Fake Hate Crime Lands Arab Female in the Dock
TROP
Investigators found evidence that contradicted much of what the 16-year-old Arab-American girl had said about the altercation that left her with an injury reportedly requiring half a dozen sutures. (Arab-American girl in 2009 fight to be sentenced next week/Ann Arbor Chronicle)
Taliban Rockets Kill Children Despite Efforts of US Troops…
Even the most basic standards of human decency don’t stand much of a chance against the free hand of Islamic fundamentalism.Taliban Abandon Limits on Cruelty (BBC)
Egypt: Muslim cleric calls for jihad, Muslims attack Coptic Christians
Cleric misunderstands Islam, leads followers to misunderstand it as well. Happens every day. “Muslim Cleric Calls for Jihad, Coptic Christians Attacked in Egypt,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA
Indonesia: Muslim mob, police, government officials force closure of church
Muslim authorities collude with the mob out of fear and/or conviction. Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “Mob Threats Lead to Closure of Church Building in Indonesia,” from Compass Direct,
Thailand: Jihad against rubber plantation workers
And policemen. “Three shot dead in Thai restive south,” from Reuters, August 14 (thanks to JW):
YALA Thailand (Reuters) – Three people, among them a policeman, were killed in Thailand’s troubled southern region Saturday in attacks blamed on Muslim separatists, police said.
Rantburg
- Lebanon ‘kills Fatah al-Islam militant leader’
- Suspected US missile strike ‘kills 12 in NW Pakistan’
- UAE asks Germany why it freed Israeli spy
- Gunmen kill 4 Iraq policemen, set bodies ablaze
- 4 Guards of a Security Company Killed in Afghan Violence
- ‘Thank God for Gordon’: Gaddafi orders Libyans to pray for Gordon Brown (What?)