The War on Christians | The Weekly Standard

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life finds that Christians are suffering persecution in more places today than any other religious group; between 2006 and 2012, Pew says, they were targeted for harassment in 151 countries—three-quarters of the world’s states. Similar findings are reported by the Vatican, Newsweek, the Economist, and the 60-year-old Christian support group Open Doors. Most people in the West are unaware of these facts, though that may be changing.


The War on Christians | The Weekly Standard

Iraqi Shi’ite fighters in Syria head home to fight ISIL

(Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim militias fighting in Syria have started returning home to combat a lightning advance by Sunni insurgents in their own country, an exodus that could affect the balance of power in Syria.


The movement demonstrates how intertwined the conflicts in the two neighbouring countries have become, as Sunni and Shi'ite fighters move between them and shifts in battlefield momentum on one side of the border influence the other.


President Bashar al-Assad has relied heavily on Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias from Iraq and Lebanon to help turn the tide against overwhelmingly Sunni rebels.
One of those militias, Iraq's Asaib Ahl al-Haq, an Iranian-backed group which fought U.S. troops during the 2003-2011 occupation, confirmed on Wednesday that it was pulling some of its fighters out of Syria.


Spokesman Ahmed al-Kinani said the group was responding to a call from Iraq's most senior Shi'ite cleric to protect Iraq from Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who seized Iraq's biggest northern city last week.
"Asaib Ahl al-Haq has withdrawn from Syria and returned to Iraq as both are religious duties to defend our sacred sites. Now they are fighting ISIL together with our security forces."


Estimates of the number of Shi'ite fighters in Syria have run in the thousands. Residents in Jaramana, a Damascus suburb with a heavy presence of government troops backed by foreign militias fighting rebels in the nearby district of eastern Ghouta, say fewer Iraqi fighters have been visible lately.


"We easily differentiate them right away from their accents. You can also hear them down the street when they drive their cars blaring Iraqi Shi'ite music,” said one Jaramana resident.


Read more:


http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/18/uk-iraq-security-syria-fighters-idUKKBN0ET1VB20140618

Turkish media ban on ISIS reports

On June 15, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the media not to write or talk about the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which seized Turkey’s consulate on June 11 in Mosul, in northern Iraq, taking all 49 consulate workers hostage, including the consul general. Erdogan claimed that the media’s reporting puts the hostages’ lives at risk.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/06/daloglu-media-mosul-hostages-isis-erdogan-iraq-consulate.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter##ixzz351dmAxkv

Walid Shoebat: Prophecy is being fulfilled, the anti-christ is arising as Iran moves into Iraq

When Iraq faded from the collective consciousness and few were paying attention to it we wrote: “Iraq will weaken as a result of America’s exit to simply be devoured by Iran.” (Article by Walid Shoebat written in 2012 for Jewish Voice Ministries)


And now that Iraq is under the radar again as Mosul, Iraq’s SECOND largest city, was besieged by the Sunni Al-Qaeda front (ISIS), a closer attention should be focused on Iran, which just moved into Iraq’s capital, and the FIRST largest city, Baghdad is devoured by Iran. Make no mistake about it; this is prophetically significant.


The Shiites did not standby idle watching Iraq being devoured by Sunnis, as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani convened an emergency meeting of the country’s National Security Council to say this:
“We, as the Islamic Republic of Iran, will not tolerate this violence and terrorism … We will fight and battle violence and extremism and terrorism in the region and the world.”


And he wasn’t like Obama, simply full of hot air, he sent in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards who are already deployed to Iraq and in the name of War on Terror, to help government troops defend (really occupy) the capital city of Baghdad from the escalating threat of Al-Qaeda’s ISIS insurgents which Iranian security sources as well as all the media now confirmed.


The showdown is on, the ISIS has already seized several areas in the northern part of Iraq taking control of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit on Wednesday (June 11), but Revolutionary Guard and Iraqi troops overtook 85 percent of the city of Baghdad on Thursday (June 12).


As the crisis in the Middle East deepens, the Iranian military is also considering shifting troops fighting in Syria and Iraq if the deployment of the Quds Forces is not sufficient to combat the Sunni insurgents.


President Obama responded saying he would not rule out U.S. air strikes against the insurgents and that his government is looking at “all options”, including military action, to help Iraq fight Islamist militants.


Today, the United States is in check and is staggering in confusion, Iran is an enemy, and now since the pull-out of Iraq, the U.S. is all but confused, finding itself with little choices but to look the other way when its arch enemy, Iran, encroaches into Iraq, weighing between an Al-Qaeda takeover to create the Caliphate on the one hand and Iran consuming Iraq on the other. And since we have seen Russia invade Crimea and Obama showed his impotence, Iran has already invaded Iraq’s capital.


Obama said the United States has an interest in making sure jihadists do not gain a foothold in Iraq.


Really? Which Jihadists; Iran or Al-Qaeda?


Its checkmate for the U.S. and prophetically, last year we wrote:


Click to read full article:


http://shoebat.com/2014/06/13/prophecy-fulfilled-antichrist-arising-iran-moves-iraq/

Gary Stearman: The Children of Elam

Click to watch:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmggIAGu_os

Who is ISIS & its Leader?

Is ISIS the first terror group to build an Islamic state?



Click to view short CNN video:
Who is ISIS & its leader?

Islamic Mortgages Blend Faith and Capitalism

A new type of mortgage is gaining popularity in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is a way to combine capitalism with the ethics of religion: Islamic mortgages.

According to Bloomberg news, the global Islamic finance industry is worth a staggering $1.3 trillion, and is continuing to grow, with annual growth rates of 15 percent. A part of that industry is based upon real estate and mortgages. Islamic mortgages have funded a wide variety of purchases, including residential mortgages as offered by the UK’s first lease-based mortgage provider: United National Bank of Pakistan. But these financing tools have also funded larger purchases, like the construction of the Shard of Glass in London.

Rules and Regulations

Islamic mortgages are fundamentally different than traditional mortgages due to religious restrictions of Islam. Under the principles of Shariah (Islamic Law), a payment or interest is prohibited. Conventional mortgages cannot be used by practicing Muslims, but many home prices are too high for a typical customer to buy outright. This is where Islamic home loans assist buyers. For these loans, the bank can purchase a property and sell it back to a mortgage owner in three different ways:

1. A bank can sell the property at a higher price to the mortgagee in an installment plan, or rent it to the homeowners and have the mortgagee pay a contribution towards the equity of the home each month until it is paid off.
2. Owners can choose a “lease to purchase” option because the homeowner rents the property while paying down principal and gaining equity on the property.
3. Mortgagees can create a Limited Liability Company (LLC) where the finance company and the homeowner both own shares of the property.

Due to religious laws, there are restrictions for Islamic-funded real-estate. Islamic financiers focus on businesses that are involved in ethical businesses, according to Richard Thomas, CEO of Gatehouse Bank, a Shariah-compliant bank in the UK. The financing does not go toward businesses such as pubs, casinos, or businesses with questionable moral codes. Currently there are globally-located, Islamic-financed projects with Rolls-Royce, British Telecom, and Procter & Gamble.


Read on:
http://loans.org/mortgage/articles/islamic-funds-blend-faith-and-capitalism

Escorted by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, a considerable Israeli security detail and coterie of Muslim and Catholic clerics, Pope Francis ascended the Temple Mount Monday morning – perhaps the most symbolic and contested territory in the Muslim and Jewish divide.


Under a clear blue sky, Francis removed his shoes prior to entering al-Aksa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad ascended to heaven. It is also Judaism’s holiest site, where the First Temple and Second Temple were destroyed.


May we respect and love one another as brothers and sisters,” the pope reportedly said during the discussion. “May we learn to understand the suffering of others. May no one abuse the name of God through violence.”


Read on:
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Francis-beseeches-Grand-Mufti-to-disavow-Temple-Mount-strife-354444

Is Russia reviving its empire?

(interesting this article comes from Al Jazerra news)


A great many experts, observers and pundits are missing the point in their analyses of events in and around Ukraine by making two flawed assumptions. One, that the personal traits and characters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, or US President Barack Obama, or both, are the main causes of the momentous developments in and around Ukraine; and two, that Putin is executing a master plan.


The reality is something else. International relations are intricate. Decisions made by heads of states are guided by a complex web of domestic and international factors and circumstances. Of course, the person at the top and his or her worldview, leadership qualities and style are key factors in the final determination, but explaining transformative events on the basis of one man's behaviour and actions is overly simplistic and inevitably will miss the point.


What the pundits perceive to be Putin's "ambitions, arrogance and petulance", and Obama's "weakness, indifference and disengagement" are not manifestations of capricious behaviour. Rather, they are ideologically driven labels for behaviour based on convictions, beliefs and values developed through their personal experiences, domestic sentiments and their nation's past and recent history.


Putin is shrewd, smart and calculating. He may or may not be anti-Western, but he certainly is not sentimental towards the West. He doesn't like to be told to play by the rules that the West itself selectively ignores, circumvents and violates.


Read on:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/05/russia-reviving-empire-201452061922194842.html

Is America Starting To Target Thought Crime?

Last week, Michelle Obama made headlines when she exhorted graduating high schoolers in a commencement address to monitor their families for politically incorrect thoughts and behaviors.

To one journalist, this was more than an off-hand comment made by the first lady. In the opinion of Cheryl Chumley, a reporter for The Washington Times and the author of “Police State USA,” Michelle Obama’s remark reflects a growing trend in America to target and attack individuals for committing “thought crime.”

“Michelle Obama’s push for kids around the nation to monitor their family members for perceived racist comments is just another way the government seeks to inject itself into an area it doesn’t really belong — the American home,” Chumley told The Daily Caller Monday.

“Having the first lady wag her finger at us and send America’s youth on some sort of quest to scour the homes and backyards of our nation’s families for any mention of a racist joke, slur or slight is nanny-governance run amok — something that belongs in a George Orwell novel, not the White House, Chumley said.”

Chumley sees a troubling growth of America’s most powerful political figures now singling out private individuals for their beliefs, and using government agencies and public denunciations to intimidate opponents into silence.

Read on:


http://news.yahoo.com/america-starting-target-thought-crime-015023317.html

Putin cuts Western ties in shift to the East

Russian President Vladimir Putin's movement eastwards can no longer be in any doubt.
Attending the St Petersburg Economic Forum, the annual meeting Putin set up in his hometown to rival Davos, last week, was almost more about who wasn't there than who was.


Read on:


http://www.cnbc.com/id/101704562?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=yahoo&doc=101704562%7CPutin%20cuts%20Western%20ties%20i

The Size Of The Derivatives Bubble Hanging Over The Global Economy Hits A Record High

The global derivatives bubble is now 20 percent bigger than it was just before the last great financial crisis struck in 2008.  It is a financial bubble far larger than anything the world has ever seen, and when it finally bursts it is going to be a complete and utter nightmare for the financial system of the planet.  According to the Bank for International Settlements, the total notional value of derivatives contracts around the world has ballooned to an astounding 710 trillion dollars ($710,000,000,000,000).

Other estimates put the grand total well over a quadrillion dollars.  If that sounds like a lot of money, that is because it is.  For example, U.S. GDP is projected to be in the neighborhood of around 17 trillion dollars for 2014.  So 710 trillion dollars is an amount of money that is almost incomprehensible.  Instead of actually doing something about the insanely reckless behavior of the big banks, our leaders have allowed the derivatives bubble and these banks to get larger than ever.
 In fact, as I have written about previously, the big Wall Street banks are collectively 37 percent larger than they were just prior to the last recession.  "Too big to fail" is a far more massive problem than it was the last time around, and at some point this derivatives bubble is going to burst and start taking those banks down.  When that day arrives, we are going to be facing a crisis that is going to make 2008 look like a Sunday picnic.


Read more:


http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-size-of-the-derivatives-bubble-hanging-over-the-global-economy-hits-a-record-high

Turkey's Circassians jangle Russian nerves......

Unprecedented commemorations have been organized in Turkey this year to mark the 150th anniversary of the great tragedy that befell Circassians under Tsarist Russia and drove 1.5 to 2.2 million people to Ottoman lands.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/turkey-circassian-tragedy-commemoration-strain-diaspora.html#ixzz32YNf8QhA

House bill calls for US firms to share in Israel's Iron Dome

Read article:
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/iron-dome-israel-funding-us-ndaa.html#

House Passes NDAA with amendments

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Of the 100 or so amendments that lawmakers attempted to add to the legislation, two — one approved and one rejected — went nearly unnoticed, despite their attempt to force the federal government to adhere to core constitutional principles.


First, there was the unsuccessful attempt by Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) to “eliminate indefinite detention in the United States and its territories.” The amendment benefited from bipartisan sponsorship (it was cosponsored by Georgia Republican Paul Broun) but was ultimately defeated by a vote of 191-230.


Ever since President Barack Obama signed the Fiscal Year 2012 version of the NDAA on December 31, 2011, the writ of habeas corpus — a civil right so fundamental to Anglo-American common law history that it predates the Magna Carta — is voidable upon the command of the president of the United States. The Sixth Amendment right to counsel is also revocable at his will.


Read more:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/18328-house-passes-ndaa-critical-amendments-fail-others-succeed

Why The Muslims often claim that the Bible have been Corrupted ??

Anas Al Suleiman

Why The Muslims often claim that the Bible have been Corrupted ??

Because The Bible and Qur'an opposed to each other.
In the Qur'an Many inconsistent elements are present.

Any Muslim who tell you that he/she knew what is in the Bible is a LIAR, Muslims don't know anything about the Bible.
The Muslims read Bible to find it Error, so that they may use the particular verse against the Christians. ...They don't care to know what the verses is talking about because their aim is to use the verses to attack Christians.

Keep in Mind that reading Books doesn't simply means that you must understood what you read. To sit for an exam does not simply means that you must pass the Courses.
You can only pass an Exams if you willingly focus and put an effort to studies the Subjects.

Not long ago: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Indonesia, Pakistan, Kuwait, Iran, UAE, Qatar, Libya, Malaysian and other Muslim Countries BAN Hollywood's Film the Noah's Ark. Muslim leaders claimed that the Movies contradicts teaching of the Quran.

They are afraid that their Citizens might watch the Movie and question '' The credibility of Qur'an.

Satan knew how Powerful the Bible is, and he is running away from the Bible.
Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Muslim Nations carries Death Penalty. It's forbidden to preach the Gospel in Muslim Countries and communities.
But It's not forbidden for the Muslims to preach their Religion in any Non-Muslim Country.
Muslims are in UK, US, Canada, Sweden, Australia, China, Europe,and all parts of World preaching Islamic religion. But It's Forbidden to Preach Non-Muslim faith in the Muslim Countries.
Taking Arabic Bible to Saudi Arabia carries Death Penalty.

Satan hates the Bible because every time he sees the Bible, he sees God.

Keep in mind that Satan HATES the Word of God and has continually attacked it Throughout history, ever since the first time He questioned it (Genesis 3:1) and then outright DENIED it (Genesis 3:4). He is "that old serpent" (Revelation 20:2), which is "more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made" (Genesis 3:1)

2 Corinthians 4:3-4,
Satan blinds those who willfully don’t believe.

2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case the god of this world(SATAN) has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 11:14,
Satan is not very creative. Satan mostly Counterfeits the truth of God. His greatest deception is pseudo-Christianity. He mimics what is good by coming up with false Doctrine.

Genesis 3:1
Satan is so cunning, Satan’s brings doubt and denial of God’s Word.

-----------------
Last Month a Friend of mine sent 32 Arabic Bibles to his relative but the Bibles was confiscated by Kuwait Airport Authority.

(1) 1 Timothy 3:6 - Pride was the main sin of Satan.
(2) 2 Corinthians 11:3 '' Satan is the Deceiver.

In the 99 names of Allah 2 of his name is
(A) The ''Most proud ONE '' (Al-Mutakabbir) Qur'an 31:30
(B) The"Best Deceiver" (Al-Makr) Qur'an 3:54

1 Peter 5:8-9,
Be sober, Be Vigilant; because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring Lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

Jealous and Envy are the Reason why Muslims and Anti-Semitic Fascist HATES the Israelites

 (see Facebook page)

Anas Al Suleiman

Jealous and Envy are the Reason why Muslims and Anti-Semitic Fascist HATES the Israelites. Read the verse Below and see how Jews People are the Most Hated People.
Quran Surat Al-`Ankabut 29:27 ''Affirms that the PROPHET-HOOD Covenant of God will remain in the Lineage of ISAAC and JACOB (Israel).
Surah 29:27: And (as for Abraham), We bestowed upon him ISAAC and JACOB, and caused PROPHET-HOOD and revelation to continue among his Descendants.
Genesis 26:24
That night the LORD appeared to him (Jacob) and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."
Genesis 28:13
There above it stood the LORD, and he said: "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.
Genesis 17:7
''I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
1 Chronicles 16:16
''The covenant which God made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to ISRAEL as an Everlasting covenant:
----------------------
Genesis 16:12 ''Ishmael will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."
The Descendents of Ishmael are Disqualified, Non-Israelite and Arabs can never inherit the Prophet-Hood covenant of God.
Read (Genesis 21:1-20)
------------------
Notice what happened here:
Muhammad was Jealous of The Jews, for being the Chosen People of God, and he wanted to do whatever he can to change what God has ordain by referring Ishmael (Arabs) as the Chosen People.
But the Jealous didn't actually starts from Muhammad', The Jealous started with Satan who planted the seed of Hate in Ishmael's heart, Ishmael hated ISAAC and that's why ''Sarah the wife of Abraham'' asked Abraham to send Ishmael out from the Family and God also told Abraham to listen to his wife Sarah and do exactly what she asked him to do. and Ishmael was Separated from the Family.
So the Hatred continued to go on from ''Ishmael'' to ''Pharaoh of Egypt'', to ''Babylonian'' (Iraq), to Muhammad, from Muhammad to every Muslims who believe in Muhammad, from the Muslims to everyone who share the same view of Muslims hatred towards the Jews.
(1) Satan Hates the Jews because their are the Chosen People of God.
(2) ISHMAEL hated ISAAC because ISAAC was the chosen One.
(3) Pharaoh of Egypt ,Killed and Slaved Israelites for many Years.
(4) Babylonian Empire(IRAQ), killed and Slaved Israelites for many years.
(5) Muhammad Prophet of Islam killed and Slaved Jews People, Muhammad wiped the entire generation of the Arab Jews out from Arabia. It's in the Quran, Hadiths, Sirat and other Islamic Scriptures.
(6) Muhammad's Companions Abu Bakr, Umar ibn al-Khattab and Uthman ibn Affan continued to kill the Jews and Slave them.
(7) Adolf Hitler quotes"The only religion I respect is Islam. The only prophet I admire is the Prophet Muhammad." Adolf Hitler Killed and Slaved Jews.
(Search with Link) ''abridged from an essay by Sean “Suhaib” Jobst'' to read about Adolf Hitler on Islam and the Muslims.
(8) Muslims and Anti-Semitic Fascist share the same value of Muhammad and Adolf Hitler, They continues their Hatred towards the Jews People.
Adolf Hilter's Best friend was The Mufti of Jerusalem '' Haj Mohammed Effendi Amin El-Husseini''. Thousands of Muslim Soldiers from Turkey, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Joined Adolf Hitler Nazi Soldiers during the Jewish Holocaust.
You can Google ''Arab nationalism with Nazi/Fascist ideology.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have engineered a bacterium whose genetic material includes an added pair of DNA “letters,” or bases, not found in nature. The cells of this unique bacterium can replicate the unnatural DNA bases more or less normally, for as long as the molecular building blocks are supplied.


“Life on Earth in all its diversity is encoded by only two pairs of DNA bases, A-T and C-G, and what we’ve made is an organism that stably contains those two plus a third, unnatural pair of bases,” said TSRI Associate Professor Floyd E. Romesberg, who led the research team. “This shows that other solutions to storing information are possible and, of course, takes us closer to an expanded-DNA biology that will have many exciting applications—from new medicines to new kinds of nanotechnology.”

MAY SNOWSTORMS AND TORNADOS


May snowstorm closed hundreds of miles of a highway and snarled traffic in Wyoming and Colorado on Monday, while the Plains cleaned up from tornado damage and expected further frustrations from imminent thunderstorms.

Nearly 400 miles of Interstate-80 in Wyoming were closed after the spring storm dumped up to 3 feet of snow in parts of the state.

The slick roads and poor visibility were also to blame for at least one fatal accident on U.S. Highway 285 southwest of Denver, according to The Associate Press. The slippery roadway became an accident-trap. Two law enforcement cruisers were hit within the same hour after responding to other accidents, the AP reported.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/deadly-tornado-outbreak/400-miles-wyoming-highway-shut-down-after-spring-snow-storm-n102811

China: Islam Is Rising — Along With The Number Of Dead As Well | MidnightWatcher's Blogspot

China: Islam Is Rising — Along With The Number Of Dead As Well | MidnightWatcher's Blogspot