Archive for the 'Afghanistan' Category
Monday, March 5th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) President Obama has apologized and a joint investigation by Afghan and American military leaders concluded that mistakes were made but there was no intent to burn the copies of the Quran at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Afghani authorities are still demanding that the American personnel involved be publicly identified [...]
Filed under: -Politics & Religion, -Sharia Law, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Blasphemy Laws, Islam, Obama Administration, Quran, USA
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
(Afghanistan -Photo credit: The U.S. Army) A top Iranian Commander on Saturday said that the only way the Quran burning in Afghanistan can be resolved is for the US officers responsible to be hanged. Basij Commander Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Reza Naqdi told Iran’s Fars new agency: "The US has committed such an ugly act and [...]
Filed under: -Sharia Law, Afghanistan, Blasphemy Laws, Culture & Religion, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Culture, Quran, USA
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012
The inadvertent burning of Qurans at a NATO Airbase has resulted in at least 30 deaths and 200+ wounded from rioting all across Afghanistan. The favorite slogans of the rioters include: “Death to America” and “Death to infidels” It has become so dangerous for Americans in Afghanistan that those helping the Afghani government have been [...]
Filed under: -Islam and Christianity, Afghanistan, Culture & Religion, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Culture
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
(Quran -Photo credit: manitoon) Allegations that NATO troops at Bagram airbase had set fire to dozens of copies of the Quran sent thousands of Afghans into a frenzied protest against the foreign troops but particularly against America. The base guards shot rubber bullets into the crowd to control the situation as the mob shouted [...]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Culture & Religion, Islam, Quran
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
According to reports 2 more died on Sunday in Afghanistan during the continuing protests over the Quran burning in Florida. This brings the total count of deaths to at least 22 along with hundreds of injuries. The most popular prevailing slogans for the protesters were: “Long live the Taliban” and “Death to America” Meanwhile the [...]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Quran
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan physiotherapist will be executed soon for converting to Christianity. A judge recently told him that he would be hanged within days unless he converted back to Islam. Said Musa, 45, has been held in a prison in Kabul for the last 8 months where he claims that he [...]
Filed under: -Islam and Christianity, -Sharia Law, Afghanistan, Court Decisions, Islam, Islamist Radicals
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
(Afghan Emblem via Wikipedia) An Afghan Christian, Said Musa, was arrested and has been in jail for months for converting to Christianity from Islam. Afghan officials announced on Sunday that his case would be tried this week sometime. Musa could be facing a potential death penalty for becoming a Christian. The Afghan Constitution supposedly supports [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Persecution, -Sharia Law, Afghanistan, Islam
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