Candid Conversations with Pakistani Columnist Ishtiaq Ahmed

Ishitaq Ahmed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science in the University of Stockholm.

How do you view the hijab controversy? Is Europe getting hysterical in its pursuit of a perfect state of secularism?

I think hijab was never a problem in the West until the Islamists started using it politically. There has been a reaction and now in many Western countries the hijab is being blamed for the degradation of women. In this regard it is important to point out that the objection to wearing the hijab has been confined to educational institutions and work places. I agree with the European policy makers.

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Her har vi en muslim, der åbent siger, at tørklædet bruges politisk af islamisterne.

Amsterdam vil opstille en statue til ære for prostituerede

Men Theo van Gogh tør de ikke ære.

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OPDATERING: Nu er der opsat et mindesmærke i Amsterdams Oosterpark: The Scream.

1933 revisited

Venezuela’s National Assembly has given initial approval to a bill granting the president the power to bypass congress and rule by decree for 18 months.

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Nu også i Spanien – who’s next?

Police clash with youths after overnight gang clash in Madrid neighborhood.

MADRID, Spain: Some 400 riot police patrolled a Madrid neighborhood Sunday in an effort to disperse hundreds of youths who gathered after an overnight street battle between Spanish and immigrant gangs ended with seven arrested and at least four injured.

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Video og mere video (oversat).

Falske papirer – masseproduktion

Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (PST) overvåket to terrormistenkte islamister i Oslo, og snappet underveis opp opplysninger om en 49 år gammel iraner som har skaffet mange irakere falske dokumenter.

PST drev med overvåking av to terrormistenkte menn fra Algerie da de snappet opp informasjon om den iranske falskneren som har bistått utlendinger i Norge, de fleste av dem irakere, med nær 300 falske dokumenter.

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En sten – et liv. Stolpersteine. Også i Danmark?

Kunstneren Gunter Demnig har også søgt om at nedlægge sten i Danmark.