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  • Pakistan: Teen Celebrated, Called 'Holy Warrior' for Killing 'Blasphemous' American

    08/17/2020 6:00:29 AM PDT · by Cronos · 14 replies
    The wire ^ | 10 Aug 2020 | Umar Farooq, jibrin Ahmad
    Naseem was charged with denigrating the Koran and the Prophet Muhammad. Two years later, awaiting his bail hearing surrounded by police and lawyers, he was gunned down. Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets as a “holy warrior.” His claim to adulation? Allegedly gunning down in open court an American accused of blasphemy, a capital crime in this Islamic republic. Khan is charged with murder, which also carries a death sentence. But while lawyers line up to defend him, the attorney for Tahir Naseem, the U.S. citizen, has gone...
  • Police investigating alleged paedophile ring in Bradford [Rotherham Redux?]

    06/02/2017 9:14:01 AM PDT · by markomalley · 12 replies
    Westmonster ^ | 6/2/17
    West Yorkshire police say they are investigating 179 new cases of alleged child sexual exploitation in Bradford. The Police have announced they are investigating 165 suspects, amid fears of another scandal like that which hit Rotherham.Just last year, a gang of 12 Asian paedophiles from West Yorkshire were jailed for a total of 143 years after they passed a 13-year-old girl around for sex, with men literally queuing up to rape her.Michael Jameson, strategic director of Children’s Services at Bradford Council, told local media: “Child sexual exploitation is a horrendous crime and we work with police and other organisations to investigate and...