Racists made life hell, says son of murder accused Habib Khan: Years of misery endured by a Pakistani family living next door to British National Party activists were outlined yesterday in the murder trial of a Muslim man accused of stabbing his far-right neighbour to death in the street. [Times]
Al Jazeera English Tries to Extend Its Reach: The English-language offshoot of Al Jazeera, the Arabic television news network, is pushing for a “breakthrough” that would make the channel available to American TV viewers and help it move beyond a turbulent start-up phase, according to its new managing director, Tony Burman. [NYT]
CONTROVERSY OVER ‘LENIENT’ SENTENCE German Muslim Sentenced for Stabbing Rabbi: An Afghanistan-born German Muslim has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail after he stabbed a rabbi in a Frankfurt street last September. The Jewish cleric believes the man was trying to kill him and that the sentence is too lenient. [Spiegel]
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