Once Upon a Time in the West (Midlands)

ENGLAND. THE YEAR, 2007.

My name is Adil. I have been born and raised among dutiful and obedient Muslims, and I aim to misbehave.

Already I have fallen from grace. I am no longer one of them, a reason sufficient for their delicately-placed wrath to have me consigned, in this world and the next, to the most grievous of penalties; for what else should the reward be for those who behave like me, they would say if they knew, but disgrace in this life? So no matter where I go in the realms of Islam, I am a hidden traitor to my people, a renegade without honour to be executed. And for them to know of my apostasy is to know of their fear.

Still, now and again I silently walk among the Muslim flock, to observe their incessant bleating and guilty straying, and see how readily they run to the call of their watchful masters, appointees of God who oversee the enjoining of what is good and the forbidding of what is not. And they remind the herd that He is not unmindful of what they do.

Neither am I.

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It's the State, stupid!

A debate over matters of faith is drawing attention away from a very necessary debate over matters of international politics

Even as the world grapples with the threat from radical Islamist terrorists and watches with concern---both silent and noisy---of a 'return to the roots' movement among the world's Muslims, a good part of the debate has focused on whether or not Islam is as peaceful as many of its moderate adherents claim it to be (via Desipundit). As Retributions points out in a recent post, the debate over the tenets of Islam is misdirected. It is also misleading and ultimately counter-productive for it plays into the very hands of those who benefit from both Islamist terrorism and from the war against it.

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Hatewatch Briefing 2006-09-01 (July-Aug 2006)

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

As with the previous briefing, this post traces two months of global trends. Hopefully this will be the last time that we'll impose upon you such a long wait between these less than cheerful missives. We've tried to organize articles and analysis so as to highlight particular tendencies and trajectories that we suggest are causes for concern. If this is not your cup of tea, that's only because you didn't have to sift through Daily Kos posts to write this briefing. If you had, you'd know that by New Years the Democrats will have impeached Bush, Cheney, and Ronald Reagan. Nancy Pelosi will have been carried into the White House on the shoulders of netroots activists singing netroots songs, where she will have learned that Osama Bin Laden had come out of hiding and was racing to the United States in order to turn himself. Riding on a unicorn. A very fast unicorn.

Actually, to be totally honest, we're not really sure why he uses a unicorn in this story. There might have been an explanation (maybe the unicorn is really reliable or something) but the sewing needles that we were using to try to gouge out our eyes were blocking the screen. Maybe they meant a Pegasus, because that's the one with wings. Whatever - even with the weird unicorn thing, you have to admit that you feel less anxious knowing that populist grassroots liberalism is going to save us all.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Jihadi mass murder; Hezbollah is very brave in their missile war against children; Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas want to commit genocide; British Muslims rhetoric of wiping out the cancer of the Jewish state is suspicious; Particularly inspired examples of anti-Semitic cartoons, rhetoric; Jihadi attack on Seattle Jews; Catholic priest attacked in Turkey; Arab children used as human shields by Hamas and Hezbollah, brainwashed to like it; It's tough out here for a Christian, here being Palestinian towns; Katherine Harris is a religious fruitcake; Muslim abuse of women; Death penalty bar set pretty low in Muslim countries; The only proof you need that the Clash of Civilizations is real; Kidnapped Fox News journalists and the stupid media coverage that followed them; Jews = Nazis is such a bad argument that it can only be made by bad people; Hassidic Jews being racist, stupid; Mathematically rigorous demonstration that Muslim world will always find a way to blame Jews

• Idiotarian Seethings: Blogosphere raises suspicions about MSM journalism in Lebanon; Really indignant and sarcastic quotes from the left about how stupid right-wing bloggers have to be to think that any journalist would ever stage or fake pictures; WaPo let's genocidal terrorist explain his side of the debate; Sen. Kennedy might be a hypocrite; Huffington Post writers include some actors, a few racists, and a lot of anti-Bush lunatics who have just totally lost it; Jimmy Carter needs to just shut the hell up; Sept. 10 mindset provides left with security, self-righteous feeling of superiority; Everyone's got conspiracy theorists on their side - ours just happen to be smarter, not crazy; Al Gore invents idea of decentralized network of decentralized citizen journalism to save democracy; The most perfect metaphor for leftist activism ever; Unless you're using the left's definition of patriotism, then yeah, some of them were probably not very patriotic on the 4th of July; Cindy Sheehan continues to innovate the English language by changing definition of "lying", "fasting"; Deborah Frisch is a deeply disturbed woman who may need to be locked up; If we're not going to execute MSM leakers for treason, how about for making offensively bad arguments; Mathematical proof that journalists will always find a way to blame Jews

• Race and Culture: The UN spied for Hezbollah; a link to a picture of a liberal activist holding up a sign that says "Nazi kikes out of Lebanon"; Threatening to wipe out Israel is anti-Semitic; Writing poetry about how wiping out Israel would usher in a new age of world peace is also anti-Semitic, plus frankly a little creepy; Has anyone else noticed that a good deal of the Left's really ugly rhetoric comes in the form of violent fantasies of revenge through sexual violence?; BBC teases us by banning 'dhimmi', takes it back; US immigrants sending money to terrorists; Lebanon threatens to sue Israel; Huge mob of leftists protects Iranian embassy in Argentina from small community of Jews by marching through the streets shaking fists and shouting anti-Semitic slogans; Arab media criticizes Secretary Rice for losing hearts and minds, being black; Serbian skinheads severely beat two Israelis; LA Mayor Villaraigosa has to apologize to local Muslim community for not balancing condemnation of Hezbollah with support for latent anti-Semitism (at least that's our interpretation); Egyptian and Saudi immigrants to the US trying to enslave women as if they were still in Egypt and Saudi Arabia; Charley Reese identifies Jewish problem, seeks solution; "Disproportionate force" is a pathetic and incoherent excuse to prevent Israel from winning; Mel Gibson may be an anti-Semite; Airport security could not suck worse; Leftists, lunatics still trying to wrap minds around information network theory; Hitler is popular again

• A Hopeful Note: Arab journalist calls for Palestinian moderation; We're not sure how much attention the Egyptian blog Rantings of a Sandmonkey is getting, but it's not enough; Jordanian Prince very specific in his critique of Arab corruption, Nicole Kidman proves that there are 85 people in Hollywood who are not crazy; Reports of Hezbollah's victory in Lebanon II may have been premature; Hamas leader repudiates conspiracy theories, calls for Palestinian reform; Arab and Muslim world increasingly suspicious of suicidal lunatics in Tehran and Damascus; Moderate Egyptian Sheikh gaining prominence

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The "Peace" Movement

TigerHawk has maintained for some time that the so-called "anti-war movement" is actually more like an anti-victory movement. It appears that the trend he noticed is creating some cognitive dissonance for a few genuine peace activists, like Mark LeVine, Professor of Middle East History at UC Irvine. Fretting over the recent petition in the Guardian he wonders:

According to the signers, the best approach is to “offer our solidarity and support to the victims of this brutality and to those who mount a resistance against it.” Support for those who mount resistance? What exactly does this mean? Are my heroes Noam and Howard planning to pick up an RPG and start firing southward from the rubble of Qana? Should progressives be donating money to Hamas? Learning to crawl through tunnels and ferry the latest Iranian missiles to the front?

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Hatewatch Briefing 2006-06-30 (May-June 2006)

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

This Briefing covers two months of global trends. We've tried to condense news articles in such a way as to highlight particular tendencies and trajectories that we suggest are causes for concern. But don't be alarmed - you'll be OK as long as you keep telling yourself that it's just a small handful of extremists in control of several large Arab and Muslim countries, that University campuses are bastions of free expression, and that Iran is probably just kidding about the whole nuking Israel. In other words, pretend you're a UN diplomat and you'll finish this post unpreterbed.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate:
Roundup of global Islamist violence; Creeping Sharia law in Southeast Asia and Australia; Islamists force boy to personally cut up and murder father's killer; Atrocities against women in Muslim societies and cultures; There's something about public schools in the greater Irvine area that makes them susceptible to radical Islam - we think it's all the radical Islamists who live around there; Western shock at Muslim attempts to kill offensive people increasingly unenergetic; Again: Insult Islam, you might have to die; Canada gives Korans to radical Muslims who believe Koran says to kill Canadians; Pakistani Muslims not big on art, music; Phrase "our friends the Saudis" still sarcastic

• Idiotarian Seethings:
LA Times: Islamofascism has soothing, calming effect on population; Jimmy Carter is an idiot; Noam Chomsky is a self-hating idiot; Fashionable global hatred of Israel fails to bring peace; Conspiracy theory comedy, 7:30 show; Conspiracy comedy, 9:30 show (nothing like the 7:30 show, folks); All Things Beautiful under attack by moonbats; 9/11 conspiracy theories; Texas principle refuses to let shaky grasp of theology, English get in the way of offending actual real people; Memo to Leftist, anti-war Walter Mittys - you will get caught; Misguided, self-righteous advocacy of crime clears LA freeways, engenders political backlash; Brandeis anti-war protesters not less crazy than many other anti-war protesters; Certain political groups may or may not be too slow to condemn threats of murder against President Bush; Guardian: Palestinian torturers misunderstood; multiculturalism doth not make you smart; Fashionable liberalism gets boring; No really, no Palestinian leader is seriously advocating a two-state solution; Ward Churchill delivers; YearlyKos, Kosoloa

• Race and Culture:
Wherein we officially defend Ann Coulter; If certain quarters in the MSM aren't being paid for espianoge by Al Qaeda, they're getting ripped off; Vandalism against Jewish graveyard in Milan; TIME Magazine tells us who they wish ran the world - turns out, it really is the Dixie Chicks; Reuters employee threatens Charles Johnson; Chris Hitchens humiliates Juan Cole in public. Repeatedly; Holland hopes that persecuting and abandoning Ayaan Hirsi Ali will make Muslims like them more; Howard Dean sells out homosexuals; Moussaoui declares victory; Egypt tries to silence prominent blogger, fails miserably; England fails to rise to cultural challenge; Europeans really love Palestinian thugs; Walt and Mearsheimer: we're still talking about them; Media reaction to Zarqawi's death; Moby is not nuanced; Heavy-handed political humor is not funny when it's not funny

• A Hopeful Note:
Australian Christian leader calls attention to radical Islam; Algerian Muslim moderate seeks to reform Islam; Suffrage for women in Kuwait ; Secular movement asserts itself in Turkey; Zarqawi killed; Anti-regime protests in Iran

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Hatewatch Briefing 2006-05-19 (April 2006)

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Global Islamist mass murder in India, Egypt, Iraq, and Israel; Hindu holy building destroyed in Malaysia; Saudi cleric seeks fairness, balance for Hitler; New terrorist announcements raise unsettling possibility that extremist Muslims hate Jews, not just Israel; Pakistani snuff films very popular; Pathological, disgusting consequences of Islamist debasement of women; Widespread Swedish, European capitulation to Islamism; Anti-Christian violence in Egypt

• Idiotarian Seethings: Pro-illegal-immigrant marches fail to inspire icons of patriotism; Anti-war marchers openly admit: we're here for the therapy; College students publicly take off clothes for reasons almost as dumb as Mardi Gras beads; Ann Coulter smacks around Alec Baldwin; Islamists support, aid pro-illegal-immigrant marches; NBC searches NASCAR for bigoted rednecks

• Race and Culture: Dutch turn on Ayaan Hirsi Ali in last ditch effort to appease Islamists, Hitchens calls for minimum show of support for Ali; American film and TV companies become pathetic apologists for terrorism; Muslim students show Paradise Now in protest of libertarian panel complaining that it's OK to excuse terrorism, but not to do anything that offends Muslims; Nation of Islam moral crusader attacks bouncer to get access to strippers; Major Australian paper: guy who wants to chop up Prime Minister may - or may not - be a terrorist; Legitimacy of anti-Semitic insinuations mysteriously spreads in wake of Mearsheimer and Walt paper; New York Times: Jews really are chimps; Extreme Leftists don't read so good; Intimidation against Rightist bloggers; Colbert bombs; WaPo discovers Jihadist rap

• A Hopeful Note: Fighting anti-Semitism in the academy; Anti-terror marches in Belgium; Anti-terror marches in Egypt; Support for Salman Rushdie; Catholic Church increasingly wary of Islamism

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Hatewatch Briefing 2006-04-14 (March 2006)

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

A combination of unfortunate situations has prevented us from consistently posting HateWatch briefings in recent months. We apologize, and now expect to return to a more consistent schedule. This briefing will cover - albeit belatedly - trends and issues that emerged or crystallized in March 2006 and that we expect to be of continuing significance in the months to come.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Global Islamist violence; Religiously-justified degradation of women; Threats against Muslim apostates; Literally genocidal anti-gay incitement; Palestinian incitement and the international donors who fund it; Anti-Semitic incitement in the Arab press; Jews who are not so much self-loathing as just kind of anti-Semitic; Some people not sure if religiously-motivated violence on students meant to advance Islamist causes is "terrorism"; Islamists actually have read the Koran; Anti-Semitic arson in the US; Anti-Semitic humor in France and Egypt

• Idiotarian Seethings: March Cartoon Jihad roundup; Jimmy Carter still doesn't understand Islamism; The Muslim world gave us a lot of inventions - most of them a very long time ago; Generally smart conservatives go idiotarian for like a day and a half, attack Jill Carroll; Hamas won't moderate (sorry!); Mearsheimer and Walt glibness; The Academy Awards happened

• Race and Culture: Cynthia McKinney uses race-baiting to excuse her criminal violence; Yale admits Taliban member; American academy more than a little out of touch with prudence, people; Pro-immigrant activists are not very persuasive; Arab news outlet a little gullible about anti-Bush stories

• A Hopeful Note: Intellectuals issue manifestos against Islamism; Israeli-Arab soccer players refuse to boycott Denmark; Southeast Asian Muslims march against terrorism; Wafa Sultan dismantles Islamist cleric; US students agitate against Islamist intimidation; New Hampshire engages in measured, non-sectarian deliberation about gay marriage

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The Israel Lobby and Anti-Semitism

Prof. Eliot Cohen, of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, discusses Harvard's John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's paper "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy":

"Oddly, these international relations realists -- who in their more normal academic lives declare that state interests determine policy, and domestic politics matters little -- have discovered the one case in which domestic politics has, for decades, determined the policy of the world's greatest state. Their theories proclaim the importance of power, not ideals, yet they abhor the thought of allying with the strongest military and most vibrant economy in the Middle East. Reporting persecution, they have declared that they could not publish their work in the United States, but they have neglected to name the academic journals that turned them down.

Inept, even kooky academic work, then, but is it anti-Semitic?"

He goes on to dissect some of the papers more obvious faults, omissions, and double-standards, then sums up:

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Every Way to Paradise

From "The Sufi Soul" by William Dalrymple:

"The Tablighis are now probably the largest Muslim missionary movement in the world, and advocate a return to the basic fundamentals of the Koran. They greatly dislike Sufism, the mystical face of Islam, and believe that Sufi shrines like that of Nizamuddin encourage such un-Koranic practice as idolatry, music, dancing and the veneration of dead saints. With his dark skin, wispy beard and narrow eyes, Amin did not look like a Delhi-wallah. He was an aircraft maintenance engineer from Dacca [JK: Bangladesh] who had come to Delhi [JK: India] to learn more of the teachings of the Tablighis, and to help preach what he considered to be the proper ways of Islam....

“So,” I asked, “what do you think of the Sufi idea that God can also be found in the human heart?”

“Paradise within us?” said Amin, raising his eyebrows. “No, no: this is emotional talk - a dream only. Is there evidence for this in the Koran? Real Islam is more disciplined than that: there are rules and regulations that must be followed: how to eat, how to wash, even how to clip your moustache. There is nothing in the Koran about paradise within the body. It is outside. To get there you must follow the commands of the Almighty. Then when you die, insh’allah, that will be where your journey ends.”

Here, it seemed to me lay some sort of crux - a small but vitally important clash of civilisations, not between East and West, but within Islam itself. Between the strictly regulated ways of the orthodox Tablighis and the customs of the heterodox Sufis lay not just two different understandings of Islam, but two entirely different conceptions of how to live, how to die, and how to make the final and most important, and difficult, journey of all - to paradise."

If you want to understand the Sufis a little bit better, Winds' "Sufi Wisdom" category offers a bit of a window. But now it's time to shift from India to places beyond, and to focus on the Salafists, Hojjatieh, and their ilk rather than the Sufis. For that, however, what we need isn't an expat but a shrink. Several, in fact, as we look at Islam's einsatzgruppen, the psycho-mechanics of death cults, and how G-d is drawn....

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CENTCOM's Gen. Abizaid's Status Reports to Congress

General John Abizaid (the name is Lebanese, if you're wondering) is in charge of CENTCOM, which includes the Iraqi and Afghan theaters as well as Iran, Syria, Lebanon, et. al. He testified to Congress this week about the "force posture of Central Command," which translates roughly into Canadian English as "So, like, what's doin', eh? How's it goin'?" (If the speaker is not from Toronto, they may actually want to know).

If you're serious about what's going on in this war, you owe it to yourself to read it, rather than letting potentially unreliable sources tell you what's in it. Some of the topics include "Nature of the Enemy," "Situation Overview in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa," "Other Regional Partnerships," and "Iran and Syria." Here's a couple of quick excerpts and a link.

I'm also a fan of reports from lower down the food chain. So here are a couple, good and bad, focused on Iraq. Plus an idea that makes moral and tactical sense:

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Psychosis or Terrorism at Public University?

The on-campus incident at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where an Iranian graduate attempted to kill students by running them over with a rented Jeep, has raised questions about defining terrorism. The perpetrator, Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, claimed he was doing the "will of Allah" and acting to avenge the treatment of Muslims in the US.

This weekend I traveled back to my alma mater and spoke with someone who knew Taheri-Azar. More interesting details come into view including heavy drinking and drug use.

(More in-depth coverage is cross-posted at Terrorism Unveiled)

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Islamofasicsm: Hamas' Sturm Und Drang

Some on the liberal-left are bothered the term Islamofascism. It intrudes on their constructed reality. So let's begin with the latest from Iran and Saudi Arabia's friends in Hamas, before comparing it to another familiar little ditty.

According to a new video just released on the official Hamas Web site, images of Israelis being evacuated from Gaza and destroyed Israeli buildings are shown while these words are sung. Here's the translation:

"The invaders fled.
The army of the Jews has been defeated
The home and homeland is returning through blood [shows Haifa]
Not through negotiations, surrender or promises" [shows clip of peace agreements]

Allah the Great,
Be pleased by the sound of thunder...!
We will never accept the enemies
In the land of our fathers...

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Hatewatch Briefing 2006-01-27

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Islamist terrorists commit mass murder across globe; anti-Semitism in Mexico; anti-Semitic violence in Russia; Jew-hatred in the United States grows during holiday season; anti-Semitic campaigning in the Ukraine; anti-Semitism in Britain; Islamists in Egypt torch Church; Afghanistan Islamists murder teacher; Islamofascism gains a foothold in Britain

• Idiotarian Seethings: Leftist adoration for anti-Semitic Hugo Chavez; Ray Nagin is not smart; Muslim kidnappers and the hostages who love them; AP: "terrorists = martyrs"; David Letterman jumps the shark; suicide bombers being recruited on college campuses; British gay rights groups punish gays who speak out against Islamist homophobia; Barbara Streisand does not make good arguments; perverse celebrations of Prime Minister Sharon's collapse; US politicians think Congress is a plantation; Hollywood loves suicide bombers - seriously

• Race and Culture: Muslim violence in France; method behind the madness of Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial; British cleric loves Hitler; Holocaust trivialization sweeping Europe

• A Hopeful Note: Al Qaeda in Iraq weakening; Arab and Muslim journalist takes on Holocaust deniers; increased political rights in Turkey; criticism of terrorism in Arab and Muslim press

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-12-30

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Palestinian suicide bombings continue; Islamist murders continue throughout the world; International universities, newspapers, United Nations echo call to wipe Israel off the map; Lebanese actor can't stand even pretending to be Jewish; Christian bigot Phelps continues disgusting protests; Anti-Semitism appears in Western press to varying degrees; Anti-Semitism in Australia; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad really is that crazy; Iran bans Western music; Egyptian Holocaust denial; Hezbollah TV airs cartoon of Jews as monkeys and pigs; the plight of women in Islamist societies becomes increasingly tragic and dire

• Idiotarian Seethings: Western Leftists celebrate Hugo Chavez; Howard Dean endorses Code Pink; MSM and Leftist bloggers embrace liberal anti-Bush hoax; Resentful hatred of Margaret Thatcher; Harold Pinter, Western literati pontificate; German archaeologist, former hostage sides with terrorists; Cindy Sheehan - still crazy; Leftist ideological back-patting gets silly with children's book; Katrina idiotarianism continues; Particularly stupid college courses convince academics that they really do matter; Anti-WTO protests neglect puppets, HW disappointed; John Kerry may or may not imply American troops are terrorists; hate groups don't like State Dept Office to combat anti-Semitism; Munich predictably useless

• Race and Culture: War on Christmas gets boring; 80% of US mosques radicalized by Saudi Arabia; Radical Islam in Sweden; Saudi court rules that migrant worker must have eye gouged out; Race riots in Australia; White supremacist Michael Crook sends hate letters to troops; White supremacist David Duke on Al Jazeera: "Israel Makes the Nazi State Look Very Moderate"; Crips founder put to death, hand-wringing ensues

• A Hopeful Note: Political developments in Iraq and Afghanistan; Opposition to anti-Semitism in Britain; Opposition to anti-Semitism in the Ukraine; Signs of Islamic moderation at Muslim summit; Anti-Islamist measures in Germany; Saudi Arabia considers letting women drive

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Burning Cars, Burning Girls

One of the grumbles I often hear is that Western feminists have ignored the issue of womens' rights in Islamic communities and countries - or have openly sacrificed them in the name of the left's idea of multiculturalism. There is some truth to this; nevertheless, there are also counterexamples. Or perhaps signs of a slowly-dawning epiphany, who knows?

Sign and Sight has a translated essay from Alice Schwarzer, one of Germany's most prominent feminists. She wrote an article recently in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Its core thesis?

"The riots in the French suburbs are taking place in an atmosphere rife with male violence where girls and women live in fear. If we really want to address the problem of burning cars, then we must also tackle the problem of burning girls."

Support for this proposition comes from the other side of the political spectrum. The British conservative writer Theodore Dalrymple has observed the problem first hand in his British medical practice, and says much the same thing.

HateWatch Briefing 2005-12-02

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Vicious honor killing in Britain; Murderous hatred surrounds suicide bomber movie "Paradise Now"; Anti-Semitism in Paris Intifada; Islamist bombings in Jordan; Anti-Semitism on American college campuses; Conspiracy theories swirl around Amman bombings; Christian eye specialist forced out by Islamists in Britain; Anti-Semitism in Germany now considered common and routine; Indian schoolbooks praise Hitler; Palestinian atrocities against homosexuals continue; Iranian press valorizes Holocaust denier; Michael Jackson is an anti-Semite; Religiously-inspired murders in Bangladesh; Terrorists exploit orphaned children in Kashmir; Anti-Semitism at Belgian soccer match; New York Mayoral candidate promises to fix rent by attacking Jews; Vatican paper probably does dehumanize homosexuals

• Idiotarian Seethings: Jimmy Carter: Iraq invasion was a conspiracy; USA Today: Paris Intifada is 'civil disobedience'; Muslims identified as the new Jews; Ted Rall does not admire United States Armed Forces; Chris Matthews: Terrorism is just a perspective; BYU Prof: 9/11 was an insider job; Pat Robertson is an idiot

• Race and Culture: Saudi teacher to be lashed for mocking Islam; Orthodox Jewish Rabbis try to ban the Internet; Vermont teacher uses grammar lesson to peddle anti-Bush propaganda; David Duke loves Syria, hates Israel

• A Hopeful Note: Indonesian Muslims march against terrorism; Jordanians turn on Al Qaeda; Women elected to Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia; Egyptian elections happen, women vote

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-11-04

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Violent Iranian anti-Semitism goes global: denies Holocaust, threatens genocide; World-wide Ramadan violence continues; Religion of Peace slaps Europe around; Holocaust denial in the Czech Republic; Anti-Semitism in Russia; Liberal Protestant divestment campaigns intensify, slip into anti-Semitism; Iranian children's cartoon glorifies murder, suicide bombings; Australian Islamists continue to preach hatred; Palestinian Muslims desecrate Jewish and Christian holy books

• Idiotarian Seethings: Iman blames massive earthquake on cable television; Cantata for Rachel Corrie; Freedom-loving feminists from Code Pink go to Cuba; Greenpeace fined for damaging coral reef ; Howard Dean: "Republican leaders are ayatollahs"; Leftist exaggerations of self-importance, fantasies of revenge, rants

• Race and Culture: Racist teeny boppers sing tributes to Nazis; Professor calls for extermination of al whites; Edgy-to-racist comic strip brought to television; Australian police told to coerce abused Muslim women to stay with husbands; African-American Republican becomes the target of revolting racism from Left

• A Hopeful Note: Liberal Tunisian Researcher calls on Muslims to take responsibility; Saudi journalist compares Jihadism to Nazism

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The Forever War Isn't About Us

Noah Shachtman has been in Iraq lately, and his Iraq diaries over at DefenseTech.org make for insteresting reading. One item in particular stood out: Captain America In The Forever War, which sums up the conversations he's been having with the soliders on the front lines lately. He dropped me a line at DID asking what I think. I responded by email. He suggested I share. OK. We'll start with Noah:

"Democracy? Here? Are you f--ing kidding me?" one sergeant laughed, as we drove near the Abu Ghraib prison. This was from a guy from helped safeguard the January round of elections. He figures the place will collapse into civil war as soon as U.S. troops leave.

But he's glad he's in Iraq, regardless. Mostly, because of the insurgents."

I said almost a year ago that our greatest saving grace in this war is our enemies, and I've kept on saying it because it remains true on so many levels. This truth is being demonstrated on a smaller scale in Iraq, and on a larger scale by Iran.

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-10-21

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: UK poetry schoolbook celebrates the Holocaust; Terrorists celebrate Ramadan with more murder; Islamists threaten Danish newspaper because of cartoons; Swedish Radio Islam director insists Jews run the world; Anti-Semitism in Russia; British Islamists declare war on the West

• Idiotarian Seethings: Mugabe: Bush = Hitler; Democratic Underground: Buth = Hitler; ISM tours the United States; Today Show fakes canoe ride to embarrass Bush; Berkeley cancels Veteran's Day parade; Harriet Miers reax

• Race and Culture: Harold Pinter wins Nobel Prize for Literature; New Orleans cops beat African-American; Neo-Nazi march in Toledo triggers riot; NBA accused of racism for new dress code; Louis Farrakhan returns with Million More March; Islamic fundamentalism used as legal defense for gang rape

• A Hopeful Note: Documentary on 9-11 debunks anti-Semitic conspiracy theories; Namibian paper to apologize for celebrating Simon Wiesenthal's death; Demands for reform gain steam in Saudi Arabia

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-10-07

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Hamas transforms synagogue into museum celebrating murder; Anti-Semitism in the Arab News; Jewish terrorist targets Muslim and Arab Americans; Hamas back to kidnapping, murdering; Anti-Semitism in Britain skyrocketing; Catholic Church seeks to expunge gay priests; Honor killings in Denmark; Ramadan-related Islamist violence; Homophobia in Iran

• Idiotarian Seethings: GOP State Senator and Al Qaeda agree that Katrina is God's punishment; Democratic Representative Charles Rangel: Bush = Bull Conner; Democratic activists: Bush = Hitler; Clinton and McCain meet with increasingly sketchy Cindy Sheehan; Anti-war activists not always against violence as such

• Race and Culture: Reactions to Bill Bennett's comments on black abortions and crime; Potential University of Oklahoma suicide bomber; In Britain, multiculturalist tolerance for Islam turns into attacks on Winnie the Pooh; Katrina atrocity revisionism

• A Hopeful Note: Reformist cartoons in Arab and Muslim media; Amir Taheri: Anti-Americanism in the Arab world is limited; Western Muslim women increasingly demand equal rights

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-09-23

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: British Islamic experts: best way to dampen terrorism is to forget about Holocaust; Palestinian extremists also hate Christians; Violent anti-Semitism in the Ukraine; 100 percent of Jordanians hate Jews; British universities overrun with extremism; European anti-Semitism on the rise; Palestinians rampage, destroy synagogues after Israeli disengagement; Islamist anti-Semitism in the United States

• Idiotarian Seethings: Cindy Sheehan: "Occupied New Orleans"; Black Panthers leader blames 9/11, Katrina on Jews, whites; Cat Stevens blames 9/11 on Americans; AP: Bush equal LBJ, Iraq equal Vietnam; Lt. General Honore embarrasses over-eager reporter; Ugly Left justifies vulgarity - poorly

• Race and Culture: Fatwa against woman tennis player for showing too much leg; Anti-homosexual paranoia in Kumasi; Israeli Katrina aid just too Jewish for State Department; German SDP posters exploit photos of dead American soldiers; French FM has zero knowledge of the Holocaust

• A Hopeful Note: Muslim press condemns Gaza synagogue burnings; Hope for more expanded Israeli-Muslim ties; Stockholm Imam advocates expelling extremists

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-09-09

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Beersheba suicide bomber injures 20; Violent anti-Semitism in Ukraine; Palestinians: honor killing not honorable enough, more destruction necessary; Iranian Supreme Leader calls for destruction of Israel; Los Angeles gangs urged to join jihad against LAPD; Arab and Muslim anti-Semitism in Sweden; French court: hatred against some Jews OK; Anti-Semitism in Mexico

• Idiotarian Seethings: Katrina blame game gets particularly stupid - religious groups try to figure out whether God destroyed New Orleans because He hates gays, abortions, disengagement, or just all Americans in general; Associated Press Rehnquist obituary channels fringe left; Sen. Hagel plays military historian, trots out "Iraq is Vietnam"; Democratic Underground / dKos lunatics: Bush administration engineered Rehnquist death

• Race and Culture: Post-Katrina anarchy reflects a civilization in decline; MSM: White people "find", black people "loot"; African American political leadership plays "refugee" race card; Egypt bans poll monitors in election; Arab media: Al Jazeera too fair to Israel, disengagement staged; British survey exposes widespread ageism; Australian media feeding frenzy drives leading politician to suicide after racist comment; England's first black archbishop: pervasive racism in Anglican Church

• A Hopeful Note: Islamist-appeasing multiculturalism increasingly under fire; Turkish Prime Minister: anti-Semitism is a disease of the mind; Pakistan and Israel open historic talks

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Hatewatch Briefing 08/26/05

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here.

This is my last Hatewatch briefing for Winds of Change.NET. Omri Ceren will bring you the next briefing, and thanks for being a wonderful audience.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Catholic Church a target for jihadis; Israel and the Presbyterian Church; Saudi furor over paper cups; Christian Dalits delayed once again in getting full legal rights; Muslim Council of Britain attacks BBC for "pro-Israeli bias"

• Idiotarian Seethings: Palestinians: Israel poisoned Gaza land; CAIR and Neturei Karta; Pat Robertson doesn't like Hugo Chavez very much; Jews and the Seattle Monorail; A Galloway moment; More root causes of terrorism

• Race and Culture: Stormfront's growing popularity; Racism in Mexico; Auschwitz spoof outrage; Racially-motivated crimes againt British Muslims; BNP campaigns to halt building of mosque; Racism in Finland; Negative stereotypes of Jews in Russia; Anti-semitism in the Ukraine

• A Hopeful Note: Muslim world offers quiet hope; Anti-terrorism cartoons in the Arabic press; Australian Muslim community moves against extremism

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-07-29

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Lewy14 (hatewatch@winds...), and by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Entil'zha veni!

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: British Islamists on 7/7; Convert “Sheikh” in Australia: Muslims can’t be friends of non-Muslims; Gay advocacy group reports threats by Muslim fundamentalists in Britain; Michael Graham: Islam is a terrorist organization; Saudi Imam’s incitement thrown down the memory hole; Iraqi Christians fear new constitution; Christians, Ahmadiya face persecution in Indonesia.

• Idiotarian Seethings: Colorado congressman: bombing Mecca an option; Retired Lebanese General gets creative with “Global Zionism” theme; Retired Egyptian General: Israel behind Sharm e-Sheikh bombings.

• Race and Culture: Moderate Muslims in Egypt undermined by conspiracy theories; Aryan Nations embraces “jihadeen”; Highbrow incitement against Jews in the Ukraine; Lowlife thugs murder Vietnamese in Moscow; Two essays on the evolution of modern radical Islamism.

• A Hopeful Note: Musharraf calls for jihad against… extremism; U.N. to (finally) define “terrorism”?; Iraqi prime minister calls Arab media on double standards.

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An Excellent Article on The New Anti-Semitism

I've linked this December 2001 article a couple of times on Winds, but I've never given "An Old Story" the full dignity it deserved as a stand-alone post. Now I have. It offers a fine summary of anti-semitism's various forms throughout history, and notes:

"...every age begets the anti-Semitism that most suits it; and in this era of anti-racist enthusiasm, it is anti-Zionism. In all ages, the goal of the anti-Semitic project is to delegitimize Jews. In this one, it's to undermine the legitimacy of the Jewish state, as a prelude to its ultimate destruction. The "fairness" that Palestinian supporters advocate has the ultimate goal of sufficiently weakening Israel that it will be unable to defend itself. And without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism. The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment - as they learned in Egypt where, according to Scripture, a new king arose "who did not know Joseph." The issue is no longer, Will there be a Palestinian state - that is inevitable - but rather, Will there be a Jewish one? The disappearance of the Jewish state will not mean the disappearance of anti-Semitism - quite the opposite."

Still relevant today. Read the whole thing.

Hatewatch Briefing v1.1: 2005-07-15

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Lewy14 is on vacation. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Entil'zha veni!

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Van Gogh's muderer speaks chilling words at trial; Suicide bomber kills 4 in Netanya; Hate crimes in Britain after London bombings; US Muslim woman files suit over headscarf issue; Christians in Rajasthan attacked by Hindu extremists; Four mosques vandalised in New Zealand; Virginia church vandalized after gay marriage endorsement;

• Idiotarian Seethings: Head of London Center for Islamic History: In Islam, there are no such things as civilians; American Muslim leader: Jews control the media and don't let us spread our ideas; Anti-Americanism in Australia; Toyota spends $100,000, sponsors Farrakhan; Polish MP: "We can&'t tolerate any persons who are open about their homosexuality"

• Race and Culture: Holocaust imagery used to advertise dance rave in Holland; Racism increasing in Portugal; Jewish community offices spray painted with swastikas in the Ukraine; anti-Europeanism and anti-Americanism; Bulgarian fascist party targets Jews; PA textbooks reject peace, present "Protocols" as historical fact; Racism in Japan 'deep and profound'; Hate groups use racist video games to recruit teens;

• A Hopeful Note: Kuwaitis talk back to radical imams in the mosque; American Muslim groups urge mosque rights for women; The Shape of the Future; Support for bin Laden and suicide attacks declines in Muslim countries;

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-06-24

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Lewy14 is on vacation. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Share the hate!

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Kuwait's school debate: to teach or not to teach jihad; Muslim clerics' reactions to female imam; Anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism and martyrdom in Palestinian media; Lessons from a woman terrorist;

• Idiotarian Seethings: Egyptian historian on Saudi TV: U.S. carried out 9/11 on assignment by the World Council of Churches; Austrian rabbi enlists help of neo-Nazis; Terrorists join PA police; PA: Israel distributes carcinogenic food; Venice Biennale bans sculpture in case Muslim sensitivities get offended;

• Race and Culture: Authors of anti-semitic letter calling for ban of Jewish organisations in Russia, will not be prosecuted; Arab antisemitism rooted in Nazism; Antisemitism in the Turkish media: targeting Turkey's Jewish citizens; Ukrainian forum calls for Jews to be deported; Anti-Semitism rising in Britain; Hate groups in New Jersey are rising sharply;

• A Hopeful Note: Arab criticism of Muslim extremist activities in the West; American Muslims strike at spouse abuse.

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Zimbabwe Changed My Mind: Guns Are A Human Right

As many of you know, I'm from Canada. We have a pretty different attitude to guns up here, and I must say that American gun culture has always kind of puzzled me. To me, one no more had a right to a gun than one did to a car.

Well, my mind has changed. Changed to the point where I see gun ownership as being a slightly qualified but universal global human right. A month ago in Yalta, Freedom & The Future, I wrote:

"Frankly, if "stopping... societies from becoming the homicidal hells Mr. Bush described in his Latvia speech" is our goal, I'm becoming more sympathetic to the Right to Bear Arms as a universal human right on par with freedom of speech and religion. U.S. Secretary of State Condi Rice's personal experience as a child in Birmingham [Alabama] adds an interesting dimension; I hope she talks about this abroad."

This week, I took the last step. You can thank Robert Mugabe, too, because it was his campaign to starve his political/tribal opponents and Pol-Pot style "ruralization" effort (200,000 left homeless recently in a population of 12.6 million) that finally convinced me. Here's the crux, the argument before which all other arguments pale into insignificance:

The Right to Bear Arms is the only reliable way to prevent genocide in the modern world.

And Zimbabwe is the poster child for that proposition. So let's start with what's going on:

• Zimbabwe's Slo-Mo Genocide
• Bystanders of the World
• The Dynamics of (In)Action
• Or Else Get Weapons: The Right to Bear Arms

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-06-03

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Lewy14 (hatewatch@winds...), and by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Entil'zha veni!

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Saudi Arabia desecrates hundreds of Bibles annually; London Islamists back mass murder reprisal for "desecration"; The killing of Shaima Rezayee; Saudi TV demonizes Jews in the time of Muhammad; CAIR distributes anti-Semitic commentary on the Quran; Christian "Pastor": Swedes had it coming in Thialand; Michigan study suggests mosque attendance a factor in suicide bombing.

• Idiotarian Seethings: Amnesty: Gitmo "the gulag of our time"; Fallaci prosecuted (again) for "defaming Islam"; PA says teenage suicide bombers 'fabricated'; Sen. Santorum: Senate Democrats = Hitler; Will everyone be Hitler for 15 minutes?; UC Irvine professor admits incomprehension of jihadis.

• Race and Culture: Crosses burn in Durham; The Obin report; Official PA newspaper continues to print anti-Semitic cartoons; Jews accused of organising 'genocide' of Ukrainians; Young Germans increasingly attracted to right-wing extremism; More neo-Nazis in Israel.

• A Hopeful Note: First Holocaust museum geared to Arabs opens in Nazareth; Iranian Christian acquitted of apostasy.

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FAST Action on Canadian Anti-Semitism

In CEOs' New Target: Anti-Semitism, the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper reports that Elizabeth Comper and Bank of Montreal CEO Tony Comper are preparing to launch FAST, or Fighting Anti-Semitism Together. As anti-Semitic activity rises in Canada, 21 senior executives have signed on as founding supporters - and they all have one thing in common.

None are Jews.

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-05-20

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Lewy14 (hatewatch@winds...), and by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Entil'zha veni!

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: PA TV airing anti-Semitic sermons; anti-Semitic sermons from Egyptian clerics; PA-TV incitement marks "Al-Nakba"; Kidnap and murder in Bethlehem; Baptist church firebombed in Russia; KSA holds bible toting Indian incommunicado; Kuwaiti Islamists oppose political rights for women; Gay editor bashed in Amsterdam.

• Idiotarian Seethings: UK student warned to stop protesting anti-Semitism; Kazakh parliamentarian raves about Jewish conspiracies; Turkish newspaper portrays Schroeder as a Nazi; Berlin tennis club: Nazi era = Golden era; Green fisks Buchanan; Wal-Mart: zoning laws = book burning.

• Race and Culture: Neo-Nazi groups in Germany adopting al Qaeda tactics; Turkish Intellectuals against Antisemitism; Fascism and racist attacks flourishing in Russia; Leaflets distibuted in Ukraine call for murder of Jews; anti-Semitism in the Czech Republic; Bulgarian nationalism; neo-nazi spammers.

• A Hopeful Note: Kuwait approves political rights for women; Neo-nazi march halted in Germany.

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Hatewatch Briefing 2005-05-06

Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Lewy14 (hatewatch@winds...), and by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Entil'zha veni!

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Religious Hate: Brunei sermon accuses missionaries of witchcraft; Preacher in Sweden receives death threats; Pakistani Christian tortured for not reciting kalma; Pakistani Christians arrested in Riyadh; Iranian Ayatollah: fight Jews, immanentize eschaton; Islamist thugs in Basra; Friday sermon in Sudan blasts late pope, Jews.

• Idiotarian Seethings: Militants in Pakistan order stop to films, music; Robertson: federal judges worse threat than Al Qaida; Saudi women’s rights activist: global Zionism responsible for 9/11; Dueling t-shirt slogans from CafePress.

• Race and Culture: Anti-Semitism on the rise in Europe and North America; Anti-Semitism in Turkey; Spain arrests neo-Nazis; Christian group concerned about neo-Nazis in the Czech Republic; Neo-Nazi arrested in IDF; Anti-Semitism is rampant in Russia; Anti-Semitism in Armenia; Austrian houseware chain named tool shed model "Mauthausen"; “Protocols” presented as factual in Syria; Revival of rightwing paramilitary in Philippines.

• A Hopeful Note: Turkey confronts genocide; Saudi teens go 'west'; Saudi columnist speaks up for girls’ school.

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