[Breitbart] Switzerland’s legislature has voted to ban the foreign funding of mosques, including from Saudi Arabia, as well as to force mosques to use local languages instead of Arabic or other foreign tongues.
The Swiss National Council, the parliament’s lower house, voted by a narrow majority to ban the financing of mosques from abroad and for generally increasing the transparency of how mosques are funded.
If the law passes the Senate, individual mosques will need to declare who they are backed by as well as preach in one of Switzerland’s official languages, namely German, French, Italian, or Romansch, Neue Zuercher Zeitung reports.
The vote took place on Tuesday, and according to the Federal Assembly’s website, 94 members of the parliament voted in favour, and 89 voted against.
The new law is said to be inspired by a similar law enacted in Austria in 2015, which was designed to encourage a distinctly "European Islam" and to deter radicalisation and foreign influence on the nation’s Muslims.
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Gunman, spare that camembert!
Touch not one nasty slice!
In youth, its slime I couldn't bear,
But now I find it nice.
Also...
Amidst the bombardment, a holler:
"On Tuesday, I'd pay my last dollar
If someone would roll me --
Before the Yanks hole me --
A wheel of sweet Swiss Emmenthaler!"
Re Rhyme Time (missed the rollover again last night), sorry, Boss. My subconscious doesn't seem to want to get anywhere near the Rapone thing. BLM at WP? Maddening, sure, but all too comprehensible. This? I'm with Glenmore. Like so many modern "events," it's too garish, too implausible. Two destroyer collisions? No way. It's like hearing that Tom Landry was in the car with Lance Rentzel... and Ike in the trunk, in a clown suit. Can't be happening.
It's guerra on terror and Tara!
Sing, Crawford, Fontaine, and O'Hara,
And comfort poor Arnold,
Whose ghost must be startled
At West Point become Chez Guevara.
[DAWN] After an Anti-terrorism court in Sibi granted bail to Nawabzada Gazeen Marri, the son of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri in a 2004 murder case on Friday, Quetta district administration detained him under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order.
According to a blurb issued by the Quetta deputy commissioner, Marri was shifted to district jail Quetta amid tight security under the MPO.
Section 3 of the MPO states: "The government, if satisfied that with a view to preventing any person from acting in any manner prejudicial to public safety or the maintenance of public order, may by an order in writing direct his arrest and detention."
Earlier today, ATC judge Muhammad Rafiq Langove granted bail to the former home minister in connection with a murder case registered against Marri in 2004 at the Manjara levies station Kohlu, and asked him to submit surety bonds worth Rs0.4 million.
A landmine blast in Kohlu's Mavand tehsil in June 2004 had killed civilians. Subsequently, the Levies had registered murder and terrorism cases against Gazeen Marri.
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[DAWN] Members of an NA committee on Friday protested against a list allegedly issued by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) which is said to contain the names of over 37 politicians suspected of having links with banned terrorist and sectarian outfits.
The list first came to light when a private television channel aired a report claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... had directed the IB on July 10 ‐ three weeks before his disqualification ‐ to keep watch on the listed politicians, mostly belonging to the PML-N.
The issue was raised during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi earlier this week.
A number of ministers whose names were on the "fabricated" list claimed that the report sought to damage their reputations and called for strict action to be taken against the "plotters", as the IB had denied receiving any such directives from the Prime Minister’s Office or possessing any such list.
The list contained the names of a number of key ministers ‐ including Riaz Pirzada, Zahid Hamid, Baleeghur Rehman, Sikandar Bosan and Hafiz Abdul Kareem, as well as National Assembly Deputy Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi and a handful of senators.
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[DAWN] The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday challenged the verdict of an anti-terrorism court in the Benazir Bhutto ... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in... murder case, arguing that the two guilty coppers as well as the five men acquitted of all charges deserve capital punishment.
Last month, ATC had announced the verdict in the murder case, acquitting five Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain (TTP) suspects ‐ Rafaqat Hussain, Husnain Gul, Sher Zaman, Rashid Ahmed and Aitzaz Shah ‐ and announcing 17-year imprisonment for two former police officials. The court had also declared retired Gen Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... an absconder in the case.
The FIA moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the sentence through two separate petitions submitted on Friday.
The first one argues that the two convicted culprits were not punished under the terrorism charges which were part of the case.
The counsel for the agency also said that the ATC passed the verdict in a hurry without fulfilling legal requirements.
According to the petition, filed in the Rawalpindi registry of the LHC, the two coppers ‐ former City Police Officer Saood Aziz and former Superintendent Police Khurrum Shahzad ‐ were sentenced under only two clauses each, whereas several other clauses, including terrorism, were also part of the case.
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[DAWN] A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Friday was unable to deliver arrest warrants issued against the Sharif children ‐ Hassan, Hussain and Maryam ‐ at their Jati Umra residence. "They said to tell you they ain't home, sahib!"
"Hokay."
An accountability court had on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's children and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar after they failed to appear before it despite repeated summons.
The presiding judge, Mohammad Bashir, had asked NAB to ensure that the warrants were received, but the NAB team could not find anyone at the residence on Friday to acknowledge their receipt.
The NAB team, headed by Deputy Director Mehboob Alam and comprising Deputy Director Mohammad Kamran and Investigating Officer Imran Dogar, was also met with resistance from the security staff present at the residence, sources in NAB said.
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[Iraq News] The commander in chief of the Iraqi armed forces has congratulated troops on liberation of a region from Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... in southwest of Kirkuk.
A statement issued by the office of Haidar al-Abadi on Friday said "Abadi greets our champions on liberation of Abbassi, located in Hawija, in short time."
Earlier on the day, Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, chief of Federal Police, said in a statement that troops completely liberated al-Abbassi region, as well as a school and medical center in Gharib village, west of Hawija.
Early on Friday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and the Joint Operations Command announced beginning of the second phase of Hawija offensive.
On Sunday, the Joint Operations Command announced completing the first phase of operations to recapture Hawija, which launched on September 21. According to Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell, 557 IS Death Eaters were killed, while more than 100 villages and regions were liberated during the first phase.
Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasoul, front man of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, said previously that the number of Islamic State members in Hawija falls between 800 and 1500.
Hawija and other neighboring regions, west of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... have been held by IS since mid-2014, when the group emerged to proclaim an Islamic "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria.
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[AlAhram] Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", has agreed on an exchange of prisoners with Israel, a deal suggested by Egypt two weeks ago, Paleostinian news agency Ma’an reported on Friday.
According to Ma'an, the head of Hamas in the Gazoo Strip, Yahia Senwar, said during a meeting with Gazook youth on Thursday that his group' agreement with the deal came in response to Egypt's suggestion, which was offered to the group's delegation in Cairo earlier this month.
However, ars longa, vita brevis... the Israeli government has reportedly rejected the prisoner swap; Israeli media quoted an Israeli source describing Senwar’s announcement as "a manoeuvre."
The agreement between Hamas and Egypt over the deal reached Israel through an Israeli official who is charged of negotiations, Ma'an added.
"The ball is now in the Israeli playground; they refused the plan which was approved by Egypt and our side," Senwar said.
Senwar did not reveal the details of the deal, but according to reports by Paleostinian newspaper al-Istiqlal and Israeli newspapers Haaretz and The Times of Israel, it would mean that Israel release 39 bodies of Paleostinians who were killed in 2014, including 19 Hamas members, and in return Hamas would give information on the missing Israeli soldiers that the group allegedly holds.
So first Israel pays in dozens of Palestinian bodies in the hope of receiving information that might or might not be true...
The second phase of the deal would be the release of 58 Paleostinians who were replaced in durance vile I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! in 2014 after they were released in 2011 in a prisoner swap for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, a group that is known in the Arabic media as "the Shalit captives."
Then Israel would give up even more dozens of live Palestinian terrorists as a reward for having received information that might or might not be true...
The third and last phase would be the start of negotiations between Hamas and Israel on a further prisone swap, with Egyptian mediation.
And finally, actual negotiations for a trade of, presumably, even more convicted Hamas terrorists held in Israeli prisons for the Israelis whose information was shared between releases one and two would begin. Golly.
Earlier this month, a high-profile Hamas delegation visited Cairo to continue talks that started in February regarding the situation in Gazoo and bilateral relations with Egypt.
[Ynet] Israel Police, Border Police and IDF forces are deployed throughout the country to prevent recent volatilities from impeding on the religious observance of the country's citizens.
Israel's security forces were on high alert Friday ahead of Yom Kippur‐the Jewish holiday of atonement and repentance.
Following the attack this week in Har Adar and fearing further hostilities, the IDF will maintain increased presence in the West Bank, with a general blockade imposed on the territories and on the Gazoo Strip until 12:01am Sunday.
Exceptions will be made for humanitarian, medical and other outstanding cases, pending the approval of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.
In addition, Paleostinian workers will not be allowed to enter Israeli communities in the West Bank for as long as the closure is in effect.
Police forces will be deployed throughout the country to ensure the safety of the general public during this holy day.
Among other things, there will be increased patrols, with an emphasis on seam areas between Jewish and Arab neighborhoods, as well as increased police and Border Police activity near the holy places and crowded plazas.
The police will also reinforce the patrols at various population centers to maintain public order and provide an immediate and available response to any security or criminal situation.
Israel Police and Border Police reinforcements and volunteers have been deployed throughout Jerusalem since Thursday afternoon and will remain throughout Yom Kippur to maintain public order and secure the thousands of Jews expected to reach the Western Wall plaza to pray.
Prior to the holiday, the police set up checkpoints on the main roads to prevent the movement of vehicles from east Jerusalem neighborhoods to the west of the city.
Police and Border Police will be stationed near the checkpoints to prevent their removal and will be deployed in the area to prevent stone throwing and other disturbances.
All flights in and out of Ben Gurion airport ceased at 1:35 p.m., while public transport gradually halted with buses and trains stopping their routes until after the fast day.
As sundown approached all local radio and television broadcasts gradually fell silent.
For the Magen David Adom Rescue service, Yom Kippur is one of the busiest days of the year with hundreds of extra medics, paramedics, ambulances and volunteers deployed across the country.
Most injuries over Yom Kippur come from accidents on the roads as tens of thousands of children and teens take advantage of the deserted streets to ride their bicycles. Other common Yom Kippur injuries are caused by parents leaving children unattended outside synagogues and, of course, dehydration and complications from fasting.
However, the weather this year is expected to be relatively mild, with even some light rain expected in the north.
The closure is a routine procedure during Israeli and Jewish holidays.
[Al Jazeera] Syria is considering granting its minority Kurdish population further autonomy for the first time, a government official has said.
Walid Muallem, Syria's foreign minister, said his country is open to the idea of greater powers for the country's Kurds, who accounted for 15 percent of the country's population prior to the Syrian civil war.
Once the military campaign of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... 's government against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) group operating in Syria is over, discussions can begin, he said.
"[Syrian Kurds] want a form of autonomy within the framework of the borders of the state," Muaellem said on Tuesday, according to SANA, the Syrian state news agency.
"This is negotiable and can be the subject of dialogue."
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It seems a prudent stratagem. The process of prying the Ottomans out of Northern Syria has to start somewhere. Look at Cyprus to see that the Grand Turk's expansionary ambitions.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
