On Islamophobia
INTERNATIONAL ANALYST NETWORK: The primary goal of Islamic terrorists is to instill fear in people. People can be defined as a single individual, groups of people, or entire nations. On 11 Sept. 2001, Islamic terrorists attacked America. The terrorists achieved their number one and two goals. First they instilled fear in the lives of innocent people. Second they caused major economic losses and continue to do so to our country.

Until 11 Sept. 2001, most non-Muslims had little opinion as to what religion people chose to be, nor did it concern most Americans that Islam in America and throughout the world is spreading. The murder of almost 3000 innocent lives by Al Qaeda and their supporters changed everything. The cheering by thousands of Muslims throughout the world after the attack left most Americans bewildered.

The word 'Islamophobia' came into being after 11 Sept. 2001. CAIR and other puppet organizations of Saudi Arabia want non-Muslims to believe the actions by a few 'radical' Muslims does not represent Islam. Most non-Muslims understand there are peaceful Muslims, but slowly non-Muslims are beginning to understand the vast majority of Islamic scholars and organizations such as CAIR are not the peaceful Muslims they try to make people believe they are. Islamophobia and CAIR >>> By Dave Gaubatz | June 22, 2008

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The Enemy Has a Name
INTERNATIONAL ANALYST NETWORK: If you cannot name your enemy, how can you defeat it? Just as a physician must identify a disease before curing a patient, so a strategist must identify the foe before winning a war. Yet Westerners have proven reluctant to identify the opponent in the conflict the U.S. government variously (and euphemistically) calls the "global war on terror," the "long war," the "global struggle against violent extremism," or even the "global struggle for security and progress."

This timidity translates into an inability to define war goals. Two high-level U.S. statements from late 2001 typify the vague and ineffective declarations issued by Western governments. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld defined victory as establishing "an environment where we can in fact fulfill and live [our] freedoms." In contrast, George W. Bush announced a narrower goal, "the defeat of the global terror network" – whatever that undefined network might be.

"Defeating terrorism" has, indeed, remained the basic war goal. By implication, terrorists are the enemy and counterterrorism is the main response. The Enemy Has a Name >>> By Daniel Pipes | June 19, 2008

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Danish Cartoon Ruling May Prompt "Islamophobia"-OIC
REUTERS: RIYADH - The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a league of 57 Muslim nations, said on Monday a Danish court's rejection of a suit against a paper for printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad could provoke "Islamophobia."

The High Court for western Denmark on Thursday rejected a suit against Jyllands-Posten, the newspaper that first published cartoons of Islam's prophet, leading to deadly protests in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

The court said the editors had not meant to depict Muslims as criminals or terrorists, the cartoons had not broken the law, and there was a relationship between acts of violence and Islam -- comments that provoked outcry among Muslim groups in Denmark.

"It is a known fact that acts of terror have been carried out in the name of Islam and it is not illegal to make satire out of this relationship," the court said.

The Saudi-based OIC, the largest grouping of Muslim countries, said the ruling could encourage "Islamophobia", a fear or dislike of Islam, which the group has identified as existing in the West. Danish Cartoon Ruling May Prompt "Islamophobia"-OIC >>> | June 23, 2008

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Dutch Companies Fear Jordanian Boycott
RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE: Fearful of a Jordanian boycott of their products, two Dutch companies have distanced themselves from the film Fitna, produced and released earlier this year by Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders. On Sunday, Friesland Foods and the Zwanenberg Food Group placed adverts in Jordanian newspapers to announce that they have nothing to do with the film. They're hoping to prevent their products ending up on a Middle East blacklist.



They took this step after 'The Messenger of Allah Unites Us', a broad coalition of Jordanian political parties, professional organisations and media, printed one million posters showing Dutch and Danish products that - they argue - consumers in Jordan and other Middle East countries ought to boycott. In addition to a number of Danish brand names, the list includes such Dutch companies as KLM, Philips and baby food manufacturer Friso.



There's considerable anger in Jordan regarding Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and Dutch politician Geert Wilders. The chairman of the coalition, Zakaria Sheik, says that both men have offended Muslims throughout the world and shouldn't escape their punishment. Dutch Companies Fear Jordanian Boycott >>> By Sebastiaan Gottlieb | June 23, 2008

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Imprudent Brown Goes to King to Ask Him to Buy Up Britain
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ARAB NEWS: JEDDAH: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday offered to open his country’s energy markets to oil-producing states and urged them to reinvest some of the $3 trillion additional revenue realized from the current oil boom. “They can invest in UK energy production, including wind, solar and a new wave of nuclear power stations,” the prime minister said in an address to the Jeddah Energy Meeting.

Brown, who followed the inaugural address by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdulah, said his government plans, to be published in the coming week, would put a price tag of 100 billion pounds for the UK to meet its share of an EU target to generate 20 percent of energy from renewables by 2020. “Much of this could come from the sovereign wealth funds of Gulf states,” he said. Brown Wants Oil Profits Plowed Back into Energy Investments >>> By Samir Al-Saadi | June 23, 2008

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The European Union, A Prison of Nations
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE: Various multiethnic states (imperial Russia, the Habsburg Monarchy, pre-World War II Kingdom of Yugoslavia) have been labeled—often unfairly—as “prisons of nations.” That designation will apply more aptly to the European Union when the Lisbon Treaty, signed by all 27 EU heads of states or governments last December, takes effect next year. Under the “European Arrest Warrant,” which is to be implemented under the terms of the Treaty, every citizen or visitor of a member country the European Union will be liable to arrest and extradition at the behest of a judge in any other EU member-country, under one of 32 vaguely defined categories of “crime.”

This is a momentous development, and not one in a hundred EU citizens, let alone non-EU visitors to Europe, are fully aware of its implications. The European Union, A Prison of Nations >>> By Srdja Trifkovic

Hat tip: Ray Boyd

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Anti-Semitism on the Rise in Europe

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The Association between Nazism and Arab Anti-Semitism

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Sarkozy unterstützt Anspruch der Palästinenser
NZZ Online: Frankreichs Staatspräsident Nicolas Sarkozy hat Israel aufgerufen, den Siedlungsbau zu stoppen und den Anspruch der Palästinenser auf Ostjerusalem als Hauptstadt eines künftigen Staates zu respektieren. Sarkozy äusserte sich vor dem israelischen Parlament, der Knesset, in Jerusalem. Sarkozy unterstützt Anspruch der Palästinenser: Israeli sollen Ostjerusalem als Hauptstadt akzeptieren - Rede vor der Knesset >>> 23. Juni 2008

BBC:
Sarkozy Urges Settlement Freeze >>> | June 23, 2008

LE FIGARO:
Sarkozy : «Pas de paix 
sans arrêt de la colonisation» >>> | 23. 06. 2008

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Signs of Division on Egypt’s Brow
BBC: The zebiba used to be the mark of an elderly Muslim man, the fruit of a lifetime's devotion, but it is increasingly seen on the faces of young Egyptians.

Literally meaning "a raisin", the zebiba is a patch of hardened skin where the forehead touches the ground during Muslim prayers.

Some welcome the trend as a sign of devotion, others say it is ostentatious piety.

Worse still there are fears public displays of faith like the zebiba and the hijab, or headscarf, are spilling over into vigilantism.

Liberals or Christians who don't conform in the workplace or on the street say they are being harassed. Signs of Division on Egypt’s Brow >>> By Magdi Abdelhadi, Cairo | June 23, 2008

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Insulting King and Country Serious Matter in Spain
TIMESONLINE: One cartoonist depicts a drunken King; another shows the Crown Prince having sex – and a comedian dares to embark on an invective-strewn rant against Spain.

Now the humorists face separate trials for insulting King or country in a nation where humour is still a distinctly risky business. “We have noticed a worrying trend in Spain, because these laws [against insulting the Crown] have been put into practice,” Giulia Tamayo, of Amnesty International, said. “We are concerned that it is setting a precedent.” Spanish law seeks the last laugh over cartoonists' royal fun: Cartoonists on trial for mocking the crown >>> By Thomas Catán in Madrid | June 23, 2008

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Getting the French to Work
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BBC: Christine Lagarde, the country's first female minister for finance and the economy, says it is time for French people to "roll up their sleeves" and stop thinking about holidays.

The former international lawyer, impressed by the work ethic during her time in the US, is intent on instilling the same spirit in her countrymen and women.

Her approach is calm and conciliatory, bearing little resemblance to the fire and brimstone of her boss, Nicolas Sarkozy.

Yet Christine Lagarde shares the president's convictions when it comes to the French and the world of work.

Until three years ago she was chairman of the law firm Baker and McKenzie, whose main offices are in Chicago.

Her entry into French politics was sudden.

Called up by the former government of Dominique de Villepin, she left the US on a Tuesday afternoon and was at her desk as trade minister the following morning. Getting the French to Work >>> By Alasdair Sandford, Paris | June 22, 2008

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Sarkozy Urges Palestinian State
BBC: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said the creation of a Palestinian state is in the best interests of Israel and its citizens.

On the first French state visit to Israel in 12 years, he said a peace agreement would allow the two peoples to live in peace and security. Sarkozy Urges Palestinian State >>> | June 22, 2008

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Ali Sina: Why Islam Can’t Be Reformed
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Wie die AKP die Türken in den Islam zwingt
Foto von Südanatolien in der Türkei von heute. “Türken werden in den Islam gezwungen.” Foto dank der Welt Online
WELTONLINE: Die ländliche Türkei ist fest in der Hand frommer Muslime. Unterstützt von der Regierungspartei AKP dominieren sie die Wirtschaft und besetzen Schlüsselposten in der Verwaltung. Das Kopftuch der Frauen ist Eintrittskarte in Beruf und Gesellschaft, pro-westliche Türken fürchten um ihre Freiheiten. Ein Besuch in Südanatolien.

Wenn nur die ganze Türkei so wäre wie die südanatolische Stadt Denizli, dann wäre das Gesellschaftsprojekt der islamisch geprägten Regierungspartei ein Stück weiter. Nirgends außer im noch etwas frommeren Konya gibt es mehr Moscheen im Verhältnis zur Bevölkerung. Ein Großteil der Wirtschaft besteht aus sogenannten islamischen Holdings, Unternehmen, die sich nach dem Zinsverbot des Koran richten wollen. Es gibt immer mehr Koranschulen, und der Anteil der Frauen, die Kopftuch tragen, hat sich nach Meinung eines örtlichen Journalisten in den letzten Jahren "mindestens verdreifacht". Wie die AKP die Türken in den Islam zwingt >>> Von Boris Kalnoky | 20. Juni 2008

SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL:
The Fight for Turkey: It’s easier to don a veil than take it off. Reversibility is not Islam’s forte >>> By Roger Cohen | June 24, 2008

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Obama’s Muslim Fans Need Some Straight Talk
ISRAELeNEWS: Muammar Qaddafi has scored so many loony tunes as Libyan despot that his recent musings about love and expectations from “our American Kenyan brother Obama” could be tossed into that same loony bin — except that it is widely shared out there in the world beyond Libya.

The happenstance of Senator Obama’s skin color, his Muslim father, and his middle name of Hussein have led millions, most especially in the Arab world, to think of him as a “brother,” from whom much is expected as leader of the U.S.

True, Mr. Obama’s cultural diversity is hugely beneficial to the U.S. image as a melting pot and much more. That an African-American, Harvard-educated man of opulent origins emerges as potential leader of the U.S. speaks volumes. Where else can millions of voters make such a resoundingly liberating choice free of the tribalism, xenophobia, and bias tearing at much of the world?

But frothing phantasms over how Mr. Obama’s “imagined persona” — as a Muslim or a third world person — are already crowding this view, fanning out of the airwaves of Al-Jazeera TV into effervescent Arab websites and public opinion polls, all murmuring about miraculous turnabouts and new alliances. Obama’s Muslim Fans Need Some Straight Talk >>> By Youssef M Ibrahim | June 22, 2008

BBC:
Barack Hussein Obama Trying It On? >>> | June 22, 2008

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Sultan Outlines Kingdom’s Tourism Goals
Fun will be had by all on this holiday. It is certain to become a vacation of a life-time. You'll be able to drink as much as you want (Zam Zam water if you're lucky), you'll be able to watch, first hand, a few beheadings in the public square, you might be able to watch a woman being stoned to death for adultery, and you might also be able to cram in a whipping of a few of the local homosexuals! A fun holiday is guaranteed! If you return, and don't get thrown into jail yourself before your flight home. - ©Mark

ARAB NEWS: RIYADH: Prince Sultan bin Salman, secretary-general of the General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (GCTA), said yesterday that the commission aims to make Saudi Arabia one of the most-favored tourism destinations in the region.

Prince Sultan was speaking at a luncheon meeting organized to launch GCTA’s summer tourism program. The tourism plan, Prince Sultan said, has details of the events, fun and frolics, traditional arts, folklore skits and sporting events that will be organized by local companies and tourism organizations in cooperation with the GCTA in different parts of the Kingdom this year.

“Our aim is to ensure sustainable growth of tourism sector and to offer the best tourism products and services with an aim to promote domestic tourism,” Prince Sultan said. “We are striving hard to make this country one of the three most favored tourism destinations of this region,” said the GCTA chief while giving an overview of the GCTA’s operations.

“There is a lot for tourists to do in Saudi Arabia and we have a lot to offer,” Prince Sultan said. Sultan outlines Kingdom’s tourism goals >>> By Ghazanfar Ali Khan | June 22, 2008

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Global Interfaith Dialogue Set for July 16 in Madrid
I realize it sounds rather cynical to ask certain questions about this interfaith dialogue planned for July in Madrid, but one really does have to ask a few questions at this point, concerning the topics to be discussed. First of all, what do Muslims know about human rights? A people who disallows others to choose their religion, or none, people who stone women to death for minor infringements, people who behead ‘criminals’ in the public square, people who cut off limbs for theft, people who believe in a death sentence for apostasy, for extra-marital relations, and for homosexuality are hardly in a position to talk about human rights. They have no understanding of the meaning of that term. And where, exactly, can we see any evidence of Muslims living in harmony with non-Muslims? So what, too, can these people add to a discussion on the topic of peaceful co-existence? – ©Mark

MAKKAH: The Muslim World League (MWL) will organize a global interfaith dialogue in Madrid on July 16, it was announced here yesterday.

Leading personalities representing various monotheistic religions would participate in the three-day conference, which would discuss various topics, including social amity, international cooperation, human rights and peaceful co-existence, said Abdullah Al-Turki, secretary-general of the MWL.

"The call for dialogue between various religions, cultures, civilizations and ideologies by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah at a conference organized by the MWL early this month was, in fact, a call from Makkah, which is the venue of divine inspiration, the source of the Islamic message and the qibla (the direction of prayer) of Muslims," Al-Turki said.

The MWL cheif said King Abdullah's initiative has been hailed unanimously by the Muslim world, which was represented at the conference by prominent scholars and thinkers. Global Interfaith Dialogue Set for July 16 in Madrid >>> By Badea Abu Al-Naja | June 22, 2008

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Quote of the Day
“Remember this. Politicians can no more protect you against terrorism than they can fix your plumbing.

If they were any good at anything important, they wouldn’t be in politics.” [Source: Peter Hitchens in the MailOnline]

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Agression antisémite à Paris
leJDD.fr: Un jeune homme de 17 ans, de confession juive, a été victime d'une violente agression samedi soir dans le 19e arrondissement à Paris. Selon le Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (CRIF), il s'agit sans aucun doute d'un"acte antisémite". Cinq mineurs ont été placés en garde à vue tandis qu'une enquête a été ouverte. Dimanche, la victime est toujours dans le coma.

L'agression s'est déroulée samedi soir, dans une rue du 19e arrondissement, non loin du parc des Buttes-Chaumont. Un jeune homme de 17 ans a croisé la route d'une trentaine de jeunes. Certains le prennent à partie et le frappent violemment. Les associations confessionnelles juives parlent même de l'usage de barres de fer. Pour le Crif (Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) et l'Union des étudiants juifs de France(UEJF), "le caractère antisémite de cette agression ne fait aucun doute". Le jeune homme arborait une kipa, calotte portée par les juifs. Ses agresseurs étaient, selon un témoin cité par la police, des jeunes hommes d'origine africaine. Selon une source policière, le mobile antisémite ressortirait des premiers témoignages et cela a éé confirmé par le porte-parole du ministère de l'Intérieur. L'agression à caractère antisémite est "certaine", a dit Gérard Gachet sur France 2, parce qu'aucun autre mobile n'a pu être identifié et que la victime semble avoir été prise à partie en raison de signes distinctifs religieux qu'elle portait. Agression antisémite à Paris >>> Par Maud Pierron | Dimanche 22 Juin 2008

SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL:
Anti-Semitic Hate Speech in the Name of Islam >>> By Matthias Künzel | May 16, 2008

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Teheran schliesst Aussetzung der Uran-Anreicherung aus
«Die Frage der Aussetzung unserer Aktivitäten und der Anreicherung von Uran ist unlogisch und unannehmbar» - Regierungssprecher Gholamhossein Elham

NZZ Online: Der Iran hat neue Verhandlungen über sein Atomprogramm auf der Grundlage einer Aussetzung seiner Uran-Anreicherung abgelehnt. Damit reagierte die Regierung auf ein Verhandlungsangebot der fünf Uno-Vetomächte und Deutschland. Teheran schliesst Aussetzung der Uran-Anreicherung aus: IAEA-Chef will bei Angriff auf Iran zurücktreten >>> 21. Juni 2008

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Young Muslims ‘Are Turning to Extremism’
"Increasing numbers of young Muslim people are becoming sufficiently disaffected with their lives in liberal-democratic-capitalist societies that they might be willing to support violent terrorism to articulate their disillusionment and disengagement." – policy conclusion

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Extremists are winning the battle for the hearts and minds of Britain's young Muslims, a disturbing police report warns.

Increasing numbers have become so alienated from mainstream society that they could even lend their support to jihadi terrorism, the study claims.

While most reject violence, many distrust police and are reluctant to inform on extremists.

The report was commissioned by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) after last year's failed bomb attacks in London's West End and at Glasgow Airport. It is to be discussed at Acpo's annual conference this week. Young Muslims ‘Are Turning to Extremism’ >>> By Patrick Sawer | June 22, 2008

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Leading Anglican Bishops to Boycott Lambeth Conference over Gay Clergy
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The Church of England will be thrown into turmoil this summer following the decision of leading bishops to boycott a landmark Anglican summit in protest at the presence of pro-gay bishops.

In a move that marks a significant split in the established Church, at least three bishops, including the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, will decline an invitation from Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to attend the Lambeth Conference.

Up to six more bishops are understood to be considering similar action because of Dr Williams's decision to allow controversial figures to be at the gathering of worldwide Anglican bishops, which meets only once in 10 years. Leading Anglican Bishops to Boycott Lambeth Conference over Gay Clergy >>> By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent | June 22, 2008

BBC:
Rival Meeting Deepens Anglican Rift >>> By Robert Pigott | June 22, 2008

THE GUARDIAN:
A Senior Anglican Archbishop Last Night Accused Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, of Apostasy >>> By Riazat Butt in Jerusalem | June 23, 2008

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The End of Free Speech
DAILYNEWSRECORDOnline: A frightening “hate crimes” trial in Canada offers Americans a look at the future of the First Amendment if Muslim immigration to this country continues unabated. Conservative writer Mark Steyn, it seems, “offended” the Muslims in British Columbia, and now not only the Muslims but also the Canadian diversity police want their pound of flesh.

Steyn’s ongoing legal battle began in 2006, when Macleans magazine published an excerpt of his book, “America Alone.” The excerpt, “The Future Belongs To Islam” said nothing that anyone who reads the newspapers doesn’t know: Islam is conquering Europe. But it was “offensive” because it stated exactly that.

Europe, Mr. Steyn wrote, is dying. The Christian faith is waning. Birth rates have collapsed. His reasonable conclusion is that the growing and angry Islamic horde in Europe is preparing the ground for violence, and, indeed, jihad: Aging Europeans, he wrote, are “being supplanted remorselessly by a young Muslim demographic. … [A]t the very minimum, this fast-moving demographic transformation provides a huge comfort zone for the jihad to move around in.” The End of Free Speech: Canadian Case an Omen for America >>> Editorial | June 21, 2008

SABERPOINT:
A World Gone Mad: Multicural Fascism in Full Bloom >>> | June 20, 2008

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The Game Is Up! Saudi Arabia Invited to Invest in British Nuclear Power Stations
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THE TELEGRAPH: Gordon Brown has invited oil-rich states like Saudi Arabia to invest in the next generation of British nuclear power stations.

The Prime Minister extended the invitation to OPEC members as part of a deal he will propose at a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. 



Mr Brown said he wants oil producers to allow Western energy firms to invest in their fields, increasing OPEC's extraction and refining capacity. 



In exchange, he said, Western oil-consumers led by Britain should open their economies to investment from oil-states' sovereign wealth funds. In particular, he said, sovereign funds should be encouraged to invest in alternative energy sources, including nuclear power.

The government has signalled its willingness to license a new wave of nuclear power reactors in Britain, but there are doubts about the energy industry's appetite for funding new stations. Gordon Brown Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in Britain's Nuclear Industry >>> By James Kirkup in Brussels | June 21, 2008

SUNDAY EXPRESS:
Britain under Brown Is a Mess >>> By Martin Townsend | June 22, 2008

DAILY EXPRESS:
Brown Should Quit Now, Say Labour Voters >>> By Gabriel Milland, Political Correspondent | June 23, 2008

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Bound and Gagged

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More Wiretapping Nonsense! This Time from the US
BBC: US lawmakers have passed a bill to shield telephone companies who helped in the White House's controversial warrantless wiretaps programme.

The bill also grants the US government the power to continue with its warrantless surveillance scheme.

The Bush administration faced criticism when details emerged of its programme to monitor the phone calls of foreign targets in the US without warrants.

President Bush said the scheme was needed to prevent attacks on the US.

Telephone companies were facing as many as 40 lawsuits for their involvement in the scheme. US Lawmakers Pass Wiretaps Bill >>> | June 20, 2008

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Danish Muslims Plan to Take Jyllands-Posten to Europe’s Highest Human Rights Court
I am sorry to say, folks, but we are reaping exactly what we have sown! These problems with Islam and Muslims are endless. They don’t fit in in a Western, liberal democracy; and that’s it! And nor will they ever! - ©Mark

ISLAMONLINE.NET: COPENHAGEN — Danish Muslims are planning to take Denmark's Jyllands-Posten daily to Europe's highest human rights court over the publication of satirical drawings of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him).

"[Danish] Muslim organizations intend to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights," Muslim leader Mohammed Khalid Samha told IslamOnline.net on Friday, June 20.

The move comes a day after a Danish court rejected a suit by seven Muslim groups against newspaper editors for publishing the offensive cartoons.

"We were quite sure that the Danish judiciary would not be fair to Muslims," said Samha. Muslims Take Prophet Cartoons to EU Court >>> By Nidal Abu Arif | June 20. 2008

KLEINVERZET:
International Arrest Warrant for Geert Wilders >>> | June 21, 2008

COOPER REPUBLIC:
Jordan Wants to Arrest Geert Wilders >>> | June 20, 2008

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Incredible! Islam and Sufism in Spain – Spaniards Taking the Shahada in Great Numbers

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Hook-Handed Muslim Fanatic Loses US Extradition Appeal

THE TELEGRAPH: Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza lost his High Court battle today against extradition to the United States where he faces a potential jail sentence of 100 years.

The decision means the hook-handed fanatic can be sent across the Atlantic to face terror charges and is likely to spend the rest of his natural life locked up for 23 hours a day in a "super-maximum" security jail in Colorado.

Two High Court judges sitting in London ruled that the decision to extradite Hamza was "unassailable" but they also gave his lawyers 14 days to apply for leave to make a last ditch appeal to the House of Lords, the highest court in the land.

Ultimately, he could delay the move further by taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights. Abu Hamza Loses US Extradition Appeal, Faces 100-Year Jail Sentence >>> By Nick Allen | June 20, 2008

THE TELEGRAPH:
Prosecute the Racists Not the Reporters >>> By Philip Johnson | September 24, 2007

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Muslim Headscarves Test the Limits of German Tolerance
… [the headscarf debate is a] "religiously motivated political offensive being waged under the veil of religious freedom. Islam is conducting a cultural war in pursuit of ‘a different set of political and social ideals.’ Islam is ‘not tolerant itself, but takes advantage of the tolerance available to it through our legal system in order to grow.’’ – Nekla Kelek, a sociologist of Turkish descent

SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL: For years, Germany's legal experts have been arguing about whether Muslim public officials have the right to wear headscarves. The issue raises difficult questions about religious tolerance and constitutional rights in Germany.

"When you do something," Brigitte Weiss says, "you need to do it right."

It's a motto she knows from home. She remembers people saying it where she comes from, a coal-mining area in Germany's western Ruhr region. Later, as a grade school teacher in Mettmann, a small town near Düsseldorf, she tried to pass the homespun wisdom on to her students. Whether it was their homework in German, Geography, Home Economics, or whatever else they were doing -- the main thing was to do it right.

"All of my students," Weiss says, "were happy to have me as their teacher."

Now this is no longer entirely the case. The reason is Brigitte Weiss's conversion to Islam. Now she has a new name, Maryam, and she dresses differently: She wears a headscarf. Muslim Headscarves Test the Limits of German Tolerance >>> By Thomas Darnstädt | June 20, 2008

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Israelis ‘Rehearse Iran Attack’
BBC: Israel has carried out an exercise that appears to have been a rehearsal for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, US officials have told the New York Times.

More than 100 Israeli fighter jets took part in manoeuvres over the eastern Mediterranean and over Greece in the first week of June, US officials said.

Iran insists its programme is peaceful, but Israel sees Iran's development of the technology as a serious threat. Israelis ‘Rehearse Iran Attack’ >>> | June 20, 2008

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UAE Sheikh in Belt Beating Case
BBC: The brother of the UAE president has been accused in a Swiss court of beating a US citizen with a belt at a hotel bar in Geneva.

Silvano Orsi alleges Sheikh Falah al-Nahyan made homosexual advances and severely beat him when rejected. UAE Sheikh in Belt Beating Case >>> | June 20, 2008

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Jordanian Court Wants Geert Wilders Arrested
DUTCHNEWS.NL: The maker of the controversial film Fitna, anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, is afraid that he might be arrested while travelling abroad following a ruling by a court in Jordan earlier this week, reports Friday’s Volkskrant.

A group calling itself The Messenger of Allah Unites Us has called for an international arrest warrant against Wilders accusing him of racism, inciting hatred and insulting Islam and Muslims, reports the paper. The group was also behind a call for a boycott of Dutch products in Jordan earlier this year. Jordan Court Wants Wilders Arrested >>> | June 20, 2008

NIS News Bulletin:
Netherlands Concerned on Jordan Arrest Warrant for Wilders >>>

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Only Religious Scholars Allowed to Discuss Matters of Faith, Says UN Body
DAILY TIMES: * UN body says only religious scholars should be allowed to discuss 
matters of faith

GENEVA: Muslim countries have won a battle to prevent Islam from being criticised during debates by the UN Human Rights Council. Religions deserve special protection because any debate about faith is bound to be “very complex, very sensitive and very intense”, council President Doru-Romulus Costea said Wednesday.



Scholars: Only religious scholars should be allowed to discuss matters of faith, he told journalists in Geneva.



While Costea’s ban applies to all religions, it was prompted by Muslim countries complaining about references to Islam. Muslim Countries Win Concession Regarding Religious Debates >>> | June 19, 2008

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This Is the Week That Was! Abu Qatada Allowed Out of Prison; Now Martha Stewart Not Allowed to Enter the Country! Bizarre, or What?
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THE TELEGRAPH: Martha Stewart has been refused a visa to Britain because of her criminal convictions for obstructing justice, the Daily Telegraph has learned.

The lifestyle guru, convicted four years ago in the US for obstructing justice, was planning to speak at the Royal Academy and to hold meetings with several figures in the fashion and leisure industry, including Jasper Conran, and was due to travel within the next few days.

The refusal by the UK Border Agency was sent to Ms Stewart, aged 66. A spokesperson for the business magnate said: "Martha loves England and hopes this can be resolved and that she will be able to visit soon."

She added that Ms Stewart has many friends in Britain, which she has visited numerous times. Martha Stewart Refused Entry to the UK >>> By Christopher Hope Home Affairs Editor and Alex Spillius in Washington | June 19, 2008

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EU losing World Rôle, Has Weaker Leaders - Italian PM
THE GUARDIAN: ROME - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attacked the European Union on Thursday, saying it had lost influence on the world stage and its leaders were weaker than when he was last in office two years ago.

Speaking before an EU summit in Brussels, Berlusconi also criticised European Commissioners for speaking out publicly and creating problems for national governments, and said he would demand a more reserved approach from now on.

"I see a Europe which has gone backwards compared with two years ago," Berlusconi, who became prime minister for the third time following an April election victory, told a business conference in Rome.

He said Europe's current leaders had "less personality" than those attending summits when he was last in office, citing Tony Blair, Jose Maria Aznar, Gerhard Schroeder and Jacques Chirac, the former leaders of Britain, Spain, Germany and France.

"The EU appears as an institution that intervenes with obligations and restrictions," Berlusconi said in his latest broadside against the institutions of the 27-nation bloc. "It is not a protagonist on the world stage."

On Wednesday he blasted the EU for having done "absolutely nothing to stop the hypervaluation of the euro", and promised that he would use the EU summit to make the area "less bureaucratic and less distant from citizens". EU losing World Role, Has Weaker Leaders-Italy PM >>> Reuters | June 19, 2008

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Another Nail in the Coffin of Freedom: Swedish Parliament Approves Eavesdropping Bill
One by one, European countries are now going the way of Saudi Arabia and other such repressive régimes. We need people in public life committed to the concept of liberty, but what we have got is the opposite: Politicians wanting to take our freedoms away from us. The freedoms we have enjoyed over the years will be very difficult to get back once they will have been lost. What on earth is the matter with these people? They are running scared of terror. It’s the freedoms of the law-breakers that should be withdrawn, not the freedoms of the law-abiding citizens. - ©Mark

BBC: Sweden's parliament has approved controversial new laws allowing authorities to spy on cross-border e-mail and telephone traffic.

The country's intelligence bureau will be able to scan international calls, faxes and e-mails.

The measure was passed by a narrow majority after a heated debate in the Stockholm parliament.

Critics say it threatens civil liberties and represents Europe's most far-reaching eavesdropping plan.

"By introducing these new measures, the Swedish government is following the examples set by governments ranging from China and Saudi Arabia to the US government's highly criticised eavesdropping programme," said Peter Fleischer, of Google. Sweden Approves Wiretapping Law >>> | June 19, 2008

DIE PRESSE:
Schweden: „Man kann nicht ein ganzes Volk belauschen“ >>> Von Hanes Gamillscheg | 19. 06. 2008

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Danish Court Rules Satirical Representation Not Illegal
NEWS.COM.AU: A DANISH appeals court has rejected a suit filed by seven Muslim organisations against newspaper editors who in 2005 first published a dozen controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

The appeals court judges ruled that the caricatures, which have since sparked angry and in some cases deadly protests across the Muslim world, did not aim to insult followers of Islam, as the plaintiffs had charged.

One of the cartoonists is still in hiding under police protection following death threats.

The seven Muslim organisations, all based in Denmark, had accused the Jyllands-Posten daily's chief editor and culture editor of wilfully offending believers by printing the "offensive and degrading" drawings that "depict the prophet as bellicose and criminal, establishing a clear link between Mohammed and war and terror". Prophet Cartoons ‘Did Not Aim to Insult’ >>> | June 19, 2008

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE:
Danish Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit against Newspaper that Published Prophet Cartoons >>> | June 19, 2008

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Magdi Allam Reacts to Death Threats
AKI – Rome: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and journalist Magdi Allam have received death threats posted in an Islamist website said to be close to al-Qaeda.

Magdi Allam, the Christian convert targeted by Islamist death threats, has expressed concern about the danger he faces and fears that the perpetrators may be Italian.

"I find it extremely worrying that today we can find internet sites, full of al-Qaeda-inspired thought in Italian language, giving support to Bin Laden's terrorism," said Allam in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI) on Wednesday.

Allam is an Egyptian-born writer and deputy editor of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, who converted from Islam to Roman Catholicism in a highly publicised Easter service conducted by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in April.

"I find this serious because the writers of these sites are most likely Italians," Allam told AKI. Italy: Christian Convert Reacts to Islamist Death Threats >>> | June 18, 2008

CNA:
Magdi Allam Says Islamist Death Threats Suggest ‘Extremely Worrying’ Italian Origin >>> | June 19, 2008

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Hardline Archbishops Declare Anglican Split
THE TELEGRAPH: Hardline Church leaders have formally declared the end of the worldwide Anglican Communion, saying they can no longer be associated with liberals who tolerate homosexual clergy.

The traditionalists dealt a serious blow to Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, by claiming that he can no longer hold the Church together.

They warned that the Church was gripped by its most serious crisis since the Reformation.

It could only be saved by the repentance of the Americans who triggered the row by ordaining a homosexual bishop, the Rt Rev Gene Robinson, five years ago. Hardline Archbishops Declare Anglican Split >>> By Tim Butcher in Jordan and Martin Beckford | June 19, 2008

WELT ONLINE:
Eine Hochzeit läutet Kirchenspaltung ein >>> Von Thomas Kielinger | 24. Juni 2008

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Muslim Barack Obama Fans Told to Hide from Television Cameras
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama's campaign has been forced to apologise to two Muslim women barred from sitting behind him at a public event.

The two women in headscarves were asked not to sit in view of cameras at a rally in Detroit on Monday, where Al Gore endorsed Mr Obama.

Hebba Aref, a 25-year-old lawyer, told Politico magazine: "I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against.

"The message that I thought was delivered to us was that they do not want him associated with Muslims or Muslim supporters."

Miss Aref's friend Ali Koussan, a law student, said that a volunteer "explained to me that because of the political climate and what's going on in the world ... it's not good for her to be seen on TV or associated with Obama."

A second woman was told to take off her headscarf if she wanted to sit in the special seats. Muslim Barack Obama Fans Told to Hide from Television Cameras >>> By Tim Shipman in Washington | June 19, 2008

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Terrorism: Italian PM and Christian Convert Targets of Islamist Death Threats

AKI: Dubai, 17 June - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a prominent Italian journalist who recently converted to Christianity, are the targets of new death threats posted on one of the most popular Islamist websites said to be close to al-Qaeda, on Tuesday.

The threats are aimed at Berlusconi and Magdi Allam, an Egyptian-born newspaper editor who converted from Islam to Roman Catholicism during the Vatican's Easter vigil in April 2008.

A writer and deputy editor of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Allam was named the winner of the prestigious Oriana Fallaci journalism award on Monday night for writing about immigration, Muslim integration and terrorism.

Previous threats to the Italian premier were made in Arabic but Tuesday's internet message was for the first time posted completely in Italian with the title, 'Berlusconi and Magdi Allam'. Terrorism: Italian PM and Christian Convert Targets of Islamist Death Threats >>> By Hamza Boccolini | June 17, 2008

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France to Block Porn, Terror, Hate Websites
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: The French state and internet service providers have struck a deal to block sites carrying child pornography or content linked to terrorism or racial hatred, Interior Minister Michel Alliot-Marie announced on Tuesday.

The plan, part of a larger effort to fight cybercriminality, is to go into effect in September when a "black list" will be built up based on input from internet users who signal sites dealing with the offensive material, the minister said.

The announcement comes on the heels of a similar deal in the United States, also announced Tuesday. There, three service providers - Verizon, Sprint and TimeWarner Cable - have agreed with New York state officials to block child pornography sites nationwide. France to Block Porn, Terror, Hate Websites >>> | June 11, 2008

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Repeal Hate Speech Laws
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM: On June 9, a 53-year-old man named Mahmoud Alkhazaleh stood in the middle of a street in Chicago, and refused to get out of the way of traffic. Soon enough a car approached, but when the driver honked at him, Alkhazaleh didn’t move. The driver tried to go around him, but at that point Alkhazaleh allegedly started to hit him and throw rocks at him. And shortly thereafter, three of Alkhazaleh’s sons ran up, started to beat the driver, spit on him, and throw rocks at him.

Alkhazaleh’s sons have been charged with felony aggravated battery. And that is all to the good. But Mahmoud Alkhazaleh himself has been charged with a “hate crime.” A “hate crime”? That charge comes because apparently Alkhazaleh called the driver who tried to get him to move out of the middle of the road a “blue-eyed devil.”

Now, I have no idea why Mahmoud Alkhazaleh wouldn’t get out of the middle of the street. Maybe it really did have to do with some deep hatred of American blue-eyed devils, but I couldn’t care less if it did. The only thing the law should really be concerned about here is that he and his sons apparently gratuitously beat up this driver. He should be prosecuted fully for that, and deported if he is not a citizen. If he called the driver a “blue-eyed devil” and the driver called him a “Pakistani [expletive],” their mothers should remind them that “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me,” and that should be the end of that. Repeal Hate Speech Laws >>> By Robert Spencer | June 18, 2008

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