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Temple Mount, also known as Noble Sanctuary, is a Jerusalem flash point

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Howard Schneider - Nov. 17 (Special Report) - It is one of the most watched pieces of real estate in the world, 35 acres where an under-the-breath prayer or a whiff of a rumor can rouse warnings of war.

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Priest Attack in Florida Worries Muslim Leaders | Not in Our Town

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Not In Our Town - By Suefish - Nov. 13 (News Report) - Muslim leaders in Tampa, Fla., are concerned they might be seeing a backlash from last week’s attacks at Fort Hood. On Nov. 9, a Marine reservist attacked a Greek Orthodox priest who was visiting Tampa from Crete because he thought the clergyman was a Muslim “terrorist.” According to the police report, the priest followed the reservist into a parking garage to ask for directions. The reservist hit the priest with a tire iron, and called 911 to report a “terrorist” had attacked him after shouting “Allahu Akhbar,” "God is great" in Arabic. The priest does not speak Arabic. The reservist’s attorney countered that the priest had followed his client into the garage to sexually assault him. Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy disputed that, telling reporters that Bruce did not mention a sexual attack when he called 911, and later changed his story several times.

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Fort Hood gunman shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he opened fire

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Ewen MacAskill - Nov. 06 (News Report) - A US army psychiatrist about to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar", or "God is greatest", as he opened fire at a military base in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 28. The gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, shouted the Arabic phrase just before he began his shooting spree at Fort Hood military installation yesterday, according to the base commander, Lieutenant General Robert Cone.

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Suspect Nidal Malik Hasan in stable condition after Fort Hood killings

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - Nov. 06 (News Report) - The suspect in Thursday's deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, is in stable condition, the hospital commander at the base said Friday. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, was shot multiple times and was taken into custody, ending the shooting rampage Thursday afternoon, Fort Hood officials said.

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Protesters, Police Clash In Tehran On Anniversary Of U.S. Embassy Takeover

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Radio Free Europe - By Golnaz Esfandiari - Nov. 04 (News Report) - As Iran held anti-U.S. rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, security forces clashed in the capital with opposition supporters who renewed their protest against the reelection of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.

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Teran again sees protests and violence

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Iason Athanasiadis - Nov. 04 (News Report) - Iran’s opposition movement showed it may have staying power Wednesday as thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets alongside a regime-backed demonstration marking the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

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Terrorist suspect linked to ‘big bang’ facility

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Financial Times - By Ben Hall - Oct. 10 (News Report) - One of two men arrested in France on suspicion of having links with an Islamist terrorist group was working as a researcher at the Cern “big bang” laboratory on the French-Swiss border, the nuclear research body said

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China’s wild west

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Le Monde Diplomatique - By Martine Bulard - Aug. 16 (Special Report) - With July's violence in Urumqi following last year's riots in Tibet, is China under threat in its frontier provinces? Xinjiang's minorities, the Muslim Uyghurs in particular, face discrimination. Though their dislocation is more social and cultural than religious, without real autonomy Islamic fundamentalism is set to growMy journey to China's westernmost province began this May in the backroom of an ordinary brasserie in one of Paris's eastern suburbs. The Uyghur man I had come to see was (...) - 2009/08 / Open access, 2009/08 - China

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Row over Afghan wife-starving law

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Sarah Rainsford - Aug. 16 (News Report) - An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex becomes law, sparking criticism.

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Afghanistan passes 'barbaric' law diminishing women's rights

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Jon Boone - Aug. 14 (News Report) - Women wearing the burka in Baharak town, Afghanistan. Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting Shia men to deny their wives food and sustenance if they refuse to obey their husbands' sexual demands, despite

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French woman threatens legal action over 'burkini' ban

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Angelique Chrisafis - Aug. 12 (News Report) - A 35-year-old French convert to Islam has threatened legal action after she was evicted from a public pool for wearing a "burkini" – a veil, trouser and tunic covering that she said allowed her to swim while preserving her modesty.

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New Iraqi Shiite Coalition coming together

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Informed Comment - By Juan Cole - Aug. 09 (News Report) - Ahead of January?s parliamentary elections, Jalal al-Din al-Saghir, a leader of the Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq (ISCI) announced that the United Iraqi Alliance will announce five coalition partners next week. They include the Sadr Movement of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Islah Party of former Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, the Badr Organization (the political wing of the Badr Corps paramilitary attached to ISCI), section of the Da`wa Party- Iraq Organization, and ISCI itself. These are all fundamentalist Shiite parties. ISCI continues to reject the demand of the Islamic Da`wa Party of current prime minister Nuri al-Maliki for more seats in parliament within the UIA coalition, and for a lock on the prime ministership. The significance of the report ...

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'Blasphemer' attacked in Pakistan

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Aug. 08 (News Report) - An angry crowd in southern Pakistan attacks the house of a woman accused of desecrating the Koran, police say. Police officials said the woman was taken into protective custody minutes before protestors broke into her house. It is the latest in a series of attacks on religious grounds. On Saturday seven Christians were killed for allegedly desecrating the Koran. Hundreds of people have been lynched since the mid-1980s when blasphemy laws were introduced in Pakistan. The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says there is recurring evidence that people have sought to settle personal scores with victims by inflaming religious feelings.

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Attack on Christians a further crisis for Pakistan

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Alex Rodriguez - Aug. 06 (News Report) - Ethel Khurshid Gil gingerly held out the charred Bible she pulled from the rubble of her home, using a swatch of cellophane to keep the scorched pages from scattering in the hot wind. "Look how they've destroyed our Bibles!" the 47-year-old Christian Pakistani cried out.

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Christian Pakistanis, Called "America's Dogs," Have Long History Of Persecution In Punjab

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Naveen Naqvi - Aug. 06 (News Report) - After eight people were burnt alive, over 50 houses destroyed and a church desecrated in the village of Gojra, Pakistani Christians have expressed their rage and frustration. There have been nationwide protests, and Christian schools across Pakistan were closed for three days from the 3rd of August.

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Pakistan: Who's Attacking the Christians?

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Omar Waraich - Aug. 06 (Special Report) - The intruders wore masks and carried guns. They went door to door, through the narrow and dusty alleyways, asking if there were any Christians inside. When the terrified faces inside replied yes, they poured chemicals on the small, redbrick homes of Episcopalians and Evangelicals, setting them ablaze. In some cases, they didn't bother with the question. Instead, they opened fire and hurled rocks, forcing families to flee in a panic — moments before fresh flames consumed their homes as well.

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Pakistan: Condemning Gojra Riots

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sana Saleem - Aug. 05 (News Analysis) - Last Saturday riots broke out in the Gojra town of Pakistan over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran and houses of the local Christian community were set on fire leaving 7 burnt alive and 18 severely injured. The widespread communal violence has been condemned severely by the Pakistani blogosphere.

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Gojra incident could be averted: Taseer

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The News International (PK) - Aug. 04 (News Report) - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has said that incident of Gojra could be averted if police and administration had reacted diligently, efficiently and with sense of responsibility.

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Gojra

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Roznamcha – Bach - By Saesneg - Aug. 04 (News Analysis) - In the aftermath two long-running Pakistani discourses emerge – militancy and Pakistan’s Islamized criminal code. On Monday “sources” told Dawn that a mob went on rampage after “youths delivered provocative speeches and set on fire houses and places of worship”. The government believed the incidents were “planned to trigger riots between Christians and Muslims and the government was not ruling out involvement of an external hand”. Fingers were pointed at the Sipah-e-Sahaba, the Guardian reported, which the South Asia Terrorism Portal claims receives significant funding from Saudi interests and is known for violence against Shia’s.

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Pakistani Taliban behind Gojra carnage, says Punjab governor

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) - Aug. 04 (News Report) - Speaking to the media here, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer said: We strongly condemn Gojra carnage. Such heinous acts of violence and brutality are not an enriching sign for any one. If the number of police (personnel) deployed now could have been

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Hate Engulfs Christian Minority in Pakistan

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Sabrina Tavernise - Aug. 03 (News Report) - More than 100 Christian houses were burned and looted on Saturday in a rampage that lasted about eight hours by a crowd the authorities estimate was as large as 20,000 strong. In addition to the seven members of the Hameed family who were killed, about 20 people were wounded.

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'They Want to Destroy Christians'

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Joshua Partlow - Aug. 03 (News Report) - Killing has become commonplace in Pakistan. But this attack startled the country both for its ferocity and for its stark message to religious minorities. Many saw the violence as further evidence of the growing power of the Taliban and allied Islamist militant groups in Punjab province, home to about half of Pakistan's population.

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Pakistani Christians shut schools to mourn Gojra killings

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dawn - Aug. 03 (News Report) - Pakistani Christians have closed their schools and colleges across the country for three days starting Monday to mourn and protest the killings of seven of their religious brethren, leaders of the minority community said.

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Pakistani president vows to restore Gojra

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CCTV - Aug. 03 (News Report) - Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has ordered authorities to ensure the restoration of law and order in the eastern city of Gojra, after riots broke out there last week. Interior Minister Rehman Malik, on the directions of President Asif Ali Zardari, ordered a paramilitary force to head to Gojra. Zardari's spokesperson conveyed the president's "grave concern" over the incident, in which seven innocent people were burnt to death. Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti says 40 Christian homes were torched on Saturday in rioting led by the banned terrorist group Sipah-e-Sahaba. He said there was no truth to allegations that a Quran had been defiled. Officials say the riots, which began on Thursday but had calmed before flaring again on Saturday, had been instigated by members of a banned extremist Muslim organization. Hundreds of Muslims burned and looted Christian homes in the city in a rampage sparked by allegations that a Quran had been defaced. Shooting broke out, and six people were killed, including a child and four women. Two men wounded by gunfire died in hospital overnight. Christians make up a tiny minority of Pakistan's predominantly Sunni Muslim population of 160 million people.

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Christian Houses burnt by Muslims in Gojra, Pakistan (raw footage)

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Peace In Asia - Aug. 02 (Breaking News) - More than 60 poor Christians houses set to burn and demolish by a mob of thousands of Muslims in Chak 362 Korianwala, Tehisl Gojra, District, Toba Tek Singh. Some Muslims suspected that Quranic have been desecrated by Christians. Muslim clerics formed a mob and attacked Christian houses.

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