The Nicis Institute for Urban Research suggests in a study titled “Economic opportunities of ethnic diversity” that the major cities should transform the immigrant neighborhoods into “Little Turkey” with large shopping streets and many cultural manifestations, similar to the American Little Italy or Chinatown. According to Nicis, putting together foreign populations is good... 

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Hundreds of Jerusalem Christians are loosing residency rights in their City due to policies of the Israeli Ministry of Interior. The policy that aims to reduce the number of non-Jews in the City takes its toll on families and individuals who hold residency permits at foreign countries. No matter how long they travel abroad, no matterif they were born in Jerusalem before or after Israel occupied East... 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A couple of years ago, a Canadian magazine published an article arguing that the rise of Islam threatened Western values. The article’s tone was mocking and biting, but it said nothing that conservative magazines and blogs in the United States did not say every day without fear of legal reprisal. Things are different here. The magazine is on trial. Under Canadian... 

A court in French-Flanders annulled a marriage since the bride turned out not to be a virgin, report French newspaper Libération. The judges came to the conclusion that the bridegroom was deceived concerning an ‘essential characteristic’ of the bride, who had assured him before the wedding that she was still virgin. The judges therefore decided to apply a law which is seldom used. Both... 

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  HIP HOP music is fuelling gun and knife crime in Britain, says music star Tricky. He says some parts of the United Kingdom are now worse than New York’s notorious Bronx district. “I love hip hop. But it has to take some responsibility for the gun culture we’ve got over here. We’re getting super-violent,” the Press Association reported Tricky, whose real name in... 

Prison officers at one of Britain’s maximum security jails are losing control to Muslim gangs, according to a confidential report obtained by The Observer. An internal review of Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire warns that staff believe a ‘serious incident is imminent’ as several wings become dominated by Muslim prisoners. The report, written by the Prison Service’s Directorate of... 

What the Talmud Really Says About Jesus “What exactly is so scandalous? How about Jesus punished in Hell for eternity by being made to sit in a cauldron of boiling excrement? That image appears in early manuscripts of the Babylonian Talmud, as does a brief account of Jesus’ trial and execution—not by the Romans but by the Jewish high court, the Sanhedrin.” Publisher’s Weekly story on new... 

Money raised for Africa ‘goes to civil wars’ Billions of dollars raised for African famine relief by celebrities Bono and Bob Geldof have instead funded civil war across the continent, says terrorism expert Dr Loretta Napoleoni. London-based Napoleoni, in Auckland to appear at the Writers & Readers Festival, has written two books, Terror Inc: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism... 

Oslo police recently released its 2007 Rape Report. The report shows a marked increase in Somali rapists, generally on account of gang rapes. At least ten women were attacked and molested by a gang of Somali men at Sofienberg park in Oslo on Saturday evening. Last year a record-high 161 rapes and 35 rape attempts were reported in Oslo. Over 70% of the rapists were non-Norwegian [ed. ethnically, a... 

London’s Jewish community has been targeted by a wave of anti-Semitic graffiti. Residents were today warned to look out for suspicious activity following the racist attack in north-east London. Vandals sprayed shops, pavements and walls outside four synagogues in Clapton Common and Stamford Hill on Tuesday night. Worshippers were yesterday confronted with slogans such as “Jihad to Israel”... 

France will today take a significant step towards establishing Paris as a western centre for Islamic finance when plans to attract this fast-growing sector to the city are discussed in the country’s parliament. The move is a part of the French capital’s wider aspirations to rival London as an international financial centre. Christine Lagarde, France’s finance minister, has already... 

AN ALGERIAN man arrested after allegedly spraying a mixture of ‘urine, faeces and domestic products’ over food in two supermarkets last Friday was remanded in custody today to await committal to crown court. Sahnoun Daifallah, 42, of Bibury road, White City, Gloucester, is also accused of two similar attacks on earlier dates in a bookshop and a pub in the Cotswolds. Daifallah, who represented... 

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