Steve Lopez has chronicled the life of Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a homeless musician with schizophrenia, once a Julliard-student who sleeps each night on one of skid row’s most dangerous streets, in his columns listed here. L.A.Times
Gaza: Ufrivilligt tørklæde for kristne kvinder
De få kristne kvinder der er tilbage i Gaza, vel at mærke. Men husk nu: Dette har absolut ingen relevans for debatten om tørklæder og særhensyn herhjemme. Vi skal bare lige være lidt smidige her og nu og aflægge os kolonihavementaliteten, så kommer der ikke flere krav, og alt bliver godt. Det er ganske vist. Via Jihad Watch (LFPC):
[…] A slow introduction of Islamic norms and practices into society began immediately following the Hamas victory in PLC elections in January 2006. This process was accelerated following Hamas’s seizure of exclusive control of Gaza in 2007. […]
This change is being felt in the very fabric of daily life in Gaza. A transition of the status of Islamic observance from social norm to legal compulsion is under way. […]
Few women may now be seen in Gaza without the hijab. More and more are now wearing the jilbab […].
The wearing of the hijab is now said to have become an accepted social norm – perceived as a requirement when outside of the home even by Gaza’s few remaining Christian women. From the summer of 2009, the wearing of the hijab and jilbab became required in Gaza’s secondary schools (according to some sources, certain schools have chosen to ignore this instruction).
It is not only dress in schools, but also the content of study which is becoming increasingly religious in character. Many secular teachers have been fired. Hamas summer camps, which provide cheap alternatives for poor families in the summer months, involve intensive Koran study and competitions which again can provide access to much-needed funds and jobs. The promotion of Islamic norms in Gaza extends to the widespread banning of books and restricting of access to “immoral” internet sites. […]
The increasing use of Islamic Sharia law in judicial proceedings in Gaza is an additional facet of the growing influence of Islam on life there. The formal judicial system remains in existence. But it is being filled with Islamic content. […] Analysis: The Islamic republic of Gaza
Moskébygge i Köpenhamn
En overraskende hæderlig reportage af SR at være. Nævner både mullahpenge, Mozzafari og Finn Rudaitzky får også et ord indført.
I Danmark finns det ingen reguljär moské. Nu när bygget av den första riktiga moskén fått klartecken i Köpenhamns kommun, vill Dansk Folkeparti ha en folkomröstning om moskébyggen. Men också andra partier och grupper har svårt att förhålla sig till moskébygget. Och ett annalkande kommunalval i Danmark höjer temperaturen på debatten. Gösta Lempert rapporterar.Studioe Ett
Syg og munter
Sygdom er godt stof. De syge har en naturlig interesse i emnet og de raske er hypokondre. Sygdom som medistof slår krisen i folkeskolen, krisen i folkekirken, krisen i folkestyret, krisen i verdensøkonomien, prostitutionsdebatten, kønskrigen og krigen i, ups…….fredsprocessen i Mellemøsten. I Sverige er kvaliteten også i top, men tilgængeligheden er i bund, så man kan sagtens give en “vårdgaranti” når patienterne dør inden de overhovedet kommer til. De der overlever får Europas bedste behandling. Sådan her ser den ud til næste gang SF og S´sundhedsordførere siger, at regeringen har kørt sygehusvæsnet i sænk og privatisering.
I dag presenterar Health Consumer Powerhouse sin årliga mätning av Europas sjukvård, EHCI. Det är femte året i rad som institutet mäter Europas sjukvård utefter en mängd parametrar. Sverige får åter toppbetyg när det gäller medicinska resultat, men betyget dras ner av långa väntetider. I år är det bara Portugal och Storbritannien som har längre väntetider. Sverige har överlägsen vårdkvalitet, men trots vårdgarantier och kömiljard är tillgängligheten fortfarande skrämmande dålig, säger Hans Dahlgren, näringspolitisk chef Vårdföretagarna. Totalt sett hamnar Sveriges vård på en åttonde plats bland de 33 länder som jämförs, och sjunker tre placeringar från förra året. Sverige får 762 poäng och indexet vanns för andra året i rad av Nederländerna med rekordhöga 875 poäng, följda av Danmark (819), Island (811) och Österrike (795). Sverige har EU:s tredje längsta vårdköer, Annual EU healthcare index puts The Netherlands in “uncontested leadership”. ”Lättare att få träffa doktorn i Albanien än i Sverige”.
»Omvendt racisme«
Tyg lige på udtrykket og se nedenfor*. Handikappet udvekslingsstudent under mistanke for homoseksualitet i Hamborg:
First they kicked him to the ground and then they just kept on kicking him in the head over and over again.
In the middle of Hamburg, the severely handicapped American exchange-student Joshua S (28) was almost beaten to death. Motive: They assumed he was gay
Sunday morning around 1.40 AM: Joshua S is out on the town with a friend, Neville (22), who is an exchange student from South-Africa. They had been out partying and wanted to go home. They share an apartment in the Osterstrasse. Joshua S. born in Texas, studied Law in New York and is now finishing his degree at the elite university “Bucerius Law School” in Hamburg.
They pass over Hansaplatz and through Zimmerpforte. Four muscular youths are sitting in an entrance. “They were around fifteen years old, southerners” Joshua recalls. All of a sudden the harassment begins. “Eh, are you gay or what? Fucking faggots!” The two friends aren´t fluent in German, and do what they are supposed to do in that situation. They walk quietly away without looking at the youths.

First they kicked him to the ground and then they just kept on kicking him in the head over and over again.
