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Turkish PM Erdog(an continues harsh criticism of media
Hurriyet Daily News 6 March 2013
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan today maintained his angry criticism toward a Turkish daily after it published the reported minutes of a Feb. 23 meeting between the 
Egypt women wage war against 'sexual terrorism'
FRANCE 24 6 March 2013
Faced with a spike in sexual violence against female protesters, Egyptian women are overcoming stigma and recounting painful testimonies to force silent authorities and a
Two Thirds of the Dutch Want EU Referendum
Netherlands Info Services 5 March 2013
Around 64 percent of the Dutch want a referendum on the transfer of powers to the European Union, according to a survey by Maurice de Hond commissioned by citizens’ forum
How the Communist Left Killed Free Speech in the West
FrontPage Magazine 5 March 2013
By Paul Gottfried
Last week a ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court upheld a very broad hate speech law in the province of Saskatchewan, a law that exists in even more extreme forms in other
The Genex: New movie on Armenian genocide to feature Hollywood stars, due for release in 2015
armenianow 5 March 2013
Plans for a new movie dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide have been revealed, with a number of Hollywood stars expected to be involved in the
A Questionable Victory for Free Speech
National Review Online 5 March 2013
By Jacob Mchangama
For the past two years, the United States, European states, and the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have pretended that their past deep divisions
Supreme Foolishness
FrontPage Magazine 5 March 2013
By Janice Fiamengo
Coarse and rebarbative though his words undoubtedly were, William Whatcott was not far wrong when, in a flyer titled "Keep Homosexuality out of Saskatoon’s Public Schools,” he
In Indonesia, continuing debate over "female circumcision"
Khabar Southeast Asia 5 March 2013
By Elisabeth Oktofani
Despite growing international condemnation of female genital mutilation, the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) is urging the government to resist any international or domestic
Lars Vilks on Al-Qaeda 'wanted dead or alive' list
The Local 4 March 2013
Vilks is one of eleven targets named in an English language pamphlet published on several militant websites by AQAP - Al-Qaeda's branch in the Arabian peninsula. American
Jews are Number One Target of Hate Speech in Turkey
The Jewish Press 4 March 2013
By Lori Lowenthal Marcus
A Turkish foundation created in memory of a slain Armenian and human rights activist and journalist, Hrant Dink, revealed in its bi-annual report on discrimination in Turkish
J'lem welcomes condemnation of Erdogan's remarks
The Jerusalem Post 4 March 2013
By HERB KEINON
Jerusalem "welcomes” the condemnation by international leaders of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent characterization of Zionism as a crime against humanity,
Female Iranian communists organize topless protest against hijabs in Swedish capital
RT 4 March 2013
The Iranian female activists have followed the footsteps of the scandalous Ukrainian FEMEN movement, flashing their breasts in protest against the hijab headscarf, women wear
Time to talk about female genital mutilation
TheChronicleHerald.ca 4 March 2013
By CRAIG & MARC KIELBURGER
The array of blades in the United Nations photo looks like a museum display of historical weapons: dirty and corroded, and none seem sharp
They don’t look like surgical instruments —unfortunately that’s exactly what they are. These dull, rusty knives are used to ritually slice off the genitalia of young girls in Sierra Leone.
Islamophobia: 'A Crime against Humanity'
American Thinker 4 March 2013
By JanSuzanne Krasner
The UN and its arms across the world have become a platform for some of its member to spew propaganda and racial hatred against the U.S. and Israel while cloaking their own crimes against humanity
At a recent UN Conference in Vienna, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the podium to address the 2,000 participants, including the UN Secretary-General, the Emir of Qatar, the presidents of Austria and Romania, foreign ministers from Iran and Spain, about crimes against humanity.
Islamic hordes save world from culture – again
WND.com 4 March 2013
By Marisa Martin
An obscure news item from Egypt caught my eye a few weeks back – yet another flowering bud from the fragrant "Arab Spring.” It seems that one more historic landmark recently
The UN’s Alliance Of Bigots
Canada Free Press 1 March 2013
By Joseph A. Klein
The United Nations "Alliance of Civilizations,” co-founded by Turkey and Spain, has an annual budget of approximately four million U.S. dollars. It just completed its Fifth Global Forum this past week in Vienna. The ostensible theme of the lavish two-day gathering was "Responsible Leadership in Dialogue and Diversity."
Alliance of Civilizations is yet another in a long string of United Nations forums wasting money with false hopes
According to its appropriately named "Vienna Declaration,” the forum was aimed, among other things, at an informed debate on how responsible leadership can make a difference in promoting and protecting full enjoyment of the right to freedom of religion and belief in "a context of religious pluralism” and "greater diversity.”
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ramps Up 'Islamophobia' Campaign
AINA (press release) 1 March 2013
By Deborah Weiss
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has long been on the forefront of the Islamist mission to establish the equivalent of Islamic blasphemy laws in the West. Now, during its 12th Islamic Summit held in Cairo February 7-8, 2013, the OIC set forth new and creative ways to silence, and ultimately criminalize criticism of Islam
The OIC is a 57-member state organization that claims to represent 1.5 billion Muslims around the globe. As the second largest international organization in the world, behind only the UN, and as the largest Islamic organization in the world, it is obviously quite powerful. Though it is arguably the largest voting block in the UN, most people have never heard of it.
Belgian "Islamophobia": MPs vow to ‘impeach’ Muslim extremists
RT 1 March 2013
Belgian politicians have submitted a proposal to impeach or limit the influence of Muslim extremists in power. MPs fear that Muslim politicians do not shake hands with women
The myth of Palestinian innocence
The Times of Israel 1 March 2013
By Lyn Julius
My organisation, Harif, aims to tell the story of 2,500 years of Jewish history and culture in what is known as the Arab world. It’s a story with a dramatic ending: 99 percent of these Jews – numbering a million in 1948 – have fled in the space of one generation
When people learn about the Jewish expulsion, they usually respond with sympathy. Jews from Arab countries are entitled to recognition and redress, they acknowledge.
But that recognition and redress must come from Arab countries, they say.
Anti-Islam leaflet incites tension
The Daily Telegraph 1 March 2013
By Lawrence Machado
Residents have been bombarded with an anonymous anti-Islamic letter drop, protesting against the proposed development of 150 houses by Qartaba Homes in Riverstone and
