Bridge of Grace

On Jan. 23rd, 2024, 63-year-old Palestinian-Muslim resident Maher Kassem was arrested by the police for murdering his wife Majeda Kassem as well as his three adult daughters.  Police report this to be a clear case of domestic violence while Maher is on record stating that he felt his family didn't appreciate him and treat him in the manner that he deserved to be treated.   "The defendant was recorded volunteering things about having just retired, and that 'She treats me like a [expletive] dog," said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Scott Clark. "'I worked 40 years.' and 'I worked all my life to give my family a better home, and they treat me like  [expletive].'"   A family member of Majeda Kassem said there was constant verbal abuse going on in the home - adding that Kassem's wife contemplated leaving, but stayed for the sake of her children. Maher Kassem Maher Kassem & His Three Daughters Muslim-American activists claim tha

In a recorded video that was recently released, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh spoke at the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Qatar, where he decreed that "We should hold onto the victory that took place on Oct. 7th and build upon it."  He further stated that "Time is on our side" and he decreed that all donations to Gaza is not "Humanitarian Aid," but "Financial Jihad."   Link to Video Testimony Jihad can come in many forms.  There as they say "Jihad of the Tongue" in which you use propaganda and any verbal means to gain support for cause of Holy War.  Then there is Stealth Jihad in which Jihadist groups like the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) masquerade as human interest groups when in truth they seek to wage a "Civilization Jihad" in order to infiltrate the media, academic institutions, and governing bodies of non-Muslim nations in order to bring them down from within.  There is then what Ismail Haniyeh t

Hamas is not limiting their attacks against Jews to those who are living in Israel.  They are seeking to carry out attacks against Jews all over the globe.  On Dec. 13, 2023, Germany arrested three suspects with ties to Hamas for plotting to carry out a terrorist attack against Jewish within their country, a fourth suspect linked to these three individuals was also arrested by the Dutch in Rotterdam.  At the same time, three other individuals in Denmark were also arrested for plotting a terrorist attack. German prosecutors revealed to the media that the four men that they arrested were closely linked to the leadership of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, which are the armed wing of Hamas.  The suspects were caught gathering and storing weapons to be used in an armed attack against the Jewish community of Germany at what would be determined as the "opportune time."  Denmark officials currently state that the three suspects that they arrested are not linked to those arrested by

In a video that went viral on social media, the IDF displayed a suitcase filled with currency valued at $1.3 million.  These funds were found in the home of a top Hamas official in the Jabaliya region of Gaza.  The money was supposedly stolen by Hamas from the Gaza aid fund, money that could have been used to help provide the residents with clean water, food, & fuel.  This is not the first time that Hamas has been accused of stealing funds that was supposed to go to the populace.  The massive terrorist tunnel complex that is found underneath Gaza and managed by the al-Qassam Brigades is estimated to have an annual budget of $140 million a year to dig out, construct, & maintain the massive tunnel complex.  IDF intelligence estimates that at least 6,000 tons of concrete & 1,800 tons of metal were used to build these tunnels that have been fully outfitted with plumbing, air filtration, & electricity, much of it with material stolen from the UNRWA ( Link to Article ).  Isra

Roya Heshmati is a 33-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman's rights activist.  In April of 2023 Roya removed her hijab and posted photographs of herself on social media appearing in public without her hijab in defiance of Iran's restrictive laws against the rights of women.  Shortly after the posting of these photographs, Roya was arrested by the Iranian police charged with multiple offenses such as "promoting promiscuity, propaganda against the regime, and encouraging people to commit corruption."  Initially, Roya was sentenced to a term in prison.  However, the judge decided to reduce her sentence to a fine and 74 lashes, which was carried out on Jan. 03, 2024.  Even as she was about to be whipped, Roya remained defiant.  As she prepared to be lashed, Roya was ordered to put on a hijab prior to her lashing, but she refused to do so, even after she was threatened with an additional 74 lashes if she refused.  Despite this, Roya maintained her defiance and refused to put on

For some time, Canadian Sheikh Younus Kathrada has been preaching hatred of non-Muslims.  In a speech caught on video in Dec. 30, 2022, Sheikh Kathrada declared that all non-Muslims are "The enemies of Allah.  So if they are the enemies of Allah, how are they your close friends?  I want our children to understand this well: The non-Muslims are the enemies of Allah, therefore they are your enemies."  He then stated "Oh Allah, give strength to Islam and the Muslims, humiliate the infidels and the polytheists, destroy the enemies of [our] religion, annihilate the heretics, and the atheists!"   Sheikh Kathrada's hatred has not waned.  With the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, it has only grown louder then ever.  In a sermon on Nov. 24, 2023 Sheikh Kathrada decreed "Oh Allah, bring annihilation upon the plundering and criminal Jews."  He extended this curse by calling on Allah to destroy all enemies of Islam and to annihilate the heretics & atheist

Years ago I read the book of a woman named Gracia Burnham, an American missionary in the South Philippines who was kidnapped along with her husband by Jihadist rebels and held hostage for over a year ( Link to Book ).  Her book helped give me insight to the horror that hostages endure at the hands of Jihadists, and sadly, it helped me gain an understand of what fate would lay in store for the hundreds of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas after the Oct. 7th attack.  Now as their stories are coming out to the public, they are confirming these fears.   Thai Hostage Manee Jirachart Released hostages reveal that they were subject to deliberate starvation.   One Thai hostage named Manee Jirachart testified how he was captured along with five other Thai workers.  However, Hamas could only fit four in their car, so the shot two of them and then took Manee and the other four into Gaza ( Link to Testimony ).  Manee was kept in an underground tunnel with other hostages for 50 days and subjected to