DSK: the interactive international parlor game of the decade Nidra Poller The release of Dominique Strauss-Kahn from house arrest last Friday caused a mass rush for the exits: Commentators worldwide and all the more so in France searched their souls. How could we have believed the (former) IMF president was guilty of rape! The Sofitel […]
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_print_link.cfm/blog_id/3621 The Dizzying Rebound of Dominique Strauss Kahn Chapter 2: in which we learn that the former IMF chief may well be a fool but perhaps not a knave N.B. I am deliberately writing and filing this analysis before the surprise NY Supreme Court hearing in the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, reportedly scheduled for 17:30 […]
DSK Scandal Shakes French Socialists By Nidra Poller http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/05/dsk_scandal_shakes_french_soci.html It is too soon to measure the extent of damage caused to the Socialist party by the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal, and it would be a mistake to underestimate the effect it will have on the collective French conscience, but the simple answer to both questions […]
ISLAM: THE GOOD THE TRUE THE BEAUTIFUL Paris May 14, 2011 By Nidra Poller Debate on Islamic Reform: Robert Spencer and Zuhdi Jasser, moderated by Andrew McCarthy, April 3, at the David Horowitz Freedom Center‘s West Coast Retreat in Palos Verdes, California. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/05/zuhdi-jasser-and-robert-spencer-debate-islamic-reform.html Dr. Zuhdi Jasser is handsome, youthful, smooth, urbane, soft-spoken, the very image […]
French Ruling Party Discusses Separation of Church and State Nidra Poller http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9299/pub_detail.asp The video of a Koran-burning by an obscure pastor in Gainesville, Florida went viral, spinning all the way to Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) where, on April 1st, an enraged mob stormed the UNAM (United Nations Assistance Mission) compound, killing 3 UN staff members and 4 […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471904576228381142773932.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Toward an ‘Islam de France’ By Nidra Poller Muslim prayers in the streets of Paris? Row upon row of worshippers under the eyes of uniformed French policemen? Hundreds of men chanting “Allahu akbar” in open-air mosques? A series of videos posted online over the past two years, depicting all of the above, by a […]
http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/81947/sec_id/81947 The Great Middle Eastern Democracy Show Hits a Bump by Nidra Poller (February 2011) Those who truly desire the liberation of the submissive subjects of the oummah will not be fooled by the Democracy Show playing in Tunisia, Egypt, and wherever else it can be produced. Tunisia was a pushover. Egypt may well turn […]
A French Intifada by Nidra Poller http://www.meforum.org/2822/french-intifada A process described by some as the Islamization of Europe, by others as the failure of Europeans to integrate Muslim immigrants, has reached a breaking point in France. One of the most troubling manifestations of this discord is the development of a particular type of violence that is […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909904576052070657400378.html?mod=WSJ_EUROPE_LnS_FoodnWine_Top Exploring Sushi on the Seine From the regularly sublime to the occasionally shameful, Japanese cuisine is making its mark on Paris By NIDRA POLLER Jiro Mochizuki, Agence Shot for The Wall Street JournalChef Koji Aida, left, and his assistant put the finishing touches on portions of pressed mackerel sushi flambé. The universal sushi/yakitori craze […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8167/pub_detail.asp Eurabia Watch Special Report Paris, 14 December 2010 Muslim Street Prayers in France: From Secret to Sacred How did Muslim prayer in French streets go from a well-kept secret to a cause célèbre in less than a week? Maxime Lepante has posted some 40 videos of outdoor Muslim prayers in France. Streets are blocked, […]
