Muslims around the world continue to be in uproar

THE TIMES: THE Pope’s visit to Turkey, which many hoped would herald a new era of improved relations between Islam and the West, was in doubt yesterday amid condemnation of remarks by the pontiff that appeared to link Islam and violence.

As Muslims all over the world protested, with effigies of Benedict XVI burnt during demonstrations in Pakistan, members of the Turkish Government urged the Pope to reconsider his visit in November. Senior officials in Turkey said that they could not guarantee his safety if he went ahead with the trip. Muslims vent fury at Pope's speech from Richard Owen and Suna Erdem in Istanbul

THE TIMES: Experts say the Pope was addressing Western culture and did not intend to offend Muslims

IT BEGAN as the joyous homecoming of one of Bavaria’s best-loved sons, with excited crowds lining streets to applaud the German priest who became the leader of 1.1 billion Roman Catholics worldwide.

The organisers who had included a visit to the town of Regensburg on the banks of the River Danube thought that it would be a gentle diversion for Pope Benedict XVI, who agreed to address scholars at the local university before continuing on his tour of the German hinterland.

But the homily given by the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on Tuesday has provoked a firestorm of Islamic rage and left in doubt his eagerly anticipated trip to Turkey later this year, which was intended to improve relations between Christians and Muslims.

Yesterday effigies of the Pope were set alight in Pakistan and hundreds joined protests in countries from Indonesia to Lebanon. Homily on faith, logic and holy war was seen as a slur on Islam by Richard Owen

THE TIMES: The Pope’s speech was entitled Faith, reason and the university. This is an edited extract:

"I was reminded of all this recently, when I read the edition by Professor Theodore Khoury (Münster) of part of the dialogue carried on, perhaps in 1391, by the erudite Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus and an educated Persian on the subject of Christianity and Islam, and the truth of both. The University of Regensburg address

THE TIMES LEADER: Rationalists should be roused but Muslims reassured by the pontiff’s words

It seems almost medieval when even a discussion today of Middle Ages theology can provoke a global storm of protest and denunciation. The Pope, however, can hardly have expected that his scholarly lecture on faith and reason to the University of Regensburg would have led to the uproar that has broken out in sections of the Muslim world, to demands for an apology and to comparisons with Hitler and Mussolini. Yet a close reading of the speech shows that if any group was openly criticised or “insulted”, it was Western materialists. The Pope and the Prophet

BBC: Criticism is continuing to pour in from religious and political leaders in the Muslim world following remarks by Pope Benedict XVI about Islam.

Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, spoke of sinister tendencies to link terror with Islam which gave rise to an ominous alienation with the West.

Pope Benedict, who is back in Italy, is said to be upset at the way in which his remarks have been interpreted. Fresh criticism of Pope's remarks

BBC VIDEO: Muslim anger at Pope's speech

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Pope angers Muslim world

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BBC: A statement from the Vatican has failed to quell criticism of Pope Benedict XVI from Muslim leaders, after he made a speech about the concept of holy war.

Speaking in Germany, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things.

Pakistan's parliament passed a resolution on Friday criticising the Pope for making "derogatory" comments. Muslim anger grows at Pope speech

NZZ: Empörung über Zitat aus dem Mittelalter

Mit seinen Islam-kritischen Äusserungen hat Papst Benedikt XVI. wütende Proteste in der muslimischen Welt ausgelöst. Das Parlament in Pakistan verabschiedete am Freitag einstimmig eine Entschliessung, in der sie das Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche auffordert, seine «verächtlichen» Bemerkungen zurückzunehmen. Der Papst im Kreuzfeuer muslimischer Kritik

LE FIGARO: Un dignitaire turc qualifie de «haineuses» et «hostiles» les paroles de Benoît XVI. Le Vatican explique que le Pape respecte l'Islam mais rejette «les motivations religieuses de la violence».

LE SAINT-SIÈGE s'était toujours refusé de parler de «choc des civilisations». Sans reprendre formellement à son compte cette analyse, Benoît XVI a engagé le débat avec l'islam. L'affrontement, pourrait-on tout aussi bien écrire, au vu des réactions que suscitent les propos du Pape dans le monde musulman.

«Pour la doctrine musulmane, a notamment déclaré Benoît XVI lors de son voyage en Bavière, Dieu est absolument transcendant ; sa volonté n'est liée à aucune de nos catégories, pas même celle de la raison.» Et d'en venir à une condamnation de «la Djihad» et des «conversions passant par la violence». Les musulmans choqués par les propos du Pape

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Could there be trouble ahead for Germany? Neo-Nazis gaining power

THE TIMES: THERE was not a skinhead to be seen in this Baltic town at the heart of Germany’s neoNazi revival. No thugs with steel-tipped paratroop boots, no ranting xenophobes.

Yet the signs are clear: the far Right is on the march in Eastern Germany.

The neo-Nazis, picking up an astonishing level of support on the home turf of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, look set to win a big chunk of seats in regional elections on Sunday. And to make sure that middleclass voters do not panic ahead of the ballot, they have donned camouflage. Neo-Nazis join quiet march to poll victory

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Oriana Fallaci has died

WASHINGTON POST: ROME -- Oriana Fallaci, the Italian writer and journalist best known for her abrasive interviews and provocative stances, has died, officials said Friday. She was 76.

Fallaci, who had been diagnosed with cancer years ago, died overnight in a private clinic in Florence, said Paolo Klun, an official with the RCS publishing group, which carried Fallaci's work. Klun said Fallaci, who lived in New York, had come back to her hometown days ago as her condition worsened. Italian Writer Oriana Fallaci Dies

E' morta la scrittrice Oriana Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci: la vita e le opere

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How "fair and balanced" is Fox News?

ACCURACY IN MEDIA: WASHINGTON -- Accuracy in Media (AIM) is urging a full inquiry into a report that a Saudi billionaire caused the Fox News Channel (FNC) to dramatically alter its coverage of the Muslim riots in France after he called the network to complain. The Saudi billionaire, Al-waleed bin Talal, is a friend of News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch and controls an influential number of voting shares in the company.

"This report underscores the danger of giving foreign interests a significant financial stake in U.S. media companies," declared Cliff Kincaid, editor of Accuracy in Media.

The controversial comments came at an Arab media conference featuring representatives of Time magazine, USA Today, PBS, The Wall Street Journal, and other news organizations. The conference and the Saudi Prince's growing influence in News Corporation are among the subjects of a new December-A AIM Report that has just been posted at the AIM website (www.aim.org). The report raises the specter of Arab money influencing News Corporation and other U.S. media companies. Saudi Billionaire Boasts of Manipulating Fox News Coverage

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Interviewed On Swedish TV
Although this video is not brand new, it is well worth watching. You decide.

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Muslims want to control our media to energize Islamic propaganda machine

ARAB NEWS: JEDDAH, 14 September 2006 — Muslim businessmen should buy into global media outlets to help change anti-Muslim attitudes around the world, said information ministers from Muslim countries at a conference that began at Jeddah Conference Palace yesterday.


Information ministers and officials meeting under the umbrella of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said Islam faced vilification after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. 'Muslims Need to Be Media Savvy'

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And the debate goes on
Six years after the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the free world was celebrating victory! Five years after the heinous crime of 9/11, the debate goes on and on and on: We haven't even come to a definitive decision as to what we are fighting yet!

Of course, there are differences in the nature of the war we are fighting now from the one we fought between 1939 and 1945. But there are also similarities. Then, as we are doing now, we were fighting against dark forces, fighting against tyranny, fighting against a people who had no respect for freedom, fighting against an implacable enemy, an enemy hell-bent on dominating the world.

After a period of appeasement, it became increasingly clear to all right-thinking people that the enemy would have to be confronted if the free world was to remain in tact. People then, though, were not in the grip of the disease of political correctness. As a result, they could see clearly who their enemy was, and there grew a determination to defeat that enemy: National Socialism.

At the present time, we are still in a period of appeasement similar to the lead up to 1939 when war broke out. There prevails a feeling that if we make concessions to the enemies, then they will come around, and let us live in peace. They won’t! Appeasement, by its very nature, is weakness. If there is one thing that Muslims despise, it’s weakness. The Islamic world is patriarchal. They have no time for weakness. Concessions, to them, equate with weakness. They only embolden them in their struggle to dominate the world.

There is another important similarity between then and now. At that time, we were fighting a political dogma: Nazism. At this time, we are also fighting a political dogma: Islam. Unfortunately, this political dogma is clothed in a deity. It comes complete with ‘Allah’s words’ and ‘Allah’s messenger’! But do not be fooled! Islam is a ‘religion’ like no other! It is nothing short of a total political system, with its very own laws and legal structures, the Shari’ah.

To complicate matters further, all Muslims are taught that the world is divided into two: Dar ul Islam, or the ‘House of Islam’, and Dar ul Harb, or the ‘House of War’. Muslims believe it is their God-given duty to fight in the way of their Lord, Allah, Rub al‘ameen, ‘Lord of the Worlds’, until the ‘House of War’, the home of the infidels, has been incorporated into the ‘House of Islam’. The fight will not be given up. At best there can be respites.

What is actually happening is clear to see; yet there is a great reluctance on the part of our leaders to admit to what is truly happening. The fact of the matter should be obvious to all: the Muslim world is fighting the jihad, or holy war, in order to conquer the world for Allah. America, seen as it is as the archenemy of Islamic values, has become the main enemy of Muslims worldwide. Hence, the United States is known as the ‘Great Satan’, and they call for its death. ‘Death to America’ is the cry from many a mosque throughout the world, and from many a street corner, too.

The problem for us is made more complicated because the Islamic world, dominated as it is by the Middle East in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, is the home of Islam. It is also home to the one commodity the West needs in great abundance: oil.

Westerners show little desire to do without this commodity. It is, after all, one of the engines of our economies. Out of a lack of vision and short-sightedness, the West has wasted nearly forty years of research time to find a viable alternative source of energy. Where alternatives are available, Western leaders are reluctant to further their use.

This leaves us dependent in no small measure on Middle Easterners. The trillions of dollars that have made the Middle East rich beyond anyone’s wildest dreams enable our Saudi ‘friends’ to spend billions of dollars worldwide to buy influence in the West. They buy up our businesses, build mosques, build schools, build Islamic propagation centres, and fund university chairs. Of course, Saudi Arabia, being the home of the pernicious brand of Islam known as Wahhabism promotes that extreme brand of Islam in the West.

Fact is, in short, we are funding the jihad against ourselves!

Muslims despise America and are intent on destroying its influence in the world. Why do Muslims hate America so much? Well, there are many reasons too numerous to mention. But here are some: America is seen as the home of capitalism, with all its evil, debauched, hedonistic, godless, fun-seeking, entertainment-obsessed ways. Muslims see Americans as choosing the enjoyment of life over piety.

Moreover, America is successful economically in a way that Muslims in most parts of the world could only dream of. Muslims in the Middle East are rich by happenstance: oil has made them rich. They happen to have it in abundance. They have not become rich by working for their wealth; rather, they have become rich simply because they have this natural resource aplenty. Americans, by contrast, have become rich through intelligence, progress, resourcefulness, creativity, and sheer business acumen. This is an enviable state of affairs.

Then there’s the concept of freedom. America espouses freedom for all. Freedom is anathema to Muslims. To Muslims, the only part of freedom they understand is the freedom to worship Allah and his messenger! That’s the only freedom they are interested in!

In addition, there are two very important matters. America supports and stands up for Israel, and Muslims hate Israel with a vengeance. Muslims, as we all know, are anti-Semitic in the extreme. They despise the fact that the US, with all its power, could have the temerity to stand up for the Jews.

To complicate matters still further, the jihadis hate the fact that America keeps the Saudi royal family in power. Many devout Muslims see the Saudi royal family as apostates, people who have left Islam, for they view them as debauched, and see that their home country is run as a private business, very much as Nicolae Ceausescu ran Romania up until 1989. They despise the Americans for its support of a rotten régime. The Islamists are even more determined to Islamize America to be able to change its political course.

In order for America to be victorious in this battle of cultures, it needs a volte-face in its foreign policy. Not one to appease the Muslims, but one to ensure the West’s ultimate victory over its enemy: Islam.

To do this, we need strong leadership: strong leadership in the US, in Europe, and in the rest of the free world. We also need leaders with vision, determination, courage, and conviction. Leaders with the will to win, and leaders prepared to take the uncomfortable decisions necessary to drive these dark forces back into the desert sands, where they truly belong.

President Bush may have done his best. But his best is not yet good enough. I would suggest that in his remaining years in office that he come to recognize the forces working against his country. The enemy needs to be called by its proper name. This war of the twenty-first century is a war between Western and Islamic culture. Furthermore, he needs to get tougher on the enemy, for it is only strength our enemy understands.

To allow unfettered access to the West for Islam is something that will only complicate matters still further. After all, could Nazism be propagated in the United Kingdom during World War II? Could communism be propagated in the US in the post-War years? Certainly not! It would have been unthinkable to allow these ideologies to be propagated! Yet Islam has been allowed to grow apace in the West post-9/11!

It helps us not one jot to say that Islam is a religion, and we have freedom of religion in the West. Let’s have freedom of religion, by all means. But in Islam, we have a religion like no other: Islam is, first and foremost, a political ideology. The kind of religion that the founders of the US had in mind when the Constitution was drawn up was something quite different. They were referring to religions that are personal and spiritual in natural. Islam is not. Islam is communal and political and trans-national. Are we really being sensible in allowing a 'religion' to grow and grow in the West which has as its main goal the supplanting of our political system with a totally different set of laws based on a totally different ideology?

To add insult to injury, Christianity, and all other religions, are disallowed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and their practice is severely restricted in most other Islamic countries, too. Moreover, Muslims have no shame in disallowing other religions to be propagated, either. This is asymmetry if ever I recognized it!

The debate needs to stop. The time has come to take off our kid gloves. The time to fight the good fight is HERE and it is NOW. We have no time to waste. We really do not have the luxury of time.

In addition, people need to start preparing for the enormous struggle that lies ahead of them. They must be prepared to relinquish many comforts, and many liberties hitherto taken for granted; and they need to be prepared to sacrifice. For truly, no war was ever won without sacrifice!

Ladies and gentlemen, previous generations have sacrificed so much for the freedoms you and I enjoy today. They sacrificed for the sake of their children, and for the sake of their children’s children. The time has come for you and me to do the same for our children! Start preparing to sacrifice now. The debating needs to stop.

©Mark Alexander

9/11: Five years on
Five years have passed since September 11, 2001, a day that will go down in history as a day of infamy. Thousands of innocent people perished that day in New York, and needlessly. The world has never been the same since. 9/11 has cast a long shadow over the free world.

Today, I should like to express my heartfelt sympathy to all those people, parents, spouses, children, and extended family members, of the victims of that heinous crime against the American nation, and against the rest of the free world. May those who perished rest in peace.

9/11 should be a stark reminder to all people that the world truly is divided into two: the enlightened free world and the benighted world of fundamentalist Islam. The latter is characterized by forces of barbarity and cruelty. America and the rest of the West must at last stand united in its battle against these forces of darkness, for not to do so will have dire consequences for the free world in its entirety.

THE WHITE HOUSE: THE PRESIDENT: Laura and I approach tomorrow with a heavy heart. It's hard not to think about the people who lost their lives on September the 11th, 2001. You know, you see the relatives of those who still grieve -- I just wish there were some way we could make them whole. So tomorrow is going to be a day of sadness for a lot of people. President Bush Visits with Firefighters, Tours Tribute WTC Visitor Center in New York

THE TIMES: PRESIDENT BUSH will cap two days of ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks with a primetime television address today from the Oval Office, amid an increasingly bitter election year debate over the Iraq war. Five years on, the Twin Towers cast long shadows over the war debate

THE INDEPENDENT: The bitter legacy of 9/11

ALWAYS ON WATCH: With thanks to Always On Watch for this touching tribute:

Take a good look at this face. It is the face of Steven Lawrence Glick, who perished on 9/11 at the World Trade Center. Steve was forty-two years old.

Look into his eyes, look at his smile. Really. A good, long look.

He's gone now. He left behind friends and family, including two young children. 9/11 Tribute: Steven L. Glick

And lest we forget the importance of fighting this war, a chilling message from Al-Qaeda:

CNN: A lengthy statement from al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks calls on Muslims to step up their resistance against the United States. Al Qaeda releases 9/11 anniversary message

LE FIGARO: Des guerres, des lois d'exception, des prisons spéciales, un «axe du Mal» et une «campagne pour la liberté» : ce qui a changé depuis les attentats.

CINQ ANS après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, l'Amérique a plus d'ennemis dans le monde qu'elle n'en avait avant. Qui l'aurait prédit, dans l'élan de solidarité qui a suivi le cauchemar du carnage en direct ? Des avions-missiles dans le ciel bleu de New York et de Washington, des victimes qui se jettent des fenêtres, des appels téléphoniques désespérés, des tours qui se fracassent dans un «tsunami de poussière». C'est d'abord le choc : 2 992 morts, un pays en état de siège. Puis c'est l'onde de choc, qui secoue les États-Unis et le reste de la planète jusqu'à ce jour. État des lieux. 11 Septembre : Le Nouveau Monde cinq ans après par Philippe Gélie

NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: In New York haben am Sonntag die Gedenkfeiern zu «9/11» begonnen

Vor fünf Jahren wurden die USA Schauplatz der bis anhin grössten Terroranschläge. Aus diesem Anlass haben am Sonntag in New York die Gedenkfeiern zu «9/11» begonnen. Der amerikanische Präsident Bush trat in New York an der Stelle auf, wo zwei Flugzeuge in die beiden Türme des World Trade Center flogen. Am Montag hat der afghanische Präsident Karzai die Opfer des 9. Septembers 2001 gewürdigt. Erinnerungen an das Unfassbare

EL MUNDO: NUEVA YORK.- El presidente de EEUU, George W.Bush, inició en Nueva York las conmemoraciones del quinto aniversario del 11-S con una ofrenda floral en la 'Zona Cero', donde se alzaban las Torres Gemelas.

Acompañado del gobernador de Nueva York, George Pataki, el alcalde de la ciudad, Michael Bloomberg, y de su mujer Laura, el jefe de la Casa Blanca depositó sendas coronas en los lechos de la Torre Norte y la Torre Sur, que componían el complejo del World Trade Center. Bush inicia en la 'Zona Cero' de Nueva York la conmemoración del quinto aniversario del 11-S

CORRIERE DELLA SERA: Il presidente ha deposto una corona di fiori nel luogo attentati. Con lui il sindaco di allora Rudolph Giuliani, e l'attuale Bloomberg Usa:Bush a Ground Zero per 11 settembre

DIÁRIO DE NOTÍCIAS: O quinto aniversário dos atentados de 11 de Setembro está a ser marcado nos Estados Unidos por um ambiente de controvérsia. No âmbito da guerra contra o terrorismo, uma evidência aprofunda as divisões: Ussama ben Laden continua a monte e, a menos que a sorte intervenha, não será tão cedo capturado ou eliminado. Destino de Ben Laden gera polémica nos EUA

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Muslims PROUD to be QUEER?

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Arafat as you may never have seen him before!

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The Missing Imam!

Iran celebrates the Mahdi: BBC In pictures: Iran celebrates Imam's birthday

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No let up in barbarism in Saudi Arabia

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: Saudi Arabia on Sunday beheaded a Yemeni man for rape, the Interior Ministry said. Mohammed bin Abdul-Raheem bin Ahmed was convicted of attacking the wife of a resident of the capital Riyadh in her home and raping her, the ministry said in a statement.

He was beheaded in Riyadh. Yemeni beheaded in Saudi Arabia for rape

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Ten reasons why we shall be defeated, by David Selbourne
David Selbourne, author of The Losing Battle with Islam writes a chilling prognosis of why the West will be defeated in this war with Islam.

THE SUNDAY TIMES: LET US SUPPOSE, for the sake of argument, that the war declared by al-Qaeda and other Islamists is under way. Let us further suppose that thousands of “terrorist” attacks carried out in Islam’s name during the past decades form part of this war; and that conflicts that have spread to 50 countries and more, taking the lives of millions — including in inter-Muslim blood-shedding — are the outcome of what Osama bin Laden has called “conducting jihad for the sake of Allah”.

If such war is under way, there are ten good reasons why, as things stand, Islam will not be defeated in it. Can the West defeat the Islamist threat? Here are ten reasons why not by David Selbourne

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How one American wishes to mark the fifth anniversary of 9/11

Spare me the maudlin observances of the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, the ringing bells and the weeping widows.

The most meaningful way to mark the date is with a national renewal of our commitment to confront and wipe out the evil ideology that spawned the attacks.

Gathering on the spot of the missing towers to sob and read aloud names will only cheer those who remember Sept. 11 as a victory for their insane cause.

I'd rather see us honor the anniversary by watching the powerful documentary "Obsession," an expose of the jihadist culture's true aims.

This movie ought to be shown Monday in every community center, every school, every church, synagogue and mosque, every living room in America. Mark 9/11 by declaring jihad on jihadists by Nolan Finley

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Muslims swell US population post 9/11
One cannot help but wonder whether the Muslims in this new upsurge in immigrants from Muslim countries will help swell the call for Shari'ah law in America! Are the authorities really paying attention? Their apparent insouciance is rather unsettling! Shouldn't Americans be worried? The New York Times seems to be proud of the development! In view of the fact that Muslims worldwide are waging the jihad against the US and the rest of the West, isn't it rather reckless for the authorities to go ahead with such a policy on immigration? What is even more puzzling is this: Try and immigrate to the US as a Brit, or a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, and you'll likely be given the cold shoulder! So why this discrimination in favour of Muslims at a time when the West cannot trust them to be loyal to the Western values and ideals of tolerance and democracy and freedom?

America’s newest Muslims arrive in the afternoon crunch at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Their planes land from Dubai, Casablanca and Karachi. They stand in line, clasping documents. They emerge, sometimes hours later, steering their carts toward a flock of relatives, a stream of cabs, a new life.

This was the path for Nur Fatima, a Pakistani woman who moved to Brooklyn six months ago and promptly shed her hijab. Through the same doors walked Nora Elhainy, a Moroccan who sells electronics in Queens, and Ahmed Youssef, an Egyptian who settled in Jersey City, where he gives the call to prayer at a palatial mosque.

“I got freedom in this country,” said Ms. Fatima, 25. “Freedom of everything. Freedom of thought.”

The events of Sept. 11 transformed life for Muslims in the United States, and the flow of immigrants from countries like Egypt, Pakistan and Morocco thinned sharply.

But five years later, as the United States wrestles with questions of terrorism, civil liberties and immigration control, Muslims appear to be moving here again in surprising numbers, according to statistics collected by the Department of Homeland Security and the Census Bureau.

Immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia are planting new roots in states from Virginia to Texas to California. More Muslims Arrive in U.S., After 9/11 Dip

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Denmark hit hard for standing up for freedom

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BBC: Danish exports to Muslim countries have been hit hard by a row over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, officials in Denmark say.

A Muslim boycott of Danish goods led to a 15.5% drop in total exports between February and June. Trade to the Middle East fell by half, statistics show.

An industry chief said there was little doubt the cartoons row was to blame. Cartoon row hits Danish exports

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Bill O'Reilly on the return of fascism

TOWNHALL: Seventy years ago this month, Adolf Hitler began seizing the assets of German Jews. He had waited until the summer Olympics in Berlin were finished and the world had seen the might of the Third Reich. Already, Hilter had established concentration camps for "undesirables" and forced many Jewish professionals out of their jobs. He had also harassed Catholics and Protestants who dared speak against his racist policies. The return of lethal fascism

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Sarkozy, France's Interior Minister, says: "We should now say who is European and who isn't."

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EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed radical EU reforms such as getting the European Commission president to pick his own commissioners and cross-border European Parliament elections - but first he wants a new EU "mini treaty." Sarkozy keen on radical shake up of EU institutions

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Islam's Expansion

ISLAM REVIEW: Muslims often claim that Islam is the world's fastest growing religion. This boast empowers them with increased fervor as they race down the road for conquest of the New World. They argue that the number of new adherents embracing Islam is an indication of Allah's vindication and Islam's appeal as the only true religion. They ask, "How could so many people be wrong?" Hand in hand with this, Muslims cite another equally important claim, that Islam has a lower attrition rate than other faiths. ON THE ROAD TO THE NEW WORLD: Examining Islam's Expansionist History by Abdullah al-Araby

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