[ Kudos for Anonymous for declaring war on these fuckers ]
[h=2]Anonymous declared war on Islamic extremists Friday and promised to take revenge for the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo.[/h] In a video posted on YouTube, the group of hackers said they would track down websites and social media networks linked to terrorists, and take them down.
"We, Anonymous around the world, have decided to declare war on you the terrorists," it said.
The video is described as a message for "al Qaeda, the Islamic State and other terrorists," and promises to avenge the killing of 12 people in Wednesday's attack.
"We intend to take revenge in their name, we are going to survey your activities on the net, we are going to shut down your accounts on all social networks," Anonymous said.
Related: Zuckerberg says #JeSuisCharlie
Cherif and Said Kouachi, the brothers wanted for the massacre at Charlie Hedbo's offices in Paris, were killed Friday by French security forces in a town where they had been surrounded, according to a local official.
Said spent several months in Yemen in 2011, receiving weapons training and working with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, U.S. officials said Friday.
His younger brother Cherif was sentenced to three years in prison for being part of a jihadist recruitment ring in Paris that sent fighters to join the conflict in Iraq.
An ISIS radio broadcast Thursday praised the attackers, calling them "brave jihadists." But the broadcast did not say whether the two had any connection to the militant group.
The attack has prompted an outpouring of solidarity, with thousands joining rallies in defense of freedom of speech and republishing many of the magazine's most controversial cartoons -- including of the Prophet Mohammed.
Anonymous has hacked websites belonging to government departments, companies and other organizations. The loose collective is also known for supporting the Occupy movement.
[h=2]Anonymous declared war on Islamic extremists Friday and promised to take revenge for the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo.[/h] In a video posted on YouTube, the group of hackers said they would track down websites and social media networks linked to terrorists, and take them down.
"We, Anonymous around the world, have decided to declare war on you the terrorists," it said.
The video is described as a message for "al Qaeda, the Islamic State and other terrorists," and promises to avenge the killing of 12 people in Wednesday's attack.
"We intend to take revenge in their name, we are going to survey your activities on the net, we are going to shut down your accounts on all social networks," Anonymous said.
Related: Zuckerberg says #JeSuisCharlie
Cherif and Said Kouachi, the brothers wanted for the massacre at Charlie Hedbo's offices in Paris, were killed Friday by French security forces in a town where they had been surrounded, according to a local official.
Said spent several months in Yemen in 2011, receiving weapons training and working with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, U.S. officials said Friday.
His younger brother Cherif was sentenced to three years in prison for being part of a jihadist recruitment ring in Paris that sent fighters to join the conflict in Iraq.
An ISIS radio broadcast Thursday praised the attackers, calling them "brave jihadists." But the broadcast did not say whether the two had any connection to the militant group.
The attack has prompted an outpouring of solidarity, with thousands joining rallies in defense of freedom of speech and republishing many of the magazine's most controversial cartoons -- including of the Prophet Mohammed.
Anonymous has hacked websites belonging to government departments, companies and other organizations. The loose collective is also known for supporting the Occupy movement.
French President Hollande: "These Fanatics Have Nothing To Do With Islam"http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/01/09/french_president_hollande_these_fanatics_have_nothing_to_do_with_islam.html
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FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE: France faced up to this. First of all, I express all my solidarity to the families of the victims of the wounded but France faced up to it because when she overcomes a hardship, a tragedy for the nation and this is an obligation for us to face up to it...
I want to congratulate the courage, the bravery of the police officers of all of those who participated in these operations. I want to say to them that we are proud, proud of them because order has been given and they carried out the assault with the same result. They did this to save human lives. Those of the hostages. They did this to neutralize the terrorists. Those who had killed, but France even if she is aware that she's overcome, she can together with the security forces.
France has not finished with this threat. And so I want to call on you for vigilance. Vigilance for the state to show demonstration and together with the Prime Minister I have a reinforced even more in order to protect public places and to ensure that we can live peacefully without any time being threatened or at risk but we must be vigilant. I call on you also to unity because i expressed myself, the French people, this is our best weapon. Unity that we must demonstrate our determination to fight against anything that can divide us and first of all, to be impeccable, to be totally against any racism and anti-antisemitism. A terrible antisemitic attack was committed today in the Kosher shop. Not to be divided means we must not make any confusion concerning these terrorists and fanatics that have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...e_fanatics_have_nothing_to_do_with_islam.html
FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE: France faced up to this. First of all, I express all my solidarity to the families of the victims of the wounded but France faced up to it because when she overcomes a hardship, a tragedy for the nation and this is an obligation for us to face up to it...
I want to congratulate the courage, the bravery of the police officers of all of those who participated in these operations. I want to say to them that we are proud, proud of them because order has been given and they carried out the assault with the same result. They did this to save human lives. Those of the hostages. They did this to neutralize the terrorists. Those who had killed, but France even if she is aware that she's overcome, she can together with the security forces.
France has not finished with this threat. And so I want to call on you for vigilance. Vigilance for the state to show demonstration and together with the Prime Minister I have a reinforced even more in order to protect public places and to ensure that we can live peacefully without any time being threatened or at risk but we must be vigilant. I call on you also to unity because i expressed myself, the French people, this is our best weapon. Unity that we must demonstrate our determination to fight against anything that can divide us and first of all, to be impeccable, to be totally against any racism and anti-antisemitism. A terrible antisemitic attack was committed today in the Kosher shop. Not to be divided means we must not make any confusion concerning these terrorists and fanatics that have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.
[h=1]Muslim worker at Paris kosher grocer saved customers from gunman by hiding them in walk-in freezer[/h]
A Muslim employee of a kosher grocery store in Paris is being hailed as a hero for hiding several customers in a walk-in freezer to save them from a violent gunman.
Lassana Bathily, 24, led the others into the basement of his workplace, Hyper Cacher, when Amedy Coulibaly opened fire on Friday, according to French media.
The gunman burst into the store just hours before the Jewish Sabbath began and killed four people in what President François Hollande called "a terrifying anti-Semitic act."
“I opened the door, and several people came in with me. I turned off the lights, I turned off the freezer, and they got into the freezer,” Bathily told local station BFMTV. “I told them to calm down, to not make noise. If he knows we’re here, he can come down and kill us.”
The young man managed to exit the facility through a freight elevator, but when he got outside, police mistook him for one of the terrorists and cuffed him, he said.
Bathily says he helped the officers with his knowledge of the floor plan as they prepared to storm the grocery store in the Porte de Vincennes neighborhood of the capital.
The people he saved expressed profound gratitude after the violence was over, he said.
“When they got out, they congratulated me,” Bathily told the station. “They said, ‘Honestly, thank you for having thought of that,’ and I said, ‘You're welcome. It's nothing, that's life.’”
A source told Le Parisien that six people had been holed up in the freezer.
At least 19 people are dead, including the three gunmen, after the worst terrorist violence France has seen in decades.
A Muslim employee of a kosher grocery store in Paris is being hailed as a hero for hiding several customers in a walk-in freezer to save them from a violent gunman.
Lassana Bathily, 24, led the others into the basement of his workplace, Hyper Cacher, when Amedy Coulibaly opened fire on Friday, according to French media.
The gunman burst into the store just hours before the Jewish Sabbath began and killed four people in what President François Hollande called "a terrifying anti-Semitic act."
“I opened the door, and several people came in with me. I turned off the lights, I turned off the freezer, and they got into the freezer,” Bathily told local station BFMTV. “I told them to calm down, to not make noise. If he knows we’re here, he can come down and kill us.”
The young man managed to exit the facility through a freight elevator, but when he got outside, police mistook him for one of the terrorists and cuffed him, he said.
Bathily says he helped the officers with his knowledge of the floor plan as they prepared to storm the grocery store in the Porte de Vincennes neighborhood of the capital.
The people he saved expressed profound gratitude after the violence was over, he said.
“When they got out, they congratulated me,” Bathily told the station. “They said, ‘Honestly, thank you for having thought of that,’ and I said, ‘You're welcome. It's nothing, that's life.’”
A source told Le Parisien that six people had been holed up in the freezer.
At least 19 people are dead, including the three gunmen, after the worst terrorist violence France has seen in decades.
Muslims slaughter 2,000 people - mostly women and children, and elderly.
[h=1]Islamic extremist attack in Nigeria named the ‘deadliest massacre’ in history[/h]
- 2 days ago January 12, 2015 2:58AM
[h=3]Nigeria massacre Boko Haram's deadliest[/h]
HUNDREDS of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the “deadliest massacre” in the history of Boko Haram.
Mike Omeri, the government spokesman on the insurgency, said fighting continued Friday for Baga, a town on the border with Chad where insurgents seized a key military base on January 3 and attacked again on Wednesday.
“Security forces have responded rapidly, and have deployed significant military assets and conducted air strikes against militant targets,” Omeri said in a statement.
District head Baba Abba Hassan said most victims are children, women and elderly people who could not run fast enough when insurgents drove into Baga, firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles on town residents.
SUICIDE BOMBER: Terrorists strap bomb to young girl
EXTREMISTS: Teen girl given to Boko Haram as suicide bomber
This photo from April 2013 shows a young girl standing amid the burned ruins of Baga, Nigeria. (AP Photo / Haruna Umar file ) Source: AP
“The human carnage perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists in Baga was enormous,” Muhammad Abba Gava, a spokesman for poorly armed civilians in a defence group that fights Boko Haram, told The Associated Press.
He said the civilian fighters gave up on trying to count all the bodies. “No one could attend to the corpses and even the seriously injured ones who may have died by now,” Gava said.
An Amnesty International statement said there are reports the town was razed and as many as 2,000 people killed.
If true, “this marks a disturbing and bloody escalation of Boko Haram’s ongoing onslaught,” said Daniel Eyre, Nigeria researcher for Amnesty International.
In Washington, U.S. State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki condemned the attacks.
“We urge Nigeria and its neighbours to take all possible steps to address the urgent threat of Boko Haram. Even in the face of these horrifying attacks, terrorist organisations like Boko Haram must not distract Nigeria from carrying out credible and peaceful elections that reflect the will of the Nigerian people,” Psaki said in a statement.
This photo from April 2013 shows a photo of a man trying to cool down another man burnt during fighting in Baga, Nigeria. Picture: AP Photo/Haruna Umar. Source: AP
The previous bloodiest day in the uprising involved soldiers gunning down unarmed detainees freed in a March 14, 2014, attack on Giwa military barracks in Maiduguri city. Amnesty said then that satellite imagery indicated more than 600 people were killed that day.
The 5-year insurgency killed more than 10,000 people last year alone, according to the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations. More than a million people are displaced inside Nigeria and hundreds of thousands have fled across its borders into Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria.
Emergency workers said this week they are having a hard time coping with scores of children separated from their parents in the chaos of Boko Haram’s increasingly frequent and deadly attacks.
Another photo from April 2013 shows the ruins of burnt out houses in Baga village in Nigeria. AP Photo/Haruna Umar. Source: AP
Just seven children have been reunited with parents in Yola, capital of Adamawa state, where about 140 others have no idea if their families are alive or dead, said Sa’ad Bello, the co-ordinator of five refugee camps in Yola.
He said he was optimistic that more reunions will come as residents return to towns that the military has retaken from extremists in recent weeks.
Suleiman Dauda, 12, said he ran into the bushes with neighbours when extremists attacked his village, Askira Uba, near Yola last year.
“I saw them kill my father, they slaughtered him like a ram. And up until now I don’t know where my mother is,” he told The Associated Press at Daware refugee camp in Yola.
Monday, Jan 12, 2015 10:06 AM EST Reza Aslan blasts anti-Islamic ignorance after Charlie Hebdo attacks
The scholar appeared on "Meet the Press" to discuss the attacks in Paris VIDEO
Sarah Gray
Reza Aslan on "Meet the Press" (Credit: NBC)
On Sunday, author and scholar Reza Aslan appeared on “Meet the Press” to discuss the attacks in Paris and Islamic extremism. Host Chuck Todd began by inquiring if “we’re at war with a strain of Islam,” as opposed to the religion as a whole.
“There’s no question that there has been a virus that has spread throughout the Muslim world, a virus of ultra-orthodox puritanism,” Aslan explained. “But there’s also no question what the source of this virus is — whether we’re talking about Boko Haram, or ISIS, or al Qaeda, or the Taliban.”
“All of them have as their source Wahhabism, or the state religion of Saudi Arabia,”Aslan continued. “And as we all know, Saudi Arabia has spent over $100 billion in the past 20 or 30 years spreading this ideology throughout the world.”
Later in the program, Aslan went on to explain what role the Muslim community should play in combatting radical Islam. The University of California, Riverside professor also had some strong words for those who are asking for Muslims to condemn the attacks: “The voice of condemnation is deafening and if you don’t hear it you’re not listening.” Watch below via Media Matters:
And here is part of the transcript below:
Sarah Gray is an assistant editor at Salon, focusing on innovation. Follow @sarahhhgray or email sgray@salon.com.
More Sarah Gray.
The scholar appeared on "Meet the Press" to discuss the attacks in Paris VIDEO
Sarah Gray
Reza Aslan on "Meet the Press" (Credit: NBC)On Sunday, author and scholar Reza Aslan appeared on “Meet the Press” to discuss the attacks in Paris and Islamic extremism. Host Chuck Todd began by inquiring if “we’re at war with a strain of Islam,” as opposed to the religion as a whole.
“There’s no question that there has been a virus that has spread throughout the Muslim world, a virus of ultra-orthodox puritanism,” Aslan explained. “But there’s also no question what the source of this virus is — whether we’re talking about Boko Haram, or ISIS, or al Qaeda, or the Taliban.”
“All of them have as their source Wahhabism, or the state religion of Saudi Arabia,”Aslan continued. “And as we all know, Saudi Arabia has spent over $100 billion in the past 20 or 30 years spreading this ideology throughout the world.”
Later in the program, Aslan went on to explain what role the Muslim community should play in combatting radical Islam. The University of California, Riverside professor also had some strong words for those who are asking for Muslims to condemn the attacks: “The voice of condemnation is deafening and if you don’t hear it you’re not listening.” Watch below via Media Matters:
And here is part of the transcript below:
“Well, first of all, let’s be clear that every single organization, major organization, Muslim organization throughout the world and in the United States, every prominent individual, be it political or religious leaders, everyone has condemned, not just this attack, but every attack that occurs in the name of Islam.
“Anyone who keeps saying that we need to hear the moderate voice of Islam — why aren’t Muslims denouncing these violent attacks doesn’t own Google. But that said, I do think that we do need to do a better job of providing a counter-narrative.
“What really I think puts an obstacle in the way is opinions like Ayaan [Hirsi Ali]‘s and so many others in the political and the media mainstream who continue to say that 1.7 billion people are responsible for the actions of these extremists. That doesn’t help the fight against radicalism. The answer to Islamic violence is Islamic peace. The answer to Islamic bigotry is Islamic pluralism, and so that’s why I put the onus on the Muslim community, but I also recognize that that work is being done, that the voice of condemnation is deafening and if you don’t hear it you’re not listening.”
“Anyone who keeps saying that we need to hear the moderate voice of Islam — why aren’t Muslims denouncing these violent attacks doesn’t own Google. But that said, I do think that we do need to do a better job of providing a counter-narrative.
“What really I think puts an obstacle in the way is opinions like Ayaan [Hirsi Ali]‘s and so many others in the political and the media mainstream who continue to say that 1.7 billion people are responsible for the actions of these extremists. That doesn’t help the fight against radicalism. The answer to Islamic violence is Islamic peace. The answer to Islamic bigotry is Islamic pluralism, and so that’s why I put the onus on the Muslim community, but I also recognize that that work is being done, that the voice of condemnation is deafening and if you don’t hear it you’re not listening.”
Sarah Gray is an assistant editor at Salon, focusing on innovation. Follow @sarahhhgray or email sgray@salon.com.
More Sarah Gray.
[h=2][ and in real news, Muslim Scum speaking out what is really importent... ]
World[/h] [h=1]Saudi cleric declares snowmen as being anti-Islamic[/h] Published January 13, 2015FoxNews.com
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Dec. 13, 2013: Saudi men make a snowman after a snowstorm in Alkan village, west of Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has caused a stir by declaring the building of snowmen as anti-Islamic.
After a snowstorm hit northern Saudi Arabia this week, a religious website asked Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid if it was acceptable for fathers to build snowmen for their children, Reuters reports.
"It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and fun," Sheikh Munajjid said.
Sheikh Munajjid, quoting Muslim scholars, argues that the building of snowmen creates an image of human beings -- an action viewed as sinful under Saudi Arabia’s interpretation of Sunni Islam.
The decree drew mixed responses on Twitter, where users were posting in Arabic and identifying themselves with Arab names.
"They are afraid for their faith of everything ... sick minds," one user wrote.
"It (building snowmen) is imitating the infidels, it promotes lustiness and eroticism," another user wrote. "May God preserve the scholars, for they enjoy sharp vision and recognize matters that even Satan does not think about."
World[/h] [h=1]Saudi cleric declares snowmen as being anti-Islamic[/h] Published January 13, 2015FoxNews.com
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A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has caused a stir by declaring the building of snowmen as anti-Islamic.
After a snowstorm hit northern Saudi Arabia this week, a religious website asked Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid if it was acceptable for fathers to build snowmen for their children, Reuters reports.
"It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and fun," Sheikh Munajjid said.
Sheikh Munajjid, quoting Muslim scholars, argues that the building of snowmen creates an image of human beings -- an action viewed as sinful under Saudi Arabia’s interpretation of Sunni Islam.
The decree drew mixed responses on Twitter, where users were posting in Arabic and identifying themselves with Arab names.
"They are afraid for their faith of everything ... sick minds," one user wrote.
"It (building snowmen) is imitating the infidels, it promotes lustiness and eroticism," another user wrote. "May God preserve the scholars, for they enjoy sharp vision and recognize matters that even Satan does not think about."
[ Saudi man gets flogged for setting up online discussion board. Nice religion of Islam, friendly too. ]
[h=2]Saudi Arabian rights activist reportedly flogged despite international outcry[/h]By Michael Pearson, CNN
Updated 8:13 AM ET, Tue January 13, 2015
Saudi blogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes 02:28
[h=3]Story highlights[/h]
(CNN)Saudi Arabian rights activist Raif Badawi has been publicly flogged for insulting Islam despite international outcry over the sentence handed down by a court in the conservative kingdom, Amnesty International and his wife said.
The flogging Friday in Jeddah was the first of 20 such sessions imposed by a Saudi court after Badawi's 2014 conviction. He was arrested after creating an online forum in 2008 that his wife says was meant to encourage discussion about faith.
"Raif raised his head towards the sky, closing his eyes and arching his back," Amnesty International quoted what it said was an eyewitness to the flogging as saying. "He was silent, but you could tell from his face and his body that he was in real pain. The officer beat Raif on his back and legs, counting the lashes until they reached 50."
The punishment may also have been captured in cell-phone video uploaded to YouTube.
In the unverified video, a man in uniform can be seen striking a shackled prisoner witha cane as a crowd gathers around. Some in the crowd cried out "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great," as the man was being flogged.
Badawi's wife, Ensaf Haidar,said the video was difficult to watch.
"It's a scene I cannot describe. It was horrible," she said from Canada. "Every lash killed me."
Human rights groups deplored the flogging.
"Publicly lashing a peaceful activist merely for expressing his ideas sends an ugly message of intolerance," Human Rights Watch said over the weekend.
Said Boumedouha, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East, called for Badawi's immediate release.
"Raif Badawi is a prisoner of conscience; his only 'crime' was to exercise his right to freedom of expression by setting up a website for public discussion," Boumedouha said in a statement.
U.S. officials have also called on Saudi officials to withdraw the sentence and review Badawi's case.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment to CNN on the case, saying it was a legal issue, not a political one.
The flogging occurred days after Saudi Arabian officials condemned the terrorist attack on the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, which has often lampooned Islam.
Saudi officials said the attack was "incompatible with Islam."
[h=2]Saudi Arabian rights activist reportedly flogged despite international outcry[/h]By Michael Pearson, CNN
Updated 8:13 AM ET, Tue January 13, 2015
- [h=3][/h]
Saudi blogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes 02:28
[h=3]Story highlights[/h]
- Blogger flogged despite calls for his release
- "It was horrible," blogger's wife says of flogging, seen in video. "Every lash killed me."
(CNN)Saudi Arabian rights activist Raif Badawi has been publicly flogged for insulting Islam despite international outcry over the sentence handed down by a court in the conservative kingdom, Amnesty International and his wife said.
The flogging Friday in Jeddah was the first of 20 such sessions imposed by a Saudi court after Badawi's 2014 conviction. He was arrested after creating an online forum in 2008 that his wife says was meant to encourage discussion about faith.
"Raif raised his head towards the sky, closing his eyes and arching his back," Amnesty International quoted what it said was an eyewitness to the flogging as saying. "He was silent, but you could tell from his face and his body that he was in real pain. The officer beat Raif on his back and legs, counting the lashes until they reached 50."
The punishment may also have been captured in cell-phone video uploaded to YouTube.
In the unverified video, a man in uniform can be seen striking a shackled prisoner witha cane as a crowd gathers around. Some in the crowd cried out "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great," as the man was being flogged.
Badawi's wife, Ensaf Haidar,said the video was difficult to watch.
"It's a scene I cannot describe. It was horrible," she said from Canada. "Every lash killed me."
Human rights groups deplored the flogging.
"Publicly lashing a peaceful activist merely for expressing his ideas sends an ugly message of intolerance," Human Rights Watch said over the weekend.
Said Boumedouha, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East, called for Badawi's immediate release.
"Raif Badawi is a prisoner of conscience; his only 'crime' was to exercise his right to freedom of expression by setting up a website for public discussion," Boumedouha said in a statement.
U.S. officials have also called on Saudi officials to withdraw the sentence and review Badawi's case.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment to CNN on the case, saying it was a legal issue, not a political one.
The flogging occurred days after Saudi Arabian officials condemned the terrorist attack on the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, which has often lampooned Islam.
Saudi officials said the attack was "incompatible with Islam."
