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    Global Caliphate Conference Planned for Austria Next Month

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    “The relentless decline of Capitalism has begun. The time has come to fight against poverty. Time to obliterate the injustices. Time for the correct system.”

    So declares a video promoting the global "Caliphate Conference 2012" next month in Austria, suggesting the “correct system” is an international Islamic-based one replacing capitalism, which the video blames for catastrophe, civil war, and never-ending poverty.

    Organized by the fundamentalist Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, the conference will take place on March 10th south of Vienna.

    Soeren Kern of the Stonegate Institute reports:

    The main theme of the event will be "The Caliphate: The State Model of the Future."

    The conference is being organized by Hizb ut-Tahrir [Party of Liberation], a pan-Islamic extremist group that seeks to establish a global Islamic state, or caliphate, ruled by Islamic Sharia law.

    Hizb ut-Tahrir -- which is banned in many countries, including Germany, but is free to operate in Austria -- is virulently opposed to Western capitalism and democracy and seeks to extend the future caliphate to Europe and the United States.

    According to a promotional video (in German) for the conference, "the Islamic Caliphate is the only social and political system that has the right solutions to the political, social and economic problems of humanity."

    Here is the video with English subtitles which was posted on the Media Research Center’s website:

    Kern writes that a similar conference scheduled for March 4th in Belgium was cancelled after local opposition. The Blaze reported on the caliphate conference in the Netherlands last year, and a similarly-themed conference took place in Chicago in June 2010.

    Hizb ut-Tahrir defines its goals as bringing Sharia into all aspects of civil life and restoring the caliphate to its primal position over all other nations. From its website:

    Its aim is to resume the Islamic way of life and to convey the Islamic Call to the world. This objective means bringing the Muslims back to living an Islamic way of life in Dar al-Islam (the domain of Islam) and in an Islamic society such that all of life's affairs in society are administered according to the Shari'ah rules, and the viewpoint in it is the Halal (lawful) and the Haram (prohibited) under the shade of the Islamic State, which is the Khilafah (Caliphate) State. The Party, as well, aims at the correct revival of the Islamic Ummah through enlightened thought.

    It also strives to bring her back to her previous might and glory such that she wrests the reins of initiative away from other states and nations, and returns to her rightful place as the first state in the world, as she was in the past, when she governs the world according to the laws of Islam.

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    To get a better sense of the group behind the conference, “leaflets” posted on Hizb ut-Tahrir's website  advocate a violent struggle against Israel over Gaza:

    Lifting the siege of Gaza will never happen through condemnation or Hajj to the UN

    It can only ever happen through mobilization of the armies that surround the Jewish entity, as a bracelet encircles a wrist

    And a call for military action to conquer Al-Quds, Arabic for Jerusalem:

    Al-Quds cannot be liberated by resorting to protests and sit-in… it can only be restored by mobilizing armed forces to eliminate the Jewish entity!

    Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton on the sidelines of last year’s CPAC conference told a Salon reporter:

    “There are leaders in that part of the world who do – like Osama bin Laden - talk about the restoration of the caliphate and I am very disturbed by that because that kind of radical ideology I think threatens moderate Muslim and Arabic regimes that are important to American national security interests.”

    Kern of the Stonegate Institute suggests that the fact that the conference is taking place openly indicates Hizb ut-Tahrir aims to enhance its recruiting efforts among Europe’s Muslim population.

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    43 comments

    • Sara  •  2 mths ago
      Please send them all back where they came from. If they don't want democracy, then they can't live off of ours.
    • AllenL  •  2 mths ago
      For those of you who may not know, In the Bible, this is an opening for the New World Order! As we read this, Millions of Muslims are "migrating" to ALL parts of the World. They are setting up, (just as the Bible predicted over 2000 years ago) and they will control the World. Israel has to be destroyed because of Jehovah God.(the one,true God) The Bible has to be real, because we are seeing this being "fulfilled" right before our eyes! IF YOU DON"T BELIEVE ME....READ IT FOR YOURSELVES QUICKLY...SO THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE!!!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Albuquerque, New Mexico  •  2 mths ago
      This conference will have about as much impact as a pebble thrown against a granite wall. Any ideology which formalizes the abuse of half of its own population is doomed to abject failure.
    • usjustice101  •  2 mths ago
      And here is another very eye-opening post I came accross! Thought it worth sharing.

      rickitybobby - 7 hrs ago Report Abuse

      As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part being regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:

      United States -- Muslim 0.6%
      Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
      Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
      China -- Muslim 1.8%
      Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
      Norway -- Muslim 1.8%

      At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:

      Denmark -- Muslim 2%
      Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
      United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
      Spain -- Muslim 4%
      Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%

      From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:

      France -- Muslim 8%
      Philippines -- 5%
      Sweden -- Muslim 5%
      Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
      The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
      Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%

      At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world. When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:

      Guyana -- Muslim 10%
      India -- Muslim 13.4%
      Israel -- Muslim 16%
      Kenya -- Muslim 10%
      Russia -- Muslim 15%

      After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:

      Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%

      At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:

      Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
      Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
      Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%

      From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and ***ya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

      Albania -- Muslim 70%
      Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
      Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
      Sudan -- Muslim 70%

      After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

      Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
      Egypt -- Muslim 90%
      Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
      Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
      Iran -- Muslim 98%
      Iraq -- Muslim 97%
      Jordan -- Muslim 92%
      Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
      Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
      Palestine -- Muslim 99%
      Syria -- Muslim 90%
      Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
      Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
      United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%

      100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:

      Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
      Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
      Somalia -- Muslim 100%
      Yemen -- Muslim 100%

      Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
    • usjustice101  •  2 mths ago
      Here is a very interesting and telling post I came accross on another Yahoo article. It is fully applicable here!

      A Yahoo! User - 2 hrs 9 mins agoReport Abuse

      The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.

      Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, most of the verses of violence in the Quran are open-ended, meaning that they are not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding text. They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subjective as anything else in the Quran.

      Unfortunately, there are very few verses of tolerance and peace to abrogate or even balance out the many that call for nonbelievers to be fought and subdued until they either accept humiliation, convert to Islam, or are killed. Muhammad's own martial legacy and the remarkable stress on violence found in the Quran have resulted in a trail of blood and tears across world history.

      Other than the fact that Muslims haven't killed every non-Muslim under their domain, there is very little else that they can point to as proof that theirs is a peaceful, tolerant religion. Where Islam is dominant (as in the Middle East and Pakistan) religious minorities suffer brutal persecution with little resistance. Where Islam is in the minority (as in Thailand, the Philippines and Europe) there is the threat of violence if Muslim demands are not met. Either situation seems to provide a justification for religious terrorism, which is persistent and endemic to Islamic fundamentalism.

      The reasons are obvious and begin with the Quran. Few verses of Islam's most sacred text can be construed to fit the contemporary virtues of religious tolerance and universal brotherhood. Those that do are earlier "Meccan" verses which are obviously abrogated by later ones. This is why Muslim apologists speak of the "risks" of trying to interpret the Quran without their "assistance" - even while claiming that it is a perfect book.

      Far from being mere history or theological construct, the violent verses of the Quran have played a key role in very real massacre and genocide.

      Muhammad's failure to leave a clear line of succession resulted in perpetual internal war following his death. Those who knew him best first fought to keep remote tribes from leaving Islam and reverting to their preferred religion (the Ridda or 'Apostasy wars'). Then, within the closer community, early Meccan converts battled later ones. Hostility developed between those immigrants who had traveled with Muhammad to Mecca and the Ansar at Medina who had helped them settle in. Finally there was a violent struggle within Muhammad's own family between his favorite wife and favorite daughter - a jagged schism that has left Shias and Sunnis at each others' throats to this day.

      The strangest and most untrue thing that can be said about Islam is that it is a Religion of Peace. If every standard by which the West is judged and condemned (slavery, imperialism, intolerance, misogyny, sexual repression, warfare...) were applied equally to Islam, the verdict would be devastating. Islam never gives up what it conquers, be it religion, culture, language or life. Neither does it make apologies or any real effort at moral progress. It is the least open to dialogue and the most self-absorbed. It is convinced of its own perfection, yet brutally shuns self-examination and represses criticism.

      There are just too many Muslims who take the Quran literally... and too many others who couldn't care less about the violence done in the name of Islam.
    • usjustice101  •  2 mths ago
      Religion of love and peace, when they openly advocate murder and genocide against Jews? Why in the world is Austria allowing this conference? WHY in the world did Chicago?? These people are CRIMINALS who would kill without batting an eye anyone who does not submit to their positively sick agenda! They are also very deceiving in trying to portray their Sharia law as the solution to social problems in the world! LIARS looking to completely take over and install their brand of sick and perverted way of life!
    • usjustice101  •  2 mths ago
      "Lifting the siege of Gaza will never happen through condemnation or Hajj to the UN
      It can only ever happen through mobilization of the armies that surround the Jewish entity, as a bracelet encircles a wrist.

      And a call for military action to conquer Al-Quds, Arabic for Jerusalem:

      Al-Quds cannot be liberated by resorting to protests and sit-in… it can only be restored by mobilizing armed forces to eliminate the Jewish entity!"

      "...ELIMINATE the Jewish ENTITY"?!! These people are openly advocating war and the murder of all Jewish people! They are no different than Hitler himself! Why in the world are they allowed public conferences, specially in America? They should be just as outlawed as any common criminal for putrightly advocating murder and pure genocide!
    • Randy  •  Colstrip, Montana  •  3 mths ago
      why is this going on in a Christian country?
    • Jack Tawney  •  3 mths ago
      And people wonder why we fight the War on Terror...
    • Steven  •  Benton, Louisiana  •  3 mths ago
      Well, Austria, are you gonna do something about these freaks? I seem to remember another guy from there shouting this kinda stuff @ 1936. Look what that caused.
    • LRG  •  3 mths ago
      At least these muslimes are being honest about what their true agenda is and aren't giving us some line of bull about being a "religion of peace" that just wants to co-exist with everyone else.
      This is the true face of islam, boys and girls, and they're not kidding around. We can destroy them all now or we can destroy them all later but sooner or later it will have to be done--or they will destroy us. It's as simple as that.
    • Patrick  •  Westland, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      And Austria is hosting this... why? Had I know about the one in Chicago I would have traveled and protested. No nation seeking peace and freedom for it's people should host this type of thing.
    • JohnF  •  3 mths ago
      ""So declares a video promoting the global "Caliphate Conference 2012" next month in Austria, suggesting the “correct system” is an international Islamic-based one replacing capitalism, which the video blames for catastrophe, civil war, and never-ending poverty.""

      This is true, the Muslims don't like competition. It's only *their* brand of poverty and civil war that's best.
    • 9inchnail  •  3 mths ago
      Let's send US Armed Forces Recruiters into Muslim neighborhoods, then send the volunteers to fight the caliphate. You know, a sort of "War Between the "Phates."
    • Bill  •  Monroe, Louisiana  •  3 mths ago
      Would someone research the word DIMITUDE and make a comment please!! How long are we going to be TOLERANT just because we are told that we should be??? I am ashamed of myself for being a coward and not standing up and commenting on this kind of crap before!
      • Cracker Barrel 3 mths ago
        Find me the last time dimitude was in effect. Not one muslim country currently has a system like that.
    • 800 Pound Gorilla  •  Charlotte, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      feed them a bullet dipped in bacon grease!
    • Steven  •  Greenville, South Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      Amazing. I read this and shook my head in disbelief that their are still a bunch of PC head-in-the-clouds morons who think that Islam is a religion of peace and its beliefs are compatible with a tolerant, secular, democratic nation.
    • Dennis  •  3 mths ago
      "“The relentless decline of Capitalism has begun. The time has come to fight against poverty. Time to obliterate the injustices. Time for the correct system.” -- isn't that a quote from B. Hussein Obama??
    • David  •  3 mths ago
      Last night while I was, uh, meditating in my bathroom, I was visited by Hermes, the messenger of Zeus. He told me that Zeus' fury was building and all the gods are very concerned about the future of mankind. He asked me to let everyone on Yahoo know that we'd better start sacrificing to Zeus before it's too late, we've wasted a lot of time worshiping fake gods and Zeus is very displeased! Do not just laugh this off, you MUST respect my religious beliefs, OR ELSE!!!
    • Jeffery  •  Quincy, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      I wonder how many protesters there'll be outside of that one?
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