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Turks Identify Least with the Netherlands
Netherlands Info Services 2 September 2010
THE HAGUE - Only 40 percent of Dutch people with a Turkish background actually feel Dutch, the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) reported yesterday. The CBS surveyed the degree to 
Bye, bye Mosque: Austria’s latest political game
Radio Netherlands 2 September 2010
By Michael de Werd
Moschee Ba Ba! or Bye, Bye Mosque is the name of a new internet game in which one may - if so inclined - fire to your heart’s desire at mosques, minarets and muezzins. It’s not the design of some
Germans split over fate of race row banker - polls
Reuters 2 September 2010
By Dave Graham
German public opinion is deeply split over the fate of a central banker whose disparaging comments about Muslim immigrants have triggered a heated debate on race and integration, surveys showed on
Comment: Why are Germans upset over critic of Islam?
The Jerusalem Post 2 September 2010
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
BERLIN – "Everyone’s against Sarrazin!” was the headline that Bild,Germany’s largest daily newspaper, chose for its Tuesday issue. Deutsche Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin has sharply
Surveying Turkish influence in Western Balkans
B92 2 September 2010
Turkish President Abdullah Gul will visit Bosnia-Herzegovina from Sept. 2-3, amid rising tensions in the lead-up to Bosnian elections. Turkey has been able to use tensions among
Immigrants Now Paid To Learn Swedish
SR International 2 September 2010
On Wednesday, a new law takes effect in Sweden that will pay immigrants taking state-funded Swedish language classes up to almost 2,000 U.S. dollars, tax-free, for completing the program within a
Bulgaria Begins Trial against Ethnic Turkish Leader
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) 2 September 2010
Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court launches Thursday the much anticipated trial against the ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan. Although he has been regularly called, the ethnic Turkish
French burger chain causes outrage by banning pork
Telegraph 2 September 2010
A French fast food chain has fuelled the country's bitter debate over the influence of Muslim values by banning pig products from its menu. French burger chain causes outrage by
Swedish elections open, systematic fraud reported
SverigeDemokraterna 1 September 2010
The early voting phase of the Swedish general elections on September 19th opened today, September 1st, and as was expected, incidents of election fraud are reported throughout Sweden. Below is the reaction from the nascent political party Sverigedemokraterna, the primary target of the fraud, who for the lack of official OSCE election observers urges the public to submit their own observations.
Sarrazin "Crossing the Red Line "
Gates of Vienna 1 September 2010
By Baron Bodissey
Thilo Sarrazin is a member of the board of the Bundesbank in Germany. For several years his outspoken opinions about immigrants have caused controversy — he has declared that Turks and Arabs are making Germany "dumber” because they have lower IQs and are more fecund than native Germans.
The hot water he found himself in as a result of all this has neared the boiling point in the last couple of weeks with the publication of his new book, Deutschland schafft sich ab — Wie wir unser Land aufs Spiel setzen ("Abolishing Germany — How we’re putting our country in jeopardy”). An interview with a cultural magazine prior to the book’s release brought the scalding water down on his head from both ends of the political spectrum.
German banker: I'm man of numbers, not anti-Semite
Ynetnews 1 September 2010
By Assaf Oni
Central bank executive Thilo Sarrazin spreads anti-Muslim messages on every stage, but only when he speaks against Jews does political establishment unite against him. His book launch met with
Denmark charges Kurdish TV station with promoting terror
Hurriyet Daily News 1 September 2010
Danish prosecutors have charged a Kurdish-language television station with promoting activities of a group linked to terrorism, officials said Tuesday. Top Danish prosecutor Joergen Steen
Italy: Suspect in Turin acid attack arrested
AKI - Adnkronos International 1 September 2010
Turin - Italian police have arrested a 23-year-old Moroccan man on suspicion of attacking a co-national with acid. The suspect in last Thursday's attack in Turin was seized on a
Turks in Netherlands concerned over coalition including Wilders
TODAY’S ZAMAN 1 September 2010
A Turkish community in the Netherlands is increasingly concerned over the fact that extreme right-wing and anti-Islamic politician Geert Wilders, whose Party for Freedom (PVV) campaigns against
'Islamization' of Paris a Warning to the West
Christian Broadcasting Network 1 September 2010
By Dale Hurd
Friday in Paris. A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force. This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked
Dutch coalition talks in crisis
Radio Netherlands 1 September 2010
The Christian Democrat parliamentary faction (CDA) is continuing talks today about the internal crisis sparked by the coalition negotiations. The talks were broken off on Tuesday evening after seven
Islamic community protest postponed again
B92 1 September 2010
BELGRADE -- Religious teachers of the Islamic Community in Serbia, led by Muamer Zukorlic, have once against canceled their protest. The rally was planned to take place in front of the government
Italian Outrage Over Gaddafi 'Convert-to-Islam' Party in Rome
Arutz Sheva 1 September 2010
By Chana Ya'ar
Italian politicians and media expressed outrage this week over a "convert-to-Islam" party held in Rome by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, complaining that the religious tolerance he found near the
Bosnia and Herzegovina must reject Burqa ban
Amnesty International UK 1 September 2010
Amnesty International is urging the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reject a draft law prohibiting wearing in public clothes which prevent identification set to be debated tomorrow. Amnesty
Light Court Sentences for Bulgaria's Notorious Muslim Brothers
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) 1 September 2010
Bulgaria's notorious ethnic Turk, Yuzeir Yuzeirov, (with the Bulgarian name of Rosen Yordanov) was sentenced Wednesday to one year probation by the District Court in the town of Popovo. Yuzeirov
