Trevor Blake: Islam in the News

05 November 2009 » islam, theocracy, trevorblake

Reuters, Saudi court upholds child rapist crucifixion ruling:

A Saudi court of cassation upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping five children and leaving one of them to die in the desert.

Real Courage, World Gender Gap Worst in Islamic Nations:

Survey Shows Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Turkey at Bottom of List.

Mail Online, Asylum seeker blackmailed Muslim friend by threatening to show devout family photos of her wearing Western clothes:

Emal Ismaeli, 34, and Joanna Richards, 22, demanded more than £7,000 in a two-month terror campaign against the woman, identified only as Miss X. They threatened to confront her traditional Islamic family – including her husband-to-be – with photographs of her in Western clothing with her arms around a man, and with a videotape of her dancing.

FOXNews.com, Arizona Man Runs Down Daughter For Becoming ‘Westernized’:

Police in a Phoenix suburb are looking for a father suspected of running down his daughter because she was becoming too “Westernized” and was not living according to their traditional Iraqi values.

NYTimes.com, Held by the Taliban. Part Three – The World of Young Militants:

Our guards spent their days there listening to radio broadcasts and shouting “God is great!” at reports of the deaths of Afghan and American soldiers.

Metafilter, “The Kindest Cut”:

A Colorado surgeon is helping to restore sensation, biological structure and self-esteem to victims of female genital mutilation.

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