A Christian Businessman Recalls Zakho Riots

By SULAIMAN ALIKHAN and KAWAR BARWARI

Fahmi Mansour, the owner of Seji Beer Supply showing his destroyed warehouse. Photo Rudaw.

DUHOK, Iraqi Kurdistan -- Fahmi Yusef Mansour is the owner of Iraq’s biggest beer supply in the village of Seji near Duhok city in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Mansour’s beer storage was stormed and torched by an angry mob during the riots in the province earlier this month.

Trial opens for Mohammed cartoonist attack plot

Westergaard now lives under 24-hour protection

Three men accused of plotting to bomb the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, for printing cartoons of the prophet Mohammed pleaded not guilty in a Norwegian court on Tuesday.

Terror of Female Genital Mutilation in Islam III

by 1001Phoenix on Jul 16, 2009

Al-Azhar University ( الأزهر الشريف) is the "the leading institution for Sunni learning in the Islamic world.

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About 6,000 girls fall victim to genital mutilation every day, or about 2 million a year. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 100 and 140 million women worldwide are circumcised. Most circumcised women live in 28 African countries, as well as in Asia and the Middle East.

Israel to deploy drones in north Iraq

(This is an Iranian 'publication')

An Israeli drone aircraft (file photo)

The Israeli army has stepped up its military activities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region and is planning to station a number of unmanned aerial vehicles in the area in northern Iraq.