http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cultofdeath/ en-us Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:57:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971810/posts Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, is refusing to remove medieval artistic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, despite being flooded with complaints from Muslims demanding the images be deleted. More than 180,000 worldwide have joined an online protest claiming the images.... are offensive to Islam, which prohibits any representation of Muhammad. But the defiant editors of the encyclopaedia insist they will not bow to pressure and say anyone objecting to the controversial images can simply adjust their computers so they do not have to look at them.[snip]Muslims and argue the least Wikipedia can do is blur or blank out the faces.... Observer / Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971810/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:57:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960390/posts IMAM E-DATE FROM HELL By JANON FISHER January 27, 2008 -- A Wall Street stockbroker fears for her life after she rebuffed a Brooklyn imam she met on a Muslim dating Web site. In an explosive $50 million lawsuit that blows the lid off the wacky world of Muslim dating in New York, Cherine Allaithy alleges the religious leader promised he would make her one of four future wives and boasted of a cousin in al Qaeda. When she dumped him, he trashed her reputation in the Arab press. The imam, Tarek Youssoff Hassan Saleh, 42, says Allaithy is a... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960390/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:51:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949198/posts Woman artist gets death threats over gay Muslim photos Matthew Campbell THE Dutch were debating the limits of freedom of expression last week after an artist who photographed gay men wearing masks of the prophet Muhammad was forced into hiding and her work removed from a museum exhibit. Speaking on the telephone from an unspecified location in the Netherlands last week, the artist, an Iranian exile who goes by the pseudonym of Sooreh Hera, said she had been threatened with “execution”. She accused the director of the municipal museum in The Hague of cowardice for caving in to Muslim extremists.... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949198/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:47:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948847/posts Lost "Mohammed" Dog Poster Left in Front of Muslim This happened in Lewiston, Maine, the same place where a ham steak left on a lunch bag was investigated as a hate crime. Check out the phone number on the poster, Tommy Tutone now wanted for questioning.... LEWISTON (NEWS CENTER) -- Members of the Somali community in Lewiston say a poster put up in front of a local Somali owned store is an insult to their religion The poster depicts a vicious "lost" dog named Mohammed. That's the name of the Muslim prophet. It says that the dog is not good... Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948847/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 19:04:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944776/posts Husband cut off wife’s ears, nose on Eid day by Abudlhadi Hairan December 23, 2007 Qalat: A man named Mumtaz in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan first shaved wife, Nazia’s head and then cut off her ears, and nose and damaged her teeth on the first day of Eid ul Adha, an Islamic ritual of sacrifice. Hospital sources in Qalat, center of Zabul, told this scribe by phone that Nazia, 17, was admitted on Wednesday (First day of Eid) evening and now she was in a critical condition due to the severe beating she has borne. Provincial Police Chief of... Ground Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944776/posts#comment Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941506/posts Iran: Two feminists charged with terrorism Tehran, 18 Dec. (AKI) - Two Kurdish women's rights activists in Iran have been charged with taking part in terrorist activities. The prosecutor in Sanandaj, in western Iran accused Ronak Safazadeh and Hana Abdi of being members of the Kurdish rebel group PJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan). The PJAK is allegedly linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighting the Turkish army. The women were also charged with carrying out attacks at the headquarters of the justice ministry in Sanandaj and for being responsible for a car bomb in the city's Azadi... adnkronosinternational http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941506/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:27:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941503/posts Men Jailed in Sudan for Selling Book on Mohammed's Child-Bride By Patrick Goodenough CNSNews.com International Editor December 18, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - A Sudanese court reportedly has sentenced two Egyptian men to six months' imprisonment for harming Islam after they marketed a book deemed critical of one of Mohammed's wives. The men, who work for an Egyptian publishing house, were arrested at an international book fair in Khartoum while promoting a book on Aisha, who Muslim historians record as one of Mohammed's 12 wives and concubines. According to an authoritative Hadith -- the traditions and sayings of Mohammed -- the middle-aged... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941503/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937173/posts Jailed teddy teacher: I feared I would be raped by Sudanese prison officers wanting to teach me a lesson By ANDREW WILKS - More by this author » 9th December 2007 The teacher imprisoned in the Sudan for naming a teddy bear Mohammed has told how she feared being raped by her guards during her incarceration. Gillian Gibbons, who was arrested when a school secretary complained to the authorities two months after the stuffed toy was named by pupils at Unity High School in Khartoum, said her greatest worry was that her guards would "teach the blaspheming white woman a... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937173/posts#comment Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:03:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935924/posts Beaten by teacher, boy prepares for third surgery PTI Thursday, December 06, 2007 18:46 IST ISLAMABAD: A 13-year-old Pakistani boy who was beaten by his teacher for not completing his homework is preparing to undergo a third surgery. Mudassar Aslam, a Class IX student of Himayatul Islam High School in Hyderabad, has already undergone two major intestinal surgeries after his teacher beat him. Aslam was rushed to Liaquat University Hospital on November 21 after he complained of severe abdominal pain. His teacher, Buland Iqbal, trashed him with a stick after tying him up. The boy said, "I was beaten with... DNA - Daily News & Analysis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935924/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935405/posts “A good wife must live in fear” 05/07/2007 SAUDI ARABIA Women are forbidden to drive, to show their head and to speak in public, and to shake a man’s hand. On television, preachers incite husbands to beat their wives “for their own good”. Saudi journalists describe the countless prohibitions facing Muslim women in their country and appeal for a distinction between religious truths and social customs. Riyadh (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Without permission, women cannot even drive a car or change the colour of their clothes, and television preachers warn that women who shake a man’s hand are committing “adultery of the... AsiaNews.it http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935405/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:22:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934275/posts Mere suspicion of an illicit affair in Jordan often leads to "honour killings" Author: IRIN Published on Nov 26, 2007, 08:00 Women activists call for greater rights. A quarter of all women killed in Jordan for having an illicit relationship die merely because they were suspected of involvement in such a relationship, while only 15 per cent are killed after adultery is proven, a study by UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has revealed. The study was unveiled on 25 November to mark the UN global campaign entitled Sixteen Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women, organised by UNIFEM.... YubaNet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934275/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 02:54:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932013/posts Mannequins removed from Peshawar shops after threats Islamabad (PTI): Garment shop owners in northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar are removing mannequins from their displays or covering them up with clothes following threats from militants. A meeting of the shopkeepers' association of Karimpura in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), on Wednesday discussed the threatening letters from militants. The association decided to either remove the mannequins from shops or cover them up fully with clothes. The meeting was informed that 10 militants visited Shaheen Bazaar, a market for women, and asked shopkeepers to remove mannequins. The militants claimed... The Hindu News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932013/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929843/posts Iraq: Sisters behead uncle and aunt in front of their children - because he wore Western-style trousers 23rd November 2007 An Iraqi couple were beheaded in front of their children by their cousins because the man wore Western-style trousers. Three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, beheaded their uncle and his wife, forcing the couple's children to watch, according to Iraqi police. The killing came because the school guard Youssef al-Hayali was considered an infidel because he did not pray and wore western-style trousers. The militants, later arrested in Diyala province northwest of Baghdad, killed Hayali and his wife... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929843/posts#comment Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925445/posts Teheran cracks down on “moral vices” The death of a girl, arrested by Iranian police because she was in the company of a male friend, is declared a “suicide”. Iran’s Supreme Leader approves the list of “vices” to be fought, among them makeup and hats. Teheran (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Iran’s government daily’s today published a list of moral vices which police are called to counter, among them make up and hats in the place of veils. The officers added that they are also bent on cracking down on “decadent” films, drugs and alcohol. This is the latest move in a ferocious... AsiaNews.it http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925445/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909852/posts The Curse Of Che Guevara By Jens Glüsing Legendary Argentinian guerrilla fighter Ernesto "Che" Guevara was shot dead in Bolivia 40 years ago. Some worship him like a saint, while others credit him with the power to take revenge on his killers from beyond the grave. The man who shot the most famous guerrilla fighter of all time lives in Bolivia's largest city, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in a typical middle-class neighborhood. The street is quiet and located close to Avenida Paraguay, one of the main thoroughfares in the sprawling city. The man who lives here is 68 years... Spiegel Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909852/posts#comment Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:39:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909709/posts Freedom Called Lethal Risk for Jailed Afghan Women Run Date: 10/07/07 By Aunohita Mojumdar WeNews correspondent Women are jailed in Afghanistan for "crimes" that would make them victims of domestic abuse elsewhere. As the annual festival of Eid brings the prospect of presidential pardons, advocates warn that many women are safer inside prison. KABUL, Afghanistan (WOMENSENEWS)--Each year the festival of Eid that ends the month-long Ramadan holiday season is commemorated in Afghanistan with presidential pardons for prisoners. It's a show of cultural benevolence since Ramadan is traditionally celebrated with families coming together. But as Eid approaches on Oct. 13, women's... Womens ENews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909709/posts#comment Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900659/posts It is now clear that a “death cult” has taken root within Islam. These fanatical enemies of freedom will as soon rain death and mayhem upon a schoolyard of innocent children (Muslim as well as non-Muslim) as they will attack a military vehicle. Yet while we denounce these zealots who seek to destroy in the name of religion, we should also acknowledge that a “death cult” has arisen in our own society as well. Many in this group worship at the altar of secularism. They have devalued life, and their handiwork is memorialized in the ignominious Roe v. Wade decision... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900659/posts#comment Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896841/posts I remember hearing a short while ago that the Islamic Republic Police had “arrested” dogs, as a part of their “fight against immodesty”. Today, a very good friend sent a set of pictures of the arrested dogs. Clearly, these dogs are not meant to live in the conditions they are being kept, but, anyways, they do not treat human beings anything better. An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner… http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896841/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887680/posts Fresh violence claims eight civilians in Thailand's deep South Posted : Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:33:04 GMT Author : DPA Pattani, Thailand - Attacks on state schools and Thai-Buddhist communities by suspected separatist have claimed eight civilians lives in two days in Thailand's tortured deep South, provincial officials said Tuesday. The fresh wave of violence coincided with the launch Tuesday of a 104-page report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch which roundly blasts the region's Muslim insurgency for targetting civilians in its political struggle. Two public school teachers were gunned down on Monday in Pattani, 720 kilometres south of... EarthTimes.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887680/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:01:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887483/posts Boy shown beheading Pakistani soldier in video (AFP) 27 August 2007 DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pro-Taleban militants have released a video of an apparently teenage boy beheading one of 16 Pakistani soldiers kidnapped in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan. The gruesome recording, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, will likely put further pressure on embattled US ally President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on Islamist violence in the frontier region. The 35-minute video entitled ‘Revenge’ first shows the 16 soldiers, all of them in uniform, who were taken hostage on August 9 in the South Waziristan... Khaleej Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887483/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887167/posts Hamas TV airs `Lion King' cartoon hero By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer Fri Aug 24, 4:37 PM ET JERUSALEM - After killing off its Mickey Mouse-lookalike, Hamas has turned to another Disneyesque character — televising a cartoon with a "Lion King" wannabe to portray the Islamic group's victory in the Gaza Strip over the Fatah movement. The cartoon depicts Fatah members as sneaky rats, brandishing guns and being showered with U.S. dollars, while Hamas is portrayed as a confident, calm lion that resembles Simba in the 1994 Walt Disney Co. movie "The Lion King." The five-minute video, titled... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887167/posts#comment Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880803/posts Iran authorities lash man for having bible in car - report Mon. 13 Aug 2007 Iran Focus Tehran, Iran, Aug. 13 – Iranian authorities in Tehran lashed a man on his back earlier this year for having a bible in his car, an Iranian Christian group said in a report on its website on Friday. The man was only identified by the initials A. Sh. On 5 May, the man, driving his vehicle, was involved in a road accident with a car belonging to security guards for a government official in Tehran. A bible and a video of Jesus Christ... Iran Focus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880803/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:19:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880391/posts Honor Killings in Turkey Claimed Lives of Mother, Daughter Posted GMT 8-11-2007 A woman (47) deserted her husband in Kars, in eastern Turkey, and moved in with her divorced daughter (27), mother of three. They were located by the husband/father and his son who came yesterday to the women's home in Kocaeli, where the 19 year old son brutally killed his mother and his sister by beating them on the head with a bat, with his three young nephews watching. Upon his arrest the 19 year old said that he had killed the women to clean the honor of his... Assyrian International News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880391/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:00:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879920/posts Arafat's doctor: His blood had HIV, but poison killed him 12/08/2007 By Danny Rubinstein , Haaretz Correspondent Late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat's blood contained the deadly HIV virus, Arafat's personal physician told Jordanian media over the weekend. Dr. Ashraf al-Kurdi stressed, however, that Arafat did not die of AIDS - which is caused by the virus. Jordanian news site Amman quoted al-Kurdi - a former Jordanian health ministry official - as saying that the virus had been injected into Arafat's bloodstream close to his death, and that the real cause of the chairman's death was poison. Hours earlier, al-Kurdi... Haaretz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879920/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:11:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873451/posts Sudan: Jews behind Darfur conflict Sudanese defense minister says '24 Jewish organizations fueling conflict in Darfur' by Yaakov Lappin Sudan's defense minister, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has accused "24 Jewish organizations" of "fueling the conflict in Darfur" last week in an interview with a Saudi newspaper. Hussein was interviewed during an official state-visit to the Saudi kingdom last week. A journalist from Saudi Arabia's Okaz newspaper asked Hussein: "Some people are talking about the penetration of Jewish organizations in Darfur and that there is no conflict there?" "The Darfur issue is being fuelled by 24 Jewish organizations, who are making... YNetNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873451/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:04:56 GMT