Sarrazin muss vor Gericht
WIENER ZEITUNG: SPD-Provokateur der Volksverhetzung beschuldigt.

Berlin. Gleich mehrere Anzeigen wegen Volksverhetzung sind bei der Staatsanwaltschaft eingelangt. Sie richten sich gegen niemand Geringeren als Bundesbank-Vorstand Thilo Sarrazin. Der ehemalige Berliner Finanzsenator und jetzige Banker hatte Mitte Juni erklärt, dass die Deutschen durch die Zuwanderung aus der Türkei, dem Nahen und Fernen Osten sowie aus Afrika "auf natürlichem Wege durchschnittlich dümmer" würden.

Es gebe "eine unterschiedliche Vermehrung von Bevölkerungsgruppen mit unterschiedlicher Intelligenz". Bereits Monate zuvor wurde er in einem Interview mit "lettre international" deutlich: "Je niedriger die Schicht, desto höher die Geburtenrate. Die Araber und die Türken haben einen zwei bis drei Mal höheren Anteil an Geburten, als es ihrem Bevölkerungsanteil entspricht." Und er ergänzte, die Türken würden Deutschland genauso "erobern", wie die Kosovaren den Kosovo erobert haben – durch eine höhere Geburtenrate. >>> Von WZ-Korrespondent Markus Kauffmann | Mittwoch, 07. Juli 2010

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We Have Not Learnt the Lesson of the July 7 Suicide Bombing
THE TELEGRAPH: In the five years since suicide bombers killed 52 people in London, placatory government policy on Islamist terrorism has achieved little but store up trouble for the future, argues Douglas Murray.

Whose law? Members of Islam4UK leave a London press conference in January. Photograph: The Telegraph
Tomorrow [Today] marks the fifth anniversary of the day suicide bombing came to Britain. On July 7, 2005 three young British-born men exploded their devices simultaneously on the London Underground. A fourth man detonated his an hour later on a bus in Tavistock Square. Together they left 52 people dead, many more injured, and a country only starting to realise that a problem it had long exported had found its way home.

While July 7 was the first time that jihadi terrorism had come to British streets, these were not the first streets to which British-born Islamists had brought terror. Two years earlier, two young British men had gone to Mike's Place, a bar in Tel Aviv, and carried out a suicide bombing. Almost a decade before July 7 – in 1996 – the man said to have been Britain's first suicide bomber died in Afghanistan, self-detonating to kill opponents of the Taliban forces he was fighting alongside.

By 2005 British-raised jihadis had fought around the world, spurred on by radical clerics at home, backed by British networks and allowed to operate by a government and security service who believed that this was a problem for other people. It took 10 years for Britain to extradite to France the Algerian man accused of blowing up the Paris Metro in 1995. Britain had become a soft touch: a magnet for foreign jihadis and a hub of home-grown radicalisation.

To coincide with the fifth anniversary of July 7 this week, the Centre for Social Cohesion is releasing Islamist Terrorism: the British Connections. It is a 500-page, telephone directory-sized work that aims to present an overview of every traceable Islamist convicted of Islamism-inspired terrorist offences and attacks over the last decade. It also examines the scope of British-linked Islamism-inspired terrorism threats worldwide since 1993, listing many foreign combatants and extradition cases and British citizens convicted abroad.

It presents a timeline of the jihad, a list of the major networks and analysis of the data, presenting the most accurate picture possible of what makes up a violent British Islamist. Terrorism expert Marc Sageman has already said it "will become the indispensable reference for any future inquiry into British neo-jihadi terrorism". Yet it is a work that neither the Home Office nor the Crown Prosecution Service, nor any other department of government, has got around to compiling. >>> Douglas Murray* | Tuesday, July 06, 2010

*Douglas Murray is director of the Centre for Social Cohesion

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Wilders Nominated for Free Speech Prize
RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE: Dutch Euro-MP Barry Madlener, a member of the far-right Freedom Party, has put forward his party leader Geert Wilders as a candidate for the Sakharov Prize.

The prize, named after the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, is awarded annually by the European parliament to individuals and organisations that have contributed significantly to freedom of speech.

"It's a scandal that someone in a European country should be prosecuted for defending a basic right such as freedom of speech," Mr Madlener commented. Mr Wilders is currently on trial in the Netherlands for inciting discrimination against Muslims through remarks in the press and his anti-Islamic short film Fitna. >>> © RNW | Wednesday, July 07. 2010

Inside Story – France: Banning the Veil


John Dalhuisen of Amnesty International talks absolute BS in this video, and so does Khola Hasan. The only person who speaks sensibly is Renaud Girard of ‘Le Figaro’. The fact of the matter is that these people have chosen to live in France, so they should integrate and adopt the ways of the state they have chosen to live in. Otherwise, they can get out. Find the nearest airport and fly away. – © Mark

France Debates Public Ban on Full Islamic Veil
VOA: French parliamentarians on Tuesday began debating a proposed law that would ban women from wearing the full Islamic veil in public places. 



It is estimated that there are between 400 and 1,000 women in France who wear the niqab or burqa, which covers the face, leaving only the eyes exposed. But the proposal to ban the burqa is being debated across France.



The burqa is a loose fitting garment worn over a woman's clothes that covers her entire body, leaving only her hands and eyes exposed. The niqab is a face veil, usually worn with a burqa. 


The French National Assembly is expected to spend the next two or three days debating the proposed legislation, which would ban full veil in public places.



At stake, say those behind the proposed legislation, is France's commitment to a secular society. And its commitment to equal rights for women.



Supporting the bill is the ruling Union for a Popular Movement, or UMP, several women's rights groups, and a number of Muslim clerics who say they are concerned by the growing number of fundamentalists in the French Islamic community. 



Jean-Francois Copé, president of the parliamentary group of the UMP, is behind the bill. He says the full veil is an attack on the values of the French republic. >>> Elaine Cobbe, Paris | Tuesday, July 06, 2010

From left, Erdogan, Nasrallah, and Fadlallah. Photographs: Ynet News
Erdogan Consoles Nasrallah Over Fadlallah's Death
YNET NEWS: Turkish prime minister calls Hezbollah leader to offer condolences over death of Shiite spiritual leader. Nasrallah thanks him for call and for his stand on Palestinian-Israeli conflict, saying 'your positions have given hope to the Arab and Muslim world'

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered his condolences to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah over the death of Shiite spiritual leader Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. The Lebanese movement's al-Manar network reported Wednesday that Nasrallah thanked Erdogan and the Turkish nation.

According to the report, Nasrallah spoke with the Turkish leader via telephone following the ayatollah's death which was publicized to Shiites throughout the world. Erdogan expressed his sorrow to the family of Fadlallah and the Lebanese people. Nasrallah thanked him for the call and for his stance in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, saying "your positions have given hope to the Arab and Muslim world."

The ayatollah was hospitalized after a brain hemorrhage and passed away on Sunday. >>> Roee Nahmias | Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Frankreich: Sarkozys Autorität schwindet dahin
ZEIT ONLINE: Farbige Skandale, politische Leere: Die Präsidentschaft von Nicolas Sarkozy tritt in das Stadium der Zersetzung

Der Glanz ist arg strapaziert: Frankreichs Staatspräsident Sarkozy und seine Frau Carla Bruni. Foto: Zeit Online
Jeden Tag kommt etwas heraus. Regierungsmitglieder logierten in Luxushotels, flogen in Privatjets oder rauchten Havannas im Gesamtwert von 12.000 Euro – alles auf Staatskosten. Frankreich ist in Skandalstimmung. Zwar gehört Aufregung um Vorteilsnahme und Parteifinanzen seit je zur Dramaturgie der Pariser Politikdarbietung, ganz gleich, ob Rechte oder Linke die Macht innehaben. Jetzt aber droht der Regierung die Kontrolle zu entgleiten. Ansehen und Autorität des Präsidenten zerbröseln, es ist bereits vom Ende einer Ära die Rede. Es geht um mehr als Dekadenz: Die Regierung diskreditiert sich selbst in einem Augenblick der nationalen und europäischen Krise, da das Land eigentlich politische Führung bräuchte. Und mit dem Respekt vor der Präsidentschaft von Nicolas Sarkozy droht das Reformprojekt zu scheitern, das mit ihm trotz aller Schwächen doch eigentlich verbunden war.

Am schlechtesten steht es um den Arbeitsminister Éric Woerth, als Verantwortlicher für die Rentenreform derzeit der wichtigste Mann der Regierung. Woerth muss sich gegen Vorwürfe verteidigen, als Schatzmeister der Regierungspartei illegale Spenden entgegengenommen zu haben – der gleiche Éric Woerth, der die Spenderin, die mutmaßliche Steuerbetrügerin Liliane Bettencourt, in seiner Amtszeit als Finanzminister vor Nachforschungen bewahrt haben soll. Ausgerechnet Woerths Frau wiederum kümmerte sich in jener Zeit um die Finanzen der Milliardärin und L’Oréal-Erbin. Am Dienstag gar behauptete eine ehemalige Mitarbeiterin Bettencourts, dass auch Nicolas Sarkozy persönlich Briefumschläge mit verbotenen Spenden entgegengenommen habe, als er ums Präsidentenamt kämpfte. Verhängnisvolle Zigarren >>> Von Gero von Randow | Mittwoch, 07. Juli 2010

Five Years On, Victims of 7 July Bombings Are Remembered
THE GUARDIAN: People gather at memorial to 52 victims of London underground and bus bombings to pay their respects

The Hyde Park memorial to the victims of the 7 July London bombings. Photograph: The Guardian
At 8.50am on the 7 July 2005, three bombs exploded on underground trains in central London. The explosions were followed, within an hour, by another on a London bus.

At 8.50am today, under a grey sky, a handful of people gathered quietly at the eastern side of Hyde Park, where 52 steel pillars represent those killed in the bombings.

They came to pay their respects, to remember loved ones, to be quiet for a few moments as the traffic rumbled past in the background. >>> Alexandra Topping | Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Les relations entre Obama et Nétanyahou se dégèlent
Benyamin Nétanyahou et Barack Obama se sont entretenus dans le Bureau ovale de la Maison-Blanche, mardi, à Washington. Photo : Le Figaro
LE FIGARO: Malgré leurs divergences, le président américain a reçu mardi le premier ministre israélien dans un climat d'apaisement.

Mardi, les photographes ont été conviés à la Maison-Blanche pour fixer sur la pellicule l'apaisement de la relation américano-israélienne. Barack Obama accueillait le premier ministre Benyamin Nétanyahou avec la volonté affichée de tourner la page d'une période de tensions inhabituelles entre Washington et l'État hébreu. Le programme tranchait avec l'accueil glacial réservé au dirigeant israélien en mars, sans photo ni point de presse commun, en réaction à la poursuite de la colonisation dans les Territoires occupés.

Rien de tel, mardi. Les deux hommes se sont retrouvés vers 11 heures, avant de s'adresser aux journalistes et d'aller déjeuner ensemble. Même s'il paraissait tendu et peinait à sourire, le président américain a souligné «l'amitié extraordinaire» qui unit ces «deux démocraties». La coopération a beaucoup progressé sur le plan économique et militaire même si la presse ne l'écrit pas, a-t-il dit, précisant que sa discussion de fond avec Israël avait un seul but : assurer une paix durable. Le premier ministre israélien, un peu contraint lui aussi, a confirmé d'«excellentes discussions» : « Tout ne se voit pas», a-t-il dit à destination des journalistes. >>> Par Laure Mandeville | Mercredi 06 Juillet 2010

WELT ONLINE: Obama und Netanjahu demonstrieren Einigkeit: Israels Premier Netanjahu und US-Präsident Obama lassen Verstimmungen hinter sich. Beide fordern direkte Gespräche mit Palästinensern. >>> Von Clemens Wergin | Dienstag, 06. Juli 2010

La presse française demande des explications à Sarkozy
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: AFFAIRE BETTENCOURT | La presse française estime mercredi que l'affaire Bettencourt-Woerth touche désormais le chef de l'Etat. Elle demande à Nicolas Sarkozy de s'expliquer rapidement afin de clarifier la situation.

"Depuis trois semaines, la parole est à laccusation" écrit Paul-Henri du Limbert dans "Le Figaro". "Si Nicolas Sarkozy veut éviter la crise de confiance qui se dessine, il doit parler et se défendre face aux attaques", ajoute-t-il. >>> ATS | Mercredi 07 Juillet 2010

American Teenagers Get High On Nutmeg!
 
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: La noix de muscade, «drogue» légale des ados américains: ÉPICE | Se procurer un produit légal disponible un peu partout et ayant des effets psychotropes? C'est possible. Les adolescents américains ont décelés dans la noix de muscade une façon de «faire la fête». >>> Rédaction online | Mercredi 07 Juillet 2010

Das Burka-Verbot in der Französischen Nationalversammlung: Gesetz sieht hohe Bussen bei Schleierzwang durch Männer vor
NZZ ONLINE: Die französische Nationalversammlung geht am Dienstag ein heikles Geschäft an. Auf der Tagesordnung steht das höchst umstrittene Burka-Verbot. Das von der Regierung beabsichtigte Gesetz könnte verfassungswidrig sein.

Die französische Nationalversammlung hat am Dienstag Beratungen über ein Burka-Verbot aufgenommen. Mit dem von der konservativen Regierung eingebrachten Gesetzentwurf sollen Burkas, Niqabs und andere Gewänder, die praktisch nur die Augen freilassen, aus der Öffentlichkeit verbannt werden. Weiter lessen und einen Kommentar schreiben >>> ddp | Dienstag, 06. Juli 2010

Queen Addresses United Nations General Assembly in New York
THE TELEGRAPH: The Queen told the United Nations it had “moved from being a high-minded aspiration to being a real force for common good” as she addressed the General Assembly in New York for the first time since 1957.

The Queen addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Photo: The Telegraph
In a reflective speech to an assembly whose members states have increased from 77 to 192 since her last visit, the Queen praised the UN for its work in reducing conflict, offering humanitarian assistance and tackling the effects of poverty.

The “waging of peace” was “perhaps the hardest leadership of all”, she said.

However, she warned that “so much remains to be done”, quoting Dag Hammarskjold, a former UN secretary-general, who “once said that 'constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon’.”

She added: “Good nurses get better with practice; sadly the supply of patients never ceases.”

The Queen also warned that “new challenges” such as terrorism and global warming had emerged that had “tested this organisation as much as its member states”. On climate change, “careful account must be taken of the risks facing smaller, more vulnerable nations, many of them from the Commonwealth”, she said.

She said she hoped that, in another 53 years, “our sincerity, our willingness to take a lead, and our determination to do the right thing, will stand the test of time”.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh spent only five hours in New York, sweltering under heat health warnings as temperatures soared to a record 103 degrees. >>> Tom Leonard, New York | Tuesday, July 06, 2010

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NEW YORK POST: Andrew Cuomo and his GOP challengers are splitting sharply on the hotly contested question of building a mosque near Ground Zero, even as they're in surprising agreement on the need to cut taxes and spending.

Attorney General Cuomo said he favored building the mosque, which polls show is opposed by most city residents, including many who say it would be an insult to 9/11 victims.

Cuomo, who polls show is the overwhelming favorite to be the state's next governor, said through a spokesman, "America is all about diversity and tolerance and, thus, we should let this project proceed, even though it may justifiably make some people uncomfortable and offend some of our sensibilities."

Republican gubernatorial designee and one-time Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio "opposes the plan to build the Cordoba mosque across from Ground Zero, and shares the concerns of many over the [proposed mosque's] imam's view that Hamas is not a terrorist organization," said his spokesman, Barney Keller.

"Rick views the questions surrounding the overseas sources of funding for this project as a potential security risk."

Buffalo builder and megamillionaire Carl Paladino, a Tea Party activist expected to challenge Lazio in the GOP primary, said, "I am dead set against the mosque at Ground Zero because it's an affront to Americans everywhere.

"It just doesn't make sense to build a needlessly bold and insulting statement on hallowed ground where radical Islamists declared war on America." Continue reading and comment >>> Fredric U. Dicker | Monday, July 05, 2010

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office. Photograph: The Wall Street Journal
Obama Says U.S.-Israel Bond Is 'Unbreakable'
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama, flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, on Tuesday hailed the bond between the U.S. and Israel as "unbreakable" and said the two agreed on concrete steps to begin direct talks on Mideast peace.

The two, speaking with reporters in the Oval Office after meeting for about an hour, dismissed claims that relations between the countries had cooled in recent months and reaffirmed their shared interest, particularly in the area of national security and peace.

Mr. Obama said Mr. Netanyahu was prepared to take "risks" on Mideast peace and praised the prime minister for recently instituting a partial freeze on Jewish construction in disputed territories.

Mr. Netanyahu said the two discussed "concrete" steps they would take in the coming weeks to help move toward direct talks on Mideast peace. Mr. Netanyahu said it was "high-time" for he [sic], Mr. Obama and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to have direct talks on Mideast peace.

Mr. Obama said he hoped direct talks would begin before the moratorium on Jewish construction ends in September. >>> Jared A. Favole | Tuesday, July 06, 2010

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