Somalis grow fearful of Islamists By Mohamed Mohamed BBC Somali Service Public anger at the recent stoning of a 13-year-old girl in Somalia shows the growing resentment towards radical Islamists who have gained control of much of the south and centre of the country. Insurgents from the militant group al-Shabab are seen as authoritarian and […]
Saudi Prison Saudi Activists Start Hunger Strike to Highlight Detentions By Glen Carey Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabian human rights campaigners began a two-day hunger strike as they seek a more transparent judicial system and try to raise public awareness about 11 political activists who have been detained without trial. Sixty-eight activists are participating […]
Tokyo Correspondent Islamic radicals support stoning women, terrorism, and killing converts to Christianity. Islamic radicals in Somalia desire to create an Islamic state based on Sharia Islamic law and the brutality of their thinking can be seen by recent events in Somalia. This most notably applies to stoning a young lady to death and beheading […]
In recent years, Dubai has reinvented itself as a bustling multicultural capital for education and business. A driving force behind this extreme makeover is the hundreds of thousands of unskilled South Asian workers – predominantly from India – who flock to the city every year. These blue-collar workers – whom Steve Raymer calls the […]
Shariah Laws have put many foreign workers in prison, withheld their passports, and executed them for charges that have been unsubstiantiated. However, due to the lack of opportunity in many of their homeland countries, they risk their lives to provide for their families in the Middle East Foreign workers and their families continue to […]
the old form of blasphemy Afghan man receives 20 years for blasphemy Allowing the Iraqis and Afghans to make shariah the highest law shows that the State Department has no clue who and what we are fighting. It’s a depressing situation, al Qaida, the taliban, al Shabaab, and every other jihadist groups are fighting […]
An international convention has sought to ban the execution of juveniles A senior judicial figure in Iran has cast doubt on reports that Tehran will stop executing juveniles. Deputy prosecutor general Hossein Zebhi told a newspaper that under Sharia law only a murder victim’s family could commute a death sentence. He had suggested last week […]
Dubai sex-on-beach couple jailed 6 hours agoForbidden in Dubai! A British man and woman have been jailed for three months after being convicted of having sex on a Dubai beach. Vince Acors, 34, of Bromley, south-east London, and Michelle Palmer, 36, of Oakham, Rutland, were not at Dubai’s Court of First Instance to hear […]
http://www.anhri.net/press/2008/pr1014.shtmlwww.advocacy.globalvoices.com Arabic Network for Human Rights Information Legal Aid Unit for Freedom of Expression Saudi Arabic detains an Egyptian internet activist without charge or trial but with full approval of the Egyptian government Cairo, 14th October, 2008 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemns the Egyptian security apparatus and their Saudi counterparts […]
Hanged for being a Christian in Iranwww.thesun.uk.com Eighteen years ago, Rashin Soodmand’s father was hanged in Iran for converting to Christianity. Now her brother is in a Mashad jail, and expects to be executed under new religious laws brought in this summer. Alasdair Palmer reports. Last Updated: 8:55PM BST 11 Oct 2008 A month […]
Saudi Arabia: Foreign worker beheaded in death sentence execution Riyadh, 14 Oct. (AKI) – A Filipino worker was beheaded by sword on Tuesday in the coastal city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia after he was found guilty of killing a Saudi citizen in the Islamic holy city of Mecca by suffocating the man […]
Ian Black Middle East editor guardian.co.uk, A Saudi executioner prepares to behead a convicted drug dealer in Jeddah in this 1985 image. Photograph: Rex Features Poor foreign workers bear the brunt of “the stark horror” of Saudi Arabia’s secretive death penalty system, Amnesty International said today, with a Saudi citizen up […]
www.sparelife.org Foreigners facing capital punishment in Saudi Arabia are eight times more likely to be put to death than citizens of the Islamic kingdom, a report from Amnesty International has shown. By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Last Updated: 12:09AM BST 14 Oct 2008 The vast majority of foreigners charged with crimes meriting […]
Lawyer demands release of reporter on death rowwww.britishblogs.uk KABUL: The lawyer of an Afghan reporter sentenced to death on blasphemy charges accused authorities yesterday of holding his client beyond a legal deadline. The appeal of Perwiz Kambakhsh — arrested last October and sentenced to death by a primary court in January — has been repeatedly […]
Torture rampant in Jordan’s prisons, report says Human Rights Watch condemns the U.S. ally, saying prisoners are tortured and abusers go punished. By Raed Rafei, Special to The Times 3:22 PM PDT, October 8, 2008 BEIRUT — For three days, he was severely beaten by prison guards. Then, on an early morning in May, Firas […]
www.myopera.com Family Security Matters, NJ October 08 2008 By M. Zuhdi Jasser Recently on Pajamas Media, Supna Zaidi of Islamist Watch addresses the Atlanta murder and July 2008 “honor killing” of Sandela Kanwal. She asked the question concerning the July murder, “Does Islam Justify Honor Killings?” Her outrage over the murder and the increasing prevalence of […]
Spencer: How To Make Halal-Meat Out Of An Islamic Agit-Prop The American Muslim, terrorism, and Islamic supremacism At the reliably truth–free publication known as The American Muslim today, Sheila Musaji has published an article, “What exactly is required to be considered a ‘moderate’ Muslim?” In it, she takes me to task for this statement: “And I wonder why Sheila Musaji has never […]
Sunday October 5 2008 Before I arrive in Dubai, I meet ‘Clare’ on an expat website who insists I visit her at her home in the Meadows, a housing development in the city’s suburbs – ‘to give you an idea of how so many people get misled into thinking they are in Milton Keynes’. […]
EGYPT: COURT GIVES CHRISTIAN BOYS TO MUSLIM FATHERGrand Mufti of Egypt www.cache.daylife.com Despite a fatwa from the Grand Mufti, Alexandria judge denies custody for mother. ISTANBUL, October 2 (Compass Direct News) – Following the Appeal Court of Alexandria on Sept. 24 granting custody of 13-year-old Christian twins to their Muslim father, their mother […]
Iran’s parliament has approved a law that would mandate the death penalty for anybody convicted of apostasy. www.timescolumn.typepad.com Under current Iranian law, apostasy is punishable by death, but the final decision rests with a judge. The new law is being debated in the Majlis of Iran (that nation’s parliament) and would mandate the death […]
click on link to see video watch?v=6rgt5hzMvCI Iran: Singer may be punished for singing Koranic verses, 25 Sep 08 “Namjoo, a 32-year-old native of Torbate-Jam in northeastern Iran and a former Koranic reciter, said the song was a “simple experiment” and was not meant to be publicised. The song was uploaded on the Internet […]
hat tip-Rachel Ehrenfeld-Funding Evil Thursday, September 25, 2008 First report Part of Monday was spent at a conference organized jointly by (deep breath) the Center for Security Policy with the New Criterion, Hudson Institute, City Journal – Manhattan Institute and our own Centre for Social Cohesion. With such illustrious sponsors there were illustrious speakers, including […]
Purge on Muslim clerics who turn a blind eye to the abuse of women Richard Kerbaj www.threequarksdaily.blog Muslim spiritual leaders could be denounced publicly by their own community as part of a campaign to expose imams whose silence on domestic abuse is leading to women being burnt, lashed and raped in the name of Islam. […]
www.zionism-israel.com Thursday September 25 2008 07:00 BST Some of the links in this article will take you to sites containing images of violence which you may find disturbing The “improved” security situation in Iraq is not benefiting all Iraqis, especially not those who are gay. Islamist death squads are engaged in a homophobic […]
20 years’ jail for errors in Koran translation From correspondents in Kabulwww.freewebs.com September 13, 2008 06:34am Article from: Agence France-Presse AN Afghan court has sentenced an ex-journalist and a mullah to 20 years in prison each for publishing a translation of the Koran alleged to contain errors, friends and media rights groups said today. […]
farm1.static.flickr.com/121/296127845_d41cbb2… This is who should be in prison! Iran: Teenager sentenced to five years for political activism Tehran, 19 Sept. (AKI) – A sixteen-year-old teenager has been sentenced to five years in jail for political activism. Ebrahim Mehrnahad was sentenced by a court in Zahedan, capital of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province for ‘conspiracy against the […]
photo courtesy of muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com 09/23/08 Iranians charged with apostasy Public Statement by Amnesty International Mahmoud Matin and Arash Basirat have been formally charged with apostasy, which on conviction can carry the death sentence. Their lawyer was initially informed of their charge in early August. They are prisoners of conscience, held solely for their religious beliefs. […]
Religious intolerance in Pakistan widespread: USwww.blogs.reuters.com * International Religious Freedom report says discrimination against minorities prevalent * Says promotions for minorities limited By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: While Pakistan was credited with have taken ‘some steps’ to improve the treatment of religious minorities, the International Religious Freedom Report, released at the weekend, described the general […]
Top story: Human Rights Council: The fight-back begins In what was probably a first for the United Nations, delegates to the Human Rights Council heard two Muslims describe Islamism as “Racism” and tell their listeners that the OIC does not speak for the majority of the world’s Muslims. Danish MP and leader of the […]
Indonesian legislation revives pornography law by correspondent Michel Maas*www.dailymail.com 18-09-2008 More than two years ago Indonesia’s parliament shelved legislation which would ban pornography after people throughout the country took to the streets in mass demonstrations. Suddenly, in the middle of the Muslim fast month Ramadan, the legislation has been reintroduced. The bill introduced two […]
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