this maybe the beginning of a long thread.

depends on muslims, I guess.


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Syrian blogger gets five years' jail: rights group February 15, 2011 - 12:35AM .Syrian woman blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a state security court, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement on Monday. "The state security court in Damascus today condemned blogger Tal al-Mallouhi to five years in prison after finding her guilty of divulging information to a foreign country," it said in a statement received in Nicosia. In October, Syria's Al-Watan newspaper reported that the authorities were accusing Mallouhi, a 19-year-old high school student, of spying for the US embassy in Egypt. Advertisement: Story continues below The charge was denied by Washington, which on Saturday called for her "immediate release" and condemned what it called her "secret trial." State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said in a statement that Washington "rejects as baseless allegations of American connections that have resulted in a spurious accusation of espionage. "We call on the Syrian government to immediately release all its prisoners of conscience; and allow its citizens freedom to exercise their universal rights of expression and association without fear of retribution from their own government," he added. Three Syrian rights groups said in late November that Mallouhi "was interviewed on November 10 by the High Court for State Security and then returned to her women's prison in Duma, near Damascus." The statement expressing "extreme concern" was signed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian League for the Defence of Human Rights and the National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria. Mallouhi, granddaughter of a former minister under the late Hafez al-Assad, father of current President Bashar al-Assad, had been "held incommunicado without charge for nine months," Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in September. She was first detained in late December 2009, the US-based group said. Mallouhi's home computer, CDs and books were seized by security services, HRW said, although her blog, which contains poetry and social commentary, focuses mostly on the plight of the Palestinians and does not address Syrian politics. Social networking websites and blogs helped to launch and sustain the recent popular revolts that brought down Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Web users users in Syria reported that direct access to Facebook and YouTube, blocked since 2007, was reinstated on Wednesday. Al-Watan, a newspaper close to the government, quoted analysts as saying that the removal of firewalls blocking Facebook and YouTube demonstrated "the government's confidence in its performance and that the state did not fear any threat coming from these two sites nor others."

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/syrian-blogger-gets-five-years-jail-rights-group-20110215-1atu7.html

Sounds pretty oppressive to me.
very islamic



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...........In the tough-talking, finger-wagging speech, Colonel Gaddafi's son blamed foreign media for inflating the death toll but warned that any uprising would be ruthlessly suppressed. "Libya is not Egypt, it is not Tunisia. There are no political parties in Libya," he said. "We will take up arms ... we will fight to the last bullet," he said. "We will destroy seditious elements. "If everybody is armed, it is civil war. We will kill each other." Mr Gaddafi said his father was in the country and was backed by the army. "We will fight to the last minute, until the last bullet," he said. He said protesters had seized control of some military bases, weapons and tanks and he warned of civil war in the country that would burn its oil wealth.............

http://www.smh.com.au/world/libya-on-brink-of-civil-war-gaddafis-son-20110221-1b1n8.html

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.......Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was briefly arrested while "leading anti-revolutionaries and rioters" in Tehran. Witnesses said a heavy deployment of riot police and Basij militiamen in key squares of Tehran such as Haft-e Tir ensured that anti-government protesters were unable to stage significant protests on Sunday......... ...............She was "identified and arrested by police in Vali Asr street while intending to make harsh comments and chant provocative slogans and create a disturbance," IRNA said. Rafsanjani himself has come under harsh criticism from conservatives who demand that he publicly condemn opposition leaders. The cleric and former two-time president had reportedly supported Mousavi in the 2009 election. Witnesses and opposition website Kaleme.com said men on motorbikes were riding around parts of Tehran "in a show of strength ... to intimidate people and prevent them from holding large gatherings". According to Rahesabz.net, mobile phone networks in central Tehran were cut and Internet speed was "noticeably slow"............ ............Foreign media have been banned from covering any opposition gatherings............ .............Anti-government protests erupted in Iran after a June 2009 presidential poll in which Mousavi and Karroubi, both candidates, charged that the incumbent, hardliner Ahmadinejad, was re-elected through massive fraud.............

http://www.smh.com.au/world/police-prevent-large-protests-in-iran-20110221-1b1al.html

this is islam folks.
it IS a belief of extremism. Whoever does the most outrageous thing is the kingpin.
Much like in a jail.

ask abu about moh boasting about how he would cut off his brothers head if "allah" told him.
what a smacking creep.



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............As the revolt against the regime reportedly began to spread within government and military ranks, protesters in Tripoli were believed to have set fire to key government buildings, including the People's Hall. Earlier, Colonel Gaddafi's second eldest son, Saif al-Islam, went on state television to warn that Libya would face a bloody civil war if protesters continued their uprising. Promising ''incredible reforms for a new Libya'', he urged protesters to go home. ''If we do not agree today on reforms, we will not be mourning 84 people, but thousands of deaths, and rivers of blood will run through Libya,'' he said - giving a lower death toll than Human Rights Watch, which said at least 233 had been killed since Thursday. The threats came amid reports of fragmenting support for the regime among military leaders, and as Libya's powerful al-Warfalla and al-Zuwayya tribes turned against the government. "We tell him to leave the country," a spokesman for al-Warfalla told al-Jazeera...............

http://www.theage.com.au/world/libya-on-the-brink-as-regime-threatens-blood-20110221-1b2i9.html

well, this muslims got as extreme as moh was !!!!!



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..........One protester told Al Jazeera: "What we are witnessing today is unimaginable. Warplanes and helicopters are indiscriminately bombing one area after another. There are many, many dead. "Our people are dying. It is the policy of scorched earth. Anyone who moves, even if they are in their car they will hit you." He said the bombing runs initially targeted a funeral procession, and the Navy was also reportedly shelling the city. Tripoli was rocked by gunfire with government buildings ablaze, amid reports of a massacre that left 60 dead in the city's Green Square. Security forces appeared to be preparing a major assault in the capital tonight, as state TV said troops had "stormed the hideouts of the saboteurs". Snipers took up positions on rooftops and jets swooped low over rooftops, apparently trying to stop more opposition activists joining those who are already overwhelming the city. The second city Benghazi was also said to be "totally out of control", with residents reporting numerous explosions and teenagers roaming the streets with assault rifles.............

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/protesters-must-accept-reforms/story-fn6bqpju-1226009761345

Hmm interesting topic Sprint.

Some very disturbing information ..  for sure.

this is islam folks.
it IS a belief of extremism

- Sprint

And not the only belief by the sounds of things .. seems some Christians can be quite extremist also .. unfortunately.

maybe so Lisa, violent extremism was not displayed by jesus, nor did he support it.

whereas moh .......



anyway, gaddaffi continues upon his idealist extremist ways ....


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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered his forces to crush an uprising that has rocked his 41-year rule, warning armed protesters they will be executed and vowing to fight to his last. In a defiant, sometimes rambling speech on state television, Gaddafi vowed to remain in Libya as head of its revolution, saying he would die as a martyr in the land of his ancestors and fight to the "last drop" of his blood. Proclaiming the support of the people, Gaddafi ordered the army and police to crush the popular uprising against his iron-fisted rule that has already left hundreds dead in the past eight days. Ordering protesters to surrender their weapons immediately, saying there would be a "slaughter" otherwise, he threatened to purge Libya "house by house" and "inch by inch".And he called on the population to take to the streets in a show of support for his regime on Wednesday. In a live, unscripted speech, the 68-year-old former army colonel said: "Muammar Gaddafi is the leader of a revolution; Muammar Gaddafi has no official position in order for him to resign. He is the leader of the revolution forever." "This is my country, my country," he shouted, in a roughly 75-minute speech consisting of short, angry bursts of words, which he punctuated by shaking his fist or pointing his finger. Standing against the backdrop of his house, part of which has been deliberately left unrepaired since it was bombed by US warplanes in 1986, Gaddafi said he would "die a martyr in the land of my ancestors" and "will fight to the last drop of my blood"...............

http://www.smh.com.au/world/defiant-gaddafi-orders-revolt-crushed-20110223-1b4bo.html