The Middle East In The News

***** Jordan King Courts U.S. Jews on Future *****

The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles 2005/9/30
... Jordan’s king believes Jews can play a key role in his campaign to win back the Muslim street. “The Amman message,” initiated by Abdullah II, brought together scholars from the eight main streams of Islam in July to issue edicts ... ... “We want to get beyond the idea of a clash of civilizations to a dialogue of civilizations,” Lumbard said. “We would like to expand the term ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’ to ‘Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition.’”

Inside Bombers' Minds: Islamic ideology is what makes them tick
Israel Insider 2005/9/30
... A rare jailhouse interview with the would-be suicide bomber revealed a common thread running through the rising worldwide phenomenon: Most attackers are driven not by poverty or ignorance, but by a lethal mix of nationalism, zealotry and humiliation. ...
contributed by Bob Anderson

Hamas admits to plans for more kidnappings
WorldNetDaily.com 2005/9/30
... Zahri claimed Israel does not have the military capability to stop Hamas' Qassam rockets from flying out of Gaza and hitting nearby Jewish communities.  "Israel has always tried to stop Qassam attacks and she always failed to do so, even while using the most sophisticated technological and military tools. ... Hamas succeeded in creating a new military equation against Israel." ...
That's what he thinks!  I think they're crusin' for a BIG brusin'.

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Receives Presidential Recognition Decree
WAFA  Palestina News Agency 2005/9/30
An official Palestinian delegation, representing President Mahmoud Abbas, handed on Friday the presidential decree recognizing Mr. Theophilus III as new Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City. ...

***** Jordanian king keynote speaker at interfaith dialogue *****

The Canadian Jewish news 2005/9/29
... historic interfaith dialogue meeting in Washington, D.C., in which King Abdullah II of Jordan was the keynote speaker. ...“Jews and Muslims are tied together by culture and history,” he told the rabbis. ...
...“The king presented himself to the rabbis as a religious leader, and that was unprecedented,” he noted. ... ...“I don’t know what will happen next, but he’s interested in building bridges, and Jews should take him seriously,” said Eisen ...

Sanhedrin Moves to Establish Council For Noahides
Arutz Sheva - Israel 2005/9/29
A council of non-Jewish observers of the Seven Laws of Noah has been selected and will be ordained by the reestablished Sanhedrin in Jerusalem this January. ...

What Sharon Didn`t Tell The United Nations
The Jewish Press 2005/9/28
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon missed a golden opportunity to address the future of the West Bank before the 170 world leaders who had gathered at the United Nations to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the founding of that organization.  Instead he uttered sweet music to the ears of most of those leaders, justifying the vitriolic War of Words waged by their countries against the Jewish state in complete betrayal of the promises given to the Jewish people by the United Nations and its predecessor, the League of Nations. ...

Israeli Min: Syria Encouraging Islamist Attacks On Israel
Dow Jones Newswire 2005/9/28
Israeli deputy defense minister Zeev Boim Wednesday told Israel Radio that Syrian President Bashar Assad had encouraged Syrian-based Islamist groups to step up attacks on Israel. ... ... U.S. pressure, instead of making Assad back off from the militants, had panicked him into giving them still more backing. "Assad is very pressured, in a state of crisis and he apparently is trying to increase his support to relieve pressure on other fronts," Boim said.
Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots

Washington Times Suggests EU to Say 'No' to 'Islamist Turkey'
Zaman Online 2005/9/28
... "[Turkey] is systematically [being turned] from a Muslim secular democracy into an Islamofascist state governed by an ideology anathema to European values and freedoms," argued Frank J. Gaffney ... ..."Turkey's traditionally secular educational system is being steadily supplanted by madrasa-style 'imam hatip' schools and other institutions where students are taught only the Koran and its interpretation according to Islamofascists," ... .. accusing Erdogan of his intolerance towards other religious groups. "Other minorities, notably Turkey's Jews, know they are likely next in line for such treatment." ...

***** Annan commends King's peace-making efforts *****

Jordan Times 2005/9/27
... Speaking to the Jordan News Agency, Petra, Annan praised the Monarch's role in supporting the Middle East peace process. He called on parties involved in the Mideast conflict to exert more efforts and cooperate further to bring about a just and lasting peace in the region. The UN chief also praised Jordan's ability to fight terrorism and bring the phenomenon under control. ...

***** Jordan's King Abdullah Pushes for Moderation *****
WashingtonPost.com 2005/9/14
... Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington told the king that "you have said things that we have looked forward to hearing from major Muslim leaders" and, in a reciprocal gesture, offered a concluding prayer "in the name of Allah, the merciful and compassionate." ...

***** His Majesty King Abdullah II speaks & Cardinal McCarrick Prays to ALLAH *****
The Catholic University of America 2005/9/13
Watch the video!  Perhaps seeing is believing.

Watch Out for the Mad Ayatollah Mesbah
AzarMehr 2005/8/16
...One thing is for certain though, with all the oil money, and now all the key power positions in their hand, and most importantly the nuclear technology, things have never looked so good for the Hojjatieh group to plan the coming of the Lord of All Ages, the Imam Zaman, the Mehdi. ...
contributed by Bob Anderson
Daniel 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Clerics forbid takfir
Jordan Times 2005/7/7
Leading clerics on Wednesday endorsed fatwas (religious edicts) by top Muslim authorities forbidding the declaration of any Muslim an apostate (takfir). ... ... Other elements of the statement were drawn from King Abdullah's address to the conference, which urged more than 170 scholars and clerics from the different schools of Islamic thought to unify the global Muslim community against threats to its integrity from both Muslims and non-Muslims. ...

***** Violence, terrorism do not correspond to principles, spirit of Islam — King *****
Jordan Times 2005/7/5
... We find it incumbent on us as Muslims, whose hearts are filled with love for God and His Prophet, to be the first to face these unjust campaigns to which Islam is presently subjected, and to be the first to call on fellow Muslims to reject discord and to unite their words and their positions. Thus came the Amman Message which was launched by us in the Holy Month of Ramadan last year, from the Hashimiyyeen Mosque in Amman. Then, we called for convening this conference in which representatives of the eight Muslim schools of thought [Madhahib] congregate from different countries to discuss the many issues and challenges to the Ummah and to specify fundamental basic solutions to overcome them. ... King Abdullah II

Address to the International Islamic Conference by His Majesty King Abdullah II

Jordan Embassy US 2005/7/4
Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

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