From the daily archives:

Friday, July 18, 2008

Italy stands tall: “We are here to prevent a symbol of Milanese sport from being transformed into a mosque”

July 18, 2008

* Sheik yer’mami reported, here

More Muslims not fitting in; more Europeans not taking it. Nor can this be credited to “Islamophobia” since the mosque in question has already been accused of terrorist ties, including with al-Qaeda. “Evicted Milan Muslims pray at stadium ‘mosque,’” from Earth Times, July 18:
Milan, Italy – Italian police were out in force [...]

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Yusuf Islam gets compo for “embarrassment and distress”

July 18, 2008

* Tell us Yusuf: which ‘race’ is Islam again?

Yusuf Islam “refused to speak to or even acknowledge any women who were not veiled and was not prepared to speak to women other than through an intermediary”?
By Roger Pearson/Press Gazette
 
LONDON (AFP) — Yusuf Islam, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, on Friday accepted substantial libel damages and [...]

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The Mosque We Have To Have

July 18, 2008

 
Dudley Mosque Update

You’re having a mosque whether you want one or not

People wrote letters complaining and the local council decided against it. But the politically correct Planning Inspectorate (possibly, but we don’t know, bowing to some political pressure) has decided that the good people of Dudley are to have a huge £18 million mosque, whether [...]

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DOMES AND MINARETS? Not in My Backyard, Say an Increasing Number of Germans

July 18, 2008

By Jochen Bölsche/Spiegel
* For once a (not so) biased report from the far left Spiegel:

* The planned construction of over 180 mosques in Germany is mobilizing right-wing xenophobes but also an increasing number of leftist critics. They fear the Muslim places of worship will facilitate the establishment of a completely parallel society.

* One organization alone — Ahmadiyya, [...]

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