In ISIS Video, Father Stones Girl to Death
New Age Islam News Bureau
22
Oct 2014
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect wait for aid at an abandoned building that they are using as their main residence, outside the city of Dohuk. REUTERS Photo
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Arab World
• In ISIS
Video, Father Stones Girl to Death
• Syria
Wants Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel Punished
• Army
Kills Dozens of ISIL Terrorists in Iraq's Samarra
• Tribes
in tense Abu Ghraib vow to keep ISIS out
• Syria
claims it destroyed jets seized by ISIS
• ISIS
fighters seize weapons cache meant for Kurds
• Egypt
military court sentences 7 to death on charges related to terrorism
• Saudi
Arabia sentences two more to death for Shiite protests: AFP
• Top
Saudi Muslim Cleric Warns 'Twitter is the Source of All Evil'
• Iraqi
Kurds to vote on sending forces to Syria
• Saudi
jails 13 for plan to attack US forces
Pakistan
• Taliban
Commander among 30 Killed In North Waziristan
• Pakistani
Taliban Re-Affirms Allegiance to Mullah Mohammad Omar
• D-Chowk:
Tahir Ul Qadri Calls It A Day
• Imran
demands govt accept PTI resignations
• Lashkar-e-Islam
warns Bara residents against leaving the area
• Pak-Iran
agree on intelligence cooperation following border unrest
• Opposition
defers no-confidence move: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
• MQM
Proposes Tougher Punishment for Cannibalism
South Asia
• Taliban
militants suffer heavy casualties in Kandahar
• Madrasa
student murdered while fending off rapist
• Iran
executes 3 Afghans over drugs smuggling charges
• Bangladesh
wins third term to UN Human Rights Council
• Bangladesh
Islamic parties call Hartal for Sunday
Southeast Asia
• Ulema
Who Mislead Are Like Dogs with Tongues Hanging Out, Says Religious Scholar
• Jais
officers greeted with ‘open arms’ at non-Muslim places of worship, says paper
Europe
• ISIL
onslaught on Yazidis may be attempted genocide: UN
• EU sets
'red lines' for Israel in W. Bank, Jerusalem
• Third
ISIS fighter from UK city killed in Syria
• BBC
Muslim presenter calls for British Muslims to condemn ISIS terror
• First
ever Denmark trade team to explore business opportunities in Pakistan
Mideast
• Ottomanism
a guise for Islamic ambitions, Turkish prominent historian says
• Turkey
turning into semi-open prison: CHP
• Jewish
settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
• Political
disputes delay formation of Yemen cabinet
• Iran
Calls for International Consensus to Uproot Extremism, Violence
• Ya'alon
slams Turkey for harbouring terrorism
North America
• Kerry:
status quo between Israel, Palestinians ‘unsustainable’
• Canada
raises its terrorism threat level
• Pentagon:
Fight against Islamic State costing around $7.6 million a day
• Kurdish
fighters received vast majority of US supply drop: Pentagon
• US
designates TTP's Khan Said as global terrorist
India
• India Wins
another Term at UNHRC
• Police Identify
Youths Who Waved IS Flags
• When Pak
fired, we had sword, not shield in our hand: Defence Minister
Africa
• Nigeria
Truce Is Shaky, No News of Abducted Girls
• Muslim
Brotherhood in Libya does not have a military arm, claims leader
• Public
lashings follow Derna “Sharia Court” verdicts
• Libya
orders army to advance on capital
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
URL: https://newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/in-isis-video,-father-stones/d/99669
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Arab World
In ISIS
Video, Father Stones Girl to Death
Oct 22,
2014
Islamic
State militants fighting in Syria and Iraq have released a sickening video of a
young woman being stoned to death by a group of men - including her own father.
The
shocking footage is understood to have been filmed in the city of Hama and
shows a bearded cleric ranting at the woman in Arabic and accusing her adultery
while she pleads for her life.
The
woman turns to her father and begs his forgiveness but he coldly rejects her,
saying he would rather please God. He then turns to the men to give the signal
for his daughter's murder to begin.
Minutes
later, as the men rain rocks down upon the helpless woman, her father steps
forward with a large stone and the video fades to black.
It is
believed he had been granted the barbaric 'honour' of being allowed end the
life of the daughter he felt had betrayed both him and her religion.
In a
separate incident a man was executed in Idlib province in an area controlled by
Islamist groups including the Nusra Front, al Qaeda's official affiliate in
Syria, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence on
all sides of Syria's civil war.
It is
the first documented case of a man being stoned to death for adultery since
Syria descended into civil war in 2011 and hard-line Islamic groups emerged as
powerful players in areas that slipped from government control, the Observatory
said.
The
sickening five-minute video emerged on ISIS-affiliated social media pages this
morning. It is not clear when the footage was actually shot and has not been
independently verified.
The
exact accusations against the woman remain sketchy, although the cleric who
appears at the start of mobile phone-filmed clip accuses her of committing
adultery.
The
militant orders her to be 'content and happy' that she is about to be stoned to
death because, he says, her death has been ordered by God and is therefore
required under Islamic law.
Asking
her is she is now willing to 'submit to God' and be stoned to death, the young
woman replies 'yes', before pleading with her father to forgive her.
After
initially ignoring her, the man is eventually prompted into responding by the
militant.
'Don't
call me father,' he tells his daughter, who responds by asking him to pray for
her.
At this
point her father turns to the ISIS fighters, who help him tie a rope around her
neck and drag her to a pit, where the stoning begins.
As the
militants rain down rocks on the defenceless woman, her father steps forward
and picks up the largest rock before using it to strike and kill his daughter.
The
exact moment of her death is not caught on camera as the footage fades to black
moments before her father strikes her.
ISIS
militants often use stoning to murder women they accuse of committing adultery.
Earlier
this year the extremists stoned two women to death in Raqqa after accusing them
of having sex outside marriage. Both
were placed in holes in the ground before a lorry arrived to dump large rocks
for the men to use to brutally murder the women.
'I'VE
BEEN RAPED 30 TIMES AND IT'S NOT EVEN LUNCHTIME': DESPERATE PLIGHT OF YAZIDI
WOMAN WHO BEGGED WEST TO BOMB HER BROTHEL AFTER ISIS MILITANTS SOLD HER INTO
SEX SLAVERY
A young
Yazidi woman forced into sex slavery by the Islamic State begged the West to
bomb the brothel where she was being held after militants raped her 30 times in
just a few hours, it is claimed.
The
unidentified woman is understood to have been kept as a prisoner of the
jihadists somewhere in western Iraq having been captured by ISIS during the
Sinjar massacre in early August.
A group
raising awareness of ISIS' persecution of women in the vast swathes of the
Middle East under its control said the woman had contacted Kurdish Peshmerga
fighters by telephone to plead for the brothel to be bombed to put the women
held as sex slaves out of their misery.
She
allegedly told the fighters she had been raped so frequently that she could no
longer use the toilet, adding that the ordeal has been so harrowing that she
plans to commit suicide even if freed.
Details
of the woman's brutal experience at the hands of the Islamic State emerged
during an interview with Kurdish activists staging demonstrations in London to
raise awareness of the plight of women in the Middle East.
During
an interview with BBC World Service, a man identified as Karam described how a
friend embedded with the Peshmerga took a phone call from the Yazidi woman.
Describing
the woman as crying on the phone, Karam quoted her as saying: 'If you know
where we are please bomb us... There is no life after this. I'm going to kill
myself anyway - others have killed themselves this morning.'
'I've
been raped 30 times and it's not even lunchtime. I can't go to the toilet.
Please bomb us,' he claimed the woman added.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2801575/isis-releases-sickening-video-clip-showing-syrian-woman-stoned-death-group-men-including-father.html#ixzz3Gs1nyXeF
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Syria
Wants Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel Punished
Oct 22, 2014
Syria's
permanent ambassador to the United Nations called on the world body to punish
"the terrorist coalition of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Israel".
At a UN
Security Council session on Tuesday, Bashar al-Jaafari said the coalition has
been seeking to destroy Syria by fanning the flames of terrorism and shedding
the blood of Syrian people, press tv reported.
Syria
has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. Western powers and their
regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey -- are reportedly
supporting the militants in Syria.
UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein has said that more than
200,000 people have died in the Syrian conflict since March 2011.
The
Syrian envoy to the UN further voiced support for the Palestinian people,
saying the terrorist coalition aims to destroy any solution for the formation
of a sovereign Palestinian state.
"We
urge the UN and its Security Council to shoulder their responsibilities and put
an end to Israel’s occupation and its barbaric policies and continuous
aggressions in addition to committing Israel to withdraw from the occupied Arab
lands to the line of June 4th 1967, in accordance with the UN relevant
resolutions," al-Jaafari added.
The
Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said in an interview with the
Associated Press on October 2 that the Palestinian national unity government
had asked the UN Security Council to "force Israel to negotiate in good
faith the end of occupation within a time frame".
Mansour
also stated that Palestinians expect the council to adopt a draft resolution that
leads to the pullout of Israelis from the occupied Palestinian territories by
November 2016.
The
United States, Israel’s staunch ally, is almost certain to veto such a UN
resolution.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930730000541
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Army
Kills Dozens of ISIL Terrorists in Iraq's Samarra
Oct 22, 2014
Dozens
of the ISIL terrorists were killed in the Iraqi city of Samarra by the
country's security forces on Wednesday.
The army
soldiers, backed by Iraq's bombers, carried out an operation in Mazarie area,
and managed to kill 15 members of the Takfiri group.
The ISIL
Takfiri terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have
threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi
Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.
Senior
Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab
states for the growing terrorism in their country.
The ISIL
has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by
the Israeli regime.
The
security forces killed 15 terrorists in the Mazarie area in Samarra.
A
security source told the reporter of the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /
Samarra Operations Command, in coordination with the Army Air, destroyed a nest
in Mazarie area, where 15 terrorists were hiding, killing them all.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930730000882
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Tribes
in tense Abu Ghraib vow to keep ISIS out
22
October 2014
The
Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib, best known for its infamous prison, sits close
enough to Baghdad’s airport that you can see the control tower in the distance.
It’s an enticing potential prize for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants.
For now,
this Sunni-dominated town remains beyond their grip, despite recent reports to
the contrary. Markets buzz with shoppers and young women in colorful clothes
and headscarves walk freely through the streets.
That’s
thanks in large part to the support of local Sunni tribal leaders who fought
against extremists in the past are vowing to do so again. But to win the fight,
they also need to combat long-held feelings of discrimination and what
residents feel are arbitrary detentions and disappearances that continue to
fuel resentment against the country’s Shiite majority.
New
tanks and checkpoints have left Abu Ghraib more militarized in recent weeks. At
some checkpoints, Associated Press journalists on a recent visit saw
heavily-armed volunteers in black ski masks standing alongside the military,
quizzing locals and checking vehicles.
A report
by Amnesty International last week said Iraq’s Shiite militias have abducted
and killed scores of Sunni civilians with tacit government support in
retaliation for ISIS group attacks. Tens of thousands of militiamen wear
military uniforms but operate outside any legal framework and without any
official oversight, it found.
Arrests
by those purporting to be government forces continue too, residents and outside
observers say.
“The
military harasses us all, but there is nothing we can do so we are forced to
keep quiet,” said Abu Ghraib resident Umm Mohammed, who agreed to be identified
only by her nickname for fear of reprisals. She said her 22-year old son Omar
has been detained, allegedly by the Iraqi military. She insisted he had no
connection to the Sunni militant group.
Donatella
Rovera, senior crisis response adviser at Amnesty International, said it’s
often unclear whether people are taken by militias or by security forces, and
that there have been reports of local residents being rounded up in Abu Ghraib.
Families
are reluctant to speak up, and it’s hard to find defense lawyers to handle
cases, “so detainees can be temporarily disappeared for quite a long time,” she
said.
That
complicates efforts by influential tribal leaders to keep the militants at bay.
Sheik
Khalil Ibrahim Haidan, a local tribal elder, insists Abu Ghraib will never fall
to the ISIS group. He believes the town's dark past has taught its citizens the
dangers of flirting with the country's radical elements.
“There
is no place here for Daesh or anyone else,” he said, using an Arabic name for
ISIS.
After
the revelation of prisoner abuse at the hands of U.S. troops following the 2003
invasion, Abu Ghraib became the scene of brutal insurgent attacks.
Al-Qaeda
in Iraq, which eventually would morph into the group now known as Islamic
State, targeted tribal leaders opposed to its ideology throughout Iraq’s Sunni
heartland in the years that followed.
Many of
the Sunni tribesmen eventually fought back. Members formed ad hoc militias
known as Sahwa, or Awakening Councils. The movement was supported by the
American government, which sought to empower locals entrenched in some of the
insurgent group's biggest strongholds.
A
similar community-driven national guard is now envisioned by Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi and his new government, with the support of the U.S.-led
coalition.
But many
Sunni tribes have not been won over. In the vast western province of Anbar,
some 5,000 tribesmen are currently on board with government efforts to take
part in the fight against ISIS, which includes arrangements for arms and
financial compensation. With tribes often numbering 30,000 to 40,000 people,
the effort is has a long way to go.
Back in
Abu Ghraib, Iraqi troops and militants regularly exchange mortar fire just west
of town as the militant group works its way around Iraq's Sunni-dominated,
western Anbar province.
The U.S.
said Sunday that it expanded airstrikes in Sunni-dominated Anbar, targeting a
berm near the Fallujah Dam which, in May, had been used by ISIS militants to
flood areas east of Fallujah - including Abu Ghraib - and in turn, slow any
military offensive.
At least
12,000 families in the Abu Ghraib area lost crops and livestock and were
displaced from their homes by those floods. Some 11,000 were left in desperate
need of food, clean water and other assistance, according to the UN.
The
destruction bolstered the tribes’ resolve.
“All of
the tribes are so closely knit and would not tolerate the fall of their city to
any outside force,” said Sheikh Hamza Mohammed Ali, another elder in al-Zoba
tribe.
Even so,
residents worry about how long the town can hold out.
“We are
very scared,” Umm Mohammed said. “We keep receiving information that (ISIS
fighters) are close, that they entered the city. But then I go out into the
street and see that everything is still ok for now. May Allah protect us.”
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/22/Tribes-in-tense-Abu-Ghraib-vow-to-keep-ISIS-out.html
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Syria
claims it destroyed jets seized by ISIS
22
October 2014
The
Syrian air force has destroyed two of three jets seized and reportedly test
flown over Aleppo by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group last week,
according to the country’s information minister.
Omran
al-Zoubi told Syrian TV late Tuesday that Syrian aircraft bombed the jets as
they were landing at Jarrah airbase in the eastern countryside of Aleppo
province. He said the militants were able to hide a third jet, which the Syrian
air force is now searching for.
The
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier had reported that
ISIS militants flew three MiG fighter jets over the Jarraj air base with the
help of former Iraqi air force pilots who were now members of the militant
group. The report could not be independently confirmed, and U.S. officials said
they had no reports of the militants flying jets.
The
group is known to have seized fighter jets from at least one air base it
captured from the Syrian army in Raqqa province earlier this year. Militant
websites had posted photos of ISIS fighters with the warplanes, but it was
unclear if they were operational.
Al-Zoubi
described the aircraft as old and suggested they were no longer useful as
military equipment.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/22/Syria-claims-it-destroyed-jets-seized-by-ISIS.html
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ISIS
fighters seize weapons cache meant for Kurds
Oct 22, 2014
Syrian
activists claim militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
seized earlier this week a cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition
forces that were meant to supply Kurdish fighters battling the extremist group.
The
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants seized at
least once cache, but may have seized more, the Associated Press reported.
The
cache of weapons included hand grenades, ammunition and rocket-propelled
grenade launchers, according to a video uploaded by a media group loyal to
ISIS, the agency said.
The
video appeared authentic and corresponded to The Associated Press' reporting of
the event.
The
Observatory, which bases its information on a network of activists on the
ground, said the caches were airdropped early Monday to Kurds in the embattled
Syrian town of Kobane that lies near the Turkish border.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/21/ISIS-fighters-seize-weapons-airdrop-meant-for-Kurds.html
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Egypt
military court sentences 7 to death on charges related to terrorism
Oct 22, 2014
A military
court sentenced seven Egyptian men to death and two to life in prison on
charges of terrorism on Tuesday, in the first trial to be conducted concerning
prominent Egyptian militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis.
The
sentenced were charged in the case known as the Arab Sharkas case, named for a
village in the governorate of Qaliubiya, north of Cairo, where security forces
carried out a raid in March against a terrorist cell which claimed the lives of
two military officers.
The
verdict comes after the death sentences originally handed out in August were
referred to Egypt's grand mufti for approval, a necessary procedure in Egyptian
law.
The
verdict was adjourned to 21 October after its previously scheduled date of 23
September.
The
defendant's charges include planning terrorist operations, shooting at security
forces, attacking military facilities and naval ships and being members of
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis.
Of the
nine defendants in the case, only one was tried in absentia who was among the 7
sentenced to death.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/113600/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-military-court-sentences--to-death-on-charge.aspx
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Saudi
Arabia sentences two more to death for Shiite protests: AFP
Oct 22, 2014
A court
in Saudi Arabia has sentenced two more people to death in connection with
protests by minority Shiites that began three years ago, official media said.
The
latest convictions followed last week's death sentence against Shiite cleric
Nimr al-Nimr, a driving force behind the demonstrations.
A
special court in the capital Riyadh issued the latest verdicts "as a
deterrent to others," the Saudi Press Agency said late Tuesday.
A third
person was jailed for 12 years.
SPA did
not name the accused, who were tried on charges including "participating
in marches and rallies that caused riots" in the Eastern Province
community of Awamiya.
They
were also accused of "chanting slogans hostile to the state with the
intent of breaching security and overthrowing the regime," attacking security
forces, and stealing medical supplies from a pharmacy to treat people injured
during protests.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/113669/World/Region/Saudi-Arabia-sentences-two-more-to-death-for-Shiit.aspx
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Top Saudi
Muslim Cleric Warns 'Twitter is the Source of All Evil'
Oct 22,
2014
RIYADH:
Twitter is nothing more than "a source of lies" and evil, Saudi
Arabia's top Muslim cleric said, in comments that sparked lively debate Tuesday
on the micro blogging site.
"If
it were used correctly, it could be of real benefit, but unfortunately it's
exploited for trivial matters," Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said on his
'Fatwa' television show broadcast late Monday.
Twitter
is "the source of all evil and devastation", the mufti said.
"People are rushing to it thinking it's a source of credible information
but it's a source of lies and falsehood."
The
social media platform is popular among both men and women in ultra-conservative
Saudi Arabia, where some supported the mufti's views but many others objected.
"This
is why I will repent, and close my account to distance myself from this great
evil," one Twitter user wrote with apparent sarcasm.
"Respected
sheikh, how can you judge something without using it?" another post asked.
But a
supporter of the sheikh wrote: "I swear the mufti has spoken the truth;
the evils of Twitter are many."
Saudi
Arabia adopts a strict version of Sunni Islam, including a segregation of the
sexes, that influences all aspects of life in the Gulf kingdom.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech/Social/Twitter-is-source-of-all-evil-top-Saudi-cleric-says/articleshow/44907001.cms
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Iraqi
Kurds to vote on sending forces to Syria
22
October 2014
Iraq’s
Kurdish regional parliament will hold a session on Wednesday to vote on
deploying peshmerga security forces to aid Syrian Kurds battling jihadists from
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group, a senior lawmaker said.
The
planned vote raises the possibility that the three-province autonomous Kurdistan
region will make the decision to deploy forces from Iraq to fight in Syria’s
civil war independent of the federal government.
“Today,
the Kurdistan parliament will hold a session... to give the authorization and
allow the president of the region to move forces to the town of Kobane” in
Syria, Omid Khoshnaw, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's
parliamentary bloc, told AFP.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/22/Iraqi-Kurds-to-vote-on-sending-forces-to-Syria-.html
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Saudi
jails 13 for plan to attack US forces
Oct 22, 2014
RIYADH:
A Saudi court has sentenced 13 people, including an Afghan and a Qatari, to
between 18 months and 30 years in prison for plotting an Al-Qaeda attack
against US forces.
The defendants
were convicted of “forming a terrorist cell” to target American forces in Qatar
with hand grenades, rockets and other weapons, official media said after
Tuesday's verdicts.
They
also planned to attack US forces in Kuwait, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
reported. The group intended to send someone to Iraq to learn how to make
vehicle bombs that could target foreign soldiers, it said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1139642/saudi-jails-13-for-plan-to-attack-us-forces
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Pakistan
Taliban
commander among 30 killed in North Waziristan
Oct 22, 2014
PESHAWAR:
At least 30 suspected militants have been killed as jet fighters targeted
militant hideouts in North Waziristan Agency.
Daud
Matta, a key Taliban commander, was also killed in the strike which took place
in North Waziristan's Datta Khel area, according to sources.
The
official sources also said that the jets targeted at least four militant
hideouts, which were destroyed.
The
media has no access to the agency, making it difficult to verify the
information from independent sources. The ISPR is yet to issue details of the
operation.
Military
operation Zarb-i-Azb was launched by the Pakistan Army on June15 following a
brazen militant attack on Karachi's international airport and failure of peace
talks between the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan negotiators.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1139430/taliban-commander-among-30-killed-in-north-waziristan
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Pakistani
Taliban reaffirms allegiance to Mullah Mohammad Omar
Oct 22
2014,
The
Pakistani Taliban group – Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reaffirmed
allegiance to Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.
The
reaffirmation was made following a statement which was issued by TTP to confirm
the dismissal of group’s spokesman Shahidullah Shahid.
“As far
as allegiance to ISIS is concerned, (Taliban leader) Amir Mullah Fazlullah has
clarified that our allegiance is to Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid,” the
statement by TTP said.
Shahid
was sacked as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman after he announced
allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Five
other top Pakistani Taliban commanders, including the group’s chief for Orakzai
Agency Saeek Khan, TTP chief for Hangu Khalid Mansoor, TTP chief for Kurram
Agecuy DAulat Khan, TTP chief for Khyber Agency Fateh Gul Zaman and TTp chief
for Peshawar Mufti Hasan had announced support to Islamic State together with
Shahid.
http://www.khaama.com/pakistani-taliban-reaffirm-allegiance-to-mullah-mohammad-omar-8862
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D-Chowk:
Tahir ul Qadri calls it a day
Oct 22, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Tuesday announced to
temporarily suspend the sit-in keeping in view the sanctity of Muharram.
The
decision was reached after the PAT chief held a meeting with his ally parties,
including the Pakistan Muslim League, Sunni Ittehad Council and Majlis Wahdatul
Muslimeen.
Addressing
the participants of sit-in, the Sufi cleric said that revolution was a journey
and it came in phases. He said the PAT workers achieved first phase by
“breaking the siege”.
“We have
reached next phase so now participants of sit-in at federal capital should pack
up their luggage and go home. Now two-day sit-ins will be held in all major
cities,” he announced.
Full report
at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/22-Oct-2014/d-chowk-qadri-calls-it-a-day
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Imran
demands govt accept PTI resignations
Oct 22, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday urged the government to
accept resignations of PTI lawmakers immediately, saying he does not accept
this ‘fake parliament’.
After
PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri announced an end to his sit-in in Islamabad on
Tuesday, Imran reiterated his commitment to continue his protest until
resignation of the prime minister, a private TV channel reported.
Addressing
his supporters from his container in Islamabad, Kaptaan directed PTI Additional
Secretary General Saifullah Niazi to ask all PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
legislators, who have failed to declare their assets, to submit details of
their assets to the Election Commission of Pakistan immediately.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/22-Oct-2014/imran-demands-govt-accept-pti-resignations
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Lashkar-e-Islam
warns Bara residents against leaving the area
Oct 22, 2014
PESHAWAR:
Militants from private militia Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) on Tuesday warned the
residents of Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency against leaving the area before the
launch of military operation, in an attempt to use the civilians as human
shields. “This warning aims at using the civilians as human shields,” said a
senior administration official speaking to Daily Times on condition of
anonymity. Civilians were told not to leave their areas before the operation,
otherwise their houses would be destroyed, the militants warned through
announcement through an illegal FM radio station, according to the residents
and political administration officials. Leaving homes would be taken as support
for the military operation, the civilians were warned through the radio
announcements. The local administration gave the civilians a three-day deadline
to lay down arms and surrender or face a full-fledged operation. LI militants
were suspected of destroying homes of around 30 Bara Tehsil residents,
including two militant commanders, after they surrendered to the authorities.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/22-Oct-2014/li-warns-bara-residents-against-leaving-the-area
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Pak-Iran
agree on intelligence cooperation following border unrest
Oct 22, 2014
QUETTA:
Pakistani and Iranian officials met in Tehran on Wednesday where the two sides
agreed on intelligence cooperation at the porous border between the
neighbouring countries.
"The
two sides agreed to boost intelligence cooperation with regard to border
security," said Khan Wasey, a spokesman for the Frontier Corps.
"Cooperation between the two countries in battling terrorists is
indispensable," he added.
The
meeting was between Inspector General FC Balochistan Major General Ejaz Shahid
and Iranian border force's chief General Qasim Razai, Wasay said, adding that
it took place in the Iranian capital and was aimed at discussing ways and means
to end border skirmishes.
The
meeting was called in the wake of the recent flare up at the 900 kilometre
border and with the objective of avoiding any untoward incidents in future on
its agenda.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1139633/pak-iran-agree-on-intelligence-cooperation-following-border-unrest
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Opposition
defers no-confidence move: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Oct 22, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
After being cold-shouldered by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Fazl ur Rehman,
chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, has decided to dump the
no-confidence move against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez
Khattak.
The
cleric announced this after his meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the
PM’s House.
Fazl was
accompanied by Federal Minister for Housing and Works Akram Khan Durrani,
Leader of Opposition in KP Assembly Lutfur Rahman and Senator Gul Naseeb Khan.
KP
Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique were also present. Matters related
to national and political situation came under discussion during the meeting.
After
the meeting, Fazl announced to cancel the no-confidence move against Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/22-Oct-2014/opposition-defers-no-confidence-move
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MQM
proposes tougher punishment for cannibalism
Oct 22, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
The lawmakers in the National Assembly on Tuesday took up eleven private bills,
including three separate bills proposing strict punishments for those guilty of
cannibalism as well as one related to amendments in election rules.
The
assembly secretariat also included two amendment bills of Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers, who tendered resignations from assembly seats
in the “orders of the day”. The bills were deferred after Speaker Ayaz Sadiq
called the names of PTI’s lawmaker to present their bills. Thin attendance was
pointed out in the session when PPP’s MNA Imran Zafar Leghari pointed towards
empty treasury benches, saying the parties protesting outside parliament (PAT
and PTI) are raising voices against it, and the treasury is providing them a
justification by not showing any seriousness to parliament.
Independent
MNA Jamshed Dasti introduced a constitutional amendment bill for out a southern
Punjab province, which was, however, voted out after opposition from PML-N’s
legal wizard Zahid Hamid. The first bill related to cannibalism and was
introduced by MQM lawmakers SA Iqbal Qadri, Abdul Rashid Godel, Sufyan Yusuf,
Sajid Ahmed and Iqbal Muhammad Ali. It was aimed at curbing this crime. The MQM
lawmakers proposed punishment for those who exhume corpses or any part of a
corpse without permission from the competent authority.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/22-Oct-2014/mqm-proposes-tougher-punishment-for-cannibalism
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South Asia
Taliban
militants suffer heavy casualties in Kandahar
Oct 22, 2014
At least
37 Taliban militants were killed following military operations by Afghan
national security forces in the past 24.
The
Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Wednesday that the majority of the militants
were killed during the operation in Maiwand district of Kandahar province.
A
statement released by MoI said, Afghan National Police conducted several
anti-terrorism joint operations with Afghan National Army and NDS to clean some
of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan,
The
statement further added that the operations were conducted in Kandahar, Ghazni,
Khost and Nangarhar provinces, as a result 37 armed Taliban members were killed,
six wounded and 10 others were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces.
Taliban
suffered the heaviest casualty in Maiwand district, southern Kandahar province,
MoI said.
Afghan
National Police discovered and confiscated light and heavy rounds ammunition
during the same operations, MoI said, adding that Afghan National Police
discovered and defused two different types of IEDs in Baghlan and Balkh
provinces.
http://www.khaama.com/taliban-militants-suffer-heavy-casualties-in-kandahar-8863
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Madrasa
student murdered while fending off rapist
Oct 22, 2014
An
11-year-old boy studying at a South Keraniganj madrasa had his throat slit with
a kitchen cleaver early Monday after resisting a rape attempt by a school staff
member, his killer admitted to police yesterday.
The
self-confessed killer, Shah Alam, a 35-year-old cook at Tahfiz ul Quran Nurani
Hafezi Madrasa, admitted to rape the same boy a month ago.
“I don’t
know what came over me. I killed the boy with a boti in the madrasa kitchen,”
Shah Alam, whose wife is nine months pregnant, said yesterday at the media and
community centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Shah
Alam said he had tried to get hold of Abu Rayhan around 1am when the child was
on his way to the toilet. He attempted to rape Abu Rayhan, but the boy resisted
and threatened to tell the authorities about what had happened.
Shah
Alam then dragged Abu Rayhan into the kitchen and slit his throat with a
razor-sharp cleaver.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2014/oct/22/madrasa-student-murdered-while-fending-rapist#sthash.7G3V1CDM.dpuf
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Iran
executes 3 Afghans over drugs smuggling charges
Oct 22, 2014
At least
three Afghans were hanged to death in Iran over drugs smuggling charges, the
officials said Wednesday.
The
officials further added that the deceased individuals were originally residents
of northeastern Takhar province whose bodies were handed over to their families
on Tuesday.
Provincial
governor spokesman for Takhar province, Sanatullah Temori said the dead bodies
of the men were buried in Kalafgan district.
Temori
further added that four other Afghan nationals are also due to be executed in
the near future.
In the
meantime, Temori said at least two Afghan nationals were also shot dead by
Iranian border guards along the bordering regions between the countries.
This
comes as at least six Afghan nationals were hanged to death in Iran over drugs
smuggling charges earlier this year.
http://www.khaama.com/iran-executes-3-afghans-over-drugs-smuggling-charges-8866
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Bangladesh
wins third term to UN Human Rights Council
Oct 22, 2014
Bangladesh
has won membership to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the term 2015
– 2017, in an election in New York yesterday.
“Bangladesh
was elected to the Human Rights Council with 149 votes,” the director general
of the UN Wing at the foreign ministry told the Dhaka Tribune.
“The
election is very important for us against the backdrop of the negative campaign
against Bangladesh following the January 5 election,” Bangladesh Permanent
Representative to the United Nations AK Abdul Momen told the Dhaka Tribune.
The
country has served in the UNHRC twice and this is the third time Dhaka has
expressed an interest in membership to the global human rights body.
Bangladesh
served on the council from 2006-11 and withdrew for the 2012-14 period due to
rules and regulations governing membership.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/oct/22/bangladesh-wins-third-term-un-human-rights-council#sthash.KcovsJ1t.dpuf
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Islamic
parties call hartal for Sunday
Oct 22, 2014
The
Islamic parties have called a countrywide dawn to dusk hartal for Sunday,
demanding maximum punishment for Abdul Latif Siddique for his comments on hajj.
Party's
Secretary General Mohammad Zafar Ullah announced the hartal on Wednesday
afternoon.
Earlier,
the alliance of Islamic parties had declared it would observe hartal on October
26 if the government did not arrest former Minister Abdul Latif Siddique by
October 22.
While
addressing a programme in the US on September 28, Latif made derogatory remarks
regarding Hajj, Tablighi Jamaat and the Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
The
minister’s “derogatory” comments on Hajj have sparked widespread criticism both
at home and abroad.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2014/oct/22/latif-issue-islamic-parties-call-hartal-sunday#sthash.ZiNlblvr.dpuf
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Southeast Asia
Ulema
Who Mislead Are Like Dogs with Tongues Hanging Out, Says Religious Scholar
OCTOBER
22, 2014
KUALA
LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Popular religious scholar Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin
yesterday compared Islamic clerics who twist the truth to dogs amid the
continuing fallout from an event at which some Muslims touched the culturally
“haram” animal.
The
former Perlis mufti stressed that he had not expressed his support nor
opposition to the “I Want to Touch a Dog” event held in Petaling Jaya Sunday
but merely related what the Quran said about canines.
“While
we’re busily discussing the issue about touching dogs, let us not forget that
there are bigger issues raised in the Quran related to dogs, like ULAMA WHO ACT
LIKE DOGS,” Asri wrote on his Facebook page yesterday.
“A Mat
Rempit, robber, or a dishonest leader is not worse than an ulama who hides the
truth or who twists facts to mislead people. Therefore, the Quran equates
ulamas who twist the truth to dogs whose tongues are hanging out,” he added.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/ulama-who-mislead-are-like-dogs-with-tongues-hanging-out-says-religious-sch#sthash.iI8N6vLK.dpuf
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Jais
officers greeted with ‘open arms’ at non-Muslim places of worship, says paper
Oct 22, 2014
Selangor
Islamic Department (Jais) officials, who embarked on a course on comparative
religions to build "religious understanding" of other faiths, were
greeted with open arms when they visited three places of worship, The Star
reported today.
The
visits to the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Shah Alam, Samadhi Vihara Buddha
temple in Shah Alam and the Syrian Orthodox Church in Klang were conducted last
month, attended by 50 participants including dakwah officials, college
lecturers, teachers, government servants and committee members of mosques.
“It is
the first time that we organised something like this. We want the participants
to know how devotees of other religions observed their faiths," Jais'
Dakwah Department assistant director Mohd Basori Omar was quoted as saying.
“We want
to build an understanding so that, in future, religious issues don’t become
polemic."
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/jais-officers-greeted-with-open-arms-at-non-muslim-places-of-worship-says-p#sthash.4K8dqCoC.dpuf
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Europe
ISIL
onslaught on Yazidis may be attempted genocide: UN
Oct 22, 2014
The
campaign of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants against
Iraq's Yazidi minority may be attempted genocide, U.N. Assistant
Secretary-General for human rights Ivan Simonovic said on Oct. 22.
"Facts
are indicating that actions against Yazidis may amount to attempted
genocide," he told a small group of reporters at the United Nations after
returning from a recent visit to Iraq.
Simonovic
was speaking as ISIL advanced on Iraq's Sinjar mountain, tightening a siege of
thousands of stranded Yazidis, who called on the United States and its allies
to act to avert more bloodshed.
Thousands
of Yazidis have been shot, buried alive or sold into slavery by ISIL militants,
who regard them as devil-worshippers.
U.S.
President Barack Obama authorized air strikes in Iraq in August, citing the
duty to prevent an impending genocide of Yazidis at the hands of ISIL militants
after they overran a vast swathe of northern Iraq.
The 1948
U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
defines genocide as an intent to destroy in whole or in part a national,
ethical, racial or religious group.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/isil-onslaught-on-yazidis-may-be-attempted-genocide-un.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73304&NewsCatID=359
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EU sets
'red lines' for Israel in W. Bank, Jerusalem
World
Bulletin/News Desk
Oct 22, 2014
The
European Union (EU) is seeking to persuade Israel not to take a series of moves
in the occupied West Bank deemed “red lines” by the European body, Israeli
daily Haaretz reported, citing an internal EU document.
According
to the paper, the European Union believes that crossing any of these "red
lines" by Israeli may undermine the possibility of a future Palestinian
state alongside Israel, a risk that might draw further European sanctions
against Israel.
“The EU
considers the preservation of the two state solution a priority,” the document
obtained by Haaretz reads.
“The
only way to resolve the conflict is through an agreement that ends the occupation
which began in 1967, that ends all claims and fulfills the aspirations of both
parties. A one state reality would not be compatible with these aspirations.”
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/headlines/146774/eu-sets-red-lines-for-israel-in-w-bank-jerusalem
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Third
ISIS fighter from UK city killed in Syria
22
October 2014
A third
British citizen fighting for the the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant
group has been killed during fighting in Syria, a newspaper in his UK hometown
of Portsmouth reported.
Committee
chairman of the Portsmouth’s Jami Mosque Abdul Jalil told the Portsmouth News
that Manunur Roshid is the third man from his city to be killed in fighting,
following Ifthekar Jaman, 23, and Mohamed Hamidur Rahman, 25.
“It is
probable that Roshid died in the battle for Kobane as another of his Portsmouth
counterparts, Muhammad Mehdi Hasan, is known to be fighting there, although we
haven’t been able to independently verify this yet,” Shiraz Maher, a senior
researcher at King’s College’s International Centre for the Study of Radicalism
told the Guardian.
“We are
very worried. They are on the front line. Five people went there and three have
been killed,” Jalil said, adding that he has seen reports that a fourth man
from Portsmouth has been hospitalized in Syria.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/22/Third-ISIS-fighter-from-UK-city-killed-in-Syria.html
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BBC
Muslim presenter calls for British Muslims to condemn ISIS terror
22
October 2014
Mishal
Husain, the co-host of BBC program Today, has urged Britain’s Muslim clerics to
hop on the social media bandwagon in publically condemning the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS), several news reports quoted Husain as saying during an
interview with Radio Times this week.
Husain,
41, said Muslim community leaders should publically support the anti-ISIS
social media campaign Not In My Name which was set up by the East London-based
group Active Change Foundation after the murder of David Haines and the
kidnapping of Alan Henning. The campaign – praised by U.S. President Barack
Obama during a speech to the U.N. General Assembly – aimed to counter the
presence of ISIS’ extremist ideology on social media.
“I think
the ‘Not In My Name’ campaign is a very positive development because outrage is
shared by all right-thinking people,” Husain said.
“I would
really like to see much more of the counterpoint from a theological
perspective, with scholars taking to social media to refute the awful arguments
we see put forward in those videos,” she added.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/television-and-radio/2014/10/22/BBC-Muslim-presenter-calls-for-British-Muslims-to-condemn-ISIS-terror-.html
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First
ever Denmark trade team to explore business opportunities in Pakistan
Oct 22, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
A Denmark trade delegation reached Islamabad on a week- long visit to explore
business opportunities and partners in Pakistan.
It is
the first trade team from Denmark, which would explore potential for expanding
trade between the two countries.
The
delegation will meet Pakistani companies in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
Exclusive business seminars with individual company meetings will be arranged
in all three cities and the Danish companies will also participate in broader
match-making receptions in Karachi and Islamabad, said a statement of the
Embassy.
Danish
Ambassador Jesper Moller Sorensen said companies were representing different
sectors and would see opportunities in areas where Pakistan was facing
challenges, such as energy.
Volume
of trade between Denmark and Pakistan was increasing and the potential is still
significantly larger.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/business/22-Oct-2014/first-ever-denmark-trade-team-to-explore-business-opportunities-in-pakistan
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Mideast
Ottomanism
a guise for Islamic ambitions, Turkish prominent historian says
Oct 22, 2014
A
prominent Turkish historian has argued that today's political Islamists use
Ottomanism as a guise for their ulterior motives to reach the Islamic
"Golden Age."
“Ottomanism
is a flashy cover, a guise for the Islamist front in Turkey. What they really
seek is the ‘Age of Happiness’ [the term used to describe the Prophet
Muhammad’s lifetime]. They use the Ottomans as a guise to reach there,” Prof.
İlber Ortaylı told Hürriyet in an interview published on Oct. 22.
Ortaylı,
a professor of history at Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent
University in Ankara, also challenged the notion that the Ottoman Empire was
supranational. “The Ottomans were not above nations. Turkishness was [in the
core] of the Ottomans,” he said.
The
recent debate regarding religious education in Turkey is not being conducted on
a healthy ground, according to Ortaylı.
“A
society can have religious education, but it has to be with quality. Now the
government is increasingly opening more [religious vocational] imam hatip
schools, as was done in previous decades by other parties. But are these
schools producing any religious scholars?” he asked.
Ignorance
about ISIL
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ottomanism-a-guise-for-islamic-ambitions-prominent-historian-says.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73319&NewsCatID=338
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Turkey
turning into semi-open prison: CHP
Oct 22, 2014
The
government aims to turn Turkey into a “semi-open prison” with its contentious
new security code, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal
Kılıçdaroğlu said on Oct. 21, addressing his weekly parliamentary group meeting
in Ankara.
“Now
they are bringing in a new code. It offers fines for those who cover their
faces [in protests]. But there is already a fine for this. Why are you cheating
the people?” Kılıçdaroğlu said.
“The
country is at risk of being turned into a semi-open prison,” he added, also
criticizing the government’s poor record on freedom of expression.
“Can
journalists write freely in Turkey?” the CHP head asked, ruling out recent
claims by a Cabinet member that there was “no political pressure on press.”
Kılıçdaroğlu
also expressed outrage over the annulment of the huge corruption probe that
included senior government figures, likening the prosecutor who annulled the
probe to Nazis.
Ekrem
Aydıner, a prosecutor from the anti-terror and organized crime unit of the
Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office, decided on Oct. 17 not to proceed with the
case against 53 graft suspects in the Dec. 17 investigation.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-turning-into-semi-open-prison-chp.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73301&NewsCatID=338
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Political
disputes delay formation of Yemen cabinet
World
Bulletin/News Desk
Oct 22, 2014
Differences
between Yemen's political forces over cabinet representation are delaying the
formation of a new government, a local political source said Wednesday.
According
to the source, the dispute emerged over the refusal of the General People's
Conference Party, led by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the Shiite
Houthi group to give President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi the right to appoint heads
of strategic ministries (interior, defense, finance and foreign affairs) in
line with recommendations made earlier this year.
A
coalition of 13 Yemeni opposition parties, meanwhile, insists that the
recommendations – which came out of a national dialogue conference held earlier
this year – be implemented.
The
recommendations also called for giving the 13-party coalition – composed of
leftist, Islamist and nationalist parties – the right to appoint two ministers
in the new government.
Last
week, the Houthis backed a presidential decree appointing Khaled Bahah as the
new prime minister.
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/146797/political-disputes-delay-formation-of-yemen-cabinet
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Jewish
settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
World
Bulletin/News Desk
Oct 22, 2014
Dozens
of Jewish extremists backed by Israeli police on Wednesday stormed the Al-Aqsa
Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, a Palestinian official has said.
"Around
40 settlers, under Israeli police protection, forced their way into the Al-Aqsa
compound through the Al-Magharbeh Gate," Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of
the Jordan-run Organization for Muslim Endowments and Al-Aqsa Affairs, told
Anadolu Agency.
"The
intruders, including members of the extremist 'Women for the Temple'
organization, were led by hardline rabbis and wandered into the courtyards of
the holy site," he said.
"The
rabbis gave settlers lessons in the Talmud near the Al-Qiballi and Marwani
mosques," he added.
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/middle-east/146796/jewish-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-compound
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Iran
Calls for International Consensus to Uproot Extremism, Violence
Oct 22, 2014
Iran's
Vice-President for Legal Affair Elham Aminzadeh voiced Tehran's concern over
the spread of extremist groups in the region, and urged the world states and
international bodies to coordinate efforts against worldwide violence.
“Today
we are witnessing the creation of a global culture against aggression and
extremism after (President Hassan) Rouhani's proposal of World against Violence
and Extremism (WAVE) was approved by UN General Assembly last year,” said
Aminzadeh in a WAVE Conference in the University of Tehran on Tuesday.
She said
that an international cooperation is needed to uproot aggression and terrorism
and establish sustainable peace and welfare for the world nations.
On
September 25, 2013, President Rouhani proposed "the WAVE" initiative
in his address to the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.
On
December 18, 2013, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to approve
President Rouhani’s proposal, which called on all nations across the globe to
denounce violence and extremism.
Full
report at:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930730000809
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Ya'alon
slams Turkey for harboring terrorism
Oct 22, 2014
Defense
Minister Moshe Ya’alon met with his US counterpart, Defense Secretary Chuck
Hagel in the Pentagon, where he highlighted Jerusalem's concern about Iran's
nuclear ambitions.
A
nuclear Iran "remains the most significant threat," he said, echoing
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who warned this week about the danger of an
agreement that would leave Iran as a nuclear threshold state.
"We
are following the negotiations [between the world powers and Iran]
closely," Ya'alon said, outlining Iran's actions that worry Israel, from
arming Hezbollah to backing Palestinian terror groups in Gaza.
Turning
to Hamas next, he said the organization was sponsored by Turkey and Qatar,
charging that Hamas now "has two terror headquarters": in Gaza and
Istanbul.
Ya'alon
said the Gaza-based group has moved its operation from Damascus to Turkey, who
he accused of playing a" cynical game."
Turkey
is a member of NATO on the one hand, he said, yet it operates terrorism against
Israel.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Yaalon-slams-Turkey-for-harboring-terrorism-379455
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North America
Kerry:
status quo between Israel, Palestinians ‘unsustainable’
22
October 2014
U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that the “status quo” in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict was “unsustainable” and that the United States
understands of the urgency of the situation.
“The
current situation, the status quo, is unsustainable,” Kerry said at a joint
news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin
He added
that it was necessary to find a way to negotiate and said the U.S. would
continue with these efforts: “Obviously we understand the urgency of it,” he
said.
Last
week Kerry angered Israelis with statements the conflict between Israel and
Palestine was contributing to the rise of radical extremism in the world.
“I
respect John Kerry and his efforts but he keeps breaking new records in lack of
understanding of our region and the essence of our disputes,” Communications
Minister Gilad Erdan said in an interview with Israeli public radio.
“There
wasn’t a leader I met with in the region who didn’t raise with me spontaneously
the need to try to get peace between Israel and the Palestinians, because it was
a cause of recruitment and of street anger and agitation,” Kerry said after
returning from a visit to Egypt.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/22/Kerry-status-quo-between-Israel-Palestinians-unsustainable-.html
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Canada
raises its terrorism threat level
Oct 22,
2014
Canada
has raised its terrorism threat level to medium from low because of a rise in
"general chatter" from radical groups such as Islamic State and
al-Qaida, a government official said on Tuesday.
"This
increase is not the result of a specific threat," said Jean-Christophe de
Le Rue, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney. A suspected
Canadian militant ran over two soldiers in Quebec on Monday, killing one of
them.
De Le
Rue said the new terrorism threat level meant Canadian intelligence services
had "indicated an individual or group within Canada or abroad has the
intent and capability to commit an act of terrorism."
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Canada-raises-its-terrorism-threat-level-379457
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Pentagon:
Fight against Islamic State costing around $7.6 million a day
Oct 22, 2014
WASHINGTON
- The Pentagon said on Tuesday that the cost of fighting Islamic State
militants in Iraq and Syria has cost about $424 million since air strikes began
on Aug. 8.
Rear
Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said the conflict was costing
an average of about $7.6 million per day.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Pentagon-Fight-against-Islamic-State-costing-around-76-million-a-day-379449
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Kurdish
fighters received vast majority of US supply drop: Pentagon
Oct 22, 2014
The
Pentagon said on Oct. 22 the vast majority of military supplies air dropped
near the Syrian city of Kobane had reached the Kurdish fighters they were
intended to help, despite an online video showing Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) militants with a bundle.
Rear
Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said experts were analyzing
the video and trying to determine if the bundle was the one the department
reported earlier had fallen into ISIL's hands or if it was a second bundle in
the group's possession.
Pentagon
officials said a U.S. airdrop had delivered 28 bundles of military supplies to
Syrian Kurdish fighters near Kobane on Oct. 20 and reported that one had fallen
into ISIL's hands. The Pentagon later said it had targeted the missing bundle
in an air strike and destroyed it.
An Iraqi
Kurdish official said 21 tons (tonnes) of supplies had been air dropped to the
Kurds in Kobane.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kurdish-fighters-received-vast-majority-of-us-supply-drop-pentagon.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73306&NewsCatID=359
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US
designates TTP's Khan Said as global terrorist
Oct 22, 2014
WASHINGTON
– The US Department of State has designated Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
leader Khan Said as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under an Executive
Order, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or
acts of terrorism.
A
statement released here on Tuesday said Khan Said became deputy leader of TTP
following the death of Wali-ur-Rehman in May 2013. “Said has experience of
fighting in Afghanistan, and is believed to be involved in the attack on a
Naval base in Karachi, Pakistan, and is also credited with masterminding a 2012
jailbreak in which the Taliban freed 400 inmates in the northwestern city of
Bannu, Pakistan.”
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/22-Oct-2014/us-designates-ttp-s-khan-said-as-global-terrorist
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India
India
wins another term at UNHRC
SUHASINI
HAIDAR
Oct 22, 2014
India
received the most number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group of the U.N. Human
Rights Council, winning a second consecutive two-year term at the world body.
Official sources said this was a reflection of India’s standing in the world.
India was a committed supporter of the U.N. human rights system and would
continue to work towards strengthening of the Council.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-wins-another-term-at-unhrc/article6524390.ece
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Police
identify youths who waved IS flags
ZAHID
RAFIQ
Oct 22, 2014
Jammu
and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the police had
identified the youths who waved flags of the terror group Islamic State (IS) in
different parts of Srinagar.
He said
they were not linked to militancy.
“The
police have registered cases against the youths involved in waving IS flags,”
Mr. Abdullah said on the sidelines of a police commemoration function here.
According
to police sources, four youths were arrested on Saturday, a day after IS flags
appeared in the old city area.
“We know
that two of the youths — one of whom is a medical representative — have been in
police custody since Saturday. For the first two days, the police did not show
their arrest and we don’t know what charges they will frame against them,” said
Mir Urfi, a lawyer at the Saddar Court here.
‘No link
with terror group’
The
police sources said the youths waved the IS flags for fun and they did not have
any ideological connection with the terror group.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/police-identify-youths-who-waved-is-flags/article6524789.ece
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When Pak
fired, we had sword, not shield in our hand: Defence Minister
Reuters
| Oct 22, 2014
NEW
DELHI: India warned Pakistan on Tuesday of more "pain" if it
continued to violate a ceasefire on their disputed border in Kashmir and said
it was up to Islamabad to create the conditions for a resumption of peace
talks.
The two
sides exchanged mortars and intense gunfire this month, killing at least 20
civilians and wounding dozens in the worst violation to date of a 2003
ceasefire. While the firing has abated, tension remains high along a 200-km
stretch of the border dividing the nuclear-armed rivals.
"Our
conventional strength is far more than theirs. So if they persist with this,
they'll feel the pain of this adventurism," defence minister Arun Jaitley
told NDTV in an interview.
The Modi
government that came to power in May promised a tough response to violence in
the territory.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/When-Pak-fired-we-had-sword-not-shield-in-our-hand-Arun-Jaitley/articleshow/44905435.cms
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Africa
Nigeria
Truce Is Shaky, No News of Abducted Girls
Oct 22, 2014
MAIDUGURI,
Nigeria —Days after Nigeria's military raised hopes by announcing Islamic
extremists have agreed to a cease-fire, Boko Haram is still fighting and there
is no word about 219 schoolgirls held hostage for six months.
Officials
had said talks with Nigeria's Islamic extremist rebels would resume in
neighboring Chad this week, but there was no confirmation that negotiations had
resumed by Wednesday.
The
silence raises many questions, especially since Boko Haram's leader Abubakar
Shekau has not confirmed the truce.
People
who escaped this week from a town where Boko Haram has declared an Islamic
caliphate say hundreds are being detained for breaking the group's strict
version of Shariah law.
The
insurgents have attacked three northeastern towns and raised their flag in a
fourth village since Nigeria's military chief announced a cease-fire Friday.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nigeria-truce-shaky-news-abducted-girls-26368967
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Muslim
Brotherhood in Libya does not have a military arm, claims leader
Oct 22, 2014
The
official head of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, Bashir Kubti, has rejected the
assertion by the Prime Minister that Libya Dawn is the military arm of the
Muslim Brotherhood in Libya.
Speaking
in a telephone interview with the German Press Agency, Kubti criticized Prime
Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni for making the claim and said that the Muslim
Brotherhood does not have a military arm. He added some rather choice remarks
about Thinni, saying that he could not be believed.
He also
said that the Brotherhood was tired of being blaimed for all the problems in
the country, saying that the government should be held responsible, starting
back to the time of Ali Zeidan. According to Kubti, the government spent too
much time blaming the Muslim Brotherhood and did not focus on finding a
solution to the problems in Libya.
On the
subject of Khalifa Hafter, Kubti declared he that was dictating not only
military events in Libya but also the political process. He claimed that Hafter
was “an illegitimate leader” and questioned the legitimacy of the House of
Representatives since it was backing Hafter.
The
Muslim Brotherhood, claimed Kubti, is not biased. “We are with the people and
respect the people’s choices”, he said. “We supported the elections and the
outcome of the elections.”
The
House of Representatives (HOR), however, had failed to follow the correct
procedures for the handover, he stated. That had led to questions about its
legitimacy.
http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/10/21/muslim-brotherhood-in-libya-does-not-have-a-military-arm-claims-spokesperson/#ixzz3GsRnw2RT
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Public
lashings follow Derna “Sharia Court” verdicts
Oct 22, 2014
The
“Sharia Court” of Derna, an institution of Derna’s Shoura Council of Islamic
Youth, has laid down the law for a group of young men guilty of alcohol abuse,
sentencing them to a public flogging, which was carried out on Saturday in the
courtyard of the town’s old mosque.
According
to common interpretations of the Hadith, the appropriate punishment for alcohol
consumption is 40 or 80 lashes—left to the discretion of the Muslim leader –
“with two palm branches stripped of their leaves”.
Derna’s
Shoura Council of Islamic Youth was said to have declared its allegiance to the
Islamic State (IS), and to the “caliphate” of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi at the
beginning of October.
http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/10/20/public-lashings-follow-derna-sharia-court-verdicts/#ixzz3GsRryoS5
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Libya
orders army to advance on capital
22
October 2014
Libya’s
internationally recognized government ordered on Tuesday its military, led by
renegade General Khalifa Haftar, to advance on the capital Tripoli and called
for a civil disobedience there against armed Islamist groups.
Prime
Minister Abdullah al-Thani’s cabinet said in statement posted on Facebook that
the armed forces have the green light to “liberate” Tripoli “and state
institutions from the grip of armed groups.”
The cabinet
also urged Tripoli residents to launch “a civil disobedience campaign until the
arrival of the army.”
In an
interview with AFP Saturday, Thani said military forces in the strife-torn
country had united to try to recapture Tripoli and second city Benghazi from
Islamist militias.
Islamist
militias who have seized Tripoli and other parts of Libya have their own
government and parliament.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/22/Libya-orders-army-to-advance-on-capital.html
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