R.E.A.L. has learned that on August 13, 2015, there was a vandalism attack on over 30 cars and homes with Anti-Semitic messages, Nazi swastikas, and “KKK” painted by the vandals. The hate extremist attacked cars near Jewish synagogue in San Antonio.
mySanAntonio reports: “A Jewish community on the North Side woke to widespread anti-Semitic vandalism Wednesday morning that included spray-painted swastikas, “KKK” lettering and other hateful slurs. “(We are) saddened and outraged,” said Howard Feinberg, a board member of the Rodfei Sholom Congregation, located near Northwest Military Drive and Huebner Road. “When we were finishing our morning prayers around 7 a.m., we became aware that in the neighborhood around our synagogue, there was a lot of graffiti of the anti-Semitic and racial nature.” More than 30 cars and homes were tagged with hateful graffiti sometime overnight, according to the San Antonio Police Department. An anti-Semitic crime has not been reported in San Antonio in the past two years, according to the Anti-Defamation League, a national group that tracks such incidents.”
The global terrorist group Al-Qaeda has been issuing a series of statements from the 24-year old son of former leader Osama Bin Laden, Hamza Bin Laden, who is calling for a series of new terrorist attacks around the world on innocent people.
The son of the infamous mass-murder terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden seeks to rejuvenate the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization through his involvement, claiming credibility to other killers by being the son of this infamous terrorist.
SITE Intelligence has publicly shared that Hamza Bin Laden reportedly is calling for terrorists to “move the war” from Kabul, Gaza, and Baghdad, to Washington, London, Paris, and Tel-Aviv,” telling fellow terror supporters “this is your duty.” Terror supporter Hamza Bin Laden is also reported urging for terrorist “lone wolf attacks in the US and the West,” including “targeting of Jewish American interests globally.”
Wikipedia reports that “In a 2005 video titled The Mujahideen of Waziristan, Hamza is shown participating in an al-Qaeda assault on Pakistani security forces in the south Waziristan tribal region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In September 2007, it was reported that he was again in the tribal belt that encompasses the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region taking a senior role with al-Qaeda forces.” It also states: “Letters from the [Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan] compound also confirmed that Osama was grooming Hamza to be his heir apparent following the death of Hamza’s older brother Saad in a 2009 US drone strike.”
Old Photo of Hamza Bin Laden, Son of Al Qaeda Terror Group Leader, Osama Bin LadenSITE Intelligence Tweet by Rita Katz on Hamza Bin Laden Message
Terrorist and extremist violence which seeks to deny our universal human rights, our human dignity, and religious freedom has no boundaries. It can strike anywhere against anyone of any faith. Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) urges people of all faiths to stand together united for our shared Universal Human Rights and defy those terrorists of every kind who would deny us the inherent freedom that we share together.
A Pakistan Christian man, Allah Dita, was shot and beaten for seeking to prevent the harassment by extremists of Pakistan girls trying to attend church.
Reports by the Pakistan Christian Post and Legal Evangelical Association Development (LEAD) state that Allah Dita was attacked by two extremist men, who reportedly drove up to his house on motorbikes and forcibly entered his home. One of the extremists allegedly shot him with a pistol and the other man allegedly hit him with a club. Reports state the shooting took place at Village 136/16-L , Mian Chanu, District Khanewal on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at about 06:30 PM. Allah Dita was rescued and taken to the hospital, and was transferred to Hishtar Hospital Multan where he is under treatment in serious condition.
According to the Pakistan Christian Post, the “case FIR No. 233/2015 was registered on July 12, 2015, under Section 324 and 34 PPC at Police Station Saddar Mian Chanu.” The Legal Evangelical Association Development ( LEAD)‘s Sardar Mushtaq Gill is providing legal assistance to the victim in this case.
The reports state one of the attackers remains in jail, while another has been released on bail prior to trial.
We praise the courage of minority Pakistan Christians who courageously stand in support of their religious freedoms in the face of such threats and adversity.
Christians Worshiping in Khanewal – Voice Of God – REG Ministries Khurampura Khanewal Pakistan (Source Facebook)
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) calls for the rule of law and end to such mob terrorist behavior against Pakistan Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan. R.E.A.L. supports our Universal Human Rights for all people, including the freedom of religion, equality, security, and dignity, as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),
Pakistan is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)ratified as of June 23, 2010, as well as a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Religious oppression of minorities in Pakistan is in direct contradiction to its international agreement of ICCPR Article 18, which includes “1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”
We urge all – in Pakistan and around the world – to be responsible for equality and liberty.
ISIS terrorists committed a new mass-murder atrocity against Shiite Muslims in Iraq on August 13, 2015, with a bombing in Iraqi predominantly Shiite Muslim neighborhood crowded food market, killing at least over 60, with some reports stating the death toll was over 76, with 212 injured.
According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ISIS terrorists “have claimed responsibility for a massive bomb attack that ripped through a crowded Baghdad food market, killing at least 62 people. The truck bomb was detonated shortly after dawn on August 13 in the Jameela market in Baghdad’s predominantly Shi’ite neighborhood of Sadr City. Police said at least 120 people were wounded by the attack. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty toll.”
In a BBC reports, the media group stated: “In a statement posted on Twitter, IS said the truck bomb targeted Shia militiamen from the Mahdi Army and the Popular Mobilisation forces, who have been battling the jihadist group in northern and western Iraq for more than a year. Sadr City has been the target of several bomb attacks this year claimed by IS militants, who consider Shia to be heretics.”
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports that: “‘A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside Jamila market at around 6:00am,’ police officer Muhsin al-Saedi said.”
ISIS Truck Bombing, Iraq – August 13, 2015ISIS Truck Bomb on Muslim Neighborhood in Iraq – August 13, 2015 (Source: Reuters)
When we work to ensure fairness of rights and dignity for groups of people outside of our own personal identity group, there are times when persecuted groups will question our role in working for “their” freedom.
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) uses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as our baseline on shared universal human rights. What this clearly points out is that we do not work for the rights, equality, liberty, dignity, and security of any one group, but for all people. Whatever the group, their struggle is our struggle. An attack on their shared human rights is an attack on our shared human rights.
During times of high tension during persecution, it is easy for those of us in groups that get persecuted to forget. It is easy to believe that someone else will not understand, and that only ones who care and have any right to speak to defend our human rights are members of our group. That is a natural, emotional reaction, which people of compassion will understand. But the only to defeat persecution is to stand together, one way or another, providing solidarity in whatever way we can. Those who believe they are empowered to persecute and oppress one group will not stop there; they will always move on to persecute others.
Solidarity in our shared universal human rights is our greatest means to combat the persecution of our fellow human beings in America and around the world.
We can – because we must. Together.
In the hard times and the easy times. All the time.
That is what it means to be Responsible for Equality And Liberty.
Orange Ribbon for Universal Human Rights – Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
The terrorist group ISIS is seeking to expand its terrorist influence within Afghanistan, and seeks to terrorize both Afghanistan citizens loyal to the Afghan government or to the rival Taliban terrorist group inside the country.
The ISIS terrorist group recently released a video where it murdered ten blindfolded men, which it called “apostates.” The ISIS terrorist murderers killed by forcing them to kneel over buried explosive devices until they detonated.
The ISIS victims were believed to be from the Shinwari tribe. Some were reportedly accused of aiding the Taliban in the Afghan province of Nangarhar, where ISIS was recently expelled. In addition, the Daily Mail reports that “several of the other victims were also condemned to death for helping the Afghan government counter the longstanding insurgency in the troubled country.”
ISIS Terrorists in Afghanistan Murder Bound and Helpless Men
ISIS seeks to promote such depraved images of their twisted acts of terrorism, as they believe it demonstrates their power. For people of conscience, these continuing monstrous acts by ISIS only demonstrate the depths of their depravity and inability to respect the human rights of Muslims or any human being. This demonstrates how completely they reject any religion of peace.
Terrorist and extremist violence which seeks to deny our universal human rights, our human dignity, and religious freedom has no boundaries. It can strike anywhere against anyone of any faith. Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) urges people of all faiths to stand together united for our shared Universal Human Rights and defy those terrorists of every kind who would deny us the inherent freedom that we share together.
R.E.A.L. educating Ferguson/St. Louis police today on U.S. Civil Rights Act today.
They state they did not know. That’s how far we have to go.
For those who don’t know, it is against the law for people with assault rifles to show up at public protests and intimidate people. It’s a federal crime.
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18 U.S. Code § 245 – Federally protected activities
(b) Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force willfully injures, intimidates or interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with—
(5) any citizen because he is or has been, or in order to intimidate such citizen or any other citizen from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion or national origin, in any of the benefits or activities described in subparagraphs (1)(A) through (1)(E) or subparagraphs (2)(A) through (2)(F), or participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly opposing any denial of the opportunity to so participate—
shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death. As used in this section, the term “participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly” shall not mean the aiding, abetting, or inciting of other persons to riot or to commit any act of physical violence upon any individual or against any real or personal property in furtherance of a riot. Nothing in subparagraph (2)(F) or (4)(A) of this subsection shall apply to the proprietor of any establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, or to any employee acting on behalf of such proprietor, with respect to the enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of such establishment if such establishment is located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor as his residence.
The continuing injustice of Pakistan Christians struggling to seek asylum was publicized by the FOX News media on August 3, 2015 in an article entitled “Pakistani Christian refugees face ordeal in Thailand.” R.E.A.L. assisted the reporter Mary Kekatos in obtaining news sources and details. We urge the public to share this important information and to assist in obtaining financial assistance to Pakistan Christian refugees in Thailand.
March 2015: Approximately 100 Pakistani Christian refugees sleep in one room in Thailand’s Immigration Detention Center. (British Pakistani Christian Association)
“Pakistani Christians escaping to Thailand from persecution in their native country are not receiving the protection they so desperately need as they face poverty, arrest and possible deportation.
Thousands of Pakistani Christians have fled their homes due the country’s reported mistreatment of religious minorities. Fleeing to Southeast Asian countries due to how cheap and easy it is to maintain a tourist visa, these Christians soon discover they are not to be treated well in their new home either.
Because Thailand is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, and does not have a formal national asylum framework, the Pakistani Christians are not treated as refugees or asylum seekers but as illegal immigrants. Often, Thailand will not grant asylum status to those declared genuine refugees by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
“The poor can’t and don’t escape but the middle and upper classes flee to Thailand,” said Wilson Chowdhry, chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, who has issued an appeal and a petition calling for help for the refugees. “[Back in Pakistan] they are doctors, lawyers, professors, politicians.”
“Pakistan’s blasphemy law has been used in a way to target religious minorities,” said Phil Robertson, deputy director of the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch in a separate interview. “There has been violence perpetrated against people accused of blasphemy. When facing that kind of persecution, many have no choice but to leave.”
Those fleeing Pakistan face tough roads. They are often stopped by border guards when suspected of being Christians even with a legal visa or plane tickets. Many are not allowed to cross the border until they have paid a bribe or a fine. When Raymond John and his family crossed the border, they had to pay the guards 112,000 Pakistani rupees ($1100).
“We refused twice and they would not let us pass but on the third time we finally paid,” John said.
In European countries and the United States, it can be an arduous and expensive process to apply for a tourist visa. Although easy to obtain one from Thailand, the Pakistanis’ stay is anything but easy. Upon arrival, the refugees realize they cannot attain citizenship and cannot buy property. Even if a Pakistani marries a Thai citizen, they are not granted legal citizenship and their status is returned to refugee upon their spouse’s death.
Farrukh Saif, head of the Farrukh Saif Foundation dedicated to helping persecuted Pakistani Christian refugees, has criticized the delay of the UNHCR to classify the Christians who have fled to Thailand as refugees, saying it affects the livelihood of those seeking asylum.
“According to a mandate, in 90 days they have to determine the status of these people as refugees, but in reality it can take four to five years,” he said. “If a minor, a child, cannot go to school for four to five years, what is his future? A whole generation of Pakistani Christians in Bangkok is being destroyed.”
UNHCR’s Field Media Officer for Thailand, Vivian Tan, said that by nature, refugee status determination (RSD) is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
“In many urban settings, the demand for RSD exceeds processing capacities. In Bangkok, UNHCR has been working to speed up processing times,” she said.
Refugees would agree that the process has been anything but speedy. Sunny Gil arrived in Thailand in August 2013 and was given an appointment with the UNHCR for an interview in May 2015 to be assigned refugee status. When the time came for the interview, however, it was postponed for a year.
“It is silly – the excuses that they give for postponing the interviews. It is such a big organization and they should be able to help us,” he said.
Additionally, because these Pakistanis do not have refugee status, they are not allowed to work and therefore have no legal income. They often make their money doing illegal jobs or begging and seeking charity from churches.
“We want to work and we want to earn and support our families on our own,” said Cyril Lamran of the Christian Asylum Seekers Association of Thailand and a refugee himself. “But they’re not giving us the opportunity for us to earn and not providing us basic human rights.”
Tourist visas last up to two months after which they can only be renewed if the applicant is working. Because, however, the Pakistani Christians are treated as illegal immigrants and are unable to work, their visas cannot be extended making them subject to arrest and detention at any point in time.
In March, upwards of 400 Pakistani Christian refugees were reported to have been arrested. Homes were raided by the Thai immigration police and the arrestees were taken to be held at the central jail or the Immigration Detention Center (IDC) in the capital of Bangkok.
Former inmates speak of horrendous conditions including cramped cells, inadequate nutrition and children being incarcerated with adults. In the central jail, the men are bound in shackles and forced to stand in the hot sun. In the IDC, up to 200 people can be packed in a room meant for 100 leaving very little space to properly sleep. Many have since been released for up to a year until they get a proper visa, otherwise they face being put back in the IDC or being deported back to Pakistan.
While Gil said he could perhaps see why people were being sent to the IDC (his own sister-in-law was held in central jail and the IDC for one month), he could not understand the need to send refugees to the former.
“The central jail is for criminals, not asylum seekers, but they put us in jail like we are criminals,” he said. “Even though they are not signatory, there is something called human rights.”
Other concerns also plague these families. The refugees do not have the money to cover medical costs and multiple families often are forced to share a single room because they cannot afford the rent.
Currently, there are an estimated 4500 Pakistani Christian refugees living in Thailand and while they wait for help, activists stress the dire need for action to be taken, requesting the international community to hasten the determination process of the UNHCR.
“The UNHCR is the mother of human rights but they’re essentially denying human rights,” John said. “The West has to know the persecution the Christians face in Pakistan and in Thailand. Who will speak for us when those who speak will speak for the government?” “
The ISIS terrorist organization attacked a Saudi Arabia mosque on August 6, 2015, killing 13 and wounding 22, during Muslim noon (Al-Dhuhr) prayer, the city of Abha, the provincial capital of Asir. The ISIS terror group Hijaz Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. Ten of the 13 killed were emergency force members; the rest were others who worked at the site, according to Saudi state media. Saudi state media also reported that the mosque belongs to an Interior Ministry emergency services post.
It has not been specified if this was a Sunni or Shiite mosque attacked. Previous ISIS terror attacks have been on Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia.
ISIS Terrorist Bombing on Saudi Mosque in Abha – August 6, 2015
Counter-terrorist group monitoring of ISIS Twitter accounts came up with information on the ISIS terror group’s claims, which issued a statement that its terrorist suicide bomber targeted a “monument of the apostate,” referring to the special forces’ compound in Abha. It described the kingdom’s ruling family as “tyrants” who have aligned themselves with “their Crusader masters,” or Western allies. The ISIS terrorist group statement identified the suicide bomber as “Abu Sinan al-Najdi,” which indicates that he is from Najd, a region in Saudi Arabia.
Injured Victims of ISIS Terror Attack on Mosque – Emir of Asir Prince Faisal Bin Khaled visits the injured at a hospital in Abha, Thursday (Source: SPA)
The Associated Press reported that “An allegedly new Islamic State affiliate in Saudi Arabia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque inside a police compound in the country’s southwest on Thursday that killed at least 15 people, most of them members and recruits of the kingdom’s special forces. It was the deadliest attack against Saudi security personnel in years and one that is likely to pull the kingdom deeper into the regional war with IS extremists. The blast took place in an Interior Ministry compound in the city of Abha, the provincial capital of Asir, which lies along the border with war-torn Yemen. The troops killed were members of an elite counter-terrorism force. The attack was stunning in its timing and target, coming just weeks after the Saudi Interior Ministry announced the arrest of more than 400 suspects in an anti-terrorism sweep. In April, they announced the arrest of more than 90 suspects.”
Terrorist and extremist violence which seeks to deny our universal human rights, our human dignity, and religious freedom has no boundaries. It can strike anywhere against anyone of any faith. Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) urges people of all faiths to stand together united for our shared Universal Human Rights and defy those terrorists of every kind who would deny us the inherent freedom that we share together.
An Egyptian branch of the ISIS terrorist organization kidnapped a man from a French geological company, Croatian Tomislav Salopek. Kidnapped hostage Tomislav Salopek read from a note in a video with a masked ISIS terrorist holding a knife by him: “The soldiers of Islamic State … Wilayet Sinai, caught me on Wednesday, 22 July, 2015. They want to substitute me for the Muslim women arrested in Egyptian prisons. This matter has to be achieved before 48 hours from now. If not, the soldiers of Wilayet Sinai will kill me.” The black flag of ISIS group is propped up behind Salopek.
Wilayet Sinai is the Arabic name for Sinai Province.
ISIS Terrorist Group Threatens to Kill Croatian Hostage
The ISIS terrorist organization is notorious for its brutal abuse of human rights, murder, torturing, beheading, burning people to death, and terrorist attacks on the public, as well as public murders of gay individuals.
Responsible for Equality And Liberty calls for all people of conscience and all faiths to condemn and reject this ISIS terrorist organization, its actions, and its latest terrorist threat.
