Saudi revelers get 700 lashes for ‘immoral’ party
— DPA reports: “A Saudi judge sentenced seven young men and four women to up to 700 lashes and jail terms ranging up to 10 months for attending an ‘immoral’ party, a Saudi newspaper reported”
— “The 11 revelers, including two Iraqis and nine Saudis aged between 18 and 37, received sentences of between 400-700 lashes and between 4-10 months in prison, Saudi Arabia’s Al Watan newspaper said”
— “The group had been arrested in the northern Saudi district of Al Ha’il in late June on charges of drinking alcohol at a mixed-gender party.”
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Iran report: “army of police and militiamen attack unarmed protesters”
(Iran) Tehran: army of police and militiamen attack unarmed protesters
— London Times reports: “‘The security presence was massive. It was like a military occupation,’ one witness told The Times. ‘They were clubbing the hell out of people.'”
North Korea: AP reports US reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee not yet in North Korean prison labor camp
(North Korea) Report: 2 US journalists in North Korea guest house
— AP reports: “North Korea has delayed sending two convicted U.S. journalists to a prison labor camp, in a possible attempt to seek talks with Washington on their release, a scholar who visited the North said in an interview published Friday.”
SPLC Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military
Jordanian stabs sister in “honor killing” for rumors she was dating a man
Jordanian stabs sister in honor killing
— “A Jordanian police official says a 24-year-old farmer has stabbed his sister to death with a dagger to cleanse the family’s honor. The official says the man turned himself in and confessed to killing his 27-year-old sister because he heard rumors she was dating a man.”
— Additional AP report: “An autopsy showed the victim, who was 27 years old, was four weeks pregnant, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists”
South Africa: “Muslim women need protection beyond sharia law”
Afghanistan revises contentious marriage law
Afghanistan revises contentious marriage law
— “Afghanistan’s government has revised a marriage law that sparked an international outcry over sections that appeared to legalize marital rape, Justice Ministry officials said Thursday.”
— “Women’s rights activists welcomed the changes, which must still be approved by parliament, but many said while the government had deleted the worst violations, it has not done enough to guarantee women’s rights”
— April 11: Afghan Extremist Cleric Defends Rape as “Democratic Right”
— April 7: Afghanistan: Law Permiting Rape Dropped After Publicity
DC – Report: “‘Mainstream’ Islamist Convention Features Hate Speech” — ISNA Convention
IPT: DC – “‘Mainstream’ Islamist Convention Features Hate Speech” — ISNA Convention
— IPT reports: “During a “meet the authors” session, Imam Warith Deen Umar, former head of the New York state prison chaplain program managed to:”
— “Argue that key Obama aides are ‘Israeli,’ proving Jews ‘have control of the world'”
— “Malign the motives of Jews active in the Civil Rights movement”
— “Portray the Holocaust as punishment of Jews for being ‘serially disobedient to Allah'”
— “Insinuate that Hurricane Katrina was a result of tolerance for homosexuality”
—- July 4, 2009 – Independence Day: Defending Equality And Liberty at DC ISNA Conference
New Jersey: Man in cross burning guilty of 2 intimidation counts
New Jersey: Man in cross burning guilty of 2 intimidation counts
— Philadelphia Inquirer reports: “Terence Jones was driving his new BMW down a country road in Gloucester County three years ago when a pickup truck pulled up and the driver shouted a racial epithet.”
— “Jones, who is African American, took down the license-plate number and told police the man had also pointed a gun at him and his brother, Douglas, before speeding off”
— “Yesterday, Terence Jones said ‘justice was served’ after James J. Trexler, who is white, pleaded guilty to two counts of bias intimidation in state Superior Court in Woodbury”
— “Trexler, 24, formerly of Pittsgrove, Salem County, also faces an additional 18 months for violating the terms of his probation after his conviction in a cross burning. He had been sentenced to probation only 11 days before the April 29, 2006, incident with the Jones brothers.”
— “His lawyer, Leonard S. Baker, asked whether he had called them a slur and said they ‘shouldn’t be driving a BMW,’ and whether he was aware the statements would be intimidating. Trexler, dressed in a white, long-sleeved shirt with a tie and black pants, calmly answered, ‘Yes.'”
Arizona: Judge delays decision on releasing alleged bomber — reported white supremacists
Arizona: Judge delays decision on releasing alleged bomber — reported white supremacists
— “A federal judge on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to release one of two alleged white supremacists charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale”
— “U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow said at the Phoenix hearing that Daniel Mahon, 58, has a right to attend the court hearing, agreeing with his lawyer and prosecutors”
— “Daniel Mahon and his twin brother Dennis Mahon are charged with conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosive. They were arrested June 25 at their home in Davis Junction, Ill., where authorities say they found assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and white supremacist material.”
— July 6: Arizona: Bombing case suspect could be released – white supremacist suspects