Infiltração jihadista (3)

Do presidente Obama chegam palavras sensatas:

«I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.»

Esperemos que, uma vez conhecidos todos os factos, tanto o presidente como os restantes políticos norte-americanos, assim como os media e a academia, saibam tirar as conclusões apropriadas.

Infiltração jihadista (2)

Sobre outros atentados, alguns levados a cabo, outros abortados pelas forças de segurança norte-americanas, e sobre as conclusões tiradas e as lições aprendidas, ou não, pelos norte-americanos, ler o artigo de Victor Davis Hanson no Pajamas Media.

Coragem debaixo de fogo

Segundo noticia a CBS, o autor dos disparos que contribuíram para neutralizar Nidal Malik Hasan, o responsável pelo atentado, provavelmente jihadista de Fort Hood, foi a agente da polícia Kimberly Munley.

Kimberly Munley

Esperemos que não venha a ser processada por atentar contra a integridade física de um mujahid.

Infiltração jihadista

Ao que tudo indica, o indivíduo que levou a cabo o morticínio de Fort Hood agiu com motivações religiosas, determinado a matar tantos soldados inimigos do Islão quanto possível.

Entretanto, aguarda-se com expectativa a reacção dos media e dos políticos norte-americanos às notícias que vão surgindo dando conta da eventual motivação religiosa deste atentado - o qual foi antecedido por um outro a um posto de recrutamento do exército americano já este ano e pela detenção de cinco indivíduos que planeavam um atentado semelhante num outro quartel -, para verificar se, finalmente, os fazedores de opinião e os decisores decidem encarar de frente a ameaça islâmica e o risco de ter indivíduos altamente hostis aos valores ocidentais a viver entre nós e, mais grave ainda, a servir nas nossas forças armadas.

Nidal Malik Hasan

Sob sequestro

Soeren Kern publica no Pajamas Media um excelente artigo no qual analisa a posição do governo Zapatero face ao conflito Israelo-Árabe, cuja leitura integral se recomenda. Nele faz esta afirmação que pretende descrever o estado actual da política externa europeia:

«(...) Europeans are afraid (...) that Hezbollah (which is said to have operatives in every EU country) may activate sleeper cells to carry out attacks inside Europe. And Europeans are afraid of inciting the thousands of shiftless young Muslim immigrants in towns and cities throughout “Eurabia.” Indeed, the fear of angry Muslims is so pervasive in Europe that in practical terms Islam has already established a de facto veto on European foreign policymaking. (...)»

Europa: um continente sob sequestro.

A coragem do artista dimi

Alguns artistas parecem retirar imensa satisfação da profanação de símbolos e da ridicularização das crenças cristãs. Através das suas obras e de declarações públicas, fazem gala de uma tremenda aversão, quando não hostilidade, pelo cristianismo em geral e pelo catolicismo em particular, mostrando assim, para além de uma soberba auto-suficiência em relação ao Criador - em Quem não acreditam -, que não têm medo de afrontar essa grande organização conspirativa e malévola, a Igreja Católica, indiferentes aos riscos de retaliação por parte dos fiéis católicos - os quais chegam ao ponto de fazer abaixo-assinados de protesto e a extremos de crueldade como fazer vigílias de oração em desagravo -, e por parte da própria hierarquia católica, ostentando um altaneiro desprezo perante as tenebrosas ameaças de excomunhão e decorrente condenação eterna. Bravos homens! Ora sucede que esses mesmos paladinos da autonomia do homem perante Deus e da liberdade de expressão perante a sensibilidade cristã, não demonstram a mesma coragem face àquela que é conhecida como "a religião da paz", o Islão. O mais recente exemplo de coragem perante os mansos e tibieza perante os ferozes chega dos EUA, land of the brave and home of the free, pela pessoa do realizador de cinema Roland Emmeric, autor de The Day After Tomorrow e de Independence Day. Emmeric realizou 2012, filme que inclui uma sequência na qual o Cristo Redentor do Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, é destruído, como forma de afirmar a sua oposição à "religião organizada". E é o próprio realizador quem admite ter desistido da ideia de, no mesmo contexto, destruir o Kaaba por temer retaliações por parte do Islão:

«(...) I wanted to do that [exibir uma cena da destruição do Kaaba], I have to admit. But my co-writer Harald said I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie. And he was right. We have to all in the Western world think about this.

"You can actually let Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have a fatwa, and that sounds a little bit like what the state of this world is.»

A coragem do artista progressista em todo o seu esplendor, contrastando com a de Kurt Westergaard, autor do famoso cartoon que retrata Mafoma com um turbante em forma de bomba. Aqui fica o primeiro de três clips de uma entrevista com Westergard e com Lars Hedegaar, presidente da International Free Press Society: Via Bivouac-ID e Gates of Vienna.

Tomada islâmica do poder

Resumidamente: as autoridades de uma cidade alemã autorizam a construção de um minarete na condição de não haver altifalantes; o minarete é construído; os muçulmanos instalam altifalantes e dizem que o único compromisso que assumiram em relação aos altifalantes dizia respeito a limites nos decibéis; o responsável do urbanismo, o qual pugnou pela autorização de construção do minarete - perante a oposição de muitos habitantes da cidade -, sente-se enganado (coitado!) e nega que alguma vez se tenha falado de intensidade de som; o responsável pela associação de amizade entre cristãos e muçulmanos (!) sente-se desiludido (imagine-se) perante o abuso de confiança. Nada disto aconteceria se autoridades e cristãos bem intencionados se informassem sobre o que é, verdadeiramente, o Islão e assim pudessem fazer face à investida muçulmana de forma a sustê-la e não a, como é o caso, a facilitá-la. Postal escrito a partir deste postal da Bivuac-ID, via La Yihad en Eurabia.

O muro e o príncipe

Uma análise da indisponibilidade de Obama para participar nas comemorações do derrube do Muro de Berlim, por Rich Lowry, no National Review Online.

«In his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He’s touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three) and George W. Bush (eleven). It’s an itinerary befitting a “citizen of the world.” But there’s one stop Obama won’t make. He has begged off going to Berlin next week to attend ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. His schedule is reportedly too crowded. (...) Obama’s failure to go to Berlin is the most telling nonevent of his presidency. It’s hard to imagine any other American president eschewing the occasion. Only Obama — with his dismissive view of the Cold War as a relic distorting our thinking and his attenuated commitment to America’s exceptional role in the world — would spurn German chancellor Angela Merkel’s invitation to attend. Obama famously made a speech in Berlin during last year’s campaign, but at an event devoted to celebrating himself as the apotheosis of world hopefulness. He said of 1989, “a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.” The line was typical Obama verbal soufflé, soaring but vulnerable to collapse upon the slightest jostling from logic or historical fact. The wall came down only after the free world resolutely stood against the Communist bloc. Rather than a warm-and-fuzzy exercise in global understanding, the Cold War was another iteration of the 20th century’s long war between totalitarianism and Western liberalism. The West prevailed on the back of American strength. But Obama doesn’t think in such antiquated, triumphalist terms. Given to apologizing for his nation abroad, he resolutely downplays American leadership. “President Obama is, (...) the Washington Post notes, approaching “the world as a community of nations, more alike than different in outlook and interest.” To the extent that the Cold War doesn’t fit this unbelievably naïve worldview, it’s an intellectual inconvenience. (...) An American president will skip events marking the end of a struggle to which we, as a nation — under presidents of both parties — devoted blood and treasure for 50 years. For Barack Obama, 1989 is just another far-away year — and the Democratic party of such men as Harry S. Truman and JFK has never seemed more distant.»

Ver também: Qual muro?, Obama iguala Bush e O príncipe da paz?

Maravilhas do socialismo do sec. XXI

O presidente Chavez, tão apreciado pelas elites esquerdistas mundiais, sem excepção da portuguesa, exortou os venezuelanos a tomar duches não superiores a três minutos. Esta é uma das faces do socialismo, embora não a mais trágica:

« (...) President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity.

Venezuela has suffered several serious blackouts in the past year because of rapidly growing demand and under-investment, which has been aggravated by a drop in water levels in hydroelectric dams that provide most of its energy.

Chavez announced energy-saving measures and said he would create a ministry to deal with the electricity shortages, which have affected the image of his socialist revolution (...).

"Some people sing in the shower, in the shower half an hour. No kids, three minutes is more than enough. I've counted, three minutes, and I don't stink," he said during a televised Cabinet meeting.

(...)

He mentioned using airplanes to try to force rain from clouds and said the government would soon publish a decree prohibiting imports of low-efficiency electrical appliances. He called on ministries and state-run companies to cut energy consumption by 20 percent immediately.»

Uma palavra para a presunção de omnipotência expressa no último parágrafo, nomeadamente através da intenção de fazer chover através do uso de aviões, eventualmente através da dispersão de substâncias catalisadoras da condensação.

Political Islam: Boletim da opressão sobre as mulheres - Outubro 2009

Bulletin of the Oppression of Women November 2, 2009

Please spread this bulletin and send us events that you find. (Por favor, divulgue este boletim.) North America

October 15, 2009 USA Update on Rifqa Bary.

October 20, 2009 USA If making Islam a "greater and more authentic part" of Muslim's lives results in the implementation of sharia law, based not in mythology but in contemporary practice, the predictable outcome is the furtherance of backwardness, repression, intolerance, and inequality afflicting the Muslim world today.

October 21, 2009 USA A father ran down his "too Westernized" daughter in an attempted honor killing. October 30, 2009 Update. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/US/muslim-father-arrested-running-westernized-daughter/story?id=8956887 Comment on this crime. http://www.aina.org/news/20091030220142.htm October 22, 2009 USA With a few exceptions, the mainstream media continue to kill stories about honor killings and attempted honor killings in North America.

November 1, 2009 USA Honor killings are on the rise in the United States.

Asia October 11, 2009 Pakistan A Christian schoolgirl in Pakistan's Punjab province was recovering Sunday, October 11, after she was allegedly "ruthlessly beaten" with a bamboo stick by a Muslim headteacher for saying she is "a Pakistani" citizen. October 15, 2009 Indonesia A controversial bill that includes a provision for the stoning to death of adulterers is now officially law. October 17, 2009 Pakistan The Taliban threatens to kill more Christians and treat their women as sex slaves. October 27, 2009 Indonesia Women are banned from wearing trousers and jeans. October 27, 2009 Turkey Two British sisters and their friend endured a two-hour rape ordeal during a holiday trip to Turkey. October 29, 2009 Malaysia Malaysia's conservative Islamic party has urged Muslim men to marry single mothers as additional wives instead of "young virgin girls". October 30, 2009 Indonesia A photo of Islamic women at the Feast of the Sacrifice. November 1, 2009 Pakistan Jihadis blow up a girls' school, wounding four people. Europe October 17, 2009 UK A woman sexually assaulted by an immigrant yesterday won her six-and-a-half year battle to have her attacker deported. October 19, 2009 Finland Immigrant women in Finland are increasingly the victims of violence perpetrated in the name of family honor. October 19, 2009 UK British virgin girls as young as 12 are being sold to mega-rich Arabs for sex at up to £50,000 a time. October 20, 2009 UK Mother in Tulay Goren 'honour killing' tells of daughter's last day. October 22, 2009 Denmark A Palestinian father hits a primary school teacher and bites his ear after he had shaken the hand of the man's daughter. October 22, 2009 Switzerland Campaigners have welcomed government plans to impose tougher penalties on those found guilty of imposing forced marriage. October 22, 2009 UK An asylum seeker and his wife blackmailed a Muslim friend by threatening to show photographs of her wearing jeans and a T-shirt to her devout family. October 28, 2009 UK A teenager is accused of raping a young woman after locking her up for nine hours. October 29, 2009 UK A Muslim rapist used social networking site to find victim. October 30, 2009 UK Muslim women will be allowed to don burkas under their mortar boards at Cambridge University graduation ceremonies. Middle East October 18, 2009 Kuwait Man uses 'power of the ring' to sexually abuse 30 women. October 24, 2009 Saudi Arabia A Saudi lawyer says a female journalist has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex. October 29, 3009 Afghanistan Afghan girls burn themselves to escape marriage.

Africa October 27, 2009 Somalia Christian woman in Somalia who refused to wear veil is killed. October 28, 2009 Somalia Somali women are being beaten for violating Sharia law. October 29, 2009 Somalia Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife. Produced by www.politicalislam.com Publisher: Bill Warner; Editor: Asma Marwan

Noor Faleh Almaleki (1989-2009)

Noor Faleh Almaleki (1989-2009)

Mais uma vítima do que se convencionou chamar "crime de honra", expressão ironicamente apropriada, uma vez que actos desta natureza acabam por honrar a vítima e trazer opróbrio aos perpetradores.

«On Monday, November 2, 2009, Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20 years old, died as a result of injuries suffered on October 20, 2009 when she and Amal Edan Khalaf, 43 year old female both from Surprise, Arizona, were run down by Noor's father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki on October 20, 2009 in a parking lot at 8990 W. Peoria Avenue in Peoria, Arizona. (...) On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at approximately 2:00 pm, Suspect Faleh Hassan Almaleki drove his 2000 Jeep Laredo at Victims, Noor Almaleki, his daughter and family friend, Amal Khalaf while the victims were walking across the parking lot of the Department of Economic Security building located at 8990 West Peoria Avenue, Peoria, AZ.

Suspect Faleh Almaleki guided his vehicle toward the two victims, striking them, and then running over them. Victim Noor Almaleki suffered life threatening injuries and remains unresponsive. Victim Amal Khalaf suffered serious physical injuries and remains in serious but stable condition.

After the incident, Suspect Almaleki drove his vehicle to Mexico. He abandoned the vehicle in Nogales, Mexico, where officials there later located and seized it. Suspect Almaleki made his way to Mexico City, where he boarded a plane to London. Upon his arrival in London, UK Port of Entry authorities denied him entry into the country. The UK contacted US authorities and Suspect Almaleki was ultimately placed on a plane back to the US. Suspect Almaleki was arrested late yesterday afternoon upon his arrival in Atlanta. He currently awaits extradition to Arizona.

On Saturday, October 31, 2009 at about 1:00 pm, Faleh Hassan Almaleki was returned to Peoria, Arizona where he was booked on two charges of Aggravated Assault and then transported to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 4th Avenue Jail in Phoenix, Arizona. (...)»

Political Islam: Boletim da perseguição aos cristãos - Outubro 2009

Bulletin of Christian Persecution October 23, 2009

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North America

September 23, 2009 United States Ex-Muslims in the US want civil rights assurances.

September 24, 2009 California, USA Schoolhouse Sharia: Christianity banned and Islamic studies are mandatory.

September 24, 2009 Florida, USA Christians and rights group expressed concerns about the accuracy of the FDLE report of Rifqa Bary.

October 7, 2009 Washington, DC Rights activists are concerned about the adoption of a US-Egypt anti-free speech resolution because it threatens freedom to challenge religious views.

October 9, 2009 USA The American Library Association’s stealth jihad against free speech.

October 10, 2009 Washington, DC An Obama adviser defended Sharia law on British television, where she appeared with a Hizb ut Tahrir spokesperson.

October 12, 2009 Walled Lake, Michigan, USA A Muslim threatens Christians for speaking about Muhammad. (Video.)

October 13, 2009 Florida, USA A judge ordered Christian convert Rifqa Bary to return to Ohio to live under the care of child protective services.

October 15, 2009 Florida, USA Throwing Rifqa to the wolves .

October 16, 2009 California, USA Public school students must endure two weeks of whitewashed Islamic education, but only two days of Christianity.

October 17, 2009 Florida, USA Christian convert Rifqa Bary will be returned to Ohio and placed in the state’s custody.

October 22, 2009 Toronto, Canada A local imam calls on Allah - and Muslims - to kill Christians and Jews. Video here.

Africa

September 16, 2009 Somaliland Converts from Islam are jailed, pursued, and kidnapped.

September 17, 2009 Eritrea At least seven Christians recently died in a military prison. More than 3000 Christians are currently imprisoned for their faith in Eritrea.

September 18, 2009 Al-Bagur, Egypt Copts protested after a Muslim man went on a rampage, killing one man by beheading him and severely injuring two others.

September 18, 2009 Eritrea The EU called on Eritrea to free its political prisoners.

September 18, 2009 Merca, Somalia Al-Shabaab militants killed a 69-year-old Christian man after finding Bibles in his possession at a checkpoint.

September 19, 2009 Cairo, Egypt Cairo suffers after the big pig cull last May.

September 21, 2009 Qena, Egypt A 19-year-old Coptic girl was abducted to force her father to “reconcile” with the families of the men who killed his son.

September 23, 2009 Cairo, Egypt Mourners turned out to protest attacks against Christians after two were killed and one was attacked in a single day.

September 24, 2009 Egypt Father Zakariah Botros discusses Christian persecution with Michael Coren. (Video playlist.)

September 25, 2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A court upheld the prison sentences of two Christians accused of evangelism.

September 25, 2009 Nigeria Lee Jay Walker on Nigeria and Christian martyrs.

September 25, 2009 Ezo, Sudan Seven Christians were crucified in a series of raids. 17 were abducted in one of the raids.

September 26, 2009 Cairo, Egypt A Muslim convert to Christianity and his daughter were prevented from leaving the country due to an identity card issue.

September 30, 2009 Egypt “The Myth of Islamic Tolerance and Peaceful Existence:” a lecture at the Hudson Institute. (Video playlist.)

September 30, 2009 Delga, Egypt A Muslim brutally murdered a Christian and then a mob attacked mourners at his funeral.

September 30, 2009 Somalia Hunting Christians in Somalia.

September 30, 2009 Sudan A new North-South civil war may be in its early stages. More here.

October 1, 2009 Marerey, Somalia Islamic militants killed a church leader execution-style after confirming that she possessed a Bible.

October 2, 2009 Senbete, Ethiopia A Muslim mob ransacked two churches and severely injured three Christians.

October 5, 2009 Alexandria, Egypt Police arrested a Christian father for trying to get his kidnapped daughter back.

October 6, 2009 Cairo, Egypt A Christian man was arrested for handing out gospel leaflets and held without charge for four days.

October 6, 2009 Kenya Islamic militants from Somalia are expanding their influence into Kenya, targeting children.

October 8, 2009 Amhara, Ethiopia Two Christians who were sentenced to six months in prison on false charges have successfully appealed their sentences but are still being held on a new charge.

October 9, 2009 Egypt Interview with an Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity.

October 12, 2009 Khartoum, Sudan Outrage as a court defies Islamic law and sentences four Muslims to death for killing Christians.

October 12, 2009 Egypt Forced Islamization and murder of Christian conscripts in the Egyptian army.

October 16, 2009 Hargeisa, Somalia A man who was jailed for distributing Christian literature has staged a hunger strike.

October 17, 2009 Egypt Can Egypt protect its Copts?

October 17, 2009 Sudan Sudanese churches warn of return to war.

October 18, 2009 Egypt Where to bury a dead Copt?

October 19, 2009 Cairo, Egypt A Christian was killed over a rumor of his son’s affair with a Muslim woman.

Asia

October 21, 2009 Asmara, Eritrea Security forces raided the home of a pastor and arrested three people, then seven more the next day.

September 17, 2009 Gojra, Pakistan A judge granted bail to 13 Muslims accused of inciting mob attacks against Christians in August.

September 17, 2009 Pakistan Human rights groups accused police of colluding with jihadists who kill Christians with impunity.

September 18, 2009 Pakistan A Muslim man kidnapped and raped a Christian 8^th grader for two days. Officials are not investigating.

September 18, 2009 Sialkot, Pakistan The police who killed Robert Danish on 9/15 will be reinstated.

September 18, 2009 Middle East The Pope met with Patriarchs to discuss the future of the Christian community in the Middle East.

September 18, 2009 Jolo, Philippines The Catholic church joined a protest against gang-rape jihad.

September 21, 2009 Middle East A Kuwaiti liberal says that persecution of Middle Eastern Christians is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

September 22, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq A Christian doctor was freed after being abducted and then tortured for 29 days.

September 22, 2009 Istanbul, Turkey An historic Christian cemetery was desecrated.

September 23, 2009 Faisalabad, Pakistan Christians deny provoking violence against themselves after being accused of doing so.

September 23, 2009 Manila, Philippines Three teachers were freed after being held by militants for seven months.

September 24, 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh Police and the victim’s family seek a motive in the slaying of a church worker at Dhaka University.

September 24, 2009 Niveneh, Iraq Official estimates indicate that 30,000 families have been displaced since 2003, a majority of whom are Christians.

September 24, 2009 Philippines The Philippine national flag is set to be altered in order to have a ninth ray for Muslims.

September 26, 2009 Pakistan All students must now study Islam in school.

September 28, 2009 Mosul, Iraq A doctor who was kidnapped by militants was released.

September 28, 2009 Lebanon Christians are fleeing the country as it becomes increasingly Islamized.

September 28, 2009 Ankara, Turkey British women sent a petition to Turkey’s PM condemning the release of a prisoner who raped three British women and one Finnish woman.

September 29, 2009 Depok City, West Java, Indonesia A church won their legal battle to worship in their building.

September 29, 2009 Iraq Is nowhere safe for Iraqi Christians?

September 29, 2009 Gaza Islamic law is imposed in Gaza.

September 29, 2009 Manila, Philippines Two US soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.

September 30, 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh A Christian convert from Islam and his family were threatened with death and their house was burned down.

September 30, 2009 Iran A wave of arrests of Christians in Iran. (Video.)

October 1, 2009 Pakistan The Pope urged the nation of Pakistan to protect its Christians from Islamic extremists.

October 1, 2009 Pakistan Pakistani Christian organizations called for a national conference on October 24 to demand the abolition of the blasphemy law.

October 2, 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh A Catholic university student was attacked in a park over a rumor.

October 3, 2009 Kochi, India The Eastern Catholic Pope met with the Pope to discuss the exodus of Christians in the Middle East and South Asia.

October 4, 2009 Pakistan “The rising intolerance and violence against Christians is a result of the Talibanization and promulgation of Shariah law in the country.”

October 4, 2009 Pakistan Attacks on Christians seem to be part of a “well-organized campaign,” achieving the desired effect threatening their security.

October 4, 2009 Turkey Turkey made USCIRF’s watch list.

October 5, 2009 Indonesia A call for the rights of religious minorities in Indonesia, who face many obstacles to worshipping.

October 5, 2009 Jakarta, Indonesia Islamic organizations stopped a congregation from worshipping in a house, resulting in an order from city officials to cease holding services.

October 5, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq A Christian nurse was tortured and killed, and his body was dumped on a road by militants. The Iraqi prelate has sought out government protection for the community.

October 5, 2009 Faisalabad, Pakistan Pakistani Christians call upon the US to bring justice to Pakistan rather than monetary aid. Update 10/21: Gojra Christians rejected US aid and reiterated their demand.

October 5, 2009 Faisalabad, Pakistan Christian accused the government of condoning the Gojra attacks.

October 6, 2009 Islamabad, Pakistan Muslims attacked the home of a Christian family after warning them to convert to Islam to avoid being killed.

October 6, 2009 Lebanon Lebanon’s Armenians are upset over a planned deal with Turkey.

October 7, 2009 Gaza, Jerusalem Palestinians remembered a murdered Christian bookstore owner and local religious leader.

October 8, 2009 Tehran, Iran “Anti-state” charges against two Christian converts who have been imprisoned since March were dropped. They will still be charged with the propagation of their Christian faith and apostacy, which is punishable by death.

October 8, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq Christian Iraqis fear more violence after the abduction and murder of a health worker.

October 8, 2009 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan stands poised to introduce very restrictive laws regarding religious practice.

October 9, 2009 Kazakhstan Authorities closed a Christian-run rehabilitation center and fined the owner.

October 9, 2009 Middle East A Christian man was attacked by a Muslim with a screwdriver, who first elicited Christian literature.

October 9, 2009 Pakistan Christian Pakistanis spoke about their plight at the United Nations.

October 9, 2009 Lahore, Pakistan The ruling party in Pakistan says it is unable to abolish the blasphemy law.

October 11, 2009 Punjab, Pakistan An 11-year-old Christian schoolgirl was attacked by a teacher for saying that she’s Pakistani.

October 11, 2009 Mindanao, Philippines An elderly Irish priest was kidnapped by militants while taking a walk. Update 10/14: He is believed to be with the MILF. Update 10/15: He is ill but may be able to get medicine.

October 12, 2009 Mosul, Iraq “Mosul, the capital of Ninewah province, has struggled by comparison and remains a devastated cityscape, in many ways a war zone in appearance and atmosphere more than a post-war zone.”

October 12, 2009 Pakistan The Pakistani Minorities Minister vowed to end persecution of Christians by eradicating the blasphemy law.

October 13, 2009 Kerala, India Christians and Hindus find common cause in dealing with the “love jihad” racket.

October 13, 2009 Jakarta, Indonesia Two churches received bomb threats.

October 13, 2009 Kirkuk, Iraq The Archbishop of Kirkuk says that for 1600 years Iraq has been a “country of martyrs.”

October 14, 2009 Iran USCIRF called upon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to address religious freedom in Iran.

October 14, 2009 Iraq British Parliament put forth a motion calling for investigations into targeted assassinations of Assyrians in Iraq’s North.

October 14, 2009 Malaysia Malaysia’s parliament is trying to pass a law which would mandate death for apostates from Islam.

October 14, 2009 Pakistan A prominent leader of the Pakistani Christian diaspora says that the blasphemy law is the root cause of violence against Christians, who do not enjoy equal rights in Pakistan.

October 15, 2009 Bethlehem Christians flee Bethlehem’s Muslim majority. (Video.)

October 15, 2009 Iraq Iraqi Christians are facing extinction. (Video.)

October 15, 2009 Gaza Christians under siege in Gaza. (Video.)

October 16, 2009 Istanbul, Turkey A defense lawyer for two Christians on trial for “insulting Turkishness and Islam” called the trial a “scandal.”

October 17, 2009 Mosul, Iraq Six were arrested for attacks on Assyrians. At least three homes were bombed.

October 17, 2009 Gojra, Pakistan A judge released six or more suspects in a series of deadly attacks on Christians. Pakistani Christians live in fear of more deadly violence.

October 17, 2009 Punjab, Pakistan The Taliban has threatened to kill more Christians if they refuse to leave, convert to Islam, or pay the jizya.

October 19, 2009 Pakistan Militant groups continue to try to take over Pakistan. The security situation is dire, and a failure would be a disaster for Christians.

October 20, 2009 Indonesia Lee Jay Walker discusses the threat that Islamic terrorism poses to Christians and other minorities in Indonesia.

October 20, 2009 Jakarta, Indonesia Theology students stand to be evicted from a campground to which Muslims drove them last year.

October 20, 2009 West Java, Indonesia Authorities have blocked the construction of a Catholic church after rescinding construction permits.

October 20, 2009 Najaf and Basra, Iraq Sharia is being enforced and is expanding in Iraqi cities.

Europe

September 19, 2009 Lomdon, England Home Office staff were warned not to eat in front of Muslims during Ramadan.

September 20, 2009 Exeter, Britain A hospital banned a nurse’s crucifix.

September 21, 2009 Liverpool, England Christian hotels owners were charged with a criminal offense for saying that the hijab is oppressive to a Muslim couple.

September 23, 2009 Belgrade, Serbia Nine Kosovar rebels were charged with war crimes for killing at least 80 Serbs and other non-Albanians.

September 25, 2009 UK A Christian convert couple from Pakistan won the right to asylum in the UK.

September 28, 2009 Kosovo Ethnic Albanians threaten to vandalize an ancient Serbian monastery.

October 2, 2009 Kosovo An EU court convicted four ethnic Albanian terrorists of beating and torturing Serbs.

October 5, 2009 Germany An al-Qaeda message threatens the “Crusader German nation,” promising October attacks.

October 6, 2009 A Christian group launched a campaign to protect Christians from the UN’s Defamation of Religions Resolution. More on the UN’s assault on free speech here.

October 11, 2009 Cernice, Kosovo A Serbian family was attacked with a hand grenade.

October 13, 2009 London, England A church’s congregation has dwindled after Muslim protested the singing of hymns.

October 15, 2009 UK Muslims in the UK demand full Sharia law.

October 20, 2009 Turin, Italy An imam’s engagement to a Catholic woman angers fundamentalist Muslims.

Pena de morte pende sobre duas iranianas

«In Iran, 27 year old Meryem Rostampour and 30 year old Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad (...) will be put to death on charges of having changed their religion. (...) The provision of Iranian law for cases of abandoning Islam is life imprisonment or the death penalty. (...)»

Leia o artigo e assine a petição.

Violência anti-copta

«On Tuesday evening, October 27, a Muslim mob attacked the Church of St. George in the village of Nazlet Albadraman, located in the Deir Mawas District, Minya Province. The Priest and the congregation were held inside until they were freed by the village mayor after security forces dispersed the mob. The attack was prompted by the restoration of the Church's tower, for which the Church holds the necessary permit. (...) The mob threw stones and destroyed the church's windows, before going on to destroy cars, shops and Coptic homes. (...) [W]hat made the situation deteriorate was "while the mob was congregating near the Church, a preacher at the 'Islamic Charity Society' in the village was calling on Muslims, through his loudspeaker, to take action against the 'Christian Infidels,' so more and more people joined the mob. (...) "Attorney Mamdouh Nakhla, Director of "Al-Kalema" Human Rights Center called today on President Mubarak to dismissed the Governor of Minya, in view of the increasing sectarian incidents and abduction and forced Islamization of Coptic girls during his tenure in office.»

Via Former Muslims United.

Bem-aventurados

Mateus 5, 10-12 «¹⁰Bem-aventurados os que sofrem perseguição por causa da justiça, porque deles é o Reino do Céu.¹¹Bem-aventurados sereis quando vos insultarem e perseguirem e, mentindo, disserem todo o género de calúnias contra vós, por minha causa.¹²Exultai e alegrai-vos, porque grande será a vossa recompensa no Céu; pois também assim perseguiram os profetas que vos precederam.»