The electromagnetic weapons, which cook the human tissue of enemy troops, “turned the mountain tops into a microwave oven” and made the Indian soldiers vomit, international studies expert Jin Canrong told his students in Beijing, according to The Times…more:torontosun
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China Targets Muslims With Increasingly Harsh Restrictions
“Every household would burn their religious books in case they were searched. Shredders were sold out. People would flush the book ashes down the toilet, sometime clogging the pipes,” one Chinese Muslim publisher says of that era. “The persecution we are facing now is worse than that time.”…more: npr / trt
Researchers Tested 14 Types of Masks. Here’s What They Learned
US Senators urge Facebook to address anti-Muslim bigotry
15 US senators called for the platform to address violence and hate speech in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook is failing to sufficiently address violence and hate speech against Muslim minorities and enforce anti-bigotry policies across its platform, 15 US senators said in a letter addressed to company CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday…more:thenationalnews
Islam, Cartoons of the Prophet, and Murder
Brutal murder again by young Muslim fanatics in several European cities. Are these further cases of a “clash of civilisations?” Of western freedom of speech versus reactionary religious views? Or not? The spectacle of bloody “executions” over caricatures of the…
A Former Senegalese Minister Gives France a Medal of Honor
A former Senegalese minister announced his abandonment of the “French Legion of Honor, and placing it at the disposal of the French Embassy in Dakar, for the sake of the honor of the Prophet Muhammad,” in response to France’s abuse of Islam. Former Culture Minister Amadou Tejan Won, in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, said that he “is not honored to share the same medal with Samuel Patti (the teacher who published insulting pictures of the Prophet), for deep and sacred reasons,” accusing ..MORE: eg24
Diomede Islands
Biden’s lead has grown to 14,000+ votes
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Newcastle doctor shares ‘really big concerns’ about Government’s plan to ease lockdown
Prof Pollock, who is part of the independent SAGE advisory group who warned that reopening schools next week could lead to a new surge in infections, said more data was needed on how coronavirus was spreading through different parts of the country. The five tests set by ministers are: making sure the NHS can cope with patient numbers; a consistent fall in deaths; the infection rate becoming ‘manageable’; obtaining enough tests and PPE for future demand and being confident changes would not cause an unmanageable second peak….more: chroniclelive
Al Qaeda’s No. 2, Accused in U.S. Embassy Attacks, Was Killed in Iran
…The killing occurred in such a netherworld of geopolitical intrigue and counterterrorism spycraft that Mr. al-Masri’s death had been rumored but never confirmed until now. For reasons that are still obscure, Al Qaeda has not announced the death of one of its top leaders, Iranian officials covered it up, and no country has publicly claimed responsibility for it…more:nytimes
Privatisation of the NHS: Allyson Pollock at TEDxExeter
Free speech & the law: Public Order
Many of the public order crimes discussed in this guide are contained in the Public Order Act 1986, which sets out the offences of riot, affray, violent disorder, and the different types of criminal harassment, alarm or distress. However, there are also more specific offences, such as “indecent or racist chanting”…more: indexoncensorship. You may read: However, if you look at the arrests made under section 5, you will have to admit that it’s making us look a little sensitive. A student was arrested for telling a policeman his horse was gay…more:theguardian
