A man wearing a “killer clown” mask scared residents of a village in Cambodia by acting in a threatening manner. They eventually banded together and chased the scary clown into the jungle. After he disappeared from view, the villagers heard a loud explosion. When they went to investigate, they discovered that the now-deceased clown had stepped on a land mine.
From GoV & BNI:
In other news, Muslims in Rome protested the shutting-down of unauthorized mosques by holding a mass street prayer adjacent to the Coliseum:
Thousands of Mohammedan headbangers gathered outside Rome’s Colosseum to protest the closure of small, illegal mosques and other places of worship in the Italian capital. The group gathered outside the iconic ancient Roman building to lift their asses to Allah as they promoted their right of freedom to worship. (Something Christians don’t get in Muslim countries)
UK Daily Mail An imam led the group in chants of ‘Allah Akbar’ which means ‘God is great,’ ‘allah is greater’, as they kneeled to the ground facing the Colosseum. The protest was organized by a Bangladeshi group, Dhuumcatu, which has complained that smaller or more informal mosques in Rome have been branded illegal by authorities for building violations.
At least 1.6 million Muslims live in the country but there are only a handful of mosques officially registered with the Italian government. Most worship takes place in houses and Islamic cultural centres.
Muslim held up signs reading in Italian ‘To close a place of worship is against faith’ during the demonstration
But, Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said in August that ‘mini mosques in garages’ should not be allowed as it makes them difficult to monitor, possibly raising the risk of radicalisation. The Dhuumcatu Association, said police had closed three improvised mosques in Rome in last few months.























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