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In Europe, some religions are more equal than others
Europe has gone backward when it come to religious equality. Religious intolerance is a daily reality in Europe. Mainly targeted at Muslims, attacks...
Banning the burqa: an assault on freedom
Unfortunately, both France and some of its critics seem driven by a desire to police people's thoughts. On the day that France’s ban on the...
A pantomime battle for the soul of America
Both sides in the ‘Ground Zero mosque’ row are driven by the politics of fear and a disdain for their fellow Americans. Looking at the...
Banning the burqa: a bad idea ...
...whose time may soon come in parts of Europe. When Jack Straw, a British Labour politician, said a few years ago that he would prefer Muslim women...
Let's face facts, the burqa is an affront to feminism
Who knows the difference between ethics and morality? Belgium does, for one. Technically, there's not a lot in it. The dictionary makes ethics and...
Muslim-phobia is so entrenched that it's gone beyond a joke
Just mention Islam and any ludicrous threat will be treated seriously. Infidels of the world, lend me your ears! We the Coburg Jihad, representing...
Sharia law would harm Aussie Muslim women
Sharia law for Australia is being mooted again. The Australian Muslim Mission and Islamic Friendship Association of Australia are advocating its...
Imagine if Australian women were flogged for drinking a beer
If my women friends lived in Malaysia, and we happened to be Muslim, we'd – with a few exceptions – be badly battered and bruised. Our...
Hidden danger in tampering with the veil
Like the Americans waging war in Afghanistan, the French demanding their government ban the burka would do well to look back in history at the...
In search of Frenchness
The Sarkozy government's debates on national identity peddle the same old story about the enemy within – French Muslims. The nationwide debate...
The Taliban would applaud
It is easy to see that a woman’s human rights are violated when a government requires her to wrap her body and face in an all-concealing veil,...
Not being racist, but burka is wrong
I confess that I once fell over on the job. In 2001, I was sent near the Pakistan border to interview fleeing Afghans and the local imam asked me to...
Increasing hysteria
With the attempt to bring down that Northwest jet flying into Detroit on Christmas, the urge to profile Muslims and demonize Islam is becoming...
French move to fine women for wearing burqa
Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750 euros ($A1175) fine, according to a draft bill unveiled on Thursday by...
Anti-Islam vote reveals growing Swiss hostility
Swiss voters have shocked their Government, sealing a ban on the building of minarets and unveiling an unexpectedly hostile public response to Europe...
Who Created Major Hasan?
In the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and the Fort Hood massacre, the verdict has come in. The liberal news media have been found guilty — by...
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