Sunday, June 05, 2011
« Jésus : un prophète de l’islam ». C’est le message diffusé dans plusieurs dizaines de panneaux d’affichage de la ville australienne de Sydney depuis quelques jours à l’initiative de MyPeace, une organisation musulmane œuvrant pour la paix et le dialogue interreligieux.
Jésus (alias Issa) est en effet considéré, au même titre que Muhammad, comme un des nombreux prophètes envoyés de Dieu aux yeux des musulmans à la nette différence qu'il est pas vu comme le fils de Dieu, ce Dernier n'ayant ni ascendant ou descendant.
Toutefois, cette initiative originale - qui rappelle la campagne britannique « Inspiré par Muhammad » en juin 2010 - a provoqué un tollé auprès de plusieurs responsables chrétiens du pays, qui l’ont jugé « provocante ». Certains panneaux ont été vandalisé, rapporte lundi 30 mai The Sydney Morning Herald. » | Rédigé par Hanan Ben Rhouma | Mardi 31 Mai 2011
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: He's not the son of God, just the support act: CHRISTIANS in Sydney will have their core beliefs challenged by provocative advertisements due to appear on billboards and buses in the next month. » | Aaron Cook | Saturday, May 28, 2011
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Bishop calls Islamic billboards offensive: A Catholic bishop has slammed controversial Islamic billboards for being "provocative and offensive" and he's calling for them to be removed from prominent locations across Sydney. » | AAP | Monday, May 30, 2011
BBC: Three weeks after the charges of sexual assault in a New York hotel, repercussions from the Strauss-Kahn affair continue to reverberate across France - as a row over new allegations against an unnamed political figure shows.
The opposition Socialist party is still assessing the damage to its presidential prospects following the humiliation of its one-time champion, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, due back in court on Monday.
Commentators agonise over the embarrassment to France's international reputation, or rail against the supposed iniquities of the American justice system.
But by far the biggest impact has been on the debate over the public's right to know.
Outsiders almost unanimously take the view that the Strauss-Kahn affair is proof of a shameful dereliction of duty on the part of French journalism.
Mr Strauss-Kahn's predatory attitude to women was well-known to the Paris media, the argument goes, but went unreported because of a tacit collusion with the political elite.
Here in France, that argument is conceded - but only up to a point.
Most people agree that national newspapers should take a tougher line towards authority - and that the web of interests linking journalists and politicians is harmful to democracy.
But there remains an extremely resilient strand of thought, which resists any move towards an information free-for-all a la Anglo-Saxon [sic].
In the view of the overwhelming majority, the right to privacy is sacrosanct.
And even if the Strauss-Kahn fiasco shows the risks of taking this principle too far, this is preferable to the opposite: a moralising, tabloid culture which (for the French) is the ghastly reality in the UK and the US. » | Hugh Schofield, BBC News, Paris | Sunday, June 05, 2011
The motorsport's world governing body, the FIA, has unanimously voted to return the Bahrain Grand Prix to the 2011 Formula One race calendar. The race, which is due to be held on October 30, was originally called off in February because of pro-democracy protests. The FIA, says its decision "reflects the spirit of reconciliation in Bahrain". But it has angered human rights bodies and campaigners. Amnesty international says that despite the lifting of emergency laws that have been in place since March, serious human rights violations continue to be committed in the kingdom with security measures still in place to stop large gatherings. So, will the event bring unity to the kingdom, as the organisers claim? Or are they simply putting money before morality?
FIA: Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile »
In der jemenitischen Stadt Tais haben heute Sonntag mehrere bewaffnete Männer den Präsidentenpalast angegriffen. Wie aus Militärkreisen verlautete, töteten sie vier Soldaten bei der versuchten Erstürmung des Geländes. Einer der Angreifer sei ums Leben gekommen.
Die Angreifer sollen einer Gruppe angehören, die sich jüngst zusammengetan hat, um Rache für getötete Regierungsgegner zu nehmen. Präsident Ali Abdullah Saleh hatte die Protestbewegung von seinen Sicherheitskräften gewaltsam niederschlagen lassen. » | wid/sda | Sonntag 05. Juni 2011
Einen Monat nach der Tötung von Terroristenchef Osama bin Laden hat das Terrornetzwerk al-Qaida zu neuen Anschlägen aufgerufen. In einem Video sagte nach US-Medienangaben vom Freitag der in den USA geborene al-Qaida-Sprecher Adam Gadahn auf Englisch, Muslime sollten Terroranschläge gegen westliche und jüdische Ziele verüben. » | APA | Samstag 04. Juni 2011
leJDD.fr: Le président yéménite Ali Abdallah Saleh, atteint par un éclat de shrapnel au thorax lors de l'attaque de son palais vendredi à Sanaa, a été opéré samedi en Arabie saoudite, a-t-on appris de source médicale. Selon la BBC, il aurait un éclat de shrapnel long de 7,6 cm sous la région du coeur et serait brûlé au second degré au thorax et au visage. [Source: leJDD.fr] | Dimanche 05 Juin 2011
leJDD.fr: Les autorités marocaines avaient décidé de ne pas recourir à la force dimanche pour empêcher la manifestation à Rabat. Plusieurs centaines de jeunes du Mouvement du 20 février ont pu défiler sans heurts pour réclamer des réformes politiques et dénoncer le décès d'un jeune islamiste du Mouvement décédé jeudi dernier à Safi, à 350 km de Casablanca. [Source: leJDD.fr] | Dimanche 05 Juin 2011
There has been renewed deadly fighting in Yemen on Sunday, with heavy gunfire in Taiz as well as a rocket attack in the capital Sanaa.
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president, is seeking medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, after being injured in a rocket attack a day earlier.
While pro-democracy protesters have been celebrating the president's departure as a victory against the government, the foreign ministry in Saudi Arabia has told Al Jazeera that Yemen's political future is an internal matter and Yemen has said he will be back in the capital in a few days.
Al Jazeera's Hazem Sika reports.
More shocking evidence of the crackdown on protesters in Syria has appeared in video posted on YouTube.
It is claimed that the film shows Syria's Security Forces fabricating evidence after shooting a group of men on a rooftop.
Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford has the details.
David Cameron will emerge as the victor from a bitter cabinet battle over multiculturalism this week as the government unveils a hardline approach to tackling Islamist extremism.
Home Office sources say that Cameron has quashed Nick Clegg's argument for a more tolerant attitude to Muslim groups by insisting on a strategy centred upon the notion that violent extremism is incubated within the ideology of non-violent extremism.
The shift in approach will be outlined when the government's counter-terrorism strategy is unveiled by the home secretary, Theresa May, on Tuesday. Central to the Prevent strategy is a broader definition of extremism that will be extended beyond groups condoning violence to those considered non-violent but whose views, such as the advocacy of sharia law, fail to "reflect British mainstream values".
A Home Office source said: "There will be a direct challenge to these [non-violent] groups." » | Mark Townsend and Hannah Olivennes | Saturday, June 04, 2011
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Manufacturers and retailers have been told that their sector is vulnerable to attacks by ideologically and politically motivated groups that may seek to cause widespread casualties and disruption by poisoning food supplies.
The warning from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure [CPNI], which operates as part of the Security Service, comes as experts warned the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany has highlighted the vulnerability of the food chain and how quickly bacteria can spread.
The highly virulent strain has claimed 18 lives and left more than 1,800 seriously ill, with the true number of cases expected to be far higher.
A senior German doctor last night called for an investigation into the possibility that the bacteria had been spread deliberately.
Klaus-Dieter Zastrow, chief doctor for hygiene at Berlin’s Vivantes hospital, said: “It’s quite possible that there’s a crazy person out there who thinks 'I’ll kill a few people or give 10,000 people diarrhoea’. It’s a negligent mistake not to investigate in that direction.” » | Richard Gray, Science Correspondent | Saturday, June 04, 2011
Benoît XVI a invité samedi au premier jour de sa visite pastorale à Zagreb les Croates à adhérer avec "joie" à l’Union européenne en aidant l’Europe, menacée de "régression", à valoriser sa "richesse spirituelle" négligée par une culture favorisant l’individualisme.
Benoît XVI fait son premier voyage en Croatie où son prédécesseur Jean Paul II, très populaire, s’était rendu trois fois, soutenant l’indépendance croate pendant la guerre de 1991-95.
"Je pense que la majorité des Croates envisagent avec une grande joie" le moment de la prochaine adhésion à l’UE, a déclaré le pape dans l’avion qui le conduisait vers Zagreb.
"Depuis ses origines, votre nation appartient à l’Europe", a-t-il lancé ensuite sur le tarmac de l’aéroport, en s’adressant au président croate Ivo Josipovic. Il a vanté "treize siècles de liens forts et spéciaux" avec le Saint-Siège.
"Puisse cette chère nation contribuer à ce que l’Union européenne valorise pleinement sa richesse culturelle et spirituelle", a-t-il encore insisté. » | AFP | Samedi 04 Juin 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Yemen's veteran president, Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded by shellfire, as his presidential palace came under attack amid the country's brewing civil war.
Mr Saleh, who has held office for nearly 33 years, was praying in a mosque inside the fortified palace compound when it was struck by at least two shells, killing seven guards.
The president escaped with light injuries, according to western diplomats and government officials, but the prime minister and speaker of parliament were more seriously hurt. Rashad al-Alami, the deputy prime minister and a leading pro-Western voice in the cabinet, was said to [be] in a critical condition.
In a brief speech after the attack Mr Saleh said it had been carried out by an "outlaw gang" of his tribal foes.
Speaking only via audio in a televised speech, he blamed the attack on the powerful Hashed tribe led by Sadeq al-Ahmar who has been battling Saleh loyalists in Sana'a.
"I salute our armed forces and the security forces for standing up firmly to confront this challenge by an outlaw gang that has nothing to do with the so-called youth revolution," he said. » | Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent | Friday, June 03, 2011
THE GUARDIAN: 4 top Yemeni officials in Saudi for treatment » | AP foreign | Saturday, June 04, 2011
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