Thursday 10 April 2014

Around the Muslim World on Friday 11 April 2014

NEWS
Muslim panels try to shed a light on a diverse religious group
SAN JOSE -- Nearly 13 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,Muslims in America -- and the 250,000 living in the Bay Area -- still face fear, reprisals ...


Muslims to play key role in Indian elections
With elections now underway in India, the Muslim vote is of vital importance to the outcome. The country's single largest religious minority makes up 14 ...
The Punch
What a Muslim-Muslim ticket will do for Nigeria in 2015
The question of whether a mono-religious presidential cum vice-presidential ticket (such as aMuslim-Muslim combination) will fly in Nigeria shows, ...
India.com
Muslims wary of Modi, fondly remember Vajpayee (Election Special)
Muslim voters are by and large wary of Narendra Modi but say they would have happily voted for the BJP if it had Atal Bihari Vajpayee as its prime ...

The Daily Star
Muslim Brotherhood trying to "infiltrate" Egypt elections, says anti-Morsi camp
He said: “We uncovered an attempt by around 200Muslim Brotherhood members to infiltrate our party in Al Sharqia Governorate . . . We refused to ...
The Daily Star
Muslim vote crucial factor in India polls
HOW India's 138 million Muslims -- its largest minority and world's third-largest -- will vote bears significance in an election where the frontrunner, ...


The Muslim Brotherhood has been exposed - and so has Britain
The British move to launch an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood's activities is a step in the right direction. The move came very late and the ...


Muslim Brotherhood inquiry could 'discredit' UK, peers warn
Peers have suggested that an inquiry ordered by the prime minister into the Muslim Brotherhood's UK operations is being made in the interests of ...

Islam critic and feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali hits back at Brandeis University after they withdraw planned ...
Ayaan Hirsi Al, a vocal critic of Islam and staunch feminist, has today hit back at a Massachusetts university which withdrew its offer of an honorary ...


#ThrowbackThursday: Yusuf Islamaka Cat Stevens “The First Cut is the Deepest”
Yusuf Islam, who went by the stage name Cat Stevens prior to changing his name in 1978 after converting to Islam, will be inducted into the Rock ...


Islam Awareness Week Events Scheduled at UW
April 9, 2014 — Events to raise awareness of Islamic culture are scheduled through Sunday, April 13, at the University of Wyoming. The UW Muslim ...
Saudi Gazette
He asked about Islam Part 1
An American high school student was given the homework assignment to interview someone from a different faith, and he chose Muslims; he chose ...


The New 'Islam For Journalists' Handbook Whitewashes Jihad
Political Correctness: "Top academic experts on Islam" have issued new reporting guidelines for newsrooms to improve the "accuracy" of media ...


BLOGS
Muslims shut down university screenings of film about Islam and women « Why Evolution Is True
Why Evolution Is True  whyevolutionistrue
It's a tactic used by CAIR and others to successfully and often indefinitely quiet any criticism of Islam, even when it's shining light upon the practice of ...


Searching for the church of Islam « The Immanent Frame
The Immanent Frame  Amr Ezzat
Currently, the Ministry of Endowments is instituting strict policies aimed at tightening its exclusive control over all Islamic rites and mosque-centered ...

Bactria and the Transition to Islam — a workshop: 10 – 11 May, 2014 | Ancient India & Iran Trust
Ancient India & Iran Trust  indiairantrust
This workshop will be held on Saturday 10th May – Sunday 11th May, 2014 at the Ancient India and Iran Trust, 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge ...

WEB
BBC News - 'War on Islam' advocate in college row
In 2007, Ms Ali told Reason magazine that Islam needs to be defeated: "I think that we are at war with Islam. And there's no middle ground in wars.".


'You Want to Silence': Megyn Challenges CAIR Member Over Campaign Against Islam Critic | Fox ...
She has endured death threats for speaking out against Islam. Recently, she executive produced and starred in a documentary called, "Honor Diaries.

Wednesday 9 April 2014

Around the Muslim on Thursday 10 April 2014


Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                                                                    


Source : Religion Dispatches

                                                                                                 

NEWS
The Malay Mail Online
Indonesia's Islamic parties surprise with strong showing in election
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Islamic political parties are poised to grab a larger-than-expected share of the vote in Wednesday's general election, ...


Convert from Islam in Uganda, former Sheikh, says Muslim relatives poisoned him
Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in a village in eastern Uganda last week tried to poison him to death, the Christian told Morning Star News.
“Education in Islam” appears in Serbian
TEHRAN – A Serbian version of “Education in Islam”, written by Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari has been published in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Radical Islam followers from Europe, Central Asia fight for Syrian militants - Bortnikov
"Local rings are being joined by radical Islam followers from Europe, Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Russia. They are trained in special camps ...
Anchorage Daily News
U.S. blacklists Islam group allegedly linked to Egypt attack on Koreans
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government announced a decision Wednesday to blacklist an Islamic militant group apparently behind a ...

BLOGS
Islam critic: Brandeis turned honor into 'shaming' - US news - Mail.com
A Somali-born advocate for Muslim women who has made comments critical of Islam says Brandeis (BRAN'-dys) University is turning an intended ...

Social Transformation in Islam: Reform or Revolution? | UTLUB-ul-'ILM (Seek Knowledge)
UTLUB-ul-'ILM (Seek Knowledge)  tahirfarrath
Contemporary Islamic movements display considerable confusion in this regard. They believe that Islam aims at the extermination of falsehood and ...

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Around the Muslim World on Wednesday 9 April 2014


Source : Religion Dispatches


                                                                                                    



                                                                                



                                                                          


NEWS
The Nation

In a rare show of solidarity with the Hindu community, Islamic scholars of the Deobandi and Barelvi schools of thought staged a protest rally on ...
A documentary following Muslim-American comedians as they tour middle America, with a goal of combating fear of Muslims, will be screened ...
MANILA, Philippines – The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines says it has formed a political party as it turns away from a decades-long ...
With an eye toward the 2016 election, the radical Muslim Brotherhood has built the framework for a political party in America that seeks to turn Muslims ...
CHANNELS

In a statement by its Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, the organisation said that the dimension of extra judicial killing of Muslims by the ...
Pastor Terry Jones walks into a Lakeland courtroom onTuesday. He accepted a plea agreement that will prohibit him from returning to Polk County for ...


In the collection of stories “Salaam, Love,” Muslim men talk about growing up in the U.S. and their American-Muslim search for love, sex and intimacy.

The Standard Digital News

Mombasa, Kenya: Muslim and Christian leaders in Kwale and Mombasa have said a massive intelligence failure and lack of investment in modern ...

Meet Ayesha Islam a homemaker who broke the political barrier
Ayesha Islam | SP candidate from Bareilly: Born in a conservative Muslim family of Bareilly, she grew up in Sharia governed Saudi Arabia.

Aina Khan delivers Women, Islam and Sharia speech at Cardiff County Hall 5th April 2014
Aina Khan delivered her speech to a full capacity audience at the Conference and dinner, which was held at the Cardiff County Hall on 5th April 2014.
Onislam.net

What Freedom Does Islam Give?
Islam gives mankind the motivation to break free from the chains of all of today's social ills. However, with freedom comes responsibility and dedication ...

1000 Christian, Hindu girls forced to convert to Islamevery year in Pakistan: report
Around 1,000 Christian and Hindu women in Pakistan are forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim men every year, says a report released by ...
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Islamic scholar visiting Centenary
Zamir's work involves Shi'ite religious thought and a range of studies inIslamic mysticism and ethics. He is also interested in interfaith dialogue and ...


BLOGS

Aga Khan Urges The West To Understand Islam'sDiversity | Weekly Voice | Ismailimail
Ismailimail  Ismailimail Blog
By Dilzayn Panjwani Ottawa: February 27 was a red letter day in the history of Canadian Parliament, as His Highness the Aga Khan, delivered a ...
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Renaissance Utterances: Islam in an Age of Confessionalisation
Renaissance Utterances  Clareangela
This one on Islam and Christianity in the Early Modern World, presented by Jan Loop caught my eye, as this topic has been on my study to-do list for a ...

Around the Muslim World on Tuesday 8 April 2014


Source : Reuters
State Bank of Pakistan
                                                                                               

Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                                                


Source : Religion Dispatches

NEWS
New York Daily News
A Michigan public school district has angeredMuslim parents by handing out a flyer promoting an Easter egg hunt at a local church. Moms and dads ...
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, issued a statement about its ...
The Jewish-Muslim Community Dialogue was founded by Stephanie Hertz, left. At right is her partner in the group, Shazia Chaudhry of Cheshire.
Haaretz
Belonging can be defined as feeling the sameness of essential characteristics among a certain group of people, whereas identity is the relation ...


It was Iowa Muslim day at the Iowa Capitol on Monday with Muslimssharing pastries and other ethnic foods in the Rotunda while providing information ...
Imran Husain and Sayeed Khan want to help Muslims lighten up and non-Muslims wise up with their Chicago-based website, “The Okra,” where ...
Western Journalism
Otherwise, this commentary won't make much sense to you. The Muslims put up a series of billboards in Columbus, Ohio declaring “Jesus IsMuslim.”.

The Muslim world can achieve marvels through unity of the Ummah. Any plausible initiative aimed at the good of the Muslim Ummah can only start ...

Political Islam Struggles in Indonesia, a Nation of Muslims
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Last September, ultraconservative Islamic groups telegraphed their power, railing against an international beauty contest until ...


Syria's Assad says political Islamproject has failed
DAMASCUS: The "project of political Islam has failed," Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday, calling for the separation of religion from ...

Prague Post
Czech kids to learn more aboutIslam
The seminars, including games, are to provide information to Czech kids and dismiss certain prejudices and stereotypes linked to Islam, the paper ...
Daily Mail
Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad has said it would be a betrayal of Islam if Muslims voted for the ...
"Casting vote for the Congress would be a betrayal of Islam and cheating with the 12th and the final Imam of the Shias who was on a mission to bring ...
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Is this our idea of a fortress of Islam?
Islam in today's world should not be about obscure points of doctrine, fiqh and Shariah. Mujtahids and reformers have been at the reconstruction of ...


Condolence reference at Anjuman Faizul Islam
Rawalpindi: Speakers at a condolence reference in memory of predecessors of Anjuman Faizul Islam (AFIR), held in connection with the 71st ...


BUT WILL RULING BE OVER-TURNED? Hindu mother wins custody of children converted to Islam ...
The Seremban High Court today granted custody of two children to their Hindu mother after they had been converted to Islam by their father without ...


BLOGS

Far-Right Jobbik Election Gains – Leader has called Islam “Last Hope of Humanity”. | Tendance ...
Tendance Coatesy  Andrew Coates
"Islam is the last hope for humanity in the darkness of globalism and liberalism." The Guardian Reports, Hungarians handed prime minister Viktor ...


Islam the opera: curtain up on Clusters of Light about life of Prophet Muhammad - Why Islam
877-WHY-ISLAM  saulat
By Peter Walker and Susan Schulman It was quite a challenge, even for the crack team of theatrical experts summoned from around the world: less ...


important to know - how to disprove Islam - Theology Online | Christian Forums & More
In two places the Quran is saying that g-d gave Jewish people the holy land (surat 5:21, 17:104) since all what the Imams talk about is the Invasion of ...