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In China:

Officers of the People Paramilitary Police preparing for the Olympics are drilled on the parade ground with pins in their collars and crosses on their backs to ensure perfect posture.

China Blocking Blogger?

95 days till the Olympic Games in Beijing and China already testing out censorship of all blogspot.com-addresses?:

This is just in. China has blocked access to all Blogger blogs ahead of the Olympic games that begin in Beijing three months from now.

We conducted connectivity tests using three different nodes in China and none of them could connect to blogspot blogs.

China also seeks to censor you if you're planning to go there for the Olympics:

Brownback learned of the Internet-blocking moves by the Chinese from two sources, but could not divulge much further information, someone familiar with the conversation told FOX News.

"What I just learned yesterday is that the Chinese government has issued an outrageous directive, in preparation for the Olympics .... American hotels have been ordered by the Chinese government to place monitors and filters on their Internet piping to facilitate spying on international guests and visitors," Brownback said.

The Nobel Foundation in Sweden earlier dropped a Swedish broadcaster for having let China censor "a speech on freedom of expression".

Long live the Olympic Spirit!:

"One World, One Dream" is simple in expressions, but profound in meaning. It is of China, and also of the world. It conveys the lofty ideal of the people in Beijing as well as in China to share the global community and civilization and to create a bright future hand in hand with the people from the rest of the world. It expresses the firm belief of a great nation, with a long history of 5,000 years and on its way towards modernization, that is committed to peaceful development, harmonious society and people's happiness. It voices the aspirations of 1.3 billion Chinese people to contribute to the establishment of a peaceful and bright world.

"Coldplay" Let You Download Their New Song "Violet Hill" For Free

From Tuesday, 12:45 PM UK time (check UK time here). It will be available for one week.

Website: Coldplay

UK: Muslim Couple Convert To Christianity, Receives Threats

"If you don't repent and return to Islam, we'll burn your house".

The police? They kindly suggested a solution: "Move":

A British citizen who converted to Christianity from Islam and then complained to police when locals threatened to burn his house down was told by officers to “stop being a crusader”, according to a new report.

Nissar Hussein, 43, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, who was born and raised in Britain, converted from Islam to Christianity with his wife, Qubra, in 1996. The report says that he was subjected to a number of attacks and, after being told that his house would be burnt down if he did not repent and return to Islam, reported the threat to the police. It says he was told that such threats were rarely carried out and the police officer told him to “stop being a crusader and move to another place”. A few days later the unoccupied house next door was set on fire.

"Absolute Cavemen"

Indeed:

A teenage Iraqi girl who fell in love with a British soldier when he was in Basra was murdered by her father in an "honour killing", it was revealed today.

Rand Abdel-Qader, 17, was suffocated and then hacked at with a knife after her family discovered she was friends with the 22-year-old soldier who she knew only as Paul.

The pair first met when Rand was working on an aid project for displaced families but it is thought the soldier is unaware of the girl's fate.

She was stamped on, suffocated and stabbed - leaving her with puncture wounds all over her body, including her face.

Her own mother, Leila Hussein, has spoken out about the crime, revealing how her husband called out that he was cleansing "his honour" as he carried out the murder.

She told the Observer he was arrested after the brutal murder but was released without charge two hours later because it was an "honour killing".

Sgt Ali Jabbar of Basra police said: "Not much can be done when we have an 'honour killing'. You are in a Muslim society and women should live under religious laws."

Britain Biggest On Islamic Terrorism

The top terror center:

Britain has become the main focus of Islamist terror in Europe, according to official figures.

More Muslim extremists were detained in Britain last year on terror-related charges than in the rest of Europe added together.

The number of arrests rose steeply and involved "young, radicalised British citizens", sparking fears that the threat of an attack is growing.
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The report by Europol, the European police force, said that terrorist plots linked to groups in Pakistan had been "almost exclusively focused on the UK".

"Down With" Or "Death To"?

About 4,000 Pakistani women protested Saturday against the Danish cartoons (over two years after publishing them...) and Geert Wilders film "Fitna".

The MSM don't seem to agree on what the women actually were shouting.

According to AFP:

The women shouted "death to Denmark and death to Netherlands," as they marched about a kilometre (less than a mile) on a busy street.

According to Daily Times of Pakistan:

The women shouted “death to Denmark and death to the Netherlands”, as they marched on a busy street.

According to Reuters:

Chanting "Down with Denmark" and "Down with The Netherlands," about 4,000 Pakistani women protested in Karachi on Saturday against a film critical of Islam and over the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad.

There is a difference.

Reuters whitewashing?

Naah.

Erotic Phone Call Ends With Loss of Virginity - Rape Case Filed

I guess they could sue the phone company too:

A Tunisian court is looking into an unprecedented rape case filed by a Tunisian family against a man who allegedly "raped" their daughter over the phone during an erotic call, press reports said on Thursday.

The defendant, 30, denied having ever touched the 20-year-old victim, but admitted that in one of their phone calls, while they were "totally into it," he heard her scream and say that a few drops of blood had come out of her.

The victim's lawyer, Maha al-Metebaa, told Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabs that the forensic report showed that the girl had lost her virginity recently, but was not subjected to any sexual assault.

According to Metebaa, this supports the fact that the phone call was the reason.

But Metebaa said this was an unprecedented case that required the court's thorough investigation and jurisprudence to reach a decision.

"The intercourse did take place with all its details but verbally only. The sexual act did not really happen because the physical proximity factor is not there, yet it happened because there is a direct physical impact – the loss of virginity."

3G technology?

UK: Radical Muslim Considered Taking His Kid On Suicide Attack

The radical Muslim leader (Abdulla Ahmed Ali) of the gang who allegedly plotted to blow up transatlantic planes, considered taking his 9-months-old son with him on the Jihadi mission.

However, Ali was concerned his wife wouldn't let him:

Woolwich crown court heard earlier in the trial how a police bug allegedly captured Ali considering whether he should take his children on suicide missions.

"Should I take my lot on? I know my wife wouldn't agree to it, but..." he asked his co-defendant Umar Islam.

Matrimonial issues, Jihadi style.

Iran: 75 Young Women and Men Arrested

"Immoral acts":

Seventy-five young people accused of 'immoral acts' have been arrested by police at a birthday party in the city of Shiraz in southwestern Iran.

The young men and women were accused of "immoral acts" and of holding a "non-authorised promiscuous gathering" said the chief commander of the police forces, Ali Moayyedi.

"These young people were dancing, drinking alcohol and listening to forbidden western music," said Moayyedi.

The Iranian Police Chief is still in the lead: The Other Sex Scandal: Iranian Police Chief Likes Naked Praying Prostitutes

Hattip: The Religion of Peace

Germany: Raids Against Misunderstanders of The Religion of Peace

The Misunderstanders were allegedly trying to "Islamicize and radicalize Muslims and non-Muslims":

Prosecutors said the nine German suspects aged between 25 and 47 have been active since September 2005. None were identified. Most of them are of immigrant origin, prosecutors said, but they did not elaborate.

They said the group originated in the southern town of Neu-Ulm, at the Multi-Kultur-Haus — an Islamic center that Bavarian authorities shut in December 2005, charging that it threatened the coexistence of Germans and foreigners as well as security in the country.

A statement from prosecutors said the suspects' aim was "to Islamicize and radicalize Muslims and non-Muslims — particularly Germans who have converted to Islam."

It added that they were suspected of trying to encourage those people's "readiness for Jihadist activities at home and abroad. The suspects were accused of using radical literature, audio and video material, Islam seminars and Internet discussion forums.

But do not link terrorism with Islam!

Indonesia: Women Seek To Ban Polygami

Their main problem: The Koran:

The religious adviser for the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Imam Amin Hady, believes the marriage laws which permit polygamy cannot be abolished as they form part of the Koran.

Saudi Arabia: Male Guardianship

Saudi men controlling women:

Saudi Arabia is one of the most conservative countries in the world. Tradition and the Islamic clerical establishment restrict women's movement, preventing them from driving cars.

Saudi women must usually obtain permission from a "guardian" -- father, husband, or son -- to work, travel, study, marry, or get access to healthcare, HRW said in the study, "Perpetual Minors: Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia".

"The Saudi government sacrifices basic human rights to maintain male control over women," Farida Deif, Human Rights Watch women's rights researcher for the Middle East, said in a statement sent to Reuters.

"Saudi women won't make any progress until the government ends the abuses that stem from these misguided policies."

Exit question: Are the Saudi men afraid of the women?

Hirsi Ali to publish children's book

"Adan & Eva":

A prominent Dutch critic of Islam will publish a children's book intended to involve young people in the debate over multiculturalism.

A spokeswoman for Ayaan Hirsi Ali says "Adan & Eva" will be released in Dutch May 29 and later translated into other European languages.

Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia and became a Dutch lawmaker before moving to Washington, D.C. She lives under protection due to death threats from Muslims offended by her work, particularly her screenplay for filmmaker Theo van Gogh's "Submission," which focused on the abuse of Muslim women by Muslim men. Van Gogh was murdered in 2004 by a Muslim radical for perceived insults to Islam.

Spokeswoman Ingrid Pouw said Monday the book is about a fictional 12-year-old Muslim boy who encounters difficulties after befriending a Jewish girl.

Friday Prayers, Friday Violence Threat

Generally, the soap operas pi** me off too.

But I would never consider blowing up TV antennas:

At Friday prayers at Kabul's largest mosque, Enayatullah Balegh, an influential cleric and university teacher, told reporters he and his followers were adamant.

"We are 6,000 people in this mosque, our intention ... is to go and blow up all the TV antennas if they do not stop it," Balegh said in front of his congregation.

"God is greatest, we are ready," the congregation chanted in response.

The showing of "immodestly" dressed women in the soap opera aren't allowed in Islam, the clerics said.

Exit question: Does Islam allow incitement of violence in mosques?

Hidden Camera: "Bomb Factory" Filmed In London

Jihadi bomb makers:

Secretly-filmed footage from the inside of an alleged terrorist bomb factory has been shown in court.

Police concealed a camera inside a Walthamstow flat in the summer of 2006 as they closed in on a gang of suspected Islamic fanatics.

Woolwich Crown Court was shown a short clip of two men, Abdulla Ahmed Ali and Tanvir Hussain, inside the property.

The black and white footage shows the men using a power drill to make a hole in the base of a soft drink bottle.

The film was shot using a "fish-eye" lens from ankle height.

Videos recorded

A second camera, hidden across the street, captured Mr Ali and Mr Hussain as they arrived and left the 386A Forest Road flat.

Prosecutors say the two men are key figures in a conspiracy to murder thousands by blowing up transatlantic passenger jets destined for cities in the US and Canada.

Home-made liquid bombs disguised as Lucozade or Oasis drinks would be smuggled aboard before being detonated in mid-air, they said.

Norway: One-quarter of Prisoners Are Foreigners

One in four:

Some 25 percent of prisoners in Norwegian jails are citizens of other countries than Norway.

This is a huge jump from 2003, when just 15 percent of the prisoners were non-Norwegians, reports Aftenposten.no.

For comparison, just 5 percent of those living in Norway are not Norwegian citizens.

The Justice Department report reveals that 683 prisoners began serving sentences in 2007, although the actual figure could be higher, as the report only counts sentences and doesn’t include criminals who are directly transferred from arrest to imprisonment.

The list of nationalities in Norwegian jails is topped by Poland, Iraq, Lithuania, Sweden, and Somalia.

UK: "Muslim men-only swimming"

Believe it:

David T said: "I arrived at the pool to discover that they were holding what staff described to me as 'Muslim men-only swimming'.

"I asked whether my son and I could go as we were both male. I was told that the session was for Muslims only and that we could not be admitted.

"I asked to speak to the duty manager, who confirmed that this was the case."

He added: "I asked what would happen if I turned up and insisted I was Muslim.

"The manager suggested that they might ask the Muslims swimming if they minded my son and I swimming with them.

"If they didn't object, we might be allowed in."

"The Pirate Bay" Presents It's Uncensored Blogging Service - "Baywords"

They say:

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Many blogs are being shut down for uncomfortable thoughts and ideas. We will not do that. Our goal is to protect freedom of speech and your thoughts. As long as you don’t break any Swedish laws in your blog, we will defend it.

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Norway: Terrorist Sentenced To Deportation, Stays Anyway

Mullah Krekar, former head of Islamic guerrilla group Ansar al Islam (linked to Al Qaeda), is the only person ever to be sentenced to deportation in Norway.

He is considered to be a threat to the national security.

Krekar is the founder of Islamic guerrilla group Ansar al Islam, he has been linked to pro al-Qaida sites and he also says the the Religion of Peace gives Muslims the right to kill Australian and American troops.

This creature is finally sentenced to be deported. Except, he's not going anywhere.

Here's why:

However, Norway has not been able to deport Krekar because he faces the death penalty in his homeland. Norway will not extradite anyone if they are under threat of execution when they are returned to their country of origin.

You see, 1) it's dangerous for him to go to his home country. 2) He is a danger for the Norwegian citizens. 3) The most political correct option is to let him stay.

So the terrorist stays, even when considered a threat to the national security.

Because the terrorist could be susceptible to harm.

European logic in a nutshell.

As you've understood already, the main reason for not sending him back to his homeland Iraq, is that he could face death penalty.

Strange thing is though, he's been to Iraq in several occasions leading "guerrilla activities":

"... and he repeatedly violated the terms of his asylum by travelling back to northern Iraq to lead guerrilla activities."

This creature has now been allowed to stay indefinitely in Norway.

Sensitiveness

The crime of the immense distribution of an anti-Mo' publication:

SINGAPORE (AFP) — A court has charged a Singaporean couple with sedition for distributing an evangelical Christian publication that cast Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, in a negative light, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

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The report did not provide details about the couple's alleged publication but said the couple had distributed it to two people, one in March last year and another in October.

Wow.

Norway: MP's daughter commit suicide after Scientology Personality Test

20-year-old Kaja Bordevich Ballo committed suicide two weeks ago, a few hours after having completed a Scientology Personality Test administrated by the Church of Scientology in Nice, France. [Updated and corrected. Thanks Arne!]

The test is no longer available at the Norwegian Scientology Church website: "Personlighetstest".


Are the Scientology Nuts scared?

A translation of this article (link in Norwegian):

A little over two weeks ago Kaja Bordevich Ballo (20) committed suicide - a few hours after she'd recieved a devastating result on a personality test administrated by the Church of Scientology.

The police in the southern French town of Nice - where Kaja studied at the university of Nice Sophia Antipolis - are investigating the controversial church's connection to the event.

Kajas father is the noted politician Olav Gunnar Ballo (SV), a member of parliament for years, vice president of Odelstinget and fearless healthcare spokesperson for his party. Maried to Ballo and mother of Kaja is Heidi Sørensen (SV). Sørensen has previously been the leader of Naturvernforbundet and a member of parliament, she is now a undersecretary of state at Miljøverndepartementet.

The news VG publishes today, are printed after agreement with Ballo himself, and the rest of Kaja's family.

- The information about the Scientology test has been made public through the priest's speech at the memorial service. I can confirm that. Due to the recency of her death, I don't wish to elaborate on or comment on other matters now, Olav Gunnar Ballo told VG.

Kaja died on March 28, and was buried at Grefsen church last friday. A large group of friends followed her to the grave. Many were also in support during a memorial held in the Stortinget the same afternoon.

Personality test

According to information VG has received, the connection to the Scientologists was made after the family found a completed personality test and the Church of Scientology's analysis of what they contend is her personality, in Kaja's 17 sqm student room after her death.

The test had been timestamped and dated: It had been taken the same day as her death. The Church of Scientology have their premises only a few meters from the student home where Kaja lived.

Henrik Møinichen (19), a fellow student of Kaja, tells VG that he walked with Kaja to the university and class at nine o'clock on friday the 28 of March.

- In my opinion she was as usual. She participated in class as usual, talked and was happy, Møinichen told VG.

After the class in French for foreigners was over at 11 o'clock, Henrik left for the Nice airport to meet his father. Henrik lives in the neigboring room to Kaja. The last he heard of her, was that she was walking around her room at three-four o'clock in the afternoon. He was out of his room the rest of the day with his father.

As far as VG has been able to discern no friends or acquaintances had been in contact with the 20-year-old between the timestamp of the test, and the time at which she was found dead.

Vulnerable spot

- The test was found at her place by the family. After she was finished at school I've heard she went to buy clothes for someone. This is how she supposedly came in contact with the Church of Scientology, Møinichen says.

From what VG has been told Kaja received an extremely bad result on the test.

- I have a feeling that something must have happened suddenly, that they hit a vulnerable spot. Personally I believe that Kaja had been alive today if she hadn't been in contact with the scientologists. I had the impression that she enjoyed Nice. She often spoke of the the future and her plans at the university, said Møinichen.

"Read more in today's VG".

Matthias Fosse (above), spokesperson for Scientology Norway, says (link in Norwegian) it is unfair to blame the Church of Scientology. He also said the personality test had nothing to do with Kaja Ballo's suicide.

Obvious exit question: Then why did they remove the personality test from their website?

Update: Police probe suicide linked to Scientologists:

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Tuesday evening that French police are checking alleged links between the suicide of Kaja Bordevich Ballo, age 20, and the Scientologists.

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"All indications are that the Scientologist sect has played a direct role in Kaja's choice to take her own life," another member of parliament, Inga Marte Thorkildsen, and an acquaintance of the younger Ballo, told Oslo newspaper Dagbladet.

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Psychologist Rudy Myrvang said a test like the one administered by the Scientologists is not constructive, and rather aimed "at breaking you down, and then they'll offer to build you up again." It's a recruitment tool, he said, and a means of generating future income for the church.

A church critic, Andreas Heldal-Lund, agreed, claiming the Scientologists viewed people like Ballo as "'raw meat from the street.' You're told you're worth nothing."

Fosse rejected such claims, and denied the church preys on young, impressionable people.

(Scroll down for Scientology related videos)

Via Hotair: Scientology: Jason Beghe Interview Tease (content warning)



Update: Creepy Scientology security guy:



Creepy Scientology followers:



Jerry Seinfeld takes a stab at Scientology:



Update: Scientology: Tory Christman in Norway (English: min 00:00 to 2:20 and min 6:45 to 8:15)

Scientology: Tory Christman in Norway
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For sale: 13-year-old virgin

I have no words.

The Quote of The Year?

A 78-year-old Swedish man was fed up with thefts at his local bank.

One day he saw an opportunity to do something about it:

Törnberg was on his way out of the bank recently when a car pulled up and three armed men dressed in heavy jackets and masks jumped out.

“It just came to me to do something. I had a camera in my car and I thought I could maybe get a picture of their car,” he explained.

Törnberg grabbed his camera and a metal tool from his car and set off to snap a photo of the robbers’ vehicle.

Just then, the man on lookout come out from the other side the robbers' car and pointed an automatic weapon directly at Törnberg’s chest.

But the retired prison worker wasn’t afraid.

Rather than flee, he instead started walking toward the gun-wielding man.

“I wanted to get closer to get a better picture,” he said.

Later he used the metal tool to knock down the same robber.

All three suspects were eventually arrested.

The picture he took:



Photo: Valter Törnberg, via Expressen (swedish language).

Update: Thanks to Hotair for the link!