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Erdogan's defense of al-Bashir raises eyebrows in Turkey
Armenian Reporter 16 December 2009
By Lou Ann Matossian
"Sometimes some of Erdogan's remarks drive me crazy," commented Orhan Kemal Cengiz in Today's Zaman, Dec. 12, in a reference to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "He said he was in 
Human Rights Situation in Arab World Getting Worse
AllGov 16 December 2009
Efforts to improve the human rights situation in Arab countries have amounted to little more than broken promises since Sept. 11, according to the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
Al-Qaeda killing mostly Muslims: 85% of casualties non-Westerners, report says
National Post 15 December 2009
By Peter Goodspeed
Most victims of al-Qaeda terrorist attacks are Muslims living in Muslim countries, says a new report from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The study, by the academy's Combatting Terrorism
Christian Woman from Sudan Flees Muslim Family
Crosswalk.com 14 December 2009
By Simba Tian
A Sudanese woman who fled to Egypt after converting from Islam to Christianity is living in secluded isolation as her angry family members try to track her down. Howida Ali's Muslim brother and
Arab countries fail on human rights—report
The INQUIRER 10 December 2009
By Samer al-Atrush
• Report Summary - EN
• Report Intro - EN
• Annual Report - Arabic
Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practiced in several countries, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday
CAIRO - The report by the independent Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies surveyed 12 countries and said that most of them repressed human rights activists, press freedoms, and discriminated against religious minorities. The state of human rights in the 12 countries—Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen—"has worsened compared to 2008," the report said.
Subduing Women's Sexuality
FrontPage Magazine 30 November 2009
By Hege Storhaug
My first encounter with Pakistan in 1993 took my innocence. I discovered a culture pervaded with sexuality – sexuality in a very negative sense.
Absolutely everything, from the most trivial day-to-day matters to the most earth-shaking issues, had to do with sex – at least where girls and women were concerned. The same fixation on sex has found its way to the West through immigration.
Dafur & Armenian Genocide: PM Erdogan "A Muslim can never commit genocide.”
Tundra Tabloids 9 November 2009
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: No dhimmi can judge a Muslim.
The Turks still refuse to come to terms with their history of genocide of the Armenian people. Successive Turkish governments were responsible for the state murder of over 2 million Armenians and 300 000 Greeks.
Video: Whitewashing the History of Islam
Gates of Vienna 5 November 2009
By Baron Bodissey
"Even today… Islamic fundamentalism is maintaining the idea of enslaving a non-Muslim.”
Who said these ignorant Islamophobic words? Some hate-filled racist European, right?
Wrong! The speaker was Dr. Keul Jok, a black African from the Sudan.
Sudan's Bashir to visit Turkey despite warrant
Reuters 5 November 2009
By Opheera McDoom
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit Turkey next week for the first time since an international court asked for his arrest, government sources said, in a test of Ankara's support for
Darfur: The shame of Muslims
Southern California InFocus 19 August 2009
By Salaam Abdul Khaliq
News of the genocide in Darfur seems to have vanished from headlines, and as a consequence, from the mind of the world community as well. Darfurians have been suffering from unspeakable atrocities since
France condemns Sudan floggings
BBC News 14 July 2009
France has condemned the flogging of several women in Sudan, who were being punished for wearing trousers. The foreign ministry called on Khartoum to abandon the prosecution of several others charged
Sudan, Hamas and Hezbollah
FrontPage Magazine 11 June 2009
By Faith J.H. McDonnell
Thrilling as it may be, perpetrating genocide on its own people does not by itself satisfy the ruling National Congress Party in Sudan. Stories have surfaced recently connecting Sudan with Hezbollah and Hamas. They give
Slavery, Rape & Abuse - Modern Day Realities for Middle East Maids
TheOPINIONATOR 14 May 2009
While browsing the web, yesterday, I viewed the Arab Times online site and came across several news articles about the rape and abuse of maids in Kuwait.
I was surprised at the cluster of cases so I searched the web for more information and was nearly knocked off my chair when I realized the enormous extent of the huge numbers of foreign maids suffering abuse at the hands of their Middle East "sponsors".
Converts from Islam struggle to survive
CompassDirect 13 April 2009
When Halima Bubkier of Sinar town converted from Islam to Christianity last year, initially her husband accepted it without qualms.
UK: Somali-Swede arrested on terrorism charges
Islam in Europe 02 April 2009
This story is from last year, but the Swedish connection is only now being revealed.
Video: Ayman al-Zawahiri on Sudan
Jawa Report 25 March 2009
By Rusty
Here is the new as-Sahab (al Qaeda in Afghanistan/Pakistan's production arm) video featuring Ayman al-Zawahiri's thoughts on Sudan.
The 16 minute video begins with a nasheed (song) inciting Muslims to violence over images of war. Then al Qaeda #2's voice is heard over a still image.
Qaradawi slams ICC ‘double standards’
Gulf Times 09 March 2009
By Anwar Elshamy
Doha-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi yesterday accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of practising “double standards” over its arrest warrant against Sudanese President
Turkish parliament speaker says Bashir arrest warrant controversial
Hürriyet 06 March 2009
The arrest warrant issued for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is controversial in terms of its legal basis, Turkish Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan said on Friday.
Darfur arrest warrant to be issued against Sudan president
InTheNews.co.uk 04 March 2009
Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has become the first sitting head of state to be indicted for war crimes after judges at The Hague issued a warrant for his arrest over alleged war crimes in Darfur.
Darfur Rebels: We Won't Sign Framework Agreement With Gov't
MEMRI, DC 10 February 2009
The spokesman of the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement, Ahmed Hussein, has denied that his organization has agreed to sign a framework agreement
