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Turkey's Erdogan welcomes Hamas leaders
JPost.com 19 June 2013
By HERB KEINON
As European Union cancels a parliamentary visit to Ankara, Erdogan hosts Hamas heads Mashaal, Haniyeh
Even as the EU canceled a parliamentary visit to Ankara scheduled for Wednesday, and UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon criticized Turkey for its handling of the recent protests, 
Speech Geert Wilders, Los Angeles, June 9, 2013
Geert Wilders Weblog 19 June 2013
Dear friends
thank you for inviting me to Los Angeles. I always like coming to the United States. There are many things that I admire Americans for. One of them is that they are unashamedly patriotic.
The American Freedom Association has asked me to speak to you about the future of Europe.
Europe is in a terrible state. Bit by bit, European countries are losing their national sovereignty. The economy is in shambles. Islamic immigrants riot and terrorize the many locals. And when people's throats are slit in the streets, while the murderers shout "Allahu Akbar," the authorities appease the killers and declare that Islam has nothing to do with it.
Deborah Weiss "If you criticize Islam, you will suffer consequences”
Citizen Times 19 June 2013
By Felix Strüning
Interview with Deborah Weiss on the OIC, UN Resolutions, blasphemy laws and defamation of religion
When Islam or the Prophet Muhammad are criticized or vilified, the whole Islamic world may get into an uproar. Islamic leaders worldwide are seeking to make any negative comment about their religion criminalized. Above all, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which several times has proposed such resolutions at the United Nations. Felix Strüning of Citizen Times spoke with Deborah Weiss, journalist and an expert on the UN Defamation of Religions resolutions, about this and the consequences for the free world.
Church Vandalised in France: "Death to France, Long Live Islam, Long Live Bin Laden"
Islam versus Europe 19 June 2013
On Saturday morning a parishioner discovered the graffiti on the wall of the Saint John the Baptist church in Bourgoin-Jallieu. These were done with a marker on two pillars,
Sabaditsch-Wolff "Silence is Not an Option"
Right Side News 19 June 2013
By Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, Ahavath Torah Congregation
Boston, June 17, 2013
"Death Can Be Silent – The Present State of Free Speech in the U.S., Europe and Beyond”
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am here tonight to discuss the ominous and growing threat to free speech in the Europe, the United States, and the rest of the Western world.
I’ve never been to a synagogue before — although I have visited many mosques! I’m humbled to stand here before you. Thank you, Rabbi, for inviting me and giving the me the opportunity to exercise my freedom of speech.
He and I have a connection: his paternal grandmother was an Austrian, and if his English weren’t so good, we would be able to get by in Yiddish and German.
Pregnant Muslimah Miscarries After Encounter With Islamophobes
The Jawa Report 19 June 2013
Color me skeptical. Sounds like another faked 'hate' crime to me. From The Local: A young pregnant Muslim woman, who was allegedly attacked in the street for wearing
UK Muslims share flowers with their non-Muslim neighbors
World Bulletin 19 June 2013
Bringing a message of peace and love, Muslims in the south-eastern British town of Wokingham have shared flowers with their non-Muslim neighbors in an effort to counter
Egyptian Muslim Leader to Pope: Declare Islam a Religion of Peace
clarionproject.org 19 June 2013
The leader of Islam’s most important university has offered to renew relations with the Vatican -- with one condition
The leader of Islam’s most important university and also the Egyptian mosque by the same name, Al-Azhar, has offered to renew relations with the Vatican. The olive branch came with a note that first Pope Francis should publicly declare that "Islam is a peaceful religion."
In response, a Christian Coptic organization suggested that Muslim leaders are the only ones who can make Islam a peaceful religion, and encouraged the imam to make that happen.
Italy: Intelligence monitoring 'dozens' of radicalised Muslim converts
Adnkronos International English 19 June 2013
Radicalised Italian converts to Islam like 20-year-old Giuliano Delnevo, who allegedly died in Syria fighting alongside rebels, have been under close surveillance for some
Traffic warden attacked outside Mansfield mosque
chad.co.uk 19 June 2013
A traffic warden was assaulted after he issued a ticket to an illegally parked vehicle in Mansfield . The incident took place on Friday, 31st May outside the Jamee Masjid
Obama Administration encouraging radical Islamists
NitiCentral 19 June 2013
By Patrick S Poole
The State Department under Hillary Clinton was not immune from such outreach disasters either. In November 2010, the US Ambassador to Britain, Louis B Susman stirred
Mosque Set On Fire In Gloucester, Man Arrested
Huffington Post UK 19 June 2013
A man has been arrested after a mosque was set on fire in Gloucester. The fire service was called to the scene in Ryecroft Street at around 12.50am after reports of a small
6 Muslims Sentenced To Community Service For Gang Rape of 15 Year Old Swedish Girl
patdollard. 19 June 2013
The six teenage boys put on trial for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl represent a rainbow of Muslim diversity. There are Turks, Arabs and Africans.So naturally after the
Turkey arrests dozens as crackdown on protests against Erdogan continues
The Guardian 19 June 2013
Police conducted raids across Turkey on Tuesday and detained dozens of people in an operation linked to three weeks of protests against the country's prime minister, Recep
Erdogan clamps down on protesters
eNCA 19 June 2013
Istanbul - Police raided addresses across Turkey and detained dozens of people in an operation to quell weeks of violent protests against Prime Minister Tayyip
Turkish police can’t stop protests; Erdogan may deploy army, NATO’s 2nd largest
World Tribune 19 June 2013
Turkey, unable to halt anti-government protests, has threatened to deploy the Army to restore order. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan
Bayern Munich and Real Madrid stars on trial for 'sex with underage prostitute'
Evening Standard 19 June 2013
By Peter Allen in Paris
France footballers Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema today went on trial for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute. The pair are accused of soliciting Zahia
Football stars on trial over ‘underage hooker’ allegations
The Sun 19 June 2013
By HARRY HAWKINS
SHAMED French Champions League winner Franck Ribery will stand trial today accused of having sex with an underage prostitute he hired as a ’birthday present to
Underage teenage prostitute who 'slept with two French football stars' was 'not a vulnerable person', claims player's lawyer
UK Daily Mail 19 June 2013
By Peter Allen
An underage teenage prostitute who slept with football star Frank Ribery ‘was not a vulnerable person’, the player’s lawyer claimed today. Carlo-Alberto Bruso was speaking
Man in court over Grimsby mosque attack
BBC News 19 June 2013
A man has appeared in court charged with arson with intent to endanger life after an attack on a mosque in Grimsby. Nobody was injured in the attack at the Islamic Cultural
Beheading, According to the Koran
Gatestone Institute 19 June 2013
By Lawrence A. Franklin
Saladin even ordered each cleric in his army personally to behead at least one knight. We should expect no less gruesome a fate than the Knight warriors of Christendom, the townspeople of Otranto or British Sergeant Lee Rigby
"So when you meet in Jihad in Allah's cause those who disbelieve, smite their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them…" — Surat 47, al-Qital (The
Obama Doctrine: Backing Middle East Radicals After 10 Previous Western Failures
Right Side News 19 June 2013
By Barry Rubin
There is a long history of Western powers believing that they could manipulate or work with radical Arabic-speaking states or movements to redo the Terror Watchregional order. All have ended badly
–During the 1880s and 1890s, Germany became convinced that it could turn the forces of jihad against British, French, and Russian rivals. The kaiser presented himself as the Muslim world’s friend and German propaganda even hinted that their ruler had converted to Islam.
Taliban attack US base in Afghanistan after talks offer
Ammon News 19 June 2013
Four US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, hours after the US announced direct talks with the Taliban. A spokesman for the Taliban said the militant group was behind
