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The third time was the charm for Abdullah Gul. The devout Muslim whose wife wears a headscarf won Turkey's presidency Tuesday after twice falling short of the two-thirds majority in parliament needed to secure the position. In the third round of voting, he only needed a simple majority. Gul’s party, the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party (AKP) holds 341 of the 530 seats in the Turkish parliament, and he got 339 votes.The Wall Street Journal reports that "[i]n a recent meeting with journalists, Mr. Gul said he would make use of his experience as foreign minister to … make the...

Earlier this month, the Town Council in Watertown, MA, home one of the largest Armenian populations in the U.S., voted 8-0 to withdraw from the No Place for Hate program because one of its sponsors, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), refused to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1917."We cannot join with the ADL when they refuse to acknowledge the [Armenian] genocide," Councilor Marilyn Petitto Devaney, who introduced the proclamation to withdraw from the program, told The Boston Globe. The townÂ’s Armenian Americans wanted the ADL either to condemn the Armenian Genocide or end its sponsorship of the campaign.Watertown was one of...

Examining which issues raise its organizational blood pressure, it is easy to see that the Anti-Defamation League chiefly represents two categories of Jews. One, Jews for whom the doctrines of secular fundamentalism and of the Democratic Party have replaced the authentic principles of Judaism. Two, Jews who consider Christian conservatives to be a far greater peril than Islamic extremism. It now turns out that the ADL represents yet a third category of Jews: those passionately dedicated to defending Darwin. Once again, like a friendly and frolicsome puppy with a large, bushy tail that constantly knocks down expensive vases, the ADL,...

I was one of a number of Jewish conservatives who spoke out in defense of Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of The Christ. (See "More Power To Mel," published in FrontPageMag.com on February 10, 2004.) For that, I have no regrets. I believed then – and continue to believe – that The Passion is not anti-Semitic. However, based on what followed Gibson’s drunk-driving arrest on Friday, I’m convinced that the actor/director himself is an anti-Semite. According to various news reports, when he was arrested by a sheriff’s deputy in Malibu for DUI, Gibson was enraged. At one point, he reportedly...

Calling for a criminal investigation into the Oscar-winning actor and director's remarks, Abraham Foxman, the national director of the US Jewish Anti-Defamation League, said: "We believe there should be consequences to bigots and bigotry Nikki Finke, a columnist for LA Weekly and prominent chronicler of Hollywood, pointed out the "the overwhelmingly negative response" among Jewish audiences to The Passion of the Christ. She also said several top Jewish executives have pledged privately never again to work with Gibson as a result. However, Ms Finke said that in his daily schedule Gibson "works closely with many Jewish VIPs at talent agencies,...

Abraham Foxman has gone from nuisance to embarrassment to self-parody. The national leader of the Anti-Defamation League has declared war on conservative Christians. In doing so, he's not only attacking the best friends Israel and the Jewish people have, he's also repudiating Torah-based morality.

The Christians are coming! The Christians are coming! By Jack Engelhard November 28, 2005 Originally, I wanted to title this, "Yes, We Have No Pope," but couldn't get it to rhyme. Well, Thanksgiving is done and so, judging from the traffic and stampeding in the malls, the Christmas season is officially upon us -- whoops. Did someone say Christmas? Anyhow, this is for my Christian friends, because we have some explaining to do. Listen, or rather, don't listen to the Abe Foxmans we've got out there flapdoodling. Foxman, as you've no doubt read, is horrified that America is becoming too...

Abraham Foxman has gone from nuisance to embarrassment to self-parody. The national leader of the Anti-Defamation League has declared war on conservative Christians. In doing so, he's not only attacking the best friends Israel and the Jewish people have, he's also repudiating Torah-based morality. At a New York meeting of the ADL's national leadership recently, Foxman experienced a near total meltdown. Groups like Focus on The Family and American Family Association are leading a full-scale assault on tolerance and diversity, Foxman foamed. As reported in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Foxman declared: "Today we face a better financed, more sophisticated, coordinated,...

Falwell, Farrakhan, and the ADL's Selective Outrage By Don Feder FrontPageMagazine.com | August 23, 2005 The Anti-Defamation League ostensibly exists to oppose anti-Semitism. And it does – on occasion – when it isn’t too busy bashing evangelicals, fighting Christianity and creating double standards. Despite its reputation, the ADL is not a Jewish organization. There’s nothing distinctly Jewish (i.e., grounded in Jewish law) about its operations. It’s really just another left-wing group, with a leftist agenda. Politically, it is virtually indistinguishable from the American Civil Liberties Union, People for the American Way, or Americans United for the (so-called) Separation of Church...

He has portrayed the Crucifixion - now Mel Gibson has his sights set on the tale that led to Chanukah. "The Passion of the Christ" director told WABC's Sean Hannity yesterday that he's planning a movie based on a Jewish rebellion nearly 200 years before the birth of Christ. "The story that's always fired my imagination ... is the Book of Maccabees," Gibson said in the radio interview. "It's about Antiochus, the king who set up his religion in the Temple, and forced them all to deny the true God and worship at his feet and worship false gods. "The...

I am furious! No, I'm livid! I've had it and I'm finally going to vent! It's a good thing I was alone when I read the latest Catholic insult by Abe Foxman. The steam from my ears and the sparks from my eyes would have been shocking! It's a good thing Abe wasn't there or more than his ears would have burned from my wrath. Abe is Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. Nice title. Nice perks. It gets him nice headlines and fawning media attention. He shows up for interviews with a serious demeanor, wearing his yarmulke,...

One does not have to belong to a particular faith to know what are those things central to it. One does not have to be a Buddhist to recognize the centrality in Buddhist thought of the event of the Buddha's enlightenment. One does not have to be Jewish to know that the Exodus and the gift of the Torah define the Jews to themselves as the Chosen People of God. Non-Muslims have no trouble recognizing that the events of Mohammed's life frame and sustain that faith. Likewise, one does not have to be a Christian to understand that the very...

A leading critic of Mel Gibson's controversial film about the death of Jesus has resigned from his post at the Anti-Defamation League. Eugene Korn, the ADL's director of interfaith affairs, told the Forward that his resignation last week represented a "mutual decision" resulting from his need for "a more reflective and contemplative environment." Korn's departure has some Jewish communal observers suggesting that a more diplomatic approach is needed in dealing with Gibson's upcoming film, "The Passion of Christ." Though the organization's strong rebuke of Gibson and his film was hailed by officials at several Jewish organizations, it has been criticized...

MUSIC: SLIM SHADY May I have your attention please? May I have your attention please? Will Abie Foxman please shut up? I repeat, will Abie Foxman please shut up? We got us a problem here. You all act like you never saw a Jew-hater before. Your whining is a bore, finding anti-Semites behind every shower door (Oy! It's hugh and series!) Hamas and Hezbollah are back worse than before. But you're making the Christians hate us more, Whining about Mel Gibson ( Baby crying) It's the return of the oh wait, no wait, you're a fool. You don't believe Mel...