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.”
Month: August 2009
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”
Syria: Holocaust Mocked by Syrian Government Daily Press
(Iraq) Vatican official: Iraq’s Christian community at risk of disappearing
Iran – Authorities Tighten Grip on Christians as Unrest Roils
Thailand: School Entrance Bombed
(Thailand) Villagers wounded by bomb in Pattani
— “A bomb explosion at the entrance door of Rusa Milae village school in Pattani’s Muang District on Wednesday morning seriously injured two civilians, Pattani police said.”
West Bank: Two men lightly injured in West Bank shooting attack
West Bank: Two men lightly injured in West Bank shooting attack
— “Army says 3 young men traveling in car near Nablus when Palestinians open fire; casualties evacuated to hospital; troops comb area for perpetrators”
Sudanese woman in trouser case banned from travel
Sudanese woman in trouser case banned from travel
— “Sudan has barred Lubna Hussein, a woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers in violation of decency laws, from travelling abroad, she said on Tuesday.”