Thursday, August 2, 2012

DOJ Suggests Criticism of Islam Could Be Criminalized

Never happen only because there are not enough spaces in the jails.

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DOJ Suggests Criticism of Islam Could Be Criminalized

Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars.com 7/31/2012 Refuses to rule out Shariah-style law in the United States In refusing to rule out a future law that would criminalize criticism of religion as racist hate speech, the Department of Justice has left the door open to the prospect of Shariah-style law in the United States that would forbid [...]

Leftists Counter Chick-Fil-A with New Che-Fil-A

Gonna be ofarto's favorite sandwich.

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Leftists Counter Chick-Fil-A with New Che-Fil-A

by Sard

#Chickfila #FirstAmendment

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Bulletin of Christian Persecution June 28 - July 30, 2012

Bulletin of the Persecution of Christians

June 28 - July 30, 2012

June 28, 2012
Sudan
Authorities in Khartoum demolished two church buildings last week, days after confiscating three Catholic schools. Officials from the Ministry of Planning and Housing of the local government authority on June 18 sent bulldozers that destroyed a church building belonging to the St. John Episcopal Church of Sudan.

June 30, 2012
Egypt (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
Native Christian missionaries in Egypt remained concerned Saturday, June 30, saying at least two fellow believers were killed by suspected Islamists since Mohammed Morsi was declared the country's president. "Yesterday they began by killing two believers in [the area of] el Sharqiya because of this," the missionary added, speaking on condition of anonymity. These latest reported killings came just weeks after video footage of a convert from Islam to Christianity being murdered by Muslims was shown on on Egyptian television.

July 2, 2012
Kenya
Attackers with guns and hand-grenades killed at least 17 people and wounded scores more during worship services at two churches Sunday in Kenya. Both attacks occurred in Garissa, a provincial capital about 120 miles west of the Somalia border. Suspicion for the attacks immediately fell upon al Shabaab, a Somalia-based militant group that western governments say has links to al-Qaida, but authorities have not officially named any suspects.

July 3, 2012
Syria
Thousands of Christians have fled their homes in Syria where news emerged Tuesday, July 3, that intelligence agencies run dozens of torture centers where detainees are beaten with batons and cables, burned with acid, sexually assaulted, and have fingernails torn out.

July 8, 2012
Nigeria (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
Raids and reprisal attacks have left 58 people dead in Christian villages near a Nigerian city where authorities have struggled to contain religious violence. Update HERE. And HERE.

July 11, 2012
Iran
Christians on Wednesday, July 11, urged prayers "for everyone" involved in the case of an Iranian pastor who marked his 1,000th day behind bars while awaiting possible execution for refusing to recant his faith in Christ and return to Islam.

July 12, 2012
Turkey
A Syriac Orthodox Christian monastery, the oldest monastery in the world, is at risk of being eliminated. Under a lawsuit filed by neighboring Muslim villages, the Syriacs are accused of practicing 'anti-Turkish activities' by providing an education to young people, including non Christians, and of illegally occupying land which belongs to the neighbouring villages.

July 13, 2012
South Africa (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Elite cops are investigating claims that terror group al-Shabaab is behind the murders of 14 Christians in the Western Cape. The killings occurred within a 10-month period across the province, from Mossel Bay to Philippi, Macassar and Paarl. All of the victims were Ethiopian Christians living here and the murders were initially thought to be random xenophobic attacks on foreigners.

July 14, 2012
Tunsia (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A video was recently shown on Egyptian television reportedly depicting the literal carving-off of the head of a bound Tunisian man who had abandoned Islam and converted to Christianity.

July 18, 2012
Egypt
A new Christian Solidarity report, entitled "Tell My Mother I Miss Her," confirms that Coptic women and girls are deceptively lured or abducted into forced marriages with Muslim men and then to conversions to Islam, which frequently take place under duress and physical abuse.

July 21, 2012
Europe (h/t to JihadWatch)
There have been increasing attacks on European Christians and efforts to marginalize their symbols and traditions.

July 23, 2012
Egypt
Dr. Yassir al-Burhami, a prominent figure in Egypt's Salafi movement and vice president of the Salafi Call . . . has just issued a fatwa, published in the "Voice of the Righteous Salaf," forbidding Muslim taxi-drivers and bus-drivers from transporting Coptic Christian priests to their churches, which he depicted as "more forbidden than taking someone to a liquor bar."

July 25, 2012
Syria (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
Thousands of Syrians are fleeing into neighboring Lebanon -- not entirely due to fear of the Assad regime. The country's minority Christian population is suffering under attacks waged by rebel troops. In the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, Christian families are finding temporary refuge, but they are still terrified. More HERE.

Pakistan (h/t to Persecution.org)
"The police pulled away our headscarves from heads and started hitting us with clubs and punches" these were statement of Christian women made before visiting team of LEAD, after news spread that police is harassing and torturing Christian women and men in Kasur District in Punjab province of Pakistan to grab their agricultural land.

July 26, 2012
Arabian Peninsula (h/t to JihadWatch)
A group of Islamic preachers claimed that churches should not be built in Islamic countries particularly in the Arabian Peninsula following the issuance of an approval for constructing a church in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

Pakistan
A Christian couple from Ichhra have been on the run for six years after facing threats from Muslim neighbours who would not let them rever to Christianity after embracing Islam.

Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities arrested a local man and a Lebanese on charges of converting a Saudi woman to Christianity and smuggling her to Lebanon.

July 28,2 012
Lebanon (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Church officials and politicians in Akkar played down the impact of a flyer dropped at a church the area, ahead of next month's visit to the area by Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai. Signed by the "Soldiers of the Great Prophet," the flyer warns "infidels" and vows to fight against them, starting from Akkar.

July 29, 2012
Egypt (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Muslims on Friday set fire to Christian homes in a village near the Egyptian capital after a fight between a Muslim man and a Christian laundry worker who singed his shirt while ironing it, police said.
At least one person was wounded as Muslims and Coptic Christians also traded fire bombs, police officials said. Update HERE.

Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities arrested a local man and a Lebanese on charges of converting a Saudi woman to Christianity and smuggling her to Lebanon.

July 30, 2012
Indonesia (h/t to JihadWatch)
Protestors forced a church in Bandung, West Java, to shut down on Sunday amid claims that it was operating without a permit.

Pakistan
Christian girls continue to be kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam.

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JP آج کی تراویح2012-08-02

السلام علیکم ورحمۃ اللہ وبرکاتہ

آج کی تراویح

محمد احمد وصفی 2012-08-02

- یہ تراویح اٹھارہویں پارے کے نصف سے انیسویں پارے کے ثلاثہ کی تلاوت پر مشتمل ہے۔

منافقین نے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کو تکلیف پہنچانے کے لئے اُم المومنین سیدہ عائشہ صدیقہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہا پر بہتان تراشی کی تھی جس کی اللہ تعالیٰ نے سورۂ نور میں تردید فرمائی اور بے ہودہ بکواس کرنے والوں پر ملامت فرمائی ہے اور تنبیہ فرمائی ہے کہ اگر تم مومن ہو تو آئندہ ایسی حرکت نہ کرنا۔ اللہ تعالیٰ تو زمین اور آسمان کا نور ہے اور مومن تو وہی ہیں جو اللہ کے نور کو اپنے لئے راہ نمائی سمجھیں اور دل سے رسول کی اتباع کریں۔ رسول صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کی مخالفت تم کو کسی فتنے میں گرفتار کرسکتی ہے۔

اس کے بعد سورۂ فرقان شروع ہوتی ہے۔ اللہ تعالیٰ کا ارشاد ہے کہ ''اے نبیؐ! تمہارا رب تمہاری مدد کے لئے کافی ہے۔ آپ لوگوں سے کہہ دیں کہ میں تبلیغِ دین کی تم سے کوئی اجرت نہیں مانگتا۔ میری اجرت تو بس یہی ہے کہ تم سیدھا راستہ اختیار کرو اور ایسے نیک بندے بنو جو زمین پر نرم چال چلتے ہیں' جہالت کے کاموں سے بچتے ہیں اور اگر کوئی جاہل ان کے منہ کو آئے تو اس کو سلام کرکے الگ ہوجاتے ہیں۔ مومن کے لئے اعلیٰ اجر مقرر ہے اور جھٹلانے والوں کو ایسی سخت سزا ملے گی کہ جان چھڑانی مشکل ہوگی۔''

اس کے بعد سورۂ الشعراء شروع ہوتی ہے۔ ارشادِ باری تعالیٰ ہے ''اے نبیؐ! اگر کچھ لوگ ایمان نہیں لاتے تو تم ان کے غم میں جان کو نہ گھلائو۔ بے شک ہم ایسی نشانیاں نازل کرسکتے ہیں جن کے آگے منکروں کی گردنیں جھک جائیں' لیکن چوں کہ یہ لوگ حق کو جھٹلا چکے ہیں' اس لئے انہیں اپنے کئے کی سزا عنقریب مل جائے گی۔'' اس کے بعد اللہ تعالیٰ جناب موسیٰ ؑ اور کئی دیگر نبیوںؑ کے واقعات کا ذکر فرماتا ہے کہ ہر واقعہ میں راہنمائی اور ہدایت پانے والوں کے لئے نشانیاں ہیں لیکن منکروں میں سے اکثر نہیں مانتے۔ انہیں جلد اس چیز کی حقیقت معلوم ہوجائے گی' جس کا وہ مذاق اڑا رہے ہیں۔ قرآن حکیم کو کیوں نہیں دیکھتے جو خود ان کی زبان میں نازل فرمایا گیا ہے؟ کیا واقعی تم کو نبی اور ان کے ساتھی ایسے ہی نظر آتے ہیں جیسے شاعر اور ان کے ساتھی ہوتے ہیں؟ کیا واقعی قرآن مجید تم کو کسی شاعر کا کلام معلوم ہوتا ہے؟ شاعروں کی پیروی تو بہکے ہوئے لوگ کرتے ہیں۔ اے لوگو! کیا تم نہیں دیکھتے کہ شعرا تو اِدھر اُدھر بھٹکتے پھرتے ہیں اور جو کہتے ہیں وہ کرتے نہیں۔''

اس کے بعد سورۂ نمل شروع ہوتی ہے۔ اللہ تعالیٰ کا ارشاد ہے کہ ''قرآن مجید کی ہدایت اور بشارت ایمان لانے والوں کے لئے ہے جو نماز قائم کرتے ہیں اور آخرت پر پورا یقین رکھتے ہیں۔ بلاشبہ قرآن مجید ایک حکیم و علیم ہستی کی طرف سے نازل کیا گیا ہے۔ ہم نے منکرین کے اعمال ان کی اپنی نظر میں مرغوب بنادیئے ہیں تاکہ وہ جہلِ مرکب میں مبتلا رہ کر مستقل خسارے میں رہیں اور آخرت میں ہرگز نجات نہ پائیں۔''

Roberts is Right: The Plan Won't Work

Roberts is Right: The Plan Won't Work
By Peter Schiff
8/1/2012

Now that the Supreme Court has given its narrow blessing to the Affordable Care Act, the big question is whether it will deliver the benefits that its proponents promise. Unfortunately, as it is now constructed, the plan will backfire causing fewer healthy people to buy insurance, raise premiums for those who do, destroy employment opportunities, cripple the health insurance industry, and weaken the economy.

In order to guarantee insurance to all, regardless of age, health or pre-existing conditions, the framers of the plan concede that it is essential that the young and healthy (who are less likely to be heavy users of health care) pay into the insurance pool. The surplus generated from their premiums compensates for the money lost to those receiving more in services than they pay in premiums (e.g. older people and those with medical conditions). But the ACA has given these healthy people a "Get out of Jail Free" card that many of them are sure to play.

Most healthy young people know that they are losing money to insurance providers, at least in the near term. That is the nature of insurance. You pay to prevent costly exposure to an unlikely event. And just as homeowners wisely pay for fire insurance even though they don't expect their homes to burn down, given the high cost of medical care it is also practical that healthy young people buy health insurance.

But, the ACA makes it illegal for insurance providers to deny coverage to anyone for any reason. This allows healthy people to drop insurance until they actually need it without incurring any risk. It's like allowing homeowners to buy fire insurance after their houses burn down. To counteract these new free rider incentives, the law imposes "no insurance" penalties (also defined as taxes by the Supreme Court). The problem is that these "penaltaxes" (for lack of a better word) are insufficient to the task. In fact, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled the law constitutional precisely because the burdens were not high enough to compel behavior. (In other words, he thought the law was constitutional because it will be ineffective.) The numbers support his arguments.

On average, in 2010, a typical healthy young person paid at least $2,500 per year for insurance (for a plan that would still involve significant out of pocket expenses). In some areas of the country, premiums were more than twice as high. When the program takes effect in 2014 the penaltaxes will be the greater of $95 or 1% of household income. A single person earning $40,000 per year who chooses to go uninsured would then be subject to a $400 penaltax. The decision would be an easy one: drop the insurance, incur the penaltax and pay for any routine medical services out of pocket. In the unlikely event that he gets cancer or is hit by a bus, he can always buy insurance in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Even in 2016, as the penaltax increases to the greater of $695 or 2.5% of household income, it will still not make sense for many people to buy insurance. The penaltaxes are capped at levels that equal the full cost of an average health plan. So even high income individuals are no worse off financially for not buying insurance. In addition, the IRS' ability to actually collect these penaltaxes is limited to garnishing income tax refund checks. If an individual is not getting a refund, the IRS is impotent.

The law places no requirements for businesses with fewer than 50 employees to offer insurance. So when younger workers realize the benefits of dropping insurance, they will naturally gravitate to savvy businesses that offer higher pay instead of insurance. This will drain more premiums from the insurance pools.

In contrast, the burdens placed on employers with more than 50 workers are complex, onerous and unpredictable. Those that don't offer insurance would be subject to substantial (and open ended) penalties if at least one employee receives an insurance tax credit or a government subsidy to an insurance exchange. If they do offer insurance, they will also be subject to substantial (and open ended) penalties if the plan fails to cover 60% of employee health expenses, or if premiums for any employee are more than 9.5% of family income. It has been left wholly unexplained how employers are supposed to accurately determine these triggers which involve knowledge of family income, not just employee income.

Smaller employers will look to avoid these headaches by staying below the 50-employee threshold. Though it should be obvious, there is plenty of evidence to support this tendency. French law involves significant regulatory requirements for businesses that have more than 50 employees. As a result, there are currently 2.4 times more French companies that have 49 employees than there are with 50. Incentives for businesses to stay small will hurt the economy and will further shrink the numbers of people paying into the health insurance pools.

Employers will also be incentivized to avoid hiring lower paid workers who would be more likely to trigger the penalties tied to household income. As a result, many small companies will likely look to replace lower rung employees with temps, automation or outsourcing, further raising the barrier to workforce entry for lower skilled workers. The unemployable workers will then qualify for free health insurance, further draining the system.

Unless the penaltaxes are raised significantly, far too many needed premium payers will drop out. As they do, insurance companies will try to recoup the lost revenue by raising premiums for the customers who remain. As the gap between the relatively low penaltaxes and the high cost of health insurance premiums increases, so too will the incentive to drop coverage. This self-reinforcing dynamic will render the entire plan non-viable.

It is a foregone conclusion that the Obama Administration and its congressional allies are already planning to raise the penaltaxes. Although such increases would render the plan unconstitutional if they compel behavior, according to Roberts's analysis, I do not expect the Supreme Court to ever rule on this case again. The Court has a history of opening small cracks in the Constitutional barn door for the bureaucratic horses to stampede.

Unless we can summon the political will to repeal the poorly conceived law, we should all brace for higher health care costs, many more layers of impenetrable federal bureaucracy, a significantly weaker economy, diminished employment opportunities, and lower living standards.

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/peterschiff/2012/08/01/roberts_is_right_the_plan_wont_work