Shariah Law May Result in ‘Legal Apartheid’
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Senior religious leaders attack multiculturalism and sharia law today, warning that they are "disastrous", socially divisive and are destroying Britain's culture and values.

Lord Carey and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor rebut the call of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for Islamic law to be recognised in Britain.

Lord Carey, the former archbishop of Canterbury, said: "His acceptance of some Muslim laws within British law would be disastrous for the nation. He has overstated the case for accommodating Islamic legal codes.

"His conclusion that Britain will eventually have to concede some place in law for aspects of sharia is a view I cannot share.

"There can be no exceptions to the laws of our land which have been so painfully honed by the struggle for democracy and human rights."

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, said that the Government's promotion of multiculturalism had destroyed the unity that used to hold society together. Immigrants must "obey the laws of this country".

Writing in this newspaper, Lord Carey condemns multiculturalism as "disastrous", blames it for creating Islamic ghettos and says that Dr Williams's support for sharia law will "inevitably lead to further demands from the Muslim community". Sharia law may result in 'legal apartheid' >>> By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent

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The Laws of the Land Must Be Obeyed!
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Tucked behind Westminster Cathedral on a quiet back street, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor's home is only a short walk from Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence which sits on the south-bank of the Thames.

On the issues of sharia law and multiculturalism, however, Britain's two most senior Christian leaders appear to be worlds apart.

Dr Rowan Williams, head of the Anglican Church, caused uproar last week with his suggestion that the incorporation of aspects of sharia into UK law might be "unavoidable", and could aid social cohesion. Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, leader of the 4.5? million Catholics in England and Wales, begs to differ. He is adamant that such a move would only make segregation even more entrenched.

"I don't believe in a multicultural society," he says firmly. "When people come into this country they have to obey the laws of the land."

He has a mellifluous voice and an affable manner, but the cardinal becomes steely when discussing the problems facing British society, and the issue of sharia law.

"There are going to be certain things which might clash in the overall culture of the country. That's where one has to make a judgement," he says, then pauses before continuing, aware of the sensitivity of the issue. "There are aspects of sharia that are practised that we certainly wouldn't want in this country. The laws of this country don't allow forced marriages or polygamy.

"It seems to me a government and a country has a right to make sure that those laws are kept." People here ‘must obey the laws of the land’ >>>

THE TELEGRAPH:
Are we promoting harmony or Muslim ghettos? By Lord Carey

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY:
SHARIA: Now Archbishop is forced to explain himself to General Synod By Daniel Boffey and Polly Dunbar

TIMESONLINE:
Archbishop, you've committed treason

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’Inbreeding’ a Big Problem among Muslim Community, Warn Ministers
TIMESONLINE: A government minister has warned that inbreeding among immigrants is causing a surge in birth defects - comments likely to spark a new row over the place of Muslims in British society.

Phil Woolas, an environment minister, said the culture of arranged marriages between first cousins was the “elephant in the room”. Woolas, a former race relations minister, said: “If you have a child with your cousin the likelihood is there’ll be a genetic problem.”

The minister, whose views were supported by medical experts this weekend, said: “The issue we need to debate is first cousin marriages, whereby a lot of arranged marriages are with first cousins, and that produces lots of genetic problems in terms of disability [in children].”

Woolas emphasised the practice did not extend to all Muslim communities but was confined mainly to families originating from rural Pakistan. However, up to half of all marriages within these communities are estimated to involve first cousins. Minister warns of ‘inbred’ Muslims >>> By Dipesh Gadher, Christopher Morgan and Jonathan Oliver

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Bandar bin Sultan Feels a Chill Wind on His Assets
TIMESONLINE: PRINCE Bandar Bin Sultan, the former Saudi Arabian ambassador to America, has been hit by a court order in effect freezing some of his US assets, as part of a class-action lawsuit over bribery allegations at British defence giant BAE Systems. Saudi royal Prince Bandar Bin Sultan's assets frozen >>> By Grant Ringshaw

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Archbishop Under Pressure to Quit
BBC: The Archbishop of Canterbury continues to face calls for his resignation despite attempts to defuse the row over his Islamic Sharia law comments.

Dr Rowan Williams has been condemned from inside and outside his church for saying the adoption of parts of the law was "unavoidable" in Britain.

At least two General Synod members have called for him to quit and he has been heckled as he left a church service.

But supporters say his comments have been misinterpreted.

The archbishop is said to be shocked and hurt by the hostility his comments have provoked, and on his website he said he "certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law".

However the criticism mounted as his predecessor Lord George Carey accused Dr Williams of overstating the case for accommodating Islamic legal codes. ’Brilliant scholar’ >>>

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Harems Pay Off for Muslims in Toronto
Islamic leaders: Hundreds in GTA get extra welfare for polygamous unions

TORONTO SUN: Hundreds of GTA Muslim men in polygamous marriages -- some with a harem of wives -- are receiving welfare and social benefits for each of their spouses, thanks to the city and province, Muslim leaders say.

Mumtaz Ali, president of the Canadian Society of Muslims, said wives in polygamous marriages are recognized as spouses under the Ontario Family Law Act, providing they were legally married under Muslim laws abroad.

"Polygamy is a regular part of life for many Muslims," Ali said yesterday. "Ontario recognizes religious marriages for Muslims and others."

He estimates "several hundred" GTA husbands in polygamous marriages are receiving benefits. Under Islamic law, a Muslim man is permitted to have up to four spouses. Harems pay off for Muslims >>> By Tom Godfrey, Sun Media

Hat tip: Robert Spencer

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Fitna
RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE: The Hague - The populist leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, says his film about the Qu'ran will be called Fitna, or ordeal. Mr Wilders says he chose the term because he believes that Islam is the most recent ordeal for Western democracies, following Nazism and communism.

He says the film, which will appear in March and will be about 15 minutes long, will show that the Qu'ran is a Fascist book which incites people to commit acts of violence. [Source: Wilders' film to be called Fitna]

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An Islamic History of Europe: التاريخ الإسلامي في أوروبا
This series of twelve BBC videos are well worth watching. Bear in mind, however, that much appears to have been whitewashed. There is no talk of dhimmitude; and in general a very rosy picture is painted. One could be forgiven for believing that this is the story of El Dorado! You decide on the accuracy of all that has been reported. Above all, enjoy!


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The Netherlands: School Burqa Ban
ASSOCIATED PRESS: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Cabinet said Friday it wants to ban burqas from all schools and prevent government employees from wearing the head-to-toe Islamic robes, but said it was impossible to outlaw them altogether.

In a policy letter to Parliament, the Cabinet said it would send a proposal to lawmakers within a few months on banning burqas in schools and said it would push government offices to forbid burqas in their staff dress regulations.

The move is largely symbolic as only around 150 women are believed to wear burqas in this country of 16 million. But it is another sign of the turning tide of Dutch tolerance as the nation seeks to assimilate its Muslim population of about 840,000.

"I value being able to look somebody in the eye," Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said, referring to the fact that the robes cover a woman's face. "I find it unpleasant." Dutch Cabinet Wants School Burqa Ban >>> By Mike Corder

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"Wild Thing"
THE ECONOMIST: THE Netherlands is going through a “considerable crisis”, says the prime minister. The Iranians are musing publicly about cutting diplomatic ties. The grand mufti of Syria has issued grave warnings of war and bloodshed. Dutch citizens living in Muslim countries have been asked to report any worrying incidents.

The one thing missing is the cause of the fuss: an anti-Islamic film neither made nor shown by a Dutch member of parliament, Geert Wilders. In November Mr Wilders revealed his plan to air on television an exposé of the wickedness of the Koran, which he calls an Islamic “Mein Kampf”. The film is said to include shots of him desecrating the Koran. Dutch state television appears reluctant to show it, so Mr Wilders now talks of a private broadcaster, or using the internet. But the mere talk of his film has been enough to ignite a renewed debate about Islam in Europe and the limits on free speech.

The Dutch have reason to worry. Two years ago the publication of Muhammad cartoons in a Danish newspaper triggered anti-Danish riots around the Muslim world. Two years before that a film about Islam, “Submission”, was shown on Dutch television; soon afterwards its director, Theo van Gogh, was butchered in an Amsterdam street by a radical Dutch Islamist, who also threatened the screenplay writer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali (now living in America). Mr Wilders's film could, some fear, have similarly violent consequences. Wild thing: The Netherlands frets about the likely impact of a new anti-Islam film >>>

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Ian Buruma’s Viewpoint: A War on Tolerance
HAARETZ: AMSTERDAM - When "tolerance" becomes a term of abuse in a place like the Netherlands, you know that something has gone seriously wrong. The Dutch always took pride in being the most tolerant people on earth. In less feverish times than these, no one could possibly have taken exception to Queen Beatrix's speech last Christmas, when she pleaded for tolerance and "respect for minorities." But Geert Wilders, leader of the right-wing, anti-Muslim Party of Freedom, was so disgusted by the Dutch queen's "multicultural rubbish" that he wanted her to be stripped of her constitutional role in the government.

Wilders, a popular rabble-rouser whose party occupies nine seats in the Dutch parliament, compares the Koran to Hitler's "Mein Kampf," wants to stop Muslims from moving to the Netherlands and thunders that those who are already in the country should tear up half the Koran if they wish to stay. Tolerance toward Islam is cowardly appeasement in his eyes. He thinks that Europe is in peril of being "Islamized." "There will soon be more mosques than churches," he says, if true Europeans don't have the guts to stand up and save Western civilization.

Notwithstanding his call to ban the Koran, Wilders and his admirers claim to believe in unfettered free speech as a Western birthright. Beatrix stated that the right to free speech does not automatically mean the right to offend. Wilders disagrees. No criticism of Islam, however offensive, should ever be hampered by political correctness. Wilders uses every opportunity to test Muslims' (often very limited) tolerance. His latest provocation is a short film denouncing Islam, which is yet to be screened but has already caused panic all around. Remarkably for a Dutch politician - and a minor one, at that - news of Wilders' antics has reached the world press. Dutch embassies are bracing themselves for violent demonstrations, and the government is considering special security measures.

Some commentators suggest that Wilders, born and raised as a Catholic in a provincial Dutch town, is, like his Muslim enemies, a true believer, driven by the goal of keeping Europe "Judeo-Christian." Perhaps, but this is probably a red herring. His war on Islam is also, and perhaps even mainly, a war on the cultural and political elites, the Dutch intellectual establishment, the Eurocrats of Brussels and the liberal-minded queen. A War on Tolerance >>> By Ian Buruma

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Firm Rejection of Introduction of Shariah Law in Australia
"... this is a ham sandwich to a crocodile"
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: THE Federal Government has ruled out the introduction of Islamic courts in Australia following debate triggered by the global head of the Anglican Church.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said Muslims should to be able to resolve marital and financial disputes under Islamic law, rather than the mainstream judicial system.

This could help improve social cohesion, he said in a radio interview in Britain. Australian Muslim leaders put a similar proposal to the Howard government in April 2005, but it was rejected.

Yesterday the Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, also ruled out introducing Islamic law, or sharia. "The Rudd Government is not considering and will not consider the introduction of any part of sharia law into the Australian legal system," he said.

The Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson, said everyone who came to Australia should accept the existing laws.

"Now this is a ham sandwich to a crocodile," he said. "The idea that in some way you would change your basic values, culture and law to accommodate some people who feel that they don't want to see themselves as Australians first, above all else - under no circumstances would I support that." Australia rejects call for Islamic courts >>>

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Gay Asians ‘Marrying to Conform’
BBC: Asian gays and lesbians in the UK have married people of the opposite sex in a bid to conform to traditional values and beliefs, it has been claimed.

Gay activists said these marriages happened because some members of their community felt homosexuals brought shame on their people.

They said in some cases gay and lesbian people had been beaten and abused.

The BBC has seen hundreds of people advertising on the internet for so-called marriages of convenience.

One of them is 19-year-old Rubina, from south-east England, who placed an advert on an Asian gay website.

She said: "I just want to make life easier, I want to get my family off my back, because they're pressurising me to get married.

"In my culture it's not acceptable to be gay. If I have a marriage of convenience it will give them the illusion that I'm straight and I can carry on with who I want." Gay Asians 'marrying to conform' >>> By Naresh Puri

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Turkey Relaxes Headscarf Ban
YNET NEWS: Parliament approves two constitutional amendments that would lift decades-old ban in universities despite fierce opposition of secular establishment

Turkey's parliament on Saturday approved two constitutional amendments that would lift a decades-old ban on Islamic head scarves in universities, despite the fierce opposition of the secular establishment.

Parliament voted 403-107 in favor of the amendment that would insert a paragraph into the Constitution stating that everyone has the right to equal treatment from state institutions. The lawmakers voted 403-108 to approve the second and final amendment that says "no one can be deprived of (his or her) right to higher education," Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan said.

In predominantly Muslim Turkey, which seeks European Union membership, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party has channeled the frustration of devout masses, who feel excluded from the establishment, into political action. Turkey relaxes head scarf ban >>>

YNET NEWS:
Don’t wear veil abroad, Egyptian mufti says: Sheikh Ali Gomaa's remarks spark row in his country, other Arab states after stating Muslim women should not walk around with veils in foreign countries as it could cause a political problem >>> By Roee Nahmias

BBC:
Turkey eases ban on headscarves

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EL PAÍS:
Turquía aprueba definitivamente permitir el velo islámico en las universidades: El Parlamento turco acaba con décadas de prohibición del pañuelo musulmán, instaurada en aras de la laicidad

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What the Archbishop Wishes On Us Is an Abomination
THE INDEPENDENT: What Rowan Williams wishes upon us is an abomination and I write here as a modern Muslim woman. He lectures the nation on the benefits of sharia law – made by bearded men, for men – and wants the alternative legal system to be accommodated within our democracy in the spirit of inclusion and cohesion.

Pray tell me sir, how do separate and impenetrable courts and schools and extreme female segregation promote commonalities and deep bonds between citizens of these small isles?

What he did on Thursday was to convince other Britons, white, black and brown, that Muslims want not equality but exceptionalism and their own domains. Enlightened British Muslims quail. Friends like this churchman do us more harm than our many enemies. He passes round what he believes to be the benign libation of tolerance. It is laced with arsenic.

He would not want his own girls and women, I am sure, to "choose" to be governed by these laws he breezily endorses. And he is naive to the point of folly if he imagines it is possible to pick and choose the bits that are relatively nice to the girls or ones that seem to dictate honourable financial transactions.

Look around the Islamic world where sharia rules and, in every single country, these ordinances reduce our human value to less than half that is accorded a male; homosexuals are imprisoned or killed, children have no free voice or autonomy, authoritarianism rules and infantilises populations.

What's more, different Muslim nations claim to have their own allegedly god-given sharia. In Saudi Arabia, women cannot drive (What in Allah's name could the Koran have warned about cars?). In Bangladesh and Pakistan, they have no such bar to driving, although increasingly Saudi Wahabi Islam is taking over and we see Saudi sharia taking hold.

It is growing in influence here, too. Ten years ago, the only fully shrouded Muslim women around were from the Arab fiefdoms, the many wives of sheikhs often drawn by cartoonists to convey the absurdity and inhumanity of such cloaks. Now all of Europe has these girls and women rendering themselves invisible in public spaces. It is their elected sharia, so they claim without credibility. There is no agreed body of sharia, it is all drafted by males and the most cruel is now claiming absolute authority. What he wishes on us is an abomination: Sharia is nothing but a human concoction of medieval religious opinion >>> By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

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The Archbishop Has Stepped Into a Political and Intellectual Minefield
THE INDEPENDENT: The Archbishop of Canterbury's speech this week on the relationship between civil and religious law is a hopeless intellectual muddle. Dr Rowan Williams argues that the UK must "face up to the fact" that some citizens do not relate to the British legal system and that "the law needs to takes some account of that". One of his suggestions is "a constructive accommodation with some aspects of Muslim law".

The glaring problem with such an "accommodation" is that only Muslims would be bound by sharia. In a liberal and open society all citizens must be equal before the laws of the nation. There can be no laws which apply only to certain religious or cultural groups. Dr Williams says the idea that there is "one law for everybody and that's all there is" is dangerous. On the contrary, that unified legal system is what underpins our freedoms. If Dr Williams thinks "one law" is dangerous, he should consider the social consequences of different groups being governed by different legal jurisdictions. Leading article: The Archbishop has stepped into a political and intellectual minefield >>>

THE INDEPENDENT:
Church moves to the defence of Archbishop By Colin Brown and Jerome Taylor

THE TELEGRAPH:
Archbishop, with sharia it's all or nothing By Charles Moore

LE FIGARO:
Le primat anglican par qui le scandale arrive De Cyrille Vanlerberghe

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Faces Calls for His Resignation
THE TELEGRAPH: The Archbishop of Canterbury faced calls for his resignation yesterday as bishops joined politicians in criticising his remarks supporting the adoption of sharia law.

Dr Rowan Williams was urged to quit by angry members of the General Synod, the Church's "parliament", who claimed he was undermining the Christian faith.

Lord Carey, his predecessor, and the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, also challenged his view that aspects of Islamic law could be incorporated into the English legal system.

The row erupted on Thursday when Dr Williams suggested that the introduction of Muslim laws into the UK was "unavoidable".
The strength of the backlash represents one of the most serious blows to the Archbishop's authority since his appointment five years ago. He faces more pressure when the Synod convenes for a five-day meeting in London on Monday.

Last night friends of the Archbishop said he was "completely overwhelmed" by the hostility of the response and in a "state of shock" at the barrage of criticism. Rowan Williams faces calls to resign >>> By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent

DAILY MAIL:
Sharia law row: Archbishop is in shock as he faces demands to quit By Steve Doughty and Michael Seamark

DAILY MAIL:
Sharia UK: What exactly does it mean? By Richard Pendlebury

NZZ Online:
Erzbischof verteidigt sich nach Scharia-Äusserungen: Gegen Einführung eines «parallelen Rechtssystems»

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The Latest BlogTalkRadio Show
Please be a little patient for a minute or two. There is a technical glitch at the beginning; but if you bear with the glitches, you will enjoy an excellent show. It’s very insightful. Most enjoyable! Bravo Ibn Misr!

BlogTalkRadio - Ibn Misr with Always On Watch and WC: A Fascinating Show
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Turks Set to Ease Headscarf Ban
BBC: The Turkish parliament is expected to amend the country's constitution to ease the ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in universities.

The issue is deeply divisive in Turkey, where the state is strictly secular, and protests are expected.

The government says secularism means many girls are denied an education.

But the secular establishment, including generals and academics, sees this as a first step to allowing Islam to figure more largely in public life.

Opposition parties have vowed to challenge the changes in the constitutional court if, as is expected, they are passed on Saturday. Burka ban >>>

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Pressure Mounts on the Archbishop of Canterbury to Resign
THE GUARDIAN: The Archbishop of Canterbury has hit back over criticism of his comments on sharia law, amid growing calls for his resignation.

Dr Rowan Williams made no proposals for sharia, and "certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law", a statement on his website said.

He was "exploring ways in which reasonable accommodation might be made within existing arrangements for religious conscience" and his core aim was "to tease out some of the broader issues around the rights of religious groups within a secular state".

However, at least two Synod members have already called for the Archbishop to go and he has faced criticism from leading bishops, secular groups and Government figures.

Colonel Edward Armitstead, a Synod member from the diocese of Bath and Wells, told the Daily Telegraph: "I don't think he is the man for the job. One wants to be charitable, but I sense that he would be far happier in a university where he can kick around these sorts of ideas."

Brigadier William Dobbie, a former member, described him as "a disaster, a tragic mistake".

The Archbishop was said to be overwhelmed by the hostility of the response to his comments, but some have leapt to his defence. The Bishop of Hulme, the Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, said he was appalled at the "knee-jerk" reaction to a serious piece of academic work. Pressure mounts in sharia law row >>>

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Williams shocked at sharia row

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Melanie Phillips: The Archbishop’s Speech
THE SPECTATOR: The most bizarre aspect of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s extraordinary declaration today of abject religious and cultural surrender to Islam was the extreme lengths to which he went to avoid precisely the furore which has now erupted — and then proceeded dramatically to depart from his own strategy.

In a major lecture this evening, which I attended, he argued for an accommodation between English law and Islamic sharia law: an end to the ‘legal monopoly’ of English law, in order to allow people to choose between Islamic and English law for the resolution of disputes and the administration of marriage, divorce, inheritance and other matters. This incendiary proposition was nevertheless expressed in the lecture in language so convoluted and ambiguous — ‘nuanced’ is, I think, the current expression of choice — that many in the audience admitted they didn’t have a clue what on earth he was actually saying. So nervous was Lambeth Palace, however, that the press would sensationalise his remarks, it tried to control the reaction by restricting embargoed copies of the text so that few papers would be able to report the lecture — and instead giving an exclusive interview with Dr Williams to BBC Radio Four’s World at One. The Archbishop’s Speech >>> By Melanie Phillips

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Afganistán: La mordaza de Sayed
ELPAÍS: En la cárcel de Bakh, al norte de Afganistán, no se puede leer ni escribir. Algunos días, tampoco se desayuna ni se cena. Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, un estudiante de periodismo de 23 años, lleva tres meses entre rejas. Comparte una pequeña celda con otros 30 presos que cumplen penas por robo, asesinato o violación. Él está allí por blasfemia. Y está condenado a muerte.

Su hermano, Yaqub Ibrahimi, es periodista. Va a verlo una vez a la semana. A Sayed Parwez se le acusa de insultar al profeta Mahoma por distribuir entre sus compañeros de clase un artículo, descargado de un blog en Internet, en el que se considera discriminatorio que el Corán permita al hombre tener cuatro esposas, y a la mujer sólo un marido. "En Afganistán cualquier cosa puede ser blasfemia, sobre todo lo que tiene que ver con los derechos humanos", cuenta por teléfono Yaqub. Ahora está en Kabul, la capital, haciendo todo tipo de gestiones para que el caso se transfiera al Tribunal Supremo y poder así apelar la sentencia. La mordaza de Sayed: El hermano del periodista afgano condenado a muerte por blasfemia asegura que los 'mulás' le tendieron una trampa >>> De Silvia Blanco

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Vorsicht! Islam im Vormarsch in Deutschland!
NZZ Online: Der türkische Ministerpräsident Erdogan hat in Deutschland Aufsehen erregt mit dem Vorschlag, die Bundesrepublik solle türkischsprachige Schulen und Universitäten einrichten. Die CSU wertet eine geplante Grossveranstaltung für Auslandtürken als Affront.

Von Eric Gujer, Berlin

Am zweiten Tag seiner ausgedehnten Deutschlandreise ist der türkische Ministerpräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan mit Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel zusammengekommen. Erdogan überraschte seine Gastgeber am Freitag mit der Forderung, die Bundesrepublik solle türkischsprachige Schulen und Universitäten einrichten. In der Türkei gebe es ebenfalls Schulen, die auf Deutsch unterrichteten.

Türkischsprachige Schulen in Deutschland seien sinnvoll, so meinte Erdogan, da die Migranten zunächst ihre eigene Sprache beherrschen müssten. Er bot an, hierzu Lehrer in die Bundesrepublik zu schicken. Erdogan unterstrich, Integration sei wichtig. Er lehnte jedoch eine Assimilation ab und sagte, Menschen müssten in ihrer Unterschiedlichkeit akzeptiert werden. Merkel reagierte zurückhaltend auf den Vorschlag, der in Deutschland nicht viele Freunde finden dürfte. Erdogan will türkische Schulen in Deutschland: Überraschender Vorstoss in Berlin >>>

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Erdogan fordert volle EU-Mitgliedschaft der Türkei: «Privilegierte Partnerschaft» als Regelverstoss abgelehnt

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Sharia Law in UK Is ‘Unavoidable’ – Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop Promotes Shariah Law for the UK

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Europe Awaken!

This video was 'A CommonSense Production'. Many thanks to Ray Boyd.

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