| Singer's Tatoo Called A
Threat to National Security Feb 28, 2012
American R&B singer Erykah Badu
was set to perform tomorrow in Kuala Lumpur, the capital
of Malaysia, but plans changed when Muslim groups
proclaimed Badu’s image inappropriate for young
Malaysians. The singer’s concert was banned after a
photo surfaced of Badu covered in symbolic temporary
tattoos, one of which was the Arabic word for Allah
written on her bare shoulder. According to Information
Minister Rais Yatim, the photo, which was used as an
advertisement for her upcoming concert, had
“triggered public criticism that could jeopardize
national security and cause a negative impact to the
government’s image.”
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| 14 Year Old Girl Killed by
Fundamentalists Outraged
Bangladeshi family demands justice for ‘whipped to
death’ raped daughter
Saturday, 5 February, 2011
Dhaka, Feb 5 - The plight of a 14-year-old Bangladeshi
girl, who was whipped to death by a village body for
allegedly having an illicit relationship with her married
cousin, has outraged her family who are now demanding
strict action against the executers of the barbaric act.
Hena Akhter was whipped after the shalish, a village body
consisting of local elders, had ordered that she should
receive 101 lashes last week for allegedly having an
illicit relationship with her cousin and neighbour,
Mahbub, The Guardian reports.
The case took shape when Hena had gone out to use the
bathroom when she accidentally met Mahbub, who put
something on her mouth to stop her from crying out before
raping her in Shariyatpur on January 31.
The assault had left her almost unconscious, unable to
walk or talk. When her family complained to the shalish,
they raised doubts on her character.
After Mahbub’s wife, Shilpi, complained that he had
been secretly meeting Hena, village elders found both
cousins guilty and ordered that Hena be given 101 lashes,
and Mahbub 201.
After the punishment was carried out, Hena was taken to
hospital, and six days later, she was pronounced dead.
Her shocked uneducated father Darbesh, who is lamenting
over what has happened, now only wants justice for his
departed daughter.
“I hardly wish I was alive. I didn’t think my
daughter would die before me. I can’t think; my life
is ruined. I told the police everything they want to
know. I want a proper investigation, and I want justice.
What happened in Mahbub’s home - what sort of
justice is this?” Darbesh said.
“My daughter was just a young girl, and these people
said she had to be whipped, and there was nobody stopping
them. I’m not educated. I don’t know what the
court laws are. But I know that if I don’t listen to
the elders, we would be outcast. None of my daughters
could marry, no one would even look at us. If I had known
that it would be them who would be punished, not me, then
I would have tried to stop it,” he added.
Hena was buried in her family graveyard on Wednesday
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From nospank.net
Feb 15, 2012
Seoul (CNN) -- A pastor and his wife are in custody
accused of killing three of their children by starving
them to ward off evil spirits, police in South Korea said
Wednesday.
The couple told police the children -- aged nine,
seven and three -- had been ill, which they believed was
a sign they were invaded by evil spirits after eating too
much on Lunar New Year.
They then cut the children's hair to chase the spirits
out and starved them from January 24 until February 2,
only allowing them to drink water. Local media reports
said the parents had beaten the children with a belt and
a fly swatter numerous times.
The pastor, named only by his surname Park, and his
wife, Cho, told police they tied the children's arms and
legs with stockings. All three died on February 2, the
first around 2am, the second at 5am and the third at 7am,
according to police in the town of Boseong, more than 186
miles (300 kilometers) south of Seoul.
The bodies were found nine days later by Park's
brother-in-law. Police said the couple was praying in the
hope of resurrecting the children. Their eight-month-old
daughter who survived has been taken into care, police
said.
Park, 43, and Cho, 34, told police they opened a
church in Boseong in March 2009 with a congregation of
10, but were accused of being a cult.
The police plan to forward the case to the
prosecutor's office on February 17.
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| Model Sentenced To Be Caned
For Drinking Beer In 2009 a Malaysian model, Sari Kartika, was
found guilty of drinking a beer. Her punishment was to be
6 hits with a cane.
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Women, Family & Community
Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
says the order to whip part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi
Shukarno gives the Syariah Court a "cruel
image". The court had ordered Kartika to be punished
after she was caught drinking beer in public
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