Freedom House condemns the UN Human Rights Council for undermining the universal right to freedom of expression by once again passing a resolution that urges members to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. for more click here
NEW YORK, March 26, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ —-The World Jewish Congress (WJC: undefined, undefined, undefined%) strongly condemned today’s passage in the United Nation Human Rights Council of a resolution calling “defamation of religion” a human rights violation. The Council adopted the text proposed by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference that, in essence, deems criticism of Islam a human rights violation. for more click here
The papers are full of this Wednesday’s G20 meeting in London.
As world leaders and anti-bank protestors congregate for a nice shindig and a bit of sloganeering, the G20 offers Gordon Brown yet another chance to be seen “doing something” to save the world.
But it’s all a complete waste of time, money and energy, that could end up doing more harm than good. Here’s why…
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The US military says it has evidence elements within Pakistan’s military intelligence, the ISI, continue to provide support for the Taleban.
Officials said that this support for militants had to end. for more click here
After several days of fires in Rosengård, the unrest continued on the night before Friday. Now five days have passed since the first case of arson, and the motivation for the fires is unclear. Some youngsters were walking around at night in the quarter. Some throwing of stones and bottles against the police has taken place, and the police have put out several fires in dumpsters. At midnight, a few minutes after police had left the area, a larger fire was set in a dumpster, the fire spreading to a dumpster depot. It took half an hour before firemen could enter to put out the fire, as riot police first had to secure the area. for more click here
PALM BEACH – Anyone who believes that Muslims can be assimilated into Western societies is in for a rude awakening, according to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Ali, who spoke at The Society of the Four Arts Tuesday, has reason to suspect Muslims’ good will. She was born in Somalia, suffered genital mutilation as a child and was forced into an arranged marriage, according to her official biography. She rejected her Muslim faith and fled to The Netherlands, where she became a member of the Dutch parliament. for more click here
If you’ve been on holiday abroad recently, you’ll be all too aware how expensive everything has become if you’re paying in pounds.
Sadly for travellers, and also for importers, our national economic woes mean there’s little sign of sterling recovering much in the near future. But the pound’s not the only currency with problems.
With various parts of the eurozone near-bankrupt, the euro is under pressure, while Japan’s recession means the yen doesn’t look too hot either. And the Swiss franc – a traditional safe haven – has been deliberately crushed by the Swiss central bank, keen to prevent deflation.
Still, there’s always the dollar. It might be massively indebted, but America is still the place where everyone runs to put their money when things start looking shaky. The dollar is still the world’s reserve currency.
But perhaps not for much longer…
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A clash of civilizations is at the heart of it a clash of allegiances, for a civilization is defined by its pattern of allegiances. Therefore the clash between Islam and the West, is also the clash between what we give allegiance to and what they give allegiance to. It is also one of the best demonstrations of why Islam is incompatible with Western democracies. for more click here
For years, the American people were made to think they weren’t worthy, that an elite “meritocracy” knew best, that they should let themselves be guided or stampeded (sometimes through a faux populism) to the decisions that these “wise men” had already settled upon, policies like “free trade” and “self-regulating markets.” for more click here
