Archive | December 11, 2012
Britain. Authorities reject plan to build mega-mosque – leading activist: ‘You watch how we get angry’

Britain. Authorities reject plan to build mega-mosque – leading activist: ‘You watch how we get angry’

“You watch how we get angry.” — Abjol Miah, activist, Islamic Forum for Europe Authorities in London have rejected a controversial proposal by a radical Islamic group to build one of the largest mosques in the world near the city’s Olympic Stadium. Prominent Muslims have responded to the news by vowing to punish the Labour [...]

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Pakistan. Police arrested professor Iftikhar Khan, who was accused of blasphemy by his nephew.

Pakistan. Police arrested professor Iftikhar Khan, who was accused of blasphemy by his nephew.

Police in the Pakistani capital have arrested a professor on a charge of blasphemy after hundreds of people, including clerics and seminary students, joined a protest and demanded the registration of a case against him. Iftikhar Khan, a professor and author in his 60s, was accused of blasphemy by his nephew Sheikh Usman, a trader [...]

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France. Interior Minister warns: “probably dozens” more potential Islamic extremists like Merah.

France. Interior Minister warns: “probably dozens” more potential Islamic extremists like Merah.

A man arrested this week in connection with the March attacks by extremist gunman Mohamed Merah has been released without charge, a judicial source said on Friday. The 38-year-old man was detained on Tuesday along with his ex-girlfriend, also 38, who was released earlier. The man, described by police as a member of the traveler [...]

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Iran. Five Christian still in prison in critical condition with their fate unknown.

Iran. Five Christian still in prison in critical condition with their fate unknown.

Despite their families and attorney’s follow up efforts, five Christian converts are still being held in Adel-Abad prison in Shiraz in a critical condition with their fate unknown. According to a report received by Mohabat News, it is now 10 months since a number of Christian were arrested in Shiraz. Five of those arrested were [...]

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