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Friday, November 10, 2006

Ramadan "Trophies"

Fox News

An Indonesian militant on trial in Jakarta is charged with masterminding the murder of three Christian high school girls whose heads were cut off as "trophies" for Ramadan.

The girls' severed heads were dumped in plastic bags, along with a handwritten note that said: "Wanted, 100 more Christian heads, teenaged or adult, male or female."

The suspect is said to have considered bombings during Ramadan, but decided that beheading Christians would qualify as "an act of Muslim charity." He faces the death penalty if convicted.

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