Saturday, January 22, 2011
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Tirana - Rund 20 000 Menschen waren gekommen. Die Opposition in Albanien hatte zur Demonstration gegen Korruption in der Regierung von Ministerpräsident Sali Berisha aufgerufen. Die aufgeheizte Stimmung schlug am Freitagabend schnell in Gewalt um.Zuerst feuerte die Polizei noch mit Gummigeschossen, dann schoss sie scharf. Die Demonstranten warfen mit Steinen und Molotow-Cocktails. Die albanische Führung und die Polizei gaben der Opposition die Schuld an der Gewalt.
Die Einsatzkräfte hätten zurückhaltend agiert und alles nötige getan, um die öffentliche Sicherheit zu gewährleisten, hieß es. Eine Untersuchungskommission sei eingesetzt worden, um die Todesfälle bei der Demonstration aufzuklären. Drei Menschen waren aus nächster Nähe erschossen worden. Albaniens Ministerpräsident Sali Berisha warf der Opposition einen Putschversuch vor. Diese habe versucht, gewaltsam die Macht an sich zu reißen. «Jetzt müssen sie alle die Konsequenzen tragen», sagte Berisha am Samstag. >>> © dpa | Samstag, 22. Januar 2011Verbunden >>>
LE MONDE: Mohamed Ghannouchi, premier ministre du gouvernement d'union nationale tunisien, a reçu plusieurs ministres samedi matin, au lendemain de son engagement à quitter la vie politique à l'issue des prochaines élections. Cette promesse vise à calmer la colère d'une partie de la population, furieuse de la présence au sein de la nouvelle équipe dirigeante d'anciens membres du Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique (RCD), le parti de Zine Ben Ali, contraint par la rue de quitter le pays après 23 ans de pouvoir sans partage.
Au même moment, plusieurs centaines de personnes ont défilé dans le centre de Tunis, pour demander la démission du gouvernement. Des policiers qui manifestaient en civil et en uniforme devant le siège du gouvernement ont bloqué un moment l'accès du bâtiment à la voiture du président tunisien de transition, Foued Mebazaa, avant d'être écartés en douceur par d'autres policiers en service. Le groupe de policiers manifestants s'est joint à un autre groupe protestataires, en majorité des employés de mairie, pour réclamer de meilleures conditions de travail et le départ du gouvernement. >>> LEMONDE.FR avec AFP et Reuters | Samedi 22 Janvier 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Officials must 'rediscover moral roots', says pontiff, as Italian PM digs in amid growing evidence of sexual misconductProsecutors investigating Silvio Berlusconi were today told that he would not answer their questions as a witness came forward with new, apparently damaging evidence against him.
The evidence came from Nadia Macri, a prostitute who went to a police station in Milan to give a statement. Late on Thursday, she told a television interviewer she had been with Karima el-Mahroug, the teenager at the centre of the Berlusconi affair, at a party in the Italian prime minister's mansion that became an orgy.
Macri said that on 24 April last year the then 17-year-old Mahroug, known as Ruby Rubacuori (Ruby the Heartstealer), was dancing topless and a bit drunk round a pole in a specially equipped room at Berlusconi's home outside Milan. In a remark which may have been aimed at Italy's beleaguered prime minister, Pope Benedict XVI told an audience of police officers that public officials must "rediscover their spiritual and moral roots". >>> John Hooper in Rome | Friday, January 21, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Model in Milan prostitution investigation admits sleeping with Berlusconi: The sex scandal engulfing Silvio Berlusconi deepened when, for the first time, one of the women named in a prostitution investigation admitted that she had sex with the prime minister. >>> Nick Squires, Rome | Saturday, January 22, 2011
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Keith Olbermann, the highest-rated host on MSNBC, announced abruptly on the air Friday night that he was leaving his show, “Countdown,” immediately.
The host, who has had a stormy relationship with the management of the network for some time, especially since he was suspended for two days last November, came to an agreement with NBC’s corporate management late this week to settle his contract and step down.
In a closing statement on his show, Mr. Olbermann said simply that it would be the last edition of the program. He offered no explanation other than on occasion “all that surrounded the show – but never the show itself – was just too much for me.”
Mr. Olbermann thanked his viewers for their enthusiastic support of a show that had “gradually established its position as antiestablishment.”
In a statement, MSNBC said: “MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.” >>> Bill Carter | Friday, January 21, 2011
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PARRAMATTA SUN: About 50 people have attended a debate about Sharia law at the Parramatta Town Hall last night.The speakers, Islamic preacher Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon and ‘‘concerned Aussie’’ Jack Zedee, opened proceedings with each presenting a 15 minute talk for and against Sharia law for Australia in what was described by the moderator as the “ultimate Australian debate’’.
Australian-born convert to Islam, Siddiq-Conlon, said “Sharia was a far supreme system than democracy’’.‘‘Sharia is the only way mankind can make it to the golden age,’’ he said.
‘’My message to the government of Australia is to consider objectively the contribution Muslims have made to Australian society...to stop this Islamophobia.
‘’My message is specifically to the government of Australia that they cannot rule without anything other than Sharia.’’ [Source: Parramatta Sun] | Thursday, January 20, 2011
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BBC: A man has been arrested after police received reports that a copy of the Koran was being burned in the centre of Carlisle.
Cumbria Police said they attended an incident in the city's English Street on Wednesday afternoon.
A spokesman said a 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and the remains of a book seized.
The man was arrested on suspicion of using racially aggravated threatening words or behaviour.
The spokesman added: "A member of the public reported the incident.
"The man remains in police custody where he is helping officers with their inquiries." [Source: BBC] | Thursday, January 20, 2011
BBC: Men arrested in Gateshead over suspected Koran burning: Six Tyneside men have been arrested after filming themselves apparently burning copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >>> | Thursday, September 23, 2011
REUTERS AFRICA: TUNIS - Tunisia will pay compensation to the families of victims of human rights abuse under its ousted authoritarian leader and will send envoys to other Arab states to pursue him, its prime minister said on Friday.
Anti-government protesters again took to the streets as Tunisia began three days of mourning for the dozens of people killed during president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's overthrow.
The interim government, which took over after Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia last week in the face of widespread popular unrest, has faced continued protests by crowds angry that members of the old guard are still in the cabinet.
Mohamed Ghannouchi, Ben Ali's prime minister who has remained in office to lead an interim coalition cabinet, made an effort to distance himself from the ousted president in an emotional television interview.
"I lived like Tunisians and I feared like Tunisians," he said. He promised compensation for the families of victims of human rights abuses, and said envoys to Arab capitals would make the case that Ben Ali should be tracked down.
"We are sure they (Arab leaders) will all be with the Tunisian people because what happened was a real revolution that made us proud of our country," he said. >>> Lin Noueihed and Andrew Hammond | Saturday, January 22, 2011
MAIL ONLINE: For 20 years I was a front man at the BBC, anchoring news and current affairs programmes, so I reckon nobody is better placed than me to answer the question that nags at many of its viewers — is the BBC biased?
In my view, ‘bias’ is too blunt a word to describe the subtleties of the pervading culture. The better word is a ‘mindset’. At the core of the BBC, in its very DNA, is a way of thinking that is firmly of the Left.
By far the most popular and widely read newspapers at the BBC are The Guardian and The Independent. Producers refer to them routinely for the line to take on running stories, and for inspiration on which items to cover. In the later stages of my career, I lost count of the number of times I asked a producer for a brief on a story, only to be handed a copy of The Guardian and told ‘it’s all in there’.
If you want to read one of the few copies of the Daily Mail that find their way into the BBC newsroom, they are difficult to track down, and you would be advised not to make too much of a show of reading them. Wrap them in brown paper or a copy of The Guardian, would be my advice.
I am in no doubt that the majority of BBC staff vote for political parties of the Left. But it’s impossible to do anything but guess at the numbers whose beliefs are on the Right or even Centre-Right. This is because the one thing guaranteed to damage your career prospects at the BBC is letting it be known that you are at odds with the prevailing and deep-rooted BBC attitude towards Life, the Universe, and Everything. >>> | Saturday, January 22, 2011
THE AUSTRALIAN: A Danish judge has had to call the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard to order after an outburst against the man who is accused of trying to kill him.
“He's just a cowardly liar, a terrorist!” exclaimed the 75-year-old, who has drawn the wrath of the Muslim world for his caricature of the Prophet Mohammed wearing a turban that resembled a bomb.
The accused man, a care worker of Somali origin, broke into the cartoonist's home a year ago, wielding an axe. On Wednesday, at the outset of the trial, Mohammed Geele, 29, said that he had used the axe to enter the house and that his aim was to frighten Mr Westergaard and express his anger about the cartoon.
Mr Westergaard rejected his version. “He was like a religious insane young man,” he told the court in Aarhus yesterday. “I believe he entered the house as a holy warrior who wanted to kill an infidel.” He turned to look at his assailant - the first time that they had actually seen each other. >>> Roger Boyes, The Times | Friday, January 21, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: TUNIS | Drapeaux en berne sur les bâtiments publics, versets du Coran récités à la télévision et la radio nationales, la Tunisie a entamé vendredi un deuil de trois jours pour rendre hommage aux victimes de la Révolution du Jasmin, une semaine après le départ du président Ben Ali, au pouvoir pendant 23 ans. Selon l’ONU, les suicides et les violences de la police ou de milices qui ont marqué les manifestations entre le 17 décembre et le 14 janvier puis le week-end suivant ont fait plus de 100 morts. Les autorités tunisiennes parlent de 78 morts parmi les civils et un nombre non précisé dans les forces de sécurité, mais l’opposition estime que le bilan est beaucoup plus élevé. >>> AP | Vendredi 21 Janvier 2011
WELT ONLINE: Blutige Proteste in Albanien: Bei gewaltsamen Zusammenstößen zwischen Polizei und Demonstranten in Tirana sind mindestens drei Menschen ums Leben gekommen.
Bei heftigen Protesten in der albanischen Hauptstadt Tirana sind mindestens drei Menschen erschossen und Dutzende weitere verletzt worden. Mehr als 20.000 Anhänger der Opposition versammelten sich in der Innenstadt und forderten die Regierung zur Ausrufung von Neuwahlen auf. Nach Angaben der Polizei warfen einige Demonstranten mit Steinen und setzten Autos in Brand. Die Sicherheitskräfte reagierten mit Tränengas, Plastikgeschossen und Wasserwerfern. Etwa 30 Zivilpersonen und 25 Polizisten wurden verletzt, wie die Gesundheitsbehörden mitteilten. >>> Autor: Llazar Semini | Freitag, 21. Januar 2011
Islam is such a peaceful religion, don’t you think? Jesus = Prince of Peace; Muhammad = Prince of Strife. – © Mark
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH – LETTERS: Growing concern over influence of Islamic world-view.
SIR – There does seem to be growing disquiet at the increasing influence of the Islamic world-view. Perhaps this is due to a greater understanding of what the Koran and hadith (Muslim traditions) teach.
For example, those within Islam who might call for reform, tolerance, and a “dialogue between civilisations” are easily silenced by the authority of the Koran, which has many verses rousing believers to wage jihad against unbelievers.
Suras 2:228 and 4:34 make it clear that women are inferior to men and must be obedient to them. Anti-Jewish sentiments are frequently found in Islamic religious texts and apostates are to be executed, according to sharia.
Further, the attitude of pious Muslims to non-Muslims can be seen in the Arabic word kafir, which goes beyond the neutral English word unbeliever. A kafir is to be shunned and Muslims are not to socialise with such people (Koran, 3:28).
Mark Ponsford
Sidmouth,
Devon
[Source: The Daily Telegraph] | Friday, January 21, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tunisia's underground Islamic movement has emerged at the forefront of nationwide protests against its leadership and appears set to emerge as the strongest political force in elections.
Al-Nadha is lead by the London-based exile Rachid Ghannouchi who has said that he will return to the country as soon as the threat of life in prison is lifted.
Mr Ghannouchi has the best claims to an electoral following in Tunisia after the disintegration of the ruling party. He has wide core support at the country's universities and his followers secured 17 per cent in 1989's election – an unrivalled following in Tunisia's rigged electoral system.
Senior lieutenants of the fundamentalist leader were yesterday prominent in the thousands strong crowd that demanded the resignation of all ministers – including Prime Minister Mohammed Ghanouchi – tainted by service to ousted dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Sadouk Chourou, a Tunis lawyer, has been seen organising groups within the protest.
Ali Laraiedh, the Al-Nadha vice president, said that party activists of the banned movement had been mobilised. >>> Damien McElroy, Tunis | Friday, January 21, 2011
Renaissance Party / Hizb al-Nahda / Parti de la Renaissance / حزب النهضة >>>
BBC NEWS AFRICA: A week ago writing an article for the BBC would have been a sacking offence for Tunisian journalists, writes Haykel Tlili - who works for Le Temps paper, owned by the ex-president's son-in-law. Here he assesses how Tunisians are taking to changing times.
Since the overthrow of President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali last week the people of Tunisia wake up each day in what still seems to be a dream.
Sometimes this turns to a nightmare with the sound of gunfire, something Tunisians are unaccustomed to hearing.
But there is a tangible sense of joy and pride that people feel about the popular uprising.
They are determined not to let what has been dubbed the "Jasmine Revolution" falter as the country accustoms itself to the change of guard.
Change and all that it heralds is being savoured across Tunisia like the smell of the sweet jasmine flower as it opens at night. >>> | Wednesday, January 19, 2011
BBC: Baroness Warsi, the chairman of the main party in Britain's governing coalition, has said that anti-Muslim prejudice has "passed the dinner table test" and become socially acceptable in the UK.
Here are the views of Muslims from around Europe on whether they think anti-Muslim attitudes are now considered acceptable in their countries. >>> | Friday, January 21, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The brother of a Harry Potter star has been jailed for six months for a ''prolonged and nasty'' attack in which she was beaten and branded a ''slag'' for dating a non-Muslim.
Afshan Azad, 21, who played Padma Patil, a classmate of the teenage wizard, in the blockbuster Hollywood films based on JK Rowling's children's books, feared for her life during the three-hour ordeal, Manchester Crown Court heard.
She was punched, dragged around by her hair and strangled by her brother Ashraf Azad, 28, who threatened to kill her after he caught her talking on the phone to her Hindu boyfriend on May 21 last year, the court was told.
During the row at the family home in Longsight, Manchester, which also involved her mother and father, she was branded a ''slag'' and a ''prostitute'' and told: ''Marry a Muslim or you die!'' >>> | Friday, January 21, 2011
leJDD.fr: Les otages français en Afghanistan et au Niger risquent sont plus que jamais en danger. Par le biais d'un enregistrement sonore transmis vendredi à la chaîne de télévision arabe Al Jazira, le terroriste international, Oussama Ben Laden exige le retrait des forces françaises d'Afghanistan.
"La France va payer cher en Afghanistan et ailleurs". Tel est le message audio que la chaîne de télévision arabe Al Jazira affirme avoir reçu d'Oussama Ben Laden, ce vendredi. Le chef désigné d'Al-Qaïda a dénoncé la présence de l'armée tricolore en "terres musulmanes", menaçant directement des otages français. Ben Laden a précisé qu'ils "ne seront libérés qu'après le départ des soldats [français] d'Afghanistan ". Qui sont les "prisonniers" qu'évoque le terroriste international ? Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (Aqmi) détient cinq ressortissants français enlevés en septembre sur le site d'Areva à Arlit (Niger) tandis que la branche afghane du mouvement maintient deux journalistes de France 3 en captivité. Ces derniers, Hervé Ghesquière et Stéphane Taponier, sont retenus depuis le 30 décembre 2009. >>> Par Vanessa Droz, leJDD.fr | Vendredi 21 Janvier 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Osama bin Laden threatens to kill French hostages in new tape: Osama bin Laden has released a new audiotape warning that French hostages will be killed if President Nicolas Sarkozy does not withdraw forces from Afghanistan. >>> Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent | Saturday, January 22, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Leading Democrat Harry Reid has called Chinese President Hu Jintao "a dictator" during a television interview before quickly backtracking on his comment.
The Senate majority leader made the accusation during an outspoken interview given to a Nevada station.
He said: "I'm going to go back to Washington tomorrow to meet with the president of China. He is a dictator. He can do a lot of things through the form of government they have."
Realising the strength of his statement, Mr Reid immediately appeared to backtrack, saying: "Maybe I shouldn't have said 'dictator''. >>> Daniel Bird | Friday, January 21, 2011
GULF NEWS: Abu Dhabi Declaration urges OIC countries to recognise palestine [sic]
Abu Dhabi: The UAE is pressing for taking a firm stand against countries which move their embassies to occupied Jerusalem or recognise it as the capital of Israel.
The Abu Dhabi Declaration confirmed recognition by the OIC member countries of the State of Palestine that includes all of the territories captured in 1967, including occupied east Jerusalem.
It demanded all member countries immediately recognised the Palestinian State and raise the diplomatic representation to an embassy level.
President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said the Arab-Muslim [occupied] Jerusalem can never be surrendered as history, law and international legitimacy confirm Muslims' inalienable rights to it, irrespective of the Israeli occupation's measures to increase the Jewish presence there.
His speech at the meeting of Inter-parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) was read out by His Highness Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.
The Abu Dhabi declaration demanded that the UN Security Council issue a resolution recognising the independent Palestinian state.
Parliamentary leaders also condemned the Israeli occupation's atrocities in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of many innocent people, demanding that Israeli officials be brought to account for their war crimes in Gaza.
The UAE has also urged the OIC member countries to take action to halt Islamophobia in the West.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Speaker of the Federal National Council, said concerted efforts were necessary to stop the spread of Islamophobia that impaired Muslim-West relations. >>> Samir Salama, Associate Editor | Thursday, January 20, 2011
THE SPECTATOR: Here is the text of the speech that Baroness Warsi actually delivered. Lots of gracious references to Christians and Jews -- but also note the disreputable suggestion that certain Old Testament passages provide excuses for stoning people to death for adultery and the like.
The fact is, however, that unlike Islam Judaism has always mediated such passages through rabbinic interpretation, with the result that such activities have not been tolerated. Jews pose no threat to anyone -- other than those who try to wipe them out. The sly insinuation that Islam is inherently no more dangerous to life, liberty and human rights than is Judaism is quite wickedly false -- and all too telling. >>> Melanie Phillips | Friday, January 21, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tony Blair is appearing for the second time at the Chilcot Inquiry to face questions over his role in taking Britain into the Iraq war.
Read and comment >>> Peter Hutchison and Laura Roberts | Thursday, January 20, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair tells Sir John Chilcot that notes to George Bush were 'very private' – Tony Blair had told the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war that messages he shared with President George W Bush must remain confidential because they were of a "very private" nature. >>> Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent | Friday, January 21, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Chilcot Inquiry: Tony Blair heckled as he expresses regret for this loss of life in the Iraq war – Tony Blair was heckled during emotional scenes at the Chilcot Inquiry as the former prime minister expressed regret for the loss of life in the Iraq war. >>> | Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
BBC: A Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has told a court in Aarhus that a man who broke into his home meant to kill him with an axe.
Kurt Westergaard, 75, was testifying against Somali defendant Mohamed Geele, 29, who told the court he only wanted to "frighten" the cartoonist.
Mr Westergaard said Mr Geele had hacked at the door of his panic room.
When police arrived, they shot and wounded the suspect, who denies charges of terrorism and attempted murder.
Mr Westergaard's cartoon of a turban bomb was one of 12 published in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005 that prompted protests among Muslims around the world.
Mr Westergaard first went into hiding but then decided to live openly in a heavily fortified house. >>> | Thursday, January 20, 2011
HT: Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch >>>
WIKI: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar >>>
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: IRAN | Lors d'un discours, le président iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a défendu le "modèle islamo-iranien de développement" basé sur les valeurs morales et islamiques, ajoutant: "Avec ce modèle nous pouvons conquérir le monde".
Le président iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a dénoncé la société occidentale où l’homme est "égaré dans le désert de la concupiscence", prônant un modèle de développement "islamo-iranien" capable de "conquérir le monde", a rapporté jeudi l’agence Isna.
"Nous ne voulons pas d’une société où l’homme est égaré dans le désert de la concupiscence", a déclaré le président Ahmadinejad en affirmant, lors d’un déplacement en province, la nécessité de renforcer l’institution du mariage et de favoriser les naissances.
"Le slogan deux enfants suffisent appartient à l’humanisme occidental où l’on dit l’enfant est gênant, allez profiter de votre vie", a-t-il affirmé dans une allusion au slogan officiel en vigueur en Iran pour faire baisser le taux de croissance de la population. >>> AFP | Jeudi 20 Janvier 2011
SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN: Die meisten in der Schweiz lebenden Muslime stammen ursprünglich aus einem muslimischen Land. Es gibt aber auch Schweizer, die zum Islam übertreten. 10vor10 fragte zwei von ihnen nach ihren Beweggründen.
* Das Video ist teils in Deutsch und teils in Schwyzertüütsch gemacht worden.
THE GUARDIAN: Rounds fired into air as demonstrators converge on headquarters of former ruling party
The Tunisian army fired warning shots in the capital today as demonstrators converged on the headquarters of the long-time ruling party.
Protesters climbed over the RCD party offices in central Tunis and dismantled the sign bearing its name.
The new unity government has been criticised for being mostly made up of politicians from the RCD party, which was founded by Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the ousted president who fled to Saudi Arabia on Friday after 23 years in power.
Another member of the government, Zouheir M'dhaffer, resigned today after four ministers quit earlier this week. M'dhaffer, who was administrative development minister, had been a member of Ben Ali's party but was not considered close to the ousted leader.
The army fired rounds into the air outside the party headquarters, scattering some protesters. The building was protected by an army tank, trucks and troops. >>> Associated Press | Thursday, January 20, 2011
THE AUSTRALIAN: IBRAHIM Siddiq-Conlon has a message for Australians, whether they want to hear it or not.
"One day Australia will be ruled by sharia, no doubt," he declares. "That is why non-Muslims are worried, because they know one day they won't be able to drink their beer, they won't be able to eat their pork and they won't be able to do their homosexual acts, because one day they know they will be controlled."
Siddiq-Conlon sits on the steps of the NSW Parliament House, the location he has chosen to launch his rhetorical attack on democracy, which he describes as "an evil system of life".
"Right now in the Western world we're on the edge of a crisis, of extinction, because of democracy. OK, so don't tell me democracy has the answers and is peaceful. Democracy is the reason for the world's problems."
Siddiq-Conlon is the face and voice of Sharia4Australia, a group formed in Sydney's southwest to agitate for Islamic law, starting with the introduction of sharia courts and ending, in his ideal world, with Islamic rule.
While he claims to eschew violence, he unapologetically preaches hate. An online video posted by his group describes its members as "uncompromising [in] their disallegiance, disloyalty and hate for the disbelievers".
"I hate the parliament. I hate [democracy] with a pure hate," he says. Moreover, it is obligatory for all Muslims to reject democracy, because it is a challenge to God's law: "They must hate it, speak out against it, and if that doesn't work, take action against it."
Siddiq-Conlon formed Sharia4Australia last year, styling himself as the new champion for Islamic law in Australia.
An online video announcing its emergence stated: "For far too long now Aust has been ruled by a corrupt evil infedile [sic] group of people who are clear disbelievers in the sight of Allah. It is time for change. Time at least for the truth. >>> Sally Neighbour, The Australian, Friday, January 21, 2011
THE AUSTRALIAN: PM go and 'let the Muslims take over': ISLAMIC preacher Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon points heavenwards to emphasise his message for the governments of Australia -- there is no God but Allah and only his laws should be obeyed. >>> Sally Neighbour, The Australian | Thursday, January 20, 2011
Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon Islamic Architecture & Education >>>
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Lady Gaga's stylist presents his debut Mugler menswear collection.To call this rubbish “men’s fashion” is an insult. These styles from ‘Lady Gaga’ are a despicable, disgusting aberration. These styles connote a civilization in steep decline. Little wonder that Muslims worldwide feel that they have the upper hand in their Jihad against a morally bankrupt West. Ugh! Such decadence! – © Mark
SKY NEWS ONLINE: Tunisian state television has reported that 33 family members of the ousted president have been arrested for crimes against the nation as protests continue in the capital. >>> Rob Cole, Sky News Online | Thursday, January 20, 2011
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