CNN: “From KKK, Mideast to church, film explores hate and hope”
— “The Anatomy of Hate”
Author: R.E.A.L.
U.S.: Reconsideration of Asylum Petition Granted in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Case
(U.S.) Reconsideration of Asylum Petition Granted in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Case
— fears that younger daughter will be mutilated in Indonesia
— Feminist News reports:
— “The decision (see PDF) reversed the Bureau of Immigration Appeal’s (BIA) decision that found the FGM performed on the family’s eldest daughter did not constitute past persecution and that the mutilation did not result in serious harm. The appeals court ruling stated, ‘the BIA’s attempt to parse the distinction between differing forms of female genital mutilation is not only a threat to the rights of women in a civilized society, but also runs counter to [established] precedent.'”
— San Francisco Chronicle: Genital mutilation grounds for asylum bid
— “The court returned the case to the immigration board to decide whether the younger daughter faced a likelihood of genital mutilation in Indonesia. If so, the board must decide whether the entire family is eligible for asylum or whether the parents and their daughters might instead be sent to Venezuela, the mother’s native country. The younger daughter was born there.”
— “Robert Ryan, an attorney in San Francisco who represents the family, said the court had corrected a series of legal errors by the immigration judges, including their downplaying of the older daughter’s trauma. ‘There’s no such thing as mild female genital mutilation,’ he said.”
Saudi Child Bride Turned Back Over to 80-Year-Old Husband
Saudi Child Bride Turned Back Over to 80-Year-Old Husband
— “A Saudi Arabian father forced his 10-year-old daughter to return to her 80-year-old husband Sunday, after she was found hiding at the home of her aunt for 10 days, Arab News reported.”
— “The young girl’s husband, who denies he is 80 despite family claims, accused the aunt of violating the terms of his marriage, allowed by Sharia Law.”
— “”My marriage is not against Sharia. It included the elements of acceptance and response by the father of the bride,” he told a local newspaper.”
Tennessee – Arson Attack on Church Previously Vandalized with “KKK”
— news reports:
— “On Sunday, August 23, the St. Elmo United Methodist church on St. Elmo Avenue in Chattanooga went up in flames.”
— “Church members suspect that hate had something to do with what the 70 federal, state, and local officials are investigating.”
— “St. Elmo resident Charles King told Chattanooga News Channel 12 that ‘KKK’ was spray painted on the church’s sign just months ago.”
North Carolina: Diversity Ribbons Used to Protest Nazi Conference
NC neo-Nazi conference prompts ribbon protest
— Ribbons, rally planned to oppose neo-Nazis
— “Houses of worship planning to hand out ribbons include Beth David Synagogue, Hinshaw United Methodist Church, and Temple Emanuel . Residents also are encouraged to make their own.”
— Nancy McLaughlin: A message to the neo-Nazis about Greensboro
North Carolina: Protests planned over neo-Nazi gathering in Greensboro
North Carolina: Protests planned over neo-Nazi gathering in Greensboro
— “The National Socialist Movement will hold a regional conference in the Greensboro area, and though the group doesn’t plan a public presence, opponents feel the need to speak out.”
NY: Feds monitoring apparent bias case involving attack on Muslims
Serbia: Neo-Nazi group leader’s retrial begins – Goran Davidovic
August 28 – Call for End to Racial Hate and Division at Robert E. Lee Memorial
On August 28, 2009, Responsible for Equality And Liberty’s (R.E.A.L.) Jeffrey Imm spoke to visitors at the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington, Virginia — calling for an end to the nostalgia over Confederate symbols of division and calling for a national healing of America’s differences over race.
In his primary statement “We Have A Responsibility,” he recalled the historic call for civil rights by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963 “I Have A Dream,” and called for America to finish the efforts made in promoting equality and liberty for people of all races, by challenging those who would promote the symbols of America’s past division that remain symbols of oppression, terror, and hate. He urged Americans to put such divisions past them, to reject the promotion of such symbols of division, and to “choose love, not hate.”
[Text of “We Have A Responsibility” — Video of “We Have A Responsibility”]
He called for the creation of a new monument representing our “universal human rights of equality and liberty” where the Robert E. Lee Memorial now stands on the hilltop of Arlington, Virginia overlooking Washington DC, and the Arlington National Cemetery, where he also stated in other remarks that “so many have made the ultimate sacrifice for our equality and liberty today.”
He recounted the continuing growth of Neo-Confederate hate groups and other racial supremacist hate groups throughout America, and the continuing racial supremacist violence and hate-mongering as a reason to make such a commitment to a monument for equality a priority for the nation’s capital. He pointed to the recent history of racial supremacist activity in Virginia, and recent terrorist attack on the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
In other remarks, he pointed to the VDARE organization promoting Confederate symbols of division and Robert E. Lee’s birthday and other Confederate leaders, as the same organization that continues to ridicule people of different races, to rationalize “white nationalism,” and that used the Holocaust Memorial Museum terror attack as a justification to condemn those who seek to prevent hate crimes. He urged that we promote equality for all Americans, and defend America’s inherent values in our Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal, a truth that we hold self-evident.”
He concluded with a prayer for all those who hate, urging them to lift the hate from their hearts, and to choose love. He also prayed for Senator Ted Kennedy and his family. Senator Kennedy died this week and is to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery down the hill from Robert E. Lee Memorial on Saturday, August 29.
Yet even today, in this 21st century, the Robert E. Lee Memorial continues to stand as a symbol nostalgic about our past differences and divisions…
Our campaign as an organization, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.), is to continue to promote equality and liberty — for Americans and for all human beings….
Egypt: Continuing Threats and Harrassment of Those Who Support Christianity
Egypt: Continuing Threats and Harrassment of Those Who Support Christianity
MNN News reports:
— “Egypt’s constitution gives preference to Muslims, and Christians are treated as second-class citizens.”