O Egipto silencia a minoria cristã

Los cristianos juran que la policía de Mubarak irrumpió en la iglesia a medio construir de Omraneya al grito de «Allah uk akbar» (Alá es el más grande), ese que solo usan «cuando van a por los terroristas y en la guerra». Les atacaron, cuentan, «de una forma inhumana», disparando a bocajarro pelotas de goma, gases lacrimógenos, piedras y las balas que mataron a en el acto a Makarios Gad, de 19 años. Hubo 13 agentes y 80 ciudadanos heridos, dos de ellos también han muerto. Luego «se llevaron a todo el mundo, a 156 hombres, mujeres y niños que estaban dentro del edificio», y desde entonces, dicen, «la caza no ha terminado».
La Unión Egipcia para los Derechos Humanos asegura que hay 400 detenciones más, que las fuerzas de seguridad les sacan por las noches de sus casas y que esta semana pararon un autobús en la calle «y agarraron, —explica Ezzar Ibrahim—, a los que tenían escrito en el carné la religión equivocada: cristianos». En el gobierno local de Giza, dirigido por el oficialista Sayyed Abdel Aziz, niegan toda esta versión «cínica y maliciosamente distorsionada» y advierten que los agredidos fueron los policías, cuando trataban de disolver a 3.000 cristianos «vándalos» que protestaban porque el Estado les ha suspendido las obras de esa «iglesia ilegal» en la que se atrincheraban. Y ya saben que no tienen ningún derecho a manifestarse.[...].

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Professora estagiária com véu islâmico afastada de dar aulas

Licenciée en vertu du principe de laïcité. L'académie de Toulouse a exclu vendredi une enseigante stagiaire qui refusait de retirer son voile islamique pour faire la classe à des élèves de primaire. Cette exclusion est définitive et revient à un licenciement, confirme le rectorat. Le principe de laïcité est affirmé par l'article premier de la Constitution. Le «principe de neutralité s'impose aux agents publics dans l'exercice de leurs fonctions et leur interdit d'exprimer, de matérialiser, d'extérioriser leurs croyances religieuses», rappelle le recteur.
La jeune femme, dont l'identité n'a pas été révélée, n'a manifesté aucune intention de contester cette décision. Si elle change d'avis, elle dispose de deux mois pour formuler un recours devant le tribunal administratif. L'intéressée a accepté le verdict de l'académie de Toulouse «avec beaucoup de dignité et de responsabilité», témoigne le directeur de la communication du rectorat, Michel Montredon. «Elle n'a montré aucune volonté de monter cette affaire en épingle, elle savait ce que sa décision impliquait dans sa vie professionnelle et publique».

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Piscina separada par mulheres criada na Universidade George Washington

Colleges strive to create welcoming, inclusive communities for students from every background. But a new effort at George Washington University has scores of critics and supporters abuzz with heated comments that continue to pour in on various blogs and news articles.

At the request of the university's Muslim Students' Association, George Washington began offering a once-weekly, female-only swim hour in March. But it only recently turned into an online debate over issues of religious and sexual discrimination and - though not always explicitly - racism, spurred by an article in the student newspaper, The GW Hatchet. [...].

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Bairros de cristãos em Bagdade atacados

A series of bombings and mortar attacks targeting Christian areas has killed at least three people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security sources say.

Six districts with strong Christian majorities were hit, and at least 24 people have been injured.
The attacks come days after more than 40 people died when Islamist militants seized a Catholic cathedral.
The violence comes as top-level talks on resolving the country's political crisis ended without agreement.
Iraq's political leaders have been negotiating on forming a new government since inconclusive elections in March. [...]

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Cristãos ‘são agora alvos legítimos‘ no Iraque

A Al-Qaida no Iraque advertiu hoje que os cristãos são agora "alvos legítimos", depois de expirado o ultimato dado à Igreja Copta no Egipto para libertar duas mulheres, segundo o centro norte-americano de vigilância de sites islamistas (SITE).
O Estado Islâmico do Iraque (ISI), grupo ligado à rede terrorista Al-Qaida, reivindicou, no domingo, o ataque a uma igreja siríaca católica, em Bagdad, e deu 48 horas à Igreja Copta do Egipto para libertar duas cristãs que se converteram ao Islão e estão "detidas em mosteiros" no Egipto.
"O ultimato acordado à Igreja copta no Egipto muçulmano para libertar as nossas irmãs expirou", refere um comunicado da al-Qaida no Iraque. [...]

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A Turquia necessita de levantar as restrições aos cristãos ortodoxos

As Turkey celebrates its Independence Day on Oct. 29, Christians living there probably won’t be partaking in any celebratory parties.
Despite recent reforms in the country, human rights and the protection of religious minorities still require significant improvement.
One body that is continually being persecuted is the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, present-day Istanbul.
This 1,700 year old living institution is the Mother Church of Christianity headed by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew who shepherds the spiritual needs of the world’s 300 million Orthodox Christians.
Alas, the problems faced by the Patriarchate are plenty. Turkey, for example, does not recognize the “Ecumenical” title – an ecclesiastical designation instituted in the year 586. Belittlingly, Turkey refers to Bartholomew as the “Phanar Patriarch” after the district in Istanbul where he is headquartered, despite all other foreign leaders acknowledging his ecumenical status.
Hardline nationalists fear that by accepting this title the door will open for the Patriarchate to seek sovereign status like the Pope in Rome. This fear though is baseless, ignoring not only how Orthodoxy is actually administered but also the preachings of Patriarch Bartholomew who has unequivocally stated that “becoming a second Vatican is not in keeping with the Orthodox Church’s principles.”

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David Cameron proíbe ministra muçulmana de ir a conferência islâmica

O primeiro ministro britânico, David Cameron , proibiu a única ministra muçulmana do seu Governo de assistir a uma conferência islâmica que decorre hoje em Londres, noticia o jornal "The Guardian ".

A ministra sem pasta Sayeeda Warsi , de origem paquistanesa, recebeu instruções de David Cameron para não participar no "Evento para a Paz e União Globais", que os organizadores classificam como a maior reunião multicultural celebrada na Europa.

De acordo com a organização, o objetivo da conferência é melhorar as relações entre as diversas comunidades, mas os críticos sublinham que alguns dos oradores previstos já justificaram publicamente os atentados suicidas e pronunciaram-se a favor da Al Qaida, da homofobia e do terrorismo. [...]

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A intenção de criar uma sociedade multicultural fracassou por completo

El intento de Alemania de crear una sociedad multicultural "ha fracasado por completo", ha dicho la canciller Angela Merkel, encendiendo el debate sobre la inmigración y la integración de la población islámica que tiene el país.

Ante jóvenes de su partido Unión Demócrata Cristiana (CDU), Merkel ha afirmado que permitir que personas de diferentes culturas vivan sin que se integren no ha funcionado en un país que es hogar de cerca de cuatro millones de musulmanes.

"Este enfoque (multicultural) ha fracasado, fracasado por completo", dijo Merkel en el encuentro que se realizó en Potsdam, al sur de Berlín.

La mandataria enfrenta la presión de su propio partido para adoptar una línea más dura sobre inmigrantes que no muestran disposición de adaptarse a la sociedad alemana y sus comentarios parecían intentar pacificar a sus críticos. [...]

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Sharia islâmica usada na Alemanha para disputas em matéria de família

“We have been practising Islamic law for years, and that is a good thing,” Hilmar Krüger, professor for foreign private law at Cologne University, told Der Spiegel magazine. Family and inheritance rulings were often made according to Sharia law, he said, listing a range of examples. Women who are in polygamous marriages legal in their countries of origin can make claims of their husbands in Germany regardless of the fact that their marriages would not be lawful here. They can claim maintenance from their husbands and a share of an eventual inheritance, said Krüger. German judges often refer to Sharia, as the Federal Social Court in Kassel did a few years ago when it supported the claim of a second wife for a share of her dead husband’s pension payments, which his first wife wanted to keep all to herself. The judge ruled they should share the pension [...].

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Festival de cinema gay atacado em Jacarta

An international film festival celebrating gay cinema was yesterday targeted by masked Islamic hardliners in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

The protesters, members of the Islamic Defenders Front, chanted homophobic slogans and accused organisers of the Q! film festival, now in its ninth year, of blasphemy, threatening to burn down a venue if screenings did not halt. The event, which is being held at foreign cultural centres in Jakarta, opened last week and was scheduled to run until Wednesday night. It aims to raise awareness of gay issues. Festival co-founder and director John Badalu told the Jakarta Post he and his team were committed to running the festival according to schedule. "We're still going to go on," he said. However, organisers admitted last night that they had been forced to cancel some screenings. [...]

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Uso da burqa interditado nas escolas católicas irlandesas

Teachers have been told in guidelines that Muslims would not be permitted to wear the niqab, the garment covering the entire body except for slits across the eyes. The guidance, circulated in Ireland by bishops among more than 450 schools this week, said that although staff should respect the religious rights of non-Catholics, it was "unsatisfactory for a teacher not to be able to see and engage properly with a pupil whose face was covered".

"No pupil or staff member should be prevented from wearing a religious symbol or garment in accordance with their tradition, for example, the hijab [headscarf] for Muslim girls and the turban for Sikh boys," said the document called "Guidelines on the Inclusion of Students of Other Faiths in Catholic Secondary Schools". [...]

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A França proibe o uso da burqa no espaço público

France risked the wrath of the Islamic world on Tuesday by banning burqas and other full-body robes worn by some Muslim women, in a long-debated move that shows the depth of concern over the rise of Muslim culture in Europe.

Switzerland, for example, banned the construction of minarets after a referendum last year. Belgium and Spain are discussing measures to outlaw similar full-body cloaks. In Sweden, long known as one of Europe's most tolerant societies, an anti-immigration party that has called for Swedish Muslims to integrate more is expected to win its first Parliamentary seat in this weekend's elections.

In the U.S., tensions are running similarly high over plans to build an Islamic community center near the site of the World Trade Center destroyed by Muslim terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001, and over a Florida pastor's threat to burn qurans in commemoration of the date last week. [...].

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Acesso ao Wesite da Playboy banido na Turquia

Turkey has put a ban on the website of the well-known Playboy magazine, Turkish blogs inform. According to Turkish bloggers, Turkey continues to be a country of prohibitions and limitations. This time a ban was put on Playboy. Bloggers say, the website was banned on August 6, with the religious holidays after the fasting month of Ramadan on the doorstep. Access to the site was suspended without a related court decision. However, this is not the first case Turkey has banned a website. [...]

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Banqueiro alemão gera polémica com livro anti-emigração

Politicians have rushed to condemn a board member of the German central bank for a new book tackling immigration, but his views have found considerable support among the population at large.

Thilo Sarrazin's book "is not convincing, but it has convinced many people," said the influential Spiegel magazine, which this week has the Bundesbank executive on its cover, calling him a "people's hero."

His publisher is rushing to print more copies of "Germany Does Itself In" to meet demand. Online retailer Amazon.de has a massive 207 reader reviews on its website, with the average score 4.4 stars out of a possible five.

The Social Democrats (SPD), the centre-left political party Sarrazin belongs to, has been inundated with thousands of letters, emails and phone calls attacking the central bank board's desire to expel him.

"Listen to the voice of the people for once," Spiegel quoted one of the almost 4,000 emails as saying.

In the book, Sarrazin says Europe's top economy is being undermined, overwhelmed and made "more stupid" by poorly educated, fast-breeding, badly integrated and unproductive Muslim immigrants and their offspring. [...]

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Como vencer o conflito de civilizações

What do the controversies around the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, the eviction of American missionaries from Morocco earlier this year, the minaret ban in Switzerland last year, and the recent burka ban in France have in common? All four are framed in the Western media as issues of religious tolerance. But that is not their essence. Fundamentally, they are all symptoms of what the late Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington called the "Clash of Civilizations," particularly the clash between Islam and the West.

Huntington's argument is worth summarizing briefly for those who now only remember his striking title. The essential building block of the post-Cold War world, he wrote, are seven or eight historical civilizations of which the Western, the Muslim and the Confucian are the most important.

The balance of power among these civilizations, he argued, is shifting. The West is declining in relative power, Islam is exploding demographically, and Asian civilizations—especially China—are economically ascendant. Huntington also said that a civilization-based world order is emerging in which states that share cultural affinities will cooperate with each other and group themselves around the leading states of their civilization. [...]

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Polícia alemã fecha mesquita em Hamburgo ligada a célula do 11/S

Hamburg authorities on Monday closed the Taiba mosque, which had been the place of worship for the terrorist cell responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The city said the mosque had been closed in response to a ban that had been applied to the Arab cultural association which ran it, called the Arab-German Cultural Association.

The city said it would provide further details at a press conference to take place later in the day, but news agency Agence France Presse is reporting that the organization had been accused of recruiting jihadists in Germany. [...]

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Kosovo apela ao reconhecimento pelos países muçulmanos

Kosovo has appealed to Islamic nations to formally recognize its independence, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.Kosovo Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni made the appeal in a meeting with representatives from member states of the Arab League and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in the United Nations, according to the statement.The former province of Serbia, which has a majority Albanian and Muslim population, declared independence in 2008, but Serbia along with its superpower ally Russia have vowed never to recognise its sovereignty.So far 69 of the 193 United Nations member states recognize Kosovo, among them however the United States and leading European Union nations - Germany, Great Britain and France. [...]

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Os limites do multi-culturalismo

I would like to teach some of my neighbours some manners. I would like, for example, to say to the man who drove the wrong way up a one-way street on Sunday night, while chatting away on his mobile phone, and to the man who nearly backed into me yesterday, while also chatting on his mobile phone, and to the man who drove into my friend's van last week, while also chatting on his mobile phone, that while they clearly enjoy the art of conversation, it's one that doesn't combine brilliantly with driving.

And I would like to say to the man who drove the wrong way into the car park at Morrisons, and then hooted me, and who parked in a mother and baby slot when he was on his own, and the car park was practically empty, that it seemed a rather aggressive thing to do, and also rather lazy, and I would like to say to the man from whom I bought some paper cups, and who handled my money as if it had been dipped in anthrax, that it wouldn't kill him to say "please" or "thank you", and I would like to say to the fishmonger who asked my (black) friend whether he really wanted to buy some fish from his shop, that you should probably assume that if someone is asking for fish in your shop, then the answer is in the affirmative. [...]

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Noites de violência em Grenoble

Des véhicules incendiés, un tramway attaqué et des policiers visés par des tirs… Une nuit de chaos à Grenoble. De violents incidents se sont produits dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi dans capitale iséroise après la mort, la veille, d'un malfaiteur dans une fusillade avec les forces de l'ordre. Les incidents ont éclaté vers minuit (22h00 GMT) et se sont prolongés une bonne partie de la nuit dans le quartier populaire de la Villeneuve, où vivait le malfaiteur tué lors d'une fusillade consécutive au braquage d'un casino.

Un tramway immobilisé à l'aide d'un feu de broussailles a été attaqué, ce qui a donné lieu à une intervention de la police, a-t-on appris à la Direction départementale de la sécurité publique (DDSP). Une trentaine de véhicules a ensuite été incendiée et des policiers, pris pour cibles par des tirs d'armes à feu, ont riposté à quatre reprises, précise la DDSP. Aucune victime n'a été signalée. Le ministre de l'Intérieur Brice Hortefeux devait se rendre dans la préfecture de l'Isère, a-t-on appris samedi auprès de son cabinet. [...]

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Um aliança anti-semita: o extremismo partilhado dos neo-nazis e dos jovens emigrantes

Following an anti-Semitic attack in Hanover, German authorities have identified a new source of anti-Semitic hatred in Germany: young migrants from Muslim families. The ideological alliance has officials concerned.

It was supposed to be a carefree festival in Sahlkamp on the outskirts of the northern German city of Hanover. Billed as an "International Day" to celebrate social diversity and togetherness, the June celebration included performances by a multicultural children's choir called "Happy Rainbow" and the German-Turkish rap duo 3-K. Music from Afghanistan was also on the program.

But then the mood suddenly shifted. When Hajo Arnds, the organizer of the neighborhood festival, stepped onto the stage at about 6:45 p.m. to announce the next performance, by the Jewish dance group Chaverim, he was greeted with catcalls. "Jews out!" some of the roughly 30 young people standing in front of the stage began shouting. "Gone with the Jews!" [...]

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60% dos espanhóis estão contra o uso do véu nas escolas

Un 60 por ciento de los españoles se muestra contrario a que las niñas musulmanas acudan con velo a la escuela pública, según los resultados del último Barómetro del Real Instituto Elcano.

El sondeo fue realizado entre el 27 de mayo y el 18 de junio, reciente aún la polémica sobre una niña que pretendía acudir cubierta con el velo a un colegio público de Pozuelo e Alarcón, en Madrid. Solo un 15 por ciento de los encuestados defendió que las niñas musulmanas puedan acudir con velo a los centros escolares, un porcentaje algo menor (3 puntos) de quienes tenían esa opinión en el año 2007. [...]

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Reino Unido: escolas devem modificar calendário de exames e cancelar aulas de natação durante o ramadão

Council bosses issued a document to all primary and secondary schools on how to avoid offending Muslim pupils who may still be fasting when the new term starts in September.

The tips from Stoke-on-Trent City council include distributing free school meals as packed lunches to take home and cancelling social events when Muslim parents might not be able to attend.

During Ramadan, it is compulsory for all males and females who have reached puberty to fast from dawn until sunset every day. Some younger children also choose to fast for all or part of the month.

The council says some pupils will get up before dawn to have their breakfast and, as a result, sleeping patterns could be interrupted. Schools are also advised to heighten staff awareness about factors affecting pupils during Ramadan. [...]

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Um crescente radicalismo na região dos Balcãs

Increasing radicalism threatens stability in the Balkans. Just last week at a Serb-led rally against Kosovo governing authorities in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, a hand grenade exploded leaving one dead and ten injured. Serb and ethnic-Albanians leaders blamed each other for the attack. Balkan leaders need to begin acting on principle rather than narrow self-interest. Although the international community can support this process, ultimately regional leaders need to stand-up and be counted.

The Balkan region continues to be a hotbed for homegrown and imported extremists groups. Serbian nationalism is on the rise while missionaries of Wahhabi interpretation of Islam and other radical Islamic groups continue their efforts to establish a presence in Bosnia, Kosovo and other Muslim populated regions of the Balkans. The weak governing structures combined with growing unemployment and poverty make the region fertile ground for radical recruits.

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Estudo evidencia que a maioria do terrorismo no Reino Unido tem origem doméstica

The Centre for Social Cohesion has compiled profiles of 124 individuals convicted of Islamic terrorism offences since 1999.
It found that 69 per cent of offences were perpetrated by individuals holding British nationality.
Robin Simcox, co-author of the report, said their aim was to “focus the government’s counter-terrorism efforts.”
“There are clear trends emerging with those involving themselves in terrorist activity in the UK,” he added. “It is crucial that this is recognised and then acted upon by the relevant authorities.”
His comments follow private remarks by Assistant Commissioner John Yates, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer, that the country faces “eye-watering cuts” in counter-terrorism funding that could hand an advantage to Al-Qaeda.
Douglas Murray, Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, said: “The report proves how great a threat violent Islamism poses to the world – and the fact that Britain is at the centre of this global struggle.” [...]

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O longo caminho da Europa para a mesquita

Justin Vaisse is not yet a household name but this young man may go far. Of North African background, he has taught at Sciences Po in Paris and been a speechwriter for the French Minister of Defence. Currently at Washington's Brookings Institution, he is the leading French expert on — and the nemesis of — the neoconservatives. The fact that he is spending time in America may not necessarily affect his political prospects. After all, Georges Clemenceau did the same. Of late, he has discovered and given publicity to what he calls a new genre in American literature: Eurabia. Among the chief protagonists in this new genre he mentions above all Bernard Lewis, the greatest Orientalist of our time, and Bat Ye'or, who popularised the term "Eurabia" to warn against the Islamicisation of Europe. In view of the homeric struggle between the two sides — Lewis has been accused of appeasement, if not worse, by the other side — it seems somewhat far-fetched to find a common denominator for them, but Vaisse is a resourceful man. [...]

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