Swiss referendum approves automatic expulsion of foreign criminals

Switzerland endorsed on Sunday a  push to automatically expel foreign residents convicted of certain crimes, to the dismay of critics who described it as a "dark day for human rights." The approval of the initiative in a referendum was an expression of insecurity, the justice minister said, stressing the government would examine how to implement the new rule without violating its international obligations. In the vote, 52.9 percent were in favour of automatic expulsions and 47.1 percent...

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15-year-old Birmingham schoolgirl arrested for burning a copy of the Qur'an

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of inciting religious hatred after allegedly burning an English-language version of the Qur'an – and then posting video footage of the act on Facebook. The teenager, from the Sandwell district of Birmingham, was filmed on her school premises burning the book. Police have confirmed the incident was reported to the school and the video has since been removed from the social networking site. A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of making threats on Facebook. Both teenagers have been released on police bail. The incident...

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Jews and homosexuals singled out at British Islamic schools

Pupils at Islamic schools across the country are being taught to chop off a criminal's hand and that Jews are conspiring to take over the world, a BBC investigation found Monday.  Up to 5,000 pupils aged between six and 18 are being taught Sharia law punishments using "weekend-school" text-books which claim those who do not believe in Islam will be subjected to "hellfire" in death. Young pupils are warned that the punishment for engaging in homosexual acts is death by stoning, burning...

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Sidney Stringer Academy - Update 2

Well it seems we got it all wrong!. This incident was just an argument over a girl after all. The BBC reports that: 'Three students at a Coventry school have been excluded over "cyber bullying".' Wendy Tomes said "The students involved have been identified, and in many cases face fixed term exclusions" She added that all of the schools investigations lead them to believe the incident had started "over a girl". Three of the students had been excluded and their families had received a visit from the school, she said. Three more pupils were facing "internal exclusion" - being kept away from other...

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Coventry - Muslims schoolboy death threats update

Here is an update on the previous story. It appears those suspended from the  Sidney Stringer Academy in Coventry formed part of a group within the academy calling themselves the ‘Muslim Defence League’ who celebrate British deaths in Afghanistan The boy who is being sent death threats because he posted a message on his Facebook page ‘RIP to all the lads who never made it home.’ He also posted two pictures showing British troops on Armistice Day. The ‘Muslim Defence League’ then branded him...

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Coventry - Muslim schoolboys threaten non muslim because he supports UK troops

This is the story reported on the coventrytelegraph.net website: Coventry teenager abused on Facebook for writing war heroes tribute A MUM has taken her son out of a secondary school in Coventry after he was abused on Facebook. Clare Allington removed her son 13-year-old Darius Gill from Sidney Stringer Academy after he became the victim of cyberbullying on the social networking site. Two year eight pupils at the school, believed to be 12-years-old, had threatened to attack him. Messages posted online said a fight was being planned after school on Monday and pupils from other city schools even...

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Blackburn father urges fatal crash driver's deportation after a string of offences

The father of a girl left dying under the wheels of a car has urged judges for "justice" by deporting the driver.Paul Houston, from Darwen, Lancashire, told judges they had the power to bring his "seven years of hell to an end" by sending Aso Mohammed Ibrahim to Iraq. The Iraqi Kurd fled after knocking down 12-year-old Amy Houston in Blackburn in 2003. He was jailed for four months. On Monday the UK Border Agency (UKBA) began a tribunal appeal against the decision to grant Ibrahim residency. Ibrahim,...

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Cameron breaks yet another election pledge

David Cameron will bow to business and relax immigration capDavid Cameron is expected to increase significantly the number of immigrants from beyond Europe permitted to enter Britain each year The Prime Minister is understood to have been influenced by business concerns that the cap introduced after the election is preventing highly-skilled people from coming to this country. The current limit of about 2,600 non-EU migrants a month is expected to be increased to allow more than...

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Woolas election ban threatens election debate, MPs say

MPs have expressed concerns about a court decision to ban former minister Phil Woolas from politics, saying it raises "massive constitutional issues".The ex-Labour MP is making a second bid for a judicial review of the verdict, which stripped him of his seat over his conduct in the election campaign. But Tory MP Edward Leigh said it was for "people to evict MPs not judges". And Labour's David Winnick said it could lead to any defeated candidate challenging election results. Although the High Court rejected an initial request by Mr Woolas for a judicial review of the election court's ruling,...

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Taliban call on US to send fact-finding team to Afghanistan

The Taliban called on the US Congress on Sunday to send a "fact-finding mission" to Afghanistan to investigate what they called the lies and propaganda spread by American military chiefs to prolong the war. The Islamist militant group has been fighting for more than nine years to topple the Kabul government, which is backed by 150,000 US and NATO troops. In the past year, Taliban influence has spread across the country from their bastion in the south where the war is concentrated, and momentum has been widely seen to have turned in their favour. The statement, addressed to "Messers American...

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5 Asian pedophiles jailed for preying on white girls in Sheffield

The article title says it all, but lets see how the story is reported depending on country. First the U.K: mirror.co.uk Sex predator gang is jailed Five men convicted of grooming teenage girls for sex wept as they were jailed for a total of 32 years. Brothers Umar, 24, and Razwan Razaq, 30, their cousin Zafran Ramzan, 21, Adil Hussain 20, and Mohsin Khan, 21, were yesterday condemned as "sexual predators" by Sheffield judge Peter Kelson. He said: "Your weeping cuts no ice. You had what you regarded as your fun, now you will take your punishment." The men preyed on girls as young as 12 in Rotherham,...

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Muslim challenge to tuition fee interest charges

Muslim student leaders say changes to tuition fees in England could breach Islamic rules on finance, which do not permit interest charges.The coalition government's plans to raise tuition fees to up to £9,000 also include higher interest rates for repayments of loans. The Federation of Student Islamic Societies says this will make loans unusable for many Muslim students. A government spokesman said these were "not commercial loans". As well as raising tuition fees, the proposals for university funding include changes to loan repayments - with some students set to pay more than at present. ...

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Iran arrests 4 Kurds 'working for UK-based leader'

Iran has arrested four Kurdish rebels of a banned group who worked for a militant based in Britain, the English-language Press TV reported on Thursday, quoting the intelligence ministry. Majid Bakhtiar, Hajeer Ebrahimi, Loqman Moradi and Zanyar Moradi who are members of the banned Komala group were arrested in Iran's western city of Marivan, the channel said on its website. The five are accused of carrying out five assassinations in Iran in the past two years, the report said. "They have confessed to getting orders in the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah from their commander Jalil Fattahi,"...

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Iraq's Al-Qaida says Christians "legitimate targets"

Al-Qaida militant group in Iraq Wednesday said that Christians and their organizations have become "legitimate targets" after a two-day deadline expired for Egypt's Coptic church to free some women allegedly held due to converting to Islam. The self-styled Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the al-Qaida front in Iraq, said in a statement posted on an Islamic website that it "declares all Christian centers, organizations and institutions, leaders and followers, are legitimate targets for Mujahdeen (holy Muslim warriors) wherever they can reach them." "The killing sword will not be lifted from...

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Christians mourn over Iraq massacre

Iraq's dwindling Christian community is in mourning after terrorists seized a Baghdad church during evening Mass leading to a gun battle which left at least 52 people dead.   The attack, claimed by an al Qaida-linked organisation, was the latest assault against Iraq's Christians, whose numbers have plummeted since the 2003 invasion as the community has fled to other countries. The Pope denounced the assault at Our Lady of Deliverance church as "ferocious" and called for renewed international efforts to broker peace in the region. Catholics made up 2.89% of Iraq's population in 1980;...

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UK 'will not send troops to Yemen' (Yet)

Yemen must not become another Afghanistan but Britain's role is to "stay close" and offer it assistance rather than send in troops at this stage, the new head of the UK's Armed Forces said. Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards said the military's concentration needed to remain on Afghanistan - to prevent that country becoming a "second Yemen". Global attention has once again been focused on Yemen, the country which spawned al Qaida, after it emerged as the source of ink cartridge...

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