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War and Family Left Behind, Lone Afghan Youths Seek a Life in Europe
Seeded on Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:22 AM EDT (The New York Times)
PARIS — On the edges of a Salvation Army soup line in Paris, a soft-spoken Afghan boy told the story recently of how he ended up in Europe, alone.
'Apostate' girl's father
Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:05 PM EDT (washtimes.com)
Rifqa Bary, the Ohio girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and fled from her family in fear for her life, prevailed.
Saving the Worlds Women - The Feminist Hawks
Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:26 PM EDT (The New York Times)
How do big ideas spread on the Internet, and how are they changed in the process?
Hezbollah
Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:17 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Hezbollah is a military, political and social organization in Lebanon with strong ties to Iran and Syria, a bloc in Lebanon's Parliament and ministers in the cabinet. As a political party, Hezbollah runs schools and hospitals in Lebanon.
Another step towards Hamastan
Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:14 PM EDT ()
Hamas has denied repeatedly that they want to turn Gaza into an Islamist regime-- yet the evidence show otherwise.
Photos of Palestinians in Gaza at the Start of Ramadan
Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:10 AM EDT (YouTube)
"Palestine Today published pictures of the general atmosphere in villages and cities in the Gaza Strip at the start of the Islamic month of fasting: Ramadan.
Hamas Woos Gaza Kids from UN Camps to Join 'Fun with Terror'
Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:46 AM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)
Hamas has embarked on a massive campaign this summer to woo Gazan children away from UNWRA (United Nations Works and Relief Association) summer camps to its own camps. At Hamas summer camps, kids learned to wage war against Israel and were indoctrinated with Islamic ideology.
Hezbollah Readies for War as UN Peacekeepers Can Only Observe
Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:05 PM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
In a Lebanese village 10 miles west of the Israeli border, black-capped Hezbollah militiamen stand guard in front of a suspected weapons cache.
Muslim Charity Teams Up with U.S. Government
Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:33 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
I've written in a previous post about American Muslim charities that are using various vetting processes to reassure Muslims that their donations won't get them into trouble with the U.S. government. Here's another organization: American Charities for Palestine.
Islamist Militants Restrict Somali Wedding Celebrations
Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:11 AM EDT (turkishweekly.net)
In a typical Somali wedding, women wear brightly colored gowns, gold jewelry and elaborate hairstyles. They dance with men to the tunes of Somali love songs, performed by a vocalist and a pianist.
Saving the World's Women
Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:52 PM EDT (The New York Times)
IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking, acid attacks, bride burnings and mass rape.
Palestinian rights orgs slam Hamas, radical group
Seeded on Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:34 PM EDT ()
"Bethlehem - Ma'an - Prominent Palestinian human rights organizations were up in arms Sunday following bloody clashes between forces loyal to Hamas and a radical armed group, which ultimately left at least 24 Palestinians dead by Saturday.
An estimated one million children could face interruptions to their education due to the Taliban
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:58 PM EDT (dailytimes.com.pk)
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations warned on Thursday that one million children could have their education interrupted in areas, where conflict with the Taliban has damaged or turned schools into civilian shelters.
Why are Taliban issuing code of conduct?
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:32 PM EDT (CNN)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The Taliban is on a public relations drive. The militants fighting on fronts from Afghanistan to Pakistan fear they are losing the propaganda war among their own people.
Bombs Outside Mosques in Baghdad Kill at Least 29
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:22 PM EDT (The New York Times)
BAGHDAD — Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques around Baghdad within 45 minutes on Friday as worshipers attended prayer services, killing at least 29 people in what appeared to be a coordinated attack against followers of the anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr, Iraqi offic …
Islamic Supremacist Hizb ut-Tahrir Event Promoted with Beheaded Statue of Liberty
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:12 PM EDT (realcourage.org)
Islamic Supremacist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir's branch in Malaysia promoted its July 26, 2009 conference for a global Islamic Supremacist Caliphate with an image of a "beheaded" Statue of Liberty and NYC in smoking ruins.
Muslims Abduct Two Christian Coptic Girls in Egypt
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:07 PM EDT (aina.org)
Mrs. Samira Markos, who lives in Alexandria, sent an appeal to Egypt4Christ advocacy, pleading with them to rescue her daughter from forced Islamization.
Women are not to blame for Canada's falling birthrate
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:55 PM EDT (Vancouver Sun)
Declining birthrates will have catastrophic consequences for western countries -- diminished productivity, inability to support an aging population, economic shrinkage -- and here I was throwing the whole problem on the laps of women.
US Consulate in Jerusalem has a website that assumes Jerusalem is Palestinian - says nothing about Israel
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:38 AM EDT (atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com)
You must go immediately to the website of the US Consulate in Jerusalem. Let me know whether you can find ANYTHING about Israel. As of 11:00 p.m. EST, every single entry/article/announcement is about the "Palestinians" or the "West Bank." NOTHING about Israel. Nothing. Nada. Zip.
"North Carolina: Meet Taqiyya Jihad.."
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:20 AM EDT (walidphares.com)
With shock and malaise, Americans are discovering that their country is penetrated by jihadi terrorists, particularly those we call "homegrown." Over the past few months, several alarming cases have been revealed by law enforcement.
Diplomats: Hezbollah 'embarrassed' by arms cache blast
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:58 PM EDT (ynetnews.com)
European sources tell Al-Hayat that Shiite group trying to divert global attention away from blast that proved it is violating Resolution 1701 by focusing on IDF activity along border
Explosions in Iraqi Political Office Kill at Least 5
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:44 PM EDT (The New York Times)
BAGHDAD — At least five people were killed and 14 others injured on Thursday after a pair of explosions ripped through the offices of a Sunni political party in Diyala Province while the party leaders gathered for a meeting, Iraqi police said.
Judge Orders Release of Detainee by Late August
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:39 PM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered that one of the youngest detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, be released by late August in a case that drew wide attention because of rulings that he had been tortured by Afghan officials and abused in American custody.
From the Desk of David Pogue - Take Back the Beep Campaign - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:57 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Last week, in The Times and on my blog, I've been ranting about one particularly blatant money-grab by U.S. cellphone carriers: the mandatory 15-second voicemail instructions.
Summer Heats Up in Lebanon
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:22 PM EDT (washingtoninstitute.org)
Six weeks after the pro-West March 14 coalition defeated the Hizballah-led alliance in Lebanon's parliamentary elections, no new government has been formed in Beirut.
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Army: 12 die in dual shootings at Fort Hood, Texas
The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Lt. Gen Bob Cone said at a news conference that one shooter has been killed and two suspects were apprehended on Thursday. He says they are all U.S. soldiers.
The Worst is Yet to ComeWhat is more likely happening is a repeat of the Great Depression. We might have up to a year or so of an economy growing just slightly above stagnation, followed by a drop in growth worse than anything we have seen in the past two years.
- Jon says he became intoxicated by celebrity
During a public dialogue Sunday, Jon Gosselin said, "I think I'm just misunderstood. I'm not a fame seeker. Everyday I look in the mirror and I wonder [why I'm famous]. I don't sing. I don't dance. I'm not a Nobel Peace Prize winner. I just had eight kids and I had a show."
- Schoolgirl watches in horror as yob stamps on her puppy's head and kills it
A teenage girl watched in horror after a yob killed her ten-week-old puppy by stamping on its head. April Alderton, 15, let her Jack Russell Sandy approach three teenage boys wearing hooded tops when one of them lashed out and stamped on the animal's head.
- Levi Johnston On CBS' Early Show: I'm Going To Leak Things On Palin, That's Just How It Is (VIDEO)
Levi Johnston appeared on CBS' Early Show Wednesday, where he explained his reasons for spilling unflattering information about the Palin family and said he was keeping some "huge" secrets.
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