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One killed, 11 injured in Pakistan Church attack by gunmen
2009-03-05 12:02:00
By Dan Wooding and Sheraz Khurram Khan Special to ASSIST News Service 'GUJRANWALA, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- As violence continues to spiral out of country in Pakistan , ANS has received news that indiscriminate firing by a group of Muslim men on congregants of a Presbyterian church in Gujranwala district on Monday, March 2 that left a woman dead and 11 others injured.Several Muslim men, identified as Amjad, Balal, Zeeshan Azam and others whose identities could not be ascertained by ANS, opened fire on worshipping Christians at the Presbyterian Church in Songo, which is a town that is some 7 kilometers from Gujranwala city, a week after two Muslim men robbed a Christian resident of the area on gunpoint. On February 25, two Muslim men intercepted a Christian man, Imran, on his way home and robbed him at gunpoint of 3,000 Pakistani Rupees ($37.3506 USD), a mobile phone and a wrist watch. Bleeding, Imran, after going home, he then went to the local police station to report the incident. The ma...
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Don't Say a Word
2009-03-05 00:25:00
A U.N. resolution seeks to criminalize opinions that differ with the Islamic faith.By Christopher Hitchens Posted Monday, March 2, 2009, at 2:07 PM ET'The Muslim religion makes unusually large claims for itself. All religions do this, of course, in that they claim to know and to be able to interpret the wishes of a supreme being. But Islam affirms itself as the last and final revelation of God's word, the consummation of all the mere glimpses of the truth vouchsafed to all the foregoing faiths, available by way of the unimprovable, immaculate text of "the recitation," or Quran.If there sometimes seems to be something implicitly absolutist or even totalitarian in such a claim, it may result not from a fundamentalist reading of the holy book but from the religion itself. And it is the so-called mainstream Muslims, grouped in the Organization of the Islamic Conference, who are now demanding through the agency of the United Nations that Islam not only be allowed to make absolutist cla...
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Join us in praying for Zimbabwe
2009-03-04 23:52:00
Welcome to the first Love Zim prayer email. Thank you for your passion and commitment to pray for the people of Zimbabwe .Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The Unity government, led by President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has got radical choices to make. A choice between democracy and tyranny, failure or success, economic recovery or oblivion, mass suffering or healing. They can't do this alone and require the love, prayers and support of the global community as they rebuild their nation.The reality is that the signs so far are not good. Robert Mugabe's sincerity to bring about real change is still in question. Political prisoners and abductees have not been freed. Against the spirit of reconciliation, Deputy Minister Roy Bennet was arrested on the eve of the swearing in of ministers on charges related to his political activities. Thousands have died of cholera and are still dying on a daily basis. The police and Militias continue to harass and intimidate. Zi...
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Stupidity - christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-03-04 16:26:00
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.Living in Hollywood is like living in a bowl of granola. What ain't fruits and nuts is flakes.Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.Hanlon's Razor "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."[W]e have not been scuffling in this waste-howling wildness for the right to be stupid.- Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) "The Salt Eaters," 1980.Isn't it curious that narrow-minded people are often the most thickheaded? - Frank BaerGenius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. - Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? - Will RogersAgainst stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. - Friedrich von SchillerI'm not intending to imply insult or judgement here but I am curious to know in order to be able to respond to your posts...
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Joint Statement
2009-03-03 21:49:00
Joint Statement issued by Sam Soloman, Patrick Sookhdeo and Dennis Wrigley3 March 2009 A number of accusations have been circulating in the media about Sam Soloman, Patrick Sookhdeo and the Maranatha Community, the movement which Dennis Wrigley heads. Some of the accusations apparently have arisen in regard to discussions held at a closed meeting convened last July, which, among other issues, discussed a perceived growth of fear of Islam and Muslims felt among Christians in the UK. Some attributed this fear to aggressive teaching by Christians concerning negative aspects of Islam and advocated promoting an alternative approach. The majority of those who attended the meeting advocated maintaining a variety of approaches, which included ones that are openly critical of Islam. We would like to state clearly that we recognize that any individuals that were advocating limiting criticism of Islam were speaking their own opinions and were not following any official policy of CRIB (Christia...
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Faith schools accused of 'backdoor selection'
2009-03-03 07:24:00
Alexandra Frean, Education Editor, The Times, writes,'Faith schools and academies should be stripped of their power to choose pupils, according to research that suggests that some secondary schools are flouting new rules designed to prevent middle-class pupils dominating the best comprehensives.Researchers at the London School of Economics, who studied more than 3,000 secondary school admission forms for 2008, said that faith schools and other establishments that control admissions, including academies, should hand over the job of allocating places to an independent body to ensure greater fairness. Anne West, director of the education research group at the LSE and lead author of the study, said that this could be the local authority, which already controls admissions for community schools, or a religious body such as the diocesan authority.The researchers found that some schools were operating a form of backdoor selection by asking for personal information about parents? marital st...
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Legal lying
2009-03-02 23:23:00
Sky News says, on Monday March 02, 2009,'Women who have babies after IVF are to have a wider choice over who can be named as the second parent.Same-sex couples who have a child after IVF will both be named on birth certificatesThe change in legislation paves the way for lesbian couples to name their partners on the birth certificate.At the moment, a husband is automatically named as the father after IVF unless he did not consent to the treatment.The new law, which comes into effect on April 6, will extend this rule to same-sex couples.Single women will also be allowed to name the second parent - and it does not need to be their partner.The chosen person can be anyone except a close blood relative or someone who refuses to give their consent.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said couples may wish to postpone treatment to take advantage of the legislation."If a lesbian couple, for example, were thinking about having IVF treatment they might be better off waiting until ...
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Study - christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-03-02 15:03:00
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.--Benjamin DisraeliYou are the same today as you will be five years from now except for two things . . . the people you meet and the books you read. --Charles E. JonesStudy is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.-- Walter Savage LandorEmploy your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have laboured hard for.-- Socrates

Strength - christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-03-01 17:53:00
I have the strength of ten men! (Small, weak, skinny men with asthma.)-- Crist DrutisGod, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.-- C. S. LewisBut what is strength without a double shareOf wisdom?John Milton. (1608 -1674). Samson AgonistesWe all have the strength to endure the misfortunes of others. --La RochefoucauldGod always gives us strength enough, and sense enough, for every thing that He wants us to do.... John Ruskin (1819-1900)O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. -- William ShakespeareA clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.-- Mildred W. Struven

One booklet my pharmacy will not distribute
2009-02-28 06:48:00
The Christian Institute sats, 'The Government has told parents to discuss sex with their children without ?trying to convince them? of what is right and wrong. The advice comes in a new booklet, called Talking to your Teenager about Sex and Relationships, which is to be made available at pharmacies nationwide.It has prompted criticism from family campaigners who say it is ?outrageous? for the Government to tell parents not to give children clear moral guidance on sexual relationships.Although the Government says it is keen for parents to discuss sex with their children, it recently emerged that parents? views were ignored during consultations on making sex education compulsory in primary and secondary schools.The new booklet tells parents: ?Under the NHS, contraception and condoms are free and there are lots of safe and effective methods that are suitable for young people - encourage your teenager to visit their local clinic or GP so they can make a choice that?s right for them.?Wh...
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Lesbian couple win fertility bid
2009-02-27 14:27:00
BBC says,'Julie McMullan and Caroline Harris are now entitled to IVF treatment A lesbian couple have won the right to NHS treatment to help them have a baby after threatening to sue health chiefs. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) had denied Caroline Harris and Julie McMullan IVF treatment as they were not classified as an infertile couple. The health board said it had reviewed its position in light of regulations, including the Equality Act. The women, who were suing the health board for treatment costs, said they had not yet been offered a settlement. 'Perverts for parents on my taxes. Yuck.
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A Jubilee Year?
2009-02-27 08:31:00
The Jubill Centre's Alan White writes on 24 February 2009 A couple of times in the last month or so it's been suggested that we comment on a call for a worldwide Jubilee Year to resolve the current financial crisis.The first published call seems to have been an article by Niall Ferguson in the Financial Times of 18 December '08. He suggests a conversion of homeowners' mortgage debts 'could be wholly or partly converted into long-term, low and fixed interest loans' and quotes Harvard's Martin Feldstein's proposal that the US government offer 'any homeowner with a mortgage the option to replace 20% of the mortgage with a low-interest loan from the government, subject to a maximum of $80,000. The annual interest rate could be as low as 2% and the loan would be amortised over 30 years'.Niall points out that this would represent a loss for creditors, 'notably the holders of mortgage-backed securities and bank bonds' but that this would be 'a less extreme solution than the ge...

Polygamy UK
2009-02-26 18:43:00
Sue Reid writes in the Daily Mail on 24th February 2009'He cut a smart figure in his grey suit and crisply ironed shirt. The 6ft tall Somalian bowed to the judge, calling him 'Sir', before begging for his wife, Fatima, and their teenage son to be allowed to stay in Britain. Fatima, with a black khimar veil covering her hair and shoulders, sat quietly next to her husband. In her late 30s and wearing open sandals, she lowered her dark eyes as the details of the unconventional life she and her husband, Abdi, led in the West London suburb of Shepherd's Bush unfolded at a busy immigration court. Multiple marriages in Britain were first declared illegal in 1604The judge listened in silence. Perhaps he knew from past experience what was coming next. Abdi went on to reveal that Fatima was not his only wife. Indeed, he was a self-confessed bigamist who had a second, much younger wife and a 13-year-old daughter by her. They both lived nearby. 'I visit them regularly,' said Abdi, 51, who...
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Tony Blair?s God Thing
2009-02-26 09:22:00
Rusty Wright AND and Meg Korpi for Assist News Service say,' Tony Blair has this thing about God and faith.He thinks they?re important.Sometimes, this lands him in hot water.Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, recently, Britain?s former Prime Minister related an amusing anecdote: During a crisis, he wanted to close an address to his nation with ?God bless the British people.? ?This caused complete consternation,? recalled Blair. ?Emergency meetings were convened. The system was aghast.?As Blair tried to defend his choice of words, ?a senior civil servant said, with utter disdain: ?Really, Prime Minister, this is not America you know.??Blair?s Washington audience roared. Now free to speak his mind, the former PM?whose press secretary once famously told reporters, ?We don?t do God??has been talking a lot about God and faith.Doing GodAddressing the DC gathering, Blair affirmed faith as a significant force for good in the world. Decrying both religious extremis...
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Look beyond martyrdom, says Al-Qaeda careers advice head
2009-02-25 10:40:00
Newsbuiscuit says,'Radical Muslim youths across the world are dreaming first and last about careers as martyrs, despite falling demand and the wealth of opportunities in other fields according to Samir Al-Mady, head of the Al-Qaeda Careers Advice Board. Al-Mady revealed that in the board?s annual survey of radicalized 15 and 16-year-olds, ?Martyr/Suicide Bomber? was the favourite career choice for the 28th consecutive year. It scored 76%, placing it comfortably ahead of the next choices ?Radical Preacher? (13%), ?Astronaut? (6%) and ?Systems Analyst? (0.1%). ?People might call it double-standards that the operation that has done so much to promote the glories of martyrdom is now calling for a rethink,? said Al-Mady. ?But a modern organisation needs diverse skills in order to flourish in the modern world. Whilst we will always treasure the blood of our glorious martyrs, peace be upon them, we are in desperate need of young men in other areas of our organization ? fund raisers, offic...
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The House of Lords Speech: What Wilders Would Have Said If Britain Allowed
2009-02-24 20:48:00
From the International Free Press Society website:Below is the text of the address that Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders was invited to deliver at the House of Lords on Thursday, February 12, 2009. Instead of making this address and showing his film Fitna, he was detained by UK immigration officials on his arrival at London Heathrow airport and sent back to the Netherlands as a risk to ?public security.? Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you Lord Pearson and Lady Cox for showing Fitna [see it here], and for your gracious invitation. While others look away, you seem to understand the true tradition of your country, and a flag that still stands for freedom. This is no ordinary place. This is not just one of England?s tourist attractions. This is a sacred place. This is the mother of all Parliaments, and I am deeply humbled to speak before you.The Houses of Parliament is where Winston Churchill stood firm, and warned ? all throughout the 19...
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"Heroin Jihad"
2009-02-24 15:52:00
"[A] two-pronged attack which peddles death and misery [to infidels] with heroin while netting massive sums to pay for future terror attacks," that is, the jihad. "Asian terror gangs target UK with killer heroin," by Scott Hesketh for the Daily Star, February 22 'TERROR chiefs plan to flood our streets with heroin in a terrifying plot to wage ?chemical jihad? on Britain.And they have been using hate-filled Muslim gangs as their UKdealers.Pakistani and Afghan-based al-Qaida and Taliban warlords are sitting on a £6billion stash of deadly heroin.And they have ordered their dealers to sell it only to non-Muslims.The ruthless racket is a two-pronged attack which peddles death and misery with heroin while netting massive sums to pay for future terror attacks.A senior security source told the Daily Star Sunday: ?The Afghan poppy fields are probably the biggest financial contributor to al-Qaida and the Taliban.?The UK?s heroin trade is increasing at an alarming rate and most of the cash he...
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Bauchi, Nigeria - New attacks on Christians despite curfew
2009-02-24 13:30:00
Michael O'Rourke N. Msc sent a message to the members of Christian Solidarity World Wide.Dear friends,Attacks on the Christian community of Bauchi State in central Nigeria are continuing despite the declaration of a comprehensive curfew in the state capital.At least eleven people were killed and over 1,500 displaced, while 14 churches, eight vicarages, one mosque and numerous Christian homes were razed to the ground during a weekend of violence that centred on seven neighbourhoods in predominantly-Muslim Bauchi Town.The violence erupted after the burning of a mosque in the Railway suburb during the early hours of Saturday 21 February that was blamed on Christians . It is now believed to have been the work of militants seeking a pretext for violence in retaliation for events in November 2008, when rioting Muslims were shot dead for defying a government-imposed curfew in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.CSW has been informed by local sources that on 13 February, a COCIN (Church of Ch...
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Britain's Anti-Christian Kulturkampf
2009-02-23 11:43:00
Hal G.P. Colebatch on 2.20.09 in The American Spectator writes,'Things seem to be moving faster in Britain, and not in a nice direction. In the area of religion, here are five incidents reported in the course of barely a week. A foster mother has been struck off by a council after a teenage Muslim girl in her care became a Christian . Interviewed by the Daily Mail, the carer, who has looked after more than 80 children, said she was devastated: "This is my life. It is not just a job for me. It is a vocation. I love what I do. It is also my entire income. I am a single carer, so that is all I have to live on." She said she had recently bought a larger car and had been renting a farmhouse, with a pony in a field, so that she could provide more disadvantaged children with a new life. "That was always my dream. I am now in a one-bedroom flat." The girl, now 17, is understood to be back with members of her family, who have not been told of her conversion. (There have been quite a number o...
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Islamic fundamentalism promoted on websites at some Muslim schools
2009-02-23 06:14:00
Daily Telegraph'sTom Whitehead, reports on20 Feb 2009'.....warns the messages are threatening social cohesion and could fuel "ghettoization" and segregation. A site linked to one primary school said playing Monopoly or chess was forbidden and likened the latter to "one who dips his hands in the blood of swine". Another warned children in Britain were being exposed to a culture that was against everything Islam stands for, while a third school's website had electronic links to alleged extremist sites. Others had links to other sites or chatrooms that contain fundamental views such as forbidding the playing of cricket or even reading of Harry Potter books. Many of the messages, sites or links mentioned in the report have since been taken down, but the Department for Children, Schools and Families last night said it would investigate the allegations it contained. Representatives of Muslim schools angrily dismissed the study, labelling it "misleading, intolerant and divisive", but th...
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America as the last man standing
2009-02-22 10:26:00
Here is the speech of Geert Wilders, Chairman, Party for Freedom, the Netherlands , at the Four Seasons, New York Dear friends,Thank you very much for inviting me. I come to America with a mission. All is not well in the old world. There is a tremendous danger looming, and it is very difficult to be optimistic. We might be in the final stages of the Islam ization of Europe . This not only is a clear and present danger to the future of Europe itself, it is a threat toAmerica and the sheer survival of the West. The United States as the last bastion of Western civilization, facing an Islamic Europe. First I will describe the situation on the ground in Europe .. Then, I will say a few things about Islam. To close I will tell you about a meeting inJerusalem .The Europe you know is changing. You have probably seen the landmarks. But in all of these cities, sometimes a few blocks away from your tourist destination, there is another world. It is the world of the parallel society created ...
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Strangers - christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-02-21 21:11:00
In our attempt to overcome estrangement and to make ourselves a home in the world, we have made ourselves, more than ever, strangers. - A J Conyers, The Eclipse of Heaven,, Inter Varsity Press, 1992 p.71.
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Bible report - funny even if American
2009-02-20 17:18:00
" A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible . I wonder how often we take for g ranted that children understand what we are teaching??? Through the eyes of a child: The Bible , in a nutshell, as seen in the eyes of a child . In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did. Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or so...
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More terror?
2009-02-20 16:33:00
From The Sunday Times:Terror ists linked to Al-Qaeda may be planning to buy former NHS ambulances and police cars to mount suicide bomb attacks in Britain, MI5 has warned.They may import a tactic already used in Iraq and Israel, according to a report by MI5?s Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre to chief constables.In a statement to The Sunday Times, the Association of Chief Police Officers also warned of the risk of such an attack. It said ministers must legislate to stop the sale of such vehicles.Its move has been backed by Lord Carlile of Berriew, the government?s terrorism watchdog. He said he feared terrorists could exploit a loophole which did not allow police sufficient powers to stop and search the drivers of suspicious vehicles.Interestingly, the British Home Office asked eBay to quit selling used emergency vehicles, equipment and uniforms but were denied. Management at eBay said they won't act unless a new law is passed.

Speak up on behalf of apostates from Islam
2009-02-20 13:58:00
CSW says,'Over the last year Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has carried out a special investigation into the human rights abuses suffered by apostates from Islam . The research included interviews with twenty eight apostates in six different countries. One apostate spoke of when he was subjected to torture in a Middle Eastern country. His torturer told him he could scream as loud as he wanted, but no one would hear or save him. When he realised this was true, he broke down and has never really recovered from the damage caused by his detention. No Place to Call Home is the title of the report on this investigation. It identifies that the application of the death penalty for apostasy is rare, even though most people associate this as a punishment for apostasy. Only Sudan and Malaysia make explicit mention of the death penalty for apostasy in their legislation, although there is still a very real risk of facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, Mauritania and Iran under their st...
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Brutal murder of a Somali convert from Islam
2009-02-20 13:51:00
CSI report,'Footage has emerged of a mobile phone video showing the tragic and brutal murder of a Somali convert from Islam .In September 2008, members of the al-Shabab militia intercepted 25-year-old Mansour Mohammed, a humanitarian aid worker and convert from Islam, along with his driver. Mansour?s driver managed to escape, but later that day at a nearby village the militiamen asked villagers to gather around as they had prepared a ?celebration? for them. Five masked men armed with guns and large traditional daggers dragged a handcuffed Mansour to the area where the villagers had gathered, forcing him to kneel. The militia men declared that Mansour was a ?Murtad,? who spied for the Ethiopian Army and began reciting from the Qur?an. One militia pulled back his head, occasionally turned it from side to side, and at one point scraped a large dagger against his hair several times as if sharpening it - it seemed he wanted to force some reaction from Mansour. However, the video of his d...
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Politicians 'ignoring' polygamy
2009-02-20 13:00:00
BBC says,' Baroness Warsi says more needs to be done to prevent polygamy in the UK Cultural sensitivity has prevented politicians from discussing the issue of polygamy in the UK, a leading Muslim peer has told the BBC. Baroness Warsi, shadow minister for community cohesion, told Radio 4's Today programme it was time policy makers took the issue seriously. She said she wanted registering all religious marriages to be considered to stop men marrying more than one wife. Baroness Warsi said politicians had been ignoring the issue. "There has been a failure on the part of policy makers to respond to this situation," she said. "Some of it has been done in the name of cultural sensitivity and we've just avoided either discussing or dealing with this matter head on. "There has to be a culture change and that has to brought about by policy makers taking a very clear stance on this issue, saying that in this country, one married man is allowed to marry one woman," she added. Manzoor Moghal...
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TALK OF THE SOOKHDEVIL
2009-02-19 17:55:00
'British Evangelical Author Attacked For Exposing Militant Islam - taken from VirtueOnline.org This article was taken from VirtueOnline [link] as posted by an anonymous Western missionary. Background Were you shocked by this headline? Perhaps you were, especially if you are familiar with that gracious Christian leader Patrick Sookhdeo. Perhaps as shocked as I was to see a headline on blogistan.co.uk reading "Review of rotten book by the Sookhdevil" - quite an attention-grabber. Indigo Jo, the blogger who coined that headline, is certainly good with words. He is also a convert to Islam, known as Yusuf, original name Matthew Smith. A self-confessed truck driver with a degree in politics who lives with his parents in Surrey, Matthew Smith has become not just a Muslim but an Islamist. This he makes clear on his website where he describes himself as pro-madhhab Le. pro-sharia. His blog reviews a review of Patrick Sookhdeo`s respected work "Global Jihad: The future in the face of militan...
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Bible moved to library top shelf over inequality fears
2009-02-19 16:30:00
Lucy Cockcroft in The Telegraph writes,'Officials have issued guidance that libraries should keep all holy books, including the Bible , on the top shelves Muslims have complained that the Koran is often displayed on the lower shelves, which is deemed offensive as many believe the holy book should be placed above "commonplace things". Now library officials in one city have been told to keep all holy books, including the Bible, on the top shelves in the interests of equality. It has caused concern from Christian charities that this will put the Bible out of the reach and sight of many people. The situation was brought to light in guidance published by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, a quango answering to Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, on how to handle controversial materials. It said some Muslims in Leicester had moved copies of the Koran to the top shelves of libraries, because they believe it is an insult to display it in a low position. The city's librarians consulte...
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Islamist Qatada given compensation
2009-02-19 13:38:00
BBC says'Abu Qatada has been held in Belmarsh high security prison Radical preacher Abu Qatada has been awarded £2,500 in compensation by the European Court of Human Rights. Judges ruled that his detention without trial in the UK under anti-terrorism powers breached his human rights. After his arrest last year, he was held under a 22-hour home curfew and later detained in Belmarsh prison. On Wednesday, Law Lords in Britain ruled that Abu Qatada, 48, could be deported from the UK to Jordan despite fears he could be tortured there. Lawyers for Abu Qatada have already submitted an application to appeal against his removal to the European Court. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said the pay-out would "horrify most reasonable people in the UK". The European Court also awarded pay-outs of between £1,500 and £3,400 to 10 other people who were detained in Britain following 9/11 on suspicion of providing support for extremists linked to al-Qaeda. They include Abu Rideh, a Palestinian re...
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