Category Archives: Right wing

‘The passing of a great lady’ – fascists pay tribute to Fallaci

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forzaThe British National Party mourns the passing of a co-thinker:

“It [is] with deep sadness that we announce the death of of Oriana Fallaci who lost her protracted battle with breast cancer on September 15, 2006….

“Her books ‘The Pride and the Rage’ and ‘The Force of Reason’ remain essential reading not just for what they say, but also for the passion and courage with which she expressed those views. This combination of intellect and bravery is the sine qua non of effective resistance to the islamification of the West.

“With the last of her strength she defied not just the civilisational transformation of Europe into Eurabia, but also all those venal liberals who were prosecuting her in her native country of Italy for daring to defy this process. In time history will adjudge her one of Europe’s great patriots, a staunch defender of our Western heritage, art, culture, values and liberties.

“It with great regret we mark [her] passing, but it is with honour and pride that we shall remember her.”

BNP news article, 18 September 2006

Stand up, stand up for Jesus (against the Muslim hordes)

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Two Christians write in to support Olga Craig’s article in last week’s Sunday Telegraph:

“Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc, have lived among us peacefully for years, never threatening to blow up innocent people; neither have they made other demands. On the other hand, Muslims are always demanding special favours for their culture, while assuming a victim mentality. It also seems that only Muslims have freedom of speech; all others are silenced by the police.”

Sunday Telegraph, 17 September 2006

Chief rabbi blasts multiculturalism, calls on Muslims to integrate

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A crisis of national and social identity is undermining Britain’s efforts to integrate its immigrant population, according to the Chief Rabbi. Sir Jonathan Sacks told The Sunday Telegraph that multiculturalism had led to segregation and a country that was no longer confident of what it stood for.

The Chief Rabbi echoed the call last week by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, for Muslims to do more to integrate. Sir Jonathan said that the Islamic community, particularly second-generation Muslims, were struggling with “a conflicted identity”.

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‘Pope sorry for offending Muslims’

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Pope 2Pope Benedict XVI has apologised in person for causing offence to Muslims in a speech in Bavaria last week. He said the medieval text which he quoted did not express in any way his personal opinion, adding the speech was an invitation to respectful dialogue.

BBC News, 17 September 2006

And if you believe that – from the man who, not so long ago, held a private meeting with the late unlamented Oriana “Muslims breed like rats” Fallaci – you’ll believe anything.

Furthermore, the pope’s words – “I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address at the University of Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims” – fall some way short of a full apology.

Still, you’d have thought his statement that the offensive words he quoted – “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached” – did not in any way express his personal opinion about Islam would be enough to win il papa a citation at Dhimmi Watch.

For comments by Osama Saeed at Rolled Up Trousers, see here and here.

Pope’s comment on Islam had ‘an agreeably crusading ring’ to it – Rod Liddle

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Rod Liddle“The Muslim world is in ferment, or even more ferment than usual, as a result of a speech given by Pope Benedict XVI at Regensburg University.

“Ben took a swipe at the notion that Islam is an inherently peaceable, easy-going, happy-go-lucky credo with a core philosophy that proclaims hey, why not live and let live, huh? Rather, he let slip: ‘Everything Muhammad brought was evil and inhuman’, which has an agreeably crusading, unequivocal ring to it, I think you’ll agree….

“The Pope should have been aware that Islam always reacts to western allegations that it is not a peaceful religion by mass outbreaks of vituperation, denunciation and acts of jihadic violence….

“The ‘liberal and moderate’ Islamic scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi (pro death penalty for homosexuals, female circumcision, suicide bombings against Jews and other similarly tolerant stuff) has insisted the Pope must apologise. Soon the placards will be out, the effigies, the foam-flecked demonstrators and attacks by adolescent suicidal nutters.”

Rod Liddle in the Sunday Times, 17 September 2006

Islam maligned in veiled moderation

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“A fortnight ago, John Howard commented on talkback radio that ‘a small section of the Islamic population’ was ‘very resistant to integration’. They failed to learn English quickly enough and didn’t accept Australian values such as gender equality. The comments were factual. But they were pointedly selective.

“If the test of integration is speaking English, Howard easily could have pointed to a ‘small section’ of almost any migrant community in Australia. If this is about gender inequality, he could have noted that Australia had worryingly high domestic-violence rates and that Australian Muslims didn’t contribute disproportionately to them. And if we’re talking about Australian values, one could easily point to a small section of white Australia with white supremacist views who clearly refuse to accept Australian values of tolerance.”

Waleed Aly in The Australian, 16 September 2006

Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects Pope’s Islam remarks

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Egypt’s Coptic Church has rejected Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks implicitly linking Islam and violence saying that Christianity taught love and respect for other faiths. “The Church categorically rejects the comments of the Vatican Pope,” said spokesman Bishop Murqos, whose church’s leader Shenuda III also bears the title pope.

“The Christian religion commands us to love other people whatever their faith,” the spokesman said in comments carried by the opposition daily Al-Wafd on Saturday. “We must respect the Muslim faithful and their prophet as we respect the followers of Jesus Christ and it is unacceptable to offend their religious beliefs. We utterly reject any offence to Islamic values or the Prophet.”

AFP, 16 September 2006

Over at Jihad Watch, Hugh Fitzgerald has a ready explanation for the Coptic pope’s principled and admirable stand on this issue – he’s being “held hostage” by those evil Muslims!

Dhimmi Watch, 17 September 2006

Sun backs pope

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“It is absurd that the Pope cannot quote dispassionately from an ancient text about the Prophet Mohammed without the entire Muslim world flying off the handle. Especially when one considers that Islam, just like Christianity, DOES have a violent past. Only those paranoid extremists who see Islamophobia everywhere can really believe that the venerable holy man intended to stir up trouble.”

Editorial in the Sun, 16 September 2006

NYT comes down against pope

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Pope (3)“There is more than enough religious anger in the world. So it is particularly disturbing that Pope Benedict XVI has insulted Muslims, quoting a 14th-century description of Islam as ‘evil and inhuman’….The Vatican issued a statement saying that Benedict meant no offense and in fact desired dialogue. But this is not the first time the pope has fomented discord between Christians and Muslims.

“In 2004 when he was still the Vatican’s top theologian, he spoke out against Turkey’s joining the European Union, because Turkey, as a Muslim country was ‘in permanent contrast to Europe’. A doctrinal conservative, his greatest fear appears to be the loss of a uniform Catholic identity, not exactly the best jumping-off point for tolerance or interfaith dialogue.

“The world listens carefully to the words of any pope. And it is tragic and dangerous when one sows pain, either deliberately or carelessly. He needs to offer a deep and persuasive apology, demonstrating that words can also heal.”

Editorial in New York Times, 16 September 2006

Needless to say, Robert Spencer denounces this reasoned criticism as a characteristic example of the “dhimmi” NYT appeasing the Muslim hordes.

Dhimmi Watch, 15 September 2006