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Locating Iran's Secret Nuclear Facility - Update
World  (tags: iran, u.s., israel, middle-east, nuclear, enrichment, nuclear-program, nuclear-facilities, secret, news, world, Ahmadinejad, Islam, Muslim, sanctions, IAEA, U.N., UnitedStates, politics, government, interesting, terrorism )

SirRobert
- 43 days ago - warincontext.org
Up until a few days ago, the secret Iranian nuclear facility was just portrayed as a heavily secured area, but now information has been given to President Barack Obama, and everyone else to a more precise set of details.
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The Two Faces of Islam: Radical Jihad Arising Inside The Traditional Order
World  (tags: Islam, Muslim, radical-Islam, traditional-Islam, u.s., world, government, politics, crime, terrorism, war, conflict, religion, Christianity, ideology, murder, crisis, Armageddon, history, philosophy, doctrine, Jihad, HolyWar, research, middle-east )

SirRobert
- 47 days ago - volconvo.com
Many people are just now realizing that most of the Radical Islamic leadership have attended U.S. universities in the West, and once learning America's weaknesses, these same students then arose inside Traditional Islam to impose conversion toward terror!
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Sudanese Woman Sent to Jail for Wearing Pants Is Freed
World  (tags: world, sudan, Lubna, Hussein, journalist, womensrights, islam, sharia, law, repression, flogging, lashing, stoning, middle-east, africa, violence, terrorism, corruption, politics, humanrights, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Tom
- 62 days ago - latimes.com
The Sudanese government freed journalist Lubna Hussein after she was convicted of public indecency for wearing pants and refused to pay a fine. She says the government was "unnerved" by her presence in prison because she would report on conditions inside.
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Millions Of Afghan Women Will Be Denied Vote Due To Female Staff Shortage
World  (tags: world, Afghanistan, society, culture, Islam, women, vote, elections, politics, middle-east, humanrights, freedoms, government, law )

Tom
- 84 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Millions of Afghan women will be denied their chance to vote in presidential elections this week because there aren't enough female officials to staff the women-only polling stations. Strict cultural norms mean women can't vote in male-run stations.
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Iran's Regime: Marching Toward A Cliff
World  (tags: Iran, revolution, riot, Ayatollah, Khomeini, Ahmadinejad, election, fraud, crisis, students, twitter, world, islam, violence, middle-east, government, humanrights, freedoms, conflict, repression, police, abuse, killing, death, arrests, crime, society, cul )

Tom
- 138 days ago - therumpus.net
The Khomeinist regime in Iran is in terminal trouble. That doesn't mean Iran will repudiate Islam and become a secular democracy. The "Islamic Revolution" of Iran was never just about Islam. It was caused by three revolutionary currents coming together.
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Afghan President Signs Law "Legalizing Rape"
World  (tags: afghanistan, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, corruption, crime, ethics, government, humanrights, humans, Islam, middle-east, politics, sharia laws, society )

Kit
- 221 days ago - alternet.org
Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has signed a law which "legalizes" rape, women's groups and the United Nations warn. Critics claim the president helped rush the bill through parliament in a bid to appease Islamic fundamentalists ahead of elections.
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U.N. Body Adopts Resolution on Religious Defamation
World  (tags: world, UN, Islam, Muslims, Jihad, religion, intolerance, free speech, supression, humanrights, freedoms, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', middle-east, terrorism, stoning, beheading, honor killings, violence, ethics )

Tom
- 225 days ago - reuters.com
An Islamic-dominated United Nations forum on Thursday passed a resolution condemning "defamation of religion" as a human rights violation, despite wide concerns that it could be used to justify curbs on free speech in Muslim countries.
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EU Fails to Reistate UN Rights Expert on Congo
World  (tags: world, violence, war, Congo, genocide, starvation, rape, children, women, abuse, Africa, Islam, Muslim, UN, EU, Geneva, Rwanda, politics, humanrights, crime, death )

Tom
- 225 days ago - reuters.com
Islamic African states lined up on Friday to block a European Union move to reinstate a U.N. human rights expert for the Democratic Republic of Congo, where human rights abuses are continuing after years of warfare.
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Muslim Strategies to Convert Western Christians
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', china, europe, freedoms, government, humans, iran, iraq, Islam, israel, middle-east, news, politics, society, terrorism )

Kit
- 235 days ago - meforum.org
And if one would ask: Why should we not invade Korea and Japan [as the Muslims have] human resources for da'wa? ... to this someone else would answer: No, we should direct [the human resources for da'wa] to Europe and America. Who is right? The one who.....
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Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Questioning Women's Rights
World  (tags: world, Afghanistan, government, Islam, Muslim, middle-east, humanrights, freedoms, women, stoning, Koran, Sharia, Mohammed, honor killings )

Tom
- 241 days ago - theglobeandmail.com
In late 2007, Mr. Kambakhsh, 24, was charged with blasphemy after he allegedly disrupted classes with questions about women's rights in Islamic society. He also distributed an article from the Internet, asking why Islam does not give women equal rights.
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Sign Petition: Save Women Now From Oppression and Violence
World  (tags: World, America, Middle-East, government, Islam, Law, Sharia, Arab, Muslim, Women, beatings, stoning, lashes, executions, violence, cruelty, honor killings, beheading, sad )

Tom
- 245 days ago - petitiononline.com
Women are oppressed, beaten, murdered in America and around the world in the name of Islamic supremacism. We call upon the leaders of the world to take responsibility to SAVE WOMEN NOW from this cruel, vicious, and deadly ideology.
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Islamic Honor Killings Take Center Stage On International Women's Day
World  (tags: World, America, Middle-East, government, Islam, Law, Sharia, Arab, Muslim, Women, beatings, stoning, lashes, executions, violence, cruelty, honor killings, sad )

Tom
- 245 days ago - worldnetdaily.com
It's not enough for Americans to adopt "resolutions" opposing violence when Islamic girls are stoned for being victims of gang-rapes. Such violence has moved into the United States, with beatings and murders, including a recent beheading, documented.
14 comments
Tzipi Livni: Give Up Half of Land of Israel
World  (tags: Israel, Palestine, world, middle-east, conflict, arabs, jews, muslims, islam, hamas, fatah, gaza, west bank, war, politics )

Tom
- 263 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Tzipi Livni, who hopes to be appointed Israel's prime minister, has said that her country needs to give up half of the biblical Land of Israel to secure peace with the Palestinians. She explained that such a withdrawal would be for the good of Israel....
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Even Obama Can't Solve the Middle East Problem - and He'd Be Foolish to Try
World  (tags: Obama, America, Israel, Palestine, world, middle-east, conflict, arabs, jews, muslims, islam, hamas, fatah, gaza, west bank, war, politics )

Tom
- 263 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Hopes are pinned on President-Elect Barack Obama to fix the Middle East crisis, but without strong leaders on either side, he doesn't stand a chance. The agony of Gaza, and of Israeli towns under attack from Palestinian rockets, drives home an uncomforta
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