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Despite death threats and warnings of economic retaliation Denmark’s three main newspapers will take the provocative step today of reprinting a cartoon showing the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb instead of a turban after the arrest yesterday of three suspected Islamic terrorists for plotting to murder the artist. The cartoon by Kurt Westergaard was one of 12 depicting the prophet which triggered riots around the world leading to dozens of deaths when they first appeared in 2005. The violent backlash demonstrated starkly the incendiary interface between Islam and the boundaries of freedom of expression in Europe. Denmark has a growing...

Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and knives, rallied Friday in a central square and demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Muhammad." In response to the demonstration, teacher Gillian Gibbons was moved from the women's prison near Khartoum to a secret location for her safety, her lawyer said. In Britain, Gibbons' son, John, told The Associated Press that her mother was "holding up well" and she made an appeal for tolerance. "One of the things my mum said today was that 'I don't want any...

KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) -- Hundreds of protesters brandishing swords and sticks gathered outside Khartoum's presidential palace Friday to vent their anger against a British teacher jailed for allowing children to name a teddy bear "Mohammed." About 600 Islamic demonstrators piled out of mosques, chanting: "By soul, by blood, I will fight for the Prophet Mohammad." Some of the protestors demanded the teacher's execution, according to the Associated Press. The decision by a Sudanese court to jail Gillian Gibbons late Thursday was widely criticized outside of Sudan as too harsh, with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband saying he was "extremely disappointed"...

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has spoken out about the need for Sweden to stand up for press freedoms following the controversy surrounding the publication by a local newspaper of drawings of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. Asked whether Sweden risked being drawn into a similar situation as that faced by Denmark two years ago, Reinfeldt replied: "I think it's important to say two things. First, we are eager to ensure that Sweden remains a country in which Muslims and Christians, people who believe in God and people who don't believe in God, can live side by side in a spirit of...

Pakistan has added its voice to that of Iran in condemning the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in newspaper Nerikes Allehanda. Sweden has told Pakistan it is sorry if the publication hurt Muslim feelings. The protest concerned a cartoon by artist Lars Vilks, which showed the head of Muhammad on the body of a dog. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad said Pakistan condemned the publication "in the strongest terms." Related Articles Paper defends Muhammad dog cartoon 28th August 2007 Ahmadinejad claims 'Zionists' behind Swedish cartoon 28th August 2007 Iran protests over Swedish...

Sweden risks crisis over Prophet picture By David Ibison in Stockholm Published: August 29 2007 23:11 | Last updated: August 29 2007 23:11 What began as a harmless artistic experiment in Sweden is at risk of erupting into a repeat of last year’s crisis in Denmark that followed the publication of allegedly insulting cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The growing dispute in Sweden is linked to rondellhund – roundabout dogs – which are amateur and usually humorous sculptures of dogs placed covertly on roundabouts around the country as a form of counter-cultural expression.   When Lars Wilks, a Swedish...

The Swedish Foreign Ministry has played down the row surrounding a Swedish newspaper’s recent publication of a picture depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog. A spokeswoman for Foreign Mininster Carl Bildt told the newspaper ”Dagens Nyheter” that the Swedish government does not get involved in what newspapers write. The Foreign Ministry says it now considers the incident closed. The drawing, by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, appeared in a local newspaper in the city of Örebro, on August 19. Vilks originally produced three drawings depicting Mohammed as a roundabout, or traffic circle, dog. Iran lodged an official complaint with Sweden...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that "Zionists" were behind a cartoon in Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda, which depicted the head of the Prophet Mohammed on a dog's body. The drawing sparked an official protest by Tehran to Stockholm. "They do not want the Swedish government to be a friend of other nations. I strongly believe they are behind it (the cartoon). They thrive on conflict and war," he said.

Leading figures in Sweden's media industry have backed newspaper Nerikes Allehanda, which has been criticised by Iran for publishing a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog. The paper itself has meanwhile defended its decision to publish.

Twin blasts rock Hyderabad, 20 dead Reuters Posted online: Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 1953 hours IST Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 2023 hours IST Hyderabad, India, August 25: Two explosions within minutes killed at least 20 people in Hyderabad on Saturday, police said. "At least 20 people have been killed in the two blasts within a gap of 10 minutes," a senior police officer said. One blast was at the Lumbini amusement park where a laser show was taking place, and the officer said it could have been caused by an 'improvised explosive device'. Seven people were killed...

Two Muslim groups have indicated their willingness to exhibit controversial sketches by artist Lars Vilks after galleries in western Sweden declined to show the artworks for fear of Islamist reprisals. Inspired by Sweden's recent 'roundabout dogs' craze, Vilks composed a series of sketches portraying the Muslim prophet Muhammad as just such a creature. The well-known artist took his pictures to galleries in Värmland and Bohuslän. Both however refused to show the drawings on the grounds that the security risk was too great. But now two groups - the Secular Muslims in Sweden (Semus) network and the magazine Minaret - have...

Allah and Muhammed: What radical Muslims of Islam believe. Almost 75% of Muslims believe that the white race has to be completely destroyed, every man, woman, and child; The only acception to that would be, any Muslim man who would want to take a white girl for his concubine or wife. It is believed that through continued terrorist attacks, that in time, that will weaken the white race financially, making it possible to completely destroy them. The leadership of the various white races have been fatally optimistic in finding a peaceful solution. The reason I say "fatal," is because peace...

This is a cut and paste job of mine that I re-edited, for my own personal notes. Allah is a phase of the sun, translation "The Dawn", interpretation: Morning Star or Rising Sun. Allah is the contracted form from Alilah and the transliteral is this: The/god/ascends. The reason for the confusion is because the word "Allah" is borrowed from the Chaldean language. It is not a Aramaic word. More than two thousand years ago the Aramaic word for God was El, and "Elah", which means "The God", reading right to left. Another example is the Chaldean word for (sundown),"Me'al", reading...

Robert Spencer gave a great lecture about Islam and the prophet Muhammed at the Heritage Foundation last November. You can watch the video by visiting http://theconservativerevolution.com/?p=388

Extremist Muslims who force vulnerable teenage girls to convert to Islam are being targeted by police, Met chief Sir Ian Blair has revealed. Police are working with universities to clamp down on "aggressive conversions" during which girls are beaten up and forced to abandon university courses. The Hindu Forum of Britain claims hundreds of mostly Sikh and Hindu girls have been intimidated by Muslim men who take them out on dates before terrorising them until they convert. Sir Ian spoke about the problem at a conference organised by the forum. A Met spokesman said: "Neighbourhood officers work with university authorities...

Last week PBS aired the documentary, “Antisemitism in the 21st Century: the Resurgence.” The publicity was formidable, the audience enormous. The root sources of the 21st Century’s anti-Semitism, according to the production, are…(drumroll) the Jews, the existence of the state of Israel and Christian Jew-hatred that infected the Arab Muslim world. THE ZOA MIDDLE EAST REPORT decided to provide you with the source of resurgent anti-Semitism that PBS sanitized – it’s called Islam. This week we are devoting the entire non-news section of the show to “The truth about anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: Islam rising.” Joining us to discuss...

On Sunday, December 3 at 3:30 pm The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion Robert Spencer Description: In "The Truth about Muhammad" author Robert Spencer argues that the example of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, justifies jihad and terrorism. At the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, Mr. Spencer describes Muhammad's life and teachings as violent and urges Americans to understand the true nature of Islam in order to effectively prosecute the War on Terror. Author Bio: Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades),"...

The Truth About Muhammad By Brigitte Gabriel FrontPageMagazine.com | October 30, 2006 “Freedom of inquiry and speech, the quest for truth, should not be cowed into silence by violent intimidation or the acceptance of half-truths and propaganda meant to appease freedom’s enemies. One thing is certain: if no one is willing to take such risks, freedom of speech will swiftly become a relic of history.” These are the words of author Robert Spencer, who is risking his life to educate Westerners about the life of the founder of Islam. He has just come out with a new book, The Truth...

A A A A A Email this page Printer-friendly page Passage results Previous Book:Go to 1 Peter Previous Chapter : Go to 2 Peter 1Show Chapter Next Chapter : Go to 2 Peter 3 Next Book:Go to 1 John Listen to this passage : 2 Peter 2View commentary related to this passage   2 Peter 2 (New International Version) New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society 2 Peter 2 False Teachers and Their Destruction  1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will...

Israel should immediately lay down its arms and march back to the border. It need not even wait for the United Nations to pass a resolution. The result will be the same, only faster, if Israel's forces withdraw unilaterally, in one night, as we did in May 2000. Why wait an extra day, to be sitting ducks in enemy territory, to lose soldiers, for nothing? As they did then, Hezbollah may shoot at us as we run away, or claim the vehicles, weapons, equipment, and tefilin bags our soldiers leave behind in their haste to flee back behind the border....