China train station attack risks driving ethnic wedge deeper | Reuters

(Islam behind this attack, read on)

The East Turkestan Islamic Movement - which claimed responsibility for the Tiananmen incident - is a major separatist force, the official Xinhua news agency said. The ETIM is listed by the U.N. Security Council as a terrorist group.

Before these two incidents, violence had largely been confined to Xinjiang, which borders former-Soviet Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, where more than 100 people have been killed in the past year.

China train station attack risks driving ethnic wedge deeper | Reuters

Japan pledges $200 million in aid for Palestinians - Yahoo News

Japan pledges $200 million in aid for Palestinians - Yahoo News

Report from AIPAC conference:Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog

Click to read quick overview of this historic meeting in Washington, D.C. over the weekend:





Report from AIPAC conference: “Bombshell” interview by Obama may create new strains in US-Israel relationship. Netanyahu, Kerry set to address 14,000 activists today. | Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog

Israel legally separates Christians from Muslim Arabs »

Israel’s Knesset on Monday signed into law a bill that legally distinguishes between local Christians and the bulk of the Arabic-speaking population, which is primarily Muslim.  The stated goal of the law is to boost Christian employment rights by recognizing them as an independent minority, and thereby granting them separate representation on local councils and employment committees. Israeli Arab (mostly Muslim) members of Knesset blasted the new law, insisting it would undermine Arab identity in the Holy Land. But beyond the increased employment rights, that is precisely the point for many Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel.



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Sermon Reading: "As He Is So Are We In this World"

"Should I carry your soul tonight into the place of victory in God, I must carry it into the consciousness of Christ's overcoming life.  All His heaing virtue, His saving grace, His transforming spirit, all the angelic communion, the heavenly foretaste, the consciousness of the estate of the redeemed, the glory triumph of Jesus Christ is in the consciousness born from the resurrection and revealed in the Revelation, For as He is so are we in this world.

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As He Is So Are We In This World by John G. Lake

Catholic Pope Francis charged, trial set, for trafficking orphans - Provo child abuse | Examiner.com

A year ago Catholic Pope Francis came to power over the global Catholic Church after Pope Benedictresigned from office. The unprecedented resignation of a Catholic pope happened within days of Pope Benedict being served an arrest warrant by the same international court that would try Pope Francis in March.

Catholic Pope Benedict's Feb. 2013 guilty verdict came after months of deliberation by 36 jury members and six international judges on 150 cases surrounding over 50,000 missing Canadian native children.

Catholic Pope Francis charged, trial set, for trafficking orphans - Provo child abuse | Examiner.com

What does it mean that a Christian is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)?

Answer: The new creation is described in 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” The word “therefore” refers us back to verses 14-16 where Paul tells us that all believers have died with Christ and no longer live for themselves. Our lives are no longer worldly; they are now spiritual. Our “death” is that of the old sin nature which was nailed to the cross with Christ. It was buried with Him, and just as He was raised up by the Father, so are we raised up to “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). That new person that was raised up is what Paul refers to in 2 Corinthians 5:17 as the “new creation.”



To understand the new creation, first we must grasp that it is in fact a creation, something created by God. John 1:13 tells us that this new birth was brought about by the will of God. We did not inherit the new nature, nor did we decide to re-create ourselves anew, nor did God simply clean up our old nature; He created something entirely fresh and unique. The new creation is completely new, brought about from nothing, just as the whole universe was created by God ex nihilo, from nothing. Only the Creator could accomplish such a feat.



Second, “old things have passed away.” The “old” refers to everything that is part of our old nature—natural pride, love of sin, reliance on works, and our former opinions, habits and passions. Most significantly, what we loved has passed away, especially the supreme love of self and with it self-righteousness, self-promotion, and self-justification. The new creature looks outwardly toward Christ instead of inwardly toward self. The old things died, nailed to the cross with our sin nature.

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What does it mean that a Christian is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)?

Ann Windsor Publications: "Is A Life Of Wellness Possible And How Do You Achieve it?"

Physical healing......possible?  Yes.

Personally, I have lived a life of wellness.

I learned early in my Christian life that by Jesus stripes' healing for my body had been made available to me.

Not having been taught against it, I embraced this teaching.  By faith in the Work of the Cross, I have been healed many times.  The last healing, major, was from breast cancer.

I am offering to you the truths that I have learned and stood on for many years.


This is a large 8.5 x 11 workbook in larger printer.  Read it.  Write in it.  Highlight it.  Engraft it's truth into your heart.  Put it on your tongue.  Lay hands on yourself and practice what you read.

This is for 'feeding'  and 'doing' not just reading.


Follow the link to my publications page to purchase:


Ann Windsor Publications: "Is A Life Of Wellness Possible And How Do You Achieve it?"

Ann Windsor Publications: "Eternal Life - What Is It?"

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You will be glad you did!  This is a small book, 6 x 9 inches, 46 pages, but the information in it will change your life.  Eternal life isn't living forever....all human beings will live forever as we are spirits.

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Ann Windsor Publications: "Eternal Life - What Is It?"

Pentagon caves to Muslim groups as suspected jihadi-infiltrators on the rise | Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com

Author Raymond Ibrahim, an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum, writes, “Where loyalty to the U.S. is most needed, the Pentagon embraces those who show that their loyalty is elsewhere (among other things, the beard and hijab are meant to separate “pure believers” from “impure infidels”).”


Pentagon caves to Muslim groups as suspected jihadi-infiltrators on the rise | Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com

PA tells Kerry no to framework deal in current form

The officials claimed that the Obama administration’s current proposal, which is intended to serve as the basis for continued talks on a two-state solution, includes pretty much everything Israel demanded — almost down to the last detail — but does not address vital requirements from the Palestinian side. (Israeli officials have voiced numerous objections of their own to the reported terms, with Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon quoted as describing the security aspect of the document, for instance, as “not worth the paper it’s printed on.”)

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PA tells Kerry no to framework deal in current form | The Times of Israel

Facing the consequencs of dividing Israel

We know that Matthew 24 predicts natural calamities that are to take place as a sign of Jesus' return.  I have included some news today about the natural calamities we have been having here in the U.S. This has been going on without a break since the 1st of January.  Here where I live, we have about 6 inches of snow on the ground and it is snowing more this morning.  We are expecting another 3 to 5 inches today.  We are 37 days until spring!!!!

I want to bring to your attention a book written by William Koenig in 2004 and revised in 2008.  Notice the sub title:  "Facing The Consequences of Dividing Israel".  Bill goes back to 1991 and shows statistically, that our nations various negotiations to get Israel to give away or divide their land, has resulted in a natural calamity of some short here in the U.S.  Very interesting.

You might enjoy looking into this a little further.  Also right now, Britain is suffering from flooding.  They too are involved in the Middle East land-for-peace process.



You can get a used copy of Bill's book from various dealers or a new copy through Amazon.  Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971734704/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=37355220425&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=401072941547915211&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_7kgcycq6m8_b

Israel Hayom | British PM nixes Israel trip due to flood crisis

British Prime Minister David Cameron: I send my apologies to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, but nothing is more important than dealing with these floods.



Israel Hayom | British PM nixes Israel trip due to flood crisis

Historic Ice Storm Immobilizes Ground, Air Travel in the South

Historic Ice Storm Immobilizes Ground, Air Travel in the South

Flight cancellations top 13,000 as storm heads north

Flight cancellations top 13,000 as storm heads north

Kerry meets with Jordan's King Abdullah to discuss peace process, Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry met with King Abdullah II of Jordan in order to discuss  peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, and the crisis in Syria,  reported Jordan's official news agency Petra on Tuesday. According to the report, the king asserted Jordan's continued support for the peace efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967  lines with east Jerusalem as its capital.

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Kerry meets with Jordan's King Abdullah to discuss peace process, Syria

Barack Obama and King Abdullah II to meet at Sunnylands

The Feb. 14 meeting, which the White House announced Wednesday, will focus on the ongoing Middle East peace talks and the civil war in Syria that has created a refugee crisis in neighboring Jordan.



Barack Obama and King Abdullah II to meet at Sunnylands | The Desert Sun | mydesert.com

A Surprise in Psalm 83? The Magog Invasion: An Alternative View - Chuck Missler - Koinonia House

A Surprise in Psalm 83? The Magog Invasion: An Alternative View - Chuck Missler - Koinonia House

The Arab Descendants of Ishmael

Are The Arabs The Descendants of Ishmael?

By Dr. Robert A. Morey

Introduction

The M idd le East w i ll never have peace until the above question is honest ly

answered accord ing to the h istor ica l facts. Myths and legends are fine as

stor ies for ch ildren but in the rea l world we must have facts and

documentat ion.

Part One

The Arab C la im

The Arabs ’ c laim to the land of Israel rest ent ire ly on three fa lse

assumpt ions:

1. All Arabs are the descendants of Abraham through Ishmael.

2. Ishmael and h is descendants were inc luded in the covenant God made

w ith Abraham.

3. Since the Abraham ic covenant



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www.journeytojesus.com/AreTheArabsDescendantsOfIshmael.pdf



Information on Robert Morey:

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Shema‘ Yisrael: Monotheistic Jewish Amulet Discovered Near Carnuntum – Biblical Archaeology Society

(This is an interesting read, some based in speculation I would think...come to your own conclusions about Israel not denying the existence of other gods.  By the time of Paul, he said that the other 'gods' were no gods at all.)

The Shema‘ Yisrael from Deuteronomy 6:4 (“Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one”) is Judaism’s holiest confession. Today, we understand the passage as a monotheistic declaration. However, in the Second Temple period, the Shema‘ Yisrael text in Deuteronomy would have been read “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lordalone.” The Shema‘ Yisrael was originally a monolatric statement; it stated that Israel had an exclusive relationship with its God, but it did not deny the existence of other national deities for other peoples.



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Shema‘ Yisrael: Monotheistic Jewish Amulet Discovered Near Carnuntum – Biblical Archaeology Society

Jordanian MP quotes Muhammad: “Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them” : Jihad Watch

(Those who follow end time prophecy, should do a fresh study on the place of Jordan in the E.T. scenario)

A few years ago, David Horowitz and I challenged the major Muslim organizations in the U.S. to repudiate this genocidal hadith. None would, and the few who commented at all offered nothing more than the usual propaganda about “taking it out of context,” implying that only greasy Islamophobes understood such passages as having an applicability to the present situation. Apparently Jordanian MP Zakaria al-Sheikh didn’t get the memo.

Meanwhile, MP Mousa Abu Sweilam says: “I would like to tell everybody that the Palestinian cause is an Islamic issue of the first degree.” This is the foremost point that John Kerry, Barack Obama and the entire Washington establishment refuses to grasp. Yet as long as people like Mousa Abu Sweilam and others believe that the existence of Israel is an insult to Islam that must be eradicated, no negotiated settlement will ever work. If Obama and Kerry force Israel to accept yet another one, it will fail almost immediately, with the concessions Israel is pushed into making becoming the basis for new jihad attacks.

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Jordanian MP quotes Muhammad: “Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them” : Jihad Watch

The dangers of Muslim-Christian “interfaith dialogue”

“Has the Church in the U.S. Succumbed to the Charms of Islam?,” by William Kilpatrick in New Oxford Review, January 2014:

…New York’s Timothy Cardinal Dolan paid a visit last summer to the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center in Tompkinsville on Staten Island, where he met with a large group of Muslim leaders. As is often the case when Catholic prelates meet with Muslims, his theme was the common ground shared by the two faiths. Cardinal Dolan told his Islamic audience, “You love God, we love God, and he is the same God,” and he thanked them “for making me feel like a friend and a member of a family.” He went on to tell them how much they share in common with Catholics: “Your love of marriage and family, your love of children and babies, your love of freedom — religious freedom particularly — your defense of life, your desire for harmony and unity and your care for others, your care for God’s creation and your care for those who are in need.”

Perhaps this is true of the Muslims of Tompkinsville, but unfortunately the cardinal’s words will be taken as an endorsement of Islam in general. I say “unfortunately” because what he says about the common values and beliefs of Muslims and Catholics is highly misleading.

Two Fundamentally Distinct Faiths

Take the assertion that Muslims and Catholics love the same God. Of course, Cardinal Dolan’s statement can be justified in the broad sense: There is, after all, only one God. Whether prayer and worship are being offered to our Father in Heaven or to Allah or to the Great Spirit, there is only one God who is paying attention. But in that sense, anyone who offers up prayers is praying to the same God to whom Catholics pray.

Once we move from the general to the particular, the “same God” thesis begins to fall apart. In the New Testament, God presents Himself as a Trinity (Mt. 28:19); in the Koran, God explicitly denies being a Trinity (5:73). In the Gospels, God refers to Jesus as “my beloved Son” (Mt. 3:17); in the Koran, God curses Christians for calling Christ the Son of God (9:30). In the Christian account, God accepts His only Son’s sacrificial death on the cross; in the Muslim account, God declares reports of Christ’s crucifixion to be “a monstrous falsehood” (4:157). In light of these significant differences, it is difficult to see how the God of the Bible and the God of the Koran could be one and the same.

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The dangers of Muslim-Christian “interfaith dialogue” : Jihad Watch

Jordan faces growing Salafist-jihadist threat - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Jordan is in the eye of a storm as armed Salafist and jihadist brigades, as well as al-Qaeda militants, are pouring into the country from all sides. The dangers of the “Arab Afghans” that existed a quarter of a century ago — when Iraq was turned into a terrorism-export “factory” after it came under occupation — remain etched in the memory of the people and officials.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/02/jordan-faces-salafist-jihadist-threat.html#ixzz2sSuXGCk7

US Working Group gives wrong advice on Egypt - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

by Wael Nawara



The letter, despite citing several facts and many a valid criticism of the interim Egyptian government, fails to see these things in the larger context. 




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US Working Group gives wrong advice on Egypt - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Insight: Reclusive cleric's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdogan | Reuters

(Turkey's future will impact prophetic events in the Middle East)



Insight: Reclusive cleric's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdogan | Reuters

SodaStream is wrong target for Oxfam’s Israel boycott - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

(The world is threatening boycotts of Israeli products over the peace process.  They don't know that this Isralie company employs 900 Palestinians.  What is going to happen to THEIR jobs if this company closes due to a boycott?)



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SodaStream is wrong target for Oxfam’s Israel boycott - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Third Banker Commits Suicide Within a Week | END TIME HEADLINES

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Third Banker Commits Suicide Within a Week | END TIME HEADLINES

The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible – Biblical Archaeology Society

Few modern Biblical archaeology discoveries have caused as much excitement as the Tel Dan inscription—writing on a ninth-century B.C. stone slab (or stela) that furnished the first historical evidence of King David from the Bible.

The Tel Dan inscription, or “House of David” inscription, was discovered in 1993 at the site of Tel Dan in northern Israel in an excavation directed by Israeli archaeologist Avraham Biran.

The broken and fragmentary inscription commemorates the victory of an Aramean king over his two southern neighbors: the “king of Israel” and the “king of the House of David.” In the carefully incised text written in neat Aramaic characters, the Aramean king boasts that he, under the divine guidance of the god Hadad, vanquished several thousand Israelite and Judahite horsemen and charioteers before personally dispatching both of his royal opponents. Unfortunately, the recovered fragments of the “House of David” inscription do not preserve the names of the specific kings involved in this brutal encounter, but most scholars believe the stela recounts a campaign of Hazael of Damascus in which he defeated both Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah.

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The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible – Biblical Archaeology Society

Storm Brigid rages towards Britain bringing 150MPH KILLER winds, heavy rain and SNOW | Nature | News | Daily Express

Storm Brigid rages towards Britain bringing 150MPH KILLER winds, heavy rain and SNOW | Nature | News | Daily Express

Israeli minister calls for 'Third Temple' in Al-Aqsa compound | Palestine | Worldbulletin News

Israeli minister calls for 'Third Temple' in Al-Aqsa compound | Palestine | Worldbulletin News

Giant Hologram of Turkish Prime Minister Delivers Speech - Matt Ford - The Atlantic

(Revelation 13, right around the corner?)



Giant Hologram of Turkish Prime Minister Delivers Speech - Matt Ford - The Atlantic

Nazareth billboard warns Christians against slandering Allah — JNS.org

Nazareth billboard warns Christians against slandering Allah — JNS.org

Monsanto’s BT-Toxins Found to Kill Human Embryo Cells

(I read a book, "The 666's Are In The Seed".  Mosanto is taking over world seed production.  The seeds are hybrids and have to be purchased each year, rather than some of the harvest being kept for seeds.  Who controls the seeds controls world food production.  Who controls world food production can easily say, 'yes' or 'no' to those needing it.)





Monsanto’s BT-Toxins Found to Kill Human Embryo Cells

The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund in India Is Horrifying

(This story reminds me of the hailstones in the Book of Revelation)



The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund in India Is Horrifying

The tablet — subject of a new book titled, “The Ark Before Noah

Why This Might be ‘One of the Most Important Human Documents Ever Discovered’ | TheBlaze.com

EXCLUSIVE: New York Times Slammed for Bias on Billboard in Front of Times Square HQ (INTERVIEW) | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

EXCLUSIVE: New York Times Slammed for Bias on Billboard in Front of Times Square HQ (INTERVIEW) | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

Rafsanjani: How long will we fight over the first caliph? | Iran Pulse: Must-Reads from Iran Today

Rafsanjani: How long will we fight over the first caliph? | Iran Pulse: Must-Reads from Iran Today

This Nazi Beach Holiday Resort Stands Completely Empty

This Nazi Beach Holiday Resort Stands Completely Empty

Saudi husbands 'alerted by text' if their wives leave the country - Telegraph

(Mark of the Beast technology)

As of last week, Saudi women's male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women under their custody leave the country, even if they are travelling together.

Saudi women's rights activist Manal al-Sherif, who last year urged women to defy a driving ban, said a man had contacted her to say he had received a text from the immigration authorities while at the airport with his wife.

"The authorities are using technology to monitor women," said Saudi author and journalist Badriya al-Bishr, who criticised the "state of slavery under which women are held" in the kingdom.

"This is technology used to serve backwardness in order to keep women imprisoned," she added.

Under laws influenced by the strict Wahabi interpretation of Islam, women are not allowed to leave Saudi Arabia without permission from their male guardian (a husband, father or brother), who must give consent by signing what is known as the "yellow sheet" at the airport or border.

Saudi husbands 'alerted by text' if their wives leave the country - Telegraph

China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data - Bloomberg

China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries increased $12.2 billion to a record $1.317 trillion in November, data released on the Treasury Department’s website showed.



China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data - Bloomberg

Chief Justice Silent in High Court Hearing on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones

On a court that appeared evenly divided on the constitutionality  of a Massachusetts law banning banning abortion protestors from entering a 35-foot buffer zone around entrances to an abortion clinic, Chief Justice John Roberts exercised his right to remain silent.

The chief justice’s silence during a January 15 hearing on a First Amendment challenge to the law was duly noted in news reports on the hearing and was even included in aNew York Times headline. While it is not unusual for a justice to refrain, as Clarence Thomas usually does, from taking an active part in the oral arguments, the Roberts silence was notable for two reasons: The chief justice usually engages freely in the rigorous verbal sparring that takes place between the judges and litigants in Supreme Court hearings; and Roberts will cast a crucial vote that could decide the case in a likely 5-4 rullng. Noting that Roberts asked no questions at the hearing Times reporter Adam Liptak, added: “His earlier opinions suggest, however, that he is likely to provide the fifth vote to strike down the law.”

Chief Justice Silent in High Court Hearing on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones

Video: Robert Spencer and Imam Bashir Abdul Haqq debate on "Did Muhammad exist?" - Jihad Watch

This debate was held on the Aramaic Broadcasting Network on the evening of January 10.

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Video: Robert Spencer and Imam Bashir Abdul Haqq debate on "Did Muhammad exist?" - Jihad Watch

United Nations 'too' Christian, report claims

Christianity dominates the United Nations and more diversity is needed to increase non-Christian representation in world peacemaking, according to a study.

Research undertaken by Prof Jeremy Carrette, with colleagues from the University of Kent's department of religious studies, has revealed that more than 70% of religious non-government organisations (NGOs) at the UN are Christian, and that there is historical privilege in allowing the Vatican a special observer status, as both a state and a religion.

The report, called Religious NGOs and the United Nations, calls for greater awareness, transparency and equality in the way religious NGOs operate within the UN, and more emphasis on religious tolerance.

The report also asks for greater understanding of how religions enhance and constrain human rights. It provides evidence that funding limits other religious traditions from establishing NGO work at the UN.

Islam, is represented more significantly through a collective of states (the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation) rather than civil society NGOs, which are dominated by Catholic groups, according to the report.

Asian religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, are under-represented and funding is a major issue preventing their equal access, it said.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/01/united-nations-too-christian-report

Egyptian Astrologer Warns: In 2014, Saturn Enters Sagittarius, Making Jews Stronger - Atlas Shrugs

Egyptian Astrologer Warns: In 2014, Saturn Enters Sagittarius, Making Jews Stronger

In an end-of-year interview on Al-Nahar TV, Egyptian astrologer Sayyed Al-Shimi warned that whenever Saturn enters a fire sign, the Jews become stronger. Attributing various events, including the first World Zionist Congress, the Balfour Declaration, and the 1948, 1956, and 1967 wars, to the constellation of the stars, Al-Shimi warned that in December 2014, Saturn would enter Sagittarius again.

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Egyptian Astrologer Warns: In 2014, Saturn Enters Sagittarius, Making Jews Stronger - Atlas Shrugs

Real ID enforcement to begin in April - FierceHomelandSecurity

Enforcement of the Real ID Act will be phased in starting in April under a schedule the Homeland Security Department released Dec. 20.

The law, passed in 2005, established standards for state-issued identification cards such as driver's licenses. Eventually, people with IDs from noncompliant states won't be able to board commercial planes, but DHS says that won't happen until 2016 or later.

On Jan. 20, DHS will begin to notify anyone with a noncompliant ID trying to access the department's headquarters in Washington, D.C., that their ID won't be valid for access beginning April 21.



Real ID enforcement to begin in April - FierceHomelandSecurity

"Moderate" Malaysia: Newspaper editor accused of treason for using the word "Allah" - Atlas Shrugs

(Muslims in Malaysia want Christians to use word, "Tuhan" for their God, see meaning below)

Muslims are prosecuting Christians in Malaysia for using the word Allah for God. Muslim authorities have criminalized usage of the word Allah.

Malaysian Atlas reader Tracy gives us some background on the "Allah" brouhaha in Malaysia. Allah is used in Malay and other Malaysian indigenous languages and has been used for over 100 years, even before Malaysia was formed as a country. This might be due to Arab influence on the local languages, when traders came to the Malayan peninsula in the 1300s. In this country, Allah has been used to refer to God, whereas Tuhan, which the ruling party wants Catholics/Christians to use, is a generic term which is non specific, hence the refusal by the Malay/indigenous language speaking Catholics and Christians to budge.













"Moderate" Malaysia: Newspaper editor accused of treason for using the word "Allah" - Atlas Shrugs

"Moderate" Malaysia: Muslim religious authorities raid Bible Society, confiscate bibles - Atlas Shrugs

 (Malaysian Muslims do NOT want Christians using the name 'allah' and other Islamic phrases.  This should tell Americans that THEY DO NOT CONSIDER ALLAH AND THE CHRISTIAN GOD THE SAME.  LET'S WAKE UP PEOPLE)

Today’s raid comes after the editor of Catholic weekly, Herald, Rev Father Lawrence Andrew said that Catholic churches in Selangor would continue to use the word “Allah” in their weekend services in Bahasa Malaysia, which are primarily attended by Sabah and Sarawak folk.

The comments came following a statement from the new director of Jais Ahmad Zaharin Mohd Saad, who said the state religious authorities would draw up a list of Selangor churches before writing to ask them to comply with the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988.

“We will write to all the churches in Selangor to respect the law that is in force in relation to this,” he was quoted as saying.

The enactment, which was passed by the then Barisan Nasional state government, prohibits non-Muslims in Selangor from using 35 Arabic words and phrases, including “Allah”, “Nabi” (prophet), “Injil” (gospel) and “Insya'Allah” (God willing).

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Former minister Zahi Hawass compares Egypt's Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to pharaoh | World news | The Guardian

"In my opinion, Sisi is really Mentuhotep II," said Hawass. "You need to understand what happened 4,000 years ago to understand what is happening now."
In Hawass's view, the upheaval Egypt has experienced since 2011 mirrors the century of chaos that preceded Mentuhotep's accession to the Egyptian throne in 2046BC. Mentuhotep restored order to Egypt – much as Hawass argues Sisi is about to do today. "We need an elected officer – a strong man – to control the country. And in my opinion, Sisi is our only hope."

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Former minister Zahi Hawass compares Egypt's Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to pharaoh | World news | The Guardian

Why Saudi Arabia and the U.S. don’t see eye to eye in the Middle East | Ian Bremmer

Give credit to Vladimir Putin and his New York Times op-ed on Syria for sparking a new tactic for foreign leaders hoping to influence American public opinion. In recent weeks, Saudi Arabian political elites have followed Putin’s lead, using American outlets to express their distaste with the West’s foreign policy, particularly with regard to Syria and Iran. In comments to the Wall Street Journal, prominent Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal decried the United States for cutting a preliminary deal with Iran on its nuclear program without giving the Saudis a seat at the table, and for Washington’s unwillingness to oppose Assad in the wake of the atrocities he’s committed. Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Britain followed with an op-ed in the New York Times entitled “Saudi Arabia Will Go It Alone.” The Saudis are clearly upholding the vow made by intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan back in October to undergo a “major shift” away from the United States.

In light of the recent actions of the Obama administration, many allies are also frustrated and confused, and even hedging their bets in reaction to the United States’ increasingly unpredictable foreign policy. But of all the disappointed countries, none is more so than Saudi Arabia — and with good reason. That’s because the two countries have shared interests historically — but not core values — and those interests have recently diverged.

http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2013/12/30/why-saudi-arabia-and-the-u-s-dont-see-eye-to-eye-in-the-middle-east/

Lobbyist Hired to Push Anti-Modi Resolution in Congress

 


The Indian American Muslim Council and the Coalition Against Genocide have hired a Washington, D.C. lobbying group to promote HR 417, a resolution that would deny a U.S. visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged human rights violations.

Conversely, the Hindu American Foundation has launched an intensive campaign to oppose what it terms an “anti-India” measure, sponsored by Reps. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Joe Pitts, R-Penn. The legislation has amassed 22 supporters in the House. It must pass the House Judiciary Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee before coming to the full floor for a vote.

Introducing the bill in the House Nov. 18, Ellison and Pitts said India’s religious minorities have suffered numerous human rights violations, including massive riots in Gujarat in 2002, which reportedly killed 2,000 Muslims over three days. Human Rights Watch has labeled the violence a “pogrom” against Muslims.

The riots began after a train carrying Hindus on a pilgrimage was set on fire by a Muslim mob, which killed 59 Hindus.


Lobbyist Hired to Push Anti-Modi Resolution in Congress

Muslim Supremacist Groups Push Anti-India Resolution in Congress in the Cause of Jihad: Call Your Congressmen, Vote NO to HR 417 (anti-India) and 418 (anti-Myanmar) - Atlas Shrugs

Again Islamic supremacist groups and their leftist lapdogs are pushing pro-jihad legislation. Last week, I urged Atlas readers to call their Congressmen to vote NO on House Resolution 418, a Muslim resolution in support of the jihad in Burma (Myanmar). More on that here. I continue to urge defeat of this legislation.

Now Muslim Brotherhood Congressmam Hakim Muhammad (aka Keith Ellison) is trying to keep Indian Prime Ministerial candidate Chief Minister Narendra Modi out of the U.S. More Muslim supremacists trying to impose the vicious oppressive system of sharia here in America.

Muslim Supremacist Groups Push Anti-India Resolution in the Cause of Jihad: Call Your Congressmen, Vote NO to HR 417 (anti-India) and 418 (anti-Myanmar) - Atlas Shrugs

Egypt turns to business, civil society in Nile water dispute - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

(Isaiah 19)

Egypt turns to business, civil society in Nile water dispute - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

The world’s newest country is already on the brink of civil war. Here’s how it happened.

(Wars and rumors of war)

South Sudan

The world’s newest country is already on the brink of civil war. Here’s how it happened.

World Youth Chess Championships in UAE obliterate Israel, list Israeli players as from the nation "FIDE" (World Chess Federation) - Atlas Shrugs

 Robert Spencer has broken the story that in the UAE, the World Youth Chess Championships are listing Israeli players as from the country "FIDE" (World Chess Federation), and are using Islamized chess pieces (above). If the Jews win the tournament, there will be a worldwide terror alert! All free nations must go to Defcon 5 -- expect embassies to burn and millions to march and call for death to the Jews. The magic Islamic chess pieces will have lost their mojo -- Allah is not pleased. Allah may be akbar, but these chess pieces will have proved not to be.

World Youth Chess Championships in UAE obliterate Israel, list Israeli players as from the nation "FIDE" (World Chess Federation) - Atlas Shrugs

A Moment in Eternity | RZIM

 

In fact, as I write, I am in the largest Muslim country in the world, yet, everywhere there are Christmas decorations, the strains of Christmas carols in the malls and elevators, and the hotel staff wishing me a “Merry Christmas.”  It’s Christmas in Indonesia.  If you were in the UAE, Indonesia, even Syria, you would see the same thing and hear the same Christmas carols in the hotels and malls.  Ironically, on the news this very week is a story of a school in a town in Texas that sent a letter to parents of students informing them there was a ban on children wearing red or green for their “holiday party”; apparently, red and green “send the wrong message.”  This is incredible!  It actually took an action of the City Council to override this ludicrous prohibition.  Imagine such presumption!  It’s not enough to prohibit the message of Christmas; now it is forbidden even to wear the traditional colors associated with Christmas.  Undoubtedly, wearing red or green to school at Christmas violates the separation of church and state doctrine.  I’m surprised they have allowed traffic lights to function at Christmas.  Is the day far off when censors might wish to scan our brains as we enter a school in case we smuggle the “illicit” Christmas story past the main entrance?  Perhaps we’ll need two lines of detectors, one checking for weapons and the other for thoughts of Jesus’s birth.  This is the new America of tolerance, another vacuous word defined by relativists whose only absolutes are the denial of any other reality except their own.

I ponder, I wonder, I move from the emotions of strained credulity to recognizing that this is the logical outworking of atheism and the illusion of neutrality: when man becomes God, the body becomes the soul and time becomes eternity.  These are the challenges we face in our times.

A Moment in Eternity | RZIM

One World Religion: Pope Meets With Head of International Islamic Organization | Conservatives Against Tyranny

 (People forget Muslims practice taqiyya)

12/16/13. Pope Meets With Head of International Islamic Organization. Heather Clark, christiannews.net

The pope met with the head of an international Islamic organization on Friday, a meeting that was characterized as the first-ever for the group.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), sat down with Pope Francis at the Vatican in an effort to create dialogue between the Muslim and Roman Catholic worlds. A news release from OIC outlined that the presence of Muslims has increased in “historically Christian countries.”
“In this context, the discussions expressed the need for greater efforts to foster respect for religious pluralism and cultural diversity, and to counter the spread of bigotry and prejudices,” the group explained. “It was stressed that interreligious dialogue is a necessary condition for peace in the world, and as such it is a duty for adherents of all faith traditions.”
OIC also advised that Ihsanoglu discussed with the Pope “his vision regarding the need for a ‘historic reconciliation’ between Islam and Christianity based on the common Abrahamic roots and in order to support multiculturalism and harmonious societies.”
One World Religion: Pope Meets With Head of International Islamic Organization | Conservatives Against Tyranny

U.S. plan gives Jerusalem holy sites to Vatican

 

 EL AVIV – Secretary of State John Kerry quietly presented a U.S. plan for eastern Jerusalem that calls for an international administrative mandate to control holy sites in the area, according to informed Palestinian and Israeli diplomatic sources.

The exact composition of the international mandate is up for discussion, the sources said, but Kerry’s plan recommended a coalition that includes the Vatican, together with a group of Muslim countries such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The international arrangement is being proposed as a temporary solution for about two to three years while security arrangements in Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians are finalized, said the sources.

Israel, the sources said, was not receptive to the particulars of Kerry’s plan, especially the concept of Turkish participation in Jerusalem. Kerry told the Israelis he would hold talks with the Kingdom of Jordan about its playing a leading role in the proposal in the place of Turkey, the sources added.
U.S. plan gives Jerusalem holy sites to Vatican

Report: Palestinians Reject Kerry Peace Plan | Washington Free Beacon

Secretary of State John Kerry’s Middle East peace plan appeared to unravel late last week after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas rejected “most” of the key details, according to regional experts and media reports.

Kerry landed in Israel on Thursday for another round of talks between Palestinian and Israeli leaders as he pushes them to accept the parameters of a U.S.-backed security plan and interim agreement.
However, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly rejected many key elements of the deal, claiming that it was too kind to Israel.
Report: Palestinians Reject Kerry Peace Plan | Washington Free Beacon

Kerry: Israeli-Palestinian peace deal still possible by April | JPost | Israel News

 

Kerry: Israeli-Palestinian peace deal still possible by April

By REUTERS

12/13/2013 16:12

US secretary of state meets with PM in J'lem to discuss advancing peace process; says Palestinian prisoner release set for Dec. 29.

Shrugging off gloomy predictions of failure, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Israelis and Palestinians remained committed to peace talks and were on course to wrap up a full deal by April.
 
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Kerry: Israeli-Palestinian peace deal still possible by April | JPost | Israel News