Human Rights Watch suspends researcher who collected Nazi memorabilia — Marc Garlasco
Day: September 15, 2009
Nigeria: Bishops say Nigeria’s inaction led to deaths during Islamic uprising
Nigeria: Bishops say Nigeria’s inaction led to deaths during Islamic uprising
— “The Boko Haram sect opposes Western education and insists on the imposition of Shariah, or Islamic law. The uprising began in late July after the arrest of some of the sect’s members.”
Malaysia sentences another to caning under Shariah law for drinking alcohol
Malaysia sentences another to caning under Shariah law for drinking alcohol
— Nazarudin Kamaruddin
— Amnesty International reports on Malaysia’s “Shariah law”
— “Amnesty International has also called for the government to repeal all laws providing for caning”
— In Malay-Muslim heartland, caning wins support
— Reuters: “The end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan this weekend could see Islamic authorities in Malaysia carry out the country’s first caning sentence on a woman, a punishment that is fast gaining support.”
— “Although the penalty has been condemned by rights groups and is being reviewed by an Islamic appeal court, it is endorsed by conservative Muslims whose influence is on the rise in this multi-racial, Southeast Asian country of 27 million people”
Virginia: Neo-Nazi William White to stay in jail for now, judge orders psychiatric hearing
Virginia: Neo-Nazi William White to stay in jail for now, judge orders psychiatric hearing
— WDBJ7 reports: “A federal judge in Roanoke wants a local psychiatrist to examine White before he decides whether White can be released on bond”
— “White is charged with threatening and intimidating people by way of the internet”