As France debates banning the wearing of the burka, it is reported that over half of voters in four other major EU countries – UK, Italy, Spain and Germany. – also support Sarkozy in his attempt to rid France of Oppressionwear.

We can’t help but wonder what the results of this survey would reveal were it repeated across the other 22 member states.

The Financial Times commissioned the survey and has the full story here (registration may be required).

Continuing the Telegraph’s excellent recent work in uncovering the infiltration of the ever-credulous British Establishment by Islamic radicals and terror supporters, we discover that even the people we trust to protect us from them are hiring them to ‘help’:

Sir Ian Blair [Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner] signed a formal agreement with an Islamic extremist to treat him as the Metropolitan Police’s “principal” representative of the Muslim community, it can be disclosed. The activist, Azad Ali, was accepted by the Met as a trusted interlocutor. The force also agreed to give him information on forthcoming anti-terror raids. – Mr Ali has previously justified the killing of British troops in Iraq, believes al Qaeda is a “myth,” and has praised a key mentor of Osama bin Laden.

Mr Ali signed the deal, a copy of which has been seen by the Daily Telegraph, in his capacity as the then chairman of the Muslim Safety Forum – a body closely linked to the fundamentalist Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE). Read More

..as an Iranian teen magazine inculcates its readers in anti-Semitism and hatred of the West (via the esteemed Tundra Tabloids).

Easily the most outrageous untruth implied in this game is that al-BBCeera is out to get them, too – now you really couldn’t make that up!

The Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) — which believes in jihad and sharia law, and wants to turn Britain and Europe into an Islamic state — has placed sympathisers in elected office and claims, correctly, to be able to achieve “mass mobilisation” of voters.
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Jim Fitzpatrick, the Environment Minister, said the IFE had become, in effect, a secret party within Labour and other political parties.

“They are acting almost as an entryist organisation, placing people within the political parties, recruiting members to those political parties, trying to get individuals selected and elected so they can exercise political influence and power, whether it’s at local government level or national level,” he said.

“They are completely at odds with Labour’s programme, with our support for secularism.” Read More

As we first reported back in October, the ‘building permit Jihad’- the religious cleansing of Christians practised by Muslims in Indonesia – shows no sign of abating; and indeed is clearly becoming more widespread:

Hundreds of Muslims from outside the area where a 600-member church meets in West Java staged a protest there to call for its closure this month in an attempt to portray local opposition.

Demonstrators from 16 Islamic organizations, including the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), gathered on Feb. 15 to demand a stop to all activities by the Galilea Protestant Church (GPIB) in the Galaxy area of Bekasi City.

The Rev. M. Tetelepta, pastor of the church, told Compass that the church has had the required consent of local residents and official permission to worship since its inception in 1992. Read More

Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety.

“Threats against Jews have increased steadily in Malmö in recent years and many young Jewish families are choosing to leave the city,” Fredrik Sieradzki of the Jewish Community of Malmö (Judiska Församlingen i Malmö) told The Local.

“Many feel that the community and local politicians have shown a lack of understanding for how the city’s Jewish residents have been marginalised.”

Last year there were 79 crimes against Jewish residents reported to the police in Malmö, roughly double the number reported in 2008, according to the Skånska Dagbladet newspaper. Read More

Have Muslims been exempted from the death penalty in the United States?

It appears even America is not immune to the disease of dhimmitude and cultural cringe towards Islam, a phenomenon that is infecting judiciaries all over the Western world:

Glendale [Arizona] man accused of slaying his daughter in an “honour killing” will not face the death penalty.

After sparring with the suspect’s defence attorney over its death penalty review process, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has said it will not seek death for Faleh Almaleki, 49.

The Iraqi immigrant is accused of slaying his daughter, 20-year-old Noor Almaleki, for being “too Westernised.”

Police say he used his Jeep Cherokee to run down his daughter and another woman in a Peoria parking lot Oct. 20. Noor Almaleki later died of her injuries. Read More

Cometh the hour – cometh the man?

The BBC is this morning reporting that the Dutch government is in disarray, after fatal disagreement on the country’s committment to Afghanistan:

Here’s a rough translation of the Partij voor de Vrijheid’s (Party For Freedom – Geert Wilders’ political party) statement on this potentially momentous development – via Google Language Tools, with our best-guess corrections – Dutch-speakers please feel free to get in touch and correct!:

“The Party for Freedom welcomes the fall of the cabinet. PVV Leader Geert Wilders said: “Long hoped for, now arrived. The flag can be raised. The worst government ever did not deserve even one day longer in power.”

“This government excelled especially in breaking records in the field
of mass immigration. It harmed the economy, increased
taxes, supported and facilitated Islam and was weak on street crime.”

“The Netherlands wants a new cabinet to address the problems
such as crime, economic crisis and mass immigration. Finally, the voters will decide. The Party For Freedom is ready”

A golden opportunity that could benefit more than just the Netherlands. The BBC has the full story.

Once again, Islam asserts its claim of the high moral ground by committing Allah-sanctioned violence against women, in Modern, Progressive Malaysia™.

But what is possibly more shocking (or suspicious, depending on your viewpoint) than the barbarity and hypocrisy of the twin-track Sharia legal system was the reaction of a number of purportedly British readers in the comments section of the Daily Mail’s coverage of the story:

Three Muslim women who were the first in Malaysia to be caned for having sex outside marriage this morning claimed the punishment was an opportunity for them to repent.

Prison authorities caned the women last week after an Islamic Shariah court issued the penalty.

The caning has outraged rights groups and revived speculation that conservative Islamists, who advocate harsh punishment, are gaining influence in the country. Read More

From NIS News Agency in the Netherlands. Nothing says ‘We Surrender’ like a cash-stuffed envelope:

Gouda local council has given criminal Moroccan teenagers money to stop causing trouble. “We wanted to prevent matters from escalating further,” said the council yesterday.

Some dozens of young Moroccans waylaid and robbed passers-by in December. They were ‘bought off’ by the municipality to keep them off the street around New Year’s Eve. They received a combined 2,250 euros, shoved into an envelope, to organise a party, De Telegraaf reported yesterday.

Gouda has confirmed that it paid the troublemakers. “We wanted to prevent maters from escalating further. The youngsters themselves had presented a budget for the party. They had to say how much money they needed for hiring a disc-jockey, a bite to eat and drinks. For us, it was important that it should be quiet in the district around the turn of the year.”

According to the council, it had to act quickly. “Although the money was handed over in cash, it was well-spent. Everyone was happy afterwards. We also gave five Moroccans a gift voucher for a book shop afterwards as a thank-you,” says a spokeswoman.

Utterly shameful. The Netherlands is on the same slippery slope as Britain – it pillories and persecutes the one man who would stop this cowardly, supine behaviour – Geert Wilders – yet rolls over to pander to Islamic thugs.