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What the world is reading: Egypt’s terrible FGM death
Indian Express 18 June 2013
By KARISHMA KUENZANG
The death of a girl who was having an operation to have her clitoris removed puts a new spotlight on the practice of female genital mutilation in Egypt. Last week, writes Alastair Beach, while a doctor was carving up Soheir's genitalia, the operation took a catastrophic turn
Soheir died of an overdose of anaesthesia. Female genital mutilation (FGM), a ritual still widely practiced across Egypt, writes Beach, was officially outlawed in 2008. This 
Militant from terror group behind Luxor massacre which left 58 foreigners dead is sworn in to govern same region by Egypt's Isla
UK Daily Mail 18 June 2013
A member of the movement whose gunmen killed 58 foreigners at a temple in Luxor in 1997 was sworn in by Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Monday as governor of the vital
4 stabbed in UK mosque attack, one arrested
The Statesman 17 June 2013
Four persons, including a police officer, were stabbed inside a mosque in the British city of Birmingham over an argument. A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of
Vigilante Hackers of ‘Anonymous’ send a message to radical Islamist group Sharia4Belgium
barenakedislam. 17 June 2013
I do not endorse Anonymous because they always go against groups I support and support groups that I do not. But even a broken clock is right twice a day. ‘Anonymous’ has
Turkey: A History of Sexual Violence - The rape and torture of Kurdish prisoners in Turkey are disturbingly commonplace
The Guardian 17 June 2013
"I was blindfolded, stripped naked, beaten...and they tried to put sticks up my anus. I fainted," stated 37-year-old mother of three, Hamdiye Aslan.
Hamdiye Aslan's alleged perpetrators were five police officers. According to a report from Amnesty International in 2003, she had been detained in Mardin Prison, south-east
The Hague: Stab Vests for Bus and Tram Inspectors
Islam versus Europe 17 June 2013
From July 2013, bus and tram inspectors in the Hague will have to wear stab proof vests during their work on the tram and bus. The reason the transport company is adopting the
'Stockholm rioters could be a labour asset'
The Local 17 June 2013
The head of Sweden's Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen) has said Swedish employers need to be more open-minded in their recruitment, choosing to joke about the
German author in hiding after receiving Islamist death threats
Deutsche Welle 17 June 2013
A German author of Egyptian origin has gone into hiding after having recieved death threats from Islamists. Hamed Abdel-Samad is one of Germany’s highest-profile experts on
Dutch jihadists in Syria: we miss our mothers' cooking most of all
DutchNews.nl 17 June 2013
The Volkskrant carried a long email interview on Saturday with someone using the name Abu Fidaa, who claims to be a Dutch jihadist fighting with rebel forces in Syria. While
Turkey's Protests Fuelled By Leader's Quest to Restore Islam
Assyrian International News Agency. 17 June 2013
Some say the nationwide protests that rocked Turkey's government the past two weeks were only about a grove of sycamore trees in the middle of the country's biggest city, a trifling issue for a local planning board to work out
But to the country's unapologetic Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it was much more significant, and explains why he was willing to fight a large segment of public opinion and put his decade-long rule on the line.
Turkey enraged at Vatican for Pope’s remarks on Armenian Genocide
atlasshrugs 17 June 2013
Uh, Armenians are upset about the jihad slaughter of millions of Armenians. This Islamic denial of their historic bloodlust and their subsequent bullying is pure supremacism
Savage. Do Muslims expect the sanction of their victims? The Armenian genocide took place under Turkey’s Islamic Ottoman Empire, during and after WWI. "Out of an
Video: Criticism of Islam is Racism?
answeringmuslims 17 June 2013
This video is an excellent illustration of the epic lack of critical thinking ability among many in the U.K. Virtually everyone who speaks calls Tommy Robinson a racist, yet
Islamic Mandate; Their Way or NO Way.
The Jerusalem Post 17 June 2013
By Earl Cox
There are many religious and political forums being held across America and around the world for the purpose of attempting to foster understanding, and create an environment of tolerance, between Christians, Jews and Muslims
I am definitely a proponent of the need to understand one another and I am particularly keen on the need to understand those who adhere to the Islamic faith. In order for
Netherlands: Muslims Rape, Torture and Kill Lamb
Islam versus Europe 17 June 2013
The Amsterdam Post calls your attention to the following: Omroep Brabant - French Knippels, manager of the animal park at the Prince Hendrikstraat, Drunen, is devastated.
Scots police smash two ‘large’ paedophile rings
Express.co.uk 17 June 2013
By Ben Borland
Further details cannot be disclosed for legal reasons as the cases are still to come to court, however the investigations contain chilling echoes of high- profile prosecutions
French Legal System Intimidated by Islam in Marseilles
Islam versus Europe 17 June 2013
The Alliance trade union (second peace officer trade union) expressed its astonishment today at the response of the judiciary in the case of the veiled woman arrested the day
Video: London-based Muslim TV channel rebroadcasts show on wife-beating to European audiences in French, English and Arabic
Jihad Watch 17 June 2013
An important observation from Jihad Watch reader John: "The fact that this show is on a London based channel shows the hypocrisy and uselessness of so-called anti-hate speech
'Islamic Science' or Islamic Propaganda?
Assyrian International News Agency 17 June 2013
For years now, as we all know, newspapers, magazines, and book publishers around the Western world have shrunk from publishing texts that touch on some of the more uncomfortable truths about Islam, preferring instead to give us all but idyllic accounts of Muslim history and belief and hagiographies of its prophet
Similarly, film, TV, and theater producers have gotten into the habit of scrubbing scripts free of anything that might be considered critical of Islam, even as they’ve given
Turkish police adding chemicals (pepper spray) to water cannons
elderofziyon. 17 June 2013
This photo has been floating around the pages of people watching the protests in Turkey: It is supposedly of Turkish security personnel pouring Jenix, a pepper spray
Italy: Police arrest Muslim blogger for plotting jihad against Italy and France
Jihad Watch 17 June 2013
"The suspect had created an 'Italian' branch of the grassroots jihadist movement Sharia4 via his blog, Sharia4Italy, according to investigators." But...but...Sharia is benign
Germany: Rioting Muslims Who Attacked Police Get Only Non-Custodial Sentences
Islam versus Europe 17 June 2013
Last year on May 1, the anti-Islam group Pro-NRW staged a demonstration in Solingen, Germany. During the demonstration they held up placards containing images of some
2 More Arrests in UK Soldier Machete Attack
ABC 6 17 June 2013
Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the
Thirty-Nine Percent of Dutchmen Want to Leave the E.U.
Bad News from the Netherlands 17 June 2013
Thirty-nine percent of the Dutch population has said that they would support leaving the European Union if there were a referendum on this question. The same percentage is in
Baby Buggy Jihad
barenakedislam. 17 June 2013
In Denmark, two assaults on Danish moms quietly strolling along with their little ones took place within a single week. And it appears that Muslim invaders have begun using
Interview with a Turkish Protester: ‘Police Tortured me’
persecution.org 17 June 2013
By Lonna Lisa Williams
It seems the effects of Islamization in Turkey have reached a tipping point, as is evidenced by the recent protests in the streets. It is increasingly difficult to be a
