Synagogue Hails Dutch Lawmaker as a Hero
BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES: In his home continent, Dutch politician Geert Wilders is something of a pariah, banned from the United Kingdom and facing prosecution in the Netherlands for his harsh views of Islam.

His calls to end immigration from Muslim countries and ban the Koran—he compared it to Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and said it incites to violence—have earned him broad condemnation in Europe and forced him under the protection of a security detail, a rarity for Dutch leaders.

But in some quarters of the American Jewish community, Wilders is more akin to a hero. At the very least, he was greeted as such by about 250 people last week at a Conservative synagogue in this Boston-area town.

The boisterous crowd at the Ahavath Torah Congregation gave Wilders, who heads the Dutch Party for Freedom and serves in the parliament, a standing ovation and shouted “Bravo” at the conclusion of his speech. >>> Penny Schwartz, Stoughton, Mass., JTA Wire Service | Monday, March 2, 2009

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: As the Dow keeps dropping, the President is running out of people to blame.

As 2009 opened, three weeks before Barack Obama took office, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 9034 on January 2, its highest level since the autumn panic. Yesterday the Dow fell another 4.24% to 6763, for an overall decline of 25% in two months and to its lowest level since 1997. The dismaying message here is that President Obama's policies have become part of the economy's problem.

Americans have welcomed the Obama era in the same spirit of hope the President campaigned on. But after five weeks in office, it's become clear that Mr. Obama's policies are slowing, if not stopping, what would otherwise be the normal process of economic recovery. From punishing business to squandering scarce national public resources, Team Obama is creating more uncertainty and less confidence -- and thus a longer period of recession or subpar growth.

The Democrats who now run Washington don't want to hear this, because they benefit from blaming all bad economic news on President Bush. And Mr. Obama has inherited an unusual recession deepened by credit problems, both of which will take time to climb out of. But it's also true that the economy has fallen far enough, and long enough, that much of the excess that led to recession is being worked off. Already 15 months old, the current recession will soon match the average length -- and average job loss -- of the last three postwar downturns. What goes down will come up -- unless destructive policies interfere with the sources of potential recovery.

And those sources have been forming for some time. The price of oil and other commodities have fallen by two-thirds since their 2008 summer peak, which has the effect of a major tax cut. The world is awash in liquidity, thanks to monetary ease by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Monetary policy operates with a lag, but last year's easing will eventually stir economic activity.

Housing prices have fallen 27% from their Case-Shiller peak, or some two-thirds of the way back to their historical trend. While still high, credit spreads are far from their peaks during the panic, and corporate borrowers are again able to tap the credit markets. As equities were signaling with their late 2008 rally and January top, growth should under normal circumstances begin to appear in the second half of this year.

So what has happened in the last two months? The economy has received no great new outside shock. Exchange rates and other prices have been stable, and there are no security crises of note. The reality of a sharp recession has been known and built into stock prices since last year's fourth quarter.

What is new is the unveiling of Mr. Obama's agenda and his approach to governance. Every new President has a finite stock of capital -- financial and political -- to deploy, and amid recession Mr. Obama has more than most. But one negative revelation has been the way he has chosen to spend his scarce resources on income transfers rather than growth promotion. Most of his "stimulus" spending was devoted to social programs, rather than public works, and nearly all of the tax cuts were devoted to income maintenance rather than to improving incentives to work or invest. >>> | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Jihad TV in Europe
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: It's time to shut down Hezbollah and Hamas broadcasts to the Continent.

Their propaganda notwithstanding, Hamas and, two years ago, Hezbollah suffered devastating military defeats that may diminish their ability to attack Israel with rocket fire. But these Iranian-backed terrorist organizations are deploying another dangerous weapon in their war against Western democracies -- terrorist television stations.

Thanks to Arab satellite companies, Hezbollah's al-Manar and Hamas's al-Aqsa TV stations can still beam their incitement and hatred into European living rooms, radicalizing Muslim immigrants throughout the Continent.

Al-Manar, however, is not a mere propaganda tool. Founded in 1991 by Hezbollah guerillas, it is an operational weapon in the hands of a deadly terrorist organization. Following a 2006 letter to then-President George W. Bush signed by a majority of the U.S. Senate, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Treasury Department designated al-Manar as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. This designation placed, for the first time, a media outlet on the same terrorism list as al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah itself.

The designation highlighted the role of al-Manar as more than just a station with objectionable content. The Hezbollah outlet was actively involved in recruiting and fund raising for Hezbollah, and providing preoperational surveillance for terror attacks. Undersecretary of Treasury Stuart Levey has observed that al-Manar is an "entity maintained by a terrorist group" and is therefore "as culpable as the terrorist group itself." >>> By Mark Dubowitz and Roberta Bonazzi | Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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Saudi Man Beheaded for Killing Father
IOL.CO.ZA: Riyadh - A Saudi man was beheaded in the Muslim holy city of Medina after being sentenced to death for killing his father, the interior ministry said.



Ahmad al-Khyeeri was put to death on Monday for shooting his father in a dispute, the ministry said in a statement on the official SPA news agency.



The announcement did not say when the murder occurred.



The beheading brought to 13 the number of executions announced by the Saudi authorities since the beginning of the year.


A total of 102 people were executed last year and a record 153 in 2007.



Under Saudi Arabia's strict sharia system of Islamic justice, the death penalty can be applied to crimes of rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking. [Source: IOL.co.za] AFP | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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As If We Needed the Archbishop of Canterbury to Tell Us This!
THE TELEGRAPH: The recession could lead to an increase in support for right-wing political groups, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned.

Dr Williams said that public anger, caused by rising unemployment and falling house prices, may lead to xenophobia and prejudice.

He claimed the recent election of a British National Party councillor in Kent was a warning sign that must not be ignored.

His comments come amid growing concern about the social unrest that could be triggered by the worsening economy.

Last week it emerged that riot police fear Britain is heading for a "summer of rage" as middle-class victims of the recession join activists to hold mass protests outside bank headquarters.

Thousands of workers at oil refineries and power stations across the country staged walkouts recently after Italian and Portuguese staff were given jobs at Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire ahead of local workers.

A leaked Home Office memo written last year also predicted that crime and racial tensions will rise during the recession, while funding cuts could make it more difficult for police to cope.

The letter written by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, warned that financial hardship could increase hostility towards immigrants and drive voters into the arms of the far-right BNP – which could in turn see victims of racism turn to terrorism. >>> By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Frank Gaffney: Coalition to Stop Shariah

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Ophir Falk – Opinion: No Nonsense Government
YNET NEWS: Netanyahu fully understands he must tackle key issues of our time

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Winston Churchill was probably the greatest leader of the 20th century. Yet, while leading his people during the dark days of the Battle of Britain and on various other fronts, he earned little recognition from his constituency, losing their vote after the war. Years after the dust of World War II had settled, the British people acknowledged his feats and re-elected him for office.

It is no coincidence that a black-and-white portrait of the legendary British PM decorates the desk of Israel's prime minister-designate. Benjamin Netanyahu's first term as PM from 1996 to 1999 will not be remembered as Israel's finest hour, but he is determined to make his upcoming term just that.

Raised in an ultra-Zionist home, Netanyahu is a leader with vision and historic perspective. He fully understands that he has the responsibility and opportunity to tackle the key issues of our time, most and foremost ensuring Israel’s security and prosperity.

On February 10th 2009, the people of Israel spoke at the ballots. Some were at first reluctant to understand the statement made but today matters are clearer to all. Benjamin Netanyahu was given a clear mandate to form a government and steer Israel in the right direction.

There is a wide public consensus concerning the challenges that Israel must address immediately. Topping the list are a) confronting the Iranian threat; b) dismantling the Hamas threat; and c) preventing a deep economic depression.

The establishment of a Palestinian state is not on that list. >>> Ophir Falk | Monday, March 2, 2009

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Hillary Clinton en mission impossible au Proche-Orient
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: ANALYSE | Hier en Egypte pour financer la reconstruction de Gaza sans favoriser le Hamas. Aujourd’hui à Jérusalem pour faire plier Netanyahou. Demain à Ramallah pour tenter de sauver le président palestinien. La cheffe de la diplomatie américaine ne fait pas sa première visite sous les meilleurs auspices.

La bonne nouvelle, c’est que la communauté internationale a promis hier à Charm el-Cheikh, en Egypte, une aide de 4,5 milliards de dollars pour la reconstruction de Gaza et la relance de l’économie palestinienne, six semaines après la guerre. De quoi réjouir le président Mahmoud Abbas, qui en réclamait 2,8 milliards.

La mauvaise nouvelle, c’est qu’il va falloir distribuer ces fonds sans passer par le Hamas, qui contrôle l’étroite bande de terre depuis son coup de force du 15 juin 2007. Et parvenir à surmonter le blocus israélien (même des cargaisons de macaronis et de lentilles ont buté contre la frontière!). Le tout doit être réalisé alors qu’Israël est à la recherche d’une coalition et que l’Autorité palestinienne ne préside plus grand-chose.

Qui réussira ce prodige? Les yeux se tournent forcément vers Hillary Clinton, nouvelle secrétaire d’Etat américaine, qui tente un pari en trois volets. >>> Andrés Allemand | Mardi 03 Mars 2009

leJDD.fr: Gaza: Des dollars pour quoi faire?

Près de 4,5 milliards de dollars ont été promis aux Palestiniens lors de la conférence sur la reconstruction de Gaza, qui s'est tenue lundi à Charm el Cheikh, en Egypte. Une somme colossale, qui vient s'ajouter aux 7 milliards déjà débloqués en décembre 2007 à Paris. D'où vient cet argent? A qui profite-t-il vraiment? Focus sur les mécanismes de l'aide internationale.

Comment sont chiffrés les besoins?

En amont de la conférence, le chiffrage a été réalisé par le Conseil économique palestinien pour le développement et la reconstruction (Pedcar). L'estimation proposée par les Palestiniens se montait à 2,8 milliards de dollars. Pour sa part, le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) a lui estimé à 2,25 milliards de dollars -dont 600 millions de dollars jugés nécessaires pour reconstruire et réhabiliter Gaza- les besoins d'aide internationale pour l'Autorité Palestinienne en 2009.

Qui sont les donateurs et combien donnent-ils?

Des Etats et les grandes organisations internationales sont les principaux contributeurs de l'aide: pays arabes et du Moyen-Orient, G8, les 27 Etats membres de l'UE, les grands pays émergents, mais aussi la Commission européenne, les institutions financières internationales et régionales (FMI, Banque mondiale, BEI, fonds arabes, etc.) ainsi que les Nations Unies. A Charm el Cheikh, les Etats-Unis ont promis 900 millions de dollars, la Commission européenne 554 milliards et les monarchies du Golfe 1,65 milliard sur trois ans. La Banque mondiale et les Nations Unies (par l'intermédiaire de leurs programmes d'aide comme le Pnud ou l'Unrwa), ont eux aussi déboursé plusieurs milliards de dollars.

A qui est versé l'argent?

Les fonds sont versés exclusivement à l'Autorité palestinienne dirigée par Mahmoud Abbas, seul exécutif politique palestinien reconnu par la communauté internationale. C'est donc le gouvernement de Salam Fayyad qui gère l'argent reçu et décide de sa répartition. >>> Par Christophe ISRAËL, leJDD.fr | Mardi, 03 Mars 2009

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Berlusconi lädt Ghadhafi zum G-8-Gipfel ein: Libyens Revolutionsführer als Vorsitzender der Afrikanischen Union
NZZ Online: Der italienische Regierungschef Silvio Berlusconi hat den libyschen Revolutionsführer Ghadhafi zum nächsten G-8-Gipfel im Juli auf der Insel La Maddalena vor Sardinien eingeladen. Ghadhafi wird als Vorsitzender der Afrikanischen Union (AU) zu dem Gipfel kommen.

Foto von Berlusconi und Ghadafi dank der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung
«Wir sind schon dabei, einen geeigneten Platz für dein Zelt zu suchen», sagte Berlusconi laut einem Bericht des Mailänder «Corriere della Sera» dem libyschen Staatschef.

Berlusconi hatte am Montagabend im libyschen Sirte mit dem Revolutionsführer die Ratifizierungsurkunden eines Freundschafts- und Kooperationsvertrages beider Länder ausgetauscht. Berlusconi entschuldigte sich bei dem Treffen auch für die italienische Kolonialvergangenheit in Libyen. >>> sda/dpa | Dienstag, 3. März 2009

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Iran : l'offre secrète d'Obama à la Russie
LE FIGARO: Le président américain proposerait à son homologue russe de renoncer à l'implantation d'un bouclier antimissile en Europe centrale si le Kremlin coopère pour empêcher l'Iran de se doter de l'arme nucléaire.

Barack Obama propose de renoncer à déployer un bouclier antimissile en Europe centrale si la Russie aide Washington à empêcher l'Iran de se doter de l'arme nucléaire, rapporte le New York Times dans son édition de mardi. Selon le journal américain, Obama aurait fait cette proposition dans une lettre remise en mains propres au président russe Dmitri Medvedev à Moscou il y a trois semaines par de hauts responsables de l'administration américaine, ajoute le quotidien. Le New York Times cite des sources gouvernementales ayant souhaité conserver l'anonymat, la lettre n'ayant pas été rendue publique. Mais ces derniers ont également précisé qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une offre impliquant un engagement réciproque de Moscou mais plutôt d'une manière d'inciter la Russie à rejoindre les Etats-Unis dans un front commun contre l'Iran. Le journal américain rappelle que les liens militaires, commerciaux et diplomatiques avec Téhéran, donnent à Moscou une certaine influence sur ce pays.

Un haut responsable américain a confirmé la remise d'une lettre à l'agence Reuters: «La lettre avait trait à plusieurs sujets, dont la défense antimissile et la manière dont elle s'articule avec la menace iranienne». Moscou n'a pas encore répondu à l'offre d'Obama mais le quotidien russe Kommersant a déjà qualifié cette offre de «sensationnelle».

Barack Obama a promis une nouvelle approche diplomatique fondée sur la volonté de dialoguer directement et respectueusement avec la République islamique. Seule condition : que cette dernière «desserre le poing». Selon un responsable russe cité par le New York Times, la défense antimissile américaine devrait être évoquée dès vendredi à Genève lors d'une rencontre entre la secrétaire d'État américaine Hillary Clinton et le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères, Sergueï Lavrov. Quand à Barack Obama et Dmitri Medvedev, ils devraient évoquer le sujet lors de leur première rencontre officielle, le 2 avril prochain à Londres, à l'occasion du sommet du G20. >>> Jérôme Bouin (lefigaro.fr) | Mardi 03 Mars 2009

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Simon Scott Plummer: How the Ayatollah Overthrew the Shah
THE TELEGRAPH: Simon Scott Plummer examines Khomeini’s mesmeric hold over Iran and the Islamic world

The Islamic Revolution in Iran was the most significant event of the last half of the 20th century. Some would even rank its importance in modern history as second only to the fall of the Bastille. Along with the American and Soviet withdrawals from Vietnam and Afghanistan in 1975 and 1989, it marked the emergence of Islam as a global political force after centuries of impotence, and a corresponding decline in superpower hegemony. To read Con Coughlin’s book is largely to understand how a septuagenarian cleric who had spent 15 years in exile was able to overthrow an authoritarian monarch with a terrifying security apparatus and armed forces bristling with Western weapons.

By the second half of the Seventies the Pahlavi shah, Reza Mohammed, had alienated most of Iranian society, from the clergy to the merchants. But popular discontent went back much further than his reign. The granting by the previous Qajar dynasty of concessions to British American Tobacco in 1891; the Russian invasion of 1907; Britain’s majority stake in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the British and Soviet occupation from 1941 onwards; the CIA-backed overthrow of the prime minister Mossadeq in 1953; the last shah’s dependence on Washington: all these were waymarks on a road of national humiliation.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offered a radical alternative to the puffed-up Pahlavis. His title denoted a considerable Islamic scholar. His lifestyle was simple and his opposition to the shah coherent and courageous. Yet these qualities do not fully explain the mesmeric hold he had over Iran and the wider Islamic world.

There must have been something in his appearance and way of speaking to generate the wave of joy when he returned home in 1979, and of grief when he died 10 years later. In dealing with notorious figures, it is easy to underplay their personal charisma. >>> Simon Scott Plummer | Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Wilders Now a Celebrity in US and Prime Minister in Poll
NIS NEWS BULLETIN: THE HAGUE - Controversial MP Geert Wilders has reacted with pleasure to a poll according to which his Party for Freedom (PVV) would be the Netherlands' biggest party. "As far as I am concerned elections can be held tomorrow; then I will be the next premier."

The PVV would according to prominent pollster Maurice de Hond win 27 seats in the 150-member Lower House if elections were held now. This is one more than the Christian democrats (CDA). This is the first time the PVV has emerged as the biggest party in a poll.

The PVV has risen in recent weeks thanks to apparent setbacks. First, the Amsterdam appeal court ruled that Wilders must be prosecuted for incitement to hatred and insulting of Muslims as a group. And subsequently, the UK refused him entry to the country.

In the US on the other hand, Wilders was greeted by neo-conservatives - as by a growing portion of the Dutch population - as a martyr for freedom of speech. The contrasts with Europe are great. A conservative philosopher said of his impact in the American media: "He is more than a hero. He is a celebrity".

Wilders says his criticism of Islam is dealt with much less frenetically in America. "In the Netherlands, the elite consider that you may not speak as I do, but here (in the US) freedom is in the genes. (...) I notice that in this country, at least arguments are exchanged. The Netherlands and Europe could adopt this as an example."

According to Wilders, the Pentagon shares his fears of a 'Eurabia'. "I have spoken with Pentagon staff, and they fear for the stability of Europe if the influence of Islam grows further." >>> | Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Barack Obama Fights Presidential Eligibility Claims
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama is being forced to repel a series of writs challenging his presidential eligibility, as conspiracy theories claiming he is not an American citizen refuse to go away.

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The most common allegation lawyers are having to refute is that a certificate of Mr Obama's birth in Hawaii is false, leading accusers to conclude that he was born outside the country and is therefore disqualified to fill the highest office in the land.

Other challengers have contended that his Kenyan father was British, even though that would not exclude him from occupying the White House.

Both claims are untrue. Officials in Hawaii said they had viewed Mr Obama's original certificate and confirmed it stated he was born in Honolulu on Aug 4, 1961. A certified version of the certificate released by his campaign last summer when the theory began circulating showed the same. Birth notices in Hawaii papers record a birth to his mother and father on the same day.

But that has not stopped the theorists, who have been dubbed "the Birthers" and who see Mr Obama as a fifth columnist. Their accusations are often tinged with racism and antipathy to Islam, the religion of his father. During his campaigns Mr Obama faced an online rumour mill that he was a Muslim, though he has worshipped at a Christian church for 20 years.

The conservative website WorldNet Daily claims to have received 300,000 signatures for an online petition challenging Mr Obama's legitimacy.

Orly Taitz, a California dentist and lawyer, who was herself born overseas, is representing soldiers challenging Mr Obama's right to be president, including retired Maj Gen Carroll Childers, who compared the Democrat to "Hitler, Stalin, Saddam, Mao, and Kim Jong Il".

"He is an interloper, a usurper, a fake, a scam artist, a Chicago crook, a recipient of bribes and gratuitous income for which he paid no tax, a socialist (perhaps only a communist or Marxist), and a grave danger to the future of the America that I love and have protected since I was 17 years old," Maj Gen Childers wrote in a statement on the website for Ms Taitz's Defend Our Freedoms Foundation. The rumour got closest to the mainstream when Richard Shelby, an Alabama senator, gave it credibility during a recent meeting with constituents.

Asked for his views on the notion, the Cullman Times, an Alabama paper, quoted Mr Shelby as saying: "Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven't seen any birth certificate. You have to be born in America to be president." >>> By Alex Spillius in Washington | Monday, March 2, 2009

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Impossible de gagner en Afghanistan, dit Harper
LE DEVOIR: C'est la première fois que le premier ministre avoue aussi franchement son pessimisme

Stephen Harper juge qu'il est impossible de vaincre la résistance aux forces étrangères en Afghanistan. Il annonce du même coup que le Canada n'engagera pas de nouvelles troupes dans ce pays sans obtenir une stratégie claire pour éviter l'enlisement.

Ces aveux ont été faits par le premier ministre canadien lors d'une interview diffusée hier sur la chaîne américaine d'informations CNN. Stephen Harper a déclaré que l'Afghanistan avait besoin d'un gouvernement libre de toute influence étrangère pour stabiliser le pays.

«Nous ne remporterons pas cette guerre en restant simplement présents là-bas, a dit le premier ministre. Mon propre jugement, très franchement, c'est que nous ne battrons jamais cette insurrection.» >>> Stéphane Baillargeon | Lundi 02 Mars 2009

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L'avenir de la France appartient à l'Islam!
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NATIONS PRESSE.INFO: Partout dans le Grand Sud-Ouest de notre pays, en Aquitaine, mais aussi en Languedoc-Roussillon et en Midi-Pyrénées, l’islam prend de plus en plus de place dans notre quotidien.

Quand ce ne sont pas des restaurants halal (kebabs, pizzerias…) qui ouvrent çà et là, ce sont des centres religieux musulmans, des mosquées qui s’érigent et un communautarisme qui se renforce, ainsi qu’on a encore pu le constater en janvier dernier lors des démonstrations de rue pro-palestiniennes, dont certaines, comme au centre ville de Perpignan, se sont transformées en émeutes ethniques.

Une islamisation qui est encore largement favorisée par une immigration massive ; cette dernière s’étant très sérieusement développée depuis l’élargissement de l’Europe, comme le reconnaît dans Le Monde daté du 25 février Jean-Pierre Garçon, chef de la division des migrations internationales de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE).

En Aquitaine, ce qu’il faut bien appeler une évidente islamisation prend des proportions surprenantes avec le projet de grande mosquée piloté par l’Association des musulmans de la Gironde (AMG), une structure membre de l’UOIF (Union des organisations islamiques de France), qui gère déjà les mosquées de Cenon et Al Houda (rue Jules-Guesde) la plus grande à Bordeaux. De plus, on trouve dans l’agglomération bordelaise une salle de prières rue Richelieu, une mosquée Nour El Mohamedi, rue des Menuts et la mosquée turque Merkez Cani rue de la Halle.

L’UOIF est une association issue de la mouvance islamiste des Frères musulmans, organisation interdite dans de nombreux pays pour son extrémisme, et dont la devise est « le Coran est notre constitution ». Mais, officiellement, l’UOIF prône « un islam à la française ».

Ce nouveau projet de mosquée bordelaise, approuvé en 2005 par la mairie UMP d’Alain Juppé, se situera rive droite de la Garonne : prévu pour 2010-2011, l’édifice abritera outre une salle de prière de 2.500 places, une cafétéria, un centre culturel avec un amphithéâtre, une bibliothèque, des classes de cours d’arabe pouvant être dispensés à des non musulmans et… des chambres d’hôtes !

En Gironde, l’AMG est très proche d’associations gérant des lieux de culte, à Libourne, Port-Sainte-Foy, Castillon, La Réole, Lesparre et Cadillac où la mosquée est imposante. Agrandie voilà une dizaine d’années, elle est encore en chantier et pourra bientôt recevoir quelques 200 à 250 fidèles.

Dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques, de nombreuses villes ont leur mosquée officielle, comme Pau.

En Midi-Pyrénées, à Toulouse, l’islam connaît un développement tout aussi surprenant : Selon les estimations, le nombre des fidèles musulmans toulousains serait de 35.000. Déjà, quatre mosquées existent dans la ville des Capitouls : deux mosquées Ennour, dont celle du quartier d’Empalot, avec son minaret, sa coupole, ses trois niveaux sur 2.100 m2 encore en construction, la mosquée Al-Rahma, la mosquée Al Hoceine, la mosquée Salam et la mosquée Abou Bakr. L’islamisation du Sud-Ouest de la France se porte bien >>> Posté par Francis K. | Jeudi 26 Février 2009

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Growing Economic Crisis Threatens the Idea of One Europe
THE NEW YORK TIMES: PARIS — The leaders of the European Union gathered Sunday in Brussels in an emergency summit meeting that seemed to highlight the very worries it was designed to calm: that the world economic crisis has unleashed forces threatening to split Europe into rival camps.

An urgent call from Hungary for a large bailout for newer, Eastern members was bluntly rejected by Europe’s strongest economy, Germany, and received little support from other countries. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, facing federal elections in September, said countries must be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

“Saying that the situation is the same for all Central and Eastern European states, I don’t see that,” Mrs. Merkel told reporters. She spoke after Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary warned, “We should not allow that a new Iron Curtain should be set up and divide Europe.”

With uncertain leadership and few powerful collective institutions, the European Union is struggling with the strains this crisis has inevitably produced among 27 countries with uneven levels of development.

The traditional concept of “solidarity” is being undermined by protectionist pressures in some member countries and the rigors of maintaining a common currency, the euro, for a region that has diverse economic needs. Particularly acute economic problems in some newer members that once were part of the Soviet bloc have only made matters worse. >>> By Steven Erlanger and Stephen Castle | Monday, March 2, 2009

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FTSE 100 Falls to Six-year Low
THE TELEGRAPH: The FTSE 100 has fallen to a six-year low after HSBC dragged the market downwards by confirming a £12.5bn rights issue.

The leading index of UK shares fell by over 3pc and below the 3,700 mark for the first time since April 2003.

The sharp decline takes the FTSE 100 below the lows experienced last October as UK banks teetered on the edge of collapse and were bailed out by the Government.

Investors have been spooked by HSBC's rights issue, which is priced at an almost 50pc discount to the closing price on Friday, while sentiment has also been damaged by stock market falls in Asia.

HSBC, Europe's largest bank, had previously avoided any form of capital raising. However, in its full year results, it warned that 2009 will be "difficult" and reported a $15.5bn (£10.9bn) loss in the US.

The announcement sent shares in the bank down almost 10pc and also pulled Standard Chartered, which like HSBC conducts a significant amount of business in Asia, down by a similar amount.

Other UK banks, including Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays, all saw their share price tumble by at least 5pc. >>> By Graham Ruddick | Monday, March 2, 2009

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Une ville sans pollution dans le désert d'Abu Dhabi
LES ECHOS.fr: La construction d'une ville de 50.000 habitants « zéro pollution » dans l'émirat d'Abu Dhabi marque le départ d'un nouveau concept d'urbanisme.

Pas de voitures à moteur thermique, zéro rejet de dioxyde de carbone, recyclage total des déchets domestiques. La construction de la première ville « zéro pollution » entre dans sa phase concrète dans l'émirat d'Abu Dhabi. Ce projet de 22 milliards de dollars (17,5 milliards d'euros) est financé en grande partie par le gouvernement de l'émirat. Le sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber a mis sur la table 15 milliards de dollars pour démarrer le programme, attirer les investisseurs privés et attirer les meilleurs experts et urbanistes du monde. Objectif : faire entrer le pays dans la modernité technologique et casser son image de désert assis sur une rente pétrolière. A l'horizon de 2016, cette ville nouvelle baptisée « Masdar City » (signifiant source) devrait accueillir environ 50.000 habitants. Ces nouveaux urbains devront se plier à un mode de vie et des équipements totalement nouveaux. Les responsables du programme, qui ne manquent ni d'argent ni d'imagination, estiment que ce sera la plus vaste « éco-cité » du monde. C'est le cabinet d'architecte britannique Fosters & Partners qui est responsable de la conception. >>> Alain Perez, Les Echos | Lundi 02 Mars 2009

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Mo Balls from Ed Balls!
MAIL Online: The Roman Catholic Church has severely criticised a proposed new code of conduct for teachers which it says will force Christian schools to actively promote Islam and gay rights.

The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has warned the General Teaching Council, by the professional regulatory body, that many teachers will quit the profession because they will not be able to accept the revised code of conduct in good conscience.

Their advisers say the code would also seriously undermine the religious character of church schools by imposing on them a hostile form of secular morality.

The legally-binding code would discriminate against Christian teachers in recruitment and in the classroom, they say.

Principle 4 of the code demands that teachers ‘proactively challenge discrimination’ and ‘promote equality and value diversity in all their professional relationships and interactions’ before they can be registered.

It means that campaigners can complain if teachers fail to observe the new demands and that teachers and schools can be punished if a complaint is upheld.

Oona Stannard, head of the Catholic Education Service, an agency of the bishops’ conference, told the GTC in a written submission that ‘there was an understandable fear that the call to “proactively challenge discrimination” could be used to oppose faith schools per se, and the rights that they have in law, for example, to select leaders who are of the faith’.

‘This anxiety extends similarly to the direction to “promote equality”,’ Miss Stannard said.

‘It would be unacceptable to expect anyone to be required to promote something contrary to their own faith beliefs and, indeed, it would not be possible for a person of faith to promote another faith – this is a matter of conscience.’ Catholic Church Slams New Code of Conduct Forcing Teachers to Promote Islam and Gay Rights >>> By Simon Caldwell | Monday, March 2, 2009

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Wenn der Glaube an Gott krank macht
TAGES ANZEIGER: Eine neue Studie zeigt: Religiosität kann gefährlich sein, genauer gesagt: gesundheitsgefährdend.

Forscher der Universität Zürich und der Ruhr-Universität Bochum haben herausgefunden, dass Religiosität gesundheitsgefährdend sein kann. Die Studie, die dem «Sonntag» exklusiv vorliegt, zeigt: Der Glaube kann das Wohlbefinden reduzieren und psychische Störungen wie Depressionen und Angstzustände verstärken. >>> bru | Sonntag, 1. März 2009

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Wilders Says Pentagon Fears Europe Destabilised by Islam
DIGITAL JOURNAL: Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders was told by Pentagon officials that they 'feared for European stability due to the continent's rapid islamisation'. Wilders said this in an interview after a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC Friday.

Wilders received a warm reception in Washington Friday - in stark contrast to last month's chilly expulsion of the elected Dutch official by the British government. Yet only a week after this British treatment, he was given the Oriana Fallaci's Freedom of Speech award in front of a welcoming audience in Rome Italy. >>> Adriana Stuijt | Saturday, February 28, 2009

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Saudi Women Enter Labour Market
Watch BBC video: Saudi Arabia is a staunchly conservative country and traditionally it has always been very hard for women to be able to work.

But as Stephanie Hancock reports growing numbers of Saudi women are beginning to enter the workplace. >>>

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Somalia führt die Scharia ein
DIE PRESSE: Somalia wird aller Voraussicht nach zum Gottesstaat. Der neue Präsident Sheik Ahmed gibt radikalen Kräften nach. Religiöse Zugeständnisse sollen helfen, die brüchige Waffenruhe abzusichern.

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MOGADISCHU: Somalia wird aller Voraussicht nach zum Gottesstaat. Nur einen Monat nach seiner Wahl hat der neue Präsident Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed die Wiedereinführung des islamischen Rechts angekündigt. Er werde auf Grundlage der Scharia regieren, sagte er am Wochenende. Mit diesem radikalen Schritt will Sheik Ahmed offenbar wieder für Ruhe im Krisenstaat am Horn von Afrika sorgen. Die Scharia gilt als Zugeständnis an die oppositionellen islamischen Fundamentalisten.

Das somalische Übergangsparlament, das derzeit im Nachbarstaat Dschibuti seinen Sitz hat, muss der Entscheidung zur Einführung des islamischen Rechts allerdings noch zustimmen. Der Beschluss ist noch nicht sicher, da es unter den Abgeordneten nur wenig Sympathie für das islamische Recht gibt. Das Parlament mussten sich aus der somalischen Stadt Baidoa, dem bisherigen Sitz zurückziehen, nachdem die radikalislamische Al-Shabab-Miliz die Stadt erobert und dort bereits die Scharia durchgesetzt hatte. >>> ag | Sonntag, 1. Marz 2009

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Österreich: Jörg Haiders Partei triumphiert bei Wahl in Kärnten
WELT ONLINE: Die in Wien regierenden österreichischen Sozialdemokraten haben Hochrechnungen zufolge bei Landtagswahlen in Kärnten und Salzburg kräftige Verluste erlitten. Die Haider-Partei BZÖ baute ihre Position als stärkste Partei in Kärnten aus. In Salzburg behauptete sich die SPÖ trotz Verlusten um die fünf Prozent als stärkste Partei.

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Viereinhalb Monate nach dem Tod des österreichischen Rechtspopulisten Jörg Haider hat das von ihm gegründete rechte Bündnis Zukunft Österreich (BZÖ) einen triumphalen Sieg bei der Landtagswahl in Kärnten errungen. Das BZÖ kam nach einer stabilen Hochrechnung des ORF-Fernsehens vom Sonntagabend auf 45,6 Prozent der abgegebenen Stimmen.

Damit gewann die von Haider 2005 gegründete Partei sogar noch 3,2 Prozentpunkte dazu. Die rechtsgerichtete Freiheitliche Partei FPÖ, mit der Haider 2004 gewonnen hatte, verpasste mit rund 3,5 Prozent der abgegebenen Stimmen den Einzug in den Landtag. Haider hatte die FPÖ2005 nach innerparteilichen Querelen verlassen.

Ein schweres Debakel erlitten Kärntens Sozialdemokraten (SPÖ), denen Meinungsforscher kurz vor der Wahl noch ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen mit dem BZÖ prognostiziert hatten. Die unter innerparteilichem Streit leidende Landespartei verlor mit 28,8 Prozent knapp 10 Prozentpunkte. Dagegen legte die konservative Volkspartei ÖVP mit 15,8 Prozent um 4,1 Punkte zu. BZÖ-Parteichef Uwe Scheuch sagte am Abend, der triumphale Sieg seiner Partei sei nicht allein ein Ergebnis des „Mitleid-Effekts“ der Bevölkerung. >>> dpa/fsl/lha | Sonntag, 1. März 2009

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Is George Galloway a Muslim?

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L'Iran pas "près d'avoir une arme" nucléaire, estime M. Gates
L’EXPRESS.fr: WASHINGTON - L'Iran n'est "pas près d'avoir une arme" nucléaire, a déclaré le secrétaire américain à la Défense Robert Gates, dans un entretien diffusé dimanche sur la chaîne NBC.

"Je pense qu'on s'est concentré de manière continue sur la manière d'amener les Iraniens à renoncer à un programme d'armement nucléaire. Ils ne sont pas près d'avoir des réserves (suffisantes). Ils ne sont pas près d'avoir une arme à ce stade", a déclaré le ministre dans cet entretien pré-enregistré. "Donc, nous avons du temps", a-t-il ajouté.

Il a estimé que la diplomatie avait de bonnes chances de succès maintenant que les prix du pétrole avaient baissé, renforçant l'efficacité des sanctions économiques contre Téhéran qui reposent essentiellement sur le revenu pétrolier. >>> AFP | Dimanche 01 Mars 2009

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Holocaust Memorial Day : Benedict XVI on the Shoah

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Liberty Groups Unite to Defend UK Rights
THE GUARDIAN: Writers, pop stars, lawyers and politicians from across the party spectrum yesterday issued a call to arms. They joined the largest ever campaign across Britain to warn of the erosion of freedoms and the emergence of surveillance techniques

The government and the courts are collaborating in slicing away freedoms and pushing Britain to the brink of becoming a "database" police state, a series of sold-out conferences in eight British cities heard yesterday.

In a day of speeches and discussions, academics, politicians, lawyers, writers, journalists and pop stars joined civil liberty campaigners yesterday to issue a call to arms for Britons to defend their democratic rights.

More than 1,500 people, paying £35 a ticket, attended the Convention on Modern Liberty in Bloomsbury, central London, which was linked by video to parallel events in Glasgow, Birmingham, Belfast, Bristol, Manchester, Cardiff and Cambridge. They heard from more than 80 speakers, including author Philip Pullman; musicians Brian Eno and Feargal Sharkey; journalists Fatima Bhutto, Andrew Gilligan, Nick Cohen and Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger; politicians Lord Bingham and Dominic Grieve; a former director of public prosecutions, Ken Macdonald; and human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy.

In her speech Kennedy said she felt that fear was being used as a weapon to break down civil liberties. "There is a general feeling that in creating a climate of fear people have been writing a blank cheque to government. People feel the fear of terrorism is being used to take away a lot of rights."

She said that voters were anxious that their communities were 'being alienated' by the use of powers designed to protect national security being applied outside their original remit, and that there was now an open window of opportunity for the electorate to make their feelings known to government before the next election: "People are fearful of the general business of collecting too much information about individuals." >>> Tracy McVeigh, Chief Reporter | Sunday, March 1, 2009

THE OBSERVER: Modern Liberty Has Found Its Voice

It was never in a Labour manifesto that individual freedom should be surrendered in the interests of collective security. Nor was it written that society should submit itself to a blanket of surveillance by the state.

It was never announced as a political creed of the current government that trial by jury is an expensive inconvenience that modern democracies can, in certain circumstances, do without. Nor was it proclaimed that the principle of habeas corpus, that prohibits the crown from detaining a free individual without his or her knowing the charge, was redundant in the face of terrorist threats in the 21st century. And yet, one way or another, all of those views have been expressed in laws introduced by Labour since it came to power.

Whether by complacency, arrogance or cynical design, the government has erected an edifice of legal constraint to liberty that would suit the methods and aims of a despot. >>> Editorial | Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Inside the Hidden Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia: Funding the Jihad
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Norwegian Jihad
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Dubai Falls on Hard Times
NRC HANDELSBLAD: The wealthy Gulf state of Dubai has been hit hard by the global economic crisis. Tens of thousands of workers have been laid off and forced to return to their homelands. The Dutch community in Dubai is also feeling the pinch.

Jan Demmink has lived in Dubai for 28 years. It's the pleasant atmosphere, the entrepreneurial spirit and the climate that keep him in the Gulf state. He witnessed the transformation of what was once a tranquil and prosperous town into the vast collection of skyscrapers that makes up modern-day Dubai.

Under the leadership of Sheik Mohammed and his father Maktoum III, the emirate invested in the financial sector, tourism and real estate. The bigger, more expensive and more luxurious the better. Yet these are the very sectors that have been shaken to their foundations by the crisis and meanwhile Dubai has no major oil reserves to fall back on.

Financial nosedive

Jan Demmink works in the electronic security of complexes such as refineries, palaces and roads. His position is safe for the time being. "I work on long-running projects, so I have yet to feel the effects of the crisis," he explains. "But in construction you can see the signs already. A halt has been called to projects that were only started recently, or which have yet to get under way."

Dutch dredging company Van Oord is one of those in the firing line. The company hit the headlines worldwide with the construction of Palm Jumeirah, the first of Dubai's famous Palm islands and the construction of The World archipelago. Van Oord was all set to embark on a third island project, Palm Deira, an order worth 2.5 billion euros, the largest in the company's history. Part of the order has already been realised but the rest is on the back burner for the foreseeable future. The funding simply isn't there. Spokesman Bert Groothuizen says no one saw the rapid changes coming. "It was a nosedive. Especially in the fourth quarter of 2008. And I don't think these problems will be solved in six months' time." Expats Feeling the Economic Nosedive in Dubai >>> By Willemien Groot for Radio Netherlands Worldwide | Friday, February 27, 2009

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Will the UN Make Blasphemy Illegal?

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Margaret
Drama charting Margaret Thatcher's astonishing fall from power, one of the most extraordinary stories of political assassination the world has seen. It took only eleven days for Thatcher to go from being the most powerful woman in the world to the tearful figure in the back of the car. A major tragedy in the true Shakespearean sense, in Margaret we watch a woman lose the one thing she really cares about - power - changing from leader to victim before our eyes.

12th November 1990: As Thatcher prepares for her speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet at the Guildhall, Geoffrey Howe, her quietly-spoken former foreign secretary and chancellor, pens the resignation speech that will stun the country and seal her fate. The next day Howe makes his lethal speech in the Houses of Parliament and the final ten days of Margaret Thatcher's reign begin. >>> Broadcast, February 26, 2009

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Security Police Probe Södertälje Fires
THE LOCAL (SWEDEN): Three supermarkets were destroyed and a fourth damaged as a wave of arson attacks hit Södertälje in central Sweden in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Security police (Säpo) have been called in to investigate a connection between the attacks and an anti-US extreme left wing group.

"We have classified them all as arson and are working on the theory that they were started deliberately," said Kia Samrell at Södertälje police.

Police have not ruled out a connection to fires in the town in December which destroyed the Coop Forum and Ica Maxi supermarkets.

An extreme left wing group calling itself Global Intifada claimed responsibility for the December fires and according to reports in the Expressen newspaper, the two Willys stores destroyed on Thursday morning also received warnings from the group.

"We have not been able to confirm that the group were behind the December fires. But the investigation is not yet completed," underlined Kia Samrell.

Global Intifada, according to a Sveriges Radio report, has been responsible for dealing out leaflets in Södertälje encouraging the public to make Molotov Cocktails and use them on shops selling American products.

This threat, as yet unverified, has been communicated to the US Embassy in Sweden which considered it of sufficient importance to issue a statement confirming that it had been in contact with Södertälje police. The US authorities advised "caution while shopping and be attentive to suspicious behaviour".

The US Embassy was refusing to comment on Wednesday's attacks.

"As far as we're concerned it's a police matter," a spokesperson told The Local.

Commanding officer Lennart Sjöstrand is taking the events very seriously.

"Property worth millions has gone up in smoke," he concluded. >>> TT/Peter Vinthagen Simpson | Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Livni refuse d'entrer au gouvernement Nétanyahou
LE FIGARO: Cette fois, c'est un non définitif : la chef du parti centriste Kadima a officiellement refusé de participer au gouvernement, laissant Benjamin Nétanyahou isolé pour former un nouveau cabinet.

Un non ferme et définitif. La chef du parti centriste Kadima, Tzipi Livni, a annoncé vendredi qu'elle refusait de participer au gouvernement dirigé par le premier ministre israélien de droite Benjamin Nétanyahou, à l'issue d'une rencontre organisée dans un grand hôtel de Tel Aviv. Un refus qui fait écho à celui du chef du parti travailliste et ministre sortant de la Défense, Ehoud Barak, exprimé le 23 février dernier.

La ministre sortante des Affaires étrangères Tzipi Livni avait déjà refusé une première fois, mais en laissant la porte ouverte et en acceptant une nouvelle rencontre avec Nétanyahou. Vendredi, elle a finalement décidé de couper court aux discussions en rejetant de façon ferme l'offre du chef du Likoud. >>> Flore Galaud (lefigaro.fr) avec AFP | Vendredi 27 Février 2009

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Vatikan: Williamson-Entschuldigung unzureichend
SUEDEUTSCHE.DE: Der Vatikan hat die Entschuldigung des erzkonservativen Bischofs und Holocaust-Leugners Richard Williamson als unzureichend bezeichnet.

Der Vatikan hat die Entschuldigung des erzkonservativen Bischofs und Holocaust-Leugners Richard Williamson als unzureichend bezeichnet. Der Geistliche der Pius-Bruderschaft hatte am Donnerstag laut der katholischen Nachrichtenagentur Zenit erklärt: "Ich entschuldige mich vor Gott bei allen Seelen, die sich ehrlich über das empört haben, was ich gesagt habe."

"So, wie es aussieht, erfüllt (der Brief) nicht die Bedingungen, die das vatikanische Staatssekretariat gestellt hat", erklärte Vatikan-Sprecher Pater Federico Lombardi am Freitag in Rom.

Außerdem sei das Schreiben des britischen Traditionalisten weder an Papst Benedikt XVI. noch an die zuständige Päpstliche Kommission Ecclesia Dei gerichtet gewesen. Die mit den Traditionalisten befasste Kommission soll das Schreiben an eine Agentur weitergeleitet haben. Der Vatikan hatte von Williamson vor Wochen einen "absolut unmissverständlichen und öffentlichen Widerruf" seiner Holocaust-Leugnung verlangt. Dies bekräftigte er am heutigen Freitag noch einmal. >>> | Freitag, 27. Februar 2009

SUEDDEUTSCHE.DE: EU-Justizminister gegen Williamson

Der Holocaust-Leugner Williamson muss in Europa mit juristischer Verfolgung rechnen. Justizminister der EU suchen derzeit entsprechende Hebel.

Der europäische Rahmenbeschluss gegen Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit könnte eine Handhabe gegen den Priester der katholischen Pius-Bruderschaft bieten, meinte der EU-Ratsvorsitzende und tschechische Justizminister Jiri Pospisil vor Beratungen mit seinen Amtskollegen am Freitag in Brüssel. "Persönlich halte ich das für möglich, aber darüber muss diskutiert werden", sagte Pospisil. >>> dpa/sekr | Freitag, 27. Februar 2009

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Ellison Expresses Concern and Disappointment with Decision to Screen Anti-Islamic Film
COMMONDREAMS.ORG: Takes Issue with sponsorship of film by Senator Kyl

WASHINGTON - Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) took issue with the screening of a film by the controversial Dutch Parliamentarian, Geert Wilders, in the United States Capitol. The film being screened, "Fitna", is said to compare Islamic terrorism to Nazism. The screening is sponsored by Senator John Kyl (R-AZ).

"I am a strong an advocate of First Amendment free speech. However, this is not about free speech, but rather an issue of propriety, timing and venue," Ellison said. "Senator Kyl has every right to host anyone he chooses, however it becomes a question of propriety to use the United States Capitol as a venue for the condemnation of an entire religion," Ellison said.

Mr. Wilders was denied entry by the British government because of his extremist views. A British Home Office spokesman stated: "The government opposes extremism in all its forms." The Dutch government has disavowed Mr. Wilders visit to this country and believes the release of this film "serves no purpose other than to cause offence." According to the London Telegraph, Wilders has stated that the Qu'ran should be banned.

Ellison further stated, "At a time when President Obama has said to the Muslim world, ‘We are ready to initiate a new partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interest,' the showing of a film that denigrates the faith of 1.4 billion of the world's citizens does not foster mutual respect or mutual interest.

At a time when the US should be providing renewed leadership for peace and more understanding between the west and the Muslim world, one has to question the wisdom and judgment of promoting a film that erroneously condemns an entire religion-especially in the US Capitol," Ellison concluded. [Source: CommonDreams.org] Rick Jauert | Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Die Pius-Brüder, ein Fall für den Verfassungsschutz
WELT ONLINE: Bischof Williamson sorgt mit seiner Holocaust-Leugnung weltweit für Kritik. Dabei war seine Äußerung nur die Spitze des Eisbergs. Denn die Pius-Brüder sind nicht nur ein religiöser Bund, sondern hochpolitisch: Der Deutschland-Chef des Ordens wettert gegen Demokratie und Wirtschaft und will die Todesstrafe.

Darf sich ein weltanschaulich neutraler Staat, darf sich eine Bundeskanzlerin in die inneren Angelegenheiten der katholischen Kirche oder auch anderer Glaubensgemeinschaften einmischen? Ja, der Staat muss es sogar tun, wenn es extremistische Tendenzen gibt – im Falle der Anhänger der Pius-Bruderschaft sind es trotz wortreicher theologischer Argumentationen rechtsradikale Positionen.

Auch wenn die katholische Kirche selbst gefordert ist – und unbestreitbar distanzieren sich alle deutschen Bischöfe von den Pius-Brüdern –, so handelt es sich nicht nur um ein theologisches, sondern vor allem um ein weltlich-politisches Problem. In der Auseinandersetzung mit dieser religiösen Gruppe stand bislang die Holocaust-Leugnung des Bischofs Williamson im Vordergrund. 



Doch wer sich die politischen Thesen von Franz Schmidberger, Chef der deutschen Pius-Bruderschaft, anschaut, wird erkennen, dass die judenfeindlichen Aussagen von Bischof Williamson nur die Spitze eines Eisberges darstellen. Die von Schmidberger in einer „Zeitschrift für das christliche Gemeinwesen“ niedergelegten „Grundsätze einer christlichen Gesellschaftsordnung“ offenbaren ein eindeutig antiplurales und antifreiheitliches Verständnis dieser katholischen Sekte.

Die Schmidberger-Grundsätze zeugen von einer bedenklichen politischen Gesinnung: Besonders problematisch ist die abstruse These von Schmidberger, dass es „legitime Regierungen“ gibt, „die nicht aus Wahlen hervorgegangen sind“. Demnach könnte eine Alleinherrschaft eine legitime Regierung sein, da es nicht auf die Zustimmung der Bevölkerung, sondern auf eine Anerkennung durch Gott selber ankomme. >>> Von Gerd Langguth* | Freitag, 27. Februar 2009

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Doha-sur-Seine: ce Qatar qui aime la France
L’EXPRESS.fr: Pour le tourisme ou les affaires, les Qataris adorent Paris. Immobilier de luxe, opérations financières, sponsoring sportif... ils investissent la capitale.

L'hôtel d'Evreux (au centre), place Vendôme à Paris, a été acheté par l'émir du Qatar en 2003. Photo grâce à l’AFP
Un petit vent frisquet balaie les Champs-Elysées, cet après-midi de février. Emmitouflé dans une doudoune de marque, Fadi, 25 ans, fait quelques emplettes avec sa mère. Manteau long, foulard rehaussé de perles sur les cheveux, madame s'engouffre dans une boutique de luxe. "Nous sommes ici pour quelques jours, avec mes frères et soeurs, glisse le jeune homme. Nous descendons toujours au même hôtel, tout près d'ici." La conversation est rapidement interrompue par l'intervention d'un garde du corps, aux bras chargés de paquets. Une scène presque coutumière dans ce quartier chic: depuis quelques années, de nombreux ressortissants qataris, comme Fadi et sa famille, ont fait de Paris l'une de leurs destinations favorites. La Ville Lumière attire aussi bien les touristes fortunés que la famille de l'émir et les principaux groupes financiers du pays - ce qui revient parfois au même. Ces visiteurs, qui disposent de l'un des revenus par habitant les plus élevés au monde (48 900 euros par an), viennent goûter aux plaisirs de la culture, du luxe et du fameux "romantisme" made in France. Les hommes d'affaires, eux, investissent dans l'immobilier, l'hôtellerie quatre étoiles, le parrainage sportif, quand ils n'entrent pas dans le capital de grandes sociétés françaises. Alors que la Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) doit ouvrir une succursale à Paris, l'année prochaine, quelques lieux privilégiés de l'Ouest parisien prennent déjà de faux airs de Doha-sur-Seine.

"Chez nous, les gens appellent les Champs-Elysées la ''route des Arabes du Golfe'", raconte, dans un français alerte, Talal, 21 ans, étudiant qatari en droit. L'été, les touristes de l'émirat prennent leurs quartiers dans les palaces voisins: George V, Fouquet's, Marriott, Crillon, etc. Dans ces établissements somptueux, où le prix d'une nuit peut atteindre 2500 euros, les clients bénéficient d'un confort et d'une confidentialité appréciables. "Ils se lèvent très tard, voire en début d'après-midi, car beaucoup d'entre eux sortent toute la nuit dans les cafés, restaurants et cabarets des alentours", confie l'employé d'un hôtel. >>> Par Boris Thiolay, Henri Haget, Olivier Saretta | Vendredi 27 Février 2009

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