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Video:Muslim Women Hide
from 'Honor Killing' Relatives
RT.com
The fundamentalist Islamic culture, whether the politically correct among us care to acknowledge it or not, continues to be rife with the barbaric practice of "honor killing." In the fundamentalist Islamic culture, because the life of a woman id worth only half that of a man, the man views all related females as property. This facilitates arranged marriages, forced intercourse and a generally oppressive existence for fundamentally Muslim women, including the practice of "honor killing." In an honor killing, male members of a devoutly Muslim family believe they have the right to kill related females who have "dishonored" the family name, and especially the males of the family. Honor killings are not only prevalent in the Arab Muslim world, but have spread to locations where Middle Eastern Muslims have immigrated.
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Ex-Pakistani Lawmaker, Cleric
‘Decrees’ Against Female Education
The Express Tribune
A former lawmaker and cleric from Kohistan district, Maulana Abdul Haleem, termed formal education for women un-Islamic and asked parents to pluck their daughters from school, or else they would be "doomed." The nonagenarian, who was elected to the National Assembly from Kohistan on the now-defunct Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal’s ticket in 2002, also railed against non-governmental organizations working in the region in his Friday sermon, calling them "hubs of immodesty." "It's beghairti (immodesty) to equip girls with secular education," the cleric said, adding that those Kohistani parents who were sending their girls to schools were acting against "Islamic shariah" and the local customs. “The Kohistani culture does not allow parents to send their pardadar (modest) girls to schools," the former lawmaker said.
Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over
'Fighting Sioux' Nickname
AP/FOX News
A judge has thrown out a federal lawsuit by a committee of tribal members trying to save the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname, an issue that has been debated on several fronts since the NCAA in 2005 declared the moniker hostile and abusive. The suit was filed against the NCAA by several members of the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe and one member of the Standing Rock Sioux. It asked for at least $10 million and a reversal of the NCAA policy banning the use of American Indian imagery in post-season competition. The NCAA filed a motion in December to dismiss the lawsuit, saying the tribes lacked standing to bring it and their claims that the tribes' civil and religious rights were violated are not supported by facts. A federal judge ruled late Tuesday in favor of the governing body of college athletics.
Chechen Women in Mortal Fear
as President Backs Honor Killings
The Washington Post
Chechnya's government is openly approving of families that kill female relatives who violate their sense of honor, as this Russian republic embraces a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam after decades of religious suppression under Soviet rule. In the past five years, the bodies of dozens of young Chechen women have been found dumped in woods, abandoned in alleys and left along roads in the capital, Grozny, and neighboring villages. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov publicly announced that the dead women had “loose morals” and were rightfully shot by male relatives. He went on to describe women as the property of their husbands, and said their main role is to bear children. Mr. Kadyrov, has often stated his goal of making Chechnya “more Islamic than the Islamists.”
Female Genital Mutilation ‘Offered by UK Medics’
The Guardian
As many as 100,000 women in Britain have undergone female genital mutilations with medics in the UK offering to carry out the illegal procedure on girls as young as 10, it has been reported. Investigators from the Sunday Times said they had secretly filmed a doctor, dentist and alternative medicine practitioner who were allegedly willing to perform FGM or arrange for the operation to be carried out. The doctor and dentist deny any wrongdoing. The practice, which involves the surgical removal of external genitalia and in some cases the stitching of the vaginal opening, is illegal in Britain and carries up to a 14-year prison sentence. It is also against the law to arrange FGM. The procedure is widespread across parts of Africa. Victims are rarely given anaesthetic and frequently suffer long-term damage and pain.
AZ Governor Signs Bill to Allow
Bible Classes in Public Schools
ChristianPost.com
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed into law a bill that allows the establishing of elective classes that focus on the Bible and its influence on western civilization. Sponsored by State Representative Terri Proud, House Bill 2563 was passed by a 21 to 9 vote in the state Senate last Thursday and signed by Brewer on Tuesday. According to HB 2563, "A school district or charter school may offer an elective course pertaining to how the Bible has influenced western culture for pupils in grades nine through twelve." "A teacher who instructs a course offered under this section in its appropriate historical context and in good faith shall be immune from civil liability and disciplinary action," reads the bill. Arizona becomes the sixth state to allow school districts to create elective classes studying the Bible.
IL Bishop: Obama ‘Intent on Following
a Similar Path’ as Hitler, Stalin
The Daily Caller
An Illinois Catholic bishop had fiery words for Pres. Obama’s “pro abortion and extreme secularist agenda” during a homily over the weekend where he encouraged good Catholics to stand up for their beliefs at the voting booth. “This fall, every practicing Catholic must vote, and must vote their Catholic consciences,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky said at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria, IL. According to Jenky, the new Health & Human Services contraception mandate has put the country on a dangerous path for religious freedom. Jenky recalled in detail other leaders that have “tried to force Christians to huddle and hide,” including Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. “In clear violation of our First Amendment rights, Barack Obama -- with his radical, pro abortion and extreme secularist agenda -- now seems intent on following a similar path.”
US Muslim Group Warns Muslims
Against Working in Law Enforcement
TranslatingJihad.com
The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America cautioned American Muslims in a 22-page Arabic-language paper in 2008 against working in law enforcement in countries which do not rule by Allah's dictates. One of their main concerns was that such work might cause Muslims to gain love and respect for secular laws. AMJA provided some allowances for Muslims to work in certain law enforcement professions, fearing that a lack of Muslim representation in this sector could bring negative effects for the Muslim community. They also reasoned that Muslims working as police officers might be able to use their positions to help the Muslim community. Still, there was concern that some of these might be required to enforce laws contrary to the shari'a, such as "arrest[ing] a Muslim man whose wife said he 'raped' her."
Marines Fight Atheists in Effort to
Protect Crosses at Camp Pendleton
FOX News
Planted atop a remote hill in the middle of California's Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base rests two 13-foot crosses. Originally erected back in 2003 by seven Marines grieving over lives lost in the war on terror, this site originally established for reflection has now become grounds for controversy. “It's not a religious spot at all, it's a place for the Marines to grieve and to grow to let go of their burdens of what they had in their soul, so they can go back down that hill and back into battle and put their own lives on the line,” says Marine widow Karen Mendoza. But the area has become controversial and more known after a newspaper report last fall detailed the location and posted a picture. In response, several groups filed complaints with Marines arguing the site violated the Constitutional mandate of separation of church and state.
German Salafists Push Mass
Proselytization Campaign
Gatestone Institute
Islamic radicals in Germany have launched an unprecedented nationwide campaign to distribute 25 million copies of the Koran, translated into the German language, with the goal of placing one Koran into every household in Germany, free of charge. The mass proselytization campaign -- called Project "Read!" -- is being organized by dozens of Islamic Salafist groups located in cities and towns throughout Germany, as well as in Austria and in Switzerland. Salafism is a branch of radical Islam, practiced in Saudi Arabia, that seeks to establish an Islamic empire (Caliphate) across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe -- and eventually the entire world. The Caliphate would be governed exclusively by Islamic Sharia law, which would apply both to Muslims and to non-Muslims. Salafists also believe that democracy must be destroyed.
Law School Refuses to Hire
Conservative Professor Over Politics
FOX News
Iowa Republicans are taking aim at the state's top law school for denying a faculty position to a conservative law professor, who an assistant dean once said embraces politics the rest of the faculty "despises." Teresa Wagner, who works as an associate director of writing at the University of Iowa College of Law, is suing former dean Carolyn Jones for employment discrimination, claiming she was not hired for a professor position because Jones and other law faculty disapproved of her conservative views and activism. To hold a law faculty position at the publicly funded university is viewed as a "sacred cow," Wagner said in an interview, and "Republicans need not apply." The case has become a chief concern for Republicans in Johnson County, who are calling for an investigation in hiring practices involved in Wagner's case.
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