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Nigerian Islamic Terrorist: ‘We Should Mutilate’ Christians

Islamic Militant Leader Vows to Continue Attacks Against Nigerian Christians: ‘We Should Mutilate’

NIGERIA – In a video released on Saturday, the leader of an Islamic terrorist group vowed to attack Christians and threatened to mutilate and decapitate victims.
Abubakar Shekau is the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram, a group that seeks to force Sharia law upon Nigerians. For several years, Boko Haram jihadists have wreaked havoc in northern Nigeria, with thousands of Nigerians displaced from their homes.

Boko Haram fighters are particularly hostile toward Christians in Nigeria; according to reports, over 700 Christian Nigerians have been killed in 2013 alone due to Boko Haram-related violence. As recently as Saturday, twelve people died when Boko Haram insurgents opened fire during a wedding ceremony in the predominantly Christian village of Tashan Alade.

In Shekau’s video, which was emailed to several journalists, he claimed responsibility for a December 20^th attack on Nigerian tank battalion barracks, but credits Allah with the success of the assault.

“Our fighters stormed [the military barracks],” he stated. “Allah threw [the troops] into confusion through some servants of Allah who dedicated themselves to Allah. … It is in the same [barracks] that our brothers pulverized 21 armored tanks. People in multitudes were killed, bodies scattered all over and the sight would astonish any onlooker. Soldiers hid under blankets in their rooms and our fighters pursued them and blew out their brains.”

Then Shekau claimed his men would have eaten their victims’ bodies, if commanded.

“Had Allah allowed us to eat them we would have eaten them,” he said, “but we are not cannibals because we are not spirits or animals. As for killing, we will kill [for] Allah. If he says we should decapitate, we should amputate the limbs, we should mutilate.”

Read the rest here.

See also:
Islamist group, Boko Haram, killed 1,200 since May

Nigeria: Islam's Graveyard of Peace

30 killed in school attack in northeast Nigeria

Muslims destroy 50 of 52 Catholic churches

‘Islamists’ slaughter 15 people in their sleep

Muslim Terrorists Attack Midnight Mass

Muslims attack second church on Christmas day, 12 Christians Dead

Rick Warren: Islam's Useful Idiot

Muslim Persecution of Christians: January 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood's "Project" To Destroy The West

"THE PROJECT", The Muslim Brotherhood "Project" (FULL DOCUMENTARY by Glenn Beck)

In 2001, an inconspicuous manifesto now known as "The Project" was recovered during a raid in Switzerland: A manifesto that turned out to be a Muslim roadmap for infiltrating and defeating the West. Today, files containing evidence from the largest terror financing trial in U.S. history, which include details about "The Project", are being withheld by the Department of Justice.

In an explosive two-part mini-series, TheBlaze documentary unit investigates how the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the American government and exposes how our nation's safety is in jeopardy as a result of this dangerous government cover up.




Learn more of the Muslim Brotherhood activity here in the U.S.

See also:  The History of the Muslim Brotherhood in 3 minutes

Sharia, Jihad & American Mosques

The Clarion Project

Frank Gaffney speaks about Sharia and jihad incubation in U.S. Mosques after the publishing of a new survey "Sharia and Violence in U.S. Mosques" by Middle East Quarterly.



See also:

The Muslim Brotherhood: The Grand Deception

Jihad in America: The Grand Deception   Jihad In America: "It Is Our Job To Change The U.S. Constitution"   Mosques of Terror

Al Qaeda Opens Syrian Jihad School

Arutz Sheva 7

Al Qaeda affiliated Jabhat Al Nusra opens school for jihad in southern Syria, for children aged 10 to 15.

Jabhat Al Nusra, an Islamist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, maintains an infrastructure of governance as one of the central opposition forces. Aside from managing religious courts based on Islamic sharia law, the group has opened new schooling programs emphasizing Islam and jihad.

In the southern Syrian town of Daraa, a school established by the organization teaches roughly 30 students ranging in age from 10 to 15 to believe in Allah, follow Islam, and aspire to jihad holy war.

Video footage from the school shows students learning by rote passages from the Koran, reading "our path is the path of jihad."

The use of child soldiers by rebel forces, including the more "moderate" Free Syrian Army (FSA), has been documented, and shows how the lessons learned in the school may quickly be turned into action.

On the walls of the classroom hang posters featuring verses from the Koran, including one praising jihadist "martyrs," explaining that they aren't "dead" but rather "living" with Allah.

One of the teachers explains that the students learn how to use weapons and are prepared to become jihadists. Video can be seen here:

Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Advising Obama White House?

The Watchman with Erick Stakelbeck


After being with me through years of reporting and two books about the bad guys (including my latest, The Brotherhood), there are few stories that shock my wife at this point.

But as we watched my latest report together today, she shook her head in disbelief at just how thoroughly the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the Obama administration. Yes, it is even worse than you think.

My latest report details how two Muslim Brotherhood supporters with radical ties have obtained influential advisory positions in the Obama administration. The two men, Mohammed Elibiary and Mohammed Magid, are both U.S. citizens and have helped craft the Obama administration's counterterrorism strategy.

That strategy includes embracing the Muslim Brotherhood: the first modern Islamic terrorist organization.

The fox is guarding the henhouse, folks.





See also:

Egypt designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group.

Learn more of the Muslim Brotherhood activity here in the U.S.

The Vatican's Coming Alien Savior Deception

The Vatican and Alien Evangelists?

The Coming Great Deception!

The Alien Gospel of Signs and Lying Wonders

Tom Horn, Gary Stearman, & LA Marzulli Take On The Secret Alien Agenda

UFOs' Coming to Save The World?

The Marian Apparitions & UFO Deception

See also The Fatima UFO Hypothesis.

See more on the Mary of Rome and Alien Life.

See also Exorcists on Marian Apparition Response Teams

  Apparitions Of Mary - Messages From Heaven

 

Egypt designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group.

By Shadia Nasralla, Reuters

CAIRO — The Egyptian government intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, formally listing the group as a terrorist organization after accusing it of carrying out a suicide bomb attack on a police station that killed 16 people.

The move marked a major escalation in the army-backed government's campaign to suppress the Islamist movement that propelled Mohamed Morsi to the presidency 18 months ago but has been driven underground since the army toppled him in July.

It gives the authorities the power to charge any member of the Brotherhood with belonging to a terrorist group, as well as anyone who finances the group or promotes it "verbally, or in writing."

"This is a turning point in the confrontation. This is an important tool for the government to close any door in the face of the Brotherhood's return to political life," said Khalil al-Anani, a Washington-based expert on the movement.

The Brotherhood condemned the attack on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, north of Cairo. Earlier on Wednesday, a Sinai-based militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, had claimed responsibility for the attack that wounded some 140 people.

In Washington, the State Department also condemned the attack but urged Egypt to have an "inclusive political process."

"We condemn in the strongest terms the horrific, terrorist bombing yesterday. There can be no place for such violence. The Egyptian people deserve peace and calm," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said but added: "We also note that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt condemned the bombing shortly after it occurred yesterday.

"We are concerned about the current atmosphere and its potential effects on a democratic transition in Egypt," she added.

The Brotherhood, which estimates its membership at up to a million people, was Egypt's best organized political force until this summer's crackdown. A political and social movement founded in 1928, it won five elections after the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

"The government decision aims to liquidate its political opponents," Mohamed Touson, a member of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, told Al-Ahram online, a state-run news portal.

Since Morsi's overthrow, the state has killed hundreds of his supporters in the streets and arrested thousands more. Morsi and other top Brotherhood leaders were last week charged with terrorism and plotting with foreign militants against Egypt.

They could face the death penalty.

A court ruling has also formally outlawed the group.

Learn more of the Muslim Brotherhood activity here in the U.S.

Ecliptic Signs of the End of Days Part I

Originally posted May 2008

Do blood red moons and solar eclipses forecasted for 2014 and 2015 have prophetic significance?
Prophecy In The News speaks with Pastor Mark Biltz regarding his discovery of the relationship between solar and lunar eclipses and prophetic events. Watch the first portion of this fascinating interview below...(1st segment of PITN show #1)




See also:
Ecliptic Signs of the End of Days Part II
Blood moon eclipses: 2nd Coming in 2015?
Under a Blood Red Moon

Blood Moons and Mideast Wars: What’s the Connection?

You are invited to watch a PowerPoint teaching presentation that was preached on December 8, 2013 by Bill Salus at Calvary Chapel Central Bucks, Pennsylvania.

This 47 minute video is packed with prophetic information that should cause Christians to seek vigorously to redeem the time. If the coming blood red moons occurring on the holy feast days of Passover (April 15, 2014), Tabernacles (October 8, 2104), Passover (April 4, 2014) and Tabernacles (September 28, 2015) are significant, then time is of the utmost essence.

Bill points out the potential connection between the past three tetrad sequences of four blood red moons on the same holy feast days in 1493-1494, 1949-1950, and 1967-1968, and the coming tetrad on the feast days afore mentioned.

The Jews were put under severe unjustified Gentile persecution. They were divinely preserved through that tragic episode, and they were triumphant and in recent of a safe land haven in the aftermath. Thus, on the feast days of the tetrads they were thanking their God for their existence and safe haven of worship.

Discover what this all meant and may mean with the Psalm 83 war and the coming four blood red moons. Also, identify what all this means for America. The USA did not become a superpower nation because of our granddaddies good looks, rather much is required of this country. Are we doomed, or is there still hope for this nation?

For greater detail about America’s Role in the coming Mideast Wars purchase Bill’s DVD covering this subject matter.

Click HERE to purchase the DVD called America and the Coming Mideast Wars.

Fukushima Poisoning Global Sea Life

ENE NEWS

Russian Experts: Fukushima pollution spreads all over Earth, clearly a large amount of fish, seaweeds, and everything in ocean has been polluted — These products are the main danger for mankind as they can end up being eaten by people on a massive scale

Maxim Shingarkin, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Committee for Natural Resources, Dec. 26, 2013: “Currents in the World Ocean are so structured that the areas of seafood capture near the US north-west coast are more likely to contain radioactive nuclides than even the Sea of Okhotsk which is much closer to Japan. These products are the main danger for mankind because they can find their way to people’s tables on a massive scale. [...] Air emissions were not projected either on the Sea of Okhotsk, or Sakhalin, or the Far East, or the Kuril Islands. So airlifting cargoes does not seem dangerous so far. I mean so far because not all the nuclear fuel has been taken out of the power generation units. This means that radioactive emissions into the atmosphere are possible as a result of heating.”

Vladimir Slivyak, Co-chairman of the Ecodefence international ecology group, Dec. 26, 2013: “The Russian government planned to restrict fishing in the Far East. As far as I know, no such restrictions have been introduced so far. Still it is possible that some steps will be taken. [...] It took years after Chernobyl to make detailed conclusions about the scale of nuclear pollution. We are having a similar situation with Fukushima [...] We’ll probably know the consequences of this accident in 10-15 years. It is clear that a large amount of fish, sea weeds and everything the ocean contains has been polluted. It is clear that pollution spreads all over Earth. It is clear that vast territories have been polluted in Japan itself. All this is generally clear. But we need research to provide more details and this will take a long time.”

More from Shingarkin and Slivyak here: Expect airborne radiation releases from Fukushima to increase — Seafood catches off U.S. Pacific coast more likely to be contaminated than ones far closer to Japan — ‘Gravest danger’ to public is if they eat these products


See also:

Official: Expect airborne radiation releases from Fukushima to increase — Seafood catches off U.S. Pacific coast more likely to be contaminated than ones far closer to Japan — ‘Gravest danger’ to public is if they eat these products

See more posts on the Fukushima disaster.

Al Qaeda more dangerous than ever

DAWN.COM


Thanks notably to a flood of recruits flowing to join Al Qaeda-linked jihadist forces fighting in Syria’s civil war, the group is back on its feet, and securing territory from which it could once more threaten Europe and the United States.

Bin Laden’s former lieutenants in Al Qaeda’s historic leadership have been killed by US Special Forces or in drone strikes, or else are isolated and on the run in the tribal badlands on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

But armed groups in Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya and West Africa have flocked to his banner and Al Qaeda is rebuilding its influence and recruiting fighters across the region.
“Their leadership has been hit very hard, but this brand is still growing.
And it’s growing from an increased number of safe havens,” said retired US Marine Corps general James Mattis.

Between 2010 and earlier this year, Mattis led US Central Command, in charge of prosecuting Washington’s long war against extremists in the Middle East, Southwest Asia and the Horn of Africa.
Now he has hung up his uniform, but admits the war is far from over, warning: “The congratulations that we heard two years ago on the demise of Al Qaeda were premature and are now discredited.” Speaking at the Jamestown Foundation’s annual conference on terrorism in Washington, Mattis said: “Al Qaeda is resilient, they adapted. We have to think strategically before we act, not only act tactically.” Bin Laden’s death in May 2011 triggered a wave of optimism that the United States and its allies might have broken the back of the jihadist threat, but today officials here are under no illusions.

Since the audacious commando strike that took out Al Qaeda’s apparently largely symbolic chieftain, the black banner of his movement has been raised more widely than ever.
Militants inspired by or linked to Bin Laden’s brand of armed jihad have sacked a US consulate in Libya and stormed a shopping mall in Kenya.
Attacks are on the rise once again in Iraq, Al Qaeda has reportedly begun operating in Egypt’s Sinai desert and violent extremist groups are now the most powerful elements in the rebel coalition fighting in the Syrian civil war.
Bruce Hoffman, director of the Centre for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University, told the Jamestown conference that collapsing states in the Middle East were opening up space for extremists.

“The oxygen that Al Qaeda depends on is access to sanctuaries and safe haven. And unfortunately over the past two years it gained greater access to more ungoverned spaces,” he said.
“The success of the attack in Nairobi and earlier in Mumbai suggests that this groups have now within their capacity the ability to fulfil one of Bin Laden’s last commands or operational desires, which was to stage Mumbai-style attacks in Europe.” For the experts gathered in Washington, Syria’s civil war — which has attracted Islamist volunteers from Muslim communities in Europe as well as Arab countries — has worked greatly to Al Qaeda’s advantage.

Islamist group, Boko Haram, killed 1,200 since May

Nigeria: UN - Boko Haram Killed 1,200 Under Emergency Rule

Attacks by the outlawed Islamist group, Boko Haram, have claimed over 1,200 lives since May when a state of emergency was declared in the region, the United Nations said yesterday. The federal government had on May 14 placed the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe under emergency rule, following waves of deadly violence by the Islamist rebels.

President Goodluck Jonathan had sent thousands of troops backed by air support to the North-east to crush the four-year-old uprising.

According to a report by AFP, the UN toll is the first independent fatality figure to have emerged since the military operation was launched.

"Some 1,224 people have been killed in Boko Haram related attacks" since May, the UN Humanitarian Agency (OCHA) said in a statement. The toll includes civilians, military personnel as well insurgents killed by security forces repelling attacks.

But OCHA spokeswoman, Choice Okoro told AFP that the UN figure did not include insurgents killed during targeted military operations.

Defence officials have in recent months released a series of statements claiming scores of rebel deaths in operations on Boko Haram strongholds.

The details of those statements have been difficult to verify amid a communication blackout in much of the North-east and the military has been widely accused of downplaying fatalities among civilians and its own personnel.

"The humanitarian situation in North-east Nigeria has been increasingly worrisome over the course of 2013," the UN said, adding that there have been 48 separate "Boko Haram related" attacks in the region since emergency rule was declared.

Among the most gruesome was a pre-dawn massacre at an agricultural college in Yobe State, during which gunmen entered dormitories under the cover of darkness and shot dead 40 students in their sleep.

OCHA noted that "information on the situation is scarce," with figures of those displaced by the conflict and those who have fled to neighbouring states "hard to gauge." The military had switched off the mobile network across the region, apparently to block Islamists from coordinating attacks

Islamist Horrors on Christmas

the algemeiner

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/12/25/islamist-horrors-on-christmas/

As Christians in the West go to church and worship during this Christmas season, it is well to reflect on how these two simple acts—going to church to worship—can be life-threatening for Christians in the Islamic world, especially on Christmas.  The following excerpt from my book,Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians (pgs. 42-45), provides a glimpse of the horrors and humiliations Christians throughout the Muslim world can be exposed to whenever they try to meet and worship in church on Christmas and other Christian holidays.  One can only hope—perhaps in vain—that this coming Christmas does not add new victims to the list.

Christians in the Islamic world today are suffering attacks motivated by the very same diabolical animus as a thousand years ago under Hakim [Egyptian caliph who ordered the destruction of reportedly 30,000 churches in the 10^th –11^th century].  Proof of this is that some of the most terrible assaults occur precisely on Christian holidays—Christmas, Easter, and New Year’s Eve (which is a major church day in the Middle East). And no wonder, considering that some Muslim clerics insist that “saying Merry Christmas is worse than fornication . . . or killing someone.”

After some fourteen centuries of church attacks and other persecution—punctuated by a brief Christian Golden Age—Egypt’s Copts began the new year in 2011 once again under assault, at one of their largest churches: during midnight Mass in the early hours of January 1, 2011, the Two Saints Coptic Church in Alexandria, crowded with hundreds of Christian worshippers, was bombed, leaving at least twenty-three dead and approximately a hundred injured. According to eyewitnesses, “body parts were strewn all over the street outside the church. The body parts were covered with newspapers until they were brought inside the church after some Muslims started stepping on them and chanting Jihadi chants,” including “Allahu Akbar!” Witnesses further attest that “security forces withdrew one hour before the church blast.” And a year earlier, Muslims shot and killed six Christians as they were leaving church after celebrating the Coptic Christmas Eve midnight Mass in Nag Hammadi.

December 25, 2011, was called Nigeria’s “blackest Christmas ever.”  In a number of coordinated jihadi operations, Reuters reported, Islamic terrorists bombed several churches during Christmas liturgies, killing at least thirty-eight people, “the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.” Charred bodies and dismembered limbs lay scattered around the destroyed church. This attack was simply a reenactment of Christmas Eve one year earlier, in 2010, when several other churches were set ablaze and Christians were attacked, also leaving nearly thirty-eight dead. There was no reprieve for Nigeria’s Christians when the next religious holiday came; some fifty Christians were killed “when explosives concealed in two cars went off near the Assemblies of God’s Church during Easter Sunday services” in April 2012 in a predominantly Muslim region. According to the pastor, “We were in the Holy Communion service and I was exhorting my people and all of a sudden, we heard a loud noise that shattered all our windows and doors.” December 25, 2012, saw a repeat of the last few Christmases: in two separate attacks, Islamic gunmen shot and killed twelve Christian worshippers who had gathered for Christmas Eve church services, including one church’s pastor.

Prince Charles: Christians persecuted by Islamists

THE BBC NEWS

 

Christians in parts of the Middle East are being deliberately targeted by Islamist militants in a campaign of persecution, Prince Charles has said.

The Prince of Wales made his comments after visiting the British branches of churches based in the region.

The prince heard accounts of Christians being murdered and families forced from their homes.

The upheavals of the Arab Spring have left many religious minorities vulnerable to accusation and attack.
Deeply troubled
Charles, accompanied by Prince Ghazi of Jordan, visited the Egyptian Coptic Church centre in Stevenage and the Syriac Orthodox cathedral in west London.

The two royals met church members who had either suffered intimidation or family members whose safety they feared for.

Later at a reception at Clarence House, attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Westminster and the Chief Rabbi, Prince Charles said he felt deeply troubled by the plight of Christians.

"For 20 years I have tried to build bridges between Islam and Christianity to dispel ignorance and misunderstanding," he told the audience.

"The point though, surely, is that we have now reached a crisis where bridges are rapidly being deliberately destroyed by those with a vested interest in doing so.

"This is achieved through intimidation, false accusation and organised persecution including to the Christian communities in the Middle East at the present time."
Wary relationship
The Coptic Church traces its origins back to the 1st Century when it was founded by the apostle St Mark.

The Syriac Orthodox Church says it was established by St Peter who became its first bishop.

Christians living in the Middle East have often had a wary relationship with their Muslim neighbours.

The Arab Spring though has led to an upsurge in violence with many Christians fleeing the region to avoid attack.

In Egypt, violence against the Copts increased after the military overthrow of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi.

Hundreds of church properties, homes and businesses were attacked and looted.

Many Islamists accused the Christian community of playing a role in President Morsi's downfall after the Coptic Pope Tawadros II publicly backed the country's new military rulers.

AN INDESTRUCTIBLE HOPE

 ‘AN INDESTRUCTIBLE HOPE’  From Shatter The Darkness

  ‘AN INDESTRUCTIBLE HOPE’ is all about the birth of Jesus Christ which is the single most important event that would unleash the final and full answer for fallen humanity. That birth is an intervention, a visitation and is the platform that blasts apart the finality of death, opens wide the gates of heaven..... and will close the casket lid on radical evil for eternity. To have this indestructible hope living inside you settles the issues of origins, ending and everything in-between.

 

When a person does not have this life from heaven many embrace the substitutes: like the clamor of hedonism or the  nervous search to fix death (trans humanism), or even  the willingness to except a masqueraded counterfeit (evolution to godhood) has become the modern day quest that now occupies billions. Those three are more than substitutes, they are deceptions and they can never reach deep enough to repair the twisted damage we are writhing in. Like in car crash injured and bleeding out ...band aids and cotton candy are empty and powerless. We need something more, an indestructible hope that is not man made or vomited out by hells kitchen. We need Heavens response and we have it....

 

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2013-12-23 18:44:22 (M5.3) RED SEA Quake

2013-12-23 18:44:22 (M5.3) RED SEA 19.2 39.2 (58c6d)

M5.3 - RED SEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	23 Dec 2013 18:44:22 UTC 23 Dec 2013 21:44:22 near epicenter 23 Dec 2013 13:44:22 standard time in your timezone
Location	19.200N 39.224E
Depth	10 km
Distances	179 km (110 mi) ENE of Tokar, Sudan 195 km (120 mi) W of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia 199 km (123 mi) E of Sawakin, Sudan 215 km (133 mi) ESE of Port Sudan, Sudan 428 km (265 mi) N of Asmara, Eritrea
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 1.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 143; Dmin = 751.5 km; Rmss = 1.25 seconds; Gp = 56° Version =
Event ID	us c000lqgp

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Muslim Brotherhood financing attacks: Egypt minister

AFP

 

Egypt’s interior minister on Saturday announced the arrest of dozens of “extremists" and accused the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed president Mohamed Morsy of financing radical Islamists linked to Al-Qaeda.

Mohamed Ibrahim told reporters security forces had arrested more than 50 members of “extremist groups” with ties to the network founded by Osama bin Laden and now led by his Egyptian successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The minister said the suspects were connected with attacks on police and soldiers that have multiplied and killed more than 100 people since the army deposed Morsy on 3 July.

The Brotherhood “supports and massively finances from abroad numerous radical terrorists in several groups” that have since the summer “launched a series of terrorist acts seeking to sow terror,” Ibrahim said.

He said some of those held had been pardoned of offenses during Morsy’s year-long rule, and that others were linked to jihadist groups Ansar Beit al-Maqdis in the Sinai and the Libya-based Ansar al-Sharia.

Ibrahim said that among them was Mohammed al-Zawahiri, brother of the Al-Qaeda chief, who was detained in August after being freed in the 2011 revolt that ousted Hosni Mubarak.

Ibrahim said some of the arrests came after a failed attempt on his own life on 5 September when a suicide bomber attacked his convoy in Cairo.

He said others were detained after an 19 August attack killed 25 police in the Sinai -- the deadliest in years in the arid desert peninsula.

Yet more included men accused of the murders of several police officers, among them the 17 November killing of Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Mabrouk.

Mabrouk, an officer involved in the crackdown against Islamists and the Brotherhood, was shot dead in Cairo.

Ibrahim also fired off a new warning to pro-Morsy demonstrators, who have called for a week of anti-military protests under the banner “The Massacre of the Century.”

The slogan refers to the 14 August crackdown by security forces on Morsy supporters in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya Square where at least 627 people died.

“As of now, any demonstration that is not peaceful or that blocks roads will be met with force, whatever losses are incurred by either side,” he warned.

Persecution of Christians Growing

Rescue Christians in Pakistan

Muslims Force People Into Furnaces, Throw Children from Windows

Walid Shoebat

Muslims Force People Into Furnaces, Throw Children from Windows

By Ted on December 20, 2013 in General

By Theodore Shoebat
A horrific massacre of unfathomable cruelty and grisly violence has just taken place by fundamentalist Muslims in the Syrian village of Adra in which innocent people were butchered and children thrown down windows. One survivor recounted:

What is happening in Adra is unthinkable … Children are being slaughtered and thrown out of the windows. But no one is doing anything. The crisis in Syria continues in an environment where there is no international law, including those relating to the paramilitary operations.

Nizar Skif, chairman of the Union of Lawyers in Syria, spoke of reports of “sadism,” and of people being “thrown into the furnaces” and “houses burned with people inside.”
Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, while being disturbed by the violence executed in Adra, slammed Western powers for attempting to make ties with the Islamic Front, the jihadist group who committed these crimes:

The Islamic Front has proclaimed quite radical goals, although our western partners have been trying to establish ties with them and describe the front as an “acceptable power”, which possesses influence “on the ground,” …However, there’s some evidence which we consider reliable and which shows that when the front was being created, a possibility of Al-Nusra joining in was discussed. That did not happen only to save the front’s reputation, as Al-Nusra has been on terrorist organizations’ lists in the US and Europe.”

American mediators of the Geneva-2 peace talks on Syria, scheduled for January 22, have actually been holding meetings with the front’s representatives.
Muslims are butchering people, and America is not only indifferent, but is trying to forge alliances with them. How are we as a nation to help the persecuted Christians? We cannot rely on our government, thats for sure, but we, as free individuals, can do something now. Here is a chance where you, the reader, can save the lives of your fellow Christians. Donate now and save Christian lives.
One person said he escaped Adra “under a storm of bullets”, and he described how the murderers came to establish sharia courts and kill government employees:

They had lists of government employees on them … This means they had planned for it beforehand and knew who works in the governmental agencies. They went to the addresses they had on their list, forced the people out and subjected them to the so-called “Sharia trials.” I think that’s what they call it. They sentenced them to death by beheading.

A woman who also escaped the sadistic ambuscade recalled how she witnessed the decapitations of youths as old as twenty:

There was slaughter everywhere The eldest was only 20 years old; he was slaughtered. They were all children. I saw them with my own eyes. They killed fourteen people with a machete. I don’t know if these people were Alawites. I don’t know why they were slaughtered. They grabbed them by their heads and slaughtered them like sheep.

The jihadists entered a bakery and slaughtered everybody inside, as Kinda Shimat, Syria’s Social Affairs Minister, recounted:

Civilians told us that the workers of an Adra bakery were all executed and burned during the first hours of the attack. Whole families were massacred. We do not have an exact estimation of the number because we are unable to get into the town, but the number is high

They went into the police station and killed all of the civilians, and then butchered everyone in a hospital, as one witness said:

They killed everyone at the Adra Ummalia police station … And they killed everyone at the Adra Ummalia hospital where my sister works. She stayed alive only because she didn’t show up for work that day. There are about 200 people at the police station. They are civilians. The militants are hiding among them, using them as a shield to prevent the Army from bombing the police.

This is what the Muslims want to do the Christians in America and the rest of the Western world. This is why we, as Christians, must combat tyranny and evil, and become militant. Get our new 2-disk DVD set which has almost 5 hours on the subject of Christian militancy and fighting.



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US, Muslim Brotherhood, Iran vs. Israel

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Israel-must-never-be-betrayed-335212

...So why would the US give any sanctions relief to a regime that is arguably the greatest sponsor of terrorism the world has ever known? Why, when the Iranian regime was being brought to its knees, would the US offer a reprieve unless the Iranians agree to completely curtail their nuclear program? And what does our negotiation acquiescence do for the interests of the US and Israel other than weaken us both, while at the same time strengthening and legitimizing the Iranian regime and its nuclear ambitions? The Obama administration’s foreign policy positions have left Israel and the state of the Middle East more dangerous and more nihilistic than ever before. There is no better example than the Obama administration’s Egyptian policy strategy of encouraging the rise and influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, a violent terrorist organization.

When the Muslim Brotherhood was removed from power by the Egyptian people, the Obama administration responded by cutting off funding to the Egyptian military. The very same military that was aggressively fighting terrorists in the Sinai, shutting off the infiltration of arms into Gaza, and working to restore order after the oppressive rule of the Muslim Brotherhood.

And does anyone think that US policy toward Syria has benefited either the US or Israel? Bashar Assad continues to rule with impunity in Syria while radical Islamists gain weapons, power and influence across the country. Or in Libya, which since our military action to remove Gaddafi, has dissolved into absolute chaos as highlighted by the horrific attacks on our diplomatic mission in Benghazi in 2012.

Muslim attacks killed 1,000 Christians in Central African Republic

New post on Creeping Sharia Muslim attacks killed 1,000 Christians in Central African Republic by creeping via Bangui Christian-Muslim Clashes Killed 1,000 – Amnesty International At least 1,000 people were killed in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, in just two days of violence earlier this month, according to Amnesty International. The figure is significantly higher than an earlier UN estimate. Seleka, a Muslim-militia outfit, ousted Christian President Francois […] Read more of this post creeping | December 22, 2013  http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/muslim-attacks-killed-1000-christians-in-central-african-republic/ Thanks for flying with  WordPress.com

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Serial Number: 142
Issue Time: 2013 Dec 13 1236 UTC

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APPRISING MINISTRIES UPDATE

By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 12, 2013 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features

We do want to thank you for your continued patience, prayer, and support, during this very difficult time of testing that the Lord has seen fit to allow.

You’ve likely noticed that, while there have been a few new ones lately, posting has still remained rather sporadic here at Apprising Ministries.

Last time you may recall I mentioned that the doctors who treated the osteomyelitis affecting my spine believe I’m progressing as well as can be expected.

I also told you of some swelling and bruising underneath the middle outside of my left foot and a growth inside of it near the pad underneath the little toe.

The other day I was finally able to have a podiatrist, who is also knowledgeable about the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease I was born with, examine the growth.

In that regard we did receive some good news, fortunately it turns out that this is only a cyst common to people with CMT and it’s not cancerous, which was a relief.

On another note, for months I’ve been on some heavy medications for pain. Even though there’s a weaning process off of them, I’m still battling some withdrawal symptoms.

Unfortunately, I’m told these may be with me for a while. I would say over-all they’re slowly improving; but it still affects the way my eyes feel and also interferes with my vision.

Right now my eyes seem to tire very easily. This makes it very hard to read and to deal with a computer screen because I’m having difficulty getting my eyes to focus on print.

Even so, at times when that feeling clears for a while, and as I felt up to it, I’ve put on some devotionals. In addition, I’m also going to try and write a couple of times a week.

So, even though this is a very difficult time, the news isn’t all bad. However, donations are way down and are still a real concern due to expenses from my long hospital stay.

If you would like to help us out in this time of need, your prayer and financial support would be deeply appreciated. If you feel so led, you may donate via PayPal by clicking here.

Or, you can make your checks/money orders payable to Connecticut River Baptist Church with Apprising Ministries in the memo and send them to:

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Hindu Organization Seeks to Place Statue of ‘Monkey King’ Near Ten Commandments Monument

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A Hindu organization in Reno, Nevada has announced its intent to apply for permission to erect a statue of the Hindu monkey king Hanuman next to a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma City.
The announcement comes just days after a Satanist organization also made known its offer to erect a public ‘homage to Satan’ near the monument, which sits on the premises of the Oklahoma capitol building.

As previously reported, the monument at issue was proposed and paid for in 2009 by Republican Representative Mike Ritze, and was soon after approved by the largely Republican-run state legislature.

“[T]he Ten Commandments are an important component of the foundation of the laws and legal system of the United States of America and of the State of Oklahoma,” the bill authorizing the monument acknowledged. “[T]he courts of the United States of America and of various states frequently cite the Ten Commandments in published decisions, and acknowledgements of the role played by the Ten Commandments in our nation’s heritage are common throughout America.”


The six-foot display was erected last year, but the ACLU said that the monument was unconstitutional.

“The monument’s placement at the Capitol has created a more divisive and hostile state for many Oklahomans,” stated Ryan Kiesel, the executive director of ACLU of Oklahoma, in a news release. “When the government literally puts one faith on a pedestal, it sends a strong message to Oklahomans of other faiths that they are less than equal.”

This past August, the organization filed suit against the monument, with the lead plaintiff being minister Bruce Prescott, the director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists. Prescott said that mixing the sacred with the secular in such a manner cheapens the display, and asserted that it violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…”

Last week, the New-York based Satanic Temple announced that it has offered to to donate a public monument to be placed near the Ten Commandments display in order to “appease the ACLU’s concerns.” It said that if Oklahoma’s Capitol Preservation Commission grants the request, it will then seek public input for the text and design on the proposed “homage to Satan.”

Now, the Universalist Society of Hinduism has also issued a news release, outlining its intent to request permission to place a statue of the Hindu monkey king Hanuman near the Ten Commandments monument.

“[I]f the Oklahoma State Capitol was open to different monuments, we would love to have a statue of Lord Hanuman, who was greatly revered and worshipped and known for incredible strength and was perfect grammarian,” president Rajan Zed stated in the release.

“[B]esides honoring the Hindus living in Oklahoma, this statue would raise awareness of Oklahomans about Hinduism, [the] oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought,” he added.

Commission Chairman Trait Thompson told Tulsa World that he is unsure how the situation will all pan out, but believes that the groups are attempting to make a statement more than anything.

“I suppose when one group gets some publicity, everyone else wants to make their point,” he said.

See also:  Satanic Temple Seeks to Place ‘Homage to Satan’ Near Ten Commandments Monument

Satanic Temple Seeks to Place ‘Homage to Satan’ Near Ten Commandments Monument

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OKLAHOMA CITY – A New York-based Satanist organization has offered to erect a public ‘homage to Satan’ near a Ten Commandments monument on the premises of the Oklahoma capitol building.
The Satanic Temple issued a news release about the matter this week, outlining that they believe that it may resolve the dispute over the monument, which is currently the subject of a federal lawsuit.

As previously reported, the monument at issue was proposed and paid for in 2009 by Republican Representative Mike Ritze, and was soon after approved by the largely Republican-run state legislature.

“[T]he Ten Commandments are an important component of the foundation of the laws and legal system of the United States of America and of the State of Oklahoma,” the bill authorizing the monument acknowledged. “[T]he courts of the United States of America and of various states frequently cite the Ten Commandments in published decisions, and acknowledgements of the role played by the Ten Commandments in our nation’s heritage are common throughout America.”

The six-foot display was erected last year, but the ACLU said that the monument was unconstitutional.

“The monument’s placement at the Capitol has created a more divisive and hostile state for many Oklahomans,” stated Ryan Kiesel, the executive director of ACLU of Oklahoma, in a news release. “When the government literally puts one faith on a pedestal, it sends a strong message to Oklahomans of other faiths that they are less than equal.”

This past August, the organization filed suit against the monument, with the lead plaintiff being minister Bruce Prescott, the director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists. Prescott said that mixing the sacred with the secular in such a manner cheapens the display, and asserted that it violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…”

“I am not opposed to monuments of the Ten Commandments that are placed on private property and/or on the grounds of religious institutions,” he wrote to the ACLU. “I am opposed to erecting Ten Commandments monuments on public property and particularly on the grounds of the state Capitol where people of different faiths and of no faith go to exercise their rights as citizens.”

Now, the New-York based Satanic Temple says that it has offered to to donate a public monument to be placed near the Ten Commandments display in order to “appease the ACLU’s concerns.” It says that if Oklahoma’s Capitol Preservation Commission grants the request, they will then seek public input for the text and design on the proposed “homage to Satan.”

“By accepting our offer, the good people of Oklahoma City will have the opportunity to show that they espouse the basic freedoms spelled out in the Constitution. We imagine that the ACLU would also embrace such a response,” stated spokesperson Lucien Greaves. “Allowing us to donate a monument would show that the Oklahoma City Council does not discriminate, and both the religious and non-religious should be happy with such an outcome. Our mission is to bring people together by finding common sentiments that create solutions that everyone can appreciate and enjoy.”

However, as previously reported, the Liberty Institute, a Christian legal organization in Plano, Texas, is working alongside Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to defend the Ten Commandments display as being lawful—all by itself.

“The ACLU and others have made it their mission to eliminate any trace of religion from public view,” the organization remarked. “Legislative prayer, city-sponsored senior wellness centers, … sacred veterans memorials–nothing and no one is safe from their attacks. However, Liberty Institute is fighting back.”

Rick Warren Uncertain if Homosexual Behavior is Sinful, Says ‘Gays’ Go to Heaven

Controversy is stirring over recent comments made by Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book The Purpose-Driven Life and megachurch leader of Saddleback Church in California, who stated that homosexual behavior “might be” sinful, and that he believes homosexuals go to Heaven.
During an interview this week with the Huffington Post, Warren was asked by Marc Lamont Hill if having romantic feelings for a member of the same sex is a sin. Leading up to the question, Warren was explaining that he does not hate homosexuals, and that people should disagree politely on the subject of homosexuality.

“I have many, many gay friends, and have worked around the world with them in gay organizations to try to stop AIDS,” he said. “We’re doing ‘World AIDS Day’ this weekend at Saddleback Church. My wife and I have given millions of dollars to help people with HIV/AIDS and have worked with gay organizations on that.”

“What about the love part, though? I hear about the AIDS part,” asked Hill. “It’s not illegal to love somebody,” Warren replied.

“But you think it’s a sin,” Hill asserted. “No, it’s not a sin to love somebody,” Warren said.

“It might be a sin to have sex with them,” he added. “It might be.”

However, just moments prior, Hill aired a clip from an interview that Warren participated in on Piers Morgan this week, where Warren presented a slightly different answer. He began by responding to the question of whether or not a person can be born homosexual.

“I think the jury is still out on that,” he said. “It wouldn’t bother me if there was a ‘gay gene’ found, because here’s what we know about life: I have all kinds of natural feelings in my life, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that I should act on every feeling. … I do not believe that attraction is a sin, but I do believe that some actions are sin.”

Warren stated during his interview with Hill that he believes sex outside of marriage is always sinful, however, and that he obtains his views from the Bible.

“I make no bones about it. I’m an evangelical pastor, so my source of authority is, what does the Bible say about it?” he said. “However, people will have other sources of authority.”

“Or, different readings of the Bible,” Hill injected.

“Or different readings — that’s very true,” Warren agreed.

Later during the interview, when Hill asked Warren if he believes homosexuals will go to Hell, he replied that they will not.

“No, not because they’re gay,” he said. “We go to Hell because we choose to reject the grace of God.”

When Hill asked what happens to a homosexual that accepts Jesus, Warren responded enthusiastically.

“He’s going to Heaven!” he declared. “Without a doubt.”

Warren is not the first evangelical to make the assertion, however. Earlier this year, megachurch author and speaker Joel Osteen similarly told popular talk show host Oprah that he also believes homosexuals are saved.

“Will a gay person be accepted into heaven, as you see it?,” Oprah asked Osteen. “I believe they will,” he replied.

Craig Gross of “XXXChurch” also made statements in July that he doesn’t think God would send homosexuals to Hell.

“Why do they (religious people) believe that the gay guy goes to Hell, but the fat preacher who builds some of the largest churches in the world makes it to Heaven?” Gross wrote in an online blog.

However, many Christians view statements such as these as compromise against the word of God.

“The concept of a ‘gay Christian’ is an oxymoron in light of numerous Scriptural instances wherein homosexual behavior is forbidden,” Alex Mason, policy analyst for the Family Policy Network, told Christian News Network. “One cannot live in a continual state of unrepentant sexual sin while calling themselves a Christian.”

“That’s not to say Christians can’t struggle with sin, including sexual sin,” he continued. “The Christian life as a constant struggle against sin, and just as some Christians struggle to defeat heterosexual lust, others may struggle to defeat homosexual lusts.”

Peter LaBarbera, the president of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, agreed. He stated that he was shocked at Rick Warren’s comments.

“You don’t want to give the impression that it’s fine and dandy to live the homosexual lifestyle and as long as I believe in Jesus, I can still go to Heaven,” he said. “It’s one thing to have attractions and [fight] that, [and another to embrace homosexual behavior].”

Mason, whose ministry operates the website HopeForHomosexuals.com, stated that Warren should have explained his beliefs further, so as not to jeopardize the eternity of valuable souls.

“Warren failed to define what it means to ‘accept Christ,’ leaving viewers with the notion that a person can simply express a ‘belief’ in Jesus’ existence without turning away from the sins He died to atone,” he lamented.

“When you accept Christ, your behavior changes,” LaBarbera said. “And the attitude is [people like Warren] don’t want to talk about changes. … We know that God changes homosexuals, so why isn’t Rick Warren saying that?”

LaBarbera also told Christian News Network that he thinks Warren is treading into very dangerous territory by insinuating that the issue of homosexual behavior is a grey area.

“What part of Romans 1 doesn’t Rick Warren understand? It’s so clear,” he said. “When you make statements like these, you end up losing the Biblical sense, and the Biblical sense is that this is an abomination.”

Mason agreed, and outlined that sin needs to be taken seriously by those who wear the name of Christ.

“Christians should not, for one moment, hesitate when asked about behaviors that Scripture clearly calls sinful,” he said. “It is impossible for anyone to legitimize or make holy what God Himself has called unholy.”

“The Apostle Paul did not hesitate to faithfully echo God’s standards in his letter to the Corinthians, wherein he included a long list of sins that will keep people from the kingdom of God, including the sin of homosexuality,” Mason continued, citing 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. “Modern preachers would do well to follow Paul’s example in condemning that which God has condemned, while also proclaiming that the only hope for sinners  – homosexual and heterosexual alike — is faith in Jesus Christ: ‘All who call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’”

LaBarbera said that Warren should not only have called homosexual behavior sin, but should have gone deeper to the root issue.

“It’s also sinful to lust after another man,” LaBarbera said. “We can’t advocate sin as believers, and we have to think about how that the person that’s struggling with homosexuality is going to hear this.”

“There is no Biblical basis for his statements,” he added. “I think Rick Warren needs to retract that ['might be'] statement and clarify it. If he does not retract it, he has fallen into error.”

“Rick Warren has a heart for lost souls, but he seems fearful he’ll offend people he could otherwise lead to salvation by telling the truth about their sin. That may indicate an inadequate faith in God’s sovereignty, or a failure to fully believe God’s Word has the power to transform lives,” Mason concluded. “I pray he’ll find the courage to be just as determined to be the salt of the earth as he is to be a light to the world.”

WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 (G2)

Space Weather Message Code: WARK06
Serial Number: 234
Issue Time: 2013 Dec 08 0202 UTC 

 WARNING: Geomagnetic K-Index of 6 expected
Valid From: 2013 Dec 08 0202 UTC
Valid To: 2013 Dec 08 0700 UTC 

Warning Condition: Onset
NOAA Scale: G2 - Moderate

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Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 55 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. 

Induced Currents - Power grid fluctuations can occur. High-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms.
Spacecraft - Satellite orientation irregularities may occur; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites is possible.
Radio - HF (high frequency) radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes. 

Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state.

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400,000-year-old DNA Discovery

Mystery of human evolution deepens with 400,000-year-old DNA find

The genetic material is the oldest ever sequenced and may shed light on an extinct group of humans called Denisovans.

By

Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience

Wed, Dec 04 2013 at 1:40 PM

  

Illustration: Javier Trueba/MADRID SCIENTIFIC FILMS

The oldest known human DNA found yet reveals human evolution was even more confusing than thought, researchers say.

 

The DNA, which dates back some 400,000 years, may belong to an unknown human ancestor, say scientists. These new findings could shed light on a mysterious extinct branch of humanity known as Denisovans, who were close relatives of Neanderthals, scientists added.

 

Although modern humans are the only surviving human lineage, others once strode the Earth. These included Neanderthals, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, and the relatively newfound Denisovans, who are thought to have lived in a vast expanse from Siberia to Southeast Asia. Research shows that the Denisovans shared a common origin with Neanderthals but were genetically distinct, with both apparently descending from a common ancestral group that had diverged earlier from the forerunners of modern humans. [See Images of Excavation & Mysterious 'New Hominid']