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Case of Quetta tragedy lodged after 30-hour delay
The case of one of Pakistan's worst bomb blasts in Quetta has been registered 30 hours after the tragic incident, said police.
According to police, the FIR of the remote controlled bomb blast at Karani Road on Saturday has been registered.
It may be noted here that the massive explosion executed through a remote controlled devise killed 83 people including women and children and injured over 180 injured.
No One is serious in holding talks. Maulana Samiul Haq
Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam (S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq has said that neither the Taliban nor the Awami National Party (ANP) are serious in holding talks.
Speaking to media after attending multi-party conference organized by the ANP on Thursday, he said conferences and Fatwas would not help resolving the issue of terrorism.
He said his party supported the Taliban for their struggle against occupation forces, adding that negotiations should be held between the militia and the government without any pre-condition.
The cleric said US President Barrack Obama had announced to end war in Afghanistan and Pakistan should also do so, a reference to Obama’s announcement to reduce US troops in Afghanistan.
Australian Party candidate rejects halal meat, doesn't want his money to 'go to the Muslim community'
A candidate for Bob Katter's fledgling political party declared his preference for buying ''guaranteed non-halal meat'' so his money does not ''go to the Muslim community''.
Jamie Cavanough, who is standing for Katter's Australian Party in Sydney's most marginal federal seat, Greenway, is under fire for the apparently divisive comments he made to a community forum in one of the city's most ethnically diverse areas.
Katter's Australian Party played down the comments on Friday, describing them as a non-issue.
Mr Cavanough made his comments on Saturday, less than a fortnight after controversy in the Greenway community over plans for a supposed Muslim enclave, dubbed ''Halal housing'', in Riverstone.
Mr Cavanough posted on the Riverstone Community Group forum, which has 732 members on Facebook: ''Can anyone advise me where I can buy Guaranteed NON halal lamb for Australia day.''
When a forum user suggested he might try a butcher, Mr Cavanough replied: ''have not asked yet, just wondering if anyone new [sic] of any, I would prefer to always buy non halal as proceeds of halal goes to the Muslim community.''
And in a separate post, Mr Cavanough called on people to sign a petition against a supposed plan by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to scrap the name Australia Day in favour of Harmony Day, saying ''the Muslim church is in favour of this''. The Prime Minister's office confirmed there was no such proposal.
Mr Cavanough told Fairfax Media he was simply looking for a better deal on meat and his comments were not racially motivated.
''In my view, and it's not the view of any party, I want to be able to purchase a product that has not been faced to a god that I don't believe in and blessed,'' he said.
Another Nazi graffiti attack on a French mosque
The Collectif contre l'Islamophobie en France reports that there has been yet another fascist graffiti attack on a French mosque, this time at Provins in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On Saturday morning worshippers found six red swastikas sprayed on the walls and doors of the building. The CCIF points out that this follows a similar attack only a week ago at Ozoir-La-Ferrière.
French interior minister Manuel Valls has issued a statement condemning the incident and declaring his support for the Muslim community, but the CCIF dismisses this as just words, when what is needed is action. They add that Valls himself, with his expulsion of preachers, his talk of the Republic's "essential struggle" against the veil, and his treatment of French Muslims as the enemy within, has helped to legitimise Islamophobic acts.
New Zealand MP: Ban Muslims from flights
New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser has spoken out in defence of his "Wogistan" rant which has been slammed as racist by Muslim leaders and politicians.
In a column for Investigate Magazine, the Waimakariri list MP suggested young Muslims shouldn't be allowed to travel on Western airlines because "most terrorists are Muslims".
"If you are a young male, aged between say about 19 and about 35, and you're a Muslim, or you look like a Muslim, or you come from a Muslim country, then you are not welcome to travel on any of the West's airlines," he wrote.
Prime Minister John Key was "appalled" by the comments, while the New Zealand Muslim Association called them "senseless".
But in an interview with Newstalk ZB's political editor Barry Soper, Mr Prosser stood by his controversial stance.
He denied that the use of "Wogistan" was racist, citing mentions of it being a "mythical place", which could even have been "a real place".
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