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Hamza Khan, of Great Horton Road, jailed for attacks on emergency workers By David Jagger SHIPLEY MP Philip Davies has called for tougher sentencing powers after a man who assaulted and hurled racist abuse at police officers and medical staff was jailed for 14 months. Hamza Khan, of Great Horton Road, admitted four counts of assaulting emergency workers, resisting an officer, racially aggravated disorderly behaviour over a 16 day period earlier this summer. The 25-year-old was told at Bradford Crown Court on Tuesday he had caused “pain and upset to people just trying to do their job”. On July 3...

Yazidi sex slave survivor to face one of her ISIS rapists in German court By Hollie McKay On a bitter day in the dead of winter, as 2017 was drawing to a close, Shatha Salim Bashar was rescued from hell. The Yazidi made it home after almost three-and-a-half years as an ISIS sex slave in Iraq and Syria. “I can’t forget the first time I was raped,” Shatha, 28, told Fox News. “I was traded 14 times among the jihadists.” She was kidnapped alongside her mother, her sister, and two younger brothers. In the beginning, she pretended to be the...

(MENAFN) Sources said that 5 farmers were killed on Monday in a village in Borno that falls in northeaster Nigeria after an attack by Boko Haram group. A security source said that the farmers were shot dead as they worked on their farms in Shamawa village in Konduga local government area. A farmer managed to escape the attack and went to town with the news. The source said that several gun wounds were seen on the dead bodies of the farmers.

Diana Alghoul Outrage as Palestinian woman 'tortured to death' in honour killing Date of publication: 31 August, 2019 Israa Ghrayeb, 21, was reportedly beaten to death by her brother because she posted a selfie with her partner a day before they were due to get engaged. Tags: Israa Ghrayeb, domestic violence, honour killing, Palestine Activists across the world are calling for justice for a Palestinian woman after she was reportedly killed in a family honour killing on Thursday. Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem, died after allegedly being beaten and tortured by her brother after she posted a video...

Join Freepers throughout the world to pray for PRESIDENT TRUMP and VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE and for AMERICA: All Levels of Government, Family, Military, Law Enforcement, Defenders of Freedom, Business, Education, Churches, Health Care Systems, the News, Media and Social Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. IF YOU WERE ARRESTED FOR BEING A CHRISTIAN, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT YOU?

Filmmaker Oliver Stone has praised Russia’s anti-gay ‘propaganda’ law, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that the law is “sensible.” Stone, director of films such as JFK, W, and Natural Born Killers, made the comments during an interview with Putin for Stone’s documentary Revealing Ukraine. According to a transcript of the interview released by the Kremlin, Stone praised the 2013 law — which banned the promotion of “nontraditional sexual relationships” — and complained about the increasing recognition of gender identity. “As you know, I’ve been very rebel all my life. Still am. And I have to tell you, I’m shocked by...

September 14 2019 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Reading 1 Nm 21:4b-9 With their patience worn out by the journey,the people complained against God and Moses,"Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert,where there is no food or water?We are disgusted with this wretched food!" In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents,which bit the people so that many of them died.Then the people came to Moses and said,"We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you.Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us."So Moses prayed for...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that President Trump will lose in 2020 if he cuts a deal with Democrats regarding gun control. Roll Call reports that Cruz offered this observation while speaking to reporters at a Thursday breakfast. He contended that conservative voters will stay home if Trump and the Republicans as a whole cave to Democrat demands. He was asked about the possibility of Trump making a deal with gun control stalwarts Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). Cruz said, “We’re going to see record-setting Democratic turnout. The only element missing is demoralizing conservatives so they stay...

After weeks of peaceful marches and violence clashes, Hong Kong protesters have begun staging a different type of demonstration - mass singalongs of a new song called Glory to Hong Kong. (please see link for full article)

Lisa Parratt, 33, was mortified when workout instructor Gary Randall, who goes by the moniker “Buffmaster,” told her that she was “just too big” for his boot camp program at UK-based gym Slimming World, which Parratt joined earlier this year. The response over Facebook Messenger was devastating to Parratt, who has fought to lose 35 pounds since January. When she noted that to Randall, he replied that she still has “at least six months” more before qualifying for his course.(snip) “I’m sorry to say I won’t be able to help you at bootcamp,” wrote Randall. “Your way to heavy now.”...

Joe Biden told the crowd at a fundraiser in Houston Friday that he did a good job at the Democratic debate the night before but that there was always room for improvement. “Last night I thought was a good night. I think I could have done better. I will do better, God willing,” he said to applause from the partisan group of supporters.

Classic 80s jam! RIP Eddie Money.

Anyone who knows Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton knows he loves to experiment with fashion, and his Thursday Night Football attire was one of his boldest looks yet. Newton struggled on primetime, losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home as the Panthers fell to 0-2. Some said his outfit came up short as well. Here was his TNF look:

IT SEEMS ABSURD. How could two humans -- seated for hours, exerting themselves in no greater manner than intermittently extending their arms a foot at a time -- face physical demands? Still, the evidence overwhelms. The 1984 World Chess Championship was called off after five months and 48 games because defending champion Anatoly Karpov had lost 22 pounds. "He looked like death," grandmaster and commentator Maurice Ashley recalls. In 2004, winner Rustam Kasimdzhanov walked away from the six-game world championship having lost 17 pounds. In October 2018, Polar, a U.S.-based company that tracks heart rates, monitored chess players during a...

Three Oklahoma sisters, including a former U.S. Marine, have been charged through a federal indictment with plotting to kill the father of the child of one of the sisters after luring him to rural Alabama for a supposed custody swap. Tierzah Faith Mapson, 27; Elisa Anne Mapson, 28; and Charis Mapson, 30; all of the Tulsa area, were indicted Aug. 29 on charges of conspiracy, interstate domestic violence, stalking and the use of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, according to federal court documents. Tierzah and Elisa Mapson were captured Sept. 5 in Fortuna, California, after police received...

Two anonymous artists have created more than 500 faux IUDs that are shaped like President Donald Trump — with hands that they say represent his 'grab 'em by the p***y gesture.' 'We wanted to make a physical embodiment of the horror that is Trump,' one of the artists told Insider of the inspiration behind the spoof birth control. The spoof IUD is also being sold in individual packets for $5 apiece with half the profits being donated to Planned Parenthood.

Alicia Silverstone is taking a page out of Clueless heroine Cher Horowitz’s playbook and launching a socially aware pet project: making Starbucks more eco-friendly. The 42-year-old actress and longtime vegan took to Twitter this week to decry her “depressing” experience at the coffee chain. Silverstone says she brought an eco-friendly reusable coffee mug to reduce waste, but was disappointed to see employees — and many of her fellow customers — still using disposable cups for their beverages. The former teen star added that Starbucks’s policy of charging for non-dairy milk, such as soy or almond, “penalized” customers for “making the...

Angel Mom Mary Ann Mendoza, who heads the Angel Families organization, has had her posts raising awareness about illegal immigrant crime removed from Facebook as “hate speech.” Mendoza’s son, 32-year-old police officer Brandon Mendoza, was killed in May 2014 by a drunk illegal alien who was driving the wrong way down a highway in Mesa, Arizona. This week, Mendoza had two of her Facebook posts from her personal page removed, with the tech platform claiming that she had violated the “Community Standards on hate speech.” The posts raised awareness about illegal immigrant crime and its impact on Americans. One post...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Trump administration immigration official defended the effort to effectively end asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border for nearly all migrants, saying Friday it was necessary to drive down a massive backlog of immigration cases.... Juan Carlos Perla, 36, said Friday that many asylum seekers from his native El Salvador have returned, including cousins who have stayed with him in a rented two-room house with donated furniture on the distant outskirts of Tijuana. “People know that they aren’t going to be allowed in. They’re desperate. Many don’t like it here. Life here isn’t easy,” he said.... It...

0:41 Wednesday at the NAACP town hall, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Miami has only a few years left on this planet. Ocasio-Cortez said, “When it comes to climate change, what is not realistic is not responding … with a solution on the scale of the crisis—because what’s not realistic is Miami not existing in a few years. That’s not realistic. So we need to be realistic about the problem.”