Hugh Fitzgerald: Mosques in the West
JIHADWATCH.ORG: A Jihad Watch poster recently asked incredulously, “There's a mosque in The Hague?"

Yes, there is a mosque in The Hague. And all over Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, and in Paris and Marseilles and Lyons and Toulouse, in London and Manchester and Birmingham and Leeds, in Rome and in Milan, in Berlin and Hamburg and Frankfurt, and in thousands of other cities and even small towns all over Europe. The Saudis and other rich Arabs fund them, just as they pay for the land, and the construction, and the maintenance, of mosques all over this country, from Boston to sunny California. Most of the mosques in the Western world are not paid for by the locals, but by very rich foreign Muslims -- governments, institutions, individuals.

After all, not all of that ten trillion dollars in oil revenues that Muslim states have received since 1973 alone goes for arms purchases, and palaces for the boys, and wages for those millions of non-Muslim wage-slaves who keep Saudi Arabia and the smaller sheikdoms going, and gambling in London and Monte Carlo, and call girls (the Arabs especially contemptuous of the West for allowing "their women" to be bought and used in such a way, by their sworn enemies, the Arab Muslims), and endless shopping in the funfair-cum-brothel of Europe.

Occasionally local opposition can stop the building of a mosque, but not because the mosque has been paid for by sinister foreigners, nor because mosques are far more than merely religious establishments but politico-religious outposts of the Army of Islam, and inevitably, unless subject to constant round-the-clock monitoring, will tend to have khutbas based on the almost-unavoidable subject with which the Qur'an and Hadith are full: to wit, the permanent state of war that exists between Believers and Infidels, and the need for Muslims to work to remove all obstacles to the spread, and dominance, of Islam. Fitzgerald: Mosques in the West >>> By Hugh Fitzgerald | April 26, 2008

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Peter Boyles on Bardot
COLORADO MEDIA MATTERS: After reading from what apparently was an April 15 Reuters article stating that French actress Brigitte Bardot was charged for the fifth time with "inciting racial hatred" over her "controversial remarks about Islam and its followers," Peter Boyles exclaimed on his April 23 630 KHOW-AM broadcast, "I love her more now than I did when I was 15 years old." Boyles on Bardot's Anti-Muslim Remarks: "I Love Her More Now than I Did When I Was 15 Years Old" >>>

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Egypt’s Islamists Wait for Power
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BBC: It is not easy to find the headquarters of Egypt's largest opposition movement. The unremarkable building overlooking the Nile in Manial in central Cairo has no sign.

Only a nod from the security guard when you ask "al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun?" reassures you that you have arrived at the office of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Nowadays the Islamist organisation - which is officially banned - has more reason than usual to keep a low profile.

In recent weeks the Egyptian government has stepped up its crackdown on members ahead of local elections on 8 April. More than 800 have been arrested.

"It looks like the ruling National Democratic Party is not able to compete fairly with the Muslim Brotherhood," the Brotherhood's Deputy Chairman, Mohammed Habib, tells me.

"Therefore it is resorting to odd and exceptional measures."
In 2005, Brotherhood candidates - running as independents - clinched more than a fifth of seats in Egypt's parliamentary elections. Mr Habib says the government wants to prevent a repetition of that success.

"They felt scared and panicked when they saw the result. Afterwards they changed their strategy and tried to marginalise and undermine the Muslim Brotherhood." Egypt Islamists Wait for Power >>> By Yolande Knell, BBC News, Cairo

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Tension Rises in the Gulf: US Navy Fires at Iranian Boats
THE TELEGRAPH: The United States navy fired warning shots at two Iranian boats in the Gulf yesterday in the worst confrontation yet in the world's busiest oil shipping lanes.

A US forces security team on a chartered transport ship used loudhailers, radios and flares to warn off two small Iranian boats acting in an "unclear" manner.

But the boats ignored the warning and the Americans opened fire, unleashing several bursts of live ammunition. The incident took place in the early morning near the international boundary in an area designated by the US navy as the Central Arabian Gulf. 

The boats turned away but the US vessel, the Westward Venture, was asked to identify itself by the Iranian coastguard minutes later.

The incident heightened fears over the stability of a key energy artery, helping propel the price of Brent crude to a record high in late afternoon trading.

A spokesman for the US navy in Bahrain said the security team used.50-calibre machineguns and M-16 assault rifles to warn off the boats. Cdr Lydia Robertson said: "The small boats left the area a short time later. We were able to avoid a serious incident by following the procedures that we use." US Navy Fires at Iranian Boats as Tension Rises in the Gulf >>> By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent | April 26, 2008

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”A Response to … Fitna”
Demonstrators in Istanbul outside the Dutch embassy, protesting against Geert Wilders. Photo courtesy of Reuters
REUTERS: DUBAI - An al Qaeda-linked website has posted a 10-minute film showing civilians killed or maimed in U.S. and Israeli air strikes as an answer to an anti-Koran film released by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders last month.

The video, billed as a "response to the film called 'fitna' produced by the hateful crusader Wilders", is dedicated more to criticizing the U.S.-led "war on terror" than Wilders himself.

Wilders' film, titled "fitna" or "strife" in Arabic, warns that Muslim immigration is undermining Western values and urges Muslims to tear out "hate-filled" verses from the Koran. It mixes images of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and other bombings with quotations from Islam's holy book.

Muslim nations condemned Wilders' film as offensive and the Dutch government distanced itself from him to avert the kind of backlash Denmark faced over the publication of cartoons lampooning Islam's Prophet Mohammad.

The response, posted on an al Qaeda-linked website that has carried videos from Osama bin Laden, paints U.S.-led wars as modern-day Crusades led by President George W. Bush, a devout Christian whose two terms in office were won with strong backing from the religious right. Islamist Video Responds to Dutch Film and War on Terror >>> By Lin Noueihed | April 25, 2008

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Sarkozy Gives Live TV Interview in France
It is heartening indeed to learn that Nicolas Sarkozy has re-affirmed his opposition to Turkey joining the European Union. Keep it up, Monsieur le Président!

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Why French Lost Their Faith in the People's President: Nicolas Sarkozy came to power a year ago promising radical change. Now even his supporters are disillusioned. Jason Burke journeys through France's heartland to chart the end of an infatuation >>> By Jason Burke | April 27, 2008

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Iran ‘Stepping Up Arms to Iraq’
BBC: The most senior US military official has accused Iran of increasing the flow of weapons to Iraqi insurgents.

Adm Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said Iraqis were being trained in Iran to fight against US troops.

But he said there was "no smoking gun" proof that the highest Iranian leadership was involved.

Tehran has previously accused the US of itself bringing terrorism to the region following the 2003 invasion.

Washington has frequently accused Iran of sending weapons to Iraqi insurgents, but Adm Mullen said the rate of delivery was steadily increasing, and was affecting not just Iraq but other countries in the region. Iran ‘Stepping Up Arms to Iraq’ >>>

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Chambres à gaz,
 Le Pen persiste
«J'ai dit que les chambres à gaz étaient un détail de l'histoire de la seconde guerre mondiale : ça me paraît tellement évident», explique Jean-Marie Le Pen.

LE FIGARO: Le président du Front national emploie de nouveau le terme «détail» qui lui a valu plusieurs condamnations judiciaires, dans une interview au mensuel «Bretons». Interview dont il affirme avoir «interdit» la publication.

Le président du Front national Jean-Marie Le Pen répète dans une interview au magazine régional «Bretons» paru vendredi qu'il lui paraît «tellement évident» que «les chambres à gaz étaient un détail de l'histoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale». Sa première utilisation de ce mot date de 1987 sur l'antenne de RTL. En 2005 déjà, dans un entretien à la BBC, Jean-Marie Le Pen avait de nouveau employé ce mot.

Dans la suite des échanges avec le journaliste de ce mensuel diffusé en Bretagne et en région parisienne, Jean-Marie Le Pen rappelle le nombre de morts total de la seconde guerre mondiale, en avançant le chiffre de «50 millions de morts». Mais le journaliste l'interrompt, lui disant que «le problème n'est pas de savoir le nombre (de morts) mais la manière dont ils ont été tués», et que l'on a «déporté des gens pour les amener dans des camps juste pour les faire tuer». «Mais ça, c'est parce que vous croyez à ça. Je ne me sens pas obligé d'adhérer à cette vision-là. Je constate qu'à Auschwitz il y avait l'usine IG Farben, qu'il y avait 80 000 ouvriers qui y travaillaient. À ma connaissance, ceux-là n'ont pas été gazés en tout cas. Ni brûlés», répond le président du FN. Chambres à gaz,
 Le Pen persiste >>> De Jérôme Bouin | 25/04/2008

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Interpol warnt vor Terroranschlag bei Olympischen Spielen
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Peking - 25. April 2008 Die Internationale Polizeibehörde Interpol hat vor einem möglichen Terroranschlag von Al Qaida und gewalttätigen Tibet-Protesten während der Olympischen Sommerspiele in Peking gewarnt. Ein Anschlag sei „eine reale Möglichkeit“, sagte Interpol-Generalsekretär Ronald Noble am Freitag in Peking bei einer Konferenz über die Kooperation im Sicherheitsbereich. „Wir müssen uns auf die Möglichkeit vorbereiten, dass Al Qaida oder eine andere terroristische Gruppe versuchen wird, einen tödlichen Anschlag während der Spiele zu verüben.“ Interpol warnt vor Terroranschlag bei Olympischen Spielen >>>

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Priests Sign Huge Record Deal
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US Blocks Genetic Discrimination
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BBC: The United States Senate has unanimously passed legislation banning discrimination on the basis of people's genetic details.

The proposal, which passed 95-0, still needs approval from the House of Representatives before it becomes law.

It would allow only patients and their doctors to access data obtained through genetic testing.

Employers, unions and health insurance companies would be forbidden from discrimination via genetic information.

The Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy called it the "the first new civil rights bill of the new century".

He added: "Discrimination based on a person's genetic identity is just as unacceptable as discrimination on the basis of race or religion."

The bill would forbid health insurers from refusing coverage, or raising premiums, for healthy people based on genetic information.

Insurers would also not be allowed to require people to take tests which might show a predisposition to a disease.

And employers would be prohibited from using genetic information in decisions over hiring, firing, promoting or compensating employees. US Blocks Genetic Discrimination >>>

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Supreme Commission for Tourism Plans Islamic Heritage Museum
ARAB NEWS: JEDDAH — Prince Sultan bin Salman, secretary-general of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT), announced plans to establish an Islamic heritage museum in Makkah and a Qur’an museum in Madinah.

He said the two museums would be established in cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs. The project is significant as it targets nearly 10 million foreign pilgrims who visit the Kingdom every year to perform Haj and Umrah.

“We’ll establish six new museums in different regions this year and renovate 12 others,” the SCT chief said. He also disclosed plans to establish a large museum in Jeddah, which attracts more than two million tourists and visitors annually.

The Jeddah museum will be located at Khozam Palace, Prince Sultan said, adding that it would be similar to the National Museum in Riyadh. SCT Plans Islamic Heritage Museum >>>

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Make Up Your Mind on Islam, Boris! Is Islam the Problem, or Isn’t It?
And if Islam really is the problem, why do you support Turkey’s entry into the European Union?

Photo of Boris Johnson, one of the London Mayor hopefuls, having a ‘bad hair day’ courtesy of Google Images ’Dahling! I haven’t been able to do a thing with it all day!’
THE TELEGRAPH: Boris Johnson was today forced to defend his stance on Islam, insisting he believed it was a "religion of peace".

The Conservatives candidate for London mayor, Mr Johnson, has been criticised for an article he wrote in the wake of the 7/7 London terror attacks in 2005 claiming "Islam is the problem".

But in a televised debate today, Mr Johnson said the problem was extremists taking the words of the Koran out of context.
He said: "The problem is people who wrench out of context quotes from the holy book of Islam, the Koran, and use it to inspire evil in men's hearts.

"That is a fact that few serious people would deny and we need to tackle the extremists." Boris Johnson Defends Stance on Islam in Mayoral Debate >>> By Natalie Paris and agencies | April 21, 2008

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Boris Johnson: Could I have a word, Boris? The mayoral candidate won't talk to us, his PR people say. So our man chases him all over London to ask why – and to find out where his famous wit has gone >>>

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German Charity Helps Turkish Women Escape Forced Marriages
SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL: The German charity Hatun and Can, set up in memory of "honor killing" victim Hatun Sürücü, helps Turkish women who are in danger of becoming victims of violence. Two women who fled forced marriages tell their stories.

Aylin (not her real name) had just turned 15 when her parents decided she should get married. She had finished her secondary school education and was studying nursing at a vocational school. Of course, she was still living with her parents, in a small town in the German state of Hesse.

A potential husband was soon found, M. from Frankfurt. He had studied business administration and was 13 years older than Aylin. “My parents met him at a relative’s wedding,” she recalls.

Aylin’s parents, who were both born in Turkey in 1954 but grew up in Germany, never bothered to ask if their daughter agreed with their choice. “I was engaged,” she says. “Or rather, I was sold.”

The fiancé’s parents paid Aylin’s parents €17,000 ($26,750) in cash and additionally gave them jewelry worth around €20,000. “Then we all went shopping in Turkey -- his mother, my mother, him and me.” She needed a wedding dress, he[,] a dark suit.

Four hundred guests came to the engagement celebration at Aylin’s parents’ house. Shortly beforehand, Aylin and her fiancé had come into closer contact for the first time. “He hit me in the face when I told him I didn’t like him,” she says. Nevertheless, the engagement proceeded as planned. “Then life in hell began.” German Charity Helps Turkish Women Escape Forced Marriages >>> By Henryk M. Broder | April 24, 2008

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The Sick Video of Siddique Khan – the 7/7 Bomber’s Farewell
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The Islamization of Europe
These two videos are not the newest, and I have placed them up before, but the message in them is important enough to be watched again and again and again:


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Hillary Clinton on the Nuclear Deterrence of Iran

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It’s No Longer ‘Obama the Superstar’, Says Berliner Zeitung
BERLINER ZEITUNG: "After Pennsylvania, Obama's magic is gone. Obama is now just a politician like any other. He bombarded his rival with negative ads and broke his promises to conduct a civil campaign. Naturally Clinton drove him to it with her own attacks -- but that was predictable. Nobody is pulling any punches in the race any more."

"But Obama also lost his magic because he failed to convince voters when it came to concrete issues. The majority of voters in Pennsylvania want a president who can improve their economic situation and they clearly don't believe Obama can do that. They do not see any practical solutions in his abstract promises of change. … This is not the end of Obama, but it is the end of Obama the superstar." [Source: SpiegelOnline International]

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All-Female Fish Species Cocks a Snook at Sex
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