Minister 'Appalled' by Stats Body
BBC: Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has accused the Office for National Statistics of "playing politics" with population figures.

He said he was "appalled" at the release of figures showing one in nine British residents was born abroad.

In a letter Mr Woolas describes the decision to release the data as "at best naive or, at worst, sinister".

The Tories have accused the government of "bullying" the ONS and trying to "suppress" embarrassing information.

And Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said the Home Office should get their "tanks off the statisticians' lawn".

The ONS declined to comment on Mr Woolas's intervention.

Downing Street denied the government was trying to intimidate the statistics body, saying the prime minister fully supported its independence.

But the prime minister's official spokesman said the ONS had to be aware of "the sensitivities" surrounding the immigration debate and the government was "questioning" the timing of the release of data which "can have a political bearing". >>> | Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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We Should Embrace Our Heritage and Identity
CUMBERLAND TIMES NEWS*: To the Editor

When Geert Wilders, the Dutch parliamentarian, arrived at Heathrow Airport to present to the British Parliament a screening of his film, Fitna, the frightened Home Secretary ordered him deported. 



Lord Ahmed, a Muslim member of the House of Lords, had threatened descent of 10,000 Muslims on Britain’s Parliament if Wilders were admitted. Wilders’ short film is a compilation of video footage from various recent Muslim terrorist atrocities and its documentation has earned him death threats as well as the Home Secretary’s unwelcome.



Wilders appeared on Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor recently, and during the interview he made a simple but profound statement. “I think we should embrace our identity and be proud of our Judeo-Christian heritage,” Wilders said. He is correct. 



Unless we do embrace our identity and take pride in our Judeo-Christian heritage, then America, like Britain, will cower in the face of evil tyranny. This, I think, is the most pressing issue facing America today — even more than the economy, important though the economy may be. Unless we define who we are and have the courage to proclaim it, we will lack the wherewithal to face future exigencies. 



America’s richness derives in part from its multicultured and multi-faith composition. But despite our varied backgrounds and faiths, most of us share an overriding belief that by some power greater than ourselves, we have been granted certain inalienable rights. >>> Louise Friend, Friendsville | Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Dutch Woman Sentenced to Jail for Threatening Right-Wing Politician
CRI ENGLISH.COM (China): A Dutch woman was sentenced to one year in jail and voluntary psychiatric care on Tuesday for sending more than 100 threatening emails to an anti-immigration and anti-Islam Dutch politician, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported.

Selima I., 35, was arrested in January 2007 in an office where she used a public computer to send death threats to Geert Wilders, a member of the lower house of parliament.

The woman, a librarian from the southern Dutch city of Tilburg, was sentenced to one year in prison and compulsory psychiatric care by a court in September 2007.

But an appeal court ruled on Tuesday that the treatment might be more successful if she was treated as an outpatient and changed the compulsory psychiatric care to a voluntary one. >>> Ma Ting, Web Editor, Xinhua | Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Generalísimo Francisco Franco Is Still Dead – And His Statues Are Next: Socialist Government Banishes Fascist Icons Though Nostalgia for the Dictator Lives On
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: MADRID -- Every Nov. 20, for the past dozen years, Sinforiano Bezanilla has visited a pigeon-covered statue of Gen. Francisco Franco to pay homage to Europe's longest-serving fascist dictator.

This year, the sculpture won't be there. Acting on a law passed by Spain's Socialist government, authorities uprooted the statue of the Generalísimo in December from the city square of Santander in northern Spain and banished it to the local museum.

"The left is attempting to rewrite our country's history. They base it on a series of half-lies, half-truths and outright lies," says Mr. Bezanilla. The 44-year-old municipal worker was just 11 when Franco died. But he has read volumes on the former dictator's ideas and is nostalgic for his regime.

More than three decades after Franco died and 72 years after he seized power, Spain is on a controversial mission to expunge the many emblems of its painful past that are still on public display.

The Socialist government says the assorted icons of the Franco regime still on view -- fascist-style eagles, yokes and arrows -- have no place in modern Spain. A year ago, it passed a law to eliminate them.

But the drive -- part of a broader law aimed at redressing Franco-era injustices -- has raised hackles among conservatives who say Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is reopening wounds they say were healed after the dictator's death. >>> By Thomas Catan | Monday, March 2, 2009

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Die saudischen Schiiten – Staatsbürger oder Ungläubige? : Unvollendete Integration droht in Konfrontation umzuschlagen
NZZ Online: Seit der Gründung des wahhabitisch geprägten Staates wird die schiitische Minderheit Saudiarabiens diskriminiert. Nach einer Periode der Annäherung an den saudischen Staat sind viele Schiiten ernüchtert und fordern grundlegende politische und religiöse Veränderungen.

tm. Katif, im Februar

An einem wolkenverhangenen Freitagnachmittag spielen in einem Vorort von Katif zwei lokale Fussballteams um den Sieg in der Regionalliga. Der Fussballplatz ist uneben, mehr Acker als Spielfeld, und wird von keinem Flutlicht beleuchtet. Spieler und Zuschauer sind Schiiten, denn Katif ist eine schiitische Stadt im sonst wahhabitisch geprägten Saudiarabien. Die meisten wahhabitischen Religionsgelehrten sehen die Schiiten als Ungläubige und erlassen bis heute Fatwas, die es erlauben, Schiiten wegen ihres Glaubens umzubringen. Da die Religionsgelehrten seit der Staatsgründung mit der Königsfamilie der Al Saud in politischer Symbiose leben, wurden die Schiiten religiös, politisch und wirtschaftlich unterdrückt. Einige der Zuschauer beklagen sich, dass diese Diskriminierung bis hin zu den Fussballplätzen reiche: «In Riad gibt es keine solchen Fussballplätze, dort ist alles hochmodern eingerichtet und wird von der Regierung bezahlt. Aber wir Schiiten müssen für unsere Sportplätze selber aufkommen, daher spielen wir auf diesem Acker.»

Die Opposition des Königs

Hinter einem der Tore stehen für die Ehrengäste Stühle und Bänke bereit, die Armlehnen einiger Sessel sind vergoldet. Auf einmal fahren zwei Geländewagen mit getönten Scheiben auf das Feld, und der Moderator verkündet durchs Mikrofon die Ankunft von Scheich Hassan as-Saffar. Dieser steigt aus dem Auto, begleitet von mehreren Leibwächtern, umarmt viele der Ehrengäste und setzt sich dann auf einen der goldenen Sessel. Saffar ist einer der berühmtesten religiösen und politischen Führer der saudischen Schiiten und vertrat in den letzten 15 Jahren oft die Interessen dieser Gemeinschaft gegenüber dem saudischen Staat.

In den siebziger Jahren hatte Saffar eine revolutionäre Organisation gegründet, die nach 1979 von Iran unterstützt wurde. Zur Rekrutierung benutzte diese Organisation unter anderem Fussballklubs, denn diese waren und sind noch heute eine der wenigen legalen Foren, in denen sich Männer versammeln können. Nachdem die Schiiten Saudiarabiens, inspiriert von der iranischen Revolution, erfolglos selber den Aufstand geprobt hatten, gingen Hunderte von Aktivisten ins Exil. Erst 1993 handelten sie ein Abkommen mit der saudischen Regierung aus. Der damalige König Fahd versprach eine Generalamnestie, die Freilassung Hunderter von politischen Gefangenen und eine langsame Aufhebung der religiösen Diskriminierung. Eineinhalb Jahrzehnte nach diesem Abkommen sind viele saudische Schiiten desillusioniert. Obwohl die ersten beiden Forderungen erfüllt wurden, fühlen sie sich weiterhin diskriminiert. >>> tm | Mittwoch, 4. Marz 2009

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Krieg im Gazastreifen: Teheran fordert Kriegsverbrechertribunal für Israel
WELT ONLINE: Iran wirft Israel Kriegsverbrechen im Gazastreifen vor. Deshalb solle ein Tribunal eingerichtet werden, um die Militäraktion Israels zu untersuchen. Das forderte der oberste iranische Führer Ajatollah Ali Chamenei auf einer internationalen "Palästina-Konferenz". Auch Obamas Verhalten sorgt in Teheran für Unmut.

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Der oberste iranische Führer, Ajatollah Ali Chamenei, hat die Einrichtung eines "internationalen Kriegsverbrechertribunals“ gefordert, vor dem die israelische Führung wegen der Militäroffensive im Gazastreifen angeklagt werden solle.

Zum Auftakt einer internationalen “Palästina-Konferenz“ sagte Chamenei in Teheran, „die Immunität des kriminellen Regimes in Israel“ müsse gebrochen werden. Auch Präsident Mahmud Ahmadinedschad sprach sich für ein solches Tribunal aus. „Wir brauchen eine vereinte Front gegen das zionistische Regime“, sagte er. >>> AP/dpa/lk | Mittwoch, 4. März 2009

AFP: Iran Calls for World Muslim 'Resistance' against Israel

TEHRAN — Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a rallying call to world Muslims on Wednesday to join the Palestinian "resistance" against Israel as he kicked off a summit in aid of war-torn Gaza.

His latest statement comes as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Palestinian leaders during her first visit to the region since taking office.

Clinton was to meet Western-backed president Mahmud Abbas and prime minister Salam Fayyad in the occupied West Bank's political capital of Ramallah a day after huddling with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem.

"The only way to save Palestine is resistance," Khamenei said in his keynote address as he kicked off a two-day international summit organised by Tehran in aid of Gaza and the Palestinians.

"Support and help to Palestinians is a mandatory duty of all Muslims. I now tell all Muslim brothers and sisters to join forces and break the immunity of the Zionist criminals," Khamenei said.

He also called for putting Israeli leaders on trial for the recent assault on Gaza in which 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were slain.

"The political and military leaders of the occupying regime that played the role in the disaster of Gaza must be put on trial. This is the first step that should be taken," Khamenei said.

Iran does not recognise Israel and Khamenei has repeatedly refused a two-state solution to solve the Israel-Palestinian issue, a strategy reiterated by Clinton this week. >>> Copyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved | Wednesday, March 4, 2009

HAARETZ: Iran Leader: Obama Taking Wrong Path over 'Cancerous' Israel

Iran's top authority said on Wednesday U.S. President Barack Obama was pursuing the same "wrong path" as George W. Bush in supporting Israel, which it called a "cancerous tumor."

The comments by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on policy in the Islamic Republic, are likely to disappoint the new U.S. administration which wants to engage Iran but has called on Tehran to "unclench its fist."

"Even the new president of America, who has come to power with slogans about changing Bush's policies, is defending state terrorism by talking about unconditional commitment to Israel's security," Khamenei said.

Khamenei, speaking at a conference on the Palestinian issue in Tehran, said Obama was following the same "wrong path" of his predecessor in the White House. >>> Reuters | Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Le «retour» de Bush
 divise le Canada
LE FIGARO: L'ancien président américain prononcera le 17 mars à Calgary sa première conférence à l'étranger. Des Canadiens s'opposent à sa venue.

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«Une conversation avec Geor­ge W. Bush» : tel est le thème du premier discours d'une série de dix allocutions que l'ancien chef de la Maison-Blanche donnera au Ca­nada, en Europe et en Asie à compter du 17 mars. Le palais des congrès de Calgary, la métropole de l'Alberta, attend 1 500 convives pour un déjeuner-conférence pendant lequel l'ancien président évoquera «ses huit importantes années passées à la Maison-Blanche et donnera son opinion sur les défis de la planète au XXIe siècle».

150 000 dollars de cachet

«L'Alberta est une province très conservatrice et Bush y est considéré comme quelqu'un de très proche de l'industrie pétrolière. Il a choisi un lieu sûr pour tester son image», explique au quotidien Calgary Herald l'analyste politique David Taras, tout en précisant que l'ex-dirigeant des États-Unis est perçu au Canada comme un «président raté».

Si les organisateurs de l'événement refusent de dévoiler le cachet de Bush, celui-ci est évalué par plusieurs sources à 150 000 dollars. Dans son livre Dead Certain («Sans l'ombre d'un doute»), le journaliste Robert Draper rapporte ces propos de l'ex-chef de l'État américain : «Je ne sais pas combien gagne mon père, mais c'est plus de 50 000 ou 75 000 dollars par discours. Clinton gagne aussi beaucoup d'argent.»

La visite de George Bush devrait être perturbée par de nombreux manifestants. Depuis l'invasion de l'Irak en 2003, la population canadienne a montré de l'hostilité envers le prédécesseur de Barack Obama. >>> Ludovic Hirtzmann, Montréal | Mardi 03 Mars 2009

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Soon It Will Be Prime Minister Wilders!
THE TELEGRAPH: Britain's controversial ban on the anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders has pushed his Freedom Party into the lead for the first time, according to Dutch opinion polls.

Geert Wilders. The next premier of the Netherlands? Photo courtesy of The Telegraph
Mr Wilders has benefited from the publicity provided by Dutch and international headlines that followed a decision last month to ban him from showing his anti-Muslim film, Fitna, in the House of Lords.

His attempt to enter Britain, his detention and subsequent deportation, following an order by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, have made the Dutch MP into a free speech martyr and celebrity in the Netherlands.

New opinion polling now puts Mr Wilders ahead of the Christian Democrats, who lead a coalition government.

"How happy I am about this. These are of course just polls, but it is an enormous sign of confidence from the Dutch voter," said Mr Wilders.

"As far as I am concerned, elections can be held tomorrow, then I will be the next premier". Geert Wilders Leads Dutch Polls >>> By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Nicolas Sarkozy menacé de mort
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: FRANCE | Le président Nicolas Sarkozy ainsi que plusieurs élus et ministres UMP, dont Rachida Dati et Michèle Alliot-Marie, ont reçu au cours des dernières semaines un courrier anonyme les menaçant de mort

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Le président Nicolas Sarkozy ainsi que plusieurs élus et ministres UMP, dont Rachida Dati et Michèle Alliot-Marie, ont reçu au cours des dernières semaines un courrier anonyme les menaçant de mort, accompagné d’une balle de calibre 38 (9mm). La section antiterroriste du parquet de Paris, a-t-on appris mardi de sources judiciaires, a été saisie de l’enquête.

Le courrier, une lettre-type, consiste en deux pages dactylographiées de propos décousus, explique-t-on de sources judiciaires. Il s’adresse aux ministres, députés et sénateurs "pourvoyeurs de lois liberticides, de lois fachistes", les accuse de distiller la haine. On ignore pour le moment d’où ont été expédiées ces lettres.

Au total, dix noms de personnalités politiques sont cités dans ce courrier, dont six l’ont reçu: le senateur-maire UMP de Béziers (Hérault) Raymond Couderc, le 9 février, le président Nicolas Sarkozy, le sénateur-maire de La Canourgue (Lozère) Jacques Blanc, la ministre de l’Intérieur Michèle Alliot-Marie, la ministre de la Justice Rachida Dati la semaine dernière et le maire de Bordeaux Alain Juppé lundi. >>> AP | Mardi 03 Mars 2009

TAGES ANZEIGER: Dati erhielt mysteriösen Drohbrief mit Kugeln

Unbekannte verschicken in Frankreich eine ganze Serie von Morddrohungen an konservative Politiker. Von den Tätern fehlt noch jede Spur.

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Die jüngsten Empfänger von anonymen Drohbriefen, die mit Neun-Millimeter-Kugeln gefüllt waren: Justizministerin Rachida Dati und Innenministerin Michèle Alliot-Marie. Bisher habe man noch keine Hinweise auf die Absender, hiess es aus Justizkreisen. >>> vin/ap | Dienstag, 3. März 2009

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Brown Goes a-Brown-nosing!
THE TELEGRAPH: US president Barack Obama has reaffirmed his belief in the special relationship between Britain and America following talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the White House.

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Sitting alongside Mr Brown in the Oval Office, Mr Obama said Britain's friendship to the US in Iraq and Afghanistan would not be forgotten.

He added: "Great Britain is one of our closest and strongest allies and there is a link and bond there that will not break."

The president was speaking after around an hour of talks which were dominated by the economy, with both men agreeing that improvements were needed to the regulation of the global banking system.

Mr Obama said: "The relationship is not only special and strong but will only get stronger as time goes on."

Mr Brown became the first European leader to hold talks with Mr Obama since his inauguration in January. Barack Obama Reaffirms Belief in 'Special Relationship' with Britain >>> | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

MAIL Online: Downing St Left Embarrassed after President Obama Scales Down First Meeting with Brown

Downing Street was left scrambling to avoid a diplomatic embarrassment today after the White House ruled out a formal press conference to mark Gordon Brown's first formal meeting with Barack Obama.

Officials denied the Prime Minister was being snubbed after it emerged that the new president would not make himself available for the traditional joint appearance before the White House media.

Mr Brown's aides are trying to make the best of what is a distinctly low key visit compared to the family hospitality lavished on Tony Blair by George Bush when they met for the first time. >>> By Benedict Brogan | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

DAILY EXPRESS: Not So Big After All? Brown Snubbed by Obama

GORDON Brown was left red-faced today after he was snubbed by new American president Barack Obama – at their first formal meeting.

The prime minister arrived in the US today expecting a full press conference in front of the world’s media to mark the event. 



But he touched down on America soil to be told by the White House that it would be a much more scaled down affair - in the Oval Office. 



The embarrassment for Downing Street comes after Obama sent a bust of Sir Winston Churchill back to Britain - despite it enjoying pride of place in the Oval Office for nearly 10 years. 



Today White House authorities defended the schedule change for the two leaders, claiming the new arrangement was 'more intimate'. >>> By Julia White | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Synagogue Hails Dutch Lawmaker as a Hero
BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES: In his home continent, Dutch politician Geert Wilders is something of a pariah, banned from the United Kingdom and facing prosecution in the Netherlands for his harsh views of Islam.

His calls to end immigration from Muslim countries and ban the Koran—he compared it to Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and said it incites to violence—have earned him broad condemnation in Europe and forced him under the protection of a security detail, a rarity for Dutch leaders.

But in some quarters of the American Jewish community, Wilders is more akin to a hero. At the very least, he was greeted as such by about 250 people last week at a Conservative synagogue in this Boston-area town.

The boisterous crowd at the Ahavath Torah Congregation gave Wilders, who heads the Dutch Party for Freedom and serves in the parliament, a standing ovation and shouted “Bravo” at the conclusion of his speech. >>> Penny Schwartz, Stoughton, Mass., JTA Wire Service | Monday, March 2, 2009

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The Obama Economy
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: As the Dow keeps dropping, the President is running out of people to blame.

As 2009 opened, three weeks before Barack Obama took office, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 9034 on January 2, its highest level since the autumn panic. Yesterday the Dow fell another 4.24% to 6763, for an overall decline of 25% in two months and to its lowest level since 1997. The dismaying message here is that President Obama's policies have become part of the economy's problem.

Americans have welcomed the Obama era in the same spirit of hope the President campaigned on. But after five weeks in office, it's become clear that Mr. Obama's policies are slowing, if not stopping, what would otherwise be the normal process of economic recovery. From punishing business to squandering scarce national public resources, Team Obama is creating more uncertainty and less confidence -- and thus a longer period of recession or subpar growth.

The Democrats who now run Washington don't want to hear this, because they benefit from blaming all bad economic news on President Bush. And Mr. Obama has inherited an unusual recession deepened by credit problems, both of which will take time to climb out of. But it's also true that the economy has fallen far enough, and long enough, that much of the excess that led to recession is being worked off. Already 15 months old, the current recession will soon match the average length -- and average job loss -- of the last three postwar downturns. What goes down will come up -- unless destructive policies interfere with the sources of potential recovery.

And those sources have been forming for some time. The price of oil and other commodities have fallen by two-thirds since their 2008 summer peak, which has the effect of a major tax cut. The world is awash in liquidity, thanks to monetary ease by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Monetary policy operates with a lag, but last year's easing will eventually stir economic activity.

Housing prices have fallen 27% from their Case-Shiller peak, or some two-thirds of the way back to their historical trend. While still high, credit spreads are far from their peaks during the panic, and corporate borrowers are again able to tap the credit markets. As equities were signaling with their late 2008 rally and January top, growth should under normal circumstances begin to appear in the second half of this year.

So what has happened in the last two months? The economy has received no great new outside shock. Exchange rates and other prices have been stable, and there are no security crises of note. The reality of a sharp recession has been known and built into stock prices since last year's fourth quarter.

What is new is the unveiling of Mr. Obama's agenda and his approach to governance. Every new President has a finite stock of capital -- financial and political -- to deploy, and amid recession Mr. Obama has more than most. But one negative revelation has been the way he has chosen to spend his scarce resources on income transfers rather than growth promotion. Most of his "stimulus" spending was devoted to social programs, rather than public works, and nearly all of the tax cuts were devoted to income maintenance rather than to improving incentives to work or invest. >>> | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Jihad TV in Europe
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: It's time to shut down Hezbollah and Hamas broadcasts to the Continent.

Their propaganda notwithstanding, Hamas and, two years ago, Hezbollah suffered devastating military defeats that may diminish their ability to attack Israel with rocket fire. But these Iranian-backed terrorist organizations are deploying another dangerous weapon in their war against Western democracies -- terrorist television stations.

Thanks to Arab satellite companies, Hezbollah's al-Manar and Hamas's al-Aqsa TV stations can still beam their incitement and hatred into European living rooms, radicalizing Muslim immigrants throughout the Continent.

Al-Manar, however, is not a mere propaganda tool. Founded in 1991 by Hezbollah guerillas, it is an operational weapon in the hands of a deadly terrorist organization. Following a 2006 letter to then-President George W. Bush signed by a majority of the U.S. Senate, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Treasury Department designated al-Manar as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. This designation placed, for the first time, a media outlet on the same terrorism list as al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah itself.

The designation highlighted the role of al-Manar as more than just a station with objectionable content. The Hezbollah outlet was actively involved in recruiting and fund raising for Hezbollah, and providing preoperational surveillance for terror attacks. Undersecretary of Treasury Stuart Levey has observed that al-Manar is an "entity maintained by a terrorist group" and is therefore "as culpable as the terrorist group itself." >>> By Mark Dubowitz and Roberta Bonazzi | Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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Islam erobert Österreich!

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Saudi Man Beheaded for Killing Father
IOL.CO.ZA: Riyadh - A Saudi man was beheaded in the Muslim holy city of Medina after being sentenced to death for killing his father, the interior ministry said.



Ahmad al-Khyeeri was put to death on Monday for shooting his father in a dispute, the ministry said in a statement on the official SPA news agency.



The announcement did not say when the murder occurred.



The beheading brought to 13 the number of executions announced by the Saudi authorities since the beginning of the year.


A total of 102 people were executed last year and a record 153 in 2007.



Under Saudi Arabia's strict sharia system of Islamic justice, the death penalty can be applied to crimes of rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking. [Source: IOL.co.za] AFP | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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As If We Needed the Archbishop of Canterbury to Tell Us This!
THE TELEGRAPH: The recession could lead to an increase in support for right-wing political groups, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned.

Dr Williams said that public anger, caused by rising unemployment and falling house prices, may lead to xenophobia and prejudice.

He claimed the recent election of a British National Party councillor in Kent was a warning sign that must not be ignored.

His comments come amid growing concern about the social unrest that could be triggered by the worsening economy.

Last week it emerged that riot police fear Britain is heading for a "summer of rage" as middle-class victims of the recession join activists to hold mass protests outside bank headquarters.

Thousands of workers at oil refineries and power stations across the country staged walkouts recently after Italian and Portuguese staff were given jobs at Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire ahead of local workers.

A leaked Home Office memo written last year also predicted that crime and racial tensions will rise during the recession, while funding cuts could make it more difficult for police to cope.

The letter written by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, warned that financial hardship could increase hostility towards immigrants and drive voters into the arms of the far-right BNP – which could in turn see victims of racism turn to terrorism. >>> By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Frank Gaffney: Coalition to Stop Shariah

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Ophir Falk – Opinion: No Nonsense Government
YNET NEWS: Netanyahu fully understands he must tackle key issues of our time

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Winston Churchill was probably the greatest leader of the 20th century. Yet, while leading his people during the dark days of the Battle of Britain and on various other fronts, he earned little recognition from his constituency, losing their vote after the war. Years after the dust of World War II had settled, the British people acknowledged his feats and re-elected him for office.

It is no coincidence that a black-and-white portrait of the legendary British PM decorates the desk of Israel's prime minister-designate. Benjamin Netanyahu's first term as PM from 1996 to 1999 will not be remembered as Israel's finest hour, but he is determined to make his upcoming term just that.

Raised in an ultra-Zionist home, Netanyahu is a leader with vision and historic perspective. He fully understands that he has the responsibility and opportunity to tackle the key issues of our time, most and foremost ensuring Israel’s security and prosperity.

On February 10th 2009, the people of Israel spoke at the ballots. Some were at first reluctant to understand the statement made but today matters are clearer to all. Benjamin Netanyahu was given a clear mandate to form a government and steer Israel in the right direction.

There is a wide public consensus concerning the challenges that Israel must address immediately. Topping the list are a) confronting the Iranian threat; b) dismantling the Hamas threat; and c) preventing a deep economic depression.

The establishment of a Palestinian state is not on that list. >>> Ophir Falk | Monday, March 2, 2009

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