Pakistan: 'Black Day' shall be show of Christian power to repeal blasphemy law -- August 11
-- Pakistan Christian Post (PCP) reports: "Sources revealed PCP that government is planning to impose section 144 and to arrest leaders and activists of organizations which have openly declared to participate in 'Black Day' but Nazir S Bhatti warned administration not to block or to disturb peaceful gathering of Christians."
-- "Nazir S Bhatti said, 'By our unity and peaceful protest we have to press upon government to repeal blasphemy law because Islamic laws have been allegedly used to kill Christians by extremist Muslims'"
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1467
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-black-day-repeal-blasphemy-law/
Pakistan: 17,000 Readers of Pakistan Christian Post Plan to Participate in "Black Day" Observance
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/voting_result.php?id=78
--- Pakistan Christians to Observe "Black Day" on August 11; DC Press Conference on August 10, NYC U.N. Protest on August 12
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-black-day/
--- "Black Day" Image
http://www.realcourage.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/black-day-in-pakistan.jpg
Pakistan, a Catholic activist: petition for the abolition of blasphemy law
-- "The government is more 'sensitive' than in the past to the problems caused by the blasphemy law, but change will only be possible if 'there is a mass movement' behind us. That is why we decided to launch 'a petition campaign throughout the country,' says Peter Jacob, executive secretary of the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Catholic Church in Pakistan in an interview with AsiaNews."
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15990&theme=5&size=A
Pakistan PM "Gilani hints at review of 'blasphemy laws'"
-- Gilani: "A committee ... will discuss the laws detrimental to religious harmony to sort out how they could be improved"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg1_1
--- President Zardari "announced a presidential relief package of 500,000 rupees (US$6,250) for every family which has lost a member"
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/05/christians-protest-against-deadly-violence/
(Pakistan) Punjab Governor: "Gojra violence conspiracy against Zardari's govt"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg1_2
Pakistan: More "Blasphemy" Killings -- Because Calendar Taken Down
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-more-blasphemy-killings/
-- Pakistan Daily Times: 'Blasphemy' claims three more victims
-- "Factory owner killed by workers for 'desecrating holy Quran' in Sheikhupura"
-- "A worker entered Najeebullah’s factory at around 2pm and saw that the owner had taken down an outdated calendar -- which had verses from the holy Quran written on it -- and put it on a table"
-- "The worker then misbehaved with the owner over -- what he thought -- was 'desecration' of the holy Quran."
-- "When a guard tried to stop him, he ran out into the working area and started gathering his colleagues, claiming the owner had committed 'blasphemy'."
-- "When an enraged mob subsequently surrounded Najeebullah, his guard tried to protect him by firing in the air, but the crowd started firing shots at the owner and his guard."
-- "The channel said a large number of workers also attacked the factory administration and beat up several employees. They also blocked the road leading to the factory for three hours and later set the unit on fire."
-- "Heavy police contingents rushed to the factory to bring the situation under control, but the angry mob seized their weapons."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\05\story_5-8-2009_pg1_10
-- LHC CJ takes suo motu of Sheikhupura 'blasphemy' killings
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg13_12
(Pakistan) 70 Murders, Yet Close to Going Free in Pakistan
-- Malik Ishaq "jihadi hero and leader of the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, could be out on bail as early as this month"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/asia/06justice.html?em
-- LJ mastermind accused of 70 murders set to go free
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/09-lj-mastermind-accused-of-70-murders-set-to-go-free--szh-02
-- 70 murders, yet LJ hitman close to going free
--- "A judge did hand down a guilty verdict in one case against Ishaq, but the Supreme Court overturned it"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg1_7
(Pakistan) Baitullah Mehsud is dead, says Pakistani Taliban deputy
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is_1.php
-- W.House says can't confirm death of Taliban chief
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84517
-- White House denies confirming Mehsud's death
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84516
-- 'Baitullah Mehsud is alive' - US intelligence official
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is.phphsud_is.php#ixzz0NXFTRYHu
"Pakistan: Taliban favours deputy to replace slain leader"
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3633937266
-- 'Mehsud death not to affect Afghan jihad'
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-mehsud+death+not+to+affect+afghan+jihad--bi-09
(Pakistan) Baitullah Mehsud had 'sympathizers' in political parties
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Mehsud-had-sympathizers-in-political-parties/articleshow/4869320.cms
--- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Maulana Fazlullah 'patriots'
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709
(India) 2 Hizbul terrorists sent to police custody till Aug 17
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi/2-Hizbul-terrorists-sent-to-police-custody-till-Aug-17-/articleshow/4864905.cms
(Iraq) Attacks kill at least 42 in Iraq on Shiite religious holiday
-- "At least 42 people were killed and 154 were wounded in five attacks on a religious holiday Friday, an Interior Ministry official said."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.violence/index.html
-- Fiery blast near Mosul claims 38 lives -- police says in updated report
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018585&Language=en
-- Six Iraqis killed, among them three policemen in motorbike bomb attack
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018614&Language=en
(Iraq) Police: bombing in northern Iraq
-- Attack near Shiite mosque near Mosul
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
-- "A series of bomb attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims and worshippers struck Iraq on Friday, killing at least 27 people and seriously damaging a mosque, police and medical officials said"
(Iraq) Terrorists kidnap, torture boy to bully Iraqi cop
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.kidnapped.boy/index.html
(Afghanistan) Three British special forces troops killed in Afghanistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/5988386/Three-British-special-forces-troops-killed-in-Afghanistan.html
(U.S.) Texas: American sentenced for planning to aid Taliban
-- Kobie Diallo Williams aka Abdul Kabir sentenced to 4.5 years in prison
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418551173&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(UK) Muslim doctor cleared of London bombings will not be deported -- Mohammed Asha
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205020/Muslim-doctor-cleared-London-bombings-deported.html?ITO=1490
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6765573.ece
(UK) Scotland considers freeing Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/05/lockerbie-bombing-megrahi-early-release
Lebanese Islamists in Favor of 'Offensive Jihad' to Conquer the World and Impose Islam
-- more from Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2190.htm
(Algeria) Three Islamist militants killed in Algeria clashes
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=307780&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17
Somalia is Obama's new 'Afghanistan'
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0806/p08s01-comv.html
Canada: Reports state Mississauga-based group promotes speaker who praises suicide bombers, condemns democracy
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/mississauga-group-on-democracy/
-- National Post: "Toronto's newest speaking star: a would-be suicide bomber"
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1810460
--- "The Mississauga, Ont.-based Al-Fauz Institute for Islamic Thought" Azzam Tamimi recently proclaimed: "I don't believe in democracy anymore," explicitly praises suicide bombers, and says he is willing to blow himself up in Israel: "It's the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity." He distinguishes good Muslims from their adversaries this way: "We love death. They love life."
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1810460
--- Apologizing for the Taliban
http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/07/24/apologizing-for-the-taliban/
--- "Dr. Azzam Tamimi, a British Palestinian academic and political activist, is the Director of Institute of Islamic Political Thought in London, U.K"
http://alfauz.org/
---- See also: Canada: Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) Supremacist Group to Meet in Govt-Managed Community Center - in Mississauga
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/canada-supremacist-group-to-meet/
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/malaysia-ht-behead-liberty/
Belgium: Police fear for the life of prisoner escape accomplice
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/belgium-police-fear-for-life-of.html
Turkish Jihadists Soliciting Donations Online for Families of Martyrs in Afghanistan
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1685¶m=GJN
Indonesian Police Closing in on Terror Mastermind Surround House in Gunfight
-- "Noordin Mohammad Top is suspected in all of Indonesia's major terror attacks, including the suicide bombings at the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels and blasts on the resort island of Bali in 2002."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537901,00.html?test=latestnews
(Philippines) Nine people injured in mortar blast in southern Philippines
-- "Nine people, most of them children, were injured in a mortar explosion during a clash between Muslim separatist rebels and government militiamen"
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/280502,nine-people-injured-in-mortar-blast-in-southern-philippines.html
(Australia) Jihad stirs in Australia's suburbs
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10589342
MEMRI: This Week's Posts from the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project: August 1-7, 2009
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247809
(Thailand) 94 teachers among 3,131 southern insurgency fatalities since 2004
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30109368/94-teachers-among-3131-southern-insurgency-fatalit
(Thailand) BPP officer injured in Yala ambush
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30109029/BPP-officer-injured-in-Yala-ambush
Sri Lanka: New Tamil leader arrested
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3632967827
Other News:
(Iran) Talk of new law against apostasy being softened, but not yet
-- "Firstly the Guardian Council, made up of strict conservatives, will have the last word and they might reinstate the death penalty; secondly the code could still stipulate severe punishments, such as life imprisonment; and finally, the authorities can use other charges to persecute 'apostates' with"
http://www.iran30.org/suffering-but-growing-church/talk-of-new-law-against-apostasy-being-softened-but-not-yet/
-- Iranian Christians and the apostasy law
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/07/iranian-christians-and-the-apostasy-law/
-- July 21: Further Appeal For Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad
http://www.joelstrumpet.com/?p=2078
-- Still being held!
http://www.elam.com/articles/in-danger-of-being-forgotten/
UK: Hate-Mongering Saudi Cleric Draws Support in UK
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/uk-hate-mongering-saudi-cleric/
-- Saudi Cleric's London Sermon Draws Fire
-- "Abdul Rahman al-Sudais is the chief cleric at Mecca's Grand Mosque."
-- "He has disparaged Jews as 'monkeys and pigs,' Christians as 'cross worshippers' and Hindus as 'idol worshippers'"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1350
-- Anti-Semitic Saudi chief imam feted in London
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/Saudi%20Rahman%20al%20Sudais.html
-- Wikipedia on Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Al-Sudais
DC: The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia's Photos - Peaceful Demonstration at Saudi Embassy
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Center-for-Democracy-and-Human-Rights-in-Saudi-Arabia/24834356502?ref=mf
Egyptian Government Daily 'Al-Gumhouriyya': The Palestinian People, All of It, Should Adhere to the Path of Resistance
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247709
(Germany) Report: "Germany: Increasing influence of Islam is concerning"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/germany-increasing-influence-of-islam.html
Sweden: 80-90% of Muslims vote for the Left -- "but do not hold Leftist views"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/sweden-80-90-of-muslims-vote-for-left.html
(India) Bigamy is against the 'letter and spirit' of Islam, Indian judge rules
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5990163/Bigamy-is-against-the-letter-and-spirit-of-Islam-Indian-judge-rules.html
Against Totalitarianism News:
Vietnam - Authorities Raid, Threaten House Churches
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6055&backpage=summaries
Against Mysogyny News:
Code of Conduct for Men in the 21st Century
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/0/EC3A16EF05E0EC398525760A004B9422/$file/CodeOfConductForMen.pdf
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