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Anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker speaks at US college

Amid tight security and a large turnout of protesters, Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders told an assembly of Temple University students that Europe and America must fight an ongoing "stealth jihad" that threatens democracy and free speech.

UK troubled by anti-Islam rallies, counterprotests

Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the disturbances to 1930s-era fascist incitement.

Play about Muslim life debuts on 9/11

One of the first plays about Muslim-Americans in the United States debuts in a time and place rich with symbolism: Sept. 11 in New York City.

Inside the terror plot that 'rivaled 9/11'

In one of the most significant terrorism cases since Sept. 11, a British jury convicted three British citizens, accused of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners, on a charge of conspiracy to murder. Read the latest on the case here.

Fla. students sent home over for shirts on Islam

A lawyer for a north Florida school district says a handful of students have been sent home from Alachua County schools this week for wearing shirts that read "Islam is of the Devil."

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US Muslims

Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Highlighting ties to Islam

There was a time when Barack Obama wasn't eager to highlight his ties to Islam. Now, Obama is the U.S. president. And his audience is bigger and more diverse: a world that includes 1.5 billion Muslims.

Analysis: Obama's Islam success depends on Israel

President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims also had a huge and attentive Jewish audience, attuned to any suggestion that he might soften U.S. support for Israel or make nice with Iran at the expense of the Jewish state. His careful words illustrate the constraints posed by Obama's political obligations as he tries to reinvigorate America's honest-broker status in the Islamic world.

Plot renews fears of radical Islam in prison

The arrest of four Muslim ex-convicts in an alleged homegrown terror plot in the Bronx is renewing fears about the spread of Islamic extremism in the nation's prisons.

Indonesian imams OK Facebook - but no flirting!

Muslim clerics debating the exploding popularity of Facebook in Indonesia said Friday that followers could use the networking site to connect with friends or for work — but not to gossip or flirt.

Game taken offline after Islamic group complains

An influential Islamic group branded an online video game depicting religious figures fighting each other as offensive to Muslims and Christians and successfully demanded Tuesday that it be taken offline.

Dutch lawmaker to make sequel to anti-Islamic film

A Dutch lawmaker is planning to make a sequel to the anti-Islamic film that sparked protests among Muslims around the world.

Some Muslim clergy join Nigeria's war on polio

In 2003, imams in northern Nigeria fomented a boycott of polio vaccinations claiming they were a Western plot to make Muslims infertile or infect them with AIDS. The result: The number of newly crippled children rose by more than double the following year, and there were fears that the disease would spread into a dozen neighboring countries.

Activists accuse Russia of mistreating Muslims

Two activists accused Russia's government on Friday of encouraging prosecutors to target Muslims on trumped up charges of terrorism and extremism, and said the abuse could lead to anti-government unrest.

The former Cat Stevens performs song for Gaza

The musician formerly known as Cat Stevens released a charity song on Monday to help the children of Gaza.

Muslim prayer at Milan's Duomo sparks ire

Italy's interior minister has drafted new rules for public protests after a few hundred Muslims ended a rally earlier this month by praying in front of Milan's cathedral.

Lebanese militant group says leader may be dead

The leader of an al-Qaida-linked Lebanese group has probably been killed in Syria, according to a statement purportedly posted by the faction on an Islamic militant Web site Tuesday.

French magazine banned; Some say it offends Islam

Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have banned this week's issue of L'Express International, a French newsmagazine, saying its cover story titled "The Jesus-Muhammad Shock" offended Islam.

Morocco bans French magazine for insulting Islam

The Moroccan government has banned an issue of the French magazine L'Express International, claiming it insults Islam in articles exploring the relationship between that religion and Christianity.

Newspapers get complaints for DVD ad on Muslims

Newspapers that carried an advertising supplement in recent weeks containing a DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and questions about whether newspapers should offer a platform to everyone willing to pay for distribution.

Muslim group seeks probe of 'radical Islam' DVD

A U.S. Muslim advocacy group Tuesday asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether a nonprofit group that distributed a controversial DVD about Islam in newspapers nationwide is a "front" for an Israel-based group with a stealth goal of helping Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Writer Hirsi Ali emerges to accept award

Best-selling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a prominent critic of Islam, said it's difficult living in isolation because of death threats from Muslims offended by her work.

Child beggar's father fights abusive teacher

It hurts too much to lie on his back, so the 7-year-old has spent the past month stretched out on his stomach. His two grandmothers sit on the hospital bed beside him, fanning the pink flesh left exposed by his teacher's whip.

Judge tosses Savage's suit against Islamic group

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."

First stone laid for Louvre's Islamic art gallery

The first stone was laid Wednesday at the Louvre's new Arts of Islam gallery, the first major modern architectural addition to the museum since its famed glass pyramid was built in the 1980s.

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How Many Killings Must We Endure Before We Act?
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Aren't we shocked out of our minds to find out that Army Maj.

When Political Correctness Kills

I was going to get back to pontificating on what I believe this week, but have been so angered by the media coverage of the Islamic terrorist attack on Fort Hood that I felt the need to speak on this topic.

Very, Very Funny Take On Media Coverage Of Ft. Hood Killer
Source: big hollywood

Sample Satiric 'Headlines' Newsweek - INEVITABLY, ANOTHER SOLDIER SNAPS Distraught pacifist conscientious objector tormented by horrors of war, as far as you know Newsroom experts: stress, violence, stupidity, tragedy a way of life for GIs

The Psychology of Hasan: The Ft. Hood Shooter
Source: Psych Central

Major Nidal Malik Hasan is now apparently conscious and talking in his hospital bed, after being shot multiple times by Sgt. Kim Munley, a civilian police officer, who selflessly and heroically put herself in harm's way in order to save countless of others' lives.

"Terroist" Beaten In Fl - Was Greek Priest Instead
Source: St. Petersburg Times > Local News

Why does it matter that some bigoted Americans consider Muslims to all be terrorists? Why does it matter that some American fear and despise all foreigners? This story of a Greek orthodox priest being attacked for those reasons by a Marine reservist shows how hate and hysteria  …

Ft. Hood and Islam (Muslims): The Most Intolerant Religion, As Practiced, in the World Today

I am quoting (approximately) myself, from two or more years ago: As PRACTICED in the world today, Islam is an INTOLERANT religion--the most intolerant religion in the world.

First Hate Crime After Fort Hood by a Marine Reservist
Source: Think Progress

Alexios Marakis, a Greek Orthodox priest visiting the U.S., got lost in Tampa and tried to stop and ask directions from Marine reservist Jasen D. Bruce.

Kotagede, The Old Capital City
Source: www.tourjogja.com

Buildings in Kotagede are very unique and complex; you will see a pendopo, with Art Noveau style or Chinese ornament inside. I think Kotagede is a big architectural laboratory where tens of architecture styles are established.

Fort Hood Suspect Warned of Muslim Threat Within Military
Source: The Washington Post

"The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid "adverse events," the military should allow Muslim soldiers to be released as conscientious objectors instead of fighting in wars a …

New Jihad Code Threatens al Qaeda
Source: CNN

The code's most direct challenge to al Qaeda is this: "Jihad has ethics and morals because it is for God. That means it is forbidden to kill women, children, elderly people, priests, messengers, traders and the like.

Hasan's Religious Views Were Prominent , If Not Exclusive, Factors For Why He Slaughtered Fellow American Soldiers
Source: townhall

on NPR, Tom Gjelten offered the novel explanation that Hasan, who has never been in combat, may have suffered from "pre-traumatic stress disorder" because he anticipated having traumatic distress.

Pat Robertson: We Should Treat Muslims The Way We Treated The Communist Party
Source: belowthebeltway.com

Imam Robertson is at it again: On his 700 Club TV show yesterday, Pat Robertson claimed that Islam is “not a religion,” but “a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination” Video:

Fort Hood: Let's Drop the Political Correctness
Source: RealClearPolitics

Falsehood has more consequences than the revelation of personal insincerity. What happened at Fort Hood was no kind of "tragedy." It was a criminal act, of the terrorist sort, performed by a man acting upon known Islamist motives.

Jihad & America: The Land that Cried Sheep
Source: American Thinker

People were shocked when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan brutally targeted fellow servicemen at Texas' Fort Hood with pistol fire, murdering 12 and wounding 31. Yet there is an aspect of this story that is far more shocking -- or at least, one that would be considered so in a sane society.

The Shrink and the Terrorist
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

The Teflon Religion Strikes Again ~ Bible Prophecy Today
Source: Bible Prophecy Today

My article could not have been timelier. As most of you already know, there was a terrible terrorist attack (yes, I said terrorist attack) at Fort Hood in Texas. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gunned down thirteen people and wounded thirty-eight at the post's military processing center.

Are You An Islamophobe?
Source: Pajamas Media

Take This Test To Be Sure The greatest danger is a closed mind and a finger-on-the-trigger. The minds are closing all over Europe; rather late in the day, a small resistance emerges. American minds have also been shutting down for many years.

Fort Hood and the new McCarthyism
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Some may simply throw their hands up in the air in frustration, and declare: "Well, of course it's because he was an Arab Muslim that he did this!" Others may just secretly harbour such feelings – but all of them forget about people like John Russell and William Kreutzer. …

Racist Zionist settlers block firefighters attempting to get to a burning Palestinian home
Source: Palestine Ireland

"Israeli settlers residing in illegal outposts in the heart of Hebron obstructed the work of Palestinian fire fighters on Wednesday night, as crews attempted to access a burning building owned by a Palestinian family."

Fort Hood killer escaped action, despite open extremism, because of fear of discrimination charges
Source: Examiner

The Fort Hood shooter had previously said that Muslims should rise up against the military, "repeatedly expressed sympathy for suicide bombers," was pleased by the terrorist murder of an army recruiter, and publicly called for the beheading or burning of non-Muslims, talking "ab …

Too Scared to Recognize Terrorism
Source: The Washington Times

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was declared "not a terrorist" before the facts were out - even before officials were sure whether the attacker was alive or dead.

Forgotten Proof of Islamic Evil on US Soil
Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

Violent crimes committed by Muslim extremists on US soil were not confined to the events of September 11thm 2001, the Beltway Sniper killings, and the murderous rampage of Major Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood.

Fatal Correctness
Source: American Thinker

The brutal massacre of thirteen unarmed soldiers and the wounding of dozens more at Fort Hood, Texas is another terrorist act on American soil that could have been prevented if not for an insidious cloud of political correctness that has taken this country hostage.

Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda
Source: ABC News

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

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