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Mali Islamists tell France they will open doors of hell
SFLuxe 15 October 2012
Al Qaeda-linked Islamists in Mali threatened on Saturday to "open the doors of hell” for French citizens if France kept pushing for armed intervention to retake the rebel-held 
New rules lead sheep to the slaughter at mosque
Sydney Morning Herald 15 October 2012
By Richard Willingham
MORE than 2000 Australian sheep will be ritually slaughtered in Singaporean mosques in the coming weeks, enraging animal rights activists who say the ritual killing inevitably
California CAIR: Bring Blasphemy Laws to the U.S.
FrontPage Magazine 15 October 2012
By Lloyd Billingsley
SACRAMENTO – Rashid Ahmad, northern California leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has been asked by his non-Muslim friends what he thinks of recent events in
Judge Explains Decision On Anti-Jihad Ads In D.C.
Islamist Watch 15 October 2012
A federal judge who ordered D.C.'s public transit system to put up pro-Israel ads that equate Muslim radicals with savages said Metro officials voiced reasonable safety
Tunisia: leaked video belies Ghannouchi's moderate image
ANSAmed 15 October 2012
TUNIS - Leaked video and audio recordings of Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, are causing the moderate Islamist politician a headache.
Islamic Fundamentalists Play Growing Role in Syria Fight
Businessweek 15 October 2012
By Donna Abu-Nasr
Fundamentalist Islamic fighters are a growing presence in the Syrian opposition, increasing their influence as Western nations have failed to intervene militarily in the
Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace
Houston Chronicle 15 October 2012
By HRVOJE HRANJSKI
MANILA, Philippines — Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's
Mosque to be built at Moscow’s Kremlin
vestnik kavkaza 11 October 2012
The Russian government plans to build a mosque at the Kremlin to encourage multiculturalism. The committee for urban planning of the Central District said that the mosque will
Muslim players 'may boycott Newcastle shirt'
Irish Examiner 11 October 2012
Newcastle United's sponsorship deal with loan company Wonga could prove contentious with the club's Muslim players, a religious organisation has warned. The Muslim Council
Anti-Islam group under fire over leaflet drop
ABC Sydney 11 October 2012
By Simon Lauder
The group which plans to host a visit to Australia by controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders is being accused of distributing anti-Islamic leaflets to letterboxes in
Video: Pope Benedict XVI: May Al-Rab (not Allah) Bless You
Catholic Online 11 October 2012
By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - On the Commonweal magazine blog, Michael Peppard posted an article entitled "Pope Benedict: 'May Allah bless you all!" While it is unquestionably true that the Holy Father gave a blessing Arabic, he did not say "May Allah bless you all!" as Peppard states.
End discriminatory Sharia court system in the UK
secure.avaaz.org 10 October 2012
By One Law for All
The Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill introduced into the House of Lords by Baroness Caroline Cox in 2011 aims to tackle the discrimination faced by Muslim
Belgian Jewish Leader Branded 'Enemy of Islam'
Forward 10 October 2012
Belgian Health Minister Laurette Onkelinx has complained to police about a pamphlet naming a Jewish member of her party an "enemy of Islam.” The Turkish-language pamphlet
ICLA Highlights Content and Implications of Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam
Right Side News 10 October 2012
The following video is from our side event at the recent OSCE meeting in Warsaw. Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff begins by introducing the International Civil Liberties Alliance (ICLA) and then hands over to ICLA Chairman Alain Wagner. Alain highlights the content and implications of the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam and explains why it really has nothing to do with what most people understand by the term ‘human rights’.
French terror suspect's rap calls 9/11 'tip of the iceberg'
France 24 10 October 2012
In a 2009 rap clip broadcast by the France 2 television channel on Monday, suspected terrorist Jérémie Louis-Sidney says, "9/11 was just the tip of the iceberg”. Louis-Sidney,
Islamic extremist group in Cardiff tried to radicalise young Muslim
BBC News 10 October 2012
A group of Islamic extremists in Cardiff has been involved in trying to radicalise a young Muslim, a BBC Wales investigation has revealed. For months, an undercover reporter
Berlin: Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Gevatron concert
Ynetnews 10 October 2012
By Itamar Eichner
Pro-Palestinian protesters started a riot and cried out "Free Palestine" during a Gevatron concert in Berlin over the weekend, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday. The
Germany: Co-ed Swimming Goes to Court
Gatestone Institute 10 October 2012
By Soeren Kern
A German court has refused to allow a Muslim student to skip co-ed swimming lessons based on her religious beliefs.
The case is an example of the growing number of conflicts between German school officials and Muslim parents who want to keep their children from participating in sports activities, biology classes and field trips out of religious reasons.
Waiting for Turkey’s Apology
The Times of Israel 10 October 2012
By Gerald M.Steinberg
The Turkish government’s forceful response to the killing of five of its citizens in an artillery barrage fired by Syrian government forces is understandable. Turkey’s
Petition Against Muslim Call To Prayer
Right Side News 9 October 2012
Sign our protest : Allah isn’t great – not in Botkyrka, not in Sweden, not anywhere
Ismail Okur from the mosque in Botkyrka, Sweden, assures that the Muslim prayer call can be equated with Christian church bells that have been part of Swedish and European culture for a thousand years.
He is of course well aware that it isn’t true and that the prayer call is and always has been a manifestation of Muslim supremacy over Christians, Jews and anybody else, who Islam labels as infidels and blasphemers.
