Österreich: Jeder fünfte Islamlehrer lehnt die Demokratie ab
WELT ONLINE: In Österreich genießt der Islam bereits seit 1912 staatliche Anerkennung. Umso erschreckender, was die Studie des Islamwissenschaftlers Mouhanad Khorchide jetzt zu Tage bringt: Mehr als 20 Prozent der islamischen Religionslehrer lehnen die Demokratie ab. Auch einige Schulbücher verbreiten Intoleranz.

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Es war in der guten alten Zeit der Monarchie: Jeden Freitag betete der Imam in Sarajewo für die katholische Majestät im fernen Wien. Die Bosniaken, eine Elitetruppe der k.u.k. Armee, hatten sogar eigene Militärmuftis. Österreichs Verwaltung errichtete eine Schariatsrichter-Schule in Sarajewo und kreierte ein religiöses Oberhaupt, höchste geistliche Instanz der bosnischen und herzegowinischen Moslems: Die Würde des "Reis-ul-Ulema", des "Führers der Gelehrten", existiert bis heute. 1912 wurde der Islam sunnitischer Prägung für alle habsburgischen Länder als Religionsgemeinschaft offiziell anerkannt. >>> Von Ulrich Weinzierl | Freitag, 6. März 2009

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Pourquoi la ministre de la Condition féminine en Irak a-t-elle jeté l’éponge?
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: ÉCHEC | Six mois à peine après sa nomination, Nawal al-Samarraï a démissionné. Elle évoque aujourd’hui les raisons de sa colère.

Nawal al-Samarraï, secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires féminines à Bagdad. «Ma démission est un avertissement au gouvernement face à son incapacité à évaluer les besoins des femmes.» Photo grâce à la Tribune de Genève
En juillet 2008, Nawal al-Samarraï prenait avec enthousiasme ses fonctions de secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires féminines à Bagdad. Six mois après, cette gynécologue de 47 ans et mère de cinq enfants jette l’éponge. «Ma démission est un avertissement au gouvernement face à son incapacité à évaluer les besoins des femmes», a-t-elle lancé avant de claquer la porte de son bureau. Que s’est-il passé? A la veille de la Journée internationale des femmes, l’ancienne secrétaire d’Etat fait part de sa colère et de ses frustrations. «Je suis quelqu’un de volontaire, de tenace. J’étais convaincue de pouvoir faire progresser la condition des femmes, mais je me suis heurtée à des montagnes», explique-t-elle à l’AFP. Ecœurée, elle évoque tour à tour le manque de moyens financiers, de ressources humaines et l’autorité limitée dont elle disposait. «La société s’effondre, et moi, j’étais ministre dans un ministère sans budget, sans pouvoir, sans antenne en province. Comment travailler? J’ai protesté, j’ai insisté. Aucune de mes demandes n’a été satisfaite, ou alors très partiellement.» >>> Yannick Van der Schueren, ATS | Samedi 07 Mars 2009

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Obamonomics©: A Definition
Obamonomics: Spend, spend, spend, tax, tax, tax! Make government big, big, bigger. Let the people pay! Socialize the bloody lot! – ©Mark

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Sensitivity to Religion Cannot Dictate the Course of the Law
THE TELEGRAPH: Consistency demands that Hizbollah's spokesman be banned from entering Britain.

As The Sunday Telegraph reports today, the Government has yet to decide whether it will allow Dr Ibrahim Moussawi into Britain to give a talk at the University of London next month. Dr Moussawi is a spokesman for Hizbollah, the Islamist group responsible for a string of kidnappings, murders and bombings in Lebanon, and for violent jihad against Israel. He has yet to apply to the Home Office for permission to enter Britain for next month's lecture, but he has applied for, and been granted, a visa to visit this country twice before.

Not surprisingly, there have been some profound objections raised to allowing him into Britain again. Baroness Neville-Jones, the Conservatives' security spokesman, has noted in a letter to the Home Secretary that there should be "no double standards" on extremists, a view echoed by Douglas Murray, the director of the Centre for Social Cohesion. The Government, having banned Geert Wilders, the Right-wing Dutch MP who compares the Koran to Hitler's Mein Kampf, from entering Britain, should not allow Dr Moussawi to come here.

As defenders of the right to free speech, we take the view that it would be better that both individuals should be allowed to speak in Britain, rather than that neither should. However, the objectors to Dr Moussawi are correct when they say that consistency in the application of the law is essential to its credibility and its justification. There can be no consistent justification for the Home Office allowing Dr Moussawi into Britain after it has prohibited Mr Wilders. >>> Telegraph view | Saturday, March 7, 2009

THE TELEGRAPH: Campaigners Will Seek Arrest of Islamic Radical

Campaigners from the Centre for Social Cohesion have pledged to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Ibrahim Moussawi, an Islamic extremist, who is due to visit Britain this March.

The think-tank said the Home Office would be "beyond hypocrisy" if it allowed Dr Ibrahim Moussawi into Britain just weeks after barring Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician, because of his alleged anti-Muslim views.

Dr Moussawi is a spokesman for the Lebanese-based militant group Hizbollah, the military arm of which is banned in Britain as a terrorist organisation.

He has allegedly called Jews "a lesion on the forehead of history" and said of Israel: "Pain is the only language that the enemy understands."

Douglas Murray, director of the CSC, has written to Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, warning her that he will instruct lawyers to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Moussawi if he is allowed into the country. >>> By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Barack Obama 'Too Tired' to Give Proper Welcome to Gordon Brown
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama's offhand approach to Gordon Brown's Washington visit last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over America's economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.

Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.

A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy".

A British official conceded that the furore surrounding the apparent snub to Mr Brown had come as a shock to the White House. "I think it's right to say that their focus is elsewhere, on domestic affairs. A number of our US interlocutors said they couldn't quite understand the British concerns and didn't get what that was all about."

The American source said: "Obama is overwhelmed. There is a zero sum tension between his ability to attend to the economic issues and his ability to be a proactive sculptor of the national security agenda.

"That was the gamble these guys made at the front end of this presidency and I think they're finding it a hard thing to do everything." >>> By Tim Shipman in Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Das grausame Töten von Tieren im Islam: Schächten

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Obama visiterà Turchia, primo viaggio in Paese musulmano
YAHOO! ITALIA: Il segretario di Stato Usa Hillary Clinton ha indicato la Turchia oggi come prova del fatto che democrazia e Islam possono coesistere, annunciando che Barack Obama visiterà l'alleato Nato nella sua prima visita come presidente in una nazione musulmana.

La scelta della Turchia -- secolare democrazia musulmana che aspira ad entrare nell'Unione europea -- riflette il valore che Washington attribuisce al legame con Ankara nel suo tentativo di migliorare i rapporti con il mondo islamico.

"Democrazia e modernità e Islam possono coesistere", ha detto Clinton ad Ankara nel corso del popolare show tv Hadi Gel Bizimle (Unisciti a noi). >>> ©Reuters | Sabato 07 Marzo 2009

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Islam Hi-jacking Canada

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Chaoten setzen in Griechenland Autos in Brand
TAGES ANZEIGER: In Griechenland geht die Serie von Anschlägen autonomer Gruppen weiter.

Vermummte Täter schleuderten in der Nacht zum Samstag mehrere Brandflaschen auf die Büros und den Parkplatz einer Filiale der Elektrizitätsgesellschaft DEI in der Hafenstadt Thessaloniki. >>> mbr/sda | Samstag, 7. März 2009

NZZ Online: Autonome setzen Anschlagsserie in Griechenland fort

Vermummte attackieren Polizisten

In Griechenland geht die Serie von Anschlägen autonomer Gruppen weiter. In der Nacht zum Sonntag entzündeten Unbekannte in Athen mehrere Haushalts-Gasflaschen vor zwei Filialen des Arbeitsamtes und eines Sportartikelgeschäftes. Dabei entstanden erhebliche Schäden. >>> sda/dpa | Sonntag, 8. März 2009

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A Lesson in Dhimmitude! Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, Praising “Islam Ahmaddiyya”

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Peace through Begging
WORLD NET DAILY: If President Reagan's foreign policy with communist nations, Muslim dictatorships and other various evil empires like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Libya, China and the old Soviet Union was characterized by the philosophy "Peace through strength," then surely it can be argued that Obama's foreign policy philosophy is "Peace through begging." >>> Ellis Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Battle Over a Christian Monastery Tests Turkey's Tolerance of Minorities
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ASSYRIAN INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY (AINA): KARTMIN, TURKEY -- Christians have lived in these parts since the dawn of their faith. But they have had a rough couple of millennia, preyed on by Persian, Arab, Mongol, Kurdish and Turkish armies.

Each group tramped through the rocky highlands that now comprise Turkey's southeastern border with Iraq and Syria.

The current menace is less bellicose but is deemed a threat nonetheless. A group of state land surveyors and Muslim villagers are intent on shrinking the boundaries of an ancient monastery by more than half. The monastery, called Mor Gabriel, is revered by the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Battling to hang on to the monastic lands, Bishop Timotheus Samuel Aktas is fortifying his defenses. He's hired two Turkish lawyers -- one Muslim, one Christian -- and mobilized support from foreign diplomats, clergy and politicians.

Also giving a helping hand, says the bishop, is Saint Gabriel, a predecessor as abbot who died in the seventh century: "We still have four of his fingers." Locked away for safekeeping, the sacred digits are treasured as relics from the past -- and a hex on enemies in the present.

The outcome of the land dispute is now in the hands of a Turkish court. Seated below a bust of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey's secular founding father, a robed judge on Wednesday told the feuding parties that he would issue a ruling after he visits the disputed territory himself next month. >>> By Andrew Higgins, WSJ | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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UN May Try to Criminalize Criticism of Islam
RIGHT SIDE NEWS: UNITED NATIONS -- For the last nine years, the U.N.'s annual ban on defaming Islam has been non-binding. In March, the United Nations may try to impose its view on Islamic blasphemy on all of its member nations -- including the United States -- thus making criticism of Islam a crime.

In December, the U.N. General Assembly, as it has every year since 1999, passed a resolution titled "Combating Defamation of Religions."

 The vote was 86-53, with 42 nations abstaining. The United States opposed the measure.

Originally titled "Defamation of Islam," the name of the resolution has changed over the years but not the intent. The only religion mentioned in the seven-page document is Islam.

The resolution's main sponsor is the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference. Critics charge the OIC's membership, which includes Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia, reads like a Who's Who of religious intolerance.

Saudi Arabia has its own religious police force that cracks down on those who violate the Kingdom's hyper-strict Islamic dress and behavior codes. >>> By Chuck Hustmyre | Friday, March 6, 2009

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Barack Obama Chooses Turkey for His First Presidential Visit to a Muslim Nation
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama will visit Turkey next month, fulfilling a campaign pledge to travel to a Muslim country during his first 100 days in power.

Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, made the announcement on Saturday as she met with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeking to enlist Turkish help in moving forward the Middle East peace process.

Mr Obama's visit to Turkey will be an opening step in his long-standing promise to improve relations with the Muslim world. The visit, which will follow the G20 summit in London on April 2, is expected to coincide with the Second Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, due to be held in Istanbul on April 6 and 7. The forum seeks to "address some of the ongoing tensions and divides across cultures and religions".

Making a major speech there on US-Muslim relations will enable Mr Obama to tick off another campaign promise. Although by choosing Turkey, which is generally regarded a bastion of moderate Islam, he will opting for a less challenging political environment than if he were to travel to the heart of the Arab world. >>> By Tim Shipman in Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Obama Visit to Turkey Will Not Include Major Speech

WASHINGTON — President Obama will visit Turkey next month as part of a broader international trip, but an administration official said on Saturday that it would not be the site of the major address that he pledged to deliver in a Muslim capital during the opening months of his administration. >>> | By The New York Times | Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF): Kopftuch in der Türkei

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Waafa Sultan – Québec: "Be Aware of Islam"

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Shoe Reportedly Thrown at Iranian President Ahmadinejad
THE GUARDIAN: When the Iraqi journalist, Muntazar al-Zaidi, hurled his shoes at the then-US president, George Bush, in December, Iranian officials declared him a hero and hailed his gesture as a mark of Islamic courage.

They were presumably less impressed this week when Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was similarly targeted during a visit to the north-western city of Urumiye.

Ahmadinejad found the shoe on the other foot as he waved to the crowd from an open-top car on his way to give a speech at a local stadium.

An Iranian website, Urumiye News, reported that a shoe was hurled at the president as his convoy drove through a central square. Security guards waded into the crowds but failed to find the culprit. >>> Robert Tait | Friday, March 6, 2009

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Les mollahs divisés sur 
un dialogue avec Washington
LE FIGARO: La main tendue par Barack Obama suscite un débat entre durs et modérés à l'approche de la présidentielle de juin.

Ses premiers pas sont suivis à la loupe. Certains, à Téhéran, ont même trouvé une explication à son nom. «En persan, O-ba-ma signifie Lui (qui est) avec nous», sourit Ahmad, un jeune chauffeur de taxi. Mais si la main tendue à l'Iran par le nouveau président américain anime les conversations, elle est loin de faire consensus au sein de la classe politique iranienne. «À Téhéran, comme à Washington, personne ne semble vouloir se précipiter. Il y a différents points de vue qui circulent. Les dirigeants iraniens avancent à tâtons», constate le politologue iranien Ahmad Bakhshayesh.

Les deux pays n'ont plus de relations diplomatiques depuis trente ans. D'un côté comme de l'autre, les plaies du passé restent vives. À Washington, personne ne veut oublier le traumatisme de la prise d'otage, en 1979, à l'ambassade américaine. À Téhéran, le souvenir du coup d'État américano-britannique contre l'ancien premier ministre Mohammad Mossadegh, en 1953, alimente le doute sur les «réelles intentions» des États-Unis.

À l'approche de la présidentielle du 12 juin prochain, la question du dialogue avec Washington alimente le débat dans la campagne électorale. Mohammad Khatami, candidat officiellement déclaré, n'hésite pas à épingler son rival, l'ultraconservateur Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, en lui reprochant sa politique belliqueuse envers l'Occident. Les durs, eux, accusent, à l'inverse, l'entourage de l'ex-président réformateur de vouloir «vendre son âme» à l'Amérique. Un journal de droite est même allé jusqu'à promettre à Khatami «un destin à la Benazir Bhutto», en référence à l'ex-premier ministre pakistanaise, soutenue par les États-Unis et assassinée en 2007. >>> Delphine Minoui | Vendredi 06 2009

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Däne Rasmussen soll Nato-Generalsekretär werden
WELT ONLINE: Der nächste Generalsekretär der Nato könnte Anders Fogh Rasmussen heißen. Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien wollen den dänischen Premier auf diesen Posten befördern. Noch müssen die USA zustimmen, was aber als sicher gilt. Ein anderes Nato-Mitglied hat allerdings große Bedenken gegen Rasmussen.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Foto dank der Welt
Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien haben sich laut einem Zeitungsbericht auf den dänischen Ministerpräsidenten Anders Fogh Rasmussen als neuen Nato-Generalsekretär geeinigt. >>> dpa/AFP/cn | Samstag, 7. März 2009

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Marokko bricht diplomatische Beziehungen mit dem Iran ab
DIE PRESSE: Grund für den Abbruch waren Aussagen einer Politikers, der Iran hätte Souveränität über Bahrain. Marokko hat sich schon in der Vergangenheit solidarisch mit Bahrain gezeigt.

Die Flagge von Marokko dank der Presse
Marokko hat im Zusammenhang mit Äußerungen eines iranischen Politikers zur Souveränität Bahrains die diplomatischen Beziehungen zu Teheran abgebrochen. Dies berichtete die marokkanische Nachrichtenagentur MAP am Freitag in Rabat. Aus dem Iran lag zunächst keine Reaktion vor.



Anfang Februar hatte ein konservativer iranischer Politiker laut Medienberichten erklärt, der Iran habe Souveränität über das Scheichtum und damit eine diplomatische Krise ausgelöst. Verschiedene arabische Länder hatten sich seitdem mit Bahrain solidarisiert. >>> Ag | Freitag, 6. März 2009

CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Morocco Cuts Off Diplomatic Relations with Iran, Accusing Tehran of Spreading Shia Islam

RABAT, Morocco — Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam in this Sunni Arab kingdom.

The tensions were compounded by recent Iranian comments toward Sunni-led Bahrain that have raised hackles in the Arab world, Morocco's Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry accused largely Shiite Iran's Embassy in Rabat of trying to "alter the religious fundamentals of the kingdom" and threaten Morocco's religious unity.

The ministry, in a statement, called Iran's actions "intolerable interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom." >>> By Alfred de Montesquiou | Associated Press Writer | Friday, March 6, 2009

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