Saudi Blogger Freed!

If you look down my sidebar, you'll see this:

The blogger that badge refers to has finally been released. After 138 days in prison without a charge, blogger Fouad Alfarhan has been freed. From Saudi Jeans blog:

I woke up around 5:30 this morning on the beeping of my iPhone which received a short message from the wife of my friend and fellow blogger Fouad al-Farhan telling me that Fouad has been released and that he is back home with his family now. That’s great news and this is just how I wanted to start my morning!

He was imprisoned for critical writings about Saudi Arabia:

Fouad Al-Farhan remains in detention for refusing to apologize for his writings critical of corruption and lack of freedom Saudi Arabia, where he hopes meaningful reform will enable his children have a better life.

Fouad's daughter posted this video message little more than a month ago:

One small victory for the freedom of thought.

Liveleak Turning Dhimmitube?

A few weeks ago, I couldn't praise Liveleak enough for having the courage to post the controversial video "Fitna." But now I'm wondering if the backlash isn't taking its toll on the video hosting site.

In an earlier post, I directed readers to a Youtuber who shares video lessons about Islam. With the author's permission, I've been uploading the series to Liveleak using my own channel. Until Fitna came along, none had been rejected. Suddenly, without reason or explanation, the video lessons are being rejected.

I hope Liveleak hasn't fallen into the pits of censorship and dhimmitude.

UPDATE: Liveleak just contacted me and assured me it was not the content of the videos, but the number of videos I uploaded at once. It seems the system thought it was spam. Thanks, Liveleak! :)

Fitna (Update)

According to a LiveLeak explanation, the video host has pulled "Fitna" due to threats from the "religion of peace." I have taken it upon myself to upload it at JewTube.com. I'm not sure if it'll last there, but JewTube has been good about hosting other videos exposing radical Islam.

(WARNING! The follow video is about Islam. It contains graphic scenes of violence, courtesy of the Quran and the followers of the Religion of Peace.)



Muslims want you to make way for Islam,
but Islam does not make way for you.

The government insists that you respect Islam,
but Islam has no respect for you.

Islam wants to rule, submit, and seeks
to destroy our western civilization.

In 1945, Nazism was defeated in Europe.
In 1989, Communism was defeated in Europe.

Now the Islamic ideology has to be defeated.

Stop Islamisation.
Defend our freedom.

Did Geert Wilders Fool Us?

Jihad Watch is questioning the existence of Geert Wilders "Fitna." It is a thought that occurred to me late last night when the movie failed to turn up. Surely a project as important as Wilder made the film out to be would have been worth a mirror site to the one Network Solutions suspended. Not to mention, many other sites, including Jihad Watch, have offered to host the film, if Wilder encounter more censorship.

Should the movie make an appearance, Al Salibiyyah will post it. Should this turn out to be an elaborate hoax to prove Islamic intolerance, all I can say is, Wilder succeeded. Not only in showing the world the rage Muslims express even to imagined and non-existent threats, but he also exposed how some companies, like Network Solutions, will immediately cower to Islamic intimidation.

Czech National Party (NS) Offers To Host Film American Company Censored

(Hat Tip: Klein Verzet)

Prague- The Czech extra-parliamentary nationalist National Party (NS) has offered its foreign server for the release of the controversial anti-Islamic film of Dutch ultra-right MP Geert Wilders, the NS announced on its website today.

The party thereby reacted to the U.S. Internet company's cancelling Wilders's website as he intended to release the film on its server.

Wilders, head of the Dutch ultra-right Freedom Party (PVV), wanted to release its 15-minute film called Fitna, an Arabic word used to describe discord, on the Internet late March after the Dutch TV channels refused to broadcast it.

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz - Czech nationalist party to release anti-Islamic film on website

It's pretty sad when the Czech Republic has to school an American company on the Freedom of Speech.

Continuing Jihad At YouTube

Some of you know I'm a big fan of muhammadsquran at YouTube. Sadly, as I checked in for his latest video this morning, I discovered his account has been suspended.

YouTube has had a history of removing videos that offend Islam, including some of my own. Many of those videos do violate the terms of YouTube by showing graphic content. It doesn't matter if you think that graphic content is justified as a part of a larger, truthful message. YouTube owns the site, so they dictate the terms, whether we like it or not.

But the disturbing thing about muhammadsquran being suspended is that his videos had absolutely no graphic content. They were all audio - there were no pictures or images. They did not promote hate or violence. They did not attack anyone personally, or express unsubstantiated opinions. Muhammadsquran used Islamic texts like the Quran and Hadith to discredit Islam and its founder Muhammad. The videos exposed irrational belief systems and behaviors of Muhammadans and radical Muslims, contradictions and absurdities in the Quran, and disputed the arguments Muhammadans commonly use to defend the "religion of peace."

While the audio may have offended Muslims who detest having their so-called faith scrutinized, the videos were far from hate speech, and they did not violate YouTube terms.

You can still visit muhammadsquran at his website, inthenameofallah.org.

Below is a sampling uploaded to LiveLeak:

POSTSCRIPT: I don't know if it's related to YouTube's recent crackdown on anti-Islamic channels, but I'm experiencing my own problems at YouTube. From any of my accounts, I am unable to send messages, post bulletins, add comments, or view videos. When posting, I receive an "Authorization Failed" error. When attempting to view videos, in place of the video box is this message: "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player."

My Flash player is up-to-date and the necessary javascript is enabled. I tried accessing a video page using a different computer with Windows XP freshly installed and get the same error. I tried using I.E. instead of my usual FireFox - same result. Any ideas?

I guess it'll have to be LiveLeak from here on out.

UPDATE: YAYYYYY! I figured out how to fix the YouTube problem. First, I googled around and discovered that many users are experiencing the same problem. However, the many 'fixes' offered did nothing to help. The most common suggestions were to re-install the flash player or re-install the browser. I tried both these things and nothing worked. Finally, I set out on my own to fix it. Here's how I did it:

1. To start, I keep meticulous backups. At least once a month, but usually more often, I backup my Firefox settings. You do this by going into the folder C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles. In this folder you'll see another folder that looks like this: xxxxxxxx.default, with the xxxxxxxx's being a random sequence of letters & numbers. You'll want to backup the entire contents of this folder.
   
   If you are having the flash problems and you don't already have a backup, you can try saving the contents of the profile folder anyway. I didn't try that, but it may still work. Either way, BACKUP your bookmarks!


2. Right-click your Mozilla Firefox icon on your desktop. Select 'Properties.' In the target box, add " -profilemanager" without the quotes. Select 'OK.'


3. Open Firefox. You should get a new box asking you to choose a profile. Select 'Create Profile.' Name the profile as you wish. I used 'default2'. Select 'Finish.'


4. Re-open Firefox, this time selecting the new profile and click 'Start Firefox.' All should be well at YouTube.


5. Back in explorer, find the new user profile folder as directed in #1 above. Copy the backup files to that folder. Do not rename the folder! Leave the name as it is, just copy the files within the old profile. Remove the "-profilemanager" from the shortcut properties. Restart Firefox.

This is how I fixed the flash problem on my computer. If all goes well, you should have everything restored as it was before you encountered the YouTube problem. Hope this helps.

Muslims Fear YouTube

Victory or defeat? That depends on your point of view.

Some Islamists will claim this is a victory. "Blasphemous" content insults the 'sensibilities' of Muhammadans. And we all know how difficult it is for Muslims to cope with offense.

The move could also be considered a victory for Crusaders. After all, if Islamic states continue to deny alternative viewpoints because it may harm or conflict with their Islamic beliefs, it only demonstrates the fragility and weakness of the "religion of peace" in this age of Information Superhighways.

The most obvious harm of this censorship is that people, perhaps Muslims who are questioning their faith, will no longer have a valuable resource which others have used to teach inconsistencies in the Qur'an, the lies of Muhammad, and the fallacies of Islam.

Unfortunately, Pakistani officials are urging Muslims to complain to YouTube about "offensive" content. That means, not only are Islamists censoring information from Pakistani citizens, they want to censor all anti-islamic content from anyone who visits YouTube.

Beware of creeping Sharia. Like a rodent infestation, by the time you realize you have a problem, the solution becomes too complex for a simply remedy.

ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan has ordered all Internet service providers to block the YouTube website for containing "blasphemous" content and material considered offensive to Islam, officials said Sunday.

An inter-ministerial committee has decided to block YouTube because it contained "blasphemous content, videos and documents," a government official told AFP.

"The site will remain blocked till further orders," he said.

Other officials said the site had been blocked because it contained controversial sketches of the Prophet Mohammed which were republished by Danish newspapers earlier this month.

One major service provider, Micronet, said in an email to subscribers that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority had directed all ISPs to block access to YouTube "for containing blasphemous web content/movies."

http://afp.google.com - Pakistan blocks YouTube for 'blasphemous' content

Sharia In America?

Does this image appear illegally obscene?

Virginia Beach police seem to think so, and they've confiscated the promotional posters and cited the manager of the store. The manager could face thousands of dollars in fines AND prison time for the innocuous display.

Police, saying they were responding to citizen complaints, carted away two large promotional photographs from the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Lynnhaven Mall on Saturday and cited the manager on obscenity charges.

Adam Bernstein, a police spokesman, said the seizure and the issuance of the summons came only after store management had not heeded warnings to remove the images.

The citation was issued under City Code Section 22.31, Bernstein said, which makes it a crime to display "obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles." He did not say what was being done with the pictures and when the manager, whose name was not released, is scheduled to appear in court.

PilotOnline.com - Virginia Beach police seize photos from Abercrombie store

According the the Supreme Court ruling in Roth v. United States, the standard for judging obscenity is "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest."

Applying "contemporary community standards" in this day and age, the image above is far from obscene. However, by applying the criterion of an aggressive, non-secular minority subculture, it would be easy to see how the photographs might, whether justly or unjustly, offend.

Me thinks Virginia Beach has fallen under the politically correct standard imposed by self-appointed morality arbitrators. Can anyone say "dhimmitude"?

UK Blogger To Be Arrested For Anti-Islamic Comments

(Hat Tip: Siren)

In establishing the Sharia, the first logical step would be to silence the opposition with threats of violence and/or imprisonment. Create an atmosphere in which expressing negative opinions about the 'religion of peace' becomes a criminal offense. Prevent the truth about Muhammad and his sadistic death cult from reaching the masses.

The next step is the morality police. Once free speech is suppressed, any free expression of dissent should not be tolerated.

There's no England now.

How dare any Moslem try and silence the truth from being told by an Englishman about the Islamic enemy in our midst within the British homeland.

Who have I killed, who have I threatened to kill? No one, all I have done is written about my reality on a computer screen, and now I face going to prison in my own country for standing up for myself and others.

What has happened to those who threatened my life or who have killed my friends - NOTHING - This is British justice in the 21st Century - Shove your British Labour justice because it is worthless to the Englishman whose country this is, whose country you have destroyed.

Who blew up trains and buses on 7/7, who tried blowing up cars in London and Glasgow, who is seeking to detonate a dirty bomb upon the streets of Great Britain and who believes that non-Islamic territory is to be viewed as 'the house of war and must be converted at all costs', I dont think you will find it is me, but I have no problem with educating others to the threat, the threat that this 'Loony Labour Government' is pretending is not real - The former Home Secretary knew what he was talking about.

How dare those power hungry fools seek to silence me or anyone else like me from speaking the truth for the sake of our children, grandchildren and the future of our homeland, who do they think they are, they are nothing more than mere men like the rest of us, just in positions of power over us that they totally abuse against us, look at the treason that has happened within Brussels by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, handing over the Sovereignty of our Nation into foreign hands - Treason is the only word for it yet no one is arresting them, no they are arresting me for writing a few words of truth on a blog.

You cannot hide from you actions within the Catholic Church.

Traitors to the British people are those who pass this judgment and enforce it against their fellow countrymen when all they are doing is standing up for themselves, their children and their neighbours now that we are all surrounded by the armies of Islam who are camped deep within our land conducting Holy War on a daily basis against us and the innocent and the vulnerable in our society - The facts speak for themselves!

Is it not time for the British people to wake up and see this horror within their daily lives that threatens their children's existence, or is the next devastating Islamic terrorist attack going to be so horrific like a dirty bomb that this will force them out of their sleep because of so many lives lost and the aftermath.

This arrest and potential imprisonment is what now awaits me at the start of 2008, and this is what now awaits every other blogger in Great Britain who writes the truth about the modern war that is now unfolding against us, our children and the British homeland by the State (Labour government) sanctioned and protected enemy that is living in our midst - The Islamic Kingdom

Read Melanie Philips book Londonistan if you want a real insight into what the British Elite who are in power have allowed to be born and grow within your midst, the Islamic beast that now lives and breaths upon English soil for nothing more than Holy War against the infidel - Me, you and ever other innocent non-Moslem within Great Britain.

The Moslems cry we are peace and you believe it, when their brothers declare war and murder, a different side of the same coin, a different branch of the same tree with the murder and war of Mohamed and the Koran as their root.

Ask yourself what does the future hold for your children and grandchildren now we have the Islamic Kingdom with its murderous, suppressive ways now growing and advancing upon our homeland - There comes a point when enough is enough and the survival instinct of the Nation kicks in.

I have placed my head above the parapet ready to be shot off because of threats against my life by Pakistani Moslems, how dare these enemies to the State threaten my life, me an Englishman living in my own country surrounded by my own country folk?

Yet my own country folk are now my enemy for standing up for them, their children and their grandchildren and all because their pay masters do not like me speaking the truth - What does that make you?

Today its is me, but tomorrow it is you - No truer words to be said about the present age within British society that we are living in.

Click over to Lionheart's Blog and show some support. Repost his statement. Expose Britain's hypocrisy to the world. Only bringing shame upon the powers in Parliament will reverse this grievous miscarriage of justice.

TROP Censor Responds

As reported earlier, several internet filtering companies have listed theReligionofPeace.com as a "hate" site. Below is a standard reply letter I received from Secure Computing Corporation. Others have reported receiving the exact same reply:

Thank you for your inquiry regarding the site’s categorization.

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com is a controversial site. Many people find it informative and want access to it, while many find it offensive and want to restrict access to it. While we hear from the public at both ends of the spectrum, we do our best to remain objective, and to cover the site in our list according to its content and according to our specific category definitions. Our customers’ filtering needs are then satisfied according to their own local policies and they can override to block or allow access at their discretion.

This site was analyzed and discussed at length by our Web Analyst team. There was an overwhelming agreement about the content of this site, that it meets specific category definitions. The site has a pervasive theme to expose violent acts perpetrated by Muslim extremists and asks that other Muslims should speak out against Muslim extremism. The site does not advocate discrimination, hate, or use of violence against Islam. But the site does use shocking material to convey its message, such as violent and horrific images. The images clearly meet our Violence category definition. The political views expressed within, as public controversy attests to, is in the outer limits and therefore meets our Political Opinion/Extreme category definitions. As with any site, we will modify the category ratings as the content changes. As this site has a fairly high profile, we will likely revisit the site frequently and re-review its status in our list.

Thank you.

SmartFilter Sites

Secure Computing Corporation

Secure Computing is passing the buck off to its customers. Let the company know that censoring news, facts, and truth is unacceptable. Email them at sites@securecomputing.com. Keep up the pressure!

A Message From TROP

Jihad Watch has posted an email message from The Religion of Peace to all bloggers:

Dear Fellow Bloggers:

The Religion of Peace Needs Our Help!

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com

An individual by the name of (Rev.) Jim Sutter targeted our good friends at The Religion of Peace in an effort to shut down the site. The results of Sutter’s actions provoked a number of internet companies to incorrectly categorize The Religion of Peace. These incorrect categories have caused the site to be listed as a hate site, and consequently blocked by some servers. We know that the accusations made by Sutter, and the various companies are untrue. The Religion of Peace provides accurate facts about Islam -- not lies. Nor can the site be accused of being racist. First of all Islam is not a race, it is a political religious ideology. Secondly, The Religion of Peace speaks out against all violence that is directed towards Non-Muslims and Muslims.

Anyone who has a blog that attempts to defend the west from radical Islam or Marxists knows that they are constantly at risk of being labeled racist, and shut down by individuals and organizations who do not want the truth to be known. The efforts to silence our voices will increase. We are all in this fight together. Therefore, it would be
greatly appreciated if all of you would post a notice on your blogs, urging your readers to support The Religion of Peace by sending protest e-mails to the offending companies. Islam and the thought police are coming after all of us. Free speech is in jeopardy. We need to pull together into a strong and united force to combat those who intend to crush us.

Out of respect for others The Religion of Peace has avoided asking for assistance. They did not want to impose their problems onto anyone else. I have permission to make this appeal on their behalf.

Please ask your readers to contact the following companies with a short polite e-mail clearly stating that The Religion of Peace -- http://www.thereligionofpeace.com (include the url in the e-mails) is against violence, not racist and should be categorized appropriately under labels such as General News, Politics and Religion.

To the best of our knowledge the e-mail addresses are correct. If anyone encounters problems please contact The Religion of Peace:

Secure Computing
e-mail: sites@securecomputing.com

SonicWall
e-mail: cfssupport@sonicwall.com

SurfControl
e-mail: customerservice@surfcontrol.com

Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Further background information is provided here.

Bloggers: Please repost and help get the word out. Take a moment to send these emails. The Religion of Peace is one of the best websites exposing the cruelty and intolerance in Islam. Help make sure their message is heard!

Yemen Thugs Intimidating Journalists

The Islamic country of Yemen has been accused of intimidating and harassing free-lance journalists. It appears the acts are a move to prevent journalists from reporting on Yemen's continuing war between the majority Sunni Muslims and Shi'ite rebels.

"I wanted to take a good photograph of the protesters and so I stood on a nearby wall and took some photos. Minutes later, a man in civilian clothes came and grabbed my hand. Another man took hold of my other hand and then a third man started kicking my stomach. I fell to the ground. The first man who grabbed my hand then hit me on the back. The other two helped him and they took turns kicking me. Soon seven other men surrounded us so that no one could see me being attacked. There was no one to help me although the place was swarming with uniformed policemen.

"I stood up and thought of trying to resist them. But one of them used his head to butt my forehead. There was a small sharp instrument attached to his headgear and this left me with a bloody face. They told me to give them my camera but I refused. Then one of them took out a small dagger and threatened to kill me. I gave them the camera and fled. These were not common criminals. They were not ordinary thieves and I am not the only journalist to have been attacked at Freedom Square.

http://www.alertnet.org/

Photobucket Deletes Muhammad Image

Photobucket has begun to cave to Islamophobia and CAIR. It didn't take much for them to expose their dhimmitude.

Below is the Photobucket message, and the image it replaced:

My original post using this image is here:

CafePress Removes Muhammad Shirts After CAIR Complaint

CafePress Removes Muhammad Shirts After CAIR Complaint

The dhimmis at CafePress.com have caved to C.A.I.R with little more than a whimper:

Even though we have gone out of our way to comply with Cafepress.Com in order to meet the criteria to make the line of PBRN t-shirts acceptable via their compliance code as a user of their website, we have been shut down in offering this shirt, or other shirts like it, to the public via their services due to their explanation of "Your product is offensive to religious and political parties". What a load of crap!

http://www.patriotbrigaderadio.com

I agree, it is a load of crap. Help support The Patriot Brigade by ordering the shirts directly through their website.