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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 
Spanish Hostages: AQIM wants 5 million dollars and the release of Islamists
Ennahar 15 March 2010
MADRID - Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) asked the Spanish government $ 5 million (3.7 million euros) in ransom and the release of imprisoned Islamists in Mauritania, in exchange for the two
Five European states back burka ban
Financial Times 01 March 2010
More than half of voters in four other major European states back a push by France’s Nicolas Sarkozy to ban women from wearing the burka, according to an opinion poll for the Financial Times.
Majorca: Muslims secure burial plots in Palma
Islam in Europe 13 February 2010
AFTER a wait of more than ten years, the Balearic Muslim League has secured a space for burial for those of the Islamic faith in Palma's Son Valenti cemetery. The League is now satisfied that
Spain Calls for Action on Somalia, Discusses Hostages
Latin American Herald Tribune 1 February 2010
ADDIS ABABA – The Spanish government called Sunday on the international community to prevent Somalia from becoming a cultivation zone for terrorism and piracy, and it analyzed with Mauritania and
Spain to honor Iranian filmmaker with Ibn Arabi Award
Thai News Agency MCOT 19 January 2010
Oscar-nominated Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi will be honored with the Ibn Arabi Award during a ceremony in Murcia, southeastern Spain. The mayor of Murcia is scheduled to
Imitation is not always flattery
The CST 13 January 2010
By Dave Rich
The lie that Israel is Nazi Germany and Gaza the Warsaw Ghetto straddles the line between anti-Israel discourse and antisemitic agitation. It satisfies the urge of some anti-Zionists to attack
New evidence of Qaeda tie to Madrid blast
Reuters 13 January 2010
By William Maclean
The 2004 Madrid bombings, Europe's deadliest Islamist militant attack, probably were instigated by al Qaeda and were not the work of autonomous cells, a top terrorism expert says. World New
The Eurabian Sea
Anna Racoon 4 January 2010
Whilst you were sleeping, Herman Sörgel’s nightmare vision of artificially solving all the major problems of European civilization by constructing an embankment at the Gibraltar Strait to create a
Growing Concern over Imposition of Violent Islamic Law in Spain
The Cutting Edge 14 December 2009
By Martin Barillas
Sources in Spain’s Ministry of Interior express growing concern over the rise of Islamic law, known as sharia to Muslims, and the increase of Muslim separatism. In Spanish mosques, groups are
Al-Qaeda demands release of prisoners in exchange for Spaniards
Monsters & Critics 10 December 2009
Madrid - The North African branch of al-Qaeda holding three Spaniards has demanded the release of imprisoned members of the international terrorist network in exchange for the aid workers, Spanish
Catalonia: Muslim 'Moral police'
Islam in Europe 8 December 2009
Sources in the interior ministry involved in anti-terrorism say that the case of the alleged abduction and trial of a woman in Reus by Muslim fundamentalists is the most violent expression of the an
Spanish Police Arrest 9 Muslims for Planning to Kill Woman
Latin American Herald Tribune 7 December 2009
BARCELONA – Nine Muslims were arrested in Spain – seven of whom are being held in prison – for allegedly trying to kill a woman they had "condemned” for adultery under Islamic Sharia law, police said
Debunking the idea of Islamophobia - What’s so irrational about fearing Islam?
Canada Free Press 3 December 2009
By Klaus Rohrich
The Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary defines a phobia as "any persistent, irrational and excessive fear of some particular thing or situation,” Take note of the adjective, "irrational,” as it is key in debunking the idea of Islamophobia.
People who are deemed to be Islamophic by the politically correct arbiters of acceptable emotions are actually quite justified in their fear of Islam, given the almost daily reports of violence perpetrated against innocent people in the name of that religion.
BBC Pimps islamic myth of golden era of al-Andalus in Human Events story on rebirth of Isam in Spain
Tundra Tabloids 2 December 2009
By KGS
When Vlad gave the Tundra Tabloids the heads up on the BeeB "BS-mentary" it was disgusted. So the only recourse is to counter mythical nonsense with cold hard facts. Watch the video and stop over to Vlad Tepes and leave a comment of thanks, VT does us all a favor once again.
Three Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania
guardian.co.uk 30 November 2009
By Mark Tran
Al-Qaida group suspected of kidnapping two men and a woman from Spanish NGO travelling in convoy. Aid workers Roque Pascual Salazar, Alicia Gamez and Albert Vilalta
In Spain, some push to rid classrooms of religious symbols
MADRID - A crucifix over the blackboard. An image of the Virgin Mary presiding over a classroom full of students. These pervasive Catholic symbols, still present in some Spanish public
The Party of Allah
Gates of Vienna 19 November 2009
Baron Bodissey
The article below is from the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, and concerns the formation of an explicitly Islamic political party in Spain.
The author expresses alarm and dismay about this event, and seems to believe that the Spanish party is the first Islamic party in Europe. But this is hardly the case — Islamic parties already exist in other Western European countries, some of them going back several years.
Spain tries 11 over alleged Islamic terror plot
eTaiwan News 17 November 2009
By JORGE SAINZ
Three men of Pakistani origin denied any wrongdoing Thursday as they went on trial over an alleged plot to stage suicide attacks in Barcelona on orders from the Pakistan Taliban. Police foiled the
Spain's first Islamic party to run in 2011's local election
Worldbulletin.net 13 November 2009
Spain's first Islamic party is pareparing to run in 2001's local elections in a goal to achieve representation for Muslims in administrations of municipalities, the Spanish media said earlier this
