Monday, June 15, 2015
Burma's 'Great Terror' Moves a Step Closer as Taliban Urges Rohingya to 'Take Up the Sword'
THE INDEPENDENT: Burma’s worst nightmare came a step closer to reality when a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban’s most hardline faction called on the oppressed Rohingya to “take up the sword and kill in the path of God”.
Other attempts to improve the desperate position of Burma’s Muslim minority were futile, he said last week. “Protest demonstrations, marches [and] condemnation resolutions” were useless. Only violent jihad would make the difference.
This is the great terror of which Burma’s populist Buddhist preachers have for years been warning their congregations, with dire predictions. The hostile climate they have whipped up has led the government to treat the largely stateless Muslim minority in Arakan state ever more inhumanely; and as a result, those predictions could prove self-fulfilling. » | Peter Popham | Sunday, June 14, 2015
Hate and Extremism 'Not Islam' Says French PM Manuel Valls
"We must say all of this is not Islam," said Valls. "The hate speech, anti-Semitism that hides behind anti-Zionism and hate for Israel... the self-proclaimed imams in our neighbourhoods and our prisons who are promoting violence and terrorism." » | AFP | Monday, June 15, 2015
ISIS Threaten Pamela Geller by Posting Anti-Muslim Activist's New York City Apartment Address with Message to #GoForth
Pamela Geller's life is at risk yet again from ISIS, after a leader of the radical Islamist terrorist group tweeted her address.
On Friday, a twitter account connected to British-born jihadi Abu Hussain al-Britani posted the address of Geller's apartment in New York City - complete with apartment number - with the message #GoForth.
That account has since been suspended by Twitter. » | Ashley Collman for DailyMail.com | Sunday, June 14, 2015
JIHAD WATCH: Islamic jihadists tweet Pamela Geller’s home address, call for her murder : Islamic jihadists want to make an example of Pamela Geller, showing that they will enforce Sharia’s death penalty for blasphemy upon non-Muslims with impunity. U.S. authorities, in response, are busy kowtowing, instead of declaring that Pamela Geller will be protected and the freedom of speech defended. Capitulation is the order of the day — but the cowards call it “respect” and “refraining from deliberate provocation.” » | Robert Spencer | Sunday, June 14, 2015
THE INDEPENDENT: Extremists tweet home address of US liberties campaigner Pamela Geller: Pamela Geller, the President of the American Freedom Defence Initiative (AFDI), has been targeted by Islamic extremists after they tweeted her home address in New York. » | Alexander Ward | Sunday, June 14, 2015
UK Waterpark Bans Bikinis and Orders Visitors to Wear 'Islamically Appropriate' Clothes
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| This advert advises attendees to wear full-length clothing |
WaterWorld in Stoke-on-Trent plans to black out windows and provide a prayer room during a women-only night aimed at Muslims.
Only female lifeguards will patrol the park during the event, which has triggered a flood of complaints.
Staff will also "guard" the front entrance to "make sure that no males enter the facility".
Conservative MP Philip Hollobone said: ‘I imagine there would be a lot of outrage if the boot was on the other foot and swimmers were told they had to dress appropriately in respect of Christians. I don’t see how this is different."
One invitation to the "Sisters Only Funday" advises attendees to cover their "awrah" (nudity) by wearing full-length jogging bottoms and a dark-coloured t-shirt. » | Scott Campbell | Sunday, June 14, 2015
Shock Warning: Terror Threat to Millions of Holidaymakers as ISIS target Turkey
Terrifying new travel advice has been issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, warning Britons of active terrorist groups plotting attacks in the Mediterranean country.
Holidaymakers visiting beach resorts, particularly those from Britain, are at risk of kidnap, suicide bombings, car bombings, rocket attacks and improvised explosives.
More than 2.5 million Britons visit Turkey every year and this year is expected to be as popular as ever, with the pound rocketing by more than 16 per cent against the lira in the last 12 months.
But the nation, which has a 98.9 per cent Muslim population, has also been rocked by western Islamic fanatics attempting to enter Syria to join Islamic State, as well as homegrown terror groups striking in acts of rebellion against the government, police and judiciary.
Istanbul, which attracts 7.5 million tourists every year, has been listed as a specific potential target by the Foreign Office, which has described the threat of terrorism there as ‘high’.
Raffaello Pantucci, of defence think tank Royal United Services Institute, said: “Turkey and Syria are very dangerous environments. » | Helen Barnett Exclusive | Sunday, June 14, 2015
Former US President George Bush Calls for Another War in Iraq
Despite acknowledging that the 2003 invasion of the country was his “biggest regret”, the former president has again insisted the solution to Islamic extremism in the Middle East is “boots on the ground”.
Mr Bush took the US to war in two separate conflicts over his eight-year presidency – first in Afghanistan in 2001 and then in Iraq two years later.
The Iraq invasion was widely condemned at the time as being ill-thought out – and it resulted in a huge cost both financially and in human lives.
But in an interview with an Israeli magazine, he appeared once again to be on the warpath.
>br /> Asked about how the US should tackle ISIS, he said: “My position was that you need to have boots on the ground." » | Tom Batchelor | Sunday, June 14, 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015
The Queen Mocked Margaret Thatcher for Her Accent, New Book Reveals
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| The Queen and Margaret Thatcher had a difficult relationship |
The Monarch also referred to the then prime minister as “that woman” to Commonwealth leaders and made jokes about her behind her back, it was claimed.
As the Queen celebrates her official birthday this weekend, author Dean Palmer told how the two most powerful women in recent history had repeated disagreements that were “very personal, class driven and distinctly female”.
In The Queen And Mrs Thatcher: An Inconvenient Relationship, the fi rst published analysis of their lack of rapport, Palmer claims the two female figureheads “met and disliked each other on sight”.
The book tells how Mrs Thatcher’s “entire character was anathema” to the Queen. It also reveals how she mocked Thatcher’s accent, which she described as “Royal Shakespeare received pronunciation from circa 1950”. Meanwhile, Thatcher loathed trips to Balmoral, considering them a “tedious waste of time”.
The Falklands War also caused further resentment between the pair as Thatcher became lauded as “mother of the nation” and the “public face of Britain abroad”. Veteran television producer Mr Palmer, who has made documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV, writes: “For over a decade they quietly waged a war against each other on both a personal and political stage, disagreeing on key issues including sanctions against South Africa, the miners’ strike and allowing US planes to bomb Libya using British military bases.
Elizabeth found the means to snub and undermine her prime minister through petty class put-downs and Press leaks.” » | Camilla Tominey | Sunday, June 14, 2015
The Queen And Mrs Thatcher: An Inconvenient Relationship by Dean Palmer is published by The History Press, £20.
Eine Adelshochzeit wie der Eurovision Song Contest
Trooping the Colour und Prinzen-Hochzeit an einem Datum – für Freunde von Europas Königshäusern stellte dieser Samstag so etwas wie das royale Champions-League-Finale dar.
Die erste Halbzeit kam mittags aus London: Hunderte Soldaten in roter Uniform und Bärenfellmütze marschierten vor dem Buckingham Palast zu Ehren des 89. Geburtstags von Queen Elizabeth II. auf. Eigentlich ist der bereits am 21. April. Aber Sie wissen ja, das englische Wetter ... Da ist der zweite Juni-Samstag die sonnentechnisch zuverlässigere Option.
Gatte Prinz Philipp ritt trotz seiner 94 Jahre hoch zu Ross bei der Parade mit, ebenso Thronfolger Charles, dessen Schwester Anne und Sohn William. Die jeweiligen Ehepartner fuhren Kutsche.
Eine zackige Veranstaltung mit präzisem Zeremoniell. Kinder sind da nicht vorgesehen. Der knapp zwei Jahre alte Prinz George durfte lediglich durchs Palastfenster das Treiben verfolgen. Erst fürs Familienfoto auf dem Balkon war er dabei.
Die zweite Halbzeit folgte wenige Stunden später aus Stockholm – und hätte keinen stärkeren Kontrast bilden können. » | Von Inga Catharina Thomas, Redakteurin News | Sonntag, 14. Juni 2015
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Islam No Joking Matter, Malaysian Stand-up Comics Say amid Creeping Conservatism
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| Comedian Harith Iskander speaking at The Cooler Lumpur Festival in Kuala Lumpur, June 13, 2015. |
Comedian Jason Leong said he and fellow comics have lampooned Christianity and Buddhism, but not Islam, the predominant religion in Malaysia.
“What is difficult is making jokes about Islam, or as my friend calls it, Muslimism; we don’t wanna get arrested, we don’t wanna die,” Leong told a packed audience at a session titled “Killing Sacred Cows: Comedy in the Age of Offence” at the Cooler Lumpur Festival here yesterday.
Another popular comedian Harith Iskandar, who was also at the session, said topics related to Muslim culture would have to be packaged in layers so as to have safeguards.
“If someone is videotaping it, we could get into serious trouble, regardless of whether I myself am a Malay-Muslim,” he said. » | Boo Su-Lyn | Sunday, June 14, 2015
Gay in Putin's Moscow: Why the City Is Pinker Than You Think
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| Russian men kiss in Moscow 2012, a year before the 2013 law banning 'gay propaganda'. |
“Moscow is like a small European city in the mid-90s,” says Anton Krasovsky. “Everybody knows everybody. Everybody knows who’s gay, even if nobody’s out.”
Well, not nobody. In 2013, when the Duma was debating a new law outlawing “gay propaganda”, Krasovsky was a beloved Russian TV personality, working for a news channel he’d co-founded called Kontr TV. At the end of a wide-ranging discussion on the proposed legislation, Krasovsky said, on air: “I’m gay. And I’m just as much a human being as President Putin, or Prime Minister Medvedev, or the members of the Duma.” Less than a week later, Krasovsky was no longer working for Kontr TV, the clip was removed from the archives and his face had been scrubbed from the website.
And yet ask him and his friends what it’s like to be gay in Moscow and they shrug. “Moscow attracts gay men from all the villages, so there are more gay people in Moscow than anywhere else in Russia. And they all just want what everyone else wants: somebody to love.” » | Chris Michael, Judith Soal and Maeve Shearlaw in Moscow | Saturday, June 13, 2015
David Cameron Orders Crackdown on Summer Surge of FGM Cases
New laws aimed at preventing young girls being taken abroad to undergo female genital mutilation are to be fast-tracked within weeks, amid fears that the number of cases could soar during the summer holidays.
David Cameron has ordered ministers to rush through measures before schools break up next month.
The measures will enable local authorities, social workers or police to apply directly to courts to ensure that any individual they suspect of trying to take someone abroad for FGM will have to surrender their passport and other travel documents with immediate effect. » | Toby Helm Political editor | Saturday, June 13, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Fury as Schools BAN Muslims from Fasting during Ramadan
Four primary schools in London, run by the Lion Academy Trust, announced the controversial ban in a letter to parents earlier this week.
Barclay Primary School in Leyton said that pupils have "fainted" and "became ill" after fasting for 18 hours in previous years.
The school added: "We are reliably informed that in Islamic Law, children are not required to fast during Ramadan, only being required to do so when they become adults."
The other schools affected by the ban are Sybourn Primary School in Waltham Forest, Thomas Gamuel Primary School in Walthamstow, and Brook House Primary School in Tottenham.
The move has been slammed by the Muslim community, including the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), which said there are "sufficient and stringent rules within Islam" protecting those who are too young to fast. » | Tom Parfitt | Friday, June 12, 2015
Le roi retire le titre de duchesse à l'infante Cristina
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| De gauche à droite, le prince Felipe, l'infante Cristina et son mari Iñaki Urdangarin. |
Le roi d'Espagne Felipe VI a décidé de retirer le titre de duchesse à sa sœur, l'infante Cristina, a annoncé jeudi le Palais Royal. Cette dernière est accusée de délits fiscaux dans un scandale de corruption impliquant aussi son époux.
«Le Bulletin officiel de l'Etat publiera demain un Décret Royal par lequel Sa Majesté le Roi révoquera l'utilisation du titre de Duchesse de Palma de Majorque par l'Altesse royale, l'infante Cristina», a indiqué le palais dans un communiqué. » | vendredi 12 juin 2015
THE GUARDIAN: Spanish king strips sister of duchess title amid tax evasion scandal: King Felipe VI relieves his sister Princess Cristina of her title, Duchess of Palma » | Agence France-Presse | Thursday, June 11, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
A Fourth Reich In The Sun? – Hitler's Escape to Argentina
In addition, they investigate the active role of many top US and German international corporations had in supporting the Nazi war machine during the war, as well as top Nazi involvement in the formation of the Bilderberg Group after WWII.
Independent journalist Patrick Henningsen, is the managing editor of 21st Century Wire, which delivers news and exposés on intelligence, foreign policy, media propaganda, climate change, the war on terror, technology, Wall Street and the Geo-Political agenda of the global elite.
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