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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
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| 12:06a |
Something to keep you cool on those hot summer nights.
Summertime is when you get ghost stories, to keep you cool when it gets too hot. Here's one I think you might like. One man loses his video camera in the Parisian catacombs. When it's found, viewers wonder what happened to him, and why was he running?
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Christian Woman Released After Being Abducted, Forced Into Muslim MarriageThe Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that in an all-too rare occurrence, Tahira Salamat, 20, a Christian woman, was released from her Muslim kidnapper on January 23, 2008. Tahira had been abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, and forcibly married to a Muslim man four months ago in Vehari district, Punjab.
Two Muslim men, Abdul Sattar and Muhammad Khalid, reportedly abducted Tahira while she was on her way to the workplace in Chak 136/10 - R, Tehsil Jahaniyan, Khanewal district on September 14, 2007. After kidnapping her, these two men forced her to marry Muhammad Ramazan, a Muslim. In order to be a suitable wife for a Muslim, the two men also made her convert to Islam against her will. ( rest of the article ) | | 7:51p |
A first for Saudis: Mozart performed for both genders RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience.
The concert, held at a government-run cultural center, broke many taboos in a country where public music is banned and the sexes are segregated even in lines at fast food outlets.
The excitement in the 500-seat hall was palpable as the largely expatriate audience walked in.
Japanese pianist Hiroko Atsumi, the quartet's only woman, said there was some debate before the concert about whether she should perform in an abaya, the enveloping black cloak all women must wear in public. She ended up settling on a long green top and black trousers.
But not everyone was impressed.
"I'm bored," said al-Sabhan, 26, an engineer who prefers Egyptian pop music and had never heard of Mozart. "Let me leave before the second piece begins."
His brother, Saud, dismissed the notion that gatherings involving men and women together might one day become the norm. "Saudi society wouldn't accept it. And girls aren't used to such mixed gatherings," he said, adding that if he had a sister, she certainly would not have been allowed to attend. | | 10:13p |
demanding one state's sharia apply to another state Editorial: Islamic injusticeas translated from the Jyllands-PostenIt looks like a big joke: A leading prosecutor in a Middle Eastern state is preparing a case which has as its goal to convict 10 or 11 Danish editors.
The plan, in his exotic brain, is that the Danish editors shall be arrested by Interpol, turned over to the Middle Eastern state, and suffer the punishment which has been decided by the Islamic court of law.
The whole scenario is so idiotic that it initially brings about a mere quiet shake of the head — maybe also in the Danish Foreign Ministry.
Nevertheless, this is about an actual state, namely Jordan, and it is about an actual person, namely a chief prosecutor, who is actively preparing for such a trial.
To the correspondent from Kristeligt Dagblad [daily newspaper in Denmark] he states: “I cannot know what the judge will decide, but I see an absolute opportunity that the judge will ask Interpol to help arrest the Danish editors”.
What kind of madness! | | 10:47p |
Gunnerkrigg Court did a pretty splash page of different swords. I think I'm in love with the jian. Bastard sword is second, even if I would prefer a real two-handed sword. ( pretty swords ) | | 11:50p |
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