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In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Inews
Daily
Thursday 23rd March
2006 - 22nd Safar 1427
UK schoolgirl loses right to wear
Islamic garb
A British girl lost a legal battle yesterday to be allowed to wear full Islamic dress in school in a case which has been likened to the row in France over the wearing of hijabs. Shabina Begum, now 17, was sent home from school in September 2002 and ordered to change her clothes after she turned up wearing a jilbab, a long gown which covers the whole body except for the hands and face. She successfully appealed against the school’s decision in March 2005 when the Appeal Court ruled her human rights had been breached by the ban. But Begum’s school, Denbigh High in Luton, north of London, itself appealed against last year’s decision and on Wednesday was backed by Britain’s highest court, the House of Lords. UN Council tries to end Iran
impasse
Members of the UN Security Council are seeking to break an impasse over Iran's nuclear programme after Britain and France called off consultations because they were no closer to a deal with Russia and China on how to press Tehran to stop enriching uranium. Britain, France and the US planned to spend much of Wednesday in talks with each other and Russia and China, going back over proposals for a council statement. They could circulate a new text late in the day. The decision to cancel the council discussion on Tuesday reflected the failure of the US and its European allies to get Russia and China on board during a meeting of high-level diplomats in New York the night before. Russia and China say any Security Council action against Iran should be mild. Asian workers protest in
Dubai
Asian workers angered by low salaries and mistreatment have smashed cars and offices in a protest turned riot that interrupted construction of what is set to be the world's tallest skyscraper. The violence, causing an estimated $1 million in damage, illustrated the growing unrest among foreign workers who are the linchpin of Dubai's building boom. The violence erupted on Tuesday night when some 2500 workers on the Burj Dubai tower and surrounding housing developments chased and beat security officers, then broke into temporary offices and smashed computers and destroyed about two dozen cars and construction machines, witnesses said. Asian workers in gulf states are underpaid and live in slave-like conditions. Pilgrims attacked in
Iraq
Attackers have killed two Shia pilgrims and wounded dozens in Baghdad, raking their vehicles with gunfire. The pilgrims were returning home a day after commemorating the 40th day of the martyrdom of al-Hussein, the Holy Prophet's grandson, in Kerbala, south of the capital. Police said 22 pilgrims were wounded and one was killed in an attack on their open-back truck in western Baghdad. In a second incident in the same area, one Shia was killed and 18 were wounded when their bus was hit by machine-gun fire. In Madaen, southeast of Baghdad, attackers blasted a police station with grenade and mortar fire before dawn on Wednesday, killing four policemen in the second such attack in two days. Police also reported the discovery of six more bodies on the streets of the capital on Wednesday, all apparent victims of what Western media calls 'secterian' bloodshed. Israel to draw its own
border
The Zionist state of Israel will draw its own border in the West Bank if talks with the Palestinians are 'impossible', acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said just days before Israel’s elections, putting pressure on Hamas, which is posed to take over the Palestinian government while refusing to recognize Israel. Israel considers Hamas a terror group, and Hamas does not accept the presence of a Jewish state in an Islamic Middle East. Olmert has said he wants to draw Israel’s borders by 2010, by completing the construction of Israel’s West Bank barrier. US dog handler sentenced to only
six months
A US soldier convicted of abusing detainees with his guard dog at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was sentenced to only six months in prison on yesterday by a court martial. Sergeant Michael Smith, 24, also was demoted to the rank of private, fined 750 dollars pay a month for three months, and will receive a bad conduct discharge from the army. Smith, who was photographed holding his unmuzzled, growling Belgian shepherd within inches of a cowering detainees, was found guilty on Tuesday of assaulting and maltreating prisoners Abu Ghraib prison in late 2003 and early 2004. The charges carried a maximum penalty of eight years and nine months. Egypt bars opposition leader from
travel
Egyptian authorities banned a senior member of the main opposition group from leaving the country yesterday, minutes before he was due to board a plane to Bahrain, a source at Cairo airport said. Brotherhood spokesman Issam Al Aryan had completed the necessary procedures to fly to the Gulf state to attend an Islamic conference, but security officials refused to let him leave, the source added. It was not immediately clear why Aryan was not allowed to travel and he could not be reached for comment. Leading figures in the banned but occasionally tolerated group, which won 20 per cent of parliament in polls last year, must apply in advance for permits to leave the country. Afghan forces killed 16 'Nauroz
festival participants'
Tribesmen of Balochistan province claimed that the 16 people killed on Wednesday by Afghan Forces were not Pakistani Taliban but innocent participants of a Nauroz festival. They said all the deceased belonged to their area and were on their way to Mazar-e-Sharif to participate in festival. The provincial minister further said that victims were taken into custody by Afghanistan security forces from Kabul and were taken into a village where they were killed in fake 'encounter'. He further said that Afghanistan government made false announcement that 16 deceased were Pakistani Taliban and had attacked Afghani check posts. Muslim scholars gather to defend
Holy Prophet (P)
Some 300 Muslim religious figures opened a two-day conference in Bahrain on Wednesday in support of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (P). The scholars, preachers, heads of Islamic associations as well as Arab and Muslim community leaders from Europe will explore a strategy aimed at preventing a repeat of the crisis sparked by the publication of the sacrilegious caricatures. The 12 drawings of Islam’s Holy Prophet (P), first published in Denmark in September and reprinted elsewhere in Europe since, provoked violent protests across the Muslim world. The blasphemous caricatures also triggered a boycott of Danish products in Muslim countries. 'Widespread' child abuse in
Britain’s madrasas
One of Britain’s leading Muslims demanded on Wednesday a crackdown on 'widespread' child abuse at Islamic religious schools in Britain. Doctor Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, head of the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain forum, said the 700 or so madrasas were operating 'outside the law'. Siddiqui co-wrote a report on the dangers facing some of the 100,000 youngsters in Britain attending the schools, which are usually attached to mosques. He suggested that what was being taught in the madrasas also needed to be regulated. Leading charity the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) voiced its concern about physical abuse in madrasas. Malaysian policewomen told to wear
headscarves for events
Malaysian policewomen are henseforth required to wear headscarves for all official functions, a police spokesman said yesterday. He stressed that it was not compulsory for non-Muslim personnel but said they should do so voluntarily. "We advise all of them to wear headscarves during official events for the sake of uniformity. But it is OK if they refuse to do so," he said. He added that no action would be taken against anyone who does not abide by the directive, but noted that many female Muslim personnel already wear headscarves through personal choice. Policewomen are not required to wear headscarves during normal duties such as patrolling. Malaysia’s government promotes a moderate version of Islam, but last year it endorsed a university’s ruling that required non-Muslim women to wear headscarves on its campuses, saying it was an issue of uniform regulations, not human rights. Inews Daily - No Copyright - http://www.fsphost.com/inewsdaily -
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