Saturday, November 05, 2011
KRONE.at: Schreckliches musste die junge Nailan im Jahr 2002 in der osttürkischen Provinz Mardin ertragen: Mehr als zwei Dutzend scheinbar ehrenwerte Bürger - darunter Beamte, Lehrer, Soldaten und der Chef der örtlichen Landwirtschaftskammer - verschafften sich über zwei Zuhälterinnen Kontakt zu dem 13-jährigen Mädchen und vergewaltigten es regelmäßig. Eines Tages konnte Nailan flüchten und fand Unterschlupf bei Anwälten, die die Täter vor Gericht brachten. Doch diese könnten nun nahezu ungeschoren davonkommen.
Vor wenigen Tagen entschied das höchste Berufungsgericht des EU-Bewerberlandes Türkei, dass die Vergewaltiger nur Mindeststrafen erhalten dürften - weil das Mädchen den Geschlechtsverkehr selbst gewollt habe. » | AG/red | Freitag 04. November 2011
abcNEWS: Michele Bachmann said Wednesday she was troubled that American judges would cite sharia law in U.S. courtrooms and that the practice would “usurp” the U.S. Constitution.
“It’s very troubling to see some United States justices bring in sharia law,” Bachmann said in a radio interview with WHO Radio in Iowa. “Sharia law … certainly does not have a place in a United States courtroom, nor should it be followed by United States judges.”
Bachmann was responding to a question from a caller who asked the GOP hopeful’s opinion on judges “sneaking sharia law into courts.”
After a New Jersey judge cited the Muslim religious law in a 2010 decision, some conservative activists and politicians have taken a hard line against the idea of recognizing the practice in American courts and warned that the practice growing.
While some prominent Republicans, most notably New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have condemned the concerns as “crazy,” Bachmann and fellow presidential candidate Rick Santorum have taken firm positions against sharia. » | Russell Goldman | Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Archbishop Sentamu, the second most important figure in the Church of England, said that excesses in the financial sector have helped to create huge inequalities in wealth, "demonstrating how scandalously unfair our society is".
Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Dr Sentamu called for a change in public attitudes towards excessive personal wealth as profound and rapid as moves against racism, homophobia and sex discrimination in recent decades.
He said: "If they [FTSE 100 chief executives] have a responsibility to their staff, it is hard to imagine a more powerful way of telling someone that they are of little value than to pay them one-third of one per cent of your salary.
"Top pay has been found to bear little or no relation to company performance, but even if it did, isn't the performance of a company dependent on the work and well-being of all its staff?
"Among the ill-effects of very large income differences between rich and poor are that they weaken community life and make societies less cohesive." » | Saturday, November 05, 2011
YORKSHIRE POST: Sentamu hits out at greed culture of fat cats: THE Archbishop of York has urged the Government to introduce a radical overhaul of the tax system and called for greed to be made as socially unacceptable as racism and homophobia. ¶ Dr John Sentamu claimed many of the wealthiest in society are avoiding paying their dues in a stinging attack on the growing divide between Britain’s rich and poor. » | Saturday, November 05, 2011
YORKSHIRE POST: WITH renewed public outrage at the excesses of the financial sector and the huge inequalities in wealth it has helped to generate, we are being confronted daily with new evidence of extremes of wealth and poverty, demonstrating how scandalously unfair our society is.
But how is this to be addressed? This is the urgent task for us all. The news that chief executives (CEOs) of the FTSE 100 companies last year received average pay increases of almost 50 per cent adds urgency to our cause.
Typically, these CEOs receive 300 times as much as the least well paid British employees in their companies. If they have a responsibility to their staff, it is hard to imagine a more powerful way of telling some people that they are of little value than to pay them one-third of one per cent of your own salary.
Top pay has been found to bear little or no relation to company performance, but even if it did, isn’t the performance of a company dependent on the work and well-being of all its staff?
Among the ill effects of very large income differences between rich and poor are that they weaken community life and make societies less cohesive.
If the concept of the Big Society is to become a reality, so that people come to know and take more care of each other, income differences must surely be reduced. No one wants a “dog eat dog” society in which people feel obliged simply to fend for themselves.
But over the last few decades, the gains from economic growth have gone disproportionately to those who already have most. In contrast, forecasts suggest that child poverty will increase. The danger is that rather than increasing equality of opportunity, social mobility will slow down and people will become more divided by class and status. » | Dr. John Sentamu | Saturday, November 05, 2011
MAIL ONLINE: French president Nicolas Sarkozy launched an astonishing attack on Britain’s attitude to Europe last night.
The furious French leader was branded the ‘new de Gaulle’ after claiming the British can’t comprehend Europe because we are ‘an island’.
‘You come from an island, so maybe you don’t understand the subtleties of European construction,’ he snapped at BBC Newsnight’s economics editor Paul Mason.
Mr Sarkozy had been asked whether it was right for the European Union to be attempting to block an EU referendum and install a coalition government in Greece.
His outburst was quickly seen as evidence that the diminutive French premier has contempt for both Greece and Britain.
His comments come less than two weeks after he snapped at David Cameron at a Brussels summit, telling the Prime Minister to stop telling the eurozone ‘what to do’ about the economic crisis. ‘You have lost a good opportunity to shut up,’ he said.
Also at the Brussels summit Mr Sarkozy publicly snubbed Mr Cameron by turning away as the Prime Minister offered his hand in friendship. » | James Chapman and Hugo Duncan | Saturday, November 05, 2011
What is this? The 'Little Englanders' Saturday Forum'? Europhobia abounds on this small island. Sarkozy is right: The English don't understand Europe at all. I am so glad he didn't include the Celtic fringe in his assertion. I truly believe that you will find very different attitudes to the EU in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Attitudes to Europe in the English press rarely speak for me, not being English, and certainly no 'Little Englander'. – © Mark
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Due out next Tuesday, the new book, Back To Work, is partly an analysis of how America came to be where it is now, with Washington enmeshed in partisan gridlock and Main Street suffering from an unemployment crisis that shows no signs of easing quickly. » | DAVID USBORNE | Saturday, November 05, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: With two prime ministers and 13 cabinet ministers among its alumni, the Oxford University Conservative Association has become a conveyor belt for future leaders since it was founded in 1924.
But the student body, whose patron is Baroness Thatcher, is facing potentially the biggest crisis in its history after its own officers accused members of anti-Semitism, debauchery and snobbery at its alcohol-fuelled meetings.
Four of the Association’s most senior members have announced they will be resigning after members allegedly sang a Nazi-themed song, while others complained that members from working-class backgrounds were ridiculed by a clique of former public schoolboys.
Students are now facing possible disciplinary action by both the University and the Conservative Party, both of which have launched investigations.
OUCA, whose honorary president is William Hague, uses its website to promote a public image of studious debate, with recent guest speakers including Sir John Major and Iain Duncan Smith.
At its weekly “port and policy” meetings, however, drunkenness and discrimination have been the main items on the agenda, according to some disillusioned members.
One officer claimed that members regularly sang a song which includes the words: “Dashing through the Reich…killing lots of kike (Jews).” » | Gordon Rayner, and Richard Alleyne | Friday, November 04, 2011
Friday, November 04, 2011
THE AUSTRALIAN: THE burqa may be confronting but to ban it would fly in the face of religious freedom, a top public servant has told university students.
"Banning the burqa or any other form of religious dress in Australia would be inconsistent with our principles and traditions of religious freedom and tolerance,'' said Andrew Metcalfe, secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
Mr Metcalfe acknowledged that "some Australians find the burqa confronting''.
He was speaking last month at the University of Western Australia on "Australian government approaches to Islam''.Asked whether Mr Metcalfe was speaking personally or expressing a government position, a spokesperson for DIAC said his remarks were "consistent with the government's multicultural policy''.
That policy "allows those who choose to call Australia home the right to practise and share in their cultural traditions and languages within the law and free from discrimination''. » | BERNARD LANE | The Australian | Saturday, November 05, 2011
Ce masque représente - de façon stylisée - Guy Fawkes, un Britannique qui a tenté de faire sauter l'édifice du parlement britannique le 5 novembre 1605.
«Ce sont des masques qui ont une signification puissante», a lancé Alexandre Ricciardelli, qui s'affairait jeudi à rouler une cigarette sur une table à pique-nique du parc Zuccoti, deux jours avant l'anniversaire de l'acte terroriste raté du 17e siècle.
«Mais l'idée n'est pas de faire sauter quoi que ce soit, a-t-elle précisé. C'est plutôt pour rester anonymes - et pacifiques.»
Pour la jeune femme du New Jersey âgée de 20 ans, le fait de porter le masque de Fawkes signifie «être opposé à L'Homme («The Man»), le pouvoir qui opprime (la société)». » | Tamara Lush et Verena Dobnik | Associated Press | New York | vendredi 04 novembre 2011
GLOBE AND MAIL: Already exasperated by a seemingly endless wave of pay cuts and tax hikes, Greeks watched the latest political drama unfolding in their capital with a mixture of despair and disbelief.
In an extraordinary week even by the chaotic standards of Greek politics, Prime Minister George Papandreou first declared a vital bailout lifeline would be put to a popular vote before backing down in the face of an uproar at home and abroad.
“We are suffering from austerity and this man is smiling in parliament and telling us the referendum plan was just a joke,” said Alexandra Rouva, a 27-year-old Greek who has been unemployed for more than a year.
“Well, this is not the right time for stupid jokes. He cannot play with our lives.” » | RENEE MALTEZOU | ATHENS | Friday, November 04, 2011
LE FIGARO: Tout en poursuivant la répression, le pouvoir propose l'amnistie contre les fusils.
Le plan de paix de la Ligue arabe pour une sortie de crise en Syrie a fait long feu. Après l'avoir accepté mercredi, Damas n'a pas cessé de tirer sur les manifestants. L'organisation panarabe demandait au régime de retirer l'armée des villes, de libérer les prisonniers politiques, de dialoguer avec l'opposition et de laisser circuler médias et observateurs. Vendredi, au lendemain d'un jeudi meurtrier qui avait fait au moins 20 morts, le massacre s'est poursuivi, tuant au moins 17 personnes, selon les chiffres provisoires donnés en milieu de journée par l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'homme (OSDH) et les comités locaux de coordination (CLC). » | Par Pierre Prier | vendredi 04 novembre 2011
Saudi authorities have mobilised some 100,000 security and civil defence personnel to insure a smooth pilgrimage and avoid deadly incidents that marred the extremely crowded rites in the past.
"We will mobilise all our means to prevent any harm against any pilgrim or any group of pilgrims," Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, who recently became the crown prince of the Muslim kingdom said on Tuesday.
He made the remark during an inspection tour of hajj preparations as anti-riot and anti-terrorism police paraded in front of the kingdom's internal security tsar as police and rescue helicopters hovered overhead.
The hajj rituals begin Friday and peak on Saturday when all pilgrims assemble in the Arafat plain outside Mecca, and end with Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, which will be celebrated on Sunday.
Around 1.7 million Muslims are due to descent on Mecca from around the world while between 700,000 and 800,000 pilgrims will be coming from inside Saudi Arabia. » | Thursday, November 03, 2011
Wenn du denkst, es geht nicht mehr, kommt von irgendwo ein Lichtlein her: Mit dieser Devise hat es Silvio Berlusconi ziemlich weit gebracht.
Doch jetzt naht das Ende, es geht einfach nicht mehr. Die Art, wie auf europäischen Gipfeln mit ihrem Ministerpräsidenten umgesprungen wird, müssen alle Italiener als tiefe Demütigung wahrnehmen.
Über das Land, das zu den Gründungsstaaten der EU gehört und das ziemlich lange europabegeistert war, beugen sich die EU-Kapitäne wie über einen kranken Mann und machen es vom Subjekt zum Objekt. Das kann sich Italien aus Selbstachtung nicht länger leisten. Es kommt kein Lichtlein mehr. » | Autor: Thomas Schmid | Freitag 04. November 2011
The Malay-language book titled "Islamic Sex" is not available in shops but is believed to have been read by hundreds of members of the club formed this year by a small Malaysian Islamic sect that practices polygamy.
The book contains no explicit photographs but was written by the club's 56-year-old founder to describe her experiences and opinions on marriage. It has passages on how couples should physically and spiritually approach sex, claiming that most women only satisfy ten percent of their husbands' sexual needs.
The government's Islamic affairs department studied the 115-page book and recommended banning it because it could cause confusion among Malaysia's Muslim majority about acceptable religious teachings, a Home Ministry official said on condition of anonymity. Read on and comment » | Telegraph’s Foreign Staff | Friday, November 04, 2011
Followers of no other faith can be more sex-driven than Muslims are. It's all to do with the nature of the faith, of course. Force women to live in purdah, forbid the co-mingling of the sexes, encourage carnal pleasures (in secret, of course), and bang!, what do you get? A huge appetite for the pleasures of the flesh! – © Mark
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LIBÉRATION: Le directeur de la publication, Charb, le directeur de la rédaction, Riss et le dessinateur Luz ont été placés sous protection rapprochée jeudi.
Charb, le directeur de la publication de Charlie Hebdo, le dessinateur Luz et le directeur de la rédaction, Riss, sont sous protection policière en raison des menaces proférées à leur encontre, a déclaré jeudi Patrick Pelloux, l'un des chroniqueurs du journal : «Ils sont sous protection policière rapprochée. La police ne veut pas prendre de risques.»
L'enquête de la police judiciaire (PJ) sur l'incendie criminel mercredi des locaux de l'hebdomadaire satirique n'excluait jeudi soir "aucune hypothyèse", disposant "d'au moins un témoignage direct" pouvant mettre en cause deux hommes aperçus sur les lieux.
Deux hommes ont été vus par "au moins un témoin direct", vers 1 heure, peu après l'heure supposée du début du sinistre, s'enfuir des lieux. Continuez à lire et ajouter un commentaire » | Source AFP | jeudi 03 novembre 2011
THE INDEPENDENT: Death threats have closed the website of a French satirical magazine fire-bombed this week after featuring cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed, but that did not deter the daily Libération from publishing new drawings yesterday in a show of solidarity.
The Belgian company which runs Charlie Hebdo's internet site pulled the plug yesterday after anonymous threats were emailed. The magazine has been the victim of an intensive cyber war waged from the Muslim world, especially Turkey, since it published an edition on Wednesday which it said was "guest-edited by Mohamed", and was littered with Mohamed cartoons.
Charlie Hebdo's Facebook page has been inundated with messages in English, French, Turkish and Arabic, rejoicing in the Molotov cocktail attack which destroyed the magazine's offices in Paris in the early hours of Wednesday. Messages, repeated over and over, include, "Go to the devil, Charlie Hebdo" and "Shame on Charlie Hebdo".
The centre-left Libération risked the wrath of Islamic extremists yesterday by publishing a special edition of Charlie Hebdo, including two new Mohamed cartoons. A four-page supplement, wrapped around the main newspaper, carried a joint Charlie Hebdo-Libération masthead and 17 cartoons drawn by the magazine's regular contributors.
One cartoon showed a bearded man's head on the body of a fire-breathing dragon. The caption asked, "Is this the real face of Mohamed?" Other drawings were self-mocking. One showed a cartoonist in the centre of a defensive ring of heavily armed soldiers. The cartoonist says, "I have got another hilarious gag." A soldier replies, "I was afraid of that." » | JOHN LICHFIELD | PARIS | Friday, November 04, 2011
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