Showing posts with label muslim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label muslim. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 September 2012

Police in Antwerp, Belgium arrest 120 in anti-US protest (video)


200 Muslim protesters gathered in the city center of Antwerp on Sunday, protesting against the US-made film 'The Innocence of Muslims.'
Digital Journal has reported on the various protests breaking out in outrage over the film in countries all over the Middle East, and now spreading to other areas... read more and watch video.

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Muslim American claims detention and torture by FBI


Naturalized U.S. citizen Yonas Fikre claims that he was detained in the United Arab Emirates last year and was tortured by FBI agents.
The Muslim American stated that he was beaten, kept in solitary confinement for over 3 months and threatened with death, before being released. He claims he was charged in connection with a terror plot in Portland, Oregon.
Fikre's family is Eritrean and moved to the U.S. when Fikre was 12. He then moved to Portland in 2006.
According to AP, Fikre states that his interrogators usually came in the morning to his concrete cell. As he was blindfolded, he only caught glimpses of their shoes.  He states that they beat the soles of his feet with hoses and sticks.... read full article and view video interview.