‘Facebook para muçulmanos‘ lançado no Paquistão

Resourceful IT experts in Pakistan have launched their own version of the social networking site Facebook after the real thing was blocked for showing 'blasphemous' images of the Prophet Mohammed.
MillatFacebook, meaning Nation Facebook in Urdu, was launched on Wednesday and has already attracted some 8,000 users.
Omar Zaheer Meer, one of the six web developers, said their aim was to offer an alternative to Facebook which condemned the contest encouraging users to submit images of the Prophet Mohammed.
Millat Facebook also promises stronger privacy settings than its US counterpart.

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Turco que vivia em bigamia perde a nacionalidade suíça

Pendant vingt-six ans, il aura réussi à tromper sa femme… et les autorités helvétiques. Un Turc qui avait obtenu la nationalité suisse par mariage a été sommé par le tribunal administratif fédéral de rendre son passeport rouge à croix blanche parce qu'il entretenait parallèlement une relation maritale dans son pays d'origine. L'homme, qui a été marié durant vingt-six ans avec une Suissesse -dont il a eu une fille-, menait une double vie. Il se rendait souvent en Turquie, auprès d'une compatriote avec laquelle il avait deux enfants.

En 2003, il avait obtenu la naturalisation, facilitée par son mariage. Son épouse suisse, dont il a entre-temps divorcé pour se marier avec sa compagne turque, n'avait d'abord rien su de cette union parallèle. Elle s'y serait finalement résolue, a-t-elle expliqué, dans l'intérêt de sa fille. [...]

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Dia da caricatura de Maomé no Facebook provoca ira do Paquistão

Double peine au Pakistan pour les réseaux sociaux. Après Facebook, qu’un tribunal a fait bloquer jusqu’au 31 mai, les autorités ont décidé, ce jeudi, d’interdire l’accès à YouTube.

Les deux plus importantes plateformes sociales bloquées en deux jours ? L’offensive pakistanaise est inédite. Islamabad justifie son tour de vis par l’apparition sur Facebook et YouTube d’un concours de caricatures de Mahomet, une compétition qu'Islamabad a même officiellement condamné.

En effet, une poignée de personnes, sous l’impulsion d’une internaute répondant au pseudonymeMimi Sulpovar, ont décidé que ce jeudi serait le "EverybodyDrawMohammeDay" ("Journée durant laquelle tout le monde dessine Mahomet") sur Facebook. Lancée il y a quelques semaines, cette initiative a profité d’un effet viral grandissant. À tel point qu’au-delà des traditionnels groupes Facebook, un blog a été mis en ligne pour promouvoir l’initiative. [...]

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Plano de construir mesquita no ‘ground zero‘ irrita nova iorquinos

Supporters of the project say the planned multi-storey Islamic centre would transform both the drab lower Manhattan street and the way Americans have interacted with Muslims since nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on September 11, 2001.

Boasting a mosque with sports facilities, a theatre and possibly day care, the centre would be open to all visitors to demonstrate that Muslims are part of their community, not some separate element.

But because of the proposed mosque's location, just around the corner from the gaping Ground Zero hole, the plan has upset some locals.

"The outrage continues," says website www.nomosquesatgroundzero.wordpress.com under a close-up of the collapsing Twin Towers.

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Suécia: Casa do cartoonista Lars Vilks incendiada

Solamente unos días después del ataque que sufrió el periodista y dibujante Lars Vilks en la Universidad de Uppsala mientras daba una conferencia, unos desconocidos prendieron fuego a su actual domicilio, un chalet en Nynäshamnläge, provincia de Skåne en el sur de Suecia, donde Vilks se escondía desde hace algún tiempo.

A las 11.00 de esta mañana del sábado, un vecino avisó al caricaturista de que «alguien» había provocado un incendio en su casa rompiendo las ventanas y echando al interior botellas de plástico con gasolina. Los bomberos y la Policía acudieron con urgencia a aquel lugar y pudieron apagar el fuego antes de que se propagara por todo el chalet. Por su parte Vilks, 63 años, tuvo la suerte de no encontrarse allí cuando se produjo el incendio.

Hoy tras este nuevo atentado contra su vida, el dibujante vuelve a desaparecer bajo tierra [...]

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O fracassso do modelo sueco de integração

Théâtre de récents affrontements entre des jeunes immigrés et la police, les quartiers populaires de Malmö témoignent de la difficulté à intégrer une population qui semble refuser le modèle scandinave et s’enferme dans ce qui est déjà qualifié de "ghetto de la nouvelle Suède multiethnique" [...]

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A língua no centro de uma divisão que está a despedaçar a Bélgica

Twenty minutes north of Brussels, in Belgium's medieval royal seat of Mechelen, there's a science playground, just the place for the kids on a boring, wet Sunday afternoon.

Technopolis is stuffed with interactive gadgets and games, making education fun. There is also another message. When entering the complex, the paving stones are inscribed with a simple, direct statement. The message is in Dutch only, the language of Flanders, the bigger northern half of the country. You are told the size of Flanders in square kilometres and its population density.

There is no mention of Belgium. That does not exist. You are in a country called Flanders. That does not exist either, but if many of the politicians running this divided society get their way it is only a matter of time. [...]

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Americano de origem paquistanesa preso por suspeita de tentativa de explosão de carro na Times Square

Federal agents and police detectives arrested a Connecticut man, a naturalized United States citizen from Pakistan, shortly before midnight Monday for driving a car bomb into Times Square on Saturday evening in what turned out to be an unsuccessful attack, Justice Department officials announced.

The man, Faisal Shahzad, 30, was believed to have recently bought the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that was found loaded with gasoline, propane, fireworks and fertilizer in the heart of Times Square, a person briefed on the investigation said.[...]

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A interdição do porte da burqua no espaço público votado pelo parlamento belga

La Chambre a adopté jeudi à l'unanimité moins deux abstentions (du sp.a) une proposition de loi visant à interdire le port de vêtements qui empêchent l'identification d'une personne dans l'espace public. Visant particulièrement la burqa, cette proposition émane de la majorité, à l'initiative du MR.

Elle ne sortira toutefois ses effets que le jour où elle aura parcouru tout le parcours parlementaire.

Le Sénat dispose maintenant d'un délai de quinze jours pour évoquer la proposition.

Ensuite s'offre à lui un nouveau délai (renouvelable) de 60 jours pour éventuellement l'amender.

Or, l'imminence de la dissolution des assemblées entraînera la caducité de la proposition votée à la Chambre.

Dans ce cas, le texte pourra être relevé de caducité lors de la prochaine législature.

La chef de groupe Ecolo à la Chambre, Muriel Gerkens, a indiqué jeudi que ses collègues au Sénat entendaient obtenir l'évocation de la proposition afin que le Conseil d'Etat puisse être saisi d'un avis.

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Debate sobre liberdade de expressão cancelado na Universidade sueca de Jönköping por razões de segurança

A debate about freedom of speech at Jönköping University has been cancelled due to security concerns. The reason is that the artist Lars Vilks would participate. Vilks made a couple of years ago a sculpture of the Prophet Mohammed as a roundabout dog which has made some people direct threats against him [...].

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As ONG de direitos humanos apoiam Najwa no uso do véu islâmico

La causa de Najwa Malha, la adolescente de 16 años vetada en un instituto de Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) por asistir a clase con hiyab (pañuelo islámico), sumó ayer el apoyo de varias ONG internacionales de derechos humanos.

Amnistía Internacional afirmó en un manifiesto que “todas las personas tienen derecho a decidir si usar o no indumentaria o símbolos religiosos, y que deben tomar esa decisión sin sufrir discriminación”. La Liga Española Pro Derechos Humanos también emitió un comunicado en “apoyo a Najwa Malha en su lucha por su derecho a la libertad religiosa”. “Es inadmisible la actitud de la dirección del establecimiento, que persiste en aplicar un reglamento interno anticonstitucional”, continúa esta ONG. [...]

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Episódio sobre Maomé de South Park censurado

South Park is not known as a show that shies away from controversy, but last night its creators appeared to bow to threats of violence from a US Muslim group by censoring a typically irreverent episode about religious leaders, including Muhammad.

Wednesday night's show was labelled with the word "Censored" after the words Prophet Muhammad were beeped out during broadcast and images of the prophet in a bear outfit were substituted with ones of Santa Claus in the same costume.

But whether the changes were intended to acquiesce to the threats, or make fun of them, was not immediately clear. In the first part of the 200th episode screened last week, Muhammad appeared several times inside a bear suit, while the leaders of other religions were also depicted irreverently, including a scene which showed Buddha snorting drugs.

Before last night's show was aired, Islamists warned its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, they could face severe retribution for repeating the depiction of Muhammad in costume. [...]

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Casamento Homossexual: Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa vai analisar enunciado polémico

O Conselho Pedagógico da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa deverá apreciar na próxima semana o enunciado de um exame, relativo ao casamento homossexual, que alguns alunos afirmam ser uma "provocação discriminatória e ridícula".

Na prova de Direito Constitucional II, o regente da cadeira, Paulo Otero, propôs um enunciado segundo o qual a Assembleia da República aprovou um diploma que permite o casamento poligâmico entre seres humanos e entre humanos e animais vertebrados domésticos, como "um complemento à lei sobre o casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo".

Depois, foi pedido aos estudantes que apresentassem argumentos para defender tanto a constitucionalidade como a inconstitucionalidade do documento. [...]

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Muçulmanos avisam criadores de South Park após piada sobre Maomé

A US Muslim website has warned the creators of South Park they face death after once again depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed in an episode last week.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone celebrated the 200th episode of South Park with a storyline in which the actor Tom Cruise launches a class lawsuit against the animation’s townsfolk, uniting every celebrity that has ever been insulted by the cartoon.

During the episode, Cruise agrees not to pursue his lawsuit if the South Park characters can hand Mohammed over to him. It transpires Cruise and the other celebrities, who include Bono, the Pope, Mel Gibson, and George Lucas leading a ball-gagged Harrison Ford on a leash, only want Mohammed for his "goo", which they believe will lend them invulnerability to public ridicule. Mohammed eventually appears, but dressed in a bear suit. [...]

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Em 20 anos o Islão será maioritário Bruxelas?

En plein essor démographique, la capitale de la Belgique est déjà l'une des villes les plus multiculturelles d'Europe. Les courants musulmans sont déjà majoritaires dans certains quartiers. Et pourraient se renforcer dans les vingt années à venir. Pour quel futur ensemble ? Notre enquête. [...].

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Marco Polo era um ‘islamófobo‘?

If the same exact criticisms being made against Islam today were also made centuries ago, is it reasonable to automatically dismiss them all as “Islamophobic” — that is, as “unfounded fear of and hostility towards Islam,” as the Council on American Islamic Relations would have it?

This is the question I often ask myself whenever I read pre-modern writings on Islam. Take that elementary schoolbook hero, Marco Polo and his famous memoirs, for example. By today’s standards, the 13^th century Venetian merchant would be denounced as a rabid “Islamophobe.” For me, however, his writings contain a far more important lesson — one in continuity — and deserve closer scrutiny [...].

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Trabalhistas pretendem obrigar trabalhadores estrangeiros a falar inglês

All public sector workers will be expected to speak English and failing police chiefs will be easier to sack, under manifesto pledges to be announced by Gordon Brown today.

The Prime Minister hopes to convince voters that he understands their concerns and has the energy and ideas to drive through improvements to services in an era of sharp spending cuts.

Under the Labour proposals, residents could trigger takeovers of individual police divisions within a year, with chief constables facing the sack if they fail to meet minimum standards after three years, The Times has been told. [...]

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Enfermeira proibida de usar crucifixo no local de trabalho pelo tribunal

The nurse at the centre of a growing storm over discrimination against Christians yesterday lost her fight to wear a crucifix at work. Shirley Chaplin, 54, was told by an employment tribunal that wearing the cross is not a 'mandatory requirement' of her faith.

She had been taken off hospital wards and moved to a desk job after refusing to remove the religious symbol. Yesterday the grandmother lost her religious discrimination case against the hospital trust that employed her. She described the result as 'a very bad day for Christianity'.

Seven bishops had supported her battle against the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, who said the inch-long crucifix and chain to which it was attached raised health and safety concerns. The Archbishop of Canterbury referred to 'wooden-headed bureaucratic silliness' when highlighting her battle in his Easter sermon.

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Católicos vêem na oração compartilhada tentativas de ‘apoderar-se da catedral‘ de Córdoba

El altercado protagonizado por más de un centenar de musulmanes con nacionalidad austriaca en la Mezquita Catedral el pasado Miércoles Santo cuando intentaban orar con un imán y fueron desalojados ha dejado aún más claro a las asociaciones cristianas cordobesas que no hay que permitir el rezo compartido en este templo católico.

El primero en lamentar lo sucedido ha sido el presidente de la Asociación Presencia Cristiana, Miguel Ángel Parra, quien subrayó el hecho de que el grupo de musulmanes fuera armado. En este sentido, Parra dijo que ésto demuestra una «premeditación clara» por pensar que pudiera haber pelea. Como en otras ocasiones, Presencia Cristiana recuerda que la Catedral es «la Catedral de Córdoba y que es para su culto». La antigüedad como catedral cristiana, ahondó Parra, «es superior a la de época musulmana». Y les hizo recordar que hace 800 años que la Mezquita Catedral es cristiana y después de 500 de ocupación musulmana, fue 300 años atrás basílica visigoda. Por este motivo, dijo, «no entendemos la petición de culto compartido, ya que el número de mezquitas en la ciudad es suficiente para los musulmanes que residen en la ciudad y de otro lado, no entra dentro del rito musulmán el rezar en un lugar compartido por otras creencias». [...]

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Gordon Brown: ‘os imigrantes devem honrar os valores britânicos‘

Gordon Brown said immigrants who are unwilling to honour British values are not welcome yesterday, as he pledged to do more to meet the concerns of the “mainstream majority”.

Mr Brown said he agreed that it was unfair if newcomers took advantage of Britain’s freedoms without making a fair contribution in return. But his attempt to deal with strong voter concerns over immigration was undermined when he was criticised by a watchdog for exaggerating the fall in migrant numbers.

Sir Michael Scholar, the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, said that the Prime Minister had used figures in his weekend podcast that were “not comparable” when he claimed that there had been a big fall in net inward migration — the number of people allowed into Britain minus those leaving. [...]

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Grave incidente na mesquita de Córdova provocado por uma oração organizada por turístas muçulmanos

A Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba fue ayer el escenario de un enfrentamiento violento entre vigilantes, policías y turistas musulmanes que trataron de rezar en el interior del templo. De este modo, la polémica sobre la posibilidad de convertir el recinto en ecuménico ha experimentado un nuevo incidente protagonizado, según destacaron fuentes de la Policía Nacional, por algunos visitantes austríacos.

El Obispado de Córdoba informó a este periódico en un comunicado de que el grupo estaba compuesto por un total de 118 turistas extranjeros "que provocaron de manera organizada un reprobable episodio de violencia". Según informó la Policía Nacional, este incidente, en el que también intervino la Policía Local, finalizó con dos personas detenidas y una de ellas era una mujer. [...]

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A principal organização muçulmana da Indonésia radicaliza-se

Depuis la mort, le 31 décembre, de son dirigeant ultralibéral Abdurrahman Wahid, le Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), la plus grande organisation musulmane d'Indonésie, de tradition soufie, affiche des positions de plus en plus conservatrices, voire proches du wahhabisme, lit-on dans le Jakarta Post. Ses juristes, rassemblés à Makassar (Célèbes), viennent ainsi de déclarer que la charia ne fixait aucun âge minimum au mariage, même s'ils ont fortement recommandé aux parents d'attendre que leurs enfants soient pubères pour les autoriser à convoler. Ils ont également prononcé une interdiction d'inhumer un musulman dans une tombe au côté d'un non-musulman, même si les deux défunts avaient des liens de parenté, tandis que des oulémas du NU ont joint leurs voix à celles de mouvements radicaux pour faire annuler la tenue du IVe congrès asiatique de l'Association des lesbiennes, des gays et des transexuels (ILGA) à Surabaya. Enfin, les tenants du courant libéral au sein du Nahdlatul Ulama n'ont tout simplement pas eu le droit de se présenter à la présidence de l'organisation. [...]

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A batalha contra a mesquita de Varsóvia

Though police and media almost outnumbered the protestors, the demonstrations – three different ones in all – were noisy but peaceful. Chants of “Down with Jihad” and “Freedom for women” by the anti-mosque protestors mingled with “Stop Islamophobia” from the pro-mosque group led by members of Poland’s extra-parliamentary leftwing. A third group from the far-right All-Polish Youth stood to one side, their green flags fluttering in a bitter wind.

The anti-mosque demonstration was organized by the Future of Europe foundation, who fear the Islamisation of the continent. They claim that the group which will control the mosque, the Polish Muslim League, has possible links to the jihadist Muslim Brotherhood. [...]

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Erdoğan e Merkel em conflito antes da visita da chancelerina à Turquia

Chancellor Angel Merkel and Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have traded barbs ahead of the German leader’s state visit today to Turkey.

Ahead of her first visit to Ankara in four years, Dr Merkel called on the three million Turkish nationals living in Germany to make a greater effort to integrate into their adoptive home.

Meanwhile, Mr Erdogan denied in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine that the 1915 massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was genocide.

Despite close business and cultural ties, Dr Merkel’s visit is unlikely to take the edge off bilateral relations burdened by Turkey’s ambition to achieve full EU membership. [...]

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Dubai: britânico arrisca prisão por gesto com o dedo considerado obsceno

Simon Andrews, 56, has had his passport confiscated for almost eight months while waiting for his case to be heard.
He told Dubai Court of Misdemeanours he denies "flipping the finger" at Mahmoud Rasheed, an Iraqi aviation student, during an argument.

He will appear in court on Sunday for a full hearing of the case.
It is the latest in a string of prosecutions of expatriates and visitors in Dubai for breaching the emirate's public decency laws.
Making insulting gestures is regarded as unacceptable, and carries with it the possibility of a jail sentence of up to six months and deportation. [...]

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