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Saudi jails Lebanese man for helping woman to convert
now. 13 May 2013
A Saudi court jailed a Lebanese man for six years and sentenced him to 300 lashes after convicting him of encouraging a Saudi woman to convert to Christianity, local dailies 
The lies we tell ourselves about moderate Islam
Jerusalem Post 8 May 2013
By MICHAEL FREUND
Fundamentally Freund: President Barack Obama and much of the Western press seem to have difficulty saying in close proximity to one another: ‘Islamic’ and ‘terror.
The past few weeks have been difficult ones for the United States and its allies, as they received some painful reminders that the war on terror is far from over. In a dastardly attack on April 15, two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, killing three people, wounding 264 others and leaving more than two dozen amputees.
Sharia in UK: Women Pressured to Stay in Abusive Marriages
Clarion Project 8 May 2013
By Soeren Kern
A new documentary secretly filmed inside several of the 85 Islamic Sharia Law courts operating in Britain has exposed the systematic discrimination that many women are
Pew Research study: Most Muslims want sharia law
digitaljournal.com 8 May 2013
By Katerina Nikolas
- A Pew Research survey of 38,000 Muslims across 39 countries shows the majority favour the implementation of sharia law - though interpretations of the Islamic law vary widely
The Pew study, entitled "The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society" demonstrates that there is no one clear definition of sharia law. Arab News reported special adviser to Pew, Amaney Jamal, said: "Sharia has different meanings, definitions and understandings, based on the actual experiences of countries with or without sharia."
Head of domestic intelligence urges watchfulness
Deutsche Welle 8 May 2013
Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, comments on Jihad fighters from Germany, the limits of intelligence work and racism within the
French Islamist set for handover to Malian army
The Local.fr 8 May 2013
A notorious French Islamist militant has been handed over to Malian military authorities after his arrest last week, and could face extradition to his home country, it was
Germany continues efforts to add Hezbollah to EU terror list: FM
PanARMENIAN.Net 8 May 2013
Germany continued efforts to add Hezbollah to the EU list of terrorist organizations, though it still needed to collect more proof , German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle
Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi
Quad City Times 8 May 2013
By Fatos Bytyci
Police in Kosovo have arrested Naser Kelmendi, blacklisted by the United States on suspicion of trafficking drugs to Europe, on a warrant from Bosnia, officials said on
Questions of equality at the fore in German Islam Conference
Deutsche Welle 8 May 2013
At an annual conference, Muslim organizations in Germany will discuss changes they hope will lead to more parity with German Christians. But the event has drawn criticism both
Turkish Airlines bans flight attendants from wearing red lipstick, nail polish
New York Daily News 8 May 2013
Turkish flight attendants are seeking red over the airline's new ban on bright lipstick and nail polish. Some worry the country is becoming more Islamic, but Turkish Airlines
Justin Bieber Breaks Istanbul Concert For Muslim Call To Prayer
ThinkProgress 8 May 2013
By Alyssa Rosenberg
Justin Bieber has had what might be politely termed an awkward spring so far, whether he was joking about whether Anne Frank would have been a fan of his—an idea brilliantly
Profs on Boston Bombing: Blame Right-Wingers, ‘Islamophobia,’ and Blowback
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 8 May 2013
By Cinnamon Stillwell
How did scholars of the Middle East and those engaged in moonlighting (non-specialists who write about the region) react to the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013?
New jihadi magazine appeals for help against drones
Himalayan Times 8 May 2013
LONDON: A new jihadi magazine set up by militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan has appealed to Muslims around the world to come up with technology to hack into or manipulate
Fjordman: The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 8 May 2013
By Fjordman
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization by Professor Ricardo Duchesne is a refreshing and original book that breaks with the current Multicultural consensus to argue that Western civilization is indeed unique and has been so for a very long time, probably far longer than most people realize.
It is a daring text. Few other books have tried to cover such a vast canvass of thousands of years of history, and many of those who have attempted to do so were less successful than this one. In fact, it’s so full of information about many different societies, cultures and epochs that it’s rather challenging to do it justice in a few words.
Robert Spencer: How mothers from hell raise their boys to do evil
JihadWatch 8 May 2013
By Robert Spencer
In PJ Lifestyle today I consider what goes on in jihad families like the Tsarnaevs: "Peace will come,” Golda Meir once famously remarked, "when the Arabs start to love their children more than they hate us.”
The obstacle to peace was not actually Arabs as such, but Muslims who had imbibed Islam’s doctrine of jihad and hatred of non-believers and primarily Jews — a hatred so intense that it drives people to prefer death (and murder) to life.
Turkey's Armenian community on alert after attacks
The Daily Star 8 May 2013
Turkish Armenians are on edge after weekend attacks against members of the community during Orthodox Easter raised fears about their security. An unidentified assailant
Bring it on: Author says Muslim group's $30M libel suit will expose terror ties
FoxNews 8 May 2013
By Paul Alster
The shadowy leader of an American Muslim organization accused of running terror training camps in the U.S. could find himself being questioned under oath if his outfit follows
The Muslim Student Association and the Boston Terrorist Connection
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 8 May 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
While the hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was still underway, the President of the Muslim Student Association at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth stepped forward to claim
Muslim Brotherhood Mufti's Remarks Reflect 'Lack of Religious Knowledge'
Christian Post 8 May 2013
Dr. Mohamed Nabil Gamie, an intellectual and professor at Alexandria University, said the recent statements made by the Muslim Brotherhood's Mufti prohibiting the
Portal says sorry for cartoon of Allah
Hong Kong Standard 8 May 2013
A mainland online video portal issued a public apology yesterday to Muslims for an offensive cartoon series. Muslims described the series, Chair Zhang and Angel, as
Israel's sights set on Hezbollah – not Assad
NBCNews.com 8 May 2013
By Martin Fletcher
TEL AVIV, Israel – Syrian rebels have cheered Israel’s strikes against Syrian government facilities, while the Syrian government has said the attacks prove Israel is backing
India Times reports bomb threats on American consulate in Mumbai
BizPac Review 8 May 2013
India’s Western Naval Command headquarters reported that the U.S. consulate in Kolkata, India received a threat that both it and our consulate in Mumbai have been targeted for
Lebanese sources: 13 Hezbollah men killed in Israeli strike
ynetnews 8 May 2013
Diplomatic sources in Beirut say 13 Hezbollah activists were killed in an alleged Israeli strike in Damascus, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas reported. The report has not been
'Israel has the right to defend itself against Hezbollah threats'
Israel Hayom 8 May 2013
U.S., U.K. officials back reported Israeli strike on Iranian missiles in Syria • U.S. intelligence official says Washington wasn't briefed beforehand • House Intelligence
Al Qaeda's track record with chemical weapons
CNN 8 May 2013
By Peter Bergen
On Monday, a U.N. official said that Syrian rebels had likely used the nerve agent sarin. Carla Del Ponte, the veteran war crimes prosecutor and a commissioner of the U.N.
