2/3 OF CZECHS SCARED OF ISLAM

The Prague Post says a sizable number of Czechs polled are rightly concerned about the Religion of Peace:

About two-thirds of Czechs who have used the European election calculator EUvox consider Islam a threat to Czech society, according to an analysis of the results carried out by the Academy of Sciences Sociological Institute, released today.

The institute assessed the opinions of 18,000 Czechs. More than 1 million people used the application throughout the EU.

EUvox is to help voters in their decision-making. It offers 30 questions. The result is the highest-percentage accord with a party running in the elections.

Islam is feared mainly by those who agreed most with the opposition Dawn and the Civic Democrats (ODS), the extra-parliamentary Party of Free Citizens, and partially also the government ANO movement.

Only about 10 percent of Czechs are not afraid of Islam. The least afraid of it are supporters of the Green Party.

We can only wonder why. Are alleged environmentalists that foolish? But it's good to see many others are rightly worried about the influence of such an awful religion.

SAUDI ARABIA WANTS TO BAN DUTCH BUSINESSES

Because they're seething over Geert Wilders's campaigns:

Saudi companies have been ordered to exclude Dutch firms from future projects over an anti-Islamic stunt by a far-right Dutch politician, in a royal decree made public by the Mecca chamber of commerce.

The decree bans “Dutch firms from taking part in future projects in the kingdom, whether directly or through sub-contracting,” according to a chamber circular seen by AFP on Saturday.

It also reduces to a minimum the number of visas “for Dutch companies and investors who are not part of vital projects in the kingdom”.

And it orders an end to visits by trade delegations between the two countries.

Not that the Dutch have much to lose, IMO. Saudi Arabia continues to be a dictatorship with oppressive, racist, anti-semitic policies, and if those Dutch companies were smart, they wouldn't be seeking to make money at all costs.

WOMEN IN IRAN NEED FREEDOM FROM THE HIJAB

An Iranian woman wrote for Front Page Magazine about her experiences in the country that for 35 years has forced women to wear oppressive garments that deny them vitamin D from the sun:

For 35 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has forced millions of Iranian women and young girls to wear a chador, hijab, or other form covering to hide their bodies and hair. Girls are ordered to wear a hijab at the age of eight or nine.

The moral police have been deployed to crack down on those women who do not fully comply with this Islamic rule.

Growing up in the Islamic Republic, I saw how many women and girls felt it intolerable to wear a hijab, not only because it breached the personal freedoms of each citizen, but also because they found it difficult to wear a hijab on hot desert days throughout the year. One of my university friends, Sahar, dreamt to one day be able to walk freely down the street, wearing whatever she liked, feeling the breeze, the wind blowing through her hair, and not having to wear this mandatory covering that had been part of her public life since she was eight years old.

One day, I attempted to help Sahar fulfill her dream and I took her to a field far from the eyes of the Islamic moral police, and she walked, ran, and jumped around without a scarf like a child. It felt as if she had been released from prison, like she was capable of feeling this simple pleasure of freedom for the first time. Nevertheless, we were still afraid that there might be a governmental observer or a spy hiding somewhere. It was not a totally liberating experience.

This simple individual freedom might be taken for granted by women in the Western democratic world. And some might find it comical, ridiculous, or bizarre to have such a simple dream. But this is truly a dream for millions of Iranian women.

The summer is coming and the heat reaches over 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Iran. Working a full day with a thick hijab around your head and body can also cause serious health problems.

Of course. One of those illnesses is called osteoporosis, and to see cults like Lev Tahor embracing that kind of vulgar idea - even trying to ape it - is offensive. Besides fighting against Iran's nuclear programs, the west also has to condemn Iran's own oppression of women in their society.

I CAN SEE IMPEACHMENT FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW

IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A LANDSLIDE!

AND, THIS CHART PROVES IT:

IF WE TAKE THE SENATE, THEN WE CAN AND SHOULD IMPEACH OBAMA FOR BENGHAZI, FAST & FURIOUS, THE IRS SCANDAL, AND FOR FAILING TO ENFORCE DRUG LAWS AND IMMIGRATION LAWS.

LEV TAHOR'S LAWYER WANTS TO HELP THEM ESCAPE WITH CHILDREN FROM CANADA'S JURISDICTION

The Quebec children's services has kept special warrants for apprehension of the children in the Haredi cult's clutches that's helped prevent their parents from fleeing the country along with them. But now, their atrocious lawyer wants to help them escape from justice:

The lawyer for Lev Tahor said Quebec must lift an order for the apprehension of all the children of Lev Tahor to allow the group to travel freely outside of Canada.

An apprehension order was issued by Quebec’s court last year asking for the return of all 127 of the children of Lev Tahor, an extremist ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect that moved en masse to Ontario late last year after living in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts since 2001.

The apprehension order was not executed by Children’s Services in Chatham-Kent, where the group relocated. Guidy Mamann, the group’s lawyer, said they only discovered the order existed several weeks ago, when some of the children applied to get Canadian passports. He said passports aren’t issued to people who have an outstanding warrant against them. The passport office has since asked that the children who have valid passports return them.

Mamann said since the order won’t ever be enforced, it must be lifted, because keeping it in place could force some families to leave the country without their children.

Considering how abusive they are, not to mention brainwashed by their sick leader Helbrans, the children would be better off without the parents, who've done nothing to prove they truly love their children.

The Chatham-Kent division's refusal to respect the warrants is offensive, and puts into question their own devotion to children's safety when dealing with cults.

The 5 Towns Jewish Times interviewed the brother of a woman in the cult who's been trying to get and her children to leave, and he says there's two daughters still in Toronto awaiting a judge's decision for custody. I hope he gets the grant, because they shouldn't be anywhere near that disgusting bunch.

Water is Racist

STUDY: Black Children Drown At Far Higher Rates

HEADLINES OBAMA WOULD LOVE

THE DEBATE IS OVER: MAN-MADE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS BULLSHIT

YES: BULLSHIT.

THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR ATTACKS ON SKEPTICS PROVES IT:

THE DEBATE IS OVER,  MAN-MADE ICE AGE GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE DISRUPTION IS REAL! 

IF THEY WERE RIGHT, THEN ONE OF THE 40 IPCC MODELS WOULD HAVE CORRECTLY PREDICTED THE LAST 17 YEARS, BUT NOT ONE DID.

IF THEY WERE RIGHT, THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE CHANGING THEIR DIRE PREDICTIONS AND THEY WOULDN'T BE CHANGING THE UMBRELLA TERM FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.

IF THEY WERE RIGHT, THEN THE LEADERS AND PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS OF THEIR MOVEMENT WOULD HOLD SKYPE TELECONFERENCES INSTEAD OF JETTING AROUND THE GLOBE TO SEVERAL CONFERENCES A YEAR.

IF THEY WERE RIGHT, THEN SLIGHT WARMING IN THE 50 YEARS PREVIOUS TO THE LAST 17 MIGHT HAVE EXCEEDED THE WARMING OVER THE LAST 3 MILLION YEARS.

BUT, THEY ARE WRONG.

THE WORST PART IS THE FACT THAT THEIR POLICIES HAVE RETARDED WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ROBBED THE POOR AND THE THIRD WORLD OF 40 YEARS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

THAT'S RIGHT:

GLOBAL POVERTY HAS WORSENED BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE ALARMISTS.

CLIMATE ALARMISM IS THE THIRD MOST HARMFUL IDEOLOGY ON EARTH - AFTER LEFTISM AND ISLAMISM.

IF WE WANT TO MAKE POVERTY HISTORY, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE LEFTISM, ISLAMISM, AND CLIMATE ALARMISM HISTORY.

DANNY GLOVER DOESN'T NEED AN AUDIENCE

The former co-star with Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon film series makes me feel additionally embarrassed I ever watched those movies years before, as he calls for a boycott of Israel: (via Breitbart London):

Danny Glover and others actors featured in a documentary on an American social justice activist have formally protested the imminent screening of the film in Tel Aviv, and announced their support for a cultural and academic boycott of Israel.

The film, “American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs,” is due to be screened at the DocAviv festival, which is running through May 17.

In a statement, Glover and nine others featured in the film, along with Boggs, the 98-year-old philosopher and activist whose life is chronicled in the documentary, said: “We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and support their call for cultural and academic boycott of Israel… we were shocked to find the film slated to be screened at the DocAviv festival in Israel on May 13th and 15th. This was scheduled without our knowledge.”

[...] Boggs “has explicitly stated her support of the boycott and believes this screening is in direct contradiction to her legacy and ongoing work as a revolutionary,” the statement said.

I guess that's one "social justice" worker I don't need to know anything about. Nor do I need to bother any longer about the Lethal Weapon movies, and haven't for a long time. Until now, I had no idea just how bad those formerly associated with that movie really were.

SECURITY FORCES WRECK "ILLEGAL" BUILDINGS AT MA'ALE REHAVAM

Another disgrace committed by Israeli authorities while illegal structures by Muslims are otherwise ignored:

Security forces completed the demolition of 10 illegal structures in the West Bank outpost of Ma’ale Rehavam, south of Jerusalem, Wednesday afternoon, after the High Court rejected a claim by settlers that the land was purchased legally.

[...] The Jewish Home party called for the immediate cessation of demolitions of Jewish structures in the West Bank. “The demolition of homes in Judea and Samaria must stop immediately,” a statement from the party read. “There cannot be selective and vigorous law enforcement in which they destroy homes in Judea and Samaria, while thousands of illegal Bedouin homes are left standing.”

[...] The demolition of the structures, which were built on private Palestinian land near larger settlements, comes six months after the High Court of Justice ruled that they were illegal.

What if they weren't? Besides, look who pushed for this:

The ruling to tear down the structures came a decade after the structures were built, and six years after Peace Now filed a petition calling on the government to evacuate six West Bank outposts: Givat Asaf, Mitzpeh Yitzhar, Ramat Gilad, Ma’ale Rehavam, Givat Hara’a, and Mitzpeh Lachish.

When they were built, all six outposts became subject to a “delineation order,” an injunction stipulating that the state can evacuate them at any given moment. In 2007, Peace Now pushed for the state to act on the injunction, and in early 2011 the state finally agreed to evacuate all structures built on privately owned land.

Peace Now is the cancer of modern times. They may not even be legal entity, so that only makes this all the more atrocious.

SUDANESE WOMAN MAY BE EXECUTED FOR BEING CHRISTIAN

The Islamic dictatorship in Sudan is threatening a woman with death for converting to Christianity:

A Sudanese court gave a 27-year-old woman until Thursday to abandon her newly adopted Christian faith and return to Islam or face a death sentence, judicial sources said on Monday.

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim was charged with apostasy as well as adultery for marrying a Christian man, something prohibited for Muslim women to do and which makes the marriage void.

The worst part about this is that she's pregnant, which means they'll be obliterating the unborn child in her too. This is absolutely repulsive.

Hashtag uncovered in Hieronymus Bosch Painting?

CLOSE EXAMINATION OF BOSCHS "GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS" REVEALED THIS:

SERIOUSLY:

POSTMODERNISM DECLARES THAT THERE IS NO G-D, THAT ALL VALUES ARE SUBJECTIVE AND THAT MORALITY IS RELATIVE.

AND THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS NORMAL AND NO SUCH THING AS DEVIANCY.

WHERE DOES THIS INEVITABLY LEAD?

TO THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS.

AND IT'S EMBODIED IN TODAY'S DEMOCRAT PARTY...

... IN THE LEFT'S SEXUALLY PERMISSIVE NANNYSTATE, WHERE "DO WHAT THOU WILT IS THE WHOLE OF THE LAW".

• TOBACCO IS OUTLAWED; MARIJUANA LEGALIZED.
• CHRISTIANS ARE RUN OUT OF THE NFL; GAY ATHLETES LIONIZED.
• FETUSES TREATED AS MERE TISSUE AND ABORTION HELD SACROSANCT; ENDANGERED SPECIES GLORIFIED.
• BODY-PIERCING AND TATTOOING CONSIDERED HUMDRUM; CHIVALRY CONSIDERED SEXIST.

AND SO ON.

MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT OBAMA PROTECTS THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND BOKO HARAM - ARMS JIHADISTS IN LIBYA, AND RETREATS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, WHILE ISOLATING ISRAEL.

IT CAN'T LEAD ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS....

HISTORIAN FINDS A DEMOCRAT HASHTAG FROM 1864!

TIME TO BAN BOUNCY HOUSES???????

UNREAL:

Two young boys were injured after a “bouncy house” was swept away by a gust of wind Monday afternoon. Three children were inside the play structure when the wind lifted the inflatable toy 50 feet into the air.

WE PRAY FOR THE SWIFT AND FULL RECOVERY OF THE CHILDREN.

BUT SHOULDN'T WE DO MORE?

THESE BOUNCY HOUSES CAUSE 30 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS FOR OUR CHILDREN EVERY DAY!

THAT'S MORE THAN GUNS CAUSE!

WE MUST BAN THEM!

(VIDEO AT THE LINK.)

EHUD OLMERT SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON

If it goes through, he'll be the 1st former prime minister to wind up behind bars:

TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli court sentenced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for his role in a bribery scandal, capping the stunning downfall of a politician who just a few years ago hobnobbed at the White House and claimed to be close to reaching a historic peace agreement with the Palestinians.

What garbage. All he did was commit dhimmitude.

Olmert, the first prime minister sentenced to prison, is set to become the latest in a string of top Israeli politicians to serve time for serious crimes. The scandals have fueled a feeling of public sorrow over the state of the country's political system mixed with relief that no one is above the law. [...]

Olmert was convicted in March in a wide-ranging case that accused him of accepting bribes to promote a controversial real-estate project in Jerusalem. He was charged for acts while he was mayor of Jerusalem and national trade minister, years before he became prime minister in 2006.

Olmert has denied wrongdoing, and his lawyer said they would appeal Tuesday's sentence to the Supreme Court.

The six-year sentence was the maximum sought by prosecutors. Olmert also was ordered to pay a $290,000 fine. Judge David Rozen, a Tel Aviv district court judge, accused Olmert of undermining the public's trust as he delivered the punishment.

"A public servant who accepts bribes is akin to a traitor," Rozen said. "This is a man who was on top of the world. He served as prime minister, the most important position, and from there he reached the position of a man convicted of criminal offenses."

Olmert appeared stunned as he walked out of the courthouse without speaking to reporters. Rozen ordered him and several co-defendants to report to prison on Sept. 1.

Hope he doesn't try to flee the country beforehand, or he'll be fit for additional time in the pen. He's had this punishment coming to him for a long time now. Finally, he's getting what he asked for, after he sold out this country and endangered it.

TOM BREVOORT CONTINUES DOWN THE PATH OF APOLOGIA

On his blog, he keeps responding with contempt to anyone who dares speak negatively about Islam. In this example, somebody writes:

Why do you continue to release a book that promotes a religion that prompted the kidnapping of innocent Nigerian schoolgirls? It makes me sick.

And he answers with a classic defense:

No religion did that.

Particular sick, fanatical individuals did that.

And those kinds of individuals come in all sorts of backgrounds, from every conceivable religion and race and region.

All without admitting that "individuals" have to get their beliefs from somewhere. Can he even name what other religions he thinks spawned these kind of monsters excepting Islam? Possibly the same poster followed up with:

"And those kinds of individuals come in all sorts of backgrounds, from every conceivable religion and race and region." Not from every religion Tom. When was the last time you heard of Jews, Christians, Buddhists, or Hindus doing these types of things? You can put your head in the sand if you want, but Islam is a religion of hate that uses deception and sympathy from the ignorant to continue its mission. Read the Quran and then let's talk.

And what does Brevoort say this time?

When was the last time I heard of Jews, Christians, Buddhists or Hindus doing these kinds of things?

Pick up any newspaper anywhere.

Well...well...well. He has really sunk to new lows. And then:

"Pick up any newspaper anywhere." Really Tom? Please tell where I can buy that paper that talks about these groups, other than Muslims, that kidnap school children to sell into slavery, engage in ocean pirating, engage in suicide bombing, blow up world trade centers and other buildings, and decapitate innocent people on television. Please Tom, show me that paper and I will stand corrected.

His only reply?

Next question.

That's all? Proof he's not interested in arguing logic. Now I've really lost respect for that awful man. His words are even hurtful to some of the Jewish comics contributors whose company he's been working for. He even said that Joe McCarthy was a demagogue, but truly, McCarthy was just a jerk, a onetime Democrat who'd taken his MO with him; if it hadn't been for his overbearing approach, the fight against communism could've been handled a lot better. The real demagogue, IMO, is Brevoort.

While we're on the subject, a woman wrote in to voice her disappointment at how Carol Danvers - the only true Ms. Marvel to many - is being handled:

As a woman I am far more embarrassed by everything related to the awful direction you've taken Carol Danvers in, from the ugly and generic costume to the rubbish boy scout junior feminist characterisation to the people who think it's anything other than an empowered-woman-by-committee. I was never "embarrassed" by her almost iconic costume, or the character that went along with it who quickly became one of my favorites & someone I genuinely looked up to. Now I am just embarrassed to look at her.

You know, I agree. The second costume designed in the late 70s - the black one with a light streak and a sash band at the waist - was excellent, far better than the disappointment that is the new costume drawn for her as a female Captain Marvel. In fact, she really should remain as Ms. Marvel or Warbird, and not have to be saddled with the PC lunacy that's taking place now. Sure, she'd been created as a female take on a role first played by a male protagonist, but she was still her own role, and what they're doing now is pointless.

THE SCIENCE OF DIETS AND HEALTH VERSUS THE SCIENCE OF MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE

YOUR AVERAGE NYTIMES-READING LIBERAL AGREES THAT THE SCIENCE REVOLVING AROUND OUR DIETS AND OUR HEALTH IS ALL OVER THE PLACE:

• SOME STUDIES SHOW THAT CARBS ARE POISON AND PROTEIN AND FAT ARE GOOD

• SOME STUDIES SHOW VEGETARIAN DIETS ARE BEST

• SOME STUDIES SHOW THAT SATURATED FATS ARE BAD - OTHERS THAT THEY ARE HARMLESS

• OLD STUDIES MADE OUT SALT AS A POISON. RECENT STUDIES SHOW SALT IS HARMLESS AND NECESSARY...

AND SO ON...

SO - ON THIS ISSUE - LIBERALS HAVE NO PROBLEM AGREEING WITH THE IDEA THAT THE STUDIES SHOULD ALL BE MET WITH A FAIR DEGREE OF SKEPTICISM.

THE SAME LIBERALS, THOUGH, ACCEPT THEORIES ABOUT MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE AS IF THEY WERE PROVEN BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT ...

• DESPITE THE FACT THAT GLOBAL CLIMATE IS AT LEAST AS COMPLEX AS DIET AND 

• DESPITE THE FACT THAT UNLIKE DIET STUDIES THERE ARE VERY FEW TESTS THAT PROVE ANYTHING ABOUT MAN-MADE CLIMATE ONE  WAY OR ANOTHER.

AND BECAUSE THE CLIMATE MODELS HAVE ALL BEEN WAY WAY WAY OFF, MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE THEORIES SHOULD REALLY BE MET WITH EVEN MORE SKEPTICISM THAN DIET STUDIES.

THE REASON LIBS'N LEFTIES DON'T QUESTION CLIMATE CHANGE THEORIES IS THAT THEY ARE NOW AN INTEGRAL PARTY OF THE PARTY PLATFORM AND A LITMUS TEST FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE MACHINE.
 AS 
IF YOU ARE A SKEPTIC, THEN YOUR MEMBERSHIP ON THE LEFT AND AFFILIATION WITH ALL THAT IS CONSIDERED BY THE MASS MEDIA AND ACADEMY (WHICH ARE BOTH DOMINATED BY THE LEFT) AS SMART AND COOL IS THREATENED.

KEEP IT UP AND YOU'LL BE SHUNNED. CALLED A "DENIER" AND REVILED AS A KNUCKLE-DRAGGING FOX-WATCHING G-D-FEARING WAR-MONGERING GAS-GUZZLING... RACIST!!!!!!!

AND SHUNNED.

AND LEFTISM IS, ABOVE ALL ELSE, AN AFFILIATION WITH A MACHINE AND NOT A SET OF PRINCIPLES OR VALUES OR BELIEFS.

SUPPORTING THE PARTY ON AGW/CLIMATE CHANGE/"CLIMATE DISRUPTION" IS NOW A PREREQUISITE AND IF YOU AND YOUR FAVORED GROUPS WANT ANY OF THE GOODIES THE MACHINE CAN DOLE OUT WHEN THEY'RE IN POWER, THEN YOU HAVE TO PLAY ALONG.

THE CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX IS A PERFECT ONE FOR THE LEFT AS IT ALLOWS THEM TO TAX ANYTHING/EVERYTHING AND TO REDISTRIBUTE IT TO THE MEMBERS OF THEIR MACHINE.

NEXT TIME YOU RUN INTO A LIBERAL WHO FEELS THAT AS FAR AS MAN--MADE CLIMATE CHANGE IS CONCERNED "THE DEBATE IS OVER" AND "THE SCIENCE SETTLED" ASK THEM WHY CLIMATE SCIENCE IS ANY BETTER THAN DIET SCIENCE.

IF THEY HAVE A SHRED OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, IT SHOULD OPEN THEIR EYES.

CANADA SHOULDN'T ALLOW SYRIA JIHADISTS TO RETURN

Sun News makes clear that jihad is not Canadian:

Fighting armed jihad is not "as Canadian as maple syrup." It's completely against our values.

It's criminal. It's terrorism.

Yet that's just what Abu Dujana al-Muhajir wrote in a blog post. He's one of several Calgary youth who left the country to pursue jihad in Syria.

The Syrian civil war has raged on since 2011 and is still rife with sectarian strife, with many Islamist factions.

CSIS believes 30 Canadians are fighting in extremist groups in the country.

Abu Dujana's post lists writer Irshad Manji among a group of "deviants" and says Sun Media columnist Tarek Fatah is a "sell out" for his views on Islam.

Let's not try to downplay what Abu Dujana's saying. Let's not ignore it and hope it will go away.

While we firmly reject his attempts to normalize jihad among our youth, the truth is Islamic extremism in Canada is growing.

And they both need to come up with educational curriculum to prevent it, while simultaneously exiling any and all who go to Syria for the sake of jihad.

ABU HAMZA AL-MASRI PINS THE BLAME ON HIS EX-WIFE FOR JIHAD

The terror-directing imam whose hands got blown off told the US court where he's standing trial that his wife's responsible for his turn to jihadism:

Handless hate preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri was living “on the wrong side of morality” — working as a bouncer for a London strip club — until his first wife led him on a path to jihad.

Testifying at his terror trial in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, the one-eyed, Egyptian-born cleric said he married a non-Muslim Brit in the early ’80s who hated his “not very respectful lifestyle.” So she sought advice from his Islamic friends.

“They told her, ‘If you ask him to teach you Islam, he will spend more time with you,’” testified al-Masri, 56.

The extra time the couple spent studying Islam didn’t salvage the marriage — but did lead al-Masri on the path to become a well-known imam, he said.

The thrice-married al-Masri didn’t say why they divorced, but ex-wife Valerie Olga Macias has blamed their 1984 split on the cleric’s alleged affair with a hooker.

I'm not surprised he's trying to scapegoat his ex-wife for his abominations. Her quest for advice from other Muslims - according to his testimony - doesn't sound very plausible either.

Al-Masri, bereft of his hook-like prosthetic, raised his right stump to be sworn in before testifying.

Asked to define “jihad,” he said, “to struggle in the cause of God.”

Defense lawyer Joshua Dratel brought up previous comments al-Masri made about it being OK to lie to non-Muslims.

But al-Masri said he’s “no stranger to prison” and would rather stay incarcerated than lie “under oath.” “If my freedom comes at the expense of my dignity and beliefs, I don’t want it,” he said.

I think he's committing taqqiya just so he can be incarcerated.