Around the Muslim World on Friday 18 April 2014

EU member speaks out on persecution of minorities in Pakistan - A plenary speech at

                                                                           

Religious minorities in Pakistan

Source : Huffington Post

                                                                                 

NEWS

	MSN Malaysia News Islamic followers will be divided if religion deviates, says Dr Mahathir MSN Malaysia News If Islam becomes a forceful, cruel religion that prioritises sects over the Quran, the faithful will be divided, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir ...
	Islam on track--Stealing our children with Common Core RenewAmerica The more I research, interview victims, and look at the real lesson plans, I realize that this is a direct and evil plan of Islam, Communism, and the New ...
	Telegraph.co.uk 'Angry and fiery' Hamza preached jihad, court is told Telegraph.co.uk The radical Islamic cleric accused of running a global terrorist network from his north London mosque would authorise followers to travel to ...
	The Indian Republic Jamaat-E-Islam Hind Declares Support For “Secular” Candidates The Indian Republic In a letter dated on April 14, the Islamicorganization urged the voters to defeat “fascist” forces and declared its support to “secular” candidates.
	Dr Mahathir: Kassim Ahmad's arrest wrongly portrays Islam as 'hard and unmerciful' The Star Online PETALING JAYA: The arrest of social activist Kassim Ahmad for allegedly insulting Islam portrays the religion as "hard and unmerciful", former prime ...
	Islamic enclaves in America Heritage Florida Jewish News Many Islamic leaders have repeatedly stated loud and clear that Islam will dominate the world. To achieve this goal, where Muslims migrate, frequently ...
	Calls mount for coalition between Islamic parties Jakarta Post A coalition claiming to represent Islamic mass organizations has called onIslamic-based political parties to form an alliance and endorse their own ...

Boston Globe Inclusive spirit reassures Muslims after bombings Boston Globe Sept. 11, 2001, ruptured 13-year-old Hamza Syed's world. Being Muslim instantly became the only part of his identity that seemed to matter; kids at his ...
	Muslim drivers at Cleveland airport refuse to drive cabs with Gay Games advertising Fox News Roughly 25 Muslim drivers dispatched to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport are refusing to drive cabs adorned with advertising for the region's ...
	NDTV Being Muslim Under Narendra Modi New York Times AHMEDABAD, India — Late last month I bought an Indian comic book online. I hadn't bought one since the mid-80s, when I was a boy and would walk ...
	Daily Caller Muslim seminary names its library in honor of Osama bin Laden Daily Caller Pakistan is an overwhelmingly Muslim country. Over 95 percent of the country's residents identify with Islam. Of those, between 85 and 90 percent ...
	Despite suspicions, Muslims determined to run in Monday's Boston Marathon Washington Post Ask Jalon Fowler, a 38-year-old IT specialist for John Hancock Financial Services, what advice she would give to two Muslim friends who will each be ...
	Nigerian Tribune Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram kidnap 100 schoolgirls, all but 8 free now The Global Dispatch Muslim terrorists have abducted at least 100 Nigerian schoolgirls on Monday at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok. Nigerian police ...
	The Nation Anti-Muslim suspicion in UK has a whiff of McCarthyism about it The Nation The minister responsible, Michael Gove, has managed at a stroke to increase fear and suspicion between Muslim and non-Muslim in the city. The fact ...

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	Can Islam be used to subjugate the rights of non-Muslims? | Malaysia Today Malaysia Today ⋅ admin-s In the case of S Deepa versus Izwan Abdullah over the custody of their two children Sharmila, 9, and Mithran, 6, who were converted to Islam without ...
	Answering Muslims: Christianity's Good Friday vs.Islam's Day of Deception Answering Muslims ⋅ David Wood But Islam preaches a different message about what happened that day. According to Islam, Allah deceived people by miraculously disguising one of ...
	Barack Obama, in his own words, on Islam and Christianity - Bookworm Room Bookworm Room ⋅ Bookworm Obama on Islam: 1. “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”. 2. “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”.
	Islam and the fate of others | Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger ⋅ dinobeano Given the lack of faith placed in the scholarship of any official Islamicreligious body in Malaysia people may find it a better use of their time to educate ...
	Marathon bombings contradict teachings of Islam | Muslim Writers Guild of America Muslim Writers Guild of America ⋅ Muslim Writers Guild of America One year removed from the Boston Marathon bombings, people raise eyebrows about Muslims' loyalty to the United States or Islam's viewpoint on ...
	Exposing Islam.: IERA (ISLAMIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACADEMY) Exposing Islam. ⋅ English kaffir. iERA is short for The Islamic Education and Research Academy who are based in London. But don't let respectable sounding name fool you because ...
	Feminism in Islam | The Muslim Times The Muslim Times ⋅ Falak Rahman Whereas Islamic feminism means is a form of feminism concerned with the role ofwomen in Islam. It aims for the full equality of all Muslims, regardless ...

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	Islam and Science: An Educational Approach - What's on Events - American University of Sharjah aus.edu American University of Sharjah (UAE) and the Université Interdisciplinaire de Paris (France) are pleased to announce the workshop "Islam and ... Flag as irrelevant
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Around the Muslim World on Thursday 17 April 2014

What is Blood Moon?

Source : Christian Science Monitor

                                                                                 

Earth like planet found.

Source : Christian Science Monitor

                                                      

NEWS

	Muslims in New York City Unite on Push to Add Holidays to School Calendar New York Times Students at a forum held in March at Public School 69 in Jackson Heights, Queens, calling on New York City's public schools to recognizeMuslim ...
	Hindustan Times After Jayalalithaa's barb, Modi picksMuslim as speech translator Hindustan Times BJP prime minister candidate Narendra Modi had aMuslim woman functionary of the BJP to translate his speech in rallies in Tamil Nadu on ...
	Wall Street Journal The Muslim Brotherhood The Economist (blog) THE global Muslim Brotherhood is an elusive phenomenon, whether you are looking at its Middle Eastern heartland or its ideological offshoots ...
	WND.com Muslim violence surges for Easter week WND.com A source with knowledge of the Boko HaramMuslim terror attacks on Christians in Nigeria says the violence is being stepped up now because it is ...
	presents Muslim comic Bay Area Reporter Shazia Mirza was raised in a strict Muslim environment. Raised in London by Pakistani parents, she's a trained biochemist who likes to make people ...
	The Guardian Muslim students divided on sharia-compliant loans The Guardian Muslim students are divided about government moves to introduce student loans that comply with sharia law. While some have welcomed university ...
	The Guardian Anti-Muslim suspicion in Britain has a whiff of McCarthyism about it The Guardian Birmingham Central Mosque. 'Muslims feel under siege, while being accused of besieging an unwitting and overly tolerant majority who in turn will be ...
	Haaretz South Africa Muslim leader accuses rival party of paid-for pro-Israel stance Haaretz Al Jama-ah was founded in 2007, with the explicit agenda of supporting Muslim interests and in getting South Africa to uphold Muslim (sharia) law.

	Islam is the final expression of Adam's religion Arab News A winner of the 2003 Wilbur Award for best book of the year on a religious theme, author and poet appearing on Ted Koppel's “Nightline” documenting ...
	Defining Islam: Religion, political system or way of life? DigiNews CHARLOTTE, NC, April 17, 2014 – Question of the day, or perhaps the century, “Is Islam a religion?” A specific religion is difficult to classify because ...
	gulfnews.com When Islam shone its light on Europe gulfnews.com Eventually, Islam disappeared from the Peninsula, with the Muslim population dwindling to zero once the expulsion orders came. As the Portuguese ...
	Onislam.net Islam and Civic Engagement Onislam.net This covenant was signed during a tumultuous period in Pre-Islamic Arabia. Makkan society was recovering from the Battle of Fijar. The impact of the ...
	GreaterKashmir.com Anjuman-e-Nusratul Islam hosts Seerat program GreaterKashmir.com Srinagar, Apr 17: Historic Anjuman-e-NusratulIslam Higher Secondary School in Shaher-e-Khaas Thursday held a Seerat program on the Life of ...
	Feminism in Islam Pakistan Observer Whereas Islamic feminism means is a form of feminism concerned with the role of women in Islam. It aims for the full equality of all Muslims, regardless ...
	IndiaGlitz 'Raja Rani' actor converts to Islam? IndiaGlitz Music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja created a sensation by announcing his decision to convert toIslam religion a few months ago. Though it is a ...
	Dowry in Islam Pakistan Observer Friday, April 18, 2014 - In early Islamic period, marriage was a simple affair, without pomp or ceremony. The expenditure incurred in its performance ...
	Washington Times Attacks, rapes and forced conversions to Islam spike for Egypt's Christian women: report Washington Times A new report by the non-profit group International Christian Concern asserts that the risk of Egypt's Christian women being attacked and forced to ...
	BLOGS
	Islam and Human Rights | FrontPage Magazine FrontPage Magazine » FrontPage ⋅ Majid Rafizadeh Recently, I met a Syrian Salafist while speaking to Leaders of Democracy Fellows about Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Islam and human ...
	Israel Thrives: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Israel Thrives ⋅ Mike L. I am admittedly painting with broad brushes here, but it is probably fair to say in this point in human history that Judaism, Christianity, and Islamtake ...
	Interfaith outreach in Malaysia: Judge says huge Hindu, Buddhist statues an affront to Islam : Jihad ... Jihad Watch ⋅ Robert Spencer “Islam forbids images (of gods). Here, you allow images of Buddha in the country. That's not consistent with Islam. But if you cover it up, you can allow ...

Around the Muslim World on Wednesday 16 April 2014

Sharia, like any other law, can only work as well as those who implement it.

Source : Chicago Tribune

                                                                                 

A success story from Pakistan

Source : The Nation

                                                       

NEWS

	A New Muslim Renaissance is Here TIME Critics of Islam and Muslims scoff at this romanticism, asserting thatMuslims have not produced anything great since the Middle Ages and most likely ...
	Muslim community frightened hearing Modi's name: Nitish The Hindu A day after BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi held rally in minority-dominated Bhagalpur, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on ...
	Ahram Online Muslim Brotherhood leaders complain of torture during 'espionage trial' Ahram Online The trial of 36 Muslim Brotherhood leaders including former president Mohamed Morsi on charges of espionage was adjourned to 22 April to look into ...
	Haaretz Israeli Muslim Victim of Terror Opposes Release of Hamas Terrorists FrontPage Magazine It's not just Israeli Jews who have been killed by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas terrorists whom Kerry and Abbas are trying to free. It's also Israeli ...
	Is Narendra Modi trying to woo Muslim voters with the launch of Urdu version of his website? Daily News & Analysis In what appears to be a bid to woo the Muslim vote bank, the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate has added another feather to his flock of campaigning ...

	Islam examined at SBC seminaries Brnow With 1.6 billion adherents, Muslims make up nearly a quarter of the world's population. Seminary president R. Albert Mohler describes Islam as the ...
	Onislam.net Islam's Relationship with Other Cultures Onislam.net Love and justice are the controls of the relationship of Islam with the 'other'. This is provided that the 'other' neither forces us to leave Islam nor expels ...
	Violence in the name of Islam is haram: fatwa Daily Times They said that denying the fundamental rights of every Pakistani – on the basis of religion or otherwise – was against the Islamic laws and the ...
	Dr M: Muslims must portray Islam as simple religion New Straits Times IPOH: Muslims must portray Islam as a religion that is simple, and not fussy, to attract non-Muslims to the religion. Former prime minister Tun Dr ...
	'Huge' Hindu, Buddhist Statues Against Islam, Ex-Judge Says malaysiandigest.com Pointing to the Federal Constitution which states that Islam is the religion of the federation, the former judge insisted Islam is above other faiths.
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	Western adulation of Malala damages Islam - The Freethinker The Freethinker ⋅ Barry Duke ONE of Pakistan's leading women's rights campaigners – Humaira Awais Shadid – has accused Britain and America of manipulating Malala Yousafzai ...
	ISLAM INSTEAD OF PALESTINE | danielmabsout danielmabsout ⋅ danielmabsout The concentration on al Aqsa and the provocation around the Holy Mosque and the confrontations that are very frequent nowadays are not innocent .
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	Islam Archives » Muftah muftah.org The War on Terror unleashed immense violence in several Muslim-majority countries, either through outright invasions and occupations or through ...

Around the Muslim World on Tuesday 16 April

Modernising Madrassas

Source : Christian Science Monitor

                                                                                

But in Islam minorities should be free . . .

Source : Religious Freedom Coalition

                                                

Protecting Minorities

Source : Wahdat News

                                                                            

News

New Straits Times Non-Muslim parents can have custody of their Muslim children: Ex-Judge New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR: The civil court can do justice in child custody disputes between a Muslim and a non-Muslim parent by granting custody to the ...

	Islam examined at SBC seminaries BP News In response to Islam's growing influence, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., has launched a new center for the study of Islam, ...
	ANTARA Political Islam on the rebound in Indonesia The Age No survey had Islamic parties improving on their overall performance of five years ago. But the quick-count results from 9 April showed the five Islamic ...
	Lancashire Telegraph Tauheedul Islam Girls school receives third Outstanding Ofsted inspection Asian Image Tauheedul Islam Girls School received a glowing report from Ofsted inspectors who said the school was in the country's top one per cent for improving ...
	Islam Awareness Week returns to UWGB Fourth Estate Newspaper Islam Awareness Week came back for a third year during the week of April 7 to 11 at places on and off campus, including the Richard Mauthe Center.
	Islam and Politics in Pakistan C-SPAN Panelists talked about the rise of Islamic political parties in Pakistan, and U.S.-Pakistan relations. Notable speakers included former Pakistani ...
	Islam not listed as possible religious affiliation in TCU Fact Book TCU 360 Despite being the world's second-largest religion with more than 1.6 billion followers, Islam is not listed as a religious affiliation in the TCU Fact Book.
	Colorado Students Showcase Islam Diversity Onislam.net “Islam is very diverse,” Moonier Said, senior studying English and philosophy of religion, told Rocky Mountain Collegian on Monday, April 14.
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	How Dare They Even Suggest That Political Islam Has Failed? | Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain ⋅ siteadmin Today more than ever the discussion about Islam's role in politics has increased dramatically. We have witnessed a Muslim Brotherhood president in ...
	Islam bashing is actually Christianity bashing | Malaysia Today Malaysia Today ⋅ Super Admin And Anwar was not charged under Islamic or Sharia law but under the remnants of a Christian law that the British left us. And what most Malays do not ...
	Sensitivity Training or Self-Censorship? Journalism Dean Publishes “Islam for Journalists” To ... JONATHAN TURLEY ⋅ jonathanturley "Islam for Journalists" is an effort to educate reporters on the sensitivities of Muslims to avoid triggering protests or violence. Pintak writes that “Across ...
	A conservative perspective: Sex slavery permitted under Islam A conservative perspective ⋅ Brendan McNeill I am often critical of the mainstream media with its reluctance to portray Islam in anything but a highly sanitized 'approved for Western consumption' ...
	Anglicans Ablaze: Islam examined at Southern Baptist Convention seminaries Anglicans Ablaze ⋅ Robin G. Jordan With 1.6 billion adherents, Muslims make up nearly a quarter of the world's population. Seminary president R. Albert Mohler describes Islam as the ...
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	BBC News - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to be tried with others by video link bbc.com A Libyan court rules that the late Colonel Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, and other Gaddafi officials being held outside Tripoli, can be tried via video-link.
	BBC News - Birmingham Police criticise 'Islam plot' appointment bbc.com West Midlands Police criticise the appointment of former national head of counter terrorism Peter Clarke.
	RealClearReligion - Islam Didn't Kill Science realclearreligion.org Science in the Middle East isn't dead, but it isn't exactly alive, either. According to Thomson Reuters' Science Watch, the Arabian, Persian and Turkish ...