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POPSThe Islamist Role in the 2008 Canadian Elections Hashmi runs an Islamic school for girls. Hashmi wears a full niqab (face covering) and encourages young girls to emulate her. She is known for promoting a very conservative Islamic ideology that is based on Wahhabism. She, like other Islamists is in favor of Sharia in Canada. The results of the Canadian election were an eye-opener because all Muslim candidates from all parties lost, with the exception of Yasmin Ratansi, who for some time has been trying to distance herself from her Muslim identity Most ordinary Canadians, well-meaning and decent folks, are fed up with demands for unreasonable accommodation and are no longer willing to put up with politics disguised as religion in the public sphere. Of course, the usual suspects are already screaming Islamophobia - again. There is no rampant Islamophobia in Canada - only an attempt at gradual Islamization.
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POPS'There Is Absolutely No Reason for Islamophobia' Calls like that are welcome news to Yunus Ulusoy from the Center for Turkish Studies in Essen, which keeps track of the religiosity of Turkish Muslims. It's a demand, Ulusoy says, "that we've been making for decades because, for Muslims, faith is a very important part of their identity." In his opinion, if the school system doesn't pay any attention to this fact, it only hurts the chances of successfully integrating Muslims into German culture.
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POPSWorld Favors Labels Talk about Civilization when the EU, and the world are more inclined to live in the Dark Ages instead of unveiling the 21st century Mind
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POPSRights Commission Dismisses "Hate Speech" Complaint The ruling means the CHRC does not believe there is evidence to support a complaint that the Steyn article was "likely to expose" Muslims to hatred or contempt. Announcing the decision (the CHRC does not publicize dismissals of complaints), Maclean's said in a statement that it "is in keeping with our long-standing position that the article in question, "The Future Belongs to Islam," an excerpt from Mark Steyn's best-selling book America Alone, was a worthy piece of commentary on important geopolitical issues, entirely within the bounds of normal journalistic practice."
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POPSControversy--Undercover Mosque on Channel 4 (UK) (I saw this doc and it was an absolute horrorshow . Talk about a wake-up to reality!! The videos are available online, youtube I think, maybe google.) Anyways: more from article-- His denial is very widely shared – which is why Mr Patani remains in his job, and why he won’t even be disciplined. The alarming truth is that much of Government policy towards radical Islam is based on Mr Patani’s delusion: if we pretend that radical Islamic preachers do not exist but are rather a creation of Islamophobic journalists, they will just go away. That sort of denial is extremely dangerous. ( YA THINK??????)
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POPSCanadian free speech The suit names: • Ezra Levant (famous for his stirring YouTube video of his confrontation with the Canadian Human Rights tribunal after he published the “Mohammed Cartoons”) • FreeDominion.ca (Canada’s answer to FreeRepublic.com) • Kate McMillan of SmallDeadAnimals.com • Jonathan Kay of the National Post daily newspaper and its in-house blog • and me, Kathy Shaidle of FiveFeetOfFury.com
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POPSGay Muslims Unveiled in 'Jihad for Love' Sharma's film offers no pat answers to the questions posed by its gay and lesbian subjects. Their struggle to create space in society to be both gay and devoutly Muslim often takes the form of interpreting the Koran differently than the Muslim clerics. (Indeed, Sharma says there has been a long history of Muslims adopting alternative understandings of scripture.) Others seek asylum in France or Canada, or pursue gay lifestyles in secret. Ultimately, the film succeeds by opening "a completely different discourse on Islam," as Sharma puts it. At a time of mounting islamophobia, A Jihad for Love recasts Islam as a religion that inspires deep devotion among its adherents, even in gay Muslims so often marginalized by clerics and culture. Theirs is a quest for love, not war.
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POPSThe Strange Journey of Ayaan Hirsi Ali: From Devout Muslim to Outspoken "Feminist" Critic of Islam
The former "liberal" who becomes an outspoken right-winger has become an American political archetype. Ronald Reagan and David Horowiz are two prime examples of the breed. They use the rhetorical tool of claiming to be just as caring and compassionate as their previous political incarnation, but the left's irrationality and hatred of (you pick it) the West, America, Christianity, capitalism, etc. caused them to wake up one morning and see the light. And having transformed from lefty caterpillar into a right-leaning butterfly, they present themselves as qualified to comment on liberalism's moral and intellectual failures. related version of this turncoat persona : a "reformed" Muslim woman who favors crushing Islam under the boot of Western militarism. Once very devout in her Muslim beliefs, Ali has transformed into an outspoken critic who bases her calls for the destruction of Islam on feminist and human rights principles.
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POPSAcadmic Showdown: Eagleton v Amis You want a good verbal fight full of high powered sarcasm, intelligence, iconoclasm? Watch this space. Eagleton is a delight to read - his TLS crit of 'The God Delusion' is brilliant (though obviously our Tel is no proseltyser for God). It's not just clippers who get a bit worked up when it comes to intellectual debate!
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POPSThe Death of Sweden "Bye Bye Britain: The Natives Are Fleeing" Bye Bye Holland, 10 November 2006 islamists/minorities versus native citizens,
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POPS30 days : Muslims and America How much do we know about the Muslim faith? What's it like to be a Muslim in America? Can a Christian be open to the Muslim faith, yet still stay true to his own? This movie gives a peek inside a Muslim family.
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POPSIslamophobia Worst Form of Terrorism, Islamic Foreign Ministers Say Sorry bub, I don't buy it! You made your own bed and have been doing so for 1400 years, give or take. Your issues with us are nothing new. Islam has fundamental problems which FAR outweigh the problems of the other major religions of the world. Do I sound biased? I'm not. I'm merely stating a fact which is rapidly becoming common knowledge in many parts of the world. Please don't bother to issue a fatwa calling for my death. I'm not concerned!
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POPSThe American Muslim Muslims SPEAK OUT against terrorism, suicide bombings, and other acts of violence. This page shows the truth about Islam, and shows how Muslims do NOT support terrorism. MUST-READ, and please pass it around!
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POPSGodzilla Had Green Blood to Make the US Hate Islam Proof the world has gone completely insane. Take a look at this video. The lecture hall is not filled with screaming crazy extremists with I HATE AMERICA (and Jews) posters . . . . . . this classroom auditorium is very calm, has a POWER POINT PRESENTATION, and, except for the uniforms, looks just like a classroom anywhere. . . . BUT WHAT THE LECTURER IS SAYING IS TOTALLY INSANE!
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