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"JIHAD: The radical Islamic threat to America" America is at war, but who is the enemy - the REAL enemy? Like the patient who has just learned his body is riddled throughout with cancer, most Americans have just discovered that while they were living their busy lives, concerned with family and work -- a cancer has been growing and metastasizing in their midst. The fear of further and deadlier attacks, coupled with disturbing reports of terror co-conspirators in the United States just waiting for orders to strike, has understandably caused America - the ultimate land of religious tolerance - to scrutinize closely, for the first time, all things Islamic. Yet, Islam, which claims 1.2 billion adherents worldwide - and 3 to 7 million in the U.S. -- is largely unknown and mysterious to most Westerners. "Islam is a religion of peace," Americans are constantly reassured, the terrorists supposedly comprising only a deadly lunatic fringe of a few hundred or even a few thousand who have "hijacked" Islam to philosophically justify their murderous hatred of the West. Not so. While President Bush in his historic Sept. 20 speech "dismissed al-Qaida's version of Islam as a repudiated 'fringe form of Islamic extremism,'" explains Mideast expert Daniel Pipes, "Muslims on the streets of many places . are fervently rallying to the defense of al-Qaida's vision of Islam." Although there are a great many law-abiding and peaceful practitioners of Islam in the U.S. and around the world, a dangerous and powerful strain of Islam, often called Islamism, is one of the fastest-growing movements in the world today. Like Communism and Nazism, Islamism is a brutal, coercive utopian movement - a politicized and virulent interpretation and implementation of Islam -- bent on nothing less than total world domination. In fact, best estimates are that 10-15 percent of Muslims worldwide are of the militant Islamist strain. That means well over 100 million human beings are, to a greater or lesser degree, caught up with what amounts to the world's most dangerous cult. The November issue of "Whistleblower" takes on Islamic terrorism, as well as the worldwide, militant totalitarian movement that spawns, fuels and, increasingly, enshrines terrorists like Osama bin Laden. A partial listing of this special double issue's contents: * "The war comes home: What you don't know about radical Islam can hurt you," by Joseph Farah, guides the reader through the minefield of misinformation and outright disinformation circulating about Islam. * "Islam: From toleration to terror," by Paul Marshall, documents the horrific, modern-day epidemic of Christian persecution throughout much of the Islamic world, even in supposedly "moderate" nations like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. * "The secret world of suicide bombers," by Jack Kelley, takes readers on a rare, behind-the-scenes tour of the secretive and terrifying world of suicide bombers and the culture that creates them. * "Bin Laden's lust for Saudi Arabia," by David Kupelian, shows how Osama bin Laden's sights are set on taking over Saudi Arabia - including its oil and its modern military. * "What about Arafat?" by Joseph Farah, documents the Nobel Prize-winning Yasser Arafat's true distinction as nothing less than the father of modern terrorism. * "America: Haven for terrorists," by renowned terror expert Steven Emerson, provides chilling and overwhelming evidence that America's ultra-lax immigration policies have allowed large numbers of known dangerous radicals to set up shop in the U.S.A. * "America's militant Islamic lobby," by Daniel Pipes, is an extremely disturbing look at the hidden, radical loyalties of some of America's so-called "mainstream" Muslim organizations. Plus, a 2-page world map depicting the growth and spread of Islam, and much more, including "The historic spread of Islam," "Is raising 'martyrs' child abuse?" "Silencing Muslim moderates," and finally - by WND editor and founder Joseph Farah -- "How to win this war." CAIR Targets Another Conservative Talk Show Host The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is pressing advertisers to withdraw their sponsorship of Michael Savage's nationally syndicated radio program because of Savage's alleged "anti-Muslim bigotry." Savage, on his Web site, is fighting back, urging his listeners to protect freedom of speech: "Email your representative; investigate CAIR for manipulating the U.S. media," his Web site says. On Nov. 1, CAIR urged "radio listeners of all faiths" to contact companies that advertise on "The Savage Nation" to complain about an "anti-Muslim tirade" on Savage's Oct. 29 program. (CAIR periodically issues "incitement alerts," urging its members to contact various media outlets to express their concerns about "Islamophobic attitudes.") CAIR was particularly disturbed by Savage's "shouted anti-Muslim attacks," which it quoted as follows: "I'm not gonna put my wife in a hijab. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in a burqa. And I'm not getting' on my all-fours and braying to Mecca. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don't wanna hear anymore about Islam. I don't wanna hear one more word about Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind. I'm sick of you." "What kind of religion is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate. Don't tell me I need reeducation. They need deportation. I don't need reeducation. Deportation, not reeducation. You can take C-A-I-R and throw 'em out of my country. I'd raise the American flag and I'd get out my trumpet if you did it. Without due process. You can take your due process and shove it." "What sane nation that worships the U.S. Constitution, which is the greatest document of freedom ever written, would bring in people who worship a book that tells them the exact opposite. Make no mistake about it, the Quran is not a document of freedom. The Quran is a document of slavery and chattel. It teaches you that you are a slave." CAIR also complained that Savage has a "long history of rhetorical attacks on Muslims and other minorities." Savage's own Web site describes him as "explosive conservative radio talk show host" who "continues to dominate the airwaves with his brash commentary and unapologetic solutions...Savage is harder hitting than other conservatives...a media icon who is unafraid to take on the establishment." "...In show, books and speeches, Michael Savage electrifies and galvanizes his audiences. If you're looking for someone with an opinion -- who isn't afraid to tell it like it is -- he's your man." On Nov. 2, CAIR's Minnesota chapter announced that three companies in that state had agreed to pull their advertisements from "The Savage Nation." And on Thursday, CAIR thanked Citrix Systems, Inc., for agreeing to drop its advertisements from Savage's nationally syndicated program. "We appreciate Citrix's principled action to disassociate itself from Michael Savage's hate-filled rhetoric," said CAIR Communications Coordinator Amina Rubin in a news release on Thursday. "We urge other local and national companies running ads on Savage's program to follow Citrix's example in support of religious tolerance." What about free speech? "Free speech is a precious right that we fully support and strive to protect," Rubin added. "We are not seeking to curb Mr. Savage's freedom of speech, but to demonstrate that Americans and American companies will not tolerate hatred and bigotry." CAIR, which describes itself as America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, says its mission is to "enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding." But conservative commentators who have been on the receiving end of CAIR's anti-Islamaphobia campaigns disagree. Radio talk show host Michael Graham, forced out of his job in the Washington, D.C., market for refusing to apologize for remarks that offended a Muslim group, landed a new job in Boston, Mass., last year. CAIR, which pressed for Graham's removal, said it received complaints from Muslim listeners who heard Graham say, "Islam is a terrorist organization," "Islam is at war with America," "The problem is not extremism. The problem is Islam," and "We are at war with a terrorist organization named Islam." Graham was suspended from his job at ABC-owned WMAL in Washington on July 29, 2005, after he refused a management request to apologize for practicing what CAIR called "hate radio." "When CAIR is able to quell dissent and label every critic a 'bigot,' the chilling effect is felt far beyond ABC Radio and 630 WMAL," Graham said at the time. On Thursday, CAIR said radio host Michael Savage has "stepped up his attacks on Islam and Muslims in response to CAIR's advertiser campaign." Michael Savage Counterattacks: Sues CAIR He’s filed suit against CAIR. This is something that I strongly agree with. If you click that link you’ll see the actual paperwork and there’s an article on it that’s being carried by Drudge here. In case you haven’t been following this, CAIR went after Savage’s advertisers in much the same way Sharpton and crew went after Imus. A couple of the advertisers fled with their tails between their legs, too. This case is an important one because CAIR’s attack on Savage is another transparent attempt at the suppression of free speech by the left. If they succeed at stifling Savage, they won’t stop there. There is no such thing as fair in their version of the Fairness Doctrine. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt "That is what I admire about Michael Savage…He is not afraid to take on EVIL…..I hope he kicks CAIR’s butt ! Islamic attacks on Savage target advertisers Feds name CAIR in plot to fund Hamas 'Terrorist apologist' CAIR to meet in Capitol Doubts grow over Muslim lawmaker's loyalty American citizens aided Hamas terror Two American citizens with ties to a major U.S. Islamic civil rights group faced judgment in court today for aiding the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, with one sentenced to seven years prison and the other pleading guilty. Ghassan Elashi, a founder of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development and a member of the founding board of directors of the Texas branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for financial ties to a high-ranking terrorist and for making illegal computer exports to countries that back terrorism. Meanwhile, an Atlanta imam, Mohamed Shorbagi, pleaded guilty to providing material support to Hamas. A Justice Department statement said Shorbagi, 42, of Rome, Ga., "provided the support through donations to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development knowing that some or all of the money was in fact destined for Hamas." Hamas, which won a parliamentary majority in the Palestinian territories in January, was designated by the U.S. as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. "This case illustrates that people who illegally support foreign terrorist organizations may be found anywhere in the United States, even in quiet and pleasant places like Rome, Georgia," said U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias in a statement. The Holy Land Foundation is tied to CAIR through the relief group's founder, Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook. CAIR's parent organization, the Islamic Association for Palestine, also was founded by Marzook, who was deported by the U.S. to Jordan in 1997. CAIR casts itself as the leading Islamic civil rights group in the U.S., but other associated figures convicted of terrorism-related charges since 9-11 include Randall Todd "Ismail" Royer, a former communications specialist and civil rights coordinator, and Bassem Khafagi, former director of community relations. Royer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges he trained in Virginia for holy war against the United States and sent several members to Pakistan to join Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Kashmiri terrorist group with reported ties to al-Qaida. In a plea bargain, Royer claimed he never intended to hurt anyone but admitted he organized the holy warriors after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. After his arrest, Royer sought legal counsel from Hamas lawyer Stanley Cohen, who said after 9-11 he would consider serving as a defense lawyer for Osama bin Laden if the al-Qaida leader were captured. Khafagi was arrested in January 2003 while serving with CAIR and convicted on fraud and terrorism charges. Current CAIR leaders also have made statements in support of Hamas and the domination of the U.S. by Islam. As WorldNetDaily reported, CAIR founder Omar Ahmad was cited by a California newspaper in 1998 declaring the Quran should be America's highest authority. He also was reported to have said Islam is not in America to be equal to any other religion but to be dominant. At a youth session of the Islamic Association for Palestine's annual convention in Chicago in 1999, Ahmad praised suicide bombers who "kill themselves for Islam," according to a transcript provided by terror expert Steve Emerson's Investigative Project. "Fighting for freedom, fighting for Islam, that is not suicide," Ahmad asserted. "They kill themselves for Islam." Controversial Muslim group gets VIP airport security tour CAIR files FOIA on Bush wiretaps CAIR issues U.S. 'travel advisory' U.S. Muslims' anti-terror fatwa 'bogus' The fatwa, or religious ruling, issued by American Islamic leaders against "terrorism and extremism" is "bogus," charges a leading analyst. "There is no justification in Islam for extremism or terrorism," the scholars wrote. "Targeting civilians' life and property through suicide bombings or any other method of attack is haram – or forbidden." The fatwa says Muslims are obligated to help "protect the lives of all civilians." But in a 1995 speech, the head of the Fiqh Council, Muzamil Siddiqi, praised suicide bombers. "Those who die on the part of justice are alive, and their place is with the Lord, and they receive the highest position, because this is the highest honor," he said. Terrorism researcher and analyst Steven Emerson argues that along with the terror-related background of signatories, the decree is missing key elements. "Nowhere does it condemn the Islamic extremism ideology that has spawned Islamic terrorism," Emerson said in a dispatch posted on Counterterrorism Blog. "It does not renounce nor even acknowledge the existence of an Islamic jihadist culture that has permeated mosques and young Muslims around the world. It does not renounce jihad let alone admit that it has been used to justify Islamic terrorist acts. It does not condemn by name any Islamic group or leader." Emerson called it a "fake fatwa designed merely to deceive the American public into believing that these groups are moderate." He pointed out officials of both organizations have been directly linked to Islamic terrorist groups and Islamic extremist organizations. One is an unindicted co-conspirator in a current terrorist case; another previous member was a financier to al-Qaida. The fatwa also does not name the perpetrators of Islamic terrorist theologies and leaders of Islamic movements, Emerson noted, such as Osama Bin Laden, Yousef Al Qaradawi and Ayman Al Zawahari. In addition, it does not name terrorist groups, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The chairman of the Fiqh Council, Taha Jaber Al-Alwani, is an unindicted co-conspirator in the case against Sami al-Arian, the alleged North American leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, whose trial began last month in Tampa. Documents released in the Al Arian trial show Alwani funded Islamic Jihad front groups in Tampa. Another past trustee of the Fiqh Council, Abdurrahman Alamoudi, is serving a 23-year prison sentence for illegal financial dealings with Libya and immigration fraud. Alamoudi has declared support for the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Recently he was named by the Treasury Department as having been a financier for al-Qaida. In 1998, Fiqh Council member Sheikh Muhammad al-Hanooti gave a speech calling for jihad against the United States and the United Kingdom, saying that "Allah will curse the Americans and British" and "Allah, the curse of Allah will become true on the infidel Jews and on the tyrannical Americans." Emerson also says Hanooti is strongly linked to Hamas, having served on the board of the Islamic Association for Palestine, or IAP. The IAP has been identified by two former FBI counterterrorism chiefs as a "front group" for Hamas. One of the groups touting the fatwa, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a spin-off of the IAP. Several CAIR leaders have been convicted on terror-related charges. Emerson also points out that CAIR repeatedly has attacked the prosecutions of Islamic terrorists arrested or convicted since 9-11 and has attacked the government's freezing of Islamic terrorist fronts, calling it a "war against Islam" by the United States. Another signatory is Fawaz Damra, convicted of immigration fraud related to his ties to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was denaturalized and awaits a deportation hearing. Another signatory, the Muslim American Society, is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States whose publications repeatedly have supported suicide bombings. New Muslim congressman avoids loyalty questions When the first Muslim congressman in U.S. history, Keith Ellison (Hakim-Mohammed) of Minnesota, won the 2006 election and was making the regular thank-you-to-my-supporters speech, he allowed his fans to shout, "Allahu Akbar!," the same phrase allegedly used by the 9/11 suicide pilots. Since November he's addressed various different Islamic groups and organizations, and he's used the Quran to be sworn into office. He's also been linked to Islamic organizations with questionable agendas. What he hasn't done is respond to requests from WND to confirm that he will, in fact, base his decisions on the laws of the United States on the U.S. Constitution, not the Quran. It was during his campaign that he raised the issue of his Islamic beliefs himself, and confirmed then that they would play a large role in his decision-making process: "I am inspired by the Quran's message of encompassing divine love, and a deep faith guides my life every day," he wrote in his promotional materials. He later told a group meeting in Detroit that, "I'm not here to be a preacher, but in terms of political agenda items, my faith informs these things." He was given unprecedented permission during this week's swearing-in ceremonies to place his hand on a piece of the nation's archival history – the Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson – for his photo-opportunity with family and friends. The two-volume edition, published in London in 1764, was brought to him in a special case sent by messenger from officials at the Library of Congress. Ellison said he chose to use the Quran because it showed Jefferson believed wisdom could be gleaned from many sources, although as superstar performer and WND columnist Pat Boone explained Jefferson quoted often from the Bible in his writings, not the Quran. (Another explanation for Jefferson's possession of a Quran could have been a desire to know his enemies. It was during Jefferson's presidency that the U.S. took on the Muslim slave-traders and pirates on the Barbary Coast of Africa in war.) Rick Jauert, a spokesman for the congressman, was reached at his campaign headquarters in Minnesota two weeks ago, and confirmed that the congressman does not believe there will be a conflict between his religious beliefs and his duty under the U.S. Constitution. But when asked which would take priority if there is a conflict, or to describe how the congressman will resolve the differing philosophies provided by the U.S. Constitution and the Quran, which calls for beheading "infidels," he said he could not answer immediately. Since then, WND has been unable to obtain answers from the congressman or his staff. One blogger was a little concerned over the situation: "During the victory celebration for the nation's first Muslim congressman (not that there's anything wrong with that... in principle), Congressman Keith Ellison's supporters scream 'Allahu Akbar!', the same phrase that the 9/11 hijackers screamed, the same phrase suicide bombers scream, the same phrase head choppers scream before slicing off the heads of hapless and bound victims. May God protect this country," the blogger wrote. In a campaign document talking about his faith, Ellison said, "As a young man I was outraged and frustrated by the racism and injustice I saw in my community and the world around me. Those experiences propelled me to become a social activist, using my words and actions to draw attention to the very serious problems of inequality, racial injustice and poverty in our society. "As I matured, I had to confront my anger and face it down. I eventually realized that it is easy to be a critic pointing out problems and failings, but it is a far more difficult thing to be part of creating the solution. As my father used to say, 'Any jackass can kick a barn down; it takes a carpenter to build it back up.' Eventually I understood what my father had been telling me, and I committed to being one of the carpenters." But he confirmed he still holds that "outrage" at the direction of the United States. Ellison said he decided to seek congressional office because, "I am for peace now, for universal health care, and for a sustainable future." "I will fight for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and for an international reconstruction effort; for universal single payer healthcare so that Americans can get the medical care that they need whether they have a job that offers insurance or not; for green energy, conservation, environmental justice, and a sustainable future for our country and the world," he wrote. He recognizes Israel, and said "a lasting peace in the Middle East should be one of the United States' most focused goals." "Right now Hamas represents the greatest obstacle to this path, and until Hamas denounces terrorism, recognizes the absolute right of Israel to exist peacefully and honors past agreements, it cannot be considered legitimate partners in this process," he wrote. Jauert explained that Ellison's conflicts between his faith and the law would be no more than those Catholics who support abortion, and then face objections from church leaders who believe they should not be allowed to take part in church rites. "Not every follower of Islam supports Sharia law," Jauert told WND. In his speech in Detroit, Ellison said it appears people "see their religion as an identity thing, much in the same way Crips or Bloods might say, 'I'm this, this is the set I'm rolling with.' They've never actually tried to explore how religion should connect us, they're into how religion divides us … they haven't really explored … how my faith connects me to you." But as WND reported earlier, he's been linked to a radical Islamic school of thought that requires loyalty to the Quran over the U.S. Constitution. A black convert to orthodox Sunni Islam, Ellison spoke to the North American Imams Federation, or NAIF, at the group's Nov. 19 conference in Minneapolis. His talk flowed into a breakout session listed on the agenda simply as "American Open University," according to the conference program. It turns out the university is a "distance-learning" center based in Alexandria, Va., and known to local law enforcement as "Wahhabi Online." Later that day, Ellison met with NAIF's president, Omar Ahmad Shahin, who lectures at the same American Open University. (He also met at the time with New York imam Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.) The radical Islamic school trains many of NAIF's more than 150 members, who control mosques across America. American Open University supports Sharia, or Islamic law. And its founder and chairman, Jaafar Sheikh Idris, has denounced the U.S system of democracy as "the antithesis of Islam" and argued no man has the right to make laws outside Allah's laws expressed in the Quran. "There is a basic difference between Islam and this form of democracy," he says. "The basic difference is that in Islam it is [Allah's] law as expressed in the Quran and the Sunna that is the supreme law within the limits of which people have the right to legislate. "No one can be a Muslim who makes or freely accepts or believes that anyone has the right to make or accept legislation that is contrary to that divine law," Idris adds. "Examples of such violations include the legalization of alcoholic drinks, gambling, homosexuality, usury or interest, and even adoption." Ellison's campaign also was backed by the Washington-based lobby group Council on American-Islamic Relations, a partner organization to American Open University-affiliated NAIF. CAIR held fundraisers for Ellison, a civil-rights lawyer and one-time acolyte of Louis Farrakhan who admits to making anti-Semitic remarks in the past (under various alias including Keith Hakim, Keith Ellison-Muhammad and Keith X Ellison). CAIR's founder has argued the Quran should replace the Constitution as the highest authority in the land. The group's director of communications, moreover, has expressed his desire to see the U.S. become an Islamic state. Risking death to avoid criticism We're at war. It's not a joke. That the British uncovered the terrorist plot to cause catastrophic plane explosions, which could have taken more than 3,000 lives in one, horrific, terrorist attack, merits the thanks and appreciation of all people who understand the fragility of freedom. Thank you, Tony Blair and everyone involved with the effort. So too, thanks to Pakistan and other countries involved, including George Bush for any U.S. involvement, not the least of which was the method of tracing phone calls. Have the revelations of the intricacies of the plot, the number of people involved, the ages and backgrounds of the terrorists, the sources of money to pull it off and the fact that this is just the tip of the terrorist iceberg made any difference in the awareness of Americans that we're the targets and that the enemy is militant Islam? When President Bush calls the airplane plot part of the ''war with Islamic fascists,'' the media rush to report how U.S. Muslims are furious with his statement. Nihad Awad, executive director of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, was widely quoted calling the statement ''ill-advised,'' ''counter-productive,'' and urging ''public officials to restrain themselves.'' He said we should make sure ''we do not start a religious war against Islam and Muslims.'' How very thoughtful of him but I'm more concerned about the war against Christians and the West by militant Islam. His words would have more meaning if he started calling to task the militant, jihadist Muslims who plan, plot, and carry out terrorist acts as well as those who very publicly call for the elimination of Jews, Israel, the United States and everyone else. Let's have some restraint from them. While we're dealing with the spread of militant Islam into the heart of free countries, and dilly-dally about the political correctness of how to protect ourselves, a battle for life and death is goes on. Israel is fighting for its life trying to stop an enemy, which attacks its civilians and wants nothing less than its destruction. Hezbollah maintains its goal to wipe out Jews and eliminate Israel. It continues firing rockets into Israel. The United States supports Israel as having the right to defend itself but takes heat for it. How bizarre that self-defense is criticized. Judging by the media, just about everyone else it seems, with France in the forefront, wants a cease-fire. France? The U.N. comes up with a cease-fire plan but Kofi Annan uses his moment in the spotlight to be upset it didn't happen sooner. Anyone with sense would call that an Israeli surrender and Israel doesn't do that – or does it. We'll see. Of course, despite the U.N., nothing will happen to change the fighting if Hezbollah doesn't agree and follow through. Remember, this all started because Hezbollah finally kidnapped two Israeli soldiers as it continued to fire into Israel from Lebanon. It wasn't stopped by that government, or any other, for that matter. Suddenly, when Israel fights back, the world is concerned. Huh! Hezbollah is a terrorist organization with the primary goal of the elimination of Jews. They're in league with other terrorist organizations and states, which not only support them but add to the kill-list the United States, Europe and ultimately Christians and western civilization. That's quite a ''To Do'' list. Funny, how they're not criticized for their goals. Aside from some voices in the wilderness, the intended victims of what could ultimately be a holocaust of unimaginable proportions are mainly silent. By the way, that includes us. They won't speak out against militant Islam for fear of being criticized. Think of it – risking death to avoid criticism. Where are the people defending the Jews in their battle of survival? In fact, where are the Jews defending Jews? Not a peep from them, because relativism and political correctness have turned the aggressors into victims and victims into the guilty. To them, Israel is the bad guy. Last week, professional Jews were up in arms about the drunken rant of actor/producer Mel Gibson during his DUI arrest. Names in show business and the media came out of the woodwork with their sanctimonious accusations of anti-Semitism. They suddenly became ''Jews'' and were offended, although in their other roles in the public eye, they are loathe to say anything even remotely religious, Jewish or otherwise. The paid, professional Jews, associated with such organizations as the Anti-Defamation League, joined the fray heaping criticism on the actor. If you didn't have a brain in your head, you might have praised them for standing up for their people, their heritage and their religious foundations. But wait, it wasn't too long ago, that many Hollywood and entertainment types were the ones fundraising for Israel, selling Israel bonds and planting trees in Israel to represent the sustenance of life in the arid desert. They championed Israel. But that's all in the past. Now is now, and in their eyes, Israel is an armed aggressor who must be stopped. Jews in Britain match the silence of American Jews. Melanie Phillips, author of the excellent book about the Islamic takeover of Britain, ''Londonistan,'' put it perfectly in her commentary in the July 21, Jewish Chronicle. Her first line is: ''So, where is everyone?'' She spoke of the lies perpetrated in the media and in an advertisement in the Times of London, signed by what she called ''movers and shakers.'' It claimed, ''that Israel was guilty of 'collective punishment''' and ''terrorizing an entire people.'' Phillips said there was no protest ''at this malevolent collective libel – other countries do self-defense and military strategies but the Jews, it seems, only do revenge.'' I wish I'd said it first FBI invites Muslim scholars to preach I hope the atheists of America took great comfort from remarks last week by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who told said: "You'll always find this Muslim standing up for your right to be atheists." Ellison was in the middle of a brief interlude from one of his frequent tirades against his own country, suggesting, once again, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were staged by President Bush, much like Adolf Hitler burned down the Reichstag in 1933 to expand his control over the nation. "It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that," he said in his address last week. "After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the communists for it and it put the leader of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted." Ellison stopped just short of charging the terrorist attacks by his fellow Muslims was a government setup, saying: "The fact is that I'm not saying it was a plan or anything like that because, you know, that's how they put you in the nutball box – dismiss you." Well, guess what? Ellison is very much in the nutball box – along with his fellow religionists in London, who, as WND reported earlier last week, were out in force calling for an Islamic takeover of the White House and the rule of the Quran over America and the United Kingdom. If you had any doubts America's enemies are here already, these public statements, made in broad daylight, with cameras rolling and recorders capturing the audio, should serve as a wakeup call. They're here. They are unafraid. They are not intimidated. They are not cowering in fear. They are bold. They have positions of power and influence. And there is very little price to pay for their outrageous, treasonous, fanatical, murderous calls for mayhem and jihad. Listen to Anjem Choudary: At the same rally, Abu Saif, believed to be a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, linked to the most recent bomb attack in Glasgow, added: "Inshallah, (Allah willing), (Blair will) go to the Middle East as an envoy, and he'll come back in a box. Inshallah. What box that is, we leave to that up to you." This public demonstration took place within days of the most recent UK car-bomb attacks and attempted attacks. Just another day in Londonistan. It could just as easily be Washingtonistan. What is the reaction from Western leaders? New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown refused to outlaw Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist group, instead banning his own ministers from attaching the word "Muslim" to the terrorist threat. Likewise, President Bush has continued to refer to Islam as a "religion of peace," preferring, apparently, to pretend the West is not under siege from an evil ideology but rather some sort of epidemic of random criminal violence. Those who pretend about the goals and intentions of their enemies are rarely victorious, as both Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan understood so clearly and enunciated so eloquently. These enemies are not just in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. They are here. They are vocal. They are unafraid. They are targeting us. It's time to start targeting them. The Enemy Within "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear." Muslims demand pope convert to Islam Christian churches in the Middle East are vandalized, a Catholic nun in Africa is killed and Muslims have demanded that the pope convert to Islam – all because he read a quote from a medieval text that described Islam as "evil and inhuman." The pope has issued an apology for even referencing the historic text, emphasized that those views are not his, but still many in the Islamic world are demanding blood. A new group called "The sword of Islam" contacted reporters and said it had fired gunshots at a Christian church in the Middle East during a demonstration over the comments. "We want to make it clear that if the pope does not appear on TV and apologize for his comments, we will blow up all of Gaza's churches," the group said in a report. The controversy arose a few days ago while Pope Benedict XVI was speaking in Germany, and he referred to the conclusions of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus, in which he made the reference to Islam being violent. The pope, according to a Vatican statement, was simply reflecting on the "theme of the relationship between religion and violence in general, and to conclude with a clear and radical rejection of the religious motivation for violence, from whatever side it may come." But Muslims reacted to what they apparently perceived as an attack on their religion, and started vandalizing Middle East Christian churches, with seven so far sustaining varying levels of destruction. In Africa, a nun was shot and killed, with indications the attack may have been a reaction to the statements. And now, a report in the Jerusalem Post said that Muslim religious leaders in the Gaza Strip are warning the pope that he must "accept" Islam if he wanted to live in peace. One Muslim cleric, Imad Hamto, said the pope must "repent and ask for forgiveness" and Hamto referred to a phrase taken from letters sent by the founder of Islam to the chiefs of tribes in his times – when he reportedly urged them to convert to Islam in order to keep their lives. While President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who himself has publicly called for the destruction of Israel and has denied the Holocaust without significant reaction, suggested that the pope has satisfactorily "modified" his remarks, others said they did not agree. "Either apologize or don't come," read banners at a protest in Turkey, where the pope is scheduled to visit in November. And in Libya, a son of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi said the pope needs to change. "If this person were really someone reasonable, he would not agree to remain at his post one minute but would convert to Islam immediately," the son, Mohammad Qaddafi, said. The New York Times reported that the pope had issued condolences to the family of Sister Leonella Sgorbati, who was shot and killed in Somalia with her bodyguard. "In repeating a firm condemnation of all forms of violence, his holiness the pope hopes that the blood shed by a such a faithful follower of the Gospel will become a seed of hope to build an authentic brotherhood between peoples," said a Vatican statement. The Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation said it plans a joint statement later with Catholic organizations over the pope's statements. In the blog world, the "catholiclondoner" posted a number of photographs indicating that Muslims in the United Kingdom perhaps are not ready to move past the comments. "Thought I'd refrain from posting anything substantial about his uproar …" he wrote. "Unfortunately after Mass today at Westminster Cathedral it was shoved in my face." He said about 100 Islamists were chanting slogans in front of the church, including "Pope Benedict go to Hell," and "Pope Benedict you will pay, the Muja Hadeen are coming your way." "It was a pretty nasty demonstration," he said. "You have also given a witness to the hypocrisy of those Muslims who complain about being insulted on the one hand while giving grievous offence on the other. Well done," said one comment from "dunadan" on the Londoner's blog "As a British citizen, I really hope that our government will now do something about the threat from Islam and Islamism – not just in words, but in deeds," said another. "God Bless you brother in the Lord and friend for being a true witness to your faith. I am not surprised that there is protest. The pope simply cited the historic record. The Muslims have to face up to their history, they cannot forever live in deniel (sic)," said bigcatlady. "You have helped expose the hatred and hypocrisy rotting beneath the polished 'Religion of Peace' façade," said emlin. "They feel free to curse and insult the Pope – but if you speak the truth about their beloved war-mongering Mohammed, well then a little jihad should help you feel the real peace of islam." Pakistan's Parliament also approved a resolution criticizing the pope for his "derogatory" remarks. And Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the comments were "ugly." The words that the pope quoted were: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." A report at LifeSiteNews.com said it traced the development of the furor and found a series of media reports contributing to the situation. The report said the day after the speech, there was almost no reaction. A day later, however, there was a headline, "Pope's speech stirs Muslim anger." As that headline spread through the Muslim world, the report said, the furor became real. "On Sunday, Toronto-based columnist, David Warren, wrote in the Ottawa Citizen on the media-instigated uproar that has led to retaliatory attacks in Israel against Christian churches and clergy and the murder of a nun in Somalia," the report said. "By manipulating the event, Warren says, the BBC was 'having a little mischief. The kind of mischief that is likely to end with Catholic priests and faithful butchered around the Muslim world.'" Muslim-rights voice indicted in jihad plot A former spokesman for leading Islamic lobby groups opposed to U.S. counterterrorism efforts was among 11 men indicted for conspiring to train on American soil for a "violent jihad." Royer, 30, of Falls Church, Va., also was on the national staff of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group that considers itself a leading civil rights voice for American Muslims. Most recently, he was a spokesman for the National Liberty Fund, which is defending Sami al-Arian, the Florida professor in federal custody as an alleged leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. The National Liberty Fund says it is combating the Justice Department's "opportunistic and politically motivated prosecutions." The federal indictment, issued June 27, contends Royer traveled to Pakistan, engaged in propaganda work for Lashkar-e-Taiba and "fired at Indian positions in Kashmir." The charges also allege in September 2001, he "possessed in his automobile an AK-47-style rifle and 219 rounds of ammunition." "A legal support structure for the terrorist front network in America is emerging," the Center for Security Policy asserts, noting Royer's defense lawyer, Stanley Cohen, also is an attorney for the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. CAIR is a spin-off of the Islamic Association For Palestine, identified as a "front group" for Hamas, according to Steve Pomerantz, former chief of the FBI's counterterrorism section. Another ex-FBI counterterrorism chief, Oliver "Buck" Revell, has called the Islamic Association For Palestine "a front organization for Hamas that engages in propaganda for Islamic militants." In addition, Cohen's law partner, Lynne Stewart, is awaiting trial on federal charges that she served as a courier for Omar Abdel Rahman, the "blind sheik" convicted of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. The center points out the Muslim groups for which Royer worked have pushed to repeal a law allowing terrorism-hunters to use classified information in the process of prosecuting and deporting foreign terror suspects. Allegations denied Royer characterized the allegations against him as baseless during an interview with the Washington Post. He dismissed the discovery of pistols and rifles inside the homes of some group members as insignificant. "Ooooh, gosh, they have weapons," Royer said. "I really resent the idea that a Muslim with a gun – he's a threat. A Jew with a gun – he's not a threat." In a brief description of Royer on Islam Online, he was identified as a communications specialist for CAIR, where he had worked in "research and civil rights since 1997." The site said he formerly wrote investigative pieces on "anti-Muslim organizations" for an online newssite called iviews.com, where he served as Washington bureau chief. Islam Online said he wrote a story designated one of the "Most Censored Press Releases of 1999" by Timothy McSweeney's, a literary journal. One of CAIR's chief targets of criticism is Daniel Pipes, director of the Philadelphia-based think tank Middle East Forum, In a weblog Royer ran, dated Sept. 17, 2002, he called Pipes a "pop bigot" and responded to the scholar's New York Post article about militant Islamic influence on American campuses with the following comment: "[Pipes] has served up another steaming shovelful of fertilizer. What a joy it is to read this guy. His stuff requires no real effort to deconstruct, no deliberate propaganda analysis to realize how he intends to deceive the reader." Royer is the second CAIR figure to be arrested this year. Bassem Khafagi was the group's director of community relations before his arrest in January. Also, Siraj Wahhaj, a member of CAIR's advisory board, was named as one of the "unindicted persons who may be alleged as co-conspirators" in the attempt to blow up New York City monuments in the early 1990s. 'Danger to community'? Yesterday, a federal judge said she is inclined to free Royer while he awaits his November trial but delayed her decision to learn more about the case, the Associated Press reported. Prosecutors argue Royer is a danger to the community because of connections between Lashkar and al-Qaida and should be held until his trial. Last week, however, a magistrate judge ordered his release, prompting prosecutors to appeal the decision yesterday to U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg pointed out the spiritual leader of the Virginia network, Ali al-Timimi, called the United States the greatest enemy of Islam. Royer's lawyer Cohen insists no evidence exists to show Royer had any hostile intent toward the United States. He argues Royer's writings and statements as spokesman for various Islamic groups denounce al-Qaida and violence against the United States. "The government keeps talking about al-Qaida," Cohen said, according to the AP. "They've been looking at [Royer] for at least a year and there's not a connection there." Cohen acknowledged Royer fought in Bosnia with Muslim groups in the mid-1990s, but argued it was not illegal to do so. Eight of the 11 men charged have been arrested. All have pleaded innocent. Muslims grooming candidates for 2004 Muslim group sues congressman for $2 million A Muslim lobby group has filed a $2 million defamation suit against a U.S. Congressman who asserted in a newspaper interview the Washington, D.C.-based group is tied to terrorism. The suit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to an interview with the Charlotte Observer published Oct. 4. "With this lawsuit, we are sending a clear message to all those who make malicious and defamatory statements against American Muslims or their institutions that they will be held accountable in a court of law," said Arsalan Iftikhar, CAIR's director of legal affairs. Coincidentally, the nine-term congressman announced yesterday he will not seek re-election. Ballenger's press secretary, Preston Hartman, told WorldNetDaily, however, CAIR's announcement of the lawsuit came "out of the blue." Hartman said he first learned of it yesterday from a reporter. In its lawsuit, CAIR said Ballenger's "defamatory statements" harmed the group's reputation and were "not protected speech because he did not make them within the scope of his role as a member of the House of Representatives." In the October interview, Ballenger, 76, claimed the stress of living across the street from CAIR's headquarters in Washington, D.C., was partly to blame for the breakup of his 50-year marriage. He downplayed the remarks in a story yesterday by the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer, stating his family was concerned after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and during anthrax scares in Congress. "I was quoting my wife's feelings," he said. "I could give a hoot about the Muslims across the street." Ballenger noted he and his wife, who are both "very wealthy," are legally separated but do not plan to divorce. The congressman owns a plastics company. According to the Observer's October story, Ballenger called CAIR a "fund-raising arm" for terrorist groups and said he reported CAIR to the FBI and CIA. The couple's proximity to CAIR headquarters, just down the street from the Capitol, "bugged the hell" out of his wife, he said. "Diagonally across from my house, up goes a sign – CAIR the fund-raising arm for Hezbollah," said Ballenger, according to the Observer, referring to the Lebanese group regarded by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. "I reported them to the FBI and CIA." Ballenger told the Charlotte paper his wife, a homemaker, was anxious about all the activity at CAIR headquarters, including people unloading boxes and women "wearing hoods," or headscarves, going in and out of the office building on New Jersey Avenue. "That's two and a half blocks from the Capitol," he added, "and they could blow it up." CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper responded in the Observer story. "This is out-and-out bigotry," he said. "It's unworthy of an elected official at the national level. You wonder what he's been doing in Congress if this is the kind of analysis he does: 'You're a Muslim, so you're guilty.'" But the lawsuit is an unusual move for CAIR, says Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes, a close observer of the group who notes some of its employees have been indicted on terror charges. "I have always thought that they would be wary of engaging in a lawsuit of this sort, particularly one that associates them with terrorism, because of the discovery that will follow," he told WND. "So, this would seem to suggest that the leadership in CAIR is feeling confident." In July, a member of CAIR's national staff, Randall Todd "Ismail" Royer, was among 11 men indicted for conspiring to train on American soil for a "violent jihad." Another CAIR figure, Bassem Khafagi, was arrested in January while serving as the group's director of community relations. Last December, Ghassan Elashi, the founder of CAIR's Texas chapter, was indicted for financial ties to Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzook. Pipes sees the suit as a form of intimidation, "an attempt to shut down political discourse." "They've gone out of their way to take obscure statements in a local newspaper and give them national prominence," he said. "This is not something that was foisted on them." CAIR is a spin-off of the Islamic Association For Palestine, labeled a "front group" for the terrorist organization Hamas by two former heads of the FBI's counterterrorism section. CAIR's leaders also have provided evidence the group has aims beyond civil-rights advocacy. As WorldNetDaily reported, CAIR's chairman of the board, Omar Ahmad, was cited by a California newspaper in 1998 declaring the Quran should be America's highest authority. He also was reported to have said Islam is not in America to be equal to any other religion but to be dominant. Hooper himself indicated in a 1993 interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he wants to see the United States become a Muslim country. "I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future," Hooper told the paper. "But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that. I'm going to do it through education." American Islamic lobby gets out the vote A controversial American Islamic advocacy group has planned a voter registration drive to coincide with the upcoming Muslim holiday at the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca. CAIR is urging Islamic communities to sign up Muslim voters at festivals that follow Eid ul-Adha prayers, held on Feb. 22 or 23, depending on the new moon. The holiday commemorates what Muslims believe was the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael at God's command. Some observers of CAIR and similar organizations insist that while these groups have a right to lobby just as any other public interest, their aims are suspect. "They may not admit it, but ultimately they want to make the U.S. a Muslim country," Steven Emerson, a leading anti-terrorism specialist, told WorldNetDaily. "In the interim they want to acquire as much political power as possible to push their agenda, to be afforded legitimacy by political officials," Emerson said. "So this (voter drive) is part and parcel of their campaign." CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper indicated in a 1993 interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he wants to see the United States become a Muslim country. "I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future," Hooper told the Star Tribune. "But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that. I'm going to do it through education." Hooper noted in the interview that Muslims aren't allowed to take over the U.S. and other governments. "What we fight for here and in the remainder of the world is to practice our beliefs," he said. Calls to CAIR and Hooper's office by WorldNetDaily were not returned. Emerson notes that Abdulrahman Alamoudi, then-executive director of the American Muslim Council, said at a conference by the Islamic Association for Palestine in December 1996 that the United States will become a Muslim country, even if it takes 100 years. Emerson was a staff member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and a journalist for U.S. News & World Report and CNN. In a CAIR editorial published on its website, Hooper called Emerson "the attack dog of the extremist wing of America's pro-Israel lobby." CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement on the voter drive that "recent events and new government policies have served to spur already growing political participation by American Muslims." "We have an obligation, because of the Islamic duty of 'enjoining good and prohibiting evil,' to make our voices heard on a number of important issues," Awad said. "Voting, at both the local and national level, is the best way to accomplish that goal." Awad once worked for the Islamic Association of Palestine, considered by U.S. intelligence officials to be a front group for Hamas operating in the United States. While acknowledging Awad's former affiliation, Hooper has denied any connection between CAIR and IAP. But CAIR recently rallied to the defense of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development – a U.S.-based group accused of channeling funds to Hamas – arguing that President Bush's decision to freeze their assets could give the impression that "there has been a shift from a war on terrorism to an attack on Islam." Emerson cites as evidence of CAIR's affinity for Hamas "their co-sponsorship of conferences calling for the death of Jews, statements on behalf of Hamas leaders, statements defending Iran and the Sudan and sponsorship of hate rallies where attacks on America are made." Alamoudi, the former AMC director, was quoted at a Washington, D.C. rally, Oct. 28, 2000, saying: "I have been labeled by the media in New York to be a supporter of Hamas. We are all supporters of Hamas. I wish they added that I am also a supporter of Hezbollah." CAIR seeks to underscore its political clout by citing a figure of about 7 million Muslims in the United States, but recent counts have come up with a much lower total. An evaluation of current estimates, conducted by Howard Fienberg and Iain Murray of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Statistical Assessment Service, concluded there are about 2 million U.S. Muslims. A recent study commissioned by the American Jewish Committee puts the number between 1.9 million and 2.8 million. CAIR and other groups such as the AMC, American Muslim Alliance and Muslim Public Affairs Council, helped get out the vote during the 2000 election. Their top issues included opposition to racial profiling and the use of secret evidence against people suspected of terrorist activity. The groups claimed their support of Bush put him in office, but an exit poll by the Detroit News showed 66 percent of Muslims in Michigan voted for Al Gore. Muslims are heavily concentrated in Detroit and other major metropolitan areas including New York, Chicago and Southern California. Arab-American pollster John Zogby estimates that U.S. Muslims are about 30 percent African-American, 20 percent Pakistani, 15 percent Arab American and 13 percent Indian. About 20 percent come from Iran, Turkey, Africa and Asia. While most Muslims in the U.S. might not share CAIR's views or even know about the organization, adding 100,000 Muslim voters would give the group more clout to carry out its political agenda, Emerson said. "I think we've already seen some of that in terms of what has happened over the last few years," he said, "when Hollywood studios change the scripts to take out any references to militant Islamic terrorists, or when school boards actually excise books from the curriculum because CAIR says they are deemed harmful to 'Islam,' or if counterterrorism laws are not enforced because of the fear that this is going to be anti-Muslim." Emerson said that before Sept. 11 there was a strong move in Congress to stop the use of classified evidence in deportations of terrorists. "They had been gaining a lot of momentum abetted by the naivete of the media," Emerson said. Al Aqsa official: Jewish temples existed JERUSALEM – Contradicting most of his colleagues, a former senior leader of the Waqf, the Islamic custodians of the Temple Mount, told WorldNetDaily in an exclusive interview he has come to believe the first and second Jewish Temples existed and stood at the current location of the Al Aqsa Mosque. The leader, who was dismissed from his Waqf position after he quietly made his beliefs known, said Al Aqsa custodians passed down stories for centuries from generation to generation indicating the mosque was built at the site of the former Jewish temples. He said the Muslim world's widespread denial of the existence of the Jewish temples is political in nature and is not rooted in facts. "Prophet Solomon built his famous Temple at the same place that later the Al Aqsa Mosque was built. It cannot be a coincidence that these different holy sites were built at the same place. The Jewish Temple Mount existed," said the former senior Waqf leader, speaking to WorldNetDaily from an apartment in an obscure alley in Jerusalem's Old City. The former leader, who is well known to Al Aqsa scholars and Waqf officials, spoke on condition his name be withheld, claiming an on-the-record interview would endanger his life. While the Islamic leader's statements may seem elementary to many in the West, especially in light of overwhelming archaeological evidence documenting the history of the Jewish temples and description of services there in the Torah, his words break with mainstream thinking in much of the Muslim world, which believes the Jewish temples never existed. "I am mentioning historical facts," said the former leader. "I know that the traditional denial about the temple existing at the same place as Al Aqsa is more a political denial. Unfortunately our religious and political leaders chose the option of denial to fight the Jewish position and demands regarding Al Aqsa and taking back the Temple Mount compound. In my opinion we should admit the truth and abandon our traditional position." The leader said his conclusion that the Jewish temples existed does not forfeit what he calls "Islamic rights" to the Temple Mount and Al Aqsa Mosque. "Yes, the temple existed. But now it is the place of the mosque of the religious who came to complete the divine religion [that started with Judaism] and to improve humanity," said the leader. "We believe that Islam is the third and last religion. It came to complete the monotheistic message. The mosque is here at the place of the temple to serve for the same purpose, for the work of Allah." Al Aqsa Mosque built by angels? The First Temple was built by King Solomon in the 10th century B.C. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. The Second Temple was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after Jerusalem was freed from Babylonian captivity. That temple was destroyed by the Roman Empire in A.D. 70. Each temple stood for a period of about four centuries. The Jewish Temple was the center of religious Jewish worship. It housed the Holy of Holies, which contained the Ark of the Covenant and was said to be the area upon which God's "presence" dwelt. The temple served as the primary location for the offering of sacrifices and was the main gathering place in Israel during Jewish holidays. The Temple Mount compound has remained a focal point for Jewish services over the millennia. Prayers for a return to Jerusalem have been uttered by Jews since the Second Temple was destroyed, according to Jewish tradition. Jews worldwide pray facing toward the Western Wall, a portion of an outer courtyard of the Temple left intact. The Al Aqsa Mosque was constructed in about 709 to serve as a shrine near another nearby shrine, the Dome of the Rock, which was built by an Islamic caliph. Al Aqsa was meant to mark what Muslims came to believe may have been the place at which Muhammad, the founder of Islam, ascended to heaven during a dream to receive revelations from Allah. Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Quran. Islamic tradition states Mohammed took a journey in a single night from "a sacred mosque" – believed to be in Mecca in southern Saudi Arabia – to "the farthest mosque" and from a rock there ascended to heaven. The farthest mosque later became associated with Jerusalem. Muslims worldwide deny the Jewish temples ever existed in spite of what many call overwhelming archaeological evidence, including the discovery of Temple-era artifacts linked to worship, tunnels that snake under the Temple Mount and over 100 ritual immersion pools believed to have been used by Jewish priests to cleanse themselves before services. The cleansing process is detailed in the Torah. According to the website of the Palestinian Authority's Office for Religious Affairs, the Temple Mount is Muslim property. The site claims the Western Wall, which it refers to as the Al-Boraq Wall, previously was a docking station for horses. It states Muhammed tied his horse, named Boraq, to the wall before ascending to heaven. In a previous interview with WorldNetDaily, Kamal Hatib, vice-chairman of the Islamic Movement, claimed the Al-Aqsa Mosque was built by angels and that a Jewish Temple may have existed but not in Jerusalem. The Movement, which works closely with the Waqf, is the Muslim group in Israel most identified with the Temple Mount. "When the First Temple was built by Solomon – God bless him – Al Aqsa was already built. We don't believe that a prophet like Solomon would have built the Temple at a place where a mosque existed," said Hatib. "And all the historical and archaeological facts deny any relation between the temples and the location of Al Aqsa. We must know that Jerusalem was occupied and that people left many things, coins and other things everywhere. This does not mean in any way that there is a link between the people who left these things and the place where these things were left," Hatib said. 'True' Islamic tradition affirms temples But the former senior Wafq leader told WND "true" Islamic tradition relates the Jewish temples once stood at the site of the Al Aqsa Mosque. He said Al Aqsa custodians passed down history over the centuries indicating the mosque was built at the site of the former Jewish temples. "[The existence of the Jewish Temple at the site is obvious] according to studies, researches and archaeological signs that we were also exposed to. But especially according to the history that passed from one generation to another – we believe Al Aqsa was built on the same place were the Temple of the Jews – the first monotheistic religion – existed." He cited samples of some stories he said were related orally by Islamic leaders: "We learned that the Christians, especially those who believed that Jesus was crucified by the Jews, used to throw their garbage at the Temple Mount site. They used to throw the pieces of cotton and other material Christian women used in cleaning the blood of their monthly cycle. Doing so they believed that they were humiliating, insulting and harming the Jews at their holiest site. This way they are hurting them like Jews hurt Christians when crucifying Jesus. "It is known also that most of the first guards of Al Aqsa when it was built were Jews. The Muslims knew at that time that they could not find any more loyal and faithful than the Jews to guard the mosque and its compound. They knew that the Jews have a special relation with this place." Temple Mount: No-prayer zone Currently, even though the Jewish state controls Jerusalem, the Waqf serve as the custodians of the Temple Mount under a deal made with the Israeli government that restricts non-Muslim prayer at the site. The Temple Mount was opened to the general public until September 2000, when the Palestinians started their intifada by throwing stones at Jewish worshipers after then-candidate for prime minister Ariel Sharon visited the area. Following the onset of violence, the new Sharon government closed the Mount to non-Muslims, using checkpoints to control all pedestrian traffic for fear of further clashes with the Palestinians. The Temple Mount was reopened to non-Muslims in August 2003. It still is open but only Sundays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., and not on any Christian, Jewish or Muslim holidays or other days considered "sensitive" by the Waqf. During "open" days, Jews and Christian are allowed to ascend the Mount, usually through organized tours and only if they conform first to a strict set of guidelines, which includes demands that they not pray or bring any "holy objects" to the site. Visitors are banned from entering any of the mosques without direct Waqf permission. Rules are enforced by Waqf agents, who watch tours closely and alert nearby Israeli police to any breaking of their guidelines. The former senior Waqf leader said the Jewish temples have lost their purpose: "As we are the religion who are here to correct everything that was before us there is no need for the Temple. Allah chose Islam as its final and favorite religion." Invasion (http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=959) In "Invasion," Michelle Malkin gives us the bad news -- terrorists are all still welcome in America -- even after Sept. 11, 2001 That is the alarming message about the gross negligence of our immigration system today. This is a shocking expose of how America's lax immigration policies led to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Malkin, one of America's most important young journalists and a first–generation American of Filipino descent, shows how every component of our immigration system failed: from kowtowing consular offices to unguarded borders and ports of entry to toothless detention and deportation policies. Plagued by inertia, political correctness and corruption, the U.S. government refuses to enforce its immigration laws with consistency and common sense. In "Invasion," Malkin reveals: Feds leading U.S. into 'national suicide' It's finally undeniable. America's very existence as a free nation is threatened by a full-scale illegal invasion from the south. The nation's transformation from what once was a unified Judeo-Christian culture into an angry cauldron of squabbling groups and nationalities grows daily. And the U.S. government's response to this momentous threat to America's national survival? Excuse it, legalize it and encourage it! Why is the federal government doing this? How can Americans stop it? And most importantly, what is the right way to deal with the nation's overwhelming and ever-worsening illegal immigration problem? That's the focus of the June edition of WND's elite monthly Whistleblower magazine, in a blockbuster issue titled "NATIONAL SUICIDE: How the government's immigration policies are destroying America." Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls the government's current effort to fix the problem "madness." Pat Buchanan and David Limbaugh both call it "suicide." And President Theodore Roosevelt, looking forward through the decades to today, warned us sternly: "The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities." Yet today's government, by allowing and indeed encouraging a Third World immigrant invasion of the United States – encouraging it by offering endless incentives like Social Security, food stamps and free education, as well as refusing to enforce existing immigration laws – is overseeing a radical conversion of America. But as "NATIONAL SUICIDE" proves, there are ways to cure the current illegal immigration cancer – ways that are sensible, fair, democratic, orderly, cost-effective and utterly do-able. All that is required to end America's national nightmare is courage and clear-headedness on the part of government, coupled with a strong, enlightened action plan, such as that laid out in this edition of Whistleblower. Issue highlights include: "Path to national suicide," in which Patrick Buchanan explains, "Not only is the Melting Pot broken, it is rejected by our elites." "Madness," in which Newt Gingrich calls government's current immigration reform effort "the most self-destructive bill" of his lifetime. "The destruction of America's working class" by famed film director Ron Maxwell, who offers an inspired solution to the nation's immigration invasion. "What's really behind America's immigration nightmare?" by David Kupelian, who shows poignantly how a leftist assault on this nation's moral foundation has opened America's doors to virtual invasion. "Why aren't Republicans crying?" by David Limbaugh, who explains why current efforts of Congress are luring America into "suicide." "Importing a slave class" by Ann Coulter, who says a "vast class of unskilled immigrants is the left's new form of slavery." "Business visionary predicted North American union in '93," documenting celebrated author Peter Drucker's prediction 14 years ago that nothing could stop the integration of Mexico, Canada and the U.S. "National ID card?" – which asks whether U.S. citizens will accept a national identity card for the sake of more effective immigration enforcement. "Essential requirements for immigration reform" by Edwin Meese and Matthew Spalding of the Heritage Foundation, a comprehensive look at specific and detailed steps for solving America's immigration and border-security crisis. "Very simply," Farah added, "this powerful issue of Whistleblower reveals in detail how to solve America's most pressing problem. It needs to be read as widely as possible." What's really behind the Washington elite's unpopular promotion of amnesty for millions of illegal aliens? What is the bigger agenda that propels politicians from both parties to defy the will of the American people and ignore the laws of the land? Is it possible it's really just part of a plot to erase the borders of North America and move Mexico, the U.S. and Canada toward a European Union-style superstate? WND columnist Jerome Corsi exposes the whole globalist agenda in "The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada," his latest book that, for the first time, puts together all the pieces of the puzzle. While the book will not be officially released to bookstores until the week of July 4, WND has in stock advance copies of the first edition and is offering them for a limited time at a bargain sale price personally autographed by Corsi, the best-selling author of "Unfit for Command" and many other books. Using dozens of documents secured through the Freedom of Information Act and his trademark style of investigative reporting, Corsi sets out a chilling view of America's possible "harmonized" future – one being created covertly, without voter input, congressional oversight or even a national debate. It's the latest release from WND Books, founded with the same mission as WND – to provide cutting-edge investigative reporting into government waste, fraud, abuse and corruption, "Titles like 'The Late Great USA' are what we had in mind when we founded WND Books," explains Joseph Farah, founder of both the publishing company and the leading independent Internet news source. Corsi, Farah and the WND editorial staff have led the way in breaking news about the North American Union agenda over the past two years. But "The Late Great USA" goes beyond what can be told or comprehended in dozens of news stories spread out over time. "This book will be a news breaker," says Farah. "I believe the North American Union agenda will finally be the talk of the nation this summer as a result of the focus on the immigration debate. Everyone is wondering why President Bush and others are so adamant about ramming amnesty down our throats. This book has the answers. And it is bound to shock all Americans." Borders, language, and culture! Get Michael Savage's 'The Savage Nation' at reduced price "Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy" "Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense," by Charl Van Wyk. The author, who lived through an Islamic terrorist attack on his church during worship service, during which he fought them off with his .38 pistol, makes a powerful, biblical case for armed self-defense. In Allah We Trust? While Americans continue to promote cultural diversity and religious tolerance as society's highest values, radical Muslims masquerading as "moderates" have insinuated themselves into the very fabric of American society, to the nation's extreme peril, says a startling new book by veteran investigative journalist Paul Sperry. For a limited time, WND readers can buy "Infiltration" at a steep discount, even below Amazon's price. "Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives have Penetrated Washington" reveals how Islamic extremists, taking advantage of Americans' blind trust and gaining footholds in the nation's education system, government, workplace, law enforcement and military, have been covertly working to destroy America's constitutional government and the Judeo-Christian ethics on which the nation was built In his blockbuster expose, Sperry uses classified documents and revealing interviews to courageously explain how, for the past 30 years, Muslims have labored to replace the U.S. Constitution with the Quran and turn America into an Islamic state. And, as Sperry details point-by-point, they have been unwittingly aided in their sinister aims by the politically correct media, government, and citizens, who don't fully understand the dangers of the Muslim faith. "Infiltration" explodes the facade of moderation and patriotism that Muslim scholars, imams, clerics, businessmen and other leaders in the burgeoning Muslim community in America have conveyed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In reality, says Sperry, the Muslim establishment that publicly decries the radical fringe – represented by al-Qaida’s brand of Islam known as Wahhabism, the official religion of Saudi Arabia – is actually a part of it. The only difference is that they use words and money instead of bombs to accomplish their goals. Now, finally, their cover is blown. "Infiltration" promises not only to make readers forget nearly everything they’ve been told about these "moderate" and "mainstream" leaders, but it will also expose the true agenda of these "moderate" and "mainstream" leaders and explain the full scope of the dangerous threat of Islam in America. "Everlasting Hatred: The Roots of Jihad" (book) Best-selling author Hal Lindsey explains how, on Sept. 11, an ancient fight–to–the–death conflict exploded on the shores of the U.S. Though most Americans didn't realize it, we were already involved in this struggle. A struggle driven by a hatred that goes back over 4,000 years. Islamic fundamentalism's purpose is to replace the Judeo-Christian world order with an Islamic world order. Every American needs to understand the enormity of the threat we face -- and why. In the aftermath of 9/11 most Americans are asking: The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to Islam (and the Crusades) When PC propagandists assure us that jihadist terror doesn't reflect "true," "peaceful" Islam, they're not only wrong, they're dangerous -- because they lull America and the West into letting their guard down against their mortal enemy. And not only do self-appointed "experts" lie elaborately and persistently about Islam -- they have also replaced the truth about Christian Europe and the Crusades with an all-pervasive historical fantasy that is designed to make you ashamed of your own culture and heritage -- and thus less determined to defend it. But now there's a remedy: in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), Robert Spencer reveals all the disturbing facts about Islam and its murderous hostility to the West that other books ignore, soft-pedal -- or simply lie about. (http://www.conservativebookservice.com/products/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6805) Borders, language, and culture! Get Michael Savage's 'The Savage Nation' at reduced price "Israel in Crisis" (http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=6&SUBDEPARTMENT_ID=23&ITEM_ID=335) "Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict" (http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=6&SUBDEPARTMENT_ID=22&ITEM_ID=299) is a revised and updated version of the classic guide to the Arab-Israeli conflict including all the events since Oslo. The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise has published an unparalleled guide to the ongoing Middle East conflict. It includes a comprehensive discussion of the many myths about Israel and the Jews that have circulated for decades. "Palestine was always an Arab country." Learn to discern the truth about today's events in the Middle East by arming yourself with this invaluable reference book. From Time Immemorial: Origins of Arab-Jewish Conflict (by Joan Peters (http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=36) This monumental and fascinating book, the product of seven years of original research, will forever change the terms of the debate about the conflicting claims of the Arabs and the Jews in the Middle East. The weight of the comprehensive evidence found and brilliantly analyzed by historian and journalist Joan Peters answers many crucial questions, among them: Why are the Arab refugees from Israel seen in a different light from all the other, far more numerous peoples who were displaced after World War II? Why, indeed, are they seen differently from the Jewish refugees who were forced, in 1948 and after, to leave the Arab countries to find a haven in Israel? Who, in fact, are the Arabs who were living within the borders of present-day Israel, and where did they come from? Joan Peter's highly readable and moving development of the answers to these and related questions will appear startling, even to those on both sides of the argument who have considered themselves to be in command of the facts. This book is one that has already had a major impact on the policy discussions of one of the most vital and intractable of the world's problems, shrouded until now in a fog of misinformation and ignorance. CAIR's war on talk radio The Council on American-Islamic Relations won't condemn Muslim fanatics, but it has declared war on outspoken Americans who will. CAIR, which calls itself "America's largest Islamic civil liberties group," has lately focused its wrath on conservative radio talk show hosts. A new report by the group released this week attempts to tie talk radio to a dubious "sharp jump" in (self-reported) "Islamophobic hate crimes" in the U.S. CAIR fights dirty — fabricating quotes, taking comments out of context, indulging in the cult of victimology, and exploiting a gullibly sympathetic press. By manufacturing an anti-Muslim hate epidemic that doesn't exist, CAIR obfuscates its own suspicious role in fomenting anti-American extremism. The most recent target of CAIR's campaign to stifle critics of radical Islam is Boston-based radio talk show veteran Jay Severin. On April 23, CAIR issued a press release headlined: "Boston Radio Host Says Kill All Muslims; Islamic Civil Rights Group Calls for Host's Termination." On April 25, the Boston Globe parroted the charges in a story that quoted CAIR spokeswoman Rabiah Ahmed accusing Severin of saying on his show, "I've got an idea, let's kill all Muslims." Just one teensy problem with the story. It wasn't true. On April 27, the Globe was forced to publish a correction admitting that Severin never said "kill all Muslims." CAIR, however, has refused to admit the fabrication and continues to call for Severin's termination. In Washington, D.C., CAIR took aim at local talk show host and JewishWorldReview.com columnist Michael Graham for making an "implicit" call for violence against all Muslims and for advocating common-sense security profiling. Singling Graham out for criticism, CAIR announced a new initiative "designed to counter anti-Muslim hate on radio talk shows" called "Hate Hurts America." Like Severin, Graham refused to be intimidated. (To read article, please click HERE.). "What CAIR does is try to portray all criticism of all Muslims everywhere as bigotry," Graham responded. "They singled me out because I said on the air (and have said in print as well) that Islam is a uniquely dangerous religion, that the religion itself needs a reformation much like those experienced by Catholicism and Mormonism, and that the one distinguishing attribute of 'moderate' Muslims is their reluctance to publicly criticize the actions of the Islamo-fascist extremists who continue to spread terror. Now, you might agree with me or you might disagree with me, but this is hardly bigotry. 'Stating the obvious' is a more apt description. But any criticism from an infidel like yours truly is unbearable to the folks at CAIR, and so they've launched their attack." National radio personalities Paul Harvey and Dr. Laura have also come under fire for expressing opinions about Islam and calling on Muslims to disassociate themselves from terrorists. Harvey caved in to CAIR's pressure after members of the group besieged advertisers with threats and complaints because the veteran broadcaster alluded to Islam as "a religion which encourages killing." The ever-feisty Dr. Laura stood her ground, refusing to apologize for advising a mother not to let her daughter attend a field trip to a local mosque unless it was "one that has done its best to rout out terrorists in its midst." CAIR attacks the "hate-filled rhetoric" of conservative talk show hosts, but as Middle East scholars Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, and others have amply demonstrated, several of the group's past and present leaders have refused to criticize the hate-filled rhetoric — and bloody acts of violence — of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Three former CAIR officials have been indicted on charges of terrorism, money laundering or fraud-related charges. Most recently, Ismail Royer — a former CAIR "communications specialist" who "wrote investigative pieces on anti-Muslim organizations" — was sentenced to 20 years in prison for weapons convictions related to his participation in a network of militant jihadists centered in Northern Virginia. CAIR publicity hounds remain uncharacteristically silent about Royer's conviction. Instead, they fulminate about the civil rights of Muslims being violated whenever someone offers even the mildest public dissent from Religion of Peace propaganda. These people won't rest until they have achieved the Al Jazeera-fication of America's airwaves. Dr. Laura: No apology to Muslims needed Radio counselor Dr. Laura Schlessinger says she will not apologize, as demanded by a controversial Islamic lobby group that accused her of launching an "anti-Muslim tirade" on her program this week. "It's absurd that anyone would even imagine that I was expressing disdain for everyone who is a Muslim or who is an Arab," she said on her show Thursday. "That's even stupid. If anybody has listened to me for any period of time, that's absurd." The Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations took offense to remarks made by Schlessinger on Monday's program in response to a mother who asked whether her 16-year-old daughter should take part in a Catholic high school class's field trip to a local mosque. The visit was part of a "moral themes" class that aimed to help students learn how "Muslims are treated" in the United States. Schlessinger told the mother she should tell the teacher "you are willing to go to the mosque only if it is one that has done its best to rout out terrorists in its midst." CAIR said Schlessinger "crossed the line from legitimate commentary on terrorism to Islamophobic bigotry." Schlessinger said, in response, "Quite frankly I get really angry when people haven't even heard something and they're willing to be angry and do angry things on something somebody else told them happened. How dangerous does that make you and how much of a sheep does that make you? I'm certainly not inciting or condoning any acts of aggression toward any group, ever. I'm a Jew, I'm real aware of the pernicious and dangerous effects of prejudice." She emphasized her remarks "were quite specific to terrorists and the people who harbor them. Not to Muslims or Arabs in general." "That's absurd that anyone could say it with a straight face," she said of the condemnation. "And it sure gets us off the dialogue of what the issue is, doesn't it?" The main point she said, "whether you are Arab-American, Hispanic-American, German-American – I don't care where you come from – our responsibility as Americans … is to stand between the innocent and evil doers and to rout them out of our midst. That's the issue." On Monday, Schlessinger, a WND columnist, replied to the mother: "This is a class on morals. What is the point of going to a mosque? ... You're joking of course. How many Americans have tortured and murdered Muslims. I think you ought to stand up against this class and this teacher. This is despicable. You tell him you are willing to go to the mosque only if it is one that has done its best to rout out terrorists in its midst. Instead of complaining. CAIR's communications director, Ibrahim Hooper, said in a response Wednesday,"Dr. Laura's anti-Muslim tirade demonstrates a level of hostility toward Islam that should be of concern to her program's audience and sponsors." Sudan Trial on Teddy Bear Named "Muhammed" Ends with Guilty Verdict Normally I wouldn't write about something so mainstream-media-ish, but this is just so ... outrageous. I actually thought this would blow over, particularly since officials Sudan's Foreign Ministry have tried to play down the case. In fact, they initially predicted Gillian Gibbons, 54, charged with inciting religious hatred by letting her pupils name a teddy bear "Muhammad," could be released without charge. But the case has continued, and has now gone to trial. The ridiculous details are that Gibbons, a British citizen teaching at a British-run school in Khartoum, let her students vote on what to name a teddy bear being used in a exercise about animals. Nominees included Abdullah, Hassan and Muhammad, and a vote ended with 20 out of 23 students picking Muhammed. Apparently one of those three who did not vote for Muhammed complained, and here we are. Despite repeated conjecture that she would "be released" or "not be charged," including as I said the Sudan Foreign Ministry and the school's director, she is now on trial. The possible sentence: up to 40 lashes, six months in jail and a fine. Word is that the country's top Muslim clerics have pressed the government to ensure that she is punished, for what appears to be a genuine misunderstanding. It's unclear how long the trial will last, but Prosecutor-General Salah Eddin Abu Zaid said the Gibbons could expect a ''swift and fair trial.'' IMHO: This woman travels from the U.K. to Sudan, sacrificing a (one would assume) comfortable life in the U.K. for a definitely less comfortable one, and this is the thanks she gets? You can bet others mulling over the same choice might have second thoughts now. Update: She's guilty. She will avoid the lashes, but she will get 15 days in jail and be deported. Sudanese Protesters Call for Execution of "Teddy Bear Teacher" This is actually fortunate for her as it was possible she could get up to 40 lashes, and six months in prison. However, today there are wild protests outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, with thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and knives, calling for Gibbons' execution. Other protesters marched to her former high school, Unity High School, chanting and protesting --- fortunately without weapons. Because of the protests, Gibbons has been moved to a secret location for her safety. A hard-line cleric, Abdul-Jalil Nazeer al-Karouri said, "This is an arrogant woman who came to our country, cashing her salary in dollars, teaching our children hatred of our Prophet Muhammad." I'll say what I said yesterday verbatim because it still applies: This woman travels from the U.K. to Sudan, sacrificing a (one would assume) comfortable life in the U.K. for a definitely less comfortable one, and this is the thanks she gets? You can bet others mulling over the same choice might have second thoughts now. One more thing, though: I don't want to incite anything myself, but honestly, many have said that Islam is a peaceful religion. While that may in fact be true for the majority of its followers, how can you watch something like this and not have your opinion swayed negatively? Sudan Pardons "Teddy Bear Teacher" Even worse, after the initial sentence, Sudanese protesters called for her execution! Definitely a case of overkill (no pun intended). Apparently there exists some sanity in the government (or at the very least, the U.K. managed to push hard enough), as she was pardoned today by Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir. Now why go through the trial if you were just going to end up doing this anyway? I mean, what a waste of money and effort. We in the U.S. would never do ... oh wait ... (yes, yes, I know, just a commutation; give me a break). At any rate, Gibbons has been released and will soon be leaving the country. Might I say this whole "event" has certainly cast a poor light on Islam (again) and no doubt will make any other prospective teachers think twice about teaching in Sudan. 'Don't let teddy bear b-tch see light of day' |