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Predictions have been made of several events that some Christians believe are related: the second coming of Jesus, the war of Armageddon, the arrival on earth of the Antichrist, the Tribulation, the Rapture, some horrendous natural disaster, etc. Meanwhile, Jewish, Islamic, psychic and occult predictions have also been offered as well. 18

We have listed over 6 dozen past predictions of the end of the world which have one factor in common: none ever came true. There is every likelihood that most (perhaps all) future predictions will not materialize either.

We have been criticized by some of our readers for whipping up hysteria about the end of the world. Our intent is the exact opposite: we want to dampen the millennial panic. We hope that by listing many dozens of past predictions which have failed, that people will realize that some very important individuals have been dead wrong when they predicted the end of the world (Jesus, Paul, various popes, etc.) End of the world predictions have been a Christian industry for almost 2000 years. Just as none of the past predictions actually happened, we do not expect any of the future ones to occur either. We fully expect that the year 2000 will come and pass with just the usual number of natural disasters and none of the supernatural events listed above.

Disclaimer: We offer no guarantees that the prophets listed below actually made these predictions. We have described their alleged predictions as they were reported on the Web, in newspapers, books, etc. We do not have the resources to track down original source material.

Predictions of TEOTWAWKI (The end of the world as we know it):
Near future: The American Traditional Catholic Church predicts that "the three days of darkness" will envelop the earth shortly. As a warning sign, a cross will appear in the heavens so that all can see. The family and society will fall apart. "...the gates of Hell will be opened and satan and his demons shall be released and given authority to roam the earth without limitation. There will be complete darkness for three days. " It will be as if time has come to a stand still. The only source of light will be from candles blessed according to the traditional Rites of the Church Catholic." 23
1999 to 2001: Stewart Best predicts that a small polar shift may occur. The polar inclination would increase from its present 23.5 degrees to about 22 to 45 degrees. An even larger shift will happen circa 2003 to 2007. See: http://www.truinsight.com/
1999 to 2009: Jerry Falwell predicted in 1999-JAN that Jesus could return within ten years. But before that can happen, he said that the Antichrist must appear. Referring to the Antichrist, Falwell said: "Is he alive and here today? Probably. Because when he appears during the Tribulation period he will be a full-grown counterfeit of Christ. Of course he'll be Jewish. Of course he'll pretend to be Christ. And if in fact the Lord is coming soon, and he'll be an adult at the presentation of himself, he must be alive somewhere today." Rabbi James Rudin of the American Jewish Committee suggested that Christians should be careful about making such comments. His said that Falwell's statement "plays into some latent and historical anti-Semitism from the past." 2 Rev. Falwell later apologized for his comment.
1999-OCT-10 to 2003-APR-22: "The prophet" predicts that somewhere in this interval of time, the rapture will occur. He expects it in 2001 or later.
About 2000: Jack van Impe once predicted that tumultuous events will happen about this time. The Antichrist will appear, and cause a 7 year period of worldwide distress called the Tribulation. This will be followed by the Battle of Armageddon and the second coming of Christ.
21st century: Thomas Chase 11 predicts that when the world's population reaches 6.66 billion, the war of Armageddon may occur. As of early 1999, it is close to 6.0 billion.
Sometime in 2001: The Unarius Society has received interstellar thought messages from a Pleiadean starship. They will land in the year 2001 on Atlantis, which will have risen from the depths of the earth in the Bermuda Triangle. Earth will join an alignment of 33 planets to form "Interplanetary Confederation for the Spiritual Renaissance of Humankind on Earth!"
Jack Van Impe Ministries sponsors the largest Evangelical Christian program devoted to end-time prophecy. In his home page, he discusses his book "On the Edge of Eternity" in which he predicts that the year 2001 will "usher in international chaos such as we've never seen in our history." He predicts that in 2001, and the years following, the world will experience "drought, war, malaria, and hunger afflicting entire populations throughout the [African] continent...By the year 2001, there will be global chaos." Islam will become much larger than Christianity. (That would take a sudden growth spurt; Islam is currently followed by 19% of the world's population vs. 33% for Christianity). A one-world church will emerge; it will be "controlled by demonic hosts." Temple rituals (presumably including ritual animal sacrifice) will resume in Israel.
Elohim City is located in the Cookson Hills of eastern Oklahoma. Its 100 heavily armed inhabitants live under the leadership of Robert Millar, a former Mennonite preacher. They expect an invasion of the U.S. by Asians. He believes that a series of natural disasters will occur probably soon after the year 2000. The wicked and unworthy will be purged from the earth at that time.

2001-JUL-7: According to the Weekly world News for 2001-FEB-13, Professor Philippe Garoche, head of a team studying a newly unearthed scroll in Athens, Greece, predicts that Jesus Christ will return to Earth on this day. He will appear simultaneously to people all over the world at 7:07 AM, presumably Jerusalem time.
2001-DEC-12: According to the Weekly World News for 2000-AUG-8, the Federal Government is suppressing information about the end of the world. They are aware that China and Iraq will attack Israel on this date and that the Battle of Armageddon will start -- an all-out nuclear war. The "end of all things" will occur on DEC-22. The News suggests that everyone who says "My life belongs to God" will be saved; everyone else will presumably be lost. If that is true, then my investment of $1.59 to buy a copy of the News is the best investment that I have ever made!
Circa 2001: Charles Spiegel, a retired psychology professor, preaches from a small town near San Diego CA that the ancient land of Atlantis will emerge from the Caribbean circa 2001 CE. Shortly thereafter, 1000 extra-terrestrials from "Myton" in 33 spaceships will land there and bring new knowledge to humanity.
2002?: The Last Adam, the only person "who knows how to have telepatich-contact [sic]" with UFO people who come from the sun predicts that the earth will be destroyed after the year 2001 by God. See: http://www.thelastadam.myweb.nl/
2003: Sree Vishiva Karma Veera Narayana Murthy, an avatar of Krishna will arrive to establish a 108 year reign of dharma (righteousness). This will be preceded by four years of: a rain of blood in towns and villages, circulation of poor quality coins, the appearance of male goats and oxen with mammary glands that can be milked, and the appearance of many incurable diseases.
2003-Late spring/early summer: Space aliens called Zetas are communicating through their earthly contact, Nancy. They describe how a comet visits earth every 3657 years. During this pass, the earth will pass through its tail. This will stop the earth's rotation for a few days. There will be "gigantic Lightning Bolts occur in the upper atmosphere, Violent Winds occur, and petrochemicals formed in the skies rain down in Firestorms; then, as the core of the Earth attempts to align magnetically with the giant comet, there is a Pole Shift with Continental Rip and Sinking and Rising land; how gigantic Tidal Waves assault the coasts, though Water Movement began when rotation stopped, and an Ocean Vortex can form; how plate shifts can result in a Sinking Atlantic floor, affecting the surrounding shorelines; but how the Other Planets will be little affected." The earth will start rotating again, but with new poles, equator, geography and climate. The ice caps will melt and the ocean will put shorelines under water. Sounds like a wild ride. 4
Late 2004: Arnie Stanton noted on 1997-SEP-16 that that evening was the fourth Jewish festival since 1996-APR-3 on which a lunar eclipse occurred. 5 He quotes Luke 21:25-26 which mentions "signs in the sun, in the moon and in the stars and on the earth distress of nations" He believes that "these recent lunar eclipses are the last known astronomical signs that will precede a 7 year (360 day/year) countdown to Armageddon/Christ's return to the Earth." He expects that Christ's return will occur within a few months of 2004-SEP-29 when Asteroid Toutatis will make a very close approach to the Earth - perhaps even a collision!
2006: Annie Stanton predicts that a 14.4 mile long asteroid will collide with the earth. Jesus will arrive and a 1000 year period of peace starts.
2006: According to the Sunday Times in England, a religious group called "The Family" anticipates the end of the world in 2006. "Members are said to be stockpiling food and planning to hide in caves in India."
2006: According to the Weekly world News for 2001-FEB-13, hydrogen bombs hidden in London, Washington and Tel Aviv will be detonated. This will be the start of the war of Armageddon
2007: According to the Weekly world News for 2001-FEB-13, the rapture will occur on the 7th hour of the 7th day of the 7th month of the Hebrew calendar year that corresponds to 2007 CE. Jesus will appear simultaneously in Jerusalem, Baghdad, Washington, Moscow and in every other capital city of the world.
2008-MAR-21: After a lengthy calculation based on the Bible, a British group, The Lord's Witnesses, has concluded that the start of Armageddon will happen on this day. Three quarters of the world's population will die during the subsequent war. This will be preceded by the United Nations taking over complete rulership of the world in the lunar month preceding 2001-APR-24. This is exactly 666 Hebrew months after the founding of the United Nations in 1945. 22
2008-APR-6: Philip B. Brown incorrectly predicted that the Great Tribulation would start on 2001-APR-7, with the appearance of the the two witnesses described in Revelation. He also predicted that the start of Jesus' millennial reign would be on 2008-APR-6. 27
2012: Michael Drosnin, author of "The Bible Code," found a hidden message in the Pentateuch (the first five books in the Bible) that predicts that a comet will crash into the earth in 2012 and annihilate all life
2012-DEC-21: Terence McKenna predicts that at "the moment of the solstice and the heliacal rising of the galactic center, levels of planetary novelty will exponentially increase." The results of this "ultranovel event" are difficult to predict, but may include "Hyperspatial Breakthrough, Planetesimal Impact, Alien Contact, Historical Metamorphosis,
Metamorphosis of Natural Law, Solar Explosion, Quasar Ignition at the
Galactic Core." Some of these don't sound too healthy for life on earth. 17
2012-DEC-22: The Mayan calendar expressed a date in the form: 6.19.18.1.5 This means: 6 Baktun, an interval of 144,000 days,
19 Katun (generations) of 7200 days,
18 Tun (years) of 360 days,
1 Uinal (month) of 20 days,
5 Kin (days)

for a total of 1,007,305 days. J. Eric Thompson determined that the first day of their calendar (0.0.0.0.0) was on 3114-AUG-11 BCE according to the Gregorian calendar. 5 This was when they believed that Venus was born. Another source says that this happened on AUG-13 of the same year. Mayans also had a "Great Cycle of the Long Count" of 13 Baktuns or 5,125.36 years. Many interpreters believe that the Mayans expected that the universe would last exactly that length of time. That is, they anticipated the end of the world at the Winter Solstice. 2012-DEC-21 or 13.0.0.0.0 in their notation. 6 John Jenkins has determined that on this date, there will be "an extremely close conjunction of the winter solstice sun with the crossing point of Galactic Equator and the ecliptic." This is an event that will not be repeated for thousands of years. Author Carl Johan Calleman disagrees that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world. He writes that "the Mayan calendar is about the progress of evolution, not about the end of the world." 25

2012-DEC-24: A visitor to our web site predicts that on this day, one third of the Ort cloud will rain down on the earth. The Ort cloud is a incredibly large collection of comets that encircle the solar system. Devastation would be total.
2014: According to Sun magazine for 1999-DEC-21, Pope Leo IX (1513-1522) wrote on 1514: "I will not see the end of the world, nor will you my brethren, for its time is long in the future, 500 years hence."
2016: An article in Weekly World News describes a find by a Professor Lloyd Cunningdale of Salt Lake City who was excavating with his students at the site of the famous Donner party disaster of 1847. The latter were a group of settlers bound for California who became trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Cunningdale and students have found a time capsule left by the settlers which contains many predictions for the future. They predict that nations will abandon traditional methods of conflict and resort to the use of biological warfare. In 2016, one such disease will spread and kill all of the humans on the planet. 7
2017: The "Sword of God Brotherhood" believes that Armageddon will occur in 2017. The Prophet Gabriel has told them this. Only their own members will survive to repopulate the world. All of the others (including you and me) will "perish in hellfire." 8
Before 2018: The web site "A Nightmare for Everyone and the Countdown to 2000," predicts that an asteroid and comet will hit the earth, sometime between the re-creation of Israel in 1948 and 2018. See: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8990/
2020s or 2030s: Bill Joy, co-founder and chief scientist of Sun Microsystems predicted the end of humanity in within 20 or 30 years, in an article in the 2000-APR issue of Wired Magazine. He wrote that leading-edge technologies such as robotics, genetic engineering and nano-tech may soon lead to the extinction of human society. 24
Before 2024: A web site titled "Fire from the sky: Meteors and Biblical Prophecy," predicts that a meteor (actually a meteorite) "could" hit the earth in the next 25 years. This would cause fireballs of debris, tidal waves, supher [sic] dioxide, a "red tide" in the oceans, and a dust cloud.
2028-OCT: Asteroid "1997 XF11" will approach close to earth. At first, scientists were concerned that there was a small probability that it might impact earth. However, data from 1990 has indicated that it will miss earth by about 600,000 miles. 21 Still, this is a near miss, as astronomical distances go.
Before 2038: Greenpeace predicts massive starvation due to population growth. Global warning will melt the polar ice caps and cause massive coastal flooding. Thousands of plant and animal species become extinct.
2038: The book "The Bible and the Future" predicts that "large percentage of the world's population will die in a series of severe punishments from God" at this time. See: http://www.alltheearth.com/future/summary.htm
2047-SEP-14: According to The Church of !BLAIR!, the human race will probably be terminated at 3:28 AM (Soho, England time). The church teaches, with tongue firmly in cheek, that if the human race does not discard their plastic conformity, then the Gods will withdraw their protection. The Gods don't want us to worship them; they don't want sacrifices or even offerings. They just want us to rid itself of our excessive "Normalcy". At that point, Astro-Lemurs (extra-terrestrials similar in shape to lemurs, but with rainbow colored bodies) will attack the entire human race and beat them to death with gigantic burritos. You have been warned. ;-)
2076: Bede the Venerable, an 8th century Christian theologian computed Jesus birth as 3,942 years after the world's creation. The 6,000 year millennial week will thus end in this year.
2076: Some Sufi sects expect the end of the world in this year, which is the year 1,500 in the Muslim calendar.

Related essays:
Will the world end in the near future?
Approaching the end of the Millennium: The Y2K Problems: Social, Economic, and Spiritual Aspects
Past end-of-the-world scenarios which have failed
Premillennialism and other competing Christian theories about the end of the world.

References:
Peter Henderson, "Russians Advocate Armageddon Evacuation to Siberia," Reuters, 1997-SEP-7. Viewable at: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/astanton/Siberia.htm
Religion Today news summary for 1999-JAN-18.
"Apparitions: appearances of Jesus and the Virgin Mary" at: http://www.concentric.net/~stambros/app.html
Zeta Talk is at http://www.zetatalk2.com/poleshft/p00.htm
John Jenkins, "The How and Why of the Mayan End Date in 2012 A.D.," at: http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html
Adrian Gilbert and Maurice Cotterell, "The Mayan Prophecies" Element Books, ISBN 1 85230 692 0. The Watchtower magazine, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1958-OCT-15, P. 613
Mike Foster, "Chilling Prophecies found in 1847 Time Capsule", Weekly World News, 1997-MAY-20, P. 8-9
"The Sword of God Brotherhood: Warriors of the Apocalypse," is at: http://www.putpeel.net/peel/SWORDOFGOD.html
P.B. Brown, "Timeline of the great Tribulation," at: http://www.newwine.org/#Timeline
David Van Meter, "Digest of Marian Apparitions & Catholic Apocalypticism," at: http://members.aol.com/UticaCW/Mary-App.html
Thomas Chase, "Astrology for the New Age, prophecies of the future, economic predictions, comets, plane crash patterns," at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/2360/
Theprophet, "Bible Code Arrays Concerning The Beginning Date Of Daniel's Seventieth Week (Commonly Called The Tribulation Period)," at: http://www.integrityonline30.com/theprophetspage/endtimes/
Paul Vallely, "The second coming of the curse of David Koresh," The Independent, 1999-MAY-21
"Its the end of the world as we know it...again," at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9941/
"Fatima judgment day warning!," Sun magazine, 1999-JUL-13, Pages 20, 21.
Chris Nelson, "A brief history of the apocalypse," at: http://www.chrisnelson.net This web site contains many references to end-of-the-world predictions in our future.
Terence McKenna, "The Final Illusion," at http://www.levity.com/eschaton/finalillusion.html
Tom McIver, "The end of the world: An annotated bibliography," McFarland & Company, (1999) You can read a review and perhaps buy this book from amazon.com online bookstore. "This bibliography contains careful and bias-free annotations of close to 3,500 works written over many centuries about the end of the world." It mainly lists Christian sources, but also includes some Jewish, Islamic, psychic and occult predictions. An Amazon.com reader regards this book as "Indispensable for serious researchers."
"The Ark," at: http://www.endsville.com/doofs/ark.html
Robert Gehike, " Polygamist sect pulls kids out of school, perhaps to await apocalypse," at: http://citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/
Asteroid 1997 XF11 has its own web page at: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ca_97xf11.html
"The date of Armageddon without using the code," The Lord's Witnesses, at: http://www.bibledecoded.com/understanding16.html
"The three days of darkness: The mercy and justice of God," at: http://www.atcc.com/3daysof.htm
Bill Joy, "Why the future doesn't need us," Wired Magazine, 2000-APR. Online at: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/
Carl Johan Calleman, "The Mayaonics: Where science and spirituality meet," at: http://www.ioon.net/mayaonics/main.htm

Europa worstelt al jaren met een verbod op spam. Ook in Nederland blijft de verwarring groot als gevolg van een wispelturige overheid, initiatieven tot zelfregulering en onduidelijkheid over de interpretatie van de Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens. Een overzicht van alle ontwikkelingen:

Spam staat al jaren op de politieke agenda, zowel in Nederland als in Europa. Wat de discussie op Europees niveau extra verwarrend maakt, is dat er verschillende richtlijnen zijn waarin het ongevraagd benaderen van consumenten aan de orde komt. In de media worden ze regelmatig door elkaar gehaald.

Koop op afstand voor niet-financiële producten
Al van 1997 dateert de Europese richtlijn Koop op afstand uit 1997. Deze richtlijn is in 2000 van kracht geworden. Spam komt hier niet als zodanig aan de orde, maar wel ongevraagde telefoontjes en faxen. De richtlijn kan men daardoor wel beschouwen als een prelude voor een verbod op ongevraagde e-mail.

De richtlijn uit 1997 regelt echter niet alle producten. Omdat men meende dat financiële zaken aparte regels behoefden, werden deze uitgesloten en in een aparte richtlijn ondergebracht.

Koop op afstand voor financiële producten
Vorige week donderdag stemde de Europese ministerraad in met een verbod op ongevraagde e-mails, telefoontjes en faxen die financiële diensten promoten. De ministers zijn eveneens tegen 'inertia-verkoop'. Dat betekent dat consumenten geen rekening mogen ontvangen voor ongevraagd toegestuurde financiële producten of diensten, zolang ze nog niet hebben besloten om die ook daadwerkelijk te kopen.

Dit alles vloeit voort uit de concept-richtlijn Koop op afstand van financiële diensten, zeg maar het complement van de eerdere richtlijn uit 1997. De nieuwe richtlijn regelt de marketing van financiële producten, zoals creditcards, verzekeringen en pensioenregelingen.

Het opstellen van de richtlijn was vooral het werk van de Europese Commissie, het uitvoerend orgaan van de Europese Unie. De goedkeuring van de Europese ministerraad betekent echter nog niet dat de richtlijn er al is. Eerst moet de tekst voor een 'tweede lezing' naar het Europees Parlement. Dat zal nog enkele maanden gaan duren.

Omdat de kans niet groot dat het parlement de concept-richtlijn alsnog verwerpt, werd deze week alom geconcludeerd dat de Europese Unie zich eindelijk tegen spam zou hebben uitgesproken. Behalve ietwat voorbarig is dat ook onzorgvuldig. Het gaat hier tenslotte nog steeds slechts om ongevraagde telefoontjes en faxen, niet om ongevraagde e-mails.

Richtlijn tegen ongevraagde e-mail
De derde richtlijn behandelt wel spam en betreft verwerking van persoonsgegevens en de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer in de sector elektronische communicatie, daterend van 12 juli 2000. Terwijl de invoering van de eerste twee richtlijnen traag maar toch zonder grote problemen is verlopen, leidt deze richtlijn wel tot veel politieke controverses.

De Europese Commissie is fel tegenstander van spam. Dat is vooral om economische redenen: de commissie becijferde eerder dit jaar dat Europese internetgebruikers jaarlijks 22 miljard gulden kwijt zijn aan telefoonkosten om spamberichten binnen te halen. Naar verwachting zullen die kosten nog verder stijgen als burgers straks massaal e-mail via de mobiele telefoon ontvangen.

De commissie ziet daarom graag een 'opt in'-systeem: internetgebruikers ontvangen pas reclame als ze daarmee vooraf hebben ingestemd. De commissie krijgt hierbij steun van vijf Europese lidstaten (Duitsland, Italië, Oostenrijk, Denemarken en Finland), die in hun eigen land al voor 'opt in' hebben gekozen.

Andere leden van het Europese Parlement kiezen juist voor industriële belangen en pleiten daarom voor 'opt out': opzeggen van ongevraagde reclame is wel mogelijk, maar pas achteraf.

Door de aanhoudende verdeeldheid binnen het parlement besloot het onlangs om een nader onderzoek in te stellen. Dat gaat enkele maanden duren. Pas daarna wordt een nieuwe poging ondernomen om een besluit over deze richtlijn te nemen. De Europese strijd tegen spam is dus nog lang niet gestreden. Zelfs over de uitkomst valt nu nog weinig te zeggen.

Nederland
In Nederland is de verwarring minstens zo groot als op Europees niveau. De Nederlandse Associatie voor Direct Marketing (DMSA) is groot voorstander van 'opt out'. In oktober 2000 introduceerde de DMSA haar Code verspreiding ongevraagde reclame via e-mail. Kern van de DMSA-code is dat bedrijven spam mogen versturen, tenzij de ontvanger vooraf via een antwoordnummer heeft aangegeven dat niet te willen.

De code leidde direct tot kamervragen van Tweede-Kamerlid Bakker (D66). In antwoord hierop schreef minister Jorritsma (Economische Zaken) dat ook het kabinet koos voor 'opt out', zij het voorlopig. De minister sloot niet uit dat later alsnog voor 'opt in' zou worden gekozen. Ze haalde zich daarmee veel kritiek op de hals.

Sindsdien voert de regering een draaierig beleid, zo meent internetjurist Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm: 'Staatssecretaris De Vries heeft naderhand weer haar voorkeur voor opt-in uitgesproken. Dat deed ze namens het hele kabinet. Ook de Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens is niet duidelijk over spam.'

De jurist licht toe: 'De wet staat het (secundair) gebruik van e-mail adressen alleen toe als dit verenigbaar is met de doeleinden waarvoor de adressen in eerste instantie zijn verkregen. Volgens de Memorie van Toelichting van de Wbp is vooral het verwachtingspatroon van de consument een belangrijke leidraad. Een Postbank-klant zal waarschijnlijk wel reclame voor bijvoorbeeld creditcards accepteren, maar niet voor totaal andere producten, simpelweg omdat dat buiten zijn verwachtingspatroon valt.'

Alberdingk Thijm noemt de Help India-actie, eerder dit jaar, als voorbeeld. Toen verzochten hulporganisaties providers om een oproep naar al hun klanten te sturen. 'Dat is erg twijfelachtig. Een klant van een provider verwacht wel reclame over bijvoorbeeld nieuwe breedband-mogelijkheden, maar geen oproep voor een goed doel.'

'Toch keurde zelfs het College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens deze actie goed, terwijl een e-mail adres duidelijk een persoonsgegeven is en de gegevens in dit geval duidelijk voor heel andere doeleinden dan liefdadigheid zijn verkregen. Dit lijkt dus wel degelijk in strijd met de Wbp.'

Thuiswinkel
Nu blijkt dat de Nederlandse wetgeving geen afdoende remedie vormt, is de hoop weer gevestigd op zelfregulering. Vorige week kwam de Nederlandse Thuiswinkel Organisatie met de Consumentenbond overeen om klanten voortaan expliciet om toestemming te vragen voor het versturen van commerciële boodschappen per e-mail, lees: opt in.

Thuiswinkel is een belangenorganisatie van zo'n 70 postorderbedrijven en webwinkels, die samen meer dan 80 procent van de omzet in de branche vertegenwoordigen. De aangesloten bedrijven gaan via hun sites bezoekers de mogelijkheid bieden om ja of nee tegen reclame te zeggen.

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Wat is het Meldpunt Politieke Correctheid ?

Artikelen / Uitspraken

De Opstand der incorrecten
Voor de rechter ermee!
Wacht u voor de discriminatiepolitie
H.J. Schoo - Repressieve intolerantie van links
Sabine Gieben - Front tegen discriminatie
De geweigerde column van Bart Croughs over Amnesty International
Libertarisme en extreem-rechts
Vuilnisbak als teken van racisme
Bolkestein weer bang voor Islam
Gerry van der List - Een Amsterdamse orgie
Gerry van der List - Gemengde gevoelens
Wladimir van Kiel - Rechters op hellend vlak
Korthals gaat racisme op internet te lijf
Peter Sloterdijk en het filosofische rumoer
Dossier Multiculturele Samenleving (NRC Handelsblad)

Top ten reasons to be politically correct !
PC Primer: What is political correctness ?

Politiek Incorrecte Links

Nederland

De Homepage van Bart Croughs
Homepage over C.W. Rietdijk
De gezonde roker: Theo van Gogh
PC-Beschutting: Matthias E. Storme's Opiniepagina
Multiculturele samenleving of multiculturele chaos ?
Multicul - Flauwekul !

Internationaal

Upstream
Stalking the wild taboo
The crisis in radical thought
Accuracy in academia
Media Bypass
Council of Conservatieve Citizens
American Renaissance
The Camilla Paglia homepage
Che Guevara's dubious legacy
Critiques of feminism
The domain of patriarchy
The Martin Luther King Jr. Plagiarism page
Multiculturalism & Diversity: The new Racism

Overige Links:

Libertarian.nl: De homepage voor libertarisme en klassiek liberalisme
De Vrijbrief: Libertarisch tijdschrift
De Libertarisme FAQ: Veel gestelde vragen over het libertarisme
Anarcho-kapitalisme
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الخطبة عن موضوع الساعة عن الضربة الأمريكية لأفغانستان، وقال أنه يجب أن نُعرَف الإرهاب أولاً، وأعلن أن أمريكا تحارب الإرهاب بإرهاب مثله، وبين أن سبب الإرهاب في العالم هو الظلم الذي يقع على البشر، وتحدث في البداية عن مشاركته في المؤتمر المسيحي الإسلامي وأن الهدف من الحوار ألا تكون هناك مواجهة بين الإسلام والمسيحية، وتسائل من الذي نصب أمريكا شرطياُ على العالم، وذكر أنه ضد خطف الطائرات وترويع الآمنين المدنيين، كما تناول ما أثارته أمريكا تجاه قناة الجزيرة لمجرد كلمة لبن لادن، وقدم النصح لأمريكا لتراجع سياستها الخارجية، وقال إن قلوبنا مع الشعب الأفغاني، داعيا المسلمين إلى تقديم العون له .

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ندوات ومؤتمرات : القرضاوي في مؤتمر صحفي لإلقاء الضوء علىالأحداث المؤسفة التي تقع في عالمنا اليوم
بين فضيلته أن المقصود من هذا المؤتمر هو إلقاء ضوء على الأحداث المؤسفة التي تقع في عالمنا هذا، والإشارة إلى مبادرته لإدانة التفجيرات التي حدثت في نيويورك منذ اليوم الأول، ومطالبة الجهات المسؤولة في أميركا ألا تجري وراء دوافع الغضب لإرضاء الرأي العام، وألا يترك أمر تحديد المنظمات الإرهابية للهوى، بل بالحق والدليل، ثم فتح باب الأسئلة للمراسلين والصحفيين

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برامج ولقاءات الشريعة والحياة : موقف الغرب من العرب والمسلمين
موضوع هذه الحلقة من الشريعة والحياة هو استمرار لما تم التناقش حوله في الحلقتين الماضيتين تداعيات العملية الإرهابية التي ضربت نيويورك وواشنطن، مع التركيز على موقف الإسلام وموقفنا كأمة مسلمة من ما يقال عن تسامح الحضارة الغربية وعن مقدرتها على استيعاب المخالفين لها في الرأي، وما يقابله من اعتداءات منها.

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عناوين أخرى:
ندوات ومؤتمرات : أنكرنا التفجيرات وننكر حملات التحريض ضد المسلمين

فتاوى و أحكام : المشاركة في التحالف مع واشنطن ضد أفغانستان حرام

فتاوى و أحكام : د. القرضاوي يدين الهجمات الإرهابية

ندوات ومؤتمرات : جهود مباركة للمجلس الأوروبي للإفتاء والبحوث لحل مشاكل المسلمين في أوروبا

كتب : الحلال والحرام في الإس

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من الحوار ألا تكون هناك مواجهة بين الإسلام والمسيحية، وتسائل من الذي نصب أمريكا شرطياُ على العالم، وذكر أنه ضد خطف الطائرات وترويع الآمنين المدنيين، كما تناول ما أثارته أمريكا تجاه قناة الجزيرة لمجرد كلمة لبن لادن، وقدم النصح لأمريكا لتراجع سياستها الخارجية، وقال إن قلوبنا مع الشعب الأفغاني، داعيا المسلمين إلى تقديم العون له .

Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 18:30 JST
ISLAMABAD — At least 15 people, many of them women and children, were killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar in the fiercest night of U.S. raids since the bombardment began, a Taliban commander said on Thursday.

Mullah Muhammad Akhtar Usmani, a local Taliban commander in Kandahar, told Reuters that no military personnel were among the 15 killed.

"They were all civilians," he said.

The bombardment, which began on Sunday, continued through the night and into the day, striking targets across the city that is the stronghold of the ruling Taliban.

"They bombed the entire vicinity of the city."

The airport was hit, but he said he was unable to give an assessment of the damage.

Usmani dismissed reports people were fleeing the city that is the powerbase of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar in the wake of the relentless U.S. strikes.

"People are not leaving the city. They are going about their daily business," he said. "Life is normal, the markets are open."

A Taliban official in the eastern town of Jalalabad said a mosque was hit in the overnight strikes on the outskirts of the city. However, he was unable to give more details.

Jalalabad has been surrounded by training camps of Osama bin Laden, a prime target of the U.S. strikes on Afghanistan and accused by Washington of masterminding last month's attacks on the United States. (Reuters News)

Friday, October 12, 2001 at 18:30 JST

Makiko Tanaka says bureaucrats in the Foreign Ministry have no ambition. I would like to add they are negative, apathetic and careless.
TV scriptwriter Mihoko Yamada, who has served on several citizen omsbudsmen groups. (Shukan Shincho)

Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 18:30 JST

America is our true enemy.
Palestinians in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. (AERA)

Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at 18:30 JST

I heard Kiyohara was a car lover.
Nissan boss Carlos Ghorn giving the Giants slugger a Skyline 300 for hitting the Nissan sign in the Tokyo Dome. (Shukan Bunshun)

Tuesday, October 9, 2001 at 18:30 JST

This is no time to be feminine.
Aiko Uemura, Japan's gold medal hope, on preparing for the mogul ski run in the next Winter Olympics. (AERA)

Sunday, October 7, 2001 at 20:00 JST

Operation 'Kill 'em all' is the name of Bush's campaign for revenge.
Headline in Shukan Gendai (Shukan Gendai)

Saturday, October 6, 2001 at 20:30 JST

It's more difficult to get a hit in Koshien Stadium.
New York Mets outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo on playing in the majors. (Shukan Bunshun)

Friday, October 5, 2001 at 18:00 JST

I had tea with her on three different occasions.
Dietman and former pro wrestler Atsushi Onita on a Kyushu woman who says she had sex with him all three times. (Shukan Shincho)

Thursday, October 4, 2001 at 18:00 JST

Oh, I'm good. But so are some others. Like Shizuka Kudo (Takuya Kimura's wife).
Actress Natsue Okamoto on her sexual prowess. (Shukan Gendai)

Wednesday, October 3, 2001 at 18:30 JST

I like young girls. Especially 5th and 6th graders.
Ken Fukumoto, accused of handcuffing 12-year-old Noriko Kamiie and allowing her to jump from his car on the expressway. A truck hit and killed her. The truck driver committed suicide. (Shukan Post)

Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 09:30 JST

People fell from the sky. People!
New York rescue worker (Shukan Bunshun)

Monday, October 1, 2001 at 09:30 JST

There's a 29-year-old Japanese woman named Masumi in bin Laden's camp.
Irish journalist who watches terrorist organizations (Shukan Shincho)

Saturday, September 29, 2001 at 18:30 JST

Americans think Bin Laden should die. But not just an ordinary execution. I wouldn't be surprised if they hung him upside down and beat him to death.
Journalist Yoshio Horita, who lives in Washington, DC. (Shukan Gendai)

Friday, September 28, 2001 at 18:30 JST

As an adult. As a human. I was incredibly immature.
SMAP member Goro Inagaki apologizing for driving away from a parking violation and hitting a policewoman. (Shukan Bunshun)

Thursday, September 27, 2001 at 18:30 JST

I think it's best if you get married as soon as you get pregnant.
Anna Umemiya annoucing her engagement to a businessman. (AERA)

Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 18:30 JST
LONDON — A man has been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of sending indecent mail to Spice Girl Mel C, British police said on Saturday.

The singer was reported to have received a tape-recorded death threat last week, along with sexually explicit letters.

The Mirror newspaper said the tape carried the message, "This is the day we are both going to die."

A British police spokeswoman told Reuters that the man was being questioned by Dutch police.

"Following a joint operation with the Dutch authorities, a man was arrested in Holland on suspicion of sending indecent mail," she said. No further details were immediately available.

A spokesman for the Spice Girl, real name Melanie Chisholm, told reporters last week: "It's been a very worrying time."

Shizuko Mizumura is suspected of fatally beating Tomonori, a first-grader, all over his body with a 68-centimeter plastic massage instrument from around 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, the police said. (Kyodo News)

According to police investigations, the damaged Islamic holy book and leaflets slandering Muslims were found in front of a secondhand car dealership run by Ahmed Imtiaz Gondal, a Pakistani, in the town of Kosugi in May. (Kyodo News)

The suit was filed by seven soldiers who were taken prisoner of war, including Sjoerd Albert Lapre, who died in February 1999 at the age of 78, and a woman forced into sexual slavery. (Kyodo News)

Emeka Madu

Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 18:30 JST
KANO, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities clamped a night curfew on the northern city of Kano and issued a shoot on sight order after at least 20 people were killed in anti-American riots on Saturday, officials and residents said.

The latest toll included four people shot by soldiers enforcing the shoot on sight measure, witnesses said.

Army tanks raced through the streets of the largest city in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria to quell some of the most violent anti-American protests in Africa since U.S. air strikes on Afghanistan began last Sunday.

Although the violence was linked to the bombardment of Afghanistan, it followed a familiar pattern of deadly religious clashes that have rocked Nigeria over the past two years, killing thousands.

A senior government official told Reuters soldiers opened fire on a group of suspected rioters, killing some of them.

"Up to four people have been killed since they gave the order," a witness said, identifying one as the son of the owner of a petrol station in the city centre who was standing outside.

Community leaders said earlier that rioters killed at least six female secondary school students who were on their way to sit university entrance exams.

Police said they had found two bodies in the street, one of them hacked by a machete, and a resident sheltering in a police station said he saw eight other bodies brought in.

"There is rampant shooting in the streets," said resident Jibrin Idris, who said he was trapped in a building with scores of people in the commercial district. "Churches, mosques and shops are on fire. There is smoke everywhere," he said by phone.

As law and order broke down in the sprawling city, Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso announced a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and issued an appeal for calm.

Armoured cars patrolled the streets as night fell, and an officer at police headquarters said security forces had restored order to the city. "The situation is calming," he said.

Police earlier banned all vehicles from the streets on the second day of protests against U.S. military action against the Afghanistan's ruling Taliban for refusing to hand over Saudi-born fugitive Osama bin Laden.

Nigeria's population of over 110 million is divided almost evenly between Christians and Muslims. The introduction of Islamic sharia law in some northern states triggered Muslim-Christian fighting in some cities in the region.

Witnesses said five churches, a major city mosque and 15 smaller mosques were among the torched buildings.

Kano police commissioner Yakubu Bello Uba confirmed the order to shoot on sight rioters and other troublemakers. "I have given an order that any rioter or anybody found perpetrating trouble should be shot on sight," Uba told Reuters.

"Non-indigenes or non-Muslims who are in Sabon Gari should conduct themselves in an orderly manner. We have moved in anti-riot police and tanks to ensure adequate protection."

Mike Idika, a leader of the predominantly Christian Igbo community, which accounts for most of the city's merchants, said more than 200 people had been injured and sent to hospital.

The protests, which began after Friday prayers, were intended to be peaceful, but local residents said they were hijacked by hoodlums from the city's army of unemployed youth.

The protesters chanted "May God destroy America!" and "Americans are terrorists."

Witnesses said Christian Igbo merchants armed with guns, knives and bows and arrows were battling rioters, trying to defend their shops. Many residents fled to seek refuge in army barracks.

Protesters brandishing posters of bin Laden burned American flags and effigies of U.S. President George W Bush and Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido, who has backed the U.S. attacks.

A military guard was posted in front of Lamido's home in Kano overnight after reports that the protesters planned to burn it down. Lamido's staff told Reuters he was out of the country.

Relations between Kano's Christian minority and Muslim majority have been on a knife-edge for months since the Kano state government began a crackdown on violations of Sharia law, the strict Muslim legal code.

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Op zondag 14 oktober 2001 23:17 schreef calvobbes het volgende:
LOL

Hoe (en waarom) heb je dat zo snel gemaakt

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