New Biography Causes Stir: How Close Was Merkel to the Communist System?
SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: A biography focusing on Chancellor Angela Merkel's time growing up in East Germany is making headlines because it suggests she was closer to the communist system than hitherto known. Her spokesman has denied she has covered anything up.

A new biography covering Chancellor Angela Merkel's life in East Germany has caused a stir by suggesting she was closer to the communist apparatus and its ideology than previously thought.

Published this week and written by journalists Günther Lachmann and Ralf Georg Reuth, the book quotes Gunter Walther, a former colleague of hers at the Academy of Sciences in East Berlin, as saying she had been secretary for "Agitation and Propaganda" in the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ) youth organization at the institute. Merkel, a trained physicist, worked at the academy from 1978 until 1989.

Excerpts from the book, "The First Life of Angela M.," were published in the newsmagazine Focus on Monday. The mass-circulation Bild newspaper has also given the book prominent coverage in recent days.

The book explores Merkel's life growing up in German Democratic Republic (GDR), where her father Horst Kasner was a Protestant pastor and a committed socialist. He moved to East Germany from West Germany in 1954.

Merkel has said in the past that her FDJ role at the academy was more that of a cultural secretary and that her duties included buying theater tickets and organizing book readings. » | cro | Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Sharia4UK menace la Belgique, Milquet assure le "suivi nécessaire"

LALIBRE.be: Ce n'est pas la première fois que des musulmans extrémistes menacent la Belgique.

Les menaces proférées à l'encontre de la Belgique par Abu Abdullah Al-Britani et Anjem Choudary, à la tête du mouvement extrémiste Sharia4UK, dans un message vidéo, constituent "des informations et une affaire qui sont prises en charge avec toute la vigilance et le suivi nécessaires par les services de sécurité et de renseignement", a indiqué mardi Joëlle Milquet, ministre de l'Intérieur dans une réaction sollicitée par l'Agence Belga. "Si les musulmans sont poursuivis, alors il y aura la révolution, et seul Allah sait quelles en seront les conséquences pour la Belgique", déclare Anjem Choudary dans un court message vidéo posté sur YouTube, à la suite de l'arrestation du porte-parole de Sharia4Belgium, Fouad Belkacem. C'est ce que révélaient mardi les journaux Gazet van Antwerpen et Het Belang van Limburg.

La ministre de l'Intérieur ajoute qu'"à ce stade, aucun commentaire ne s'impose pour des questions de confidentialité compréhensibles". » | Belga | Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Teacher Jailed on Charges of Insulting Islam Is Freed by Qatar

THE WASHINGTON POST: Dorje Gurung, the Nepali teacher who was imprisoned last week in Qatar on charges of insulting Islam, has been freed following an international outcry. Gurung, a chemistry teacher at the prestigious Qatar Academy, was fired after an exchange with his students last month. On Sunday, Qatari authorities allowed him to leave the country, from which he has returned to Kathmandu. » | Anup Kaphle | Monday, May 13, 2013

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Immigrants? We Sent Out Search Parties to Get Them to Come... and Made It Hard for Britons to Get Work, Says Mandelson

MAIL ONLINE: Former minister admits Labour deliberately engineered mass immigration / Between 1997 and 2010 net migration to Britain totalled 2.2million

Labour sent out ‘search parties’ for immigrants to get them to come to the UK, Lord Mandelson has admitted.

In a stunning confirmation that the Blair and Brown governments deliberately engineered mass immigration, the former Cabinet Minister and spin doctor said New Labour sought out foreign workers.

He also conceded that the influx of arrivals meant the party’s traditional supporters are now unable to find work.

By contrast, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party got it wrong on immigration but has refused to admit it was too high under Labour.

Between 1997 and 2010, net migration to Britain totalled more than 2.2million, more than twice the population of Birmingham.

The annual net figure quadrupled under Labour from 48,000 people in 1997 to 198,000 by 2009.

Lord Mandelson’s remarks come three years after Labour officials denied claims by former adviser Andrew Neather that they deliberately encouraged immigration in order to change the make-up of Britain.

Mr Neather said the policy was designed to ‘rub the Right’s nose in diversity’.

He said there was ‘a driving political purpose: that mass immigration was the way that the Government was going to make the UK truly multicultural’. Read on and comment » | Tim Shipman | Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Merkels polnische Wurzeln: Die "Kanzlerin Kazmierczak"
22.04.2013 - Zum Auftakt des Bundestagswahlkampfes erscheint das Buch "Angela Merkel - Die Kanzlerin und ihre Welt". Es enthüllt: Die Kanzlerin ist ein Viertel polnisch! Zur Vorstellung des Werks in Berlin kommt die Hauptperson höchstpersönlich, zusammen mit dem polnischen Ministerpräsidenten Tusk.

Le passé communiste d'Angela Merkel
LE POINT: Un livre récemment paru en Allemagne fait la lumière sur les activités de la chancelière allemande pendant l'ère de la République démocratique.

Incroyable mais vrai. Du temps de la République démocratique d'Allemagne, Angela Merkel aurait été responsable de "l'agitation et la propagande" (agitprop) au sein des Jeunesses communistes, selon un livre récemment paru en Allemagne. La chancelière n'a pas démenti lundi ces informations sur son passé révélées dans "La première vie d'Angela M." de Ralf Georg Reuth et Günther Lachmann.

Angela Merkel avait jusqu'à présent indiqué qu'elle avait un rôle culturel dans l'organisation, qui a compté jusqu'à deux millions de membres. Interrogée en 2004 sur son rôle idéologique, Angela Merkel avait répondu : "Je ne me souviens pas avoir fait preuve d'agitation d'une manière ou d'une autre. J'étais responsable de la culture." » | Source SIPA Media | lundi 13 mai 2013

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'I've Nothing to Hide': Angela Merkel Shrugs Off New Book's Claims That She Was Propaganda Secretary in Communist East Germany

MAIL ONLINE: New book revives questions over Merkel's links to Communism in her youth / Claims nothing to hide but says she's never been asked about certain things / In 2010 she admitted she still uses East German detergent and hoards food

Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's never hidden anything.

The 58-year-old Merkel grew up in East Germany and entered politics as communism crumbled in 1989. It's long been known that, like many, she joined the communist youth organization. She has said she 'politically lived an assimilated life'[.]

A book appearing this week revives questions about whether Merkel was a propaganda secretary for the youth organization, which she denies, and says she was an active labor union official.

Merkel said at an event late on Sunday that she had never hidden anything about her life in East Germany, though acknowledged some things may emerge 'because no one has ever asked me about them.'

Indeed, in 2010, she admitted to a German magazine that she still does her laundry with an East German liquid detergent, prepares East German Soljanka soup - made with sausages and pickle juice - and can't fight the urge to stockpile at the supermarket.

'Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them,' Merkel told SuperIllu ahead of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of unification.

'This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me, because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get,' Merkel said, referring to life under communism. » | Matt Blake | Monday, May 13, 2013

SUPERillu.de: Das erste Leben der Angela M.: Die DDR-Vergangenheit der Kanzlerin schlägt derzeit hohe Wellen. Auslöser ist das Buch «Das erste Leben der Angela M.». SUPERillu traf die beiden Autoren Ralf Georg Reuth und Günther Lachmann und sprach mit ihnen über Merkels Leben vor der Wende. » | Thilo Boss | Montag, 10. Mai 2013

AMAZON.DE: Das erste Leben der Angela M. » | Von Ralf Georg Reuth und Günther Lachmann

What an Idiot ! Simon Hughes MP Addresses Muslims at a Conference in London

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Ken Livingstone’s Favourite Islamist Spreads Jew-hatred in Gaza
TELEGRAPH – BLOGS – ALAN JOHNSON: “Our whole ambition is to die on the path to Allah… I am sure we will conquer” said Ken Livingstone’s favourite Muslim cleric, Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, as he touched down in Gaza on Wednesday for a three day solidarity visit. Before he left on Friday he told a Muslim Brotherhood rally that Israel had no right to exist. The rally was the scene of mass chanting of "liberate Palestine … from the sons of monkeys and pigs".

If all that was depressingly predictable, less so, was the range of voices opposed to Qaradawi's cult of death.

Yes, Israel, of course. After all, Qaradawi’s Jew-hatred is undiluted and canonical. Listen to him (from Fatawa on Palestine):

We believe that the battle between us and the Jews is coming … Such a battle is not driven by nationalistic causes or patriotic belonging; it is rather driven by religious incentives. This battle is not going to happen between Arabs and Zionists, or between Jews and Palestinians, or between Jews or anybody else. It is between Muslims and Jews as is clearly stated in the hadith. This battle will occur between the collective body of Muslims and the collective body of Jews i.e. all Muslims and all Jews. (p. 77)

Qaradawi does not deny the Holocaust, he celebrates it.

Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them – even though they exaggerated this issue – he managed to put them in their place. This was divine punishment for them. Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers.

No camouflaging anti-Semitism as “anti-Zionism” there! Read on and comment » | Alan Johnson | Monday, May 13, 2013

Inside Story Americas: The American Single Mother's Burden
We look at why single parents fare worse in the United States than in other similarly industrialised nations.

Suhaib Webb Keynote Speech - 13th Annual CAIR Banquet
Imam Suhaib Webb of the Islamic Society of Boston's Cultural Center speaks at the 13th Annual CAIR Banquet at Dearborn, Michigan's Islamic Center of North America.

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Anjem Choudary Says Shariah Law Will Come to Britain, Whether You Like It or Not
Look, at the end of the day innocent people—when we say 'innocent people' we mean Muslims—as far as non-Muslims are concerned they have not accepted Islam and as far as we are concerned that is a crime against God.

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Bangladesh's 'Blasphemy' Divide
Is freedom of speech at risk in the ongoing conflict between religious fundamentalists and secular voices in the media?

Der Bling-Bling-Ajatollah

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Ein Gehalt ist für Irans Ajatollah nicht vorgesehen, aber er steht Kraft seines Amtes religiösen Stiftungen vor, die immense Vermögen verwalten. Dabei gehen die frommen Investoren recht ruppig vor - wie ein BMW-Importeur erzählt, der im Namen des Revolutionsführers enteignet wurde.

Großajatollah Ali Chamenei gibt sich gern als bescheidener Mann. Regelmäßig zeichnen Irans staatliche Medien von ihm das Bild eines Mannes, der von Spenden lebt. So arm sei er, dass er sich immer wieder Geld von Freunden borgen muss, heißt es da.

Tatsächlich sehen IransGesetze für den obersten Revolutionsführer kein Gehalt vor. Doch dafür steht der Ajatollah einigen von Irans wichtigsten Wirtschaftsinstitutionen vor - religiösen Stiftungen, deren Vermögen inzwischen auf Milliarden angewachsen sind. Und weil sie dem Obersten Revolutionsführer unterstellt sind, bleiben sie von Steuern befreit.

Die Stiftungen des Ajatollahs besitzen Beteiligungen überall dort, wo man sich hochlukrative Investitionen verspricht: vom Immobilienmarkt über die Telekommunikationsindustrie bis zum Autohandel.

Nur selten gibt es für Außenstehende Einblicke in diese komplexe Wirtschaftwelt Irans. Nun beschreibt der Unternehmer Ali Nurijani in einem Interview mit der iranischen Nachrichtenseite Fararu, wie Geschäfte mit Irans oberstem Investor ablaufen. » | ras | Montag, 13. Mai 2013

Saudi Jails Lebanese Who Helped Woman Convert to Christianity
AL AKHBAR ENGLISH: A Saudi court jailed a Lebanese man for six years and sentenced him to 300 lashes after convicting him of encouraging a Saudi woman to convert to Christianity, Saudi dailies reported Sunday.

The same court sentenced a Saudi man convicted in the same case to two years in prison and 200 lashes for having helped the young woman flee the ultra-conservative, US-backed Sunni kingdom, local daily Al-Watan said.

A court delivered the verdict in Khobar in the kingdom's east, where the woman and the two accused worked for an insurance company.

The July 2012 case caused a stir in Saudi Arabia, which applies a strict version of Sharia that stipulates Muslims who convert to another religion must be sentenced to death. » | AFP | Sunday, May 12, 2013

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Bibi's Sweet Dreams
YNET NEWS: Op-ed: While public is being hit with new tax hikes, Israel's royal couple does as it pleases

We thought nothing could surprise us when it came to the Netanyahus' personal conduct. Well, we were wrong. It turns out that King Bibi and Queen Sara can do as they please.

Even a five-hour flight in first class seems too much for them. Our president, who will celebrate his 90th birthday next month, spent 11 hours flying to South Korea without any special demands. But after all, he is just the president. Bibi is a king. And in a monarchy, when the king and queen get on a plane – it's priceless.

Their royal highnesses' bedchamber cost the Israeli public, which has just been hit with new tax hikes, half a million shekels. Have they no shame? What was the prime minister thinking when he was presented with the bill for his five hours of sleep? NIS 100,000 per hour. That's what people must mean when they say sweet dreams. » | Sima Kadmon | Sunday, May 12, 2013

Piers Morgan Interviews Sean Ali Stone (February 2012)
Sean Stone, son of controversial director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam in Iran last week and says he's already experiencing a Hollywood backlash.

The ceremony was held in Isfahan, where he is researching a documentary. He now goes by the name of Sean Christopher Ali Stone.

He told Page Six: ''I've already experienced the reverse of anti-Semitism, having people within the film industry express a reluctance to work with me now that I have said a simple prayer, 'There is no God but God, and Mohammed is his messenger.' I am sure I have (bleeped) off some powerful people.'' Speaking over dinner at Barrio 47, Sean told us, ''Having read the Koran and having been around the Islamic culture, especially in Iran, I do believe that Mohammed is a Prophet of the same God worshiped by other religions.

Stateless Citizens: Americans Renounce Citizenship Over 'Unfair' Taxation & Policies
While taxes are often seen as the price to pay for living in a civilized society, many believe the amount people have to stamp up is not distributed fairly.

Spanish Prelate Fears 'Mutual Hatred' Over Euro Crisis
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The Catholic Primate of Spain has called for a profound shift in Europe's debt crisis policy to avert social collapse, warning that soaring unemployment in Spain and across southern Europe has become "very dangerous".

"We have to change direction, otherwise this is going to bring down whole political systems," said Braulio Rodriguez, the Archbishop of Toledo.

"It is very dangerous. Unemployment has reached tremendous levels and austerity cuts don't seem to be producing results," he told The Telegraph.

"There is deep unease across the whole society, and it is not just in Spain. We have to give people some hope or this is going to foment conflict and mutual hatred."

Europe's Catholic bishops have been careful not to stray into the political debate or criticise EU economic strategy but the Archbishop said the current course is untenable.

"The Vatican has always been an enthusiast for Europe, but a Europe of solidarity where we help each other, not a Europe of coal and steel. Whether this is possible depends on Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel," he said. » | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in Toledo | Sunday, May 12, 2013

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Spain is officially insolvent: get your money out while you still can » | Jeremy Warner | Thursday, May 10, 2013

Fireworks: Bill Maher vs. Glenn Greenwald On Islam's History Of Violence & US Aggression
REAL CLEAR POLITICS: On the Friday broadcast of his HBO program Real Time, host Bill Maher spars with Glenn Greenwald over Islam's history of violence and if the United States is mostly responsible for it after decades of intervention in Muslim and Arab countries.

Maher, a fervent atheist, once again ripped Islam as a violent religion and defended Christianity and Judaism from such accusations during a heated argument with Greenwald.

"That religion goes back a 1,000 years before our revolution. So, I don't think we can take all the blame," Maher told Greenwald, who said the United States' aggression goes back several decades.

"It's that silly liberal view that all religions are alike because it makes you feel good," Maher added. (+ video) » | Saturday, May 11, 2013

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Copt Charged with Killing Converted Muslim Wife Commits Suicide
AHRAM ONLINE: Copt who allegedly confessed to killing his wife out of fear she would kidnap their son after converting to Islam, throws himself off courthouse roof before questioning

A Christian-Coptic man in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut committed suicide on Saturday by jumping off the fourth floor of the Assiut courthouse, where he was set to face questioning over the stabbing of his wife.

Romany Farhan Amir was charged with killing his wife, Habiba Shaaban (formerly known as Azza Walim) outside their son's school on Saturday, angered by her conversion to Islam months prior, Al Ahram Arabic news website reported. » | Ahram Online | Sunday, May 12, 2013

Kuwait: The Prince's Mysterious Conversion
VATICAN INSIDER: In an audio file posted on a Christian satellite TV channel, prince Abdullah al-Sabah declared his faith in Jesus Christ. Muslims have attacked him saying “he isn’t a member of the royal family”

According to reports, a Kuwaiti royal prince has become a follower of Jesus Christ. In an audio file posted with his name, he affirms that if he is killed because of a recording he made where he talks about his conversion, he firmly believes that he will meet Jesus Christ face-to-face. The news comes from Middle Eastern sources which state that al-Haqiqa – a Christian satellite TV channel in Arabic that transmits Christian religious programmes – broadcast an audio file attributed to the Kuwaiti prince, identified asAbdullah al-Sabah. The al-Sabahs are the royal family of Kuwait, a country rich in oil. The name Abdullah (servant of God) frequently appears in the Emir’s family tree.

In his audio file, Abdullah declared: “First of all, I fully agree with the distribution of this audio file and I now declare that if they kill me because of it, then I will appear before Jesus Christ and be with him for all eternity.” In this statement, the prince demonstrates his awareness of the fate in store for a martyr of the faith, according to Christian doctrine. The television channel stated that Abdullah is a member of the royal family, and that he recently renounced his faith in Islam and became a Christian, without specifying which particular branch of Christianity he had chosen. After stating his full name, the prince declared: “I will accept whatever they do to me, because the truth in the Bible has guided me towards the right path.”

In the audio file, Abdullah talks about the Islamic groups that are winning the elections in Egypt and declares: “Islamic communities have always wanted to attack in different parts of the world but God has preserved the world and still protects it. This is why we have recently seen disagreements appearing among Islamic groups who are now fighting with each other. They are about to divide further into different groups.”

Mohabat News, a Christian Iranian website which has been following the fate of Christian minorities in the Middle East closely and which has monitored Abdullah’s statement, confirms that this news was published briefly by Arabic news agencies and also by the Iranian state news agency. Some independent websites with Shiite leanings denied the reports and quoted another Kuwaiti prince, Azbi al-Sabah, who said: “There’s no one by that name in the Kuwaiti royal family.” In actual fact, the name Abdullah does not appear on the list of the 15 members of the royal family who rule this small, extremely wealthy country in different capacities: from the Sheikh down to Princess Nijirah al-Sabah, who testified in the US Congress under the assumed name of "Nurse Nayirah" on the humanitarian situation in the country after the invasion by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and just before the Gulf War. That isn’t to say that this high-profile convert is not hidden somewhere within the extended family, under a different name.

In Kuwait the overwhelming majority of the population is Muslim (only 4% is Christian) and the country’s Constitution states: “Islam is the official religion of the country and Sharia is the main source for legislation.” » | Marco Tosatti | Rome | Monday, January 16, 2012

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Kuwaiti Prince Abdullah Al-Sabah Converted to Christianity

CELEBRITY BUZZ: According to reports, a Kuwaiti royal prince has become a follower of Jesus Christ. In an audio file posted with his name, he affirms that if he is killed because of a recording he made where he talks about his conversion, he firmly believes that he will meet Jesus Christ face-to-face. The news comes from Middle Eastern sources which state that al-Haqiqa – a Christian satellite TV channel in Arabic that transmits Christian religious programmes – broadcast an audio file attributed to the Kuwaiti prince, identified as Abdullah al-Sabah. The al-Sabahs are the royal family of Kuwait, a country rich in oil. The name Abdullah (servant of God) frequently appears in the Emir’s family tree.

In his audio file, Abdullah declared: “First of all, I fully agree with the distribution of this audio file and I now declare that if they kill me because of it, then I will appear before Jesus Christ and be with him for all eternity.” In this statement, the prince demonstrates his awareness of the fate in store for a martyr of the faith, according to Christian doctrine. The television channel stated that Abdullah is a member of the royal family, and that he recently renounced his faith in Islam and became a Christian, without specifying which particular branch of Christianity he had chosen. After stating his full name, the prince declared: “I will accept whatever they do to me, because the truth in the Bible has guided me towards the right path.” » | Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Salafisten in Deutschland – Mit modernen Methoden zurück ins Mittelalter
ALSHARQ BLOG: Politik und Medien bauschen den Salafismus in Deutschland zu einem zentralen Problem der Gesellschaft auf. Dabei sind viele Fragen bislang offen geblieben: Warum ist die Bewegung seit einigen Jahren so erfolgreich? Und wie relevant ist das Thema tatsächlich für die Sicherheit in der Bundesrepublik?

„Salafisten sollen Terrorgruppe gegründet haben“ – „Islamistischer Terror: Wie gefährlich sind Deutschlands Salafisten?“ – „Extremisten auf Mission: Klinik-Verband warnt vor Salafisten am Krankenbett“ – drei Überschriften, die allein in den vergangenen zwei Wochen in namhaften deutschen Medien zu lesen waren. Es scheint, als habe Deutschland ein Salafisten-Problem. In der Berichterstattung über Muslime in Deutschland nimmt der Salafismus mittlerweile breiten Raum ein; Bundesinnenminister Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) möchte ihn nach eigenen Worten „bekämpfen“. Immer öfter werden „Salafisten“ und „Muslime“ gleichgesetzt. Da ist es auch nicht überraschend, dass nach einer aktuellen Studie der Bertelsmann-Stiftung 51 Prozent der Deutschen den Islam insgesamt eher als Bedrohung ansehen. Die Studie kommt zu dem Schluss, dass es „für die Einschätzung nicht-christlicher Religionen“ mit ausschlaggebend sei, „welches Bild von ihnen über die Medien verbreitet wird“. Das leuchtet ein – wer bei dem Stichwort „Islam in Deutschland“ an einen bärtigen Extremisten denkt, wird sich schwer tun, den Islam als Teil Deutschlands anzuerkennen.

Über dieser Angstmacherei gehen die entscheidenden Fragen freilich schnell unter: Wer sind die Salafisten überhaupt? Was wollen sie, wie arbeiten sie, und was macht sie letztlich so erfolgreich?

Der Begriff „Salafist“ leitet sich von dem arabischen „as-Salaf as-Salih“ ab, zu Deutsch „die frommen Altvorderen“. Gemeint sind damit die Muslime der ersten drei Generationen, d.h. vom Tod des Propheten Mohammed im Jahr 632 n. Chr. bis etwa zum Tod von Ahmad Ibn Hanbal im Jahr 855. In der Folgezeit ist nach Ansicht der Salafisten der Islam verfälscht worden durch innere Einflüsse wie Interpretationen, Neuerungen und Abspaltungen sowie durch äußere Einflüsse wie den Kontakt mit fremden Kulturen und Religionen. Die einzig zuverlässige heute verfügbare Quelle für den „wahren“ Islam und ein gottgefälliges Leben ist der Koran und die Überlieferungen über die Taten des Propheten und seiner Gefährten. Deren Leben wird zum Modell für eine neue muslimische Gemeinschaft erklärt.

Die wichtigsten Prinzipien sind der sogenannte „Tawhid“ (die Einheit und Unteilbarkeit Gottes), die Anerkennung Gottes bzw. des Koran als oberster Autorität auch im politischen Bereich (und die damit einhergehende Ablehnung des säkularen Staates) sowie das Prinzip, dass nur Gott allein verehrt werden darf – Heiligenanbetung oder ähnliches gilt demzufolge als „Shirk“ (wörtl. „Beigesellung“, im Sinne von Polytheismus) und wird abgelehnt. Beispiele für gelebte Ausdrucksformen salafistischer Ideologie sind eine strikte Geschlechtertrennung sowie die Abgrenzung von der nicht-salafistischen Umwelt. Das Resultat ist ein dualistisches Weltbild: Hier die Gläubigen, dort die Ungläubigen. » | Von Bodo Straub | Mitarbeit: Christian Ebert und Floyd Mecklenburg | Sonntag, 12. Mai 2013

Why Islam’s Sharia Law Is the Biggest Threat to American Safety

THE WASHINGTON POST: WASHINGTON , May 10, 2013 – Former US Attorney General Mike Mukasey spoke recently at Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, North Carolina. “Isms all want to rid the world of something. Nazism wanted to rid the world of Jews. Communism wanted to rid the world of God. Islamism wants to rid the world of infidels - that is you,” said Mukasey.

Sharia (the “path) is Islamic law. According to most sources, including the Council on Foreign Relations, shariah is made up of rules that regulate every nook and cranny of life - worship, marriage and inheritance, criminal offenses, commerce and personal conduct. “It is derived primarily from the Quran and the Sunna—the sayings, practices, and teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.”

The bombings and shootings in the name of Islam, such as the Boston Marathon, Fort Hood, the “Underwear Bomber” and 911 are just one element of how sharia law calls Muslims to fight against those who do not accept their law.

Andrew McCarthy, former federal prosecutor and co-author of Shariah: The Threat To America: An Exercise In Competitive Analysis, wrote, “American elites still deal with sharia as just a religious system, when in fact it is as totalitarian a political program as ever were those of communism, fascism, national socialism, or Japanese imperialism.”

The Muslim holy book, the Quran, says that non-Muslims are “the most vile of created beings” (Q 98:6)

Omar Ahmad, co-founder/Board Chairman of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), in 1998 said publicly, “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.”

Islam’s sharia law is insinuating itself into our courtrooms, schools, prisons and every other aspect of society. The lever often used is one of discrimination against the precepts of shariah, while Christian and Jewish customs and laws remain.

America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. From those foundational principles, Jews and Christians predominantly built this nation’s entire infrastructure from hospitals, universities and charities to the industries that made life better for much of the world.

Islamic principles, defined by sharia law, are in absolute direct opposition to everything Americans believe regarding the law and civil society. » | Carla Garrison | Truth Be Told | Friday, May 10, 2013

Pope Proclaims First Saints, Says Christians Still Persecuted
REUTERS.COM: (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being persecuted for their faith.

The Vatican seemed at pains not to allow the first canonizations of Francis' two-month-old papacy to be interpreted as anti-Islamic, saying the deaths of the 'Otranto Marytrs' [sic] must be understood in their historical context.

The 800 were killed in 1480 in the siege of Otranto, on the southeastern Adriatic, by Ottoman Turks who sacked the city, killed its archbishop and told the citizens to surrender and convert.

When they refused, the Ottoman commanding officer ordered the execution of all men aged 15 or older, most by beheading.

"While we venerate the Otranto Martyrs, we ask God to sustain the many Christians who, today, in many parts of the world, right now, still suffer violence and give them the courage to be faithful and to respond to evil with good," Francis said before more than 70,000 people in St. Peter's Square.

He did not mention any countries, but the Vatican has expressed deep concern recently about the fate of Christians in parts of the Middle East, including Coptic Christians who have been caught up in sectarian strife in Egypt. » | Philip Pullella | Vatican City | Sunday, May 12, 2013

Recession Is a Good Time to Exploit Cheap Labour, Says Cameron Aide
THE OBSERVER: Lord Young says low-wage conditions are a bonus for business, drawing a furious response from the TUC

The prime minister's adviser on enterprise has told the cabinet that the economic downturn is an excellent time for new businesses to boost profits and grow because labour is cheap, the Observer can reveal.

Lord Young, a cabinet minister under the late Baroness Thatcher, who is the only aide with his own office in Downing Street, told ministers that the low wage levels in a recession made larger financial returns easier to achieve. His comments are contained in a report to be published this week, on which the cabinet was briefed last Tuesday.

Young, who has already been forced to resign from his position once before for downplaying the impact of the recession on people, writes: "The rise in the number of businesses in recent years shows that a recession can be an excellent time to start a business.

"Competitors who fall by the wayside enable well-run firms to expand and increase market share. Factors of production such as premises and labour can be cheaper and higher quality, meaning that return on investment can be greater."

A Downing Street spokesman said Young was merely stating a "factual point and nothing else". But the comments were described as "appalling and ill-timed" by union leaders, with job-market figures due out next week expected to show that the initial resilience of employment has faded while wages are being severely tightened. » | Daniel Boffey, policy editor | Saturday, May 11, 2013

Muslims Clash On London Streets
THE COMMENTATOR: Anjem Choudary and his fellow protestors can be seen fighting with what was reported as other Muslim groups on London's Edgware Road

Protestors marching alongside Anjem Choudary, the famed Islamist extremist, clashed with others in London's Edgware Road earlier today.

A video filmed by CoelusMedia begins with Choudary addressing the camera discussing the incarceration of an unnamed individual. The original video upload was entitled, "Muslims fight Muslims on the streets of London during a Syrian demonstration on the Edgware Road".

Choudary, who is famous for leading the now proscribed "Islam4UK" group as well as several other splinter organisations, led a march today from Regents Park Mosque which was due to end at the Syrian Embassy. Protestors marched with hard-line Salafist placards and flags, many of which read, "Support Jund Al Sham". » | The Commentator | Friday, May 10, 2013

David Wood vs. Ali Ataie: "Who Was Muhammad?"




WIKI: David Wood (Christian apologist) »

Ali Ataie »

The Gospel of Judas
"The Gospel of Judas" is a documentary examining the recently rediscovered ancient text, that tells a very different story of Judas Iscariot.

The Gospel of Judas is a late 3rd century Coptic manuscript copy, which is considered to be most likely derived, from an even earlier Greek original.

The Gospel of Judas has been translated into English, and can be read online here


WIKI: Gospel of Judas »

China Rising

Qatada Agrees to Leave UK
A controversial Muslim cleric says he'll leave the UK voluntarily, if the Jordanian government agrees to give him a fair trial there.

Myanmar Muslims Live in Constant Fear
Muslim villagers in Myanmar say they are living in constant fear of more attacks by Buddhists. Last week Muslim areas in the town of Okkan, to the north of the largest city, Yangon, became the latest target.

Cheers Erupt as Spire Tops One World Trade Center
A crane lifted the last of a 408-foot tall spire on top of One World Trade Center on Friday, a capstone to an emotional 12-year effort to replace the twin towers destroyed by terrorists.

The 18-piece silver spire will top out the tower at a symbolic 1,776 feet, a nod to the year America signed the Declaration of Independence. The new building is just north of the original towers, now the hallowed ground known as Ground Zero.

'Obama Ignoring Link Between Radical Islam and Terrorism'
ARUTZ SHEVA: The Obama administration is ignoring the link between radical Islam and terrorism, asserts chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee

The Obama administration is ignoring the link between radical Islam and terrorism, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Thursday. » | Arutz Sheva staff | Friday, May 10, 2013

Pat Condell: I’m Offended by Islam

Pat Condell: Europe Needs a Revolution

Islam is Failing Europe

Never, Never Submit: A Recovering Muslim Speaks

Bosch Fawstin »
Mark Tapson: A Hollywood writer looks at the state of the culture and the clash of civilizations. »

Islam Got Your Tongue?
FRONTPAGE MAG: As I put it at the end of my first talk, If telling the truth about something can get you killed, then that truth needs to be told again and again and again. And acting on that truth will save us.

Mohammad Atta, the ringleader of the 9/11 hijackers, told the passengers on the plane he was about to slam into one of The Twin Towers: “Stay quiet and you’ll be okay.” And many of us, especially those in power, have stayed quiet about Islam or lied to themselves and to us about its true meaning, in order to appease Muslims. And after each jihadist attack on Americans, those charged to protect us, to protect our first amendment, call for limits to our speech, specifically limits to what we can say about Islam, the very ideology responsible for motivating the attacks. » | Bosch Fawstin | Friday, May 10, 2013

Teacher Appears in Doha Court, Faces Felony Charge of Insulting Islam
DOHA NEWS: A Nepalese teacher fired from a prestigious secondary school in Qatar for remarks he made to students last month appeared in a lower Doha court today on charges of insulting Islam.

Dorje Gurung, who taught chemistry at Qatar Academy, was seen by Doha News this morning leaving the court in handcuffs. If convicted, Article 256 of the Penal Code stipulates that he could face up to seven years in jail.

Colleagues, friends and students interviewed by Doha News said Gurung, whose two-year teaching contract was set to expire in July, had been facing problems at QA with students who did not respect his authority, in part due to his nationality.

Two of Gurung’s friends at the courthouse shared with Doha News notes of the teacher’s account of what happened. Here is a summary: » | Shabinakhatri | Thursday, May 09, 2013

Abu Qatada Will Leave Britain
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Abu Qatada, the Islamist cleric, will voluntarily return to Jordan if a new treaty on the use of evidence obtained by torture is ratified by the Jordanian parliament, a tribunal was told today.

His co-operation was announced by his barrister, Edward Fitzgerald QC, at the beginning of an immigration hearing to decide whether Qatada can be released from prison.

The Government has been trying to deport him to Jordan, where he was convicted of terror charges in his absence in 1999, for nearly eight years. » | Agencies | Friday, May 10, 2013

House Speaker Demands More Information on Benghazi

REUTERS.COM: (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the House of Representatives on Thursday added to the push for more information about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, demanding the White House order the State Department to release emails about the attack.

Keeping up pressure on the Obama administration a day after a high-profile congressional hearing on the September 11, 2012, attack, House Speaker John Boehner said the public should have access to emails about who the State Department believed was behind it and the administration's early public comments that it stemmed from spontaneous demonstrations.

"Last November, the president said he was 'happy to cooperate in any way Congress wants,'" Boehner told a news conference. "This is his chance." » | Patricia Zengerle | Washington | Thursday, May 09, 2013

Islam Expert Warns Christians May Completely Disappear From Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt

THE CHRISTIAN POST: The mass exodus of millions of Christians from one part of the Islamic world to another as the result of persecution by Muslims has reached epidemic proportions, says a Middle East and Islam expert. In fact, Christians may completely disappear from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt, warns the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

"This matter of Muslim persecution of Christians is a humanitarian crisis at this point," said Raymond Ibrahim in a recent interview with Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch. Ibrahim is the author of the recently released book, Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians.

"It's something that is little known of or heard of or acted upon. In fact, not only is the Obama administration ignoring it, but it is actually exacerbating it, making it worse, a la the Arab Spring and other matters," said Ibrahim, who is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum.

He also recently expanded on his observations in an article he wrote, published on FoxNews.com.

"We are reliving the true history of how the Islamic world, much of which prior to the Islamic conquests was almost entirely Christian, came into being," he wrote. "The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recently said: 'The flight of Christians out of the region is unprecedented and it's increasing year by year.' In our lifetime alone 'Christians might disappear altogether from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt.'"

Ibrahim said that current reports from Islamic regions support this warning. » | Alex Murashko, Christian Post Reporter | Thursday, May 09, 2013

Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Buried in Undisclosed Location
THE GUARDIAN: Police: 'courageous and compassionate individual came forward to provide assistance to properly bury the deceased'

The Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, police said on Thursday, after a week-long search for a community willing to take the body. Sergeant Kerry Hazelhurst said the body was no longer in Worcester, east of Boston, and was now entombed. Police did not specify where the body was taken.

"As a result of our public appeal for help, a courageous and compassionate individual came forward to provide the assistance needed to properly bury the deceased," Worcester police said in a statement.

Tsarnaev's body had been at the Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors. Its director, Peter Stefan, had said that he could not find a community willing to take the body, including Cambridge, where the family had lived for a decade. Tsarnaev's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, had custody of the body.

Katherine Russell, Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife, had wanted his body turned over to his side of the family, which claimed it. Nineteen days after his death, cemeteries were still refusing to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he could be buried. On Wednesday, police in Worcester pleaded for a resolution, saying they were spending tens of thousands of dollars to protect the funeral home where the body was being kept, amid protests.

An expert in US burial law said the resistance to Tsarnaev's burial was unprecedented in a country that has always found a way to put to rest its notorious killers, from Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated president John F Kennedy in 1963, to Adam Lanza, who shot dead 20 children and six adults at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school last year. In Russia, officials would not comment after Tsarnaev's mother said authorities would not allow her son's body into the country, so she could bury him in her native Dagestan. » | Associated Press in Boston | Thursday, May 09, 2013

Pork Found in School Halal Lamb Burgers
THE GUARDIAN: Burgers produced by Doncaster-based Paragon Quality Foods withdrawn from schools in Leicester

Halal lamb burgers have been withdrawn from schools in Leicester after tests revealed a sample contained pork.

The decision follows DNA tests on a batch of frozen burgers manufactured by Doncaster-based Paragon Quality Foods in January, Leicester council said on Thursday.

Assistant mayor Vi Dempster said: "I am appalled by this situation. It is disgraceful that none of us can have confidence in the food we eat.

"We regret any distress this will cause families and staff, and would like to reassure them that robust action is being taken to address this serious matter." » | Press Association | Thursday, May 09, 2013

Vatican Declares Mexico's Death Saint Blasphemous
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Vatican's culture minister says Mexico's folk Death Saint, the Santa Muerte, is a blasphemous symbol that should not be part of any religion.

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi says worshipping such an icon is a degeneration of religion.

"It's not religion just because it's dressed up like religion; it's a blasphemy against religion", Cardinal Ravasi said. » | AP | Edited by Barney Henderson for The Daily Telegraph | Thursday, May 09, 2013

Pope Benedict 'Has Lost Half His Weight'
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has lost so much weight in the last few weeks that he appears to have shrunk to "half his previous size", according to a German cardinal who visited him.

Joachim Meisner, the Archbishop of Cologne, was shocked at how Benedict's state of health had deteriorated, saying he appeared to have physically shrunk.

Cardinal Meisner went to see Benedict on March 18, the day before Pope Francis was inaugurated as his successor.

At the time Benedict was living in Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence outside Rome, having resigned from the Seat of St Peter on Feb 28.

"I was shocked at how thin he had become," Cardinal Meisner told the German Catholic News Agency (KNA).

"He looked like he had halved in size. At first I did not agree with his resignation. But when I saw him my reservations melted away. Mentally, however, he is quite fit, his old self." » | Nick Squires, Rome | Thursday, May 09, 2013

Al-Nakba
A series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and a conflict that endures to this day.

Bangladesh Jamaat Leader Sentenced to Death
War tribunal convicts Mohammad Kamaruzzaman on charges of genocide and torture of unarmed civilians during 1971 war.

Myanmar Faces Call for Religious Segregation
Buddhist leaders in Rakhine state say integration with minority Muslim Rohingyas is unacceptable and problematic.

Obama Feels Heat from Benghazi Hearing
US officials tell Congress that more could have been done in the incident that killed ambassador and three colleagues last year.

Britain's Feckless, Two-Faced Approach to Radical Islam
GATESTONE INSTITUTE: The planning of violent atrocities continues in Britain. The government has still failed to curb the spread of violent agitation, and a necessary, firm and united opposition to radical Islam remains lacking at the official level.

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The planning of violent atrocities continues in Britain; the government has still failed to curb the spread of radical agitation, and actions like the visit of Baroness Warsi to FOSIS illustrate that a necessary, firm, and united opposition to radical Islam remains lacking at the official level. Nobody in the UK government should ask Muslims to abandon Islam as a religion, but a significant struggle against radicalism is justifiable and necessary. Read the whole article here » | Irfan Al-Alawi | Wednesday, May 08, 2013

UK: The Crisis of Female Genital Mutilation
GATESTONE INSTITUTE: Despite these laws, no one has ever been prosecuted for performing FGM. Victims are often afraid to speak out for fear of physical abuse or death threats, some involving paid hitmen.

British authorities are redoubling their fight against the spiraling problem of female genital mutilation (FGM) after a weekly primetime television show broadcast by the BBC forced the previously "taboo" subject into mainstream debate.

FGM is endemic in Muslim-majority countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Three million girls between infancy and age 15 are subject to FGM every year, and it is believed that 140 million women worldwide are suffering from the lifelong consequences of the practice.

FGM has emerged as a major problem in Europe due to mass immigration. The European Parliament estimates that 500,000 girls and women in the European Union are living with FGM, and every year another 180,000 girls in Europe are at risk of being "cut."

Britain has the highest levels of FGM in Europe. According to a government-funded study published in 2007, at least 66,000 women and girls in Britain have had the procedure performed on them, and more than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 are currently at risk. » | Soeren Kern | Thursday, May 09, 2013

David Cameron Attacks Tory 'Pessimists' Who Say Britain Should Leave EU
David Cameron has attacked Tory "pessimists" who say Britain should leave the European Union.

Read the article here | Tim Ross, Political Correspondent | Thursday, May 09, 2013