Thursday, May 17, 2012

Muslim Voters Change Europe :: Gatestone Institute

Muslim Voters Change Europe :: Gatestone Institute
" According to a survey of 10,000 French voters conducted by the polling firm OpinionWay for the Paris-based newspaper Le Figaro, an extaordinary 93% of French Muslims voted for Hollande on May 6. By contrast, the poll shows that only 7% of French Muslims voted for the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy.
An estimated 2 million Muslims participated in the 2012 election, meaning that roughly 1.7 million Muslim votes went to Hollande rather than to Sarkozy. In the election as a whole, however, Hollande won over Sarkozy by only 1.1 million votes. This figure implies that Muslims cast the deciding votes that thrust Hollande into the Élysée Palace."

The Refugee Question - Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs - Jewish Ideas Daily

The Refugee Question - Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs - Jewish Ideas Daily
...and on top the argument made in this article against the Palestinian right of "return", it ignores the issue of the virtual population exchange made when 800,000 Jewish Arab refugees (a UN figure -- higher than their Palestinian Arab refugee number by 100,000) were forced out of Arab lands with no compensation. Their descendants now make up half of Israel's population, pointing to a successful population exchange between peoples -- a concept well-recognized by international law. It is only Arab selfishness to their own brothers and the need to keep Israel a usefully distracting political issue that has stopped this from working for the Palestinians.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Stubborn Hope - Tablet - Jewish Ideas Daily

Stubborn Hope - Tablet - Jewish Ideas Daily
A great review on Bernard Lewis' latest book, summarizing many of the great issues in our time of Islam, taken not from an Islam hater.

The Future Belongs to Religious Conservatives - American - Jewish Ideas Daily

The Future Belongs to Religious Conservatives - American - Jewish Ideas Daily
It simply a story of demographics. Everywhere in the world, secular people do not have enough children, and religious people do.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Vidal Sasson --Anti-Fascist Warrior-Hairdresser

 Our Greatest Generation.
Anti-Fascist Warrior-Hairdresser - Blaze - Jewish Ideas Daily
 From shampoos and conditioners to hairdryers and other styling tools, there are few who haven’t used, at some point in his or her lifetime, a Vidal Sassoon product. What most aren’t familiar with, however, is that the late Vidal Sassoon was more than just a trendsetting pioneer in the hairdressing industry. As it turns out, the man credited with popularizing the simple, “wash-and-wear” haircut also fought Islamists, Fascists and Anti-Semitism.