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Obama speaks out against extremism in Islam

President Barack Obama says extremists have exploited tensions among Muslims.

UK Police Want to Find Campus Extremists

British police have offered to train university staff to spot extremists operating on campus despite complaints from Muslim students that they could be unfairly targeted, a government document said Tuesday.

In Indonesia, Iranian Leader Criticized

Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, hosted an unusual gathering Tuesday of religious leaders and victims of terrorist attacks who denounced Iran's president for claiming the Holocaust was a myth.

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Missouri Republicans Raise Billboard Advocating War Against the Government
Source: chattahbox.com

An inflammatory billboard appearing on I-70 in Missouri declares that American citizens should "PREPARE FOR WAR" against the government.

Where are all these militant atheists ruining Britain?
Source: Guardian Unlimited

In a desperate attempt to secure its electoral base, the government is shamefully wooing religious extremists

Obscene anti-Muslim emails put Nile on the defensive
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

ABUSIVE emails written by the son of the campaign manager of the Christian Democratic Party containing anti-Muslim and homophobic comments have embarrassed the party's president, the Reverend Fred Nile, only two weeks before the December 5 Bradfield byelection, in which the party …

DAWN.COM | World | Thirty years on, Mecca mosque siege reverberates
Source: dawn.com

RIYADH: Thirty years ago, as tens of thousands of hajj pilgrims were completing dawn prayers inside Mecca, gunshots pierced the sanctity of the Grand Mosque.

'Liberation was just a big lie' - thestar.com
Source: Toronto Star

She sleeps in safe houses, with a rotating squad of bodyguards securing the doors. She goes out only in a billowing burqa. Even her wedding was held in secret.

Israel, Pakistan and US
Source: Khaleej Times

When waging war "by way of deception," the motto of Israel's Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe.

How long will it take the Israelis to realize the Battle is Lost
Source: Al-Manar TV

Gilad Atzmon - Information Clearing House November 12, 2009 Let's once and for all stop getting excited about America mounting pressure on Israel to freeze West Bank settlements. The entire fascination with the topic is a product of Zionist spin.

DAWN.COM | World | Musharraf accused of letting terrorism wound fester
Source: dawn.com

PARIS: Former French investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere said that Japan was among Al Qaeda's prime targets for attack, while promoting a book about his 25 years of efforts against terrorism.

Earth to Lou: It Could Have Been Different
Source: splcenter.org

Time after time, as the "Lou Dobbs Tonight" show he has hosted on CNN since 2003 grew more rabidly critical of undocumented immigrants, he was warned of the kind of people he was putting on his show. He was told that many of the "facts" he was presenting just weren't so.

Apple - Movie Trailers - Collapse
Source: Apple

Americans generally like to hear good news. They like to believe that a new President will right old wrongs, that clean energy will replace dirty oil, and that fresh thinking will set the economy straight. American pundits tend to restrain their pessimism and to hope for the best.

Father thought 3yo 'possessed', court told
Source: abc.net.au

A Supreme Court trial has heard a man accused of murdering his three-year-old son and dumping the body in a mine shaft in the outback was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed his son was possessed by the devil.

Why Would This Man Try to Burn Down His Beloved Church?
Source: blogs.ocweekly.com

The bizarre case of the Huntington Beach man charged with trying to burn down Orange County Church of Christ not one, two, three but four times (!) just keeps getting bizarrer.

Michele Bachmann's Tea-Partier "Super Bowl of Freedom"
Source: Slate

Their main grievance was health care reform—some periodically broke out into chants of "Kill the bill!"—but many protesters saw reform as a part of a larger problem of government overreach: the stimulus, bailouts, and proposed cap and trade legislation.

Whipped for wearing a 'deceptive' bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdown
Source: AWID

A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are 'deceptive'.

Religions unite against far right's call to ban minarets
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Switzerland's biggest Jewish groups have described a far-right push to ban the construction of minarets as a ''threat'' to religious harmony and the integration of Muslims.

WHO: "Israel Prevented Entry Of Medical Equipment Into Gaza Again"
Source: International Middle East Media Cente

The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that Israel had prevented, for the fourth time, the transfer of medical supplies and equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip.

JERUSALEM: Evicted Palestinian family keeps watch near home taken by settlers | Civil Rights/Human Rights |Axisoflogic.com
Source: axis of logic

"I told them we have ownership papers. They said they didn't want to see them. They said, 'it's not your house, it's our house.' They put a gun to my brother's back and said for him to leave the house. He is just 10 years old," she said.

Bad PR forces Hillsong counselling closure
Source: abc.net.au

A controversial counselling centre linked to the evangelical Hillsong church says bad publicity has eroded its funding to the point where it is now shutting down completely.

Pakistan key for global stability: Erdogan
Source: Daily Times

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured Pakistanis on Monday that the people of Turkey support them in their campaign against terrorism and extremism, and said his country has always called for redressing issues confronting Pakistan, as "it is a key country for regi …

The BNP's values aren't Christian
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Nick Griffin of the BNP used the terms "Christian" and "Britain" three times in his recent appearance on Question Time. In none of those references did he give "Christian" or "Christianity" any content whatsoever.

8 U.S. Troops Are Killed in Bombings in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight Americans died in combat in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, bringing October's total to 53 and making it the deadliest month for Americans in the eight-year war. September and October were both deadlier months overall for NATO troops.

Haredi teargases woman for using 'men only' sidewalk
Source: Haaretz

The alleged attack occured about two weeks ago, during the Sukkot holiday, as the woman was walking on a "men only" sidewalk, and refused Kraus' demand that she move to the women's side.

Suicide Bomber hits outside suspected Pakistani nuclear-weapons site | McClatchy
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a suspected nuclear-weapons site Friday in Pakistan, raising fears about the security of the nuclear arsenal, while two other terrorist blasts made it another bloody day in the country's struggle against extremism.

Israel/Palestine Coexistence: The Seeds of Peace Experience
Source:

""You are all dirty terrorists!" "Your soldiers are monsters! They wear uniforms that say – 'Kill Palestinians.'" "We have no water.

'Plague' of sex abuse in church alleged
Source: Stuff.co.nz

THE EXCLUSIVE Brethren Church is being rocked by accusations that it has covered up a "plague" of sexual abuse in its ranks.

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