Category: Islam

Death as a national event

Netanyahu’s exploitation of the murders at Itamar By Nehemia Shtrasler, 02:55 15.03.11 … The horrific murders in Itamar were a crime against humanity. Entering a home in that manner and slaughtering five people in their sleep is a base, cowardly act, and it makes no difference whether the victim is an adult or an infant. …

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Aim high

Harvard A Terrorist-Training Camp? By Andrew Sullivan, 04 Mar 2011 02:48 pm That, believe it or not, is now being taught in the US Air Force Anti-Terrorism Training Course. Above is a slide used in the course. Among other things this tax-payer funded course teaches: And CAIR is obviously a “Muslim Extremist Platform”, not a …

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When you fancied your great numbers

Saudis mobilise thousands of troops to quell growing revolt By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 5 March 2011 … Saudi Arabia was yesterday drafting up to 10,000 security personnel into its north-eastern Shia Muslim provinces, clogging the highways into Dammam and other cities with busloads of troops in fear of next week’s “day of rage” by what …

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Outrageous

The ugly face of Islamophobia in Orange County, California Posted by Richard Adams Thursday 3 March 2011 21.05 GMT [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6t6d9YBuFM[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6t6d9YBuFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKd8CCdsxU The Southern California chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America Relief USA organised a fundraising dinner in Orange County, last month. But guess who also turned up? A motley collection of protesters …

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Mirror by proxy

Decline and fall of Israel’s Messianic politics By Carlo Strenger, published 17:36 04.03.11 … Benjamin Netanyahu, very belatedly, has decided to confront the settlers on a limited scale, and their reaction has been violent. At some point an open conflict with the national-religious movement will be inevitable, because Israel will end the occupation either on …

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National religion

Santorum: Left hates ‘Christendom’ By Andy Barr, 2/23/11 2:35 PM EST, updated 2/24/11 7:57 AM EST … Rick Santorum launched into a scathing attack on the left, charging during an appearance in South Carolina that the history of the Crusades has been corrupted by “the American left who hates Christendom.” “The idea that the Crusades and …

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We were only kidding

The destiny of this pageant lies in the Kingdom of Oil By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 26 February 2011 The Middle East earthquake of the past five weeks has been the most tumultuous, shattering, mind-numbing experience in the history of the region since the fall of the Ottoman empire. For once, “shock and awe” was the …

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