— Tejinder Singh’s report in the Examiner on “Black Day observation: Christians call upon the US & the EU to act against Pakistan Blasphemy Law” – on the August 10, 2009 Press Conference regarding Pakistan’s blasphemy law and religious discrimination and oppression of Christians
— Tejinder Singh: “August 11 was observed around the world as a ‘black day,’ a day of protest for some 20 million Christians in Pakistan and around the world who want the country’s blasphemy laws repealed for being a virtual ‘constitutional genocide'”
Day: August 12, 2009
Pakistan: Some 20 million Christians to mark ‘black day’ against persecution in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Lahore: Christians took out protests and hoisted black flags to observe “Black Day”
— Petition Calling for End of “Blasphemy Laws” in Pakistan
— Amnesty International “urges govt to amend or abolish blasphemy laws”
— Govt may re-visit blasphemy law to prevent misuse
— State Minister for Interior Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi to call for “inquiry”
— April 21, 2009 – “Federal Shariat Court (FSC) ruling that the death penalty is the only punishment that Islamic law provides for blasphemy”
— April 16, 2008 – Pakistan National Assembly passes resolution calling for U.N. to impose death penalty internationally for blasphemy
Pakistan: Ahmedi Muslim Murdered
Pakistan: “Ahmediyya Community Murder in Pakistan”
— “Another member of the Ahmediyya community, Rana Ata-ul Karim (36) was killed on 6 August 2009 in Multan, Pakistan. He was murdered simply for being an Ahmedi, a minority sect of Islam. Mr Karim, a well educated agriculturist, left his home for a few minutes in the afternoon and returned to find that his wife had been locked in their bedroom by three young men who had forcibly entered his house. Mr Karim was shot 3 times and died on the spot. The assailants immediately fled the scene. Mr Karim is survived by his wife and two young daughters.”
New Mexico’s white supremacists keep the hate alive
New Mexico’s white supremacists keep the hate alive
— Frontline Aryans group
SPLC Reports on Rise of Militia Groups with Racial Supremacist Outlook
SPLC Reports on Rise of Militia Groups with Racial Supremacist Outlook
— states that change has been that events have “racialize[d] the Patriot movement, which in the past was not primarily motivated by race hate”
Iran: Report States Women Raped to Allow Execution
AINA report: “Executing Virgins, Iran Style”
— “Iran made it illegal to execute virgins, but created a legal loophole by ordering guards to ‘marry’ and rape their prisoners”