PM Cameron Appeals to Qatar Emir for More Investment

REUTERS UK: (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged Qatar to plough more of its vast oil and gas wealth into infrastructure projects across Britain during an official visit from the Gulf state's emir.

Cameron asked Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to consider further funding to help Britain's push to develop cities in the north of the country and connect them to London using a high speed rail line, a statement released by his office said.

Qatar is one of the world's richest countries and is already heavily invested in British firms and property.

Among its highest profile investments are London's tallest building, the Shard, which was funded by the Qatari royal family, and the upmarket Harrods department store owned by sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority.

"The Prime Minister ... encouraged the Emir to consider more opportunities across the country, particularly the government’s plan to establish a Northern Powerhouse by connecting our great Northern cities and the development of high speed rail," the statement said. » | William James | London | Thursday, October 30, 2014

Clashes Erupt as Israeli Police Kill Palestinian Suspected of Shooting Jewish Far-rightist

REUTERS.COM: (Reuters) - Israeli police on Thursday shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian man suspected of having tried hours earlier to kill a far-right Jewish activist, leading to fierce clashes in East Jerusalem and fears of a new Palestinian uprising.

The Al-Aqsa compound, or Temple Mount, which is a central cause of the latest violence, was shut down to all visitors as a security precaution. It was the first full closure of the site, venerated by both Jews and Muslims, in 14 years.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Israel's actions as "tantamount to a declaration of war" and his Fatah party called for a "day of rage" on Friday. It was not clear if Al Aqsa would be opened to Muslims on their holy day. » | Luke Baker | Jerusalem | Thursday, October 30, 2014

Marine Veteran Complains About Pro-Islam Bias In Daughter’s Schoolwork, Gets BANNED From School

THE DAILY CALLER: A Maryland father who asked that his daughter be excused from learning about Islam in her world history class now finds himself under a no-trespass order that prevents him from setting foot on the girl’s public school campus.

The events leading to the no-trespass order occurred at La Plata High School in La Plata, Md., a small town about 30 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., SoMDNews reports, a website for three local newspapers.

The dad is Kevin Wood, a former corporal and eight-year veteran in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Wood was initially upset because he did not want his daughter, a high school junior, to participate in instruction about Islam. » | Eric Owens, Education Editor | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Greta: Obama Owes Netanyahu an Apology

Oct. 29, 2014 - 1:32 - 'Off the Record,' 10/29/14: Senior administration officials were arrogant and disgraceful in their insult to the Israeli prime minister and our president needs to get rid of them. A true leader sets the tone

Report: Gitmo Prisoners Join Forces with ISIS

Oct. 30, 2014 - 2:11 - Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon

Church Condemns Government as Un-Christian over Stance on Drowning Migrants

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Bishop says refusal to support rescue operations in Mediterranean by Europe’s leading naval power is an abdication of moral responsibility

The Roman Catholic Church has condemned the British Government as un-Christian over its rejection of rescue missions for refugees drowning in the Mediterranean.

Bishop Patrick Lynch, who speaks for the Church in England and Wales on migration, said the decision not to support a rescue missions was “a misguided abdication of responsibility” to thousands of desperate people feeling war and persecution in the Middle East and Africa.

He said that as Europe’s “leading naval power” the UK has a moral responsibility to step in to save those risking death attempting to reach Europe.

His remarks came as the Home Office reiterated its stance that search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean, where around 3,000 migrants are estimated to have drowned this year alone, were simply acting as a “pull factor for illegal migration”.

It claims that rescuing migrants has led to more deaths. » | John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor | Thursday, October 30, 2014

Sweden Officially Recognises State of Palestine

THE GUARDIAN: Sweden becomes first EU member in western Europe to make move, saying ‘we hope this will show the way for others’

Sweden has officially recognised the state of Palestine, the Swedish foreign minister said, less than a month after Stockholm announced its intention to make the controversial move.

“Today the government takes the decision to recognise the state of Palestine,” Margot Wallström said in a statement published in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper on Thursday.

“It is an important step that confirms the Palestinians’ right to self-determination,” the foreign minister said. “We hope that this will show the way for others.” » | Agence France-Presse in Stockholm | Thursday, October 30, 2014

Netanyahu Fumes at ‘Chickenshit’ Slur

JEWISH JOURNAL: An anonymous U.S. official's reported description of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "chickenshit" drew a sharp response on Wednesday from the Israeli leader – no stranger to acrimony with the Obama administration.

The American broadside, in an interview in The Atlantic magazine, followed a month of heated exchanges between the Netanyahu government and Washington over settlement-building in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, which Palestinians seek as the capital of a future state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

"The thing about Bibi is, he’s a chickenshit,” the unidentified official was quoted as saying, using Netanyahu's nickname and a slang insult certain to redden the ears of the U.S.-educated former commando.

"The good thing about Netanyahu is that he’s scared to launch wars," the official said, alluding to past hints of possible Israeli military action against Iran's nuclear program. "The bad thing about him is that he won’t do anything to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians or with the Sunni Arab states."

Netanyahu, the official was reported to have said, is interested only in "protecting himself from political defeat ... He's got no guts." » | Jeffrey Heller, Reuters | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Professor Patricia Ward Identified As New York Woman Allegedly Beheaded By Son

THE HUFFINGTON POST: The Long Island woman beheaded in a gruesome murder Tuesday night was a respected and beloved professor at Farmingdale State College, school officials have confirmed.

Patricia Ward taught language arts at the school for 28 years, spokesman Patrick Calabria said in a statement.

"We are in shock," Calabria told the New York Post. "The staff in her department is teary-eyed. We are providing counseling to the staff who need it. It’s a very sad day. A lot of people are taking it very hard." » | Andres Jauregui | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Israeli MP Proposes Banning Islamic Prayer Call

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: New legislation by coalition partner could silence the muezzin's call to prayer from mosques on the grounds of "noise pollution"

Israeli Right-wingers have revived highly contentious plans that could effectively silence the Muslim call to prayer, known as the adhan.

In a move that risks stoking already simmering tensions in Jerusalem between Jews and Arabs, a member of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition is tabling legislation that could put strict limits on Islamic prayer calls from mosques in the city and across Israel.

Robert Ilatov, a parliamentarian with the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, is sponsoring the bill with the support of Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli foreign minister who is also the party's leader.

While the legislation is being justified on the grounds that prayer calls often produce "intolerable noise" that disturbs many citizens' sleep, it is bound to prompt accusations of religious intolerance and prejudice against Israel's Muslim minority. » | Robert Tait, Jerusalem | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Stevie Wonder: I Just Called To Say I Love You

CAIR Representative Debates Fox's Megyn Kelly on Separating ISIS Violence from Islam

US Beheading: Headless Body Discovered outside NY Apartment Building

FOX NEWS: Professor beheaded in what witnesses first thought was Halloween prank » | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

White House Officials Reportedly Called Netanyahu Names Like "Chickensh*t"

Oct. 29, 2014 - 4:28 - Former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. reacts to claims in magazine article

ISIS Driven by World War I Agreement?

Oct. 29, 2014 - 3:21 - Military historian Joseph Micallef explains

Binyamin Netanyahu 'Chickenshit', Say US Officials in Explosive Interview

THE GUARDIAN: Quotes from senior Obama administration figures damn Israeli prime minister over stance on settlements and peace with Palestinians

US relations with Israel have plunged to new depths of bitterness and hostility as senior officials in the Obama administration decried Binyamin Netanyahu as a “chickenshit prime minister”, “coward” and a man more interested in his own political survival than peace.

The furious assessment delivered in anonymous but no-holds barred comments in an interview with the American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic underline a state of anger with Netanyahu that is characterised as “red hot”.

The remarks are particularly telling in having been made to Goldberg, a Washington insider who has interviewed both Obama and Netanyahu, and who warned US-Israeli relations were in a “full-blown crisis” that could only get worse after the midterm elections.

Speaking to the Israeli parliament – the Knesset – a few hours after the comments were revealed, Netanyahu angrily insisted he was “under attack simply for defending Israel”, adding that he “cherished” Israel’s relationship with the US. » | Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Man Beheads Woman & Jumps in front of Train

NEW YORK POST: A man beheaded a woman at her Long Island apartment Tuesday night and dragged her out into the street where he kicked her severed head about 20 feet before jumping in front of a train, cops and witnesses said.

The woman, who appeared to be in her 60s, was discovered dead outside an apartment building in Farmingdale at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nassau County police said. » | Kenneth Garger | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Erdogan inaugure son nouveau «palais blanc»

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Le siège de la présidence turque déménage dans un immense palais construit dans une zone forestière près d'Ankara. Les défenseurs de l'environnement s'y sont opposés. L'inauguration a lieu aujourd'hui.

Le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugure en grande pompe ce mercredi 29 octobre, jour anniversaire de la fondation de la République, un nouveau palais présidentiel à l'origine d'une vive controverse avec ses opposants et les défenseurs de l'environnement.

Déjà rebaptisé ironiquement la «Maison blanche» par ses détracteurs, cet immense «palais blanc» («ak saray» en turc) va remplacer l'actuel siège de la présidence, beaucoup plus modeste mais historique, qui a accueilli les onze précédents chefs de l'Etat de l'histoire de la Turquie moderne depuis 1923. » | afp/Newsnet | mercredi 29 octobre 2014

Mohammad Ali Baryalei, Australia's Alleged Senior Isis Recruiter, ‘Killed’

Mohammad Ali Baryalei: news of his death was reported on Twitter.

THE GUARDIAN: Julie Bishop trying to verify reports Baryalei died a few days ago in the Middle East

The foreign affairs minister says the government is trying to verify reports that an alleged Australian Islamic State (Isis) recruiter has been killed in the Middle East.

Mohammad Ali Baryalei, alleged to be the most senior Australian involved in the Isis conflict in Iraq and Syria, reportedly died four or five days ago.

Baryalei has been accused of recruiting Australians to fight alongside Isis forces.

The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, was unable to confirm whether he had been killed. » | Staff and agencies | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Conservative Dad Threatens ‘Sh*tstorm’ If Daughter’s World History Class Includes Islam

RAW STORY: An angry father has been banned from a Maryland high school’s campus after he made vague but ominous threats against the school because his daughter’s history homework mentioned the Islamic faith.

BayNet.com reported that La Plata High School in Charles County, Maryland has issued a No Trespass order after parent Kevin Wood — a former U.S. Marine — called the school and threatened to disrupt classes if his daughter’s world history class continued to study the religion and its impact on human history.

Wood reportedly telephoned Vice Principal Shannon Morris last Thursday enraged over a homework assignment which dealt with the formation of Middle Eastern empires centuries ago. History teacher Katie O’Malley Simpson said that the history curriculum has never been considered controversial in the past.

“The assignment has been given for years,” O’Malley-Simpson said.

La Plata High School Principal Evelyn Arnold issued a No Trespass order against Wood after hearing about the contentious call, in which Wood promised to come to the school and disrupt classes if Islam was mentioned any further.

O’Malley-Simpson called the decision to ban Wood from campus “unusual,” saying, “We don’t file no trespassing charges lightly. We would only do that when we feel someone has threatened the safety of staff and students.” » | David Ferguson | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

On Patrol with the ‘Sharia Police’

SBS.COM.AU: Public caning for violating sharia law is now common in the Indonesian province of Aceh and the police chief wants even harsher penalties. Dateline’s Patrick Abboud gets unprecedented access to follow the sharia police on patrol.

Earlier this year international outrage was sparked after a horrific story of gang rape in the Indonesian province of Aceh emerged.

A group of men raided a woman’s home and found a 25-year-old woman with a married man.

Accusing them of adultery, the vigilantes, one of whom was a 13-year-old boy, gang-raped the woman, dousing her and the man with sewage before marching them to the sharia police.

Despite what happened and the trauma of gang-rape, the sharia police in Langsa insisted the woman would be caned for alleged adultery.

That story never left my mind.

Securing access to meet sharia police chief, Ibrahim Latif, I found myself in Aceh soon after. » | Patrick Abboud | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Geert Wilders Cake Lands Six in Saudi Arabian Jail

NL TIMES: The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Saudi Arabia has closed down a sweets shop for selling offensive to Islam cakes.

The commission raided the shop after they received a tip from a client complaining about the cakes that featured a plane and anti Islam messages. The six men working in the shop were arrested.

The messages were inspired by Geert Wilders’ idea for a new Saudi flag. His idea changes the Islamic declaration of faith into anti Prophet, anti Islam and anti Koran words. » | Janene Van Jaarsveldt | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Germany Warns Security Situation 'Critical' due to Radical Islam

REUTERS.COM: (Reuters) - Radical Islam poses a critical security threat to Germany, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned on Tuesday, saying the number of people capable of staging attacks in the country stood at an all-time high.

Besides the risk posed by German jihadists returning from Syria, there was also the danger of violent clashes on German streets as rival extremist groups turn on each other - mirroring the conflicts of the Middle East, he told a security conference.

De Maiziere said security forces believed the greatest danger came from radicals striking out alone, as happened in Canada last week, when two soldiers were killed in attacks that police said were carried out by recent converts to Islam.

"The situation is critical. The number of threatening individuals has never been as high as now," he said. "We represent freedom, and are therefore an object of hate."

The domestic intelligence agency (BfV) has warned that ultra-conservative Salafism was becoming increasing popular -- boosting the number of potential recruits for Islamic State. » | Alexandra Hudson and Sabine Siebold | Berlin | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Iran Accuses 'Foreign Agents' of Being behind Acid Attacks on Women

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A senior Iranian official says that "foreign agents" were behind at least eight acid attacks on women in the city of Isfahan - believed to have been carried out by ultra-conservatives angry at "immodest dress"

A senior Iranian official has claimed that the recent spate of acid attacks on women in the country “is the work of foreign agents,” whom he accused of seeking to undermine the stability of the Islamic republic.

At least eight women have had acid thrown in their faces this month in the city of Isfahan, a Unesco world heritage site 200 miles south of Tehran. Some local reports say as many as 20 have been attacked.

In the weeks before the attacks began, clerics railed against the wickedness of “bad hijab” — lax adherence to the formal dress code — by women, and the victims are thought to have been targeted for being seen in “immodest dress”. » | Ahmed Vahdat, and Harriet Alexander | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Britain to Face Arctic Winter as Mild Autumn Triggers Polar Gales and Heavy Snow

Read the Express article here | Nathan Rao | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Thousands Pay Final Respects to Slain Canadian Soldier

Oct. 28, 2014 - 2:29 - Jonathan Hunt reports from New York City

Domestic Terror Threat from the North

Oct. 25, 2014 - 5:04 - Mike Scheuer provides insight

George Galloway Talks About ISIS (October 18, 2014)

George Galloway Hammers Jacqui Smith on Bombing ISIS (September 2014)

Five Things John Cantlie's Latest Video Teaches Us About Isil's Strategy

Find out what John Cantlie's latest video appearance teaches us about Isil's strategy, as new video apparently showing the hostage "reporting" from Kobane is released by Islamic State

Read the short Telegraph article here | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

«Dem IS könnten bald einmal die Ressourcen ausgehen»

IS-Kämpfer in einem Propaganda-Video

Die Terrormilizen des Islamischen Staates können in Syrien und im Irak kaum gestoppt werden – auch die US-Luftangriffe bleiben oft ohne Wirkung. Weshalb ist das so? Der Berner Islam-Wissenschaftler Reinhard Schulze gibt Auskunft.

Den Artikel hier lesen | Dienstag, 28. Oktober 2014

Armed Soldiers outside Horse Guards Parade amid Terror Attack Fears

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Soldiers pictured with machine guns for first time outside Horse Guards Parade as Westminster put on high alert in wake of Ottawa shooting

Armed soldiers have been stationed in Whitehall amid fears that terrorists will try to attack ceremonial guards in the wake of shootings in Canada.

The soldiers, who are armed with machine guns, have been deployed at the entrance to Horse Guards Parade where thousands of tourists gather every day to witness the Changing of the Guard. » | Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Temps présent – Sur la piste des Suisses partis faire le djihad en Syrie et en Irak

Ils viennent du Nord vaudois et d'ailleurs en Suisse romande et ils sont partis se battre avec les djihadistes sanguinaires de l'Etat islamique, en Syrie et en Irak. Assassinats de journalistes, décapitations et crucifixions, des Suisses sont-ils impliqués dans ces atrocités ? Pour cette enquête exclusive, Temps Présent a remonté la piste des réseaux djihadistes helvétiques et les possibles crimes de guerre commis par des concitoyens.

Le groupe Etat islamique interdit plusieurs facultés à l'université

RTS INFO: Le droit, les sciences politiques ou l'éducation physique ont été interdits d'enseignement par le groupe Etat islamique à l'université irakienne de Mossoul et dans les facultés du "califat".

Après avoir pris dimanche le contrôle de l'université irakienne de Mossoul, le groupe Etat islamique (EI) a décidé d'interdire divers enseignements dans les facultés dans son califat autoproclamé en Syrie et en Irak, révèle le site italien Linkiesta.

Dans un texte daté du 24 octobre et diffusé lundi sur les réseaux sociaux, l'EI annonce prohiber le droit, les sciences politiques, l'archéologie, l'éducation physique, la philosophie et l'hôtellerie.

La narration et le théâtre en français et en anglais sont aussi interdits, ainsi que la traduction. » | mardi 28 octobre 2014

The Glazov Gang – Geert Wilders on “The West’s Battle for Freedom.”

Political Correctness and Islam

THE JERUSALEM POST: With no end in sight to Islamist violence, perhaps the time has finally come to muster up the courage and take a long, hard look at why it is afflicting dozens of countries around the world.

For much of the past 13 years, ever since al-Qaida attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, the West has found itself confronting an increasingly dangerous foe in the form of jihadist terror.

From New York to London to Madrid, Islamic extremists have carried out brazen attacks, targeting airplanes, public transportation and, of course, innocent civilians.

They have left a trail of tragedy and bloodshed and it would appear that the struggle to defeat them is far from over.

But despite the passage of so much time, and the gallons of ink that have been spilled in reporting on their actions and analyzing their motives, there is one critical question that has been largely ignored by the mainstream press.

It is a sensitive issue, the kind that makes people shift uncomfortably in their seats and anxiously clear their throats, but it is one that must, nonetheless, finally be addressed.

Simply put: If Islam is a religion of peace, then why are so many of its followers in so many countries killing so many people with such brutality? And, no less important, why are Western leaders so insistent on telling us after each attack that Muslim terrorists are distorting Islam? Each month, literally hundreds of people, if not more, are being killed by Muslims in the name of Islam in a multiplicity of conflicts around the world. » | Michael Freund | Monday, October 27, 2014

British Journalist John Cantlie Used As 'Isil Reporter' Inside Kobane

John Cantlie appearing in the new propaganda video reportedly
filmed in Kobane

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: John Cantlie, a British journalist who is being held captive by Isil inside Syria, has appeared in a sixth propaganda video

The British freelance journalist held hostage by Isil jihadists has appeared in a news report purporting to be from the embattled Kurdish city of Kobane.

John Cantlie has already appeared in five propaganda videos for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

But in those he sits at a desk, wearing the same orange jump suit that other prisoners have worn as they are filmed being beheaded.

In this latest production, he is wearing black and is filmed as if on a normal television report, describing events happening around him.

He points to the Syrian-Turkish border behind him, and claims that contrary to recent reports claiming the Kurdish fighters defending the city are pushing back Isil, it is in fact in control of the south and east, and “mopping up” the rest of the resistance street-by-street. » | Richard Spencer | Monday, October 27, 2014

Federal Election Commission Chair Goodman on Push to Regulate Online Political Ads

Archbishop of Canterbury Condemns Politicians Who View Immigration as a ‘Deep Menace’

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Justin Welby describes tone of debate about immigration as un-Christian and un-British in wake of Michael Fallon's claim that people feel ‘swamped’

The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned politicians who speak of immigration as a "deep menace" which will "overwhelm" the country for voicing un-Christian and un-British rhetoric.

The Most Rev Justin Welby’s comments came as the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon apologised for claiming that some communities feel “swamped” and “under siege” from migrant workers.

Mr Fallon, who was slapped down by Downing Street, said he had been “a little careless” in his language.

The Archbishop, whose grandfather came to Britain as a German Jew, said clergy across the country are reporting an upsurge in “frightening” racist language in their communities.

While refusing to comment on Mr Fallon's remarks directly, the Archbishop said it was wrong to view immigration as “something that is somehow going to overwhelm” Britain. » | John Bingham and Georgia Graham | Monday, October 27, 2014

Ces réseaux salafistes qui inquiètent les autorités allemandes

FRANCE 24: La Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie, dans l’ouest de l’Allemagne, est devenue un bastion des groupuscules salafistes. Leur activisme inquiète aussi bien les autorités allemandes que la population. Reportage.

Selon les services de renseignement occidentaux, plus de 400 jeunes allemands sont partis faire le jihad en 2013 en Irak et en Syrie. Un nombre important d’entre eux ont rejoint les rangs de l’organisation de l’État islamique (EI), le groupe jihadiste dirigé par le "calife" autoproclamé Abou Bakr al-Baghdadi. Les envoyés spéciaux de France 24 se sont rendus en Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie, dans l’ouest de l’Allemagne, là où les groupuscules salafistes, dont sont issus la plupart des jihadistes, sont de plus en plus actifs. Ce qui inquiète aussi bien les autorités que la population[.] (+ vidéo) » | mercredi 01 octobre 2014

L’infiltration des principes de la Charia au Royaume-Uni

SISYPHE.ORG: Néo-libéralisme et fondamentalisme religieux se traduisent au Royaume-Uni par une limitation de l’accès à la justice. Pragna Patel affirme que les femmes issues des minorités ethniques se voient refuser le droit de participer au collectif politique général en tant que citoyennes et non plus comme simples sujets. » | dimanche 26 octobre 2014

Maldives : la charia au paradies

Les Maldives : une république islamique parmi les plus strictes de la planète !

Lire le reportage ici | Un reportage de Nicolas Betrand er David Da Meda

La charia a très officiellement cours en Grèce

MÉDIAS-PRESSE-INFO: Grèce – En Thrace occidentale où vivent près de 100 000 musulmans, la charia est officiellement d’application. Nous sommes bien ici dans un pays membre de l’Union européenne. Et pourtant, des citoyens grecs musulmans font ici appel aux muftis et à la loi islamique pour régler leurs affaires familiales et personnelles. Une possibilité permise par la loi du 5 janvier 1914 qui porte sur « la législation applicable dans les territoires cédés et leur organisation judiciaire ». » | Par Pierre-Alain Depauw | lundi 27 octobre 2014

Australia: Mosque Open Day to Challenge Misconceptions of Islam

BBC: There has been a reported increase in attacks on Muslims in Australia following the rise of the militant group Islamic State.

On Saturday, Muslims from mosques across Australia aimed to change misconceptions of Islam by holding an open day.

Phil Mercer reports. Watch BBC video » | Monday, October 27, 2014

Australian Muslim: 'A Tirade of Anti-Muslim Abuse and Threats'

BBC: There has been a reported increase in attacks on Muslims in Australia following the rise of the militant group Islamic State.

Arif Hussain Khan is a Muslim youth worker in Wollongong, south of Sydney.

He says he was savagely abused by a middle-aged woman in an anti-Muslim attack. Watch BBC video » | Monday, October 27, 2014

Hooligans gegen Salafisten: «Brachialgewalt war Eigentor»

In Köln ist es gestern zu schweren Ausschreitungen von gewaltbereiten Hooligans gekommen. Gegen 5'000 Hooligans unterschiedlichster Fussball-Clubs waren es, um - so die Ankündigung - gegen Islamisten zu demonstrieren. Was auffiel: es waren auch viele aus der rechts-radikalen Szene mit dabei.

Warum haben sich Holligans aus unterschiedlichsten Fan-Lagern zusammengeschlossen? Antworten von Günter A. Pilz - er ist Sportsoziologe und gilt als einer der führenden Fan-Forscher in Deutschland.

«Hooligans gegen Salafismus» in Deutschland

Mindestens 3000 Fussball-Hooligans und Rechtsextreme haben sich am Sonntag in Köln zusammengerottet und alles kurz und klein geschlagen, was auf ihrem Weg lag. Dass verfeindete Fussball-Schläger, die sich sonst immer gegenseitig verprügeln, nun plötzlich gemeinsam auf andere losgehen, ist neu - und trotzdem typisch.