Cover up, ladies and gentlemen! Islam is coming to a beach near you!

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An unusual type of swimwear is standing out on Turkish beaches this summer -- Islam-inspired swimsuits -- which buck the trend of the past 100 years for swimsuits to get smaller.
Turkish businessman Mehmet Sahin has designed what he says is the world's first Islam-inspired swimsuit and sells head-to-ankle bathing gear to devout well-heeled Muslims, including the wives of Turkey's leading politicians.

"We are the preferred firm of the conservative politicians' wives," he told Reuters in an interview, referring to members of the ruling AK Party, which has its roots in political Islam and came to power in 2002. Turk takes Islam-inspired swimwear to pious bathers by Emma Ross-Thomas

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Germany: Tough measures afoot for stopping Terror on Web

Since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, the number of Internet sites promoting violent jihad have soared. Germany wants to crack down on such sites and will change the law to do it.

German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has identified the Internet as a "textbook" for terrorists and has announced that action will be taken to prevent the increasing number of manuals on bomb-making being made available online and block Islamist forums espousing violent jihad. Germany Plans Tough Measures for Stopping Terror on the Web

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How Saudis Treat Infidels

We abuse the non-Muslims living and working in Saudi Arabia all the time, especially the Christians and the Jews.

We call them grandsons of pigs and monkeys. We say this openly, everywhere, particularly in mosques.

We do not respect any religions except Islam. This is the Saudi official policy: all religions other than Islam are false. Only Islam is the true religion. To accomplish this extremely bigoted notion, the Saudi state policy is to convert to Islam as many infidels as possible. So, proselytising for Islam is a major activity of the government and the religious department. Those who convert to Islam are rewarded handsomely. This is a kind of bribe, you might say—to force infidels into Islam. Those preachers and Islamic workers who succeed in converting the loathsome infidels to Islam might also expect to be richly rewarded. The Treatment of Infidels in Saudi Arabia - a Time to Apologise? by Khaled Waleed

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Denis MacShane talks twaddle!

Fourteen ninety-two was the best of years, the worst of years for Europe. Colombus set sail for the Americas to link the two land masses on either side of the Atlantic. The Americas remain essentially a European construct with the United States, in particular, returning to save the old continent from its follies twice last century and again being called in to restore order in the Balkans after the failure of Europe's will in the early 1990s.

But 1492 was also Europe's darkest hour, when the Spanish royal house expelled the Jews and Muslims from mainstream Europe. They did so in the name of faith, but the victory of their religious fundamentalism was short-lived. Twenty-five years later, Martin Luther nailed his theses to a cathedral door and launched Europe into more than a century of religious wars. Europe must embrace Islam too

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Europe, Christianity & Islam: Is Europe forsaking Christianity?

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Carter lashes out at Blair

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Tony Blair's lack of leadership and timid subservience to George W Bush lie behind the ongoing crisis in Iraq and the worldwide threat of terrorism, according to the former American president Jimmy Carter.

"I have been surprised and extremely disappointed by Tony Blair's behaviour," he told The Sunday Telegraph.

"I think that more than any other person in the world the Prime Minister could have had a moderating influence on Washington - and he has not. I really thought that Tony Blair, who I know personally to some degree, would be a constraint on President Bush's policies towards Iraq." Compliant and subservient: Jimmy Carter's explosive critique of Tony Blair by John Preston and Melissa Kite

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Former Iranian president to visit US

The United States has issued a visa to former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, despite Washington's row with Tehran over its nuclear programme. Iran's Khatami granted US visa

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Abu Bakar Bashir says he would like to go to Australia to convert the nation to Islam and Sharia law!

Radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir says he would like to come to Australia to convert the nation to Islam and Sharia law. Let me convert you to Islam, says Bashir

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Why we fight on

Last year at UCLA, I debated a professor who argued that Israel and the Palestinians were moral equivalents. He is not alone (especially on college campuses) in his lack of understanding of the immoral nature of the Islamic enemies of America and Israel.

Thus it is important to remind people once again about the moral world inhabited by the people we are fighting, whom President George W. Bush calls the Islamic Fascists. Just a reminder about who and why we are fighting by Dennis Prager

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Centuries-old tradition of sheikhas resurrected in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria — Enas al-Kaldi stops in the hallway of her Islamic school for girls and coaxes her 6-year-old schoolmate through a short recitation from the Koran.

“It’s true that they don’t understand what they are memorizing at this age, but we believe that the understanding comes when the Koran becomes part of you,” Ms. Kaldi, 16, said proudly.

In other corners of Damascus, women who identify one another by the distinctive way they tie their head scarves gather for meetings of an exclusive and secret Islamic women’s society known as the Qubaisiate. Islamic Revival Led by Women Tests Syria’s Secularism by Katherine Zoepf

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Tensions between Britain and the US at an all time high

Britain now presents a greater security threat to the United States than Iran or Iraq, an American magazine said yesterday.

In an article on Islamists headlined "Kashmir on the Thames", the New Republic painted Britain's Muslim communities as a breeding ground for violent extremism. Britain 'is now biggest security threat to US' by Francis Harris

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Perverse outcome of the Israel-Lebanon War

The leader of Hizbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, became one of the most widely admired leaders in the Middle East overnight after a broadcast in which he impressed audiences of all persuasions. TV star Nasrallah impresses people on all sides in hopeful Lebanon by Patrick Bishop

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Will Islam and the West split?
«Chacun voit bien qu'au Proche-Orient, les lignes de fracture se rejoignent et les crises s'additionnent au-delà de ces affrontements se profile un danger majeur, celui du divorce entre les mondes, Orient contre Occident, Islam contre Chrétienté, riches contre pauvres». - Jacques Chirac

As those who have read my book already know, for a long time I have called for the two worlds to separate. Our two worlds are totally immiscible worlds, with totally and utterly different values. The "Iron Veil", as I called it, is another way of saying what Chirac has said. The only difference between Chirac and me is that he seems to think it would be a bad thing, whereas I feel it would be a logical solution.

Gulf Daily News - PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac called yesterday for a lasting settlement of the Lebanon conflict, as he warned rising tensions across the Middle East could lead to a "divorce" between Islam and the West. In a wide-ranging foreign policy speech, Chirac urged all parties to help prevent a resumption of fighting in Lebanon, two weeks into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah. Chirac warns tensions will split Islam and West

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Centanni & Wiig convert to Islam

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Obsession: Radical Islam's War against the West
This video will not be new to many of you, but because it is so important, I have chosen to offer it to you again today. We must not forget what we are up against: These people who are out to destroy Western civilization!

Video courtesy of YOU TUBE and HONEST REPORTING

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Guards beheaded

Saudi Arabia beheaded two border guards for drug trafficking on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. Saudi Arabia beheads guards for drug trafficking

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Making the sign of the cross a criminal offence in Scotland!

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The Catholic Church has condemned the cautioning of a Polish footballer for gestures which allegedly included blessing himself at an Old Firm match.

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc was cautioned after complaints were made about his behaviour at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow in front of Ranger's fans Footballer gets criminal record for making sign of the cross

Player caution 'not for blessing'

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A Clear Case of Plagiarism
Whilst over at Townhall this morning, reading an interesting article by Doug Giles, I noticed that someone by the name of Wolf had plagiarized MY WORDS:

"The jihad which is out to annihilate us, and annihilate freedom and democracy, and annihilate all that the West stands for. This is indeed a battle between two civilizations. In such a battle, there is no room for dialogue, there is room only for victory. For, as Churchill so wisely stated during the Second World War, “Without victory, there is no survival”. That, ladies and gentlemen, is why I say: You ‘interfaith' if you want to. This gentleman is not for ‘interfaithing’!"

These sentences are very distinctive. Wolf had so obviously 'lifted' them out of my essay, 'You 'interfaith' if you want to. This gentleman is not for 'interfaithing'!'

You can verify this by reading his words THERE and reading my words HERE.

I do not object to anyone quoting me, but it is normal and correct custom to state from where and from whom the words come. In this instance, this was not done.

May I remind my visitors that people who do this are actually in breach of copyright law. Please remember when quoting me, or anyone else, that one should give due credit for the originality of the writer. This is the only courteous and correct thing to do. It is the norm and the custom. It is also the law!

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Journalists freed after converting to Islam

Militants in the Gaza Strip released two kidnapped journalists from the American Fox News Channel today after forcing them at gunpoint to say in a videotape they had converted to Islam. Kidnapped journalists freed

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Are the Saudis going frugal?

THE Saudi Arabian royal family arrived for their annual visit to a palace in Marbella last week, bringing with them a new — and unwelcome — spirit of frugality.

King Abdullah, the new ruler, stayed away, but 14 princesses were among a party of 1,500 assorted royals and courtiers at the Palacio El Rocio, accompanying the late King Fahd’s widow Jawhara al-Ibrahim and Abdullah’s brother Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz. Economy-class Saudi royals cramp Marbella’s style by Graham Keeley

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