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  • Police officer in Pakistan is praised for saving woman accused of blasphemy by angry mob

    03/04/2024 7:25:48 PM PST · by grundle · 15 replies
    NBC News ^ | March 3, 2024 | Mushtaq Yusufzai and Mithil Aggarwal
    Officials say Sheher Bano, an assistant superintendent of police in Lahore, risked her life to rescue the woman after Arabic calligraphy on her outfit was mistaken for verses from the Quran. PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A police officer in Pakistan is being hailed as a hero after she protected a woman from a furious mob accusing her of blasphemy over what she was wearing. Sheher Bano, an assistant superintendent of police in the city of Lahore, “put her life in danger” to rescue the woman after colorful Arabic calligraphy on her outfit was mistaken for verses from the Quran, the Muslim...
  • US Senate defeats bid to stop F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey

    03/04/2024 6:23:35 AM PST · by RandFan · 41 replies
    Reuters ^ | Feb 29 | Patricia Zengerle
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Thursday soundly defeated an effort to stop the $23 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey, which President Joe Biden's administration approved after Turkey approved Sweden's joining the NATO alliance. The Senate voted 79 to 13 against a resolution of disapproval of the sale introduced by Republican Senator Rand Paul.Before the vote, Paul criticized Turkey's government and said allowing the sale would embolden its "misbehavior." Backers of the sale said it was important for Washington to keep its word to a NATO ally. The Biden administration formally informed Congress on...
  • A Beautiful Dress and an Ugly Crowd

    03/04/2024 7:45:05 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 31 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 4 Mar, 2024 | John F. Di Leo
    An incident in Lahore Pakistan stands as a damning indictment of modern Islamic society. From distant Pakistan, an NBC news story surfaces that serves to remind us of everything we need to know about our current crisis. A week ago, a female police officer in Lahore, Pakistan, patrolling a shopping district in the busy muslim city, saw a crowd gathering, to taunt, accuse, and threaten a young woman in a colorful Kurta (a long shirt-dress). Her dress was covered with bright and abstract calligraphy that the crowd assumed was an improper quoting of the Koran. In Pakistan, when a crowd...
  • Türkiye offers to hold Russia-Ukraine peace talks

    02/28/2024 9:38:16 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 16 replies
    Daily Sabah ^ | 2/28/2024 | Staff
    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğa reiterated Türkiye’s offer to facilitate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, as he said Ankara emphasizes diplomacy and dialogue to put an end to the war between the two countries. -snip- Erdoğan also said Türkiye supports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 10-point peace plan in principle. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 10-point peace plan is based on a complete Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, reparations and punishment of war criminals, as well as the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war and their return under mediation by Riyadh.
  • Muslims Cause Unrest on Japanese Streets: 'Japan Must Die!' (Video)

    02/24/2024 9:30:53 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 105 replies
    RAIR Foundation ^ | February 22, 2024 | Amy Mek
    Videos depicting Muslim migrants causing disturbances in Japan are surfacing. They engage in street altercations with locals, riot in cafes, and vandalize traditional Japanese Shinto shrines. In a recent incident, a family dispute escalated into a stabbing, leaving several people injured. On the streets, Kurdish Muslim demonstrators protest against “racism,” shouting slogans like “Japan must die!”Despite comprising only 2,000 individuals, Kurds who fled persecution in Turkey and Iraq to seek refuge in Japan are stirring up significant trouble. Increasingly, evidence of their disruptive behavior is circulating on social media platforms.Encounters between Kurds and local Japanese often turn violent, involving physical...
  • Turmoil at CBS — Catherine Herridge’s Firing Escalates as Network Seizes Files and Exposes Confidential Sources: Report

    02/22/2024 11:03:20 AM PST · by Red Badger · 85 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Feb. 22, 2024 12:40 pm | Staff
    CBS reportedly seized files from Catherine Herridge, the network’s recently laid-off senior investigative correspondent. This action included materials that may reveal information about confidential sources, according to an article by Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Chair of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, in The Hill. Catherine Herridge, an Emmy-winning and nominated reporter known for her work on national security and intelligence, was among the 800 employees Paramount Global laid off in a bid to streamline operations amid financial strain. Her firing has since escalated into a broader controversy. In his article titled “CBS faces uproar after seizing investigative journalist’s files,”...
  • WORLD’S TALLEST MAN MEETS WITH WORLD’S SHORTEST WOMAN

    02/21/2024 9:23:40 PM PST · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    Futurism ^ | 20 February 2024 | HARON ADARLO
    THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO IS MORE THAN SIX FEET! When the world's tallest man meets the world's shortest woman, the moment demands a photo op. That's what happened on Monday in California when Sultan Kosen of Turkey, measuring at a neck-craning 8 foot and 2 inches, reunited with the diminutive Jyoti Amge of India, who's recorded at just 2 feet and 0.7 inches — and the meeting was documented by Turkey’s state-run news outlet Anadolu, as reported by The Independent. In a testament to the incredible variation of human body types, in one shot the 30-year-old Amge even...
  • Turkey Türkiye Islamist oppressor Erdogan's obsessive long record of Hitler / Nazi comparison. All the while, he himself actually has a Hitler-problem...

    02/18/2024 5:36:35 AM PST · by Milagros · 1 replies
    At EoZ ^ | 2024
    Turkey Türkiye Islamist oppressor Erdogan's obsessive long record of Hitler / Nazi comparison. All the while, he himself actually has a Hitler-problem...2016: Erdogan’s Hitler Problem. The Turkish presidency is seeking to clarify President Erdogan's recent remarks in which he favorably compared his vision of an executive presidency with Nazi Germany. This is not the first time he has said outrageous things only to walk them back. Blog Post by Steven A. Cook, January 4, 2016 11:30 am (EST) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a Hitler problem. When he was asked last Friday to comment on his strong desire to...
  • Clinton Adviser Denies Endorsement of Turkish Islamist Paper [Zaman flagship-Gülen's Islamist cult]

    01/17/2012 5:03:15 PM PST · by fight_truth_decay · 19 replies
    Commentary Magazine ^ | 01.17.2012 - 12:50 PM | Michael Rubin
    Anne-Marie Slaughter, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s director of policy planning, now denies she endorsed Today’s Zaman, the flagship newspaper of Fethullah Gülen’s Islamist cult. Here is a google cache record with Prof. Slaughter’s endorsement, and here is the page now, with Professor Slaughter’s endorsement excised. Professor Slaughter denies she made the endorsementThere are two possible explanations: (1) Professor Slaughter is being truthful, and Today’s Zaman simply made it all up. If so, this suggests that the ethics of Zaman and the organization which sponsors it are non-existent. (2) Professor Slaughter asked for the retraction only after learning about Today’s...
  • Jordan’s King Abdullah: October 7 attacks cannot be accepted by any Muslim

    02/12/2024 6:51:16 PM PST · by Uncle Miltie · 28 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 2/13/24 | Jacob Magid
    Jordan’s King Abdullah gives one of his most pointed criticisms of Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught. “All attacks against innocent civilians, women and children, including those of October 7, cannot be accepted by any Muslim,” he says alongside US President Joe Biden. “As I have previously stressed, we must make sure the horrors of the past few months since October 7, are never repeated, nor accepted by any human being.” “We must together, along with Arab partners and the international community, step up efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and immediately start working to create a political horizon that...
  • Erdoğan's Conquest: Turkish-Controlled Dutch Party Infiltrates Netherlands Police, New Sharia Uniforms For Officers Mark Pivotal Step in Islamization

    02/09/2024 4:00:18 PM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 22 replies
    Rair Foundation ^ | 02/08/2024 | Amy Mek
    On February 1, 2024, a contentious decision shook the Netherlands to its core: law enforcement officers (Boa’s) in Utrecht were granted permission to wear sharia-compliant headscarves. The motion initiator is Turkish-tied Muslim Mahmut Sungur from the Islamic Denk (or “Think”) party, lauding Utrecht’s “pioneering stance.”This move, endorsed by the left-wing city council and led by a controversial Muslim politician and political party operating on behalf of Turkey, represents a profound victory for Islamic supremacists trying to conquer The Netherlands. It is more than just a nod to religious diversity; it’s a capitulation to the demands of a growing sharia-adherent Muslim...
  • FBI Raids James Biden-Tied Business

    02/17/2020 4:44:20 PM PST · by bitt · 51 replies
    realclearpolitics.com ^ | 2/17/2020 | MARK HEMINGWAY
    FBI agents last month raided the home of the CEO of a bankrupt hospital chain and one of its hospitals in Pennsylvania in new signs of trouble for a company central to accusations of influence-peddling by James Biden, brother of former Vice President Joe Biden. The federal investigation was disclosed in documents filed this month by the acting U.S. trustee overseeing the bankruptcy case of Florida-based Americore Holdings, which is in the business of acquiring and managing rural hospitals. The filing in Kentucky by the federal trustee, Paul A. Randolph, seeks the appointment of a trustee specifically to oversee the...
  • Deadly drone attack hits training ground at Syrian base housing US troops (6 Kurds dead)

    02/05/2024 9:38:19 AM PST · by dynachrome · 18 replies
    Fox ^ | 2-5-24 | Lawrence Richard
    A drone attack late Sunday evening that struck a military base in eastern Syria, where U.S. troops are stationed, left at least six allied Kurdish soldiers dead, officials said. The attack hit a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said in a statement Monday. According to the statement, the drone attack struck an area where the forces' commando units were being trained. No U.S. troops were killed or injured in the attack, they said. The strike was the first significant attack in Syria or Iraq since the...
  • Scientists Have Solved This ANTI-GRAVITY Mystery While Confirming New Form of Magnetic Levitation

    01/31/2024 8:18:58 AM PST · by Red Badger · 96 replies
    The Debrief ^ | JANUARY 8, 2024 | TIM MCMILLAN
    In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unraveled an anti-gravity mystery that seemingly defied the norms of classical physics, potentially paving the way for revolutionary advancements in magnetic levitation technology. The breakthrough centers on a unique form of magnetic levitation, first demonstrated in 2021 by Turkish scientist Hamdi Ucar, an electronics engineer from Göksal Aeronautics in Turkey. Typically, the setup becomes unstable when you try to balance two repelling magnets to counter gravity. However, in a study featured in the journal Symmetry, Ucar revealed that when positioned close to another swiftly rotating magnet, a magnet can both spin and levitate in...
  • Two Masked Assailants Attack Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul

    01/29/2024 2:59:58 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    The pair entered the Santa Maria Church in the Sariyer district while Sunday services were being held. Two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during Sunday services, killing one person, Turkish officials have announced. According to a statement posted on X - formerly Twitter - by Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, the armed assailants attacked the Santa Maria Church in the Sariyer district at 1140 am local time. He did not specify what kind of weapons were used or whether anyone else was wounded. Yerlikaya also condemned the attack and said authorities are working on capturing the assailants...
  • Putin’s visit to Türkiye planned for February: Russian official

    01/29/2024 7:21:43 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 15 replies
    Daily Sabah ^ | 1/29/24 | Staff
    Russian presidential aide on Monday revealed that President Vladimir Putin's visit to Türkiye is planned for February. "Yes, a visit is being prepared," Yuri Ushakov told reporters in St. Petersburg in response to a question on the visit. Ushakov said Ukraine, where Russia launched a "special military operation" nearly two years ago, will be one of the key points of the meeting between Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. -snip- Ushakov also said Moscow is ready to enter into negotiations with Ukraine.
  • America Is Planning to Withdraw From Syria—and Create a Disaster

    01/24/2024 10:08:27 AM PST · by JonPreston · 47 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | 1/24/24 | Charles Lister,
    Since Hamas’s brutal attack against Israel on Oct. 7 and the resulting Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, tensions and hostilities across the Middle East have reached fever pitch. And with such a complex regional crisis playing out, it should not come as a surprise that the Biden administration is reconsidering its military priorities in the region.It should be cause for significant concern, however, that this could involve a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. While no definitive decision has been made to leave, four sources within the Defense and State departments said the White House is no...
  • Turkey approves Sweden's NATO membership bid after 20-month delay

    01/23/2024 3:26:24 PM PST · by Timber Rattler · 56 replies
    Reuters ^ | January 23, 2024 | Huseyin Hayatsever and Tuvan Gumrukcu
    Turkey's parliament ratified Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delay. Turkey's general assembly, where President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling alliance holds a majority, voted 287-55 to approve the application that Sweden first made in 2022 to bolster its security in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. All NATO members need to approve applications from countries seeking to join the alliance. When Sweden and Finland asked to join in 2022, Turkey raised objections over what it said was the two countries' protection of groups it deems...
  • Why Aren’t the Arabs the ‘Colonizers’?

    01/13/2024 1:30:19 PM PST · by Uncle Miltie · 33 replies
    National Review (but still and all...) ^ | October 29, 2023 | Rich Lowry (I know)
    The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem sits atop the site of the Second Temple, the central place for Jewish worship before its destruction during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. One wonders if any of the people braying about the alleged “settler colonialism” of Israel ever wonder how Al-Aqsa got there. Did the Jews voluntarily erect a version of it in an eighth-century homage to multiculturalism? If not, how did the Muslims who built it come to be in Jerusalem in the first place? These are rhetorical questions, of course. The caliphate besieged Jerusalem...
  • 10 Questions PRO-Palestinians Can’t Answer (Can You Prove Me Wrong?)

    01/15/2024 11:23:01 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 8 replies
    10 Questions PRO-Palestinians Can’t Answer (Can You Prove Me Wrong?) 0:00 - intro 1:48 - The oppressed people of the Middle East 4:28 - Stolen Land 5:56 - Why wasn’t an independent Palestinian state established between 1948 and 1967? 7:58 - Egypt 9:24 - Genocide 9:52 - Blacks and Palestinians 13:03- The State of Palestine 14:01- The R-word 14:58 - Tell me who your friends are