preacher loses appeal against US extradition
Related Story: Abu Hamza lodges extradition appeal · Map: England. Radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza and four other men have exhausted their attempts to block their extradition from Britain to the US to face terrorism charges. Last month, the European …
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Ex-Muslim radical now fights for Christ
… speaks critically of Islam. It's a conversion story that defies belief, and becomes more remarkable when the convert, Daniel Shayesteh, has a history that includes helping foment a fundamentalist Islamic revolution in Iran and co-founding Hezbollah …
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white supremacy
Collective action against racism: Our lives depend on it
There isn't, however, anything random or senseless about a self-identifying skinhead and White supremacist entering a gurdwara and killing six individuals, physically wounding four, while leaving many survivors emotionally traumatized. The discourse …
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On the persecution of Andre Brink
I remember how leading Afrikaner writer André Brink sacrificed his privilege to challenge and change white supremacy. There are many other unsung literary heroes, like renowned poet Breyten Breytenbach and historical writer Sampie Terreblanche, who …
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White terrorists are the real threat
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks and reports hate and extremist groups throughout the country, there are 13 hate groups in San Diego County alone, four of which are white supremacist-oriented groups, and none of …
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Korea Steps Up Rhetoric Against Japan's Denial of Forced Sexual Slavery
The Korean government has stepped up its rhetoric towards Japan in light of recent remarks by Japanese officials, who have denied that their military forced Korean women into sexual slavery during World War Two. In a statement on Wednesday, Korea's …
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Odd Wisconsin: Slavery kept early Wisconsinite off national ticket
Rep. Paul Ryan is the latest Wisconsin resident to run for president or vice president. The earliest was Isaac Walker (1815-1872), who might have been chief executive except for his conscience. When Wisconsin joined the Union in 1848, Walker was chosen …
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Chris Jepson: Fits and starts
From a historical perspective, however, America was created out of a cauldron mixed with racism (slavery/Jim Crow laws) and genocide of Native Americans. That is fact. Yet, for 200 years we have tried — again through fits and starts — to “level” the …
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cbi pressurised witnesses to depose against me sajjan kumar
Advocate I U Khan, appearing for Sajjan Kumar and continuing final arguments before District Judge J R Aryan, said CBI had put pressure over the witnesses to depose that they had seen him allegedly instigating the mob during the riots in Raj Nagar area …
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slavery
Politician takes forward his fight against modern day slavery
A WEST Lothian MP is taking forward his fight against modern day slavery, human trafficking and child labour exploitation with a Bill aimed at large companies' supply chains. Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP, Michael Connarty's Bill, which was introduced …
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New fiction
ANDRÉ BRINK'S “Philida”, which has been longlisted for the Man Booker prize, is set in 1832 in South Africa's Cape Colony, as the pillars of colonialism and slavery crumble. Slaves and owners alike are on edge, aware of the fact that everything …
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150 YEARS AGO: Lincoln responds to Greeley's complaints with brevity
"If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them.
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Modern slavery in Israel: It's all politics
Illustration Photo: Shutterstock. Modern slavery in Israel: It's all politics. Op-ed: Inadequate enforcement of anti-trafficking legislation allows men to exploit one of our country's most vulnerable populations. Rebecca Hughes. Published: 08.20.12, 17 …
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anti semitism
Jews demonstrate against anti-Semitism in southern Swedish city
STOCKHOLM – Jews wearing customary religious attire are parading through a Swedish city to call attention to what they claim is an increasing wave of anti-Semitism there. Malmo, a southern city, has a large immigrant Muslim community, and it saw a …
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Rabbis Rap Apple Over Anti-Semitic App
European rabbis said Tuesday that they were lobbying Apple Inc. to pull a mobile app version of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,'' a notorious anti-Semitic forgery. The Conference of European Rabbis, which represents Orthodox Jewish congregations …
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Hate crime
DC residents rally against hate crime
A few dozen residents and supporters came together against hate crime Thursday; a few weeks after the assault of two gay men blocks from the Bloomingdale section of the city. On July 22, two men walking together in the 1900 block of 3rd Street, NE …
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Newark police: Three cars painted with swastikas
A man accused of scrawling several swastikas on three vehicles in a neighborhood near Newark Boulevard was arrested on suspicion of vandalism, stalking and committing a hate crime, police said. Police said David Desruisseau, 34, of Manteca is the …
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Shooting in Sikh temple example of hate crime
The shooting in the Sikh temple in Wisconsin is an example of a hate crime. Such hate crimes take place all over the world since people don't understand or respect each other's religions or culture. As long as cultural barriers and prejudice exist …
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Another Slander Against the Tea Party
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=CO. Posted by: larry kurtz | Monday, July 23, 2012 at 07:47 AM. Bryce Rausch. There's a great book which covers the media's portrayal of the tea party by Andrew Breitbart called "Righteous Indignation: …
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South African LGBTs Mark Nelson Mandela's Birthday With Protest Against …
Connecting to Mandela's 67 years of public service, advocates held 67-minute protests throughout the nation and called upon the African National Congress to take a more affirmative stance against homophobia. In May Chief Patekile Holomisa, chair of the …
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Temple shooting reveals hate crimes against Sikhs in US
Crowley asked the FBI to update its Hate Crime Incident Report Form (1-699), which does not have a designation for crimes against Sikhs as it does for some other ethnic groups. "The more information our law enforcement agencies have on violence against …
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Strangers to hate crimes, Bulgarian Jews reeling from Burgas bombing
SOFIA, Bulgaria (JTA) — Until this week, leaders of Bulgaria's small, generally placid Jewish community said they felt untouched by hate crimes or terrorism. But after Wednesday's apparent suicide bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the …
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Sikh temple shooter hoped to inspire a wave of hate crimes
Stand up for yourself and live the 14 words,” Page wrote elsewhere, referring to a slogan adopted by other white supremacists and white nationalists first popularized by David Lane, a founding member of a separation hate faction called The Order. In …
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