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Islam vs. Islamism
danielpipes.org 14 May 2013
By Daniel Pipes
N.B.: Washington Times title: "Islam and its infidels" What motives lay behind last month's Boston Marathon bombing and the would-be attack on a VIA Rail Canada train?
Leftists and establishmentarians variously offer imprecise and tired replies – such as "violent extremism" or anger at Western imperialism – unworthy of serious discussion. Conservatives, in contrast, engage in a lively and serious debate among themselves: some say Islam the religion provides motive, others say it's a modern extremist variant of the religion, known as radical Islam or Islamism. 
Norway spends 265,000 euros on getting a single non-western immigrant in work or studies
Islam versus Europe 14 May 2013
Denmark spends 1.1 percent of GDP to try get the unemployed into work. It is among the highest in the world and a large portion of the money belongs on the list of expenses
Tory MP backs Bill to curb growth of Sharia courts
Islamist Watch 14 May 2013
Excerpt: An MP has praised a cross-bench Peer's attempts to curb the growth of quasi-legal systems in the UK, which discriminate against women. Tory MP Kris Hopkins said
I do... for now. UK Muslims revive temporary marriages
BBC News 14 May 2013
By Shabnam Mahmood and Catrin Nye
The temporary marriage, or nikah mut'ah, is an ancient Islamic practice that unites man and woman as husband and wife for a limited time. Historically it was used so that a man
Now White Widow is connected to British-born Al Qaeda bomb maker
Rebecca Evans and Duncan Gardham 14 May 2013
The fugitive ‘white widow’ of a 7/7 London bomber was a key link between Al Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan and their fighters in East Africa, it has emerged. Muslim convert
Austrian media: 50 million dollar ransom paid for Finnish and Austrian hostages
Yle 14 May 2013
The Austrian media reported on Monday that apparently 50 million dollars was paid to free the two Finns and one Austrian who were taken hostage in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on
Avramopoulos Says No Minaret At Mosque
Greek Reporter 14 May 2013
By Margarita Papantoniou
Although the Greek government will pay for the country’s first official mosque in the Athens neighborhood of Votanikos, it will not allow a minaret, Foreign Minister
Muslim Students' Anger At Student Rights' Extremism On Campus Claims
Huffington Post UK 14 May 2013
By Lucy Sherriff
Muslim students have lashed out at claims in a study that extremists are segregating and denigrating women, saying they are being "increasingly demonised", while the NUS has
Algerian convicted in French attack plot escapes
timesofindia. 14 May 2013
An official says a convicted terrorist in France has escaped house arrest in a stolen car. Said Arif was a member of a Chechen network that once planned attacks in France,
Ken Livingstone’s favourite Islamist spreads Jew-hatred in Gaza
Telegraph.co.uk 14 May 2013
By Alan Johnson
"Our whole ambition is to die on the path to Allah… I am sure we will conquer” said Ken Livingstone’s favourite Muslim cleric, Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, as he touched down in Gaza
Turkey’s journalists say press freedom has declined under Erdogan’s rule
The Idaho Statesman 14 May 2013
By Roy Gutman
ISTANBUL — 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
Canada: Turkish groups celebrate Armenian Genocide
jihadwatch 14 May 2013
What illness has overtaken these people? "Turkish-Canadian Groups Celebrate Armenian Genocide," from the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada, April 24 (thanks to
No Jihadist Left Behind
The American Center for Democracy (ACD) 14 May 2013
By Rachel Ehrenfeld, Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
No child is left behind the new mandatory Jihadist education program in Gaza. Muslim Brotherhood’s ideologue and chairman of the International Federation of Muslim
Qatar sees Turkey as part of Arab world
World Bulletin 14 May 2013
Qatari authorities have emphasized the power of cultural interaction in consolidation of the relations between Turkey and Arab world. Qatar's Ambassador to Turkey
'Israel, Hezbollah, Iran are working with Assad'
JPOST.COM 14 May 2013
A Syrian opposition commander has accused Israel of working with Iran and Hezbollah to support Syrian President Bashar Assad in his two year effort to topple opposing forces,
Hizb ut-Tahrir steps up recruitment of Kyrgyz women
Central Asia Online 14 May 2013
By Asker Sultanov
BISHKEK – The outlawed extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) is actively coercing Kyrgyz women to carry out its radical agenda, putting them, their children and families at risk,
Beware of Shariah: Australian jailed in Dubai for reporting her own gang rape
BizPac Review 14 May 2013
Even though the United Arab Emirates is considered the most Westernized of all Muslim countries, travelers should nonetheless beware. Run afoul of Shariah law and you’ll end up
Saudi Man Arrested at Detroit Airport With Pressure Cooker
CBN News 14 May 2013
After the Boston bombers used pressure cookers (an Al Qaeda favorite) to murder three people and wound 264 more at the Boston Marathon last month, you'd think a story like this
Iran to chair U.N. disarmament conference
UN Watch 14 May 2013
GENEVA, May 13, 2013 – Iran will chair the United Nations’ most important disarmament negotiating forum during the panel’s May session, which opened today, sparking calls by an
How Many Americans Has Obama Killed?
Islamist Watch 14 May 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: Three days after the tenth anniversary of September 11, left-wing activist Spencer Ackerman struck a blow for Muslim terrorism by denouncing FBI training materials
