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When Freedom is a Dirty Word

On the 12th Of February this year, after 18 days of revolution, President Hosni Sayyid Mubaraks rule of 29 years was over. After some reservations, he decided to listen to the swelling and determined populace and step down from power. The media couldn’t contain itself and splashed headlines like ‘Go Egypt, freedom is sweet’ and ‘Joy as Egypt is free’. From Scotland to Australia to America, the headlines beamed free, free and free.

What Egypt got and what Libya will get is anything but freedom. The very concept of freedom in Islam is non existent. As the word ‘Islam’ means submission, their isn’t room for much else at all. Allah does not believe in freedom as it allows for idol worship.

In Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Syria, the uprising of people was deemed un-Islamic. Under Islamic or Sharia law, protesting or criticism of the Government is haram (forbidden) and crushing such notions is to be expected, it is Allahs word.

Qur'an (4:59) - "O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you..."   Obedience is strictly limited to the government drawn only from the pool of believers, not from the broader community.

Qur'an (5:49) - "So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee".  Here we see that Allahs law takes priority over a persons desires. If a Muslims loyalty is divided, this clarifies where the loyalty must fall.

Bukhari says in 89:251 - Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, and whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah, and whoever obeys the ruler I appoint, obeys me, and whoever disobeys him, disobeys me."

Muslims will readily tell us that we ‘cherry-pick’ verses from the Koran and that we have misunderstood or misinterpreted the verse. It seems also that the respected Islamic mouthpieces, dictators and Imams etc, must also have it wrong.

Cleric, Sayyid Qutb, (Egyptian Cleric, author, educator, Islamist, poet, and the leading intellectual of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and '60s), “It is Allah and not man who rules.  Allah is the source of all authority, including legitimate political authority. Virtue, not freedom, is the highest value.  Therefore, Allah's law, not men, should govern the society."

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution): ‘Don't listen to those who speak of democracy. They all are against Islam. They want to take the nation away from its mission. We will break all the poison pens of those who speak of nationalism, democracy, freedom and such things’.

Anjem Choudary (English born former solicitor and proscribed spokesman for the Islamist group Muslims against Crusaders): ‘Nowadays, people worship idols which are more intellectual - like democracy, liberalism, freedom and so on. So these need to be destroyed as well, and replaced with worshipping and obeying Allah’.

Abu Bakar Bashir (Godfather of Indonesian Terror Group Jemaah Islamiyah), The west is trying to weaken Islam from within with ideas like secularism, freedom, liberalism and democracy. This is all designed to contaminate our pure Islam.

You can readily find video of Muslims protesting in adopted nations, like Britain and countries of Europe screaming ‘freedom, go to hell’ and ‘democracy, go to hell’. The irony is that they are able to assemble and protest and say such things as they live in a free society. These protests normally call for the implementation of Sharia Law, which further hinders human rights and freedoms.

Under Sharia Law, you are free to have your limbs ‘cross amputated’ (opposing leg and hand), if you steal something. Al Shabab executed such justice on three teenagers last week. A large crowd assembled and watched as ‘masked men with long knives’, performed the amputations. Al Shabab is the biggest organization confronting Somalia’s transitional federal government. The group already carried out public execution, amputations and flogging in southern parts of the country.

All across the Islamic world a raped woman is free to be hung or stoned or imprisoned for life. The ‘justice’ isn’t handed down based on a jury of 12 of her peers, but in her lack of providing 4 pious male adult Muslim witnesses.

In the USA and the UK, the lawmakers believe the lies told to them that Sharia is about justice in divorce and inheritance. Islam commands that a woman receives half of the inheritance of a man, though that hasn’t stopped merry old England opening over 100 Sharia Courts. No fewer than a dozen US states have anti –Sharia legislation on the table and CAIR is there fighting them, every step of the way.

Make no mistake, Islamic Law and the freedoms that we enjoy today ARE in polar opposite of each other. As the English Philosopher Bertrand Russell said, ‘Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires’

Vin, 23^rd April 2011.

Countries/ topics in order are:

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♦ The Fallen

People in the News

Top Left: Shin Bet, IDF and police have arrested two Palestinians, both residents of the village of Awarta, in connection to the Fogel family massacre in Itamar in March.

The first suspect is Hakim Mazen Awad, 18, a high school student whose father was active in the Popular Front terror organization. Awad has a prison record. The second suspect, Amjad Mahmad Awad, 19, also a student, is affiliated with the Popular Front. The two suspects confessed to their involvement in the murders, and said that they sought to carry out a terror attack in order to kill Israelis. They expressed no regret over the murders.

 Top Center: Muslim rioters in Nigeria protesting the just concluded presidential elections have killed more than 100 Christians and burned down more than 40 churches. Since the introduction of Sharia law in northern Nigeria in 2001, tens of thousands of Christians have been killed. A Christian leader in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna stated: “Christians in northern Nigeria are being killed and their churches and property destroyed”. The casualties could be much higher as the attacks took place over many of the 12 Muslim majority states in northern Nigeria.

 Top Right: London, England: Andrew Ryan, 32, "lost it" after watching videos of extremists which also included them abusing soldiers returning from duty in Afghanistan. After stealing a £5 copy of the Islamic holy book from a library he stood on a bench in a street and set it alight, yelling: "You burn our poppies, I'll burn your Koran." It comes after Islamic extremist Emdadur Choudhury, 26, was fined £60 for torching poppies in London on Armistice Day. The former squaddie who burned a copy of the Koran in anger after seeing Muslims set fire to poppies has been jailed for 70 days.

 Bottom Left: Sydney, Australia: Villawood Detention Centre last night erupted into violence with rioting detainees setting fire to the facility and forcing guards to retreat.

More than 30 firefighters were battling to control blazes in up to three of the center’s buildings after detainees gathered furniture which they lit and then hurled. The rioting followed a day-long protest by up to 11 detainees, some of whom refused to come down from the roof from where they threw tiles. Refugee advocate, Jamal Daoud, said that detainees inside one of the center’s compounds had attacked guards by throwing objects at them before lighting the fire.

 Bottom Center: The leader of the English Defense League, Tommy Robinson, says the organization’s members will risk prosecution in a bid to protect next week’s royal wedding from Islamic extremists. He said ‘50 to 100’ members would be at each train station near Westminster Abbey to prevent extremist Muslims from reaching the ceremony. Muslims against Crusades announced this week that it planned to demonstrate outside the April 29 ceremony, but its bid was blocked yesterday by the Metropolitan Police.

 Bottom Right: Misrata, Libya: Two news photographers, including the Oscar-nominated co-director of the 2010 film "Restrepo," were killed in Libya during a battle between rebel and government forces. Tim Hetherington, 41, who made the war documentary set in Afghanistan and was also a contributing photographer to Vanity Fair, was killed when an explosive round landed in a group of press photographers accompanying a rebel patrol. Another photographer, Chris Hondros, died after sustaining a grave head wound in the same incident. Mr. Hondros was working for Getty Images when he was hit.

Egypt and Israel: Full Circle? By Gadi Adelman

http://gadiadelman.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:egypt-and-israel-full-circle&catid=3:islam&Itemid=13

Muslims' victim mentality

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9282/pub_detail.asp

Muslim Brotherhood Announces Creation of Ikhwan Television Network

http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=mb4192011101.htm

Anti-Semitism as Thick as a London Fog

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9296/pub_detail.asp

Jewish, Not Arab, Roots in Judea and Samaria

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132671

NY Times mindset - peace hinges on U.S. and Israel, not on Israel and the Palestinians

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/ny_times_mindset_peace_hinges.html

A Melting Pot Gone Cold

http://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2011/04/22/a_melting_pot_gone_cold

Terror warning: Hezbollah to attack Israelis abroad

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059637,00.html

Persecution of Christianity in Islam and the Old World

http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/969-faith-and-morals/7228-persecution-of-christianity-in-islam-and-the-old-world

Egypt Brotherhood leader: Preparing for an Islamic government

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/409973

Islam Has Expired

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9320/pub_detail.asp

BBC Trust: 'Death in the Med' was 'Accurate and Impartial' – article and vids

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143653

Europe: Nationalist resurgence

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13115454

The difference between Richard Goldstone and the NY Times: One recants, the other doesn't

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/the_difference_between_richard.html

Refugee influx from North Africa prompts European countries to clamp down on borders

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/influx-of-refugees-from-north-africa-prompts-european-countries-to-clamp-down-on-borders/story-e6frg6so-1226042051834

Islam: A Battle Plan to Conquer the World

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/35748

Islamic Hypocrisy in Europe

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2051/islamic-hypocrisy-in-europe

EU wants to label ritually slaughtered meat 'slaughter without stunning'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8461697/EU-wants-to-label-ritually-slaughtered-meat-slaughter-without-stunning.html

Al-Qaeda Confirms Involvement in Libya

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/alqaida_confirms_involvement_i.html

The Silent Extermination of Iraq's 'Christian Dogs'

http://www.meforum.org/2878/iraq-christians-persecution

Islam: When Guests Reverse the Roles

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9277/pub_detail.asp

Where are the Christian Suicide Bombers?

http://staringattheview.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-are-christian-suicide-bombers.html

Rebels flee key city - ask 'Did NATO take Saturday and Sunday off?'

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/rebels_flee_key_city_ask_did_n.html

The new cold war, Iran and Saudi Arabia

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704116404576262744106483816.html

Don't Politicize Terror Designations

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9301/pub_detail.asp

Beware of Palestinian state

http://cnpublications.net/2011/04/14/beware-of-palestinian-state/

Assad's 'Responsibility to Protect' falls a little short

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/assads_responsibility_to_prote.html

♦ Video

Inside Story: Battle for Kurdistan (25:01)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67tfXdG-IPc

Inside Story: Syria's emergency laws (24:56)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPzAj7Wrldg

Inside Story: US funding Syrian opposition? (24:50)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rJDhkpQROQ

Muslim Attacks Street Preacher, Preacher charged with battery (13:29)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvGGuLrVzo

Muslim Sesame Street II: The birds and the bees and suicide –animated (10:19)

http://inlove.ru/video73059

Former Muslim, Kamran's story (10:10)

http://es.cross.tv/31730

Syria update (5:05)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy8-J3DoUQM

Syrian forces fire at protesters in Homs (2:12)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olbMufr_-g

Raw Video: Aftermath of Mob Violence in North Nigeria (1:55)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d75F-BLip2k

Defying the burqa ban in France (1:41)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IORLBk3i_lw

British PM Cameron lays out immigration plan (1:34)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSG2MtHZaOs

Yemeni women continue protests (1:32)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuPbIya1JWM

Imams plan for the UK (1:19)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H723__u-7Y

♦ USA

US hands over terror suspect to Germany

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/us-hands-over-terror-919722.html

U.S. pledges $25M to Libyan rebels

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53487.html

DOD Announces Charges Sworn Against Detainee Nashiri

http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14424

US Govt: Burning Korans, Bad! Burning Bibles, Fine!

http://www.dakotavoice.com/2011/04/us-govt-burning-korans-bad-burning-bibles-fine/

Iran, Nukes, and China's Inroads to the Middle East: What's Next Mr. President?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/iran_nukes_and_chinas_inroads.html

U.S. Government on steroids as they kiss up to Islam and the Koran

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/35663

U.S. Photojournalist Reportedly Killed in Libya

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/20/journalists-reportedly-killed-libya/

Source: Bush Justice Department nixed CAIR indictment in 2004

http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0411/Source_Bush_Justice_Department_nixed_CAIR_indictment_in_2004.html?showall

"Anti-Islam Extremist" Begs You to Read the Koran

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/04/20/anti-islam-extremist-begs-you-to-read-the-koran/

Enabling the Muslim Brotherhood in America

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9287/pub_detail.asp

(UPDATED) DOJ Source: Govt Muslim 'Outreach' Jeopardized Active Terror Investigations

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/doj-source-gov%E2%80%99t-muslim-outreach-jeopardized-active-terror-investigations/

Justices reject appeal from Guantanamo detainees over delayed release

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/18/us.scotus.gitmo.uyghurs/

U.S. Middle-East Policy in Disarray

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/us_middleeast_policy_in_disarr.html

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FLORIDA: Tape Reveals Florida Imam Hoodwinked Qur'an-Burning Pastor

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8808794-tape-reveals-florida-imam-hoodwinked-quranburning-pastor

Prosecutors seek to stop rally outside Dearborn mosque by Florida pastor

http://www.freep.com/article/20110418/NEWS02/110418049/Prosecutors-seek-stop-rally-outside-Dearborn-mosque-by-Florida-pastor

Terry Jones in court Thursday over his anti-Islam rally in Michigan

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110420/ARTICLES/110429930/-1/news?Title=Terry-Jones-in-court-Thursday-over-his-anti-Islam-rally-in-Michigan

Pastor Terry Jones Denied Permit to Protest at Mosque

http://www.whtc.com/news/articles/2011/apr/21/pastor-terry-jones-denied-permit-protest-mosque/

Free speech or public risk? Jury weighing Jones protest

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110422/LIFESTYLE04/104220401/Prosecutor-warns-%E2%80%98people-could-die%E2%80%99-if-Jones-protests

Controversial Preacher Jailed for Dearborn Protest

http://www.whtc.com/news/articles/2011/apr/23/controversial-preacher-jailed-dearborn-protest/

MICHIGAN: Group pulls out of Islamic Center protest

http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2011/04/16/news/doc4daa1fde2791d605170104.txt

MINNESOTA: Judge won't dismiss ACLU lawsuit against TiZA School

http://www.startribune.com/local/south/120326034.html

MISSOURI: Anti-Sharia Bill Clears Its First Hurdle

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/04/20/missouris-anti-sharia-law-bill-clears-its-first-hurdle/

NEW JERSEY: For Some Latinos, Islam is Simple

http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=237013

Transit Worker Fired for Burning Koran Rehired, Compensated for 'Pain and Suffering'

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/22/nj-transit-worker-fired-burning-koran-rehired-compensated-pain-suffering/

OHIO: Islamic relations leader can sue U.S. over privacy, detention at border

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/04/islamic_relations_leader_can_s.html

TENNESSEE: Muslims gather at Capitol Tuesday for hearing on anti-Sharia bill

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110419/NEWS02/110419040/TN-Muslims-gather-Capitol-Tuesday-hearing-anti-Shariah-bill-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

Tea party group cancels protest at Southaven Nation of Islam center

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110419/NEWS/110419012/Mississippi-tea-party-group-cancels-protest-at-Southaven-Nation-of-Islam-center?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FRONTPAGE

Sponsor of anti-terrorism bill to move forward despite opposition from many Muslims

http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/ca0bbe1d6c904fc7ae959c7af49a9199/TN-XGR--Sharia-Law/

Tenn. Republican lawmaker defends position on anti-terrorist legislation

http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/12fa7f17d7e64920b5379af19dbf1a89/TN-XGR--Anti-terrorist-Bill/

UTAH: Church Distributes Korans

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51674758-78/church-book-presbyterian-jones.html.csp

WASHINGTON: Lying, Hitting Your Wife and Jihad: Just another Day in a Moderate Mosque

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/04/18/lying-hitting-wife-jihad-moderate-mosque/

♦ Canada

Controversial Islamic centre director was in Toronto: sources

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/04/20/somali-terror-lancaster.html

♦ Israel

Teen hit by anti-tank missile dies of wounds

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4058157,00.html

Terror warning: Hezbollah to attack Israelis abroad

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059637,00.html

Itamar massacre solved; 2 arrested

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4057894,00.html

PM: We won't tolerate slaughter of Israelis

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4057996,00.html

Fogel family: Murder heinous, hate bottomless

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4058009,00.html

Itamar attack: 'My son was tortured into confessing'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4058186,00.html

Fogel Terrorist: Like Father, Like Son

http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fogel_terrorist_like_father_like_son.html

Death Penalty Unlikely for Itamar Massacre Terrorists

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143633

Hard-line Arab leader arrested at Israel border

http://www.africasia.com/services/news_mideast/article.php?ID=CNG.eb63d08c46fc03277ee2b129a6b13866.381

Israel indicts Saudi man for working for Hamas

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4058635,00.html

'Peace and Dialogue' Muslim Group Angered by Jewish Kotel

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142861

♦ Britain

Britain: "Failed by a System That Tiptoes Around Cultural Sensitivities"

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2050/britain-cultural-sensitivities

British Govt slammed for visit to Muslim Brotherhood

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=217198

Muslim Council: women cannot debate wearing veil

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8455955/Muslim-Council-women-cannot-debate-wearing-veil.html

Electrician told he faces the sack for Christian symbol on his van dashboard

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377684/Electrician-Colin-Atkinson-faces-sack-Christian-cross-van-dashboard.html

How the 'London Taliban' is targeting women and gays in bid to impose Sharia law

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377780/London-Taliban-targeting-women-gays-bid-impose-sharia-law.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Koran burner is jailed for 70 days

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3533809/Koran-burner-is-jailed-for-70-days.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

Britain spends millions on Libyan aid while Arab states give little

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8459234/Libya-Britain-spends-millions-on-aid-while-Arab-states-give-little.html

'I wanted to be free': Muslim model upsets family by posing nude for Playboy cover

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1378455/I-wanted-free-Muslim-model-upsets-family-posing-nude-Playboy-cover.html

Thumbs up for pub to open as mosque

http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/thumbs_up_for_pub_to_open_as_mosque_1_2608807

Security teams gear up for UK royal wedding

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/7528288.html

Muslim fanatics to burn effigies of royal couple and turn wedding into 'a nightmare'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378527/Poppy-burning-Muslims-protesting-crusades-plan-demonstration-outside-Royal-Wedding.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Royal wedding to be 'protected by EDL ring of steel'

http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/local/royal_wedding_to_be_protected_by_edl_ring_of_steel_1_2608969

UK: El Al plane bomb plotter could be released early

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=217228

Cheating husband froze to death in car after meeting lover for a secret tryst during snowstorm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378546/Cheating-husband-froze-death-car-meeting-lover-secret-tryst-snowstorm.html

Muslims call for extra burial space

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/muslims_call_for_extra_burial_space_1_3302168

7/7 proposals 'are being ignored'

http://www.expressandstar.com/uk/uk-news/2011/04/21/77-proposals-are-being-ignored/

English Defense League urges supporters to read not burn the Koran

http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/04/english-defence-league-urge-supporters-to-read-not-burn-the-koran/

Colliers Wood mosque set to get bigger after Merton Council planning victory

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/8985369.Mosque_set_to_get_bigger_after_planning_victory/

Chingford Council to decide mosque expansion plans

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/8988301.CHINGFORD__Council_to_decide_mosque_expansion_plans/

Planners approve West Bromwich mosque

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/04/21/planners-approve-west-bromwich-mosque/

Islamic centre planned for Watford Conservative club

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/8988135.Islamic_centre_planned_for_Conservative_club/

Muslims appeal for help for only mosque in Exeter

http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=72879

Anti-BNP protest divides Muslims at Swansea mosque

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/anti-bnp-protest-divides-muslims/article-3481169-detail/article.html

♦ Australia

Islamic Council of Victoria asks for tolerance

http://islammonitor.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4256:if-only&catid=203&Itemid=22

Guards retreat as detainees set Villawood alight

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/guards-retreat-as-detainees-set-villawood-alight/story-fn59niix-1226042447127

Rioting asylum seekers face charges after Villawood fires

http://www.news.com.au/national/night-of-chaos-at-villawood-detention-centre-will-affect-claims-of-asylum-seekers-involved/story-e6frfkwi-1226042867818

♦ Indonesia

Police Use DNA Tests to Identify Mosque Bomber

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/17/indonesian-police-use-dna-tests-to-identify-mosque-bomber/

Indonesia battles terrorist hit squads

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/19/3195169.htm?section=justin

Activist uses film to bolster claims that Govt exploits terror

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/19/activist-uses-film-bolster-claims-govt-exploits-terror.html

20,000 police to safeguard Jakarta during Easter

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/20/20000-police-safeguard-jakarta-during-easter.html

Mosque bomber a follower of Bashir

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/mosque-bomber-a-follower-of-bashir-20110420-1dokr.html

Islamists shift targets, religious intolerance rises

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/04/20/indonesian-islamists-shift-targets-religious-intolerance-rises/

Jemaah Islamiyah Linked to Book-Bomb Attacks, Arrests

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/ji-linked-to-book-bomb-attacks-arrests/436682

Big bomb found near Indonesia church; 19 arrested

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/21/general-as-indonesia-bomb-arrests_8428201.html

Militants wanted to film Indonesian church bomb

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Militants-wanted-to-film-Indonesian-church-bomb-1348083.php

♦ Philippines

Kidnappers free Filipino trader in south after 48 days in captivity

http://www.allvoices.com/news/8840447-kidnappers-free-filipino-trader-in-southern-philippines-after-48-days-in-captivity

OIC experts coming to Manila for peace talks

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315105/oic-experts-coming-manila-peace-talks

♦ Thailand

Bomb Kills 1, Wounds 23 in Southern Thailand

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/18/bomb-kills-1-wounds-23-in-southern-thailand/

Insurgency in Deep South declining in momentum,

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/insurgency-in-thailands-deep-south-declining-in-momentum/656271.html

27 Thai hostages return from Somalia

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=678761&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Defense volunteer shot dead in Narathiwat

http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/198584.html

♦ Malaysia

66 teen boys sent to anti-gay counseling

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/19/general-as-malaysia-anti-gay-camp_8423731.html

Malaysia signs security pact with Saudi Arabia

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90045720?Malaysia%20signs%20security%20pact%20with%20Saudi%20Arabia

Muslim Reality Show Features Corpse Washing, Sheep Slaughter

http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/04/20/muslim-reality-show-features-corpse-washing-sheep-slaughter

No need for amendment on status of Islam, says minister

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/22/parliament/8533278&sec=parliament

♦ Bangladesh

Leaser threatens Jihad if laws banning child marriage are implemented

http://www.weeklyblitz.net/1386/islamist-leader-threatens-of-waging-jihad

♦ Pakistan

Punjab, Muslims attack a Christian village

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Punjab,-Muslims-attack-a-Christian-village-21324.html

8 Bodies Found in Pakistan's NW

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/17/8-bodies-found-in-pakistans-nw/

Detained Christian released – but two others held

http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/111074

Teachers harass girl students in Peshawar University, PA told

http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/20/teachers-harass-girl-students-in-peshawar-university-pa-told.html

Candles for Asia Bibi for faith shall set her free, says Islamabad bishop

http://www.speroforum.com/a/52537/Pakistan---Candles-for-Asia-Bibi-for-faith-shall-set-her-free-says-Islamabad-bishop

Court frees all but 1 in gang-rape case

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/21/pakistan-court-frees-1-gang-rape-case/

Three militants among 4 killed in Darra action

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=42765&Cat=7&dt=4/21/2011

US drone kills 20 as Taliban attack forces in Pakistan

http://news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4792561

Fear in Pakistani village dominated by Christians

http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/364500-fear-pakistani-village-dominated-christians.html#.1258-stage-subhero1-1

♦ Afghanistan

Roadside bomb kills 6 police officers

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110418-702722.html

8 NATO Soldiers Killed in a single day

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/afghanistan/8-NATO-Soldiers-Killed-Saturday-in-Afghanistan----120000434.html

Iran engineers 'kidnapped in Farah'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13119324

Afghanistan should brace for more assassinations: U.S. envoy

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/19/us-afghanistan-eikenberry-idUSTRE73I13320110419

Three Afghans held for disrespecting Qur'an

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=429456&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23

2 Afghan police die, NATO chopper crashes in east

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/2-afghan-police-die-922155.html

♦ Uzbekistan

Tashkent, punishes those who lend or gift Bibles to children

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Tashkent,-punishes-those-who-lend-or-gift-Bibles-to-children-21326.html

♦ Azerbaijan

Police Arrest Anti-Government Protesters

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/17/azerbaijan-police-arrest-anti-government-protesters/

♦ Italy

'Too beautiful for school' Pakistani teen back in classroom

http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/04/18/visualizza_new.html_900472016.html

1,000 migrants evacuated from Lampedusa

http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Security/Italy-1000-migrants-evacuated-from-Lampedusa_311925286113.html

Ex-Gitmo detainee deported from Italy to Tunisia

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/04/ex-gitmo_detainee_de.php

Italian ship hijacked by pirates in Arabian Sea

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/21/c_13839662.htm

Italy to send military instructors to train Libyan rebels

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/04/italy-to-send-military-instructors-to-train-libyan-rebels/1

♦ France

Border Police Block Migrant Train from Italy

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/17/french-border-police-block-migrant-train-from-italy-2/

Mosque hosts Islamic courses for Catholic teachers

http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=237263

French blame immigrants for integration failure: poll

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/French+blame+immigrants+integration+failure+poll/4646452/story.html

France vows to step up air strikes in Libya

http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/359294-france-vows-to-step-up-airstrikes-libya.html#.1258-stage-hero1-2

♦ Germany

Muslim's Playboy strip stokes integration debate in Germany

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/muslims-playboy-strip-stokes-integration-debate-in-germany/story-e6frg6so-1226041814467

Jewish Ideas Daily: A new Germany?

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=217035

Germany Froze $6 Billion of Libyan State Funds, Spiegel Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-16/germany-froze-6-billion-of-libyan-state-funds-spiegel-says.html

Germany: Use Gadhafi's frozen funds for Libya aid

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MM6D101.htm

Germany expels openly homophobic imam

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6510494,00.html

♦ Netherlands

Wilders trial: police complaint about perjury

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/04/wilders_trial_police_complaint.php

Holland 'not attractive' for Tunisians

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/04/holland_not_attractive_for_tun.php

♦ Norway

Making sense of Norwegian anti-Semitism

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=217194

♦ Russia

4 people killed in Dagestan province

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=678407&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Top al Qaeda militant dies in Chechnya

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/22/russia.chechnya.militant/index.html?hpt=Sbin

♦ Turkey

Turkey Grapples With Spike in 'Honor' Killings

http://www.aina.org/news/2011041614943.htm

Istanbul's Armenian women mocked for victim shelter plan

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=armenian-women8217s-attempt-for-a-women-shelter-in-istanbul-2011-04-15

Clashes in Turkey following candidates ban

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=217235

Turkey voices support for Palestinian statehood

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059907,00.html

♦ Iran

Ahmadinejad: 'The era of Zionism has passed away'

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=217081

Newspaper asks to kills Saudis abroad

http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME.XEF45942.html

Iran: Students launch sit-in, chant 'Death to Israel'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059511,00.html

Iran seeks to boost ties with Egypt

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059949,00.html

Supreme Leader Underlines Positive Outcomes of Islamic Awakening in Region

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9002031223

♦ Iraq

Car Bombs Kills Three near Baghdad

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/18/car-bombs-kills-three-near-baghdad/

Suicide car bombs kill nine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13114489

Police, Protesters Clash in Northern Iraq, 35 Wounded

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/17/police-protesters-clash-in-northern-iraq-35-wounded/

Family of 4 killed in home invasion

http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/world/715328/Iraqi-police-Family-of-4-killed-in-home-invasion.html

♦ Saudi Arabia

Police arrest sorceress with 98 victims

http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/saudi-police-arrest-sorceress-with-98-victims-2011-04-05-1.377329

Shi'ite writer arrested after protests

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=217148

'Drug mule' pardoned

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/314711/saudi-pardons-drug-mule

♦ Palestine

Global Jihadi groups challenge Hamas

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=216905

Hamas: Schalit deal will only go ahead 'on our terms'

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=217072

Thousands of Palestinians Leave West Bank for Jordan

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Thousands-of-Palestinians-Leave-West-Bank-for-Jordan--120125659.html

Palestinians to seek UN membership if no peace

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/19/general-un-palestinians-what-next_8424800.html

PA Gunning For French, German Support

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143638

France: EU may recognize Palestinian statehood

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=217500

Palestinians counting on Obama for state

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4058658,00.html

Fatah to join Gaza-bound flotilla in May

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059412,00.html

Gaza mortar shell hurts UN staff

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059736,00.html

♦ Egypt

Ex-Premier Charged With Corruption

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704204604576268972167314888.html

Egypt's Christians Flee amid Islamic Threat

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/April/Egypts-Christians-Flee-amid-Islamic-Threat/

Panel Lifts Death Toll in Protests

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704740204576273071880564288.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews

Crowds protest Christian governor in south Egypt

http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/364700-crowds-protest-christian-governor-south-egypt.html#.1258-stage-subhero1-2

Muslim Brotherhood calls for Sharia law, 'punishments' in Egypt

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/me_egypt0479_04_22.asp

♦ Yemen

Yemeni Forces Fire on Sana'a Protest, 30 Wounded

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Mass-Protests-in-Yemen-Against-President-120003964.html

Gunman on motorcycle opens fire at Yemen protest camp

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=217241

♦ Syria

Father-Son Dictatorship Remains in Vogue

http://townhall.com/columnists/austinbay/2011/04/20/syria_father-son_dictatorship_remains_in_vogue

3 Killed in Syria Unrest

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/17/3-killed-in-syria-unrest/

Over 5,000 Syrian activists begin sit-in for Assad ouster

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/over-5000-syrian-activists-begin-sit-in-for-assad-ouster

'Armed insurrection won't be tolerated'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13124591

State of emergency laws lifted

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4058545,00.html

Demonstrations Gain Pace

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703838004576275121239423578.html

Report: 40 killed in Syria protests

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059784,00.html

At least 70 killed in deadliest day of Syrian protests

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=217556

Scores of dead buried amid growing unrest

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4059957,00.html

Syrian lawmaker quits in protest at killings

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=217623

Second Syrian lawmaker quits in protest of killings

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=217624

♦ Bahrain

Harsh crackdown on Shia worshippers

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/middle-east/news/article.cfm?l_id=8&objectid=10720674

Counter-revolution: 250 missing in Bahrain

http://www.voltairenet.org/article169545.html

Shi'ite mosque demolitions raise tension

http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE73L1B920110422

Opposition Leader Ebrahim Sharif Feared Tortured

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/ai220411.html

♦ Jordan

Islamists Take the Reins of the Protests

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2065874,00.html

Brother of bomber in Afghan attack arrested

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/jordan-arrests-brother-of-915341.html

Jordan detains 136 on 'terror' charges

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/jordan-detains-136-on-terror-charges/story-e6frf7jx-1226043489193

♦ Lebanon

Lebanon arrests 7 over anti-Assad protests call

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/Apr/19/Lebanon-arrests-7-over-anti-Assad-protests-call.ashx#axzz1KHNLdJ3l

Islamic rally to go ahead after Lebanon venue change

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20110421T203541ZIKN97

♦ Libya

Rebels gain ground in fierce fight, at least 17 dead

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704613504576268584239025872.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews

Rebels build parallel state

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703648304576265021509675668.html

Pro-Government Shelling Continues as UN Peace Call Ignored

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/04/18/libyan-pro-government-shelling-continues-as-un-peace-call-ignored-4/

Gaddafi forces hiding in 'mosques and schools'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13126837

British troops go to Libya amid 'Vietnam' warnings

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8461863/British-troops-go-to-Libya-amid-Vietnam-warnings.html

Libya Conflict: Situation Update

http://www.criticalthreats.org/libya/libya-conflict-situation-update

Kadhafi son 'very optimistic' about victory: TV

http://www.france24.com/en/20110420-kadhafi-son-very-optimistic-about-victory-tv?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=DTN+France:

Britain to Send Military Advisers to Libyan Rebels

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=13408899

US send drones to Libya as battle rages for Misrata

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=217534

NATO strikes near Gaddafi compound, Libya says 3 dead

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=217597

First US drone attack on Libya

http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110423-first-us-drone-attack-libya

♦ Tunisia

Country fears spread of extremism

http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME.XEF45590.html

♦ Somalia

Pirates take ransom but keep seven crew hostages

http://www.thenational.ae/featured-content/home/middle-headlines/pirates-take-ransom-but-keep-seven-crew-hostage

Gunmen killed seven in central Somalia

http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Gunmen_killed_seven_in_central_Somalia.shtml

New Christian Convert from Islam Murdered in Somalia

http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/article_111281.html

♦ Nigeria

Many dead in election protests

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE73E8DO20110418

On killed, churches, shops razed as youths protest in Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno Kano, Kaduna

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/04/on-killed-churches-shops-razed-as-youths-protest-in-yobe-adamawa-bauchi-borno-kano-kaduna/

For Electing Christian President, Nigerian Muslims Riot, Kill 100 Christians

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8837061-for-electing-christian-president-nigerian-muslims-riot-kill-100-christians

Thousand flee after riots

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13126971

Charred corpses line road after Nigeria vote riots

http://newsystocks.com/news/4084635/charred-corpses-line-road-after-nigeria-vote-riots

♦ Kenya

Anti-Al Shabaab Leaflets Spread in Mombasa

http://allafrica.com/stories/201104190091.html

Vin Ienco is a Commentator and Analyst on the effects of Global Islamism and a vocal opponent of Sharia Law.

I would like to give a special note of thanks to the amazing Erin Fiora, who selflessly assists me in the production of this note.