Islam is second largest religion in France -- March 13, 2008
Catholic Institute of Paris training men to become Imams for French mosques
( Ed: France is famous in history for the guillotine )
" PARIS — With an eye to putting a French stamp on Islam, the country's second-largest religion, the center-right government has initiated a civics training experiment for imams and Muslim chaplains in an unusual venue: the prestigious Catholic Institute of Paris.
The training is intended to help shape a new generation of Islamic clerics for France's Muslim population of 5 million to 7 million, the largest in Western Europe.
The students are largely foreign-born, many hailing from North and sub-Saharan Africa.
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080312/FOREIGN/861846840/1003
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/FOREIGN/861846840/1003&template=nextpage
Third Islamic State in Eastern Europe -- March 9, 2008 ..Albania, Bosnia and Kososvo
http://www.watch.org/showart.php3?idx=101168&rtn=/index.html&showsubj=1&mcat=1
Rowan Williams ( ArchB of Canterbury ) wants Sharia Law -- Feb. 8, 2008
"This is a Christian country with Christian laws," added Stephen Green, national director of Christian Voice. "If Muslims want to live under sharia law then they are free to emigrate to a country where sharia law is already in operation.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=55810
Europe wants Mediterranean Arabs included -- Jan 25, 2008 ( ED: "Ostrich-logic ")
"It is a "fair point" that the 27-member bloc has been neglecting civil society", said Merete Bilde, a policy advisor from the Council of the EU
She added that the EU should start looking at the members of this civil society as genuine agents of reform, regardless of their religious beliefs.
The EU has recently been losing credibility among these states, due in particular to its "procrastination over Turkey's quest for [EU] accession" and the suspension of aid to the Hamas government in Palestine
On the other hand, they [ Muslims ] are much less enthusiastic when it comes to liberal civil rights, rejecting in particular the "decline of spirituality, permissive homosexual rights, a certain conception of women's rights, and the lack of 'social justice' judged to be prevalent in European societies".
http://euobserver.com/9/25517/?rk=1
Sharia Law = persecution of Christianity -- Jan. 2008
If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080122/FOREIGN/762353591/1001
No one to call god "Allah, except Muslims ( Ed: That's fine by me; Allah had no Son that died for me, so he isn't God in the first place. He's what his name says : Allah, a Muslim false-god. ) Christians, don't be naive.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080122/FOREIGN/762353591/1001&template=nextpage
Moslems of Europe Charter -- Jan. 13, 2008
Some 400 Muslim groups met in Brussels on Thursday (10 January 2008) to sign a charter for the Muslims of Europe, describing the rights and responsibilities of Muslims within European society.
Ibrahim Elzayat, a spokesperson for the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE), the co-ordinator of the process that resulted in the historical document.
"The charter amounts to a code of good conduct for Muslims in Europe which commits them to taking part in building a united society," said parliament vice-president Mario Mauro.
Mr Mauro, of the conservative Forza Italia party, is responsible for relations between the parliament and religious groups.
[ Ed: Mr. Mauro must not have read "Utopia" by Thomas More, for he is quoted as saying ....
"It pledges Muslims to helping create harmony and well-being in our societies and to fully playing the role of citizens in upholding justice, equal rights and respect for difference."
Ed: Does Mr. Mauro have an opinion on the arbitrary beheading of so-called "infidels" ... non-Muslims ??
The document contains 26 separate points, with a number of clauses that undoubtedly are aimed at dispelling myths
[ Ed: Wow ! Calling reality a "myth " ]
about links between Islam and violence, as well as clarifying the meaning of terms such as 'jihad'
Ed: Here comes the Orwellian prize statement ( newspeak ) :
"The term Jihad that occurs in Islamic texts means to exert all efforts towards good, starting from reforming oneself to spreading truth and justice between people," reads the document. "Jihad in its understanding as warfare is regarded as one of the means available to any sovereign state when it needs to defend itself against aggression. The teachings of Islam, in this respect, are in line with international law."
Based on such an understanding of Jihad, Islam rejects violence and terrorism, supports just causes and affirms the right of all people to defend themselves by legitimate means."
"People wrongly link violence and terrorism to Islam," the MEP said (Ed: Gunnar Hokmark of Sweden, the secular nation )
http://euobserver.com/9/25444/?rk=1
Far-Right Europe to form pan-European anti-immigrant party -- Dec. 10, 2004
Jorg Haider of Austria to lead the party
This would encompass Austria's Freedom Party, Italy's Lega Nord, France's National Front, the Dutch New Right Party
and [ Filip ] de Winter's own Vlaams Belang - all strongly anti-immigrant
http://euobserver.com/?aid=17961&rk=1
Belgium is where they killed a Jewish man November 18, 2004.
Moshe Yitzhak Na'eh, 24, a Belgian Jew who was shot in the head Wednesday night in Antwerp in what the Belgian Jewish community defined an anti-Semitism attack, died of his wounds late Thursday afternoon, Belgium's Prosecutor's Office announced.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1100751969944
There had already been increased security since June, when a 16-year-old Jewish student nearly died after being stabbed outside his school. Days later, a 43-year-old Jewish man was beaten unconscious.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1100843734213000.xml