Finland Struggles with More Hate Crimes

YLE News 14 December 2009

Police say hate crimes are on the rise in Finland. For example, the number of suspected racially-motivated crimes more than doubled in Helsinki from 2007 to 2008. Last year, police dealt with

 

Islamic Hat Allowed for Lawyer in Courtroom

Netherlands Info Services 14 December 2009

THE HAGUE - The appeals chamber of the Bar Association's disciplinary council has acquitted lawyer Mohammed Enait of contempt of court. He has the right not to rise when the judge enters

 

Anti-Muslim graffiti found on French mosque

AFP 14 December 2009

CASTRES - Police say assailants have scrawled a Nazi slogan and hung pig feet on a mosque in southern France. Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux has denounced the "vile and racist

 

Growing Concern over Imposition of Violent Islamic Law in Spain

The Cutting Edge 14 December 2009
By Martin Barillas

Sources in Spain’s Ministry of Interior express growing concern over the rise of Islamic law, known as sharia to Muslims, and the increase of Muslim separatism. In Spanish mosques, groups are

 

Italian hotel pursues Gaddafi’s son over unpaid hotel bill

Thaindian News 14 December 2009

Genoa - A hotel in the northern Italian port city of Genoa is taking legal action against Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s footballer son Al-Saadi for leaving an upaid bill of 300,000

 

Sweden: Muslim leader could get to parliament

Islam in Europe 14 December 2009

Via Swedish journalist Per Gudmundson's Blog. Gudmundson also links to an interview Waberi gave to the RFSU (Association for Sexuality Education) in 2006. I translate the parts about polygamy

 

'Generous' Britain's Muslim Population Hits 2.4 Million

Telegraph.co.uk (blog) 14 December 2009
By Macer Hall

BRITAIN’S Muslim population has hit 2.4million because the UK is seen as the best country in Europe for the Islamic faith, a report is to reveal. There are 1.1million Muslim immigrants and

 

UK: Sharia law sneaked into Labour budget

Telegraph.co.uk (blog) 14 December 2009
By Kirsty Buchanan

THE Treasury plans to rewrite Britain’s tax rules to usher in a new wave of Sharia law for the country’s financial system. The one-line revelation is buried in the 212-page pre-Budget

 

Appeasing the Taliban: Bishop Venner owes an apology to the victims of 9/11

Telegraph.co.uk (blog) 14 December 2009
By Nile Gardiner

The Telegraph’s Jonathan Wynne-Jones and Duncan Gardham have an explosive report on the appalling views of the Rt. Rev. Stephen Venner, recently commissioned by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of

 

Islam opponents say they will not protest again at Harrow Central Mosque

Harrow Times 14 December 2009
By Tristan Kirk

THE leader of an anti-Islam protest group has promised never to hold another demonstration in Harrow again following yesterday's protests outside the borough's largest mosque. Stephen Gash,

 

Saudi plan to open Dublin school

Irish Times  14 December 2009

As an Irish journalist who has worked in Saudi Arabia (1990-’93), I am very concerned at the proposal to open a Saudi government school in Ireland (Home News, December 9th). I am vehemently

 

UK Terror Suspects Cleared to Work as Security Guards

Times Online 14 December 2009
By David Leppard

Ten members of a suspected Islamist terror cell, said by MI5 to be plotting to blow up a shopping centre and a nightclub in Manchester, had been granted permission by the Home Office to work as

 

UK: Hoteliers accused of insulting Muslim received death threats

Jihad Watch 14 December 2009

Big surprise here. Who ever heard of a devout Muslim sending hate mail?

More on this story. "Christian hoteliers received violent threats over Muslim guest 'insult,'" by Jonathan Wynne-Jones

 

Turkey To Use Confiscated Church Property

GalliaWatch 14 December 2009

Here is the entire text of an article from Asia News on Turkey's plans to use as its Secretariat for entry into the EU buildings that were confiscated from the Orthodox Church: Unbelievable but

 

Turkey's unemployment expected to rise

Hurriyet Daily News 14 December 2009

An unexpected increase in industrial production and the relatively small contraction in Turkey’s gross national product provided some morale for the market last week. The positive environment

 

Makedonia: Turkish propaganda in Internet

FOCUS News Agency 14 December 2009

Athens. The Internet has turned into a unique field for propaganda among the minority in the region of Thrace, Greek Makedonia daily writes. The propaganda is made by the newspapers in Turkish,

 

Street clashes in Turkey after Kurdish party banned

Kurdish Globe 14 December 2009

Turkish nationalists and Kurdish activists clashed in Istanbul Sunday, leaving at least one person injured from a gunshot during street battles, an AFP reporter said. It was the third straight day

 

Tens of thousands pack Gaza in show of support for Hamas

Earthtimes (press release) 14 December 2009

Gaza City - Tens of thousands of people packed a Gaza City square Monday in a show of support for Hamas, as the Islamist group attempted to prove that its popularity has not wavered despite Israeli

 

Islamic Group Condemns Attack on Mosque, But A Double-Standard Emerges

CNSNews.com 14 December 2009
By Patrick Goodenough

The Organization of the Islamic Conference is condemning the attack on a mosque in the West Bank, but the Saudi-based body often is silent when Islamic sites are attacked by other Muslims – even when

 

Hamas predicts collapse of Abbas and his 'co-conspirators'

Arutz Sheva 14 December 2009
By Mati Steinberg

Anyone who wants to learn about the Palestinian Authority's effectiveness in handling security issues relating to Hamas' military and civil arms in the West Bank should have a look at a document now

 

Arab MK Calls to Prosecute Rabbi Yosef

Arutz Sheva 14 December 2009

Balad Chairman MK Jamal Zahalka said Monday that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Should be prosecuted for calling the Muslim religion "ugly". "Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is known for his racism, and there are many

 

Hamas PM vows to 'liberate Palestine' at Gaza rally

AFP 14 December 2009
By Adel Zaanoun

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya on Monday told tens of thousands of Hamas supporters his group remains committed to the elimination of Israel, on the 22nd anniversary of its founding. "We will

 

Lebanese Army

the Dry Bones Blog 14 December 2009
By Yaakov Kirschen

The developing story as reported in the Lebanese newspaper, The Daily Star:

 

Muslim Scholar Publishes Anti-Christian Book in Egypt

Cairo - Christian in Egypt are up in arms this week over a controversial book issued as a free supplement with this month's Al-Azhar magazine, describing Christianity as a Religion of

 

Secret Iranian document fuels nuke fears

Hurriyet Daily News 14 December 2009

International nuclear officials have evaluated a secret Iranian document that is said to show that scientists are testing a key component for the detonation of a nuclear warhead, according to

 

Christian Woman from Sudan Flees Muslim Family

Crosswalk.com 14 December 2009
By Simba Tian

A Sudanese woman who fled to Egypt after converting from Islam to Christianity is living in secluded isolation as her angry family members try to track her down. Howida Ali's Muslim brother and

 

Somali Man Stoned to Death by Islamists for Adultery

Bloomberg 14 December 2009
By Hamsa Omar

Somalia’s rebel Hisb-ul-Islam group had a man stoned to death for adultery in front of hundreds of people and a woman flogged for her relationship with him, Sheikh Osman Fidow, a security official

 

School 'Too Diverse' for Christmas Tree

Netherlands Info Services 10 December 2009

THE HAGUE - The Haagsche Hogeschool college will not put up a Christmas tree this year because it does not want to cause provocation to immigrant students. The tree is too closely linked

 

Necklace with Cross Banned for Amsterdam Tram-Drivers

Netherlands Info Services 10 December 2009

THE HAGUE - Amsterdam's municipal public transport company GVB is not allowing its drivers to wear a necklace with a cross, but it does allow its staff to wear headscarves, De Telegraaf

 

Belgian Muslim woman fined $300 for wearing burka

RIA Novosti 10 December 2009

A Belgian Muslim woman was ordered to pay 200 euros ($300) for wearing a burka, a Islamic outfit that covers everything but the eyes, in a public place, the La Capital paper reported on

 
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