UK Oldham: Forced Marriage Conference report
— “A mother holds still the legs of her pregnant daughter while
her son strangles the life out of her — and then stands in the dock
and defends her actions on the grounds of honour.”
Pakistan: Taliban gunmen shooting couple dead for adultery caught on camera
Pakistan: NWFP: Couple shot dead on jirga’s order — Kala Dhaka
Pakistan: Couple shot dead on jirga’s order — Kala Dhaka
— “A man and a woman who had eloped were executed on a jirga’s order in Kala Dhaka.”
— Tehsildar Jamshed Khan: “There is no other law except the jirga system in the area.”
— “They were required to be presented in a court in Alpuri on May 5.”
Egypt – Convert Woman Arrested for Marrying Christian
Egypt – Convert Woman Arrested for Marrying Christian
— “Christian convert Raheal Henen Mussa and her Coptic husband are hiding from police and her Muslim family for violating an article of Islamic law (sharia) that doesn’t exist in the Egyptian penal code”
— “Mussa’s family took her from police custody on Sunday (April 19), but she escaped from them
on Tuesday (April 21). She and her husband fled Cairo and are in hiding.”
Iraq: In Iraq, a story of rape, shame and ‘honor killing’
(Iraq) In Iraq, a story of rape, shame and ‘honor killing’
— “A young woman imprisoned in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, sent a letter to her brother last summer, appealing for help. The woman, named Dalal, wrote that she was pregnant after being raped by prison guards. The brother asked to visit her. Guards obliged. The brother walked into her cell,
drew a gun and shot his visibly pregnant sister dead.”
UK: Man who threatened to bomb mosque suffering from mental illness, court hears
Man who threatened to bomb mosque suffering from mental illness, court hears
— Daily Record (Scotland) reports:
— “A MAN who threatened to blow up a mosque had been left ‘angry and anxious’ after watching a videoclip of a beheading, a court heard today.”
— “Neil MacGregor, 36, was confused about Islam after a friend sent him the clip, his lawyer told Glasgow Sheriff Court.”
— “At an earlier hearing, MacGregor admitted telephoning and emailing Strathclyde Police and threatening to blow up Glasgow’s Central Mosque.”
— “MacGregor, from Melbourne, Derbyshire, also pleaded guilty to uttering racial remarks and committing a racially-aggravated breach of the peace.”
NYC – May 3 Rally – Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam (HRCARI)
The Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam (HRCARI) is holding a rally in Times Square on Sunday May 3, 2009 from 12 – 2 PM to address the global threat of radical Islam. For additional information contact them at: may3rally@hrcari.org
Per HRCARI:
“We will rally on Sunday May 3 in Times Square 7th Ave & 42nd St at 12 Noon against Radical Islam, honor our human rights defenders and memorialize Radical Islam’s victims. The purpose of the Rally is:
“1. to identify the global enemy of human rights, Radical Islam, and to awaken America to the threat of Radical Islam to the liberties and freedoms of the United States and countries across the world.”
“2. to honor human rights defenders for fighting against the onslaught of
Radical Islam. U.S. Armed Forces, Homeland Security, Police, FireFighters, Emergency Workers and the CIA and FBI”
“3. to memorialize the many U.S. and global victims of Radical Islam: Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists, Secular Humanists”
“There will be prominent speakers from the Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jewish communities.”
Communist China: Gao Zhisheng Petition Delivered to State Department
Communist China: Arrested Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo to receive prestigious award
Arrested Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo to receive prestigious award
— “Liu Xiaobo is to receive a prestigious literary award, but he will spend the day in a windowless cell, unaware of the honour”
North Korea threatens nuclear, missile tests
North Korea threatens nuclear, missile tests
— “North Korea threatened Wednesday to conduct nuclear and missile tests unless the U.N. apologizes for criticizing its April 5 rocket launch, dramatically raising its stake in the worsening standoff over its atomic programs.”
— “Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement the country ‘will be compelled to take additional self-defensive measures’ unless the U.N. Security Council apologizes immediately. ‘The measures will include nuclear tests and test-firings of intercontinental ballistic missiles.'”
— “Pyongyang conducted its first-ever atomic test blast in 2006 and is thought to have enough plutonium to make at least half a dozen nuclear bombs. But experts have said the country is not believed to have mastered the technology to make a nuclear warhead small enough to put on a missile”
(North Korea) South Korean Pop star criticised after praising North Korea’s nuclear ambitions