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September 12 DC Washington Monument – Homeland Security Begins with Equality and Liberty

On Saturday, September 12, 2009, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) will be holding a public awareness event at the DC Washington Monument on the subject that Homeland Security begins with a prioritized commitment to Equality and Liberty, which identifies and challenges those ideologies that defy such universal human rights.

Our Homeland Security cannot even begin until we honestly challenge those ideologies that defy our universal human rights, and that are used to oppress women, religious minorities, and others around the world.   Terrorism cannot be “stopped” by appeasing extremism or any other anti-freedom ideologies, in the false hopes that we can “negotiate” with those who defy our very universal human rights of equality and liberty.

For more information, contact:
realpublic@earthlink.net

This public awareness event will be from 1 PM to 4 PM at the northeast quadrant of the Washington Monument close to Constitution Avenue, on the corner of Constitution Avenue NW and 15th Street NW.

See “Permitted Location” in map below.  Click here for full page area map.

Washington Monument Area for Sept 12 Rally - See "Permitted Location"
Washington Monument Area for Sept 12 Rally - See "Permitted Location"

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Travel:

Public parking is very difficult in Washington DC on weekends, and strongly discouraged, especially given another event being held at the Capitol that same date.

Attendees are urged to use the Washington DC subway (see subway trip planner). The Washington Monument is nearby the Smithsonian Metro subway stop (Blue/Orange) line, just a short walk away.  The following are walking directions to the Washington Monument from the Smithsonian Metro subway stop (orange/blue line):

SMITHSONIAN METRO STATION to WASHINGTON MONUMENT:

1. Exit station through 12TH & JEFFERSON (THE MALL) entrance.
2. Walk approx. 2 blocks W on Jefferson Dr SW.
3. Turn right on 14th St NW.
4. Walk approx. 1 block N on 14th St NW.
5. To “Permitted Location” walk another half block toward Constitution Avenue NW and 15th St NW

Another alternative is the Federal Triangle metro stop:

FEDERAL TRIANGLE METRO to WASHINGTON MONUMENT:
1.Exit on 12th St NW
2. Walk south towards Constitution Avenue NW
3. Cross street toward Washington Monument
4. Walk down “Permitted Location” at Constitution Avenue NW and 15th St NW

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National Park Service Web Advice on Travel

Nearest Metro

The nearest Metro station to this site is Smithsonian on the Mall near 12th Street, SW.  Federal Triangle station also provides convenience access to the Washington Monument.

Parking/Public Transit

Parking throughout the District of Columbia is restricted generally (see individual area signs for site specific closures/restrictions) from 12:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. to facilitate cleaning and maintenance.

Washington, D.C. is a very busy metropolitan area. Parking is at a premium throughout the entire city. Private paid parking garages and lots can be found downtown north of the National Mall. Free on street parking is generally restricted to two hours (ticketing/towing enforced). Limited free day long parking is available along Ohio Drive, SW which is along the Potomac River south of the Lincoln Memorial or in Lots A, B & C south of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

It is highly recommended that you make use of the efficient public transit system (Metro rail and Metro bus) as well as Tourmobile, the official interpretive visitor transportation service for the National Mall and Memorial Parks. Information and schedules for Metro can be found at www.wmata.com. Information and schedules for Tourmobile may be found at www.tourmobile.com.

For those arriving from NYC:
— Boltbus $20 bus (one way) from NYC 33rd and 7th to Washington DC 10th and H Streets NW
— September 12 (6:30 am depart – 10:45 am arrive; 7:00 am depart – 11:15 am arrive, 7:30 am depart – 11:45 am arrive, 8 am depart – 12:30 pm arrive)

— Greyhound bus – multiple options

— DC2NY $28 bus (one way) from NYC Penn Station to Washington DC 14th and H Streets NW or Dupont Circle
— September 12 (10 am depart – 2:00 pm arrive)

— related articles on NYC-DC travel options
— Washington Post
— Washingtonian

Somali Islamists Chop Off Thieves’ Hands as Sharia Law Takes Hold

Somali Islamists Chop Off Thieves’ Hands as Sharia Law Takes Hold
— VOA reports: “Radical Somali Islamist group al-Shabab chopped off the right hands of two thieves Wednesday in Mogadishu as part of its implementation of Sharia law in areas under its control. The act is an indication of the power the group has cemented over areas of the capital city.”

Indonesia: Students demand harsher sharia law implementation

(Indonesia) Students demand harsher sharia law implementation
— Jakarta Post: “The sharia law will be more strict if jinayat is implemented in Aceh. Article 37 of the draft jinayat, for example, clearly states that a person who commits adultery faces 100 cane lashes, or the death penalty.”
— “‘Unmarried couples committing adultery will be caned, while married people will be sentenced to death,’ said Aceh Legislative council special committee XII head Bachrom M. Rasyid.”
— July 17, 2009 – Wall Street Journal: “Indonesia Is a Model Muslim Democracy”

Thailand: School torched in Narathiwat

Bangkok Post reports:
— “A school in Buerae village of Narathiwat’s Bacho district was set on fire on Thursday morning, Bacho police said. It took about 30 minutes for fire fighters to extinguish the blaze. One classroom was damaged. Police blamed separatist militants for the arson. Hem Yunu, director of the school, ordered suspension of all classes for two days to allow state authorities to inspect the incident scene.”

Turkish father goes on trial over son’s gay “honor killing” — murder of Ahmet Yildiz

Turkish father goes on trial over son’s gay “honour killing”
— DPA reports: “A Turkish father accused of murdering his homosexual son in a so-called ‘honour killing’ went on trial in the Uskudar municipality of Istanbul Tuesday.”
— “Yahya Yildiz, 49 – who is on the run and is being tried in absentia – is accused of shooting his 26-year-old son Ahmet in June 2008 after the latter told him about his relationship with a man from Cologne in Germany. ”
— “Ibrahim Can, the victim’s German-Turkish boyfriend, demanded that those who had helped the murderer also be prosecuted. But, he said, ‘my expectations from the trial are minimal’. ”

— Background on Extremist ‘Honor Killing’ of Ahmet Yildiz

Pakistan: Christians in Pakistan Fear Further Firestorms

COMPASS: Christians in Pakistan Fear Further Firestorms
— COMPASS reports:
— “In the wake of Islamists setting fires that killed at least seven people in Punjab Province last month, the latest of several attempts to provoke further attacks on Christians took place in a village on Friday (Sept. 4) when unidentified men tore pages of the Quran and left them at a church.”
— “Police said they were able to cool tensions in Chak 8-11-L Mission Village, near Chichawatni, after the torn pages of the Muslim scriptures were left at the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church and on a nearby road. Sources said they have witnessed similar attempts to ignite attacks on Christians in several areas of Punjab Province since an Islamic mob on Aug. 1 burned seven Christians alive in Gojra over a false accusation of blaspheming the Quran.”
— “Superintendent of Police Ahmed Nawaz Cheema said the pages of the Quran were left at the dividing line between Chak 8’s Christian-inhabited Mission village and the Muslim-populated Maliks village, indicating ‘it was planted to create tensions between the two villages.'”
— “Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church Pastor Salmoon Ejaz told Compass that Muslim women on their way to glean cotton early in the morning had found the torn pages of the Quran. They took the pages to local Muslim clerics, who in turn took them to the police. Pastor Ejaz said the clerics came to Christian leaders and told them they had no suspicion that Christians had torn the pages, and that both Muslims and Christians should be vigilant and try to find the culprit.”
— “Since then, the pastor said, the situation has been tense but under control, with police fully cooperating.”
— “‘The situation is calm, and we have no fear from the local Muslims, but the real threat is from the madrassas of Chak 11-11-L, 81-9-L and Multan Road,” said the pastor of the church, which was founded in 1906. “Even in Gojra the local Muslims had not attacked, but outsiders were the assailants, and that is the reason we are still frightened.'”

Pakistan: Pregnant woman killed for changing sect – from Sunni to Shia Islam

Pakistan Daily Times: Pregnant woman killed for changing sect – from Sunni to Shia Islam
— Pakistan Daily Times reports: “Ayesha Obaid, a pregnant woman who was seriously injured by gunmen in a Mirpurkhas village on Friday, died on Sunday night at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). Ayesha married Hassan Raza on June 25, and the two had been moving from town to town because Ayesha had changed her sect from Sunni to Shia, invoking the ire of her father, Qari Obaidullah.”

Afghanstan: Secret pardon frees Afghan journalism student

(Afghanstan) Secret pardon frees Afghan journalism student
— AP reports: “Activists have called Parwez Kambakhsh, who was convicted of blasphemy and originally sentenced to death, a victim of an Afghan justice system that panders to religious conservatives at the expense of individual freedoms.”
— “He was released several weeks ago after President Hamid Karzai signed a pardon in secret, according to the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, which talked to his lawyer.”
— “Kambakhsh has since fled Afghanistan out of fear that he will be the target of reprisal attacks, the group said. Afghan officials said they could not confirm his release.”
— “Prosecutors said he showed contempt for Islam by asking questions about women’s rights and for distributing an article he had taken off the Internet that asks why Islam does not modernize to give women equal rights. He also allegedly wrote his own comments on copies of the article.”
— “The original death sentence in the Islamic state sparked an international uproar, and judges lightened the sentence to 20 years in a second trial. Rights groups sent thousands of petitions condemning the imprisonment and calling for Kambakhsh’s release.”