Month: October 2009

UK: British National Party (BNP) Nick Griffin on BBC – Avoids Holocaust Denial Question, Defends KKK, Attacks Gays and Muslims

UK: ‘I am not a Nazi,’ National Party leader Nick Griffin says on BBC

— Angry scenes face Griffin at BBC

— Video

— Griffin appearance on front pages

— BNP leader ducks Shoah denial question
— “On leading British debate show, Nick Griffin says he doesn’t have ‘a conviction’ for Holocaust denial”

— Anti-fascist protesters storm BBC

— Controversy and chaos but BBC is delighted by BNP leader’s ‘humiliation’

— Nick Griffin caught in TV’s glare amid hail of criticism

— The BNP on Question Time: live-blog

— Arrests as anti-BNP protesters clash with police

— BNP’s Nick Griffin attacks Muslims and gays
—- “Following clashes between police and protesters ahead of his arrival, the BNP leader uses Question Time appearance to attack Muslims and homosexuals while defending the Ku Klux Klan.”

— Jeered, scorned and ridiculed – still BNP’s Nick Griffin milks his moment in spotlight on Question Time

Pakistan: Suicide Attack Targets Women’s Cafeteria at Pakistan University

Pakistan: Suicide Attack Targets Women’s Cafeteria at Pakistan University

Ms. Magazine reports:
— “Two suicide bombers attacked the International Islamic University in Pakistan today, targeting a women’s cafeteria and the Islamic law department. The attack killed at least 4 and wounded 18 others, BBC reports. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack thus far. ”

“One student told the BBC that ‘There were gunshots at first and then two explosions one after the other. One was just outside the gate of the girls’ cafeteria and the other one targeted the head of the department for Sharia studies…I was near that office. Two of my friends were injured, they were taken to the hospital. I am in shock. Now we are not even safe in our universities.'”

Louisiana official sued for denying interracial marriage

Louisiana official sued for denying interracial marriage
— AP reports:
— “A mixed-race Louisiana couple on Tuesday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a justice of the peace who refused to perform their marriage ceremony because they were of different races.”
— “Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay claim Keith Bardwell violated their civil rights when his office refused to perform the ceremony because they were of different races. The suit seeks financial penalties because of mental anguish and emotional distress.”

Finland: “‘Honour Violence’ – A Threat To Immigrant Women”

Finland: “‘Honour Violence’ – A Threat To Immigrant Women”
— YLE reports: “Immigrant women in Finland are increasingly the victims of violence perpetrated in the name of family honour. In Helsinki, twice as many immigrant women have sought protection this year from violence than in previous years.”
— “Nasima Razmyar, who herself came to Finland as a refugee from Afghanistan, has been taking in growing numbers of immigrant women and girls at the Monika House shelter in Helsinki’s Sornainen district. Some of these women have been forced into marriages, some beaten for disobedience or even threatened with death.”
— “This year, within just six months more than 30 women have sought refuge from honour violence at the facility. That is as many as during the whole of last year. As the coordinator at Monika House, Nasima Razmyar has the impression that the rise can be explained by growing numbers of women of marriageable age.”
— “Honour violence involves the subjugation of a woman within some ethnic groups carried out with the intent of controlling her sexual behaviour. It has been rumoured at Monika House that there have been honour killings in Finland, acts in which a family has decided to kill a disobedient daughter who, for example, has refused an arranged marriage.”

India: Man kills wife and in-laws in honor killing

India: Man kills wife and in-laws in honor killing
— Regional Times reports: “A man namely Muhammad Ayoob Qureshi, resident of Saddr area of Hyderabad strangled to death his wife Samina, 35, sister-in-law Saima, 25, and her husband Mohsin alias Hassan Shaikh over the pretext of Karo-Kari here on Sunday in the jurisdiction of PS Cantt.”

Somalia: Sharia Enforcers Publicly Whip Women for Wearing Bras – Women Stripped, Beaten by Extremists

Somalia: “Whipped for wearing a ‘deceptive’ bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdown”
— Daily Mail reports:
— “A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are ‘deceptive’.”
— “The insurgent group Al Shabaab has sent gunmen into the streets of Mogadishu to round up any women who appear to have a firm bust, residents claimed yesterday.”
— “The women are then inspected to see if the firmness is natural, or if it is the result of wearing a bra.”
— “If they are found wearing a bra, they are ordered to remove it and shake their breasts, residents said.”
— “Al Shabaab, which seeks to impose a strict interpretation of Sharia law over all Somalia, also amputated a foot and a hand each from two young men accused of robbery earlier this month.”
— “They have also banned movies, musical ringtones, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer.”
— “‘Al Shabaab forced us to wear their type of full veil and now they order us to shake our breasts,’ a resident, Halima, told Reuters, adding that her daughters had been whipped on Thursday.”
— “Men were not spared the’ moral cleansing’. Any man caught without a beard was been publicly whipped.”