Day: June 23, 2017

Khieu Samphan One of the former leaders of the regime “Khmer Rouge”, Khieu Samphan, the formal head of Kampuchea in the years 1976-1979, has been the main leader of Pol Pot. It is reported by the Phnom Penh Post. According to him, representatives of the movement had not carried out the genocide. “The Communist party of Kampuchea did not destroy their own people!” he said the last word in court in Phnom Penh, considering the accusations of mass killings of Vietnamese propaganda. Materials on теме00:June 09 — 15“to Destroy them completely, killing and taking slaves”Why not every massacre can be called a genocide According to him, the purpose of government was not to make people slaves of Pol Pot, and to raise the country and recover its economy after the civil war. The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia (then called Kampuchea) from 1975 to 1979 until he was overthrown by Vietnamese

The van driver who committed a hit-and-run near London Muslim mosque near Finsbury Park, charged with terrorism, murder and attempted murder. About it reports Reuters. 19 Jun 47-year-old Darren Osborne, who was driving the car, pointed it at the group of believers that appeared after evening prayers from the mosque. In result one person was lost, 11 more got wounds. Eyewitnesses said that the man shouted: “I will kill the Muslims!” He was arrested at the scene. Prime Minister Theresa may has condemned the crime. The next day newspaper the Independent reported that the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) urged his supporters to take revenge for the attempted mass murder of Muslims in London. “Oh Muslims, you need to Wake up, the war is already on your street, right outside the walls of mosques. Lose your parents, your sisters”, — quotes the edition

Turkish high school students will no longer teach the theory of evolution. About it reports The Guardian. “We believe this topic is beyond the understanding of the students,” said education Minister Alpaslan durmush. According to him, the idea of evolution is too controversial and complex, and because of the textbooks of 9th class it will be removed. Talk about it only to students. This decision was criticised by secular segments of society: in their view, life in the country is increasingly exposed to the influence of religious institutions and the legacy of the founder of the modern Turkish state — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk — is gradually forgotten. Turkish media, according to the Guardian, also reported that the new educational programmes of the country about Ataturk tell to be less about Islam and more.