The rally was held on January 30. Video thanks to John. Lumpy has more video here, here, and here, and thoughts on the rally here. Kudos and thanks to all who stood up for human rights in Toronto on the 30th.
Fitzgerald: One More Look at Awadh Binhazim, Or, A Door Left Ajar In Tennessee
At Jihad Watch, less than a week ago, on January 28, a YouTube video of Awadh A. Binhazim, Ph.D., was put up. The tape shows one Awadh A. Binhazim being subject to questioning by a persistent questioner. The tape received a good deal of comment (a heinzian 57, at last count) here. Many rightly deplored […]
Italy’s Berlusconi compares Ahmadinejad to Hitler
Silvio! If only we had a politician in America who was this honest and forthright. “During visit, Berlusconi draws parallel between Ahmadinejad and Hitler,” by Nir Hasson for Haaretz, February 2 (thanks to Pamela): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi drew a connecting line yesterday between his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, […]
Italian foreign minister: “Let’s ask ourselves if covering one’s face isn’t the first sign of refusal to integrate and closing oneself off… from the host community and its traditions”
Indeed. The face veil in its various forms is the most visible symbol of an ideology that wants nothing to do with equality and integration. “Italy: Foreign minister rejects face veil,” from AdnKronos International, January 27: Florence, 27 Jan. (AKI) – Italy’s foreign minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday voiced his opposition to the face veil. […]
France: Most people support a burqa ban
And the support comes from across the political spectrum. “Ban on burqas receives strong public support in France,” by John Follain in The Sunday Times, January 24: A report drawn up by French MPs will this week call for a ban on Afghan-style burqas and other garments that cover a woman’s face. The proposal has […]
British political party calls for ban on burqas
Multiple press reports seem eager to pigeonhole this decision as a racial issue, and a move to cater to a constituency that is described narrowly and somewhat patronizingly as the “white working class.” But it is not a racial matter, nor is it about socioeconomic classes; it is a matter of principle for the sake […]
U.K.: March through Wootton Bassett by Anjem Choudary’s Islam4UK canceled, group to be banned
Sanity, in an update on this story. Authorities would do well to ensure Islam4UK does not merely reconstitute itself under a new name, starting a slow-moving, but high-stakes game of “whack-a-mole” with successor groups. “Muslim Group Cancels Wootton Bassett March,” by Adam Arnold for Sky News, January 10 (thanks to Gymgal): Muslim group Islam4UK has […]
Swiss minaret vote “was quite simply a reaction to the ever more shrill demands of Europe’s Islamic leaders for special rights and special treatment”
On December 24, the Arab American News published a piece called “Minaret ban indicates evolving fascism” by Ali Moossavi, in which Moossavi, with a Charles-Johnsonish flair for defamation, characterized those concerned about the Islamization of Europe as neofascists. Predictably, Moossavi paid no attention to the fact that there is no similar reaction in Europe against […]
“There are principles at stake”: France’s ruling party proposes ban on face veil
“Extremists are putting the republic to the test by promoting a practice that they know is contrary to the basic principles of our country.” And those “extremists” have plenty of enablers who can’t fathom what the problem is with the dehumanizing symbol of segregation and subjugation (spun as “elevation” in classic Orwellian fashion) that the […]
Babu Suseelan: Defeating Jihadi Terrorism
DEFEATING JIHADI TERRORISM by Dr. Babu Suseelan Recent media reports indicate imminent Mumbai type Jihadi attack in major cities of the world. Nowhere is the tension and fear from Jihadi attack more evident than in major cities of New York, London, Zurich, Madrid, Rome, Mumbai and New Delhi. Since Jihadis have an exclusive patent for […]