Al Qaeda Declares Coptic Priest Zakaria Botros "One of the Most Wanted Infidels in the World"
JIHAD WATCH: And offers 60 million for his head. More on Islam's Public Enemy #1. "Exclusive: Al Qaeda targets leading Arab evangelist operating in the U.S. for preaching the Gospel to Muslims," by Joel C. Rosenberg for Flashtraffic, September 9 (thanks to Erick):

You have probably never heard of Father Zakaria Botros. But you need to know his story. He is far and away the most-watched and most-effective Arab-American evangelist focused on reaching the Muslim world, and by far the most controversial. The Rush Limbaugh of the Revivalists, he is funny, feisty, brilliant, opinionated, and provocative. But rather than preaching the gospel of conservatism, he is preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. And his enemies do not simply want to silence him. They want to assassinate him.

Last week, I had the honor of interviewing Botros by phone from a secure, undisclosed location in the United States, where he now resides. He told me that he had just learned that an al Qaeda website had posted his photograph and named him one of the "most wanted" infidels in the world. The Radicals have even put a bounty on his head. The Christian Broadcasting Network reported the figure was as high as $60 million. Botros does not know for certain. But just to put that in context, the U.S. bounty on Osama bin Laden's head is "only" $25 million. Al Qaeda Declares Coptic Priest Zakaria Botros "One of the Most Wanted Infidels in the World" >>> By Raymond | September 10, 2008

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”Coldest State, Hottest Governor”: Palinmania Hits America
Sarah Palin poses in Alaska for Vogue. Photo courtesy of The Telegraph
THE TELEGRAPH:
Obamania makes way for Palinmania - US Election 2008: We've been through Obamamania. Now a new phenomenon is sweeping America – Palinmania. >>> By Toby Harnden in Lancaster, Pennsylvania | September 11, 2008

MAIL Online:
New Own Goal for Obama as Running Mate Joe Biden Admits: 'Hillary Might Have Been a Better Pick Than Me' >>> | September 11, 2008

NZZ Online:
Obama tut sich schwer mit Sarah Palin: US-Demokraten finden noch keine Antwort auf die neue Herausforderung

Der Wahlkampf in den USA macht derzeit den Eindruck, als würde Obama gegen Palin und nicht gegen McCain antreten. Die überraschende Herausforderung durch die republikanische Vize-Kandidatin hat die Demokraten kalt erwischt. Obamas Versuch, ähnlich effektvoll zurückzuschlagen, ist in kleinliche Streitereien ausgeartet. >>> 11. September 2008

LE FIGARO:
Chahuté par l'effet Palin, Obama sort les griffes >>> Par Philippe Gélie | 10.09.2008

LE FIGARO:
Sarah Palin n'exclut pas 
une guerre contre la Russie >>> Par Julie Connan | 12. 09. 2008

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Terrorists See Netherlands as Prime Target
RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE: The Netherlands and Dutch interests abroad have become key targets for international terrorist networks. This is mainly down to the film Fitna, made by right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders.

This conclusion emerges from the latest threat assessment by the National Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. It is based on information gleaned from a range of sources over the past few months.


Recent developments have raised the profile of the international threat to the Netherlands. The main reason appears be the film Fitna, which many Muslims see as deeply insulting and provocative, and which extremists see as warranting a violent response. Terrorists See Netherlands as a Prime Target >>> By Michael Blass | September 10, 2008

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Obama Gets Himself into Trouble over Lipstick Jibe
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Watch BBC video: Lipstick takes centre stage in American politics! >>>
10 things you might not have known about the “pitbull in lipstick”! >>>

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Political Correctness Is Stifling Creativity, Says Andrew Lloyd-Webber
THE TELEGRAPH: Andrew Lloyd-Webber has bemoaned the rise of political correctness in the arts, claiming some of his greatest musicals would never be written today for fear of offending minorities.

Together with Tim Rice, Lord Lloyd-Webber began his theatre career with two shows that drew on Christian tradition - Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Now theatreland's most successful composer, who is currently planning a new BBC talent search to find a Dorothy for a West End production of The Wizard of Oz, has spoken of his fears that political correctness is stifling creativity.

In an interview looking back on his triumphs, Lord Lloyd-Webber said: "I'm lucky to have had such a successful career. I'm actually lucky enough to have always done as I want.

"I look back at when I was younger and ask myself would I have written an opera with Tim Rice? So many people nowadays are obsessed with things offending people. Today people say you can't do this because it will offend that community, and then you can't say this because the Muslims will be offended by it and we'll end up being talked out of it. Talked out of ideas. Whereas when I was 20 I didn't think about those things - you could just do it."

Rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar was controversial in its day. Its 1971 Broadway debut was met with protests by Christian groups who believed it was blasphemous and Jewish organisations who alleged it was anti-Semitic. Andrew Lloyd-Webber Says Political Correctness Is Stifling Creativity >>> By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor | September 9, 2008

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Appeals Court Backs MAC on Muslim Taxi Drivers
STAR TRIBUNE: Nine men who own or drive cabs at the airport and who refused to carry passengers with alcohol had appealed the license suspension.

Muslim cabbies who risk losing their taxi licenses if they refuse to carry passengers with alcohol from the airport won't get any help from the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

The Metropolitan Airports Commission adopted an ordinance in March 2007 that suspends a driver's taxi license for 30 days for refusing to pick up a passenger for any reason at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The penalty for a second refusal is a two-year license suspension. Cabbies have a right to appeal a suspension, with the penalty stayed until an administrative hearing officer issues a decision.

Nine men who own or operate taxis at the airport had appealed a district judge's refusal to issue a temporary injunction blocking the commission from imposing the penalties. The men said their religious beliefs prohibit them from carrying alcohol. Appeals Court Backs MAC on Muslim Taxi Drivers >>> AP | September 10, 2008

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Dear, Oh Dear! Aren’t We in a Pickle with This Multi-Culti Thing? Now, Met Is Facing Race Bias Claim by Its Top Asian Woman
EVENING STANDARD: The most senior Muslim woman in the Met police is set to lodge a claim of race discrimination against her employers.

Yasmin Rehman, a director of diversity with the force, intends to file a claim with a London employment tribunal within days claiming she has been subjected to racist bullying and victimisation.

It is another blow to Scotland Yard, which has been rocked by a race row involving Commissioner Sir Ian Blair and his third in command Tarique Ghaffur.

Ms Rehman's post of Director of Partnerships and Diversity for Territorial Policing puts her at the equivalent level to a chief superintendent in terms of civilian staff at the Met.

She has sought advice from the Metropolitan Black Police Association, the same organisation which is backing Mr Ghaffur in his multi-million-pound claim. Met Is Facing Race Bias Claim by Its Top Asian Woman >>> By Amar Singh | September 10, 2008

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Iran Protests to the UN Over Israeli Minister’s ‘Kidnap Threat’ of Ahmadinejad
BBC: Iran has protested to the UN after an Israeli minister suggested his country could kidnap Iran's president over threats he has made against Israel.

Iran's UN ambassador called the remark "outrageous and vicious" and called on the UN Security Council to take action.
Israeli minister Rafi Eitan suggested President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could be kidnapped and brought to trial.

Mr Eitan, an ex-intelligence chief, was involved in the kidnap of leading Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960.

In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, Mr Eitan suggested that such an operation could be staged to bring Mr Ahmadinejad before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

The Iranian leader has made a number of threats against Israel, repeatedly predicting the state will soon disappear.

Mr Ahmadinejad also drew international rebuke by quoting the view of the late Iranian spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomenei, that Israel was a tumour that needed to be erased from history. Iran Raps Israel ‘Kidnap Threat’ >>> | September 10, 2008

IRNA:
Iran Protests to UN Security Council Over Israeli Abduction Threat >>> | September 10, 2008

YNET NEWS:
Iran Demands UN Response to Israeli ‘Threats’ >>> Reuters | September 9, 2008

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Elizabeth Samson: Criminalizing Criticism of Islam
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: There are strange happenings in the world of international jurisprudence that do not bode well for the future of free speech. In an unprecedented case, a Jordanian court is prosecuting 12 Europeans in an extraterritorial attempt to silence the debate on radical Islam.

The prosecutor general in Amman charged the 12 with blasphemy, demeaning Islam and Muslim feelings, and slandering and insulting the prophet Muhammad in violation of the Jordanian Penal Code. The charges are especially unusual because the alleged violations were not committed on Jordanian soil.

Among the defendants is the Danish cartoonist whose alleged crime was to draw in 2005 one of the Muhammad illustrations that instigators then used to spark Muslim riots around the world. His co-defendants include 10 editors of Danish newspapers that published the images. The 12th accused man is Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, who supposedly broke Jordanian law by releasing on the Web his recent film, "Fitna," which tries to examine how the Quran inspires Islamic terrorism.

Jordan's attempt at criminalizing free speech beyond its own borders wouldn't be so serious if it were an isolated case. Unfortunately, it is part of a larger campaign to use the law and international forums to intimidate critics of militant Islam. For instance, in December the United Nations General Assembly passed the Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions; the only religion mentioned by name was Islam. While such resolutions aren't legally binding, national governments sometimes cite them as justification for legislation or other actions.

More worrying, the U.N. Human Rights Council in June said it would refrain from condemning human-rights abuses related to "a particular religion." The ban applies to all religions, but it was prompted by Muslim countries that complained about linking Islamic law, Shariah, to such outrages as female genital mutilation and death by stoning for adulterers. This kind of self-censorship could prove dangerous for people suffering abuse, and it follows the council's March decision to have its expert on free speech investigate individuals and the media for negative comments about Islam.

Given this trend, it's worth taking a closer look at the Jordanian case. Opinion: Criminalizing Criticism of Islam >>> By Elizabeth Samson* | September 10, 2008

*Ms. Samson, an attorney specializing in international and constitutional law, will join the Hudson Institute this fall.

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Russland wiederholt seine Drohungen
NZZ Online: Russland hat seine Drohungen wegen des geplanten Raketenabwehrschildes in Polen und Tschechien wiederholt. Es könne nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass diese Einrichtungen als Ziel für russische Raketen dienten, hiess es von einem Kommandanten der Streitkräfte. Russland wiederholt seine Drohungen: Raketenabwehr der USA soll ins Visier genommen werden >>> | 10. September 2008

NZZ Online:
EU stellt sich schützend vor die Ukraine: Assoziierungsabkommen soll Russlands Machtgelüste zügeln: Frankreichs Präsident Sarkozy hat nach seiner Mission in Moskau ein weiteres heikles Treffen im Zusammenhang mit der Kaukasus-Krise. Der EU-Ratspräsident empfing den ukrainischen Staatschef Juschtschenko. Ein Assoziierungsabkommen soll Russland signalisieren, dass die «Integrität der Ukraine nicht verhandelbar» sei, wie Sarkozy sagte. >>> | 9. September 2008

NZZ Online:
Schweden überprüft seine Verteidigung erneut: Berücksichtigung des Kaukasus-Konflikts im neuen Strategiepapier >>> I. M. Stockholm | 9. September

NZZ Online:
Wenn Putins Panzer auf die Krim rollen würden: Die grosse Furcht der Ukrainer vor einem inszenierten Zwischenfall, den Russland als Vorwand nutzen könnte >>> Von Paul Flückiger, Sewastopol | 31. August 2008

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Gordon Brown's Endorsement Won't Win Barack Obama Votes
THE TELEGRAPH: For a man who prides himself on his encyclopaedic knowledge of American politics, Gordon Brown has made an incomprehensible schoolboy error with his article apparently endorsing Barack Obama’s candidacy.

It is hard to know where to start in assessing the ineptitude of its content and timing or the effect it will have on Anglo-American relations when the new president is sworn in on January 20th.

The first law of diplomacy is that you do not stick your fat foot into other country’s elections, least of all the US presidential contest, where the chap who wins can turn round and squash you, like Monty Python’s giant descending foot, if you get it wrong.

John McCain will, of course, be furious by the diplomatic slight. The Republican candidate has twice met with Mr Brown in the last year and always hits the Prime Minister’s talking points on the need for allies to have more say in the war on terror and the general excellence of the British armed forces. He deserved better than this.

Nor is the endorsement, particularly so ineptly delivered, of Gordon Brown something that will warm the increasingly cold feet of Barack Obama. The Democratic candidate has been panned at home for his grandstanding European tour. He won’t win over Appalachia with the news that Britain’s lame duck prime minister is rooting for him.

There is also a factual point. Despite Mr Brown’s words, it is far from clear that it is the “Democrats who are generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times.” If they have, the voters haven’t noticed. In fact, Mr Obama has proved quite unable to convince the electorate that he has the answers on the failing US economy. Otherwise he would have states like Pennsylvania and Ohio, the keys to the White House, in the bag. He does not.

And this is what makes the statement potentially so ruinous. It is a classic testament to Mr Brown’s tin ear and ham-fisted political touch that he has chosen to do this at a time when Obama’s standing has never been weaker in his battle with Mr McCain. The Republican leads for the first time in national polls. There is a good chance that Mr Obama will not be president. Gordon Brown's Endorsement Won't Win Barack Obama Votes >>> By Tim Shipman in Washington | September 10, 2008

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Former Nation of Islam Leader W. D. Mohammed Dies
ASSOCIATED PRESS: CHICAGO — Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died Tuesday. He was 74.

Sultan Muhammad confirmed his uncle's death, but did not immediately offer details. He said the family planned to issue a statement later in the day.

The Cook County Medical Examiner said 74-year-old Wallace Mohammed was pronounced dead Tuesday. Mohammed went by both Warith Deen Mohammed and Wallace Muhammad. An autopsy was planned for Wednesday. Former Nation of Islam Leader W. D. Mohammed Dies >>> By Sophia Tareen | September 10, 2008

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What Kind of "Effing" Crap Is Leading Us?
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THE TELEGRAPH: Gordon Brown has triggered a potential row with John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, after apparently backing Barack Obama - breaking convention not to get involved in foreign elections.

The Prime Minister heaped praise on Mr Obama and the Democrats in a magazine article, saying they were "generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times."

Dealing with economic problems is the crucial battleground in the US elections and Mr Brown's comments were interpreted as backing the Democrat candidate. It sparked a flurry of activity among [?]

The Prime Minister's office and the British Embassy in Washington were last night involved in an embarrassing behind-the-scenes operation to try and limit the fallout from the incident. They were alerted after the highly influential Drudge Report website picked up the story, sparking a flurry of comment and analysis from election watchers in the US. Gordon Brown Triggers Row with John McCain by 'Backing' Barack Obama >>> By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor and Tom Leonard | September 9. 2008

THE TELEGRAPH: I have been told of an astonishing telephone conversation between David Miliband and his Russian counterpart, Sergi Lavrov in which the Foreign Secretary had to endure a four-letter word tirade.


Mr Miliband spoke to the Russian foreign minister - a veteran not known for diplomatic niceties - to express British unease at events in Georgia. It seems Mr Lavrov didn't like being lectured by young Miliband.

Such was the repeated use of the "F word" according to one insider who has seen the transcript, it was difficult to draft a readable note of the conversation.

One unconfirmed report suggested that Mr Lavrov said: "Who are you to f------ lecture me?"

He also asked Mr Miliband in equally blunt terms whether he knew anything of Russia's history?

One Whitehall insider told me: "It was effing this and effing that. It was not what you would call diplomatic language. It was rather shocking." David Miliband four-letter abuse from Russian foreign minister >>> By Andrew Porter | September 9, 2008

THE TELEGRAPH:
John McCain's Team Mocks Gordon Brown over Barack Obama Backing >>> By Jon Swaine | September 10, 2008

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Faith Schools ‘May Breed Terrorism’
Separate schools for Muslims not only ‘may’ breed terrorism, but WILL breed terrorism. Islam is a supremacist ‘religion’. To give Muslims the chance to indoctrinate their children is a sure road to Hell! (The road to Hell is paved with good intentions!) This is one of Tony Blair’s stupidest policies. With this policy, he showed us that he understood absolutely nothing about the nature of Islam. We should never forget that school is a starting point for cohesion in society. - ©Mark

EVENING STANDARD: Faith schools that encourage religious segregation are sowing the seeds of terrorism, a leading expert claimed.

Professor David Canter came to the conclusion after leading a pioneering study which involved speaking to convicted Islamic terrorists about their lives and beliefs.

His findings indicate that the common Western view of terrorism emerging from deprivation and conflict is wrong.

Spiritual belief and attachment to a particular social group provided the two most important pathways into the world of terror, said Prof Canter.

The research also showed that far from being ignorant "pawns" or mentally disturbed, most terrorists were educated and intelligent.

Strict faith schools steered students towards terrorism by instilling in them a sense of exclusive spiritual and social identity, Prof Canter argued.

The professor, director of the Centre for Investigative Psychology at the University of Liverpool, said: "I have to say, and this is a personal point of view, that issues like faith schools are terribly dangerous.

"Setting up these divisions based on faith and religion is the starting point for people thinking of themselves as separate and distinct and part of some out-group." Faith Schools ‘May Breed Terrorism’ >>> | September 9, 2008

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Blair Axes Race Accuser in Showdown
EVENING STANDARD: Police chief Tarique Ghaffur was personally stripped of his duties in a face to face meeting with Sir Ian Blair today.

Britain's most senior Asian officer was "temporarily relieved" of being in charge of the Olympics security and Central Operations at Scotland Yard. It came after Mr Ghaffur publicly accused Met boss Sir Ian of racism and of plotting to oust him during a televised press conference.

His accusations plunged the Met into the worst race row since the Macpherson report into the Stephen Lawrence case and led to further criticism of Sir Ian's leadership. In another development this afternoon, the Metropolitan Police Authority announced it had launched an investigation into 53-year-old Mr Ghaffur for "potential grounds for misconduct".

The MPA, which oversees the Met, said it would appoint a chief constable from another force to carry out the inquiry. Blair Axes Race Accuser in Showdown >>> By Justin Davenport, Crime Correspondent | September 9, 2008

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’Review Mega-Mosque in Wake of Bomb Trial'
EVENING STANDARD: Ministers should review plans to build a "mega-mosque" in the East End in the wake of the airline bomb plot trial, the Tories urged today.

Shadow security minister Dame Pauline Neville-Jones said the case had shown that the group behind the mosque may have given cover to extremist activity.

Tablighi Jamaat, which describes itself an Islamic missionary organisation, is pushing for the mosque to be built next to the 2012 Olympics site in Stratford.

But the group was revealed in court as having links to some of the terror suspects, with several having passed through other mosques run by the group.

The organisation, which has 80 million followers worldwide, insists it is a peaceful, apolitical revivalist movement that promotes Islamic consciousness among individual Muslims.

But intelligence agencies have cautioned that its ability to radicalise young men could lead to jihadist terrorism. ’Review Mega=Mosque in Wake of Bomb Trial >>> By Paul Waugh, Deputy Political Editor | September 9, 2008

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Le séjour du pape en France suscite inquiétude et critiques des laïcs
LE MONDE: Les visites papales en France donnent traditionnellement lieu à des manifestations d'associations attachées à une stricte séparation des Eglises et de l'Etat. La venue de Benoît XVI, du 12 au 16 septembre, à Paris et à Lourdes, suscite les inquiétudes de divers mouvements laïques, d'associations de défense des droits des femmes et de syndicats.

La Fédération nationale de la libre pensée, présidée par l'ancien secrétaire général de Force ouvrière, Marc Blondel, s'insurge contre le financement public du séjour du pape en France. Chef spirituel des catholiques, le pape a aussi un statut de chef d'Etat (le Vatican), qui bénéficie, lors de ses déplacements à l'étranger, du protocole réservé aux responsables politiques par le ministère des affaires étrangères. Le séjour du pape en France suscite inquiétude et critiques des laïcs >>> LE MONDE | 09.09.08

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Our Hope, Our Children, Our Responsibility in Fighting Jihad
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS: As children return to schools, we are reminded that they are our hope for the future, but they are also the target of Islamic supremacists around the world. We need to defend the future, hopes, and lives of these children, and assume the "grown-up" duty as responsible adults for defending them from the ideology of Islamic supremacism and Jihadist terrorism.

On September 1, 2004, 770 children were kidnapped by Jihadists in Russia in a small town of Beslan. It was a return to school for these children at Beslan School Number One; the event was celebrated as a "Day of Knowledge," and parents accompanied their children in the joyous return to school. After lining up for photographs to remember the day, children entered the school. So did Jihadists who rushed into Beslan School Number One, while the children were filing into classes. Many of the older children who saw the Jihadists were able to flee. Most of those left behind were the smallest, youngest children, including parents with their babies. Jihadists sought to lure back confused children, uncertain if they should flee, with candy.

Jihadists then forced 1,124 hostages into a small school gymnasium which was wired with explosives in the school's basketball hoop and a dozen other bombs in the Beslan school; they mined the school with grenades, home-made explosives, and landmines, keeping the most powerful bombs in the gym where the children were kidnapped. Some Jihadists also wore explosive suicide vests. They told the children that were going to die. In the small confined space, children suffered from heat and some were forced to strip naked from the heat. Without food and water for three days, some were forced to drink their own urine. The few male adults (including children's fathers) also captured by the Jihadists were forced to build fortifications in the school for the Jihadists; then they shot them and dumped their bodies out a school window. The Jihadists recorded a video of their atrocities (shown in the film "Three Days in September"), laughing and proud of what they had done. Our Hope, Our Children, Our Responsibility in Fighting Jihad >>> By Jeffrey Imm | September 9, 2008

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Catholics Welcome, Muslims Not
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: IT IS the tale of two schools. The Camden residents' group that fought a Muslim society's proposal for a school in rural Camden has welcomed a Catholic organisation's plans to build a school nearby because "Catholics are part of our community".

The president of the Camden/Macarthur Residents' Group, Emil Sremchevich, said the Catholic school plan "ticked all the right boxes", even though he is yet to see its development application.

"Catholics are part of our community so we should be supporting it on this basis alone. We have to welcome them," Mr Sremchevich told the Herald. "To become part of a community, you need to live in the community. You can't just turn up."

The Quranic Society said Mr Sremchevich's comments were racist but he rejected that tag. "Why is that racist? Why is it discriminatory? It's very simple: people like some things but don't like other things. Some of us like blondes, some of us like brunettes. Some of us like Fords, some of us like Holdens. Why is it xenophobic just because I want to make a choice? If I want to like some people and not like other people, that's the nature of the beast." Mr Sremchevich was among those who applauded a Camden Council decision in May to reject the Quranic Society's application to build a 1200-student school at Burragorang Road, Cawdor. The council said it was refused "on planning grounds" but one resident, Kate McCulloch, said Muslims would not fit into the Camden community. Catholics Welcome, Muslims Not >>> By Sunanda Creagh, Urban Affairs Reporter | September 9, 2008

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Iran Lawmakers Reject Proposal to Ease Polygamy
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: TEHRAN, Iran: An Iranian parliamentary committee rejected on Monday government amendments to a bill that would have allowed men to take additional wives without permission from their first wife — a proposal that angered women and the country's top judicial official.

Under Islam, a man can have up to four wives, and countries around the Mideast allow polygamy. However, Iran is one of the few — along with Syria and Tunisia — that require the consent of the first wife before a husband can take another. Still polygamy is rare in Iran, where most people frown on the practice. Iran Lawmakers Reject Proposal to Ease Polygamy >>> AP | September 9, 2008

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