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Danish man charged with blasphemy for setting fire to the Quran on video

Lizzie Dearden
Independent
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:20 UTC
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© Getty ImagesThe man posted the footage to a Facebook group called 'Yes to Freedom - no to Islam'
A Danish man who posed a video of himself setting fire to the Quran on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in the first such prosecution for 46 years.

The 42-year-old suspect put the clip, entitled "Consider your neighbour: it stinks when it burns" to a group called "YES TO FREEDOM - NO TO ISLAM" in December 2015.

Jan Reckendorff, from the public prosecutor's office in Viborg, said: "It is the prosecution's view that circumstances involving the burning of holy books such as the Bible and the Quran can in some cases be a violation of the blasphemy clause, which covers public scorn or mockery of religion.

"It is our opinion that the circumstances of this case mean it should be prosecuted so the courts now have an opportunity to take a position on the matter."

Judges in Aalborg will heard the case, although a date has not yet been set. The maximum sentence for blasphemy is four months in prison but Mr Reckendorff said prosecutors were more likely to seek a fine.
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Oakland shooter had terrorized area with gunfire 'for a week' but wasn't arrested-killed in police standoff

Caleb Pershan
SFist
Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:04 UTC
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A 32-year-old East Oakland man who can be seen in ABC7 helicopter video footage stalking his neighborhood with a rifle and vandalizing a garage and a car had provided ample warning to police and nearby residents that he posed a disturbing threat to the public before he was shot by police during a standoff Friday, neighbors claim. Jesse Enjaian died in an Oakland hospital Friday night after exchanging gunfire with police in the morning.

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IKEA suffers backlash after issuing womanless catalog for ultra-Orthodox Jews


RT
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:43 UTC
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Swedish flat-pack furniture behemoth IKEA has suffered an online backlash after issuing a catalog, aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel, which featured no women.

The brochure is specifically designed for the Haredi (Orthodox) community and depicts items men and boys with traditional side curls and wearing kippahs in a variety of domestic poses.

The items include bunk beds and bookcases lined with religious texts, display cases with Shabbat candlesticks and tables set for the Sabbath meal, but not a single woman or girl is featured.
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Court docs reveal Dylann Roof drove to another black church after shooting spree


RT
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:43 UTC
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© Dylann Roof Jason Miczek / Reuters
Newly released documents show avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof drove to a second black church the same night he shot and killed nine church members at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

GPS evidence showed Roof got off the interstate and drove toward Branch AME church in Jedburg after the church shooting, according to unsealed court documents on Tuesday, reported by WCIV.

The church also advertised a Wednesday night Bible study but it was unclear whether anyone was still at the church at that late hour in June.
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President Trump: Legalizing drugs will end the violent cartels


Living Resistance
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:08 UTC
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"We're losing badly the War on Drugs. You have to legalize drugs to win that war. You have to take the profit away from these drug czars."

If you didn't hear about this, it's because virtually the entire mainstream media has been silent about it. The mainstream media is owned by just six corporations and relies for the bulk of its funding on pharmaceutical advertisers.

In a report from High Times, President Trump is referenced as stating that he is "a hundred percent" in favor of medical marijuana and added that legalizing it is "good in some ways."

The comment was made during an interview conducted by Bill O'Reilly while Trump was still a candidate, and indicated to many people that he had an open mind on the matter.
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Six claims and facts about Sweden: a closer look at Ami Horowitz' report

Mattias Areskog and Malin Ekmark
The Local, Sweden
Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:56 UTC
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© Johan Nilsson/TTRefugees arriving in Malmö in 2015.
Translation by Philip O'Connor and Vicktor Olsson

When US president Donald Trump this past weekend mentioned events in Sweden, he was referring to a TV broadcast about Swedish migration policy. Several claims in the broadcast are questionable, and some downright wrong. Swedish news agency TT has looked at the facts.

1. Claim: In the introduction to the Fox News segment, the presenter says: "In 2016 alone the country accepted more than 160,000 asylum seekers."

Fact: In 2016, nearly 29,000 people sought asylum in Sweden, a very sharp decline compared to 2015, when nearly 163,000 sought asylum, according to the Migration Board. In 2016 there were nearly 112,000 asylum decisions taken, some 67,000 were approved.

2. Claim: "They feel it is their moral duty to open their borders to all and any refugees that want to come to them," says filmmaker Ami Horowitz in the interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Fact: In November 2015 Sweden sharpened border controls to temporarily include arrivals from within the EU, followed by temporary identity checks in January 2016. Together with actions in other European countries, led to a dramatic decline in the number of asylum seekers (see point 1).

In 2016, asylum policies were tightened in a number of ways, which meant that Sweden went from having the EU's most generous asylum laws to the EU minimum level, according to the Migration Board.
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US life expectancy lowest of high income countries and is predicted to fall behind further - study


RT
Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:27 UTC
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Lack of access to universal health coverage and high rates of obesity homicide all contribute to lagging life expectancies for American men and women. The US is predicted to fall farther behind other countries in the next 20 years, researchers say.

While the overall study found life expectancy is likely to rise in all 35 industrialized countries with at least 65 percent for women and 85 percent for men, the size of the increase varies.

Led by Imperial College London, the study was conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organization and published in medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday.

The United States is likely to see only small improvements: Rising 2.1 years (from 81.2 in 2010 to 83.3 in 2030) for women and 3.0 years (76.5 to 79.5) for men. US life expectancy is already lower than most other high-income nations and by 2030 is predicted to lag behind countries such as Croatia and Mexico.

Comment: See also: Uniquely American: BigAg, BigPharma are driving the decline in US life expectancy

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Why Sweden is NOT the 'rape capital of the world'

Lee Roden
The Local, Sweden
Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:54 UTC
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© Johan Nilsson/TTFile photo of a Swedish police officer
Is Sweden really a 'rape capital' as repeatedly suggested by sections of the international media? The Local consulted experts to get to the bottom of the matter.

In short, the answer is no.

Evidence for the claim usually comes in the form of comparative international statistics suggesting for example that Sweden has 63.5 reported rape incidents per 100,000 citizens, compared to 27.3 per 100,000 in the US, or 27.9 per 100,000 in Belgium, the nearest European country based on those numbers.

But comparing the number of reported rapes from one country to another is a process vulnerable to inaccuracies, several experts have told The Local.

Enrico Bisogno is the chief of data development and dissemination at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). He says that variations in how different countries record different crimes can play a "huge role" in influencing the results of these comparisons.
"Differences in reported crime data across countries are usually related to different reporting rates by victims (and/or detection by the police), different definitions of criminal offences by countries, and different counting rules," he explained.

Comment: See also: Sweden rape capital of the world? Reality check!

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Swedish police accused of inaction over Stockholm riot


RT
Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:01 UTC
Rinkeby suburb, outside Stockholm, Sweden
© Christine Olsson / ReutersRinkeby suburb, outside Stockholm, Sweden February 21, 2017.
Swedish police have been criticized by locals for allegedly failing to adequately respond to riots in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby on Monday which resulted in several burnt-out cars, aggravated thefts and assaults. No-one has been arrested over the riots.

Between 30-50 people were involved in the unrest which broke out at around 8pm on Monday following the arrest of a wanted person at a metro station in the area, according to police.

Police fired several warning shots when people began setting cars on fire, throwing stones and looting local stores. A police officer and a journalist were injured in the clashes and taken to hospital.
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Indian teenager wakes up on the way to his funeral after relatives presumed he was dead

Basavaraj Kattimani
The Times of India
Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00 UTC
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A 17-year-old boy woke up on the way to his funeral in Dharwad's Managundi village, surprising his relatives and villagers who had presumed him dead. He was rushed to a private hospital where his condition is critical.

Bitten by a stray dog one month ago, Kumar Marewad, 17, had high fever last week following which he was admitted to a Dharwad hospital. As his condition deteriorated, the teenager was put on ventilator.

The doctors told Kumar's relatives that he was critical and that he would not survive if life support was removed. Informing them that infection had spread in Kumar's body, the doctors left the family to decide if they wanted to continue treatment. Later, the family decided to shift him home.
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