Christians Accused of Desecrating Quran Freed in Pakistan

Compass Direct News 17 December 2009

LAHORE - Country’s notorious ‘blasphemy’ law used against innocent father, daughter. A Christian in Faisalabad district and his 20-year-old daughter were released on

 

Video reports from Copenhagen climate conference

Danish Peoples Party 17 Dec 2009

This is a series of 10 videos from the climate change conference held in the Danish Parliament on December 6th, 2009. They provide oft-ignored scientific viewpoints relevant to the UN-sponsored COP15 climate summit. as well as the implications for Global Governance.

Introduction by MEP Morten Messerschmidt:

 

Germany/Austria : Calls for school headscarf ban

Islam in Europe 16 December 2009

In a related story, Pro NRW intends to call for a EU-wide referendum on minarets: Vorarlberg Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Dieter Egger today (Mon) called for a ban on head-scarves in all provincial schools and public institutions

 

Poland stops train with protesting Chechen refugees

Georgiandaily  16 December 2009
By Chris Borowski

WARSAW - Polish border guards stopped a train carrying 200 Chechens seeking to cross into Germany on Tuesday on their way to protest against conditions at Polish refugee camps where they

 

French Minister says Muslims should dress and speak properly

France24 16 December 2009
By James CREEDON

France is currently in the throws of a debate on what it means to be French and what French national identity is, a discussion that many feel has been stirred up by the ruling UMP Party in advance of

 

Afghan migrants flown back to war-torn country

France24 16 December 2009

France expelled about 10 Afghan migrants, sending them back to Afghanistan on an overnight British charter flight, a police source told AFP on Wednesday. It was the second charter expulsion of

 

France set to compromise over burka ban by only outlawing them in public buildings

Daily Mail 16 December 2009

France is moving towards outlawing burkas in some public buildings – but will stop short of the complete ban that President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested. A parliamentary inquiry is likely to rule

 

Debate on national identity turns into culture war

Monsters & Critics 16 December 2009
By Siegfried Mortkowitz

Paris - Comments by a French junior minister about young Muslims in France have provoked a firestorm of criticism and put the spotlight on a controversial debate on national identity that threatens

 

The Dark Lessons of Eurabia

FrontPage Magazine  16 December 2009
By Jamie Glazov

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Dave Sheskin, a retired officer (Major) of the IDF. He has spent many years in Israeli intelligence services, primarily in the European theatre of operations.

His expertise is in Radical Islam, Sharia Law, and the art of detecting the whereabouts of terrorist leaders in Europe and bringing them to justice. He lives in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. Visit his website at Waltzingwicked.com.

 

Child abuse during Koran lessons investigated in The Hague

Earthtimes (press release) 16 December 2009

The Hague has filed charges in 49 cases of corporal punishment of children during Koran lessons, the newspaper de Volkskrant reported Wednesday. Signs of bodily abuse, including bruises and welts,

 

Wilders to close Hague councillor list

DutchNews.nl 16 December 2009

Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-Islam party PVV, is to take last place in the list of PVV candidates for the Hague local elections in March. The position of lijstduwer is often taken by popular

 

Free Speech on Trial

FrontPage Magazine  16 December 2009
By Robert Spencer

Free speech goes on trial in the Netherlands on January 20, when Dutch politician Geert Wilders appears before the Amsterdam District Court on charges of having "intentionally offended a group of people, i.e. Muslims, based on their religion,” as well as having incited to hatred and discrimination.

What did Wilders do to warrant such charges? He told the truth about the global jihad and Islamic supremacism, and their roots in Islamic texts and teachings, in his film Fitna and elsewhere. But nowadays truth-telling is at such a premium that those who still dare to engage in it are threatened, harassed and prosecuted.

 

Koran school beating claims investigated

DutchNews.nl 16 December 2009

The Hague city council has launched an investigation into a number of cases of alleged physical child abuse during Koran lessons at the city's mosques. The claims came to light during the routine

 

Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic dispute

Amnesty International USA 16 December 2009

Amnesty International is greatly concerned that Max Goeldi and Rachid Hamdani, two Swiss nationals now reportedly accused of commercial and tax offences, may not receive fair trials. Both men have

 

Minaret ban goes to court of human rights

World Radio Switzerland 16 December 2009

Switzerland’s vote against the construction of minarets will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights. The former spokesman of the Geneva mosque, Hafid Ouardiri, has lodged a formal

 

Sweden: First request for muezzin

Islam in Europe 16 December 2009

Following similar requests in Germany and Belgium, a Swedish mosque is now talking about broadcasting a call to prayer. There are already mosques in Europe with a muezzin call: most only for Friday

 

NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory

Daily Mail 16 December 2009

A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain. Albanian Krenar Lusha, 30, was given £93,000 after NatWest failed to

 

UK: Whining Terrorist Gets 'Ikea' Makeover for Jail Cell

The Sun 16 December 2009
By JAMES CLENCH

HATE preacher Abu Hamza has got huge new wardrobes in his prison cell - after he whinged about his robes getting creased. Taxpayers paid hundreds of pounds for the Ikea-style furniture after he

 

Turks Threaten to Kill Priest over Swiss Minaret Decision

Compass Direct News 16 December 2009

ISTANBUL — In response to a Swiss vote banning the construction of new mosque minarets, a group of Muslims this month went into a church building in eastern Turkey and threatened to kill a priest unless he tore down its bell tower, according to an advocacy group.

 

5,2 mln. people unemployed in Turkey

Panorama.am 16 December 2009

5,2 mln. people are unemployed in Turkey, ANKA news agency says. According to the Turkish statistics service, the number increased by 825 thousand during the recent 1 year. The unemployment rate in

 

Erdogan's defense of al-Bashir raises eyebrows in Turkey

Armenian Reporter  16 December 2009
By Lou Ann Matossian

"Sometimes some of Erdogan's remarks drive me crazy," commented Orhan Kemal Cengiz in Today's Zaman, Dec. 12, in a reference to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "He said he was in

 

The Making and Dealing With Jihadists

Amil Imani - Freedom of Iran 16 December 2009
By Amil Imani

Bewildered by what fanatic Muslims do, some conclude that Muslims are brainwashed. Otherwise, how can their totally illogical belief system and barbaric behavior be explained? But the notion of "brainwashing” that is bandied about is the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood movies such as the Manchurian Candidate.

 

Human Rights Situation in Arab World Getting Worse

AllGov 16 December 2009

Efforts to improve the human rights situation in Arab countries have amounted to little more than broken promises since Sept. 11, according to the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.

 

How to Fight Anti-Semitism: Conference Opens in Jerusalem

Arutz Sheva 16 December 2009
By Hillel Fendel

The two-day 2009 Global Forum for Combating Anti-semitism (GFCA) opened in Jerusalem on Wednesday, with 500 participants from over 50 countries. Among those taking part is Lithuania’s Foreign

 

Canadian terror suspect Rana refused bail by Chicago judge

Toronto Star 16 December 2009

CHICAGO – A Canadian citizen accused of helping plot a terrorist attack in Denmark was refused bail on Tuesday, the day after federal prosecutors alleged he knew of last year's terrorist siege on

 

Muslim revival brings polygamy, camels to Chechnya

Reuters India 16 December 2009
By Amie Ferris-Rotman

GROZNY - Adam, 52, keeps his three wives in different towns to stop them squabbling, but the white-bearded Chechen adds he might soon take a fourth. World "Chechnya is Muslim,

 

Ahmadinejad Announces Iranian Plans to 'Administer the World'

The Moderate Voice  16 December 2009

Just when you thought Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad couldn’t say anything more outrageous, he tops himself again. According to this analysis from Germany’s Die Welt of the Iranian leader’s

 

Harassment across Arab world drives women inside

Jerusalem Post 16 December 2009

The sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and work places of the Arab world is driving them to cover up and confine themselves to their homes, said activists at the first-ever regional

 

Pakistani Muslims Allegedly Poison Christian Employees to Death

Persecution.org 16 December 2009

Two brothers die, third in critical condition, after complaining they were not paid. Muslim employers of three Christian sanitation workers at banquet/ wedding hall

 

Anti-semitism: Interview with Dr.Cammarella

Tundra Tabloids 16 Dec 2009

The Tundra Tabloids first heard of Dr.Cammarella through a friend who spoke of "a French doctor contemplating a move from France due to the rise in anti-Semitism and violent attacks over the recent years". The TT was of course interested in discovering more about the man's situation, and contacted him to see whether or not he would be willing to be interviewed and have his story published here at the Tundra Tabloids. Dr.Cammarella kindly agreed.

 
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