October 15, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Pakistan) Punjab's Lahore and NWFP: 5 terror attacks in Pak in a day, 39 dead
-- "Teams of gunmen attacked three law enforcement facilities across Lahore early on Thursday while a car bomb devastated a police station in NWFP followed by a car bomb blast outside a home in Peshawar"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/5-terror-attacks-in-Pak-in-a-day-39-dead/articleshow/5127665.cms
-- Spate of attacks leaves 27 dead, 30 injured in Lahore
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/09-gunmen-fire-at-fia-office-in-lahore--szh-04
-- Terror siege in Lahore went on for over 2 hours
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Terror-siege-in-Lahore-went-on-for-over-2-hours/articleshow/5129186.cms
-- Eleven killed in Kohat suicide attack
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-ten-killed-in-suicide-attack-in-kohat-am-07
-- Taliban strike Pakistan at will
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Taliban-strike-Pakistan-at-will/articleshow/5129293.cms
-- Is Pak losing war against Taliban?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Is-Pak-losing-war-against-Taliban/articleshow/5129222.cms
(Pakistan) Punjab's Lahore Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore attacks
-- "The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the simultaneous terror attacks on three security establishments in this Pakistani city on Thursday."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Taliban-claim-responsibility-for-Lahore-attacks/articleshow/5126730.cms
-- Co-ordinated Taliban attacks kill dozens in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6339146/Co-ordinated-Taliban-attacks-kill-dozens-in-Pakistan.html
-- Pakistan declares guerrilla war under way by Taliban, dozens die
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091015/wl_mcclatchy/3334212
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3880796763
(Pakistan) Two injured in grenade attack in Quetta
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/11-two-injured-in-grenade-attack-in-quetta--il--07
(Pakistan) 2 terrorists nabbed, arms recovered in Islamabad
http://geo.tv/10-16-2009/51034.htm
(Pakistan) 'Dead' al Qaeda terrorist surfaces for media -- Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri
-- Washington Times: "Major U.S. news media reported that Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri was killed Sept. 7 by a predator drone strike, quoting U.S. and Pakistani intelligence officials. But some of those officials are reassessing their judgment after a man identified as Kashmiri gave an interview to the Asia Times"
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/dead-terrorist-surfaces-for-media/
-- Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri's interview with Asia Times
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html
(Pakistan) NWFP: Five Taliban militants killed, 14 captured in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Five-Taliban-militants-killed-14-captured-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5128110.cms
(Pakistan) Soldiers turning rogue Pak's new terror headache
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Soldiers-turning-rogue-Paks-new-terror-headache/articleshow/5121492.cms
(Pakistan) Fear and anxiety growing in Pakistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8306350.stm
Pakistan - Karachi: "Man slays sister's husband over honor" for being married
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/pakistan-karachi-man-slays-sisters-husband-over-honor/
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\15\story_15-10-2009_pg12_2
(Pakistan) FATA: US strike on suspected militant hideout in Pakistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5is5qBp_wZRbzXkwvgZBf-NMo_IEA
-- US kills 4 in strike on Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/us_kills_four_in_str.php
-- On Afghanistan border, air raids on militant hubs kill 27
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/On-Afghanistan-border-air-raids-on-militant-hubs-kill-27/articleshow/5129226.cms
(Pakistan) Al-Qaida Publicy Cements Ties to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan
http://www.jihadica.com/al-qa%E2%80%99ida-publicy-cements-ties-to-the-tehrik-e-taliban-pakistan/
-- Al Qaeda's center of gravity is Pakistan: Former US general
http://www.ptinews.com/news/331915_Al-Qaeda-s-centre-of-gravity-is-Pak--Former-US-gen
Pakistan's ISI still supporting the Taliban, say Afghans
-- Daily Telegraph: "The policy adviser to foreign minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, said the British and American governments were fully aware of the ISI's role but lacked the courage to confront Islamabad"
-- "He said his government had given British and American intelligence agents evidence which proved ISI involvement in bombings, but they had failed to act"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6338349/Pakistans-ISI-still-supporting-the-Taliban-say-Afghans.html
(Pakistan/U.S.) Taliban exist in Quetta: US Consul General Stephen G Fakan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\15\story_15-10-2009_pg1_4
(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan Court Adjourns Until October 30 on Seeking International Pressure to free Al-Qaeda Suspect Aafia Siddiqui from United States
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday postponed until October 30 the hearing of a petition seeking directions for the federal government to refer Dr Aafia Siddiqui's case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\14\story_14-10-2009_pg13_14
(Pakistan/U.S.) US asks Pakistan to prosecute Mumbai terror suspects
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/us-asks-pakistan-to-prosecute-mumbai-terror-suspects_100260762.html
(Pakistan/U.S.) Obama hails Pak military actions against terrorists: WH
http://geo.tv/10-16-2009/51030.htm
(Pakistan/U.S.) Obama to sign Pakistan aid bill
-- Reuters: "President Barack Obama will sign legislation on Thursday that triples non-military aid to Pakistan to about $7.5 billion over the next five years, an Obama administration official said"
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WAT013807.htm
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-obama-signs-kerry-lugar-bill-into-law--il--08
-- Obama Signs Massive Aid Package to Pakistan
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-15-voa26.cfm
(Pakistan/U.S.) Explanatory statement added to Kerry-Lugar bill
-- Senator John Kerry: "There are no conditions on Pakistan attached to the authorisation of $7.5 billion in non-military aid."
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who accompanied the US lawmakers, described the development as a big step forward in the US-Pakistan relationship. He said the statement would help allay the concerns of the Pakistanis on some parts of the bill. However, while lawmakers often attach comments and statements to bills, this does not make them binding under law."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\15\story_15-10-2009_pg1_1
(Pakistan/U.S.) Kerry, Holbrooke arriving in Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\15\story_15-10-2009_pg1_2
(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan Parliament should decide fate of aid bill, says Nawaz
-- "The PML-N chief said conditions attached to the bill were against national interests, dignity and sovereignty"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-parliament-should-decide-fate-of-aid-bill-says-nawaz-rs-09
--- former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sought to implement strict Sharia throughout Pakistan
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23
http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif
--- May 6, 2009: US wants national govt with Nawaz as PM: report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\05\06\story_6-5-2009_pg1_2
(Pakistan/U.S.) Lahore: Survey rejects US aid bill
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=203401
(Pakistan/U.S.) Increasing Violence in Pakistan Complicates Obama's War Deliberations
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/15/increasing-violence-pakistan-complicates-obamas-war-deliberations/
(Pakistan/Afghanistan/Communist China) Taliban's political ace: A letter to Shanghai group
-- "the Taliban sent a letter to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Beijing on Wednesday to ask the regional body to intervene and solve the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. The letter, written in Pashto, signifies two important aspects. First, that the Taliban are functioning as a unified organisation, with a definite leadership, and feeling strong enough to seek negotiations as a political body."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Talibans-political-ace-A-letter-to-Shanghai-group/articleshow/5129198.cms
-- MEMRI: "In Open Letter to Shanghai Summit, Taliban Urges Participants 'To Render Assistance in the Work of Liberating People and Countries of the Region from the Claws of the Colonialists – and To Take a Decisive Stand on the West's Invasion of Afghanistan'"
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD259909
(Afghanistan/U.S.) Little-Known Egyptian Is Key Al-Qaida Figure -- link to Zazi case
-- "Little-known Egyptian-born militant is key al-Qaida figure in Afghanistan"
-- ABC: Mustafa al-Yazid "may also have links to Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi, whom U.S. authorities have arrested in an alleged plot to use homemade backpack bombs, perhaps on New York City's mass transit system."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=8836415
(Afghanistan/U.S.) Obama holds new round of talks on Afghan strategy
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN14477445
-- Kerry wary of sending more US troops to Afghanistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\15\story_15-10-2009_pg1_3
(Afghanistan) NATO mulls Afghan troops, decision hinges on Obama
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE59E1EP20091015
(Afghanistan) French troops were killed after Italy hushed up 'bribes' to Taleban
--- London Times: "When ten French soldiers were killed last year in an ambush by Afghan insurgents in what had seemed a relatively peaceful area, the French public were horrified."
--- "Their revulsion increased with the news that many of the dead soldiers had been mutilated — and with the publication of photographs showing the militants triumphantly sporting their victims' flak jackets and weapons."
--- "What the grieving nation did not know was that in the months before the French soldiers arrived in mid-2008, the Italian secret service had been paying tens of thousands of dollars to Taleban commanders and local warlords to keep the area quiet, The Times has learnt."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6875376.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
---- October 14, 2009: London Times: "Maybe we can buy our way to victory in Afghanistan, says general"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6873537.ece
(Afghanistan) Italy denies report it paid off Taliban in Afghanistan
-- Daily Telegraph: "Ignazio La Russa, Italian defense minister, dismissed the allegations in the newspaper 'absolute rubbish'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/6337019/Italy-denies-report-it-paid-off-Taliban-in-Afghanistan.html
(Afghanistan) NATO troops 'paying for peace'
-- "NATO officially denies that any of its members pay insurgents in Afghanistan for peace, but military sources say the practice is widespread among foreign forces fighting the Taliban."
-- AFP reports from a "senior Afghan official that: "I certainly can confirm that we were aware that the Italian forces were paying the opposition in Sarobi not to attack them... We have reports of similar deals in (western) Herat province by Italian troops based there under NATO umbrella. It's a deal: you don't attack me, I don't attack you... It is simply a matter of buying time and surviving."
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26217266-23109,00.html
Afghan election rivals could do a deal after result is announced
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6338170/Afghan-election-rivals-could-do-a-deal-after-result-is-announced.html
-- Afghan Official: Presidential Runoff Vote Likely
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,567142,00.html
(India) Couple involved in Maoist activities held in Jharkhand
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Couple-involved-in-Maoist-activities-held-in-Jharkhand/articleshow/5126694.cms
(U.S.) Dallas terror suspect's brother ordered to remain in country until he gives deposition -- Smadi case
http://www.star-telegram.com/crime/story/1683510.html
-- Brother of Texas bomb plot suspect held in Calif
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hax7DZGYPFfOtSPQJmmNY0r2IvdgD9BB6PG80
(U.S.) FBI Makes Another Arrest In Missing Somalis Case
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113775618&ft=1&f=1001&sc=YahooNews
(U.S.) Man On Terror Watchlist Stopped Then Let Go
-- "A Somali man on the U.S. government's terrorist watchlist was stopped last week by a police officer outside Las Vegas, but the officer had no legal authority to detain the man so he was sent on his way, multiple law enforcement sources told FOX News."
-- "The gray Chevrolet was occupied by five men of Somali descent, including Cabdulaahi Faarax of Minneapolis and Abdow M. Abdow of Chanhassen, Minn., according to the court records and sources."
-- "sources confirm that occupants of the car are related to the long-running FBI investigation of young men from the Minneapolis area and elsewhere who were recruited to train and possibly fight alongside an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia, known as al-Shabaab."
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/10/14/man-on-terror-watchlist-stopped-then-let-go/?test=latestnews
(U.S.) UC Irvine Muslim Student Union Guilty Of Hamas Fundraising On Campus? Feds Notified
http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=hamasuc10.15.09.htm
(U.S.) Michigan town lobbies for Gitmo transfers
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/michigan-city-asks-for-gitmo-transfers/
(U.S./Iran) US passes bill to punish firms that trade with Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6331441/US-passes-bill-to-punish-firms-that-trade-with-Iran.html
(U.S./Germany) Treasury Designates al-Qa'ida Member
-- "The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated German national Bekkay Harrach, an al-Qa'ida member believed to be currently located in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, for acting for or on behalf of al-Qa'ida"
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg319.htm
(U.S.) Marine reservist Master Sgt. Reinaldo Pagan faces court-martial for security breach
-- "Pagan is one of several defendants accused of removing and faxing classified documents to the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group, which was not authorized to see the material"
http://nctimes.com/news/local/military/article_2670a650-9709-57c5-b0fb-755e2a8bd478.html
-- November 18, 2008: "In interviews with The San Diego Union-Tribune, Gary Maziarz, 39, said “dozens of files” he gave the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group while serving as an intelligence specialist at the base were dossiers on Muslims and Arabs living in Southern California."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081117/news_1m17maziarz.html
(U.S.) Obama And Progressives Split On Patriot Act, Terrorism Policy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/obama-and-progressives-sp_n_322369.html
(Iran) Communist China's Premier Touts Cooperation With Iran, Signals Opposition to New Sanctions
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566720,00.html?test=latestnews
Lebanon wins Security Council seat
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255547729279&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
'Hizbullah truck footage fabricated'
-- Jerusalem Post: "In the IDF's black and white video, released on Tuesday and taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle, several men can be seen rushing around a building in Tayr Filsay, near Tyre, in the minutes that followed an enormous explosion of what Israel says was an illegal Hizbullah arms cache. Subsequent explosions were also spotted, proving the existence of an arms cache, the source said."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255547726235&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
'Syrian long-range missiles in Lebanon'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255547723103&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel PM 'disappointed by incitement on Turkish television'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255547725070&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel issues new India travel warning
-- "Counter-Terrorism Bureau cites concrete threat against places frequented by Israelis, Westerners"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255547729748&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hamas rejects Fatah reconciliation bid
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255547725952&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Libya to demolish notorious prison, frees 88 Islamists
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ibemtnDNAa-rZ4b5-ZTcTMlPBQsQ
Turkey arrests 50 suspected of planning attack
-- DPA reports:
-- "Turkish police and security forces have arrested some 50 suspected members of al-Qaeda who were planning attacks against US, Israeli and NATO targets in the country, local media reported"
-- "The broadcaster CNN-Turk reported that some of those arrested had had contact with Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian believed to be second-in-command of the al-Qaeda group"
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1507302.php/Turkey-arrests-50-suspected-of-planning-attacks-Roundup
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-15-voa40.cfm
(UK) Two arrested over bomb found on Northern Ireland border
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6876287.ece
Canada court quashes case against terror suspect Adil Charkaoui
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n197280
Canada: Now terrorism suspect Mohammad Mahjoub wants back out of custody
-- "On hunger strike for 134 days and counting, man who asked to go back to jail wants to be released"
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/710180--now-terrorism-suspect-majhoub-wants-back-out-of-custody
(Philippines) 3 suspected Abu Sayyaf members killed
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20091015-230212/3-suspected-Abu-Sayyaf-members-killed
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/SE+Asia/Story/STIStory_442533.html
(Philippines) Missionary Fr Sinnott abducted in Mindanao ill, but "perhaps he can get medicines"
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16594&geo=5&size=A
-- Columban director rules out ransom payment for kidnapped priest
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/10/15/columban-director-rules-out-ransom-payment-for-kidnapped-priest/
(Indonesia) Lull in terror attacks expected
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_442531.html
Islamic Supremacist War on Women:
UK: Pregnancy 'theory' in honor case -- trial continues in "honor killing" of 15 year old Tulay Goren
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/uk-pregnancy-theory-in-honor-case-trial-continues-in-honor-killing-of-15-year-old-tulay-goren/
-- BBC: "A teenage girl who was allegedly the victim of an 'honour killing' in 1999 may have been pregnant, her boyfriend has told a court."
-- "Tulay is alleged to have been killed by her father - Mehmet Goren, 49, from north London - but he denies murder"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8307147.stm
U.S.: Rifqa Bary Case Update
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/u-s-rifqa-bary-case-update/
-- FOX News: "Ohio Judge: State to Take Custody of Christian Convert Runaway"
--- "Ohio can take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida, saying she feared she'd be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam, a judge ruled Thursday in a decision clarifying the girl's legal status once she returns"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566842,00.html
--- Orlando Sentinel: "State taking custody of Rifqa Bary, Ohio judge says"
--- "A central Ohio judge has ruled that the state will take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida saying she feared she'd be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam. Franklin County Juvenile Court Magistrate Mary Goodrich today ordered 17-year-old Rifqa Bary to the custody of the county's Children Services agency, pending the confirmation of her immigration status or her return to Ohio."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-rifqa-bary-101509,0,8226.story
Other News:
UK: Anti-Democracy Group Plans March Calling for End to Democracy and Freedom in UK, Replace with Sharia Law
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/uk-anti-democracy-group-plans-march-calling-for-end-to-democracy-and-freedom-in-uk-replace-with-sharia-law/
-- Daily Express: "Now Muslims Demand Full Sharia Law"
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/134080/Now-Muslims-demand-full-Sharia-law
-- Daily Telegraph: 'Muslims want sharia law in Britain' claim
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6334091/Muslims-want-sharia-law-in-Britain-claim.html
-- Islam4UK promotion
http://www.islam4uk.com/current-affairs/uk-news/46-uk/352--procession-march-for-shariah
(UK) Call to ban radical Muslims’ rally over fears of bloodshed
-- "Preacher Anjem Choudary, who is leading the march, said: 'There is a large proportion of society who are ignorant of Islam and sharia. This march will be a good vehicle to engage the public.'"
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/134267/Call-to-ban-radical-Muslims-rally-over-fears-of-bloodshed
(UK) ING plans first Sharia property fund with Amiri
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/10/14/88037.html
(UK) BBC: "Muslim integration college opens"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8308534.stm
UK: British Muslim women unwanted
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/10/uk-british-muslim-women-unwanted.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n58ct
Maldives Government Creating New Islamic Supremacist Sharia Code -- Parliament Members Decry Lack of Sharia-Based Death Penalty
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/maldives-govt-reviews-sharia-criminal-law/
-- Maldives Minivan News: "Parliament takes on revised penal code"
-- Minivan News: "Existing laws and regulations, principles of Islamic sharia and norms and values acceptable to Maldivians were taken as the basis for drafting the law, he said."
-- "Suood said difficulties arose when there were conflicts between the three. 'Some Islamic sharia punishments are not enforced in the Maldives. For example, there is no amputation for thieves or death for apostates.'"
-- "Another difficulty were disagreements among fiqh scholars in interpreting the Qur'an and the hadiths, he continued, and the traditional values and practices in the country were considered in such cases."
-- "Several MPs said Islamic sharia should take precedence in specifying offences and punishments and spoke in favour of introducing the death penalty."
http://www.minivannews.com/news_detail.php?id=7488
-- Wikipedia notes that: "The Maldives have, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), undertaken to write the world's first Muslim criminal code"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives#Judiciary
-- Wikipedia notes that: "Meanwhile, Islam remains the only official religion of The Maldives with popular support of the people of the Republic. The open practice of all other religions is forbidden and such actions are liable to prosecution under the law of the country."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives#Judiciary
-- Wikipedia notes that: "adult literacy stands at 99%"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives#Demographics
Afghanistan: America's 'band of sisters' taking on the Taliban
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6335461/Americas-band-of-sisters-taking-on-the-Taliban.html
Gaza: "The lonely, dangerous life of wine-lovers in Islamist Gaza"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6335119/The-lonely-dangerous-life-of-wine-lovers-in-Islamist-Gaza.html
(Saudi Arabia) The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: Dozen teens flogged for role in rampage
http://cdhr.blogspot.com/2009/10/dozen-teens-flogged-for-role-in-rampage.html
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=176649421612&ref=nf
-- original report in Arab News
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=126872&d=30&m=9&y=2009
CNN: "Women, bloggers & gays lead change in the Arab World"
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/14/women-bloggers-gays-lead-change-in-the-arab-world/
France: Muslim team banned after refusing to play gay team
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-10-14-2015427250_x.htm
Italy: Muslim intellectual urges action on fundamentalism
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3879938004
(Netherlands) Utrecht: Teachers upset at Muslim woman who doesn't shake hands
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/10/utrecht-teachers-upset-at-muslim-women.html
(Canada) Toronto: Shariah-compliant stock index comes to TSX
http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200910142214/Shariah-compliant-stock-index-comes-to-TSX.html
(U.S.) Oregon Teen Short Fiction Film "Sharia: of Life in America Under Islamic Supremacism
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/oregon-teen-short-fiction-film-sharia-of-life-in-america-under-islamic-supremacism/
-- Through a teen's lens: the Taliban in Portland
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/through_a_teens_lens_the_talib.html
-- see also:
http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2009/10/sharia_by_cypress_chvatal-jone.html
(U.S.) IPT News: "Book Exposes CAIR's Exaggerations, Efforts to Stymie Law Enforcement"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1463/book-exposes-cairs-exaggerations-efforts-to
(U.S.) Reuel Gerecht Once Again Sees Hope in the Islamic Supremacist Muslim Brotherhood
-- in Atlantic article (on another subject) Jeffrey Goldberg quotes Gerecht as stating: "the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in negating the legitimacy of the truly violent, takfiri fundamentalists is unexplored terrain, but it's something to look at"
http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/10/reuel_gerecht_on_why_im_wrong.php
(U.S.) Florida: Four bombs found at apartment complex -- Ocoee, Florida
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Four-bombs-found-at-apartment-complex/MTHgoVQsQ0OHT80goA7-oA.cspx
(U.S.) Obituary: Laurent Murawiec, 58 -- Strategist Caused Stir For Accusing Saudis Of Supporting Terror
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/13/AR2009101303329.html
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist China: "One Million Rights Activists Detained in China"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/communist-china-one-million-rights-activists-detained-in-china/
-- Epoch Times: "One Million Rights Activists Detained in China"
--- Epoch Times reports: "The 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been and gone, but there are still one million Chinese human rights activists detained in the mainland, according to a report released Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ (CHRD) website Oct. 2."
--- "The site added that the number was impossible to verify."
--- "Local authorities in China clamped down on civilians every day for a month to eliminate the so-called 'unstable factors' and to ensure 'social stability' during the Oct. 1 celebration."
--- "Many dissidents, religious followers, and human rights activists were detained or put under house arrest."
--- "Mr. Li from Shanxi Province said, 'There are far more than one million petitioners who were detained during the October 1 celebration. I myself am aware of 7,000 who are detained. The number is scary.'"
--- "Mr. Ge from Yangpu District of Shanghai said: 'More than one million people have lost their freedom.'"
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23735/
--- Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ (CHRD) website (English)
http://crd-net.org/Article/ShowClass.asp?ClassID=9
--- Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ (CHRD) website (Chinese)
http://crd-net.org/Article/
Database Opens to Track Psychiatric Abuse in Communist China
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23803/
U.S./Communist China: "Obama loosens missile technology controls to China"
-- Washington Times reports: "President Obama recently shifted authority for approving sales to China of missile and space technology from the White House to the Commerce Department -- a move critics say will loosen export controls and potentially benefit Chinese missile development."
-- "The presidential notice alters a key provision of the 1999 Defense Authorization Act that required that the president notify Congress whether a transfer of missile and space technology to China would harm the U.S. space-launch industry or help China's missile programs."
-- "Henry Sokolski, director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, said restoring Commerce Department control over the sensitive experts is a 'step backward.'"
-- "Edward Timperlake, a Pentagon technology-security official during the George W. Bush administration, said he agrees that the new policy likely will loosen export controls on dual-use technology that could be used to boost China's large-scale missile program."
-- "Mr. Timperlake said the new policy is 'greenlighting engagement with China in very bad areas that will negatively impact United States' national security.'"
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/inside-the-ring-2059116/?feat=article_top10_read
Against Misogyny News:
Deported Congolese tell of Angolan terror
-- "My wife told me about the mass rape of women in the cell where she was being held before being deported."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iN5CAVgV_ZHLPxgYifi4URqMFlaA
Against Racial Supremacism News:
UK: BNP to forced to scrap 'whites only' membership rules to avoid expensive court battles
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220565/BNP-change-whites-membership-rules-fall-foul-discrimination-laws.html
Louisiana: Interracial Couple Refused Marriage License in Louisiana
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,567120,00.html?test=latestnews
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