Day: July 10, 2009

Chicago: Extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir has New Meeting Venue in Oak Lawn, IL

Extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir has New Meeting Venue in Oak Lawn, IL
— video: “Khilafah Conference USA 2009: Hizb ut Tahrir America **NEW VENUE CONFIRMED**”
— “www.khilafahconference2009.com Date & Venue: Sunday, July 19th 2009 11AM – 5 PM Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom 9333 South Cicero Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453” — View Larger Map
— Charter Bank with public sidewalk across the street from Oak Lawn Hilton at 4775 West 94th Street

— July 7, 2009: Support for Hizb ut-Tahrir America May Be Surprising — by Madeleine Gruen

— June 18, 2009: Hizb ut-Tahrir America Enters Public Stage

— Hizb ut-Tahrir: Islam’s Political Insurgency, by Zeyno Baran

— Hizb-ut-Tahrir’s Activities in the United States — by Madeleine Gruen
—- “Its membership has swelled, putting on track its objective of persuading the global ummah that the establishment of a caliphate”

Saudi revelers get jail, 700 lashes for ‘immoral’ party

Saudi revelers get 700 lashes for ‘immoral’ party
— DPA reports: “A Saudi judge sentenced seven young men and four women to up to 700 lashes and jail terms ranging up to 10 months for attending an ‘immoral’ party, a Saudi newspaper reported”
— “The 11 revelers, including two Iraqis and nine Saudis aged between 18 and 37, received sentences of between 400-700 lashes and between 4-10 months in prison, Saudi Arabia’s Al Watan newspaper said”
— “The group had been arrested in the northern Saudi district of Al Ha’il in late June on charges of drinking alcohol at a mixed-gender party.”

North Korea: AP reports US reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee not yet in North Korean prison labor camp

(North Korea) Report: 2 US journalists in North Korea guest house
— AP reports: “North Korea has delayed sending two convicted U.S. journalists to a prison labor camp, in a possible attempt to seek talks with Washington on their release, a scholar who visited the North said in an interview published Friday.”