Großbritannien: Die Roten auf dem Rückzug
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DIE PRESSE: Analyse. Der britischen Labour-Party dämmert der Abschied von der Regierung. Nach dem Debakel bei den Lokalwahlen tendieren die Chancen Labours auf ein Comeback gegen null.

LONDON. Spötter dachten dabei an Simbabwe: Stunde um Stunde verzögerte sich am Wochenende die Bekanntgabe des Resultats der Bürgermeisterwahl in London, obwohl schon Freitag jeder über die Abwahl des autokratischen linken Amtsinhabers Ken Livingstone tuschelte. Als dann endlich der Tory Boris Johnson als Sieger feststand, überschütteten sich die beiden Gegner mit Lob; nur das Knacken in Livingstones Stimme verriet, dass da mehr als eines der wichtigsten Ämter Großbritanniens für die Linke verloren gegangen war.

Elf Jahre, nachdem New Labour an die Macht gekommen war, stehen die Zeichen auf Wechsel: Blairs glückloser Nachfolger Gordon Brown muss sich bis 2010 Neuwahlen stellen. Nach dem Debakel bei den Lokalwahlen (neben dem Verlust des Bürgermeisteramts in London erzielte Labour das mieseste Ergebnis seit Jahrzehnten) tendieren die Chancen Labours auf ein Comeback gegen null. Zwar gab sich Brown am Sonntag kämpferisch: „Ich verstehe die Schmerzen der Wähler“, meinte er, „wir können uns erholen“, und er wolle sich nicht von ein paar „tagelangen Schlagzeilen“ davon abhalten lassen, seinen Job zu tun. Labour-Party: Die Roten auf dem Rückzug >>> Von Axel Reiserer | 04. 05. 2008

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An Extract - Victor Davis Hanson: The West Has Warped Immigration Laws
…Like the U.S., Europe is currently subject to a strong immigration wave - although not Hispanic but Muslim in origin. Based on your research into what has been happening in the U.S., do you have any advice to offer to Europeans?

Curb the numbers. Jettison multicultural mish-mash, and instead insist on assimilation and integration. Show pride in your culture that newcomers, after all, have voted by their very presence to accept. Distinguish legal from illegal immigration and don't let tribalists and illiberals masquerade as progressives as they demonize the very sanctuary they flee to. Most immigrants who are unhappy and bite the hand that feeds them learn their venom from disaffected Western elites.

And leading on from this, why do you think European countries are allowing this to happen? What consequences will we have to expect?

At first it was economics, the desire for cheap labor; but then the multiculturalism encouraged the "other" to come without conditions and to recreate the landscape of their abandoned and mostly failed home countries. Now you have the worst of postindustrial West: too few jobs for a growing population of illegal immigrants, even as enabling elites assure them that their problems and pathologies are all the fault of the host. A bad combination by any means.

Do you see any appreciable differences between the way the U.S. is dealing with immigration issues, and Europe's response to similar problems?

We will stop the influx soon and through our powers of assimilation and popular culture absorb those here; you may well not and thus are already seeing a tiny elite on top mouthing utopian leftwing bromides while a radical rightwing movement on bottom will grow, demanding xenophobic solutions.

I am not confident in an easy solution for Europe, given its 20th-century past - whether confronting the specter of a Muslim Eurabia, or the counter-rightwing backlash that could get very ugly. You in Europe have little facility - socially, culturally, and politically - to absorb immigrants into full-fledged Europeans. We do (as Europe's historic critiques of America as a mongrel nation attest) - if the numbers of new arrivals are reasonable, of diverse backgrounds, and of legal status.

Officially Europe sounds more utopian, while in reality Europeans are clannish and reluctant to integrate and embrace; America sounds strident and angry, while Americans in their personal lives integrate, assimilate, and marry Mexican nationals who come here illegally - the tragedy being that if we just cut the numbers of new arrivals of illegals, the existing cohort would soon disappear through assimilation. Read It All - Africa: The West Has Warped Immigration Laws >>> By Atang Izang | April 28, 2008

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Television in the UK: BBC TV Begins

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Iraq’s First Lady Survives Bombing
BBC: Iraq's First Lady has escaped unhurt after a bomb attack on her motorcade in Baghdad, the office of President Jalal Talabani has said.

His wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, was travelling to a cultural festival at the National Theatre at the time.

Four of her bodyguards were injured in the attack, the office said.

Earlier, the US military said that a roadside bomb in Iraq's mainly Sunni western province of Anbar had killed four US marines.

The attack on the First Lady's motorcade occurred in the capital's Karrada district but it is unclear whether she was specifically targeted.

The president's office said: "One of the vehicles of Ms Hiro Ibrahim's convoy hit an improvised explosive device in the road this morning. She was heading to the National Theatre." Iraq [sic] First Lady Survives Bombing >>>

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‘King Faisal Stood Firm on Oil Embargo’
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ARAB NEWS: RIYADH — The United States threatened to use force against Saudi Arabia in 1973 after King Faisal, along with other Arab leaders, imposed an oil embargo on countries that supported Israel during the October War, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former intelligence chief and ambassador to Washington, said in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday.

In the interview, that appeared ahead of a scientific seminar on King Faisal to be opened by Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman on Tuesday, Prince Turki shed light on important events that took place during his father’s rule.

Prince Turki, who was an adviser at the Royal Court in 1973 when King Faisal took the oil-embargo decision, said the king was not shaken by the US threat and stood firm.

He added that the oil embargo was instrumental in encouraging the US to find a quick and just solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. “King Faisal and other Arab leaders were forced to take the decision as a result of America’s unprecedented support for Israel during the war,” the prince said.

He added that American officials talked about the possibility of attacking Saudi oil fields, something that was leaked in US newspapers. Some of these statements came from the then US State Secretary Henry Kissinger.

Prince Turki said King Faisal, who was in Jeddah at the time, received a telegram from Kissinger warning that if the Kingdom did not lift the embargo, the US would take all measures to protect its interests.

“The message was not specific about the measures they were going to take, but it appeared that they would use force. A CIA representative gave me the unsigned message, telling me it was from Kissinger... I went to the king and conveyed its contents. He received the message, read it and said: ‘Kheir insha Allah (Good, God willing).’

“It was very clear that it had come from the American government... The king was very relaxed, cheerful, humorous and was in good spirits despite the threat... This reflected his high quality and determination. He was giving the message that the Kingdom would not bow down to a threat, as a result of a decision it had taken with other Arab countries. It was a great reply,” said Prince Turki. ‘King Faisal Stood Firm on Oil Embargo’ >>> By Badr Alkhorayef | May 4, 2008

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Aftab Ahmad Malik: Imams d'importation
eMARRAKECH: Bristol – S'il est bon et encourageant que le gouvernement britannique recherche une concertation avec les musulmans pour combattre le fléau de la radicalisation, la proposition qu'il vient de faire de recruter des imams modérés du Pakistan montre qu'il a encore beaucoup à apprendre.

Loin d'être des pépinières de radicalisation, ces mosquées ont déçu l'attente des musulmans britanniques précisément parce qu'elles ont employé des imams venus "du pays". Le résultat de cette démarche a été d'aliéner plus encore les jeunes musulmans, qui, de toute façon, sont de plus en plus étrangers à leur langue maternelle, celle qu'emploient pourtant une majorité d'imams.

Sans conteste, s'il existe des exceptions, il n'en reste pas moins que, malgré leur connaissance de l'islam, les imams "importés" n'ont généralement qu'une connaissance limitée des complexités de la vie séculière moderne et des difficultés auxquelles les jeunes musulmans doivent faire face. Il est très rare qu'ils s'efforcent de comprendre le climat politique ou de se donner les moyens de le faire, préférant se confiner dans les questions de piété et de foi.

Les jeunes extrémistes à qui je parle depuis plus de six ans, s'éloignant de plus en plus de cette démarche qui s'est désormais généralisée dans les mosquées, tournent leurs regards ailleurs pour acquérir les "valeurs" islamiques. Imams d'importation >>> Par Aftab Ahmad Malik

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Then and Now: The Demonization of the Jews in Nazi Germany and in the Arab Press Today

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Iranians Strongly Stand Against Enemies’ Propaganda
IRNA: Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iranians, the youth in particular, would strongly stand against enemies' anti-Islamic and anti-Iranian propaganda.

The ayatollah made the remarks addressing a large number of members of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) as well as Basij (Volunteer) forces in the city of Shiraz, capital of Fars province, in southern Iran.

Supreme Leader arrived in Shiraz on April 30 to meet provincial residents, visit various provincial cities, hold separate meetings with families of martyrs, local officials, elites, university students and clerics.

"The world expansionist and hegemonic powers are strongly against justice-loving and independence-seeking aspirations of the Iranian people," the Supreme Leader noted.

He added that although foreigners continue their massive anti-Islamic and anti-Iranian propaganda under any pretext, the intelligent people of Iran, particularly young generation, strongly resist against enemies.

Ayatollah Khamenei recalled courageous acts of Iranian youth during the eight-year Iraqi imposed war against Iran (1980-1988) and said reliance on the Almighty God and the power of the Iranian nation were two major factors for development of the Islamic Iran.

Referring to the great scientific, cultural and social achievements of the Iranian youth in recent years, the Supreme Leader said the country always is in need of its faithful and talented young generation who has repeatedly proved its commitment to the sacred aspirations of the Islamic Revolution. [Source: Leader: Iranians Strongly Stand Against Enemies Propaganda] | May 4, 2008

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Iran Will Not Bow to Western Pressure
KHALEEJ TIMES: TEHERAN - Iran’s supreme leader said on Sunday Teheran would not give up its rights in the face of Western pressure, two days after major powers said they would make a new offer to convince Tehran to halt its nuclear plans.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei did not explicitly mention Iran’s nuclear activities, which Western powers suspect are aimed at making bombs, but Iranian officials have repeatedly ruled out halting the programme which they say is a national right.

“We will continue with our path with power and we will not allow the arrogant ones to step on the right of this nation,” Khamenei said in a speech, referring to Iran’s Western foes.

“Threatening the Iranian nation will not (make it) retreat,” he said during a visit to the southern province of Fars, state television reported. “No threat can persuade the Iranian nation to stop its path.”

World powers met in London on Friday and said they would offer new incentives to encourage Iran to halt nuclear work.
Iran, which says its nuclear programme is a peaceful drive to generate electricity, refused the last such offer made in 2006.

Iranian officials have in recent weeks ruled out halting the atomic work in exchange for trade and other benefits. [Source: Khaleej Times: Iran Will Not Bow to Western pressure (Reuters)] | May 4, 2008

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British Poltics Just Got a Whole Lot Dirtier: Miliband Urged to Depose the Hapless Brown
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THE SUNDAY EXPRESS: DAVID Miliband was last night being urged to challenge Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership to save the party from meltdown in a general election.

The Foreign Secretary, reported to be holding a weekend “summit” with allies at his country retreat in Chevening, Kent, is seen by many as Labour’s best hope of heading off David Cameron’s resurgent Tories.

Senior Blairites, including former spin chief Alastair Campbell, are pressing him to depose the Prime Minister for the good of the party.

As Mr Brown prepared to tour TV studios today to accept the blame for Labour’s woes, a senior party source told the Sunday Express that Mr Miliband was close to agreeing to put himself forward.

The source said: “David’s going for it – he will challenge.” Miliband Urged to Depose Brown >>> By Jason Groves and Kirsty Buchanan

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Boris Johnson: Plans for a Tory Revolution
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Boris Johnson will launch a Conservative revolution in London this week, introducing a series of reforms as a test-bed for a future Tory government.

The new Mayor, who defeated Labour's Ken Livingstone, will within days pour more police on to the capital's crime-hit streets, and plans to introduce hand-held weapon scanners and knife-detecting "arches" at Tube and railway stations.

He will also move to slash immediately wasteful spending and bureaucracy and order a review of the capital's controversial congestion charge.

The swift initiatives are designed to make London a powerhouse of Tory ideas, with Mr Johnson's administration – the first chance the Tories have had to wield real political power for 16 years – used by David Cameron and his team as the proving ground for a move into government. Boris Johnson's Tory Revolution Plan Revealed >>> By Melissa Kite and Patrick Hennessy | May 4, 2008

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Powerful Potential of This Pro-Tory Tide: All the signs suggest David Cameron is on course for Downing Street, says John Curtice >>>

THE SUNDAY TIMES:
Boris Johnson Tells Met Chief to Cut Crime – or Else >>> By Isabel Oakeshott | May 4, 2008

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Le succès de Boris le bouffon >>> Par Sabine Limat | Dimanche 04 Mai 2008

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Londres tombe à droite: La débâcle est totale pour les travaillistes britanniques. Il ne manquait plus que la chute de la capitale, après le scrutin du 1er mai qui avait fait basculer nombre de villes dans l'escarcelle des conservateurs. Le résultat est tombé tard vendredi: les Londoniens ont retiré leur confiance au maire sortant Ken Livingstone pour lui préférer l'impétueux Boris Johnson >>> Par Matthieu Verrier | Samedi 03 Mai 2008

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’White Flight’ Begins to Harm Obama
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THE SUNDAY TIMES: On the eve of two crucial primary election contests, Hillary Clinton is pinning her hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination on a collapse in the white vote for Barack Obama.

“White flight” from Obama, who was hailed as the first post-racial presidential candidate, has been gathering force since Clinton’s nine-point victory in last month’s Pennsylvania primary.

Her allies will be looking at voting patterns in Indiana and North Carolina on Tuesday, the two largest remaining states to go to the polls, for any signs that Obama’s proven weakness among white working-class voters may turn into a rout.

Clinton is campaigning with fresh confidence that she has a plausible path to the nomination, despite trailing Obama in states won and delegates pledged to support her at the Democratic national convention this summer. She has already beaten him among white, non-college-educated voters in 26 out of 29 states, according to exit polls. Hillary Clinton Clings On as ‘White Flight’ Begins to Harm Barack Obama >>> By Sarah Baxter in Indianapolis | May 4, 2008

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Fiery father figure putting a match to Barack’s dream: PROFILE: Rev Jeremiah Wright >>> | May 4, 2008

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Italy: Arabic Version of Constitution to Aid Immigrants
ADN KRONOS INTERNATIONAL: Palermo, 2 May - Catholic charity Caritas will on Tuesday present an Arabic translation of the Italian constitution in a bid to help immigrants integrate in the southern city of Agrigento.

Caritas will distribute the Arabic translation to schools, offices, and public bodies in Agrigento in southern Sicily.

It is the iniative of the archbishop of Agrigento, Monsignor Carmelo Ferraro. Caritas' office in the diocese of Agrigento helped to supervise the translation.

"Immigrants are welcome in our country, but they have a duty to respect Italian laws," said local Caritas' director, Vito Scilabra.

"We have translated the constitution to increase immigrants' awareness of the laws that govern civic life in Italy."

Two thousand copies of the translation are being printed in Arabic and Italian. [Source: Italy: Arabic Version of Constitution to Aid Immigrants]

Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch

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Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers
BBC: The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains on internet access.

This is the latest in a series of restrictions on daily life which President Raul Castro has lifted in recent weeks.

Crowds formed at the Carlos III shopping centre in Havana, though most had come just to look.

The desktop computers cost almost $800 (£400), in a country where the average wage is under $20 (£10) a month.

But some Cubans do have access to extra income, much of it from money sent by relatives living abroad.

Since taking over the presidency in February, Raul Castro has ended a range of restrictions and allowed Cubans access to previously banned consumer goods.

In recent weeks thousands of Cubans have snapped up mobile phones and DVD players.

But only now have the first computer stocks arrived.
Internet access remains restricted to certain workplaces, schools and universities on the island.

The government says it is unable to connect to the giant undersea fibre-optic cables because of the US trade embargo.

All online connections today are via satellite which has limited bandwidth and is expensive to use.

Cuba's anti-American ally, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, is laying a new cable under the Caribbean.

It remains unclear whether, once the connection is completed, the authorities will then allow unrestricted access to the world wide web. [Source: Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers >>> By Michael Voss, Havana | May 3, 2008

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Delicious or What, George? Who Says the West Doesn’t Love the East?
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’Provocative' Clinton Angers Iran
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BBC: Tehran has complained to the UN about remarks made last week by Hillary Clinton on the circumstances under which the US might attack Iran.

The Democratic presidential hopeful said last week the US could "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel.

Tehran, which insists its nuclear programme is solely for power generation, denounced her words as "provocative and irresponsible".

It said the remarks were "a flagrant violation" of the UN Charter.

In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi, Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN, said Mrs Clinton had "unwarrantedly and under erroneous and false pretexts threatened to use force against the Islamic Republic of Iran". ’Provocative' Clinton Angers Iran >>>

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La Grande Mosquée de Paris refuse de participer aux élections du Conseil français du culte musulman
LE MONDE: La Fédération nationale de la Grande Mosquée de Paris (GMP), une des principales associations de musulmans, a décidé "à l'unanimité", samedi 3 mais, de ne pas participer aux prochaines élections du Conseil français du culte musulman (CFCM), instance représentative des musulmans de France, estimant que les critères de représentativité lui sont défavorables.

Dalil Boubakeur, recteur de la Grande Mosquée de Paris et président du CFCM, a déclaré que son association préconiserait "l'abstention" lors du scrutin, prévu le 8 juin, car elle "ne peut admettre de se voir reléguée à un rôle secondaire et une place insignifiante, voire fantomatique". M. Boubakeur, qui se présente pour un troisième mandat à la tête du CFCM, a toutefois "souhaité que les élections aient lieu" et a lancé un appel à "toutes les autorités" pour rouvrir le dialogue.
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Female Teachers Dying on Saudi Roads
ASSOCIATED PRESS: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Roads in Saudi Arabia are among the world's most dangerous but one type of victim stands out: female teachers who are dying at alarming rates because of long commutes through the desert to reach remote schools.

The Saudi government appoints teachers to work in villages where local staff cannot fill all vacancies. But unlike their male counterparts, female teachers in this conservative Muslim country have difficulty living alone in the villages, forcing them to commute each day.

Nof al-Oneizi was so worried she would die that she wrote to education officials urging them to find her a school nearer to her home in the northern town of Jouf, rather than the one she was assigned to 108 miles away — a three-hour drive because of the bad roads. Since women are forbidden to drive, she carpooled in a van with a driver along with several other female teachers.

Her fears came true before a solution to her problem could be found: The 28-year-old English language teacher died in a horrific crash last November. Five other female teachers, their driver and four people in the car they hit also were killed.

"We were devastated," said Suad Amri, al-Oneizi's aunt. "I still have her school papers, all splattered with blood. Her mom can't look at them. She can't absorb what has happened to her daughter."

Nearly 6,000 people died in traffic accidents in 2007 in this country of 27.6 million, according to the Saudi Traffic Department. That is a rate of about 21 deaths per 100,000 people — one of the highest in the world. By comparison, around 14 per 100,000 people died in road accidents in the United States in 2006. Female Teachers Dying on the Roads in Saudi Arabia >>> By Donna Abu-Nasr | May 1, 2008

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More Protests in Pakistan Against Fitna
AFP: KARACHI — Thousands of Islamists rallied in southern Pakistan Saturday to condemn an anti-Koran film by a Dutch lawmaker and cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in Danish newspapers, witnesses said.

About 4,000 supporters of a conservative Islamic movement marched in the southern port city of Karachi demanding that Islamabad cut diplomatic ties with Denmark and The Netherlands.

"We are ready to lay our lives to protect the honour of our great prophet," the emotional crowd shouted as speakers demanded the government snap ties with the two European nations. Pakistanis Protest Dutch Anti-Koran Film >>> | May 3, 2008

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Saudi Scholar Finds Ancient Women’s Rights
REUTERS: RIYADH - When clerics, ministers and businessmen gathered at a forum in Riyadh last month to discuss women in the workplace, there were no women in sight.

Typically for Saudi Arabia, the women who took part were seated in a separate room so the men could only hear them.

Such oddities are part and parcel of the complex system of social control maintained by clerics of Saudi Arabia's austere version of Sunni Islamic law, often termed Wahhabism. It's a system called into question by scholar Hatoon al-Fassi.

In her study, "Women In Pre-Islamic Arabia", the outspoken rights advocate argues women in the pre-Islamic period enjoyed considerable rights in the Nabataean state, an urban Arabian kingdom centered in modern Jordan, south Syria and northwest Saudi Arabia during the Roman empire.

Most controversially, Fassi says women in Nabataea -- whose capital was the famous rose-red city of Petra in south Jordan and which was at its height during the lifetime of Jesus Christ -- enjoyed more freedom than in Saudi Arabia today because clerics have misunderstood the origins of Islamic law.

She also suggests some Saudi restrictions on women may have their origins in Greco-Roman traditions. Saudi Scholar Finds Ancient Women's Rights >>> By Andrew Hammond, edited by Sara Ledwith | April 30, 2008

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Point de View: La charia expliquée
eMARRAKECH: Cambridge (Massachusetts) - Le mois dernier à Londres, Rowan Williams, archevêque de Canterbury, a donné une conférence nuancée, érudite, posant la question de savoir si le système juridique britannique devrait permettre que des tribunaux non-chrétiens aient compétence sur certains aspects du droit de la famille. La Grande-Bretagne ne connait pas constitutionnellement le principe de la séparation des églises et de l'Etat.

L'archevêque a relevé que "la loi de l'Eglise d'Angleterre est la loi du pays". Effectivement, les tribunaux ecclésiastiques qui étaient naguère compétents en matière de mariage et de divorce font toujours partie du système juridique britannique, où ils ont encore compétence en matière de biens d'église et de doctrine de l'église. Sa suggestion, sous réserve de l'accord de toutes les parties et de la stricte obligation d'assurer l'égalité des droits des femmes, serait d'envisager de permettre à des tribunaux islamiques et juifs orthodoxes de régler les affaires de mariage et de divorce.

Une bombe. Les responsables politiques de toutes couleurs, les dirigeants ecclésiastiques, les tabloïds les plus notoires, tout le monde a demandé au chef de la deuxième église chrétienne du monde de se rétracter, voire de démissionner. Depuis quelques années, l'archevêque Williams fait des pieds et des mains pour maintenir la cohésion de la communion anglicane universelle, en butte à la controverse sur l'ordination de prêtres homosexuels et le mariage homosexuel. Quelque acerbe que fût cette controverse, ce n'est rien à côté du déchaînement suscité contre lui par cette évocation des tribunaux religieux. Faut-il le préciser? Ce n'est pas la mention du droit juif orthodoxe qui a fait scandale. Dans ce débat public, c'est le mot "charia" qui fit l'effet d'une bombe atomique. La charia expliquée >>> Par Noah Feldman

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China Condemns Dalai Lama Ahead of Planned Talks
REUTERS: BEIJING - Beijing lambasted the Dalai Lama as a criminal on Saturday as representatives of the exiled Buddhist leader headed for a meeting in southern China on the most serious unrest in Tibet for nearly two decades.

The barrage of criticism suggested the government was in no mood to compromise following riots and protests in Tibet, which have shaken China's preparations for the Beijing Olympics and stoked Western criticism of its rule in the mountain region.

"Patriotic people of Tibet strongly condemn and vehemently denounce the litany of crimes committed by the 14th Dalai Lama and his followers," said the official Tibet Daily, according to the region's official news Website (www.chinatibetnews.com).

"They (the aides) should have reached China ... we can't have great expectations (about the talks)," Chhime Chhoekyapa, a senior aide to the Dalai Lama, told Reuters in Dharamsala. China Condemns Dalai Lama Ahead of Planned Talks >>> | May 3, 2008

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Bouffant Boris, the Unkempt, Eccentric Toff, Wins the London Race!
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THE TELEGRAPH: Boris Johnson claimed a remarkable victory in the London mayoral contest on Friday night to cap a disastrous series of results for Gordon Brown in his first electoral test as Prime Minister.

The Conservative candidate's win over Ken Livingstone followed a calamitous showing for Labour at the local elections - the party's worst performance at the polls for 40 years.

Mr Johnson's landmark victory, a result that would have been almost unthinkable six months ago, was the most symbolic blow to Mr Brown's authority on a day that left the Prime Minister facing the gravest crisis of his leadership.

By taking City Hall, Mr Johnson becomes the first Tory politician to hold a senior role in British politics since the party was swept out of power in 1997. His win provided a significant boost to David Cameron's bid for victory at the next general election. Boris Johnson Is the New London Mayor >>> By Andrew Porter and Robert Winnett | May 3, 2008

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CNN INTERNATIONAL/EUROPE:
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, London's New Mayor Is Eccentric, Offensive >>> | May 2, 2008

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Boris Johnson «le bouffon»,
nouveau maire de Londres: L'excentrique candidat conservateur a ravi la capitale britannique au maire sortant Ken Livingstone avec 140 000 voix d'avance. Un échec cuisant pour les travaillistes qui perdent aussi les élections locales >>> | 03. 05. 2008

WELTONLINE:
Neue Konservative sind voll Witz und Exzentrik: Bei den Kommunalwahlen ließen Engländer und Waliser die Labour Partei ganz schön alt aussehen. Premierminister Gordon Brown kommt mit seiner grüblerischen Art nicht an. Die neuen Politstars sind Tory-Chef David Cameron und sein Parteifreund Boris Johnson, Londons neuer Bürgermeister >>> | 3. Mai 2008

NZZ Online:
Britische Konservative feiern den Triumph: Tories streben die Macht in der Downing Street an >>>> | 3. Mai 2008

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG:
Boris Johnson gewinnt in London: Britische Konservative in Siegesstimmung >>> | 3. Mai 2008

LE FIGARO:
Un échec personnel
pour Gordon Brown: Après moins d'un an à son poste, le premier ministre sort très affaibli de son premier test électoral >>> De Cyrille Vanlerberghe à Londres | 03. 05. 2008

DIE PRESSE:
London: Johnson stößt Livingstone vom Thron >>> | 03.05.2008

The Dawning of a New Dark Age (Paperback - UK)
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Slimy, Weak Politicians Pandering to Muslims
THE GUARDIAN: The government's attempts to placate Muslims will cause long-term damage to communities, a charity said yesterday.

The warning came from Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, chair and co-founder of the British Muslims for Secular Democracy, a new organisation claiming to represent the "silent majority who feel no conflict between their faith and democracy".

Speaking before the launch, attended by Baroness Kishwer Faulkner and former Islamist Ed Husain, the journalist said the government was pandering to Muslims by granting too many concessions, fuelling their separation from the rest of society.

"The government has found a way of placating Muslims in a way that will only damage us in the long term, Muslims wanting separate schools or different measures. There must be one law for all. Stop Pandering to Muslims Says 'Silent Majority' >>> By Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent | May 2, 2008

Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch

MY ESSAY ON THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF ISLAM WITH DEMOCRACY:
Islam: The Enemy of Democracy and Freedom

The Dawning of a New Dark Age (Paperback - UK)
The Dawning of a New Dark Age (Hardback - UK)

A ‘George Washington’ for Europe
Who Will Be the First President of Europe?
The Dawning of a New Dark Age (Taschenbuch)
The Dawning of a New Dark Age (Gebundene Ausgabe)

Islamic Fashion: ”From Drab to Dramatic”
Photo courtesy of The Star
THE STAR: There’s more to the Islamic dress than just black robes.

THE recently concluded Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta-Dubai Islamic Fashion Festival (IFF) was proof of an Islamic fashion renaissance. The runways at the tri-country fashion event were bursting with colour, with traditional garments like the burqa, jibab [jilbab] and abaya being transformed from drab to dramatic.

The festival, an attempt to turn Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Dubai into Islamic fashion capitals, attracted top designers from Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Among them were Malaysia’s Datuk Tom Abang Saufi and Radzuan Radziwill, Indonesian designer Ghea Panggabean, Pakistani Deepak Perwani and UAE’s Shabana Asif. Colour and Pizzaz >>> By S Indramalar

The Dawning of a New Dark Age (Paperback - UK)
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