Role Reversal Saudi Comedy Provokes Anger Among Male Population
THE TELEGRAPH: A role reversal comedy shown on Saudi television in which a woman marries four husbands has hit the very nerve it satirised - male pride and double standards.

Clip taken from the satirical Saudi show Tash Ma Tash. Clip: The Telegraph
The comedy was an episode in Saudi Arabia’s most celebrated satirical series, Tash Ma Tash or No Big Deal, a take-off of social prejudices shown annually during the holy month of Ramadan.

The central character takes four husbands, explaining herself using the conventional arguments Saudi men use to exercise their legal and religious privilege of marrying four times.

When she remarries for the first time she complains that her existing husband has stopped caring about his looks after five years, and is preoccupied with work. >>> Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent | Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Top Democrat Splits with Obama on Ground Zero Mosque
THE TELEGRAPH: Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the US Senate, has publicly broken with Barack Obama by opposing plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Senator Harry Reid’s opposition to the controversial Cordoba Centre is his first major public disagreement with the US president and signals the possibility of an electorally dangerous split in the Democratic party ahead of the midterms.

Mr Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, who faces a tough re-election battle in Nevada in November, said through a spokesman that although he respects the constitutional right to freedom of religion it was “very obvious that the mosque should be built someplace else”.

It is also a rare rebuke to Mr Obama from a top Democrat. Mr Obama became embroiled in the issue when he told Muslims gathered for a White House dinner that they had the “same right to practise their religion as everyone else in this country”. >>> Toby Harnden, Washington | Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Bloomberg takes leave of his senses >>>

THE GUARDIAN: Ramadan clash with 9/11 anniversary raises fears of anti-Islam backlash: Celebrations to mark end of Muslim fasting could be deliberately misinterpreted to spark hostility, religious groups warn >>> Riazat Butt and Chris McGreal | Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Taliban Stone Afghan Couple to Death for Adultery
THE GUARDIAN: Amnesty International condemns first confirmed stoning in Afghanistan since fall of the Taliban in 2001

Taliban forces have stoned a couple to death for adultery in a public execution.

With Nato and UN officials in Kabul poring over the latest Taliban proposal to establish a joint commission to investigate civilian casualties, officials in the north of the country were detailing a killing that Amnesty International described as the first confirmed stoning in the country since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.

Militants ordered the stoning after a married man and a single woman in Dasht-e-Archi district, Kunduz province, were accused of eloping.

Amnesty International called the stoning a "heinous crime" that showed the Taliban and other insurgent groups "are growing increasingly brutal in their abuses against Afghans".

"Amnesty International has warned that the Afghan government should not sacrifice human rights, particularly the rights of women and minorities, in the name of reconciliation with the Taliban and other insurgent groups," said a spokesman for the group. >>> Associated Press | Monday, August 16, 2010

Mosque Divides Nation's Top Democrats: Ground Zero debate raises major strategy issues heading into midterm elections

Obama, the One-term President
POLITICO: Q: Will Barack Obama be a one-term president? / A: Yes, he might last that long.

Honest to goodness, the man just does not get it. He might be forced to pull a Palin and resign before his first term is over. He could go off and write his memoirs and build his presidential library. (Both would be half-size, of course.)

I am not saying Obama is not smart; he is as smart as a whip. I am just saying he does not understand what savvy first-term presidents need to understand:

You have to stay on message, follow the polls, listen to your advisers (who are writing the message and taking the polls) and realize that when it comes to doing what is right versus doing what is expedient, you do what is expedient so that you can get reelected and do what is right in the second term. If at all possible. And it will help your legacy. And not endanger the election of others in your party. And not hurt the brand. Or upset people too much. >>> Roger Simon | Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Obama “Doesn’t Get” Mosque

Shown here is the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church near the World Trade Center, before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Photo: Fox News
What About the Ground Zero Church? Archdiocese Says Officials Abandoned Project
FOX NEWS: The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America accused New York officials on Tuesday of turning their backs on the reconstruction of the only church destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, while the controversial mosque near Ground Zero moves forward.

The sidelined project is the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, a tiny, four-story building destroyed in 2001 when one of the World Trade Center towers fell on top of it. Nobody from the church was hurt in the attack, but the congregation has for the past decade been trying to rebuild its house of worship.

While the mosque project cleared red tape earlier this month, negotiations between government officials and the church stalled last year -- and have stayed that way. Though the particulars of the two projects are completely different and on the surface unrelated, the church and its supporters see a disconnect in the way the proposals have been handled.

An archdiocese official said Tuesday that the situation has created "consternation" for those still struggling to jump-start talks over the church.

"We have people that are saying, why isn't our church being rebuilt and why is there ... such concern for people of the mosque?" Father Alex Karloutsos, assistant to the archbishop, told FoxNews.com. He said "religious freedom" would allow a place of worship for any denomination to be built, but accused officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey of making no effort to help move the congregation's project along. >>> Judson Berger | Tuesday, August 17, 2010

British Physicist and Scientist Reverts to Islam

American Converts to Islam after Reading the Quran

Israel: USA sollen dem Iran drohen
DIE PRESSE: Israelische Militärvertreter fordern die USA auf, schärfer gegen das Atomprogramm des Iran vorzugehen. Washington müsse die Bereitschaft zu einem Luftangriff zeigen.

Israel fordert von den USA eine glaubhafte militärische Drohung gegen das iranische Atomprogramm. Washington müsse die Bereitschaft zu einem Luftangriff zeigen, sollte Teheran nicht doch noch im Atomstreit einlenken, sagte ein hochrangiger israelischer Militärvertreter der "Financial Times Deutschland" (Dienstag): "Wenn man nur erwähnt, dass man die militärische Option hat, macht das keinen Eindruck."

Die USA müssten den Iran durch die Demonstration der eigenen Stärke abschrecken. Der Rückzug aus dem Irak biete eine Chance: "Wenn man sich von einem Schauplatz zurückzieht, kann man sich auf ein anderes Sicherheitsrisiko konzentrieren, und das ist für uns der Iran." Lesen Sie weiter und schreiben Sie einen Kommentar >>> Ag. / Red. | Dienstag, 17. August 2010

Steinigung als Merkmal nationaler Souveränität: Iran wehrt sich gegen Einmischung des Westens
NZZ ONLINE: Die iranische Regierung weist Appelle zum Verzicht auf die Steinigung einer Ehebrecherin zurück. Das Verfahren gegen die Frau, der auch Beihilfe zum Mord vorgeworfen wird, verlaufe nach den Gesetzen Irans und juristisch korrekt.

Die Regierung in Teheran hat den Westen aufgefordert, sich nicht in den Fall einer zum Tod durch Steinigung verurteilten Ehebrecherin einzumischen. Die Ermittlungen zu dem Fall von Sakine Mohammadi-Ashtiani dauerten noch immer an. Dieser wird auch Beihilfe zum Mord an ihrem Ehemann zur Last gelegt.

«Unabhängige Nationen können nicht akzeptieren, dass andere Länder in ihre richterlichen Entscheidungen eingreifen», sagte ein Sprecher des Aussenministeriums am Dienstag. Das Vorgehen der Gerichte sei strikt geregelt. Der Fall werde «akribisch» geprüft. Weiter lesen und inen Kommentar hinterlassen >>> sda/afp | Dienstag, 17. August 2010

Islamische Gerichte sind in England legal
SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN: Wer an Scharia hört, denkt an die Steinigung von Ehebrecherinnen. Tatsächlich steht die Scharia in manchen Teilen im Widerspruch zu den Menschenrechten. Trotzdem gibt es in Grossbritannien seit Jahrzehnten legale Schariah-Gerichte. Doch auch Muslime kritisieren diese religiöse Sondergerichte.

Imam gegen Burka
SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN: Ein Imam in Frankreich spricht sich gegen die Burka aus und wird aus islamischen Kreisen heftig kritisiert. Einblick in das Leben eines Vorkämpfers für einen aufgeklärten Islam.

Fareed Zakaria Interviews Anjem Choudary
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A Big Mistake by the White House

CAIR: Anonymous Hate Flyers Target Kentucky Mosque Plans

CAIR-NY Rep Discusses Islamic Center Proposal on MSNBC

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Islamophobia, America’s New Anti-communism

RUSSIA TODAY: Islamophobia, America’s new anti-communism: Islamophobia was quick to rise after the 9/11 attacks in the US but recently it has emerged again, following controversial plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, with President Obama backing the decision. >>> Published Sunday, August 15, 2010; Edited Tuesday, August 17, 2010