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Skämtteckningen i fråga handlar om den spanska prins Felipe och hans fru. Den kan ses här. Den är en satir över kungafamiljen och landets barnbidrag.

Högsta domstolen i Spanien har nu olagligförklarat teckningen och beordrat att numret av tidningen som publicerade den dras in. Polisen har skickats i räder mot tidningsförsäljare och tidningens redaktör har tvingats avslöja namnen på tecknarna. Alla inblandade riskerar två års fängelse.

När bloggaren Gudmundson i lördags ville visa sig modig publicerade han istället en särdeles ful teckning av profeten Muhammed (vem annars?) som en hund. Yttrandefrihet angavs som skäl.

Bland kommentarerna till Gudmundsons bloggpost finns Dimitri Vasserman, vinnare av årets sionistiska pris Hertzl Award. Vasserman har, likt förra årets Hertzl Award-vinnare, visat sig vara en islamofob och hyllade av naturliga skäl Muhammedhunden. Vasserman gjorde sig f.ö. känd år 2004 när han och Israels ambassadör utförde sabotage mot konstverket “Snövit och verklighetens vansinne”.

Nåväl, åter till den spanska teckningen. Israel-firstern Vasserman skiter naturligtvis i denna, men frågan är varför inte yttrandefrihetskämpen Gudmundson reagerar.

Den spanska teckningen är varken rasistisk eller gjord för att så osämja mellan etniska och religiösa grupper. Den är inte riktad “nedåt” mot en misstänkliggjord minoritet, utan tvärtom mot den högsta eliten. Som bra satir är.

Var är Gudmundson? Var är Bonnierpressen? Var är bombliberalerna? Var är Johan Ingerö? Många frågor men få svar.

Fortsatta rasistrekord i Israel

Publicerat av alandalus på 11 december 2007

PAUL FINDLEY


October 16, 2007

There is an open secret in Washington. I learned it well during my 22-year tenure as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. All members swear to serve the interests of the United States, but there is an unwritten and overwhelming exception: The interests of one small foreign country almost always trump U.S. interests. That nation of course is Israel.

Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue give priority to Israel over America. Those on Capitol Hill are pre-primed to roar approval for Israeli actions whether right or wrong, instead of at least fussing first and then caving. The White House sometimes puts up a modest and ineffective show of resistance before it follows Israel's lead.

In 2002, President Bush publicly ordered Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to end a bloody, destructive rampage through the Palestinian West Bank. He wilted just as publicly when he received curt word from Sharon that Israeli troops would not withdraw and would continue their military operations. A few days later President Bush invited Sharon to the White House where he saluted him as a "man of peace."

I had similar experiences in the House of Representatives. On several occasions, colleagues told me privately that they admired what I was trying to do in Middle East policy reform but could not risk pro-Israel protest back home by supporting my positions.

The pro-Israel lobby is not one organization orchestrating U.S. Middle East policy from a backroom in Washington. Nor is it entirely Jewish. It consists of scores of groups -- large and small -- that work at various levels. The largest, most professional, and most effective is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Many pro-Israel lobby groups belong to the Christian Right.

The recently released book, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," co-authored by distinguished professors John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard, offers hope for constructive change. It details the damage to U.S. national interests caused by the lobby for Israel. These brave professors render a great service to America, but their theme, expressed in a published study paper a year ago, is already under heavy, vitriolic attack.

They are unjustly accused of anti-Semitism, the ultimate instrument of intimidation employed by the lobby. A common problem: Under pressure, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs withdrew an invitation for the authors to speak about their book. Council president Marshall Bouton explained ruefully that the invitation posed "a political problem" and a need "to protect the institution" from those who would be angry if the authors appeared.

I know what it is like to be targeted in this way. In the last years of my long service in Congress, I spoke out, making many of the points now presented in the Mearsheimer-Walt book. In 1980, my opponent charged me with anti-Semitism, and money poured into his campaign fund from every state in the Union. I prevailed that year but two years later lost by a narrow margin. In 1984, Sen. Charles Percy, then chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and an occasional critic of Israel, was defeated. Leaders of the Israel lobby claimed credit for defeating both Percy and me, claims that strengthened lobby influence in the years that followed.

The result is that Members of Congress today loudly reward Israel as it violates international law and peace agreements, lures America into costly wars, and subjects millions of Palestinians under its rule to apartheid-like conditions because they are not Jewish.

It is time to call politicians to account for their undying allegiance to a foreign state. Let the Mearsheimer-Walt book be a clarion that bestirs the American people to political action and finally brings fundamental change to both Capitol Hill and the White House.

Citizen participation in public policy development is a hallmark of our proud democracy. But the pro-Israel groups subvert democracy when they engage in smear campaigns that intimidate and silence critics. America badly needs a civilized discussion of the damaging role of Israel in U.S. policy formulation.

Paul Findley represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives for 22 years. He is the author of They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront the Israel Lobby.

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Abu Hanifa blev utmanad av en ateist till en offentlig debatt,, som stora skaror av människor hade samlat sig, till. Ateisten kom i tid med sina vänner och supportrar, men imam Abu Hanifa fanns inte där. När han slutligen dök upp, mycket försenad, bad han om ursäkt för detta och förklarade, "Jag, var på andra sidan av floden. Floden var översvämmad och jag hade ingen båt. Medan jag stod där, undrande över hur jag skulle kunna ta mig hit, föll ett träd ned av sig självt och en båt blev gjord utav den av en ren olyckshändelse. Båten rörde sig mot floden av slumpen. Jag satte mig i den och med slump igen, började den röra sig igen utan att någon styrde den och nådde hit. Så här är jag." Då sade ateisten, "Antingen är du en dåre eller så försöker du lura mig! Hur kan ett träd ge upphov till en båt genom sig självt och slumpen och hur kan den nå sin destination utan att någon styr den! Är du tokig?" Abu Hanifa sade," Om jag är tokig så är du tokigare, för du tror att denna vackra värld med en sådan variation av djur, fiskar, insekter och växter kom till genom en olycka utan att någon styrde den. Du tror att solen, månen, stjärnorna och planeterna rör sig smidigt i sina banor utan att någon styr dem! Vem kan vara en större dåre än du?"

Med denna historia vill jag både mana till eftertänksamhet och att ateismen med sina tankar om skapande genom slump och olyckshändelser inte är något nytt, utan snarare väldigt gammalt.

Till att börja med bör man fråga sig vad utvecklingsläran eller evolutionsläran är för någon sorts vetenskap? Faktum är att den är en teori, en serie antaganden och med detta bör man ha klart för sig att hade den varit fakta skulle den inte presenteras som en teori, se t ex uppslagsordet utvecklingslära, vilket är synonymt med evolutionsläran i Nationalencyklopedin. Här kan man alltså läsa att det är en ..."benämning på teorier och Föreställningar om att naturen och människan genomgått en ständig, utveckling. Detta kan avse rent biologiska förhållanden och anknyter då till Darwins teori om arternas utveckling inom växt- och djurvärlden ..”

I ett annat utdrag från Nationalencyklopedin kan vi under ordet - liv, finna ett utvecklingsschema för livsformerna med kommentar, som inleds enligt följande: "Bilden speglar hur man tänker sig, att livet på jorden kan ha utvecklats från den kemiska evolutionen och fram till nutid...... Observera uttrycket att det rör sig om hur livet på jorden kan ha utvecklats, alltså får vi inga fakta om hur livet på jorden har utvecklats.

En annan intressant försiktighetsdetalj som finns med i utdraget ovan, är att detta gäller teorin om livet på jorden, man drar sig alltså för att utesluta att det finns annat liv och hur det kan ha uppkommit, man kan alltid undra varför denna försiktighetsåtgärd finns med...

I.      INTRODUCTION

In America there are many special days set aside to honor and appreciate special people. Some of these are: Father's Day, Mother's Day, Grandfather's Day, Grandmother's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc. We do realize the significance of these occasions and we recognize the ideas, ideals, and philosophies of such days. We appreciate the efforts of those who initiated these occasions for the recognition and appreciation of special people.

As for the appreciation of parents, we admire the efforts of children who remember their parents on such occasions by sending them greeting cards and gifts. However, we hope that the appreciation is not for one single day in a year, but for every day throughout the year.

II.     PARENTS IN QUR'AN

A Muslim child should respect and appreciate his or her parents every day throughout the year. Allah asked human beings to recognize their parents after recognition Allah Himself. Throughout the Qur'an, we notice that parents are mentioned with appreciation and with respect, even if they are senile. In Surah Al-Isra' (Children of Israel) there is a very beautiful description of how parents are to be treated. Allah (swt) says:

"Your Lord had decreed, that you worship none save Him, and (that you show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with you, say not "Fie" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word. And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both, as they did care for me when I was young."   [17:23-24]

The recognition and respect of parents is mentioned in the Qur'an eleven times; in every instance, Allah reminds children to recognize and to appreciate the care and love they have received from their parents. In one aspect, Allah demands that children recognize their parents by saying to them:

"We have enjoined on man kindness to parents."  [29:8/46:15]

1.   The demand for recognizing parents is made more emphatic when Allah says in the Qur'an Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow) the following:

"And (remember) when We made a covenant with the children of Israel, (saying): worship none save Allah (only), and be good to parents..."   [2:83]

2.   In Surah Al-Nisaa' (The Women) Allah (swt) emphasized again that children should be kind to their parents.

"And serve Allah. Ascribe nothing as partner unto Him. (Show) Kindness unto parents... "    [4:36]

3.   In Surah Al An'Am (The Cattle), Allah (swt) reemphasized that people should be kind to their parents.

"Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord has made a sacred duty for you; that you ascribe nothing as partner unto Him and that you do good to parents..."    [6:151]

III.     MOTHERS

Although Islam recognized both parents, mothers are given particular gratitude and respect. This attitude of Islam is understood if we realize the hardships and the suffering that mothers experience in their lives. In this regard, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:

It was narrated by Abu Hurairah (R) that a man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and asked him, 'Who is to be close to my friendship?' The Prophet (pbuh) answered:

Your mother, your mother, your mother, then your father, then the one closest to your kinship, and the one after.

Islam has endorsed respect for parents by their children even if the parents are non-Muslims. If parents strive very hard to convert their children to non-Islamic beliefs, they don't follow them, but they are to be good to them. In this regard, Allah (swt) says in Surah Luqman:

"And We have enjoined upon man concerning his parents--his mother beareth him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years--Give thanks unto Me and unto your parents. Unto Me is the journeying. But if they strive with you to make you ascribe unto Me as partner that of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not. Consort with them in the world kindly, and follow the part of him who repents unto Me. Then unto Me will you return, and I shall tell you what you used to do.--"     [31:14-15]

IV.     MORE RESPECT

Islam teaches us that respect for parents comes immediately after praying to Allah and before Jihad (struggle and striving in the way of Allah). In this respect, the Prophet (pbuh) said the following:

Narrated by Abi Abder Rahman Abdullah bin Massoud (May Allah be pleased with him) saying: I asked the Prophet (pbuh), "which deed is more liked by Allah?" He replied, "Prayers on time." Then I asked, "Which one is next?" He said, "Goodness to parents." Then I asked, "Then which one is next?" He said, "Jihad in the way of Allah."   (Agreed)

In Islam, respect for parents is so great that the child and his wealth are considered to be the property of the parents. In this regard, the Prophet (pbuh) said:

Narrated by Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) that a person came to the Prophet (pbuh) to resolve his dispute with his father regarding a loan given to the father. The Prophet (pbuh) said to the person,"You and your wealth are to your father."

V.     FINAL REMARKS

We hope and we pray that all of us will respect our parents while they are alive and even after they are dead. You may honor your parents after they died through the following methods:

1. Make daily Du'a' for them

    

2. Give a charity on their behalf

    

3. Institute a perpetual charity on their behalf - such as a Masjid, an Islamic Center, an Islamic Library, an Islamic hospital, an orphanage, a senior citizen's home, etc.

    

4. Perform Hajj on their behalf or ask someone to do so.

    

5. Read Qur'an on their behalf

    

6. Distribute Islamic Literature on their behalf

Let us pray to Allah that we will do our best to respect our parents, to honor them, to be kind to them, to help them, and to please them for the love of Allah.

O Allah! Accept our humble prayers and make us obedient servants to you.

O Allah! Help us to be respectful children to our parents. Ameen.