Friday, February 8, 2013


Afghanistan
Karzai presses for fatwa on suicide attacks - Lisa Lundquist (The Long War Journal)

Denmark
Another Attempt to Murder Free Speech in Denmark - Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute)

Egypt
Raping women in Tahrir NOT ‘red line’: Egyptian preacher Abu Islam (Al Arabiya) Abu Islam said women activists are going to Tahrir Square not to protest but to be sexually abused because they had wanted to be raped. 
A Boom In Egyptian Eco-Tourism, But So Many Trails Still Shut Off - Sabrina Ghazal (AL-MASRY AL-YOUM/Worldcrunch)

Iran

Israel
Jerusalem, Capital of Israel: An Islamic Prophecy - Ali Salim  (Gatestone institute)     In the Qur'an the Children of Israel are mentioned countless times and they are mentioned as the Chosen People, as it is written in Al-Baqara, Verse 47, "O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds." They are mentioned as inheritors of the Holy Land which, according to all the Islamic commentators, is Jerusalem and the country around it.
Jews and Arabs Clean Up Hebron - Amihai Etali (Ma'ariv-Hebrew) The new police commander at the Cave of the Patriarchs, Barak Arusi, convinced both Jews and Arabs to join in the clean-up. While a number of European activists proceeded to paint new slogans, these were cleaned up immediately. 

Jordan

Palestinians
PA TV honors killers of over 100 civilians: "Our brave prisoners" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

United Nations  
The UN Bigotry Machine - Claudia Rosett (The Rosett Report)

USA
Obama CIA Nominee John Brennan Wrong for the Job  - Steven Emerson and John Rossomando (IPT)
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