Nigeria: Protestant Church bombed, Boko Haram suspected

A bomb exploded outside a Protestant church in the central Nigerian city of Suleija on July 10, killing three. The militant Islamist group Boko Haram–which means “Western education is sin”–is suspected.

In the northeastern Nigerian city of Maidiguri, churches were closed on July 10 following a shootout between police and members of Boko Haram, which had reportedly threatened to target churches that day.

via Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Church bombing in Nigeria.

Related articles

• Boko Haram sends Bomb Threats, Nigeria University Shuts Down (waronterrornews.typepad.com)

Frattini: Al-Qaeda is profitting from Libyan situation

Image via Wikipedia

Islamic extremists in the Sahara desert have exploited the chaos in Libya to acquire weapons of the North African country said on Tuesday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Franco Frattini.

“Extremists in the Sahel region of conflict have taken advantage of Libya to obtain weapons,” said Frattini in a press conference in Algeria.

Algerian authorities have previously warned that North African arm of Al Qaeda is smuggling weapons from Libya to their base in the Sahara.

Frattini’s comments are the first made ​​by an official of the West on these facts.

via Al Qaeda se aprovecha de la situación libia para contrabandear armas: canciller italiano | NTN24.

Related articles

• Report: Al Qaeda Smuggling Weapons Out Of Libya (businessinsider.com)
• Libya: ‘Only’ 15 Percent of Rebels Are Islamic Extremists (teaandpolitics.wordpress.com).
• Libya: Rebel Commander says AQ jihadists are helping them (teaandpolitics.wordpress.com)
• Libya: Rebels come from pro-Jihadist Areas (teaandpolitics.wordpress.com)

Iran: New developments in case of pastor sentenced to death

Last month, Youcef Nardarkhani, an Iranian pastor convicted of apostasy for leaving Islam, had his death sentence for apostasy upheld and confirmed by the Iranian Supreme Court.

On July 3, Pastor Youcef’s lawyer reported that his case was being returned to the Revolutionary Tribunal of Gilan Province and that the Supreme Court would annul the sentence if Youcef renounced his faith.

Iranian Christians are emphasizing, however, that reports indicating Pastor Youcef’s case has already been annulled are misleading, as the annulment is dependent on him recanting his faith and embracing Islam (sources include Middle East Concern, Mohabat News and Present Truth Ministries).

via The Voice of the Martyrs Canada: New developments in case of Iranian pastor sentenced to death.

Related articles

• -Iranian Pastor to be Executed for ‘Apostasy’? (answersforthefaith.com)
• Iran: Court Sentences converted Christian Pastor to death by hanging for apostasy (teaandpolitics.wordpress.com)

India: No Leads in Mumbai Bomb Attacks

This is un update on this story:

Indian police are looking into “every possible hostile group” in their search for the culprits behind the triple bombing in the heart of Mumbai that killed 17 people and wounded 131 others, the country’s top security official said Thursday.

The attacks, which authorities said came without warning, were the worst terror strike in the country since the siege of Mumbai that killed 166 people 31 months ago, and government officials were struggling to reassure Indians over their safety.

…No one has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s bombings, which shook three separate neighborhoods within minutes of each other during the busy evening rush hour. The attack came just months after peace talks resumed between India and Pakistan. Indian officials have so far refused to speculate who might be behind the blasts.

“We are not pointing a finger at this stage,” Chidambaram said. “We have to look at every possible hostile group and find out whether they are behind the blast.”

via India Says No Leads in Mumbai Bomb Attacks – FoxNews.com.

Related articles

• 3 Mumbai bombings kill 21 in country’s worst terror attack since 2008 (nj.com)
• Deadly serial blasts hit Mumbai – Aljazeera.net (news.google.com)
• Multiple blasts hit Mumbai (cbc.ca)
• 3 Mumbai bombings minutes apart kill 21, wound 141 (sfgate.com)
• 13 killed in Mumbai bombings (longwarjournal.org)
• New details reveal terrorists hid Mumbai bombs in taxi, umbrella (thestar.com)
• Officials Blame ‘Terrorists’ for Deadly Mumbai Blasts (waronterrornews.typepad.com)

Saudi Arabia: woman makes joke about leaving her husband, husband marries another woman

An arrogant Saudi woman made the mistake of her life when she retaliated to a heavy joke by her husband with a much heavier one. The husband simply turned his joke into reality and married another woman.

The unnamed couple were visiting the wife’s family when her husband joked by telling her brothers that he would marry again.

“His wife joked back but it was a much heavier joke when she told him ‘I can kick you with my leg any time and marry another one with my money.”

“Her husband got furious and decided to marry another woman…her brothers tried to calm him down but he felt very offended,” Kabar newspaper said in a report from the capital Riyadh on Monday.

“The real joke is that he went ahead with the marriage and the brothers of his first wife paid all wedding costs….that wife paid a heavy price of her joke.”

via Joke proves costly… hubby gets second wife – Emirates 24/7.

China: Babies violating one-child policy seized, sold internationally

“Please, for the sake of our country, use birth control”. Sign put up by the Government. Image via Wikipedia

According to a report in the Caixin Weekly magazine, population control officials in the Chinese province of Hunan have seized at least 16 babies born in violation of the one-child policy, sent them to state-run orphanages, and then sold them abroad for adoption.

“Before 1997, they usually punished us by tearing down our houses for breaching the one-child policy, but after 2000 they began to confiscate our children,” the magazine quoted villager Yuan Chaoren as saying.

via Babies violating China’s one-child policy seized, sold internationally – Beliefnet News.

Related articles

• China province probes sale of “illegal children” (calgaryherald.com)

Canada: public school cafeteria allows Islamic prayers (UPD)

Take a look at this photograph. It appeared in The Toronto Star’s education section on Saturday:

It’s the scene every Friday at the cafeteria of Valley Park Middle School in Toronto. That’s not a private academy, it’s a public school funded by taxpayers. And yet, oddly enough, what’s going on is a prayer service – oh, relax, it’s not Anglican or anything improper like that; it’s Muslim Friday prayers, and the Toronto District School Board says don’t worry, it’s just for convenience: They put the cafeteria at the local imams’ disposal because otherwise the kids would have to troop off to the local mosque and then they’d be late for Lesbian History class or whatever subject is scheduled for Friday afternoon.

The picture is taken from the back of the cafeteria. In the distance are the boys. They’re male, so they get to sit up front at prayers. Behind them are the girls. They’re female, so they have to sit behind the boys because they’re second-class citizens – not in the whole of Canada, not formally, not yet, but in the cafeteria of a middle school run by the Toronto District School Board they most certainly are.

And the third row? The ones with their backs to us in the foreground of the picture? Well, let the Star’s caption writer explain:

At Valley Park Middle School, Muslim students participate in the Friday prayer service. Menstruating girls, at the very back, do not take part.

via SteynOnline – HOW UNCLEAN WAS MY VALLEY.

More at BCF.

Related articles

• TDSB defends hosting Muslim prayer sessions (theglobeandmail.com)
• Muslim prayers at Toronto school provoke outcry (windsorstar.com)
• UPD: Toronto school: Muslim prayers yes, Christian and other prayers -hell no (creepingsharia.wordpress.com)