Bulgaria To Ban The Burqa

Bulgaria has joined several other European countries in banning the burqa or any other full face covering for anyone out in public. If women don't comply they face a hefty fine and loss of their benefits.

The Bulgarian parliament approved the law, backed by the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition. The party’s co-leader Krasimir Karakachanov said the law would improve security, saying: “the burqa is more a uniform than a religious symbol”.

Women who break the law will face fines of up to €770 or £665, as well as a suspension of social security benefits.

The law, however, has its many detractors.

[snip] the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, which opposed the bill, walked out of the chamber in protest.

In a statement, Amnesty International UK condemned the ban. John Dalhuisen, Europe Director of the human rights organisation, said: “Women in Bulgaria should be free to dress as they please and to wear the burqa or the niqab as an expression of their identity or beliefs. This ban violates their rights to freedom of expression and religion.

“This law is part of a disturbing trend of intolerance, xenophobia and racism in Bulgaria.

“Legitimate security concerns can be met with targeted restrictions on the complete covering of the face in well-defined high-risk locations and not through a blanket discriminatory ban such as this.”

Interesting to note, most of the other countries that have imposed a similar ban- Belgium, France and the Netherlands- have a large Muslim population, many of whom refuse to integrate. Of the 7.1 million people who live in Bulgaria, 10 percent are Muslim. No doubt, that percentage will increase.

They have their reasons for banning:

Earlier this year, head of the Bulgarian city Pazardjik Rumen Kozhuharov said: “The main thing that motivated and catalysed this [discussions about banning face veils] were the terrorist attacks that happened in European countries and the increasing flow of migrants who entered the country in the past few years.”

Banning a symbol of political Islam, is not xenophobic, racist or intolerant. It's survival. It's not like they're banning the hijab. Full face coverings have no place in modern Western civilization.

Calls To Destroy America and Return the Caliphate At Pro-Morsi Protest At Al-Aqsa Mosque Call For

A Pro-Morsi demonstration- apparently at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem- with some bearded old dude calling for France and America to be destroyed and for Rome to be conquered. Here are some tidbits from the rally.

"We are the nation of Islam- a giant and mighty nation which extends from east to west. Soon we will teach you a political and military lesson, Allah willing."

"Oh, Obama listen up. The Caliphate shall return." "Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews,  the army of Mohammad will return."

"Down with America and with all its dogs." "Whoever negotiates with America is a collaborator and a coward." "Down with the peaceful solution."

It's time to stop sending aid to all those countries that hate us so much.

Hizb ut-Tahrir Reaffirms Its Goal: Abolish Democracy And Establish A Global Caliphate

In response to a drone attack in Pakistan, Hizb ut-Tahrir just re-affirmed its goal of abolishing Democracy and capitalism and establishing a global caliphate (Khilafah) in Pakistan and elsewhere:

 Hizb ut-Tahrir's constitution and vast collection of books and documents on the Khilafah, all established upon Islamic evidences, are for implementation from the moment it comes to power. Hizb ut-Tahrir is the only political party in the entire world that has six decades of experience in exposing, challenging and foiling the Western colonialist plans. It has armies of brave, defiant and capable politicians, skilled Islamic jurists, for the implementation of Islam, which Pakistan's press has accurately described as a "shadow government," ready to rule. It has a presence throughout the Muslim World and is capable of delivering its promise to unify the entire Muslim World as a single state, a Khilafah for the entire Ummah. And it alone has a global leader who has with wisdom and dynamism brought the Ummah to the very brink of real change, Shaikh Ata Ibnu Khalil Abu Arrashtah, the Ameer of Hizb ut-Tahrir. It is time for the end of Kayani, American stooges, capitalism and Democracy. Now is the time for Sheikh Ata, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Islam and its Khilafah. So officers of the armed forces of Pakistan, it is upon you to grant the Nussrah to Hizb ut-Tahrir for the immediate establishment of the Khilafah, so the real change that Pakistan needs can take place.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international Islamic organization and political party.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is a political party whose ideology is Islam. Its objective is to resume the Islamic way of life by establishing an Islamic State that executes the systems of Islam and carries its call to the world. Hizb ut-Tahrir has prepared a party culture that includes a host of Islamic rules about life’s matters. The party calls for Islam in its quality as an intellectual leadership from which emanates the systems that deals with all man’s problems, political, economic, cultural and social among others. Hizb ut-Tahrir is a political party that admits to its membership men and women, and calls all people to Islam and to adopt its concepts and systems. It views people according to the viewpoint of Islam no matter how diverse their nationalities and their schools of thought were. 

They don't just want Islam to dominate in Muslim regions, they want Islam to dominate the whole world.

From the American Hizb ut-Tahrir website:

The Aim of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Its aim is to resume the Islamic way of life and to convey the Islamic da'wah to the world. This objective means bringing the Muslims back to living an Islamic way of life in Dar al-Islam and in an Islamic society such that all of life's affairs in society are administered according to the Shari'ah rules, and the viewpoint in it is the halal and the haram under the shade of the Islamic State, which is the Khilafah State. That state is the one in which Muslims appoint a Khaleefah and give him the bay'ah to listen and obey on condition that he rules according to the Book of Allah (swt) and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saw) and on condition that he conveys Islam as a message to the world through da'wah and jihad.

The Party, as well, aims at the correct revival of the Ummah through enlightened thought. It also strives to bring her back to her previous might and glory such that she wrests the reins of initiative away from other states and nations, and returns to her rightful place as the first state in the world, as she was in the past, when she governs the world according to the laws of Islam.

It also aims to bring back the Islamic guidance for mankind and to lead the Ummah into a struggle with Kufr, its systems and its thoughts so that Islam encapsulates the world.

And they complain about Western colonialism and U.S. imperialism.

And they wonder why there are so many "Islamophobes" in the Western world.