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Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Leader in Panel Discussion with Germans and Americans; Spent Week In D.C.
Family Security Matters 4 February 2010
By The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report
A German political foundation closely associated with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Project for Middle East Democracy have issued a report based on a February 2009 panel discussion that 
China warns Switzerland about Uighurs
Radio Netherlands 4 February 2010
China has warned Switzerland that its decision to take in two Uighur prisoners from Guantánamo Bay may adversely affect relations between the two countries. The Chinese government says the
Islamic society donates 17,000 textbooks
New Vision 4 February 2010
By Madinah Tebajjukira
THE World Islamic Call Society has given 17,650 Arabic text books to Muslim-owned schools in Uganda. The books were handed over to head teachers last week at Gadaffi National Mosque in Old
Headscarf-wearing officer to appear before disciplinary committee
France24 4 February 2010
A female security agent in Paris who was suspended for wearing the Islamic headscarf on the job will appear before a disciplinary committee, sources close to the case have said. The hearing was
Burqa becomes focus of tense debate in Europe
CNN 4 February 2010
By Tom Evans
As France moves closer to a partial ban on the burqa, a leading European lawmaker declared Wednesday that the full Muslim veil is a symbol of political Islam and has no place in Europe. "The
A System of Thought Control
Gates of Vienna 4 February 2010
By Baron Bodissey
Yesterday we posted JLH’s translation of a diary entry by Andreas Unterberger about the proposed law that would crack down on free expression in Austria.
As a follow-up, JLH has also translated a comment posted at Dr. Unterberger’s article by Christian Zeitz of the Vienna Akademikerbund:
Copenhagen: Outrage at mothers-only school meeting
Islam in Europe 4 February 2010
Politicians up in arms over school's anti-bullying meeting that is aimed only at mothers of pupils The decision taken by a Copenhagen school to ban fathers from a parental meeting out of respect
Austria: Proposal for more severe punishment for religious crimes
Islam in Europe 4 February 2010
Justice minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner (ÖVP) wants crimes committed for religious reasons to be considered as crimes committed under aggravated circumstances, requiring the courts to impose more
Prosecutor: German Islamists planned mass murder
Monsters & Critics 4 February 2010
Dusseldorf - The chief prosecutor in the German trial of four alleged Islamists said on Wednesday that they had planned 'mass murder' on a scale unknown in Germany. State prosecutor Volker
The Lure of Radical Islam
FrontPage Magazine 4 February 2010
By Raymond Ibrahim
According to a recent ABC report, "As many as three dozen criminals who converted to Islam in American prisons have moved to Yemen where they could pose a ‘significant threat’ to attack the U.S.,
Video: The Stoning of Soraya M - Complete
The Stoning of Soraya M. 4 February 2010
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Islamic Nazis
FrontPage Magazine 4 February 2010
By Robert Spencer
No one told the Islamic Nazis that they lost World War II. The former prime minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, recently asserted that Jews in Europe had "always been a problem.”
He claimed that "they had to be confined to ghettos and periodically massacred. But still they remained, they thrived…held whole governments to ransom. Even after their massacre by the Nazis…they survived to continue to be a source of even greater problems for the world.”
Brits 'waking up' to Islamic influence
OneNewsNow 4 February 2010
By Chad Groening
A British-born scholar who now lives in Jerusalem says the British government is finally starting to take steps to stem the tide of Islamic expansion that has led to home-grown anti-Semitism, much of
Birmingham schools ditching Christian assemblies in favour of Islamic or multi-faith worship, says Councillor
Christian Concern for our Nation 4 February 2010
A Councillor and Cabinet Member for Housing in Birmingham says that Birmingham schools are ditching traditional Christian assemblies in favour of Islamic or multi-faith worship. John Lines
Minister visits Muslim course preventing violent extremism
Harrow Times 4 February 2010
By Tristan Kirk
A SCHEME helping Muslim parents to spot if their children are being radicalised via the Internet has been visited by a government minister. Shahid Malik MP, communities and local government
Two investigates young Muslim extremists
BizAsia.co.uk 4 February 2010
Two has scheduled a three-part series in which presenter Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat from young Muslim extremists radicalised on the Internet. Investigating the origins of
British woman leaves Dubai after rape claim
Sydney Morning Herald 4 February 2010
A British tourist and her partner returned home after being detained in Dubai on charges of illegal extramarital sex after reporting that she was raped, the UK Consulate in the emirate said. The
Ireland: Authorities investigating bogus marriage ring
Islam in Europe 4 February 2010
A PAKISTANI man's plans to walk down the aisle with a Lithuanian teenager this week were cancelled after gardai objected to the marriage. The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) intervened
Iran questioned over British protester on espionage and alcohol trial
Telegraph.co.uk 4 February 2010
By Peter Walker and Robert Tait
The Foreign Office said tonight it was urgently seeking information from Iran's government after reports that a British national was among opposition supporters on trial for taking part in
Jihad and Genocidal Islamic Anti-Semitism in Shi’ite Iran
PajamasMedia 4 February 2010
By Andrew G. Bostom
On January 29, 2010, U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones alluded to a "heightened risk” that Iran will react to increasing pressure over its nuclear program by orchestrating violence against Israel through its jihadist proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas.
Eighteen months ago, during July 2008, professors Moshe Sharon 1 and Benny Morris 2 both opined solemnly about an inevitable Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. These two respected Israeli academicians, despite holding very disparate political views, also concurred on the moral justification for such preemptive action: the genocidal threat to Israel posed by a Shi’ite Iranian regime gripped with an apocalyptic, Jew-hating fervor.
Turkey: Girl buried alive in honour killing
Montreal Gazette 4 February 2010
ANKARA - A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeast Turkey in a gruesome honour killing just because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported
Turkey: Fistfight in Parliament Over "Prophet" Comment
ANSAmed 4 February 2010
ANKARA - A war of words centering on the Turkish prime minister's wife turned into a full-fledged fistfight between the deputies of the ruling and opposition parties in Parliament on Tuesday.
Turkey's chief EU negotiator says Turkey must not take EU report seriously
Today.Az 4 February 2010
Turkey should not take a recent report prepared by the European Parliament seriously, Turkish state minister and chief negotiator for European Union talks said Wednesday. Egemen Bagis, hosted a
Turkish Kurd, 15, jailed for eight years over 'terror' crimes at protest rally
Anarkismo.net 4 February 2010
DIYARBAKIR, Kurdish Southeastern region of Turkey, — A 15-year-old Turkish girl who was arrested at a demonstration in support of a banned Kurdish group has been jailed for nearly eight years
Muslim Chaplain Arrested for Bringing Blades to Tombs Jail in Lower Manhattan
DNAinfo 4 February 2010
By Shayna Jacobs
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT — A Muslim chaplain for the Department of Correction who once served 14 years in prison for murder was arrested Wednesday for trying to bring box cutter blades and scissors to "the
US-born Yemeni cleric says suspect in Christmas airliner attack was his student
AFP 4 February 2010
By Ahmed Al-Haj
SAN'A, Yemen — A radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric suspected of ties to al-Qaida has said the Nigerian accused in the failed Christmas airliner attack was his student but that he didn't tell him
Banks: Mosque plan 'getting the runaround'
Madison County Journal 4 February 2010
By STEVEN G. WATSON
MADISON - Supervisor Karl Banks on Monday told proponents of a mosque they were wasting their time and should go elsewhere. Banks, who represents District 4, spoke frankly about the mosque
Six militants killed in Russia's Chechnya
Xinhua 4 February 2010
MOSCOW - Russian police killed six militants in the volatile North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov said Thursday. Up to 10 gunmen were trapped by
Defending the Indefensible
FrontPage Magazine 4 February 2010
By Jacob Laksin
After being roundly condemned for charging Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as a criminal defendant – a decision that granted the would-be Christmas bomber the right to remain silent after a brief 50-minute
Kashmir militants vow jihad against Indian rule
Khaleej Times 4 February 2010
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani militant leaders vowed Thursday to press holy war to "liberate” the divided Himalayan state of Kashmir from Indian control and called for moral support from
