After weeks of unrest, tough anti-immigrant stances are resounding with a broader section of French voters. From the Christian Science Monitor: ST. CLOUD, FRANCE — Through the antique binoculars in the study of his mansion in this plush Parisian suburb, Jean Marie Le Pen could almost see the fires burning in less favored districts surrounding […]
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UK bomber attacks Muslim leaders
From the Sydney Morning Herald: Mohammed Sidique Khan, one of the four apparent suicide bombers who attacked London on July 7, condemned British Muslim leaders on a video aired for the first time on Tuesday. In the clip shown on Britain’s Channel 4 television, Khan urged British Muslims to take part in jihad – “holy […]
Teacher Charged With Mocking Religion Sentenced to Jail
I almost let this story go until an old familiar phrase, “misunderstanders of Islam,” came to mind. Isn’t it odd how the religion teachers are the ones who just don’t get it? The controversial case of Muhammad Al-Harbi, a Saudi high school teacher accused of mocking religion, came to a surprising end on Saturday. Al-Harbi […]
Rehov: What Paradise?
Pierre Rehov reviews the new Warner Bros. backed film “Paradise Now” for Front Page: As a filmmaker of the new documentary Suicide Killers, I will tell you that Hany Abu-Assad’s film Paradise Now is an artistically fashioned fiction. A dangerous fiction about dangerous people in a dangerous world. As fiction, his film stages good and […]
Muslim Brotherhood wins 20 pct. of Egypt vote
“Democracy is on the march.” From the San Jose Mercury News: CAIRO, Egypt – The Muslim Brotherhood won 20 percent of the overall vote in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, according to initial official results released Wednesday after a day of intense runoff balloting. The Brotherhood, the country’s largest opposition group, is officially […]
Iraq’s Growing Civil War
“Raid on torture dungeon exposes Iraq’s secret war,” from the Independent: The raid was at a building in central Baghdad. Men armed with automatic rifles burst in and made their way to a set of underground cells where they found 175 people huddled together. They had been captured by paramilitaries and tortured. The terrified, mainly […]
Hamas, Jihad reject deal on Gaza crossings
From Xinhuanet.com: GAZA – The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Islamic Jihad (Holy War) rejected on Wednesday a US-brokered agreement reached between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel on Gaza border crossings. The two groups said in two separate statements that the agreement reached under the sponsorship of the United States has harmed […]
Dozens Hurt in Bombing in Indian Kashmir
From the New Duranty Times: NEW DELHI – In the latest in a surge of violence over three days, a large car bomb exploded Wednesday morning in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir province, severely wounding dozens of people and leaving an uncertain death toll. The bombing was the latest in a practically uninterrupted series of clashes since […]
Nine killed in Thai attack
The jihad continues in southern Thailand. From the AP: Suspected Muslim separatists have stormed two houses in a southern Thai village and opened fire on the families with assault rifles, killing nine people and injuring nine others. About 10 armed men on Wednesday entered the homes in the Rangae district of Thailand’s Narathiwat province and […]
Fiat heir is now an ‘Islamic martyr’
From ADNKI: Tehran, 15 Nov. (AKI) – A demonstration in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, more than 100 university events marking the anniversary of his death and a ‘documentary’ about his life to be aired on Iranian state television. The subject of such obsessive interest in Iran is the late Edoardo Agnelli, heir […]