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Where else but Northern Ireland would a killer on a school board even be mooted as a possibility?

Robert Fisk - Sun, 19/05/2013 - 5:07pm

The Brits have always been sending their experts to Northern Ireland to show the locals how to do their job. The G8 summit is going to have 3,600 of the boys and girls in blue arriving from the ...

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‘Valentino’s Ghost’ hits media’s portrayal of Arabs, Muslims

LoonWatch - Sat, 18/05/2013 - 7:45pm

In January Ilisha posted about Valentino’s Ghost: A documentary that explores the way in which Muslims have been portrayed over many years and how US political interests and events in ...

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The Battle for Bunker Hill

LoonWatch - Sat, 18/05/2013 - 7:11pm

I don’t usually share movies that might be worth watching but this new release seems like it has a lot of potential. The plot mirrors much of what has gone on since the start of the ...

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Iraqi Birth Defects Worse Than Hiroshima

LoonWatch - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 6:34pm

(UPDATE: Several commenters pointed out to us that the site we linked the previous story to has indulged in bizarre conspiracy theories. We instead link you directly to the research ...

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Syria: update

Virtually Islamic - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 5:05pm

ABCNews, Grisly Execution Videos Show Growing Brutality in Syria "Both the execution and “cannibal” videos rocketed around the internet, creating a firestorm on social networking sites. Opposition ...

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Ummaland

Virtually Islamic - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 5:02pm

twocircles.net, Ummaland: A Social Network for Muslims "Launched on 1st of February 2013 by friends Maruf Yusupov (Design and Strategy) and Jamolidding Daliyev (Backend Programmer) and Mahmudjan ...

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Knights of Glory

Virtually Islamic - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 10:50am

wamda.com, Arab Heroes can now battle on the iPhone in Falafel Games' new mobile MMO Knights of Glory |"“We’re the only game where the Arabic player can identify with his own culture, his own ...

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North Carolina: Politicians Who Wanted to Make Christianity the State Religion Want to Ban “Shariah”

LoonWatch - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 12:14am

Talk about irony, in the same state in which politicians wanted to make Christianity the state religion you have a move to ban the non-existent threat of ‘Shariah,’ if they had ...

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Islamophobes Discover Ludicrous “Hospital Jihad” Plot

LoonWatch - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 11:43pm

Debbie Schlussel and fellow Islamophobes Daniel Pipes and Pamela Geller ranted about ‘hospital jihad.’ A proposed Muslim surgical facility in a Chicago suburb elicited the usual ...

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Rick Scott Says Allen West Would Make ‘Great’ Lieutenant Governor

LoonWatch - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 5:43pm

Former Rep. Allen West is being touted by Florida Gov. Rick Scott as a potential pick for lieutenant governor. Florida politics continues its resemblance to the fantasy world of Walt ...

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Bin Laden

Virtually Islamic - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 5:08pm

foreignpolicy.com, Bin Laden's porn has been found "The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly ...

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Survey: Media Use in the Middle East

Virtually Islamic - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 5:04pm

digitalislam.eu, Survey: Media Use in the Middle East | Digital Islam Also see: menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu This contains several useful resources.

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Al-Qaida par l'image. La prophétie du martyre

Virtually Islamic - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 4:56pm

Information on Asiem El Difraoui, 'Al-Qaida par l'image. La prophétie du martyre' (Jihad of Images - al-Qaeda’s Prophecy of Martyrdom), discussed in jihadica (info updated from earlier post). I ...

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Saudi virtue police condemn Twitter

Virtually Islamic - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 4:55pm

BBC News, Saudi virtue police condemn Twitter "Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites - and especially Twitter - "has lost this world and his ...

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Oslo Freedom Forum founder’s ties to Islamophobes who inspired mass killer Anders Breivik

LoonWatch - Wed, 15/05/2013 - 11:08pm

The Oslo Freedom Forum’s founder Thor Halvorssen speaks at the opening session Monday. To his left is Amnesty International Norway’s general secretary John Peder Egenaes. (Berit Roald / ...

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Bayern Munich Build Mosque for Muslims

LoonWatch - Wed, 15/05/2013 - 6:02pm

The request was made by the club’s Muslim midfielder Bilal Franck Ribery, who asked for specifying a small room for players to perform their prayers Hostility towards Islam and Muslims in ...

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Saudi Arabian Student With Pressure Cooker Allegedly Questioned By FBI

LoonWatch - Tue, 14/05/2013 - 9:54pm

Saudi Arabian Student With Pressure Cooker Allegedly Questioned By FBI By Cavan Sieczkowski A Saudi Arabian student living in Michigan says he was questioned by the Federal Bureau of ...

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UKIP Councillor Eric Kitson Steps Down For Racist Anti-Muslim and Anti-Jewish Rants

LoonWatch - Tue, 14/05/2013 - 5:56pm

Stepping down: New UKIP councillor Eric Kitson won a seat in Stourport, Worcestershire less than two weeks ago but will quit over a series of anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish Facebook ...

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Toronto Board of Rabbis Denounce Pamela Geller

LoonWatch - Tue, 14/05/2013 - 4:31pm

A very welcome condemnation of Pamela Geller by prominent Toronto area Rabbis. One small issue I have is with describing Geller’s activities as “criticism.” Criticism is ...

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