The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned today that despite an order by the Iranian Chief Justice to nullify his death sentence, Mr. Makvan Mouloodzadeh was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison at 5 a.m. this morning, Iranian time. Neither Mr. Mouloodzadeh’s family or his lawyer were told about the execution until after it occurred…Mr. Mouloodzadeh was a 21-year-old Iranian citizen who was accused of committing anal rape (ighab) with other young boys when he was 13 years old. However, at Mr. Mouloodzadeh’s trial, all the witnesses retracted their pre-trial testimonies, claiming to have lied to the authorities under duress. Makvan also told the court that his confession was made under coercion and pleaded not guilty.

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Lust und Begehren passen sehr wohl zum Islam, meint Tariq Ramadan, der Theoretiker des Euroislam. Das Problem ist nicht die Religion, sondern ein Diskurs, der Religion mit gesellschaftlichen Ein- und Ausgrenzungen verknüpft
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Der marokkanische Künstler Fouad Bellamine hat nachgegeben. Bis zum Februar sollte seine Fotoserie “Der Ursprung der Welt” auf dem 9. Internationalen Festival in der mexikanischen Industriestadt Puebla gezeigt werden. Doch vergangene Woche zog Bellamine sein Werk zurück. Der Grund: Der iranische Botschafter in Mexiko Mohammed Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh drohte mit einer “diplomatischen Krise” zwischen den beiden Staaten, sollte das Kunstwerk weiterhin ausgestellt werden. Bellamines Arbeit zeigt Bilder eines...

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Activists are hoping to bring central London to a standstill on Saturday with what is being billed as Britain’s biggest climate-change march.

The campaigners will call on ministers to impose tough rules on carbon emissions by law.

The march will begin at Millbank and end at the American Embassy, where a series of talks will be given by leading green politicians, including Chris Huhne and Michael Meacher.

It is timed to coincide with the UN climate change talks taking place in Bali and parallel marches will be staged in 50 other countries.

Organisers say they hope up to 40,000 people could attend the rally.

“Last year we attracted 35,000 people and we hope this will be bigger,” said Phil Thornhill of the Campaign Against Climate Change, which is organising the event....[Weiterlesen…]

Trade Minister Simon Crean says developing countries like China and India must set tough binding emissions targets before Australia agrees to a new Kyoto agreement beyond 2012.

Last week the Australian delegation indicated it supported a 25 to 40 per cent cut in emissions for developed countries beyond 2012.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said it was not the Government’s position.

Mr Crean, who is in Bali for trade talks today, says developing countries must agree to binding targets before Australia commits.

“Australia’s task is at the appropriate time to commit to targets but it’s also to try and secure binding commitments from developing countries,” he said.
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In China it is known as the “sacred doctrine” and it has become one of the country’s bestselling books. Yet it has nothing to do with the thoughts of Chairman Mao and its teachings have been in conflict with the forces of Communism for generations.

Demand for the Bible is soaring in China, at a time when meteoric economic growth is testing the country’s allegiance to Communist doctrine. Today the 50 millionth Bible will roll off the presses of China’s only authorised publisher, Amity Printing, amid public fanfare and celebration.

In the past, foreign visitors were discouraged from bringing Bibles into the country in case they received some heavy-handed treatment from zealous Customs officials.

Such is the demand in China for Bibles that Amity Printing can scarcely keep pace. Early next year it will move into a new, much...

Helmut Schmidt: “Dieser Weltklima-Rat hat sich selbst erfunden, den hat niemand eingesetzt. Die Bezeichnung Weltklima-Rat ist eine schwere Übertreibung. Diese ganze Debatte ist hysterisch, überhitzt, auch und vor allem durch die Medien. Klimatischen Wechsel hat es auf dieser Erde gegeben, seit es sie gibt…

Jetzt kann die Koalition der Mittelmäßigkeit beim SPIEGEL wieder ihren gefühlslinken Pamphletismus pflegen. Ein brillantes Stück von Wolf Lotter in der WELT, das übrigens auch auf andere große Medienhäuser zutrifft.