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Facebook Fatwa on Rifqa
Right Side News 19 January 2010
By Jamie Glazov
Frontpage Interview's guest today is Pamela Geller, founder, editor and publisher of the popular and award-winning weblog AtlasShrugs.com. She has won acclaim for her interviews with internationally renowned 
Burka Barbie
FrontPage Magazine 19 January 2010
By Rich Trzupek
Any American who believes that radical Islam does not represent a clear and present danger to western civilization should be required to spend a month living under Sharia Law in a Muslim country. It 
Israel, Turkey and Low Seats
Right Side News 19 January 2010
By George Friedman
Last week a small crisis with potentially serious implications blew up between Israel and Turkey. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon summoned Turkish Ambassador to Israel Ahmet Oguz 
The Resistance Strategy: The Middle East's Response to Calls for Peace and Moderation
Global Politician 19 January 2010
By Prof. Barry Rubin
Have you heard from any of the Western mass media about the Resistance strategy of Middle East radicals? I'm sure you haven't. Yet without understanding this powerful and widely accepted worldview how could anyone possibly comprehend events in the region? 
Christians of Egypt are Massacred, and President Mubarak is Still Silent
Christian News Wire 19 January 2010
By Magdi Khalil
The Copts, Egypt's Christian minority, number approximately 12 million, about 15% of Egypt's population. Under the rule of President Mubarak, violent attacks against them run rampant. These attacks 
Saudi man beheaded for murder
AFP 19 January 2010
RIYADH — A Saudi man was beheaded on Tuesday for the murder of his wife and son, the interior ministry announced. Sultan Bin Ali Bin Abdullah al-Qahtani was put to death by the sword in the city 
Why We Never Get the Straight Story on Islamic Jihad
Big Journalism 19 January 2010
In case you’ve ever wondered why you never got the straight story on Islam directly after Sept. 11, and still haven’t, and why the media seems in the tank for jihad, here’s a clue. 
London mega-mosque plans collapse
Times Online 18 January 2010
By Fiona Hamilton & Ruth Gledhill
Controversial plans to build Europe’s biggest mosque close to the London Olympics site have been halted, The Times has learnt. Tablighi Jamaat, the Islamic sect behind the proposal, is to be 
France must ban Muslim veil, says Sarkozy party chief
Telegraph.co.uk 18 January 2010
The head of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party said on Sunday he wants a law to ensure that Muslim women who wear face-covering veils do not acquire French nationality. 
Paris: Petrol attack on actress in Muslim-themed play
Telegraph.co.uk 18 January 2010
An actress was doused with petrol in Paris in an attack thought to be related to her role in a feminist play she wrote about Algerian women. The 45-year-old, who goes by the name of Rayhana 
France moves closer to ban on Muslims’ face-covering attire
TheNewsTribune.com 18 January 2010
By ELAINE GANLEY
LA VERRIERE – The man she married is French, her four children were born in France and she speaks French with only a trace of her native Arabic tongue. Faiza Silmi contends her clothes – a 
Polish Disc Jockey Threatened By Islamic Fundamentalists
Eastern European Review 18 January 2010
Warsaw - Islamic fundamentalists posted death threats against a Polish disk jockey soon after he published a song that he says was supposed to be a tribute to the Muslim culture. It started on Christmas Eve. 
IfI on the Discussion Concerning Islamophobia: Distinction Between Criticism of Islam and Xenophobia is Necessary
Institute for Islamic Studies of the German Evangelical Alliance 18 January 2010
By IfI Press Release
- Download: Discussion Concerning Islamophobia PDF
BONN – On the occasion of the trial beginning on Monday, October 26, 2009, in the Marwa el-Sharbini murder case, the scholar of Islam Christine Schirrmacher, from the Institute of Islamic studies, speaks out in favor of the necessary distinction to be made between legitimate criticism of the ideology of political Islam and justified criticism of deficits in integration on the one hand, and a general rejection of all Muslims or even xenophobic offenses against Muslim fellow citizens on the other. 
Austria: Majority of Turks want Sharia personal law incorporated into legal system
Islam in Europe 18 January 2010
A new study shows alarming results. More than half of Austrian Turks want to see Sharia law implemented. The study, commissioned by the Ministry of the Interior and carried out by Gfk 
Geert Wilders On Trial
GalliaWatch 18 January 2010
By Tiberge

A reminder to those interested in participating once again in a SITA action, that the trial against Geert Wilders will begin on January 20. The following was posted on December 4, 2009 at the Dutch blog devoted to his case:
The 20th of January 2010 will be a crucial day for defending our freedom. This is the day when the political trial against Geert Wilders will start. Yesterday, Geert Wilders was summoned by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) on behalf of the Court of Justice of Amsterdam. The indictment reads: group insult of Muslims, incitement to hatred and discrimination against Muslims due to their religion and incitement to hatred and discrimination against non-western immigrants and/or Moroccans due to their race. 
The Wilders trial: Torquemada would be proud
International Free Press Society 18 January 2010
By Arthur Legger
Any one who still claims that the trial against Geert Wilders MP, leader of the Party for Freedom (9 seats in Parliament and 27 in the polls), which starts on the 20th of January, is not a political process: get a grip.
Accused by the Dutch ‘Openbaar Ministerie’ exactly a year ago for insulting Islam, comparing the Koran to Mein Kampf and delivering hate speeches, the coming trial against Wilders suddenly got a Kafkaesque and potentially murderous twist. Finally, seven days before his first day in Court, all fangs were out and faces off. 
Austria: The Cultural Background of Attempted Murder
Gates of Vienna 18 January 2010
By Baron Bodissey
The following article, which is from the Vienna News section of ORF, describes the sentencing of a Turkish immigrant for trying to kill his estranged wife. It also explains the reasoning behind the court’s decision to treat the convicted man leniently. 
Finland: Airport considering religous profiling
YLE News 18 January 2010
Airport security may soon start scanning travellers based on their religion or citizenship. A syndicate of regional papers reports that a policy of passenger profiling may be adopted if Finland 
Finnish State Media Censors Honor Violence Stories
The Tundra Tabloids 18 January 2010
By KGS
The Tundra Tabloids received the following hat-tip from fellow Finnish blogger, Vasarahammer, about Finnish state news YLE practicing self-censorship yesterday, after it published the following news 
Islam4UK Ban - Why So Late?
The Centre For Social Cohesion 18 January 2010
By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
Yesterday, Home Secretary Alan Johnson banned Islam4UK in what seemed a knee-jerk reaction to their planned march in Wootten Bassett. Although the ban has come late and was quite clearly done with 
Immigration set to be key theme in UK marginal seats
istockAnalyst.com 18 January 2010
By MARK HENNESSY
THE BRITISH government has ruled out introducing immigration limits, although the issue could be a key one in dozens of marginal seats that could decide the result of the next election. The Labour 
Double standards row as Ed Balls refuses to ban smacking at mosque schools to avoid 'upsetting Muslim sensitivities'
Dailymail.co.uk 18 January 2010
By Brendan Carlin
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has been accused of refusing to ban Islamic schools from smacking children for fear of upsetting Muslim 'sensitivities'. Mr Balls was last week urged to close a legal 
Britain joins debate over the burqa
National 18 January 2010
By David Sapsted
LONDON - A British political party has joined the growing clamour across Europe for the burqa to be banned in public places. With France poised to become the first EU country to impose such a 
UK Islamists in bid to be removed from terror list
ITN 18 January 2010
The Government is supporting a bid by a number of British-based Islamists to be removed from the United Nations terror list. A report in The Sunday Telegraph claims that seven people in the UK are 
Six-year farce of asylum seeker who wants to go home and has been trying to escape FROM Britain
Dailymail.co.uk 18 January 2010
By Rebecca Camber
Unlike the many asylum seekers desperate to remain in Britain, all Rashid Ali wants is to leave and get out of the cold. The 31-year-old Moroccan has spent the past six years trying to escape and 
The burka is a symbol of division, but it should not be banned
Spectator.co.uk 18 January 2010
By David Blackburn
On the face of it, Nigel Farage is right: "There is nothing extreme or radical or ridiculous” about banning the burka. It is a manifestation of many British Muslims’ indifference to society; it is an 
UKIP chief Nigel Farage calls for burka ban
Telegraph.co.uk 18 January 2010
The burka and other face-covering veils worn by Muslim women should be banned, the UK Independence Party says. Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who leads UKIP's 13 MEPs in Brussels, told the BBC's 
Speaker with extremist links to address Detroit bomber's former student group
Telegraph.co.uk 18 January 2010
By Andrew Gilligan
The London student Islamic society where the Detroit aircraft bomber was believed to have been radicalised is to host a series of talks by speakers with links to extremism and alleged terrorism. 
Victory for Free Speech in Texas
FrontPage Magazine 18 January 2010
By Robert Spencer
In a major victory for the increasingly embattled freedom of speech, the Texas Supreme Court has just denied a petition by the Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas and six other Texas-based Islamic organizations to review their case against human rights activist (and FrontPage Magazine writer) Joe Kaufman. 
B'nai Brith Canada denounces 'blood libel' article
Ynetnews 18 January 2010
By Dan Verbin
British Columbia newspaper pulls article from website, issues apology after being condemned by B'nai Brith Canada for publication of article headlined 'Ukrainian kids, new victims of Israeli organ 




