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Radical Approach

British Home Secretary John Reid has made a seemingly reasonable request of British Muslims.
 
Needless to say, Muslim rage has ensued. 

The home secretary, John Reid, was today heckled by protesters as he made a speech in east London urging Muslim parents to monitor their children.
 
The first interruption came from Abu Izadeen, who shouted that Muslims were [...]

Lost in Translation

Introducing the mother of all Israeli translation mistakes.

“Jerusalem. There is no such city!” the Jerusalem municipality said in the English-language version of a sightseeing brochure it had published originally in Hebrew.
 
The correct translation: “Jerusalem. There is no city like it!”
 
Carrying a photograph of the brochure, Israel’s Maariv newspaper said on Wednesday tens of thousands of [...]