Europe faces a "very real threat", says the Home Secretary
On the BBC website today, this video clip is showing in which the British Home Secretary, John Reid, talks of a "persistent and very real" threat of terrorism to Europe. He goes on to say that a group of people have subverted a religion whose very name, Islam, means "PEACE". I say, NO, Mr Reid. Please do your homework before making such pronouncements. ISLAM means SUBMISSION. 'Salaam' means peace, not 'Islam'; the root of the word (salama, or more correctly 'slm') may be the same, but the meaning is very different.

Islam means 'submission', submission to what Muslims consider to be the one true god, Allah, and to their prophet, the prophet Muhammad. That's what Islam means. And please don't think that Islam has been subverted. What we are witnessing today is the practice of Jihad, an cornerstone of Islam which has been there since Islam's inception. Jihad, of course, as all well-informed men and women know, is the instrument used by all good Muslims to terrorize the world into submission to the Islamic way of life. It is the instrument to Islamize the world. Please watch this VIDEO and see what you think.

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Mike Wallace interviews Ahmadinejad for "60 Minutes"

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More proof that Turkey doesn't belong in the EU

In June 2006, the Turkish media reported on two recent surveys, by Pew and by Princeton Survey Research Associates. The Pew study, which was conducted in 15 countries between March 31 and May 14, 2006, found significant erosion of positive feelings towards the U.S. among the Turkish people. The Princeton study showed that most Turks have negative feelings towards Jews and Christians - more than in other Muslim countries and Arab countries - and that most do not believe in democracy, despite the common belief that Turkey is the most democratic country in the Muslim world. Turkish PM Erdogan Says 'Nobody Should Expect Us to Remain Neutral': Reactions From the Turkish Media to the Middle East Crisis from MEMRI

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Jews 'going home'
We call upon the Jewish people throughout the diaspora to unite with us in our homeland by making aliyah, by building the land, and by taking part in the momentous undertaking of the redemption of the Jewish people, which has been the dream of generations - David Ben Gurion, First Israeli Prime Minister, 1948 (Source: BBC)

Emigration is a life changing experience - but for British Jews who choose to go to Israel it can also be the fulfilment of a religious and cultural dream. So how do they feel about moving to what the rest of the world regards a war zone?

Sharon Saltoun hugs her parents, Shoshi and Ischeskel, and smiles. Shoshi holds back tears - those happy tears tinged with sadness that parents shed as children fly the nest.

"We'll take good care of her," says the rep from Nefesh B'Nefesh, the organisation taking a coach load of British Jews to Heathrow Airport to embark on a new life in Israel. Why leave the UK for this? by Dominic Casciani (BBC News)

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The UK's problem with Islam

Straight after 9/11, American Muslims proudly flew the Stars and Stripes. New York cabbies plastered their cars with patriotic decals. In Britain, days after the security services busted a plot that could have been as deadly as 9/11, so-called Muslim leaders delivered an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair demanding that Britain change its "foreign policy to show the world that we value the lives of civilians wherever they live and whatever their religion." Or to put it more bluntly, pull out of Iraq, denounce President Bush and abandon support for Israel. Radical Islam plagues U.K. by James Forsyth

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Now Muslims want to introduce Shari'ah family law into the UK!
Where will it all end? All right-thinking, sensible people know that Muslims' demands will never end until they have turned Britain into an Islamic state. Now they want to start the process by introducing Islamic family law into the UK "to curb extremism"! There is no limit to Muslims' chutzpah (yes, I know, I used that word deliberately). This, of course, is the tip of the iceberg, the thin edge of the wedge. We can all only hope - and pray - that this government, which has shown itself so weak on many things, will find the strength to tell these Muslims where to get off. But don't hold your breath.

Muslim leaders have urged Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Communities, to support Islamic family law in Britain to stop youths joining Islamic extremists. Let us adopt Islamic family law to curb extremists, Muslims tell Kelly [the Secretary of State for Communities] by Colin Brown

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News from an Israeli perspective
If you would like to watch the news from an Israeli perspective, then please click on the following link: Jerusalem Online

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Iranians celebrate

Thousands of citizens take to streets chanting, 'Lebanon won, Israel destroyed'; dozens of ambulances hold procession in show of empathy with casualties of war. Senior religious figure in Iran warns: 'If Israel and US attack us, we will shoot missiles at Tel Aviv'

Read the rest here: Iran: Victory celebrations, threats to Israel by Dudy Cohen

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Profiling may be introduced

THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk.

The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background. Read it all here: Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown by Ben Webster

Profiling plan angers UK Muslims

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The enemy is a real danger, they're in our midst, and we continue to pander to them

Suppose the foiled terror plot in the UK had not been foiled and thousands of innocents had perished aboard planes heading for the United States. I fear that one of the scenes we would have witnessed would have been one we witnessed following 9/11: scenes of celebration and jubilation in certain boroughs and banlieus of major European cities.

Never before has the West faced an enemy like this. It is an enemy who is prepared to blow up thousands of innocent people in suicide actions, but it is also one who lives in our midst. As in the 1930s the Europeans prefer to appease the enemy. Drawing people’s attention to the fact that he is living in our midst is regarded as hate-mongering. Thou shalt not hate the enemy, let alone fight him, thou shalt appease him. Read it all here: The Enemy in Our Midst by Paul Belien

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Islamofascism
I'd like to share this excellent article from The Telegraph today. I think you'll enjoy it.

The anti-war-on-terror lobby has had a bad week. Not that it hasn't kept its end up. Oh no. Faced with a threat so devastating that it seemed more like a world-domination plot from a Superman comic than a hard-headed act of war, there was nothing for it but to fall back on semantics.

George W. Bush was pilloried for referring to "Islamic fascists" by, among others, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. Using that kind of language "on the ranch in Texas" did not help, he said, to make society "a good, neighbourly place".

I don't know what the ranch in Texas has to do with anything, but Dr Sentamu seems not to understand the difference between describing Islamic fundamentalists as fascistic, and saying that all Muslims are fascists. Read it all here: 'Fascistic' is the right word for Islamic fundamentalism by Janet Daley

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Al Qur'an al Karim (The Glorious Koran)
This audio, based on Craig Winn's book, 'Prophet of Doom', is an interesting view on Islam. See what you think.

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Our tolerance is naïve

“It is a war with a cultural and ideological component that is lavishly financed by easy oil money from states like Saudi Arabia that we have long (and foolishly) regarded as ‘moderates’ and ‘friends’. It is a war utilising sophisticated technology for destruction and communications, and equally sophisticated techniques for inculcating lethal extremism.” – Richard Perle

Read the article: We should not tolerate the preachers of jihad

No, Mr Perle, we should not; and nor should we tolerate the explosive growth of Islam in the West!

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Muslims trying hard to change our country's foreign policy
British Muslim community leaders are working hard to change government foreign policy. They should be given the cold shoulder by all sane people. This country has its own foreign policy, which has always been pro-Israel and pro-America. It should remain that way for ever. We, the people, must insist on that. If Muslims don't like our foreign policy, then they should be shown the door. Goodbye! We don't need them. Islam spells trouble whichever way you slice it. Islam always will. Maybe it's time we started to think about repatriating these people. They don't belong here; and they probably never will.

Foreign Office minister Kim Howells has criticised Muslim leaders for condemning British foreign policy.

An open letter, signed by three Muslim MPs, three peers and 38 community groups, said the stance on the Middle East has put civilians at risk.

They went on to say that UK policy has given "ammunition to extremists".
But Mr Howells denied there was a "rational connection" and said "no government" formulates policy based on a perceived risk from terrorists. Minister criticises Muslim letter

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BBC rushes to protect Muslims again
President Bush at last shows some understanding of the nature of Islam and the BBC rushes to protect Muslims again. People at the Beeb seem to feel that the President has insulted moderate Muslims. Well, if so-called moderate Muslims feel offended by this term, maybe they should better direct their anger at the fanatics carrying out quranic instructions! And while they're at it, they would be wise to control their offspring better, too. Bush's language angers US Muslims

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Movie: "Relentless"
With thanks to Always On Watch for drawing this video to my attention.

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Severe disruptions at all British airports; UK terror alert raised to critical
A terrorist plot to blow up several aircraft in mid-air has been foiled. Hand-luggage may no longer be taken on board. Except for the barest essentials, nothing may be carried on board. Wallets, credit cards, and essential papers must be carried on board in transparent plastic bags. As it is believed that the terrorists intended to detonate “liquid chemical” devices, even baby milk must now be tasted by the baby’s mother or father in front of the security. Moreover, all electronic devices, including mobile phones, laptop computers, CD players, and MP3 players may no longer be carried on board the plane until further notice.

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung has reported that all flights to continental Europe from Heathrow have been cancelled, and added that the next stage would be to close all airports altogether. CNN has reported that the Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson had said the plot was "intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale".

This from The Telegraph:

Aircraft bomb plot thwarted

This from the BBC:

’Airlines terror plot’ disrupted

This from CNN:

UK foils aircraft terror alert

And this from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung:

Flughafen Heathrow macht dicht

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Ben Shapiro slams the MSM
Ben Shapiro, on Townhall.com today, hits the nail on the head with his open letter to the mainstream media:

Dear mainstream media,

I understand why you report as you do in both the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and the larger war on terror. You believe journalism requires a sort of elegant moral relativism, that telling "both sides of the story" is a necessary prerequisite to "objective" journalism. You don't believe that there can be an objective right or wrong; if you were reporting World War II today, you'd feel obligated to speak to front-line Japanese and Nazi soldiers and discuss the Allies' disproportionate response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Poland. Open letter to the mainstream media by Ben Shapiro

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Britain and Europe continue to engineer their own demise
Having just returned from my summer holidays, one thing struck me above all else whilst travelling: European airports are full to bursting with Muslims. This goes for British airports too. Landing in Heathrow upon my return I could have been forgiven for believing I had landed in Riyadh!

News, too, is rather depressing: We are doing our level best to destroy our heritage and civilization. Indeed, we are busy paving the way for Islam’s eventual triumph in the very heart of Europe, and the process appears to be accelerating. The sad thing is that many Europeans are in denial of the fact, and I include the British in this. Germans seem to have mastered the art of contorting their brains to excuse what is happening. Many have elevated this denial to a fine art. The main reason for this, in my opinion, is that they still live in the shadow of a racist past. Herr Hitler sadly casts a long shadow. So long, in fact, that many Germans are quite incapable of coming to terms with the threat that Islam poses our continent.

Of course, it also has to be said that Europeans have gone soft: They no longer have any appetite for making tough decisions, let alone for a fight. Muslims will surely have sensed this. Little wonder many of them think that the future of the West belongs to them.

It should depress any sane European that Christianity is given no special place in present day Europe. That nobody may discriminate on the basis of religion is enshrined in European law. This sounds all well, good and fair; but what this effectively means is that Christianity is no longer afforded any special place. A civilization which no longer gives pride of place to the religion upon which it is founded should start counting the days before its eventual demise, for its days are surely numbered.

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Canadians have a negative view of Islam

Toronto Sun - OTTAWA -- Canada is heading toward conflict with its Muslim population, says the head of a study on Canadian attitudes toward Islam.

The study found that the majority of Canadians held a negative view of Muslim countries. Dim view of Islam by Jorge Barrera

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