Britain Must Ban Sharia "Kangaroo Courts", Say Activists

DAILY MAIL: LONDON, June 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain's new government must abolish Islamic sharia courts, campaigners said on Monday, describing them as "kangaroo courts" that deliver second-rate justice and trample over the rights of women and children.

They called for the government to stick to pre-election promises to hold an inquiry into sharia courts which first appeared in Britain in the mid-1980s.

"Over the years, we have witnessed with increasing alarm the influence of 'Sharia courts' over the lives of citizens of Muslim heritage," nearly 200 women's rights and secular campaigners said in a statement.

"Though the 'Sharia courts' have been touted as people's right to religion, they are in fact, effective tools of the far-right Islamist movement whose main aim is to restrict and deny rights, particularly those of women and children." » | Emma Batha | Reuters | Monday, June 15, 2015

Franklin Graham Says Sharia Law Should Be Banned in All Free Countries

CHRISTIAN TODAY: American evangelist Franklin Graham truly believes that the Sharia law should be banned in the United States and other countries that "cherish freedom and liberty."

After reading an article published by the BBC about life under radical Islam, Graham said his stand against the Sharia law became clearer than ever, and he shared his thoughts about it on his Facebook page.

"Some Western governments are actually considering allowing Sharia law in certain Muslim communities in their countries — can you believe it? ISIS is imposing Sharia law on hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Syrians who want to be free. Women are oppressed, Christians and minorities are persecuted and murdered, homosexuals are tortured and killed," he lamented. » | Czarina Ong | Saturday, June 13, 2015

Moroccan Gay Men to Be Tried for Violating 'Public Modesty' over Photo

THE GUARDIAN: Pair could be jailed for three years after being arrested for standing too close together at Rabat’s Hassan tower, say Moroccan LGBT activists

Two Moroccan gay men are set to go on trial for violating “public modesty” after holding each other for a photo at a historic site in Rabat, and could go to jail for up to three years.

Mohsine, a 25-year-old from Marrakesh, in the west of the country, and Lahcen, 38, from Rabat, were touring and taking pictures near Hassan tower, the capital’s famous minaret, earlier in June when they were arrested by the police for supposedly standing too close to each other, activists said. It is not clear if the men were in a relationship.

The pair are expected to appear in the court on Tuesday and if convicted, could face up to three years in jail under the country’s anti-gay laws. According to article 489 of Morocco’s penal code, homosexuality is punishable by six months to three years imprisonment.

The news of their arrest was initially announced by the state-run Al Aoula television channel which revealed their identities and photos in public in an attempt to shame them in the eyes of the country’s conservative society.

Activists condemned the move as reckless as it sparked demonstrations in front of their families’ houses. Aswat Collective, a prominent LGBT group in Morocco, told The Guardian that demonstrators shouted homophobic slurs without any intervention by watching police. » | Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Monday, June 15, 2015

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Burma's 'Great Terror' Moves a Step Closer as Taliban Urges Rohingya to 'Take Up the Sword'

The oppressed minority has been told only violent jihad will make a difference
THE INDEPENDENT: Burma’s worst nightmare came a step closer to reality when a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban’s most hardline faction called on the oppressed Rohingya to “take up the sword and kill in the path of God”.

Other attempts to improve the desperate position of Burma’s Muslim minority were futile, he said last week. “Protest demonstrations, marches [and] condemnation resolutions” were useless. Only violent jihad would make the difference.

This is the great terror of which Burma’s populist Buddhist preachers have for years been warning their congregations, with dire predictions. The hostile climate they have whipped up has led the government to treat the largely stateless Muslim minority in Arakan state ever more inhumanely; and as a result, those predictions could prove self-fulfilling. » | Peter Popham | Sunday, June 14, 2015

Hate and Extremism 'Not Islam' Says French PM Manuel Valls

THE ECONOMIC TIMES: PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stressed on Monday there was no link between extremism and Islam, as he opened a conference aimed at improving ties with France's large Muslim community.

"We must say all of this is not Islam," said Valls. "The hate speech, anti-Semitism that hides behind anti-Zionism and hate for Israel... the self-proclaimed imams in our neighbourhoods and our prisons who are promoting violence and terrorism." » | AFP | Monday, June 15, 2015

ISIS Threaten Pamela Geller by Posting Anti-Muslim Activist's New York City Apartment Address with Message to #GoForth

MAIL ON SUNDAY: A Twitter account connected to British jihadi Abu Hussain al-Britani tweeted the death threat on Friday / That account has since been suspended by Twitter

Pamela Geller's life is at risk yet again from ISIS, after a leader of the radical Islamist terrorist group tweeted her address.

On Friday, a twitter account connected to British-born jihadi Abu Hussain al-Britani posted the address of Geller's apartment in New York City - complete with apartment number - with the message #GoForth.

That account has since been suspended by Twitter. » | Ashley Collman for DailyMail.com | Sunday, June 14, 2015


JIHAD WATCH: Islamic jihadists tweet Pamela Geller’s home address, call for her murder : Islamic jihadists want to make an example of Pamela Geller, showing that they will enforce Sharia’s death penalty for blasphemy upon non-Muslims with impunity. U.S. authorities, in response, are busy kowtowing, instead of declaring that Pamela Geller will be protected and the freedom of speech defended. Capitulation is the order of the day — but the cowards call it “respect” and “refraining from deliberate provocation.” » | Robert Spencer | Sunday, June 14, 2015

THE INDEPENDENT: Extremists tweet home address of US liberties campaigner Pamela Geller: Pamela Geller, the President of the American Freedom Defence Initiative (AFDI), has been targeted by Islamic extremists after they tweeted her home address in New York. » | Alexander Ward | Sunday, June 14, 2015

UK Waterpark Bans Bikinis and Orders Visitors to Wear 'Islamically Appropriate' Clothes

This advert advises attendees to wear full-length clothing

SUNDAY EXPRESS: A BRITISH waterpark has sparked fury by banning bikinis and ordering visitors to cover up in "Islamically appropriate" clothing.

WaterWorld in Stoke-on-Trent plans to black out windows and provide a prayer room during a women-only night aimed at Muslims.

Only female lifeguards will patrol the park during the event, which has triggered a flood of complaints.

Staff will also "guard" the front entrance to "make sure that no males enter the facility".

Conservative MP Philip Hollobone said: ‘I imagine there would be a lot of outrage if the boot was on the other foot and swimmers were told they had to dress appropriately in respect of Christians. I don’t see how this is different."

One invitation to the "Sisters Only Funday" advises attendees to cover their "awrah" (nudity) by wearing full-length jogging bottoms and a dark-coloured t-shirt. » | Scott Campbell | Sunday, June 14, 2015

Shock Warning: Terror Threat to Millions of Holidaymakers as ISIS target Turkey

SUNDAY EXPRESS: MILLIONS of sunseekers visiting Turkey are at serious risk of being attacked by terrorists hungry for British blood.

Terrifying new travel advice has been issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, warning Britons of active terrorist groups plotting attacks in the Mediterranean country.

Holidaymakers visiting beach resorts, particularly those from Britain, are at risk of kidnap, suicide bombings, car bombings, rocket attacks and improvised explosives.

More than 2.5 million Britons visit Turkey every year and this year is expected to be as popular as ever, with the pound rocketing by more than 16 per cent against the lira in the last 12 months.

But the nation, which has a 98.9 per cent Muslim population, has also been rocked by western Islamic fanatics attempting to enter Syria to join Islamic State, as well as homegrown terror groups striking in acts of rebellion against the government, police and judiciary.

Istanbul, which attracts 7.5 million tourists every year, has been listed as a specific potential target by the Foreign Office, which has described the threat of terrorism there as ‘high’.

Raffaello Pantucci, of defence think tank Royal United Services Institute, said: “Turkey and Syria are very dangerous environments. » | Helen Barnett Exclusive | Sunday, June 14, 2015

Former US President George Bush Calls for Another War in Iraq

SUNDAY EXPRESS: GEORGE W Bush is calling for US troops to wage another ground war in Iraq to defeat Islamic State militants.

Despite acknowledging that the 2003 invasion of the country was his “biggest regret”, the former president has again insisted the solution to Islamic extremism in the Middle East is “boots on the ground”.

Mr Bush took the US to war in two separate conflicts over his eight-year presidency – first in Afghanistan in 2001 and then in Iraq two years later.

The Iraq invasion was widely condemned at the time as being ill-thought out – and it resulted in a huge cost both financially and in human lives.

But in an interview with an Israeli magazine, he appeared once again to be on the warpath.
>br /> Asked about how the US should tackle ISIS, he said: “My position was that you need to have boots on the ground." » | Tom Batchelor | Sunday, June 14, 2015

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The Queen Mocked Margaret Thatcher for Her Accent, New Book Reveals

The Queen and Margaret Thatcher had a difficult relationship

SUNDAY EXPRESS: The Queen mocked Margaret Thatcher’s accent and tried to undermine her with “petty class put-downs”, a new book chronicling the pair’s relationship reveals.

The Monarch also referred to the then prime minister as “that woman” to Commonwealth leaders and made jokes about her behind her back, it was claimed.

As the Queen celebrates her official birthday this weekend, author Dean Palmer told how the two most powerful women in recent history had repeated disagreements that were “very personal, class driven and distinctly female”.

In The Queen And Mrs Thatcher: An Inconvenient Relationship, the fi rst published analysis of their lack of rapport, Palmer claims the two female figureheads “met and disliked each other on sight”.

The book tells how Mrs Thatcher’s “entire character was anathema” to the Queen. It also reveals how she mocked Thatcher’s accent, which she described as “Royal Shakespeare received pronunciation from circa 1950”. Meanwhile, Thatcher loathed trips to Balmoral, considering them a “tedious waste of time”.

The Falklands War also caused further resentment between the pair as Thatcher became lauded as “mother of the nation” and the “public face of Britain abroad”. Veteran television producer Mr Palmer, who has made documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV, writes: “For over a decade they quietly waged a war against each other on both a personal and political stage, disagreeing on key issues including sanctions against South Africa, the miners’ strike and allowing US planes to bomb Libya using British military bases.

Elizabeth found the means to snub and undermine her prime minister through petty class put-downs and Press leaks.” » | Camilla Tominey | Sunday, June 14, 2015

The Queen And Mrs Thatcher: An Inconvenient Relationship by Dean Palmer is published by The History Press, £20.

Eine Adelshochzeit wie der Eurovision Song Contest

DIE WELT: Rihanna-Klänge, Tattoo-Blitzer und Twitter-Lästereien: Prinz Carl Philip hat seine Sofia geheiratet. Und nebenbei gezeigt, dass Schweden nicht ohne Grund Rekordsieger beim Eurovision Song Contest ist.

Trooping the Colour und Prinzen-Hochzeit an einem Datum – für Freunde von Europas Königshäusern stellte dieser Samstag so etwas wie das royale Champions-League-Finale dar.

Die erste Halbzeit kam mittags aus London: Hunderte Soldaten in roter Uniform und Bärenfellmütze marschierten vor dem Buckingham Palast zu Ehren des 89. Geburtstags von Queen Elizabeth II. auf. Eigentlich ist der bereits am 21. April. Aber Sie wissen ja, das englische Wetter ... Da ist der zweite Juni-Samstag die sonnentechnisch zuverlässigere Option.

Gatte Prinz Philipp ritt trotz seiner 94 Jahre hoch zu Ross bei der Parade mit, ebenso Thronfolger Charles, dessen Schwester Anne und Sohn William. Die jeweiligen Ehepartner fuhren Kutsche.

Eine zackige Veranstaltung mit präzisem Zeremoniell. Kinder sind da nicht vorgesehen. Der knapp zwei Jahre alte Prinz George durfte lediglich durchs Palastfenster das Treiben verfolgen. Erst fürs Familienfoto auf dem Balkon war er dabei.

Die zweite Halbzeit folgte wenige Stunden später aus Stockholm – und hätte keinen stärkeren Kontrast bilden können. » | Von Inga Catharina Thomas, Redakteurin News | Sonntag, 14. Juni 2015

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Islam No Joking Matter, Malaysian Stand-up Comics Say amid Creeping Conservatism

Comedian Harith Iskander speaking at The Cooler Lumpur
Festival in Kuala Lumpur, June 13, 2015.

MALAY MAIL ONLINE: KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — Jokes about race, religion and sex often form the magic bag of comedians worldwide but Malaysian comics are giving Islam a wide berth for fear of arrest and even death, as conservatism takes roots in this multicultural nation.

Comedian Jason Leong said he and fellow comics have lampooned Christianity and Buddhism, but not Islam, the predominant religion in Malaysia.

“What is difficult is making jokes about Islam, or as my friend calls it, Muslimism; we don’t wanna get arrested, we don’t wanna die,” Leong told a packed audience at a session titled “Killing Sacred Cows: Comedy in the Age of Offence” at the Cooler Lumpur Festival here yesterday.

Another popular comedian Harith Iskandar, who was also at the session, said topics related to Muslim culture would have to be packaged in layers so as to have safeguards.

“If someone is videotaping it, we could get into serious trouble, regardless of whether I myself am a Malay-Muslim,” he said. » | Boo Su-Lyn | Sunday, June 14, 2015

Gay in Putin's Moscow: Why the City Is Pinker Than You Think

Russian men kiss in Moscow 2012, a year before the 2013
law banning 'gay propaganda'.

THE GUARDIAN: LGBT nights are easy to find and Grindr reaches into the heart of the Kremlin itself. But two years after the law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’, can being gay in the Russian capital really be much fun?

“Moscow is like a small European city in the mid-90s,” says Anton Krasovsky. “Everybody knows everybody. Everybody knows who’s gay, even if nobody’s out.”

Well, not nobody. In 2013, when the Duma was debating a new law outlawing “gay propaganda”, Krasovsky was a beloved Russian TV personality, working for a news channel he’d co-founded called Kontr TV. At the end of a wide-ranging discussion on the proposed legislation, Krasovsky said, on air: “I’m gay. And I’m just as much a human being as President Putin, or Prime Minister Medvedev, or the members of the Duma.” Less than a week later, Krasovsky was no longer working for Kontr TV, the clip was removed from the archives and his face had been scrubbed from the website.

And yet ask him and his friends what it’s like to be gay in Moscow and they shrug. “Moscow attracts gay men from all the villages, so there are more gay people in Moscow than anywhere else in Russia. And they all just want what everyone else wants: somebody to love.” » | Chris Michael, Judith Soal and Maeve Shearlaw in Moscow | Saturday, June 13, 2015

David Cameron Orders Crackdown on Summer Surge of FGM Cases

THE GUARDIAN: PM attacks ‘cruel, barbaric practice’ of female genital mutilation as ministers are told to rush through new powers to seize passports

New laws aimed at preventing young girls being taken abroad to undergo female genital mutilation are to be fast-tracked within weeks, amid fears that the number of cases could soar during the summer holidays.

David Cameron has ordered ministers to rush through measures before schools break up next month.

The measures will enable local authorities, social workers or police to apply directly to courts to ensure that any individual they suspect of trying to take someone abroad for FGM will have to surrender their passport and other travel documents with immediate effect. » | Toby Helm Political editor | Saturday, June 13, 2015

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Fury as Schools BAN Muslims from Fasting during Ramadan

DAILY EXPRESS: A GROUP of schools has banned Muslim pupils from fasting during Ramadan due to concerns over their health.

Four primary schools in London, run by the Lion Academy Trust, announced the controversial ban in a letter to parents earlier this week.

Barclay Primary School in Leyton said that pupils have "fainted" and "became ill" after fasting for 18 hours in previous years.

The school added: "We are reliably informed that in Islamic Law, children are not required to fast during Ramadan, only being required to do so when they become adults."

The other schools affected by the ban are Sybourn Primary School in Waltham Forest, Thomas Gamuel Primary School in Walthamstow, and Brook House Primary School in Tottenham.

The move has been slammed by the Muslim community, including the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), which said there are "sufficient and stringent rules within Islam" protecting those who are too young to fast. » | Tom Parfitt | Friday, June 12, 2015

Le roi retire le titre de duchesse à l'infante Cristina

De gauche à droite, le prince Felipe, l'infante Cristina et son
mari Iñaki Urdangarin.

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: La sœur du roi, l'infante Cristina, est accusée de délits fiscaux dans un scandale de corruption impliquant aussi son époux.

Le roi d'Espagne Felipe VI a décidé de retirer le titre de duchesse à sa sœur, l'infante Cristina, a annoncé jeudi le Palais Royal. Cette dernière est accusée de délits fiscaux dans un scandale de corruption impliquant aussi son époux.

«Le Bulletin officiel de l'Etat publiera demain un Décret Royal par lequel Sa Majesté le Roi révoquera l'utilisation du titre de Duchesse de Palma de Majorque par l'Altesse royale, l'infante Cristina», a indiqué le palais dans un communiqué. » | vendredi 12 juin 2015

THE GUARDIAN: Spanish king strips sister of duchess title amid tax evasion scandal: King Felipe VI relieves his sister Princess Cristina of her title, Duchess of Palma » | Agence France-Presse | Thursday, June 11, 2015

A Fourth Reich In The Sun? – Hitler's Escape to Argentina

Patrick Henningsen interviews Gerrard Williams, the former Duty Editor at Reuters Television and Foreign Duty Editor at The BBC, Sky News and APTN and author of the book Grey Wolf. Patrick and Gerrard take a deeper look into one of the greatest the untold stories of World War II, where Adolf Hitler and many other top Nazis including Martin Bormann, escaped to Argentina after the Fall of Berlin in 1945.

In addition, they investigate the active role of many top US and German international corporations had in supporting the Nazi war machine during the war, as well as top Nazi involvement in the formation of the Bilderberg Group after WWII.

Independent journalist Patrick Henningsen, is the managing editor of 21st Century Wire, which delivers news and exposés on intelligence, foreign policy, media propaganda, climate change, the war on terror, technology, Wall Street and the Geo-Political agenda of the global elite.


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Hitler DID Escape Germany in 1945: Staggering New Claims Point to Huge Nazi Cover-up

Hitler and Eva Braun in Germany in 1940

DAILY EXPRESS: ADOLF Hitler did not commit suicide but escaped before his death was faked in a massive cover up by the Nazis, historians have sensationally claimed.

In allegations set to debunk one of the biggest slices of world history, Russia is also accused of hiding vital evidence proving the Fuhrer and his wife Eva Braun fled in disguise.

Two corpses found after the Second World War reported to be those of Hitler and Braun were in fact murdered body doubles.

The claims due to be aired in an explosive television expose tomorrow will blow wide open theories of what happened to the world’s most infamous mass murderers.

The programme claims Hitler did not die at the end of the war and threatens to expose the foundation of post-Second World War history as nothing more than a tissue of “lies”.

Official records hold the brutal dictator, shamed in defeat in April 1945, shot himself in the head in a bunker in Berlin while his wife took a lethal cyanide pill.

But their bodies were swiftly burned with reports confirming their deaths based on what is now claimed to be dubious eyewitness evidence.

Journalist, author and historian Gerrard Williams claims two innocent lookalikes were murdered with the world falling victim to a “duplicitous deception”.

He said: “I believe that in April 1945 the real Hitler along with Eva Braun were spirited out of the bunker where they escaped.

“They did not die, we were lied to, we’re still being lied to.” Read on and comment » | Nathan Rao | Thursday, June 11, 2015

Australia PM Tony Abbott Urges Regional Action against IS

Australia has introduced new national security measures
including criminalising travel to terror hotspots

BBC AMERICA: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged Asia Pacific nations to fight jihadist groups, saying Islamic State (IS) has global ambitions.

At a conference in Sydney on countering terrorist propaganda, he said IS was a death cult with far-reaching tentacles.

Australia says more than 100 of its citizens are fighting with militant jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.

Last year, Australia raised its threat level to high and has conducted a series of counter-terrorism raids.

The two-day regional security summit includes ministers from 25 countries and executives from Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.

"Daesh [IS] is coming, if it can, for every person and for every government with a simple message: 'Submit or die','" Mr Abbott said in his opening remarks. "You can't negotiate with an entity like this, you can only fight it."

"This is not terrorism for a local grievance, this is terrorism with global ambitions." » | Thursday, June 11, 2015

Die Queen besucht Deutschland, den Ort ihrer Wurzeln

Die Queen in ihrer zeremoniellen Kutsche in London

DIE PRESSE: Für die 89Jährige ist der Besuch Ende Juni bereits der fünfte Staatsbesuch in jenem Land, dem viele ihrer Ahnen entstammen. Auf dem Programm stehen unter anderem Berlin, Frankfurt und das KZ Bergen-Belsen.

Die britische Königin Elizabeth II. scheut auch im gesegneten Alter von 89 Jahren keine größere Tour: Von 23. bis 26. Juni wird die Queen Deutschland besuchen, und damit jenes Land, wo im Grunde die Wurzeln ihrer eigenen Familie, des Hauses Windsor, liegen. Für die Queen ist Deutschland tatsächlich auch schon ein ziemlich vertrauter Ort: Neben bereits vier formellen Staatsbesuchen (1965, 1978, 1992 und 2004) und offiziellen Visiten (1987 und 2000) reiste sie mehrmals an, um die britische Rheinarmee zu besuchen:[sic]

Diesmal stehen auf dem Besuchsprogramm unter anderem das Berliner Scholss Bellevue, Amtssitz des deutschen Bundespräsidenten; das Brandenburger Tor; die Paulskirche in Frankfurt, im 19. Jahrhundert Tagungsort der Deutschen Nationalversammlung; und das ehemalige KZ Bergen-Belsen nahe Celle am Niederrhein, wo von 1941 bis 1945 mehr als 70.000 Menschen umkamen.

Elizabeth besucht damit auch ein Land, das sie selbst noch gut als Gegner im Zweiten Weltkrieg in Erinnerung hat. Als die damals 14 Jahre alte Elizabeth sich am 13. Oktober 1940 vor ein Mikrofon der BBC setzte und eine Rede an die Kinder Großbritanniens und des ganzen Empires hielt, machte sie damit Millionen Menschen Mut inmitten des Kriegs. "Gott wird sich um uns kümmern und uns Frieden und Sieg schenken", sagte das junge Mädchen, das nach dem Tod ihres Vaters George VI. 1952 im Juni 1953 zur Königin gekrönt wurde. » | DiePresse.com | Mittwoch, 10. Juni 2015

Obama's Smoking Struggle

THE GURADIAN: Obama photo ignites rumors that the president has rekindled smoking habit: The photo appears to show the president holding a packet of cigarettes during last weekend’s G7 summit. Unless it’s gum. But who steps outside to chew gum? » | Tom McCarthy in New York | Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Secrets of Althorp – The Spencers (Full Documentary)

Althorp, childhood home and final resting place of Princess Diana, is currently the home of Diana’s brother, Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer. Nineteen generations of Spencers have presided over this grand estate for more than 500 years. The Spencer dynasty has produced politicians, military heroes, dukes and duchesses and will one day furnish Britain with a king: Diana’s son, Prince William.

Iranian Refugee Case Could Test Religious Freedom Laws, Experts Say

ABC: A group of Iranian asylum seekers whose claims for protection have been rejected are appealing against the decision in the Federal Court, in what constitutional experts say could test Australia's protection of religious freedom.

The ABC understands the seven asylum seekers have all converted from Islam to Christianity and fear persecution if they return to Iran.

Human rights lawyer David Manne, who heads the Refugee and Immigration Law Society said in Iran, said apostasy - which is defined as the deliberate abandonment of Islam by a Muslim - is punishable by death.

"The evidence is crystal clear that [such] conversions to Christianity can result in serious human rights abuses, including execution," he said.

"Although the criminal code doesn't proscribe apostasy, they draw upon Islamic law to impose it.

"It's considered to be an offence against sharia law, which is punishable by death." » | Stephanie Dalzell | Thursday, May 28, 2015

Cardiff Rapist Who Forced His Victim to Marry Him Is the First Person Jailed under a Forced Marriage Law

WALES ONLINE: The man is the first person in the UK to be prosecuted under forced marriage laws introduced a year ago

A Cardiff man has become the first person in the UK to be prosecuted under forced marriage laws introduced a year ago.

The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was jailed for 16 years after making a 25-year-old woman marry him under duress last year.

Merthyr Crown Court heard the already married man systematically raped his victim for months before threatening to go public with hidden camera footage of her showering unless she became his wife.

'Irrational obsession'

The 34-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, developed an “irrational obsession” with his victim and lured her to his home under the promise of a get-together with friends.

But when she arrived at his home in Cardiff, the woman found the property empty before the curtains were drawn and the front door locked.

A judge then told of how the terrified woman - a devout Muslim - was bound and gagged with scarves before music was played loudly to drown out her cries for help.

But the woman’s ordeal was far from over.

She was shown secret footage of her showering moments after her virginity had been cruelly stolen and her attacker later threatened to make the video public unless she married him. » | Benjamin Wright | Wednesday, June 10, 2015


TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Première condamnation au Royaume-Uni pour un mariage force : Un homme qui avait contraint une jeune femme à l'épouser a été condamné à 16 ans de prison. Une première depuis l'entrée en vigueur de la loi sur les mariages forcés. ¶ Un homme marié de 34 ans a été condamné à seize ans de prison par un tribunal du Pays-de-Galles pour avoir contraint une jeune femme à l'épouser. Il s'agit de la première application de la législation de 2014 contre les unions forcées. ¶ Le condamné est un homme d'affaires gallois, dont l'identité n'a pas été divulguée. Il a aussi plaidé coupable de viols, bigamie et voyeurisme, ont précisé les services du procureur de la couronne (CPS), dans un communiqué. » | ats/Newsnet | mercredi 10 juin 2015

Wo die Regierung fast zu modern für ihr Volk ist

Ein Graffiti in Ljubljana: Das neue Gesetz über die Homo-Ehe
sorgt für Streit in Slowenien

DIE WELT: Das katholische Slowenien hat die modernste Homo-Gesetzgebung Europas. Schwule und Lesben dürfen heiraten und Kinder adoptieren. Die Gegner geben sich nicht geschlagen, sie verlangen ein Referendum.

Das Läuten der Kirchenglocken hallt über den Rathausplatz von Ljubljana. Die Fenster des Bürgermeisters und seiner Angestellten sind offen, aber das Geläut kann sie nicht stören. An diesem Morgen sind die Amtsstuben nämlich verwaist, die Mitarbeiter nehmen gerade geschlossen an einem Workshop teil. Wenn die vier Stunden vorbei sind, dann dürfen sie sich ein Zertifikat an ihre Türen hängen: "Offiziell ein freundlicher Ort für LGBT", steht darauf. Was sie damit sagen wollen, ist, dass Lesben, Schwule, Bisexuelle und Transgender hier willkommen sind.

Das ist keine Selbstverständlichkeit in einem katholischen Land, das an den Balkan grenzt. Im benachbarten Serbien etwa wurde die Parade der Schwulen und Lesben in der Vergangenheit immer wieder wegen angeblicher Sicherheitsbedenken abgesagt, oder sie ging in Krawallen rechts-nationalistischer Gruppen unter.

In Slowenien aber weht ein anderer Wind, auch weil man sich hier historisch schon immer eher an Wien orientierte als an Moskau. "Hier muss niemand fürchten, verprügelt zu werden", sagt Miha Lobnik, ein Aktivist der NGO Legebitra aus Ljubljana, die für die Rechte von Homosexuellen kämpft. » | Von Silke Mülherr , Ljubljana | Dienstag, 09. Juni 2015

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Germany's Oldest Student, 102, Gets PhD Denied by Nazis

BBC AMERICA: A 102-year-old German woman has become the world's oldest person to be awarded a doctorate on Tuesday, almost 80 years after the Nazis prevented her from sitting her final exam.

Ingeborg Rapoport (then Syllm) finished her medical studies in 1937 and wrote her doctoral thesis on diphtheria - a serious problem in Germany at the time.

But because of Nazi oppression she has had to wait almost eight decades before being awarded her PhD.

Her mother was a Jewish pianist.

So, under Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic race laws, Ingeborg was refused entry to the final oral exam. She had written confirmation from Hamburg University that she would have received her doctorate "if the applicable laws did not prohibit Ms Syllm's admission to the doctoral exam due to her ancestry".

'For the victims'

Now the university has set right that wrong.

Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty travelled last month to Ingeborg's sitting room in east Berlin to test her on the work she carried out in pre-war Germany.

They were impressed and a special ceremony took place at Hamburg University Medical Centre on Tuesday, in which she finally received the PhD that the Nazis stole from her. (+ BBC video) » | Damien McGuinness, BBC News, Berlin | Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Inside The Court Of Henry VIII – Documentary 2015

Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England had ever done before. He took a country salvaged by his father from the wreck of civil war and set over it a single, sovereign ruler. By the end of his reign the power of the Tudor dynasty was absolute — but at a terrible cost. Personally responsible for the death of two of his own wives, along with many of his closest friends and advisors, he is said to have ordered the execution of up to 72,000 Britons. His reign will go down as one of the bloodiest in history.

Al Hayat TV: Propheten-Medizin aus Datteln, Honig und Kamelurin

Ohne die „islamische Wissenschaft“ würden die Europäer heute noch im Dunkeln tappen, behauptet der verdrossene Herr Islam, der die Dankbarkeit der Menschen im Westen für die wunderbare islamische Kultur und Zivilisation vermisst. Seinen Psychotherapeut Dr. Sam will er von der wirkungsvollen Propheten-Medizin überzeugen. Diese besteht hauptsächlich aus Datteln, Honig und Kamelurin.

HT: Politically Incorrect »

Islam Can't Fool the Free World Any More – Geert Wilders

The free world is waking up to Islamic horrors, the Islamic apologists and the so called moderate Muslims can't fool us any more.

Freedom of Speech in Islam? There is NONE! No Freedom of Speech or Expression in Islam

Mullah Krekar in Norway Gives Chilling and Honest Interview about Islam and the West

More Norwegians Convert to Islam

NEWSinENGLISH.no: Youthful rebellion and, paradoxically, a perceived need for stronger rules in Norway’s liberal society are believed to be behind a recent rise in the number of Norwegians converting to Islam. “I think we need stronger rules,” one young Norwegian convert told newspaper Aftenposten on Monday.

No one knows for certain how many “ethnic Norwegians” have converted to Islam, according to Aftenposten, but researchers believe their numbers have increased from around 500 at the end of the 1990s to around 3,000 today. That’s still a tiny percentage of the Norwegian population, but the growth rate is significant, as is the perceived reason behind it: “Converting to Islam is perhaps the most extreme form of youthful rebellion today,” Anne Sofie Roald, a professor in religion, told Aftenposten, which launched a series of reports over the weekend about Islam in Norway. Islam, Roald noted, is a religion that can require a lifestyle for converts that’s “extremely different from the life they’ve lived earlier.” » | Nina Berglund | Monday, June 08, 2015

Vets Urge Shops to Label Halal Meat after Mass Public Outcry – But Will Cameron Act?

Some 72 per cent of people back the labelling of halal meat,
according to a new survey

DAILY EXPRESS: VETS have called for supermarkets and butchers to label meat from halal abattoirs after a mass public outcry.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) said that shoppers had a right to know whether their meat came from animals which were not stunned before being slaughtered.

Their calls came after a European Commission survey revealed that 72 per cent of people back the labelling of halal meat.

An EU directive requires animals to be stunned, but Britain was granted exemption for religious communities.

The religious slaughter of goats and sheep rose by 60 per cent between 2011 and 2013 – and some is sold into the general market.

But John Blackwell of the BVA said that not labelling halal meat "takes away the individual's right to make an informed decision".

The government has repeatedly ducked the issue, with the Conservative manifesto even promising to "protect methods of religious slaughter".

Last year David Cameron said that he was "very happy to eat halal meat", adding: "While I am prime minister of this country, halal is safe in Britain." Read on and comment » | Tom Parfitt | Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Nazi Sympathiser and Former King the Duke of Windsor 'Wanted England to Be Bombed', International Archives Reveal

The Duke of Windsor was forced to abdicate in 1936

THE INDEPENDENT: The Duke of Windsor, who is widely regarded as a Nazi sympathiser, once argued that bombing England could bring peace by ending WWII, it has emerged.

Correspondence kept in the Royal Archives between the British royal family and their German relatives in the run up to WWII remains confidential.

However, information pieced together from open archives across 30 countries, including Germany, Spain and Russia, has revealed the close relationship some members of the European aristocracy had with the Nazis.

Dr Karina Urbach, senior research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advance Study at the University of London, has uncovered how the Duke of Windsor told Don Javier Bermejillo, his old friend and Spanish diplomat, that the British royal blamed “the Jews, the Reds and the Foreign Office for the war”. » | Kashmira Gander | Monday, June 08, 2015

Modern Duchy: Luxembourg Prime Minister Turns Tradition on Its Head

SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is trying to reshape the Grand Duchy into a country as liberal as he is himself. He has introduced gay marriage and curbed the Catholic Church's once powerful influence over the country.

Xavier Bettel wears a golden wedding ring on the ring finger of his left hand. In his case, that's something that is certainly worth mentioning. Just three weeks ago, the 42-year-old prime minister of Luxembourg married his long-term partner, Gauthier Destanay of Belgium. "It was an obvious step for me -- we've been together for years," says Bettel. "I am happy to live in a country in which a large majority in parliament voted for same-sex marriage."

Prime Minister Bettel was able to marry thanks to a law that his government passed as one of its first acts. Prior to his election, as a member of the opposition, Bettel himself had experienced firsthand how deeply rooted anti-gay sentiment remains, including in Luxembourg. A state secretary from former Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker's government called him "miss" during a debate in parliament.

Today, he's the prime minister of the Grand Duchy and the first and only male leader of a European Union government to have married a man. A year and a half ago, he replaced Juncker, who had lost power because of a secret service scandal. Juncker has since become president of the European Commission, but he left behind a difficult legacy for the unusual government coalition that replaced him, comprised of the business-friendly liberals, Social Democrats and Greens. » | Christoph Schult | Monday, June 08, 2015

WIKI: Xavier Bettel »

The Hidden Brutality Of Qatar's FIFA World Cup Preparations

Qatar's World Cup Slaves: The devastating truth about Qatar's world cup bid.

Erdogans Machthunger ist gebremst

TAGES ANZEIGER: Die Parlamentswahlen in der Türkei bedeuten eine Zäsur. So wie bisher kann Präsident Erdogan nicht weitermachen.

Die Wahl in der Türkei verändert das Land. Die Spannungen, die Staatspräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan innerhalb von wenigen Monaten aufgebaut hat, drohten es zu zerreissen. Nun bremst die kleine Kurdenpartei HDP Erdogans Machthunger. Statt einer Beförderung zum Superpräsidenten kann er erstmal einen Koalitionspartner für seine AKP suchen.

Erdogan führte die Klinge gegen Armenier und Schwule, gegen Kurden und kritische Presse. Gegen den Westen. Überhaupt: Wer nicht für Erdogan ist, ist ein Feind. Als Erdogan sich vor einem Jahr zum Präsidenten wählen liess, wollte er Staatsoberhaupt für alle Türken sein. Ein Bluff. Seither hat er einen tiefen Keil in die türkische Gesellschaft getrieben. Wie polarisiert das Land ist, zeigte der Bombenanschlag auf das Treffen der prokurdischen HDP in Diyarbakir zwei Tage vor der Abstimmung. Drei Menschen starben, weit über hundert wurden verletzt. Das werden die Kurden nicht vergessen. Wieder bleibt eine Narbe. » | Von Mike Szymanski | Istanbul | Sonntag, 07. Juni 2015

Is the Pope a Communist?

BBC AMERICA: Pope Francis's critique of free-market economics has made him an icon for the Left and prompted claims that he is a communist. The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics has called capitalism a source of inequality at best - and at worst a killer. Is the Pope, as his critics claim, a red radical?

On his way back from the Victory Day Parade in Moscow last month, the Cuban leader Raul Castro stopped off in Rome to thank Pope Francis for his role in Cuba's rapprochement with the United States. "If the Pope continues this way," Castro said afterwards, "I will go back to praying and go back to the church - I am not joking."

In September Francis will return the compliment with a stop-over in Cuba when he travels to the United States. And the American visit could turn out to be the most difficult overseas trip of his pontificate.

Raul Castro's endorsement is unlikely to recommend Francis to the American right, many of whom responded with visceral rage to President Obama's Cuban initiative.

"There is a lot of scepticism among (US) Catholics," says Stephen Moore, the chief economist at the conservative Washington think tank the Heritage Foundation, and himself a Catholic.

"I think this is a Pope who clearly has some Marxist leanings. It's unquestionable that he has a very vocal scepticism (about) capitalism and free enterprise and… I find that to be very troubling." » | Ed Stourton, BBC News | Sunday, June 07, 2015

Turkey Ruling AKP Loses Majority in Surprise Result

BBC AMERICA: Turkey's governing AK party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years, near-complete election results show.

The surprise outcome also sees the pro-Kurdish HDP crossing the 10% threshold, securing seats for the first time.

With 99% of the vote counted, the AKP has 41% of the vote, state-run TRT television reports.

The result is a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's plans to boost his office's powers.

President Erdogan, who first came to power as prime minister in 2003, had been seeking a two-thirds majority to turn Turkey into a presidential republic. (+ BBC video) » | Sunday, June 07, 2015

Merkel und Obama besuchen bayerisches Dorf

Vor dem Beginn des G7-Gipfels in Elmau haben die Bundeskanzlerin und der US-Präsident bayerische Gemütlichkeit genossen.

Wahlen in der Türkei: Die Oppositon jubelt über Erdogans Verluste

STERN: Erdogans Pläne für die Einführung eines Präsidialsystems stehen auf der Kippe: Bei den Parlamentswahlen in der Türkei verfehlte seine Partei AKP die absolute Mehrheit. Die Opposition jubelt.

Bei der Parlamentswahl in der Türkei droht der islamisch-konservativen AKP erstmals seit mehr als zwölf Jahren der Verlust der absoluten Mehrheit. Nach Auszählung von rund 80 Prozent der Stimmen gewann die AKP 42,4 Prozent, wie der Sender CNN Türk am Sonntag berichtete. Die pro-kurdische HDP kommt demnach mit 11,5 Prozent erstmals knapp über die Zehn-Prozent-Hürde. Damit dürfte sie die Pläne der AKP vereiteln, alleine ein Präsidialsystem mit Präsident Recep Präsident Tayyip Erdogan an der Spitze einzuführen.

Das Ergebnis ist eine Niederlage für Erdogan, der die HDP im Wahlkampf scharf angegriffen hatte, obwohl der Präsident nach der Verfassung zur Neutralität verpflichtet ist. Die HDP war mit dem Ziel in den Wahlkampf gezogen, Erdogans Präsidialsystem zu verhindern, und hatte vor einer "Diktatur" gewarnt. » | mai/DPA | Sonntag, 07. Juni 2015

ISIS Burn[s] Assyrian Woman, 80, in North Iraq

AINA: (AINA) -- According to a report by the BasNews agency, ISIS burned an 80 year-old Assyrian woman to death in a village southeast of Mosul. Citing Sa'ed Mamuzini, a representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) office in Mosul, BasNews stated in its report that the woman, who was from Karamlis, was burned for failing to comply with Islamic Sharia law. » | Tuesday, May 26, 2015

HT: Raymond Ibrahim @ Jihad Watch »

Saudi Court Upholds Badawi’s Sentence

GULF NEWS: Saudi blogger will serve 10 years in prison and pay SR 1 million in fines

Manama: Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has upheld all the sentences pronounced by a lower court against Raif Badawi, the founder of Saudi Liberal Network.

The court reached its decision after five “highly-qualified with vast experiences judges” studied the 70-page verdicts for three months, local daily Okaz reported on Sunday.

The ruling by the Supreme Court, the highest in the kingdom, is final and cannot be appealed or challenged.

The lower court had sentenced Badawi to five years in jail and a SR 1 million (Dh9,79,414) fine for launching the Saudi Liberal Network. The court also issued another five — year jail term and 1,000 lashes to be given out 50 at a time over 20 weeks.

The lashing is to take place on Fridays at most once a week in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, his hometown, the court said.

The two jail sentences are separate and will have to be served consecutively. » | Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief | Sunday, June 07, 2015

Islamic State Magazine Dabiq Withdrawn from Sale by Amazon

BBC AMERICA: Copies of Islamic State's English-language propaganda magazine, Dabiq, have been pulled from the website of online retailer Amazon.

Four different volumes were available for sale on the site, but in a statement to the BBC, Amazon said the product had now been removed.

The author of the publications was listed as al-Hayat Media Centre, which is IS's Western-focused media arm.

Islamic State is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK. » | Saturday, June 06, 2015

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Terrormiliz IS nimmt weitere Stadt in Libyen ein

DIE WELT: Nach der Eroberung großer Teile des Irak und Syriens rückt der IS nun auch in Libyen weiter vor. Australien warnt davor, dass die Dschihadisten in ihrem Kampf auch Chemiewaffen einsetzen könnten.

Die Extremistenmiliz Islamischer Staat (IS) hat eine weitere Stadt in Libyen eingenommen. Eine entsprechende Mitteilung der Islamisten deckte sich mit Angaben aus Militärkreisen. Demnach rückte der IS in Harwa ein. Die Stadt liegt östlich des Ortes Sirte, den die Gruppe in den vergangenen Wochen schrittweise erobert hatte.

Der IS nutzt die chaotischen Zustände in Libyen aus, wo zwei konkurrierende Regierungen die Macht beanspruchen. Die Islamisten haben große Teile des Irak und Syriens erobert und dort ein Kalifat ausgerufen, eine besondere Form eines islamischen Gottesstaates. » | Reuters/AFP/dol | Samstag, 06. Juni 2015

Kakerlaken sind Schuld am teuren Präsidentenpalast

DIE WELT: Zur großen Überraschung seiner Kritiker rechtfertigt der türkische Präsident seinen Palastneubau mit Ungeziefer. Statt einen Kammerjäger zu rufen, ließ Erdogan einen 1150-Zimmer-Palast errichten.

Andere würden bei Kakerlaken wohl den Kammerjäger holen, der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan zieht lieber gleich um. Der Staatschef verteidigte nun erneut den Bau des prunkvollen Präsidentenpalasts mit 1150 Zimmern, der ihm schon viel Kritik eingebracht hat – diesmal nannte er die Krabbeltiere als Grund für den Umzug.

In einem Fernsehinterview am Freitagabend sagte Erdogan, die alte Ministerpräsidentenresidenz sei so herunter gekommen gewesen, dass Kakerlaken in den Toiletten gewesen seien. Er zog im August in den repräsentativen Präsidentenpalast ein, dem Ministerpräsidenten wurde die alte Präsidentenresidenz überlassen. Zu seinem alten Amtssitz sagte er: "Ist eine solche Residenz angemessen für den Ministerpräsidenten der Türkei? Wenn es um Repräsentation geht, kann es keine Verschwendung geben." » | AFP/AP/ott | Samstag, 06. Juni 2015

Islamic State Magazine Sold on Amazon

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Dabiq is an English language publication focusing on jihad and tawhid (unity), according to its publisher, the Al Hayat Media Centre

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil) is apparently using online retailer Amazon to sell propaganda magazines aimed at recruiting Western jihadists.

Issues of Dabiq, an English-language e-zine, have been available to purchase on the website since May 24. The seller is listed as the Al Hayat Media Centre, the same name as the extremist group’s most famous media arm.

The magazine, which retails at between five and seventeen pounds, can be delivered to a buyer in one working day, and can even be gift-wrapped. The Telegraph did not purchase a copy of the magazine to verify its contents.

The Al Hayat Media Centre describes it as “a periodical magazine focusing on the issues of tawhid (unity), manhaj (truth-seeking), hijrah (migration), jihad (holy war) and jama'ah (community), including photo reports, current events, and informative articles on matters relating to the Islamic State.” » | Louisa Loveluck | Saturday, June 06, 2015

Danish Muslims Urged Not to Vote

THE LOCAL – DENMARK: Two radical Islamic groups in Denmark argue that democracy is incompatible with their religion and have told Muslims to boycott the June 18 election.

The controversial Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir has urged Danish Muslims to stay away from the voting booths on the upcoming June 18th election as a form of protest against the democratic system.

“We are committed to being active participants in our society, but it has to be on Islam’s terms, without compromising our own principles and values. Democracy is fundamentally incompatible with Islam, and it is a sinking ship,” the organisation wrote in a press release, adding that the way forward for Muslims in Denmark is to oppose the country’s "Islamophobic" integration policies. » | Friday, June 05, 2015

Poutine : "N'ayez pas peur de la Russie"

LE POINT: Le chef d'État a déclaré qu'il était en faveur de l'application des accords de paix en Ukraine alors que les affrontements ont repris dans l'est du pays.

La Russie ne constitue pas une menace pour l'Occident. C'est ce qu'a déclaré le président Vladimir Poutine dans une interview donnée samedi à un quotidien italien. Il a aussi affirmé qu'il était en faveur de l'application des accords de paix en Ukraine, après le récent regain de violences meurtrières dans l'est de ce pays. « Je voudrais dire qu'il n'y a pas besoin d'avoir peur de la Russie », a déclaré le président russe au Corriere della Sera, excluant un conflit d'ampleur entre la Russie et les pays membres de l'Otan. « Le monde a tellement changé que les gens de bon sens ne peuvent pas imaginer un conflit militaire d'ampleur aujourd'hui », a dit M. Poutine. « Nous avons d'autres choses à faire, je peux vous l'assurer », a ajouté le président russe, selon la transcription de l'entretien publiée par le Kremlin. » | Source AFP | samedi 06 juin 2015

KREMLIN: Interview to the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera » | Saturday, June 06, 2015

Papst Franziskus: "Eine Art dritter Weltkrieg ist im Gang"

DIE WELT: In Bosnien spricht Papst Franziskus über Krieg und Frieden. "Es ist eine Art dritter Weltkrieg, der geführt wird", sagt er mit Blick auf aktuelle Konflikte. Und glaubt, dass diese geschürt werden.

Papst Franziskus sieht angesichts vieler bewaffneter Konflikte eine Art neuen Weltkrieg heraufziehen. Bei einem Besuch in Sarajevo, der Hauptstadt von Bosnien-Herzegowina, rief das Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche am Samstag zugleich zur Versöhnung der Religionen auf. Sarajevo war vor 20 Jahren Schauplatz eines Krieges zwischen hauptsächlich muslimischen Bosniern, orthodoxen Serben und katholischen Kroaten.

Mit Blick auf die aktuellen Konflikte sagte der Papst: "Es ist eine Art dritter Weltkrieg, der stückweise geführt wird, und im Bereich der globalen Kommunikation nimmt man ein Klima des Krieges wahr." Einige Menschen wollten dieses Klima absichtlich schüren und suchten den Zusammenstoß verschiedener Kulturen, fügte der 78-Jährige bei einer Messe vor etwa 65.000 Menschen im Olympiastadion von Sarajevo hinzu. Andere würden mit Kriegen spekulieren, um Waffen zu verkaufen. Den Begriff "dritter Weltkrieg" hat der Papst schon mehrmals benutzt. » | dpa/ds | Samstag, 06. Juni 2015

Barack Obama Delivers Tearful Eulogy at Beau Biden Funeral in Delaware

THE GUARDIAN: Obama tells family: ‘We are always here for you. My word as a Biden’ / General Ray Odierno confers legion of merit on vice-president’s son

President Barack Obama on Saturday addressed a full Catholic Mass honoring Beau Biden in Wilmington, Delaware.

Vice-president Joe Biden’s two surviving children – Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden – also spoke to remember their brother, who died of brain cancer last week at the age of 46.

After delivering the eulogy, Obama embraced Joe Biden warmly at the front of the church, and kissed him on the cheek.

Beau Biden “did not have a mean bone in his body” and was the consummate public servant and family man, Obama said.

With tears in his eyes and an occasional slight tremor in his voice, Obama said Biden had “shoulders broad enough not only to bear your own burdens but the burdens of others”. » | Joanna Walters in New York | Saturday, June 06, 2015

Muslims Ask Moscow Authorities for Separate Beaches for Men and Women

RT: The suggestion of the Muslim community to organize separate beaches for men and women has been supported by representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, Jewish and Buddhist religions.

The request to the Moscow City Hall has been prepared and filed by Albir Krganov who is a deputy chairman of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and also a member of the Public Chamber’s Commission for Harmonization of Relations between Ethnic and Religious Groups.

The activist claimed that “hundreds of thousands” of religious residents of Moscow were deprived of ability to visit city beaches that are currently shared by men and women. “As not everyone can afford a trip abroad, and we consider it necessary to open additional recreation zones for the residents of the capital city who cannot stay on common beaches for religious or moral reasons,” Krganov wrote in his letter. » | Friday, June 05, 2015

Pamela Geller: Target of Beheading Plot Talks to CNN

THE BLAZE: Muhammad Cartoon Organizer Pamela Geller Was Asked, ‘Is This Worth Dying For?’ This Was Her Response » | Billy Hallowell | Friday, June 05, 2015

American Muslims: Latino Converts to Islam

We visit the Islamic Center of Greater Miami to look at the rising number of Latino Muslims in the US—as many as 250,000, according to estimates. Some of the converts say that in Islam they have found theological simplicity and “no intermediaries with God.” The Islamic Circle of North America reports that more than half of US Latino converts are women. “I just felt that the minute I put my head down to the ground, “ says Nadia Echevrria, “I was really talking to God.” – Friday, June 05, 2015 (Originally published on July 25, 2014)

Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee Weds Muslim Convert in Uruguay

Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi with his wife Samira
(formerly Roma), a Uruguayan who converted to Islam
four months ago.

THE GUARDIAN: Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi, a 50-year-old Tunisian, married Roma Blanco, a 24-year-old Uruguayan

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi looked out his apartment window Friday and smiled as he showed off his wedding ring to a handful of cheering onlookers below.

The 50-year-old Tunisian married Roma Blanco, a 24-year-old Uruguayan who converted to Islam. The union was the first of two weddings being organized by men resettled in the South American country.

“Adel is humble, respectful, nice and very gentlemanly,” Blanco said. “He is everything that a woman can expect from a man.”

Blanco added she liked her husband’s sincerity, and how he treated her 5-year-old son from a previous relationship.

She said she converted to Islam four months ago and planned to take the name Samira. She and El Ouerghi met a month ago at a mosque. Blanco wore a light purple scarf and a violet jacket with gold-colored lacing. She also had henna designs on her hands, customary for Muslim women for the marriage ceremony. » | Associated Press | Friday, June 05, 2015

Cheese-loving Kim Jong-un Gains MORE Weight 'On Purpose' as Rest of North Korea Starve

DAILY EXPRESS: CHEESE-LOVING dictator Kim Jong-un's ballooning waistline has been revealed in new photos to emerge from secretive North Korea – as the portly leader's people continue to starve.

Images show the brutal leader proudly displaying his ever-expanding gut in an open pinstripe suit, surrounded by military officials who are half the size of the 'Supreme Leader'.

Jong-un's enormous weight gain has been a topic of discussion in recent months, with the reason believed to be down to an obsession with Swiss cheese.

The dictator is said to be so addicted to the dairy product, which he developed a taste for during his student years in Switzerland, that he has it imported in bulk for his personal consumption.

The 32-year-old's bulging belly has also sparked concerns for his health after he disappeared for three weeks in September last year.

There were suggestions Jong-un was suffering gout and had even broken his ankle - due to his size and love of wearing Cuban heel shoes – with the reason for his absence unconfirmed by North Korea officials. » | Levi Winchester | Wednesday, June 03, 2015

La France est en guerre

Les phénomènes ont des causes. Ce qui frappe la France aujourd’hui porte un nom et est le résultat de causes identifiables.

EURACTIV: National Front MEP under investigation for Islam comments: Relieved of his duties as leader of the National Front delegation in the European Parliament after calling for the "de-Islamification of France", sources told AFP that Aymeric Chauprade is now the subject of a legal inquiry. EurActiv France and AFP report. » | EurActiv France avec l'AFP | vendredi 05 juin 2015

Pamela Geller on the Plot to Behead Her

WND: Geller Calls on ‘Bigots’ to Expect Muslims to ‘Behave’ » | Bob Unruh | Friday, June 05, 2015

Isis: Threat on Balkans to 'Avenge Muslims'

ANSAMED: 'In Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania we will arrive with explosives'

TIRANA - The Balkans are being threatened by Isis, which has announced it wants ''revenge for the humiliation suffered by Muslims in Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia''. ''We will arrive with explosives'', said the Albanian national Abu Muqatil (Al Kosovi), a Kosovan Islamic militant[s] who claims to represent the jihadist group in the region.

In a long video released by Al Hayat media center, the main 'production house' of the terror organization born in Syria and Iraq, the announcement of future attacks in the Balkan region is entrusted to Albanian-language militants. » | Friday, June 05, 2015

Robert Spencer Slams CNN For ‘Targeting’ Pamela Geller Instead of Radical Islam

Greater Manchester Police Officer Sacked over 'Offensive and Racist' Comments about Muslims on Facebook

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS: GMP panel hears how colleague was 'disgusted' by rant, on Daily Mail story, which is ruled to have breached force's professional standards

A police officer who posted ‘offensive and racist’ comments about Muslims on Facebook has been dismissed from Greater Manchester Police force.

During only the second hearing of its kind ever to be heard in public, the officer admitted gross misconduct by breaching professional standards for equality and diversity and discreditable conduct.

A panel chaired by Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett heard how an officer, who remained anonymous throughout the hearing, had posted Facebook comments which had ‘disgusted’ a colleague.

Officer A made a comment below a Daily Mail article about the number of Muslim and Christian children in Birmingham.

He said: “That’s because we have allowed them to settle into their own communities and they have no desire to mix, they would rather take over areas and breed like rabbits.

"If you look at the way they take over certain areas it’s not unlike what the Germans did in Europe, they get a stronghold and then go for broke. We have already had 2 Muslim-related beheadings in this country in a year.”

The comment has since been deleted. » | Beth Abbit | Friday, June 05, 2015

Tariq Aziz, Ex-Saddam Hussein Aide, Dies in Iraqi Prison

BBC AMERICA: Tariq Aziz, known as the face of Saddam Hussein's regime on the world stage for many years, has died in an Iraqi prison, officials say.

Aziz, 79, served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister and was a close adviser to the former leader.

He was sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court in 2010 for the persecution of religious parties under Saddam's rule but was never executed.

He surrendered to US troops in 2003 shortly after the fall of Baghdad.

Aziz, who was known for his black-rimmed glasses and love of cigars, first came to prominence while serving as foreign minister during the first Gulf War in 1991.

As a Christian in a mainly Sunni Muslim government, he was not considered a member of Saddam Hussein's innermost circle.

A fluent English speaker, he played a vocal role before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, meeting Pope John Paul II in the Vatican to call for peace. » | Friday, June 05, 2015