The international split over Kosovo grew more ominous Friday as Russia raised the spectre of using force to back its Serb ally’s bid to retain the territory. Russia’s envoy to NATO warned both the Western military alliance, which has a 16,000-strong peacekeeping force in Kosovo, and the European Union against formally backing the ethnic-Albanian leadership’s declaration of independence... 

   Kosovo, a former province of Serbia, caused international furor when it declared its independence this week. While the world community works out the international implications of Kosovo’s independence, others are worried about a Muslim-majority state in Europe. The creation of a such a state raises fears of a radical Islamic state that would persecute Christians and become a base for terrorism. Christians... 

  The Zociste Monastery was situated about five miles outside of Orahovac, a town in western Kosovo. Its church was a treasure — dating to the 13th century, the interior featured medieval frescoes and beautiful wood carvings. Dedicated to eighth-century healers Cosmas and Damian, the church filled a special role in the spiritual life of those in the region. They brought their sick to the church,... 

In response to the latest wave of Muslim violence, the Danish authorities are working intensively on ways to deal with the riots. Meanwhile, “freedom fighters” in Gaza are calling for the prompt extermination of Danish cartoonists.   Rioters to be evicted Housing administrators in most of Denmark are ready to act against the troublemakers behind the arson and destruction in Denmark during the... 

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   Groups of angry Serbs destroyed checkpoints on the Kosovo-Serbia border in arson attacks on Tuesday, Feb 19, prompting NATO peacekeepers to intervene for the first time since Kosovo’s declaration of independence. Groups of angry ethnic Serbs set fire to offices at the Jarinje and Banja border crossing stations between Kosovo and Serbia, forcing NATO troops to intervene for the first time... 

‘I don’t hate Muslims. I hate Islam,’ says Holland’s rising political star Geert Wilders, the popular MP whose film on Islam has fuelled the debate on race in Holland, wants an end to mosque building and Muslim immigration. Ian Traynor met him in The Hague. A TV addict with bleached hair who adores Maggie Thatcher and prefers kebabs to hamburgers, Geert Wilders has got nothing... 

   After the Jyllands-Posten posted the muslim caricature cartoons, waves of muslim protests emerged around the country of Denmark, the news reverberated around the world, thousands of Muslims by solidarity with their Muslim brothers joined in the protest, they marched in the streets of Hamastan in Pakistan and Gaza in Gaza, Palestine. Meanwhile, the Danish police reported several incidents involving... 

Ministers have adopted a new language for declarations on Islamic terrorism. In future, fanatics will be referred to as pursuing “anti-Islamic activity”. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that extremists were behaving contrary to their faith, rather than acting in the name of Islam. Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating... 

Do you remember Fabrizio Quattrocchi? He was an Italian civilian who was held hostage in Iraq by Muslim terrorists and eventually murdered by his abductors. Unlike so many of his fellow Western hostages, who went whimpering and pleading to their deaths, Mr. Quattrocchi ripped the hood off his head and shouted, “Now I’ll show you how an Italian dies!” just before he was shot to death. Denmark... 

A government minister has warned that inbreeding among immigrants is causing a surge in birth defects – comments likely to spark a new row over the place of Muslims in British society. Phil Woolas, an environment minister, said the culture of arranged marriages between first cousins was the “elephant in the room”. Woolas, a former race relations minister, said: “If you have a child... 

Extra benefits: Muslim men with multiple wives can claim more for income support Husbands living in a “harem” with multiple wives have been cleared to claim state benefits for all their different partners. A Muslim man with four spouses – which is permitted under Islamic law – could receive £10,000 a year in income support alone. He could also be entitled to more generous housing... 

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 Sharia law “courts” are already dealing with crime on the streets of London, it emerged today. The revelation came after the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, called for an “accommodation” with parts of the Islamic legal code in a speech which attracted widespread condemnation. The Archbishop said parts of civil law could be dealt with under the sharia system but... 

The city of Amsterdam has developed teaching material warning children against the politics of Geert Wilders, newspaper De Telegraaf yesterday reported. Wilders calls the campaign “sickening”. The newspaper quoted from a letter that the city council has sent to three hundred primary and secondary schools in Amsterdam. Primary school heads believe that the letter is intended to anticipate...