A relative of one of the Hindus on trial for the killing of dozens of Muslims in a fire breaks down on hearing the verdict in Mehsana, India. Photograph: Ajit Solanki/AP India jails 31 Hindus for life for killing Muslims Thirty-three Muslims burned alive when building was set alight during bout of communal violence in [...]
UK detainee Babar Ahmad has been in prison for seven years without trial [GALLO/GETTY] As Libya cried “liberation!” and captured its dictator, as Tunisia held its exemplary democratic elections, and as Syria and Yemen fight on relentlessly, we are living in captivating times. After seeing millions of people creating their own freedom, I have regained my [...]
News stories October 12, 2011 Egyptians Chant “Muslims Christians Are One” as Military Viciously Attacks Protest TRNN Report: Angry protestors call for overthrow of the Egyptian military regime as many are killed by Army Go to story | Go to homepage Occupy DC protest in Capital Hill Six protesters arrested as Occupy DC marches into Congress [...]
Witnesses said the army aided civilian mobs in attacking Coptic protesters on Sunday night [AFP] You may wonder why there is such interest in incidents like this, when the Egyptians endured decades of bloody repression. That is not to take away or detract from what happened in anyway. But the assumption seems to be [...]
Tensions between Coptic Christians and Egypt’s Muslim majority have flared time and again [file/EPA] Clashes in Cairo over Coptic protest One soldier reported killed as violence erupts during Coptic Christian demonstration against destruction of a church. Egyptian state television says at least one soldier has been killed in riots that erupted in Cairo as Coptic [...]
1) Ameril Umbra Kato (center), the leader of the breakaway Muslim rebel group, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM), brandishes his gun with his soldiers at Camp Omar, Maguindanao, August 28, 2011. Kato recently split from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), citing his disagreement with the MILF’s ongoing peace talks with the government [Joe [...]
France‘s burqa ban: women are ‘effectively under house arrest’ Hind Ahmas, one of two French women facing a fine for wearing the niqab in a town near Paris. Photograph: Magali Delporte for the Guardian Since France introduced its burqa ban in April there have been violent attacks on women wearing the niqab and, [...]
FBI Teaching Counter-Terror Agents Anti-Muslim Fear by John Glaser, September 14, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The FBI is teaching its counterterrorism agents that “main stream” [sic] American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that the Islamic practice of giving charity is no [...]
Despite what you may read in the Australian media there is really no blood lust at large in the UK. To the contrary there seems to be a reasoned approach in some quarters to address the issues before the shooting starts. It probably has a lot to do with the absolutely miserable Australian media outlets [...]
Anders Behring Breivik on his way to court earlier this month. Photograph: Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen/AP Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp has reconstructed his actions for police at the crime scene. Police said they took Breivik, 32, back to Utøya on Saturday for a hearing [...]
Is Islam Compatible with Capitalism? The Middle East’s future depends on the answer. BEBA/IBERFOTO/THE IMAGE WORKS A sixteenth-century Turkish bazaar. Muslim tradition has long accepted the marketplace, though sharia constrained its efficiency. The moment you arrive at the airport in Cairo, you discover how little Egypt—the heart of Arab civilization—is governed by the rule of [...]
Anders Behring Breivik, left, has presented a long list of ‘unrealistic’ demands, his lawyer said. Photograph: Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen/AP The lawyer defending the man who has confessed to Norway‘s bomb and shooting attacks said his client had presented a long list of “unrealistic” demands, including the resignation of the government and that his mental condition be [...]
You can view the video at http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/29/norways_johan_galtung_peace_conflict_pioneer George Ikners ikners.com JUAN GONZALEZ: Police in Norway yesterday released the identities of another 24 people killed by Anders Behring Breivik last Friday as they ended their search for bodies around the island where he shot 68 of his 76 victims. Breivik has admitted to shooting people on Utoya [...]
We really should not need someone else’s misfortune to remind us about some realities regarding terrorism and terrorist attacks. But reactions to recent incidents within the United States as well as some of the comments in this country about the attack in Norway indicate that we do. Here are some of the most important reminders: [...]
Political scientist Samuel Huntington‘s thought revolved around the idea that a “clash of civilisations” between East and West would define the post-Cold War era [EPA] The paranoid style in politics often imagines unlikely alliances that coalesce into an overwhelming threat that must be countered by all necessary means. In Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington conjured an [...]
Bill O’Reilly Bill O’Reilly is appalled by how the man who went on a vengeful killing spree in Norway is being portrayed in the liberal media (view clip). He was particularly disgusted with the headlinethe New York Times ran last Sunday which read “As Horrors Emerged Norway Charges Christian Extremist”. O’Reilly felt it was unfair to [...]
Terrorism Experts on Parade by Philip Giraldi, July 28, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum On Friday night and Saturday morning I scanned the newspapers and watched the usual after-the-fact nonsense on television in the wake of the horrific terror attack in Norway. The late edition of Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured a [...]
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By Mantiq al-Tayr * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz 1. As is usually the case all of the experts on terrorism and all the Islam-hating bigots were wrong. Sometimes I am not even sure which group is the more loathsome and of course there is considerable overlap between the two. And even though Will McCants actually seems okay, he [...]
Muslims Bombed Norway! Where’s the Apology? by MOHAMED KHODR on JULY 25, 2011 This image shows Anders Behring Breivik from a manifesto attributed to him that was discovered Saturday, July 23, 2011. / AP PHOTO As expected the Washington Post‘s subdued non-hysterical coverage of the horrific terrorist attacks in Norway contrasts sharply with the hysterical coverage of [...]
APNewsBreak: UK Muslims vigilant after Norway The Associated Press E-MAIL PRINTREPRINT 0 COMMENTS TEXT SIZE: LONDON — Extra security will be put up at mosques around the U.K. in the wake of the deadly attacks in Norway, British Muslim leaders said Sunday. Mohammed Shafiq, the leader of Ramadhan Foundation, one of Britain’s largest Muslim groups, [...]
Holy Land clerics launch interfaith Earth forum Published yesterday (updated) 25/07/2011 15:46 Rabbi David Rosen speaks during a press conference in Rome, 2010. Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders in the Holy Land joined forces to launch a multi-faith environmental campaign, citing religious injunctions to protect the Earth across their three faiths. [AFP/Vincenzo Pinto, File] [...]
After Oslo was rocked by a deadly explosion and a shooting massacre killed dozens on Utoya Island, initial speculation blamed ‘Islamic terror groups’ – revealing fears and prejudices inherent to many in the West [REUTERS] A few years ago, the respected Cambridge scholar T J Winter, also known by his Muslim name of Abdal Hakim [...]
Valley Park Middle School in Toronto offers more than just lunch in their school cafeteria – they also offer a place for Muslim students to pray. One anonymous Canadian blogger caught wind of this and wrote a post that set off a furor in the Canadian blogosphere, debating whether Canadian schools should be accommodating this [...]
Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh chose to attack a federal government building for reasons that will make sense only to many violent nationalists, such as Anders Behring Breivik [GALLO/GETTY] With the death toll nearing 100, Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested and charged with Norway’s worst act of terrorism. His lawyer has indicated that Breivik had planned the attack for [...]
Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press The suspect behind the attacks in Norway said he believed multiculturalism to be a threat. Here, mourners at Oslo Cathedral.More Photos » By SCOTT SHANE Published: July 24, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT SINGLE PAGE REPRINTS SHARE The man accused of the [...]
It is a credit to liberalism in Norway that the country’s prime minister did not respond to the attack with fear or vicious speculation [EPA] The Norwegian terrorist who murdered more than ninety innocent civilians – many of whom were teenagers – did not act alone. Or rather, he acted within a cultural and political context that [...]
Exclusive: The Oslo Terrorist in His Own Words: Bomber Predicted “Europe soon will burn once again” 7 Comments and 29 Reactions|ShareTweet|Email|Print| ← return to The Robbins Report James S. Robbins Published on July 23, 2011 Suspected Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, in custody following a shooting and bombing rampage on July 22 that left 92 [...]
Several survivors of the Utoya island shooting said the shooter was dressed as a police officer [AFP] With at least 92 people dead and several injured, the brutality of Friday’s attacks in Norway left the country reeling. But who to blame for the bomb blast that tore through Oslo‘s government district and the shooting spree [...]
The omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of “Terrorism” BY GLENN GREENWALD AP An injured woman is assisted from a damaged building in Oslo, Friday, after an explosion rocked the city. (updated below – Update II) For much of the day yesterday, the featured headline on The New York Times online front page strongly suggested that Muslims were responsible [...]
Bansky‘s Gorilla in a Pink Mask before it was covered in emulsion. Photograph: SWNS.com On the face of it, it was understandable that Saeed Ahmed should want to paint over the scruffy side wall of his new Muslim cultural centre in Bristol. Quite apart from the stained ventilation unit, it was covered in graffiti. [...]
most Al Jazeera material can be obtained on line via live streaming. There seems to be a problem depending on which server you re using and some inherent problem here and in New Zealand. George Ikners ikners.com link (clickable) to article and video http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/sudanthebreakup/2011/06/2011623122146319770.html Sudan was the giant of Africa which once represented [...]
Preface: In an illuminating statement Blair calmly, apparently, thought someone other than he had overstepped. How warming for a man who like Bush and the other employees of the elites could just not get into Iraqi oil quick enough. After which the future, surprisingly including theirs, would be assured. But as the loss of life mounted the [...]
Saudi Arabian torment of migrant workers at mercy of abusive ‘madams’ Any Middle Eastern country that offers true equality of employment for women is to be congratulated but are the Saudis living up to anything like that? George Ikners ikners.com A Saudi woman applies makeup to a woman at a cosmetics exhibition in Jeddah. [...]
Sudan was the giant of Africa which once represented the greatest hope for peaceful coexistence between Arab and African, Muslim and Christian. That hope is all but gone. Sudan: History of a broken land goes straight to the heart of the problem, confronting key characters in Sudan’s modern history and also hearing the tragic stories [...]
UNFORGETTABLE WORDS FROM AN ISRAELI GENERAL’S SON They will shake you to the core. “So those people who want to associate themselves with Israel, Zionism and drape themselves in the Zionist flag – the flag that has come to symbolise intolerance, hatred, racism and brutality – they can feel free to do so. But, [...]
This as much to let you see the standard and type of reporting available in the middle East as to let you make up your own mind. Whatever you decide is a matter for yourself and no one else. But only the foolish do not look and listen to as much as possible before deciding [...]
This is another report from a well known commentator about the Bin Laden killing. You may or may not find it useful. (George Ikners ikners.com a WordPress site) John Feffer is the co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of several books and numerous articles. He has been a [...]
French veil ban: First woman fined for wearing niqab Woman, 28, stopped by police in shopping centre car park north-west of Paris on day ban came into force Share219 Angelique Chrisafis in Paris guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 April 2011 14.31 BST Article history A Muslim woman in a niqab. A 28-year-old has been fined for wearing [...]
