North Korea Threatens Full Scale War If Rocket Is Intercepted
THE TELEGRAPH: North Korea says it will wage war on America, Japan and South Korea if any attempt is made to intercept the launch of a rocket it claims is intended to put a satellite into space.

A military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo courtesy of The Telegraph
It has also cut off its border and telephone links with the South in protest at military exercises by American and South Korean troops which began on Monday.

Plans for a launch were first picked up by satellite imagery, with foreign intelligence agencies saying it was a test of a long-range Taepodong-2 missile with the capacity to hit parts of the United States.

The United States said it would shoot down the missile if it headed towards its territory. Japan has suggested it might try to intercept any launch, even if the payload is a communications satellite as claimed by Pyongyang.

"If the enemies recklessly opt for intercepting our satellite, our revolutionary armed forces will launch without hesitation a just retaliatory strike operation," the general staff of the North Korean army said in a statement on state media. It singled out the United States, Japan and South Korea as targets.

"Shooting our satellite for peaceful purposes will precisely mean a war," it said. >>> By Richard Spencer in Beijing | Monday, March 9, 2009

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Nordkoreas Truppen in voller Kampfbereitschaft

Das nordkoreanische Militär hat im Fernsehen mögliche Schläge gegen militärische Stützpunkte der USA, Japans und Südkoreas angekündigt. Foto dank der Berliner Zeitung
Seoul - Wegen eines Großmanövers der US-Streitkräfte mit Südkorea hat Nordkorea seine Truppen in volle Kampfbereitschaft versetzt und auch die letzte Kommunikationsleitung zum Nachbarland gekappt.

Zugleich warnte die nordkoreanische Volksarmee am Montag vor Versuchen, einen «Satelliten» abzuschießen, den Nordkorea ins All befördern wolle. Ein Abschuss käme einer Kriegserklärung gleich und würde mit Vergeltungsschlägen gegen die USA, Südkorea und Japan beantwortet. Wann der Satellit starten soll, blieb unklar. Für die Dauer des Manövers soll den Angaben zufolge der «heiße Draht» zu Südkorea abgeschnitten werden, der bei Bedarf die Kommunikation zur Lösung akuter Konflikte sicherstellen soll. >>> ©dpa | Montag, 9. März 2009

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Plus d'un millier de catholiques manifestent à Lucerne
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: EGLISE | Près de 1500 personnes se sont rassemblées dimanche pour protester contre la politique conservatrice du pape et pour appeler les fidèles à rester dans l'Eglise.

Photo de la manifestation à Lucerne contre la politique conservatrice du pape grâce à la Tribune de Genève
Près de 1500 catholiques se sont rassemblés dimanche à Lucerne pour protester contre la politique conservatrice du pape. Cette manifestation se voulait aussi un appel à ne pas sortir de l'Eglise. >>> ATS | Dimanche 08 Mars 2009

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Former Muslim Facing Death Threats In Egypt
BOS NEWS LIFE: CAIRO, EGYPT -- A former Muslim who converted to Christianity in Egypt was in hiding Sunday, March 8, after Islamic lawyers demanded that he be executed on charges of "apostasy," Egyptian Christians and rights investigators monitoring the trial said.

Middle East Concern (MEC), an advocacy group with closely follows the case, told BosNewsLife that Maher Ahmad El-Mo’otahssem Bellah El-Gohary has been trying to obtain identification papers with Christianity designated as his religion, despite death threats.

"Maher is involved in a legal battle to officially change his religious registration from Islam to Christianity so that both he and his daughter may be identified as Christians," MEC said.

However at a trial on February 22 some 20 Islamic lawyers strongly opposed that move, MEC and other sources said.

Egyptian law allows Muslim lawyers to become involved in a court case if they believe the outcome will run counter to Islamic law "harmful" to society. "These lawyers described Maher as an apostate from Islam and asked that he be sentenced to death," MEC said. >>> BosNewsLife Middle East Service | Sunday, March 8, 2009

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Blair Urged to 'Reconsider' Job
BBC: Lord Levy has told the BBC he thinks Tony Blair should consider whether to continue his job as an envoy for the Middle East Quartet.

The former prime minister's ally said he should examine if he had "the time and tools" to help the peace process.

Lord Levy, the former prime minister's representative to the region, was speaking on BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster programme.

He said he should think about what his role was "precisely" going to be.

Asked if he thought Mr Blair should step down, Lord Levy said: "As a friend I would say to him, do you feel you have the time, do you feel you have the tools, to really make a difference in this arena?

"And if you do, then what are you going to do and how are you going to go about it?"

Lord Levy said if there were not enough "ticks in all those boxes" he would advise someone else should take over.

Mr Blair has been criticised for trying to combine business roles, speechmaking and work with his faith foundation with trying to resolve the dispute. >>> | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Dialogue Essential, Says King
SAUDI GAZETTE: RIYADH – Dialogue among religions and cultures has become a clear and inevitable way to serve humanity, King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, said in an address to the Saudi-French Symposium on dialogue among civilizations which opened here Saturday.

“Based on the eternal principles of Islam which urge justice, equality and peace and call for building, friendship and fraternity among people, I welcome you in this blessed symposium which deals with an important issue of establishing contacts among peoples and transforming feelings of hatred among them into affection and understanding,” the King said in a speech delivered by Dr. Khalid Al-Anqari, Minister of Higher Education.

Saudi and French academics and researchers are participating in the symposium which the King hoped would come out with positive recommendations.

“The issue is civilization dialogue among Saudi and French academics and researchers,” the King said, praying that the dialogue would help replace conflicts and wars with understanding and peace.

The symposium is an outcome of the Madrid Interfaith Conference last July and the subsequent United Nations forum on dialogue among religions and cultures in New York in November. >>> SPA | Sunday, March 8, 2009

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Raketenabwehr: Medwedew lässt Obama abblitzen
STERN: Absage aus Moskau: Russlands Präsident Dmitri Medwedew will sich im Streit um den geplanten US-Raketenschild nicht auf politische Tauschgeschäfte mit Washington einlassen. Der Kremlchef lässt damit US-Präsident Barack Obama ins Leere laufen, der Moskau offenbar einen Deal in Sachen Iran vorschlagen wollte.

Der russische Präsident Dmitri Medwedew hat in einer neuen Runde des Streits um die US-Raketenabwehrpläne in Mitteleuropa "Tauschgeschäfte" mit Washington abgelehnt. US-Präsident Barack Obama hatte Medwedew nach einem Bericht der "New York Times" (NYT) angeboten, auf die Aufstellung des Raktenschilds [sic] zu verzichten. Im Gegenzug solle Moskau dabei helfen, die Entwicklung von iranischen Langstreckenraketen zu verhindern.



Russland werde sich nur mit konkreten Vorschlägen zur Raketenabwehr befassen, die den amerikanischen, europäischen und russischen Sicherheitsinteressen genügten, sagte Medwedew am Dienstag nach Angaben der russischen Agentur Interfax bei einem Besuch in Madrid. Politische "Tauschgeschäfte" werde es nicht geben. >>> DPA/AP/Reuters | Dienstag, 3. März 2009

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Le pape Benoît XVI se rendra en Terre Sainte du 8 au 15 mai
24 HEURES: VATICAN | Le pape Benoît XVI a annoncé dimanche lors de la prière de l'angélus, un "pélerinage" du 8 au 15 mai au cours duquel il priera pour "l'unité et la paix du Moyen-Orient".

La préparation de ce voyage – qui sera le premier du pape dans cette région – avait été évoquée par Benoît XVI lui-même le 12 février lors d'une audience avec une délégation d'organisations juives américaines, mais la confirmation du déplacement et des dates n'avaient pas encore été annoncées. >>> AFP | Dimanche 08 Mars 2009

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William Dalrymple: Wahhabi Radicals Are Determined to Destroy a Gentler, Kinder Islam
THE OBSERVER: Rahman Baba, "the Nightingale of Peshawar," was an 18th-century poet and mystic, a sort of North West Frontier version of Julian of Norwich.

He withdrew from the world and promised his followers that if they also loosened their ties with the world, they could purge their souls of worries and move towards direct experience of God. Rituals and fasting were for the pious, said the saint. What was important was to understand that divinity can best be reached through the gateway of the human heart - that we all have paradise within us, if we know where to look.

For centuries, Rahman Baba's shrine at the foot of the Khyber Pass has been a place where musicians and poets have gathered, and his Sufi verses in the Pukhtun language made him the national poet of the Pathans. As a young journalist covering the Soviet-mujahideen conflict I used to visit the shrine to watch Afghan refugee musicians sing their songs to their saint by the light of the moon.

Then, about 10 years ago, a Saudi-funded Wahhabi madrasa was built at the end of the track leading to the shrine. Soon its students took it on themselves to halt what they saw as unIslamic practices. On my last visit, I talked about the situation with the shrine keeper, Tila Mohammed. He described how young Islamists now came and complained that his shrine was a centre of idolatry and superstition: "My family have been singing here for generations," said Tila. "But now these Arab madrasa students come here and create trouble.

"They tell us that what we do is wrong. They ask people who are singing to stop. Sometimes arguments break out - even fist fights. This used to be a place where people came to get peace of mind. Now when they come here they just encounter more problems, so gradually have stopped coming."

"Before the Afghan war, there was nothing like this. But then the Saudis came, with their propaganda, to stop us visiting the saints, and to stop us preaching 'ishq [love]. Now this trouble happens more and more frequently."

Behind the violence lies a long theological conflict that has divided the Islamic world for centuries. Rahman Baba believed passionately in the importance of music, poetry and dancing as a path for reaching God, as a way of opening the gates of Paradise. But this use of poetry and music in ritual is one of the many aspects of Sufi practice that has attracted the wrath of modern Islamists. For although there is nothing in the Qur'an that bans music, Islamic tradition has always associated music with dancing girls and immorality, and there is a long tradition of clerical opposition. >>> William Dalrymple* | Sunday, March 8, 2009

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Muslims Find Refuge in Finland

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Islam and Freedom of Speech
THE BOSTON GLOBE: Geert Wilders is a member of the Dutch Parliament and head of the Freedom Party. In 2008 he released "Fitna," a controversial film about the Koran and jihadist violence. Wilders was condemned as an anti-Muslim agitator but also hailed as a defender of Western values and free speech. In January, a Dutch court ordered Wilders prosecuted for allegedly inciting hatred against Islam. Last month he was invited to screen "Fitna" at Westminster, but the British government barred him from entering the country. He was recently interviewed by Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, who prepared the following edited excerpts:

Q: You've said that England today is more Chamberlain than Churchill. Explain what you mean.

A: Well, Chamberlain was the biggest appeaser to a totalitarian ideology called fascism. Now we face the threat of another totalitarian ideology called Islam, at least according to me. And instead of defending our freedom, defending our values, when I was invited a few weeks ago to show "Fitna" in the House of Lords, they denied me entry to the United Kingdom.

Q: The letter from the British home secretary said: "Your statements about Muslims and their beliefs . . . would threaten community harmony, and therefore public security, in the UK."

A: What really happened is that she was pressured. In the English press, there was a lot of news that Lord Ahmed [Nazir Ahmed, a British peer] threatened to have 10,000 Muslims demonstrating in front of Westminster.

Q: If you were allowed into the country.

A: Yes. And this is what I meant by Chamberlain. The UK government is giving in, appeasing the enemy. They should stand up and say: We might not like the political view of this guy, but he should be allowed to come here and say it. >>> By Geert Wilders | Sunday, March 8, 2009

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Resetting US-Russia Relations
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Guy Bechor Asks the Question: Can Jews Live in Europe?
YNET NEWS: For increasingly helpless European Jews Israel is the solution, not the problem

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe. Sadly, Guy Bechor feels the need to ask if Jews really have a future in Europe. Photo courtesy of YNet News
It's hard to believe that this question is being asked [a]gain, but sadly, after 70 years it has emerged nonetheless: Is there room for Jewish existence in Europe? Can Jews continue living as a proud community, in 2009, in that same continent with the terrible memories? The answer, in light of what has been materializing in the past few weeks – yet not only because of this – is negative.

A Jew can no longer walk the streets while displaying Jewish trademarks, or visit Jewish institutions that are not surrounded by police officers and guards; they must remain behind locks and bars, scared for their lives.

Meanwhile, those who hide any Jewish attributes and assimilate into society will continue to live – until they face an unpleasant situation with their colleagues, at school, or anywhere else in life.

In recent months I visited and spoke before several Jewish communities in European countries, including Turkey, France, and Britain – even before the Gaza operation. During the trip I saw with my own eyes the miserable Jewish existence. Yes, if they hide the Star of David and the unique dress, and if they agree that their synagogues will look like locked fortresses, like ghettos in fact, and if they are forced to experience threats on the street and hear about the growing number of anti-Semitic incidents – well, we can say that there is Jewish existence; scared, embarrassed, and submissive.

But what about feeling secure in their countries? There is none of that.

Anti-Semitism is a European phenomenon*, with millions of Muslims sweeping the continent and turning the conflict with Israel and the Jews into a cause that enables them to reinforce their hold on Europe. The global economic crisis is being exploited in order to incite against the Jews and against the investment banks which the world enjoyed for half a century. Yet now, when we see losses, "Jewish money still rules the world," as the South African deputy foreign minister startlingly asserted.

The trend is growing across the world and it has nothing to do with Israel: Israel is the tool used in order to secure achievements. Israel is what the Jews used to be in the past.

When we see, in Turkey or Italy, Jewish-owned stores being marked so the locals refrain from buying there, what kind of future do the children of the 750,000 Jews in Western Europe have? You worked for a country that will always view you as foreigners. Following World War II, you made some countries rich, but now we see a quiet Jewish rally in the Swedish capital being banned because of fears of Muslims violence there. What kind of future do you have in this continent, which is becoming increasingly Muslim? >>> | Friday, March 6, 2009

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Österreich: Jeder fünfte Islamlehrer lehnt die Demokratie ab
WELT ONLINE: In Österreich genießt der Islam bereits seit 1912 staatliche Anerkennung. Umso erschreckender, was die Studie des Islamwissenschaftlers Mouhanad Khorchide jetzt zu Tage bringt: Mehr als 20 Prozent der islamischen Religionslehrer lehnen die Demokratie ab. Auch einige Schulbücher verbreiten Intoleranz.

Foto dank der Welt
Es war in der guten alten Zeit der Monarchie: Jeden Freitag betete der Imam in Sarajewo für die katholische Majestät im fernen Wien. Die Bosniaken, eine Elitetruppe der k.u.k. Armee, hatten sogar eigene Militärmuftis. Österreichs Verwaltung errichtete eine Schariatsrichter-Schule in Sarajewo und kreierte ein religiöses Oberhaupt, höchste geistliche Instanz der bosnischen und herzegowinischen Moslems: Die Würde des "Reis-ul-Ulema", des "Führers der Gelehrten", existiert bis heute. 1912 wurde der Islam sunnitischer Prägung für alle habsburgischen Länder als Religionsgemeinschaft offiziell anerkannt. >>> Von Ulrich Weinzierl | Freitag, 6. März 2009

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Pourquoi la ministre de la Condition féminine en Irak a-t-elle jeté l’éponge?
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: ÉCHEC | Six mois à peine après sa nomination, Nawal al-Samarraï a démissionné. Elle évoque aujourd’hui les raisons de sa colère.

Nawal al-Samarraï, secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires féminines à Bagdad. «Ma démission est un avertissement au gouvernement face à son incapacité à évaluer les besoins des femmes.» Photo grâce à la Tribune de Genève
En juillet 2008, Nawal al-Samarraï prenait avec enthousiasme ses fonctions de secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires féminines à Bagdad. Six mois après, cette gynécologue de 47 ans et mère de cinq enfants jette l’éponge. «Ma démission est un avertissement au gouvernement face à son incapacité à évaluer les besoins des femmes», a-t-elle lancé avant de claquer la porte de son bureau. Que s’est-il passé? A la veille de la Journée internationale des femmes, l’ancienne secrétaire d’Etat fait part de sa colère et de ses frustrations. «Je suis quelqu’un de volontaire, de tenace. J’étais convaincue de pouvoir faire progresser la condition des femmes, mais je me suis heurtée à des montagnes», explique-t-elle à l’AFP. Ecœurée, elle évoque tour à tour le manque de moyens financiers, de ressources humaines et l’autorité limitée dont elle disposait. «La société s’effondre, et moi, j’étais ministre dans un ministère sans budget, sans pouvoir, sans antenne en province. Comment travailler? J’ai protesté, j’ai insisté. Aucune de mes demandes n’a été satisfaite, ou alors très partiellement.» >>> Yannick Van der Schueren, ATS | Samedi 07 Mars 2009

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Obamonomics©: A Definition
Obamonomics: Spend, spend, spend, tax, tax, tax! Make government big, big, bigger. Let the people pay! Socialize the bloody lot! – ©Mark

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Sensitivity to Religion Cannot Dictate the Course of the Law
THE TELEGRAPH: Consistency demands that Hizbollah's spokesman be banned from entering Britain.

As The Sunday Telegraph reports today, the Government has yet to decide whether it will allow Dr Ibrahim Moussawi into Britain to give a talk at the University of London next month. Dr Moussawi is a spokesman for Hizbollah, the Islamist group responsible for a string of kidnappings, murders and bombings in Lebanon, and for violent jihad against Israel. He has yet to apply to the Home Office for permission to enter Britain for next month's lecture, but he has applied for, and been granted, a visa to visit this country twice before.

Not surprisingly, there have been some profound objections raised to allowing him into Britain again. Baroness Neville-Jones, the Conservatives' security spokesman, has noted in a letter to the Home Secretary that there should be "no double standards" on extremists, a view echoed by Douglas Murray, the director of the Centre for Social Cohesion. The Government, having banned Geert Wilders, the Right-wing Dutch MP who compares the Koran to Hitler's Mein Kampf, from entering Britain, should not allow Dr Moussawi to come here.

As defenders of the right to free speech, we take the view that it would be better that both individuals should be allowed to speak in Britain, rather than that neither should. However, the objectors to Dr Moussawi are correct when they say that consistency in the application of the law is essential to its credibility and its justification. There can be no consistent justification for the Home Office allowing Dr Moussawi into Britain after it has prohibited Mr Wilders. >>> Telegraph view | Saturday, March 7, 2009

THE TELEGRAPH: Campaigners Will Seek Arrest of Islamic Radical

Campaigners from the Centre for Social Cohesion have pledged to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Ibrahim Moussawi, an Islamic extremist, who is due to visit Britain this March.

The think-tank said the Home Office would be "beyond hypocrisy" if it allowed Dr Ibrahim Moussawi into Britain just weeks after barring Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician, because of his alleged anti-Muslim views.

Dr Moussawi is a spokesman for the Lebanese-based militant group Hizbollah, the military arm of which is banned in Britain as a terrorist organisation.

He has allegedly called Jews "a lesion on the forehead of history" and said of Israel: "Pain is the only language that the enemy understands."

Douglas Murray, director of the CSC, has written to Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, warning her that he will instruct lawyers to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Moussawi if he is allowed into the country. >>> By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Barack Obama 'Too Tired' to Give Proper Welcome to Gordon Brown
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama's offhand approach to Gordon Brown's Washington visit last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over America's economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.

Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.

A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy".

A British official conceded that the furore surrounding the apparent snub to Mr Brown had come as a shock to the White House. "I think it's right to say that their focus is elsewhere, on domestic affairs. A number of our US interlocutors said they couldn't quite understand the British concerns and didn't get what that was all about."

The American source said: "Obama is overwhelmed. There is a zero sum tension between his ability to attend to the economic issues and his ability to be a proactive sculptor of the national security agenda.

"That was the gamble these guys made at the front end of this presidency and I think they're finding it a hard thing to do everything." >>> By Tim Shipman in Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Das grausame Töten von Tieren im Islam: Schächten

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Obama visiterà Turchia, primo viaggio in Paese musulmano
YAHOO! ITALIA: Il segretario di Stato Usa Hillary Clinton ha indicato la Turchia oggi come prova del fatto che democrazia e Islam possono coesistere, annunciando che Barack Obama visiterà l'alleato Nato nella sua prima visita come presidente in una nazione musulmana.

La scelta della Turchia -- secolare democrazia musulmana che aspira ad entrare nell'Unione europea -- riflette il valore che Washington attribuisce al legame con Ankara nel suo tentativo di migliorare i rapporti con il mondo islamico.

"Democrazia e modernità e Islam possono coesistere", ha detto Clinton ad Ankara nel corso del popolare show tv Hadi Gel Bizimle (Unisciti a noi). >>> ©Reuters | Sabato 07 Marzo 2009

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Islam Hi-jacking Canada

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Chaoten setzen in Griechenland Autos in Brand
TAGES ANZEIGER: In Griechenland geht die Serie von Anschlägen autonomer Gruppen weiter.

Vermummte Täter schleuderten in der Nacht zum Samstag mehrere Brandflaschen auf die Büros und den Parkplatz einer Filiale der Elektrizitätsgesellschaft DEI in der Hafenstadt Thessaloniki. >>> mbr/sda | Samstag, 7. März 2009

NZZ Online: Autonome setzen Anschlagsserie in Griechenland fort

Vermummte attackieren Polizisten

In Griechenland geht die Serie von Anschlägen autonomer Gruppen weiter. In der Nacht zum Sonntag entzündeten Unbekannte in Athen mehrere Haushalts-Gasflaschen vor zwei Filialen des Arbeitsamtes und eines Sportartikelgeschäftes. Dabei entstanden erhebliche Schäden. >>> sda/dpa | Sonntag, 8. März 2009

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A Lesson in Dhimmitude! Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, Praising “Islam Ahmaddiyya”

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Peace through Begging
WORLD NET DAILY: If President Reagan's foreign policy with communist nations, Muslim dictatorships and other various evil empires like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Libya, China and the old Soviet Union was characterized by the philosophy "Peace through strength," then surely it can be argued that Obama's foreign policy philosophy is "Peace through begging." >>> Ellis Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Battle Over a Christian Monastery Tests Turkey's Tolerance of Minorities
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ASSYRIAN INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY (AINA): KARTMIN, TURKEY -- Christians have lived in these parts since the dawn of their faith. But they have had a rough couple of millennia, preyed on by Persian, Arab, Mongol, Kurdish and Turkish armies.

Each group tramped through the rocky highlands that now comprise Turkey's southeastern border with Iraq and Syria.

The current menace is less bellicose but is deemed a threat nonetheless. A group of state land surveyors and Muslim villagers are intent on shrinking the boundaries of an ancient monastery by more than half. The monastery, called Mor Gabriel, is revered by the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Battling to hang on to the monastic lands, Bishop Timotheus Samuel Aktas is fortifying his defenses. He's hired two Turkish lawyers -- one Muslim, one Christian -- and mobilized support from foreign diplomats, clergy and politicians.

Also giving a helping hand, says the bishop, is Saint Gabriel, a predecessor as abbot who died in the seventh century: "We still have four of his fingers." Locked away for safekeeping, the sacred digits are treasured as relics from the past -- and a hex on enemies in the present.

The outcome of the land dispute is now in the hands of a Turkish court. Seated below a bust of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey's secular founding father, a robed judge on Wednesday told the feuding parties that he would issue a ruling after he visits the disputed territory himself next month. >>> By Andrew Higgins, WSJ | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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UN May Try to Criminalize Criticism of Islam
RIGHT SIDE NEWS: UNITED NATIONS -- For the last nine years, the U.N.'s annual ban on defaming Islam has been non-binding. In March, the United Nations may try to impose its view on Islamic blasphemy on all of its member nations -- including the United States -- thus making criticism of Islam a crime.

In December, the U.N. General Assembly, as it has every year since 1999, passed a resolution titled "Combating Defamation of Religions."

 The vote was 86-53, with 42 nations abstaining. The United States opposed the measure.

Originally titled "Defamation of Islam," the name of the resolution has changed over the years but not the intent. The only religion mentioned in the seven-page document is Islam.

The resolution's main sponsor is the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference. Critics charge the OIC's membership, which includes Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia, reads like a Who's Who of religious intolerance.

Saudi Arabia has its own religious police force that cracks down on those who violate the Kingdom's hyper-strict Islamic dress and behavior codes. >>> By Chuck Hustmyre | Friday, March 6, 2009

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Barack Obama Chooses Turkey for His First Presidential Visit to a Muslim Nation
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama will visit Turkey next month, fulfilling a campaign pledge to travel to a Muslim country during his first 100 days in power.

Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, made the announcement on Saturday as she met with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeking to enlist Turkish help in moving forward the Middle East peace process.

Mr Obama's visit to Turkey will be an opening step in his long-standing promise to improve relations with the Muslim world. The visit, which will follow the G20 summit in London on April 2, is expected to coincide with the Second Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, due to be held in Istanbul on April 6 and 7. The forum seeks to "address some of the ongoing tensions and divides across cultures and religions".

Making a major speech there on US-Muslim relations will enable Mr Obama to tick off another campaign promise. Although by choosing Turkey, which is generally regarded a bastion of moderate Islam, he will opting for a less challenging political environment than if he were to travel to the heart of the Arab world. >>> By Tim Shipman in Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Obama Visit to Turkey Will Not Include Major Speech

WASHINGTON — President Obama will visit Turkey next month as part of a broader international trip, but an administration official said on Saturday that it would not be the site of the major address that he pledged to deliver in a Muslim capital during the opening months of his administration. >>> | By The New York Times | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF): Kopftuch in der Türkei

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Shoe Reportedly Thrown at Iranian President Ahmadinejad
THE GUARDIAN: When the Iraqi journalist, Muntazar al-Zaidi, hurled his shoes at the then-US president, George Bush, in December, Iranian officials declared him a hero and hailed his gesture as a mark of Islamic courage.

They were presumably less impressed this week when Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was similarly targeted during a visit to the north-western city of Urumiye.

Ahmadinejad found the shoe on the other foot as he waved to the crowd from an open-top car on his way to give a speech at a local stadium.

An Iranian website, Urumiye News, reported that a shoe was hurled at the president as his convoy drove through a central square. Security guards waded into the crowds but failed to find the culprit. >>> Robert Tait | Friday, March 6, 2009

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Les mollahs divisés sur 
un dialogue avec Washington
LE FIGARO: La main tendue par Barack Obama suscite un débat entre durs et modérés à l'approche de la présidentielle de juin.

Ses premiers pas sont suivis à la loupe. Certains, à Téhéran, ont même trouvé une explication à son nom. «En persan, O-ba-ma signifie Lui (qui est) avec nous», sourit Ahmad, un jeune chauffeur de taxi. Mais si la main tendue à l'Iran par le nouveau président américain anime les conversations, elle est loin de faire consensus au sein de la classe politique iranienne. «À Téhéran, comme à Washington, personne ne semble vouloir se précipiter. Il y a différents points de vue qui circulent. Les dirigeants iraniens avancent à tâtons», constate le politologue iranien Ahmad Bakhshayesh.

Les deux pays n'ont plus de relations diplomatiques depuis trente ans. D'un côté comme de l'autre, les plaies du passé restent vives. À Washington, personne ne veut oublier le traumatisme de la prise d'otage, en 1979, à l'ambassade américaine. À Téhéran, le souvenir du coup d'État américano-britannique contre l'ancien premier ministre Mohammad Mossadegh, en 1953, alimente le doute sur les «réelles intentions» des États-Unis.

À l'approche de la présidentielle du 12 juin prochain, la question du dialogue avec Washington alimente le débat dans la campagne électorale. Mohammad Khatami, candidat officiellement déclaré, n'hésite pas à épingler son rival, l'ultraconservateur Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, en lui reprochant sa politique belliqueuse envers l'Occident. Les durs, eux, accusent, à l'inverse, l'entourage de l'ex-président réformateur de vouloir «vendre son âme» à l'Amérique. Un journal de droite est même allé jusqu'à promettre à Khatami «un destin à la Benazir Bhutto», en référence à l'ex-premier ministre pakistanaise, soutenue par les États-Unis et assassinée en 2007. >>> Delphine Minoui | Vendredi 06 2009

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Däne Rasmussen soll Nato-Generalsekretär werden
WELT ONLINE: Der nächste Generalsekretär der Nato könnte Anders Fogh Rasmussen heißen. Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien wollen den dänischen Premier auf diesen Posten befördern. Noch müssen die USA zustimmen, was aber als sicher gilt. Ein anderes Nato-Mitglied hat allerdings große Bedenken gegen Rasmussen.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Foto dank der Welt
Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien haben sich laut einem Zeitungsbericht auf den dänischen Ministerpräsidenten Anders Fogh Rasmussen als neuen Nato-Generalsekretär geeinigt. >>> dpa/AFP/cn | Samstag, 7. März 2009

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Marokko bricht diplomatische Beziehungen mit dem Iran ab
DIE PRESSE: Grund für den Abbruch waren Aussagen einer Politikers, der Iran hätte Souveränität über Bahrain. Marokko hat sich schon in der Vergangenheit solidarisch mit Bahrain gezeigt.

Die Flagge von Marokko dank der Presse
Marokko hat im Zusammenhang mit Äußerungen eines iranischen Politikers zur Souveränität Bahrains die diplomatischen Beziehungen zu Teheran abgebrochen. Dies berichtete die marokkanische Nachrichtenagentur MAP am Freitag in Rabat. Aus dem Iran lag zunächst keine Reaktion vor.



Anfang Februar hatte ein konservativer iranischer Politiker laut Medienberichten erklärt, der Iran habe Souveränität über das Scheichtum und damit eine diplomatische Krise ausgelöst. Verschiedene arabische Länder hatten sich seitdem mit Bahrain solidarisiert. >>> Ag | Freitag, 6. März 2009

CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Morocco Cuts Off Diplomatic Relations with Iran, Accusing Tehran of Spreading Shia Islam

RABAT, Morocco — Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam in this Sunni Arab kingdom.

The tensions were compounded by recent Iranian comments toward Sunni-led Bahrain that have raised hackles in the Arab world, Morocco's Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry accused largely Shiite Iran's Embassy in Rabat of trying to "alter the religious fundamentals of the kingdom" and threaten Morocco's religious unity.

The ministry, in a statement, called Iran's actions "intolerable interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom." >>> By Alfred de Montesquiou | Associated Press Writer | Friday, March 6, 2009

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Hillary Clinton in der Türkei eingetroffen
DIE PRESSE: Die US-Außenministerin wird sich am Samstag Staatspräsident Gül, Regierungschef Erdogan and Außenminister Babacan treffen. Am Abend wird Clinton in einer türkischen Talkshow zu sehen sein.

US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton ist am Samstag zu Gesprächen mit der türkischen Regierung in Ankara eingetroffen. Es sind Begegnungen mit Staatspräsident Gül, Regierungschef Erdogan and Außenminister Babacan geplant. Im Mittelpunkt der Unterredungen mit dem NATO-Partner Türkei dürften unter anderem die Abzugspläne der USA aus dem Irak und der Nahost-Konflikt stehen. >>> APA | Samstag, 7. März 2009

LE PARISIEN.fr: Hillary Clinton en Turquie sous le signe d'un partenariat renouvelé

La secrétaire d'Etat américaine Hillary Clinton a entamé samedi ses entretiens à Ankara visant à améliorer les relations stratégiques des Etats-Unis avec son allié turc, mises à mal par la question irakienne sous l'administration Bush.

"C'est un honneur de visiter de nouveau" la Turquie, cette fois "pour mettre l'accent sur les efforts que doivent faire les Etats-Unis et la Turquie" en matière de "paix" et de "prospérité", a-t-elle déclaré à la presse après avoir visité le mausolée d'Atatürk, fondateur de la Turquie moderne (1881-1938).

Mme Clinton était déjà venue en Turquie en 1999 pour y accompagner son époux Bill, alors président des Etats-Unis. >>> AFP | Samedi 07 Mars 2009

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Le Premier ministre palestinien démissionne
LE PARISIEN.fr: Deux mois et demi après la fin de l'opération israélienne à Gaza, le Premier ministre palestinien Salam Fayyad a présenté la démission de son gouvernement au président Mahmoud Abbas. Une façon d'ouvrir la voie à un cabinet de «consensus national» dans le cadre d'une réconciliation avec le Hamas. Ce nouveau gouvernement pourrait permettre d'apaiser la haine réciproque qui oppose le Fatah de Mahmoud Abbas au mouvement islamiste du Hamas qui contrôle de fait la bande de Gaza.

Ancien haut fonctionnaire de la Banque mondiale et du Fonds monétaire international, Salam Fayyad a été nommé en juin 2007 après le limogeage du gouvernement formé par le Hamas. Le mouvement islamiste, qui a remporté les élections parlementaires palestiniennes en janvier 2006, a toujours considéré illégitime le gouvernement de M. Fayyad et estimé que le seul cabinet légal était celui d'Ismaïl Haniyeh.

«Le Hamas ne regrette pas la démission de Fayyad et de son gouvernement, a déclaré le porte-parole du parti islamiste à Gaza. Ceci est la fin que nous attendions car ce gouvernement est illégitime et illégal et construit sur des politiques erronées liées à la politique américaine». >>> Leparisien.fr avec AFP | Samedi 07 Mars 2009

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Britain Warned over Sharia-compliant Finance Arrangements
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE: A British campaigning group has hit out at plans that would allow current financial arrangements to be altered to allow Sharia-compliant bonds to be issued.

The warning comes from two bodies, the Christian Legal Centre and Christian Concern for Our Nation (CCFON). They spoke out after changes were recommended to the Legislative Framework for the Regulation of Alternative Finance Investment Bonds (Sukuk). They say that if the changes are accommodated, the British Government would be ‘capitulating’ to Islamic religious law.



The subject of Sharia law has been hotly debated in the UK following comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury when he said that it "seems inevitable" that some parts of sharia would be enshrined in this country's legal code. Earlier this week the former Prime Minister Tony Blair backed the Archbishop. He commented in The Church of England Newspaper: "I thought at the time all this was a lot of fuss over nothing."



But in a written submission to the Treasury, the Christian Legal Centre and CCFON said that any change could radically change the fundamental basis of British society through its financial regulation. >>> By Judy West | Friday, March 6, 2009

NATIONAL SECULAR SOCIETY: Raise Your Voice against Sharia Law

The demonstration and meeting to protest at the introduction of sharia law into Britain will take place Saturday 7 March in Central London. We urge you to be there.

The One Law for All Campaign is calling on members and supporters of the NSS to come along to the demo and raise their voice against the rising clamour for official recognition of the pernicious sharia system of injustice. We will also be objecting to all religious-based tribunals that operate here of any religion. >>> | Friday, March 6, 2009

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Bloomberg Interview: Marc Faber aka Dr Doom

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What’s Important to Muslim Men: Growing the Beard!
Beware! Allah will be be enraged if you don't grow your beards in the style of the prophet of Islam! Don't say you haven't been warned!


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US to Extend Hand to Syria in First Step to Reshaping Middle East
Photo of Bashar al-Assad courtesy of Times Online
TIMES ONLINE: A new US-led initiative to reshape the political landscape of the Middle East starts tomorrow with the first senior American envoys arriving in Syria after years of isolation.

Jeffrey Feltman, the acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, and Dan Shapiro, of the National Security Council, are due to arrive in Damascus for preliminary talks with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the first such high-level delegation since 2005.

With Iran on the verge of developing a nuclear capability, the West is moving swiftly to draw its main regional ally away and lure it into renewed peace talks with Israel, changing a dynamic in which Damascus is a central component of Iranian influence across the Middle East.

In the interlocking jigsaw of Middle East politics, Syria is a vital link between Iran and its affiliated militias in Lebanon and Gaza. It provides a hub for funds, men and weapons to be channelled into Lebanon for the vehemently anti-Israeli Hezbollah movement, while also supporting a base for Hamas’s most senior leaders in exile. It has also played a key role in allowing foreign jihadists to enter Iraq and attack the US forces and their Iraqi allies there, causing years of havoc.

However, it came close to securing a peace deal with Israel almost a decade ago, and hopes are rising again that ending the isolation of the Bush years and actively engaging the repressive Baathist regime might cause a detente with the West.

At a Gaza donors' conference in Egypt this week, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, shook hands with Walid Moualem, her Syrian counterpart, a clear sign of a thaw in relations. Mr Feltman, who was Ambassador to Lebanon during the so-called Cedar Revolution, in which Syria was forced to end almost 30 years of occupation, also met the Syrian Ambassador to Washington last month. >>> James Hider in Jerusalem | Friday, March 6, 2009

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New Dark Age Alert! Alarming! 20,000 Americans Convert to Islam Each Year!

YOU TUBE: United Kingdom: Each Day 100 People Convert to Islam


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Walid Shoebat Speaks on Islam

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Le Qatar, ami discret de Paris
L’EXPRESS.fr: Cet émirat qui regorge de gaz est un marché en or pour les industriels et l'armement français. Du Golfe à la Syrie, il est devenu un levier clef de la politique arabe de Nicolas Sarkozy.

Le 29 novembre 2008, Nicolas Sarkozy a fait un aller-retour de vingt-quatre heures au Qatar pour prononcer un discours à la conférence des Nations unies sur le financement du développement. Le vrai message était ailleurs: il s'agissait de ménager les susceptibilités en prévenant que sa prochaine tournée dans le Golfe ne passerait pas par Doha.

Que de prévenance pour ce petit émirat! Il faut dire que le Qatar, riche des troisièmes réserves mondiales de gaz, dispose de moyens considérables au service d'une diplomatie très active. L'entente entre la France et cet émirat francophile ne date pas d'hier. Or, elle s'est considérablement renforcée depuis l'élection de Nicolas Sarkozy, et le Qatar s'est imposé comme un médiateur de premier plan de la diplomatie française au Proche et au Moyen-Orient. Parallèlement, il investit massivement en France dans l'aéronautique et l'hôtellerie de luxe. Cette relation privilégiée ne doit rien au hasard. L'émir Hamad ibn Khalifa al-Thani et son éminence grise, le Premier ministre Hamad ibn Jassem al-Thani, partagent avec le président français un goût prononcé pour les coups diplomatiques et politiques. >>> Par Romain Rosso | Vendredi 27 Février 2009

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Politikwechsel: Hillary Clinton lädt den Iran zu Konferenz ein
WELT ONLINE: Die USA suchen die diplomatische Nähe zum Iran. Beim Treffen der Außenminister in Brüssel hat US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton den Iran zu einer internationalen Afghanistan-Konferenz eingeladen. Sie drückte den Wunsch aus, Gemeinsamkeiten mit dem Iran zu finden. Ein Politikwechsel kündigt sich an. >>> Von Stefanie Bolzen | Donnerstag, 5. März 2009

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Greed. Unadulterated Greed!
THE TELEGRAPH: Andrea Orcel, a London-based banking executive who worked for Merrill Lynch, is under investigation after receiving $36 million (£25.5m) in pay and bonuses last year.

Andrea Orcel, one of seven senior executives from investment bankers Merrill Lynch, is now under investigation. He received $36 million in pay and bonuses last year alone
Mr Orcel is one of seven senior executives from investment bankers Merrill Lynch subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General over bonuses.

Andrew Cuomo is investigating $3.6 bn (£2.5 bn) in bonuses paid by Merrill shortly before it was bought out by Bank of America (BoA) last September.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Mr Orcel, 45, the company's top investment banker, and nine other colleagues got a total of $209m (£148m) in cash and stocks in 2008 at a time when Merrill's net loss rose to $27.6 bn (£19.5bn) and it had to be bailed out by the American taxpayer.

Mr Orcel has worked on some of the world's biggest investment-banking deals in recent years, including the highly damaging Royal Bank of Scotland takeover of the Dutch bank ABN Amro in 2007, a deal for which he was paid a $12m (£8.5m) bonus.

The doomed deal was one reason why the Government was forced to take a 95 per cent stake in the bank. London Banker to Be Questioned in US over £25m Merrill Lynch Bonus >>> By Nick Britten | Thursday, March 5, 2009

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Islamist in Spanien verhaftet – Anschläge geplant
TAGES ANZEIGER: Der 21-jährige Marokkaner wollte offenbar Ferienanlagen in Marokko angreifen, so der Vorwurf. Jetzt ging der Islamist der spanischen Polizei ins Netz.

Wie das Innenministerium am Donnerstag mitteilte, wird dem Mann die Mitgliedschaft in einer Terrorzelle vorgeworfen, die Anschläge auf Urlaubsziele und staatliche Einrichtungen in dem nordafrikanischen Land geplant haben soll. >>> cpm/ap | Donnerstag, 5. März 2009

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Horror of Horrors! Woman Takes to the Wheel in Saudi Arabia! And in Mecca! Just Imagine!
BBC: A woman has been arrested in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for driving a car.

Police gave chase after she was spotted at the wheel of a 4x4 car, the English daily Arab News reported. She was arrested after hitting another car.

Women are prohibited from driving on all public roads in Saudi Arabia, a ban that has triggered several high-profile protests by women's rights activists.

The woman's name and nationality have not been announced.
Only Muslims are permitted in the holy city of Mecca. >>> | Thursday, March 5, 2009

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Retirement Age Backed by European Court
THE TELEGRAPH: European judges have backed Britain's compulsory retirement age of 65.

The verdict in Luxembourg amounts to a defeat for Age Concern's legal battle to banish enforced retirement at 65, but the final decision still rests with the UK High Court.

The European Court of Justice acknowledged that EU rules do ban employment discrimination on grounds of age but ruled the age could be enforced if it was related to employment policy or if it would help the labour market.

The High Court, which sent the case to Luxembourg for clarification of the law, will now have to make a final ruling on whether the aims of the Government's 65 retirement age are "legitimate".

The UK's Employment Equality (Age) Regulations, introduced in 2006, ban age discrimination but exclude pensioners, who can be dismissed at 65 without redundancy payments, or at the employer's mandatory retirement age if it is above 65. >>> | Thursday, March 5, 2009

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La crise fait tourner le «rêve californien» au cauchemar
LE FIGARO: Dans le plus grand État américain, en quasi-faillite, les signes de déclin se multiplient dans la vie quotidienne.

Le parking de l'agence pour l'emploi est plein. Les voitures tournent en rond faute de place. À l'intérieur, la queue est longue et «s'allonge chaque jour», commente Catherine Caldera, la directrice. Rien qu'en janvier, la Californie a perdu 79 300 emplois, portant le taux de chômage à 10,1 %, le plus élevé depuis 1983. Plus ce chiffre augmente, plus les fonctionnaires, autrefois protégés, risquent eux aussi de se retrouver sur le pavé.

Ce vendredi, par exemple, comme chaque deuxième et quatrième vendredi du mois depuis début février, la moitié des collègues de Catherine sont au repos forcé - sans paie - par ordre d'Arnold Schwarzenegger, le gouverneur. Confronté à un déficit de 41 millions de dollars, le Golden State n'a tout simplement plus les moyens de payer ses employés à temps plein. «Avec cette mesure (qui touche environ 200 000 fonctionnaires), je perds environ 9,5 % de mon salaire, précise Catherine. Mais je m'estime encore heureuse de travailler.» Vingt mille fonctionnaires pourraient recevoir une lettre de licenciement dans les prochaines semaines.

La situation n'est guère plus brillante pour les enseignants. Les coupes claires dans les budgets de l'éducation propulseront dès septembre prochain des milliers d'entre eux au chômage. Les effectifs des salles de classe passeront ainsi de 20 à 30 élèves dans une majorité d'établissements scolaires. >>> A Los Angeles, Armelle Vincent | Jeudi 05 Mars 2009

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Tausende demonstrieren im Sudan für Baschir
WELT ONLINE: In der sudanesischen Hauptstadt Khartum sind mehrere Tausend Menschen auf die Straße gegangen. Sie demonstrierten gegen den Haftbefehl des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs gegen Präsident Omar al-Baschir. Der nannte den Haftbefehl ein „Instrument des Neo-Kolonialismus". Auch China hält ihn für einen Fehler.

Foto der Demonstranten in Khartum dank der Welt
Sudans Präsident Omar al-Baschir hat den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (IStGH) in Den Haag als „Instrument des Neo-Kolonialismus“ kritisiert. Der Sudan werde seit 20 Jahren von einem neuen Kolonialismus und „dessen Instrumenten wie dem IStGH“ unterdrückt, rief Baschir am Donnerstag tausenden Demonstranten in der sudanesischen Hauptstadt Khartum zu. „Die Kriminellen sind die Führer der USA und Europas“, sagte der Staatschef einen Tag nach der Ausstellung des Haftbefehls gegen ihn durch den IStGH.

Baschir warf den USA vor, Völkermorde begangen zu haben, und berief sich dabei auf die indianischen Ureinwohner des Landes, den US-Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima und den Vietnam-Krieg. Auf dem Platz der Märtyrer im Zentrum Karthums hatten sich am Morgen mehr als 5000 Menschen versammelt, um gegen den zu protestieren. Sie zeigten Bilder Baschirs und wetterten in Sprechchören gegen die USA, Großbritannien, die Juden und den Chefankläger des Strafgerichtshofs, Luis Moreno-Ocampo.

Der sudanesische UN-Botschafter Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamed verurteilte den Haftbefehl gegen Baschir in scharfer Form. Das sei ein „Rezept für Unglück und Anarchie“, erklärte Mohamed. Sein Land werde sich aber nicht länger um die Aussetzung des Haftbefehls bemühen, was bislang angestrebt wurde. Die „ganze kriminelle Verschwörung“ gegen den Sudan müsse beendet werden, erklärte der UN-Botschafter. Ziel sei eine dauerhafte Lösung für die Probleme in Darfur. >>> AP/dpa/AFP/cn | Donnerstag, 5. März 2009

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«Le multiculturalisme trahit les femmes et les enfants»
Photo d’Ayaan Hirsi Ali grâce à la Cyberpresse
CYBERPRESSE.CA: C'est une tragédie, survenue aux Pays-Bas, qui l'a fait connaître du monde entier. En novembre 2004, un Néerlandais d'origine marocaine assassine le cinéaste Théo Van Gogh.

Ce dernier venait tout juste de réaliser le court métrage Soumission, un film dans lequel une femme au visage voilé, mais au corps nu, raconte à Allah les sévices qu'elle a subis au nom de la religion: violence, viol, mariage forcé. Sur sa peau, on peut lire des sourates du Coran.

En tuant le cinéaste, le meurtrier a laissé dans son dos, sous un poignard, une liste de personnes à éliminer. Le nom d'Ayaan Hirsi Ali, la scénariste du film, y figurait tout en haut.

Depuis, la jeune femme d'origine somalienne vit sous haute sécurité. Elle ne va nulle part sans des gardes armés. Avant de la rencontrer, à Montréal, les représentants de La Presse ont dû répondre à un interrogatoire de son garde du corps.

La menace qui plane sur elle n'a cependant jamais réduit Ayaan Hirsi Ali au silence. Auteure de deux livres, dont Infidèle, des mémoires dans lesquels elle raconte son enfance en Somalie dans une famille musulmane dévote, ainsi que son exil aux Pays-Bas pour éviter un mariage forcé, la jeune femme a été au coeur de plus d'une controverse. Notamment quand il a été révélé qu'elle avait pris quelques libertés avec la vérité en demandant l'asile, en 1992. >>> Laura-Julie Perreault,
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France 24: Islam in Egypt (English)

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Critic Says Islamic Extremism Gets Whitewashed in American Textbooks
FOX NEWS: NEW YORK — An education expert is warning that some American textbooks present a biased view of Islam and offer a sugarcoated picture of Islamic extremism, a trend that has parents worried about what's being taught in public schools.

In numerous history textbooks, "key subjects like jihad, Islamic law, the status of women are whitewashed," said Gilbert T. Sewall, director of the American Textbook Council, an independent group that reviews history books and other education materials.

Cindy Ross, the mother of a junior high school student in Marin County, Calif., said she couldn't believe her eyes when she read her son's textbook last school year.

"I was very shocked by what I saw, looking through the book," she said — shocked at how Islam was portrayed in her son's seventh grade history text.

"What did strike me was that all the other religions seemed to be lumped together, where there is an inordinate emphasis on Islam specifically," Ross said.

Sewall claims that publishers have been pressured by Islamic activists to portray the religion in the most favorable light, while Islamic terrorism is downplayed or glossed over.

"The picture is incomplete ... and the reason for this is that publishers are afraid of the Islamist activists. They don't want trouble," he told FOX News. >>> FOX News' Eric Shawn and Shira Bush contributed to this report | Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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