues covering the push for stricter gun control and the dire U.S. financial situation. On today's show, Alex welcomes English writer and journalist David Icke to discuss recent studies speculating on the possibly-contrived nature of reality and the idea that the universe could in fact be one large computer simulation. Alex will also hit on other important news items and take your calls.

BREAKING! 2013 UN ~ NATO MARTIAL LAW USA!

This presentation is just the "tip of the iceberg." Other US cities where NATO exercises either have been or are currently underway include but are not limited to, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, Ft. Colins Colorado, Minneapolis, Idaho and etc.... Moreover, train and truck loads of military hardware have been spotted in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Iowa, Arizona and etc., etc... There is just to much information to cover in 20 minutes. It would take hours to document the extent to which these actions are now taking place in the USA. Get ready to rock 'n' roll!
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Approaching Catastrophes ~ John Jay Harper

Date: 01-21-07
Host: Art Bell
Guests: John Jay Harper

Author John Jay Harper warned of massive changes to the earth, climate, and health that he sees coming due to solar flare activity and other factors. Solar Cycle 24, which peaks around 2011, is predicted to be one of the most intense on record according to solar physicist David Hathaway.

Harper outlined a worst case scenario in which a galactic core explosion triggers mass coronal ejections from the sun that would boil the Earth's ocean floor and cause undersea volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. There'd be mass starvation, illness, and migrations, with the loss of satellites knocking out communications on a wide scale. Satellites could also be taken out in the event of a possible space-based war, he added.

People can prepare for the upheaval by boosting their immune systems, Harper suggested, recommending flax seed oil, elderberry extract, and powdered Vitamin C. Safer areas will be away from the coast lines and large bodies of water such as in parts of the northern United States, he said.