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A troubled Islamic school which is alleged to have sent £1million of public money to construct a sister establishment in Pakistan is in debt to the tune of almost £3million, Birmingham City Council has revealed.
New leadership was brought into Al-Hijrah School last year, after the council forced out the old governors and sacked its headteacher amid claims of financial irregularities and poor standard of education.
The scale of the voluntary-aided school's financial woes have been laid bare by Birmingham City Council which said auditors now believed the school's estimated deficit by the end of this financial year would be 'in the region of over £3million'.
It comes as a council inquiry continues into allegations £1million of public money sent to the Bordesley Green school found its way to funding construction of a school in Pakistan.
Late last year, the new council-backed executive headteacher informed parents the taxpayer was shelling out £470,000 in rent and classroom hire costs just to keep the gates open.

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Troubled: Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham is in debt to the tune of almost £3million, the council has revealed

Al-Hijrah, described on its website as 'an Islamic school providing high quality education for 4-16-year-olds' has been in special measures after a damning Ofsted inspection in December 2013.
In May last year, a Government-backed interim executive board (IEB) took over the running the school, and has been tackling what Ofsted recently called 'a number of financial irregularities' left over from the time of the previous regime.
The council said the massive deficit is 'due to the financial situation we inherited'.
It has also warned the figure is likely to grow because the council has 'a duty to improve the school environment and ensure the children have access to the resources they deserve'.
While the liability is the school's, the deficit is included on the cash-strapped council's own balance sheet.

 

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Keep letting Muslims into the USA, MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS EUROPE.



One of six Bosnian immigrants accused of sending money and military equipmentto rebel groups in Syria appeared on Saturday in federal court in Chicago.
Mediha Medy Salkicevic, a 34-year-old mother of four from the Chicago suburb of Schiller Park, was arrested by the FBI on Friday. Like the other defendants, she’s charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and providing material support to groups designated by the US as foreign terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State group and an al-Qaida-affiliated group known as the Nusra Front. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000 on each charge.

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Salkicevic, wearing an orange jail uniform, spoke only to confirm that she understood the charges.
The case will be tried in Missouri, where several other defendants were arrested. A Monday bond hearing will determine whether Salkicevic travels there on her own or in custody.
Speaking to reporters afterward, defense attorney Andrea Gambino stressed that Salkicevic is considered innocent until proven guilty.
“Everybody should remember that,” Gambino said.
An indictment unsealed Friday in US district court in St Louis said the six defendants donated money themselves and in some cases collected funds from others in the US and sent the donations overseas. It says two of the defendants, a husband and wife in St Louis, used some of the money to buy US military uniforms, firearms accessories, tactical gear and other equipment, which was shipped to people in Turkey and Saudi Arabia who forwarded the supplies to people fighting in Syria and Iraq.
Money also was sent to support family members of the foreign fighters, the indictment says. All of the defendants knew where the money and supplies were going, the indictment says.
The indictment alleges the conspiracy began no later than May 2013 and that the defendants used email, phones and social media websites including Facebook to communicate.
All six people who are charged are natives of Bosnia who were living in the USlegally. Three are naturalized citizens; the other three had either refugee or legal resident status, according to the US attorney’s office.
Besides Salkicevic, the indictment names Ramiz Zijad Hodzic, 40, his wife, Sedina Unkic Hodzic, 35, and Armin Harcevic, 37, all of St. Louis County; Nihad Rosic, 26, of Utica, New York; and Jasminka Ramic, 42 of Rockford, Illinois.
Salkicevic is accused of sending several thousand dollars to Ramiz Hodzic in St Louis via ******.
According to the indictment, Hodzic sent her a photo of two sniper rifle scopes being shipped and that Salkicevic replied by saying she hoped they would be put to good use.
Salkicevic has four children and is employed, but her attorney declined to give reporters any other information about her.
Five of the defendants have been arrested; the sixth is overseas, but the Justice Department declined to say where.
Online court records do not list defense attorneys for any of the defendants. According to court records, the Hodzics had a first appearance before a US magistrate judge in S. Louis on Friday and the court said it would appoint attorneys for them.
The property manager at the complex where the Hodzics live told the St Louis Post-Dispatch that the couple had been living there for 1½ years with their three children. Larry Sorth and his wife, Joyce, said they were surprised by the arrests and that the couple was friendly.
“She was very sweet, to tell you the truth,” Joyce Sorth said of Sedina Hodzic.

 

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[h=1]Beheaded... for WITCHCRAFT: Latest ISIS execution in Syria once again echoes something from the Dark Ages as man is killed for 'invoking magic'[/h]

• Elderly man is seen being brutally executed for 'practicing witchcraft'
• Militants took him to area outside city of Raqqa to carry out beheading
• Crowd gathered to watch the man being killed by masked executioners
• Comes days after ISIS threw man off seven-storey building in Raqqa after he was accused of having a 'homosexual affair'

Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria have publicly beheaded a man for allegedly practicing witchcraft - the latest in a long line of barbaric executions carried out by the terror group.
The unknown man was photographed being killed by a masked executioner in a village just outside ISIS' stronghold and de facto capital Raqqa while a large crowd looked on.
Precise details of the victim's so-called crime are not known, but the charge of witchcraft and 'invoking magic', and the use of an axe and wooden chopping block to carry out the beheading do little to counter claims that ISIS are little more than murderers with a Dark Age view of the world.

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Brutal: The unknown man was photographed being killed by a masked executioner in a village just outside ISIS' stronghold and de facto capital Raqqa while a large crowd looked on

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Horror: The man was led to the execution site by militants, including one who appears to be a teenager

The beheading of the man, who has a long grey beard, bald head and appears to be in his 60s, took place in a rural area named Aldbsa, to the west the city of Raqqa.
Photographs of the execution and the crowds who watched it were released by ISIS-affiliated media, and were reported by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently - an anti-ISIS activist group based in the city who document the terror group's barbarism in its de facto capital.

 

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One image shows the elderly man being led to the execution site by militants, including one who appears to be a young teenager. Around the group are masked militants wielding assault rifles.
Another image shows a bearded cleric reading out the charges against the man, before a third photograph shows him kneeling on the floor with his arms bound behind his back, his head resting on the chopping block and the axe just millimetres from his neck.
A fourth and final image shows a crowd of dozens of onlookers pressed up against metal railings so they can get a closer look at the gruesome scene.

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Crime: A bearded cleric reads out the charges against the man before his execution for supposed witchcraft

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Crowds: Dozens of onlookers press up against metal railings to get a closer look at the gruesome scene

The witchcraft execution came just days after images were released on a blindfolded man was seen being thrown to his death from a building inside Raqqa after being accused of homosexuality.
The shocking images appeared to show ISIS militants hurling the man off the seven-storey building in the town of Tal Abyad in Raqqa, supposedly in punishment for him having a 'homosexual affair'.
The man apparently survived the fall, but was stoned to death by a waiting crowd at the foot of the tower block.
Photographs of the incident appear to show the man - who is thought to be in his 50s - sat on a white, plastic chair while blindfolded. He is surrounded by at least two masked militants, who are dressed in black clothing and army fatigues.
The man is then thrown from the top of the tower block and one photograph shows him falling towards the ground, head first.

 

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[h=1]Girlfriend of British convert fighting in Syria replied 'You look beautiful' when she saw pictures of him with children waving AK-47s[/h]

• Hana Khan, 23, accused of sending £1,000 to her fiance in Syria, jury told
• She is accused, along with friend, Anton Atkins, of funding terrorism
• Ms Khan allegedly enjoyed 'disturbing' pictures sent from Syrian front line
• Her partner posed with children holding guns and in front of IS' black flag

The 'bride-to-be' of a British jihadi told him he 'looked beautiful' when he sent pictures of himself stood with ten-year-olds brandishing AK47 machine guns in Syria, a court heard today.
Hana Khan, 23, also reacted with glee when she saw her fiance posing in front of the black Islamic State flag in Aleppo, it is alleged.
Khan is said to have sent her boyfriend, who cannot be named, £1,000 to fund his involvement in the fighting, the Old Bailey was told.
The jihadi was also bought a pair of combat trousers by his friend Anton Atkins, 31, who spent £1,600 on him, jurors heard.

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On trial: Hana Khan, 23, and Anton Atkins, 31, are accused of funding terrorism and helping a British jihadi fighting in Syria with cash and gifts





Both Khan and Atkins are accused of funding terrorism at the Old Bailey, which they deny.
Prosecutor Chris Hehir said: ‘The prosecution say that his reason for going to Syria was to join the ranks of rebel forces fighting the regime of President Assad


‘His motivation in doing so was primarily a religious one. He had converted to Islam, and indeed changed his name, some time before leaving the United Kingdom. He went to Syria to fight alongside those sharing his religious outlook.

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Allegations: Miss Khan is said to have said her fiance looked 'beautiful' in a photo of him posing with children holding guns

‘Both defendants are or were friends although Anton Atkins and Hana Khan did not know each other prior to the events with which this trial is concerned. They were both involved in providing and seeking to provide money and, in the case of Anton Atkins, seeking to provide an item of clothing, for his use in Syria.
‘The prosecution case is that both defendants knew very well why he had gone to Syria. They knew that he had gone there to fight: in other words to use or threaten serious violence in furtherance of a cause. They knew - or at the very least should have suspected- that anything they gave him materially might be used in furtherance of fighting, by him or others.’
The jihadi left the UK in July 2012 and crossed into Syria in June 2013 after passing through Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey.
On June 2 2013 he sent Hana Khan three photographs of himself posing with small children under ten years old in Syria, near Aleppo.
Mr Hehir said: ‘They are profoundly disturbing images because a deadly weapon is being put in the hands of young children who smile as if it is a good thing to hold an AK-47 or similar weapon.
‘He clearly has very little respect for the innocence of children.’
Hana Khan responded with the message: ‘You look beautiful’, the court heard.
Mr Hehir added: ‘The prosecution suggest there is nothing beautiful about what he is doing in these photographs and the fact that Hana Khan viewed them as beautiful says quite a lot about her outlook.
‘She was pleased to receive them.’
The jihadi also sent a photo of himself posing with a gun in front of a black Islamic flag to Atkins, the court heard.

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Denial: Both Khan and Atkins, pictured at a previous hearing, are accused of funding terrorism at the Old Bailey but have pleaded not guilty

By 20 June 2013 he was asking Atkins for money using the WhatsApp messaging service.
The jihadi said: ‘Get the loogah*As much as you can anyway* Beneficial*U know this*.’
Two days later the jihadi messaged Atkins about another woman he was planning to marry: ‘if all goes to plan*She is due to come in 3-4 weeks*So ur have to link her around them times if u can*But a soon as she books her ticket il let you know’.
In another message he referred to Jabhat al-Nusra, an extremist group affiliated to Al Qaeda.
Atkins, of Woolwich, southeast London, denies four charges of funding terrorism involving combat trousers and a total of £1,600.
Khan, of Willesden, northwest London, denies two charges of funding terrorism involving a total of £1,000.
The trial continues.

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[h=1]Turkish Intel provided weapons to ISIS, terror suspect says[/h][h=2]"Without any checks on my vehicle, which was loaded with arms, we were taken to the border with a military escort.”[/h]

TURKISH SOLDIERS stand guard on the border with Syria; the country faces threats from the Syrian Civil War.. (photo credit:REUTERS)





An Islamic State fighter currently under trial in a Turkish high criminal court has implicated Turkey's state intelligence service in the willful transfer of weapons and military hardware to the jihadist group fighting in Syria, Today's Zaman reported on Monday.

Mehmet Askar, who was detained together with another 11 suspects belonging to Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and the moderate Free Syrian Army, revealed that in 2011 a planned transfer of arms was hampered by the capture of key border town by the Syrian army, blocking the route often used to infiltrate the war-torn Arab country.

Askar's accomplice, Haisam Toubalijeh, also known as Keysem Topalca, who was involved in a weapons transfer thwarted in 2013 by Turkish forces, reassured him that contacts inside MIT, Turkey's intelligence organization, would help facilitate the movement of the cache, which included some 100 NATO rifles across the border.

“Topalca and the gendarmes made some telephone calls that I couldn't hear. Without any checks on my vehicle, which was loaded with arms, we were taken to the border with a military escort,” Aşkar said.

Turkey's espionage service has not been a stranger to controversy in the past. On January 19, 2014, a prosecutor in the southern border city of Adana ordered border police to halt trucks crossing into Syria on suspicions that the vehicles were carrying illicit weapons. Ankara swiftly removed the prosecutor from his post and shut down any further investigation of the goings on.

 

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[h=1]ISIS revert to basic brutality in latest execution video following choreographed murder of Jordanian pilot: Syrian prisoner is killed with a shotgun at point-blank range[/h]

• Gruesome video shows militant killing prisoner with single shotgun round
• Syrian regime soldier is seen being marched into courtyard by terrorist
• Killer rants in Arabic for several minutes before shotgun is thrown to him
• He then kills the prisoner with single gunshot fired from point-blank range
• Footage then cuts to horrific slow-motion playback of moment of impact

Islamic State terrorists have released a horrific new video showing the execution of a prisoner killed with a pump-action shotgun.
This latest graphic and shocking footage has all the militants' trademark slick production effects and features a light-skinned executioner dressed in similar costume to the now infamous 'Jihadi John'.
The prisoner, believed to be a Syrian soldier captured by ISIS, is forced to wear the same kind of orange jumpsuit worn by Western hostages before they are savagely beheaded by the terror group.
The killer is seen ranting in Arabic behind the doomed prisoner before the HD footage is edited into slow-motion and the militant is seen catching the shotgun, thrown to him by somebody off camera.
Seconds later he fires a single round into the back of the victim's head causing horrific injuries far too graphic to publish. The film rewinds and replays the moment of impact in gruesome detail several times, before cutting to a shot of a pool of blood and the prisoner's dead body.

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Brutal: This latest graphic and shocking footage has all the militants' trademark slick production effects and features a light-skinned executioner dressed in similar costume to the now infamous 'Jihadi John'.


The film begins with the captured soldier - understood to be a member of Bashar Al-Assad's Syrian Arab Army - wearing a military combat uniform as he is made to read a statement to the camera.
He is then seen having his hands tied behind his back being marched to an area of scrubland behind a stone wall beneath a hill.
Islamic music - known as a nasheed - accompanies the video as the prisoner appears resigned to his inevitable grisly fate.

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Sick: The killer is seen ranting in Arabic behind the doomed prisoner before the HD footage is edited into slow-motion and the militant is seen catching the shotgun, thrown to him by somebody off camera

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Killer: When he finally finishes ranting the ISIS executioner raises the shotgun and fires a single round into the back of the man's head, causing him to slump forwards, face-down in the dirt

After being led to the courtyard the prisoner is forced to kneel in front of the executioner while he issues what appears to be be the customary warning to the enemies of the Islamic State.
When he finally finishes ranting the killer raises the shotgun and fires a single round into the back of the man's head, causing him to slump forwards, face-down in the dirt.
The video finishes with a graphic slow-motion playback of the blasting of the shotgun into the man's head, as well as gruesome close up shots of his dead body.
The shotgun method of execution marks a departure from the now familiar beheadings witnessed in previous videos but the impact is no less graphic.

 

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[h=1]U.S. gunman kills three young Muslims; motive disputed[/h]

5:47pm EST
By Colleen Jenkins
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Reuters) - A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook and quarreled with neighbors was charged with killing three young Muslims in what police said on Wednesday was a dispute over parking and possibly a hate crime.
Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a full-time paralegal student from Chapel Hill, was charged with first-degree murder in Tuesday's shootings around 5 p.m. two miles (three km) from the University of North Carolina campus.
The victims were newlyweds Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, a University of North Carolina dental student, and his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Yusor's sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.
All were involved in humanitarian aid programs.
Students at UNC, where Yusor Mohammad was going to join her husband as a student later this year, were gathering on Wednesday for an evening vigil and prayer service.
The suspect, in handcuffs and orange jail garb, appeared briefly on Wednesday before a Durham County judge who ordered him held without bail pending a March 4 probable cause hearing.
Police said a preliminary investigation showed the motive to be a parking dispute. They said Hicks, who has no criminal history in Chapel Hill, turned himself in and was cooperating.
The killings drew international condemnation. The shooting sparked the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter on social media with many posters assailing what they called a lack of news coverage.
"I guess that Muslims are only newsworthy when behind the gun, not in front," tweeted a poster who goes by the handle @biebersrivals.

Muslim activists demanded authorities investigate a possible motive of religious hatred.
"We understand the concerns about the possibility that this was hate-motivated and we will exhaust every lead to determine if that is the case," Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said in a statement.
'EXECUTION-STYLE MURDERS'
The killings occurred in a condominium complex in a wooded area filled with two-story buildings. Neighbors said parking spaces were often a point of contention.
"I have seen and heard (Hicks) be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community," said Samantha Maness, 25, a community college student. But she said she had never seen him show animosity along religious lines.
On Facebook, Hicks' profile picture reads "Atheists for Equality" and he frequently posted quotes critical of religion. On Jan. 20 he posted a photo of a .38-caliber revolver that he said was loaded and belonged to him.
Hicks's wife Karen Hicks told reporters at a news conference that her husband had been locked in a longstanding dispute over parking and the killings had nothing to do with religion. She said Hicks was not hateful and believed "everyone is equal."
Barakat's family urged the shooting be investigated as a hate crime and said the three were killed with shots to the head.
"Today, we are crying tears of unimaginable pain over the execution-style murders," Barakat's older sister Suzanne told reporters. She said her brother was light-hearted and loved basketball.
The incident appeared to be isolated and not part of a targeted campaign against North Carolina Muslims, Ripley Rand, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, told a news conference with local police officials.
Imam Abdullah Antepli, Chief Representative of Muslim Affairs at Duke University, told the news conference it may or may not have been a hate crime and called for an easing of tensions.
A TURNING POINT?
Groups including the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the local Raleigh-based Muslims for Social Justice called for a federal investigation into possible hate crimes.
"I hope this terrible tragedy will be a turning point that brings the reality home that if we keep demonizing Muslims and equating their religion to terrorism, it will lead to more attacks," said Manzoor Cheema, co-founder of Muslims for Social Justice.

Barakat, an American citizen of Syrian origin, wrote in his last Facebook post about providing free dental supplies and food to homeless people in downtown Durham. He was raising funds for a trip to Turkey with 10 other dentists to provide free fillings, root canals and oral hygiene instruction to Syrian refugee children.
His sister-in-law, Abu-Salha, a sophomore at nearby North Carolina State University, was involved in making multimedia art to spread positive messages about being Muslim American.
Students at UNC said the three friends came from two of the most prominent Muslim families in the Raleigh area.
"Deah was a very proud Muslim American. He was proud of all his identities," said Sofia Dard, a 21-year-old senior psychology major. She said Muslims were used to occasional harassment in post 9/11 America, but the shooting "adds a whole level of seriousness."
(Additional reporting by Marti Anne Maguire in Raleigh, Laila Kearney, Franklin Paul and Curtis Skinner; Writing by Fiona Ortiz in Chicago; Editing by Howard Goller)

 

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Grave of Catholic Shadrack Smith will not be exhumed, family told in row over Muslim burial plot next door

Ministry of Justice says it would not allow exhumation without full written consent of Mr Smith's family

The grave of Mr Khan (foreground) next to that of Mr Smith

The family of a Roman Catholic man have been assured he will not be exhumed despite a complaint from a Muslim family that a “non-believer” had been buried next to their relation.


Shadrack Smith, 89, will be left to rest in peace after the Ministry of Justice, the only organisation with the power to grant an exhumation licence, said there was “no way” he would be moved.


Mr Smith was buried in the multi-denominational Burbage Cemetery in Leicestershire on January 30. His burial plot was next to the grave of Muzaffar Khan, 87, whose family allegedly raised concerns over a non-Muslim being buried next to their relative.

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Mr Smith’s family say they were warned by Burbage Parish Council that exhumation was one possibility, though the council now denies this was ever discussed.






Mr Smith, who had lived in an official gipsy camp in nearby Aston Firs for more than 20 years, had eight children, 25 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren, who said they would take the case to “the highest court in the land” to prevent exhumation.

But a Ministry of Justice spokesman said that without the permission of Mr Smith’s family, no exhumation licence could be granted.

MoJ rules state that anyone applying for an exhumation licence will “need to get the signature of any close relatives, the owner of the grave plot and the burial authority”.

A spokesman confirmed that: “Without the permission of the family, no exhumation could go ahead.” The only exception is when a corner issues a warrant for an exhumation in the course of a criminal investigation.


Mr Smith’s family were warned four days before his funeral that Mr Khan’s family had complained, but pressed ahead with the burial.

[SUP]Mr Smith's son Sean with his wife Tracey at the cemetery (NEWSTEAM)

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The council’s own rules, set out on their website, state that “all grave spaces are allocated in sequence with no opportunity for selection”.

The council said in a statement that the first Muslim burial at the site took place several months ago, and that special arrangements were made for a swift burial, the orientation of the grave towards Mecca and a larger grave plot. Mr Khan's grave was the first in a row of plots that had not until then been allocated.

After the Smith family bought the adjacent plots, “a number of complaints followed and the council initiated their correct procedures and considered the matter carefully”
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The statement added: “"Burbage Parish Council has sought to resolve this matter in a fair and transparent manner and has had extensive dialogue with both families concerned. We have also taken extensive legal advice on all matters associated with the issues raised.


"Burbage Cemetery is a non-denominational, multi-faith facility and requests from all communities living in and around Burbage will be treated equally and fairly in line with our policies and the law.

At a meeting of the parish council on Tuesday, the council discussed the matter and confirmed its existing policy, while saying it “regrets any distress”.
A member of Mr Khan’s family said that the row had been “blown out of proportion”.

Dr Sheik Howjat Ramzy, Director of the Oxford Islamic Information Centre and an adviser to the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "There is nothing in the Koran which says that you have to be buried separately, there are some traditions that in the time of the Prophet it was good to be separated.

"[Graves] are separated in some Muslim countries but Islamic jurisprudence is different from one country to another and in this country it is allowed."

Tim Morris, director of the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management, said: “In 33 years I have never come across another case like this, apart from a man who moved his wife because some Hell’s Angels bought some plots nearby.”

Last year 1,238 bodies or cremated remains were exhumed, mostly to deepen existing graves for a further burial in the same plot, or to move remains to a new grave at a family’s request.

 

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[h=1]Paraded in cages 'to be burned alive' like Jordanian pilot: ISIS releases video claiming to show 17 Kurdish fighters in humiliating procession through Iraqi city[/h]

• Orange clad Peshmerga are driven through crowds of jeering militants
• Grim echo of Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh's public burning on camera
• Procession reportedly took place in northwestern Iraqi city of Kirkuk
• Reports claim ISIS now has a presence in the oil rich Kurdish stronghold

By TIM MACFARLAN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 22:55, 13 February 2015 | UPDATED: 02:02, 14 February 2015
Heads bowed in terror the orange-clad Kurdish fighters are paraded through streets filled with jeering militants in the latest horrifying video release from Islamic State.
In a grim echo of the terrible fate which befell Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh the captives, reportedly Peshmerga fighters, are dressed in orange jumpsuits and shackled in cages.
Just as Lt. al-Kaseasbeh was burned alive on camera, IS are planning to do the same with their latest prisoners, according to posts on social media.

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A terrified Kurdish prisoner looks out from his cage at a mob of jeering militants in the horrific scene

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Each prisoner was accompanied by black clad and flag waving jihadis, some armed with AK-47s

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Onlookers jeered and taunted the prisoners as their captors played to the crowds during the procession

 

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The grim procession apparently took place through Kirkuk in northwest Iraq, an oil rich Kurdish stronghold where ISIS now has a presence after mounting repeated attacks in recent weeks.
The parade, reportedly through the Hawija district in the southwest of Kirkuk, could be seen as revenge for horrific reports of Kurdish forces dragging the bodies of ISIS fighters through the streets of the city in the Kurdistan region of Iraq earlier this month.





In the nearly four minute long video 17 of the Iraqi Kurdistan military forces are driven one by one on the backs of white pick-up trucks with ISIS flag-waving militants toting AK-47s accompanying each prisoner.
At the end of the clip the long line of cages can be seen retreating into the sunset over the heads of massed crowds of militants.

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A total of 17 Peshmerga were led through the streets of what is apparently Kirkuk in northwestern Iraq

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Posts on social media suggested the Islamic State militants plan to set fire to the Kurdistan warriors

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This captive stares grimly ahead as one militant records him on his smartphone as he is driven past

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The parade reportedly took place in Hawija in southwest Kirkuk, where ISIS is now said to have a foothold

 

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[h=1]ISIS publicly executes two 'spies' and CRUCIFIES another as armed insurgents and young boys watch[/h]

• Images have emerged of two helpless men surrounded by armed fighters
• The masked men surround their captives as young boys in crowd look on
• Another picture shows crucified man with message hanging from his neck
• On Thursday, Islamic State announced they had another Israeli-Arab spy
• Israel and Muhammad Musallam's father denied allegations against him

Islamic State has publicly executed two alleged spies and mercilessly crucified another to a road sign in the Syrian city of Al-Bab.
Images have emerged showing two men - bound and dressed in orange jumpsuits - kneeling on the ground as hundreds of jeering insurgents surround them.
Masked men dressed in black have their weapons trained on the captives, while young boys force their way through the crowd to catch a glimpse of the helpless men.
Another picture shows a deceased man hanging from a post with a sign hanging around his neck. The onlookers in the photograph seem unphased by the man's limp, crucified body.
On Thursday, the extremist group announced it was holding an Israeli-Arab who posed as foreign a fighter to spy for the country's intelligence agency, Mossad.

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Helpless: Islamic State has reportedly executed two alleged spies in the Syrian city of Al-Bab

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Crucified: One of the men's dead bodies was tied to a post, with a message hung around his neck

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Public killing: One picture seems to show a crowd of hundreds gathering for what could be the execution

 

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[h=1]BREAKING NEWS: Islamic State releases video showing beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya[/h]

• New ISIS video allegedly shows beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians
• The men, Egyptian guest workers, were kidnapped in Libya in January
• The graphic video appeared on an ISIS-supporting Twitter on Sunday

Islamic State has released a video purporting to show the militant group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya.
The video, released this afternoon, shows ISIS fighters dressed head to toe in black, marching the captives, all wearing orange jumpsuits, to a beach.
The 21 men can be seen being forced onto their knees before they are beheaded by the militants standing behind them

Horror: A new video has been released by ISIS allegedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian men

The extremely graphic video first appeared on the Twitter feed of a website that supports Islamic State.
A caption on the five-minute video read: 'The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church.'


Before the killings, one of the militants stood with a knife in his hand and said: 'Safety for you crusaders is something you can only wish for.'
The 21 men, Egyptian Christians working in Libya, disappeared last month, and the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the abductions shortly afterwards.
'Urgent. Soldiers of the Islamic State captured 21 Christian crusaders,' the jihadists said in a statement released alongside three pictures of the men.

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Terrorists: The extremely graphic video first appeared on the Twitter feed of a website that supports ISIS

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Helpless: Images emerged on Saturday, allegedly showing ISIS militants executing two men accused of spying for the Syrian government

Three pictures showing several men were published alongside the statement, which did not specify when the men were abducted and did not reveal their nationality.
The statement did not list any demands for the release of the men, but said they had been taken 'in various areas of Tripoli Province'.
Last month, the Egyptian foreign ministry confirmed that 20 men had been kidnapped in two separate incidents in Libya, but did not specify when they had been abducted nor their religious affiliation.
Libya has seen a rise of powerful armed militias in the wake of the downfall and death of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians work in Libya, mainly in the construction sector, and they have been targeted as the country has descended into chaos.
Yesterday, images emerged of ISIS militants publicly executing two alleged spies and mercilessly crucifying another to a road sign in the Syrian city of Al-Bab.
On Thursday, the extremist group announced it was holding an Israeli-Arab who posed as foreign a fighter to spy for the country's intelligence agency, Mossad.

 

[ScottL]

If the POTUS believes that decapitating a group of Christians is, "cowardly,"as he described them in his response to what ISIS did, then he must believe that doing nothing to stop them is "brave."
Does he actually think that some psychopaths who slit the necks of individuals are somehow "fearful" of anything? Does he believe we can redefine our issues out of existence? ~ Chloé Simone Valdary

 

[SheriffJoe]

 

[superbeets]

What will it take to Waken The Sleeping Giant.

 

[SheriffJoe]

 

[superbeets]

[h=1]British father-of-two allegedly bought ricin that could kill hundreds of people that was delivered to his home in a toy car but was caught in FBI sting[/h]

• Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, is accused of trying to by £325 of ricin online
• Father-of-two allegedly ordered poison to be sent to his home in Liverpool
• Phials of powder were stashed inside the battery pack of a yellow toy car

A father-of-two bought enough ricin to kill hundreds of people over the 'dark web' and had it shipped to Britain in a toy car but was caught in an anti-terror sting headed by the FBI, it was alleged today.
Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, of Liverpool, is accused of trying to buy £325 of the poison from a website in the United States using internet currency Bitcoins.
Phials of powder were apparently transported in the battery pack of a remote control car and delivered to his home by post. The powder delivered was not ricin.
Today Ali appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court, London, accused with attempting to possess a chemical weapon between January 10, and February 12 this year.

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In court: Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, of Liverpool, arrived in London and is accused of trying to buy $500 of ricin from a website in the United States using internet currency Bitcoins







He was arrested in a joint operation by the North West counter terrorism unit and Merseyside Police last week after a tip-off from the US authorities.
Prosecutor Mark Dawson said Ali allegedly attempted to buy 500 milligrams of ricin but this was a sting operation by the FBI in cooperation with British authorities.
Mr Dawson said 500 milligrams of ricin can be 'scientifically fatal to a hundred people'.




The court heard five addresses were raided by the police, which were all believed to be connected with the suspect, and a number of items were seized.
He was charged with attempting to obtain a chemical weapon between 10 January 2015 and 12 February 2015 contrary to section 1 of the criminal attempts act 1981 and section 2.1(c) of the chemical weapons act 1996.
Ali, wearing a blue jumper and blue trousers in court, spoke only to confirm his name and address.

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Appearance: Ali, wearing a blue jumper and blue trousers in court, spoke in a strong Liverpudlian accent to confirm his name and address. He did not enter plea/





District judge Howard Riddle said: 'Mr Ali you will next appear at the Central Criminal Court for your next hearing on the March 13'.

 

[festeringZit]

[h=1]Chicago Imam Called the ‘Billy Graham’ of Islam Accused of Sexual Assault[/h] 260

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by Warner Todd Huston15 Feb 2015Chicago, IL125
[h=2]Update: Mohammad Abdullah Saleem has been arrested and charged with sexual assault. He will also face a civil suit, which was filed Tuesday.[/h]
An Islamic leader in a Chicago suburb who has been hailed as the Muslim “Billy Graham” has been accused of sexual assault of an employee at the Institute of Islamic Education that he founded.
A female worker at an Islamic school in Elgin, Illinois–a western suburb of Chicago–has accused imam Mohammad Abdullah Saleem, 75, of building up a personal relationship for months leading up to her sexual abuse.
The 23-year-old employee charges that Saleem spent months slowly getting her to let her guard down before trying to force her into a sexual relationship. As an employee of a Muslim school, the woman was required to war a veil among males in the school. But the imam, she says, began his coercion by requesting that she lower her veil.
“It’s not something that gets done,” the woman told the media. “Men and women don’t even shake hands.”
Next, Saleem began touching her inappropriately, and from there he got more aggressive, she said.
This young employee, though, says she is not the only one that the imam abused. In a forthcoming lawsuit, she charges that Saleem has spent decades abusing the women and children whom he is supposed to be counseling as a spiritual leader.
The charges are shocking to a community that has come to look at Saleem as a famous and important Islamic leader.
“In the South Asian community, he is like Billy Graham. He’s the archbishop of Chicago,” said Loyola University Chicago Islamic scholar Omer Mozaffar, who acted as a mediator with one of Saleem’s past accusers.
For his part, Saleem claims that his accusers are all lying. In fact, on the school’s website, Saleem blamed “outsiders” for this attack on him.
The statement, which was eventually removed from the school’s website, criticized those who would resort to American law instead of “resolution” inside the community. “The individuals involved do not wish to seek privacy and resolution, but are actively seeking publicity for their claims,” the statement said.
Mozaffar said that Saleem fostered a respect for the old ways of Islam, but maybe to the point of also fostering loathing for America. “The fear is of becoming Americanized. And that includes a decline in morality, losing a person’s Islam, a person’s faith. And so faith gets mixed in with culture,” he said.
The scholar became involved when he employed that very sort of resolution process for a former employee who accused the imam of sexual assault. The woman accepted the ultimate decision of the arbitration. But once word got out about the incident, many others came forward to accuse the imam of abusing them, too.
Police are now investigating multiple cases of abuse from multiple accusers.

 

[ScottL]

^^^"That sheep is a liar!"