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Trouw, religie & filosofie - Christenen Midden-Oosten / ‘Willen de moslims ons eruit schoppen?’

“De veelkleurigheid die het Midden-Oosten eeuwenlang kenmerkte en het boeiendst is beschreven in Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet (1975-1960), dreigt te worden teruggebracht tot de platte monotonie van een enkele godsdienst en een paar toegestane talen. Dat is niet alleen treurig voor de betrokken christenen, maar voor de hele regio.”

Nederlands Dagblad

” In het verleden zijn kerk en staat maar al te vaak verward ,,tot schade van de staat en tot nog grotere schade van de kerk”. Scheiding is ,,heilzaam voor beide, hoe verlokkelijk het tegendeel vaak ook oogt”, zei Donner tegen ruim vijftig predikanten. Die waren naar Den Haag gekomen op uitnodiging van de Savornin Lohmanstichting. Die stichting koestert het erfgoed van de Christelijk Historische Unie, ��n van de partijen die in 1980 in het CDA is opgegaan.”

AD.nl - Wilders: Grens dicht voor Turken en MarokkanenDe komende vijf jaar mogen er in Nederland geen Turken en Marokkanen bij komen. Dat vindt Kamerlid Geert Wilders. Hij wil een onmiddellijke immigratiestop voor alle niet-westerse allochtonen die naar familie in Nederland willen verhuizen.

Religion News Blog : Netherlands Islamic community to hit 1 million in 2006

The figures are relevant because Muslims have been the target of toughening anti-immigration legislation in recent years. The Cabinet is particularly working to reduce the number Turkish and Moroccans moving here to join their partners.

ReligionResearch Islam Blog

Remember Rhys Llewellyn, Amelia Peabody, Elizabeth Mac Pherson, Dirk Pitt? No? But you sure remember Indiana Jones and Lara Croft, don’t you? Well guess what they all have in common…
Waste Flake

Chicago Tribune: A rare look at secretive Brotherhood in America

“Muslims divided on Brotherhood

A group aiming to create Islamic states worldwide has established roots here, in large part under the guidance of Egypt-born Ahmed Elkadi
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Sam Roe and Laurie Cohen
Tribune staff reporters

September 19, 2004

Over the last 40 years, small groups of devout Muslim men have gathered in homes in U.S. cities to pray, memorize the Koran and discuss events of the day.

But they also addressed their ultimate goal, one so controversial that it is a key reason they have operated in secrecy: to create Muslim states overseas and, they hope, someday in America as well.
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Brabants Dagblad - Uden / Veghel, regio nieuws, regionale actualiteiten - Duizenden vlaggetjes eren stokoude strijders

Veghel/Eerde - Waar moet je beginnen met zo�n weekeinde vol evenementen?

ReligionResearch Islam Blog

“‘Dat is wat ik versta onder het onbehagen in de islam: een twijfel aan de eigen cultuur en religie, die geen stem krijgt en daarom een uitweg vindt in wrok en agressie. Of in een gelatenheid die geen verantwoordelijkheid onder ogen ziet. Er is alle reden voor een zelfonderzoek dat echter wordt vermeden door het voortdurende stellen van de schuldvraag: ‘wie heeft ons dit aangedaan?’ Het antwoord is: uiteindelijk niemand, de neergang is van eigen makelij.’ Paul Scheffer hield afgelopen zondag de Abel Herzberglezing, georganiseerd door de Rode Hoed en Trouw. ”
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Forbes.com: Cyber-nightmare

“Four years ago al Qaeda operatives were taking flying lessons. Today they are honing a new skill: hacking. How much damage could a cyberterrorist do to an electric grid or the Internet? We don’t know yet.”

E:M | Crackdown on reformist websites: round-up

Here is a round-up to the serious crackdown on a few Iranian reformist websites:

E:M | Internet: Iran’s Most Trusted Medium

“Results of a recent interesting poll shows why hardline conservatives are so determined to shut down oppisition websites.”

TV 1

Samira is 25 en lesbisch. Twee jaar geleden leefde ze nog in Algerije, vandaag leeft ze met haar Belgische vriendin Katia samen in Brussel. “Alles moest in Algerije verdoken gebeuren. Er waren ook geen ontmoetingsplaatsen voor lesbiennes. Dat werd op den duur onleefbaar. Een vriendin van mij is enkele jaren geleden zelfs vermoord omdat ze er te jongensachtig bijliep”. Samira heeft zich ten opzichte van haar familie nooit geout. “Ik ben ook uit Algerije vertrokken om mijn ouders op leeftijd de schande te besparen. Dat neemt niet weg dat ik mijn familie ongelooflijk mis. Elke week belt mijn moeder me met de vraag wanneer ik terugkom. Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat ik haar ooit openlijk ga vertellen dat ik lesbisch ben.”

Nederlands Dagblad
” Hij wilde vechten in Tsjetsjeni�, werd in Nederland tot twee keer toe opgepakt omdat hij een aanslag zou voorbereiden en staat donderdag voor de rechter. Wat bezielt de pas 18-jarige Samir A., alias ‘Mo’? Niemand begrijpt het, zo blijkt uit gesprekken met zijn klasgenoten, een leraar en zijn ouders. “

Brabants Dagblad - Uden / Veghel, regio nieuws, regionale actualiteiten - Ambassadeur Sobel heeft een band met Eerde

“Zaterdag 18 september 2004 - De Amerikaanse ambassadeur Clifford Sobel heeft een persoonlijke band met de Eerdse molen, zo vertelde hij gisteren tijdens de zestigste herdenking van de start van operatie Market Garden. �Deze plek is net zo veel Amerikaans als Nederlands.�”

The Blogging of the President: 2004

Well I had a piece here on Freemuslims.org, feeling sorry for 9/11 and so on. I had a funny feeling about it, the apologies I mean. Someone looked into it more deeper and found out they are a front group for the Republican party. Well, I like to say that also for Republican muslims it is not forbidden to apologize…;-), but the question is do they have to? Another thing, ok call me a cynic, who sincere is this before election (believe me, I would have said the same thing if they were democrats).

The one who informed me on this Shaula Evans. Her blog: http://tsuredzuregusa.blogspot.com

Muslims turn on terror in name of Islam - SEPT 15, 2004

“From Jakarta to London, Cairo to Paris, Muslims have been calling radio talk shows, writing newspaper columns and firing off letters to the media condemning terrorist acts in the name of Islam. “

The crisis of universalism: America and radical Islam after 9/11 Fred Halliday - openDemocracy

“In a trenchant analysis of the post-9/11 world, Fred Halliday documents the two-sided assault both by the United States and its fundamentalist enemies on universal principles. Can citizens of the world retrieve a confident, humane politics from beneath the rubble?”
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The crisis of universalism, the weakness of the traditional nation-states, and the militarised character of world politics today, together mean that the major issues already confronting the world before 9/11, none of which have become easier since then, are being increasingly neglected. The existence of specific transnational problems like the spread of HIV/Aids and narco-trafficking is sufficient evidence of this. Moreover, none of the interethnic conflicts that fuel public support for Osama bin Laden have been resolved, most notably the Palestine question.

The most important of all these issues is the profound inequality in global conditions of wealth and life between the rich elites of the OECD states and the rest of the world. This polarisation lies at the heart of the pressure to migrate to the richer states of the world, of the corrupt character of many states, and of the rising world resentment of the west, and especially of the United States. “

Germans have negative view of Islam

BERLIN - Germans hold negative views about Islam and a big majority believe there is a “clash of civilizations” following the attack on a school on southern Russia earlier this month, a poll said.

African Studies Centre - CONFLICT IN SUDAN: THE CASE OF DARFUR

The Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a web dossier on conflict in Sudan, and especially Darfur, to coincide with a workshop held at the ASC on 10 September 2004. The workshop brought together scholars involved in African Studies and journalists with a special interest in Africa in order to exchange ideas on information gathering and media coverage of African issues, in particular conflicts and war. The current crisis in Darfur was
discussed as an example. The dossier aims to give background information on the Darfur crisis within the context of the wider conflict in Sudan. It contains a selection of titles from the ASC library’s online catalogue on Darfur, the conflict in Sudan, and media coverage of conflicts in Africa in general, covering monographs as well as articles and chapters from edited works. The dossier further contains an introduction on the Darfur crisis and links to selected web resources.

French Muslim policewoman refuses to take off headscarf

” PARIS, Sept 13 (AFP) - A Muslim policewoman in Paris has annoyed her superiors and stoked a running national debate in France over Islamic headscarves after refusing to take off her own headwear on religious grounds, the city police chief and a police union said Monday.
The woman, a traffic officer identified only as Nora C., refused an order on August 25 to take off a small headscarf that she wears under her uniform cap, the union said, confirming a report in the newsmagazine L’Express.”

Katholiek Nieuwsblad ~ Kort

Christenen bidden in moskee

Four accused of plotting terror attacks in Holland

“AMSTERDAM � Dutch authorities arrested four suspects in July on suspicion they were planning terror attacks in the Netherlands, it was reported Monday.

The suspects are reportedly a Surinamese Dutch national, a Somali, a Saudi Arabian and a man on unknown nationality, the lawyer of the Dutch suspect said.

The four suspects were arrested on 30 July in Rotterdam and are the same suspects that Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner referred to on Sunday in announcing the arrests. “

Secret arrests as Dutch terror threat ‘worse than thought’

AMSTERDAM � The Netherlands is facing a far larger and more organised threat from Islamic terrorists than previously thought, it was reported Tuesday. One source said the Dutch authorities are conducting at least 15 investigations into planned attacks.

Yahoo Sponsored Al Qaeda Bulletin Board Still Spewing Out Terrorist Hatred On Third Anniversary of 9/11 - Jeremy Reynalds

“Three years after 9/11, a video available for download through a link on an Internet bulletin board service regarded by many terror experts as being a prime means of communication for al Qaeda operatives makes an apparent attempt to justify the attacks. ”

This article refers to Global Islamic Media. If you ‘google’ this, you will find lots of information. The yahoogroup is disabled at the moment just as is its sucessor ilislami.

Muslim clerics reject edict against prayers on roads

“”Nikaah on the Internet is nothing but a form of modern enjoyment, which is against Islam,” the council said. “How can a nikaah be solemnised on the Internet in the absence of two eyewitness, as is required under Islamic law?”