6. News Bytes:

Hamas founder’s son decries Islamic ‘god of hate’

The Washington Times reports that Mosab Hassan Yousef, whose father Sheikh Hassan Yousef is leading imam within Hamas, denounced the god of Islam.  Speaking at a dinner for the Endowment for Middle East Truth, he said ‘the god of Islam is the god of hate.’

Yousef came to the United States in 2007 and recently published his memoir, The Son of Hamas, detailing his recruitment by Israel’s domestic intelligence and security service Shin Bet.

Mr. Yousef faces potential deportation due to charges labeling him a terrorist affiliated with Hamas.  Mr. Yousef considers himself a devout Christian and blames the religion of Islam for instigating violence in the Middle East.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/23/hamas-founders-son-decries-islamic-god-hate/

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Governor to convene summit on immigration

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Governor Gary Herbert of Utah will summon an immigration summit this month.  He hopes to have members from various minority communities, the business community, various faith-based organizations and legislators present at the meeting.

Republican State Rep. Stephen Sandstrom said he plans to implement a revised version of Arizona’s new immigration law requiring local police officers to enforce federal immigration laws.

Governor Herbert hopes his roundtable discussion will provide an open forum for respectful dialogue about immigration.  He expects to sign some form of immigration legislation into law at the end of the next legislative session, but he emphasizes that it will be a Utah immigration law, not a copy of Arizona’s law.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/49862458-76/immigration-governor-church-herbert.html.csp

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Mexican murder suspect: US consulate infiltrated

The Associated Press reports that Jesus Ernesto Chavez, a drug-cartel enforcer, has told officials that a woman who worked in the Mexican border’s biggest US consulate had helped a rival drug gang obtain American visas. For that, he ordered her killed.

The employee, Lesley Enriquez, and two other people connected to the US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez were killed March 13 in simultaneous attacks. A US federal official said that after the killings US officials investigated possible corruption involving Enriquez, but found none. The official said the motive behind the killing remained unclear. Officials have previously said that Enriquez was never in a position to provide visas and worked in a section that provides basic services to US citizens in Mexico.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

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