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Iran: Christian Mother Hamideh Najafi, Others Arrested, Coerced

COMPASS/FCNN report: ” A wave of arrests hit Iranian house churches during the Christmas season, leaving at least five Christian converts in detention across northern Iran, including the mother of an ailing 10-year-old girl.”

— “Security officers with an arrest warrant from the Mashhad Revolutionary Court entered the home of Christian Hamideh Najafi in Mashhad on Dec. 16. After searching her home and confiscating personal belongings, including books and compact discs, police took her to an undisclosed location, according to Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN).”

— “FCNN reported that on Dec. 30 the Mashhad Revolutionary Court sentenced Najafi to three months of house arrest and ordered that her daughter, who suffers from a kidney condition, be placed under foster care. Because of the seriousness of the girl’s illness, however, she was left in the custody of her parents – on the condition that they cease believing in Christ and stop speaking publicly of their faith, FCNN reported.”

— “Najafi was denied access to a lawyer during this court hearing, according to FCNN.”

— “During interrogation, officers told Najafi to return to Islam and to disclose names of Christian evangelists. FCNN reported that on some occasions the security officers summoned her husband, blindfolded him and threatened to beat him in front of his wife if she would not sign a confession that she was ‘mentally and psychologically unfit and disturbed.’ ”

— “The Dec. 30 court hearing was quickly arranged after she was coerced into signing this confession, FCNN reported, and on those grounds her child was initially ordered to be taken from her. Najafi’s daughter suffers from a severe kidney and bladder condition.”

— “There were no formal charges against Najafi, but she stands accused of contacting a foreign Christian television network, which court officials labeled as a ‘political’ crime, according to FCNN.”

— English FCNN Report: “Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN), reports that at 8 am on December 16, 2009, several security officers entered the home of Hamideh Najafi, a Christian lady who resides in the city of Mashhad, and not only searched her home thoroughly, but also arrested and took her away to an unknown location.”

— “According to this news three security officers, two female and one male, who carried an order for arrest from the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad, entered the home of this lady and after searching the her home seized her personal belongings along with books, CDs, and hand painted portraits of Jesus Christ that were hanging on her walls. According to these officers the existence of these pictures will be sufficient evidence that would convict her in court.”

— “Even though Mashhad is the birthplace of Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, and is considered one of the holiest centers of the Shiite faith (Ghom being the other center in Iran) and also a center of pilgrimage and theological schools, in the recent years there have been significant growth of the underground home based churches.”

— English FCNN Report: “According to the news received by the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN), Security police and plain-clothes officers attacked a gathering of Christian believers on Thursday, December 17th, and arrested two leaders and took them away to an undisclosed location.”

— “According to the reports received 15 security police and undercover plain-clothes officers, in a coordinated plan, attacked a gathering in the city of Karaj and interrupted the pre-Christmas celebrations.”

— “This celebration and gathering of more than 70 newly converted Christians, which was attacked by security forced, was being conducted in a hall on the occasion of the arrival of Christmas and the New Year.”

— “The security police not only interrupted the celebrations, but arrested two of the leaders of the group named Kambiz Saghaee and Ali Keshvar-Doost and took them away.”

— “Moreover, the security officers photographed and videotaped everyone and demanded that everyone must be accessible during the period leading up to formal and legal interrogations and must present themselves to the authorities upon receiving orders to appear before legal prosecutors.”

— “This report adds that the security officers confiscated all the Bibles, other Christian books, and a lap top computer and its accessories.”

— “According to FCNN, Kambiz Saghaee and Ali Keshvar-Doost, who were arrested by the police, are still held at an undisclosed location and there has been no phone or any other contact with their families and loved ones. The families of these detainees, due to not having any information about the state of their loved ones, have attempted on several occasions to contact the appropriate ministries and organizations. The local authorities have informally told these family members that their loved ones are being held at the facilities of the local revolutionary court and have withheld all other information from them.”

Other English FCNN Reports

Malaysian Christian Churches Firebombed

Media reports have described the ongoing violence against Christian churches in Malaysia, reportedly over disputes over the use of the word “Allah,” with extremists claiming that Malaysian Christians have no right to use the Arabic word which simply translates to “God.”

AsiaNews reports that Christian churches have been attacked throughout Malaysia, “three Protestant and one Catholic church.”

The Catholic Herald Malaysia reported that the Catholic Church of Assumption in Petaling Jaya was attacked with a molotov cocktail while worshippers were inside.

The Herald reports that the “Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan confirmed the attacks, saying the first attack was by motorcyclists who threw a helmet filled with flammable liquid at the Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati, causing a fire that burned books and chairs near here, at midnight. Its administrative office was gutted in the attack.”

The Herald also reports that another attack “took place at the Life Chapel Church in Section 17, Petaling Jaya at 9am, where two Molotov cocktails, also thrown by a motorcyclist, exploded to blacken the walls of the porch and upper-story window of the two-story church building.”

The Herald further reports that Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan “also confirmed that he has a received a phone call from an undisclosed church saying there have been threats against them.”

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)

Catholic Herald Malaysia Online: Muslim protests after Friday prayers following church attacks
— “Allah for Muslim Only” — protesters say issue must be brought before a Sharia court

Malaysia: Muslim protests after Friday prayers following church attacks (Photo: Catholic Herald)

Media Reports:

AsiaNews.It: Malaysia: Four Christian churches attacked over controversy on the use of “Allah”

Catholic Herald Malaysia Online: IGP confirms three churches hit

Catholic Herald Malaysia Online: “KL church torched”

Voice of America: Malaysian Churches Firebombed in Dispute Over Use of Word ‘Allah’

Associated Press: 3 Malaysian churches attacked in ‘Allah’ dispute

UCAN News: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak ‘cannot stop’ planned ‘Allah’ protest

Christian Science Monitor: Three Malaysia churches firebombed as ‘Allah’ use tension mounts

Communist China: 14 Han Chinese Christians Detained and Interrogated in Xinjiang

ChinaAid reports: On January 7, 2010, Nong Wu Shi PSB officials in the Aksu region raided a house church, arresting 14 house church members. The military PSB detained the members for over 12 hours, on charges of participating in “illegal religious activities.” The next morning, 11 were released, leaving house church leaders Yang Tianlu, He Sujin, and Sujin’s son, He Guangyuan, in detention.
Read more about the raid and arrest of 14 Han Chinese house church Christians.

Communist China: Attorney Li Baiguang Files Appeal for Uyghur Christian Alimujiang Yimiti

ChinaAid reports: On January 7, 2010, Attorney Li Baiguang sent letters of appeal on behalf of Alimujiang Yimiti to the Xinjiang Provincial Government and Chinese Central Government. In the letters, he stated that, by law, the charge of “unlawfully providing state secrets to overseas organizations” and the sentence of 15-years imprisonment were illegal and should be withdrawn. He further requested an immediate review of the case.
Read more about Li Baiguang’s Appeal on behalf of Alimujiang Yimiti.

White Supremacist Terrorist Von Brunn Dies – Attacked U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Murdered Guard

News media are reporting that white supremacist terrorist James Von Brunn died today at 1 PM at a local hospital in Butner, North Carolina, AP reports from “Denise Simmons, the spokeswoman for the federal prison where von Brunn had been held.” AP reported that Von Brunn received medical care at the North Carolina prison complex, which is used for aging and sick inmates. His death is being eulogized by white supremacists and Nazis who are praising him as a “martyr” and an example for others to “act White.”

Bullet strikes are seen in one of the doors to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum after a shooting left a security officer dead and the gunman wounded in Washington Thursday, June 11, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) — Bullet strikes in one of the doors to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum after terrorist attack by white supremacist James Von Brunn (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Von Brunn had been wounded by return fire, after he shot and killed black security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC on June 10, 2009. Von Brunn murdered Johns while Johns was holding the museum door open for Von Brunn. AP also reported that “Officials at the prison hospital had previously said chronic medical problems had complicated a psychiatric evaluation for the suspect, who prior to the shooting had written racist and anti-Semitic screeds on the Internet.”

USHMM Security Guard Stephen T. Johns Murdered in Von Brunn's Terrorist Attack

The New York Times reported that “At the time of the Holocaust museum shooting, the F.B.I. said it knew he had an ‘established Web site that expressed hatred of African-Americans and Jews.’ ” Von Brunn had left a note in his automobile on the day of his terrorist attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum stating that “The Holocaust is a lie… Obama was created by Jews. Obama does what his Jew owners tell him to do. Jews captured America’s money. Jews control the mass media.”

As previously reported, witnesses saw white supremacist terrorist Von Brunn wearing a Confederate soldier’s cap and long coat at the time of the attacks. Von Brunn was also linked to German Neo-Nazis. In a report by Der Spiegel, Von Brunn wrote Horst Mahler defending hate as “natural, normal and necessary.” At a preliminary hearing in September 2009, AP reported that Von Brunn was “nonchalant and even smiled when a prosecutor said he wanted to kill as many people as possible in the June 10 attack.”

White Supremacist Terrorist James Von Brunn "smiled when a prosecutor said he wanted to kill as many people as possible in the June 10 attack." (AP Photo/Talbot County Sheriff Office, File)

White supremacist Von Brunn was active in American white supremacist movements through his hate web site. White Supremacist terrorist Von Brunn also attended white supremacist events in America, which included speakers such as former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and BNP racist Nick Griffin (who has called the Holocaust the “Holohoax”.)

On June 11, the day after white supremacist terrorist James Von Brunn’s attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum where he shot and killed black security guard Stephen T. Johns, the “white nationalist” “hate group” VDARE published an article using the attack to condemn plans for new hate crimes legislation. In VDARE Peter Brimelow’s article condemning hate crimes legislation “Holocaust Museum Hullaballoo Reveals ‘Hate Crimes’ Hypocrisy,” Brimelow described Von Brunn as “by all accounts an intelligent man.” (R.E.A.L. protested VDARE’s comments on Von Brunn at an event in McLean, Virginia on June 20 where VDARE’s Peter Brimelow spoke.)

VDARE is now promoting a “white nationalist” event to be held near the Dulles International Airport in the Washington DC suburb of Fairfax County, Virginia scheduled for the weekend of February 19-21. The “white nationalist” event led by the “hate group” American Renaissance / New Century Foundation has had David Duke at previous events, and this year’s American Renaissance conference has the BNP’s Nick Griffin as a scheduled speaker. Nick Griffin and Neo-Nazi Stormfront leader Stephen “Don” Black have also appeared together at previous American Renaissance events.

Both David Duke and Nick Griffin spoke at a previous white supremacist event attended by white supremacist terrorist Von Brunn.

David Duke (left) and Nick Griffin (right) - Appeared at White Supremacist Event Attended by Terrorist Von Brunn (Duke Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images; Griffin Photo by Mirror.co.uk) — David Duke (left) and Nick Griffin (right) - appeared at White Supremacist event attended by terrorist Von Brunn (Duke Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images; Griffin Photo by Mirror.co.uk)

The February 2010 American Renaissance “white nationalist” event, where Nick Griffin will once again be speaking, will take place near a major U.S. international airport, previously used by the 9/11 attackers to launch their attacks on America.

Web Image from "White Nationalist" Hate Group American Renaissance

We support our unqualified, universal human rights for all. We urge Nazi, white supremacist, and “white nationalist” supporters to drop the burden of the hate of supremacism from their hearts, and to rejoin the family of humanity in support of our universal human rights. Choose love, not hate.

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Update: The White Supremacist Nazi Stormfront organization, whose leader Don Black has attended previous American Renaissance / New Century Foundation conferences in Washington DC suburbs, is now eulogizing white supremacist terrorist Von Brunn. The Nazi Stormfront members are posting to their web site praising terrorist Von Brunn “He will be remembered. Expect another article from the Jewish supremacist group the ADL to ensue full of lies, half-truths and the typical tactics to keep White Americans hating one of their own” and that “Every man or woman who expresses opposition to ZOG and dies in ZOG’s hands is a martyr, automatically.” Others are calling Von Brunn’s death as “Jewicide.” Others are defending Von Brunn’s terrorism as the acts of a man who “gave his life in the only way he saw fit. That’s a lot more than we can offer. The Palestinians throw their lives away just to take down a few Jewish grunts, and we sit here and do nothing. If you’re White, act White…” [and calling for Stormfront members] “to hate with violent passion…”

Images from the Stormfront organization members eulogies for terrorist Von Brunn:

Nazi Stormfront Organization Eulogizes White Supremacist Terrorist Von Brunn (part 1)

Nazi Stormfront Organization Eulogizes White Supremacist Terrorist Von Brunn (part 2)

Nazi Stormfront Organization Eulogizes White Supremacist Terrorist Von Brunn (part 3)

R.E.A.L. Postings on Racial Supremacism

R.E.A.L. Postings on Nazism

Related R.E.A.L. Postings:

January 4, 2010 – Virginia: “White Nationalist” Hate Group to Meet in Dulles Area — February 19 through 21

September 29, 2009 – DC: Von Brunn Moved to Prison in North Carolina for Competency Evaluation

September 2, 2009 – DC: White Supremacist/Nazi Von Brunn Denied Release, Smiles at Mention of “Killing as Many As Possible”

June 20, 2009: R.E.A.L. Protests McLean, Virginia Conference with VDARE Speaker Peter Brimelow
– June 11, 2009: VDARE’s Peter Brimelow describes Holocaust Memorial Museum terrorist Von Brunn as “an intelligent man”

June 19, 2009 – Holocaust Memorial Shooter Von Brunn: “Child porn on museum suspect’s computer, FBI says”

June 16, 2009 – Holocaust Museum Attack: Von Brunn Links to German Neo-Nazis

June 14, 2009 – Washington DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

June 12, 2009 – Holocaust Memorial Shooter – SPLC says Michigan man recently took over racist site

June 11, 2009 – DC – US Holocaust Memorial Museum Attack: Additional Reports

June 11, 2009 – DC: Witnesses Say Holocaust Memorial Museum Attacker Wore Confederate Soldier’s Cap

June 11, 2009 – DC: Other Targets for Holocaust Memorial Shooter?

June 10, 2009 – Washington DC: Two Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum by Alleged White Supremacist Nazi

Saudi Woman Challenges Male-Only Polygamy, Accused of Blasphemy

Saudi journalist Nadine Bedair raised the question of why only men are allowed to practice polygamy, but not women. For this, she has been accused of blasphemy, being anti-Islamic, and is being sued by an Egyptian member of Parliament. In addition, at least one Egyptian sheik defends polygamy by men as based on the Qur’an. Nadine Al-Bedair replied with another article “Finally you know the taste of anger.”

— Los Angeles Times: Saudi Arabia: “‘Polygamy for women’ article sparks public row in Egypt, Muslim world”

— Nadine al-Bedair: “My Four Husbands and I” (Google translated — imperfect)

— Nadine al-Bedair: “Finally you know the taste of anger” (Google translated — imperfect)

— Bikya Masr reported: ” ‘Sheikh Mohamed Gama’i argued that in the Qur’an, there is a reason for polygamy, ‘and no woman has the right to attack our traditions in this manner. She should be stopped.’ ”

— Muslimah Media Watch: “Husband(s) and Wife: Nadine Al Bedair Writes About Polgamy’s Double Standard”

— BBC: Female polygamy article sparks row in Egypt

— Lawyer files complaint over article questioning why polygamy is allowed for men and not women

— Guardian: “Some Islamic clerics have denounced the article and promised the ‘blaspheming’ author divine retribution, while an Egyptian MP has decided not to wait that long and has already brought a lawsuit against her.”

Saudi Woman Nadine Al-Bedair (photo: alraimedia.com)

Texas: White Supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) Recruiting Letters Found in Mailboxes

— KIAH reports in Pearland, Texas (Houston area): “You Got Hate Mail? KKK Recruiting Letters Found in Mailboxes”

— “A small neighborhood in La Porte is outraged; residents say because recruiters for the Ku Klux Klan have been targeting them.”
— “Residents at the Fairmont Park Subdivision say KKK recruiters have been putting propaganda in their mailboxes in the form of a letter asking whites to join the group.”
— ” ‘I think it’s trying to break down a community,’ said John Holland, a local resident. ‘I don’t know who would be doing this it leaves me speechless.’ ”
— “The letters apparently had been selectively hand-delivered without any postage to several homes. The Doughtys were among those left out, they say because they are black.”
— ” ‘They must know we live here,’ said Joseph Doughty. ‘I’m kind of scared because they may do something to us.’ ”
— “The letter states it’s from a local recruiter for the KKK. It attempts to explain that the KKK is a Christian group that believes the Bible is about the white race, not the Jews, and that Christ was not a Jew. It also expresses fear that the white race will become extinct, and that race mixing is a violation of God’s law. It says: ‘the future of our children and of our people depends solely on us.’ To join, you must be 100% white.”
— “It also urges people to act fast and join to ‘insure the preservation, protection and advancement of the white race.’ ‘Everyone who is out there doing this, I want to ask you all to stop,’ said Doughty. ‘We are human, just like you are human.’ ”
— “‘Get a life, turn your life over to God,’ said Holland. ‘Not hating people, but loving people.’ ”
— “We tried to contact the local KKK recruitment office, but that proved difficult since the letter and the website do not list a phone number; just a P.O. Box based out of Pasadena.”
— “USPS also says it will be conducting an investigation.”

KIAH Image of KKK Recruitment Letter in Houston Suburb (Photo KIAH)

— KIAH Video

“Indian workers sold like cattle in Saudi Arabia: Stowaway”

Indian workers sold like cattle in Saudi Arabia: Stowaway
— Times of India reports:

” ‘Indian labour is sold in Saudi like cattle and thousands of Indians from UP and Bengal are suffering there. They are helpless without their passports,” said Habib. ‘My agent (Imran) got an assignment to provide 50 labourers from India. We were recruited and sent in groups of five, 10 and 20. After landing, I was made to work in Jeddah for a month. I grazed goats during the day and worked as a cleaner at the airport in the evenings. I worked for 14-18 hours a day. Thereafter, I was sold to a ‘khafil’ or agent in Medina who required 500 people. In Medina, I worked for over 15 hours daily. I wept and wondered how my family was doing back home,’ he said.”

Pakistan Women Acid Victims Seek Hope – Women “Treated Like Commodoties”

Pakistan’s acid attack victims pin hope on new laws
— Daily Telegraph: “Pakistan is a conservative Muslim country, where women – especially in poor, rural areas – can be treated like commodities with little protection provided by the police and under pressure not to disgrace their families.”
— “Farhat was just 13 years old when a man threw acid in her face in 2003 because her parents refused to let him marry her.”
— “The attacker was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay 1.2 million rupees (£8,882) in damages, but on appeal a high court reduced the damages and said the man could go free once the money was paid.”
— “Enraged, Farhat and ASF went to the supreme court – the first acid attack case to be taken to the highest court – where judges overturned the high court ruling within minutes.”
— “Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry took a personal interest in the case, and recommended that the government pass new legislation to control the sale of acid and increase punishment for acid attacks.”

Pakistan: Justice for acid burn victims, but when?
— “Acid Survivors Foundation statistics show attacks on the rise in Pakistan”
— “New domestic violence bill still held up in parliament”

Florida: Jurors’ questions revealed evidence, insight in Pasco neo-Nazi trial

Florida: Jurors’ questions revealed evidence, insight in Pasco neo-Nazi trial
— murder case of Nazi John Ditullio
— St. Petersburg Times reports: “Ditullio had joined a small clan of American Nazis living in a single-wide mobile home in the Griffin Park area of west Pasco. On March 23, 2006, authorities say, Ditullio put on a gas mask, broke into the home of a next-door neighbor and stabbed two people. Patricia Wells, who suffered injuries to her face and arms, had an openly gay son and a black friend who visited. Kristofer King, a friend of Wells’ son who was also gay, died in the attack.”
— “In January 2008, changes adopted by the state Supreme Court gave jurors a more active role in trials. They are now allowed to take notes and, in all civil cases, question witnesses. With disagreement about the practice still lingering, it’s left to judges’ discretion in criminal cases.”
— “Circuit Judge Michael Andrews, who presided in Ditullio’s case, routinely allows it. He, prosecutor Mike Halkitis and Bjorn Brunvand, Ditullio’s lead attorney, huddled at the bench and read through more than 40 questions submitted by jurors to decide which could be asked.”
— “The jury ended up deadlocked after deliberating for almost 10 hours. Ten of the 12 voted for acquittal.”
— “Ditullio, 23, will be retried in March. The state is seeking the death penalty.”

Nazi John Ditullio -- Accused of Murdering Black Man to Impress American Nazi Party (Pasco County Sheriff's Office)