ISIS: ‘The Whole World Will Be an Islamic State’
New Age Islam News Bureau
15
Oct 2014
The notion that Ankara would prefer ISIS on its border as opposed to the PKK is heavily disputed. (AFP)
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Arab World
• ISIS:
‘The Whole World Will Be an Islamic State’
• Taking
Women As Sex Slaves ‘Firmly Established’ Islamic Law
• 10
Syrian troops killed in clashes with IS: Monitor
• Syrian
Airborne Forces Launch over 40 Strikes against Militants' Positions
• Egypt
finds large stockpile of arms earmarked for Sinai jihadists
• Saudi
Arabia sentences prominent Shia cleric to death
• Syrian
Kurds press hundreds of young men into army
• Religious
parties in Egypt threatened with political ban
• Ahmad
Tohme re-elected as Syrian opposition PM
Mideast
• Turkey’s
National Anthem Reinterpreted to the Tune of Islamic Song
• Turkey’s
Quagmire: ISIS on the Doorstep, PKK in the House
• Militias
rule the day in strife-torn Middle East
• No peace
without Palestinian sovereignty over Jerusalem
• Hamas
official slams UN chief Ban's 'hypocrisy' after visit to Gaza, Israel
• Iran
warns Pakistan over militant acts at border
Europe
• Amnesty:
With govt blessings, Iraqi Shiites decimating Sunnis
• HRW
urges new Afghan government to fight sexual harassment
• UN chief
in Gaza pledges to stand with Palestinians
• Netherlands
says ok for biker gangs to fight ISIS
• UK spies
monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects, London mayor says
• 'Trojan
horse' schools in Muslim plot have not improved warns Ofsted
Africa
• Cleric
Urges Nigerian Muslim Youths to Combine Islamic Studies, Western Education
• Tunisian
Jews may vote for Islamists, leading community member says
• Libya’s
Haftar in fresh bid to reclaim Benghazi
• Tunisia
breaks up terror group’s media arm
South Asia
• MoI: 25
Taliban killed, 14 injured in clearing operations
• Insurgent
attacks kill 10 across Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
for UN lead on Iraq, Syria
• ‘Awami
League believes in irreligion’: Khaleda Zia
Southeast Asia
• Indonesian
Govt Stands with FPI against Interfaith Marriages
• No
Malaysian ‘comfort women’ with Islamic State, says Zahid
• Malaysian
police arrest 13 over ‘Syria terror links’
• It takes
only one pro-Islamic State person to create chaos, says anti-terror cop
Pakistan
• Sit-ins
and extremism diverting attention from rights concerns: HRCP
• Despite
Nobel win, Pakistan’s Malala hated by many at home
• Five
killed in Khyber explosion
• Two
militants killed in Hangu encounter
• Pakistan
seeks observer status for D-8 in UN General Assembly
• NATO
helicopters violate Pakistani airspace near Pak-Afghan border
• Border
skirmishes rile rights group
India
• Canada
backs India in its fight against terror
• Malala’s
memoir to be translated into four Indian languages
• Pakistan
using ‘diversionary tactics’ on talks: India
North America
• Obama
rallies coalition commanders against ISIL jihadists
• U.S.
slams ‘abhorrent’ ISIS slavery of Yazidis
• U.S.
Holocaust museum to display Syria torture photos
• Image
revealed of Saudi suspected of killing American
• U.S.
says no talk about extending Iran nuclear negotiations
• What
Happened When Wisconsin Man Decided To Take On ISIS
• US-Indonesia
Collaboration Tackling Education Reforms at National Event
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
URL: https://newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/isis-‘the-whole-world-be/d/99530
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Arab World
ISIS:
‘The Whole World Will Be an Islamic State’
Oct 15,
2014
ISIS has
its sights set on Rome.
The
fanatical jihadists have published an image of their black flag with white Arab
lettering flying above the Vatican on the cover of their English-language
magazine Dabiq.
The
cover story, “The Failed Crusade,” envisions the ancient Italian city under the
rule of a Caliph and a hard-line Sharia regime, according to the Jerusalem
Post.
The
article in the online propaganda magazine calls on aspiring jihadists to target
the Catholic Church and followers of the Christian faith.
The
Islamic State claims it will one day conquer Rome, threatening to “break [the]
crosses” of infidels and sell and trade their women.
ISIS has
killed and driven out large numbers of Christians and other religious groups in
areas they’ve seized — including Shi’ite Muslims — who do not abide by their
strict version of Sunni Islam.
Pope
Francis has called for international action to stop the group and backed the
US-led coalition that has been striking ISIS targets.
Dabiq,
named after a town in Syria where in 1516 the Ottomans defeated the Mamluks,
establishing the last Islamic caliphate, also called on Muslims to kill “every
Crusader possible,” according to a report in the Daily Mail.
“It is
lawful to kidnap the women of the infidels and use them as sex slaves,” the
Dabiq piece said.
Bosnian
imam Bilal Bosnic, Italy’s most notorious jihadi recruiter, who admitted
conscripting European Muslim converts to fight with ISIS, said extremist
militants will bring Islam to the heart of Christendom, according to the Daily
Mail.
“In
time, the whole world will be an Islamic state,” he said. “Our goal is to make
sure that even the Vatican will be Muslim.”
http://nypost.com/2014/10/14/isis-the-whole-world-will-be-an-islamic-state/
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Islamic
State: Taking Women As Sex Slaves ‘Firmly Established’ Islamic Law
Oct 15,
2014
Islamic
State terrorists explained in a new publication their justification for taking
women and using them as sex slaves, saying simply that it’s a practice that’s
as old as Sharia law — and allowed by Islamic beliefs.
“One
should remember that enslaving the families of the Kuffar — the infidels — and
taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of the Shariah,
or Islamic law,” the group said in an online magazine cited by CNN.
Others
in the Muslim world have called that practice a perversion of Islam.
Islamic
State terrorists wrote about the practice in an article titled “The revival
[of] slavery before the Hour,” in reference to Judgment Day, CNN reported. The
article was published in the English-language online magazine, “Dabiq,” and
specifically referred to the lawful right of jihadists to kidnap females from
the Yazidi sect, a Kurdish minority living in Iraq, and use them for concubines
or sex slaves.
Human
Rights Watch has just reported that Islamic State has committed terrible crimes
against the Yazidis in Iraq, citing interviews with 76 displaced people in
Dohuk.
“The
Islamic State’s litany of horrific crimes against the Yazidis in Iraq only
keeps growing,” said Fred Abrahams, special adviser at Human Rights Watch, CNN
reported. “We heard shocking stories of forced religious conversions, force
marriage, and even sexual assault and slavery — and some of the victims were
children.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/13/islamic-state-taking-women-as-sex-slaves-firmly-es/#ixzz3GCcF7Mko
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10
Syrian troops killed in clashes with IS: Monitor
15
October 2014
At least
10 Syrian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in clashes with Islamic State group
jihadists in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, a monitor said.
The
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came in
fighting in Hawijat Sakr on the Euphrates River.
The
clashes took place not far from Deir Ezzor military airport, a key remaining
post for the Syrian army in the oil-rich province.
The
Islamic State controls the majority of the province, but parts of the
provincial capital, Deir Ezzor city, are still in government hands, along with
the airport.
Deir
Ezzor has been a key target of strikes against IS by the US-led coalition
fighting the jihadist group in Syria and Iraq.
When the
raids began, IS withdrew from several of its positions, and there have been few
reports of active clashes involving the group in the province since.
Elsewhere
in Syria, the Observatory reported at least 12 people killed in Syrian regime
air strikes on the Ain Tarma area outside the capital Damascus.
Among
the dead were three children, the Observatory said.
The
neighbourhood to the east of Damascus is under rebel control and is one of the
areas regime forces have been battling to recapture from the opposition around
the capital.
Although
government forces control Damascus, rebels often fire missiles into the city
from several strongholds on its outskirts.
On
Tuesday, the regime also carried out air strikes against Irbin, another
rebel-held area east of Damascus, the Observatory said.
The
strikes killed five people, although the group said the toll was likely to rise
because several of the wounded were in serious condition.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/113077/World/Region/-Syrian-troops-killed-in-clashes-with-IS-Monitor.aspx
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Syrian
Airborne Forces Launch over 40 Strikes against Militants' Positions
Oct 15,
2014
Syrian
Airborne Forces carried out more than 40 strikes against the strongholds of
militants in Idlib and Hama provinces.
A
military source told Syrian Arab news agency that the hideouts of the rebels
were targeted by the Syrian warplanes more than 40 times on Monday in Idlib and
Hama provinces, Xinhua reported.
The air
force conducted 15 airstrikes on rebel positions in the Northern province of
Idlib and at least 23 others on rebel targets in the central province of Hama.
Syria
has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by
well-armed gangs and terrorists against both the army and civilians.
The
unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and
North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent
history.
As the
foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US
government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri
extremists.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930723000180
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Egypt
finds large stockpile of arms earmarked for Sinai jihadists
Oct 15,
2014
Egyptian
military forces operating in the Sinai uncovered a large cache of weapons near
the border with Israel on Tuesday, according to Channel 2.
The
weapons, which were discovered near the Egyptian side of Rafah, were earmarked
for the radical jihadist group Ansar Bayit al-Maqdis, which in the past has launched
rockets at Eilat. More recently, it has claimed credit for the beheading of
Egyptian Beduins alleged to have spied for Israel.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Egypt-finds-large-stockpile-of-arms-earmarked-for-Sinai-jihadists-378933
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Saudi
Arabia sentences prominent Shia cleric to death
Oct 15,
2014
RIYADH:
A Saudi judge sentenced to death a prominent cleric on Wednesday who has called
for greater rights for the kingdom's Shias, the cleric's brother said, two
years after his arrest prompted deadly protests in the oil-producing east of
the country.
Sheikh
Nimr al-Nimr was detained in July 2012 following demonstrations that erupted in
February 2011 in Qatif district, home to many of the Sunni-ruled country's Shia
minority.
His
brother, Mohammed al-Nimr, reported Wednesday's sentencing on his Twitter
account.
The
sentence could raise tensions in Qatif, which has historically been the focal
point of anti-government demonstrations demanding an end to discrimination, but
where the frequency of protests has died down over the past year.
Last
year a prosecutor said he was seeking to convict Nimr for “aiding terrorists”.
Former interior minister Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz previously accused Nimr of
being “mentally unbalanced”.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1138138/saudi-arabia-sentences-prominent-shia-cleric-to-death
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Syrian
Kurds press hundreds of young men into army
Oct 15,
2014
Police
in Syria's beleaguered self-ruled Kurdish areas have rounded up hundreds of
young men to press them into military service recently made compulsory,
activists and Kurdish officials say.
The
unprecedented move, criticized by human rights groups, underlines the
desperation of Syria's Kurds as they fight off an onslaught by the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Kobane, a town near the Turkish border.
More
than 550 people have been killed since the group began its offensive on the
Kurdish town in mid-September, and the fighting has forced more than 200,000
people to flee into Turkey.
The
extremists have now seized a third of Kobane, closing in on positions held by
the main Kurdish militia - the People's Protection Units, or YPG.
In
majority Kurdish areas east of Kobane, Kurdish police forces known as Asayish
began Oct. 11 rounding up scores of people, according to the Britain-based
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, handing them over to defense authorities
who are holding them in schools in preparation for training.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-kurds-press-hundreds-of-young-men-into-army.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72999&NewsCatID=352
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Religious
parties in Egypt threatened with political ban
15
October 2014
The
Court of Urgent Matters is expected to issue
a verdict this week in the lawsuit that demands the disbanding of all
political parties with a religious platform.
The
lawsuit was filed by Tarek Mahmoud, legal advisor of the Popular Front against
the Brotherhoodization of Egypt, established in 2012 after the Muslim
Brotherhood came to power.
Mahmoud
based his lawsuit on Article 74 of the 2013 constitution, drafted after the
toppling of Brotherhood rule, which says “all citizens have the right to
establish political parties as regulated by the law provided that those parties
are not formed on the basis of religion, gender or ethnic discrimination,
sectarianism, or geographical location.”
The
article also says political parties can only be dissolved through a court
order.
Mahmoud
demands that the Supreme Elections Committee, which will supervise the upcoming
parliamentary elections, be instructed to reject the nomination papers of the
11 parties targeted by the lawsuit.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/analysis/2014/10/15/Religious-parties-in-Egypt-threatened-with-political-ban.html
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Ahmad
Tohme reelected as Syrian opposition PM
15
October 2014
Syria’s
main opposition National Coalition has reelected Ahmad Tohme as its prime
minister after five days of meetings in Istanbul, Agence France-Presse
reported.
Tohme
was reelected to the post, which he was dismissed from in July after just 10
months in the job. He secured 63 votes from the 65 Coalition members who
participated in the vote on Tuesday night, the group said in a statement.
On
Monday, a Coalition member had told AFP that there were “strong tensions” and
that “the participants could not agree on a new prime minister.”
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/10/15/Ahmad-Tohme-reelected-as-Syrian-opposition-PM.html
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Mideast
Turkey’s
National Anthem Reinterpreted to the Tune of Islamic Song
Oct 15,
2014
Turkey’s
National Anthem has been controversially reinterpreted to the tune of an
ancient Islamic song during the latest episode of a popular Turkish television
drama.
Polat
Alemdar, the lead character of the controversial “The Valley of the Wolves”
franchise, was seen reciting the lyrics of the National Anthem to the tune of
“Tala’ al Badru ‘Alayna,” the song that Medina residents are believed to have
sung to the Prophet Muhammad upon his arrival after completing the Hijra, the
religious migration, in 622.
Soldiers
of the Black Flag, a fictional special ops organization founded by Polat
Alemdar, was also seen in the Oct. 13 episode joining in the chorus:
The
Turkish National Anthem’s lyrics are based on two verses of an epic poem
written by Mehmet Akif Ersoy in 1921 as a motivational salute to fighters in
the Turkish War of Independence. The music of the anthem was composed by Osman
Zeki Üngör in 1930.
The
music has been criticized by many people for its awkward prosody in recent
decades. The head of the Turkish National Anthem Association, İsmet Özel, one
of Turkey’s most prominent living poets, recently suggested that the music of
Tala’ al Badru ‘Alayna could be better suited to Ersoy’s lyrics.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-national-anthem-reinterpreted-to-the-tune-of-islamic-song.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73005&NewsCatID=341
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Turkey’s
Quagmire: ISIS on the Doorstep, PKK in the House
15
October 2014
Ankara’s
failure to intervene militarily in the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane - where
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continue advancing - has fomented
deadly unrest domestically and heightened diplomatic tensions internationally.
Days of
clashes have left at least 35 people dead with the majority of violence
erupting between rival groups as well as with security forces across Turkey’s
Kurdish south east. At the same time, the fragility of the ceasefire between
Turkish security forces and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) has been
exposed.
Jailed
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan openly vowed to end the ceasefire if ISIS carries
out a “massacre” against Kurds in the war-struck border town. Less than one
week after that threat was issued, Turkey military aerially targeted PKK
positions near the Iraqi border, retaliating for several consecutive days of
sustained gunfire targeting one of their outposts.
“For
us,” said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “the PKK is the same as ISIS.”
His administration’s recent policy decisions on Syria and the PKK mirror that
statement.
Security
considerations
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/analysis/2014/10/15/Turkey-s-quagmire-ISIS-on-the-doorstep-PKK-in-the-house.html
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Militias
rule the day in strife-torn Middle East
15
October 2014
Embattled
governments in Iraq and Syria have come to rely on Shiite militias as their
armies have crumbled in the face of mostly Sunni insurgents and rebels. In
Libya, various armed groups loosely allied with two rival governments have
fought over bullet-riddled airports. Shiite rebels in Yemen have swept down
from the north, capturing the capital and, on Tuesday, a key port city.
The
chaos unleashed by the Arab Spring has led to the rise of powerful militias —
including many Islamic extremist groups — across a Middle East where many
central governments have been exposed as weak. Some of the groups are allied
with the governments, while others are fighting to topple them. Some — like the
Kurdish peshmerga in northern Iraq — are seen as vital allies for the West. All
could prove to be major obstacles to peace or stability in the region.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/113112/World/International/Militias-rule-the-day-in-strifetorn-Middle-East.aspx
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No peace
without Palestinian sovereignty over Jerusalem
15
October 2014
Arab MKs
joined hundreds of Muslim worshipers rioting in the Old City of Jerusalem's
Lions' Gate Wednesday after police banned men under the age of 50 from entering
the Temple Mount due to fear of violence.
Rioters
threw rocks and firecrackers at the police and security forces, which used riot
control equipment.
Police
then closed Temple Mount to all visitors at 10:15 due to "operative
considerations."
Balad
MKs Haneen Zoabi, Jamal Zahalke and Bassel Ghattas, as well as UAL-Ta'al's
Ibrahim Sarsour and Taleb Abu-Arrar and MK Muhammad Barakei (Hadash) all took
part in the demonstration.
"Jerusalem
is part of the Palestinian state that the whole world is beginning to
recognize," Zoabi said. "There will be no end to the conflict, no
solution without Palestinian sovereignty over Jerusalem."
Full
report at:
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/In-pictures-Hundreds-protest-limited-entrance-to-Temple-Mount-378945
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Hamas
official slams UN chief Ban's 'hypocrisy' after visit to Gaza, Israel
15
October 2014
Hamas on
Wednesday accused UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of hypocrisy and double
standards after his visit to Gaza and
southern Israel on Tuesday.
Mahmoud
Zahar took offense to comments the UN
chief made while on a tour of a Hamas infiltration tunnel uncovered by the IDF
leading from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel near Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.
Ban
expressed shock at the threats faced by residents of southern Israel, saying
"I have repeated the saying that rocket attacks killing civilian
population is not acceptable. It should (be) condemned. Nobody should live on
the constant threat or fear by these rockets and the penetrating, alarming
underground tunnels."
Full
report at:
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamas-official-slams-UN-chief-Bans-hypocrisy-after-visit-to-Gaza-Israel-378939
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Iran
warns Pakistan over militant acts at border
Oct 15,
2014
GENEVA –
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in a meeting with Senate Chairman Nayyar
Hussain Bokhari in Geneva warned against the spread of terrorism and extremism
in the region.
He said
that militants’ hit-and-run operations at the two countries' border had raised
concerns in Tehran. “The militant acts in the region pose great threats to all
countries and Pakistan has also been affected,” Larijani said during a meeting
held on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) here.
Larijani
reiterated that Pakistan plays an important role in confronting terrorism.
“Iran and Pakistan are cooperating in the fight against terrorism, but some
terrorist acts at (Iran's) eastern borders have caused concerns,” he said in
Tehran. The senate chairman said that Tehran and Islamabad have many
commonalities in regional and international arenas.
He
reiterated that terrorists were threatening the entire region and said that the
Pakistan government was determined to combat terrorism and it has been
relatively successful. He said that Pakistan had adopted measures to confront
the terrorist acts along its western borders with Iran.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/15-Oct-2014/iran-warns-pakistan-over-militant-acts-at-border
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Europe
Amnesty:
With govt blessings, Iraqi Shiites decimating Sunnis
Oct 15,
2014
BAGHDAD:
Iraq’s Shiite militias have abducted and killed “scores” of Sunni civilians in
retaliation for the onslaught by the Islamic State group, Amnesty International
said Tuesday, claiming that the attacks are supported by the Shiite-led
government in Baghdad.
The
Shiite militiamen number in the tens of thousands and wear military uniforms
but operate outside any legal framework and without any official oversight,
Amnesty said.
Moreover,
they are not prosecuted for the crimes, the London-based watchdog warned in its
new report, entitled “Absolute Impunity: Militia Rule in Iraq.”
The
accusations were based on interviews with families and survivors who claimed
that members of four prominent Iraqi Shiite militias — Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, the
Badr Brigades, the Mahdi Army, and Ketaeb Hizbollah — were behind many
abductions and killings of Sunnis in the country.
Full
report at:
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/644636
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HRW
urges new Afghan government to fight sexual harassment
Oct 15
2014
The
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the new government of Afghanistan to take
urgent steps to combat sexual harassment of women in education, employment and
public life.
The
US-based rights body has expressed concerns regarding the sexual abuse of women
and has said that there are no laws in Afghanistan that specifically prohibit
sexual harassment or protect victims.
According
to HRW, government institutions lack effective policies to prevent and punish
sexual harassment.
This
comes as President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai described levels of sexual harassment
in schools as “shocking” and ordered the the education ministry to report every
incident of sexual harassment in schools to enable action against the guilty.
President
Ghani also directed ministries to develop a plan to counter sexual harassment
in educational institutions.
Full
report at:
http://www.khaama.com/hrw-urges-new-afghan-government-to-fight-women-harassment-8818
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UN chief
in Gaza pledges to stand with Palestinians
Oct 15,
2014
GAZA: UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and met
with members of the Palestinian unity government. He said his organization
stands with the Palestinian people.
“We are
standing to your side,” said Ki-Moon in a news conference held at the Palestinian
unity government’s headquarters in Gaza city. He announced that the first
shipment of construction raw materials will be allowed in Gaza on Tuesday.
While in
Gaza, Ban is expected to launch a reconstruction process of construction in the
coastal enclave that his organization supervises. His convoy crossed through
Erez crossing point between Israel and northern Gaza Strip.
He
visited in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip to check a school run by
his UN relief and work agency, which was hit during a 50-day Israeli offensive
on Gaza that ended in Aug. 26.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/region/15-Oct-2014/un-chief-in-gaza-pledges-to-stand-with-palestinians
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Netherlands
says ok for biker gangs to fight ISIS
Oct 15,
2014
The
Dutch public prosecutor said on Tuesday that motorbike gang members who have
reportedly joined Kurds battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group are
not necessarily committing any crime.
“Joining
a foreign armed force was previously punishable, now it’s no longer forbidden,”
public prosecutor spokesman Wim de Bruin told AFP.
“You
just can’t join a fight against the Netherlands,” he told AFP after reports
emerged that Dutch bikers from the No Surrender gang were fighting ISIS
insurgents alongside Kurds in northern Iraq.
The head
of No Surrender, Klaas Otto, told state broadcaster NOS that three members who
travelled to near Mosul in northern Iraq were from Dutch cities Amsterdam,
Rotterdam and Breda.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2014/10/14/Netherlands-says-ok-for-biker-gangs-to-fight-ISIS.html
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UK spies
monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects, London mayor says
Oct 15,
2014
LONDON -
Britain's security services are monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects in
London and are involved in operations on a daily basis, the capital's mayor
Boris Johnson said in an interview published on Saturday.
"In
London we're very, very vigilant and very, very concerned," mayor Johnson
told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
In August,
Britain raised its international threat level to the second-highest
classification of "severe", meaning an attack was considered highly
likely, with Prime Minister David Cameron warning that Islamic State (IS)
militants fighting in Syria and Iraq posed the country's greatest ever security
risk.
About
500 Britons are believed to have joined the fighting in the region and the
authorities have long argued that radicalized, battle-hardened veterans would
pose a grave threat on their return.
Full
report at:
http://www.jpost.com/International/UK-spies-monitoring-thousands-of-terrorism-suspects-London-mayor-says-378580
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'Trojan
horse' schools in Muslim plot have not improved warns Ofsted
Oct 15,
2014
FIVE
Birmingham schools declared failing by inspectors in the wake of the alleged
“Trojan Horse” takeover plot by hardline Muslims have still not improved,
Ofsted has warned.
It has
taken too much time to appoint new governors and senior leaders at these
schools, meaning that “very little action” has been taken to address the
serious concerns raised about their performance, the watchdog said.
In the
first update following inspections earlier this year, Ofsted chief Sir Michael
Wilshaw said that “too much poor practice remained unchallenged during the
summer term”.
In one
case, at Park View Academy, “little had been done” to tackle segregation
between the sexes, and encourage boys and girls to sit together in lessons and
share ideas, inspectors warned.
Full
report at:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/522745/Trojan-horse-schools-not-improved-warns-Ofsted
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Africa
Cleric
Urges Nigerian Muslim Youths to Combine Islamic Studies, Western Education
Oct 15,
2014
Lagos —
A cleric has called on Muslim parents in Nigeria to ensure that their children
are given the best of teachings of Islamic studies in addition to western
education in order to make meaningful contributions to nation building.
Speaking
in an interview with Daily Independent at the 8th Day Fidau in memory of Late
Alhaji Adegboyega, an educationist and Baba Adinni of Nawair-Ud-Deen Society of
Nigeria, Ogun State branch, Alhaji Abdul-Fatai Isiaka said Islamic and western
education remain the best combinations for proper childhood upbringing.
According
to the cleric who is an advocate of Western education for the Muslim child, 'a
foundation in Islamic education with tertiary education at the highest
desirable level will ensure that children born into the faith can also play
their part effectively in building a just society'.
He said,
"It is important that we train our children, both in Islamic way and in
the Western educational approach. We should expose them to both educations as
far as tertiary level in order to occupy proper places among committees of
nations.
Full
report at:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201410150107.html
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Tunisian
Jews may vote for Islamists, leading community member says
15
October 2014
Some
Tunisian Jews may choose an Islamist party in the upcoming elections, a leading
member of the community said.
Rene
Trabelsi, a businessman and son of a leader of Tunisia’s Jewish community of
2,500, made the assertion in an interview published this week by the Anadolu
news agency ahead of the October 26 parliamentary vote and the presidential
race next month.
“There
are no objections to selecting a political party with an Islamic background,
such as Ennahda,” Trabelsi said in reference to Tunisia’s former ruling party,
which stepped down last year as a temporary government proceeded to draft a new
constitution ahead of the vote. “Regardless of ideological or religious
considerations, we will support the party that presents a suitable economic
program.”
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Tunisian-Jews-may-vote-for-Islamists-leading-community-member-says-378914
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Libya’s
Haftar in fresh bid to reclaim Benghazi
15
October 2014
Forces
loyal to renegade Libyan General Khalifa Haftar are stepping up an offensive
against Islamist militias in Benghazi in a new push to recapture the city,
sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Wednesday.
Haftar
had announced he was ready to “liberate” the flashpoint eastern city, which has
been besieged by an Islamist militia known as the "February 17 Martyrs
Brigade" among others.
Explosions
and gunfire were heard in the city as the army’s tanks and planes carried out
air raids against the militias in an effort to crush the Islamists, including
the Ansar al-Shariah militia, which the United States has branded a terrorist
organization.
Haftar
launched a military offensive dubbed "Operation Dignity" against
Islamists in Benghazi in May, but with little success.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/15/Libya-s-Haftar-in-fresh-bid-to-reclaim-Benghazi-.html
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Tunisia
breaks up terror group’s media arm
15
October 2014
Tunisia
said on Tuesday it broke up the media arm of Islamist militant group
"Ansar al-Shariah," which is also active in the neighboring Libya and
is suspected behind the 2012 killing of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens in
Benghazi.
Tunisia's
interior ministry said in a statement that the group's media arm is headed by a
woman.
“The
dismantled cell was headed by a woman named Fatima al-Zawwaghi; she was
responsible for coordinating operations and is directly linked to the
organization’s leader Seif Allah bin Hussein – known as Abou Iyadh,” Interior
Ministry’s Spokesman, Mohammad Ali al-Arwi, said in a statement.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2014/10/14/Tunisia-breaks-up-terror-group-s-media-arm.html
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South Asia
MoI: 25
Taliban killed, 14 injured in clearing operations
Oct 15
2014
The
Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Wednesday at least 25 Taliban militants were
killed and 14 others were injured during joint military operations in the past
24 hours.
A
statement released by MoI said the operations were jointly conducted by Afghan
national police, Afghan national army and Afghan intelligence – national
directorate of security (NDS) operatives.
The
statement further added, were conducted in Kunar, Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kunduz,
Kandahar, Kapisa, Logar and Helmand provinces.
“Also,
during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated
light and heavy rounds ammunition,” the statement added.
Afghan
National Police discovered and defused 14 different types of IEDs placed by
enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Logar, Herat, Farah and
Helmand provinces, the statement said.
The
anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report
so far.
http://www.khaama.com/moi-25-taliban-killed-14-injured-in-clearing-operations-8813
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Insurgent
attacks kill 10 across Afghanistan
Oct 15,
2014
KABUL: A
car bombing during a local security force operation and an insurgent ambush
killed 10 people across Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
The
deadliest attack, the car bombing, struck Afghan soldiers during an operation
targeting the hideout of suspected suicide bombers in the eastern province of
Khost late Tuesday night, according to a statement from the provincial
governor's office.
Soldiers
killed three suspected suicide bombers, including a woman, during the assault,
the statement said. After the assault, a car bomb in the compound exploded,
killing eight soldiers and wounding five, it said. The statement did not say
why or how the bomb exploded.
Khost
province is one of Afghanistan's eastern provinces bordering Pakistan where
suicide bombers and other militants, including the Haqqani network, are active.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1138139/insurgent-attacks-kill-10-across-afghanistan
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Bangladesh
for UN lead on Iraq, Syria
Oct 15,
2014
A
coalition of about 50 countries is fighting with Islamic State (IS), an
Islamist movement fighting to create a jihadist caliphate in Iraq and Syria
Bangladesh
will only engage in the Syria and Iraq crises if the United Nations takes the
lead, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said at a press briefing at the ministry
yesterday.
“Bangladesh
believes in the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria
and Iraq and we want to them to maintain it,” he added.
A
coalition of about 50 countries is fighting with Islamic State (IS), an
Islamist movement fighting to create a jihadist caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
The
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pankaj Saran said India would soon respond to
Bangldesh’s queries about the bomb blast in Bardhaman, the foreign minister
said.
When
asked about the citizenship of the blast victims, the foreign minister said,
“Let the Indian report come.”
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/oct/15/bd-un-lead-iraq-syria#sthash.UAByr0ae.dpuf
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‘Awami
League believes in irreligion’: Khaleda Zia
Oct 15,
2014
BNP
Chairperson Khaleda Zia has alleged that the Awami League believed in
irreligion and attacked all religions, while it was the BNP who believed in
religious harmony.
“They
[Awami League] claim to be secular, but their claim is just a mere eyewash.
Awami League is an irreligious party in the disguise of secularism. During
hartal, Bishwajit [Das] was killed by Awami League people,” Khaleda said after
exchanging greetings with members of the Hindu community at the capital’s
Institution of Engineers Bangladesh auditorium.
The
former premier alleged that Hindu community members have been repressed
continuously and the ruling party men were involved with those attacks. “But
the culprits were spared,” she claimed.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2014/oct/15/%E2%80%98al-believes-irreligion%E2%80%99#sthash.Ggx9K84D.dpuf
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Southeast Asia
Indonesian
Govt Stands With FPI Against Interfaith Marriages
Oct 15,
2014
Jakarta.
The Indonesian government has sided with Islamic hard-liners in requesting the
Constitutional Court throw out a challenge to the 1974 Marriage Law by
petitioners seeking recognition for interfaith marriages.
“We’d
like the court to reject the plaintiffs’ request for a judicial review, as it
is unacceptable,” Machasin, an adviser to the minister for religious affairs,
told the court in Jakarta on Tuesday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
“Everyone
is obliged to follow the regulations in our Constitution to guarantee
recognition and respect toward one’s rights and freedoms.”
He
claimed that if the court sided with the petitioners — a group of law students
from the University of Indonesia — it would somehow “spark disharmony” in the
country.
“It
could cause social turmoil among our people, who are mostly Muslims,” Machasin
said, but did not elaborate.
Full
report at:
http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/indonesian-govt-stands-fpi-interfaith-marriages/
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No
Malaysian ‘comfort women’ with Islamic State, says Zahid
Oct 15,
2014
KUALA
LUMPUR: No Malaysian women were found to have joined the Islamic State (IS) as
‘comfort women’, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
In a
written reply to Lim Lip Eng (DAP - Segambut), Dr Ahmad Zahid said allegations
that Malaysian women were involved in Jihad Al-Nikah activities there were
merely rumours.
“The
Government, via the police, had identified 39 Malaysians involved in militant
activities like IS, of which one was a woman.
“However,
that woman has been identified as the wife of one of the militants,” he said in
the reply Wednesday.
Jihad
Al-Nikah is a controversial concept that refers to women allegedly offering
themselves in sexual comfort roles to fighters for the establishment of Islamic
rule.
Meanwhile,
Dr Ahmad Zahid said he does not intend to pinpoint a specific law to charge the
39 Malaysians.
“If
there is sufficient evidence to show them being involved in militant activities,
the government will take action based on existing laws like the Security
Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism
Financing Act 2001, Societies Act 1966, and the Penal Code.”
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/10/15/Parliament-Comfort-women-IS/
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Malaysian
police arrest 13 over ‘Syria terror links’
15 October 2014
Malaysian
police have arrested 13 people believed to have “links” with the Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a report said Wednesday, as concern grows over the
extremist group’s appeal in the moderate Muslim country.
The Star
newspaper quoted national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar as saying the 13
Malaysians were arrested in a raid on a restaurant in a Kuala Lumpur suburb.
He added
they bring the number of people arrested since April this year over suspected
ISIS links to 36.
“We are
constantly monitoring these kinds of activities. Militancy and terrorism have
no place in this country,” he was quoted saying.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/asia/2014/10/15/Malaysian-police-arrest-13-over-ISIS-links-.html
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It takes
only one pro-Islamic State person to create chaos, says anti-terror cop
Oct 15,
2014
PETALING
JAYA: Bukit Aman’s biggest fear now is that pro-Islamic State (IS) websites may
be used to encourage “lone wolf” attacks in Malaysia.
It said
terror attacks need not be carried out by a group because it only takes one
person to create chaos.
“A
person armed merely with a knife who starts stabbing people in a mall is enough
to disrupt safety and security,” said Bukit Aman’s Special Branch Counter
Terrorism Division principal assistant director Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ayob
Khan.
“Anyone
who is pro-IS can carry out the attack at any moment. That is our biggest
fear,” he said in an interview yesterday.
Full
report at:
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/10/15/Police-fear-lone-wolf-attacks-here/
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Pakistan
Sit-ins
and extremism diverting attention from rights concerns: HRCP
Oct 15,
2014
QUETTA:
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern at the emergence
and deterioration in a litany of grave human rights concerns across the country
and stated that the prevailing political situation and rise in religious
extremism were proving significant hurdles in mounting any serious efforts to
deal with these concerns.
In a
statement issued at the conclusion of a recent meeting of its Executive Council
here, the HRCP said dharnas (sit-ins) had taken attention away from other more
important issues. “One of the outcomes has been strengthening of sectarian
forces. The people hope and expect that the government would remain mindful of
its obligation to address the pressing concerns of the people, especially the
human rights concerns, even as it tries to find a way to reach out to the
parties engaged in dharnas.”
The
council noted with dismay the addition of several alarming dimensions to the
many human rights challenges in the country since it last met in April.
It said
there had been an unchecked rise in religious extremism and the situation had
worsened for religious and sectarian minority communities.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137994/sit-ins-and-extremism-diverting-attention-from-rights-concerns-hrcp
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Despite
Nobel win, Pakistan’s Malala hated by many at home
Oct 15,
2014
Malala
Yousafzai may have won the Nobel Peace Prize, but she remains an object of hate
for many Pakistanis who view her as a Western agent on a mission to shame her
country.
Shot in
the head by Taliban insurgents two years ago after she spoke out against them
for opposing girls' education, it comes as little surprise that hard-line
Islamists continue to revile the 17-year-old.
More
difficult for her supporters to comprehend is the outpouring of invective from
Pakistan's middle classes, who may be keen to educate their daughters but who
object to airing the country's problems abroad.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/despite-nobel-win-pakistans-malala-hated-by-many-at-home#sthash.EYeddyEF.dpuf
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Five
killed in Khyber explosion
Oct 15,
2014
PESHAWAR:
At least five people were killed and seven others were injured on Wednesday in
a bomb blast in the Khyber tribal region's Tirah valley.
Official
sources said the blast which may have been a suicide attack occurred in the Pir
Mela area of Tirah valley.
Moreover,
sources said it was suspected that a suicide bomber may have targeted
volunteers from the Zalakhel peace committee. However, the identity of the
victims is yet to be ascertained.
Police
and rescue teams immediately rushed to the site of the incident and shifted the
victims to a nearby hospital.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1138128/five-killed-in-khyber-explosion
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Two
militants killed in Hangu encounter
Oct 15,
2014
KOHAT:
Security forces killed a terrorist belonging to outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban
Pakistan while another blew himself up during in an encounter in Hangu district
on Tuesday.
Frontier
Corps (FC) said in a statement that the encounter took place in Tora Warai area
of Hangu when militant Sharif was killed.
His
accomplice identified as Riaz, who was wearing a suicide vest, blew himself up.
The
statement said that Riaz was involved in the killing a local leader of Awami
National Party and other acts of terrorism and target killings, including the
murder of Maulana Sher Ali Farooqui of JUI-F in Hangu last month.
Officials
said that the security forces were on a routine patrol in Doaba police station
jurisdiction when the Taliban attacked them with automatic weapons.
The
security forces cordoned off the area after the attack and launched a massive
hunt to arrest other terrorists in the area.
A
suicide jacket , five hand-grenades and two Kalashnikovs were recovered from
them
http://www.dawn.com/news/1138036/two-militants-killed-in-hangu-encounter
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Pakistan
seeks observer status for D-8 in UN General Assembly
October
15, 2014
UNITED
NATIONS: Pakistan has made a request to a UN committee, seeking observer status
for the Developing Eight Countries Organisation for Economic Cooperation,
otherwise known as D-8, in the General Assembly.
Addressing
the 193-member assembly’s legal committee on Tuesday, Pakistan’s UN ambassador
Masood Khan called for the support of member states in this regard. “We are
confident that granting observer status to the D-8 will strengthen the linkages
between the D-8 and the United Nations and reinforce the mutual benefits that
would accrue from this relationship,” he said.
Established
in 1997, D-8 members comprise Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran,
Malaysia, Nigeria and Turkey.
Full
report at:
http://tribune.com.pk/story/775685/pakistan-seeks-observer-status-for-d-8-in-un-general-assembly/
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Nato
helicopters violate Pakistani airspace near Pak-Afghan border
Oct 15,
2014
PESHAWAR:
Nato gunship helicopters violated Pakistani airspace and entered Pakistani
territory where they stayed for 10 minutes before returning, official sources
told Dawn.
At least
five helicopters were seen flying near the Pak-Afghan border and two of them
entered Pakistani territory in Torkham and Pasidkhel.
The
helicopters remained in Pakistani airspace for 10 minutes and returned without
any action.
Sources
said the helicopters crossed over through Shamshad mountains situated between
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1138127/nato-helicopters-violate-pakistani-airspace-near-pak-afghan-border
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Border
skirmishes rile rights group
Oct 15,
2014
LAHORE:
The South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) is concerned by the continuing firing
between Pakistani and Indian security forces across the Line of Control and the
International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, says a press release.
Civilian
casualties have been reported from both sides in several incidents of firing
and mortar shelling since Oct 1.
“Life in
the border-area villages is once again disrupted and villagers on both sides of
the LoC and the working boundary have to flee from their homes. Those who stay
are under constant fear of death, destruction of their homes and killing of
their cattle. Many of these villages are still in the process of recovering
from the devastation wrought by the recent floods in the region,” it says.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1138120/border-skirmishes-rile-rights-group
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India
Canada
backs India in its fight against terror
SUHASINI
HAIDAR
Oct 15,
2014
Canada
is deeply troubled by the recent LoC violations, and supports India in its
fight against terror; Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird told Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday.
Speaking
to The Hindu in a telephonic interview after his meetings, Mr. Baird said
terrorism was a “central theme” of his conversations with the Indian
leadership.
Asked
specifically about the Indian government’s allegation that the violations came
from Pakistan, in an effort to push militants across the LoC, Mr. Baird said,
“Canada lends its support to India in its fight against terror. India has had
to pay too heavy a price on terror over the past few decades, and we appreciate
all that it has done despite that. We were particularly impressed by Prime
Minister Modi’s decision to reach out to Pakistan after he was elected this
year.”
Mr.
Baird said the issue of radical anti-Indian, primarily Khalistani groups
operating in Canada had been raised during his talks in the Indo-Canadian
security dialogue. Accepting the problem of such groups, he said: “I assured
the Indian leadership that we are keen to work with them on intelligence
sharing and anti-terror cooperation, and that only the odd member of the Sikh
population may be involved.”
Full
report at:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/canada-backs-india-in-its-fight-against-terror/article6501823.ece
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Malala’s
memoir to be translated into four Indian languages
K. V.
ADITYA BHARADWAJ
Oct 15,
2014
Malala
Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient and an icon of education
rights, will soon come closer home.
Her
memoir I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the
Taliban, is being translated into four Indian languages — Kannada, Tamil,
Malayalam and Marathi.
While
the Kannada version published by Akruthi Books will be released on Sunday, the
book in the other three languages will hit the stands soon.
The
memoir recounts her fight for education in the SWAT valley of Pakistan and the
Taliban attack on her for championing the cause of education for the girl
child.
It
created a stir when Malala sealed a deal of $3 million for the rights of her
memoir in 2013.
The book
later turned into a bestseller, fuelled by Malala’s address at the United
Nations, dubbed as ‘Malala Day’.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/malalas-memoir-to-be-translated-into-four-indian-languages/article6501838.ece
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Pakistan
using ‘diversionary tactics’ on talks: India
Oct 15,
2014
ndia on
Tuesday said it was willing for a “serious dialogue” with Pakistan on all
outstanding issues including Kashmir but maintained that Islamabad was not
interested in talks and was using “diversionary tactics” by complaining to the
United Nations.
It also
demanded that Pakistan must take immediate steps to restore peace and
tranquility along the International Border and Line of Control in Jammu and
Kashmir and end its sponsorship of terrorism against it. Reiterating the
country’s stand that only Shimla Agreement and Lahore Declaration provided the
framework to resolve all the issues between India and Pakistan, External
Affairs
Ministry
Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said there was no place for a third party
intervention.
“We are
willing for a serious dialogue in this (Shimla Agreement and Lahore
Declaration) framework and this dialogue will cover all outstanding issues
including issues of Jammu and Kashmir. It seems, from what Pakistan is doing it
is not interested in this sort of a dialogue. Full report at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pakistan-using-diversionary-tactics-on-talks-india/
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North America
Obama
rallies coalition commanders against ISIL jihadists
Oct 15,
2014
President
Barack Obama attempted to rally allied commanders around his emerging strategy
to defeat Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Oct. 14, as the
U.S.-led air armada stepped up its raids in Syria.
Coalition
jets carried out two dozen strikes to relieve pressure on Kobane, but Obama
admitted to deep concern about the Syrian border town's fate and he warned of a
long campaign ahead.
In
Washington, the president and the U.S. military's top officer General Martin
Dempsey met senior commanders from more than 20 Western and Arab allies
involved in the campaign.
"One
of the things that has emerged from the discussions, both before I came and
during my visit here, is that this is going to be a long-term campaign,"
Obama warned.
"There
are not quick fixes involved. We're still at the early stages," he said,
explaining that efforts were focused on breaking the siege of Kobane and on
halting the ISIL advance in western Iraq.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/obama-rallies-coalition-commanders-against-isil-jihadists.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72994&NewsCatID=359
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U.S.
slams ‘abhorrent’ ISIS slavery of Yazidis
15
October 2014
U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry slammed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) group for “abhorrent” abuses on Tuesday after the militants boasted of
selling captured women and girls as slaves.
ISIS
militants said abducted Yazidi women and children had been divided among its
fighters according to Shariah law.
Kerry described
the act as despicable, and said the group “does not represent Islam.”
“ISIL
now proudly takes credit for the abduction, enslavement, rape, forced marriage
and sale of several thousand... women and girls, some as young as 12 years
old,” Kerry said in a statement, referring to an alternative name for the
militants.
“ISIL
rationalizes its abhorrent treatment of these women and girls by claiming it is
somehow sanctioned by religion. Wrong. Dead wrong.”
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/15/Kerry-slams-abhorrent-Yazidi-slavery-by-ISIS.html
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U.S.
Holocaust museum to display Syria torture photos
15
October 2014
A
handful from the thousands of photographs that surfaced in July allegedly
showing starved, burned and bruised bodies of Syrian torture victims will go on
display at the U.S. Holocaust Museum on Wednesday, Yahoo News reported.
The U.S.
State Department obtained some 27,000 photographs in July showing tthe effects
of torture in Syria's prisons on victims' bodies.
They
were smuggled out of the war torn country by an official Syrian regime
photographer who defected and is now living in Europe.
Caesar,
the code name adopted by the photographer, testified in a closed-door session
before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee in July.
While
the Syrian government has denied the authenticity of the photos, FBI agents
informally told a senior U.S. diplomat “they think it is impossible they could
be forgeries” and that “there is no evidence of doctoring.”
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/10/14/U-S-Holocaust-museum-to-display-Syria-torture-photos.html
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Image
revealed of Saudi suspected of killing American
15
October 2014
An image
of the man suspected to have killed an American citizen in Saudi Arabia’s
capital on Tuesday has been obtained by Al Arabiya News Channel’s online Arabic
platform.
Abdulaziz
Fahad Abdulaziz Alrashid, 24, the alleged shooter who authorities say was
wounded in a gunfight with security forces, is a U.S.-born Saudi who had been
fired from U.S. defense contractor Vinnell Arabia, an interior ministry
spokesman said in a statement late Tuesday.
Riyadh's
embassy in Washington said in a statement Tuesday that the suspect was recently
dismissed from his job "due to drug related issues."
Vinnell
Arabia is a U.S. military contractor supporting Saudi National Guard military
programs in Riyadh.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/15/Image-of-Saudi-suspect-in-killing-of-American-revealed.html
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U.S.
says no talk about extending Iran nuclear negotiations
15
October 2014
World
powers and Iran are not discussing extending a late November deadline for
reaching an accord over Tehran’s nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said
on Wednesday, adding there was still time to strike a deal.
However,
the State Department official said there were still some significant gaps in
negotiating positions on Iran’s uranium enrichment program: “We don’t know if
we’ll be able to get to an agreement, we very well may not.”
The
official spoke ahead of a meeting on Wednesday between U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union
foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Vienna.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2014/10/15/U-S-says-no-talk-about-extending-Iran-nuclear-negotiations.html
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What
Happened When Wisconsin Man Decided To Take On ISIS
Oct 15,
2014
DERIKE,
Syria (RNS) Like many Americans, Jordan Matson is outraged by the brutality of
the Islamic State. But unlike virtually every other American, he decided to
take on the militants head-on.
Now, the
28-year-old Racine, Wis., man is recovering in a hospital in north-eastern
Syria from shrapnel wound in his foot, the result of a mortar attack by Islamic
State fighters in Jazaa, along the Iraqi border.
Tall
with slightly greying hair, Matson conceded that people back home might call
him crazy for joining Kurdish forces three weeks ago to help end the Islamic
State’s reign of terror.
“I
couldn’t just sit and watch Christians being slaughtered anymore,” he said in
an interview with USA Today. “I got sick of giving online sympathy. Five
minutes of lip service does nothing. These people are fighting for their homes,
for everything they have.”
Matson
was critical of the United States for being slow to launch air attacks on the
Islamic State militants, who have been fighting in Syria for three years and
seized large portions of Iraq earlier this year.
Full
report at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/08/jordan-matson-isis_n_5952786.html?cps=gravity
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US-Indonesia
Collaboration Tackling Education Reforms at National Event
Oct 15,
2014
Jakarta.
Leaders from some 30 districts across Indonesia attended the National Policy
Forum on Teacher Deployment on Tuesday to discuss strategies on how to equally
distribute teachers based on local schools’ needs, teacher qualifications, and
student-to-teacher ratios.
The
forum was hosted by the Indonesian Education and Culture Ministry and the
United States Agency for International Development’s Prioritizing Reform,
Innovation, and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators
and Students, or USAID Prioritas.
“Americans
and Indonesians alike know that teachers are critical to a child’s success, and
in turn, paramount to a nation’s future,” said US Ambassador to Indonesia
Robert Blake when asked about the forum. “The United States is proud to partner
with the Indonesia national and local governments to help ensure that all
students have access to a quality education.”
Full
report at:
http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/us-indonesia-collaboration-tackling-education-reforms-national-event/
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