Minnesota Sheriff Bows Down To Islam, Surrenders To Terrorists At CAIR

 Hennepin County Sheriff Richard W. Stanek, left, and Major J.R. Storms spoke about the addition of a policy regarding religious head coverings for inmates.




Minnesota's Hennepin County (Minneapolis) Sheriff Rich Stanek can officially change his middle name to "Dhimmi" as he has announced a new program where Muslim inmates at the county jail now can wear their head coverings - a new policy that came about for two reasons:


a)  Stanek curled up into a ball and cowered at the threats from the terrorists at CAIR-MN
b)  Stanek is scared to death of pissing off the growing and violent population of Somali Muslims in Hennepin County

Look at this quote from the article from one of the Muslim advocates in Hennepin County:

“This addresses the most fundamental of civil rights,” said Fartun Weli, executive director of Isuroon, a Somali women’s advocacy group. “It’s part of our identity.”

The trauma of an arrest can move a suspect to “seek spiritual relief, but they also have to deal with the shame of not being able to wear a head covering,” Weli said. “This is a big deal to us, but we aren’t saying somebody should receive special treatment because of their religion.”

See?  These clowns, these Somali "refugees" cannot and WILL NOT assimilate into any aspect of American society....hell, they won't even assimilate into a prison's rules!

Look at the quote above again - you know, if you are so desperately in need of your "spirituality" when you land your ass in a jail cell, THEN DON'T DO THE FUCKING CRIME, HAJI !

Great job, Sheriff Stanek.  You have just officially lost all sense of control over the most violent group of people in Minnesota.  I hope you are ready to put a foot bath in every one of Hennepin County's jail cells.

The story comes from The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Hennepin County sheriff's office announces new policy for religious head coverings for inmates


Inmates at the Hennepin County jail will be allowed to wear religious head coverings, the Sheriff’s Office said Thursday, making it the first law enforcement agency in Minnesota to adopt such a policy.

Just a few hours after Sheriff Rich Stanek announced the change, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said it will roll out a similar policy this week.

The new policies were warmly welcomed by representatives of religious and cultural groups.

“This addresses the most fundamental of civil rights,” said Fartun Weli, executive director of Isuroon, a Somali women’s advocacy group. “It’s part of our identity.”

The trauma of an arrest can move a suspect to “seek spiritual relief, but they also have to deal with the shame of not being able to wear a head covering,” Weli said. “This is a big deal to us, but we aren’t saying somebody should receive special treatment because of their religion.”

Although both sheriff’s offices had been considering the changes for nearly a year, a compelling letter from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to Stanek last fall drove home the importance of allowing religious garb in jail, the sheriff said.

In Hennepin County, at least a couple of dozen inmates each year will be affected. When individuals wearing a head covering such as yarmulke, hijab or kufi are booked into jail, they will be taken to a private area where the clothing item will be searched and inventoried. For security reasons, the jail then will provide a replacement.

Procedures are also in place for inmates who didn’t arrive wearing a religious head covering, but want to request one.

One caveat: An inmate can receive a head covering only if he or she isn’t deemed a safety or security threat, Stanek said. If the covering is altered or used for anything other than its intended purpose, it will be taken away.

The new policy also includes booking photos. In Hennepin County, a female inmate wearing a hijab will be allowed to keep it on, but push it back off her face for the photo. In Ramsey County, a nonpublic photo without the covering will be taken for police use and another photo with the covering will be available for public use.

The policy’s genesis

The new policy, which adheres to the constitutional and federal requirements of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, followed discussions with CAIR and experts on religion and corrections, Stanek said. His office also reviewed similar policies in California and Illinois.

Before the new policy, the Sheriff’s Office considered head covering requests from inmates case-by-case. The jail currently accommodates inmates with specific religious needs such as adhering to dietary requirements, providing religious literature and organizing religious leaders from a variety of faiths who volunteer in the jail.

Each year, more than 38,000 people are booked into Hennepin County jail and 20,000 into the Ramsey County facility. Inmates usually are struggling with a variety of issues when they land in jail, and not being able to wear a head covering can add to their problems, Weli said.

Weli has seen a jail-issued hijab, which is dark brown and made with a stretchy material. She said she was pleased with it, and that it compared well to one she might buy at a local Somali shopping mall.

Lori Saroya, executive director of CAIR, agreed, then joked she was glad they weren’t the bright orange color typically associated with jail attire.

An influential letter

Saroya said her office has heard complaints of insensitivity over head coverings at jails throughout the state.

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The State of Minnesota Sells Its Soul So That Six, yes count em, SIX Homosexual Couples Can Get a Marriage License

The state legislature spent a good part of 2012 debating gay marriage and spent all of 2013 crafting legislation to enact the bill that has become law that gay couples can marry in the state of Minnesota.  In the campaigns for an amendment to the state constitution last year defining marriage as between and man and a woman and the push for the new law this year, tens of millions of dollars were spent on this issue.

So, the dust settled a few weeks ago when the whole thing was signed into law and today the doors opened for all of those gay activists who just HAD to get married under the new liberating law and so at the Hennepin County (Minneapolis) Government Center today they were braced for a throng of gays ...the only problem is SIX couples showed up for marriage licenses.  Yep.  Six.  Twelve people.  I estimate it cost about $5.3 million for each of those marriage licenses.

But hey, at least all of those Minnesota voters who felt so damn guilty for not letting two people in "love" get married can now rest easy.  Don't forget to say your prayers, folks.

The story comes from Twin Cities.com.

Minnesota couples line up early for gay marriage licenses


excerpted: About half a dozen couples passed through the basement service center of the Hennepin County Government Center in the hour after it opened at 7:30 a.m. A recent analysis by the state Department of Management and Budget estimated that 5,000 Minnesota gay couples would get married under the first year of the new law.

read the rest of the article at the above link.


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Minnesota State Government Shutdown Last Summer Saved Minnesota Taxpayers $5 Million!

Okay, I am going to give you all a lesson in media bias here...not that you need ANOTHER one but this one is pretty funny. The crux of this concerns the government shutdown that occurred in the state of Minnesota last summer when the Republican controlled state legislature refused to raise taxes on the people to address state budget deficits and the liberal state Governor vetoed any legislation that did NOT raise taxes. The Democrats in Minnesota positioned the state government shutdown as the apocolypse...that the state would never recover from the huge losses of shutting down the nanny state.

Well, from the article at TwinCities.com, look at what actually the net result was of the government shutdown:

Minnesota budget officials said today that a 20-day government shutdown in July cost the state nearly $60 million but saved it about $65 million in salaries that weren't paid to state employees.

In a report released today, the Minnesota Management and Budget department said the state lost almost $50 million in revenue and spent about $7 million preparing for the shutdown and $3 million in recovery costs. Those cost estimates could rise, it said.

But that was more than offset by savings in payroll costs for about 19,000 state employees laid off during the shutdown.

So there you have it. Cold hard facts that the state government shutdown actually SAVED the Minnesota taxpayers $5 million dollars!

So, how did the media present the potential cost of the government shutdown back in July? Let's take a look at some of the headlines from various Leftist media back in July scaring the people of Minnesota, threatening a huge cost to everyone because the damn Republicans were holding their ground:

Minneapolis Star and Tribune: " Shutdown cost will bring sticker shock"

MyFox9: "Minnesota Government Shutdown Costs Taxpayers Millions"

Kare11: "Analyst warns about 'great costs' of gov't shutdown"

Hell, look at the headline from the article above from TwinCities.com that actually proves that the shutdown saved the taxpayers money:

"Officials: Minnesota government shutdown cost nearly $60 million"

So, let's just say that I'm a lazy voter in the state of Minnesota and I'm an even lazier news reader....I run across the headline above and don't read the article....I'm going to have a negative view of the shutdown right? Once again, the media carries the water for the liberals - once again the American people (in this case, the people of Minnesota) get lies and distortion in their news.

Here's the end run of the government shutdown in Minnesota last summer. The liberal Governor, Mark Dayton, bet his entire political capital that the government shutdown would cause a catastrophe for the people and cost the state huge dollars - and next year, he could use that fodder to catapult Democrats back into control of the state legislature. His bet was a bad one. The shutdown had little effect unless you were one of the unionized state workers and in the end, the shutdown SAVED the taxpayers money.

So, when the 2012 elections come around, how do you think the media will portray the Governor's tactics of using the state shutdown as a political ploy?

Officials: Minnesota government shutdown cost nearly $60 million


Minnesota budget officials said today that a 20-day government shutdown in July cost the state nearly $60 million but saved it about $65 million in salaries that weren't paid to state employees.

In a report released today, the Minnesota Management and Budget department said the state lost almost $50 million in revenue and spent about $7 million preparing for the shutdown and $3 million in recovery costs. Those cost estimates could rise, it said.

But that was more than offset by savings in payroll costs for about 19,000 state employees laid off during the shutdown.

The report did not include lost productivity and other, unspecified "indirect impacts." The shutdown angered and inconvenienced many Minnesotans, delaying road construction projects, shutting down state parks and the lottery and cutting off the flow of alcohol to some bars.

Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter said that except for those state employees, the shutdown was essentially a wash because a court-appointed master ordered that many programs were essential and had to be funded during the shutdown. State spending continued at an 80 percent clip.

"The broad economic impact didn't really occur," Schowalter said. "The biggest story was the human impact, and the impact on the state's reputation."

The shutdown came after Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP legislative majorities couldn't agree on how to close a $5 billion budget shortfall.

Two Somali American Women Included In 14 Charged With Supporting Somali Terror Group Al Shabaab

I don't know how many times I have to put up stories here about the Somali connection in America here and the support of the al Qaeda linked terror organization, al Shabaab, located in Somalia before there's going to be a serious gutting of Somalis in this country. Every time the FBI or another agency looks into Somalis living in Minnesota and other areas of the country, there are new charges brought forward. This time, 14 people have been charged and in this case, two women living in Minnesota have been included in the charges of providing aid and support to a terrorist organization.

From the story at Boston.com:

But she and another woman, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, were actually using the pretense of charity to send money to a violent terrorist group in the African country, prosecutors allege. They also claim the women made direct pleas in teleconference calls for others "to support violent jihad in Somalia."

The two women, both U.S. citizens living in Rochester, are among 14 people named in indictments unsealed Thursday in Minneapolis, San Diego, and Mobile, Ala. -- accused of being part of what the government called "a deadly pipeline" that routed money and fighters from the U.S. to al-Shabab. The Somali insurgent faction embraces a radical form of Islam similar to the harsh, conservative brand practiced by Afghanistan's former Taliban regime.

Both women said they are innocent. "We are not terrorists," Ali said after she and Hassan made their first appearances Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul.

At what point is Homeland Security and the Justice Department going to get serious about this situation? We have dozens of confirmed cases of Somali men, living in Minnesota, who have left to return to Somalia and fight for al Qaeda - hell, we've even had some die in the fighting down here (one as a suicide bomber) and to make it even more ludicrous, some of them have fought with the jihad down there AND RETURNED HERE!

And now, we have these women sending money to the terrorists, helping to support islamic terror jihad.

There is a mosque in Minneapolis that has been the center of nearly all of the connections of the al Shabaab recruitment of Somalis back to Africa - that's right, a mosque. It's basically a terrorist meeting place and about the only violation not yet associated with this mosque has been the actual storage of munitions in its basement.

2 Minn. women among 14 charged in terror probe


ST. PAUL, Minn.—Amina Farah Ali had become the go-to person for Somalis in the southern Michigan (supposed to be Minnesota) city of Rochester wanting to donate items to refugees displaced by violence in their homeland.

But she and another woman, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, were actually using the pretense of charity to send money to a violent terrorist group in the African country, prosecutors allege. They also claim the women made direct pleas in teleconference calls for others "to support violent jihad in Somalia."

The two women, both U.S. citizens living in Rochester, are among 14 people named in indictments unsealed Thursday in Minneapolis, San Diego, and Mobile, Ala. -- accused of being part of what the government called "a deadly pipeline" that routed money and fighters from the U.S. to al-Shabab. The Somali insurgent faction embraces a radical form of Islam similar to the harsh, conservative brand practiced by Afghanistan's former Taliban regime.

Both women said they are innocent. "We are not terrorists," Ali said after she and Hassan made their first appearances Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul.

The indicted also include Omar Hammami, an Alabama man now known as Abu Mansour al-Amriki, or "the American" -- who has become one of al-Shabab's most high-profile members and appeared in a jihadist video in May 2009. The group's fighters, numbering several thousand strong, are battling Somalia's weakened government and have been branded a terrorist group with ties to al-Qaida by the U.S. and other Western countries.

Attorney General Eric Holder said the indictments reflect a disturbing trend of recruitment efforts targeting U.S. residents to become terrorists. He credited Muslim community leaders in the United States for helping combat radicalization.

Of the 14 people named in indictments Thursday, at least half are U.S. citizens and 12 of them are out of the country, including 10 men from Minnesota who allegedly left to join al-Shabab. Seven of those 10 Minnesota men named had been charged in earlier indictments or criminal complaints.

Ali, 33, and Hassan, 63, are the only two people indicted Thursday who remain in the U.S. They are both charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Ali faces multiple counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and Hassan faces three counts of lying to the FBI.

Abdifatah Abdinur, a Somali community leader in Rochester, said many knew Ali as a religious speaker who preached to women, and as a person who would collect clothes for refugees, telling many people to drop off donations at her garage.

"I know a lot of people might send money or goods, without knowing the consequences of what they were doing," said Abdinur said.

"If you have clothes, you give them to her," said Abdinur. "If you have shoes, give them to her." Abdinur said. "I was surprised, as almost everybody was (to learn) that she was sending clothes to al-Shabab."

Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison has Challengers for 2010

by Maggie at Maggie's Notebook

Barb Davis White (R-MN) and Lynne Torgerson (D-MN) are challenging Keith Ellison's U.S. House seat for the state's 5th district in Minnesota. One of these women must remove him from Congress.

Keith Ellison and Barack Obama

Keith Ellison, who is also Keith Hakim, is the first Muslim to be sent to Congress from any state, and the first to be sworn on the Koran. He is an attorney, a Democrat and an Black convert to Islam. He was raised Roman Catholic in Detroit and is a supporter of the Nation of Islam's leader, Louis Farrakhan (aka Louis Eugene Walcott).

Ellison is a fundraiser for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Nihad Awad, the head of CAIR and James Yee, a Muslim Guantanamo cleric were featured speakers at Ellison's Congressional fundraiser.

The fact that the FBI has broken all ties with CAIR, saying CAIR is not "an appropriate liasion partner," should be enough to divert Keith Ellison's affection for the organization. This report quotes an FBI assistant director, Richard C. Powers, saying the FBI is unsure whether the relationship between CAIR and Hamas ever was severed. So, with all of CAIR's presence on Capitol Hill, with their mammoth media blitzs and lobbying efforts, with their denial of terrorist ties, the FBI cannot support their claims...yet CAIR continues to walk the halls of Congress...and Keith Ellison continues to support the organization.

Okay, there are two women committed to running about Keith Ellison (aka Keith Hakim) in Minnesota. I'm a conservative, and so I am interested in the candidacy of Barb Davis White, but assuming this is a very blue district, I'm also interested in Lynne Torgerson, a Democrat - because neither of these women are Muslim. One of them must unseat Ellison.

Barb Davis White

Republican Barb Davis White is 49-years-old and single. She lost to Keith Ellison in record numbers according to the The Minnesota Independent, but she will "give it another go in 2010." White is Black and an evangelical minister. In the video below you'll hear her speak of the total lack of coverage of her previous run against Ellson  saying it was virtually impossible to get reporting on her candidacy:

A staunch conservative in the state’s most progressive district, White has burnished her credentials this year through involvement with the local Tea Party movement. “I want to be listed as a Christian and a patriotic right-wing conservative American,” she told Tea Partiers in April.

The online news souce linked above said Davis has had ongoing difficulty with her FEC filings. No detail was given. In the video below, you'll see that she is a dynamic speaker and a plain talker. Find White on Facebook here.

Minnesota's 5th District is 73.5% White, 12.9% Black, 6.0% Hispanic, 5.2% Asian, 1.6%Native American and 3.2% other. She was recently chosen for the Frederick Douglass 2010 Freedom Calendar.

Before saying more about Torgerson, this is my disclaimer. She is not Muslim, she will not support CAIR or raise money for CAIR, and likewise, CAIR will not raise funds for Torgerson. This should give the good people of the 11th District of Minnesota pause to rethink their vote. Islamic faith cannot abide peacefully within the hall of Congress.

 Lynne Torgerson

The Huffington Post reports "the growth of anti-Muslim sentiment in Minnesota." That's a good thing, in my opinion. Here's a quote from Holger at Holger Awakens in August 2008 in a post about Somali immigrants, the tuberculosis they brought with them and their habit of never, with one exception, integrating into society:

...the one documented act of assimilation into Minnesota society by the Somalis was in 2006 when they massed at the voting precincts in Minneapolis to cast their votes. And who did they help elect? The mouthpiece for the Nation of Islam, Keith Ellison.

According to Lynne Torgerson's website, she believe that life begins at conception:

My views regarding abortion are consistent with the Catholic Church.  Life begins at conception.

With all due respect, abortion is simply wrong.  I do not condemn those who have undergone such a procedure, but rather, I have compassion for them.  Women are traumatized by the abortions they have had, I believe, for the rest of their lives.  Also, any women who has suffered a miscarriage is terribly grieved, and, knows that she lost her baby, her child.  Thus, I simply believe it is wrong and would vote to oppose legislation supporting abortion.

I would also oppose legislation which supports using embryonic stem cells for research or other purposes.

It is not appropriate for us to decide to sacrifice one life for another.

She wants a strong Homeland Security, and goes wobbly when she talks about animals and being "green on the environment." We are all "green" on the environment - but we differ on the measures necessary to keep the environment green.

Torgerson is for a health care public option, but does not want to eliminate the private sector (naive at best), she supports the Second Amendment and is a gunowner, seems to be strong on immigration control (although she wonders a bit as she tries to express her thoughts), she supports Israel, and wants to stop Iran's nuclear aggression. Torgerson wants to "eliminate our dependence...on foreign oil," wants to develop clean energy, keep jobs in America, and she opposes the auto bailout.

When it comes to freedom of speech and freedom religion, Torgerson says that freedom of religion does not include criminal behavior in the name of religion. This gets her to Islam:

And thus, we come to the teachings of Islam, or the Quran.  The Quran actually teaches Muslims to kill people not of their faith, which are labeled infidels, which includes Christians and Jews, as well as people of other faiths.  ("Slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush.  (Sura 9:5)).  This is advocating criminal behavior.  Thus, at a minimum, this portion of the religion of Islam cannot be protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.  It portion is not "religion" recognizable under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.  

The Quran also says that if a person leaves Islam, that that is an offence mandating death.  Recently, a Harvard Muslim Chaplain, Taha Abdul-Basser, stated that apostates (those who leave Islam) should be killed, although he stated that they could only be killed by a legitimate Muslim governmental authority and cannot be performed by a non-state, private actors.   Again, this is advocating criminal behavior.  Again, this is not allowing all people the right to freedom of religion.  Thus, the Quran conflicts with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and our criminal laws.  Thus, the total "religion" of Islam is not fully protectable by our First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Further, evidently, the goal of Islam is to Islamize the entire world, or, global Islam.  I believe there is a term, "umrah" that reflects this goal.  Well, this goal also conflicts with our First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Islam also oppresses women.  That conflicts with the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the United States Constitution.  

And, what do I know of Islam? Well, I know of 911.  Nineteen (19) men from Saudi Arabia, all Muslim, hi-jacked planes, and flew into the two (2) World Trade Towers murdering thousands of people, and tried to fly into our Pentagon, and some believe they also tried to fly an airplane into our White House.  From this, what I perceive is Islam conducting an act of war against my country.  

People say that we can't include the moderate, peace loving Muslims.  Well, I agree.  But, who are they?  They need to stand up and identify themselves loudly and clearly say that they oppose Jihad and terrorism, etc.  Who are these people?  I cannot tell.  It is not for me to go and try and find them.  Rather, it is their duty to stand up and identify themselves, if there are any.

Torgerson cites Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book Infidel and the proof of "repugnant" behavior which is contrary to the First Amendment. She asks and answers "what else do I know of Islam." This strikes me as an earnest question made by a woman sincerely concerned about the threat of Islam and trying to be "real" about it.

 I'll say it again, she is a Democrat who is not Muslim, she will not support CAIR, will not raise funds for CAIR and CAIR will not raise funds for her. Find Torgerson on Facebook here.



Barb Davis White Challenges Keith Ellison in 2010 (video)