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Sunday, November 08, 2009

DAILY IOE ROUND UP

Turkey has sudden change of heart when it comes to war crimes (via Dagelijkse Standaard)
Turkey should arrest Sudan's president if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against him for atrocities in Darfur, human rights groups said Friday.

Turkey, however, has indicated that it would welcome President Omar al-Bashir, who will reportedly arrive in Istanbul on Monday for a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference, a bloc of Muslim countries.
Anne Frank's diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah
Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah which claimed the classic work promotes Zionism.

The controversy erupted after Hezbollah learned that excerpts of "The Diary of Anne Frank" were included in a textbook used by a private English-language school in western Beirut.
Europeans too selfish to have children, says Chief Rabbi
The leader of Britain’s Jewish community claimed the continent’s population is in decline because people care more about shopping than the sacrifice involved in parenthood.

He blamed atheist “neo-Darwinians” for Europe’s low birth rate and said religious people of all denominations are more likely to have large families.

The Chief Rabbi, who entered the House of Lords last week, made his comments in a lecture on religion in the 21st century hosted by Theos, the public theology think-tank, on Wednesday night.

Lord Sacks said that faith had survived so far because it could provide answers to mankind’s eternal search for meaning in life - unlike the market, the state, science or philosophy, which underpin modern liberal democracies.
Obama to sign nuke deal before Noble
From Norwegian: According to Russian newspaper Kommersant, Obama wants to sign a new Russian-American agreement on nuclear weapons before Dec. 10th (Noble Ceremony). The Russians answered that they're not the ones holding up the deal.
Taliban fights girls
From Norwegian: In the two years the Taliban has been controlling the Swat area, 200 schools, mostly girls' schools, have been destroyed.
VIA: Islam In Europe
News and Opinions about the Muslim
and Islamic Community in Europe and the West

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