loonwatch.com Hey Loonwatchers, there are Spencer’s out there who aren’t loons when it comes to Islam! Spencer Dew reviews Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s most recent book and sheds some much need light on her agenda driven Islamophobia. A real eye opening review. An Atheist’s Idealized Christianity: The Dangerous Theological Fantasies of Ayaan Hirsi Ali By Spencer Dew Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born former Dutch politician based now at the American Enterprise Institute, draws on her own harrowing childhood and journey from Islam to atheism (or, as she calls it in the subtitle of her most recent book, Nomad: From Islam to … Continue reading Spencer Dew: An Atheist’s Idealized Christianity

Those irrational, misled, conspiratorial Muslims loonwatch.com by Glenn Greenwald (updated below – Update II) The New York Times this morning has a particularly lush installment of one of the American media’s most favored, reliable, and self-affirming rituals — it’s time to mock and pity Those Crazy, Primitive, Irrational, Propagandized Muslims and their Wild Conspiracy Theories, which their reckless media and extremists maliciously disseminate in order to generate unfair and unfounded hostility toward the U.S.: Conspiracy theory is a national sport in Pakistan, where the main players — the United States, India and Israel — change positions depending on the ebb and flow … Continue reading Those irrational, misled, conspiratorial Muslims!

Mother fined £60 after stopping for one minute to read parking sign A mother was fined £60 after stopping her car for one minute to read a parking sign. telegraph uk The Transport for London website states that fines are normally issued after a five minute ‘observation period’ in a loading bay Photo: PA Claire Hallam, 45, pulled into the parking bay in Lewisham, south London, so that she could look at a sign telling her when she was allowed to park in the area. But as soon as she got out to read the sign – which has a … Continue reading Bastards of the week – Transport for London!

Israel’s defenders mobilize, threaten By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – Faced with what the Wall Street Journal calls “one of Israel’s worst international relations disasters in years”, the right-wing leadership of the so-called “Israel Lobby” has been pulling out all the stops to defend the Jewish state against global outrage over its deadly seizure of a Gaza-bound vessel in international waters carrying humanitarian supplies early on Monday morning. Its biggest concern for now is to prevent the administration of US President Barack Obama from distancing itself in any way – let alone joining in the almost universal condemnation – from the … Continue reading Likud USA tries to further isolate the US

Five steps to sanity By I.A. Rehman dawn The moment the custodians of state power start treating some of the people as second-class citizens they push the latter into a high-risk alley. – Photo on file The priority demands of sanity (dictionary meaning: reasonable and rational behaviour) are determined by the challenges a society faces. Today Pakistan’s supreme need is the adoption of a rational response to the menace of extremist elements operating, without due sanction, under the banner of belief. The horrific dimensions of last Friday’s carnage in Lahore can be judged from the fact that even those who … Continue reading Five steps to sanity – DeMullahfication!

A handy name for an enemy By Jawed Naqvi dawn.com Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force soldiers take oath during a graduation parade on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. Hundreds of newly recruited soldiers will join Indian soldiers fighting separatist Islamic guerrillas in Kashmir and Maoist rebels in different parts of India. – AP Photo It’s baking hot in Delhi, but there is a spring in the walk of its Pakistani diplomatic community. Some are savouring the prospects of a new posting, reward for helping their country weather the storm that came with the Mumbai terror … Continue reading Zionist-Hindu-Maoists! – A handy name for an enemy?

Not every adult is a paedophile, a terrorist or a mass murderer As the Cumbria shootings show, there’s no such thing as safe. Stop spending money on the security lobby that is running amok in the public sector Simon Jenkins guardian.co.uk The toughest lesson to draw from the Whitehaven tragedy is that there might be no lesson at all. We cannot stop people having rows at home or work, taking leave of their senses, finding a gun and going berserk. Such things rarely happen. But even the most authoritarian state must allow some personal liberty, and everyone accepts the resulting risk. … Continue reading PM David Cameron and the bitchy attitude of the Met Police!

Rapes show extent of prejudice against India’s north-east Female migrants to Delhi from India’s north-east are increasingly being subjected to sexual attacks made worse by police attitudes Aruni Kashyap guardian.co.uk Last week, after a local Assamese daily reported that another woman from India’s north-east had been raped in the country’s capital, a lot of my friends in Delhi started to get calls from anxious parents. A friend hoped her mother hadn’t read the papers that day since they would worry and ask her to return home. Delhi is an unsafe city for women. Almost all women here face sexual harassment … Continue reading Female migrants to Delhi from India’s north-east are increasingly being subjected to sexual attacks