A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened, partly because it included openly gay soldiers. The comment by John Sheehan, a former NATO commander who retired from the military 1997, shocked some at a Senate Armed Services Committee, where Sheehan spoke in opposition to a proposal to allow gays to serve openly in the U.S. military. Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin told Sheehan he was “totally off-target.” Sheehan said European militaries deteriorated after the collapse of the Soviet Union and focused on peacekeeping because “they … Continue reading Retired US general links gays in army to genocide!

The leader of an Islamist group banned in Britain praised Osama bin Laden while visiting Indonesia on Thursday and said attacks against Western targets in Muslim countries are justified. Anjem Choudary is in Indonesia to promote a book by Omar Bakri Mohammed, the founder of the extremist network Choudary leads that was banned earlier this year. He made the comments in front of around 80 people, many of them Islamist activists, at a discussion on the upcoming visit of U.S. President Barack Obama. His remarks were radical by Indonesian standards but appeared unlikely to attract the attention of authorities, who … Continue reading WHY IS MULLAH ANJEM CHOUDARY IN INDONESIA?

Netanyahu encourages Christian Zionists to stay the course Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday addressed a Christians United for Israel (CUFI) summit in Jerusalem and encouraged Christian Zionists around the world to stay the course in their defense of the Jewish state. Netanyahu reiterated the amazing turn of events that the presence of Israel-loving Christians in the Jewish state represents after centuries of Christian persecution of Jewish minorities. “Your presence here today represents a profound transformation in the relationship between Christians and Jews,” said the prime minister. “This transformation has its roots in the 19th century when the early … Continue reading Netanyahu and his henchmen ‘The Christian Extremists’ in the US as US Jews wish for peace in The Mid East!

Now the Home Office is suggesting the ID card could replace the bus pass for the over 60s – insinuating it into national life Leading Labour’s pre-election push on the ID card is Home Office minister Meg Hillier, a former mayor of Islington and an MP since just 2005. According to Theyworkforyou.com, Hillier has voted strongly in favour of a smoking ban, replacing Trident, terror laws and – naturally – ID cards, while voting against an investigation into the Iraq war and climate change laws: so, a bright New Labour high-flyer who balances her busy political life with the demands of … Continue reading You Must Resist the UK ID Card NOW or suffer later….

News that the villages of Bil’in and Nil’in are to become closed military zones every Friday until August has been greeted with dismay by locals and activists alike. The decision is an alarming upping of the ante in the battle between the Israeli authorities and opponents of the expropriation of Palestinian land, but the cessation of weekly hostilities could turn out to be a silver lining in the cloud. For all that the villagers’ cause is just, the means employed in demonstrating their discontent regularly prove counterproductive. Antagonising soldiers by throwing rocks and other projectiles has proved costly both in terms … Continue reading Will Nonviolent Palestinian protests make a difference?

A historic step Thursday, March 18, 2010 Praful Bidwai Fourteen years after the legislation was first tabled, the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of India’s Parliament, has passed a bill which reserves one-third of all elected seats in legislatures for women. Unlike in Pakistan, there’s no reservation for women in India yet. Although the Congress, the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party together supported the bill in a rare show of unity, it was doggedly opposed by Mulayalam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party, Laloo Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal and a section of the Janata Dal (United). The passage turned out extremely … Continue reading A historic step in India

And now the ‘handshake’ issueThenews.com.pk Thursday, March 18, 2010 Farooq SulehriaThe Swedish Public Employment Centre (Arbetsfrmedlingen) has been ordered to pay 60,000 Swedish kroner to a Muslim citizen, Alen Malik Crnalic. In 2006, Crnalic applied to be a trainee welder at a company in lmhult, in southern Sweden. During the interview, Crnalic, being an “active” Muslim, refused to shake hands with the company’s woman CEO. After the interview his application was turned down. According to the CEO, the decision to reject Crnalic was not based on his way of greeting. But the CEO felt insulted by the way she was … Continue reading Where does it say a woman or man cannot shake hands with each other?

Teen sex – the Home Office gets its knickers in a knot A new Home Office report blames the sexualisation of society for violence against women. It recommends a crackdown on the media, but Eamonn Dwyer wants to know why it didn’t suggest introducing the hijab. Dr Linda Papadopoulos’ recent Home Office report into the Sexualisation of Young People spun the news cycle into overdrive. It’s got everything that pushes the public’s buttons: teenagers, sex and violence. Papadopoulos’ research apparently proved there was a ‘clear link’ between the ‘pornification’ of society, the sexualisation of children, and violence against women. The … Continue reading New Labour to introduce a SEX TAX?

(Just kidding its an Islamophobe!.. But got your attention ;-)) Rep. Sue Myrick Endorses Radical Islamophobe Brigitte Gabriel GOP Rep. Myrick Endorses Conference of Noted Islamophobe Fresh off a tense town hall with Muslim constituents last month, Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) has blasted out a letter enthusiastically endorsing the group ACT! For America, and its leader, Brigitte Gabriel, who has made a number of extreme comments against Muslims. ACT! For America’s national conference and legislative briefing is scheduled for June in Washington, D.C. The group describes itself as “a collective voice for the democratic values of Western Civilization, such as the celebration of … Continue reading Islamic Extremist working in with Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)

Islamic scholar Shaykh Hamza Yusuf warns that religious teachings can be dangerously misappropriated. When he met with President George W. Bush at the White House in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf famously declared that “Islam has been hijacked” by an ideology of rage. That’s an alarm that Yusuf, an Islamic scholar whose charismatic and accessible style has earned him an international following, continues to sound nearly a decade later. He delivered the annual al-Ghazali Lecture on February 19 to an overflow audience—including many members of the local Muslim community in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel. (Attendees … Continue reading Modern Lessons from an Ancient Faith