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Koran burnt in Florida church
A controversial US evangelical preacher oversaw the burning of a copy of the Koran in a small Florida church after finding the Muslim holy book "guilty" of crimes
The burning was carried out by pastor Wayne Sapp under the supervision of Terry Jones, who last September drew sweeping condemnation over his plan to ignite a pile of Korans on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 attacks.
Sunday's event was presented as a trial of the book in which the Koran was found "guilty" and "executed."
The jury deliberated for about eight minutes. The book, which had been soaking for an hour in kerosene, was put in a metal tray in the center of the church, and Sapp started the fire with a barbecue lighter.
The book burned for around 10 minutes while some onlookers posed for photos.
Jones had drawn trenchant condemnation from many people, including US President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, over his plan to burn the Muslim holy book in September.
He did not carry out his plan then and vowed he never would, saying he had made his point.
But this time, he said he had been "trying to give the Muslim world an opportunity to defend their book," but did not receive any answer.
He said he felt that he couldn't have a real trial without a real punishment.
The event was open to the public, but fewer than 30 people attended.
Life in the normally quiet city of Gainesville is centered around the University of Florida. And while there were public protests against Jones' 9/11 activities, this event was largely ignored.
Jadwiga Schatz, who came to show support for Jones, expressed concern that Islam was growing in Europe.
"These people, for me, are like monsters," she said. "I hate these people."
Jones said he considered this event a success.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience," he said.
Pakistani Christian Woman Freed After Kidnap, Rape, Forced-Conversion
Chained to a tree by Muslim supremacists. Where? Where else? More Interfaith Dialogue from the Pakistani branch of the Religion of Peace:
A Pakistani Christian woman and mother of seven, who last August was kidnapped, raped, sold into marriage and threatened with death if she did not convert to Islam was freed this week.
After she refused to convert and accept the marriage, human traffickers had threatened to kill Shaheen Bibi, 40, and throw her body into the Sindh River if her father, Manna Masih, did not pay a ransom of 100,000 rupees (US$1,170) by Saturday (March 5), the released woman told Compass.
Drugged into unconsciousness, Shaheen Bibi said that when she awoke in Sadiqabad, her captors told her she had been sold and given in marriage.
"I asked them who they were," she said. "They said that they were Muslims, to which I told them that I was a married Christian woman with seven children, so it was impossible for me to marry someone, especially a Muslim."
Giving her a prayer rug (musalla), her captors – Ahmed Baksh, Muhammad Amin and Jaam Ijaz – tried to force her to convert to Islam and told her to recite a Muslim prayer, she said.
"I took the musalla but prayed to Jesus Christ for help," she said. "They realized that I should be returned to my family."
A member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lahore, Shaheen Bibi said she was kidnapped in August 2010 after she met a woman named Parveen on a bus on her way to work. She said Parveen learned where she worked and later showed up there in a car with two men identified as Muhammad Zulfiqar and Shah. They offered her a job at double her salary and took her to nearby Thokar Niaz Baig.
There she was given tea with some drug in it, and she began to fall unconscious as the two men raped her, she said. Shaheen Bibi was unconscious when they put her in a vehicle, and they gave her sedation injections whenever she regained her senses, she said.
When she awoke in Sadiqabad, Baksh, Amin and Ijaz informed her that she had been sold into marriage with Baksh. They showed her legal documents in which she was given a Muslim name, Sughran Bibi daughter of Siddiq Ali. After Baksh had twice raped her, she said, his mother interjected that she was a "persistent Christian" and that therefore he should stay away from her.
Shaheen Bibi, separated from an abusive husband who had left her for another woman, said that after Baksh's mother intervened, her captors stopped hurting her but kept her in chains.
Her father, Masih, asked police to take action, but they did nothing as her captors had taken her to a remote area between the cities of Rahim Yar Khan and Sadiqabad, considered a "no-go" area ruled by dangerous criminals.
Masih then sought legal assistance from the Community Development Initiative (CDI), a human rights affiliate of the European Center for Law & Justice. With the kidnappers giving Saturday (March 5) as a deadline for payment of the ransom, CDI attorneys brought the issue to the notice of high police officials in Lahore and on March 4 obtained urgent legal orders from Model Town Superintendent of Police Haidar Ashraf to recover Shaheen, according to a CDI source.
The order ultimately went to Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Asghar Jutt of the Nashtar police station. Police accompanied by a CDI field officer raided the home of a contact person for the captors in Lahore, Naheed Bibi, the CDI source said, and officers arrested her in Awami Colony, Lahore.
With Naheed Bibi along, CDI Field Officer Haroon Tazeem and Masih accompanied five policemen, including ASI Jutt, on March 5 to Khan Baila, near Rahim Yar Khan – a journey of 370 miles, arriving that evening. Area police were not willing to cooperate and accompany them, telling them that Khan Baila was a "no-go area" they did not enter even during daytime, much less at night.
Jutt told area police that he had orders from high officials to recover Shaheen Bib, and that he and Tazeem would lead the raid, the CDI source said. With Nashtar police also daring them to help, five local policemen decided to go with them for the operation, he said.
At midnight on Sunday (March 6), after some encounters and raids in a jungle area where houses are miles apart, the rescue team managed to get hold of Shaheen Bibi, the CDI source said. The captors handed over Shaheen Bibi on the condition that they would not be the targets of further legal action, the CDI source said.
Sensing that their foray into the danger zone had gone on long enough, Tazeem and Jutt decided to leave but told them that those who had sold Shaheen Bib in Lahore would be brought to justice.
Fatigued and fragile when she arrived in Lahore on Monday (March 7), Shaheen Bibi told CDN through her attorneys that she would pursue legal action against those who sold her fraudulently into slavery and humiliation.
She said that she had been chained to a tree outside a house, where she prayed continually that God would help her out of the seemingly impossible situation. After the kidnappers gave her father the March 5 deadline last week, Shaheen Bibi said, at one point she lifted her eyes in prayer, saw a cross in the sky and was comforted that God's mighty hand would release her even though her father had no money to pay ransom.
On four previous occasions, she said, her captors had decided to kill her and had changed their mind.
Shaheen Bibi said there were about 10 other women in captivity with her, some whose hands or legs were broken because they had refused to be forcibly given in marriage. Among the women was one from Bangladesh who had abandoned hope of ever returning home as she had reached her 60s in captivity.
Masih told CDN that he had prayed that God would send help, as he had no money to pay the ransom. The day before the deadline for paying the ransom, he said, he had 100 rupees (less than US$2) in his pocket.
"Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty;…" Qur'an 33:50
This horrific tale, unfortunately, is not exceptional in Pakistan.
Once the mainstream media stop wilfully ignoring stories like that of Shaheen Bibi, perhaps ordinary people in the West might realise that Islam is not a religion of peace in any way, shape or form – and that sites such as ours are not run by cranky, ranting hatemongers, but truth-tellers.
Islam lays down in the Qur'an and ahadith the terms and conditions in which Muslims can live under Islamic rule. And it's not a good deal.
Christians in Pakistan and elsewhere in the Muslim world are treated as sub-human (take a bow, Egypt, too) – and every Pakistani Christian woman seen as potential targets for ultraviolent Muslim males, imbued with a sense of entitlement to such 'war booty' that comes directly from the Qur'an and the life of Mohammed.
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Forced marriages 'at record high' – South Wales Police
"My background is quite modern. No-one had been through it in my family. I was the eldest daughter. I was going to college. I wanted to be a teacher.
One day I came home and my mum was on the phone. She put the phone down and she goes 'they've got someone for you to get married to'. I was like, "me?".
I was awoken by someone pulling me by my hair. And I felt something cold on my face, like a rifle.
A torch flashed in my face and all I saw was three men. The husband, his brother and another man.
I was going to scream. He said: "You make a sound, and I'll kill your mother." I remember physically shaking.
Don't think you have to do it because that's exactly what I thought.
They have to find the guts and the courage to speak up and ask for help."
South Wales Police say they are dealing with the largest number of cases of forced marriage and honour based-violence they have ever seen.
In the past 12 months, the force has dealt with 49 cases of forced marriage, up from a typical 30-35, with new cases almost every week.
The four Welsh forces have been involved in about 60 cases, with four in north Wales in six months.
The figures are released to coincide with International Women's Day.
A forced marriage, as opposed to an arranged marriage, is where either bride or groom, or both, do not consent to a wedding and are coerced into accepting it.
In many cases they are told they will bring their family shame or dishonour if they refuse.
Ch Supt Neil Kinrade, head of South Wales Police's communities and partnerships department, said forced marriage was a "hidden harm" among some sectors of the community.
He said: "I'm pleased that we are dealing with the numbers [of cases that] we are, however, we are still only dealing with a small number of the actual incidents and practices that are taking place.
"This, amongst the community, is a hidden harm.
"It goes on and it goes on often unchecked by senior members of the community who know it's taking place.
"I think it's less of a problem here than perhaps places like Bradford and London, but nevertheless, it is a problem and it's something that we need to do something about."
He said he believed his force had taken a lead role on the issue of forced marriage, drawing up a training scheme that was now used by more than half of UK police forces.
Strategies for helping victims included supplying them with a secret mobile phone if they feared they were being lured to their family's country of origin as a prelude to a forced marriage.
The force had also set up a "buddy" system where force marriage "survivors" were a role model to those who were now going through the trauma.
'Complete shock'
Ch Supt Kinrade added: "We do understand the issues and I think we are becoming more effective at dealing with it but what I sense is happening is there is an East v West clash."
He said young people were being educated in south Wales and were "very westernised" then their families give them the news that they have had a partner chosen for them.
"And that often comes as a complete shock to them, against their intent to go to university, to maybe follow a career path. And that's where many youngsters are rejecting it," he added.
"And I think that's important, because here in the UK – and this is the government and the police stance – people must have their basic human rights of determining their own future."
Gwent Police said they had 14 incidents recorded under honour-based violence in 2009/10 and a further five in 2010/11.
Dyfed-Powys Police said they had been involved in two cases of forced marriage over the past two years.
More about the Muslim genocide of millions of black Africans using castration.
Arab historian, Ibn Khaldum wrote, "The only people who accept slavery are the Negroes, because of an inferior degree of humanity, their place being closer to the level of animals."
To make sure these "animals" did not reproduce when they were enslaved in Arab Muslim lands, they used castration on the men, a brutal mutilation that caused the death of millions over 13 centuries. The Quran encourages the enslavement of non-Muslims and it has been estimated that Muslims have enslaved some 17 million black Africans, a practice that continues today.
In Sudan, Muslims in the North still hold tens of thousands of Black African slaves, many of them Christians from the South.
Muslim Domination of Public Space
Aggressive Assertion of Muslim Supremacy by Domination of Public Space
As soon as they move into Dar al-Harb (the lands of the infidel) in any numbers, Islamists think they have a God-given right to dominate public space and intimidate the infidels into submission.
Mosques are of course notorious examples of this (see Mosque blight) but their swaggering, aggressive arrogance and sense of preferential entitlement make them obnoxious to the indigenous inhabitants in many other ways.
The notorious Ground Zero Victory Mosque is just the latest example of a process that has been going on for years in the West, and centuries in lands conquered by Islam:
St George parade cancelled because it's offensive to Muslims
"A MARCH to celebrate St George's Day has been axed – because the authorities fear it could spark race riots. About 1,500 children were due to take part in a parade to commemorate the patron saint of England on Wednesday. But council bosses in Bradford, West Yorks, have ditched the event over concerns it could upset the Asian community, many of them Muslim. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/35580/St-George-s-parade-scrapped-in-case-it-upsets-Muslims/
Muslims threaten New York restaurant for serving alcohol
"Yet another stealth jihad attempt to compel non-Muslims to change their behavior to accommodate Muslim sensibilities. "Spotted Piglet Hiccups: Boozy Breslin Clashes With Mosque," by Meredith Bryan for the New York Observer, October 27 (thanks to Ed): The much-hyped, soon-to-open Breslin restaurant, situated in the 12-story Ace Hotel on Broadway and 29th, is giving members of the Masjid Ar-Rahman mosque across the street some agita. "Five times a day, there's a hundred cabs on the street–the good news is you can always get a cab," co-owner Ken Friedman told the Transom the other evening. He said some mosque visitors "object to seeing people drink alcohol." http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/10/muslims-threaten-new-york-restaurant-for-serving-alcohol.html
No go areas in London
When Abu Izzadeen, the firebrand Islamist militant, berated John Reid last week for "daring" to visit a Muslim area, the Home Secretary bridled, as did many others, at his suggestion that part of London was off limits for a British minister of the Crown. There was nowhere in this country from which anyone should be excluded, Mr Reid said; nowhere that could be called exclusively Muslim. He was speaking just a couple of Tube stops from West Ham, close to the site for the 2012 Olympic stadium, where a huge row is about to erupt over plans to construct a mosque. However, this is not any old mosque built to serve the local community. It will be the largest place of worship in Europe, a gigantic three-storey Islamic centre, with schools and other facilities, able to hold at least 40,000 worshippers and up to 70,000 if necessary. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3632591/The-shadow-cast-by-a-mega-mosque.html
Labour council enforces Ramadan on non Muslims
Despite recent temperatures pushing 30 C Labour controlled Tower Hamlets Council has ordered all councillors not to drink in meetings during Ramadan (starts in about 2 DAYS), so as not to offend Muslim councillors. It has even gone so far as to order non Muslim councillors not to eat the finger food prepared for council meetings until Muslims break their fast at sunset – despite the food being served in a separate room. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2008/08/labour-council.html
Moslem monstrosity ruins English skyline
So the new dome has been erected on top of the local headquarters of Islam in Cheltenham and to make sure the former owners of Cheltenham know who their new masters are to be, it is painted bright turquoise and lit up with flood lights at night. In your face 24/7. Suck it up Cheltenham. The fact that there was no planning permission for this colour or lights means nothing to the enrichers of Cheltenham. The sudden appearance of the dome alarmed some passers-by. Tony Davis, from Charlton Kings, said he did not think it fitted in with the surrounding buildings. The 52-year-old said: "I was driving back from Tewkesbury and I saw this thing that resembled a Belisha beacon. "It stands out a mile and I really don't feel it should be there. I felt my blood pressure going up just looking at it. "It's all very well having it, but I don't think it should be allowed to ruin Cheltenham's skyline like that."
Porcelain pigs offend Muslims
LEICESTER — Police here in central England seized a collection of porcelain pigs from a house's window sill after Muslims complained that they were offensive.
"I just couldn't believe it, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," Mrs Nancy Bennett, the owner of the 17 miniature pigs, told the Sun tabloid newspaper.
The porcelain figures were held at the local police station, while Mrs Bennett was threatened with prosecution if she replaces the collection. Her house is located in the same street as the city's main mosque, meaning that Muslim worshippers often passed by her front window where the pig figurines were on display. "Muslims find pigs highly offensive," explained police officer David Griffiths. "That is why the complaints were made". http://www.dispatch.co.za/1998/05/26/foreign/PIG.HTM
Nativity plays banned
The increasing Islamification of Britain has seen nativity plays banned or pushed aside for Eid festivals – and now a south Yorkshire school with a large Muslim student population has banned its traditional Easter Bonnet parades outright.
The Meersbrook Bank Primary School in Sheffield, more famous for the forced resignation of a former headteacher after a backlash from Muslim parents objecting to her plans to scrap separate assemblies for Muslim pupils has axed its Easter bonnet parade.
Although claiming that the decision is not related to the large number of Muslim pupils, indigenous British parents have not been fooled, with one remarking to a local newspaper, "I believe it's all connected with what's been going on earlier in the year. Never in my life did I ever think I would be having this conversation." http://bnp.org.uk/2009/04/easter-bonnet-parade-cancelled-as-society-becomes-islamified/
Netherlands: Mosque goers vs. Dog walkers
Visitors of the El Fath mosque in the Amersfoort neighborhood of Liendert (Netherlands) and dog walkers along the Valleikanaal, behind the prayer house, are not hitting it off. Some mosque goers are annoyed by the four-legged animals, who for many Muslims are impure, running freely The dog owners say that El Fath didn't have permission for an entrance on the footpath. Most don't plan to leash their dogs. Local party BPA brought the issue up to the city council. Pico, a Spanish dog, is one his mistress knows can run free. But visitors of the El Fath mosque prefer that Ineke Simonis leash her dog. They prefer that he doesn't come close to them. Certainly not just after a prayer service, after they've just purified their souls. A dog is after all an impure animal for Muslims.
Ineke, just like other dog walkers along the Valleikanaal, had already exchanged words a few times with mosque goes who leave through the back of the prayer house. "And it's not friendly then. They scream at me that my dog may not run freely here. Than I shout back that they're wrong." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/04/netherlands-mosque-goers-vs-dog-walkers.html
UK: shopping center Santa banned — in case he offends non-Christians
The dhimmization of Britain is happening so fast I can barely keep up with it. A three million dollar mosque for Muslim prison inmates, controversy over the naming of a school after a saint, and now this, from The Sun, with thanks to the Dulwich Dynamo:
BOSSES have banned Santa from a shopping centre – in case he offends non-Christians.
The Scrooges struck at Birmingham's famous Bullring.
A spokeswoman said: "We wish to be sensitive to people of other religions over the festive period. There are a lot of people in the region who are not Christians and do not celebrate Christmas." http://www.jihadwatch.org/2004/11/uk-shopping-center-santa-banned-in-case-he-offends-non-christians.html
Alcohol sales to kuffars offensive to Muslims
More than 150 people have signed petitions imploring Luton Borough Council to deny the new Tesco Express in Bury Park an alcohol licence. The bid from the supermarket giant has upset Muslims living in the area, some of whom say they find the idea of alcohol being sold offensive. http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/541/Muslims-oppose-Tesco-booze-bid.4517977.jp
Muslims threaten to vandalise pig statue
A historic statue of a wild boar is unlikely to return to Derby's Arboretum, because it could offend Muslims living nearby. The Florentine Boar stood in the Derby park from 1840 to 1942, when it was beheaded by flying masonry during an air raid. Derby City Council had hoped to replace the statue with an identical replica when plans for a massive overhaul of the park were first considered a decade ago. But following reservations raised by some people in Normanton about a new boar statue, the authority decided to consult with local community leaders.
At a meeting of the council's minority ethnic communities advisory committee it was recommended that the boar be replaced with something else because of the strength of feeling among nearby residents as pigs are perceived as offensive creatures by many Muslims. Derwent Ward councillor Suman Gupta said, "If the statue of the boar is put back at the Arboretum I have been told that it will not be there the next day, or at least it won't be in the same condition the next day at least. We should not have the boar because it is offensive to some of the groups in the immediate area." http://www.derbygripe.co.uk/arbor.htm
"I want to feed the community. We are providing a service to the Fort Sanders community and we have a good blue plate, a good cheap lunch and dinner," Infidel Trevor Hill
Islam imposes its law on Main street, USA. This is what I mean when I say "imposing their Islam" and "Islamic supremacism". Their law does not supersede ours. They are not a special class. We Americans do not have to change our ways, our lives, our laws to bow and submit to Islamic law. What part of the Constitution do these Muslims not understand?
I strongly recommend that my readers in and around Knoxville, Tennessee, get involved in this issue and get involved now. Just say no to Islamic supremacism. And yes, there are jobs involved in this economic free fall ………but that is not the key issue here, as critical as that is. http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/knoxville-muslims-seek-to-stop-restaurant-that-sells-.html
Christians resist Moslem world domination
FOUR Christian churches have joined in an unprecedented attack on the Islamic faith in an attempt to stop a Muslim school being built. Calling the religion an ideology driven by world domination, a submission to the Land and Environment Court yesterday said a proposed school at Camden was a "beachhead" in Islamic takeover of southwestern Sydney, threatening the Australian way of life. The attack, co-signed by local heads of Baptist, Anglican, Presbyterian and the Evangelical Sisters of Mary churches, formed the spearhead of Camden City Council's defence to a court challenge over its rejection of a development application for the Muslim school.
"Islam is not simply a private religion. It is driven by a powerful political agenda, it is an ideology with a plan for world domination," the letter said. "The Quranic Society application to establish an Islamic school in Camden is typical of a regularly repeated pattern to form a beachhead in an area for the development of a sub-culture which, for the most part, regards its own legal system as superior to the current Australian law." http://www.news.com.au/national/churches-unite-against-islamic-school/story-e6frfkvr-1225701513720
An act of dominance and aggression
"LONDON (Reuters Life!) – A battle of faiths is being waged in the ancient English city of Oxford, where some people are bitterly opposed to Muslim plans to broadcast the call to prayer over the fabled dreaming spires." http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/02/fitzgerald-an-act-of-dominance-and-aggression.html
Screeching and wailing over Buddhist holy site
The mussein's call to prayer for the faithful of Islam, here in this most sacred location to all of Buddhism, ripped me back to modern reality. I was stunned! How could this be? Here in one of the most significant spots of Buddhism, loud speakers come on at four in the morning every day, to shock and intrude upon meditators and Buddhist practitioners using this spot for that which it has to offer in its most special way? How could this be allowed? It is…
The Muslim call to prayer seemed to go on and on…..20 minutes to a half-hour later, the scratchy recording thankfully ended and quiet returned. My concentration was thoroughly blown. Instead of following my breath, I found myself looking at the great distraction and paradox I had just experienced. I thought about Mecca!
Could any other religion intrude itself there in the holiest of places to Islam, as the tenets of Islam had so intruded itself here in the holiest place of Buddhism? http://188.8.131.52/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=26040
Flight 93 memorial a heap of of shi'ite
Tom Burnett Sr. is publicly backing Alec Rawls's claim that the planned Flight 93 Memorial is riddled with Islamic and terrorist memorializing elements. Mr. Burnett is refusing to allow Tom Jr.'s name to be used in the memorial, and is calling for a Congressional investigation.
Alec's latest post shows how easy it is to verify the factual accuracy of his claims: the Mecca-orientation of the giant crescent, the 44 glass blocks on the flight path (matching the number of passengers, crew, and terrorists), the placement of the 9/11 date in the exact position of the star on an Islamic crescent and Star flag, and more. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/08/tom-burnett-sr-denounces-flight-93-memorial-calls-for-congressional-investigation.html
Swimmers are told to wear burkinis
British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6034706/Swimmers-are-told-to-wear-burkinis.html
British libraries to put Koran on top shelf, at Muslims' request
And I use the word "request" very loosely indeed. In case you were worried that that de facto fatwa they imposed by banishing Geert Wilders is part of a trend, the answer is yes.
Muslims have complained of finding the Koran on lower shelves, saying it should be put above commonplace things. So officials have responded with guidance, backed by ministers, that all holy books should be treated equally and go on the top shelf together…
The report said the city's librarians consulted the Federation of Muslim Organisations and were advised that all religious texts should be kept on the top shelf. 'This meant that no offence is caused, as the scriptures of all the major faiths are given respect in this way, but none is higher than any other,' the guidance added…
Inayat Bunglawala, of the Engage think tank, which encourages Muslims to play a greater role in public life, said: 'If Muslims wish to see the Koran placed on a higher shelf, and library rules say it should be there, then that is a welcome and considerate gesture. 'But one size does not fit all. If Christians do not want to see the Bible treated in the same way, I do not see why it has to be dealt with the same.'
Sound familiar? Borders caved on exactly this point a few years ago, reserving pride of place for the Koran on the top shelf of their stores lest they get a taste of what Wilders has to live with every day from his Islamic "critics." It's a cowardly policy but somewhat understandable in the case of a private corporation; in the case of a state with armies at its disposal, not so much. Bizarrely, the main objection from Christians interviewed for the story isn't that the Koran's getting special treatment, it's that sticking the Bible way up top will make it less accessible to library-goers looking for a copy. http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/17/british-libraries-to-put-koran-on-top-shelf-at-muslims-request/
Warning to Muslims who believe that the public space can be invaded without consequences.
Ligue de Défense Française (LDF) November 20, 2010
Posted on 21 November 2010 21:59:01 by La Lydia
"Warning to Muslims who believe that the public space can be invaded without consequences. For a number of years, certain of you muslim gentlemen dare to regularly occupy the public space for your prayers. This occupation, as you well know, is illegal, and is, as we well know, a provocation and a demonstration of force designed to show your domination in certain parts of France and your contempt for our laws and the secular nature of our country.
These politico-cultural demonstrations are in defiance of our institutions and our culture, they put our territorial integrity under pressure with the aim of forcing the construction of mosques, which are often financed by the money of non-muslims who then find themselves victims of gigantic rackets in which our elected officials are complicit.
Muslim militias and certain muslims totally illegally block the streets to non-muslims, preventing the citizens and residents from circulating, returning home or leaving their houses and the mayors say nothing, the police say nothing, the State says nothing.
Thus it remains for the French Nation, to the citizens themselves to take over because all their representatives have spinelessly bent over in the face of intimidation. The message sent out by the French nation to the "praying" is clear:
Stop praying immediately on the public highway, it is illegal. Pray elsewhere, or don't pray, we couldn't care less…Nothing gives you the right to occupy our streets, you must respect our laws.
You are extremely lucky that the French (of all confessions and origins) are so patient and indulgent with you but in the face of your arrogant provocations, one day the limit will be reached.
Then there will no longer be time to whine about discrimination. You will have been the sole cause of your inevitable future troubles if you continue to defy our laws. Who sows the wind reaps the storm. Stop sowing discord in France, stop occupying our streets and our towns with your inopportune prayers."
Ground Zero Victory Mosque as Domination of Public Space
A Mosque at Ground Zero Equals Victory
by Wafa Sultan May 19, 2010 at 5:00 am
A new mosque is now being planned in New York near "Ground Zero," two blocks from where the World Trade Center used to be. This mosque is headed by an Imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative, who proposes to convert the now-shuttered Burlington Coat Factory on Park Place into an Islamic Cultural Center which would contain a mosque.
It is crucial to study the supremacist ideology of Islam and to recognize, for example, that the building of a mosque especially at Ground Zero is viewed by Muslims as a decisive victory over the infidels in Islam's march to establish its ultimate goal: the submission of all others to Islam and to Sharia Law.
On a daily bases, in so many parts of the world, deadly attacks are perpetrated by Jihadists either against non Muslims or, frequently, against Muslims — especially Muslim women. The terror type of Jihad, however, is only one way for Islamists to accomplish their mission of making the "Kafir," or infidels, submit to Sharia Law. Another method is, as the author Robert Spencer calls it, an insidious, creeping "Stealth Jihad."
While Mr. Shahzad is the impatient Jihadist who attempts to destroy the West through terror, there is also the second type of Jihadist, who is much more patient, and who employs the "Stealth Jihad." The Stealth Jihadis are subtle in their approach and take their time to accomplish the same objective of submitting us all under Islam and under Sharia Law. http://www.hudson-ny.org/1200/mosque-at-ground-zero-equals-victory
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12. There are peaceful passages in the Qur'an too.
This one is easy because the Islamic world already has a well-established answer to the question. Every reader of the Quran, since the time it was written, has noticed conflicting messages. And they've had the question, "When two passages from the Quran conflict, which one should I follow?"
The Quran itself answers the question. It says if two passages conflict, the passage revealed later is better than the one revealed earlier. The policy is known as abrogation. Learn more about abrogation here.
Since the order in which the chapters of the Quran were written was carefully recorded, each instance of a conflicting passage is easily settled. The bad news is: The peaceful passages were some of the first written, and the intolerant, violent passages were almost all written later.
So the short answer is, "Yes, there are peaceful passages in the Quran. But they have all been abrogated."
13. People take what they want from any writings. You can pretty much justify anything if you quote it out of context.
Some day in the near future (if it hasn't happened already), you'll be telling someone what's in the Quran, and they'll respond with something like this: "Well, the Bible has a lot of violent passages too, and people can pretty much read these holy books however they want to read them."
In other words, it's not what is written in those books; the problem is that some people are looking to justify violence and they will pick and choose passages to help their justifications.
The person you're talking with will probably think her or his comment will end your line of reasoning, because for someone who doesn't know much about Islam or the Quran, the comment seems like a legitimate objection.
This is a perfect opportunity to explain a little about the differences between other religious doctrines and Islamic doctrines. Not only is the content different, the way it was written is different too. So here's one possible way to answer:
"The Quran is different in several important ways from any other religious book. Do you know how it was written?"
The person probably don't even know that much, and I think it's important to establish — in this subtle and unoffensive way — just how much your listener doesn't know about Islam. It helps to create a frame of mind conducive to listening to new information.
So when the person says, "No, I don't know how it was written," you can continue:
"The entire Quran was written by one man, Mohammad, over the course of his lifetime. It took him 23 years to write it. Actually he didn't write it, he recited it because he was illiterate. It isn't full of metaphors or obscure stories. It isn't a collection of things written over many years by many different authors like some other religious books. It is mostly graphic descriptions of hell and Paradise, and direct instructions on how a Muslim should behave, dictated to Mohammad directly from Allah (through an angel).
"In other words, you can't really justify anything with it. You may be able to do that with some other religious books, but the Quran says very clearly and directly what a Muslim must do to avoid hell and make it to Paradise. By the way, do you already know about the principle of abrogation?"
The person you're talking to will probably shake his or her head. So you can explain it:
"Well, since the different chapters, or suras, came as revelations periodically over Mohammad's lifetime, and since his circumstances changed so much, the nature of the revelations changed too. So there are conflicting passages in the Quran.
This will catch your listener's interest.
"Some passages encourage Muslims to be tolerant toward other religions, and some passages encourage Muslims to be intolerant and even violent to unbelievers.
"But, oddly enough, the Quran itself has some passages explaining what to do with its own contradictions. The passages say when two passages in the Quran conflict with each other, the one that came later is better than the one that came earlier. This is the principle of abrogation. Unfortunately, all the intolerant and violent passages came later, and they supercede the earlier peaceful and tolerant passages."
And at this point, I would probably try to persuade the person to read the Quran themselves.
18. You're taking the verses of the Quran out of context.
You will hear this comment many times:
"I have been a Muslim all my life. Westerners in general love to take the verses of the Quran out of their historical context and just blindly accuse Islam and the Quran of violence. For your information, many of the "violent" verses were revealed to prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) when he was at state of war with the pagans of Makkah. So read the reason of revelation very carefully. Then you will understand what those verses were intended for."
I'm going to answer you in several ways, not because I believe I will change your mind, but because everyone who comes after you to read these comments may learn something from our interaction.
1. According to mainstream Islam since the time of Mohammad, the Quran is the perfect, unalterable, eternal word of Allah.
2. It says in the Quran 91 times a Muslim must follow the example of Mohammad.
3. Mohammad was intolerant and violent toward non-Muslims, repeatedly and consistently, as soon as he had the power to do so. He ordered the assassinations of those who insulted him or Islam. He ordered and personally oversaw the beheading of his political prisoners. He raided and plundered and conquered for the last ten years of his life. This is not history as told by his enemies, but history as told in the Sira and the Hadith, written by devout Muslim believers.
4. There are not many peaceful passages in the Quran, but what few exist have all been abrogated by more intolerant and even violent verses revealed to Mohammad later in his prophetic career.
Islam's original enemies were…historical (e.g., Christian Byzantines and Zoroastrian Persians), the Qur'an rarely singles them out by their proper names. Instead, Muslims were (and are) commanded to fight the people of the book—'until they pay the tribute out of hand and have been humbled' and to 'slay the idolaters wherever you find them.'
"The two Arabic conjunctions 'until' (hata) and 'wherever' (haythu) demonstrate the perpetual and ubiquitous nature of these commandments: There are still "people of the book" who have yet to be 'utterly humbled' (especially in the Americas, Europe, and Israel) and 'idolaters' to be slain 'wherever' one looks (especially Asia and sub-Saharan Africa). In fact, the salient feature of almost all of the violent commandments in Islamic scriptures is their open-ended and generic nature: 'Fight them [non-Muslims] until there is no persecution and the religion is God's entirely.' Also, in a well-attested tradition that appears in the hadith collections, Muhammad proclaims:
"I have been commanded to wage war against mankind until they testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God; and that they establish prostration prayer, and pay the alms-tax [i.e., convert to Islam]. If they do so, their blood and property are protected."
And finally, whether you believe the Quran commands you to be intolerant or violent towards non-Muslims, many Muslims do obviously believe it, and they are using the Quran to justify their violence against non-Muslims all over the world, and they have been doing so for 1400 years.
It has been such a consistent theme, a web site keeps track of all the violence committed in the name of Islam around the world, and has been doing so since 9/11.
If you're trying to convince me that because you don't believe the Quran encourages violence against non-Muslims then none of the rest of the Muslims do either (or that the Quran really doesn't encourage intolerance and violence toward non-Muslims), I think your task is hopeless.


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While the art of movie-making has changed little since its inception, the technical aspects of the genre are always improving. Taking online courses at a film school is an advantage not only for new film students, but for movie professionals who want to stay on the cutting edge of new technologies and business practices. Schools offering Digital Cinematography degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
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Anyone who takes online film courses with a goal of earning a degree or continuing their education might become qualified to apply for many different positions within the industry. Although it takes hard work and a significant amount of expertise, students might go on to become producers, editors, directors of photography, camera operators, production assistants or location managers.
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All of the online courses at UCLA are available to anyone and completely transferable to other colleges. These courses may last up to ten weeks. While some classes are presented fully online, others are hybrid courses and require students to visit campus for in-person meetings from time to time. Enrollment is also open to professionals and non-students. Courses include:
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This Website is owned and controlled by Ben Thanh – RSC Company Limited (hereafter referred to as the "Norfolk Mansion"). Norfolk Mansion recognizes that protecting the privacy of our customers and their Personal Information (hereafter referred to collectively as "Personal Information") is the basis of the Norfolk Mansion's business and one of the Norfolk Mansion's social responsibilities. In order to responsibly protect our customers' Personal Information, the Norfolk Mansion has established the Personal Information protection policy set forth below. The Norfolk Mansion has established an in-house system and strategies for protecting Personal Information, which it is committed to implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving. The Norfolk Mansion's Personal Information protection system and activities are designed to comply with all relevant legislation and in-house rules, and to be worthy of our customers' confidence.
This Privacy Policy explains who we are, how we collect, share and use your Personal Information, and how you can exercise your privacy rights. This notice is defined as information concerning any living person (a natural person who hereafter will be called the Data Subject) that is not already in the public domain.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seeks to protect and enhance the rights of data subjects. These rights cover the safeguarding of personal data, protection against the unlawful processing of personal data and the unrestricted movement of personal data within Vietnam. It should be noted that GDPR does not apply to information already in the public domain.
TThis Privacy Policy includes information concerning what information we collect; how we collect it; the secured measurement that we use it or share it with who; and your rights concerning about personal data protection.
What does Norfolk Mansion do?
Norfolk Mansion, which operates hospitality property in Vietnam under the "Norfolk Mansion", "Shang Palace" and "Terrazzo Café", is comprised of a family of companies (collectively referred to as "Norfolk Mansion", "we", "our" or "us"), which owns the https://mansion.thenorfolkgroup.com site (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy contains information on how Norfolk Mansion collects, uses, and shares information collected from you as well as how such information is protected from unauthorized access. This Privacy Policy only covers the Website. By using the Website, you agree that Norfolk Mansion may collect, use, and share information consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Effective date of Privacy Policy
The effective date of this Privacy Policy is 17 December 2019.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Norfolk Mansion may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. This Personal Information Protection Policy is subject to revision at any time to respond to revisions and changes in related laws and regulations and to social needs related to Personal Information. You can tell when this Privacy Policy was last updated by looking at the date at the top of the Privacy Policy. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective upon posting of the revised policy on the Website.
If any of the changes to this Privacy Policy affect how Norfolk Mansion treats or handles personally identifiable information or personal data collected from you such as your name, address, phone number, email address, credit card number or any other type of information that could identify you ("Personal Information"), we will notify you by email in advance of when such changes are scheduled to go into effect in order to give you the option to opt out of the changes. The email you receive notifying you in advance of changes to this policy will request that you opt in to the continued use of the Site. If you do not opt in, your consent will not be assumed and you will not be further contacted by us.
Obtaining Personal Information from customers
5.1. Obtaining Personal Information
In the course of providing services to our customers, the Norfolk Mansion may obtain from customers such Personal Information as their name, address, and contact information. When obtaining Personal Information from customers, only the necessary information is obtained, and the purpose and extent of the utilization of the information is clearly explained.
5.2. How information is obtained
Personal Information is obtained by the following means in the course of customer transactions with the property, related to property facilities or products (such as accommodation, banquet, or bar/restaurant facilities, product sales, the provision/sale of amenities, the provision of services, and the holding of events) and other transactions (referred to hereafter as "transactions").
- Directly from the customer: by telephone, in writing, from business cards, verbally, or over the Internet.
- From a person duly authorized by the customer: such authorized persons may include those authorized to make a reservation on behalf of a customer or to introduce a customer, travel agencies, and package tour companies.
- From published information: newspapers, Internet, telephone books, publications, and other written materials.
5.3. Types of Personal Information obtained by the Norfolk Mansion
The Personal Information obtained by the Norfolk Mansion may include the following information: name, place of work, home/work address, email address, telephone number, fax number, date of birth, gender, customer requirements regarding guest rooms, leisure activities, and other services, information required to fulfill special requirements, and the customer's previous/subsequent night's accommodation if required by bylaws or ordinances.
5.4. Right to refuse to provide Personal Information
The Norfolk Mansion does not compel customers to provide Personal Information. At all times, the customer has the right to choose whether or not to provide Personal Information to the Norfolk Mansion. However, in the event that a customer refuses to provide Personal Information such as his or her name, it may not be possible to provide certain services, such as making reservations.
5.5. Obtaining information from minors
The Norfolk Mansion does not aim or intend to obtain Personal Information directly from minors. In the event that a minor provides the Norfolk Mansion with Personal Information about the minor or the minor's family without the agreement of the minor's parents, please contact a Norfolk Mansion's representative. The Norfolk Mansion will immediately cease use of the Personal Information and take any necessary action, including deletion of the Personal Information, in good faith.
However, if a minor wishes to use the facilities of the Norfolk Mansion, and provides Personal Information about himself/ herself for that purpose, the Norfolk Mansion shall handle said Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
6. Use of customer Personal Information
6.1. Purposes for which Personal Information is used
The Norfolk Mansion uses a customer's Personal Information only for the purpose(s) and within the scope made clear to the customer at the time the information is obtained. The Norfolk Mansion makes absolutely no use of Personal Information for other purposes or beyond the indicated scope.
6.2. Types of data obtained by the Norfolk Mansion and purposes of use
We may collect your name, email address, telephone number, and any other information you choose to provide so that we may process your requests. All required and optional information is clearly denoted on any form that you are presented. If you provide us feedback or contact us via email, we will collect your name and email address, as well as any other content included in the email, in order to send you a reply.
The Personal Information that we may collect about you broadly falls into the following categories:
- Data you provide voluntarily
We ask you to provide certain information voluntarily. The types of information we ask you to provide, and the reasons why we ask you to provide it, include your contact details in order to make a reservation, book or purchase one of our services, subscribe to marketing communications from us, and to submit enquiries to us.
We will also ask you to provide your credit card details so that we can charge you for any purchases that you make during your stay at the Norfolk Mansion.
If we ask you to provide any other Personal Information not described above, then the Personal Information we will ask you to provide, and the reasons why we ask you to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we collect your Personal Information.
- Data we collect automatically
We may also collect certain information automatically from your device. In some countries, including countries in the European Economic Area, this information may be considered Personal Information under applicable data protection laws.
Specifically, the information we collect automatically may include information like your IP address, device type, unique device identification numbers, browser-type, broad geographic location (e.g. country or city-level location) and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Website, including the pages accessed and links clicked.
Collecting this information enables us to better understand the visitors who come to our Website, where they come from, and what content on our Website is of interest to them. We use this information for our internal analytics purposes and to improve the quality and relevance of our Website to our visitors.
Some of this information may be collected using cookies and similar tracking technology, as explained further under the heading "Cookies and similar tracking technology" below.
- Data we obtain from third party sources
From time to time, we may receive Personal Information about you from third party sources (including travel agents that have made a booking on your behalf), but only where we have checked that these third parties either have your consent or are otherwise legally permitted or required to disclose your Personal Information to us.
The types of information we collect from third parties include your name, address, email, credit card rewards number and stay history. We use the information we receive from these third parties to honor your reservation.
6.3. Use of cookies
You should also be aware that information and data might be automatically collected from you through the standard operation of our internet servers and through the use of "cookies." Cookies are small text files that a site can store on your computer. It is a string of information that the visitor's browser provides to the Website each time the visitor returns. We may use both "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies on the Website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the Website. We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our Website to recognise you when you visit. Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.
Norfolk Mansion uses cookies to recognize repeat users, facilitate a user's ongoing access to and use of the Website, track Website usage behavior, and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted advertising. We use Google Analytics to analyse and generate statistical and other information about Website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our Website is used to create reports about the use of the Website. Google will store this information. Google's Privacy Policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Cookies generally neither damage your files nor allow us to personally identify you. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature. You should note that some cookies may be necessary to provide you with some features offered on the Site, so any deletion of them may adversely impact how the Site functions to you.
Please note that by using the Website, you agree that your Personal Information and your other non-personal data may be transmitted to Vietnam.
Norfolk Mansion will explicitly state on the Website when Personal Information is required to be collected. However, subject to applicable laws, Norfolk Mansion may collect, use and disclose to our business partners relevant portions of your Personal Information for following purposes:
7. Provision to third parties and joint use of Personal Information
7.1. Limits to provision of information to third parties and joint use of information
Norfolk Mansion does not sell any of your Personal Information to third parties for any reason. As noted above, Norfolk Mansion may share some of your Personal Information with certain third parties in order to properly run its business, including the operation of its services. For example, your name and credit card information will be shared with our credit card processing vendor in order to process payments. Personal Information is not shared with third parties for use in connection with their own purposes, but only Norfolk Mansion own business purposes and to better serve our Site users.
Norfolk Mansion may also disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law, or in a good-faith believe that such action is necessary: (a) to comply with applicable law or with legal process served on Norfolk Mansion or the Site; (b) to protect and defend the rights or property of Norfolk Mansion or the Site; or (c) if Norfolk Mansion ownership status changes, such as it being acquired by another party.
7.2. Scope and purposes of joint use of Personal Information
As a rule, if Personal Information is shared with third parties for the purpose of joint use, the joint use relates to the following
- Direct Marketing:We will send Direct marketing via the postal service and by email. We will also make sure our direct marketing is relevant for you and where possible tailored to your interests.
- Ordering online:In order for us to process an order, payment details are taken and contact information collected, such as name, address, telephone number, and email address.
- Your best interest:Processing your information to protect you against fraud when transacting on our website, and to ensure our websites and systems are secure.
- Personalisation:Where the processing enables us to enhance, modify, personalise or otherwise improve our services/communications for the benefit of our guests and visitors.
- Analytics:To process your Personal Information for the purposes of customer analysis, assessment, profiling and direct marketing, on a personalised or aggregated basis, to help us with our activities and to provide you with the most relevant information as long as this does not harm any of your rights and interests.
- Research: To determine the effectiveness of promotional campaigns and advertising and to develop our products, services, systems and relationships with you.
- Due Diligence:We may need to conduct investigations on potential customers and business partners to determine if those companies and individuals have been involved or convicted of offences such as fraud, bribery and corruption. Any communication we send in this manner will give you the opportunity to unsubscribe very easily.
7.3. Consent
We also rely on consent for lawful processing where we have no legitimate interest. An example of this may be when you sign up to receiving marketing through our website. Every marketing email we send gives you the opportunity to withdraw consent by unsubscribing.
7.4. Disclosure
We may on occasions pass your Personal Information to third parties exclusively to process work on our behalf. We require these parties to agree to process this information based on our instructions and requirements consistent with this Privacy Notice and GDPR.
We do not broker or pass on information gained from your engagement with us without your consent. However, we may disclose your Personal Information to meet legal obligations, regulations or valid governmental request. We may also enforce our Terms of Use, including investigating potential violations of our Terms of Use to detect, prevent or mitigate fraud or security or technical issues; or to protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of the Norfolk Mansion, our clients and/or the wider community.
Online reservations and bookings
Lodging at our Norfolk Mansion & Norfolk Mansion is handled by a third party vendor, namely, Roiback. In connection with making lodging reservations and bookings, you will leave the Site and go to a site maintained by Roiback. Further, when making lodging reservations or bookings through the site maintained by Roiback, you will be bound by Roiback's Privacy Policy regarding the collection of information. Please note that any information you provide to Roiback as part of reserving or booking lodging at Norfolk Mansion will be shared with us for reasons consistent with how we use information collected directly through the Site.
Legal basis for processing Personal Information
As stated in details above. Our legal basis for collecting and using the Personal Information described above will depend on the Personal Information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.
However, we will normally collect Personal Information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the Personal Information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect Personal Information from you or may otherwise need the Personal Information to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
If we ask you to provide Personal Information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your Personal Information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your Personal Information).
Similarly, if we collect and use your Personal Information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your Personal Information, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
Retention Policy
We will process personal data during the duration of any contract and will continue to store only the personal data needed for five years after the contract has expired to meet any legal obligations. After five years any personal data not in use will be deleted.
Your rights as a data subject
You have the following data protection rights as following:
- Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
- Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
- Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply you have a right to restrict the processing.
- Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
- Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
- Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right not to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.
In the event that the Norfolk Mansion refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why, which you have the right to legally challenge.
Norfolk Mansion will respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws, such as
- Contact details of the data protection officer, where applicable.
- The purpose of the processing as well as the legal basis for processing.
- If the processing is based on the legitimate interests of Norfolk Mansion or a third party such as one of its clients, information about those interests.
- The categories of personal data collected, stored and processed.
- Recipient(s) or categories of recipients that the data is/will be disclosed to.
- How long the data will be stored.
- Details of your rights to correct, erase, restrict or object to such processing.
- Information about your right to withdraw consent at any time.
- How to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (Data Protection Regulator).
- Whether the provision of personal data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract, as well as whether you are obliged to provide the personal data and the possible consequences of failing to provide such data.
- The source of personal data if it wasn't collected directly from you.
- Any details and information of automated decision making, such as profiling, and any meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and expected consequences of such processing.
To access what personal data is held, identification will be required. We will accept the following forms of ID when information on your personal data is requested: a copy of your national ID card, driving license, passport, birth certificate and a utility bill not older than three months. A minimum of one piece of photographic ID listed above and a supporting document is required. If Norfolk Mansion is dissatisfied with the quality, further information may be sought before personal data can be released. All requests should be made to [email protected] or by phoning (+84 28) 3822 6111 or writing to us at the address further below.
Security of Information
Norfolk Mansion uses appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the Personal Information that we collect and process about you. The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your Personal Information. While Norfolk Mansion takes security of your information seriously, there is no system that is one hundred percent secure from outside threats. Norfolk Mansion cannot guarantee that information sent over the Internet is fully secured, nor will it remain fully secured once on Norfolk Mansion' system.
Children's Privacy
The Website is not marketed to or directed at, nor intended for, children under 18 years of age. Norfolk Mansion does not knowingly collect any information from children under 18 years of age. If Norfolk Mansion earns that it collected any information from someone younger than 18 years of age, Norfolk Mansion will delete the information.
Your Personal Information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your Personal Information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
The Website may contain links to external sites not controlled and/or affiliated with Norfolk Mansion and therefore not bound by this Privacy Policy. If you access these linked sites, you will be subject to the privacy practices of those websites.
Your use of the Website is also governed by our Terms of Use found at on the other link whose terms are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy.
If you need to contact Norfolk Mansion for any reason, including if at any time you believe that a Norfolk Mansion has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please notify Norfolk Mansion using the below information and we will use all reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem.
Norfolk Mansion information center
In the event that you wish to make a concern about how your Personal Information is being processed by Norfolk Mansion or its partners, you have the right to complain to us.
The details for each of these contact is:
Ben Thanh – RSC Company Limited
Norfolk Mansion, 17-19-21 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 700000
Telephone (+84 28) 3822 6111
Email [email protected]
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WorldTeach China Global Education Fellowship
WorldTeach has operated in China since the turn of the twenty-first century. Over the years, our efforts have evolved to meet local needs. As China has gone through immense internal and external change, WorldTeach's program has changed as well. Once providing volunteer teachers to schools in the Hunan Province, WorldTeach now focuses its efforts on increasing cross-cultural relations, global citizenship, and leadership-capacity through its work with its Global Education Leaders, school administrations, and students in this developing economy.
Along with our longtime Hunan placements, WorldTeach's Global Education Leaders will be placed in Ningbo and Yiwu, located in the Zhejiang province. Zhejiang is one of the most economically developed provinces in China, allowing its residents a firsthand glimpse into advancements in Chinese entrepreneurship and philanthropic actions, as well as national and international relations.
DENSO Ignite Graduate Program
DENSO is one of the largest Japanese automotive suppliers in the world, with our HQ being in Nagoya, Japan. IGNITE is a two-year rotational program that offers structured career development and assignments across DENSO businesses and geographies. Our goal is to give you a broad view of our business and operations, allowing you to work with multiple departments and teams, experience different cultures and tackle challenging assignments.
We open new positions at the start of every Fall semester. Interviews will take place up until January and will include a phone interview and face-to-face interview and assessment, as well as an opportunity to see our facility. All positions start each year in July.
MEXT Japanese Studies Scholarship
This scholarship offers current undergraduate students majoring in Japanese Language, Japanese Literature, Japanese Studies, or Japanese Culture an opportunity to deepen their understandings through academic study at one of several universities in Japan. For more information, please see our MEXT Scholarship website, or the Study in Japan website: http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/
MEXT Scholarships: Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp
This scholarship offers applicants the opportunity to spend up to 3 years at a Japanese professional training school studying in one of several fields.
Schwarzman Scholars
Designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders to respond to the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century, the Schwarzman Scholars Program funds a one-year master's degree in public policy, economics or business at Tsinghua University in Beijing – one of China's most prestigious universities. Classes will be taught in English, and the program's curriculum has been designed to build students' leadership abilities and deepen their knowledge of China in a global context.
Every year, up to 200 Schwarzman Scholars will represent the world's next generation of leaders — high-caliber individuals with open minds and limitless potential — a network of leaders who will serve as bridges between China and the rest of the world.
Schwarzman Scholars will be selected on the basis of not only their academic aptitude and intellectual ability, but also their leadership potential, entrepreneurial spirit, ability to anticipate and act on emerging trends and opportunities, exemplary character, and desire to understand other cultures, perspectives and positions.
All qualified candidates will have successfully completed their undergraduate degrees prior to enrollment and must be proficient in English. More on admissions and application process.
UW-Madison campus contact: Mark Lilleleht firstname.lastname@example.com
AIF Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
The William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India is an immersive, 10-month volunteer service program matching young professionals with development organizations. Fellows work on scalable and sustainable development projects in the fields of education, livelihoods, and public health.
The AIF Clinton Fellowship is helping to shape the next generation of leaders committed to positive change while also strengthening civil society in both the U.S. and India.
The Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship seeks to prepare young people for careers in international development as Foreign Service Officers in USAID. The best way for potential applicants to learn more about the programs is through our website at www.paynefellows.org.
The Payne Fellowship Program provides benefits of up to $94,000 over two years toward a two-year master's degree, arranges internships in Washington D.C. and at USAID missions overseas, and provides professional development and support activities leading to employment in USAID.
Boren Study Abroad Scholarship for Undergrads
Wednesday, October 12, 4-5 p.m., 1251 Van Hise Hall
The Boren Scholarship provides up to $20,000 for US students planning to study abroad in world regions critical to US interests, including Asia. Deadline: December 2, 2016
Wisconsin in Washington, DC program extends the deadline for Fall 2017 Program. New deadline is November 4, 2016. For online application, please visit studyabroad.wisc.edu/DC internships Interested students from all majors can also contact Joel Clark at firstname.lastname@example.com to discuss program options and the application process.
The 'Wisconsin in Washington' DC program harnesses the wide range of opportunities found in our Nation's Capital for UW-Madison undergraduates in all majors. The program is administered jointly by International Academic Programs and the Department of Political Science. With the help of our campus advisors, our DC-based program manager and our DC Badger alumni network, students pursue DC internships in a variety of fields including government/politics, international affairs, communications, journalism, law, NGOs and nonprofits, history, the arts, corporate management, agricultural and life sciences, environment, lobbying, PR/advertising, think tanks/applied research, education, and more.
Wisconsin in Washington offers students a full-credit option in fall and spring (12+ UW credits including a combination of internship, core DC program seminar, and electives taught by UW appointed faculty) and a 3-credit program in the summer. Admitted students pay regular tuition/fees and live/study in university-supported housing located in the heart of Capitol Hill. Program scholarships available for qualified students!
The Gilman Scholarship Program is an undergraduate grant program for U.S. citizens of limited financial means to enable them to study abroad, thereby internationalizing their outlook and better preparing them to assume significant roles in the increasingly global economy. Learn more about the Gilman Scholarship Program. Campus representative: Andy Quackenbush.
Freeman-ASIA accepts applications from U.S. citizens or permanent residents studying at the undergraduate level at a two-year or four-year college or university who demonstrate financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. Learn more about eligibility requirements.
A Freeman-ASIA Award provides need-based funding to assist the recipient with the cost of the study abroad program and related expenses, including airfare, basic living costs, local transportation, books, etc.
The CLS Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is a fully-funded overseas intensive language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and to build relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, CLS provides opportunities to a diverse range of students from across the United States at every level of language learning.
The fourteen CLS languages are: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.
Please note that participants in the CLS Program are not required to have any experience studying critical languages for most of the fourteen languages. Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese institutes have language prerequisites, which can be found on the CLS website: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.
The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, from a wide variety of fields of study, backgrounds and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of the United States. Thus, students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, science, social sciences, arts and humanities are encouraged to apply.
The application is now live and available online at: http://www.clscholarship.org
Applications will be due November 16, 2016 by 8:00 pm EST.
The Japan Information Center is pleased to announce that applications for the Japanese Government's 2017 Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program are now available!
The online application is available here: https://www.jetapplication.com. The deadline is Friday,November 18th. We would appreciate it if you could share this information with your students and colleagues!
We will also be holding a JET Program Information Session on Saturday, October 8th, from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM in downtown Chicago (737 N. Michigan Avenue, 7th Floor – please note the entrance to the building is on Chicago Avenue). JET Program Staff and Alumni will be on hand to discuss living and working in Japan as a JET and how to be a successful applicant. The Information Session is open to anyone, and no registration is needed.
The Boren Scholarship provides up to $20,000 for US students planning to study abroad in world regions critical to US interests, including Asia.
UW-Madison Campus Application Deadline for Boren Undergraduate Scholarship: December 2, 2016
The Luce Scholars Program provides a year's internship in an Asian country related to the scholar's interests. The program is designed to provide an extended period of exposure to an Asian country for highly qualified young Americans who lack extensive knowledge of Asian affairs and who would not gain this knowledge through their normal career trajectories. Graduating seniors, recent alumni, graduate students, and junior faculty are encouraged to apply.
Princeton in Asia. PiA's mission is to promote good will and understanding and to facilitate in everyway the free interchange of the best ideals in civilizations of both East and West. For the 2017=18 fellowship cycle, PiA will offer 130 fellowships in 21 Asian countries in the following fields: access to education; access to information; economic development; environmental sustainability; public health; social justice. No prior Asia experience required. Applications due November 11, 2016. For more information visit: princeton.edu/~pia
Peace Corps @ UW-Madison. Fall Semester Advising: Walk-in Hours with UW Campus Recruiter in 105 Red Gym. Tuesdays and Fridays from 1-3 pm. Come in to chat with the Campus Recruiter about Peace Corps, open positions, and navigating the application Porcess. Contact information: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Strong tradition enhances Christmastime
ST. LOUIS — Watching a production of the perennial holiday favorite "A Christmas Carol" by the Omaha Community Playhouse's professional touring wing is a family tradition across the country.
The Fabulous Fox Theatre is proud to have its Nebraska Theatre Caravan company perform "A Christmas Carol" Dec. 12 through Dec. 14 . Since 1979, the Omaha Community Playhouse's professional touring wing, the Nebraska Theatre Caravan, has delighted audiences nationwide with this holiday tour.
The script was adapted by Charles Jones, former executive director of the Omaha Community Playhouse, for a volunteer cast at the playhouse in 1976. Musical Director John Bennett and choreographer Joanne Cady added traditional Christmas carols into the narrative. Nationally renowned scenic designer James Othuse created the magical Victorian setting which has reminded countless audiences of an old-fashioned Currier and Ives print. A national booking agent saw the show and suggested a tour.
The Nebraska Theatre Caravan, the professional touring wing of the Omaha Community Playhouse, was more than ready for the task. More than 20 performers, more than 100 costumes and a magnificent set went on that first tour of the Midwest in 1979. That tour was such as success that subsequent years have seen two to three companies concurrently touring the country. Each company stays true to the Nebraska Theatre Caravan original production that began in Omaha more than 30 years ago.
"I think of this adaptation as a masque. True to masque form, the entire production unashamedly takes advantage of the excitement of live theatre," said Jones, the show's originator. "The characters are larger than life could ever be."
One of the many reasons for the success of the Caravan's production of "A Christmas Carol" is this unique re-telling of the oft-told tale. It is enormously enhanced by Othuse's beautiful set, which recreates 1880s London, and gives the entire production the effect of being a Christmas card come to life. Each Christmas carol is chosen to create a specific dramatic effect; although the carols themselves are traditional, the scoring is contemporary and exceptionally beautiful.
Tickets for "A Christmas Carol" at the Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314-534-1111 or in person at the Fox Box Office. Ticket prices start at $20. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current pricing. "A Christmas Carol" is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.
Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, at 2 p.m. Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday.


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