http://www.hudson-ny.org/2130/islamic-shariah-compliant-banking-europe The European Union is emerging as a major center of Islamic finance, based on Islamic Shariah law, and which critics say amounts to “financial Jihad” by Islamists intent on Islamifying the West. The spectacular growth prospects for the Islamic financial services industry in many European countries is being fuelled by Muslim mass immigration; despite […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/18/muslims-to-obama-were-not-into-you/ President Obama is attempting to salvage his flagging Middle East strategy. In his scheduled speech today on the events in the Middle East and North Africa, Mr. Obama may also try to claim a measure of credit for the changes sweeping the region. This will be a tough sell, especially to the supermajorities of […]
RAY HARTWELL: Fed imperium spurs Baja Arizona secession try http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/18/fed-imperium-spurs-baja-arizona-secession-try/ So, in the spirit of self-determination for oppressed peoples, the liberal “stalwarts” (as Reuters news agency calls them) of “Baja Arizona” are circulating petitions aimed at breaking away from the rest of the state. If successful, this would be the first intrastate secession since West […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/18/congos-riches-below-ground-bankroll-violence-above/ Congo’s riches below ground bankroll violence above Market is vast for ‘conflict minerals,’ but damage to Congolese life is high GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — In the remote Congolese countryside, a war that technically ended eight years ago still rages. Villages are looted, women are raped en masse, and children are forced […]
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4070705,00.html Israel’s diplomatic dilemmaOp-ed: Before too long, Israel may have to make difficult choices between America and China Alex Joffe After the US raid into Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden it has become transparent that he had been sheltered there, either by the army or the intelligence service. But in the immediate aftermath of […]
The terror plot the FBI refuses to investigate Edward Olshaker http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/the_terror_plot_the_fbi_refuse.html The FBI investigated the attack on Nancy Kerrigan’s leg, yet refuses to look into “over-hyped” plot to bomb a synagogue and Empire State Building. In a disturbing development the mainstream media has virtually ignored, Fox New reports: The FBI‘s Joint Terrorism Task Force has opted […]
Bibi, Barack and Tom: Michael Widlanski Page Printed from: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/bibi_barack_and_tom.html Reading a Tom Friedman column on Bibi and Barack is to take a step into a virtual reality show, where the director, Tom Friedman, says there will be no connection to any real facts or any real history. Rather the director, Tom Friedman, will superimpose […]
Palestinian State: ‘Not Necessarily a Bad Thing’? Grace Harley Page Printed from: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/p_alestinian_state_not_necessa.html The ever-growing crowd of folks who see a recognized Palestinian State as “not necessarily a bad thing” suggest a sacrifice of legal, documented claim of Israel on the land under consideration by Palestine for a “new state”. Ironically, such a remark was made yesterday by Dr. […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ In a country with a life expectancy almost as long as the lines at the offices of its bureaucracy, the scale and scope of health care spending is nothing to marvel at. But it is not so much the entitlements themselves that are expensive, as the cost of the liberal social policies that surround […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/05/over-50-us-churches-to-hold-quran-readings.html Over 50 U.S. churches to hold Qur’an readings “We want to send a message to the world,” said Tad Stahnke, director of policy and programs for Human Rights First, “that Americans do respect religious differences and reject religious bigotry and the demonization of Islam or any other religion.” Do the Qur’an readings below constitute […]
