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Qaddafi, Wilders, and the Jihad Against Switzerland
PajamasMedia 15 March 2010
By Andrew G. Bostom
Ever since the triumphs of Islam’s prophet became the ultimate inspiration for jihadism almost 14 centuries ago, Muslims have especially revered the bellicose, conquering Muhammad of Medina. (For a pious contemporary example, see Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s "The Prophet Muhammad as a Jihad Model.”) According to a canonical hadith (Sahih Muslim, Book 001, Number 0272), Islam in essence belongs to Medina, as a serpent to its lair, the specific words being, "Verily the faith [i.e., Islam] would recede to Medina just as the serpent crawls back into its hole.” 
Al Qaeda Demands Concessions to Free Spaniards
Latin American Herald Tribune 15 March 2010
CAIRO – The "safety” of two Spanish aid workers kidnapped last November in Mauritania by the group calling itself Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb depends on compliance with the organization’s
Turkish diaspora accuses Sweden of double standards
News.Az 15 March 2010
Head of the Turkish Diaspora of Sweden has commented on the adoption of the resolution on the so-called "Armenian genocide" in the Swedish parliament. "I regret the decision which might cast
Turkish ambassador to Sweden returns home in protest of genocide resolution
People's Daily Online 15 March 2010
Turkish Ambassador to Sweden Zergun Koruturk returned to Turkey on Friday, noting that the resolution passed in Swedish parliament Thursday recognizing the Armenian genocide was groundless. Local
Three freed in Ireland after Swedish cartoonist 'plot' arrests
AFP 15 March 2010
DUBLIN — Three of seven Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog have been released without charge, Irish police said
Hamas Sermon in Gaza: Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam
MEMRI 15 March 2010
Preacher: "The prophecy of the conquest of Rome remains valid, Allah willing. Just like Constantinople was conquered some 500 years ago, Rome too will be conquered. "Our prayers, our fasting, and
Counterpoint: In defence of Wafa Sultan
National Post 15 March 2010
By Joanne Hill
Tarek Fatah has used the National Post to present a one-sided, inaccurate and potentially dangerous editorial about statements made by Dr. Wafa Sultan during her March 3rd debate in Toronto with Dr. Daniel Pipes.
Moderate Islam: Pipes believes in it Sultan calls it a Western myth
Jewish Tribune 15 March 2010
By Joanne Hill
Two years ago, Syrian-born American psychiatrist and activist Dr. Wafa Sultan was forced to go into hiding after an Islamic scholar issued a fatwa (death threat) against her. Last week, she participated in a debate with Dr. Daniel Pipes at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue and prefaced her remarks with, "I am used to debating with a Muslim imam, not with a dear friend like Dr. Pipes. The best part of our debate is, I know for sure at the end of this debate, he's not going to call me kaffir (unbeliever) or to issue a fatwa against my life.”
How to Make Defeatism Look Good: Let's Give Up and Cheer the Islamists
Global Politician 15 March 2010
By Prof. Barry Rubin
I'm not going to bash or rant about a Newsweek article about Turkey by Owen Matthews-shocking and dangerous as it is--but rather talk about what is wrong and inaccurate about it. That article is part of a new wave of defeatism sweeping the West, though it still remains subordinate to the more ostensibly attractive idea that there is no real conflict or at least one easy to fix by Western concessions.
Turkish PM Says Message ‘Misconstrued’; Media Says It Heard ‘Loud and Clear’
IPI: International Press Institute 15 March 2010
By David Dadge, IPI Director
While Turkey’s PM Used a Meeting of Parliamentarians to Re-explain his Extraordinary Attack on Turkish Journalists, Many in the Turkish Media Say they Understood his Meaning Perfectly.
Obama and the Denial of Genocide
Armenia Diaspora 15 March 2010
By Stephen Zunes
The Obama administration, citing its relations with Turkey, has pledged to block the passage in the full House of Representatives of a resolution passed this past Thursday by the Foreign Relations
Canada, U.S. mourn Grand Imam who took on Osama
Vancouverite 15 March 2010
By Karen Mullins
CAIRO – One of the most influential clerics in the Islamic world – the Grand Imam Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi – who took on the 9/11 attackers and described them as cowards, has passed away. Canada and
In Rifqa Bary Case, Dhimmi Media Cheers on Sharia Law in Ohio
Big Journalism 15 March 2010
By Pamela Geller
A girl flees from her home in fear for her life – and law enforcement goes after the people who helped her. That’s the situation in the Rifqa Bary case. Bary The Columbus Dispatch reported
Immigration: 'Child bride' loophole can't be closed
Toronto SUN 15 March 2010
By TOM GODFREY
Federal immigration officials say there’s little they can do to stop "child brides” from being sponsored into Canada by much older husbands who wed them in arranged marriages abroad. Top
Mosque foes now angry over Buddhist ceremonies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 13 March 2010
By Shane Blatt
The same Lilburn residents who protested a giant neighborhood mosque in November are now seething over what they say is a Buddhist temple that has sprung up on Hood Road. More Gwinnett news »
Over 13 Honor Killings in Two Months in Palestine
Palestine Think Tank 13 March 2010
By Kawther Salam
Seven women were killed in the Palestinian territories because of "honor killings” in the first month of the year 2010. These news were released by Palestinian human rights organizations interested
Waltzing at the Waldorf: Israeli Solders Face Another Kind of War
PajamasMedia 13 March 2010
By Phyllis Chesler
Lori Lowenthal Marcus, the gutsy and determined founder of Z Street, was one of the main organizers of last night’s pro-Israel demonstration outside the Waldorf Astoria.
Report: Sexual Harassment in Egypt - 98% of Foreign Women Sexually Harrased in Egypt
qantara 13 March 2010
By Mohammed Ali Atassi
Confronting a Pressing Social Problem. According to a study, 98 percent of the foreign women and 83 percent of the Egyptian women have at some point been subject to sexual
Pakistani Muslim Man Allegedly Rapes, Burns Christian Girl to Death
Assyrian International News Agency 13 March 2010
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Pakistani Muslim man allegedly burned a Christian teenage girl to death in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani police have not yet arrested the
The Saudi Touch
ISN, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich 13 March 2010
This week the ISN takes a closer look at the enormous challenges facing Saudi Arabia on both its domestic and foreign policy fronts. The world is watching to see how the Middle East's largest country
