“Even though I personally don’t agree with Shia teachings …, I cannot accept the approach of the allegedly democratic Malaysian government in denying the people’s right to practice their faith” — Muslim scholar Asri Zainul Abidin:
- More than 200 Shia Muslims Nabbed in Malaysia May Be Charged for Deviating from Islam (AP / Huffington Post)
At first, his parents “‘didn’t understand,’ he says. ‘There were fights and quarrels. But of course they had been very mad at me when I was getting home late and drunk.’ So when … that that stopped, they started, slowly, to come around.
- Young Russians in Search of Faith Are Turning to Islam (Washington Post)
“Prosecutors say the police officers were also responsible for the hosing down of the crime scene, thereby destroying key evidence”:
Recber “was arrested after an anonymous letter was sent to authorities claiming that a suspect in” the Ergenekon “deep state” trials had chosen him to kill Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I:
“The intention of Mr. Gbagbo and the security forces loyal to him is clearly to blockade the United Nations peacekeeping mission and to suffocate the government of President-elect Ouattara. We cannot allow this” — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
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