Rabbi Israel Dwek, the spiritual leader of the Sephardic Jewish community in the wealthy Monmouth County suburb of Deal, took to his pulpit on Saturday to cite the Talmudic Law of Moser that prohibits a Jew from informing on another Jew to a non-Jew. Rabbi Dwek then renounced his son, Solomon Dwek, the failed real estate developer whose 2006 indictment on bank fraud charges motivated him to cooperate... 

The French Interior Ministry has issued orders to the prefects not to communicate to the media the crime statistics for the nights of July 13-15. The cartoon at the top shows Marianne, the woman symbolizing the French Republic, watching the “official” weather report, “More sun tomorrow” it says, as it pours outside. Le Monde has a long article about the news blackout: […] Only... 

The United Arab Emirates is considering the introduction of quotas to restrict the flow of non-Arab immigrants allowed to work in the country. According to the pan-Arab daily, Al-Sharq al-Aswat, the government does not want to limit the entrance for workers from specific countries. But it wants greater control over immigration since 80 percent of the national foreign work force is of Asian origin. For... 

Last month’s EU election results saw the press reacting with horror at the rise of “far-Right” parties. However, while some parties (such as the anti-Semitic Jobbik, which created a paramilitary wing in 2007) are indeed far-Right, some others described as such, are, as Soeren Kern has observed, among “[…] the best allies that Jews (and Israel) will find in Europe today.” The most egregious... 

French youths burned 317 cars and wounded 13 police officers overnight during the now traditional bout of street violence on the eve of the Bastille Day national holiday, police said Tuesday. As French troops and their guests of honour from the Indian army made last minute preparations for the14 July parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris, the suburbs of major cities were contemplating another clean-up... 

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Amsterdam – Thirty-six per cent of Turkish and Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands are thinking about emigrating due to the increasing popularity of the controversial Freedom Party PVV, a study conducted by polling agency Moviction showed Monday. Dutch current affairs television programme NCRV Netwerk which commissioned the poll, is to air the study’s results Monday night. More than half... 

A brutal murder in Germany last week has caused shockwaves in far-off Egypt. Thousands of mourners took to the streets of Alexandria on Monday to protest at the funeral of a pregnant Egyptian woman who was stabbed to death inside a German court in a crime that has provoked fury in her home country. Egyptian newspapers have given strong coverage to the death of Marwa al-Sherbini (32), describing the... 

In March of last year a severely autistic man with the mental age of three married a woman in Bangladesh, via the telephone. Three of Britain’s most senior judges intervened, ruling the marriage could not be legal under English law, as the man was unable to give his consent. This marriage, said Lord Justice Thorpe, was “sufficiently offensive to the conscience of the English court that the... 

Girl chased by seven men, who molested her when she was on her way home to her family. On late Friday evening a 14-year-old girl from Fredericia was subjected to attempted rape. She was on her way home to her family, when a group of seven young men followed her. The girl attempted to outrun the men, who followed her along several streets and a path. When she reached Høgevej, she hid behind a bike... 

On Wednesday Sweden took over the helmet for the European Union term presidency. Sweden will face a quite difficult term. Even preparations for the decision about Turkey to be taken at the end of the year are enough to be handled in a six-month term presidency. Sweden is a country that has already grasped the importance of Turkey’s integration with the EU and uttering it by any chance. No matter... 

Muslims living in Britain are under orders from Sharia courts to regard “fighting with Britons and Americans as a religious duty” a shocking new report on Sharia courts in Britain has claimed. Issued by independent think tank Civitas, the new report, called “Sharia Law or ‘One Law for All’?” and authored by Islamic specialist Denis MacEoin, also says that there are now around 85 Sharia... 

Al-Qaeda’s North Africa wing has called on Muslims to “take revenge” and retaliate against France for its opposition to the burka, the American monitoring service SITE Intelligence has reported. Earlier this month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the burka, which covers the whole face, was not welcome in France. “Yesterday was the hijab (the Islamic headscarf long banned in French schools)... 

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More than half of the people with Turkish and Moroccan backgrounds in the Netherlands say they would consider leaving the country due to the growing popularity of anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders. A third say they would definitely like to emigrate. The figures emerge from a survey by research bureau Motivaction for public service broadcaster NCRV’s current affairs programme Network. The programme...