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Christian Man Fights Against The Islamic Persecution Of Christians, Two Muslim Women Approach Him And Pretend That They ...

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<p><strong>By Theodore Shoebat</strong></p>
<p>A Christian man in Uganda named Patrick was fighting against the Islamic persecution of Christians, by taking in youths who left Islam and converted to Christianity and who got disowned by their families. Muslims began sending in threats to Patrick, demanding that he cease his work to help disowned Christian converts. One night he was walking when two Muslim women wearing hijabs approached him. He thought they needed help, so he got near them. The women pulled out swords from their hijabs and passed them to some nearby Muslim men. They took the swords and proceeded to hack Patrick to death. His body was later found, mutilated and lying on a pool of blood. According to <a href="http://christiannews.net/2015/12/06/suspected-hard-line-muslims-in-eastern-uganda-kill-christian-in-sword-attack/" target="_blank">the report:</a></p>
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<p>A Christian father of five in eastern Uganda who supported 10 children whose families had disowned them for leaving Islam was killed on Wednesday night (Dec. 2).<br />
One of three men who attacked Patrick Ojangole at 9:30 p.m. reproached him for failing to heed a warning to cease his Christian activities before the Christian was killed, said a witness who was with Ojangole and escaped. Ojangole was 43.<br />
Ojangole and the witness, a friend known only as Muluga, were about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from their home village of Kashebai after traveling by bicycle to visit Ojangole’s in-laws in Palissa when two Muslim women stopped them. The women were fully covered in burqas as they sat on the roadside.<br />
“Because it was late in the evening, we thought they needed some help from us, so we stopped, and while we were still talking with them, a man arrived and started asking for our identification cards,” Muluga said.<br />
Believing he was a policeman, they produced their national ID cards, and immediately two masked men appeared, he said.</p>
<p>“The two women immediately pulled out swords from their burqas and gave them to the men, and there we realized that we were in the hands of dangerous, armed men, so we had to cooperate with them as they forced us to leave the bicycle and then dragged us to the swamp close to the river,” Muluga said.<br />
He reported that one of the masked men said, “Patrick, you have not heeded our warning to stop your Christian activities of changing our children to your religion.” Hence it is possible that at least one of the assailants knew Ojangole, or that Muslims he knew had hired the men to attack him. Muluga said they seemed interested only in Ojangole and may have asked for his ID card to ensure he was the one they sought.</p>
<p>“The attackers were not so harsh towards me,” he said. “Their efforts were directed at Patrick.”<br />
As the interrogation continued, the two women who had stayed behind on the roadside arrived.<br />
“The three men then got hold of Patrick and, fearing for my life, I managed to escape as the two women pulled out about four swords that they had placed inside their clothes,” he said. “I heard some commotion taking place and one loud cry while I was 50 meters away.”</p>
<p>Muluga immediately notified a Christian leader and police. Early the next morning he and the Christian leader went to the site.</p>
<p>“We went to the place of the incident and found Patrick’s body in a pool of blood in the Kashebai area, and his body badly mutilated,” said the Christian leader, whose name is withheld for security reasons.<br />
Police are investigating and searching for the attackers, while fear has gripped Kashebai village residents, he said.</p>
<p>Ojangole, a member of a local Pentecostal church, leaves behind a wife and five children, two boys and three girls ranging in age from 7 to 16.</p>
<p>“Patrick was a very committed Christian and a hard-working farmer,” the Christian leader said. “From his farm work, he used to support 10 children from Muslim families who had been ostracized by their families.”</p>
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<p>The blood of the martyrs sanctifies the earth; the blood itself is a baptismal and makes the martyr worthy of Heaven. Let the Martyrs in Heaven pray for justice, let Heaven be filled with icons, and let the songs of the Martyrs ascend our souls to the Heavenly wisdom.</p>
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The US Senate Just Passed A New Bill That Will Completely Defund Planned Parenthood

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<p><strong>By Theodore Shoebat</strong></p>
<p>The US senate just passed a new bill that will, if full accepted, completely defund Planned Parenthood. I did a whole video on this:</p>
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<p>According to <a href="http://christiannews.net/2015/12/04/u-s-senate-passes-unprecedented-vote-to-defund-abortion-giant-planned-parenthood/" target="_blank">the report:</a></p>
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<p>In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, agreeing to a provision that was part of a bill to strip key parts of Obamacare.<br />
The Senate voted 52 to 47 in support of the measure, rejecting two efforts to remove the Planned Parenthood language from the legislation.</p>
<p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) had presented an amendment to restore the funding, but it was defeated 48-52. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) sought to create a fund paid for by the taxes of millionaires, but it also was rejected 54-46.</p>
<p>“The defeat of the Murray and Collins amendments is a victory for the American people,” said David Christensen of Family Research Council. “Across the country, people are tired of being forced by the federal government to partner with the abortion industry, including those engaged in the selling of baby body parts. This legislation protects women’s health by reallocating funds to community health centers that provide a broader array of health services.”</p>
<p>Liz Johnson, spokesman for Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) told reporters that reallocating the funds will not be detrimental to women’s health as there are plenty of other women’s health facilities in New Hampshire, for example.</p>
<p>“There are five Planned Parenthood clinics in New Hampshire,” she said. “By contrast, there are about 30 community health center sites in New Hampshire that provide primary care and women’s health services like cancer screenings, mammograms, and contraceptives.”</p>
<p>The bill must now be approved by the House of Representatives, but the White House has threatened to veto the measure should it make it to Barack Obama’s desk.</p>
<p>“It seems implausible that less than a week after a tragic shooting at the Planned Parenthood health center in Colorado Springs some in Washington chose politics over compassion,” Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement about the passage of the legislation in the Senate.</p>
<p>But pro-life groups were pleased with the development.</p>
<p>“Americans shouldn’t be forced to give their money to Planned Parenthood, which has a long track record of abusive and potentially fraudulent billing practices, not to mention that it has also been caught in authenticated undercover videos trafficking aborted babies’ body parts and has repeatedly failed to report the sexual abuse of girls,” said Kellie Fiedorek of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). “That tax money should be redirected to trustworthy health care providers.”</p>
<p>Thursday’s vote marks the third attempt that the Senate has sought to defund the abortion giant this year.</p>
<p>As previously reported, Planned Parenthood’s annual report released in January of this year showed that it performed 327,653 abortions nationwide during the 2013-2014 fiscal year, up from 327,166 the year prior. The figure equates to 174 abortions for every adoption referral. No post-natal care is provided for women who keep their children.</p>
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European Truckers use PORK to Deter Muslim Highway Robbers

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<p>Calais, France is one of the most dangerous areas in Europe right now. It is on the northern point of France across from the English Channel near Belgium. This is home to both the underground tunnel crossing point to England for truckers and travelers as well as one of the largest MUSLIM refugee camps in Europe. This isn’t a new problem- it has been around since 1999 and has been getting worse each year, so much that Calais is now referred to as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais_jungle">Calais Jungle</a>.</p>
<p>Calais is described by the European Media <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/06/at-night-its-like-a-horror-movie-inside-calaiss-official-shanty-town">as a horror movie</a>. The area is practically lawless, and it is extensively documented that Muslims engage in <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/25/calais-truck-drivers-war-migrants/">systemic highway robbery and attacks against truckers on a daily basis</a>. The area is so dangerous for truckers that the <a href="https://www.rha.uk.net/">British Road Haulage association</a>, the largest lobbying group for truckers, has <a href="http://www.logisticsmanager.com/2015/11/rha-launches-calais-incident-line/">actually launched an emergency reporting line for truckers to get them assistance if they are attacked by Muslims</a> from the Calais camps.</p>
<p>After years of being harassed, robbed, and even murdered and with little help from their governments, some of the truckers have been taking defense matters into their own hands, such as fighting back and carrying weapons even in violation of European law.</p>
<p>But this trucker has a hilarious and effective <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78SWzhxhx9s">weapon to combat Muslim Highway Robbers- Pork:</a></p>
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<p>Islam is very clear that pork is forbidden, so much that not only are <a href="http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=showfatwa&Option=FatwaId&Id=88027">Muslims forbidden to touch it</a>, but if some scholars argue that a Muslim may not touch something which has touched pork.</p>
<p>Now pork will not stop the Islamic invasions…but it is a creative and grassroots solutions that will work in this situation. Indeed, since we cannot rely on the governments for help, the citizens will have to take responsibility for their own safety just as how in Mexico the <em><a href="http://shoebat.com/2015/11/03/mexican-drug-cartel-murders-two-christians-who-are-fighting-the-cartels-in-major-militia-and-burns-their-bodies-these-men-are-martyrs-and-christians-in-america-must-help-their-fellow-christians-in-me/">Catholic Autodefensa Militias have taken up arms fighting against the evil cartels.</a></em></p>
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Homosexual Muslim Security Guard Seizes Fifteen Year Old Boy And Rapes Him

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<p>A homosexual Muslim security guard in Nigeria seized a 15 year old boy and raped him. According to one <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/security-man-rapes-15-year-old-boy-faces-jail-time/" target="_blank">Nigerian report:</a></p>
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<p>Magistrate O.A Ogunbowale of an Igbosere Magistrate’s court has remanded a 45 year-old Security personnel, Musa Mohammed, in prison custody over alleged rape of a 15 year-old boy.</p>
<p>The defendant is facing a three count charge bordering on assualt, unlawful sexual intercourse preferred against him by the police.</p>
<p>The prosecutor, inspector Asu Feddy, said that the security man, who resides at 30 Glover road, Ikoyi, committed the alleged offences on November 9, 2015, at about 4:10pm.</p>
<p>He said that the defendant unlawfully had sexual intercourse with a 15 year old boy through his anus.</p>
<p>Feddy alleged that the defendant sexually penetrated the boy without his consent and spilled semen on the boy’s anus, underwear and trousers.</p>
<p>The prosecutor said “The defendant forcefully raped the boy and spilled sperm all over his body when the boy went to urinate in the toilet.”</p>
<p>According to the prosecutor, the offences committed is punishable under Sections 170, 135 and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state 2011.</p>
<p>The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.</p>
<p>The Magistrate consequently, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in prison.</p>
<p>The case was adjourned to December 9 for the sentence phase.</p>
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<p>Deviancy just leads to more deviancy. Let the sword fall upon the necks of these enemies of God.</p>
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Ancient Chinese tomb dating back 2,500 years uncovered to shed light on obscure kingdom

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<p>Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a 2,500-year-old- tomb thought to contain the skeletons of an ancient royal family.</p>
<p>The tomb in Luoyang city, Henan province, is believed to originate from the relatively-unknown Luhun Kingdom, which only lasted 113 years between 638BC and 525BC, <a href="http://pic.people.com.cn/n/2015/1204/c1016-27889162.html" target="_blank">according People’s Daily Online</a>.</p>
<p>Thought to be the tomb of a Luhun nobleman or royal – copper belts and ceremonial pots were discovered along with a nearby burial pit complete with chariots and whole horse skeletons.</p>
<p>The excavation began in 2009 after a spate of grave robbing in the area, which hosts around 200 different ancient tombs, <a href="http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1885832/chinas-ancient-treasures-under-siege-army-tomb-raiders" target="_blank">South China Morning Post reports</a>.</p>
<p>Due to the tomb’s size, which is at 21 feet long, 17 feet wide and 28 feet deep, experts believe it to be the resting place of a  royal family who wielded little political power.</p>
<p>The tomb had suffered from damage caused by water and grave robbers, but the interior coffin was protected by plaster and a coffin board.</p>
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<p>The horse burial pit contained the skeletons of 13 horses and six chariots. The horses had been carefully arranged on their sides, with decorations placed on their carcasses.</p>
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<p>The horse burial pit contained the skeletons of 13 horses and six chariots. The horses had been carefully arranged on their sides, with decorations placed on their carcasses.</p>
<p>It is hoped the tomb will help historians gain a better understanding of the movements of the migratory Rong people, an ethnic minority which made up the population of the short-lived Luhan kingdom.</p>
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$1.5BILLION treasure found on sunken Spanish galleon: First look at the wreck of the San Jose, 300 years after it was su...

<p class="mol-para-with-font"><strong>C</strong>olombian authorities have released the first pictures of the wreck of a 300-year-old Spanish treasure ship that was found on Friday after a decades-long search.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The San Jose was sunk by the Royal Navy off the coast of Cartagena 300 years ago, carrying up to 11million gold and silver coins, as well as emeralds and other precious stones. It was transporting the booty back to Spain to help finance its war of succession against Britain.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">It had gained a reputation as the ‘holy grail’ of shipwrecks, as the ship was carrying one of the most valuable haul of treasure ever to have been lost at sea.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">No treasure has yet been brought to the surface, but it is estimated that the haul will be valued at up to $1.5billion.</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">Finally found: Colombia’s president says searchers have found the wreck of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk more than 300 years ago while carrying a big cargo of gold and precious stones</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The San Jose was found submerged off the coast of Baru in what is now Colombia, near the Rosario Islands. Colombian officials have not revealed its exact location.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Experts sent down a deep-sea camera to examine the wreckage ahead of a planned salvage operation.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Sonar images reveal bronze cannons made specifically for the ship, arms, ceramics and other artifacts.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Santos, the Colombian president, said it was ‘one of the greatest – if not the biggest, as some say – discoveries of submerged patrimony in the history of mankind’. The wreck is reported to qualify as a UN underwater cultural heritage site.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The San Jose was sunk during an attack by Britain’s Royal Navy in 1708 in the Caribbean Sea close to the walled port city of Cartagena.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">It was discovered by a team of international experts, the Colombian Navy and the country’s archaeology institute.</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">It is believed that the ship could be holding emeralds and gold and silver coins worth as much as $1.5billion</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">The San Jose discovered by a team of international experts, the Colombian Navy and the country’s archaeology institute</p>
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<h3 class="wocc"><b>BUILDING AN EMPIRE: WHY SPANISH GALLEONS SAILED BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS LADEN WITH GOLD, SILVER AND PRECIOUS STONES</b></h3>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Between the 16th and the 18th Century, at the height of its Empire, fleets of Spanish galleons made countless voyages between Europe and the Americas.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">They transported European goods to Spanish colonies in the Americas before being loaded up with plundered gold, silver, emeralds and other precious stones and metals to be taken back to Spain.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Two fleets of between 30 and 90 vessels would sail from Seville to the American colonies every year. One, the Flota de Nova Espana, would leave every springtime for Vera Cruz, in what is now Mexico, with ships detached to the West Indies and Honduras on the way.</p>
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<p><img alt="On average, two fleets of between 30 and 90 Spanish ships would sail from Sevilla (Seville) to the American colonies every year. One - the Flota de Nova Espana - left in the spring for Vera Cruz, in what is now Mexico, with ships detached to the West Indies and Honduras on the way. The other - the Esquadron de Terra Firme - left in August for Cartagena, in modern day Colombia, and Porto Bello, on the Atlantic coast of Panama. After wintering in the Americas, both fleets met at Havana the following spring and returned to Spain together" class="blkBorder img-share" height="398" id="i-4b2f0db605d7896a" name="i-4b2f0db605d7896a" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/06/17/2F1D6DA600000578-3347952-image-a-32_1449422556496.jpg" width="499" /></p>
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<p class="imageCaption">On average, two fleets of between 30 and 90 Spanish ships would sail from Sevilla (Seville) to the American colonies every year. One – the Flota de Nova Espana – left in the spring for Vera Cruz, in what is now Mexico, with ships detached to the West Indies and Honduras on the way. The other – the Esquadron de Terra Firme – left in August for Cartagena, in modern day Colombia, and Porto Bello, on the Atlantic coast of Panama. After wintering in the Americas, both fleets met at Havana the following spring and returned to Spain together</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The other, the Esquadron de Terra Firme, would set sail in August for Cartagena, in modern day Colombia, and Porto Bello (now Portobelo), on the Atlantic coast of Panama.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">After wintering in the Americas, both fleets would meet at Havana the following spring and return to Spain together, under the protection of warships, known as galleons.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A change of strategy was implemented in the 17th century, however, when all treasure from the New World started to be transported in the galleons themselves.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Military muscle was needed to defend against attacks from Britain’s Royal Navy, which tried to capture the vessels as a way of cutting off Spain’s war finances.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The treasure ships were also under serious threat from pirates. So many seabound brigands were operating in the period that it has since been dubbed the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Britain, the Netherlands and France, all hostile to Spain, hired pirates to plunder Spanish galleons in the Caribbean Sea. These pirates, called privateers, also joined forces with local raiders from Jamaica, Tortuga and Hispaniola in the Caribbean, who were known as buccaneers.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">This combination of hostile forces led to the sinking of more than 1,000 Spanish galleons and merchant ships off the coast of Colombia during three centuries of colonial rule.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The sinking of so many Spanish ships left vast sums of treasure lying on the seabed, with some archaeologists estimating the total value of such wrecks to be worth tens of billions of dollars.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The San Jose was tracked down 16 miles off Cartagena by English Commodore Charles Wager.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A fight ensued, with Wager planning to take control of the Spanish ship’s crew and cargo. But before the treasure-laden ship could be captured, it was blown up. Most of the 600 souls aboard perished when the vessel sank.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Wager was a British Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty between 1733 and 1742. He was heavily involved in the development of new bases in the Caribbean, and in December 1742 was appointed Treasurer of the Navy in the British Government.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Wager is said to have been living at Stanley House, Chelsea, when he died, peacefully, in May 1743 at the age of 77.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The former British Admiral was buried in the north cross of Westminster Abbey. He later had a monument erected in his honour with the inscription ‘The destroying & taking the SPANISH GALLEONS A.D. 1708’.</p>
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