Apparently neither does our President.
Charles Mims http://www.the-sandbox.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:52 AM To: The Sandbox Discussion List Subject: Re: [Sndbox] We are making new muslim murderers Of course, the UN doesn't mind if the PA creates a state with no human rights or liberties for other religious groups or people. Geesh. David > > From: "Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/12/31 Wed PM 06:57:44 EST > To: "'The Sandbox Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Sndbox] We are making new muslim murderers > > > "State of Palestine" Constitution Institutes Islamic Law > 16:24 Dec 31, '03 / 6 Tevet 5764 > > http://www.arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=55389 > > > > > The Palestinian Authority has adopted an official constitution based > on Koranic "Sharia" Law, rendering all people living in the PA subject > to Islamic Law. So writes independent investigative journalist David > Bedein in FrontPageMagazine.com. > > Over the past three years of the Oslo War, Bedein writes, hundred of > Christians living in areas ruled by the PA have been arrested and > imprisoned for holding church services or conducting public Christian > practices without authorization. Some of the arrested Christians were > set free in 2002 when the IDF took over control of what had been > PA-controlled cities. This eased their conditions only slightly, > however, as they now take refuge by hiding throughout Israel and > surreptitiously try to get their families out of PA cities to join > them and emigrate to any safe haven they can find in the West. One > organization that helps Arabs who wish to emigrate from Israel is called HaMotzi and can be visited on the internet at . > > Bedein met with some of these former prisoners, and writes, "One of > them, whom I shall call Joseph... described to me how his family > cannot openly practice Christian holidays in Bethlehem under the > watchful eyes of the PLO's Islamic police force. After all, the only > place in the West Bank where the PLO army currently operates is in the Bethlehem area. > Joseph also described how the US-funded Palestinian public school > system has become Islamicized, and how his late nephew was literally > tortured to death at age 12 by his schoolmates because he expressed > love and respect for his uncle as a practicing Christian." > > Bedein maintains that the United States refuses to acknowledge these > disturbing developments, despite many queries to various officials - > and despite the fact that it was US AID that financed the formulation > of the PA State Constitution that restricts Christians' rights. The > Vatican Ambassador to the Holy Land, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, > "expressed his concern to visiting US lawmakers that the PA had > adopted Sharia Islamic Law, based on the Iranian and Saudi Arabian models," Bedein wrote. > > The PA Constitution, as can be seen at , begins by stating that the > territory of the "State of Palestine" is an "indivisible unit based > upon its borders on the even of June 4, 1967" - which include, of > course, all of Jerusalem and many of its Jewish suburbs. It also > states, "All residents of this territory shall be subject to > Palestinian law exclusively." Equally improbable is Article 3, which > states, "Palestine is a peace loving state that condemns terror, occupation and aggression." > > Bedein concentrates, however, on the PA Constitution's Article 5, > which reads as follows: "Arabic and Islam are the official Palestinian > language and religion. Christianity and all other monotheistic > religions shall be equally revered and respected." "In other words," > Bedein explains, "as Archbishop Sambi noted, other religions such as > Christianity, let alone Judaism, are only to be respected, while being > denied any juridical status under the new Palestinian State > Constitution." Similarly, Article 7 states, "The principles of Islamic Sharia are a major source for legislation." > > Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran that have > adopted Sharia Islamic Law have made life quite difficult for > Christians, Bedein points out: "Under Sharia Islamic Law, Christians are considered 'dhimmis,' > which in effect leaves them as second class citizens. The Archbishop > was particularly worried that all Christian churches and schools will > be placed under the authority of Islamic Law." Saudi Arabia, run by > Sharia law, is in fact one of the most oppressive countries for > Christians, according to a report released last year by the Jerusalem > Center For Public Affairs, as is Iran. > > In the PA, a similar trend is noticeable. The mainstream media have > hesitated to report that less than 5% of the population in Jesus' > birthplace, Bethlehem, is Christian - compared to only 35 years ago, > when a majority of the city was Christian. The exodus of Christians > from the city during its ten years under PA control has been dramatic. > > "President George W. Bush's administration has envisioned a democratic > Palestinian entity that is devoid of terror," Bedein concludes. > "Instead, officials of US AID have fostered a constitution that > envisions creation of the Islamic totalitarian state of Palestine, > completely devoid of religious freedom and human rights. [At present,] > no Church can operate in Bethlehem without Islamic approval... This is > the legacy of what the US AID has facilitated, with or without the knowledge of the White House." > > > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > > > _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
