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The only thing notable about this story is that it’s being reported. And the only reason it’s being reported is because Ms. Azad is an actress in one of the most popular franchises in movie history. The facts are simple as they are horrific. Afshan Azad has been secretly dating a non-Muslim. Her father and brother found out, branded her a “slag,” beat her, and threatened to murder her. She made her escape by climbing out of her bedroom window. The unfortunate youg woman is now in hiding. She refuses to press charges because she knows that the British police...

Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Morocco, where "anyone who employs incitements to shake the faith of a Muslim or to convert him to another religion" will run afoul of the law. The pluralism and tolerance we hear so much about in the West is absent even here -- for Muslims are allowed to proselytize where non-Muslims aren't. From Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas: RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan court jailed a German tourist for six months for attempting to convert Muslims in the southern resort of Agadir, officials said on Wednesday. The court in Agadir, Morocco's main tourist destination,...

Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter has warned that the decision by two newspapers to publish cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, undermines New Zealand's reputation as a tolerant country. The Dominion Post and the Christchurch Press re-published the caricatures, originally printed by a Danish newspaper, one of which pictures Mohammed with a bomb in his turban. The cartoons have caused outrage across the Islamic world and Chris Carter says they could affect trade, New Zealand's troops in Afghanistan and even the situation of the Auckland student currently held hostage in Iraq. He says publishing them was a disappointing decision. The...