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Europe must defend free expression
The Guardian 4 May 2010
By Thorbjørn Jagland
As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, everyone should remember that our democracy depends on this important right
The fate of imprisoned editor Eynulla Fatullayev is a matter of grave concern. He has been jailed for three years on dubious charges by the Azerbaijani authorities. He is an award-winning journalist who was just doing his job. The European Court of Human Rights decided last month that he should be released immediately. 
Swiss: Stoning As a Religious Value
Gates of Vienna 30 April 2010
By Baron Bodissey
An Alpine version of Abdul Wahid Pedersen is causing a lot of controversy in the Swiss media. As many readers (and most Danes) know, Abdul Wahid Pedersen is a Danish convert to Islam who was
Controversial minaret poster on auction in New York
World Radio Switzerland 30 April 2010
This Sunday alongside works by artists like Toulouse Lautrec, the world’s leading poster auction house in New York will sell a signed copy of one of Switzerland’s most controversial political
An Islamist in Sheep's Clothing
The Mark 20 April 2010
By Tarek Fatah
Tariq Ramadan reflects the new, sophisticated arm of the worldwide Islamist movement that seeks to "reform" western society from within. Tariq Ramadan, the darling of the world Islamist
A Disgraceful Evening at Cooper Union
FrontPage Magazine 20 April 2010
By David Horowitz
On Sunday, C-Span ran the Cooper Union panel with Tariq Ramadan, grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood and — until recently — banned from America for funding terrorists and working with
How A Free Press Dies…By Only Covering Tariq Ramadan, Not Ibn Warraq
Pajamas Media 20 April 2010
By Phyllis Chesler
Indeed, April is the cruelest month …thus spake T.S. Eliot, a brilliant poet and an anti-Semite.
I fear for our Republic and for my own fair city, formerly the destination of sober
Switzerland: Young converts could pose national security threat
SwissInfo 19 April 2010
Some young Swiss converts to Islam are a potential threat to the country’s security, according to the head of the Migration Office. Alard du Bois-Reymond was speaking about the Central Islamic Council
Defamation of religion – another blow for freedom of speech
Voice of America News 16 April 2010
"The protection of speech about religion is particularly important since persons of different faiths will inevitably hold divergent views on religious questions." Photo: AP Ambassador Eileen
Tariq Ramadan's Underwhelming U.S. Tour
Right Side News 15 April 2010
By IPT News
They waited six years for a chance to hear him in person on American soil. Now that they have, many are walking away frustrated from their encounters with Tariq Ramadan, the grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna.
Ramadan arrived in the U.S. last week and has been speaking in public forums and private fundraisers throughout the country. He was preparing to take a faculty position at Notre Dame University in 2004, when his visa was revoked. U.S. officials cited contributions he had made to an organization that supported the terrorist organization Hamas, a Brotherhood-affiliated group.
Sports Report: Hijabs Ruled Offside, Beards KOed
Islamist Watch Blog 15 April 2010
Relative to most areas of public life, the sports community has proven quite resistant to demands that Islam be accommodated, perhaps because the integrity of competition requires that fixed rules apply to all FIFA, the global governing body of soccer, is the latest to just say no:
Tariq Ramadan and the Three Public Faces of Islam
Pajamas Media 14 April 2010
By David Solway
There are three images of Islam competing for space in the public mind. One portrays Islam as a violent and predatory religious force seeking to overthrow the West by fire and sword.
The Return of Tariq Ramadan
FrontPage Magazine 12 April 2010
By David Solway
Islamic apologist Tariq Ramadan has returned to the U.S., the ban against his entry to the country, issued under the Patriot Act, having been lifted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
After addressing audiences in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Washington, he will revisit Canada where he will speak at the Palais de Congrès in Montreal. The question is: What is he really up to? Ramadan is used to meeting with rock star type adulation, but a skeptical attitude may be rather more appropriate.
Tariq Ramadan Is Coming to New York: Care to Greet Him?
Islamist Watch Blog 9 April 2010
By David J. Rusin
Tariq Ramadan, Europe's slickest Islamist, is set to appear in the United States for the first time since the Obama administration lifted a six-year-old entrance ban — imposed not to muzzle speech, as is often claimed, but because of donations he had sent to Hamas-funding charities.
His welcome-back gig is Secularism, Islam, and Democracy: Muslims in Europe and the West, a four-way panel discussion at New York City's Cooper Union on Thursday, April 8. The event purports to explore questions about "a clash of values between secularism and Islam and between freedom of expression and freedom of religion." Important issues. Yet beyond George Packer, a generally fair-minded New Yorker columnist, the panel is stacked with radicals and their friends:
Clinton helps Islamic terror supporter enter U.S.
Examiner.com 9 April 2010
By Jim Kouri
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an order allowing a radical Islamic man with terrorist ties to tour cities in the United States in spite of a six-year ban, according to a report obtained by
Fifa expels Muslim girls over head scarves
Times LIVE 6 April 2010
Iran’s girls football team has been kicked out of the Youth Olympic Games because FIFA rules prevent players wearing an Islamic head scarf. Thailand was nominated on Monday to replace the
Amnesty alarmed about Göldi’s jail conditions
World Radio Switzerland 31 March 2010
Amnesty International is asking Libyan authorities to improve Max Göldi’s jail conditions. Spokeswoman Denise Graf says Göldi was moved this weekend to a damp cell without hot water, and on Monday
Why foreigners move to the political right
Swissinfo 31 March 2010
The rightwing Swiss People’s Party is attracting more and more young foreigners at the expense of parties on the left, the traditional base for migrants. Aleksander, Naveen, Anastasia, Shanky and
UN council targets Swiss anti-minaret vote
Swissinfo 25 March 2010
Switzerland has come in for indirect criticism from a senior United Nations body over a ban on the construction of minarets approved in a nationwide vote in November. The Geneva-based Human Rights
"Defamation of Religion” Passes Human Rights Council
UN Watch 25 March 2010
The "defamation of religion” resolution narrowly passed the Human Rights Council this afternoon, with 20 members voting in favor of the resolution, 17 opposing and 8 abstentions. Pakistan
Bin Laden Threatens America, NYC Welcomes Tariq Ramadan
Pajamas Media 25 March 2010
By Phyllis Chesler
Excerpt: Earlier today, on Al-Jazeera, Osama Bin Laden threatened to start killing Americans taken hostage if America executes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whom Bin Laden described as a "mujahid and hero." Despite President Obama's attempts to appease the Muslim world, nothing he's done (yet) is good enough for either Ahmadinejad or Bin Laden, who said:
