Deb:
I always thought this blog was a community awareness program on understanding Arab culture and Islam.
So let’s be clear. The problem isn’t that the Omaha Police Department is putting on a community awareness program on understanding Arab culture and Islam. The problem is that they didn’t ask you to be the presenter.
[TINSC: SMOOCH! DS]

There is NO Santa Claus on July 30, 2008 at 3:15 pm

OPD didn’t handle their mall shooter situation very well last December, sending every cop in the area to the scene.
http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2007/12/lessons-from-om.html
With this new revelation, somebody’s gotta go… residents or the mayor and police chief.

undaunted on July 30, 2008 at 3:32 pm

Yeah what the hell’s going on whenwe have to understand them? They need to understand us and the fact that sharia law isn’t the law of THIS land. Cair should be disbanded and outlawed but we can’t even muster the guts to outlaw ms-13 or any other such gangs.

samurai on July 30, 2008 at 3:55 pm

Political correctness hits the Plains. That’s the real situation. I live across the river in Iowa but work in downtown Omaha. It is a terrific place to be. We live a quiet but happy existence here. The reality is the police have been struggling with Crip/Blood franchises since the ’80s. There is a core group of vocal African American lawyers and an AA police officers association that roils the taxpayers for purposes that seem to mimic the Sharptons of the world from a milder perspective. The last police chief was the brother of one of the AA attorneys. There have even been racial incidents fabricated by the aforementioned police officers association as if there’s not enough to command their attention. The locals here truly mind their own business including a large, black middle class. Like the rest of the country, they probably will not recognize what these actions by the few will do to their city and state until it is too late. No one is going to benefit. As for the mall shootings, no one here, honest to God, thought it would ever happen here. Stupid us.

iowavette on July 30, 2008 at 5:38 pm

Here’s how it should read:
“The workshop will touch on the history of America and its customs, as well as the foundations and principals of the United States of America and myths and stereotypes about its citizens.”
“All local Muslim citizens are strongly encouraged to attend.”

guitarguy on July 30, 2008 at 6:44 pm

“The Omaha Police Department is hosting a free community awareness program on understanding Arab culture and Islam”
Free?
Why we have to pay for everything while prices go up and spreading the hatred message of Islam by the cops is free?
And no suicide bombers allowed?
Can I bring my Bible?
Do I have to wash my feet and my butt before entering the facility?
Who’s gonna be the Imam?
Are women allowed? And what is the dress code?
Is Debbie Schlussel and other Jews welcome?
And if they are, can the cops guarantee that they will leave the Islamic conference safe and sound not in a coffin?
Shorts are allowed for men? Or it’s a “gallabiya” party only?
Shall we bring the flag of Islam or it will be provided?
Falafel and hot tea are served after the prayer?

Independent Conservative on July 30, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Muslim takeover happens in small, incremental doses, or intimidation. Then before you know it, Mohammad wins, and you lose, and perhaps, even your Dhimmi hard head too!

Jackson Pearson on July 30, 2008 at 7:05 pm

Jackson Pearson,
I’ve been saying it since forever.
The Islamic plot to take over is clear especially in Europe.
But most Americans are idiots, cowards and politically correct, especially the politicians and the judges.
That’s how Islam wins, by sitting and watching the West surrendering without shedding one drop of blood.
What it failed to do centuries ago by invading France and Europe, it is succeeding on doing it now with the help of the French and others.
What an irony!

Independent Conservative on July 30, 2008 at 7:10 pm

Independent Conservative:
Exactly. I agree with all you say. The whole issue of Islam being a religion of peace has been force fed down naive American throats, by the administration. That term is far, far from being truthful, and in reality, intellectually dishonest. When and if ever, push comes to shove, the so called moderates must join the radicals, or die. That’s a fact being played out world wide.
A good source is here:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

Jackson Pearson on July 30, 2008 at 7:56 pm

The Omaha police department would do better to read what
Tim Priest of the Sydney (Australia) PD has to say about the problems caused by Muslim immigration.
http://quadrant.org.au/php/article_view.php?article_id=581

Jewel Atkins on July 30, 2008 at 10:28 pm

Jackson Pearson:
Islam IS the religion of peace. And if you disagree they will kill you …

I_am_me on July 31, 2008 at 9:52 am

Hello Debbie All
I found this at prophetofdoom.net by Craig Winn. Go there to read what the quron and islam is really about.
Suppose you stumbled upon the Constitution of an organization that was terrorizing the world. Would you ignore such a document, or would you read it? Suppose you discovered that this Constitution’s most prominent themes were pain and punishment, thievery and violence, intolerance and war. If the regime’s charter ordered its devotees to kill, plunder, and terrorize, would you sound an alarm?
What if this Constitution was supported by a manifesto that contained the only authorized biography of the regime’s founder, and the first devotees of this doctrine, its co-founders, said that their leader was a sexual predator, a pirate, and a terrorist? If you found such evidence, what would you do with it? What if this leader motivated his mercenaries to murder and mayhem by allowing them to keep what they had stolen in the name of the cause – their victim’s homes, businesses, money – even their women and children?
All right, no more hypotheticals. I’m going to share some passages from this Constitution – from the covenant of the world’s largest and most violent organization. I have changed the names to disguise the source without altering the message. “Your leader has sent you from your homes to fight for the cause. Your leader wished to confirm the truth by his words: wipe those who disagree with us out to the last. We shall terrorize everyone who is unlike us! So smite them on their necks and every joint, and incapacitate them, for they are opposed to our doctrine and our leader. Whosoever opposes our doctrine and our leader should know that we are severe in retribution. And know that one-fifth of what you acquire as booty in war is for our great leader (the rest is for you). The use of such spoils is lawful and good.”
This popular and misunderstood Constitution says: “Fight them till all opposition ends and only our doctrine rules. If you meet anyone who disagrees with us in battle, inflict on them such a defeat as would be a lesson for those who come after them, that they may be warned. Slaughter those who disagree with us wherever you find them. Lie in wait for them. They are specimens of foolishness. Punish them so that our superior dogma and leader can put them to shame. If you apprehend treachery from a people with whom we have a treaty, retaliate by breaking it off. Those who do not think like us should know that they cannot bypass our doctrine. Surely they cannot get away. Fight them until they pay a heavy tax in submission to us; how perverse are they. Our leader and his doctrine will damn them. For anyone who offends our leader or opposes our doctrine will receive a painful punishment. We will burn them alive. So prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster, that you may strike terror in the enemies of our cause!”
This Constitution is genuine, and millions follow its message. Exposing it – understanding it – might actually save you from the wrath it inspires. The covenant goes on to say: “Our great leader urged all who agree with us to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination, you will vanquish two hundred; and if there are a hundred, then you will vanquish a thousand of our enemy, for they are a people devoid of understanding. Our great leader drove your enemy back in fury. He motivated our side in battle. He made their citizens flee from their homes and he terrorized them so that you killed some and made many captive. Our great leader made you inherit their lands, homes, and wealth, and gave you a country you had not traversed before.”
This sounds like a terrorist manifesto – a covenant for war and genocide. Does anything this immoral, this out-of-touch with human decency, actually exist? If it did, and if it were this blatant, you’d expect to see its followers amassing their weaponry. You’d expect them to rise up and terrorize the world. Not only would they feel it was their duty to kill, you’d expect their fallen assassins to be immortalized – hailed as martyrs and paraded down crowded streets, banners waving, tears flowing, guns blazing, with angry diatribes spewing from hate-filled faces. You’d expect them to wage war under the guise of doctrinal supremacy, wouldn’t you? And if there were such people, our journalists and politicians would have ferreted them out, exposed them, and protected us. Right?
Wrong! With the exception of changing the names of the perpetrators and their victims, what you read is from the actual Constitution of an enormous, rapidly growing, extremely well funded, and horrendously violent worldwide cult. And as bad as that sounds, it gets worse in context. The manifesto proudly proclaims that unarmed civilians were annihilated by armed gangs. Men were decapitated on the orders of the dogma’s founder. Thousands of children were sold into slavery. Women were raped – the leader himself participating. Townships were plundered, businesses were looted, and productive assets were destroyed. The villains slept in their victims’ beds, abusing their wives and daughters. And each bloody affair was meticulously recorded by the founder’s companions and later chronicled by the regime’s most-esteemed clerics.
It’s time to turn the page. Let’s look at what the founder’s companions had to say about their leader in his manifesto. Once again, I will change the names but nothing else. “Kill them, for he who kills them will get a great reward. Our great leader said, ‘Our doctrine assigns for a person who participates in battles in our cause to be rewarded with booty if he survives, or he will be admitted into the Hall of Heroes if he is killed in the battle as a martyr. Had I not found it difficult for my followers to do without me I would have remained in army units fighting great battles and would have loved to have been martyred for the cause.'”
The regime’s founder is quoted in the doctrine’s anti-Semitic manifesto saying, “Issue orders to kill every Jew in the country.” He was asked, “What is the best deed?” by one of his devotees. The dictator replied, “To believe in me and our doctrine.” “What is the next best deed?” the devotee queried. “To fight on behalf of our cause,” he answered. At the end of one such conflict, one of the regime’s lieutenants told his commander, “We have conquered another nation. The captives and the booty have all been collected. Now, my leader, may I take a slave girl from among the prisoners?” “Take any one you like,” the warlord replied, raping one himself. Ever mindful of his duty, this regime’s leader proclaimed, “Embrace our doctrine first and then fight.” Followed by, “I have been made victorious with terror!”
You have stumbled upon the Constitution of the world’s largest nation – and it’s not China or Russia. You’ve just heard the words of its founding father, and he’s not Lenin, Mao, or Hitler. And today, this doctrine’s adherents are doing what their founder and Constitution ordered: fighting, ravaging civilians, stealing the world’s possessions, and using them to terrorize.
Since it’s happening according to plan, shouldn’t we muster the courage to expose it – to speak out against it? Or should we remain silent for fear of offending them? The answer is obvious. Or is it? What if the names I substituted were Allah, Muhammad, and Islam? What if it’s a “religion?”
This “Constitution” is the Qur’an. The “manifesto” is the Islamic Hadith. The citizens of this nation are Muslims. They’re doing what they were ordered to do. They left their homes to fight infidels; they stole our planes, ravaged our economy, and slaughtered innocents in the name of Allah. They even confessed to the crime. Yet not a single national spokesperson or politician has had the courage to hold Islam accountable.
Criticizing a religion is something that makes people squeamish, especially in the paranoid culture of political correctness. Christians say that we are to love, not judge. Jews, after millennia of persecution, are terrified of even the perception of intolerance. Secular humanists, in deference to multiculturalism and the peace process, have sacrificed truth on the altar of their political agenda. So why upset everyone?
Why? Because they will continue to kill us if we don’t expose them.

INFINITE on July 31, 2008 at 12:40 pm