Posted on 06/07/2007 8:13:46 AM PDT by SJackson
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This is real evil:
Saudi Arabia - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bibles are illegal. Churches are illegal. Easter celebrations are illegal. It is punishable by death for a non-mulsim to enter the “holy” muslim cities of Medina and Mecca.
Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims and forbids conversions. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Muslim places of worship.
Kuwait - Registration and licensing of religious groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Koran may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Islam.
Egypt - Islam is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Islamic law are prohibited. Muslims may face legal problems if they convert to another faith. Requires non-Muslims to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.
Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Islam. Non-Islamic proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Islamic literature for distribution. The country has passed the “Regulation of Religious Practice” law, which stipulates a punishment of two to five years’ imprisonment and heavy fines for anyone convicted of urging a Muslim to change his religion.
Syria - The constitution requires the president to be a Muslim and specifies that Islamic jurisprudence is a principal source of legislation. Sharing your Christian faith is discouraged as “posing a threat to the relations among religious groups” and carries a penalty of up to life in prison. A Christian is not allowed to proselytize – ever. Churches who want to hold an extra service must get a government permit. Sermons are routinely monitored, as is church fundraising.
Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Muslim selling land to a Jew.
Sudan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death.
Pakistan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims. Christians regularly put in prison for charges of blasphemy. Islam is the state religion, and in a court of law the testimony of a Christian carries less weight than that of a Muslim. Section 295(c) of the Penal Code calls for a death sentence for anyone who defiles the name of the Prophet Muhammad and requires the testimony of four Muslims for a conviction. This fosters an environment in which Muslims can feel free to use intimidation and violence against religious minorities for personal gain.
Qatar - Islamic instruction is compulsory in public schools. The government regulates the publication, importation, and distribution of non-Islamic religious literature. The government continues to prohibit proselytizing of Muslims by non-Muslims.
Malaysia - Under Malaysian law, any convert to Christianity must apply to a shariah (Muslim law) court to legally renounce Islam. Many Christians prefer to remain silent converts rather than take their battle to the shariah courts, where apostasy or conversion out of Islam is punishable by whipping, fines, imprisonment and—in the most extreme application—death.
The Maldives - In the island paradise visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year, Christianity is simply not tolerated. While local Christians – said to number around 300 out of a total population of 300,000 – do get together to worship, they do so at the risk of imprisonment or worse if discovered by the Muslim authorities. Bibles are banned, and tourists can be arrested for trying to bring them into the country.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/
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What about a few bombs with a Star of David on the side?
Increasingly irrelevant, not long to be islamist Britain.
Britain’s University and College Union will next take up the cause of Christian persecution in Muslim countries. Oh wait, they won’t be taking up that cause at all.
Now that’s a Mitzvah!
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame: All their attempts to bend thee down, Will but arouse thy generous flame; But work their woe, and thy renown. "Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves: "Britons never will be slaves."
Does anyone sing this anymore?
A few lefty unions do not represent Britain anymore than the ACLU represents America.
I’ll repeat myself from the previous thread.
The usual lefty suspects are calling for boycotts, and yet, and yet ... normal Britons don’t know or care what the inconsequential lefties are screaming about. We’re still going on holiday in Israel and buying evil Zionist fruit. Very nice it is too.
They’re not even allowed to fly their own flag, so I’m sure singing that would meet with harsh reprimand.
On this recent thread you can find out about a massive anti-Israel rally taking place in Washington DC. They are calling for the dissolution of Israel.
This isn't happening in Britain, but in America. Why aren't we moaning about America turning into Iran?
Those fools involved in this evil have not a clue of the eventual earthshaking reciprocity on the UK.
Right there is a symptom of the illness. I don't understand how people allow their countries to fold up, unless that's just the natural outcome of globalism, multiculturalism, and socialism.
Socialists are maggots who hate anything good or fair and love evil, death and murder.
We're supposed to be at war with someone, supposedly over terrorism. 'Could've fooled me.
I don't dispute that, and if you're right the union memberships will vote down these proposals as they did last year. However these aren't simply lefty organizations whining, they're unions attempting to do significant damage to Israel and individual Israelis, not just in Britain, but internationally as well. Relative to the US I'm aware of one pending University partnership where this has been raised as an issue, Alan Dershowitz has announced his intent to take legal action over any attempt to have Israelis or Jews barred form American projects, and there's been a little talk in Congress of amending our antiboycott legislation to make it clear that NGOs are covered as well as governments. So why it may be the usual leftys, and while they may not represent Brits, unless the broad membership of the unions reject the proposals, there will likely be serious damage done.
It won't fly in the US, other countries might comply. If actually implemented, an unintended side effect might be a defacto ban of UK academics and researchers in the US. Legality aside, most corporations and academic institutions here being told by a British researcher, I'll come, but you can't have any Israelis/Jews on the project will be told to stay home.
In terms of the U.S. what you stated is very true. We should recall there are various forms of reciprocity :)
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