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American Universities see spike in applications from abroad

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For overseas students, a U.S. college education has suddenly gotten much cheaper and many more are applying to study here. University of Washington officials say the number of foreigners applying to be freshmen this fall is up a whopping 40 percent.And the UW is not alone: Foreign applications are up 32 percent at Washington State University. Across the 10-campus University of California system, foreign... 
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Brussels: Possible Muslim majority in 15-20 years

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Olivier Servaix, sociologist at Université catholique de Louvain, said in an interview to La Libre Belgique last week that Brussels would have a Muslim majority in 15-20 years, due to the community’s high birth-rate. Since 2001, Mohammed is the most popular name for new-born boys. Mahfoud Romdhani, a local parliamentarian, says that this projection should be taken carefully, since not all... 

Ian Smith: The Champion of Rhodesia

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There were no accolades for Ian Smith, the former Prime Minister of Rhodesia who died in 2007. There was no gathering of world leaders to bid farewell to this great statesman, or any attempt to praise his sincerity. Ian Smith was branded a “racist dictator” and was then betrayed by dictators within the British Commonwealth of Nations – the institution that he had so admired and for whom... 

New Exhibit Explores Hitler's "Germania"

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Hitler was confident of winning World War II and planned to give Berlin a monumental makeover by 1950. A group in Berlin has collected records about his ‘Germania’ vision — and plans to lead tours through what’s left of the old construction site. Hitler never liked Berlin. He saw it as a dirty, liberal-minded place and was disdainful of its leftist political leanings. But he... 

UK: Vicar attacked for ‘being a Christian’

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A vicar was in hospital last night after being attacked in his churchyard by two youths in what is being treated as a ‘faith hate’ crime. Canon Michael Ainsworth, 57, was kicked and punched in the head as one of the attackers screamed “f***ing priest“. He was left lying on the ground with deep cuts, bruising and two black eyes. The attack took place in the early evening after... 

Maroccan Rappers: ‘People Who Vote Wilders Must Die’

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A Moroccan youth group from Delft in the Netherlands, calling themselves “Scheme 015 Delftse Samenzwering Shit,” [samenzwering means conspiracy] has posted a video clip threatening to kill voters and sympathizers of Dutch politician Geert Wilders. The clip shows a group of Moroccans youths provoking two Dutch lads on a crowded public train. The hooded Moroccans ask the lads, who are dressed in... 

French court backs magazine over Prophet cartoons

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A French court on Wednesday upheld a ruling in favor of a magazine that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, rejecting an appeal by a Muslim group which said they incited hatred of Islam.The cartoons, published in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in February 2006, originally appeared in a Danish newspaper five months earlier. They provoked violent protests in Asia, Africa and the Middle East... 

Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany: Teaching Islam in Schools

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German schools must compete with Islamic hate preachers by informing students well about Islam, thinks Wolfgang Schäuble, German Minister of Internal Affairs. Schäuble will launch his proposal during the islam conference that begins today in Berlin.Schäuble announced his proposal in an interview today in Süddeutsche Zeitung. He says that he worries greatly about the radicalizing of young German... 

Che Guevara Was Racist

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As shocking as it sounds to leftist Antifas who have Che Guevara as their idol, Che was in fact racist. “The black is indolent and a dreamer; spending his meager wage on frivolity or drink; the European has a tradition of work and saving, which has pursued him as far as this corner of America and drives him to advance himself, even independently of his own individual aspirations.” –... 

Sarkozy and his Mediterranean Union

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will probably see the birth of the Mediterranean Union, his pre-election brainchild.At a meeting with Sarkozy in Hannover on March 3 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has finally agreed to the union’s formation. However, the alliance that Europe will try on is very different from what the energetic and ambitious French president suggested initially. Moreover, nobody... 

Stockholm: Muslim parents protest against closure

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Many angry and concerned parents came to the Bismilahi Rinkeby pre-school on Saturday afternoon to protest its closure. Among the 300-400 people who showed up, several got up to speak. One of the mothers said that until now she felt she was worth just as much as all other Swedish parents, but now it doesn’t feel like it any more.On January 18 the manager of the Bismilahi day care chain,... 

Racism in Arabia: A paler shade of black

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Arabs like to imagine that their countries are comparatively free from racism. But it exists, nonetheless The word ‘abd – Arabic for “slave” – was often used in our household when I was a child. In fact, it was so common that I had no awareness of its negative connotations until well into my teenage years. My father’s family, a proud northern Sudanese clan, used... 

The Islamification of Britain is underway

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Foreword: For those people who do not believe how bad the situation is on the ground throughout Great Britain with regards to the Islamification of the British homeland, please take a read of this short article and what the leader of the opposition David Cameron has to say about it.These are not the words of a racist, neo-Nazi, Islamaphobe, these are the words of the Conservative party leader.If... 

Geert Wilders’s FITNA movie soon available on the Internet despite political Censorship in Netherlands

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The Islam critical film Fitna is one of the most talked about issues in the Netherlands. Many Dutch people have become very curious and want to see the film. But Dutch Newspaper De Volkskrant now reports that the Islam critical film of Geert Wilders will not be broadcast on Dutch television. Neither the government funded public broadcasters nor any of the tightly regulated commercial stations want... 
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