This is unacceptable, Sharia courts should be abolished, religious fanatics should not be allowed to decide how people live their lives
A constitutional court should be giving all the judgements
@TheRealOwner, don't attach my moniker to your nonsense next time okay, you people should please mind your business on this platform and stop dragging others
A man was flogged inside a mosque in Malaysia on Friday after being convicted of an Islamic offence for spending time alone with a woman who was neither his wife nor relative, state news reported.
The 42-year-old construction worker received six lashes in Terengganu, Malaysia’s conservative state, after being convicted by a Sharia court, according to the official Bernama news agency.
This was the first instance of a Sharia court-ordered whipping taking place outside of a court setting in Malaysia, the agency added.
An AFP journalist saw the man being brought to the mosque in a prison van after Friday prayers, wearing an orange inmate’s jumpsuit. He entered the mosque before a hushed crowd.
The caning, as punishment for the Islamic crime known as “khalwat”, took place inside the mosque after an audience of around 90 people was admitted.
Earlier this week, the Malaysian Bar Association expressed “profound concern” over the decision to flog the man.
“Such punishments strip individuals of their dignity,” the statement said.
However, spectator Mohd Sabri Muhammad expressed hope that the punishment would deter those “tempted to commit immoral acts.”
“Valentine’s Day, New Year’s – there are many opportunities for young people to engage in inappropriate behaviour,” the 37-year-old told AFP. Multi-ethnic Malaysia has a dual-track legal system, with Islamic courts handling certain matters for Muslim citizens.
Caning typically takes place on a fully-clothed person, and critics argue that it aims to humiliate as well as physically punish the recipient.
Sharia court-ordered caning is rare but not uncommon in Malaysia.
In 2018, two women convicted of violating religious laws by having sexual relations were caned in front of more than 100 spectators in an Islamic court.
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia stated last week that “punishments that inflict physical violence and public humiliation have no place in a modern justice system.”
South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo.
It worsens the political turmoil in the country which began after martial law was declared by former president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was also impeached earlier this month.
Han’s impeachment on Friday means he will be stripped of the powers and duties of the president until the Constitutional Court decides whether to dismiss or reinstate him.
The single-chamber National Assembly passed Han’s impeachment motion with a 192-0 vote.
Lawmakers with the governing People Power Party boycotted the vote and gathered around the podium where assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik was seated and shouted that the vote was “invalid” and demanded Woo's resignation.
The court is already reviewing whether to uphold Yoon's earlier impeachment.
Yoon’s martial law imposition, the first of its kind in more than four decades in South Korea, lasted only six hours, but has caused massive political tumult, halted diplomatic activities and rattled financial markets.
Yoon was forced to lift his decree after parliament unanimously voted to overturn it.
After declaring martial law, Yoon sent hundreds of troops and police officers to the parliament to try to impede its vote on the decree before they withdrew after the parliament rejected it.
He faced two impeachment votes in early December and was ousted in the second.
So israel didn't know that such a powerful figure was at the airport with all their Intel, or they knew and still went ahead to attack the airport not minding whether he dies or not
He should thank God for his life, a whole director general of world health organization
As we were about to board our flight from Sana’a, about two hours ago, the airport came under aerial bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was injured," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media. "At least two people were reported killed at the airport."
"The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge just a few meters from where we were and the runway were damaged," he said, adding that the mission needs to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before they can leave.
Tedros said he and his colleagues are safe and sent "heartfelt condolences" to the relatives of those who lost their lives in the attack.
The WHO chief and his colleagues were in Yemen to negotiate the release of UN staff detainees and assess the country's health and humanitarian situation, which concluded Thursday.
"We continue to call for the detainees' immediate release," he added.
Israeli warplanes launched a new wave of airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday evening amid rising regional tensions over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli media said.
The strikes targeted several strategic sites in Yemen, including Sanaa airport and the port of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen.
The Houthis have targeted Israeli cargo ships or those associated with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea with missiles and drones in a show of support with the Gaza Strip, where more than 45,000 people have been killed in Israel’s war since Oct. 7, 2023.
The outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday on Wednesday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect and unite, while Republican Donald Trump offered a holiday greeting and then took aim at his political opponents.
Pope Francis has launched a special jubilee year for Roman Catholics during a ceremony on Christmas Eve at the Vatican. The Pope marked the start of the jubilee by opening the usually bricked-up Holy Door at St Peter's Basilica.
Jubilees take place only once every 25 years, and more than 30 million pilgrims are expected to head to Rome to pass through the door and seek forgiveness for their sins.
South Korea says Pyongyang is reportedly preparing for ‘additional deployment of soldiers’ to aid Russia’s war efforts
More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) has said.
The announcement on Monday follows a report by Seoul’s spy agency to parliamentarians last week, which said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed since entering combat in December.
Pyongyang has sent thousands of soldiers to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year.
“Through various sources of information and intelligence, we assess that North Korean troops who have recently engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces have suffered around 1,100 casualties,” the JCS said in a statement.
Seoul, Washington and Kyiv have said there are approximately 12,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia.
Pyongyang is reportedly “preparing for the rotation or additional deployment of soldiers”, the JCS added.
Intelligence also suggests that the nuclear-armed North Korea is “producing and providing self-destructible drones” to Russia to further assist Moscow in its fight against Ukraine, JCS noted.
North Korea has also been accused of providing missiles and artillery shells to Russia.
North Korea and Russia have strengthened their military ties since the latter invaded Ukraine in February 2022. A landmark defence pact between Pyongyang and Moscow, signed in June, came into force this month.
Experts say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is eager to acquire advanced technology from Russia and battle experience for his troops.
On Thursday, Pyongyang lashed out at what it called “reckless provocation” by the United States and its allies for a joint statement criticising North Korea’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, including the deployment of troops.
Last month, South Korea and Ukraine also announced that they would deepen security cooperation in response to the “threat” posed by the deployment of North Korean troops, but there was no mention of potential arms shipments from Seoul to Kyiv.
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol said earlier in November that Seoul was “not ruling out the possibility of providing weapons” to Ukraine, which would mark a significant shift in its longstanding policy barring the sale of weapons to countries in active conflict.
nedekid: Lol, you asked the right question. The US prides itself on having firstclass IFF ie identification friend or foe. This is what radars on aircraft, shops, air defence use to identify friendly aircraft. Infact the targeting system will not lock on a friendly aircraft. The system is so distinct that the US installs them on radars they sell to allies so incase tomorrow eg Britain decides to fight the US, their anti aircraft batteries, , aircrafts etc will not be able to lock on US fighters and bombers. It is well know that the f16 owned by Turkey had such installed on the software running the targeting system so they cannot lock on Israeli f16, f15s. Turkey is claimed to have bypassed limitations. That said, it is impossible for US ship to fire on a US aircraft, by default it will not work as it will be identified as a friend, unless the system is bypassed. The Yemenis obviously shot down that jet. That have claimed so, but the US is too embarrassed to admit it.
Botragelad: You claim to have independent mind yet bank on inconsistency.
By the way, how does the timing of the incident necessarily imply a "whitewash" or cover-up? And what specific timing anomaly are you referring to? Be precise.
Instead of spouting off, can you provide any counter-evidence or alternative explanations that might challenge your current perspective on the incident?
Would you also be kind to explain how you would revise or update your opinion if new evidence emerged that contradicted your current perspective?🤷🏼
relax western boy.
If Houthis can fire ballistic missiles into israel, then what makes you think they cannot do this, f-18 is not even a stealth fighter, the incident happened immediately after the bombing of Yemeni capital Sanna which adds to my theory
Botragelad: It was really a case of friendly fire. Don't just swallow the Houthi's lies that they took down the US fighter jet.
Now, before you lot start going on and saying load of rubbish, just remember Russia's made these kind of mistake, even worse. Iran too, like that time they shot down that Ukrainian plane full of innocent civilians.
I have independent mind and I don't just believe everything, unlike you.
If you look at the timing of the incident, it looks like someone is trying to whitewash something, but whatever it is, more information will be out soon
An American fighter jet has been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the US military has said.
Both crew from the US Navy F/A-18 Hornet ejected safely, with one suffering minor injuries, according to Central Command.
The incident came after the US carried out a series of air strikes against a missile storage site and command facilities in the Yemeni capital Sanaa operated by Iran-backed Houthi militants.
US Central Command added it also hit multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea.
In a statement, US Central Command confirmed a "friendly fire" incident over the Red Sea.
"The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18, which was flying off the USS Harry S Truman," the statement said.
It is not clear whether the downed aircraft had been involved in the Yemen operation. Earlier Central Command said the strikes against targets in Sanaa aimed to "disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden"
The US military also said it struck "multiple Houthi one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles, or drones, and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea" using "US Air Force and US Navy assets, including F/A-18s".
The Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel group that controls north-western Yemen, began attacking Israeli and international shipping shortly after the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, saying they were acting in solidarity with Palestinians.
Since November 2023, Houthi missile attacks have sunk two vessels in the Red Sea and damaged others. They have claimed, often falsely, that they are targeting ships only linked to Israel, the US or the UK.
Last December, the US, UK and 12 other nations launched Operation Prosperity Guardian to protect Red Sea shipping lanes against the attacks.
I disagree with Obi on this, we should allow the authorities to do thorough investigation, we don't like taking responsibility when something bad happens, the organizers of these events should be questioned
I agree that our irresponsible leaders are the root cause of this, they also have their own blame
Nwaikpe: The pontiff stays in his palace in Rome, and knows only what is told of him.
People who are in full support of Israel, like Nigerian Christians, have been the ones that have felt the brunt of what the evil called Islam can do. And so therefore, will always support Israel.
stop supporting daylight genocide, it doesn't speak well of you
VATICAN CITY, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff for suggesting the global community should study whether the military offensive there constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people.
Francis opened his annual Christmas address to the Catholic cardinals who lead the Vatican's various departments with what appeared to be a reference to Israeli airstrikes on Friday that killed at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza.
"Yesterday, children were bombed," said the pope. "This is cruelty. This is not war. I wanted to say this because it touches the heart." The pope, as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is usually careful about taking sides in conflicts, but he has recently been more outspoken about Israel's military campaign against Palestinian militant group Hamas.
In book excerpts published last month, the pontiff said some international experts said that "what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide". Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli sharply criticised those comments in an unusual open letter published by Italian newspaper Il Foglio on Friday. Chikli said the pope's remarks amounted to a "trivialisation" of the term genocide.
Israel's foreign ministry said that Israel was defending itself against the cruelty exemplified by Hamas militants "hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children," holding 100 hostages and abusing them. Advertisement · Scroll to continue
"Unfortunately, the Pope has chosen to ignore all of this," the ministry said, adding that the "death of any innocent person in a war is a tragedy."
"Israel makes extraordinary efforts to prevent harm to innocents, while Hamas makes extraordinary efforts to increase harm to Palestinian civilians," the ministry said. Francis also said on Saturday that the Catholic bishop of Jerusalem, known as a patriarch, had tried to enter the Gaza Strip on Friday to visit Catholics there, but was denied entry.
The patriarch's office told Reuters it was not able to comment on the pope's remarks about the patriarch being denied entry. The Israeli military said on Saturday the patriarch's entry had been approved and he would enter Gaza on Sunday, barring any major security issues. Aid from the patriarch's office entered last week, the military said.
Israel allows clerics to enter Gaza and "works in cooperation with the Christian community to make it easier for the Christian population that remains in the Gaza Strip – including coordinating its removal from the Gaza Strip to a third country," a statement from the military said.
The war began when Hamas-led Palestinian militants attacked southern Israeli communities on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.
Israel's retaliatory campaign, which it says is aimed at eliminating Hamas, has killed more than 45,000 people, mostly civilians, according to authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. The campaign has displaced nearly the entire population and left much of the enclave in ruins.
Israel says that at least a third of the dead have been militants and says it tries to avoid harm to civilians but is battling militants who it accuses of embedding among the population in dense urban areas. Hamas rejects this. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign up here.
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