Girl, 17, killed in Iraq for loving a British soldier
By Sadie Gray
Sunday, 27 April 2008
A 17-year-old Iraqi girl was murdered by her father in an honour killing
after falling in love with a British soldier she met while working on an
aid
programme in Basra, it has been claimed.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/girl-17-killed-in-iraq-for-loving-a-british-soldier-816301.html
A WOMAN who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her son,
3,
was handed to an Afghan who raped her, then beat the toddler to death as
she
watched.
He was jailed for 20 years for murder - but the woman, Rukhma, was jailed,
too.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23626338-5006003,00.html
BANGLADESH: PASTOR'S 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER GANG-RAPED
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=lead&lang=en&length=long&idelement=&backpage=&critere=&countryname=&rowcur
MUSLIM MAN KIDNAPS 14 YR OLD BRITISH GIRL FOR SEX
http://theopinionator.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/muslim-guilty-o.html
Iraqi police say insurgents kill 3 prostitutes, wound 2 in brothel attack
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/06/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Brothel-Attack.php
Long-awaited trial begins in case of man accused of imprisoning 3 spouses,
19 children
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/riverside/20080505-1530-torturecase.html
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi reporter on Sunday after
pulling her out of a car in northern Mosul, a notoriously violent city
where
journalists are often targeted and live in fear of their life.
Police said Serwa Abdul-Wahab, in her mid-30s, was on her way to work when
gunmen forced her from her taxi in eastern Mosul, 240 miles north of
Baghdad, and shot her once in the head.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080504/wl_nm/iraq_journalist_dc_2;_ylt=AnGAcAON6pGltHUF7OOdhfBX6GMA
KUALA LUMPUR: Regressive. Unfair. Biased.
These were some of the words used to describe the proposal by the Foreign
Ministry that women leaving the country alone be required to have
declarations from parents or employers stating the reason for their
travels.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Frontpage/2231028/Article/index_html
Abduction and marriage of 8-year-old girl to 30-year-old man: Ferozewala
Police violate court order, fail to register case
* Girl's father claims jirga ordered him to give daughter to rival
* Rival marries her off to 30-year-old son
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C03%5Cstory_3-5-2008_pg13_5
ANGRY Muslim groups have attacked the University of Western Sydney over an
Islamic studies course they claim is too sexually explicit, promotes
lesbianism and derides the Koran as misogynistic.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23637358-5013404,00.html
ISLAMABAD: A senior Taliban leader in Pakistan has warned local leading
dailies against publishing "offensive" pictures of women.
Popular Urdu dailies Aaj Kal and Express are among the newspapers that
have
been given a two-week deadline to stop publishing "offensive" pictures.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_warns_Pak_dailies_against_offensive_photos_of_women/rssarticleshow/3004394.cms
In Basra alone, police acknowledge that 15 women a month are murdered for
breaching Islamic dress codes. Others say the number is higher.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/83710/
A former senior executive of Al-Jazeera English is seeking compensation
that
could be more than £1m, after her dismissal by the broadcaster.
Jo Burgin, the former Head of Planning at the news channel, is claiming
discrimination on the basis of sex, race, and religious grounds at an
employment tribunal in central London.
Ms Burgin, a Christian who worked for Al-Jazeera English from April 2005
until April 2007, claims that four male employees with the same level of
seniority and in the same department were treated more favourably than her
because of her gender.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/senior-executive-seeks-pound1m-from-aljazeera-for-sexual-discrimination-819709.html
When a Hamtramck district court judge told Ginnah Muhammad she couldn't
testify in a 2006 small claims lawsuit unless she removed her veil, she
was
willing to lose the case for a religious principle.
But when she showed up Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Detroit to
appear in a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Hamtramck judge,
the 44-year-old Detroit Muslim not only removed her veil, but she removed
her black head-to-toe garment and produced a Michigan driver's license
containing a photo of her unveiled face.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/NEWS06/804300410/1008
A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to six months in jail after
convicting
him of the honor killing of his 16-year-old daughter.
The court ruled Wednesday that the man killed his married daughter because
she had an affair out of the wedlock. The enraged father severely beat her
with a baton and ultimately electrocuted her in November 2006.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/30/africa/ME-GEN-Jordan-Honor-Killing.php
RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia's religious police have arrested a Filipina nurse
for
sitting in a restaurant with a male colleague, a Philippine diplomat said.
Abigail Valdez, a nurse who works at the Riyadh Military Hospital, is
being
held at Al-Malaz Prison on charges of "immorality," Philippine Ambassador
Antonio P. Villamor told
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20080501-133952/Saudi-religious-cops-nab-Filipina-nurse-male-colleague
Iraq girl murdered by dad for loving a Brit squaddie
By Victoria Ward 28/04/2008 raqi who murdered his teenage daughter for
falling in love with a British soldier will not face charges.
Rand Abdel-Qader, 17, had grown close to a blond infantryman known only as
Paul in Basra. When her father Ali Abdel-Qader found out, he went berserk,
beating her and stamping on her throat in an "honour killing".
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/04/28/iraq-girl-murdered-by-dad-for-loving-a-brit-squaddie-89520-20397618/
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« Pour tout chrétien, Dieu est Sagesse et Amour exprimés à l'infini et
pour l'éternité. Il se manifeste à lui-même et à tous les humains sous
trois aspects : « le Père, le Fils et l'Esprit Saint » Il possède en
lui, le double principe de la vie qui enfante (principe féminin) et qui
anime; et du verbe qui engendre (principe masculin) et qui soutient
Chez la femme il a fait la vie belle et douce à fin de nous interpeller
par
elle et chez l'homme il a fait la parole noble et puissante à fin de nous
parler par lui.»
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