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Middle East: Misogyny, thy name is Islam

Why Do They Hate Us? – By Mona Eltahawy | Foreign Policy But let’s put aside what the United States does or doesn’t do to women. Name me an Arab country, and I’ll recite a litany of abuses fueled by … Continue reading

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Iraq: Religious differences more important than preventing mayhem and death

Co-operation? What’s that mean? SMH Sunni Muslim rulers have largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shiite-led Iraq, illustrating how powerfully the sectarian split and the rivalry with Iran define Middle Eastern politics in the era of the Arab … Continue reading

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Libya: Islamic tyrant reported dead

SMH Muammar Gaddafi – the dictator who ruled Libya with an iron fist for nearly 42 years before being driven from power in a bloody uprising – has been killed as he tried to flee his hometown of Sirte. There … Continue reading

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Libya: Three women murdered by Muslim father

SMH A LIBYAN father killed his three daughters after pro-Gaddafi soldiers raped them, in an attempt to rid the family of the shame, a human rights group says. Soldiers raped the sisters aged 15, 17 and 18 , in the … Continue reading

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Libya: Another Islamic theocracy targets its citizens

SMH Muammar Gaddafi’s government appears to be preparing for a violent final showdown after it emerged his beleaguered regime had fired a Scud missile at rebel territory as opposition forces closed in on the capital, Tripoli. The rebels were attempting … Continue reading

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Libya: As the stomach turns — life under a lunatic

SMH. Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs to encourage troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor says. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he may ask for a new charge of … Continue reading

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US: What would Jesus do in Egypt? Consume, be silent, die

The Christian Post. Macarthur: I’m not saying that Mubarak is a great, benevolent and just leader, not when he’s got $70 billion in his own pockets at the expense of people. But what I am saying is that whatever the … Continue reading

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Libya: Islamic murderers take advantage of anti-regime protests

SMH. …In eastern Libya, Islamist gunmen stormed a military depot and the nearby port of Derna on Wednesday and Friday and seized weapons and vehicles after killing four soldiers, a security official said. They also took hostages, both soldiers and … Continue reading

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Italy: Gaddafi invites ‘hundreds’ of women to convert to Islam: three silly enough to consider it

SMH. … the mercurial leader attracted most attention earlier in the day by summoning busloads of young women hired by a hostessing agency to a meeting at a Libyan cultural centre near the Vatican and urging them to convert to … Continue reading

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Libya: Beatings and traffic violations: ‘normal’ life in a theocracy

SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International. SPIEGEL: According to the Swiss authorities, something entirely different happened in Geneva. They say that your son beat up two people there. Gadhafi: No, no. Nothing like that happened. Switzerland has not said that … Continue reading

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