Girl arrested for allegedly burning Qur'an

 

A teenager from Birmingham has burned an English-language version of the Qur'an. The consequences: the girl has been arrested because this action might incite religious hatred. This 15-year-old girl was filmed burning the Qur'an in front of other students and after this she posted it on Facebook. Many teenagers saw this video and a 14-year-old boy wrote some threats on this video, that is why he has also been arrested. After arresting them they removed the video of this website. This is not the first time that some people burn the Qur'an book. A couple of months before a group of people did the same thing. They filmed themselves burning this book behind a pub in Tyneside. They were also arrested. Both of these cases have been incited by a Florida pastor who came with this idea after 9/11. He wanted to burn 200 books of the Qur'an, but after he was told that the US army in Afghanistan would be in danger if he did this, he retracted. After the incident of the teenager, the group who published the English version of the Qur'an went to the school to talk with students about this. According to the chief executive officer of the Muslim public affairs committee what the teenager did was the most disrespectful thing for Muslims, because this book is the most important thing for them. The teenagers have been released but they will interrogate them in the future.

Reaction: This is not the first time I read that some people burn the Qur'an book. I agree with the chief executive when she says that this is the most disrespectful action someone can do to the Muslim religion. We are in the 21 century and I do not think these sorts of actions can keep happening. There have to be limits, and I think if people continue doing these sorts of things they have to be punished more severely, otherwise they will never learn that they have to respect the religion of other people. I think everyone is free to choose their religion and to practice it without judgments.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/25/girl-arrested-allegedly-burning-quran

Police officer convicted of rape and indecent assault

This article is about the ex police officer Stephen Mitchell, of Northumbria police. He was sent to court because he has many accusations of raping women. This police officer had also served the army, and in those years he was charged with sexual assaults. Now they are investigating if the police department of Northumbria knew about the past of this Mitchell before they hired him. In a trial of 5 weeks, this man of 42 years old has been charged of 2 rapes, 3 sexual assaults and 3 misconducts in a public office. It is also told that his victims were heroin addicts, shoplifters and one disabled teenager. He used to lie that he would help them to get out of the Pilgrim Street police station, but in return they had to give him sexual favours. He also told a mother that if she did not do what he asked she will not get her children back from local authority care.  During the investigation some new discoveries came out. He had been punished in 2007 to having sex with women that he had met during his duties. He also could not work for 3 days because he was using the police computers to get information for personal issues. The police station finally fired him when the women charged him with serious sexual offences. The sentence is not yet revealed, but they have put this ex police man in an indeterminate sentence to protect the public. The police officers that worked with him said that Mitchell was a manipulative person, because he lied in his application form about the things that he had done in the army, because otherwise they would have never accepted him to work in Northumbria police.

 

Reaction: I cannot understand why this man was accepted in this police department without doing a better research on his past. I think this should be the most appropriate thing to do. This is not just a job, people trust in police officers so they should do more research before hiring police officers, otherwise this can keep happening. This man has abuse his position and has damaged the lives of many women.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/25/police-officer-convicted-rape

Toddler killed in Crewe house fire

A house went on fire in Cheshire and unfortunately a two-year-old boy died. The fire crews were called before 9.00am to a terraced house in Myrtle Street, Crewe. Immediately 4 of the firefighters went into the house and came out with the kid of two years old. They found him in the bedroom, but he was already dead. He was not the only child in that house, a baby and a three-year-old, were also in there. Their mother lowered them from the first floor window to their neighbours. Many people were taken to hospital. These two children, the parents, and two neighbours. Now the police are investigating the cause of the fire. They believe it all started in a back bedroom. The group manager at Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said that when the help arrived it was an extremely chaotic scene, many neighbours were in the street and the house was all on fire. He also said that the idea of getting the children out of the house saved their lives. He advises people to get smoke alarms in their homes, because this can avoid this sort of tragedy.

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This is a real tragedy, I cannot imagine how the parents of this baby boy are feeling right know. This is why I do not like to read the news; they only have bad things going on. It is really hard to understand why a baby can dies like this. I think it was irresponsible of the parents, because how could the fire start? I agree with the group manager when he says that people should try to prevent these accidents by getting smoke alarms. This might not be the solution but it can help.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11806392

Prince William involved in Snowdon rescue

After 48 hours of announcing his engagement with Kate, Prince William went to rescue a walker with chest pains in North Wales. He was the pilot of the helicopter who went to rescue this man. The rescue was made by a four-man crew on board who went to help Greg Watkins who was stuck at 914 meters up Wales its highest peak. They winched Mr. Watkins onto the helicopter and took them to the hospital in Bangor. It is also said that this man suffered a heart attack and that is why they operated him. Mr Watkins was a gym worker of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent. He said that if it was not for this crew he should not be alive right know. He also told that he did not know that Prince William was flying the helicopter until they landed at the hospital. It was the winchman who whispered to him that Prince William was the person who had flown him there. Prince William was called out on the rescue mission within five hours of returning to RAF Valley. Six months earlier, William and Kate decided to rent a cottage on Anglesey, close to the RAF base.

Reaction: I am really impressed what Prince William did. He was supposed to be celebrating his engagement with his fiancé, but instead of this he went to rescue a man. This action make you see that Prince William is a responsible person and that he will work no matter in which situation he is. His duty comes first.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11805613

News: South Africa honeymoon murder victim’s family ‘shock’

The family of a British man whose wife was killed in a carjacking on their honeymoon in South Africa say they are shocked by the incident. Shrien and Anni Dewani, who had been married for two weeks, were kidnapped at gunpoint near Cape Town on Saturday. Mr Dewani was later released unharmed. His wife's body was found the next day. At the couple's home in Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol. Western Cape police spokesman Traut said the couple's taxi had been hijacked in a township 15km from Cape Town by two armed men at 2300 local time. The driver was forced out of the vehicle then the two armed men took off with the vehicle with the couple inside. Mr Dewani of 31 year old was dropped off at midnight in Harare, an area of the township of Khayelitsha. A passing motorist took him to a police station where he raised the alarm. A search was conducted and Mrs Dewani, 28, was found dead on the back seat of the car in Lingelethu West, with injuries to her head and chest. Mr Traut said a post-mortem examination would be conducted to determine the exact cause of death.

According to the government of this country, all of the citizens are facing difficult time in the country, and this could happen to anyone.

Reaction: What I can say about this tragic incident is that it is true that it could happen to anyone. But it is also strange that these men didn’t rob the car or anything of their money. It is very sad what happened, but I think if the couple did not knew the place too well they should not have had to go alone at that time of the night out. Africa is a poor country and this couple should have been more careful and at least talk to people of the hotel and ask for some advise.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-11756217

Phil Woolas ejected from parliament over election slurs

The former immigration minister Phil Woolas had lied during the general election about his Liberal Democrat opponent, and this will have implications for the next campaigns. This party says that lying should not play part in elections. Elwyne, one of the members of the opponent party, says that Woolas misled the vote of the people in Oldham East. He told them that Watkins was an Islamic extremists in the last days of the election. He also lied about Watkins's intention to live in the constituency. All this has been sustain by emails that the court found between Woolas's team. He has lost his seat in the Commons and is barred for three years. The Labour party also has suspended him because they do not support the fact that he had lie to win. Now the party is concern if the action of Woolas can affect the party in a negative way. It is also mentioned that the ruling on this case can change the way elections are fought.

Woolas has to pay the claim of Watkins of the mocked-up newspapers. Shamash, who frequently acts for the Labour party has said that this decision will absolutely chill political speech. Woolas will be suspend from the party, but they don’t will take action against him. The Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that this is a reminder to all politicians that it is important to fight but never with lies.

 

Reaction: I completely agree with the decision of the Labour Party by suspening this minister. You cannot lie about someone only because you want to win. They have to be limits in everything and I think that by punishing this minister the other ones who also do this sort of things will see that it’s not accepted and tolerated.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/05/phil-woolas-ejected-parliament-election