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Malaysia charges three over Allah row church fires

— BBC reports: “Prosecutors in Malaysia have charged three Muslim men with firebombing a church in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, earlier this month.”
— “They are the first suspects to appear in court in connection with a series of attacks on Christian places of worship.”
— The violence began when a High Court judge ruled that a Roman Catholic newspaper had the right to use the word Allah to refer to the Christian God.”
— “Up to 11 Christian churches have been attacked in the past three weeks.”
— “The men pleaded not guilty and were released on bail.”

A Kuala Lumpur police officer inspects the damage to the Metro Tabernacle Church which was destroyed by a fire bomb in the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Desa Melawati,08 Jan 2010 (Photo AP)

Afghanistan Taliban to be “bought off” with $500 million

Media reports on the efforts to counter ideas with money, rather than challenge extremist beliefs with our shared universal human rights:

Afghanistan: Taliban fighters to be ‘bought off’ with $500 million
— Afghanistan: Millions of dollars offered to wean away Taliban militants
— Trust fund for Taliban to quit fight
— Paying off the Taliban – Incentive or Bribe?
— Graphic showing billions of dollars of aid pledged
— CNN: “Your view: Negotiating with the Taliban”

Taliban reject peace talks
— In Advance of January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan, Senior Taliban Affairs Expert Rahimullah Yusufzai Says: ‘It Would Be Naïve to Assume That the Taliban Would Cut a Deal with the U.S…. On Terms More Favorable to Islamabad than to Their Leader Mullah Omar’
— Taliban issues statement on London conference

Meantime, while one part of the government seeks to give money to Taliban extremists another part seeks to stop their “financing”:

Afghanistan: US Tsy Cohen: Working To Cripple Taliban Financing
— WSJ: “Treasury is leading an inter-agency effort to develop new initiatives to disrupt financing for extremist groups operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he said”
— U.S. Treasury targets Taliban cash funding

Afghanistan: Supporters of the Extremist Taliban

— October 8, 2009: Afghanistan: Media Reports US Willing To Accept Taliban, As General Calls for 40,000 Additional Troops

— September 24, 2009: Afghan women hiding for their lives

— August 31, 2009: Afghanistan: Taliban disfigure Muslims who dare to vote

— Afghan women victims of ‘widespread’ rape: UN

— New ‘poisoning’ hits 98 Afghan schoolgirls

— Afghanistan: Women Flee as Taliban Laws Return

— Afghanistan: extremist law “legalizing rape”

— Accountability and Defying Extremism

— October 17, 2008 – Violent Extemism and the “Reconciliation” with Extremism

Egypt: Christian in Egypt: ‘They Try to Kill Us’ – Copts Dina and Maher El-Gohary

Egypt: Christian in Egypt: ‘They Try to Kill Us’
— FOX News reports: “Egyptian Maher El-Gowhary and his 15 year old daughter Dina never pray twice at the same church, never stay longer than a month in any one apartment. They are constantly under threat, always on the run because they converted to Christianity in a largely Muslim country.”

— Dina and Maher El-Gohary, Persecuted Coptic Christians Ask Obama for Help

: Peter Athanasius and 15 year old Daughter Dina

Egypt’s anxious Copts ‘await next catastrophe’

Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing

Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing
— 100 women detained for wearing pants in Indonesia’s Aceh by “Sharia officers”
— Jakarta Post: “The women targeted by the officers were allegedly wearing un-Islamic clothing and several of them did not wear headscarves, now compulsory in Aceh.”

A woman walks past by a sign advising people to wear Muslim attire at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. A local lawmaker says a controverisial bill allowing Shariah-style stoning and caning has gone into effect in the province. (Photo: Heri Juanda, AP)

Indonesia: Tsunami ‘punishment’ for breaking Islamic law

Nigeria: 2011: Sharia Council Rules Out Woman Governor in Kwara State

Spain: Imam in Spain charged for threatening woman over veil — Mohamed Benbrahim

Spain: Imam in Spain charged for threatening woman over veil — Mohamed Benbrahim
— AP: “Charges have been filed against an imam in northeastern Spain accusing him of threatening a woman who refused to wear an Islamic headscarf or abide by certain Islamic customs, prosecutors said Thursday.”

Saudi Arabia: Christian Filipino migrants forced to convert to Islam

Indonesia: Churches torched by Muslim mob in Indonesia

Indonesia: Churches torched by Muslim mob in Indonesia
— AP reports: “A Muslim mob torched unlicensed churches and priest’s home in western Indonesia last week and security forces have deployed to ensure order, a government spokesman said Monday.”
— “No one was hurt when hundreds of villagers burned down two Protestant churches Friday in Sibuhuan village, North Sumatra provincial spokesman Baharuddin Djafar said. No arrests were made, but he promised authorities would ‘investigate the case and bring the perpetrators to court.’ ”
— “Christians say it has become increasingly difficulty to obtain licenses to operate churches and that violence is more frequent.”

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