Saudi Arabia Convicts 15 Men, Women For Mingling At Party
ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI | 06/22/10 12:31 PM | AP
RIYADH — Judicial officials say a Saudi court has convicted four women and 11 men for mingling at a party and sentenced them to flogging and prison terms.
The men, who are between 30 and 40 years old, and three […]
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TODAY - January 19, 2010
Bible codes found on military weapons
Rifle scope with Bible verse inscription (ABC News)
Bible codes found on military weapons
A contractor has been inscribing coded references to Bible verses on rifle scopes for years. The controversy
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The Vatican has only one chance.
If the Pope’s troops take it the distance, […]
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WE CAN WORK IT OUT (Lennon-McCartney)
Try to see it my way,
Do I have to keep on talking till I can’t go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Think of what you’re saying.
You can get it wrong and […]
Manchester Guardian
Somalia
Rape victim, 13, stoned to death in Somalia
* Chris McGreal, Africa correspondent
* guardian.co.uk,
* Sunday November 02 2008 12.27 GMT
An Islamist rebel administration in Somalia had a 13-year-old girl stoned to death for adultery after the child’s father reported that three men had raped her.
Amnesty International said the al-Shabab militia, which controls the southern port […]
Political Punch
Jake Tapper is ABC News’ Senior National Correspondent
Hagee Endorsement for McCain Comes Under Fire
February 29, 2008 11:19 AM
Calling Pastor John Hagee a “bigot,” the conservative Catholic League is calling for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to denounce/renounce/reject his endorsement Wednesday.
With a Youtube link to prove his point, Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Hagee “has […]
U.S. Working to Reshape Iraqi Detainees
Moderate Muslims Enlisted to Steer Adults and Children Away From Insurgency
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 19, 2007; Page A01
The U.S. military has introduced “religious enlightenment” and other education programs for Iraqi detainees, some of whom are as young as 11, Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, the commander […]
Pakistani cleric captured under burqa
By MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Security forces besieging a radical mosque in the Pakistani capital captured its top cleric Wednesday as he tried to sneak out of the complex in a woman’s burqa, and more than 1,000 of his followers surrendered.
But heavy gunfire raged into the night, […]
by such behavior. Of course, that was before the hi-jinks of Dick ‘n W and the video releases from Abu Ghraib, the trips to fantasy island which is Gitmo and the Tin Horn Torquemada aka Attorney General Gonzalez. Certainly photographs like this would be common in the USA if the conservative ‘chrishin’ fundamentalists achieved […]