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MADRID, Aug. 2 - The Spanish government has begun formal discussions on a proposal to expand financing to religious institutions, and security officials say that one intention is to subsidize mosques to make them less dependent on money from militant groups abroad. The Justice Ministry proposal, which legal scholars say is likely to test the limits of Spain's separation of church and state, reflects a widespread belief among counterterrorism officials here that Spanish mosques are vulnerable to the influences of militant groups because they feel the need to turn to the militants for money. Advertisement The discussions, led by Juan...

WASHINGTON - Known more for crude talk about sex and lewd acts than politics or public policy, shock jock Howard Stern has launched an on-air crusade he calls a "jihad" to defeat President Bush. He blames Bush for a government crackdown on his use of obscenity on the air, which Stern defends as freedom of speech. The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday that it had fined radio station owner Clear Channel Communications a record $1.75 million for airing some Stern comments the FCC deemed offensive. Clear Channel had pulled him off its six stations that aired him, though he remains...

Last October 16, Malaysia’s then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told a summit of Islamic leaders that the “Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.” He added, “1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews,” therefore Muslims must unite against the Jews for a “final victory.” And who pleaded his case? No other that Jacques Chirac, the French President. During the EU summit on Friday October 17, Chirac thought it would be clearly inappropriate for the EU to criticize Mahathir. According to the Associated Press, France opposed vehemently a condemnation of...

The New York Times has reached a new low in its Middle East coverage. Not only does a “news analysis” column today parrot a Saudi evasion of responsibility for the destructive consequences of state-sponsored Wahabbism, it helpfully misleads its readers about the true meaning of a phrase increasing employed by the Saudi leadership to mask their complicity in foisting a destructive ideology on the world, via networks of schools, mosques, charities, and, ultimately, terrorists. Neil MacFarquahr writes on Saudi Arabia's problems with Islamic militants in today's News Analysis section. He opines that Saudi Arabia is struggling about how to overcome...

California Board of Education requires teaching Islam to 7th graders. Byron Union School District requires 12 year olds to wear Islamic garb, memorize verses from the Quran, pray to Allah and play jihad games. US Distric Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled praying to Allah is not indocrinating students in Islam. this is the same court the said "Under God" Pledge violates the Constitution. Schools prphibit christian studens from reading the Bible, praying, displaying th Ten Commandments and even mentioning the word "God".