http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/muslimviolence/ en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:03:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411400/posts Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital. In a briefing in the City of London 12 days ago, a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: “Mumbai is coming to London.” The detective said companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid “involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices”. The Sunday Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411400/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:03:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408990/posts A chilling new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York State practicing throat cutting techniques and assault weapons training. Christian Action Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408990/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403188/posts Police have seen 'honour' crime surge by 40 per cent due to rising fundamentalism, new figures show. Honour-based violence, including crimes like murder, rape and kidnap has rocketed in London during the past year. Reported instances of intimidation and attempts at forced marriage have also increased by 60 per cent. UK Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403188/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:05:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374162/posts STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 37-year-old wife from New Brighton tried to slit her husband’s throat as he slept because he was not the devout Muslim she believed she married, and pressured her to eat pork and drink alcohol, authorities allege. In a rambling, four-page handwritten confession, Rabia Sarwar laid out the “mental and emotional cruelty” that led to her trying to kill her husband, Susan Wagner High School teacher Sheikh Naseem, early yesterday morning, a law enforcement source said. “I tried my best to cut his throat,” Ms. Sarwar admitted, according to court papers. Except Naseem woke up during... silive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374162/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:38:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366239/posts Four persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly stripping and thrashing five women. Apparently, the latter had been practising witchcraft that resulted in villagers falling on hard times. The incident occurred at Patharghatia village under Paljori police station in Deoghar district on Sunday. Superintendent of police Praveen Kumar Srivastava said raids were on to arrest seven others, who were instrumental in instigating the villagers against the five, all members of a minority community. Those who have been named in the FIR included Khutena Bibi, Rahmat Mian, Sakina Bibi, Budhu Mian and seven others. Reports said the bizarre incident took place... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366239/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:01:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359688/posts The Jihadists plotting terror attacks against the west, including US soil, may no longer be those with origins from Middle East as what it was for the 9/11 terror attack, but from South Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan in specific, hinting more involvement of Taliban. In the 9/11 terror attack, the plan was engaged and orchestrated by Arabs with origins of Middle East. However, in the London Bombings engaging transportation system, the terror was launched by non-Arabs, and with more interaction with Pakistan. Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, and Hasib Hussain, and Jamaican-born Jermaine Lindsay were involved in the London bombings.... none http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359688/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:09:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344290/posts "Every third young Swede has been subjected to repeated harassment, threats or violence over the past year. Six percent of young girls have been raped, a new report from Swedish researchers shows." The Local http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344290/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342212/posts In a 12 minutes address on audio tape, Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, spoke to the American people on the eighth anniversary of 9/11. The tape was produced by the as-Sahab propaganda arm of the terror group and posted on various Jihadists forums last night. His address, directed "to the American People," asserted that the main reason for the Al Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, was US support for Israel as well as “some other injustices.” Interestingly Osama claimed the war between the two "nations" i.e. the American nation and the Islamic "Umma,"... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342212/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:27:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331787/posts BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Thousands of Chinese demonstrators crowded the streets of Urumqi in western China on Thursday to protest what they say is a lack of police protection, witnesses said. Over the past month, more than 400 ethnic majority Han Chinese have been stabbed with tainted syringes by Uyghurs, the Muslim minority, according to local news reports. The stabbings fueled Thursday's protests by Han Chinese in the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Many of those attacked with the hypodermic needles were hospitalized, but there have been no reports of deaths, the reports said. Fifteen suspects have been... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331787/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 02:49:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2331444/posts My Mother Hired A Hitman To Kill Me: The Shocking Story Of A Muslim Woman Whose Parents Disapproved Of Her Western Lifestyle By Sofia Hayat 03rd September 2009 Ordeal: Sofia Hayat [Pic in URL] was imprisoned and her mother threatened to kill her because she led a Western lifestyle. The text message forwarded to me from my younger sister Saira was concise and chilling: 'Mum's sent a hit man to kill you,' it read. 'Be careful.' As I read those words, my first instinct wasn't fear or even shock, but simply survival. I'd become accustomed to behaviour like this from... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2331444/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 19:14:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329629/posts The federal government will pay about $9.5 million to acquire land so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday. With the National Park Service reaching agreements with eight landowners, construction is expected to start in November, Salazar said. Salazar called the site where the plane crashed, near Shanksville in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, hallowed ground and said the nation was "eternally grateful for the heroes of Flight 93." United Flight 93 was traveling from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when it was diverted by hijackers... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329629/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:44:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328793/posts LONDON (Reuters) - A group of 200 Asians attacked a police patrol team with fireworks in Luton, north of London, where a right-wing march had been planned, police said on Sunday. In a statement Bedfordshire Police said 50 officers and six police horses had been called in the afternoon after a small team of constables and police community support volunteers had been attacked by about "200 members of the younger Asian community" in the Bury Park area of Luton. Reuters UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328793/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:28:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299382/posts A married Muslim woman has been warned by police that she could be murdered after her lover was attacked with sulphuric acid. The 24-year-old Muslim man had the acid poured down his throat and was stabbed and beaten with bricks by four men. He is not expected to live after suffering 90 per cent burns in the London attack, which blinded him and left his tongue destroyed. The Danish victim, who is of Asian origin, is said to have ‘insulted’ her strictly religious relatives, which includes women who wear the hijab. Detectives believe the family feared being shamed in the... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299382/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:31:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195735/posts One of the child actors who starred in the Oscar-winning flick "Slumdog Millionaire" received a severe beating from his dad today after the 10-year-old star refused to be put on display like a trophy. Less than a week after strutting down the red carpet in Los Angeles, actor Azharuddin Mohammed was slapped and kicked by his dad Ismail, The London Sun reported today on its Web site. "I was very sorry that I did what I did," he said afterward. "I was so confused and stressed by my son's homecoming that I did not know myself for a minute. I... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195735/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:38:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178334/posts Some fear the oppression of a little-known religious minority in Iran is intensifyingNaeim Tavakkoli last saw his father Behrouz three years ago in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison. Behrouz, a leader in among the 300,000 Iranians who follow the Baha’i religion, had failed to come home weeks earlier. Naeim, his mother, and brother searched hospitals and police stations but found no trace. Finally they were told Behrouz had been arrested by the Intelligence Ministry and were allowed to see him. The three of them sat across from Behrouz on a small bench in a tiny room with two government agents standing... Macleans http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178334/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 19:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171649/posts A pro-Israel rally in Malmo, Sweden was torn apart Sunday by pro-Palestinian residents who arrived on the scene with eggs, bottles, and tear gas grenades which they threw at Israel's supporters. Police dispersed the entire crowd. Hundreds of people took part in the rally in support of Israel, which was held at the city's main square. Elad Meier, a Bnei Akiva and Jewish Agency envoy to Sweden said it was organized by Malmo's Jewish community and Sweden's Democratic Party. ynet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171649/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:09:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102490/posts Two alleged terrorists threw petrol bombs and shouted "Allahu Akbar" - meaning God is great - as they drove a flaming Jeep into Glasgow airport, a court heard. The vehicle, driven by Kafeel Ahmed, a PhD student from India, smashed into the airport at 3.13pm on June 30 last year. Ahmed, 28, who died a month after the attack, had prepared a will addressed to Osama bin Laden and the leaders of jihad [holy war] in Iraq, Woolwich Crown Court was told. UK Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102490/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:33:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085797/posts A quote from the Brussels newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, 19 September 2008Tramp Beaten Up For Drinking Beer During RamadanA forty-year old homeless man almost died when he was beaten up in Brussels by a man and his father, both Muslims, because he was drinking beer during the Ramadan. Rachid, the 19-year old culprit, beat his victim Serge with an iron bar with nails.A few days ago Serge had an appointment with a doctor in a policlinic in Blaes Street. He arrived early and, since he had to wait, Serge opened a can of beer. At that moment an elderly Muslim who... The Brussels Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085797/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027746/posts OSLO (Reuters) - Police in Norway have arrested a Gambian-born man and charged him and his wife with subjecting five of their six daughters to genital mutilation, officials said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT The practice, also known as female circumcision, is outlawed in Norway and arouses horror among many people in the West but is a rite of passage for young women in many countries, predominantly in Africa. The youngest of the five mutilated girls, all born in Norway, is five years old, police officials said. The others are aged seven, 10, 13 and 14 and live in Gambia, national broadcaster... news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027746/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 01:32:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019628/posts Gambian President Yahya Jammeh says he will “cut off the head” of any homosexual caught in his country. Addressing supporters at the end of his meet the farmers tour here Sunday, Jammeh also ordered any hotel or motel housing homosexuals to close down, adding that owners of such facilities would also be in trouble. He said the Gambia was a country of believers, indicating that no sinful and immoral act as homosexual would be tolerated in the country. He warned all homosexuals in the country to leave, noting that a legislation “stricter than those in Iran ” concerning the vice... Afrik http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019628/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 12:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010547/posts TOMISLAV NIKOLIC, the leader of Serbia’s far-right Radical Party, wants to be clear about one thing in particular: he is not the political reincarnation of Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian strongman who masterminded the Balkan wars of the 1990s that left his country in ruins and at least 125,000 people dead. Not that he thinks Mr. Milosevic was all that bad. “Milosevic was not a criminal, but he made a lot of mistakes,” said Mr. Nikolic, 56, a charismatic and towering man, with brooding eyes and a quick wit, who once oversaw cemeteries in an industrial town and proudly calls himself... ny times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010547/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 02:33:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949234/posts Neil MacFarquahar of the New York Times artfully navigates politically sensitive waters with an article on the problem of wife-beating among Muslims in the United States. The general question, simply put, is how to admit a pattern of outrageous behavior by designated victim groups, without provoking a serious reaction of outrage. So the reportage is artfully constructed to imply that solution as well as the problem lie within Islam, and non-Muslims have a minor role, if any, to play. Thus, the article begins with insensitive Americans failing to accommodate the special needs of battered women who happen to be Muslim:... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949234/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:09:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948361/posts A manhunt in Texas continued Friday for a father accused of shooting his teen daughters and leaving them to die in a taxi. Yaser Abdel Said, 50, of Lewisville, Texas, is wanted for shooting Sarah Yaser Said, 17, and Amina Yaser Said, 18, in his taxi Tuesday night. Police say they don't have a motive for the shootings, but believe a domestic issue may have led to the deaths. Friends gathered Thursday night for a vigil to remember the sisters. The girls' mother, who has been in hiding since the shootings, attended. The victims' brother made a statement at the... fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948361/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946792/posts PARIS - Vandals torched 372 cars as France celebrated the New Year, down on the figure last year after a night the police described as "relatively calm". Cars are burned fairly regularly in France and the image of vehicles in flames in poor suburbs became symbolic of riots in 2005 when angry youths set fire to thousands of cars. There is usually an increase in the number of cars torched on New Year's Eve compared to other days of the year. "The night was relatively calm, without notable incident, there were very few direct clashes with the security forces," said... China Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946792/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:34:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938530/posts TORONTO, Ont. -- A 16-year-old girl has died after allegedly being choked by her father over a dispute with her family over her refusal to wear the hijab, the Islamic headscarf worn by some Muslim women. Peel Regional Police arrested a 57-year-old man Tuesday morning after receiving a 911 call from a suburban home in Mississauga from a man saying he had killed his daughter, according to a Toronto newspaper Web site. According to the National Post, a Toronto newspaper Web site, when police arrived at the house they found the teen on the floor without any vital signs. ClickOnDetroit.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938530/posts#comment Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:26:26 GMT