Galloping UK dhimmitude alert. You just can’t make up this sort of thing. (But what’s an “Asbo”?) “Car Park Sign Asbo ‘A Joke’ Says Pub Landlord,” from the Scotsman, with thanks to plishman: A man who was made subject to an Anti-Social Behaviour Order for putting up a sign saying “porking yard” in his pub […]
Pipes: Which Privileges for Islam?
Daniel Pipes tackles the issue of Muslim special privilages in the NY Sun, via his site, with thanks to EPG and RB: Throughout the West, Muslims are making new and assertive demands, and in some cases challenging the very premises of European and North American life. How to respond? Here is a general rule: Offer […]
City of Dearborn Opposes CLEAR Act
From the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Service (ACCESS) (scroll down), with thanks to EPG: ACCESS applauds the Dearborn City Council for passing a resolution on December 7, 2004, opposing the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act. The CLEAR Act mandates that local law enforcement officers enforce federal immigration laws. […]
Malmø: Swedish preschool classes to get education in Arabic only?
Malmø update. From the Swedish Sydsvenskan, with thanks to Ali Dashti, who summarizes the article thusly: The ruling Swedish Socialist party is planning a proposal in which the city of Malmø will start preschool classes where all the education given is in Arabic. The idea is that once immigrant children learn the language of their […]
Italy: Furor Over Scrapping of Christmas Play
The better to eat you with, my dear. From Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: ROME (Reuters) – An Italian school’s substitution of a Nativity play with Little Red Riding Hood so as not to offend Muslim children has raised the Vatican’s ire and sparked debate on how much traditions should change to accommodate […]
A snapshot of Muslim Britain
Does it include profiles of Omar Bakri and Abu Hamza? The question is not rhetorical: if it doesn’t face honestly the presence and appeal of these men, how accurate can it really be? Note also the spurious attempt to insert Islam into Britain’s history. From the Times Online, with thanks to Ali Dashti: BRITAIN’S 1.6 […]
British Muslims want Islamic courts
From The Guardian, with thanks to all those who sent this in: Muslims in Britain want greater recognition of their faith with the introduction of Islamic law for civil cases and time off for prayers during the working day, but are equally committed to greater participation in British life. A special Guardian/ICM poll based on […]
Germany Takes Steps to Integrate Muslims
From AP, with thanks to Kemaste and KJL: BERLIN (AP) – Shop signs in Arabic and Turkish, storefront mosques and women wearing headscarves in the streets are evidence of how new arrivals have found a slice of home in Berlin’s heavily immigrant Neukoelln neighborhood. For years, Germans viewed such neighborhoods as a sign of a […]
New Zealand politician: Burqas case a matter of principle
A press release from the New Zealand First party. I am not in New Zealand and know little about this party, but Winston Peters, the party leader and a member of the New Zealand Parliament, raises a good point in this press release: will New Zealand live under one system of laws, or declare Muslims […]
Delaware: Muslim children given place to pray during Ramadan
I have no objection to this at all. But let a hundred flowers bloom: the Muslim students who were initially told they could not pray at school have now experienced what innumerable Christian students have experienced in public schools for years. I trust that Delaware officials will set aside areas for Christian prayer now too. […]