Nigeria: ICC reports: “Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria”
— ICC “has learned that extremists killed a pastor and razed five churches in the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria on July 27. The extremists also attacked two churches in the Nigerian city of Potiskum. Yakubu Sabo, a husband and father of seven, was hacked to death with a machete by members of violent Islamic militant group known as Boko Haram (which means ‘education is prohibited’). Sabo pastored a Church of Christ congregation in Maiduguri.”
— ICC reports “Boko Haram opposes Western education and is waging jihad to impose Sharia law throughout Nigeria, including areas where Christians are the majority.”
Day: July 30, 2009
Iran Protest News: July 30, 2009
Iran police beat opposition sympathizers at graveside memorial
— “Iranian police have used force at a Tehran cemetery to stop crowds rallying at the grave of a protester Neda Agha-Soltan who died in demonstrations after the disputed presidential election”
— Iran police arrest mourners in cemetery memorial
(Iran) Arshin Adib-Moghaddam says Iranian protesters fighting for “Islamic Republic”
— regarding Martin Amis, “He should note that the protesters are shouting Allah-u-Akbar”
(Iran) Francis Fukuyama’s on Iran’s future: evolve towards “supreme court that could pass judgment on the consistency of legislation with Shariah”
— states Noah Feldman’s view of Sharia law is for “respected Islamic rules of justice — Islamic rule of law”