Category: Bin Ladenism

reports and articles on those with extremist views that mirror those of Osama Bin Laden

Pakistan: Christians rally on ‘black day’ against Gojra killings

Pakistan Daily Times reports:
— “Christians took out a protest rally on Tuesday, as they observed a ‘black day’ against the Gojra killings, and demonstrated against the police for not arresting the accused.”
— “Different minority groups and leaders, including the Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP), the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS), Father Morris Jalal, Father Joseph Francis and a large number of minority representatives took part in the march. PCNP and CLAAS members marched from the Lahore Press Club to the Punjab Assembly (PA). The protesters chanted slogans condemning the Gojra killings, and demanded that the accused be arrested.”
— “Francis said the state had failed to protect the minorities and he would raise the issue in the human rights conferences of the European Union and United Nations. He said August 11 was a significant day, as the Quaid-e-Azam had delivered a speech on the day saying the minorities would be protected. He said the government had failed the minorities. He said the minorities demanded that the local district coordination officer (DCO) and the Gojra district police officer (DPO) be arrested for failing to protect the Christians. CLAAS Programme Officer Katherine Sapna said clauses like 295(b) and (c) were not only discriminatory against the Christians, but were also used against Muslims, and the government should look into the matter immediately.”
— “Another protest of the minorities, led by Father Morris Jalal started from Bihar Colony and reached the Press Club. The protesters held placards and banners, and chanted slogans against the government for failing to protect the minorities. The protesters said they would continue to protest if the government did not arrest the accused. Later, a special prayer was held in memory of the victims of Gojra.”

Pakistan Christian Post  reports: Pakistani Christians Protest Violence with ‘Black Day’

Somalia: Islamist Extremist Behead Four Christian Orphanage Workers in Somalia

ICC Report: Extremists Behead Four Christian Orphanage Workers in Somalia

ICC reports:
— “International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Somali extremists beheaded four Christians after kidnapping them on July 27 in the coastal town of Merca, 56 miles from Mogadishu.”
— “Fatima Sultan, Ali Ma’ow, Sheik Mohammed Abdi, and Maaddey Diil were killed by members of Al-Shabab, an extremist organization. The Islamists kidnapped and eventually beheaded the Christians after they refused to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ.”
— “On August 4, a junior Al-Shabab militant notified all the families of the victims that the four Christians had been beheaded for apostasy. He described the Christians as promoters of ‘fitna,’ a Muslim term for religious discord. The militant, who called himself ‘Seiful Islam’ (‘the Sword of Islam’), told the families that the bodies will not be given to them ‘as Somalia does not have cemeteries for infidels.'”
— “One eye witness account said, ‘All the four apostates were given an opportunity to return to Islam to be released but they all declined the generous offer.'”
— “The four Christians had been working for a local NGO that helps orphans in southern Somalia.”
— “A Somali church leader who monitors the persecution against the Somali church described the latest beheadings as a desperate attempt to ‘purify’ Somalia by eliminating all Christians from what the Al Qaeda linked terror group considers an Islamic Republic. The church leader added that such murders will only serve as a rich seedbed from where many more house-churches will form.”
— “Al-Shabab is a radical Islamic organization fighting to establish an Islamic state in Somalia and enforce Wahhabi/Salafi Islam, an ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam practiced by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The Islamist group controls large parts of Somalia and seeks to overthrow the internationally recognized transitional federal government of Somalia.”
— “The Islamists have been carrying out ruthless attacks against the Christian minority in Somalia. Last year alone, members of the group killed more than a half dozen Somali Christians. In July 2009, Al-Shabab beheaded seven people in the southwestern town of Baidoa after accusing them of converting to Christianity and spying for the transitional federal government of Somalia.”
— “Jonathan Racho, ICC’s Regional Manager for Africa and the Middle East, said, ‘Al-Shabab has once again demonstrated its utter disregard for the dignity of human life. The majority of Muslims in Somalia, who are also the victims of Al-Shabab’s cruelty, do not support their ideology or practices. It is high time for the international community to take robust measures to end the heinous crimes that Al-Shabab and other extremist groups are committing against the people of Somalia.'”

Additional Reports:

— July 22, 2009: Somalia – Christian Convert from Islam Shot Dead
— July 11, 2009: Somalia: Extremists behead 7 Somalis for ‘abandoning Islam’
— July 2, 2009: Somalia – Islamists Extremists Behead Two Sons of Christian Leader

Petition Calling for End of “Blasphemy Laws” in Pakistan

Responsible for Equality And Liberty today has posted an online petition calling for an end to the “blasphemy laws” and defying the institutionalized hate in Pakistan that has allowed such religious discrimination and oppression.

Please sign this online petition today and let others know that you too seek Pakistan to end such unjust laws and institutionalized hate in Pakistan today.

End Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan Petition

We call for an end to the unjust and discriminatory “blasphemy laws” in Pakistan that are used to rationalize religious discrimination, oppression, violence, and murder of others.  Such “blasphemy laws” are used to justify violence against both non-Muslims and Muslims throughout Pakistan today.

We believe that such institutionalized oppression of our fellow human beings is against our universal human rights and must be rejected by all people who support any religion of peace.

We call on the government of Pakistan to abandon these “blasphemy laws” today, review the deep divisions within its nation that has allowed such hate against its own citizens, and defend the universal human rights of all of its citizens.

We also call on the government of the United States of America, which has given millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to Pakistan, to demand that the Pakistan government end these “blasphemy laws” and support the universal human rights of its citizens.  Finally, we call on our fellow human beings on our shared Earth to call upon all organizations and nations of the world that seek to use such unjust forms of religious discrimination to end such practices and recognize our universal human rights.


Related Reports:

Pakistan Christians to Observe “Black Day” on August 11; DC Press Conference on August 10, NYC U.N. Protest on August 12

Pakistan: 17,000 in Pakistan Christian Post Poll to Observe “Black Day” Challenging Religious Discrimination

Pakistan: ‘Black Day’ shall be show of Christian power to repeal blasphemy law

Pakistan, a Catholic activist: petition for the abolition of blasphemy law

Pakistan: Christians protest against deadly violence

“Pakistan Muslim Groups Threaten More Violence”

Pakistan: Christians Burned to Death (including women and children), Mob Burns Houses, Church in Punjab’s Gojra – Korian Area

Pakistan – Report of Mob Burning Christian Homes for Alleged Extremist “Blasphemy”

Pakistan: Blasphemy laws, a pretext to attack Pakistan’s religious minorities

Pakistan: Mob attacks home of 60-year-old woman in extremist “blasphemy” charge

Pakistan: More “Blasphemy” Killings – Because Calendar Taken Down