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| Weekend News In Islamic Countries Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:30 AM PDT 1. Egypt's liberals and Islamists clash; 110 injured CAIRO - Opponents and supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi clashed in Cairo on Friday in the first street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office. Islamists and their opponents threw stones and bottles, and some fought hand-to-hand, showing how feelings still run high between the rival groups trying to shape the new Egypt 2. Taliban Vow To Kill 14 Year Old Girl MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot and wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and criticizing the fundamentalist Islamic movement, officials said Friday. The shooting of Malala Yousufzai along with two classmates while they were on their way home from school Tuesday horrified people in Pakistan 3. Rise in child marriages worrying PETALING JAYA: The incidence of child marriages is on the rise, judging by statistics compiled from various sources. In Kedah alone, statistics from the state Islamic Religious Department show a 35% increase in marriage applications involving underaged individuals between 2008 and 2010. 75 marriage applications from underaged individuals in 2008, 99 in 2009 and 101 in 2010. 90% involved girls under 16. The majority of these cases reportedly were from Sik and Baling. 4. LAGOS, Oct 11 (Nigeria) Islamist sect Boko Haram might well have committed crimes against humanity during three years of conflict that has killed at least 2,800 people. Boko Haram says it is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, and its fighters have killed hundreds in bomb and gun attacks since launching an uprising in 2009. multiple cases of abuses by Islamists, including brutal killings of Christian civilians and the assassination of Muslim clerics who criticise them. 5. 15 killed in suicide car bomb blast in NW Pakistan Islamabad, Oct. 13 (Xinhua-ANI): At least 15 people were killed and 17 others injured when a suicide car bomb blast ripped through a market in Pakistan's northwest town of Dera Adamkhel on Saturday morning, reported local media Express. Another activity filled weekend.  |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:14 PM PDT Hi Folks. Been away south in the Lion City for a couple of days listening to some investment bankers and stuff. Will share more of that with you later. Here is a joke from Australia to kick off the day.  A young Arab asks his father, "What is that weird hat you are wearing?" The father said, "Why, it's a 'chechia' because in the desert it protects our heads from the sun." "And what is this type of clothing that you are wearing?" asked the young man. "It's a 'djbellah' because in the desert it is very hot and it protects the body." said the father. The son asked, "And what about those ugly shoes on your feet? His father replied, "These are 'babouches", which keep us from burning our feet in the desert." "So tell me then," added the boy. "Yes, my son?" "Why are you living in Australia, and still wearing all this shit?  |
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