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Berlin: Fighting anti-Semitism among Muslims
Islam in Europe 5 February 2010
Yasmin Kassar is one of the many activists in Berlin who find anti-Jewish sentiments among young Muslims intolerable. For a year and a half now, the Syrian-German woman has been working to change 
Syria's Mufti: "If Mohammed had commanded us to kill people, I would have told him he was not a prophet"
Jihad Watch 20 January 2010
Here is a particularly audacious exercise in deception from Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun, the Mufti of Syria. I say deception because his assertions are so flagrantly at variance with the Qur'an and Sunnah
Syria allowing Hizballah to train with advanced anti-aircraft missiles on Syrian territory
Jihad Watch 18 January 2010
And remember: Syria has a great friend in the Oval Office. "Report: Hezbollah trains on missiles," from UPI, January 17
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
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.
Can Syria Pass 'Israel Test'?
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A 30 September 2009
by Caroline Glick
There has been much talk in recent months about the prospect of Syria bolting the Iranian axis and becoming magically transformed into an ally of the West.
15-Year-Old Danish Boy Abducted by Muslim Father
Copenhagen Post 16 September 2009
Passenger lists confirm that a boy reported abducted by his father was on board a flight to Damascus. Police have confirmed that a four-year-old feared abducted by his father was on board a flight
Jihadists Discuss Attacking UN
Arutz Sheva 01 September 2009
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
New jihadist chatter focuses on the vulnerability of United Nations personnel in Syria and Lebanon, as well as Westerners in Saudi Arabia. The online discussion is over whether opening a new jihad front
Germany awaits arrival of 144 Iraqi refugees from Syria
Earthtimes (press release) 25 August 2009
Damascus/Hanover, Germany. A group of 144 Iraqi refugees who took shelter in Syria are on their way to Germany Tuesday with the assistance of international organizations designed to help migrants.
Syrian Souvenirs for Steinmeier
Spiegel Online 09 July 2009
By Yassin Musharbash
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier sees Syria and its president, Bashar Assad, as an important regional player, a key to Mideast peace. In Damascus, Assad did all he could to accomodate
Germany FM urges Syria to restrain Hamas and Hezbollah
Ha'aretz 07 July 2009
Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Tuesday that Israel must halt activity in West Bank settlements before Damascus considers renewing peace negotiations.
Too Many Women Killed by Husbands In Syria
Right Side News 03 July 2009
After an increase of "wife-killings... on the pretext of adultery," Syria allows for [slightly] tougher penalties for honor killings -- two years in prison!
Muslim Countries in Mideast, Africa Lead World in Human Traffic
Arutz Sheva 18 June 2009
By Gil Ronen
• Traffic in Persons Report 2009
Muslim countries in the Middle East and north-central Africa lead the world in human trafficking, according to a new U.S. State Department report.
Of the 17 countries that were given the "Tier 3" listing reserved for the worst offenders, nine were Muslim countries or countries with a large Muslim population from these two regions. Tier 3 countries are defined as those “whose governments do not fully comply
Russian leader meets with Hamas head in Syria
Jewish Tribune 27 May 2009
Russia’s foreign minister met with the leader of Hamas in Syria.
Sergei Lavrov met with Hamas leader in exile Khaled Meshaal late Saturday night, while in Damascus to attend a meeting
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".
Syria's Strategy in Lebanon
World Council for the Cedars Revolution 10 March 2009
Since the advent of Hafez al-Assad's dictatorship in Damascus in 1971, Syria's role in the region, and particularly in Lebanon, has been described in two diametrically opposing narratives. The difference between these two narratives is so wide that one of them has to be wrong.
Bernie M. Farber & Eric Vernon: Boycott Durban II
National Post, Canada 05 February 2009
By Bernie M. Farber and Eric Vernon
A year has gone by since the Conservative government pulled Canada out of the tainted and corrupt Durban Review Conference (DRC) , a United Nations event to be held this April in Geneva to “evaluate progress towards the goals set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban
Obama Held Secret Talks With Iran, Syria Weeks Before Election
Arutz Sheva, Israel 2 February 2009
By Malkah Fleisher
United States President Barack Obama employed representatives and experts to hold secret high-level talks with Iran and Syria months prior to his election as president, organizers of the meetings told Agence
Muslims craft their own video games
The Christian Science Monitor 29 January 2009
By Rhonda Roumani
Tired of Arabs and Muslims being portrayed as bad guys, a Syrian firm puts out a new line of games.
