November 2006

Saudi court sentences rape VICTIM to 90 lashes

by Haitham Sabbah November 6, 2006

I read this story a week ago in the Arabic media, but when I saw today a different version of it in the English mainstream media, I found myself tempted to mention it for different reasons, which you will know about after you read the story: A Saudi court has sentenced a gang rape victim [...]

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Gaza Autumn Clouds: Why, how, who?

by Haitham Sabbah November 4, 2006

More than 40 martyr and counting, including children and women. The world is watching silently, barefacedly! The new war on Gaza is once again a showcase for the crimes and state terrorism of Israel, practiced by the defeated Israeli army against defenseless Palestinians. Their Crime is; Fighting Israel OCCUPATION! Israel has killed 2,300 Gazans over [...]

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst. Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst”: Kuwait – 73 United Arab Emirates – 77 Mauritania – 77 Qatar – 80 Morocco – 97 Lebanon [...]

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Paris airport bars Muslim staff

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

Ok, here is the latest brain-farts from France: More than 70 Muslim workers at France’s main airport have been stripped of their security clearance for allegedly posing a risk to passengers. The staff at Charles de Gaulle airport, including baggage handlers, are said to have visited terrorist training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Earlier this [...]

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2-yr old Palestinian released from Israeli prison!

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

The attached is from our local Al-Quds newspaper on Nov 1, 2006. A story about a 2-yr old girl who was released from an Israeli prison near Ramallah. Her name is Aiysha, which in Arabic means “life.” Aiysha’s mother gave birth to her while detained in an Israeli prison. Aiysha was released two days ago, [...]

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Opera Idomeneo, Mohammed and Bikini

by Haitham Sabbah November 1, 2006

Although from different continent, the following two examples show just how ignorant and stupid some people can be about their knowledge of Islam. The first one comes right from one of the capitals of Islam, Cairo. This first story shows how stupid can some Muslims be: (????? ???????) ???? ???? ???????? ?? ??? ????????, 01-??????-2006 [...]

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If you look happy you are a terrorist

by Haitham Sabbah November 1, 2006

Few months old story, but ironic: Travellers have been ordered not to look too happy in their passport photographs to avoid confusing facial recognition scanners. Toothy, open mouthed grins are being outlawed from the tiny 35mm by 45mm photographs because they will throw off scanners used at airports. Long fringes and head coverings, are also [...]

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