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Woolwich and the dark underbelly of British Islam
Telegraph.co.uk 5 June 2013
By Tom Harris
Reading over press summaries and conversations on Twitter in the last fortnight, you could be forgiven for concluding that the most important event in that period was an act of 
Germany urges calm in Turkey after clashes
The Local 5 June 2013
"In the current heightened situation, it's important that all parties demonstrate calm," government spokesman Steffen Seibert told a news conference, adding that Berlin was
Young African men raised in London 'now oppose FGM'
Evening Standard 5 June 2013
By Anna Davis
Young men who have been brought up in London strongly oppose female genital mutilation even if their ethnic communities still practise it, a new study says. Researchers
New Al Qaeda Video Urges Boston-Like Homeland Attacks
ABC News 5 June 2013
By JAMES GORDON MEEK
Al Qaeda's most dangerous franchise is threatening the U.S. with renewed attempts at homeland terror attacks, while urging radicalized Americans to launch strikes like the
Muslim Convert Threatens to Kill Prince Harry Pleads Guilty
The Guardian Express 5 June 2013
By Anthony Derayunan
A threat to kill Prince Harry,28, was confessed by a Muslim convert just a day after the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. Ashraf Islam, 30 also known as Mark Townley
Protests in Turkey focus on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Los Angeles Times 5 June 2013
By Glen Johnson and Patrick J. McDonnell
Behind the hostility seems to lie wide discontent with the perceived arrogance and intolerance of the leader, who has rejected parallels to the 'Arab Spring.
Turkey — What began as local dispute about threatened green space in this metropolis has morphed into a nationwide movement protesting what critics say is the heavy-handed
The Good News in Turkey
danielpipes.org 5 June 2013
By Daniel Pipes
How to interpret the recent unrest on the streets of Istanbul and about 65 other Turkish cities? Specifically, is it comparable to the Arab uprisings over the last 2½ years in
Turkey Is Waging an Invisible War Against Its Dissidents
VICE 5 June 2013
By Yiannis Baboulias
For the past week, we’ve been watching scenes of mayhem unfold in the streets of Istanbul, Ankara, and other cities in Turkey. What started as a local initiative to stop a
ISNA Discusses Interfaith Success with Erdogan
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 5 June 2013
By Ryan Mauro
Tens of thousands of Turks are protesting Islamist Prime Minister Erdogan, but the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood is happy to welcome him. On May 18, Islamic Society of North America
Nearly 2,000 at AFDI rally for freedom of speech in Tennessee
Jihad Watch 5 June 2013
From Pamela Geller's report here and here:
Robert Spencer and I blew into Tennessee after numerous flight delays, draconian TSA patdowns and security checks, and crippling rush hour traffic, and imagine how thrilled we were when we rounded the corner and saw throngs of patriots and freedom lovers, all happy warriors who had converged in Manchester, Tennessee to oppose the latest Obama Administration salvo against the freedom of speech -- a seminar led by an Obama-appointed U.S.
Attorney on how civil rights laws could and should be used to shut down speech deemed "inflammatory" against Muslims (a label that has been used before to shut down truthful speech about jihad and Islamic supremacism). SION Board member James Lafferty, Tennessee freedom activists Lou Ann Zelenick, Joan French, Bill Warner and Rebecca Bynum, ex-Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson, and numerous other freedom fighters made their opposition known to this outrageous anti-free speech initiative, and their determination to resist it.
Five church schools in Gaza face closure after Hamas order
Catholic Herald Online 5 June 2013
By Judith Sudilovsky
Five schools in Gaza – two Catholic and three Christian – face closure if the Hamas government follows through on an order forbidding co-educational institutions, according to
Turkey's Journalists Say Press Freedom Has Declined Under Erdogan's Rule
Assyrian International News Agency 5 June 2013
Veteran journalist Hasan Cemal was forced out of his job in March for defending his newspaper's decision to publish secret protocols that embarrassed Turkey's ruling
Video: Obama’s Coverup of Seal Team 6 Crash
Creeping Sharia 5 June 2013
YouViewed has a summary of the three-hour video exposing the cover-up of Extortion 17, the worst attack on special forces in U.S. history.
Hamas defines ‘Jihad with Money’
Money Jihad 5 June 2013
By IDF Blog on May 23 (h/t Justice4Israel):
And it’s exactly what we’ve always told you…
Last week, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, published an article on their website entitled ‘Jihad with Money’ (link in Arabic). The term ‘Jihad with
Islamists Kidnap, Rape Egypt's Christian Children
clarionproject.org 5 June 2013
By Raymond Ibrahim
Kidnappings, rapes and murders of Coptic Christian children by Muslims are now commonplace in post-revolutionary Egypt
Attacks on Christian children in Egypt are on the rise. Earlier this week, a six-year-old Coptic Christian boy, Cyril Yusuf Sa'ad, was abducted and held for ransom. After
'Turkey needs time to change'
Deutsche Welle 5 June 2013
Ismail Ertug, a member of the European Parliament and Germany's Social Democratic Party, spoke with DW about the clash between the Turkish police and demonstrators. The path
Prime Minister Erdogan popular in Turkey broadly, but less so in Istanbul
Pew Research Center 5 June 2013
By Jacob Poushter
As anti-government protests continue in Istanbul and other Turkish cities, a March 2013 poll conducted by the Pew Research Center shows Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to be
Erdogan must talk about his ambitions
Scotsman 5 June 2013
By Allan Massie
The democratically elected prime minister eyes a bigger prize, but is testing the patience of his people, writes Allan Massie Turkey has been the most successful state in
Is Sharia law infringing upon our American rights?
Washington Times 5 June 2013
By Bob Taylor
You might think with all the furor flying around Washington, the Justice Department would take the opportunity to be a little less visible. You would be wrong. A top
Obama’s Years of Collaboration with Terror Supporters
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 5 June 2013
By Arnold Ahlert
As the Obama administration seeks to move beyond a welter of scandals, a new report by investigative journalist Patrick Poole reveals that the frenzy isn’t quite over yet
On top of the IRS’s targeting of conservatives, the DOJ’s seizure of reporters’ phone records and the coverup surrounding the murder of four Americans in Benghazi, the White
Hamas, Fateh Leaders Hold A Meeting In Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 5 June 2013
Officials of the rival Fateh and Hamas movement held, Tuesday, a meeting in Gaza city, in an attempt to bridge the gaps between the two movements. hamas_fateh.jpg The
2012: Iran Sponsors More Terror, ‘Pushes’ Harder
theTrumpet.com 5 June 2013
By Callum Wood
Iran’s sponsorship of terrorism experienced a ‘marked resurgence’ in 2012
Iran was named the worst offender for state-sponsored terrorism in the latest report released by the U.S. State Department, on May 30. The report, titled "Country Reports on
Iran summons Qatari envoy after "terrorist plot” arrests
PanARMENIAN.Net 5 June 2013
Iran has protested to Qatar after uncovering what it called an Arab-linked "terrorist group", Reuters reported citing Tehran's semi-official Fars news agency. Iran's
Turkey: Massive Protests Against Erdogan's Islamism
clarionproject.org 5 June 2013
By Abigail R. Esman
While riot police beat, gassed and killed protesters, Erdogan kept mainstream media silent about the uprisings
Early Friday morning, a friend e-mailed me from Istanbul in despair. Police were firing tear gas through the streets, she said, shooting water cannons at peaceful protesters in
Mark Steyn: American Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Obama’s Brother To Party With The Genocidal Butcher of Darfur
The Gateway Pundit 5 June 2013
By Mara Zebest
GatewayPundit previously reported on this connection between Obama, Obama’s brother, and the Genocide of Darfur. Mark Steyn was the guest host on Rush Limbaugh’s show today
