Changerlain

From Bosch Fawstin. Be sure to order the book "PROPIGANDA" featuring some of Bosch Fawstin's best artwork.

(Cross-posted at The Jawa Report)

President Hypocrite Speaketh

"Do not stand idly by when dissidents everywhere are imprisoned and protesters are beaten. Because part of the price of our own freedom is standing up for the freedom of others."

~President Barack Hussein Obama during U.N. speech, September 23, 2010

This from the President who stood idly by while Iranian dissidents were brutally beaten and slaughtered in the streets of Iran.

One dissident Obama ignored:

"The Iranian people are trying to have a debate about their future."
~President Barack Hussein Obama
Press Briefing, June 23, 2009


"I'm burning, I'm burning."
~Neda Agha Soltan
Her Final Debate, June 20, 2009
(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

Obama Grovel/Bow Gauge For The Common Citizen

(Hat-Tip Avid Editor's Insights)

Muslims To Be Exempt From Obamacare?

First, from Sweetness & Light, the exemption clause from Obama's Healthcare Obamination (pages 273-274):

18 (5) EXEMPTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

—In the case of an individual who is seeking an exemption certificate under section 1311(d)(4)(H) from any requirement or penalty imposed by section 5000A, the following information:

(A) In the case of an individual seeking exemption based on the individual’s status as a member of an exempt religious sect or division, as a member of a health care sharing ministry, as an Indian, or as an individual eligible for a hardship exemption, such information as the Secretary shall prescribe.

And the Islamic religious fatwa against obligatory insurance:

Ruling on working in insurance companies or broker companies when insurance becomes obligatory

Health insurance is going to be compulsory for all companies and associations in our country. The insurance company will not have direct relationship with companies or associations, as there will be brokers in between, this is also compulsory.

The question is: What is the ruling on working for these brokers? Its role is basically introducing offers to companies and individuals and dealing with claims.

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: Health insurance is haraam like other types of commercial insurance, because it is based on ambiguity, gambling and riba (usury). This is what is stated in fatwas by the senior scholars. See the answer to question no. 39474 and 4210.

In Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (15/277) there is a quotation of a statement of the Council of Senior Scholars concerning the prohibition on insurance and why it is haraam:

1. Commercial insurance contracts are transactions based on probability and extreme ambiguity, because the customer cannot know at the time of signing the contract what he will give or take. He may pay one or two instalments, then calamity may strike and he will be entitled to what the insurer committed to pay. Or no calamity may happen at all, so he pays all the instalments and takes nothing. Similarly the insurer cannot know what he will give or what he will take with regard to any individual contract. In the saheeh hadeeth it says that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade ambiguous transactions.

2. Commercial insurance contracts are a type of gambling, because they involve the risk of financial compensation or penalties for no offence or cause on the part of the one who is paying the penalty, or gaining without paying something in return, or paying something that is not equal to the gains. The person who is insured may pay one instalment of the insurance, then an accident occurs, so the insurer will be obliged to pay the whole amount in accordance with the insurance policy. Or no accident may occur, but he pays all the instalments of insurance and gets nothing in return. When the ambiguity becomes prevalent, it becomes like gambling, whereupon it comes under the general prohibition on gambling in the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al‑Ansaab (stone altars for sacrifices to idols etc), and Al‑Azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaytaan’s (Satan’s) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful.

91. Shaytaan (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allaah and from As‑Salaah (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?” [al-Maa’idah 5:90-91].

3. Insurance contracts include both types of riba, riba al-fadl and riba al-nasa’. If the company pays the customer or his heirs or the beneficiary more than the sum that he paid, then this is riba fadl; and usually the insurer pays this money to the customer some time after the contract, and this is riba nasa’. If the company pays the customer only what he paid, this is riba nasa’ only. Both are haraam according to the texts and scholarly consensus.

4. Commercial insurance contracts are a kind of haraam betting, because each party is getting involved in ignorance, ambiguity and gambling. Islam does not permit any type of betting except that which supports Islam and propagates Islam by means of proof and jihad. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) granted a concession allowing betting in only three cases, when he said: “There should be no (money) prizes for competitions except in camel-racing, horse-racing and archery.” Insurance does not come under these headings and cannot be likened to any of them, so it is haraam.

5. Commercial insurance contracts take a person’s money without giving him anything in return, and taking money without giving anything in return in commercial transactions is haraam, because it comes under the general meaning of the prohibition in the verse (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent” [al-Nisa’ 4:29].

6. Commercial insurance contracts involve commitment to something that sharee’ah does not make binding. If no accident happens to the customer and he does not cause any accident, then it is merely a contract with the insurer against danger on the basis that it might happen, in return for money that the customer pays to the insurer, and the insurer does not do anything for the customer, so it is haraam. End quote.

Secondly: The fact that the state makes insurance compulsory does not make it permissible; rather the burden of sin is waived from the person or company who is obliged to do that. As for the broker company which is doing this work by choice, it is guilty of sin.

The same applies to the person who works in the insurance company or broker company; he is doing this work by choice, but this work is not permissible for him, because it is directly helping in sin, and Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment” [al-Maa’idah 5:2]

It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (15/251):

Firstly: Commercial insurance of all types is haraam because it involves ambiguity, riba, uncertainty, gambling and consuming people’s wealth unlawfully, and other shar’i reservations.

Secondly: It is not permissible for the Muslim to get involved with insurance companies by working in administration or otherwise, because working in them comes under the heading of cooperating in sin and transgression, and Allaah forbids that as He says: “but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment” [al-Maa’idah 5:2]. End quote.

And Allaah knows best.

So, it looks as though Barack Hussein Obama has found a way to successfully convert many of us to Islam. It comes down to a choice between this political atrocity rammed down our collective throats or converting to a cult we equally detest.

See you all in Hell.

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com and Avid Editor's Insights)

Obama Ackbar!

From Investors.com via Avid Editor's Insights:

Criticizing Obama Supports Terrorism

...the ones who aren't Racists, Rightwing Extremists, or simply "un-American" citizens, of course.

The rest just dislike the Obamessiah only because they support terrorists:

In an oped in USA Today, John Brennan -- Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism -- responds to critics of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies by saying "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda."

So, it appears America is made up of the following:

1) Racists

2) Rightwing Extremists (this category includes Teabag Partiers and Veterans)

3) Un-Patriotic citizens

4) Terrorist supporters

or

5) Obama supporters

So, which are you?

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com and Avid Editor's Insights)

Crib Notes & Teleprompters

I'm sure the world knows by now, since the leftist blog-o-sphere has been covering it non-stop, that Sarah Palin wrote notes on her hand for her Tea Party speech Saturday night. (Oh, the humanity!!)

As Founding Bloggers notes, via the Gateway Pundit, it's just a silly observation which serves no purpose but to open a floodgate of misogynistic jokes about 'hand jobs'.

It appears the left would rather complain about splinters in another person's hand than concerning themselves about the log in their own eye.

Hypocrisy at it's best.

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com and Avid Editor's Insights)

Obama Taking Credit For Iranian Revolution

Obama's approach to Iran, including his assertion that the unrest there represents a debate among Iranians unrelated to the United States, is an acknowledgment that a U.S. president's words have a limited ability to alter foreign events in real time and could do more harm than good. But privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republic's Islamic authority in its 30-year history.

Jihad Watch has more.

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

An Iranian "Debate"

"The Iranian people are trying to have a debate about their future."
~President Barack Hussein Obama
Press Briefing, June 23, 2009


"I'm burning, I'm burning."
~Neda Agha Soltan
Her Final Debate, June 20, 2009

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

Celebrating Freedom, Obama Style

While Iranian Protesters shed their blood for just a taste of freedom, Iranian Diplomats will celebrate our freedom with a barbecue, courtesy of President Barack Hussein Obama.

From Weasel Zippers:

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Monday its invitations were still standing for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at US embassies despite the crackdown on opposition supporters.

How's that for rubbing the noses of Iranian Freedom Fighters into the bloodstained pavement of their Revolution?

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com and Avid Editor's Insights)

A Tale Of Two Worlds

While voices of freedom a world away are slaughtered, Obama stops to enjoy an ice cream.

Patterico compares the two worlds:





















Read more at HOT AIR.

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

Iranian Democracy

Cartoon by Erin Bonsteel

(Hat Tip: elyakatz)

Muslim Journalists Boycott Obama Meeting Because a 'Jew' Attended

In Cairo yesterday, the U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama invited a group of journalists to a 'round table' meeting, just minutes after he praised Islami's commitment to "peace" and "tolerance".

The following was not reported by the mainstream media:

Lebanon and Syria, two countries that share a common border with Israel, respectively act as a state-sponsor and base for terror against Israel. The reporters from these countries would not even sit in the same room as a Jew -- even after bathing in Obama's healing rhetoric.

Atlas Shrugs has more.

This is the "peaceful" and "tolerant" Islam Obama so admires.

Omaha Beach Renamed To Obama Beach

I'm glad to see our parents and grandparents sacrificed so much so they could be exploited by the disgusting current Administration and his cohorts...

Of course, its a horrible slip up. But to allow it to pass without even an acknowledgment shows the utter contempt these current politicians have for the truly Greatest Generation.

British Prime Minister Makes Major Slip at D-Day Ceremony

Man-Caused Disasters

The Obama Administration unapologetically labels American Veterans as potential terrorists, but fundamental Islamists who commit "man-caused disasters" are just "persons."

It's fine to use the dreaded "T" word when referring to the very people who have been risking life and limb to protect the innocent from such horrendous acts. But to use it to describe the 7th century subhuman savages who gleefully praise perpetrators of Islamic terrorism and you are a politically incorrect bigot.

In fact, it has become taboo to even connect Islam to terrorism, despite the fact that muslims are disproportionately responsible for a majority of all acts of terrorism on earth!

Got that?

U.S. Patriots = TERRORIST THREAT

Islamic Terrorists = Nondescript, nondenominational makers of 'disasters'

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

Obama To Open Talks With Unicorns "Moderates" In The Taliban

Wha...?

Can such cluelessness exist?

Obama said in an interview with The New York Times published Sunday that there may be opportunities to reach out to moderates in the Taliban...

This isn't the 'change' you expected? Bet you'll listen next time, hippie!

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

The Making of a Fuehrer

Ex-Muslim Ali Sina, founder of Faithfreedom International and one of my favorite authors, comments on the cult of Obama:

When cheering for someone turns into adulation, something is wrong. Excessive adulation is indicative of a personality cult. The cult of personality is often created when the general population is discontent. A charismatic leader can seize the opportunity and project himself as an agent of change and a revolutionary leader. Often, people, tired of the status quo, do not have the patience to examine the nature of the proposed change. All they want is change. During 1979, when the Iranians were tired of the dictatorial regime of the late Shah, they embraced Khomeini, not because they wanted Islam, but because he promised them change. The word in the street was, “anything is better than the Shah.” They found their error when it was too late.

Khomeini promised there would be separation between religion and state. He lied and they did not care to look into his past to see whether he actually meant what he said. Had they done that they would have seen that he always believed in caliphate and the rule of Islam. People gobbled everything he told them uncritically. They wanted to believe and therefore closed their eyes so they did not see what they did not want to see. Eyes welled when he spoke. Masses poured into the streets by the millions, screamed and shouted to greet him. People kissed his pictures. Some saw his portrait reflected on the Moon.

Read the entire disturbing - yet eye-opening - article currently posted at Faithfreedom International.

(Hat Tip: LGF2)

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

The LowDown on ACORN & The Bailout

For more information about ACORN, visit KCNewswatch.com

(Hat Tip: flashj2)

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

Sarah Palin & the Lying King

Thanks to Devil's Advocate over at Copious Dissent for this brilliant video!

The crescent moon at the end is priceless. Great job, DA!

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

Do You Know Barack Obama?

(Thanks to Brian @ SnappedShot.com)