(U.S.) American Colleges and the Nazis
— “American universities had amicable ties with Nazi Germany in the 1930s — a record of indifference, complicity and collaboration leading into World War II that stemmed from institutional anti-Semitism, an author says.”
— interview with Stephen H. Norwood, author of “The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower”
— link to book
Month: June 2009
NY: Conflict Related Sexual Violence in Peace Negotiations: Implementing Security Council Resolution 1820
NY: Conflict Related Sexual Violence in Peace Negotiations: Implementing Security Council Resolution 1820
— June 22, 2009 – NY Conference
— UNIFEM: “Sexual violence has become a method of fighting in modern war, with devastating impact on women and their communities. Failure to address sexual violence in the peace processes, to treat it as a war crime and prosecute it means that it spills over into peace time, with countries like Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo currently seeing an epidemic of rape. Addressing sexual violence in peace processes is a way of signaling that sexual violence is unacceptable in the post-conflict era.”
Israel: Trial Brings Light to Treatment of Messianic Jews
(Israel) Trial Brings Light to Treatment of Messianic Jews
— CBN reports: “In 2005, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protestors invaded a Messianic Jewish congregation, overturned furniture and harassed the members for hours.”
— “Congregation Nachalat Yeshua (Yeshua’s Inheritance) in Beersheva planned a special baptismal service on Christmas eve in 2005, which that year coincided with the first night of Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights).”
— “But before the celebration ever got underway, nearly 1,000 violent protestors, who opposed their faith in Yeshua (Jesus), invaded the premises.”
Iran Reports – June 22, 2009
Iran hardliners keep protesters off the streets
Young woman describes beating at hands of paramilitary
— “A 19-year-old woman who was wounded by Iranian paramilitary forces with clubs escaped with her camera and shared her photos with CNN — after tricking a paramilitary soldier into thinking she had given him the images on a disk.”
— “He hit me and he was twice [as big] as me — he was so big. And I said, ‘You want to hit me?’ And he said, ‘Yes’ and then he hit me with a club.”
(Iran) CNN: iReports in Iran: “Unrest in Iran”
http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?start=0&topicId=270440
(Iran) Newsweek journalist detained in Iran: Magazine — Maziar Bahari
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Newsweek-journalist-detained-in-Iran-Magazine/articleshow/4685319.cms
(Iran) Arrests of Rafsanjani kin show Iran clerics split
— “There was no word on any new clashes Sunday, although after dark many people in Tehran went to their rooftops to shout ‘Death to the dictator’ and ‘Allahu akbar,’ a common form of defiance in recent days.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_election
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/arrests-rafsanjani-kin-show-iran-clerics-split/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31469914/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
(Iran) Mousavi: People are entitled to protest fraud and lies
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184890769&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Iranian Filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf: Ahmadinejad Has Soiled the Streets of Iran with Blood and Wants to Lead the Region to War
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241509
(Iran) Khamenei’s Representative in Syria, Mojtaba Al-Hosseini: The West Is Behind Demonstrations in Iran
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241409
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a Tehran Friday Sermon: In Every Election There Are Winners and There Are Losers
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241309
(Iran) Israel’s Netanyahu: Iranian Regime’s Repressive Nature ‘Unmasked’ by Election Turmoil
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/21/netanyahu-iranian-regimes-repressive-nature-unmasked-election-turmoil/
(Iraq) London Times: “Iranian mujahadeen rally in Iraq”
— “As reports come in that Iranian officials have arrested several members of the main exiled opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), their fellow Mujahadeen have been rallying in Iraq.”
http://timesonline.typepad.com/inside_iraq_weblog/2009/06/iranian-mujihadeen-rally-in-iraq.html
Iran and Britain in diplomatic stand-off as protest death toll rises
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6548540.ece
Russia: Suspect detained in “honor killing” in Chechnya
(Russia) Suspect detained in honor killing in Chechnya
— “Prosecutors in Chechnya say they have detained a young man accused of shooting his sister to death in an honor killing.”
— “Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov said recently that some of the victims were rightfully shot by their male relatives for their ‘loose morals.'”
Film “The Stoning of Soraya M.” to Premier June 20 in Los Angeles
(U.S.) Film “The Stoning of Soraya M.” to Premier June 20 in Los Angeles
— Saturday June 20, 3:30 PM PST
— Mann Festival Theatre 10887 Lindbrook Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90024
— “The Stoning will Premiere at the LA Film Festival June 20th buy your tickets now lafilmfest.com. Panel discussion to follow.”
— Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo Visits Good Day LA
— “Two at LAFF take residence”
— Projected List of Theater Release on June 26
— Other reports on R.E.A.L regarding “The Stoning of Soraya M.”
— Phyllis Chesler Related Articles:
— September 25, 2008: The Stoning of Soraya M in Iran: Not America’s Fault
— December 15, 2005: Islamic Gender Apartheid
Pakistan’s Lahore: Man kills sister in the name of ‘honour’ — in front of other family members
(Pakistan) Lahore: Man kills sister in the name of ‘honour’
— “A man from Sabzazar has been arrested for allegedly killing his sister in yet another honour killing case on Thursday.”
— “According to police, Iqbal strangled his 22-year-old sister Adeeba – in the presence of family members – for having illicit relations with a boy from their neighbourhood.”
(Iraq) IKWRO: On the trial of Saleh Hama Ali – regarding “honor killing” of Banaz Mahmod
(Iraq) IKWRO: On the trial of Saleh Hama Ali
— Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) reports on the trial of Saleh Hama Ali for the killing of Banaz Mahmod
— IKWRO: “Banaz Mahmod was a young woman killed, and gang-raped in a brutal ‘honour’ killing ordered by her uncle.”
— while her uncle and father are in UK prison, “both IKWRO and the British police are aware, these men did not perpetrate the crime alone, but with the aid of other associates and the collusion of many in the wider Kurdish community. For some time, the British police have been trying to extradite two further suspects who had fled to the Kurdish region of Iraq to face trial for this murder.”
— “Today, in Iraqi-Kurdistan, Saleh Hama Ali faces trial: however, we in IKWRO are amongst many other opponents of ‘honour’ killings and supporters of women’s rights in the Middle East in believing that this trial will have little results.”
— “The United Kingdom seeks to extradite Saleh Hama Ali to face the same system of justice that has put Ari and Mahmod Mahmod behind bars. The Government of Iraq has agreed to this. However, the Kurdistan Regional Government refuses to do so, preferring to hold a show trial”
Sign Petition: Save Women Now
Please sign the Save Women Now Petition – demanding that U.S. government and United Nations representatives recognize the ideology of extremism as a source of oppression and violence to women in America and around the world
See also our article demanding our leaders to “Save Women Now”
Link this petition to your website!
Sign petition for action to defy extremism’s global war on women
If you want to add an IFrame counter link on petition signatures:
<iframe width=’102′ height=’36’ src=’http://www.petitiononline.com/signatures.php?petition=savenow’ frameborder=’0′ scrolling=’no’></iframe>
Iran: Young woman describes beating at hands of paramilitary
Iran: Young woman describes beating at hands of paramilitary
— “A 19-year-old woman who was wounded by Iranian paramilitary forces with clubs escaped with her camera and shared her photos with CNN — after tricking a paramilitary soldier into thinking she had given him the images on a disk.”
— “He hit me and he was twice [as big] as me — he was so big. And I said, ‘You want to hit me?’ And he said, ‘Yes’ and then he hit me with a club.”