16 February 2012 According to the below news video, an Iraqi mother has been arrested and charged with a felony-for allegedly tying up and padalocking her daughter to a bed and then beating her. This punishment, it has been alleged, is in response to one of her daughters talking to a man. The mother is seen [...]
11 February 2012 According to an article in the Guardian, dated 10 February 2012, the government of Saudi Arabia used the Interpol system to arrest a journalist. Twenty-three year old, Hamza Kashgari, was arrested in Malaysia. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: Kashgari, a newspaper columnist, fled Saudi Arabia after posting a tweet [...]
Nov 062011
06 November 2011 The Hajj season begins. An article at CNN goes over some of the details of this year’s Hajj activities. Here are some brief excerpt from the article. Millions of Muslims from around the world were in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the first day of Hajj, the [...]
Jul 302011
30 July 2011 According to an article in the British publication Daily Mail (28 July 2011) these stickers are cropping up in areas the government has said violent extremism is a problem. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: Islamic extremists have launched a poster campaign across the UK proclaiming areas [...]
Jul 202011
According to an article at the Asssyrian International News Agency (19 July 2011), Christian pastor Yosef Nadarkhani has been officially asked to renounce his faith before being executd. Asking the condemned to return to Islam does not mean that he would be spared. The Islamic punishment for a male who turns his back on Islam [...]
May 072011
07 May 2011 According to a report by WJBK Fox News-Detroit (02 May 2011), a twenty year-old woman was killed by her step-father in what appears to be an honor killing. Jessica Mokedad was apparently killed by her stepfather, Rahim Alfetlawi. Jessica, assisted by friends, fled her family home in Minnesota and settled in Michigan. [...]
21 April 2011 According to an article from the Middle East Forum, dated 19 April 2011, a recent fatwa issued by Iraqi Sheikh Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi (also announced by MEMRI), approves the killing of Iraqi Christians. The Sheikh’s fatwa was in response to question posed to him by a man who asked “if Christians in Iraq [...]
21 April 2011 A video posted by Memri, dated 08 April 2011, is reported to capture a former Hamas Minister of Culture apparently preaching at a mosque. ———————- MEMRI
