Thursday, January 29, 2009

Can You Imagine How Fraught with Difficulty Having Turkey in the EU Would Be?

Watch BBC video: Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has stormed off the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos after an argument with Israel's president. >>>

BBC: Turkey's prime minister has stormed off the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos after a heated debate on Gaza with Israel's president.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan clashed with Shimon Peres, whose voice had risen as he made an impassioned defence of Israel's actions, jabbing his finger.

Mr Erdogan said Mr Peres had spoken so loudly to conceal his "guilt".

He accused the moderator of not allowing him to speak and said he did not think he would return to Davos.

The Turkish PM stressed later that he had left the debate not because of his disagreements with Mr Peres but because he had been given much less time to speak than the Israeli leader.

Turkey is one of the few Muslim countries to have dealings with Israel, but relations have been under strain since the Islamist-rooted AK Party was elected to power in 2002. >>> | Thursday, January 29, 2009

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Erdogan quitte Davos et rentre en héros en Turquie

Le premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a été fêté en héros à son retour dans son pays après son éclat face au président israélien Shimon Peres lors du WEF.

Les manifestants brandissaient des drapeaux turcs et palestiniens, ainsi que des banderoles proclamant: "Bienvenue, conquérant de Davos" ou "Monde, regarde notre premier ministre". Des slogans anti-israéliens ont également été scandés. 
L'incident avait éclaté lors d'un débat extrêmement tendu sur Gaza. Dernier orateur à prendre la parole, M. Peres a défendu la politique de son pays avec une rare véhémence, criant par moments dans son micro. >>> ATS | Vendredi 30 Janvier 2009

YAHOO! NEWS: Turkish PM Returns to Hero's Welcome after Gaza Row

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan received a hero's welcome on his return to Istanbul on Friday after accusing Israel of "knowing very well how to kill" during a heated debate at the World Economic Forum.

Erdogan stormed out of a debate on Israel's Gaza offensive on Thursday, and vowed he might never return to the annual gathering of the rich and powerful in Davos.

President Shimon Peres had launched a fiery defense of his country's offensive in Gaza over the past month, and with a raised voice and pointed finger, questioned what Erdogan would do if rockets were fired at Istanbul every night.

"When it comes to killing, you know very well how to kill," Erdogan, visibly angry, responded as he sat next to Peres at the debate, which also included United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Arab League chief Amr Moussa. >>> By Paul de Bendern | Friday, January 30, 2009

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The ‘Blessed One’ Has His Request Refused by US Judge

BBC: A military judge at the Guanatanamo Bay detention facility has rejected a request by US President Barack Obama to suspend the trial of a detainee.

Correspondents say this could be a setback to Mr Obama's plans to close the facility.

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi citizen, is accused of planning the USS Cole attack of October 2000.

The White House said it was consulting the Pentagon and justice department about its possible options.

Judge James Pohl said the request to halt the trial to allow a review by the new administration was "unpersuasive".

The trial of Mr Nashiri will go ahead, he ruled[.] >>> | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Good on You, Bibi!

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Bibi Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Photo courtesy of Times Online

TIMES ONLINE: Binyamin Netanyahu, the front-runner to become the next Israeli Prime Minister, today warned that Iran’s “100-yard dash” to securing nuclear weapons is a graver danger to the world than the global economic crisis.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, before Israel’s election in 12 days, Mr Netanyahu claimed that Tehran was now close to securing an atomic bomb, and was in a “100-yard dash” to the finish line in the race to obtain the weapon.

Mr Netanyahu said that despite all its intractable problems, the financial and economic crisis would ultimately prove reversible and be beaten by governments and central banks.

But in an ominous alert to world leaders, he said: “What is not reversible is the acquisition of nuclear weapons by a fanatic radical regime committed to a pre-medieval view of the world. Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Threat Outstrips Economy >>> Gary Duncan, Davos | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Ignorance Rules in Birmingham City Council!

THE TELEGRAPH: Apostrophes in street signs have been banned by a council because its staff spend too much time dealing with complaints about grammar.

From now on, no sign produced by Birmingham City Council will contain the punctuation mark.

Debates over whether Kings Norton really should be King's - or even Kings' - Norton may rage on, but they will be useless.

And nearby Druids Heath - which was never actually home to one, let alone many, druids - will never take on the possessive, no matter how furious local apostrophe advocates become.

The council said the move had been taken for the purposes of consistency and to avoid costs and confusion over whether place names should ever take an apostrophe.

However the decision was described as "absolute defeatism" by John Richards, the founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society.

"This is setting a terrible example," Mr Richards said. "It seems retrograde, dumbing down really. All over Birmingham, and in other cities, teachers are trying to teach children correct grammar and punctuation. Now children will go around Birmingham and see utter chaos."

Mr Richards suggested the move could prove to be the first step towards linguistic anarchy. "If you don't have apostrophes," he said, "is there any point in full stops, or semi-colons, or question marks? Is there any point in punctuation at all?" >>> By Jon Swaine | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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US-EU Trade War Looms as Barack Obama Bill Urges 'Buy American'

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THE TELEGRAPH: The prospect of a trade war between the US and Europe is looming after "Buy American" provisions were added to President Barack Obama's $820 billion (£573 billion) stimulus package.

The EU trade commissioner vowed to fight back after the bill passed in the house of representatives late on Wednesday included a ban on most purchases of foreign steel and iron used in infrastructure projects.

The senate's version of the legislation, which will be debated early next week, goes even further, requiring that any projects related to the stimulus use only American-made equipment and goods.

The inclusion of protectionist measures has quickly raised hackles in Europe. >>> By Alex Spillius in Washington | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Taslima Nasreen: "Je suis contre tous les fondamentalismes"

leJDD.fr: Exclusif. Stockholm, Berlin, New York, Calcutta... Depuis 1994, Taslima Nasreen mène une vie d'exil. Ses prises de position en faveur de l'émancipation des femmes lui ont valu une fatwa dans son pays, le Bangladesh. Ces dernières années, l'écrivaine avait finalement trouvé refuge en Inde. Mais ce "pays frère" l'a à son tour chassée. A partir du 1er février, c'est à Paris qu'elle s'installe.

Etes-vous heureuse de venir vivre en France?
J'ai toujours aimé Paris. J'ai toujours aimé vivre en France. Paris est d'ailleurs le meilleur endroit pour vivre, après le Bangladesh et l'Inde. Mais je ne peux plus vivre dans ces pays. Les portes du Bangladesh et de l'Inde me sont fermées. Je suis donc très contente de pouvoir vivre en France.

La mairie de Paris met un studio à votre disposition, dans une résidence d'artistes. Le loyer est pris en charge par la ville pendant une durée déterminée. Qu'en est-il?
C'est juste pour six mois. J'apprécie l'aide de la Ville de Paris. Mais je suis à la recherche d'un endroit permanent. Un endroit où je pourrais vraiment m'installer, rapporter mes affaires qui sont restées en Inde. Un endroit où je pourrais commencer à vivre ma nouvelle vie. Je n'ai pas besoin d'un lieu temporaire mais permanent. Si après ces six mois, je ne peux pas me le permettre à Paris, je chercherai un endroit moins cher dans un autre pays.

Après de violentes manifestations communautaires à Hyderabad en 2007, le gouvernement indien a décidé de vous placer en résidence surveillée...
J'ai vécu en Inde durant les quatre dernières années. Puis des fondamentalistes m'ont attaqué. Ils ont émis une fatwa et demandé ma tête. Ils n'aimaient pas mes idées. Au lieu de prendre des sanctions contre ces musulmans fondamentalistes, le gouvernement indien s'en est pris à moi. J'ai vécu en résidence surveillée pendant sept mois et demi. Puis le gouvernement indien m'a demandé de partir (en mars 2008, ndlr). Depuis, mon existence est modeste. Je n'ai plus d'endroit où aller. >>> Propos recueillis par Marianne ENAULT, leJDD.fr | Jeudi 29 Janvier 2009

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Des prêtres et théologiens suisses dénoncent la «régression» du Vatican

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: ÉCÔNE | Plus de 200 prêtres et théologiens de Suisse se plaignent de la levée de l'excommunication de quatre évêques intégristes par le pape Benoît XVI.

Plus de 200 prêtres et théologiens de Suisse ont exprimé jeudi leur désaccord avec la levée de l'excommunication de quatre évêques intégristes par le pape Benoît XVI, estimant qu'elle s'inscrivait dans une série de décisions "fortement régressives".

Dans une lettre ouverte à la Conférence des évêques suisses (CES), les signataires ont jugé la réhabilitation de Mgr Richard Williamson, qui a tenu des propos négationnistes, scandaleuse et hautement problématique pour les relations judéo-chrétiennes. >>> AFP | Jeudi 29 Janvier 2009

THE TELEGRAPH: Minister Criticises Pope for Pardoning Holocaust Denial Bishop

The Pope's decision to pardon a British bishop who denies the Holocaust has been criticised by a Government minister.

Sadiq Khan, a junior Communities Minister, said that he found the move to lift the excommunication of Richard Williamson "highly unsavoury" and of "great concern".

His spoke out during a Commons debate to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, in response to criticism of Pope Benedict's decision from MPs of all parties.

Mr Williamson, a member of the ultraconservative sect the Society of St Pius X, was automatically excommunicated 20 years ago after being appointed as a bishop by a breakaway archbishop without papal consent.

The Pope lifted his excommunication this week, along with three others who were also ordained without papal permission, even though he has repeatedly denied that Jews died in the gas chambers during the Second World War.

Last week, Swedish television screened an interview with Mr Williamson in which he said: "Historical evidence is hugely against six million Jews having been deliberately gassed in gas chambers as a deliberate policy by Adolf Hitler."

Senior rabbis have threatened to cancel planned talks at the Vatican in response to the pardon. >>> By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Generalstreik gegen Sarkozys Krisenpolitik: Erhebliche Verkehrsbehinderungen am «schwarzen Donnerstag»

NZZ Online: In Frankreich ist der erste Generalstreik gegen die Krisenpolitik von Staatspräsident Nicolas Sarkozy angelaufen. Am Morgen kam es bereits zu erheblichen Behinderungen im Nahverkehr von Paris und Marseille. Zu rund hundert Demonstrationen im ganzen Land werden Millionen Menschen erwartet. >>> ap | Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2009

THE TELEGRAPH: France Hit by National Strike on 'Black Thursday'

France woke up to a day of nationwide strikes in both the public and private sector on what has been billed as 'Black Thursday'.

However, disruption to transport networks appeared to less than expected.

Hundreds of thousands of workers are expected at more than 200 rallies to call on President Nicolas Sarkozy to do more to protect jobs and wages.

Three-quarters of people and all the main trade unions support the day of industrial action.

The protesters are demonstrating against the worsening economic climate and rising unemployment in France and at what they believe to be the government's poor handling of the crisis.

The main bulk of protesters will come from across the public sector, from postal workers to court officials and a huge contingent of teachers marching against Mr Sarkozy's plan not to replace 13,500 jobs in education this year when staff retire or quit the profession.

But employees from the private sector, from car plant workers but also helicopter pilots, supermarket cashiers and even ski lift operators, will also take part.

All major cities were experiencing transport delays, but slightly less than expected, particularly in Paris. >>> By Henry Samuel in Paris | Thursday, January 29, 2009

leJDD.fr: Grève: Le point à la mi-journée

Annoncée dans la perspective d'un "jeudi noir", la mobilisation sociale à travers tout le pays à l'appel de huit syndicats semble moins massivement suivie que prévue. Si le débrayage est bien réel et concerne de nombreux secteurs de la fonction publique et du secteur privé, les perturbations et le nombre de grévistes sont pour l'heure relativement limités. >>> Par le service Société, leJDD.fr | Jeudi 29 Janvier 2009

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LE FIGARO: Une journée de grève coûte 300 à 400 millions d'euros

En Ile-de-France, une journée de grève équivaudrait à 50 millions de perte de chiffre d'affaires.

Transports paralysés, salariés coincés, journées de RTT posées, production qui prend du retard, livraisons non acheminées… La facture d'une journée de grève comme celle de jeudi peut potentiellement coûter cher aux entreprises. >>> M. Vt | Jeudi 29 Janvier 2009

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Holocaust-Eklat: Knobloch bricht Kontakt zur Kirche ab

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Charlotte Knoblauch, die Präsidentin des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland. Foto dank Welt

RHEINISCHE POST (RP ONLINE): Papst Benedikt XVI hat seine "unbestreitbare Solidarität" mit den Juden bekräftigt. Doch die Debatte um den Holocaust-Leugner Bischof Williamson hat im christlich-jüdischen Dialog Gräben aufgeworfen. Charlotte Knobloch, Präsidentin des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland, vermag derzeit für ein Gespräch mit der Kirche keine Grundlage mehr zu erkennen.

"Ich habe es hier nicht mit Menschen zu tun, die nicht wissen, was sie tun. Der Papst ist einer der gebildetsten und intelligentesten Menschen, die die katholische Kirche hat, und jedes Wort, das er ausspricht, das meint er auch und das ist auch fundiert", sagte Charlotte Knobloch, die Präsidentin des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland, gegenüber unserer Redaktion. "Momentan", so betonte sie, "wird es unter solchen Voraussetzungen zwischen mir und der Kirche sicher kein Gespräch geben." >>> Von Lothar Schröder | Dienstag, 29. Januar 2009

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Sarko Bullies Dati

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MAIL Online: Nicolas Sarkozy reduced his glamorous justice minister to tears when he sacked her three weeks after she gave birth, it was claimed yesterday.

France's president is said to have bullied Rachida Dati into quitting the cabinet to run for a seat as an MEP.

Mr Sarkozy is said to have told her: 'If you want to remain my friend then you have no choice.

'Either you leave with nothing, or you leave to become an MEP. It's up to you.'

Canard Enchaine, a satirical newspaper, said: 'The whole conversation reduced Miss Dati to a flood of tears. French Single-mum Minister Steps Out in Defiant Red After Claims She 'Collapsed in Tears' When Sarkozy Sacked Her >>> By Ian Sparks | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Putin und China: USA schuld an Wirtschaftskrise

DIE PRESSE: Kritik an den USA kommt anlässlich des Welt-Wirtschaftsforums in Davos aus Russland und China. Das "blinde Profitstreben" der USA habe zur schlimmsten Krise seit der großen Depression von 1929 geführt. >>> DiePresse.com | Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2009

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Österreichs Islam-Lehrer und die Demokratie: Teilweise heftige Reaktionen auf die Ergebnisse einer Studie

NZZ Online: Eine Studie, die ein muslimischer Dissertant unter österreichischen Islam-Lehrern anfertigte, hat alarmierende Ergebnisse erbracht. Rund ein Drittel der Befragten habe Mühe mit dem westlichen Menschenrechts- und Demokratieverständnis. Politiker reagieren alarmiert. >>> cer, Wien | Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009

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Iceland Set to Appoint World's First Lesbian Prime Minister

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MAIL Online: Iceland is set to appoint the world's first openly gay woman as interim prime minister - a former flight attendant who rose through the political ranks to become a cabinet minister.

Johanna Sigurdardottir, the island nation's 66-year-old social affairs minister, is the pick of the Social Democratic Alliance Party to lead an interim government.

Iceland's conservative-led government failed on Monday, after the country's banks collapsed under the weight of huge debts amassed during years of rapid economic growth. The country's currency has plummeted, while inflation and unemployment are soaring.

Sigurdardottir's appointment is expected to be confirmed within days by the new ruling coalition of the Alliance party and the Left-Green movement. She would lead Iceland until general elections, expected in May.

'She is a senior parliamentarian, she is respected and loved by all of Iceland,' said Environment Minister Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir, a fellow Alliance party member.

But conservative critics say her leftist political leanings are not going to help fix the economy.

'Johanna is a very good woman - but she likes public spending, she is a tax raiser,' said Geir Haarde, who quit as prime minister Monday, partly for health reasons.

Sigurdardottir faces the difficult task of repairing the nation's shattered economy and rebuilding public trust in government. Icelanders are deeply angry at their government for not reining in the country's banks and leading the once-prosperous nation into an economic nightmare. >>> | Daily Mail Reporter | Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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It's Like "Swimming in a Toilet"!

A noxious tide of toilet paper, raw sewage and chemical waste has transformed Dubai’s most prestigious stretch of shoreline into a foul-smelling health hazard.

A stretch of the exclusive Jumeirah Beach — a magnet for Western tourists and home to a string of hotels — has been closed. “It’s a cesspool. Our tests show too many E. coli to count. It’s like swimming in a toilet,” said Keith Mutch, the manager of the Offshore Sailing Club, which has posted warnings and been forced to cancel regattas.The pollution is a blow to Dubai’s reputation as an international holiday destination offering almost guaranteed sunshine and clear seas. Sun, Sea and Sewage in the Playground of the Rich in Dubai >>> Sonia Verma in Dubai | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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'Where Have All the Leaders Gone?'

'Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes? He's now 82 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone?'.

Lee Iacocca Says:
Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder! We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car.

But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course.'

Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned 'Titanic'.

I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'

You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.

The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs.

While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the 'America' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?

I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis!

(Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.)

Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.

On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand.

We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.

We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country.

We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs.

Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.

Our schools are in trouble.

Our borders are like sieves.

The middle class is being squeezed every which way.

These are times that cry out for leadership.

But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throwing away our shampoo?

We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.

Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm.

Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it?

Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening.

But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.

I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? - that some bonehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?

Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in America. In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America's greatest moments.

I've also experienced some of our worst crises: The 'Great Depression,' 'World Wars I and II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,'the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11.

If I've learned one thing, it's this: 'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a "Call to Action" for people who, like me, believe in America'. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had 'enough.'

Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone you know and care about. It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!!
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

When the West Sides With Its Enemies

CHRISTIAN TODAY Australia: In times of universal crisis, there is a great need for great men and great women to stand up and be counted. For example, when the Cold War was at its peak, it seems that three world leaders were providently raised up to withstand the menace of Soviet imperialism. Thus Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II together helped to bring an end to this global threat.

Fortunately other heroes seem to come on the scene in times of national emergency or international challenges. When universal deceit prevails, such brave men and women act as prophetic voices. With the twin challenges of militant Islam and a West that seems hell-bent on bowing in subservience to it, a number of fearless individuals have risen to the occasion.

One of them is Dutch politician Geert Wilders. The 46-year-old Dutchman has been a tireless and outspoken critic of Islamism and the cowardice of the West. He has courageously spoken out on the dangers we face, not only from militants without, but appeasers within.

He even produced a short film last year called Fitna. It minces no words in exposing the radical agenda of the Islamists, and how the heart of Islam (the Koran, the hadith, and the life and example of Muhammad) all feed into the Islamist practices and objectives.

And for his troubles he has been a hunted man. But it is not just the angry Muslim world that wants his scalp. Western appeasers are also after him. Indeed, last week a Dutch court ordered the criminal prosecution of Wilders because of his “hate speech”. The Amsterdam Court of Appeals has said his statements are “insulting,” and that they “substantially harm the religious esteem” of Muslims.

I will leave it for others to determine whether his film is indeed hate speech. But his recent speeches have certainly been clear-cut as to how he regards the Islamist threat. A few paragraphs from various recent speeches are worth reproducing here. Consider his thoughts on how Europe is faring:

“All throughout Europe a new reality is rising: entire Muslim neighbourhoods where very few indigenous people reside or are even seen. And if they are, they might regret it. This goes for the police as well. It’s the world of head scarves, where women walk around in figureless tents, with baby strollers and a group of children. Their husbands, or slaveholders if you prefer, walk three steps ahead. With mosques on many street corners. The shops have signs you and I cannot read. You will be hard-pressed to find any economic activity. These are Muslim ghettos controlled by religious fanatics. These are Muslim neighbourhoods, and they are mushrooming in every city across Europe. These are the building-blocks for territorial control of increasingly larger portions of Europe, street by street, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, city by city. There are now thousands of mosques throughout Europe. With larger congregations than there are in churches. And in every European city there are plans to build super-mosques that will dwarf every church in the region. Clearly, the signal is: we rule.”

Take Holland for example: “In some elementary schools in Amsterdam the farm can no longer be mentioned, because that would also mean mentioning the pig, and that would be an insult to Muslims. Many state schools in Belgium and Denmark only serve halal food to all pupils. In once-tolerant Amsterdam gays are beaten up almost exclusively by Muslims. Non-Muslim women routinely hear ‘whore, whore’. Satellite dishes are not pointed to local TV stations, but to stations in their country of origin.”

Other parts of Europe are also in crisis: “The history of the Holocaust can in many cases no longer be taught because of Muslim sensitivity. In England sharia courts are now no-go areas for women without head scarves. Last week a man almost died after being beaten up by Muslims in Brussels, because he was drinking during the Ramadan. Jews are fleeing France in record numbers, on the run from the worst wave of anti-Semitism since World War II. French is now commonly spoken on the streets of Tel Aviv and Netanya, Israel.”

And Europe seems to be standing idly by as all this happens: “It is very difficult to be an optimist in the face of the growing Islamization of Europe. All the tides are against us. On all fronts we are losing. Demographically the momentum is with Islam. Muslim immigration is even a source of pride within ruling liberal parties. Academia, the arts, the media, trade unions, the churches, the business world, the entire political establishment have all converted to the suicidal theory of multiculturalism. So-called journalists volunteer to label any and all critics of Islamization as ‘right-wing extremists’ or ‘racists’. The entire establishment has sided with our enemy. Leftists, liberals and Christian-Democrats are now all in bed with Islam.”

And Israel is only the tip of the iceberg: “Israel is simply receiving the blows that are meant for all of us. If there would have been no Israel, Islamic imperialism would have found other places to release its energy and its desire for conquest. Therefore, the war against Israel is not a war against Israel. It is a war against the West. It is jihad. Thanks to Israeli parents who see their children go off to join the army and lie awake at night, parents in Europe and America can sleep well and have pleasant dreams, unaware of the dangers looming. At present the front-line of jihad runs not just through the streets of Tel Aviv and Haifa, but through the streets of London, Madrid, and Amsterdam as well. Jihad is our common enemy, and we better start Facing Jihad before it is too late.” >>> Bill Muehlenberg, Christian Today Australia Columnist | Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Saudi Arabia: Authorities Arrest Christian Convert

COMPASS DIRECT NEWS: Blogger incarcerated after writing about conversion, criticizing Islamic judiciary.

LOS ANGELES – Five months after the daughter of a member of Saudi Arabia’s religious police was killed for writing online about her faith in Christ, Saudi authorities have reportedly arrested a 28-year-old Christian man for describing his conversion and criticizing the kingdom’s judiciary on his Web site.

Saudi police arrested Hamoud Bin Saleh on Jan. 13 “because of his opinions and his testimony that he had converted from Islam to Christianity,” according to the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI). Bin Saleh, who had been detained for nine months in 2004 and again for a month last November, was reportedly being held in Riyadh’s Eleisha prison.

On his web site, which Saudi authorities have blocked, Bin Saleh wrote that his journey to Christ began after witnessing the public beheading of three Pakistanis convicted of drug charges. Shaken, he began an extensive study of Islamic history and law, as well as Saudi justice. He became disillusioned with sharia (Islamic law) and dismayed that kingdom authorities only prosecuted poor Saudis and foreigners.

“I was convinced that the wretched Pakistanis were executed in accordance with the Muhammadan laws just because they are poor and have no money or favored positions, which they had no control or power over,” he wrote in Arabic in his Dec. 22 posting, referring to “this terrible prejudice in the application of justice in Saudi Arabia.” >>> | Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Freed Turkish Barber Reaches Home

ARAB NEWS: RIYADH: A Turkish barber who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on blasphemy charges but later pardoned by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and released, left for Istanbul from Jeddah by a Turkish Airways flight on Monday night.

“On arrival at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport yesterday, Sabri Bogday, 31, was received by his wife and family members,” Turkish Ambassador Naci Koru said here yesterday.

Speaking on behalf of the people and the government of Turkey, Koru thanked King Abdullah for the royal pardon. He said that the Turkish barber was welcomed at the airport by a big crowd, including his wife, Muazzez Bogday, two-year-old son Suleyman, and mother Hadra.

The diplomat said that a Saudi court overturned Bogday’s sentence after he repented and asked God for forgiveness. The Ministry of Interior informed us about the release of Bogday last week, said Koru.

The barber, who had been behind the bars for the last three years, called his family on Monday night after being finally released in Jeddah and said he would be in Turkey soon.

Bogday has been released at a time when Turkish President Abdullah Gul is expected to visit Saudi Arabia on Feb. 3. The release prior to the visit is also perceived as a gesture of goodwill and friendship between the two nations, said a report published by a Turkish newspaper.

Muazzez, the barber’s wife, thanked President Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for their efforts and appeal to King Abdullah while saying that “the humanitarian gesture on the part of the Saudi king himself, cannot be expressed in words.”

Bogday, from the southern Turkey’s Hatay region, arrived in Jeddah 11 years ago and opened a barbershop.

According to reports, the barber argued with his neighbor, an Egyptian tailor, and was arrested after the tailor told police that Bogday was involved in blasphemy. >>> Ghazanfar Ali Khan | Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Barack Obama Should Apologise for 60 Years of 'Crimes'

THE TELEGRAPH: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded on Wednesday that US President Barack Obama apologise for the "crimes" committed by the United States against Iran over the past 60 years.

The hardline leader also called on Washington to withdraw its troops from across the world as a proof of Mr Obama's commitment to change.

"You were standing against the Iranian people in the past 60 years," Mr Ahmadinejad said during an address in the western region of Khermenshah that was broadcast by state television.

"Those who speak of change must apologise to the Iranian people and try to repair their past bad acts and the crimes they committed against Iran."

As to the troops, he said he expected two kinds of "deep and fundamental" change.

"Meet people, talk to them with respect and put an end to the expansionist policies. If you talk about change it must put an end to the US military presence in the world, withdraw your troops and take them back inside your borders."

Mr Ahmadinejad said the advocates of change must "stop supporting the Zionists, outlaws and criminals".

He called on the United States to "stop interfering in other people's affairs". >>> | Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Das Versöhnungsangebot des US-Präsidenten Barack Obama an die islamische Welt ist dem iranischen Präsidenten längst nicht genug: "Wer von Wechsel spricht, muss sich beim iranischen Volk entschuldigen", sagte Mahmud Ahmadinedschad. Außerdem stellte er weitere Forderungen an die USA.

Der iranische Präsident Mahmud Ahmadinedschad hat die neue US-Regierung aufgerufen, sämtliche Truppen aus dem Ausland abzuziehen.

Wenn der neue Präsident Barack Obama von „Wechsel" spreche, müsse die US-Truppenpräsenz in der ganzen Welt „beendet werden", forderte Ahmadinedschad am Mittwoch in einer Rede in der Stadt Kermanschah im Westen des Landes. Die US-Regierung dürfe sich nicht länger „in die Angelegenheiten anderer Völker" einmischen. Obama hatte am Montag die Wiederherstellung direkter diplomatischer Kontakte mit dem Iran angeboten, wenn Teheran bereit sei, „auf die geballte Faust zu verzichten".

Obama solle sich für die „Verbrechen" entschuldigen, die die USA in den vergangenen 60 Jahren am Iran begangen hätten, forderte Ahmadinedschad. „Wer von Wechsel spricht, muss sich beim iranischen Volk entschuldigen und versuchen, die bösen Taten der Vergangenheit wieder gutzumachen." Die USA müssten sich von der „expansionistischen Politik" der Vergangenheit verabschieden. >>> AFP/dpa/fas | Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009

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IRAN | Le président iranien réclame des Etats-Unis des excuses pour les crimes commis contre l'Iran.

Le président iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a demandé mercredi à son homologue américain Barack Obama de s’excuser pour les "crimes" commis, selon lui, par les Etats-Unis contre l’Iran. >>> AFP | Mercredi 28 Janvier 2009

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Frauen gegen Männer: Hohe Strafen nach Fussballspiel im Iran

TAGES ANZEIGER: Zum ersten Mal seit der Revolution 1979 haben im Iran Männer und Frauen gegeneinander Fussball gespielt. Mit unerfreulichen Folgen.

Die historische Begegnung blieb nicht ohne Folgen: Drei Verantwortliche wurden suspendiert, weil nach der strengen Auslegung des Islams im Iran Männer und Frauen, die nicht verwandt sind, keinen körperlichen Kontakt haben dürfen. Einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge fand das Spiel zwischen der Frauenmannschaft und dem Jugendteam des Vereins Esteghlal am 22. Januar in Teheran statt.

Die Zeitung «Watan-e-Emrus» berichtete, die Jugendmannschaft haben mit 7:0 gewonnen. Mit Mobiltelefonen aufgenommene Videos wurden demzufolge als Beweis gegen die Verantwortlichen angeführt, die zunächst bestritten hatten, dass das Spiel überhaupt stattgefunden hatte. Dem Verein zufolge wurde ein Manager ein Jahr suspendiert und zu einer Zahlung von umgerechnet rund 5800 Franken verpflichtet. >>> sam/ap | Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009

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Freed Guantánamo Prisoners Taunt US as Closure Plan Falls Apart

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TIMES ONLINE: President Obama's plan to close Guantánamo Bay within a year appeared to be unravelling yesterday with the emergence of former inmates on terrorist websites, fierce opposition in the US and a lukewarm response to taking detainees from the European Union.

After signing an executive order last week to close the US military prison, Mr Obama has been confronted with myriad obstacles that are making his ambitious pledge look unrealistic.

David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, ruled out the prospect of Britain taking any more inmates, claiming that it had already made a significant contribution.

His announcement, at a meeting of EU foreign ministers, came as Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it had rearrested nine Islamist militants, including former Guantánamo inmates released to the Kingdom who had undergone a re-education programme in Riyadh.

Two other former detainees sent home to Saudi Arabia from the prison in November 2007 re-emerged over the weekend on a jihadist website, railing against Britain, the US and Israel and identifying themselves by their Guantánamo detainee numbers. One of the men who appeared on video was Said Ali al-Shihri, now the deputy leader of al-Qaeda's Yemeni branch. He is suspected of involvement in a bombing at the US Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in September, which killed 16. “By Allah, imprisonment only increased our persistence in our principles for which we went out, did jihad for, and were imprisoned for,” al-Shihri said on the video. The other former inmate has been identified as Abu Hareth Muhammad al-Awfi, who is seen clutching an automatic rifle and a grenade. >>> Tim Reid in Washington and David Charter in Brussels | Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Barack Obama Tells Muslims 'Americans Are Not Your Enemy'

THE TELEGRAPH: US President Barack Obama has told the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy" and renewed his pledge to travel to make an address in the capital of a major Muslim nation.


Mr Obama noted that he had lived in Indonesia for several years while growing up, and said his travels through Muslim nations had convinced him that regardless of faith, people had certain common hopes and dreams.

"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy - we sometimes make mistakes - we have not been perfect," Mr Obama said in an interview with the Al-Arabiya satellite television network.

"But if you look at the track record ... America was not born as a colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that."

During the 2008 election campaign, Mr Obama vowed to improve US ties with the Muslim world and said he would travel to a major Islamic forum abroad to send that message. >>> By Alex Spillius in Washington | Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Washington - In seinem ersten Interview nach seiner Amtsübernahme hat sich US-Präsident Barack Obama an die muslimische Welt gewandt und eine «neue Partnerschaft in gegenseitigem Respekt» in Aussicht gestellt.

Er wolle kommunizieren, «dass die Amerikaner nicht Ihre Feinde sind», sagte Obama dem arabischsprachigen Sender Al-Arabija. Das Interview wurde kurz nach der Entsendung von Obamas Nahost-Beauftragten George Mitchell in die Nahost-Krisenregion aufgezeichnet und in Auszügen von US-Medien veröffentlicht. Mitchell wird unter anderem mit der israelischen und der palästinensischen Führung zusammentreffen. >>> © dpa | Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009

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Eklat im Bundestag: Holocaust-Gedenken ohne Zentralrat der Juden

WELT ONLINE: Bislang saß bei der Holocaust-Gedenkfeier im Bundestag stets eine Abordnung des Zentralrats der Juden auf der Zuschauertribüne. Doch diesmal bleibt die Organisation der Feier fern. Man sei in der Vergangenheit missachtet worden, heißt es zur Begründung. Der Zentralrat beklagt zudem eine wachsende Judenfeindlichkeit in Deutschland.

Die Spitze des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland bleibt erstmals der Gedenkfeier des Bundestages für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus fern. Der Generalsekretär des Zentralrats, Stephan J. Kramer, begründete dies im „Tagesspiegel“ mit Missachtung der Organisation in den vergangenen Jahren. Die Vertreter des Zentralrats, die auf der Zuschauertribüne Platz genommen hatten, seien nie persönlich begrüßt worden. Die Gedenkfeier ist im Bundestag für 11 Uhr angesetzt.

Der Zentralrat beklagt laut Kramer einen wachsenden Antisemitismus in Deutschland. Es gebe eine „fortschreitend um sich greifende Feindschaft gegen Juden, mehr und mehr auch in der Mitte der Gesellschaft“, sagte er.

Es sei zwar zu loben, dass in ganz Deutschland in vielen Veranstaltungen an den 64. Jahrestag der Befreiung des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz erinnert werde, sagte Kramer. „Doch wir mussten auch feststellen, dass während des Gaza-Krieges die Zahl der Hass-Mails an den Zentralrat um 40 Prozent auf 200 bis 300 pro Woche zugenommen hat.“ In einem Zehntel der Mails seien explizite Morddrohungen gegen persönlich benannte Mitglieder des Zentralrats enthalten gewesen. >>> AP/cn | Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009

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Integrationsstudie: Einmal Türke, immer Türke

DER TAGESSPIEGEL: BERLIN - Man könnte meinen, Deutschland habe ein Problem mit integrationsunwilligen Türken. Eine neue Studie hat die Integrationserfolge der verschiedenen Einwanderergruppen in Deutschland untersucht und belegt: Nur jeder zwanzigste Türke geht eine Ehe mit einem nichttürkischen Partner ein, jeder dritte Jugendliche ist arbeitslos und die Hälfte der Frauen bleibt zuhause am Herd. Die nüchterne Kernaussage der Studie über die anatolischen Einwanderer lautet: Gemessen an Indikatoren wie Beruf, Bildung und Staatsbürgerschaft integrieren sie sich langsamer als Menschen mit einer anderen Herkunft. >>> Ferda Ataman | Montag, Januar 26, 2009

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Islam e Cristianesimo: la differenza è tutta nel concetto di libertà

ILSUSSIDIARIO.NET: La gravità dei recenti fatti che hanno visto moltitudini di musulmani a tutti gli effetti occupare le piazze del Duomo a Milano e di San Petronio a Bologna per farvi la preghiera rituale pubblica rispettando la sacra qibla, ossia rivolti in “direzione” della prima città santa dell’islàm, La Mecca, è tutt’altro che trascurabile. Lo diventa soltanto per chi, in nome di un “corretto” relativismo etico-religioso e ingenuamente limitandosi alle manifestazioni di folclore rituale, ignori l’impianto teologico affatto diverso della religione di Maometto, che non è in primo luogo spirituale. L’islàm non è una religione dell’interiorità (nulla a che vedere con l’intimismo!) alla stregua del cristianesimo – come del resto non è ugualmente monoteistico. Infatti, sia che lo si intenda come fede vera e propria pur nelle varianti confessionali e rituali, sia che lo si prenda nella sua interpretazione socio-culturale e, quindi, laica e indifferente alla definizione positiva del rapporto personale con Dio, il cristianesimo, fondato anche sulla metafisica classica ellenica, è la religione che più parla di anima, di ragione, di cuore, dell’io. E di libertà. Tutte prerogative della natura umana personale, che addirittura diventano argomento giuridico a sostegno dell’idea di persona umana quale fonte stessa del diritto positivo. Una rivoluzione, e non soltanto per il pensiero e il “sistema” degli antichi. Insomma, Gesù Cristo, che ha promesso la risurrezione dei corpi, nell’attesa della parusia ha parlato e parla al cuore, alla intima verità di ogni singolo individuo personalmente per salvarne anzitutto l’anima affinché goda eternamente della visione e della familiarità di Dio. >>> Luca Montecchi | martedì 27 gennaio 2009

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'Hate-filled' Muslim Preacher Speaks for Integration

NRC HANDELSBLAD: Khalid Yasin had been dubbed the 'terrorist imam' and some had predicted that his speeches in the Netherlands over the weekend would preach hate and dissension.

The lecture by the African-American 'sheikh' defied expectations, but the furore around his arrival point to underlying tensions regarding Islam in Dutch society.

Yasin had been quoted online as saying that homosexuality should be punished by death, that the World Trade Center attacks were the work of the secret service and claims that the AIDS virus was a plot concocted in an American laboratory to reduce the population of Africa.

Uneasy members of parliament previously debated as to whether Yasin should even be allowed entry into the Netherlands due to past statements. Member of parliament Geert Wilders had called him a "hate-filled man." >>> News staff, NRC Handelsblad | Monday, January 26, 2009

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Obama's Aunt Has Immigration Hearing in April

ASSOCIATED PRESS: WASHINGTON — The Bush administration quietly withdrew in the weeks after Barack Obama's election a new rule requiring high-level approval before federal agents nationwide could arrest fugitive immigrants. The future for Obama's aunt, who had been living in the country illegally, will be determined at an immigration court hearing in April.

The Homeland Security Department had originally imposed the unusual directive days before Obama's election, an order that would have affected Zeituni Onyango, the half-sister of Obama's late father. She had been instructed to leave the country four years ago by an immigration judge who rejected her request for asylum from her native Kenya.

The directive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement expressed concerns about "negative media or congressional interest," according to a newly disclosed federal document obtained by The Associated Press. The department lifted the immigration order weeks later, on Nov. 26.

The directive made clear that U.S. officials worried about possible election implications of arresting Onyango, who at the time was living in public housing in Boston. She is now believed to be living in Cleveland.

An immigration judge stayed her deportation order on Dec. 17. The judge reopened her case requesting asylum on Dec. 30, and she has a hearing on April 1 in a Boston immigration court, Elaine Komis, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Executive Office of Immigration Review, said Monday.

Onyango traveled to Washington last week for her nephew's inauguration. News organizations observed her attending an inaugural ball with her immigration lawyer, Margaret Wong. >>> By Ted Bridis and Eileen Sullivan | Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Israel Vows to Hit Back After Roadside Bomb Kills Soldier on Gaza Border

TIMES ONLINE: Israel promised to respond today after Palestinian militants killed a soldier in a bomb attack, an incident which left the fragile ceasefire between the two sides on the brink of crumbling.

Ehud Barak, the Defence Minister, said that Israel "cannot accept" the attack, which took place as the soldier patrolled the Kissufim crossing with Gaza, and would retaliate following an emergency meeting of the country's security chiefs.

The incident threatened to destroy the calm which has largely prevailed since Israel and the Islamist group unilaterally ended a three-week conflict on January 17. >>> James Hider in Jerusalem and David Byers | Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Exprimer: Restriction et régression de la liberté d’expression en Europe

RESILIENCE TV: Lu sur Riposte laïque : " Incroyable : le 21 janvier dernier, la cour d’appel d’Amsterdam a décidé de poursuivre le député néerlandais Geert Wilders pour son film Fitna, dans lequel on peut voir, en seize minutes – et uniquement par des images d’actualité illustrant des extraits du Coran – la violence dont sont capables les islamistes.



Il aura donc suffi que Geert Wilders s’appuie sur des faits réels – qu’il prend pourtant la précaution de ne pas commenter – pour être accusé à la fois d’« incitation à la haine et de discrimination à l’égard des musulmans ».



C’est exactement en ces termes que fut condamnée à cinq reprises – et par un tribunal français, s’il vous plaît ! – notre Brigitte Bardot nationale, dont le seul tort avait été de dénoncer, à l’occasion de l’Aïd-el-Kébir, l’égorgement des moutons préalablement non étourdis. Le la collaborationniste venait d’être donné !



Louis Chagnon, professeur d’histoire/géographie au collège Georges-Pompidou, de Courbevoie, encourra les mêmes foudres pour avoir appris à ses élèves que Mahomet était non seulement le Prophète de l’islam mais encore un chef politique et militaire qui sut s’imposer en utilisant aussi bien la diplomatie que la force. >>> Posté par Façal Souteï | Mardi 27 Janvier 2009

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Ken, You’re Losing It!

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THE TELEGRAPH: David Cameron's decision to bring back Ken Clarke was called into question after it emerged the new shadow business secretary had condemned a key plank of his Tory social policy.

Mr Clarke apparently dismissed the idea of encouraging marriage through the tax system as "social engineering", and warned that the Tory leader was taking on the attitudes of the American "religious right".

The explosive comments – reported to have been made at a seminar in Nottingham last month, before he joined the shadow cabinet – will heighten speculation of major differences between the former chancellor and his new boss.

Mr Clarke was brought back by Mr Cameron earlier this month to bolster his economic team during the global financial crisis.

The well-known Europhile pledged he would not seek to change the party's sceptical position on the EU.

But last week remarks emerged from the same event at Nottingham University in which he warned that Mr Cameron risked looking like a "right-wing nationalist" because of his stance on Europe.

And, according to website www.publicservice.co.uk, he also criticised social issues.

Speaking about his time as Chancellor he told the conference, "I got rid of the married couples allowance.

"I really don't think it's anything to do with politicians whether you (get married) and most of the younger people I know don't seem very keen on it.

"My view of Conservatism is that it's not for us to tell you (what to do through) the tax system – my wife didn't put up with me because I was getting £150 by way of tax allowance.

"This is social engineering, for God's sake, and when I joined the party we weren't in favour of it." Ken Clarke 'Dismissed' David Cameron's Marriage Policy >>> | Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Papst erntet Lob von der falschen Seite: Heikle Rehabilitierung von Holocaust-Leugner durch Benedikt XVI.

NZZ Online: Mit der Aufhebung der Exkommunikation von vier Anhängern des traditionalistischen Erzbischofs Lefebvre scheint der Vatikan ein Eigentor geschossen zu haben. Besonders die Rehabilitierung des Holocaust-Leugners Williamson wird von Katholiken in Deutschland und der Schweiz kritisiert. Rechtsextreme hingegen jubeln.

«Die Leugnung der Shoah ist inakzeptabel und gehört nicht zur Lehre der katholischen Kirche». Mit diesen Worten hat der Sprecher der deutschen Bischofskonferenz, Matthias Kopp, den traditionalistischen Richard Williamson und damit indirekt eine Entscheidung seines höchsten Vorgesetzten, des Papstes, kritisiert. Williamson gehört zu den vier Anhängern des ultrakonservativen französischen Erzbischofs Marcel Lefebvre, deren Exkommunikation Papst Benedikt XVI. nach mehr als 20 Jahren aufgehoben hat.

«Weiter so»

Die Distanzierung der Bischofskonferenz und anderen katholischen Organisationen scheint besonders in Deutschland dringlich zu sein. Denn der antimodernistische Geistliche, den Lefebvre 1988 ohne päpstlichen Auftrag zum Bischof geweiht hatte, scheint sich zum neuen Star der rechtsextremen Szene zu entwickeln. Wie Recherchen von Spiegel Online auf einschlägigen Websites bestätigen, wird die Entscheidung des Papstes dort regelrecht bejubelt.

In einem Kommentar auf dem rechtsextremen Altermedia.info heisst es etwa: «Dass der Papst ein paar Tage nach dem Interview die Exkommunikation von Bischof Williamson (und den anderen betroffenen Bischöfen der Piusbruderschaft) aufhebt, ist doch schon fast eine Kampfansage an die Adresse des Judentums.». Oder: «Das Geschichtswissen 'unseres Papstes' ist weitaus besser als man angenommen hatte. Mutig ist er auch noch. Weiter so.» >>> spi | Dienstag, Januar 27. 2009

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L’Allemagne ne pardonne pas le «péché» de son pape

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: POLÉMIQUE | En voulant réintégrer une communauté intégriste, Benoît XVI a déclenché une flambée d’indignation dans son pays.

Provocation ou coïncidence? C’est à côté de Regensbourg, cette paroisse de la Bavière que Benoît XVI considère comme sa patrie, que l’évêque Richard Williamson a enregistré son interview niant l’holocauste et les chambres à gaz. Le prélat animait un séminaire de la fraternité Pie X. Il avait mis en garde ses interlocuteurs contre la diffusion de ses paroles qui risquaient «de lui coûter la prison». Le procureur de Regensbourg affirmait effectivement, en fin de semaine dernière, avoir ouvert une enquête contre lui.  

Le négationnisme en Allemagne est un crime et peut être puni de cinq ans de prison. Que Benoît XVI, le pape allemand, n’hésite pas à ouvrir les portes de son église à cet «évêque antisémite» est un acte de «provocation pratiquement inimaginable», tonne le vice-président du consistoire des juifs en Allemagne Dieter Grauman, une quasi-rupture du dialogue judéo-chrétien. «Qui honore un négationniste se déshonore lui-même», insiste-t-il, soulignant que l’antijudaisme imprègne l’ensemble de la communauté intégriste de la fraternité Pie X, qui décrivait encore récemment dans une lettre officielle les juifs comme les «meurtriers de Dieu». >>> ©AFP | Michel Verrier | Mardi 27 Janvier 2009

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Nojoud,10 ans, divorcée

LE FIGARO: REPORTAGE VIDEO - L'histoire incroyable de cette petite fille de 10 ans, mariée de force au Yémen, abusée sexuellement par son mari, et qui a obtenu le divorce. Elle est venu témoigner mardi devant des lycéens en banlieue parisienne.

Elle est la première petite Yéménite a avoir osé braver la tradition patriarcale. Nojoud, 10 ans, avait été mariée de force en février 2008, abusée sexuellement et battue par son mari, de 20 ans son aîné. Un jour, alors qu'elle était censé acheter du pain, elle est partie, toute seule, au tribunal de sa ville, en bus puis en taxi. «Je veux divorcer!» lance-t-elle au juge. Elle a finalement obtenu gain de cause. Par son courage, elle est devenue un véritable porte-drapeau de la cause des femmes au Yémen. Des petites filles mariées comme elle avant l'âge légal de 15 ans ont réussit à obtenir le divorce. >>> Laure Daussy (Lefigaro.fr) | Mardi 27 Janvier 2009

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Leaders Without Testicles

In view of recent events in the Netherlands, I am reprinting this essay. It first appeared on this website in September 2007. It was relevant then; it is even more relevant today.

Our leaders are too weak to deal with the problems we are now facing, problems caused by the political system which masquerades as a religion, otherwise known as Islam.

The 'New Dark Age' which I wrote about in my book, The Dawning of a New Dark Age, which first appeared in November 2003, really is dawning alarmingly fast. Faster than anyone could ever have imagined.

I entitled this essay, Leaders Without Testicles. The title was pertinent when I wrote the essay; it is even more pertinent today. The liberal élite in The Netherlands are but a glowing example of what cravenness will do to freedoms: It will destroy them!

This was the essay I wrote back in 2006. I hope you enjoyed reading it then; and I hope you will enjoy reading it now. It needs to be read in the light of the darkness that is falling on The Netherlands, a country which till only very recently was a beacon of enlightenment and freedom! – ©Mark


The essay:

On a day in which the world has come to learn that one of the greatest tenors of all time, Luciano Pavarotti, died, a man who encapsulated much that is great about the West, we are reminded of much that is great about our civilization, and, if we sit back and think about things, we should be reminded, too, that this great civilization is threatened both from without and from within: By Islam. Islam is gaining in strength even here in Europe, and there, across the Pond, in America. Yet nobody has the balls to deal with the problem. The problem is akin to a snowball rolling down a mountainside: It keeps growing in size even as it rolls!

Throughout its history, Islam has always, but always, won the day, and subsumed each and every culture* it has ever entered and into which it has been allowed enter and put down its roots. I assure you here and now, Europe will be no exception. The writing is already on the wall. Our future, if we do nothing about this development, is plain for all to see. It will be Islamic, and it will be neither free nor democratic.

Alas, we have no leaders with testicles, no leaders with balls, no leaders with spunk! Bush has proved himself to be a pussy – ineffectual in the extreme. As indeed was Blair. He was all hot air; all form and no substance. This current incumbent of Number 10, Gordon Brown, refuses to acknowledge still less deal with the problems we face with Islam in our midst. In fact, it was reported only recently that a Muslim group is the largest source of funding outside of the unions here in Great Britain. Ladies and gentlemen: It is high time we took stock!

Islam, if it is allowed to keep establishing itself here in the West, will destroy, nay annihilate, all that we have to come to hold dear. Make no bones about it, Islam is out to destroy all that is great about Western culture: great wines, great music, great literature, great art, and of course our great Judeo-Christian tradition. There will be no more Pavarottis, no more great music, no more great wines, no more great literature, no more great anything. The only thing that will be great is Allah, Allahu akbar! All will be destroyed if Islam is allowed to gain the upper hand. Islam is ruthless. It allows no-one and nothing to block its path to power.

Western politicians are ignorant of the force and power that is Islam. They are also weak, craven, and ineffectual. They faff around dealing with inconsequential matters when, in fact, they should be dealing with the one and only thing that matters today: The growth of Islam here in the West.

If they want to live under the yoke of Islam, then they are welcome to do so. But please move to the Islamic world to do so! I do not wish to live under Islam’s iron grip; and when I say this I believe I speak for many, nay for the majority.

These spineless leaders of ours want all the power, all the glory, and all the accoutrements of power; but one thing they do not want: They do not want to have to take the tough decisions which actually come with high office.

This, of course, is totally and utterly unacceptable. If they want the money, the big houses, the chauffer-driven cars, etc, then they should accept their responsibilities with equanimity. They need to tell Muslims that if they want to stay here in the West, then they have to start integrating and live like the rest of us. They have to stop thinking that they are superior, for superior they certainly are not. If anything, quite the reverse is true! What, I ask you, is superior about a 'culture' which condones public beheadings, the stonings to death of women, the cutting off of hands and feet for theft, and the suppression of women, homosexuals, and others who do not conform to their narrow ideals?

I think I speak for many, many people when I say that I am tired, sick to death, of politicians taking all the perks of high office, yet being totally unwilling to deal with the main danger that faces the people of the West today, totally unwilling to protect the people from darkness, protect the very people they are supposed to represent.

Many people, of course, are ignorant of the dangers that lie ahead of them; they are too busy earning a living to care. But they have a rude awakening awaiting them. This is 1938 all over again! In 1938, in their heart of hearts, people knew that Hitler would become a huge problem, but they refused to admit that such would be so. So it is in 2007! People, in their heart of hearts, know that Islam is a huge problem. But so many are afraid to admit it. I invite you to do so now. Go on! Be truthful with yourself! Admit to yourself what you already actually know!

Personally, I find it incredibly disconcerting that Islam has been allowed to grow here in the West, grow to the point that it is going to be extremely difficult to solve the problem. It is hard to believe that Western politicians are so ineffectual, so weak, so stupid, so without courage, so without testicles. But this is actually so.

But fight back we must if we are to rescue the West from the New Dark Age! Ask yourself one simple question: If the shoe were on the other foot, would they allow you, an infidel, the same freedoms to establish your religion (and political system) in their countries?

*It took centuries and much bloodshed to reverse Islam's influence on Spain.

©Mark Alexander

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Islam Demands Surrender

INTERNATIONAL ANALYST NETWORK: What’s in a name? A great deal. Democracy, fascism, and communism represent different systems of government. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are also titles for different religious systems.

Whereas democracy is defined as the rule of the people, by the people, for the people, Islam is defined as the rule of Allah, by Allah and his emissaries, for the pleasure of Allah. And when people, out of concern for political correctness or ignorance, describe Islam as a religion of peace, they are, at the very least, guilty of misrepresenting it.

The word “Islam,” is derived from the word “taslim,” which means surrender. The word for peace is not “taslim,” but it is “solh.” Hence, when Muslims behave in violent barbaric ways, they are only doing so in obedience to the dictates of their creed. They are surrendering and sacrificing anything and everything in service to the will and pleasure of Allah, as they see it.

Of course, not every Muslim surrenders fully to the will of Allah. The great majority of Muslims are only partial Muslims. They may say their daily obligatory prayers, they may tithe some, and they may keep the fast from time to time. Yet, they may also have a few drinks now and then, and do many things that they are not supposed to do.

But Islam can be a “forgiving” religion, specifically for the male. If you neglect to say your prayers or you simply don’t want to, you can hire someone, preferably an imam or a mullah, to pray on your behalf. Going to the Hajj is too onerous and takes you away from the pleasures and comforts of your life? You can deputize someone else to go in your stead. You have a few drinks of the forbidden brew and it is time to say your prayer? Simply rinse your mouth and go ahead with praying. But, always remember the will of Allah and serve him. Do your duties to vanquish the unbelievers, promote the rule of the Shari’a, and make the earth Allah’s. >>> Amil Imani | Monday, January 26, 2009

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Turkish Jews Fearful of Anti-Semitism after Gaza

REUTERS: STANBUL - Turkey's centuries-old Jewish community says it is alarmed by anti-Semitism that emerged during protests at Israel's Gaza assault, and is questioning how this reflects its status in the predominantly Muslim republic.

Although Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan condemned anti-Semitism, Jews in Turkey and beyond believe the language he employed during the conflict gave some a licence to translate their outrage at Israel's action into racial hatred.

Heightened anti-Jewish sentiment comes at a time of rising nationalism in Turkey, blamed for the murders of several Christians in the last few years, as hardliners fight against those struggling for a more plural, multi-ethnic society.

Some 24,000 Jews live in Turkey, making them one of the world's largest Jewish communities in a Muslim country, and their relations with the state, like those of other minorities, are a litmus test for Turkey's readiness to join the European Union.

"I feel worried, sad and scared for myself and for my country's future, which is leaning towards racism," Turkish-Jewish academic Leyla Navaro wrote in Radikal newspaper. >>> By Alexandra Hudson | Monday, January 26, 2009

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