In relation to my previous post I want to point out an important issue playing out in the shadow of that conflict.Turkey is trying to gain membership to the EU using among other arguments the claim that, as a member, Turkey would be in a better position to act as a mediator between the West…… Continue reading Showtime for Turkey
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OIC takes fight against freedom of speech to the UN
The Durban Review Conference a.k.a. Durban II may not have created many headlines outside the blogosphere and NGO web-sites yet but represents in fact one of the most important battlegrounds in the ongoing facedown between Western style democracy and freedom on one side and Islam plus various other kinds of fascism on the other. This…… Continue reading OIC takes fight against freedom of speech to the UN
James P. Cain misunderstands lessons from American history
Soon to be former American ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain was recently (2008, 12th Nov.) interviewed by late night debate programme DR2 Deadline. Among other issues the interview revolved around his views on integration and what the American experience could teach Denmark. Former Danish foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen saw the interview and agrees with…… Continue reading James P. Cain misunderstands lessons from American history
OIC priorities
Islam is under attack, we hear and OIC, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, is coming to the rescue. Jihadwatch takes a look at the priorities of OIC: Unfortunately the threats that OIC sees are not the sort of violent extremist “hijackers” of the “religion of peace” who perpetrated 9-11, 7-7, etc. but rather “political…… Continue reading OIC priorities
Slow creeping death of universal human rights
I have written about them before and once again does the improbably named IHEU (International Humanist and Ethical Union) impress me with a poignant and ominous report on the poor state of the UN’s work for human rights in the face of a majority of Islamic member states that work within the system to establish…… Continue reading Slow creeping death of universal human rights