And to free fellow Muslims from the heavy burden of fatwas.

A group of Dutch Muslim politicians have launched a movement to free Muslims from religious fatwas. It is a great initiative, and it is very meaningful that they launch it one day before the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

If you support the petition, please sign it. You can read it in English and Dutch here.

A quote:

“Some may argue that there are also fatwas issued to protect women against violence. Some might say that there have also been anti-terrorism fatwas aside from the pro-terrorism fatwas. True, but the very notion that a Muslim needs a fatwa to judge the immorality of these acts of violence is mindblowing. Fatwas may come in many shapes and forms but they all have one thing in common.| MORE ›

Brussels, Brussels, Brussels.

What in the world are you doing nowadays?

It all started so nice, a couple of years after World War II. Everybody ‘understood’ that European states had to learn to work together, to respect each other, and to become interconnected. If we didn’t, a third world war might not be far off.

Making continental free trade a top priority was, indeed, a great idea.| MORE ›

OK, this is the equivalent of a European economic Armageddon. First Greece came along, then, a few days ago, Italy. And now Ireland: Moody’s downgrades Ireland to “junk” status.

So, when can we officially roll up the European Union?

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So, Barack Obama is currently touring Europe. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: Europe, why? Doesn’t he detest the Old Continent?

Well, yeah. Judging by the way he has treated Europe ever since he became president, at least.

Apparently, however, he now feels we’re somehow of vital importance for his agenda.| MORE ›

This is rather… shocking:

Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo was arrested on Monday after French armoured vehicles closed in on the compound where the self-proclaimed president had been holed up in a bunker.| MORE ›

One of the best conservative commentators in Europe, Theodore Dalrymple, wrote a great articlefor Pajamas Media about the crisis in Europe and especially Germany’s reaction to it. As usual with Dalrymple, the article provocatively entitled “Reawakening German Nationalism: What Could Go Wrong,” is sarcastically written, funny, direct and, most importantly, largely correct.| MORE ›

It was my favorite TV series when I was a little boy. There two sides: the good and the bad; Autobots & Decepticons and of course planet earth has to be saved! Well… when I look at Turkey of today, it is no different than the series which I liked so much as a child. However, I am not enjoying watching it this time around.| MORE ›

Man, it certainly is great that those Americans fi-nal-ly elected an intelligent guy, a man from Harvard no less, and a man of the world.

Oh yes, Obama really does wonders for the relationships between European states and the United States. He knows how to behave and he would never – evah! – do anything to insult Europeans or make himself look like an ass.

Uh, never mind that.| MORE ›

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire.

That’s basically how one can summarize the situation in Europe. Several (Southern) European countries are on the brink of collapse. Greece is as near bankruptcy as can be. At the same time, Western and Northern Europeans are becoming increasingly disturbed by the irresponsible behavior of the Greek, and of other nations.

Other nations, you ask?

Why yes.| MORE ›

Great news, Russia’s new (self-anointed) Czar, Vladimir Putin, and his loyal number two, Dmitry Medvedev, have decided to go Stalin on Russians’ ass. They’ve ordered the police to confiscate 100.000 copies of a book written by prominent members of the opposition, Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov.

The reason, you ask? Well, they had the audacity to criticize Putin’s legacy.| MORE ›

Europe’s finance ministers are panicking: they’ve done everything in their power – or so they believe – to save the Euro, yet the currency is becoming worth less and less. They don’t understand what’s going on, they’ve pumped billions into the Euro and into Europe’s failing economies, yet the European stock markets continue their free fall.| MORE ›