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You Won’t Believe What This Wisconsin Imam Preached
On second thought, you probably will.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) on Friday posted excerpts from a hair-raising Friday sermon Jallow preached at the Madinah Community Center in Madison six days after the massacres in Israel.
This imam who, according to the Madinah Community Center website, “meets with non-Muslims to help grow an understanding of the Islamic religion,” offered a revealing glimpse of what all too many Muslims, including Jallow himself, think the Islamic religion is all about, and it likely differs markedly from the soothing version he presents to inquirers.
And while we have been told again and again that the overwhelming majority of Muslims in the U.S. reject terrorism, this is what Jallow had to say less than a week after a terror group carried out an appalling series of mass killings: “
Graphic torture described as ‘standard practice’ in China
In 2018, police officers in Xinjiang’s Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture detained Sun Renze, the 30-year-old son of a police officer who died on active duty, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” according to the Jan. 14 article on the news website Caixin, which cited court documents from a November 2023 trial of eight police officers in connection with Sun’s treatment.
On the early morning of Sept. 27, 2018, Sun Renze fell into a coma after being interrogated and tortured for seven hours straight by officers in Ili’s Kuitun city, Caixin reported, detailing a litany of torture methods including the being forced to carry an iron chair, electric shocks, mustard, hanging heavy objects from the victim’s genitals and waterboarding.
While the article, which focused on the Nov. 6, 2023, trial of eight of the officers involved, was deleted within minutes of appearing on the Caixin website, copies were still available on overseas websites, including China Digital Times.
World Watch Report: Alarming Global Rise in Violent Acts Against Christians
Worldwide, 365 million Christians face persecution or discrimination for their faith in Christ.
Each year, Open Doors U.S. unveils its annual World Watch List detailing the worst persecutors. This year’s report focuses on alarming persecution trends in Africa and one impoverished nation not far from the United States.
The usual countries of concern top this year’s World Watch List:
North Korea is the top persecutor of Christians, followed by Somalia, Libya, Eritrea, and Yemen – home of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, the terrorist group attacking ships transiting the Red Sea.
Alec Baldwin Indicted On Involuntary Manslaughter!
Dana Loesch breaks down the latest developments in Alec Baldwin’s legal situation, the details of the indictment and the potential implications.
Pro-Hamas Protester Accused of Running Over NYPD Officer
The officer and a partner were guarding an abandoned vehicle at the location when the suspect, a female driver, came speeding northbound on Park Avenue’s southbound lanes.
Police say that the vehicle came to a stop as one of the cops approached to investigate before the female driver allegedly slammed on the accelerator and swerved into the male officer.
Sources familiar with the investigation said the driver allegedly yelled verbal insults at the officer when he approached the vehicle seconds before ramming the car into him.
Ga. prosecutor in Trump case paid for flights with Fani Willis, filing shows
The lead prosecutor in the election interference case against former president Donald Trump paid for at least two airline trips with embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) while the investigation was underway, according to bank statements filed in his divorce case Friday.
The statements were part of a filing by lawyers for Wade’s estranged wife, Joycelyn Mayfield Wade, in an effort to compel Willis to testify in the divorce proceeding, which the district attorney sought to avoid in a separate filing on Thursday.
The judge in the Wades’ divorce case has scheduled a hearing for Monday to listen to arguments on Willis’s subpoena and Roman’s motion to unseal the case file. The Washington Post is part of a media coalition that is also seeking to unseal the record.
Israeli PM pushes back on a two-state solution; EU legislature backs Israel TV7 Israel News 19.01.24
1) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the notion that the internationally aspired two-state solution would provide Israel with the security it requires.
2) The Biden Administration has asserted that Israel’s further integration into the Middle East is contingent on granting the Palestinians statehood.
3) The European Union’s Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in support of Israel’s right for self-defense – by coupling any cease-fire to the war in Gaza to the dismantlement of Hamas and the release of all hostages.
California Senate leader aims to be the state’s first woman and LGBTQ+ governor
The burgeoning field to be California’s next governor grew even more crowded Friday as Toni Atkins, the San Diego Democrat who has held the state’s top legislative posts, launched a bid to succeed Gov Gavin. Newsom in 2026.
Atkins — who has made history several times over as the first out lesbian to be Assembly Speaker, as well as the first woman and LGBTQ+ person to lead the Senate — is betting that her long resume in elected office coupled with her boundary-breaking profile is the winning formula to distinguish her from the pack.
Atkins, now serving as Senate leader, has been at the top of the legislative food chain for much of her tenure in Sacramento. The leadership roles have given her tremendous sway in negotiating budget deals and pushing policy priorities such as affordable housing and abortion rights.
But being a Capitol power broker rarely translates to widespread notoriety, leaving Atkins with a steep climb building name recognition among the state’s voters.
UK man jailed for online sex offences against dozens of women and children
Between May 2018 and March 2021, Burns used “sugar daddy” websites to trap dozens of unsuspecting females, including three underaged girls, into performing sexual and degrading acts under the threat of blackmail.
He used multiple online personas to ensnare his victims, including posing as the head of a model agency searching for clients.
Burns ordered all of his victims to film themselves carrying out sexual acts in the belief that they would be paid £600, but they never received any money.
After receiving enough explicit material, Burns threatened to expose the pictures to the victims’ families and friends unless they sent more increasingly depraved photographs and videos, including abusing children or performing sexual acts with animals.
In one instance, he blackmailed the mother of an eight-year-old American girl and coerced her into sexually assaulting her daughter on two occasions.
As Recruiting Numbers Are In The Tank, US Army Dumps Woke Ads
As Miliary.com explained, delisting a video is not the same as deleting it, but it does make it much harder to find when searching the web.
Citing that Military.com report about the Army’s decision, Cheong noted on X, “Here’s the video the US Army wants to pretend doesn’t exist, and doesn’t want you to watch.”
“The US Army has removed or delisted this LGBTQ+ recruitment video from its social media platforms,” he added. The Army is having a lot of trouble finding new recruits and a big reason for that is its DEI push towards hiring woke candidates. It did not work out.”
As the Tampa Free Press posted last week, the Army has faced a stiff headwind in attracting recruits since President Joe Biden took office.
‘Angry and Betrayed’ Florida Man Shoots at Family After He’s Caught Urging a ‘Romantic Relationship With His Daughter’
Michael Banks was at his family home in Tampa on Wednesday, January 17, when he overheard his mother and another woman discussing kicking him out of the home after learning that Banks had been “pursuing a romantic relationship with his [17-year-old] daughter,” according to a pre-trial detention motion filed by prosecutors.
Feeling “angry and betrayed,” Banks grabbed a loaded revolver and fatally shot the unnamed woman in the kitchen. He also shot his mother, though the bullet only grazed her head, per FOX 13 News.
Banks then headed for the bathroom where his daughter was showering and fired through the door, striking her in the leg. Banks’ mother and daughter exited the house, screaming for help.
House Republicans Introduce Legislation To Defund World Economic Forum
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the bill, which is titled the Defund Davos Act.
The legislation would specifically block the State Department, USAID, and any other federal agency from providing funding to the (WEF). The U.S. has spent millions on the WEF over the years, something Perry and other GOP lawmakers say needs to end.
“Forcing American Taxpayers to fund annual ski trips for insular, global elitists is absurd – not to mention reprehensible,” Perry told the Caller before introducing the bill. “The World Economic Forum doesn’t deserve one cent of American funding, and it’s past time we defund Davos.”
China’s secretive lab simulates hypersonic missile attack on US warship
In its simulation, the laboratory researchers assumed that together with its warplanes, the combat range of a US aircraft carrier was 620 miles (1,000 km). However, the Chinese military could fire its hypersonic missiles from 745 miles (1,200 km) away and set its satellites into action.
The hypersonic missiles would head skyward for over 124 miles (200 km). At the same time, the satellite’s electronic warfare systems present over the US carriers keep suppressing their detection through radar.
In the next minutes, the hypersonic missiles would have covered the distance from their launch site and would be within striking distance (30 miles, 50 km) from the ships. Here, the satellites would complete their mission, and jammers on the missiles would take over. Using terminal maneuvers, the missiles successfully took out their targets in the simulation.
According to the researchers, merely three satellites in low Earth orbit would be sufficient to carry out such an attack, whereas 28 such satellites would be sufficient to carry out a global strike.
Japan makes history as spacecraft lands on the moon
With the landing, Japan becomes just the fifth country to land a craft on the moon, after the U.S., Russia, China and India.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency officials said they have good reason to believe that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft made a soft landing and achieved its goal of a high-precision landing, though they said they will need more time to confirm whether the lander achieved the goal of landing within 100 meters of its target site.
JAXA officials, however, said that the solar panels on the lander were not generating power and the lander was being powered by its onboard battery, which will only last for a matter of hours.
As Kfir Bibas turns 1 in captivity, supporters from Tel Aviv to Davos mark ‘the saddest birthday in the world’
Zailer said there had been no information about the family’s status delivered privately, either.
And so both she and the legion of advocates who have converted a central square in Tel Aviv into a lobbying location to bring the hostages home planned a birthday party befitting the lively redheaded boy who has spent a quarter of his life in captivity.
Many people in the crowd were wearing orange in homage to the two brothers’ distinctive red hair and clutching orange balloons.
The balloons were released at the end of the event to the tune of “They Call Me Gingi,” a new song composed for the baby by several Israeli performers whose lyrics include, “I was left behind / they say I’m a hero / I don’t know why.”
Decade After Original Deportation Order, ICE Finally Nabs MS-13 Criminal
In November 2016, the Montgomery County Police Department arrested the illegal alien, charging him with assault and weapons violations, according to ICE. The District Court for Montgomery County sent the charges to juvenile court, and, on March 7, 2017, Homeland Security Investigations confirmed his affiliation with MS-13, whose motto is “kill, rape, control.”
The Montgomery County Police arrested the individual again in January 2022, charging him with firearms violations, according to ICE.
He was later convicted by the Montgomery County Circuit Court for illegally possessing a firearm, and sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised probation, but the court suspended four years of his prison sentence and dismissed his remaining charges.
Freedom Caucus Blasts House GOP Backers of Spending Bill For Supporting ‘Pro-Abortion’ Policies’
The House Freedom Caucus on Friday, when the 51st annual March For Life was set to take place in D.C., took to X to blast members of their conference who voted in favor of the spending bill passed by Congress, accusing them of “funding Joe Biden’s radical pro-abortion policies.”
“Americans come to Washington from all over the nation to fight for the unborn in today’s 51st annual #MarchForLife,” the caucus X account wrote on social media. “They need a @HouseGOP who will fight with them. Yesterday, 107 Republicans voted to continue funding Joe Biden’s radical pro-abortion policies. This must STOP!”
The House and Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday averting a government shutdown until March 1 and March 8. The bill, which has been backed by President Joe Biden, has received hardliner Republican pushback for negotiating with Democrats on the measure.
Boeing Plane Forced To Make Emergency Landing in Florida Had ‘Softball Size Hole’ Above Engine: FAA
The Boeing 747 that was forced to make an emergency landing in Florida on Friday after it began shooting flames midair had a “softball size hole” in one of its four engines, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
The Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane was inspected after it landed at Miami International Airport, where officials discovered the hole.
In a preliminary accident report, the FAA said the plane departed, “experienced #2 engine failure and returned to land.”
“Post flight inspection revealed a softball size hole above #2 engine,” the report said. It was not initially clear when the hole was created.
Weapons Rampant at New York City Migrant Camp Where Brawl Broke Out Leaving Man Stabbed in Neck
Arrests after a wild brawl at a makeshift migrant camp in New York City this week revealed a camp overrun with weapons.
The NYPD charged five men for having weapons after another man was stabbed in the neck on Thursday — less than two weeks after a fatal stabbing at the Randall’s Island facility.
A 24-year-old man had a knife plunged into his neck and chest after an altercation in the dining facility at the camp.
Mayor Eric Adams has said the NYPD is planning to put metal detectors and cameras up in the migrant shelters.
Migrants overwhelming Chicago’s social services
Chicago is preparing to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention this summer, while the city is buckling under an influx of migrants. NEWSMAX Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen has more.
Terrifying New Details About the Mysterious J6 Pipe Bomber
It seems likely that government officials were involved in planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC three years ago, as part of an effort to keep Donald Trump from running for president again. Darren Beattie has details.
Thousands expected to brave cold at March for Life in D.C.
Despite frigid temperatures and snow in Washington, D.C., spirits are expected to be high at the annual March for Life. NEWSMAX National Correspondent Alana Austin has the details.
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