Religious beliefs and symbols must be better protected in the future, according to Edmund Stoiber, the minister-president of Bavaria. He invited Christian, Jewish and Muslim representatives, constitutional experts and journalists to the Chancellery to discuss the subject. “We need a balance between the freedom of opinion and the effective protection of religious sentiments from injury”,…
(CBS) Although Americans believe they are better informed about Islam than they were five years ago, a new CBS News poll finds fewer than one in five say their impression of the religion is favorable. Forty-five percent of respondents queried April 6 – 9 said they have an unfavorable view of Islam, a rise from…
Charity Solidarit’ Alsacienne closed in France on the grounds that it discriminates by serving pork soup under the guise of helping the poor has shifted its charitable activities to German. The pork soup handout campaign of the racially discriminating association was stopped by the Strasbourg governorship. Members of the charity have continued to serve the…
BERLIN — German intelligence officials have acknowledged that they are monitoring the audiences of a new Turkish film with anti-Semitic and anti-US themes. Valley of the Wolves, by director Serdar Akar, shows crazed US soldiers massacring innocent guests at a wedding party and scenes in which a Jewish surgeon removes organs from Iraqi prisoners. Showings…
The Iranian newspaper Hamshahri’s launching of an international caricature contest on the holocaust as “retaliation” against insulting cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed caused a big reaction. The newspaper’s act has been perceived as provocation and Jewish establishments interpreted the contest as ” vidence that the spirit of Hitler is still alive in the Muslim world.”…
