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Europol: separatist arrests double; Islamic terror arrests decline
In 2007, the number of arrests for Islamic terrorism declined 22 percent, from 257 to 201, as separatists arrests climbed well over 1,000. However, nationals in a number of EU member states continued to be recruited for missions in or related to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan throughout 2007. “Radicalization is a very worrying phenomenon…
How will the tolerant West assimilate Muslim migrants?
Almost ignored in the mainstream media – even in Europe where it is being fought on a multitude of fronts almost daily – is the argument over how the everyday practices of believing Muslims is to be integrated into modern life. The contested issues come down to such mundane concerns as whether a woman may…
Pakistan Protest: 25,000 Take to Streets against Dutch Film
Geert Wilders’ anti-Islamic film “Fitna” was designed to provoke. And it seems to be working. A protest in Karachi on Sunday drew thousands, railing against Netherlands, Denmark and the US. There have been several sporadic protests in Pakistan against Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ anti-Koran film “Fitna” in recent weeks. But on Sunday, the demonstrations took…
Fitna continues to draw protests across the Islamic world
Governments and citizens of Muslim countries throughout the world have voiced condemnation of the anti-Quran film made by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders. In Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang said Wilders would be barred from entering the archipelago of islands that make up the country. In Pakistan, several thousand took to the streets of Karachi to protest…
More Muslims in the World than Catholics
According to the Vatican, Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the single biggest religious denomination in the world. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican`s 2008 statistics, claims that Muslims make up 19.2 percent of the world population and Catholics 17.4 percent. Referring to 2006, Formenti told Vatican newspaper L`Osservatore Romano, “For the first time…