Pick of the News
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Swiss antagonist of minarets embraces Islam
Born in a Christian family, Streich had a comprehensive study of Islam merely to malign and confront, but Islamic teachings had a deep impact on him. Eventually he de-linked himself from political activities and he embraced Islam. Streich has termed the SVO activities against the Muslims as satanic.
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MI5 'still using threats to recruit Muslim spies'
MI5 faces accusations that its officers have blackmailed and harassed vulnerable immigrants living in Britain as part of a campaign to recruit spies to report on Muslim communities.
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Gaza’s entrepreneurial spirit crushed by blockade
One year after the start of Israel’s offensive against the territory, which lasted three weeks and killed about 1,400 Palestinians, the strip’s business community is still counting the cost of the war.
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'Swiss weapons killing innocent in Iraq & Afghanistan'
Following the Swiss xenophobic ban on the building of minarets, their 'neutrality' status is further rubbished by a vote in favour of continuing to export Swiss weapons.
" There are a lot of Swiss weapons killing innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan at the moment... "
Tom Cassee, Group for a Switzerland without an Army
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Pakistans high court rules on 'Third Gender'
In the midst of a deep crisis in the Pakistani federation, exacerbated by massive political corruption, the courts take time out to rule on recognising a 'third gender'!
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Pick of the Blogs
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Banning the burqa is simply not British
‘As I was once strolling through the inner city, I suddenly happened upon an apparition in a long caftan with black hair locks. Is this a Jew? was my first thought ... but the longer I stared ... the more my first question was transformed into a new conception: is this a German?”
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Please don't listen to Anjem Choudary
Our sensationalist and irresponsible media has, in fact, been deeply complicit in the rise and rise of this fanatic, devoting quite disproportionate and counter-productive coverage to his various rantings. Is Choudary an Islamic scholar whose views merit attention or consideration? No. Has he studied under leading Islamic scholars? Nope. Does he have any Islamic qualifications or credentials? None whatsoever. So what gives him the right to pontificate on Islam, British Muslims or "the hellfire"? Or proclaim himself a "sharia judge"?
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The debate beyond Wootton Bassett
Salma Yaqoob: 'Our soldiers and military families put their trust in the politicians who send them into battle. They trust them to tell the truth. The political tragedy is that, once again, we are fighting a war that is based on lies and that will not make us safe.'
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Seumas Milne: The perpetual War on Terror
Egypt's complicity in the Gaza's siege underlines the role of western support for such regimes in the spread of war
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BBC's pro-Israeli bias resurfaces
Following an expose by the blog Lenin's Tomb, the BBC edits its evidently biased coverage of a pro-Palestinian debate at SOAS.
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Secret Jesus Bible Codes on U.S. Military Weapons
Switzerlands People's Party campaign against building Minarets
Robert Fisk - Obama is a Disaster
The Palestinian Authorities and Abu Mazin's Betrayal