General Election 2010: Conservative candidate calls police over Hitler video attack A Conservative parliamentary candidate who was the target of a four-letter outburst on a YouTube video featuring an actor playing Adolf Hitler has called in the police. telegraph.co.uk A still from the doctored YouTube clip, featuring the German actor Bruno Ganz as Hitler John Howell, a candidate for Henley-on-Thames, was one of a number of Oxfordshire Conservatives to be attacked in the doctored four-minute clip, which features an actor playing the German dictator in the film Downfall. Mr Howell said he was outraged after seeing the clip. It also … Continue reading Conservative parliamentary candidate calls Police Over THIS CLIP!

Pornographic magazine for the blind launched A pornographic magazine for the blind has been launched – complete with explicit text and raised pictures of naked men and women. telegraph.co.uk Among the 17 raised images include a naked woman in a ‘disco pose’, a woman with ‘perfect breasts’ and a ‘male love robot’ Photo: Lisa Murphy The book, the brainchild of Lisa Murphy and called Tactile Minds, is designed to be ‘enjoyed’ by the blind and visually impaired – and is on sale for £150. Among the 17 raised images include a naked woman in a ‘disco pose’, a woman with … Continue reading Pornographic magazine for the blind launched (by David Blunkett?)

Cleric’s support for men and women mingling in public sparks furor in Saudi Arabia Sheikh Ahmed al-Ghamdi, a Saudi cleric in the holy city of Mecca, recently declared that nothing in Islam bars men and women mingling in public places like schools and offices. For the first time in decades, religious scholars are debating the previously untouchable hallmark of gender segregation. // <![CDATA[ var pgallerycarousel_itemList = [ {"url_sm":"\/","url_lg":"\/","caption":"Two women and a man looked through books at the Riyadh International Book Fair in March. In Saudi Arabia, genders are currently required by law to remain separate as much as possible.","credit":"Fahad Shadeed\/Reuters","related":""} … Continue reading Cleric’s support for men and women mingling in Saudi Arabia!

There’s a big difference between what we say and what they hear. By Chris Seiple Arlington, Va. In the course of my travels – from the Middle East to Central Asia to Southeast Asia – it has been my great privilege to meet and become friends with many devout Muslims. These friendships are defined by frank respect as we listen to each other; understand and agree on the what, why, and how of our disagreements, political and theological; and, most of all, deepen our points of commonality as a result. I have learned much from my Muslim friends, foremost this: … Continue reading 10 terms not to use with Muslims

Dr. King’s Struggle Lives On Dawud Walid Yesterday marked the 42nd anniversary of the murder of civil rights, labor rights, human rights and peace activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Much of what Dr. King stressed as concerns are still valid today. He was assassinated after holding a rally for sanitation workers in Memphis, TN, a march which turned violent due to it being infiltrated by FBI agent provocateurs. As Dr. King noted in his own speeches, many in the so-called liberal establishment and media cheered him on when he called for restaurants and toilets to be desegregated. However, these … Continue reading For American Muslims Dr. King’s Struggle Lives On

In India, beaten US journalist becomes focus of police torture probe A report on ‘widespread and systemic’ police torture in India was published today, focusing on the case of US journalist Joel Elliott. Mr. Elliott claims that Indian police beat him severely while he was in their custody. // <![CDATA[ var pgallerycarousel_itemList = [ {"url_sm":"\/","url_lg":"\/","caption":"Indian police take part in a parade on Police Commemoration Day in Mumbai October 21, 2009. A human rights watchdog group has published a report alleging 'widespread and systemic' police torture in India, focusing on the case of US journalist Joel Elliott, who says he was … Continue reading Indian Police torture US US journalist

Lifting the cloak on North Korean secrecy The Cleanest Race, How North Koreans See Themselves by B R Myers Reviewed by Michael Rank North Korea, one of the poorest countries in Asia, is also the best defended with an army of over one million to protect a population of just 23 million. But it does not only depend on its army to fend off the outside world: it also relies on an extraordinary degree of secrecy to baffle its adversaries and throw them off-guard. Most Western Pyongyang-watchers are forced to rely on the absurdly obfuscatory Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and … Continue reading Uncovering North Korea…

Israel’s spies jolted again By Victor Kotsev There is a mythical aura surrounding Israeli intelligence. Much of it is well-deserved, as a string of spectacular covert operations has consistently shown in the decades since the formation of the Jewish state. Feats such as the 1967 destruction of the Egyptian air force, Operation Entebbe (1976), the destruction of Osirak (1981) and, more recently, of the Syrian plutonium reactor (2007), have enshrined the central role of the intelligence arm in Israeli military strength and deterrence. Not to mention a chillingly successful abductions and assassinations program, whose most famous targets range from Nazi … Continue reading Mossad hates War Mongerer Nethanyahu?

Evangelical Pax Koreana crosses the line By Andray Abrahamian “Do you agree that the Republic of Korea can become a superpower, stamping on defeatism?” This is the question one must answer to be accepted into Pax Koreana’s Internet cafe. Thus appears the online introduction to this group: a secular introduction to a blend of conservative politics and religion that has attracted a steadily growing 10,000 or so members. It would be easy to dismiss the group as another hyper-patriotic or passionate religious group, if it weren’t for the fact that it was involved with both Robert Park and Aijalon Mahli … Continue reading Christian Mullahs and North Korean Communists – In Love?

Peace process futile, says ex-Taliban leader By Habiburrahman Ibrahimi KABUL – In a wide-ranging interview with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, a former Taliban leader has said reported negotiations between insurgents and the government aimed at reconciliation are “futile”, as neither is prepared to make concessions. He described the talks as little more than “media propaganda”. Gholam Mohammad, 47, who used to command a force of 2,000 Taliban fighters and was later imprisoned for two years by the American military, told IWPR that he joined the Taliban in the 1990s to combat the cruelty and corruption of mujahideen … Continue reading Peace futile! says ex-Taliban Mullah