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Stop calling criticism of Islam "Islamophobia"
Jihad Watch 4 October 2012
Canada's National Post takes aim at a word that is being used to stifle debate and destroy foes of jihad and Islamic supremacism. "Opinion: Stop calling criticism of Islam ‘Islamophobia,’" by Jackson Doughart and Faisal Saeed al-Mutar in the National Post, September 26
The English language needs a moratorium on the word Islamophobia, a term often used to describe bigotry against Muslims. Unfortunately, it is also used reflexively to denounce critics of Islam, who contribute to a valuable and ongoing debate concerning the relationship between the West and the worldwide Islamic community. This subject is important because several Western countries, such as Denmark, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, are being forced to reconsider their approaches to immigration and culture in light of deep clashes between the Muslim immigrants and the native population. 
Muslim Riots Reach Europe: Part II
Gatestone Institute 4 October 2012
By Soeren Kern
Muslim protests over an American-made anti-Islamic YouTube film, Innocence of Muslims, have spread to more European cities. Muslim rioters had initially clashed with police in Belgium, Britain and France, but since then, protests have spread to Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Norway, Serbia and Switzerland.
Islam: I don't like the word Islamophobia, Rushdie
ANSAmed 3 October 2012
BERLIN - Freedom of expression is a fundamental value, and in no way comparable to physical violence against others, British-Indian author Salman Rushdie said at his
ICLA Recommends That OSCE Member States Demand The Abrogation Of The Cairo Declaration and Participate in the 2012 Brussels...
ICLA 2 October 2012
Working session 10: Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief.
On behalf of of International Civil Liberties Alliance, I would like to ask the following question:
How can the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights appropriately help the Participating States to make sure that their legislation concerning freedom of religion and belief is in compliance with the commitments of the OSCE and other international standards.
Muslim girl cannot skip swim class: German court
Daily Telegraph 1 October 2012
A German court on Friday refused to allow a Muslim student to skip swimming lessons after she said she was uncomfortable being so close to bare-chested boys. The
"One Less German": Sneering Graffiti Left at Murder Scene
Islam versus Europe 1 October 2012
A few days ago I linked to a story in the iostream about a Moroccan who had murdered a German woman in a job centre, although the report in The Local failed to mention the fact
Egypt Coptic Christian Maikel Nabil charged with "insulting” Islam, Germany requested to send home
bikyamasr.com 1 October 2012
By Joseph Mayton
CAIRO: Egyptian Coptic Christian activist Maikel Nabil, who is known internationally as the first prisoner of conscience in the post-Hosni Mubarak Egypt after the Supreme
Merkel Urges More Tolerance Towards Muslims
Spiegel Online 28 September 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on her fellow citizens to exercise more tolerance toward the country's 4 million Muslims, stating that Islam is part of Germany.
The Lives Of Salafists' Wives
Spiegel Online 28 September 2012
By Özlem Gezer and Barbara Hardinghaus
Saliha and Reyhana stop at a kebab shop on the Bornheimer Strasse in the Bad Godesberg. "Can we pray here?" Saliha asks. "Sure, okay," says an employee. The two women
Opinion: Stop calling criticism of Islam ‘Islamophobia’
National Post 27 September 2012
By Jackson Doughart and Faisal Saeed al-Mutar
The English language needs a moratorium on the word Islamophobia, a term often used to describe bigotry against Muslims. Unfortunately, it is also used reflexively to denounce critics of Islam, who contribute to a valuable and ongoing debate concerning the relationship between the West and the worldwide Islamic community. This subject is important because several Western countries, such as Denmark, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, are being forced to reconsider their approaches to immigration and culture in light of deep clashes between the Muslim immigrants and the native population. These tensions have captured much attention in recent weeks with the series of violent protests that have spread to over twenty countries, emanating from the controversial Innocence of Muslims film.
Germany ends Bosnia mission
Independent Online 26 September 2012
By BORIS BABIC
Belgrade - The last two German soldiers serving with the EU peacekeeping mission in Bosnia will fold their country's flag in Sarajevo on Thursday and wrap up their
Authorities investigating call for terror attacks in Germany
Deutsche Welle 26 September 2012
A group of Islamist extremists has called for terrorist attacks to be carried out in Germany. The letter also claims that a German plays the leading role in a video that has
A Modest German Proposal: Debate, not Censor, Innocence of Muslims
American Thinker 26 September 2012
By Andrew E. Harrod
Amidst continuing controversies and calls for censorship worldwide surrounding the trailer for Innocence of Muslims posted in the internet, a group of Germans has offered a
Hamburg mosque may have violated anti-hate contract
Jerusalem Post 24 September 2012
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
BERLIN – The Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg, widely considered by experts in Germany and abroad the long arm of Iran’s regime in the Federal Republic, appears to have violated the
Siemens 'sold Iran sabotaged gear for nuclear sector'
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 24 September 2012
A prominent MP, Aladin Borujerdi, has accused German firm Siemens of having sold Iran equipment for its nuclear activities laced with mini-explosives, which were removed,
Britain, France, Germany call for new Iran sanctions
MSN Malaysia News 24 September 2012
The foreign ministers of the three countries wrote to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton last week calling for tougher measures as the showdown with Iran becomes more
Innocence of Muslims is a documentory, not satire
EuropeNews 23 September 2012
By Nicolai Sennels
Muslims worldwide protests the documentary film Innocence of Muslims. The film depicts their prophet as a child molester, womanizer and violent criminal. A few entries in Wikipedia with all its links to original Islamic sources confirms that Muhammed had sex with a nine year old girl, had thirteen wives and waged bloody wars against the neighbouring towns.
German satirical magazine adds to Islam controversy
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 21 September 2012
A German satirical magazine has entered the row over an anti-Islam Internet video made in the United States and the publication by a French weekly of caricatures of the prophet
Time To Give Up Moral Relativism
Gates of Vienna 20 September 2012
In an interview published on Monday, Ayaan Hirsi Ali talked to Die Welt about the current upheavals in the Muslim world in reaction to the West’s "blasphemy” against Islam and its prophet.
Many thanks to Hermes for the translation:
"The West should finally defend its values”
She is threatened for having criticising Islam: the Somali-born Dutch publicist Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks about the revolts in the Muslim world and the reactions to them.
Muslim Riots Reach Europe
Gatestone Institute 20 September 2012
By Soeren Kern
Protests over an American-made anti-Islamic YouTube film, Innocence of Muslims, have spread to Europe. Muslim rioters have clashed with police in several European cities, and more demonstrations are being planned. The protests are part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about the amateur film, which ridicules Islam and depicts the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a fraud, a madman and a sexual deviant.
