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Issue 23 07.28.10 This week has brought disturbing news of radical Islam's distressing influence on female victims. Indian police are being urged to investigate the disappearance of over 5,000 girls lured by Muslim lovers intending to recruit their sweethearts for terrorism. The lovers, members of Pakistani-sponsored terrorist organizations, promise marriage to innocent Indian girls if they convert to Islam. The seduced girls are then sent to conversion centers, where they are tortured, drugged, and shipped abroad to fight the fight of global Jihad, which apparently includes forced prostitution. In Jordan, a teenage girl was murdered by her uncle for being raped. His moral duty as a "pious" Muslim was to “cleanse the family honor.” Where is the outrage as these young women are denied life? In the meantime, New York is still roiling over the 15-story mosque construction just two blocks from Ground Zero. Despite PR efforts, funding suspicions and links to radicalism persist. And there's growing alarm among Arab states about Iran's nuclear capabilities, sharpening questions and concerns about U.S. and European ineffective handling of Iran. The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates bluntly announced, "We cannot live with a nuclear Iran." It doesn't all have to end with frustration though, because there's much you could do. By familiarizing yourself with the facts and spreading them, voices of concern and opposition can effect change. Check out our new and informative section, "Iran 101" and share it with friends through facebook, twitter, and email chain forwards. Imagine a Nuclear Iran... It's easy if you try By Clifford May It’s been said that a diplomat is a gentleman paid to go abroad and lie for his country. Sometimes, however, diplomats slip up and tell the truth. In response to a question at the hopefully named Aspen Ideas Festival this month, Yousef al-Otaiba, the ambassador from the United Arab Emirates, said bluntly: “We cannot live with a nuclear Iran.” Al-Otaiba went on to add that, if sanctions fail to stop Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons, military force will be the only option left and it should not be ruled out. “A military attack on Iran by whomever would be a disaster,” he said. “But Iran with a nuclear weapon would be a bigger disaster.” Abd al-Rahman al-Rashed, director-general of Al-Arabiya TV, followed with an article for the English-language edition of Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, in which he not only agreed with the ambassador, he declared the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran “the most dangerous threat that is facing our region in a hundred years.” He called upon readers to “imagine what Tehran will do when it has nuclear capabilities!” Al-Rashed then did a little imagining himself: Iran, he said, would soon “dominate . . . and perhaps.." A Mosque Grows Near Brooklyn By Stephen Schwartz Since a proposal to construct a 15-story mosque and community center two blocks from Ground Zero was announced last year, the project has been a focus of widening protests. To be named Cordoba House, the project would require demolition of two buildings at 45-47 Park Place and Broadway that were damaged on 9/11. They would be replaced by a glass and steel 100,000-square-foot structure with a new address, 45-51 Park Place. According to its sponsors, the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society of Muslim Advancement (ASMA), the structure would cost $100 million and would include "a 500-seat auditorium, swimming pool, art exhibition spaces, bookstores, restaurants," and an area for Islamic prayer. The Cordoba Initiative and ASMA were created by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a Kuwait-born cleric of Egyptian background. Every inch the professional moderate, Rauf has the imprimatur of the State Department, which sent him on an international bridge-building tour earlier this year. And he has cloaked the Cordoba effort in the rhetoric of reconciliation, describing himself and his colleagues as "the anti-terrorists." But he deflects inquiries about its financing. Iran 101 - We Want to Hear from You! We want to hear from you! Check out our new section Iran 101, and then tell us what you think. If there is any information missing that you would like to see on our website, let us know. Send us links to articles, youtube videos and any other resources that you think are helpful to raise awareness about the Iranian threat. Click here to visit the new section. Click here to visit the new Iran 101 section Send us a comment by clicking here or email info@radicalislam.org Exclusive Clip and Special Sneak Preview of Iranium In This Issue New This Week Imagine Nuclear Iran Mosque Grows Near Brooklyn Take Action! 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