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Thursday September 17, 2009

In Malaysia, caning wins support among Muslims

The end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan this weekend could see Islamic authorities in Malaysia carry out the country’s first caning sentence on a woman, a punishment that is fast gaining support among the country’s Muslim population.

Negative news reports regarding Islam’s growing influence has bruised Malaysia’s image as a moderate Muslim state with some commentators highlighting what they see as undesirable Islamic influences in their own countries, Reuters reports.

In our opinion, Islamic law has no place in modern, civilized society, and should not be tolerated in any form.
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Friday July 11, 2008

Human Right Violations • Islam • USA:

The FBI’s plan to “profile” Muslims

It is a mystery why the Department of Justice has not learned the lesson that terrorists are best tracked down through good police work brought to bear on specific illegal acts, rather than by vast fishing expeditions.
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Sunday February 3, 2008

Human Right Violations • Islam:

Family of teen Muslim invited men to rape her

She is typical of the runaway brides at risk of an “honour killing”. According to official figures, 10 to 12 women are murdered in Britain in honour killings each year, but the government has been warned by MPs that this is a serious underestimate.
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Sunday December 30, 2007

Death Penalty • Human Right Violations • USA • West Memphis Three:

Satanist case may close death row

Nearly 15 years ago, the brutal murder of three Arkansas Cub Scouts in an alleged satanic rite sickened a nation and strengthened the hand of death penalty champions across the United States. Now the same ghastly crime may be the final nail in the coffin of capital punishment in an America that is manifesting a crisis of conscience over the morality of executions.
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Wednesday January 17, 2007

Human Right Violations • USA:

Another Pentagon smear

When the shameful history of the Guantanamo detention center is finally written, one of the few reassuring chapters will be the way lawyers from many US law firms have given pro-bono representation to prisoners who have been denied their Geneva Convention rights. It is especially outrageous that the Pentagon official responsible for detainees has maligned these lawyers and encouraged corporations to take their legal business away from their firms.
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Friday January 12, 2007

Human Right Violations • USA:

Guantanamo prison draws protests worldwide

Demonstrators — some wearing Guantanamo-style orange jumpsuits — staged protests from Melbourne to London and Washington on Thursday against the U.S. military prison in Cuba where terrorism suspects have been held for years without trial.
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Saturday August 10, 2002

Human Right Violations:

US asks Yugoslavia to bypass international court

AFP, Aug. 9, 2002
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