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Will Politically Incorrect Opinion Become a Hate Crime?
The New American 8 February 2010
By Selwyn Duke
Many of us have heard about Geert Wilders, the Dutch parliamentarian currently on trial in Holland because he criticized Islam.
It’s shocking to many that you could be charged with a hate crime for expressing an opinion, but such prosecutions are not unheard of in the Western world beyond American shores. After all, most nations have nothing tantamount to our First Amendment. But could such a thing happen in the land of the (mostly) free as well?
Antwerp: 56% of children of immigrant origin
Islam in Europe 8 February 2010
About half the children up to age 9 in the city of Antwerp are of immigrant origin, according to new data from the municipality (municipal research department)
The crooked judges of Amsterdam
patcondell 8 February 2010
Europe's cultural inquisition begins in Amsterdam.
Wilders on trial / Geert Wilders' statement in court
Wilders - The Hitler Comparison
Gates of Vienna 8 February 2010
By Baron Bodissey
No topic makes Godwin’s Law swing into action more predictably than that of Geert Wilders. In any given article about Mr. Wilders the Nazi comparisons are likely to pop up before the end of first paragraph — or even the first sentence.
Austria: Female genital mutilation remains problem, group warns
Austriantimes 8 February 2010
Between 6,000 and 8,000 women in Austria have been forced to undergo genital mutilation, according to Social Democratic MP Petra Bayr. Bayr, a member of the Austrian Platform against Female
Something Rotten in ... Sweden
DianaWest.net 8 February 2010
By Diana West
Ilmar Reepalu is the Mayor of Malmo, Sweden, but he could well serve as the Mouthpiece of Eurabia, having crystallized its essence in a recent interview about rocketing Antisemitism in his city.
Malmo (pop. 250,000), a confortable train ride across the Oresund strait from Copenhagen, is Sweden's third-largest city, a Leftist-jihadist territory where like-minded Leftist "antifa" Swedes and Muslim immigrants, the 21st-century's alliance of Brown Shirts and Black Shirts, effectively arm "civilized" Socialist rule with the under-flowing threat and as-necessary implementation of violence.
Sarajevo: One-month detention for arrested Islamists
emportal 8 February 2010
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered today a one-month detention for seven members of the Islamist Wahhabi movement, who were arrested on Tuesday in a major action of special forces in the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Condemns French Parliamentary Report
SYS-CON Media 8 February 2010
LONDON -- The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat wishes to express its condemnation of the recommendations of a recent French Parliamentary Report, which called for a partial ban on
Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb issues ultimatum over hostages
Thaindian News 8 February 2010
Cairo - In a fresh ultimatum demanding release of four terrorists imprisoned in Mali by March 1, north African wing of the Al Qaeda has offered to free two of the six European
France: Municipality wants school cafeteria to stop serving meat to Muslims
Islam in Europe 8 February 2010
I don't fully understand this story. If the parents don't want their children to eat meat in the cafeteria, who's forcing them? Some families did not want their children eating meat
Kidnapped French Red Cross worker is released
France24 8 February 2010
A French aid worker kidnapped in November in Chad was released on Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement. Laurent Maurice "regained his freedom today... after
Somalia to Close Three Embassies in Europe
Epoch Times 8 February 2010
Somalia's Foreign Affairs Minister said that the country will close three out of its five embassies in Europe, citing funding difficulties. The embassies in Paris, Berlin, and Somalia’s mission to
'It's tricky to find men when you're living under a fatwa'
Independent 8 February 2010
By Cahal Milmo and Luke Blackall
The Time Magazine gala held in New York's Lincoln Centre last May was always going to be a high-octane affair. Billed as a celebration of The 100 Most Influential People in the World, it was a chance
Video: Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Full Speech at University of Wisconsin - Distinguished Lecture series
Thanks to Snaphanen 8 February 2010
Controversial DLS speaker talks about abuse of women by Muslims, death threats made against her due to her academic work in Holland
European Court Rules Against Turkey's Religion ID
Assyrian International News Agency 8 February 2010
By Damaris Kremida and Will Morris
ISTANBUL -- A European court on Tuesday ordered Turkey to remove the religious affiliation section from citizens' identification cards, calling the practice a violation of human rights.
Cyprus FM - 'Turkey will have to think seriously about its EU course'
Famagusta Gazette 8 February 2010
Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou has said that Turkey will have to start thinking seriously about its EU accession course, since by the end of this year, this course will not be able to move forward
Sexual abuse widespread among Muslims
HRS 5 February 2010
By Nicolai Sennels
Here we will dive into a dark and closed universe; a universe where women are forced to commit to lifelong sexual relationships with close family members, where abuse of women is seemingly extremely widespread, where girls and women are forced to hide their female beauty behind veils, long unflattering coats, burkas etc., where men are free to rape women, because women are often automatically seen as the ones at fault.
Support! Geert Wilders launches a Website
Wilders on trial 5 February 2010
Wednesday February 3rd 2010 Dutch politician Geert Wilders launches two websites on the political trial against him and the freedom:
In January 2009 the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ruled that the Public Prosecutor had to prosecute Geert Wilders on the basis of his political beliefs. This trial is in fact a political trial. What has already happened in non-democratic countries is now also taking place in the Netherlands, in the heart of Europe. Yet this is not merely a lawsuit against Geert Wilders, it is also a lawsuit against freedom of speech, democracy and the truth.
2 Morrocan Dutch boys preach Jew hate
vladtepesblogdotcom 5 February 2010
The following description was provided to me by Croscream, someone who is working very hard for the preservation of the enlightenment in The Netherlands.
