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Iraq: Christian store owner shot dead
AKI - Adnkronos International, Italy October 13 2008
Mosul. An Iraqi Christian music store owner was shot to death in the northern city of Mosul. 
Turkish forces keep mandate to fight Kurds in Iraq
CBC.ca, Canada October 08 2008
The Turkish parliament voted Wednesday to extend the national military's authorization to fight Kurdish insurgents based across the border in northern Iraq.
Mosul, another "targeted murder" against the Christian community
Asianews, IT October 08 2008
A disabled 25-year-old shopkeeper was killed yesterday, not far from the shop that he owned. The objective of the fundamentalists is to shut down the activities of Christians and force them to flee. A source for AsiaNews denounces the "complicity" of the police, and the "curtain of silence" that has fallen across the slaughter.
Islamic leaders condemn Turkey attack
Religious Intelligence Ltd, UK October 06 2008
By Paolo Gallini
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has strongly condemned the ‘heinous’ terrorist attack perpetrated against the Aktutun Turkish military post near the Turkish-Iraqi border on October 3 by the terrorist organization PKK.
Iraq and Iran: The New Islamic Brotherhood
American Chronicle, CA September 30 2008
By Darrell Williams
The U.S. intervention in Iraq has had the unintended consequences of uniting Iraq and Iran. Both Islamic nations are now controlled by Shiites.
Ramadan Jihad and Scholars' Ignorance
Islam Watch September 30 2008
By MA Khan
As violent Jihad against the coalition forces heated up following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. and Iraqi officials had hoped there would be a respite as the holy month of Ramadan approached. The reality was quite the opposite; violence spiked.
Gays being summarily executed by Iraqi death squads
Guardian, UK September 25 2008
By Peter Tatchell
Islamist deaths squads are hunting down gay Iraqis and summarily executing them
Honor Killings in Islam
Family Security Matters, NJ September 12 2008
By Supna Zaidi
Sandela Kanwal wanted a divorce for unknown reasons. Maybe her husband in Chicago was a wife-beater. Maybe she just didn’t like him. We don’t know. For months, she had been trying to get her father to end her unhappy marriage and in July of 2008, Sandela tried again. This time, Chaudhry Rashad strangled his daughter to death. When the police arrived he stated that he did nothing wrong and later demanded that he be provided halal food while in jail.
Parliaments, Kings and Tribal Councils: Does 'Islamic Democracy' Exist?
Spiegel Online, Germany September 12 2008
By Daniel Steinvorth & Bernhard Zand
For 1,300 years Muslims have been engaged in a search for a form of government that is right for them. There are parliaments and sometimes even political opposition groups in many Muslim countries, but as a general rule political decisions are based on agreements reached between tribal groups and families.
Norway sued by Iraqi Muslim over human rights violations
IceNews, Iceland August 18 2008
By A. Rienstra
The founder of Ansar al-Islam, a radical Islamist organisation, has filed a lawsuit against Norway in Europe’s human rights court citing “inhuman treatment.”
Mullah Krekar, who lives in Norway, is on a global list of known terrorists and as such cannot enjoy the same freedoms as other citizens of the Nordic nation, Middle East Times reports. Krekar is an Iraqi Kurd who admits forming the fundamental Islamist group, but claims he has not been in charge since 2002. Krekar is on the UN list of terrorist groups and individuals, and has repeatedly publicly expressed his admiration of Osama bin Laden and the call for jihad in Iraq.
The Burqa Bomber Strikes Again in Iraq
FrontPage magazine.com August 18 2008
By Phyllis Chesler and Nancy H. Kobrin
Last week in Iraq, a female homicide bomber, masquerading as a Shiite religious pilgrim, murdered 20-30 pilgrims, half of them women, and injured at least 100 others. Once again, the homicide bomber stopped at a resting tent for pilgrims.
Damsels of Death
FrontPage magazine.com July 29 2008
By Phyllis Chesler
Four female suicide killers just murdered 57 people and wounded 300 others in Iraq. Many of their victims were on a religious pilgrimage.
Suicide blasts hit Iraqi pilgrims
BBC News July 28 2008
Twenty-five people have been killed and about 52 wounded in suicide attacks against pilgrims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say.
Things Have Changed In Iraq
Citizen Warrior July 28 2008
Jihadis are against it and would never allow this if they could stop it, but in a free, democratic nation, women are allowed to pursue their dreams. In this case, 70 volunteer Iraqi women this week have just completed their training course and will begin working as security officers in Iraq.
