Muslims Gang Rape 14 Yr Old Girl, Realizing She was a Christian
Muslim Thieves Rape Girl When They Realize Victim is Christian
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The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just learned that six unidentified men went on a robbing spree in a rural village in Pakistan on the night of January 10, and when they realized that one of the households they were robbing was Christian, they gang-raped a 14-year-old girl in front of her parents to violate their faith.
The six criminals, armed with guns, forced their way into two Muslim houses and three Christian homes, physically assaulted the residents, and took cash, TVs, cell phones and other valuables.
After robbing the homes, the six men returned to Rafiq Masih's house and began mocking Rafiq and his wife for being Christians. Not satisfied with the damage they had already inflicted, the thieves then bound Rafiq and his wife and gang-raped Rafiq's teenage daughter Naomi right in front of them.
The criminals left Naomi unconscious and in critical condition and escaped with the stolen items. Naomi was immediately taken to the hospital.
The local police have registered a case against the six men for robbery and for gang-raping Naomi. The thieves are still at large but police sources said that investigations are underway and pledged to track down the culprits.
The location they struck was Chak (village) # 17/11-L near Cheecha Watni in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province. The three Christian homes belonged to brick kiln workers Saleem Masih, Rafiq Masih and Bashir Masih.
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Muslim Thieves Rape Girl When They Realize Victim is Christian
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The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just learned that six unidentified men went on a robbing spree in a rural village in Pakistan on the night of January 10, and when they realized that one of the households they were robbing was Christian, they gang-raped a 14-year-old girl in front of her parents to violate their faith.
The six criminals, armed with guns, forced their way into two Muslim houses and three Christian homes, physically assaulted the residents, and took cash, TVs, cell phones and other valuables.
After robbing the homes, the six men returned to Rafiq Masih's house and began mocking Rafiq and his wife for being Christians. Not satisfied with the damage they had already inflicted, the thieves then bound Rafiq and his wife and gang-raped Rafiq's teenage daughter Naomi right in front of them.
The criminals left Naomi unconscious and in critical condition and escaped with the stolen items. Naomi was immediately taken to the hospital.
The local police have registered a case against the six men for robbery and for gang-raping Naomi. The thieves are still at large but police sources said that investigations are underway and pledged to track down the culprits.
The location they struck was Chak (village) # 17/11-L near Cheecha Watni in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province. The three Christian homes belonged to brick kiln workers Saleem Masih, Rafiq Masih and Bashir Masih.
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Muslim Thieves Rape Girl When They Realize Victim is Christian
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Posted GMT 1-27-2009 0:21:23
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The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just learned that six unidentified men went on a robbing spree in a rural village in Pakistan on the night of January 10, and when they realized that one of the households they were robbing was Christian, they gang-raped a 14-year-old girl in front of her parents to violate their faith.
The six criminals, armed with guns, forced their way into two Muslim houses and three Christian homes, physically assaulted the residents, and took cash, TVs, cell phones and other valuables.
After robbing the homes, the six men returned to Rafiq Masih's house and began mocking Rafiq and his wife for being Christians. Not satisfied with the damage they had already inflicted, the thieves then bound Rafiq and his wife and gang-raped Rafiq's teenage daughter Naomi right in front of them.
The criminals left Naomi unconscious and in critical condition and escaped with the stolen items. Naomi was immediately taken to the hospital.
The local police have registered a case against the six men for robbery and for gang-raping Naomi. The thieves are still at large but police sources said that investigations are underway and pledged to track down the culprits.
The location they struck was Chak (village) # 17/11-L near Cheecha Watni in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province. The three Christian homes belonged to brick kiln workers Saleem Masih, Rafiq Masih and Bashir Masih.
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Seems like an isolated incident. Move along, nothing to see here. Just a bunch a few religious fanatics set on crime and destruction. Thats why they should all have guns over there. You know, always trying to paint another sect of people one way will only come back to make you look like a hateful and spiteful person. Remember, dont be so quick to judge others. And im sure the Bible tells you not to do so as well. This is off the top of my head, i remember from a while back...
The tree casts its shade upon all, even upon the woodcutter.
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If you think that persecution of Christians by Muslims is an isolated
incident, then you again show your ignorance.
Do some research before you spout about things you know
absolutely nothing about:
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/index.php
Persecution is a tenuous word. One could say the US involvement is the ME is exactly that, but of course you wouldn’t see it that way. Honestly Zit, you do alot more harm then good for the message of your lord and savior. Your very divisive and very judgmental...quality’s im pretty sure go against the gospel of Jesus Christ, but hey picking and choosing only the best parts of the bible is fun! (And self serving i might add)
The reality is an overwhelming majority of Muslims lead quiet peaceful lives just like most of us here do. Its always the loud, obnoxious and destructive ones that give their faith a bad name. So congrats, on doing your part.
The reality is an overwhelming majority of Muslims lead quiet peaceful lives just like most of us here do. Its always the loud, obnoxious and destructive ones that give their faith a bad name. So congrats, on doing your part.
A couple of issues:
People call me divisive and judgemental because
#1. I hate abortion with a passion
#2. I believe that homosexuality is immoral
#3. I believe Islam to be an evil religion, bringing the dark ages to modern day
Now, could I be nicer on here? Yes indeed, and I am working on that.
I think people on here (including myself) revel a bit in pissing
other people off.
I know I for one, am not nearly as vitriolic in person as I am
online. So, I take your criticism to heart.
Polish Geologist Gets Head Chopped Off By Friendly Muslims
Polish Geologist gets Head Chopped off by Friendly Muslims.
Pakistani Taliban Release Tape Of Murder Of Pole
<!-- Article Start --> Before he was killed, Stanczak was seen on the tape appealing to the Polish government not to send troops to Afghanistan.
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Published: February 08, 2009 20:44h
<style type="text/css"> .kl351457a18236893 img{border-color:#222222 } </style> Pakistani Taliban militants released a video tape on Sunday of them beheading a Polish geologist whom they said killed him because Pakistan's government refused to release Taliban prisoners. The Islamist militants said on Saturday they had executed the Polish engineer, Piotr Stanczak, who they kidnapped in September, because the government had refused to free 60 captured militants before Friday's deadline.
A tape was delivered to the office of a Reuters reporter in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan showing two masked men cutting off Stanczak's head.
Before he was killed, Stanczak was seen on the tape appealing to the Polish government not to send troops to Afghanistan.
He also urged Poland to severe ties with Pakistan, which he said had made no effort to secure his release, said a Reuters reporter who saw the tape.
Assaults on foreign aid workers, company employees and diplomats have increased in Pakistan over the past year, especially in areas near the border with Afghanistan, where government forces are battling the Taliban and al Qaeda.
A Taliban spokesman, identified only as Mohammed, said earlier the militants would only give up Stanczak's body if the government freed captured militants and stopped attacking them.
"We will not hand over the dead body if the government does not accept our demands," the Taliban spokesman said by telephone.
"Our demands are the same: the release of our 60 men and an end to military operations."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday said his government had received unofficial confirmation the 42-year-old hostage was dead.
Stanczak was kidnapped on Sept. 28 while visiting one of his company's sites near Attock city, about 65 km (40 miles) west of the capital, Islamabad.
Gunmen shot dead his Pakistani driver, bodyguard and translator before abducting him.
An American heading the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in southwestern province of Baluchistan, was taken last week and his driver was shot dead.
Two Chinese telecommunication engineers, two Afghan diplomats and an Iranian diplomat were kidnapped in northwest Pakistan, though one of the Chinese later escaped.
A militants on the tape released on Sunday said other foreign hostages including the Chinese engineer would also be killed if the government did not meet Taliban demands.
Polish Geologist gets Head Chopped off by Friendly Muslims.
Pakistani Taliban Release Tape Of Murder Of Pole
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Published: February 08, 2009 20:44h
<style type="text/css"> .kl351457a18236893 img{border-color:#222222 } </style> Pakistani Taliban militants released a video tape on Sunday of them beheading a Polish geologist whom they said killed him because Pakistan's government refused to release Taliban prisoners. The Islamist militants said on Saturday they had executed the Polish engineer, Piotr Stanczak, who they kidnapped in September, because the government had refused to free 60 captured militants before Friday's deadline.
A tape was delivered to the office of a Reuters reporter in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan showing two masked men cutting off Stanczak's head.
Before he was killed, Stanczak was seen on the tape appealing to the Polish government not to send troops to Afghanistan.
He also urged Poland to severe ties with Pakistan, which he said had made no effort to secure his release, said a Reuters reporter who saw the tape.
Assaults on foreign aid workers, company employees and diplomats have increased in Pakistan over the past year, especially in areas near the border with Afghanistan, where government forces are battling the Taliban and al Qaeda.
A Taliban spokesman, identified only as Mohammed, said earlier the militants would only give up Stanczak's body if the government freed captured militants and stopped attacking them.
"We will not hand over the dead body if the government does not accept our demands," the Taliban spokesman said by telephone.
"Our demands are the same: the release of our 60 men and an end to military operations."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday said his government had received unofficial confirmation the 42-year-old hostage was dead.
Stanczak was kidnapped on Sept. 28 while visiting one of his company's sites near Attock city, about 65 km (40 miles) west of the capital, Islamabad.
Gunmen shot dead his Pakistani driver, bodyguard and translator before abducting him.
An American heading the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in southwestern province of Baluchistan, was taken last week and his driver was shot dead.
Two Chinese telecommunication engineers, two Afghan diplomats and an Iranian diplomat were kidnapped in northwest Pakistan, though one of the Chinese later escaped.
A militants on the tape released on Sunday said other foreign hostages including the Chinese engineer would also be killed if the government did not meet Taliban demands.
Year in Jail for Getting Gang Raped - Nice Friendly Muslims
Saudi judge sentences pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes for committing adultery
By Liz Hazelton
Last updated at 11:01 AM on 11th February 2009
A Saudi judge has ordered a woman should be jailed for a year and receive 100 lashes after she was gang-raped, it was claimed last night.
The 23-year-old woman, who became pregnant after her ordeal, was reportedly assaulted after accepting a lift from a man.
He took her to a house to the east of the city of Jeddah where she was attacked by him and four of his friends throughout the night.
A judge in the Saudi city of Jeddah, pictured, ruled that the woman was guilty of adultery and should be jailed for a year
She later discovered she was pregnant and made a desperate attempt to get an abortion at the King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces.
According to the Saudi Gazette, she eventually 'confessed' to having 'forced intercourse' with her attackers and was brought before a judge at the District Court in Jeddah.
He ruled she had committed adultery - despite not even being married - and handed down a year's prison sentence, which she will serve in a prison just outside the city.
She is still pregnant and will be flogged once she has had the child.
The Saudi Arabian legal system practices a strict form of medieval law. Women have very few rights and are not even allowed to drive.
They are also banned from going out in public in the company of men other than male relatives.
Saudi judge sentences pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes for committing adultery
By Liz Hazelton
Last updated at 11:01 AM on 11th February 2009
A Saudi judge has ordered a woman should be jailed for a year and receive 100 lashes after she was gang-raped, it was claimed last night.
The 23-year-old woman, who became pregnant after her ordeal, was reportedly assaulted after accepting a lift from a man.
He took her to a house to the east of the city of Jeddah where she was attacked by him and four of his friends throughout the night.
She later discovered she was pregnant and made a desperate attempt to get an abortion at the King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces.
According to the Saudi Gazette, she eventually 'confessed' to having 'forced intercourse' with her attackers and was brought before a judge at the District Court in Jeddah.
He ruled she had committed adultery - despite not even being married - and handed down a year's prison sentence, which she will serve in a prison just outside the city.
She is still pregnant and will be flogged once she has had the child.
The Saudi Arabian legal system practices a strict form of medieval law. Women have very few rights and are not even allowed to drive.
They are also banned from going out in public in the company of men other than male relatives.
[ Good ole Shariah Law, yeah the one their incorporating in
parts of England ]
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Somali Islamists Cut Off Hands and Feet of 4 Thieves
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Shariah court that carried out the sentences is run by the powerful insurgent group al-Shabab, which is trying to topple Somalia's U.N.-backed government and install a strict form of Islam.
"The men were bleeding and crying when the man cut their hands and feet off with a long knife," said one witness, Liban Ali. Journalists were not allowed to cover the sentencing. The four were convicted earlier this week in the capital, Mogadishu.
The U.S. considers al-Shabab a terrorist group with links to al-Qaida, which al-Shabab denies. The group, which controls much of Somalia, is joined by hundreds of foreign fighters.
Somalis traditionally observe Sufi Islam, a relatively moderate form of worship. But in recent years, insurgents have begun to follow austere Wahabi Islam — rooted in Saudi Arabia and practiced by Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.
Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991 when the overthrow of a dictatorship plunged the country into chaos. A surge in violence in recent weeks, which diplomats said is a major push by the insurgents to force the government out of its Mogadishu strongholds, has killed about 225 people.
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Last week, the national security minister and Mogadishu's police chief were among those killed.
The country's lawlessness has spread security fears round the region and raised concerns that al-Qaida is trying to gain a foothold in the Horn of Africa.
Somali lawmakers pleaded this weekend for immediate international military intervention from countries including Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti to help quash the insurgency. But there was no indication reinforcements would be forthcoming.
Some 159,000 people have fled their homes since May 7, according to the U.N. refugee agency. The United Nations says an estimated 3.2 million Somalis — almost half the country's population — need food and other humanitarian aid.
Two years ago, Ethiopia deployed troops to support Somalia's fragile, Western-backed government, but they were widely unpopular and finally withdrawn in January.
parts of England ]
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Somali Islamists Cut Off Hands and Feet of 4 Thieves
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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The Shariah court that carried out the sentences is run by the powerful insurgent group al-Shabab, which is trying to topple Somalia's U.N.-backed government and install a strict form of Islam.
"The men were bleeding and crying when the man cut their hands and feet off with a long knife," said one witness, Liban Ali. Journalists were not allowed to cover the sentencing. The four were convicted earlier this week in the capital, Mogadishu.
The U.S. considers al-Shabab a terrorist group with links to al-Qaida, which al-Shabab denies. The group, which controls much of Somalia, is joined by hundreds of foreign fighters.
Somalis traditionally observe Sufi Islam, a relatively moderate form of worship. But in recent years, insurgents have begun to follow austere Wahabi Islam — rooted in Saudi Arabia and practiced by Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.
Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991 when the overthrow of a dictatorship plunged the country into chaos. A surge in violence in recent weeks, which diplomats said is a major push by the insurgents to force the government out of its Mogadishu strongholds, has killed about 225 people.
Related Stories
Last week, the national security minister and Mogadishu's police chief were among those killed.
The country's lawlessness has spread security fears round the region and raised concerns that al-Qaida is trying to gain a foothold in the Horn of Africa.
Somali lawmakers pleaded this weekend for immediate international military intervention from countries including Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti to help quash the insurgency. But there was no indication reinforcements would be forthcoming.
Some 159,000 people have fled their homes since May 7, according to the U.N. refugee agency. The United Nations says an estimated 3.2 million Somalis — almost half the country's population — need food and other humanitarian aid.
Two years ago, Ethiopia deployed troops to support Somalia's fragile, Western-backed government, but they were widely unpopular and finally withdrawn in January.
Maple Leafs get role model
MONTREAL–The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted more than just a hockey player in Nazem Kadri with the seventh overall pick last night.
They drafted a symbol of change.
Kadri, a solid two-way centre with the London Knights, is of Lebanese heritage, and the first Muslim drafted by the Maple Leafs. That he grew up a Montreal Canadiens fan only adds to the mix for multi-cultural Toronto.
"Being a role model is an important thing for me," said Kadri, who hopes Muslim kids are inspired to take up hockey because of him. "Hopefully these kids can look at me and use me as a role model."
Kadri is likely to remain with the London Knights for another season. His arrival in Toronto coincides with a time when some teams in the GTHL are struggling with enrolment. In Scarborough, the youth from a heavy immigrant population aspire to play cricket and soccer, leaving youth hockey rosters barren and teams forced to fold or merge.
"A lot of Muslim kids are going to start playing hockey because they see someone like them be successful in that area," said Kadri.
There are about 250,000 Muslims living in Toronto, and the drafting of Kadri was welcomed.
"That's good news," Wahida Valiante, chair and national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress told the Star's Kenneth Kidd. "I hope he plays well, because we'll be cheering."
But while Kadri's faith is important, he's also "just Canadian," she said. "It speaks very loudly that we live in a healthy society."
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment worried in 2008 that hockey might lose its grip as the top sport in the city with the changing demographic.
GM Brian Burke acknowledged Kadri has leadership skills – he was the president of the Muslim Student Association in his high school – and the teenager's maturity showed in pre-draft meetings. Burke said he'd be happy if Kadri's career as a Maple Leaf inspired others to take up the sport.
"If this has a ripple effect on the young players in the Muslim community to take up hockey, then that's a wonderful side effect. If that increases our player pool in a part of society we're not touching right now, that's great."
Until now, Ramzi Abid has been known as the greatest Muslim hockey player. The Montreal-born left winger played 68 games in the NHL over four seasons with four teams.
"It's nice for my community to be recognized as a pro hockey player," said Kadri. "There's a lot of stereotypes about Lebanese, like they don't set foot on ice, but here I am."
Burke insists he drafted Kadri for hockey reasons and turned down trade offers for the seventh pick in order to get him.
"Our scouts think he's creative and explosive," said Burke. "He's intense. They like his physical play even though he's not a big guy."
Kadir said his father, Sam, put him on skates when he was 2 in his home town of London, Ont. He played on a team at 4 and was in the elite level by 6. Kadri's father, mother Sue, four sisters and about 40 other relatives were in the Bell Centre to hear his name called.
It was his father, who owns an auto dealership in London, who was the big Habs fan. Kadri said his dad would probably buy Leaf season tickets now and expected his family at just about every game.
Peter DeBoer, now coach of the Florida Panthers, coached Kadri with the Kitchener Rangers two seasons ago, Kadri's first in the OHL.
"I love him," said DeBoer. "He's a fierce competitor. He's got fantastic skill.
"He's got passion for the game."
They drafted a symbol of change.
Kadri, a solid two-way centre with the London Knights, is of Lebanese heritage, and the first Muslim drafted by the Maple Leafs. That he grew up a Montreal Canadiens fan only adds to the mix for multi-cultural Toronto.
"Being a role model is an important thing for me," said Kadri, who hopes Muslim kids are inspired to take up hockey because of him. "Hopefully these kids can look at me and use me as a role model."
Kadri is likely to remain with the London Knights for another season. His arrival in Toronto coincides with a time when some teams in the GTHL are struggling with enrolment. In Scarborough, the youth from a heavy immigrant population aspire to play cricket and soccer, leaving youth hockey rosters barren and teams forced to fold or merge.
"A lot of Muslim kids are going to start playing hockey because they see someone like them be successful in that area," said Kadri.
There are about 250,000 Muslims living in Toronto, and the drafting of Kadri was welcomed.
"That's good news," Wahida Valiante, chair and national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress told the Star's Kenneth Kidd. "I hope he plays well, because we'll be cheering."
But while Kadri's faith is important, he's also "just Canadian," she said. "It speaks very loudly that we live in a healthy society."
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment worried in 2008 that hockey might lose its grip as the top sport in the city with the changing demographic.
GM Brian Burke acknowledged Kadri has leadership skills – he was the president of the Muslim Student Association in his high school – and the teenager's maturity showed in pre-draft meetings. Burke said he'd be happy if Kadri's career as a Maple Leaf inspired others to take up the sport.
"If this has a ripple effect on the young players in the Muslim community to take up hockey, then that's a wonderful side effect. If that increases our player pool in a part of society we're not touching right now, that's great."
Until now, Ramzi Abid has been known as the greatest Muslim hockey player. The Montreal-born left winger played 68 games in the NHL over four seasons with four teams.
"It's nice for my community to be recognized as a pro hockey player," said Kadri. "There's a lot of stereotypes about Lebanese, like they don't set foot on ice, but here I am."
Burke insists he drafted Kadri for hockey reasons and turned down trade offers for the seventh pick in order to get him.
"Our scouts think he's creative and explosive," said Burke. "He's intense. They like his physical play even though he's not a big guy."
Kadir said his father, Sam, put him on skates when he was 2 in his home town of London, Ont. He played on a team at 4 and was in the elite level by 6. Kadri's father, mother Sue, four sisters and about 40 other relatives were in the Bell Centre to hear his name called.
It was his father, who owns an auto dealership in London, who was the big Habs fan. Kadri said his dad would probably buy Leaf season tickets now and expected his family at just about every game.
Peter DeBoer, now coach of the Florida Panthers, coached Kadri with the Kitchener Rangers two seasons ago, Kadri's first in the OHL.
"I love him," said DeBoer. "He's a fierce competitor. He's got fantastic skill.
"He's got passion for the game."
[ More friendly news from the friendly religion of Islam, and it's friendly courts ]
Somali court amputates thieves' hands
Kitchen knives used to cut them off, as Islamic justice gains ground
updated 9:36 a.m. CT, Wed., Sept . 9, 2009<script language="javascript"> function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt = dt.T2D(pdt); if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = dt.D2S(pdt,((''.toLowerCase()=='false')?false:true));} } } UpdateTimeStamp('633881038132300000');</script>
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali Islamic court has amputated the hands of two men accused of theft and lashed another accused of rape, an official said Wednesday.
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for the <nobr style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; color: darkgreen;" id="itxt_nobr_1_0">al-Shabab
</nobr> militia, said the men had admitted the charges against them.
An eyewitness said that kitchen <nobr style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; color: darkgreen;" id="itxt_nobr_2_0">knives
</nobr> were used to amputate a hand off each of the screaming men on a large table. He declined to be named for fear of reprisals.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32755972/ns/world_news-africa/
Somali court amputates thieves' hands
Kitchen knives used to cut them off, as Islamic justice gains ground
updated 9:36 a.m. CT, Wed., Sept . 9, 2009<script language="javascript"> function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt = dt.T2D(pdt); if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = dt.D2S(pdt,((''.toLowerCase()=='false')?false:true));} } } UpdateTimeStamp('633881038132300000');</script>
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali Islamic court has amputated the hands of two men accused of theft and lashed another accused of rape, an official said Wednesday.
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for the <nobr style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; color: darkgreen;" id="itxt_nobr_1_0">al-Shabab
</nobr> militia, said the men had admitted the charges against them.An eyewitness said that kitchen <nobr style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; color: darkgreen;" id="itxt_nobr_2_0">knives
</nobr> were used to amputate a hand off each of the screaming men on a large table. He declined to be named for fear of reprisals.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32755972/ns/world_news-africa/
Ha, Ha, it is to laugh
Obama Appointee: Shariah Law is OK for United States
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, 3/31/09
President Obama's nominee for State Department legal adviser could be a future Supreme Court pick. He believes U.S. law should be based on foreign precedent, and even Shariah law could find a home here.
Harold Koh believes laws of places like Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka should carry equal weight with the laws of Virginia and South Dakota, and that it's "appropriate for the Supreme Court to construe our Constitution in the light of foreign and international law" in its decisions.
He also believes foreign law trumps U.S. law on issues such as the death penalty. Echoing Ginsburg, he has said: "The evidence strongly suggests that we do not currently pay decent respect to the opinions of humankind in our administration of the death penalty. For that reason (italics added), the death penalty should, in time, be declared in violation of the Eighth Amendment."
He also values the opinions of the world's imams. A New York lawyer, Steven Stein, says Koh in 2007 told the Yale Club of Greenwich that "in an appropriate case, he didn't see any reason why Shariah law would not be applied to govern a case in the United States."
Koh thinks America is the bad guy on the world stage.
He blasted Operation Desert Storm as a violation of international law despite the U.N.'s blessing. He supported the Sandinista move to get the International Criminal Court to force Congress to cut off funding of the Contras in Nicaragua.
In 2004, after Operation Iraqi Freedom had begun, Koh lumped the U.S. in with North Korea as part of an "axis of disobedience" regarding international law.
Like cockroaches they just keep coming out of the wall.
:cripwalk:
Obama Appointee: Shariah Law is OK for United States
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, 3/31/09
President Obama's nominee for State Department legal adviser could be a future Supreme Court pick. He believes U.S. law should be based on foreign precedent, and even Shariah law could find a home here.
Harold Koh believes laws of places like Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka should carry equal weight with the laws of Virginia and South Dakota, and that it's "appropriate for the Supreme Court to construe our Constitution in the light of foreign and international law" in its decisions.
He also believes foreign law trumps U.S. law on issues such as the death penalty. Echoing Ginsburg, he has said: "The evidence strongly suggests that we do not currently pay decent respect to the opinions of humankind in our administration of the death penalty. For that reason (italics added), the death penalty should, in time, be declared in violation of the Eighth Amendment."
He also values the opinions of the world's imams. A New York lawyer, Steven Stein, says Koh in 2007 told the Yale Club of Greenwich that "in an appropriate case, he didn't see any reason why Shariah law would not be applied to govern a case in the United States."
Koh thinks America is the bad guy on the world stage.
He blasted Operation Desert Storm as a violation of international law despite the U.N.'s blessing. He supported the Sandinista move to get the International Criminal Court to force Congress to cut off funding of the Contras in Nicaragua.
In 2004, after Operation Iraqi Freedom had begun, Koh lumped the U.S. in with North Korea as part of an "axis of disobedience" regarding international law.
Like cockroaches they just keep coming out of the wall.
:cripwalk:
