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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (2291)	10/10/2006 10:33:28 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Catholic Iranian fears execution if sent home Asia Pacific News ^ \| October 10, 2006 news.monstersandcritics.com Wellington - An Iranian refugee held in a New Zealand prison for 23 months awaiting deportation fears he would be executed if sent home because he has converted from Islam to Christianity, it was reported on Tuesday. Thomas (formerly known as Hossein) Yadegary, a 37-year-old chef, is refusing to sign papers needed to obtain the Iranian passport required to send him home, an immigration service official told Radio New Zealand. Mary Anne Thompson said Yadegary's application for asylum had been refused after a fair hearing and he was now legally required to leave the country. 'The department is unable to remove him until such time as a passport is obtained,' Thompson said. 'Until this time, Mr Yadegary will remain in custody.' Thompson rejected claims that Yadegary would be killed if sent back to his homeland. The Global Peace & Justice human rights group said the continued incarceration of Yadegary without trial was a 'travesty of natural justice and a disgraceful abuse of human rights.' Yadegary said that he fled Iran in August 1993, after getting a letter telling him to report to the authorities, and arrived in New Zealand two months later. Allowed to work while his application went through lengthy appeal processes, he went to English classes at an Auckland church and converted to Catholicism in 1997, the New Zealand Herald reported. A friend told Radio New Zealand that two other Iranians who converted to Christianity were executed in Iran in August. Associate Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove turned down a final appeal for Yadegary to stay in New Zealand last week.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (2291)	10/10/2006 1:07:44 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (2291)	10/10/2006 2:03:31 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (2291)	10/11/2006 8:32:52 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Across Europe, Worries on Islam Spread to Center NY Times ^ \| October 11, 2006 \| DAN BILEFSKY and IAN FISHER nytimes.com BRUSSELS, Oct. 10 — Europe appears to be crossing an invisible line regarding its Muslim minorities: more people in the political mainstream are arguing that Islam cannot be reconciled with European values. “You saw what happened with the pope,” said Patrick Gonman, 43, the owner of Raga, a funky wine bar in downtown Antwerp, 25 miles from here. “He said Islam is an aggressive religion. And the next day they kill a nun somewhere and make his point. “Rationality is gone.” Mr. Gonman is hardly an extremist. In fact, he organized a protest last week in which 20 bars and restaurants closed on the night when a far-right party with an anti-Muslim message held a rally nearby. His worry is shared by centrists across Europe angry at terror attacks in the name of religion on a continent that has largely abandoned it, and disturbed that any criticism of Islam or Muslim immigration provokes threats of violence. For years those who raised their voices were mostly on the far right. Now those normally seen as moderates — ordinary people as well as politicians — are asking whether once unquestioned values of tolerance and multiculturalism should have limits. Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw of Britain, a prominent Labor politician, seemed to sum up the moment when he wrote last week that he felt uncomfortable addressing women whose faces were covered with a veil. The veil, he wrote, is a “visible statement of separation and difference.” When Pope Benedict XVI made the speech last month that included a quotation calling aspects of Islam “evil and inhuman,” it seemed to unleash such feelings. Muslims berated him for stigmatizing their culture, while non-Muslims applauded him for bravely speaking a hard truth. The line between open criticism of another group or religion and bigotry can be... (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ....