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Far-Right election poster 'insults' Algeria
France24 9 March 2010
France’s far-right Front National has upset Algeria, a former French colony, in its latest election poster denouncing "Islamism" and featuring a map of France decked in the North African country’s 
Glenn Beck calls Geert Wilders a fascist, endorses ban on his entering UK
Jihad Watch 9 March 2010
By Robert Spencer
So now standing up for the rights of women and non-Muslims, the freedom of speech (yes -- here is a post on those who claim that he opposes it), and the freedom of conscience is fascist.
Poll finds the majority of Danes against newspaper apology
editorsweblog.org 9 March 2010
By Robert Eisenhart
A recent poll conducted by the Megafon Institue found that the slight majority of Danes (51%) did not support the recent apology made by the Politiken newspaper for re-publishing cartoons negatively
Something is Rotten in Rotterdam
GatesofVienna 9 March 2010
By Baron Bodissey
Our Flemish correspondent VH has compiled a report about massive voting fraud during the recent municipal elections in Rotterdam, mainly in immigrant neighborhoods. His account reminds me of what
Danes: We are not sorry for Mohammed cartoons
The Swedish Wire 9 March 2010
COPENHAGEN - A majority of Danes are opposed to the apology the daily Politiken made last month to Muslims for possibly offending them by reproducing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed in 2008.
International Not-All-Women's Day
American Enterprise Institute 9 March 2010
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali
It is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. A cause for celebration? Yes and no. Women's emancipation will not progress as fast in the next 100 years as it has in the past century. In many cases it might even regress.
Germany says to take in Iranian political refugees
Ynetnews 9 March 2010
Germany plans to grant asylum to a number of Iranian refugees due to human rights concerns, a spokeswoman from the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Jihad Tax On America
Right Side News 9 March 2010
One year ago, in a speech before the Turkish parliament, President Obama declared "We are not at war with Islam." Basically, he said that our concerns were confined to al Qaeda.
What's Really Behind Turkey's Coup Arrests?
Foreign Policy 9 March 2010
For the last several decades, the Turkish military was untouchable; no one dared to criticize the military or its top generals, lest they risk getting burned. The Turkish Armed Forces were the ultimate protectors of founding father Kemal Ataturk's secular legacy, and no other force in the country could seriously threaten its supremacy. Not anymore.
Activist takes on radical Islam
THE JEWISH STATE 9 March 2010
By Sarah Morrison
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff may not be a household name, but she is now a high-profile personality in the growing movement against radical Islam's steadying foothold in Europe.
PVV firm over headscarf ban in Almere
DutchNews.nl 9 March 2010
Geert Wilders' anti-Islam party PVV is sticking firm by its earlier commitment to make a headscarf ban in public buildings a central element in the negotiations to form a new city council executive in Almere.
Wilders to take council seat in the Hague
DutchNews.nl 9 March 2010
Geert Wilders is to take a seat on the Hague city council after winning 13,000 preference votes in last week's local elections.
Earlier Wilders, who is a sitting MP, said he would not take up a seat
Danes oppose cartoon apology
News24 9 March 2010
Copenhagen – A majority of Danes are opposed to the apology the daily Politiken made last month to Muslims for possibly offending them by reproducing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in 2008,
German minister says headscarf ban could backfire
Deutsche Welle 9 March 2010
Following calls in several European countries to ban Islamic head-to-toe veils, Germany's interior minister said he was "cautious" about the idea of outlawing headscarves in the face of a possible backlash.
Germany to offer asylum to Iranian dissidents: Berlin
EXPATICA.com 9 March 2010
Germany will offer asylum to a "host" of Iranian dissidents abroad in a gesture of solidarity against human rights abuses by the Tehran regime, an interior ministry spokeswoman said Monday.
Islam in Europe—Beginning of the Backlash?
theTrumpet.com 8 March 2010
By Ron Fraser
Over the past decade, the Trumpet has tracked a progressive right-wing swing in the European electorate. Present indications are that this trend is accelerating, even spreading across the Atlantic to America.
Islam Is Incompatible With Diversity
Right Side News 8 March 2010
By Daniel Greenfield
Before the rise of Islam, the Middle East had a wide range of religions and cultures. So much so that it is difficult to imagine the world today without the ideas and beliefs that emerged from there.
UK: Female Councillor Gets Death Threats over Dress...
EXPRESS.co.uk 8 March 2010
By Ted Jeory
A SECULAR Muslim woman councillor has been forced to dress more conservatively after receiving death threats and sexually harassing phone calls from members of her own community.
Turkish Police Accost Sabbath Worshipers in Synagogue
IsraelNN.com 8 March 2010
By Hillel Fendel
A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s.
'Turkish judiciary is not independent,' survey says
Hurriyet Daily News 8 March 2010
More than 50 percent of people who participated in a survey said they do not believe the judiciary is independent in Turkey, according to the Metropoll research company.
