France: Sarkozy vows to restrict immigration Via the Local : France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy set the stage on Thursday for a re election campaign marked by a conservative social agenda, vowing to oppose gay marriage and euthanasia and restrict immigration. (…) Responding to the left’s call for non-European immigrants to be allowed to vote in local elections, Sarkozy said: “It’s really not the time, with all the risks associated with the rise of multiculturalism.” “In the same vein, I say very clearly that, unlike Mr Hollande, I am not in favour of regularising the situation of undocumented foreigners, which would immediately create fresh demand,” he added. He said he would introduce new qualification criteria to make it harder for a foreign-born spouse to obtain French nationality by marrying a citizen, and transfer immigration hearings to administrative courts from civil ones

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The Cancer on merican Islamic Relations (CAIR) http://loganswarning.com/2011/10/18/this-friday-cair-invites-you-to-islamic-prayer-day-occupy-wall-st/ does not hide their agenda of turing the United States of America, into the United Sharia of America. This insidious campaign http://loganswarning.com/2011/07/15/usa-hizb-ut-tahrir-leader-calls-for-muslim-armies-to-unite-speaks-of-sheikh-obama-video/ has been going on nearly two decades now

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Gothenburg: Sister retracts ‘honour killing’ allegations Via the Local : A 21-year-old woman from Gothenburg in western Sweden who had accused her brother of threatening to take her life in an “honour killing”, retracted her allegations on the opening day of the trial on Monday. “Families often put a lot of pressures on these girls. They promise the world to them.

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Sweden: Agency slams immigrant language class failings Via the Local : Many of Sweden’s municipalities fail to place newly arrived immigrants in Swedish language classes within the time frames stipulated by law, a new investigation has found. “It’s regrettable that municipalities don’t prioritize the possibility for new arrivals to start their education as soon as possible,” Erica Sahlin, a project leader with the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen), said in a statement.

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IOM: Migrants unfairly blamed in tough economic times Via Expatica : Migrants are unfairly blamed for unemployment and social problems in tough economic times, the International Organisation for Migration said Tuesday. Describing migration as “one of the most misunderstood issues of our time,” the body called in a new report for a shift in attitudes, saying negative views of migration arise in particular during economic recession and spikes in joblessness, it said

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Norway: Iraqi rape suspect flees, calls police for help in coming back Via VG (Norwegian): A 33-year old Iraqi suspected of multiple rapes has fled Norway, but is in regular contact with the police, saying he wants to come back. The Iraqi came to Norway in 2005 as an asylum seeker

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Lecture by Yasir Qadhi |  Transcribed by Sameera This lecture is brought to you by the Memphis Islamic Center (MIC). For more information about MIC, please visit  www.memphisislamiccenter.org [ The following is the video and transcript of part 15 (the conclusion) of Shaykh Yasir Qadhi’s lecture series “The Best of Stories: Pearls from Surah Yusuf.”  The transcript includes slight modifications for the sake of readability and clarity.

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Chechnya: Police stage shoot-outs with dummy terrorists Via TIME : A young Chechen man named Islam Umarpashaev, his mangled nose still bleeding into a bandage, told the viewers how he had been kidnapped from his home by men in uniform after he criticized the Chechen police online. He said he was held for four months, chained to a radiator in a basement, beaten, pistol whipped in the temple and repeatedly electrocuted. When he refused to confess to terrorism charges, he said the police began readying him for a staged counterterrorism operation, a practice he said they called “preparing results.” That meant, as a Russian journalist explained in the voice-over, his captors allowed his wounds to heal, fed him and allowed him to wash.

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Frankees Samad is a young fashion designer from California, USA. At university, she majored in Fashion Design, and during her time as an undergraduate, Frankees received a competitive scholarly grant to carry out her first fashion collection, which was based on Islamic Art and Architecture. She recently created another collection called Haute Hijabi, and this is what she says about it: “Inspired by powerful Muslim-American women, I’ve created a collection that gives her the freedom to be modest and fashionable

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Switzerland: Far-right rise capped as greens advance Projected 2011 results (red) vs.

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