Day: July 14, 2009

New Jersey: State to probe distribution of Ku Klux Klan publication

(U.S.) New Jersey: State to probe distribution of Ku Klux Klan publication
— Courier Post reports: “The state’s Division of Criminal Justice has launched a criminal probe into the distribution of a white supremacist newsletter in parts of Burlington County in May.”
— “The investigation, launched in June, was confirmed in a letter sent to lawmakers in the 8th Legislative District from Lt. Stephanie Stenzel of the division’s Major Crimes Unit.”
— “‘The Division of Criminal Justice has received your letter, dated May 18, 2009, along with a copy of ‘The Klansmen’s Voice,” Stenzel wrote.”
— “The newsletter, distributed by the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, was left outside an unspecified number of homes in those two municipalities, according to the lawmakers, who called its racially-fueled contents ‘hate-filled and divisive.'”

— May 27, 2009: New Jersey: KKK spreading hate in Burlington County

— May 19, 2009: New Jersey: Who’s Behind the “Klansmen’s Voice?” — Ku Klux Klan

Sudanese women flogged in public by Extremists for wearing trousers

Sudanese women flogged for wearing trousers
— AP reports: “Sudanese police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe and flogged 10 of them in public for wearing trousers in violation of the country’s strict Islamic law, one of those arrested said Monday”
— “The 13 women were at a cafe in the capital, Khartoum, when they were detained Friday by officers from the public order police, which enforces the implementation of Sharia law in public places.”
— “Islamic Sharia law has been strictly implemented in Sudan since the ruling party came to power in a 1989 military coup.”

Connecticut: New Jersey Nazi blogger’s violence case in continued

Connecticut: New Jersey blogger’s violence case in Conn. continued
— The case on New Jersey’s “Harold ‘Hal’ Turner” “accused of encouraging violence against Connecticut legislators and a state ethics official has been transferred to a division of state court that handles more serious matters.”
— “The Internet radio host has also been accused of using his Web site to threaten three federal judges in Chicago.”