March 15, 2006

No Internet for women, no Mecca for foreigners

From ABS-CBN News (via Dhimmiwatch):

The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Manila has issued a warning that entry of non-Muslims into the cities of Mecca and Medina, the two holy places in Islam, is strictly prohibited, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday. Oscar G. Valenzuela, DFA Assistant Secretary for Middle East and African Affairs, said [...]

March 15, 2006

Eurabia is nearer than yesterday but farther than tomorrow (UPDATED)

Via Pia Causa
French PM calls for limitations on free speech in France

«Tout discours, cri, menace, écrit, imprimé, dessin ou affiche outrageant, portant atteinte volontairement aux fondements des religions, est une injure.»“All speech, shout, menace, written message, print, design or outrageous image, that attacks willingly to the fundings of the religions, is an affront/an insult”.
Amendment to [...]

March 15, 2006

More violence in Turkey against Catholic Priests

Gateway Pundit has the news.
Fr Hanri Leylek, one of the monks at the parish, wrote to AsiaNews: “Some newspapers said ‘the boy entered the Catholic Church, accusing the church of prostituting boys with girls coming to the church’, as if this was the main news”, thus leaving the attack aside.
What really happened was that “on [...]

March 15, 2006

No charges for Danish Newspaper

Denmark’s top prosecutor said Wednesday he will not press charges against the newspaper that first published the Muhammad cartoons that angered Muslims worldwide.
Director of Public Prosecutions Henning Fode upheld the decision of a regional prosecutor who ruled the drawings published in Jyllands-Posten Sept. 30 did not violate Danish law. Fode’s decision cannot be appealed.
“The decision [...]

March 15, 2006

Stop the execution of three Indonesian Christians

Amnesty International

The authorities are reportedly preparing for the execution of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu. The intended date and time have not been announced, but the Central Sulawesi Prosecutor’s office has apparently ordered three coffins and begun final preparations. President Yudhoyono rejected the three men’s appeal for clemency in [...]

March 15, 2006

Women’s rights: a roundup of news

Reviewing some notes I had on this subject for the past days I think I have to write upon the last news on this subject. I am surprised to find an interview titled ‘That Muslim woman could be happier than you…’ about a liberal woman who converted to Islam. I had copied here extracts [...]

March 15, 2006

Death Threat against signers of Manifesto

Agora
Death Threat against signers of ManifestoBy Jørgen Ullerup, Correspondent to Jyllands-Posten Warning against Islamic totalitarianism brings death threats. On a website an Islamic group has made death threats against the 12 intellectuals, including Salman Rushdie, who recently signed a Manifesto against Islamic Totalitarianism. /Paris/ According to one of the signers, [...]