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The West Speaks
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Mohammed and Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy
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Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy
Ibn Warraq |
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Anything Goes
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Karimi Hotel
De Nidra Poller |
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The Left is Seldom Right
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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Allah is Dead: Why Islam is Not a Religion
by Rebecca Bynum |
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Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays
by Ibn Warraq |
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An Introduction to Danish Culture
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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The New Vichy Syndrome:
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Jihad and Genocide
by Richard L. Rubenstein |
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Second Opinion
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Defending The West:
by Ibn Warraq |
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Nations, Language and Citizenship:
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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Romancing Opiates
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Which Koran?
by Ibn Warraq |
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Our Culture, What's Left of It
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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What The Koran Really Says
by Ibn Warraq |
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Life at the Bottom
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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The Origins of the Koran
by Ibn Warraq |
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Why I Am Not Muslim
by Ibn Warraq |
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Spanish Vignettes: An Offbeat Look Into Spain's Culture, Society & History
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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Leaving Islam
Edited by Ibn Warraq |
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The Danish-German Border Dispute, 1815-2001: Aspects of Cultural and Demographic Politics
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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What's Love Got to Do with It?: Emotions and Relationships in Pop Songs
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Here are the Blogs in the Esmerelda Weatherwax category.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Istanbul: Attack on Protestant pastor on eve of Easter draws condemnation
From Todays Zaman and Pan Armenian
Semih Serkek, the pastor of Presbyterian Grace Church in İstanbul's Bahçelievler district, told police on Monday that assailants broke into the church late on Saturday.Three unidentified individuals attacked and beat Serkek on the night of April 7, immediately ...Read More...
Posted on 04/10/2012 4:51 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Extradition of Abu Hamza and four others for terrorism offences can go ahead, European court rules
Human rights judges have this morning ruled the Government can lawfully extradite radical preacher Abu Hamza to America to face terrorist charges.
The judges gave a final ruling on six extradition cases in a verdict which effectively passed judgment on whether America's treatment of terrorist ...Read More...
Posted on 04/10/2012 3:39 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Islamic police hold sway in Indonesia's Aceh
AFP: BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — In Indonesia's only province ruled by strict Islamic law, the sight of the "morals police" prompts women to quickly adjust their headscarves and male and female companions to move apart. In Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra island, it is the job of ...Read More...
Posted on 04/10/2012 2:44 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 9 April 2012
Nigeria, new attacks by Boko Haram leave 7 dead, including a small girl
(AGI) Kano - Seven persons, including a 7-year-old girl, were killed in a new wave of attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
During the night in the north-eastern city of Dikwa, the Islamic terrorists killed a policeman, a civilian and a local politician the Nigerian army reported. The command attacked ...Read More...
Posted on 04/09/2012 12:01 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 9 April 2012
Leonardo Da Vinci was a Muslim, Iranian author claims
From the Iran Book News Agency
Author of 'Leonardo Da Vinci's Drawings' says in this book he has proved that Da Vinci had been converted to Islam: "The book presents a comprehensive biography of Da Vinci and here for the first time I have proved that the artist had been converted to ...Read More...
Posted on 04/09/2012 4:56 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 9 April 2012
France takes new look at radicalization in prisons
PARIS (AP) — French authorities contend the gunman in a killing spree in Toulouse took the path to religious radicalization behind bars, with neither teacher nor network. The investigation will show whether gunman Mohamed Merah, who claimed al-Qaida links, acted alone in the three March attacks ...Read More...
Posted on 04/09/2012 3:40 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 9 April 2012
Abu Hamza could be deported despite human rights ruling
From The Telegraph
Ministers are determined to kick Abu Hamza out of the country even if his extradition to the US is blocked by European judges on human rights grounds tomorrow. I'll believe it when I see the newsreel of him in shackles at Denver International.
The Home Office is ...Read More...
Posted on 04/09/2012 3:14 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Handel: I know that my Redeemer Liveth
Posted on 04/08/2012 7:47 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Easter Day bombing: At least 20 dead in bomb attack near Kaduna church
From the Osun Defender and The Vanguard
There has been an explosion at Junction Road by Sardauna Crescent in Kaduna township. The explosion went off at about 9.10am just as Christians were observing the Sunday Easter Day Service.
THEWILL source who is at the scene of the blast says the explosion ...Read More...
Posted on 04/08/2012 5:38 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwaxe
Sunday, 8 April 2012
I wed aged FIVE... in the UK - Shocking story from a British town
From the Sun
DRESSED in a fancy new outfit, little Samina Shah thought she was getting ready for her birthday party.Instead she was being married off — having just turned FIVE. The Islamic ceremony effectively ended her childhood and paved the way for years of abuse.
Just as shockingly, this ...Read More...
Posted on 04/08/2012 2:03 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Maryland man gets 25 years in military bomb plot
(Reuters) - A judge sentenced a Baltimore man to serve 25 years in a federal prison on Friday for a plot to bomb a U.S. military recruiting center in Maryland as revenge for American policy towards Muslims.
Antonio Martinez, who recently converted to Islam and is also known as Muhammad Hussain, pleaded ...Read More...
Posted on 04/07/2012 3:34 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Friday, 6 April 2012
Child sex accuser 'is the Devil'
From The Grantham Journal Once again there is more information about things happening in big cities in the local papers of small Midlands towns than in the national newspapers or the big provincial papers.
A Rochdale man accused of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring has denied being ...Read More...
Posted on 04/06/2012 10:25 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Friday, 6 April 2012
Nigeria: Planned Easter Attack - 60 Explosives Discovered in Gombe
From All Africa, the Vanguard and AFP
Abuja — What could have led to one of the bloodiest Easter celebrations in recent times in Gombe State was averted, yesterday, as operatives of the State Security Service(SSS) discovered 60 Improvised Explosive Devices planted in different locations ...Read More...
Posted on 04/06/2012 9:57 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Friday, 6 April 2012
Daffodils
Posted on 04/06/2012 9:10 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Rocket hits Israeli tourist town Eilat
AFP: JERUSALEM — A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula slammed into the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat on Thursday, police said, causing no injuries in the town packed with tourists ahead of a Jewish holiday.
Eilat police were put on the highest state of alert following the blast, ...Read More...
Posted on 04/05/2012 4:50 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Islamist site threatens strike 'at heart of Berlin'
From AFP via NDTV: Dubai: A statement posted on Tuesday on an Islamist website used by Al Qaeda threatened a strike at the "heart of Berlin" unless Germany releases a jailed female militant.
"This is a special message to the old lady of Germany (Chancellor Angela) Merkel... you should ...Read More...
Posted on 04/05/2012 2:46 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
'Child sex victims were prostitutes with enough business acumen to win The Apprentice', man at centre of sex gang trial tells court
I was wondering what the defences of the men in the child sex trial at Crown Court Liverpool would be. Being proved by DNA to be the father of the child conceived by a 13 year old girl is pretty conclusive for one man.
Yesterday in advance of the beginning of the defence case the Rutland and Stamford ...Read More...
Posted on 04/04/2012 12:05 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
2 Somalia sport officials among 10 killed in blast at newly re-opened theatre
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) , Reuters and The Telegraph
— A suicide blast during a ceremony at Somalia's newly reopened national theater on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including two of the country's top sports officials, officials said. The dead included the president of Somalia's ...Read More...
Posted on 04/04/2012 5:33 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Several suspects detained over Mombasa blasts - al shabaab claim responsibility
Capital FM Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 3 – Internal Security Minister Professor George Saitoti has said police have intensified an investigation into Saturday’s grenade attacks in Mombasa where two people were killed and dozens wounded. Saitoti said several local and foreign suspects have ...Read More...
Posted on 04/04/2012 2:38 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
France arrests 10 in new raids on Islamists
AFP: PARIS — French police swooped on suspected radical Islamists in pre-dawn raids for the second time in less than a week Wednesday, arresting 10 people, a source close to the investigation said.
The raids were carried out in the southern port city of Marseille as well as Roubaix near the Belgian ...Read More...
Posted on 04/04/2012 2:10 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Al-Qaeda gain ground in troubled Mali
AFP ~ BAMAKO — Radical Islamists tightened their grip on northern Mali on Tuesday, ordering women to wear veils in fabled Timbuktu, as the nation's junta began to feel the bite of sanctions following its coup. The Islamists who seized control of the fabled trading hub over the weekend alongside ...Read More...
Posted on 04/03/2012 12:24 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Islamic militants detained in France 'planned to kidnap Jewish magistrate'
From the Telegraph and the Belfast Telegraph
Some of the 16 suspected Islamic militants detained in France allegedly planned to kidnap a Jewish magistrate and other people, according to reports.
A source close to the investigation told the AFP news agency: "It looks like some of them planned ...Read More...
Posted on 04/03/2012 8:36 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 2 April 2012
Man held for setting his wife on fire
Today in the Swedish edition of The Local .
A man in Malmö in southern Sweden is suspected of having set his wife on fire following a domestic dispute stemming from her request for a divorce. The 38-year-old woman received serious burns in the incident, but her injuries are reportedly ...Read More...
Posted on 04/02/2012 6:54 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 2 April 2012
A dangerous enemy of democracy who's being encouraged cynically by the Left
Melanie Phillips in the Daily Mail
The general response to George Galloway’s sensational victory in the Bradford West by-election has missed the point by a mile. Comment has concentrated on the undoubtedly stunning defeat for Labour, and has ascribed Galloway’s victory to widespread disaffection ...Read More...
Posted on 04/02/2012 3:44 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 2 April 2012
Ken Livingstone 'will send the Israelites into a tailspin'
Andrew Gilligan in The Telegraph
Under the heading “London Muslims Let’s Do a Bradford and Ensure Ken Livingstone is elected Mayor,” the author of the “London Muslim” blog writes:
Bradford Muslims have shown how if you have the right policies with the right candidate ...Read More...
Posted on 04/02/2012 3:21 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
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