German apostate of Islam from Turkey [Video]
U.S. Rep. Hoekstra on understanding the phenomena of Islamic radicalization and what can be learned from Europe - with CNN's Anderson Cooper [Video]
U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra of the House Intelligence Committee discusses the threat of homegrown terrorism on CNN with Anderson Cooper, 11-19-09.The gist: What you need to do is to understand the phenomena [of Islamic radicalisation] - the political correctness - is a reluctance to acknowledge that the problem exists - to confront it and ultimately defeat it. Read Full Story
Russian priest who criticised Islam assassinated in his church
Russian Orthodox believer grieves in memory of slain Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev at the murder site in the church where he served in Moscow on November 20, 2009.A Russian Orthodox priest known for his outspoken criticism of Islam and his attempts to convert Muslims to Christianity was assassinated in his Moscow church by a masked gunman.The gunman approached Father Daniil Sysoyev, 34, in his small wooden church in Moscow on Thursday night, checked his name and then shot the priest in the h... Read Full Story
Obama in the Mideast: Innocents Abroad. Worse, Arrogant Innocents Abroad
Palestinian labourer prays at a construction site in Gilo, a Jewish settlement on land Israel captured in 1967 and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality, November 17, 2009.So Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs has said “We are dismayed at the Jerusalem planning committee’s decision to move forward on the approval process for the expansion of Gilo in Jerusalem.”The Obama administration could have been a lot less dismayed and actually showed some success on the world stage vis a vis Israel/Palestine ... Read Full Story
Czech Senate bans appearance by controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders
You win some you lose some!The estimated number of Muslims [mostly Sunni] today in the Czech Republic is over 10,000. The number rose sharply during the 1990s and has remained stable since. WikiThere was some controversy over the expansion of the first ever Mosque in the Czech Rep. the Brno Mosque - around which the same questions about Islamisation are being asked. Listen here The Czech Senate on Thursday banned an appearance by the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders on its premise... Read Full Story
Pentagon chief orders Fort Hood review [Video]
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Connolly: Pat Robertson should apologize for comments, Islam “not a religion” but “violent political system”
Say it ain't so!11th District Congressman Gerry Connolly has called on Pat Robertson to apologize for his statement on his “700 Club” TV show that Islam is “not a religion” but a “violent political system.”In a statement issued Wednesday, Connolly said Robertson caused substantial hurt and damage for the Muslim community in Northern Virginia and across the Commonwealth in the week since he made the hate-filled remarks on his national television show.Connolly said Robertson’s comments have “th... Read Full Story
UK: Sikh campaigner for BNP set to become party's first non-white member
The problem is that Islam has divided people such that the BNP has become the 'Devil we know'.As far as Sikhs go - it is abysmal how Sikhs are being treated in Pakistan. Sikhs along with Hindus and sometimes Christians are being forced to pay the Islamic jizya tax - a tax levied on non-Muslims living among Muslims - and the Sikhs are some of the indigenous people to the region. Just as Muslims are paying close attention to the geo-politics surrounding Islam - should we be surprised that Sikhs... Read Full Story
200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.The U.S.-born al-Awlaki has been an inspiration to several militants arrested in the United States and Canada in recent years, with his Web-based sermons of... Read Full Story
Malaysian Hindu woman fights get Islamic conversion overturned
Kedah PKR Youth Deputy Chief Gooi Hsiao Leung (left) talkingto Banggarma Subramaniam, 27 ( second left) and her husbandS. Sockalingam, 31 (right), with the present of their children,Kanagaraj, 8 (center, back) and Hisyanthini, 2 (center, front).Both Kanagaraj and Hisyanthini are showing their birthcertificates, which does not bear the name of their father's.Look what Islam has in store for us.. all perfectly reasonable - right!GEORGE TOWN (Nov 19, 2009) : She was only seven when she was told ... Read Full Story