Monday 21 April 2014

Around the Muslim World on Monday 21 April 2014




Source : Business Standard


                                                                             


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Source : Religion Dispatches



                                                                            

NEWS
Daily Mail

Muslim cleric Madani defends Modi over refusal to wear a skull cap
After drawing flak from many sections over his refusal to wear a skull cap, the BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi finally has someone from the Muslim ...
Boston Marathon's Muslim Runners To Play A Critical Role In Shattering Stereotypes
(RNS) 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 ...
Daily News & Analysis

Muslims shouldn't be allowed to buy property in Hindu areas, says VHP president Praveen Togadia
In an statement that set off strong reactions from the Muslim community as well as the public in general, Praveen Togadia, president of the Vishva ...
New York Times

Christians, Muslims fight to the death in besieged Central African Republic town
Christians and Islamist Muslims have clashed violently since late 2012, when a battle for political power forced an estimated one million people from ...


Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Boko Haram Terror
Specifically alluding to a recent incident in which 15 Fulani herdsmen were reportedly killed, the Jamatu Nasril Islam lamented that 'These are people ...


Transgender 'Islamic' School Opens in Java
He claimed that although transgenderism was not specifically mentioned in the Qur'an, it had been discussed in fiqh (Islamic legal jurisprudence).

ANTARA
Indonesian Clerics Call on Islamic Parties to Unite Ahead of Elections
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia's top Islamicauthority is encouraging the country's Islamicparties to unite in supporting a candidate for July's ...

The Inquisitr
Obama's Passover/Easter Address -Islam Teaches To "Love Our Neighbors As We Love Ourselves"
Meanwhile, in Iraq, Islamic suicide bombers and other attacks left 18 dead and wounded nearly 50 on Sunday, followed by further violence that has ...
Goodwill Forum aims to educate children on Islam
“We are trying our best to narrow the differences among the various Islamic groups by bringing them together around the table to discuss common ...
Tensions between Australian Defence League and Muslim community reach violent new heights
In the most serious case, up to eight gunshots were fired into the Sydney home of a former leader of an anti-Islamic hate group earlier this month.
BLOGS
Bashing Islam on Good Friday rather than Judaism | The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth  editor
ed note--Let's see her do this in front of a synagogue, ADL office, JDL hideout or at the annual AIPAC convention, given the fact that this took place on ...


Geert Wilder's Friend's Son Enters Islam with Dr Muhammad Salah! Mufti Menk! Yusuf Estes! Dr ...
Islam News Room .com  Yusuf Estes
When You See the Help of Allah & the People Entering Islam shahadah alex 1. Alex - son of Arnoud van Doorna Ex-supporter of Geert Wilders. Dubai ...

THE PATRIOT. : Private school chief linked to IslamTrojan Horse plot says: Stone all adulterers to ...
THE PATRIOT.  Bolton BNP
A Muslim hardliner who says adulterers should be stoned to death and that gay men and fornicators should be lashed 100 times has set up anIslamic ...


Around the Muslim World on Sunday 20 April 2014




                                                                              



                                                                                


NEWS
Daily News & Analysis

Muslim parties keep Dravidian majors guessing
As three Muslim political parties with a considerable membership base extending support to the DMK-led alliance, and eight other outfits declaring ...

Times of India

Mulayam bats for Muslim reservation
FIROZABAD: In a bid to woo Muslims, Mulayam Singh Yadav today said if voted to power, his party would ensure amendments are made in the ...
Indian Express

Modi vs Muslim is Congress's Mumbai plank
Campaigning door-to-door in Muslim-dominated areas, Congress activists have been telling voters that “a vote for the AAP or the Samajwadi Party will ...
Muslim Pro app hits 10m downloads
Muslim Pro, the comprehensive Islamic mobile application providing accurate prayer times based on a user's location, has announced that it has ...

Muslim Zion?
One of them was by a renowned scholar who felt that I was critiquing Faisal Devji's Muslim Zion and rather poorly at that. I was aware of the existence ...
Ahram Online

'Good Muslim men': Coptic Christians and the presidency
"He's the man who saved this country from full division between those who belonged to Egypt and those who didn't belong to Egypt – the Muslim ...

Belfast Telegraph

Ofsted 'acts on Islam plot schools'
The Department for Education has declined to comment on a report claiming six schools linked to an alleged Islamic takeover plot are set to be placed ...
Thetribunepapers

The Islam of the Koran
By Mike Scruggs- The adherents of Islam proclaim that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet. The Koran is the sacred revelation of ...
Khaleej Times

Son of distributor of anti-Islam film Fitna accepts Islam
Arnoud van Doorn'sson, Iskander Amien De Vrie, was one of the 37 people who converted to Islamduring the Dubai International Peace Convention.


Lausanne Movement convenes global consultation onIslam
Chaired by John Azumah, Lausanne Senior Associate for Islam, and hosted by Nana Yaw Offei Awuku, Lausanne International Deputy Director for ...
Jakarta Post

Transgender Islamic school
Daring to be different: Two transgendered people recite the Holy Koran at the relaunch on Friday of the Transvestites Islamic Boarding School ...


Hefazat-e-Islam denies claim of negotiations with government
The leaders of the radical Islamist platform Hefazat-e-Islami Bangladesh said yesterday that neither Anas Madani, the son of their chief Shah Ahmed ...


It is not the language of Islam
AHMED Shafi has come up with a new sermon on atheists. “Atheists, you have become infidels (Murtad) and it is Wazib for us to kill (Qatal) you,” said ...
Salon

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the dangerous anti-Islamic logic of the war on terror
Kirsten Powers laments Islam's preferential treatment in USA Today. Mark Steyn notes the incident, as part of a eulogy to free speech in this weekend's ...

BLOGS

Muslim in Uganda Kills Daughter for Leaving Islam, Sister Says - Morningstar News
Morningstar News  Our East Africa Correspondent
The 17-year-old daughter of a Muslim man in Uganda was able to attend one church service this month before he killed her for leaving Islam, sources ...


ARIZONA ATHEIST: Who Speaks for Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
ARIZONA ATHEIST  Arizona Atheist
I've recently bought their book, Who Speaks for Islam, and I'm looking forward to reading the entirety of their findings. Posted by Arizona Atheist at ...

Video: Dennis Gaubatz Presents “Radical Islam in North Carolina” | Rowan Free Press
Rowan Free Press  Rowan Free Press
Dennis Gaubatz, Presenter/Mike Bebber, Videographer ♢ Dennis Gaubatz speaks about Radical Islam in North Carolina:


Canada: Criticism of Islam forbidden by Toronto District School Board | Creeping Sharia
Creeping Sharia  creeping
Criticism of kufr...not forbidden. via Blazing Cat Fur: Criticism of Islam is forbidden at the TDSB. This is a TDSB human rights related document, ...


WEB
Ofsted 'acts on Islam plot schools' - Yahoo News UK
'Ofsted 'acts on Islam plot schools'' on Yahoo News UK. The Department for Education has declined to comment on a report claiming six schools ..








Sunday 20 April 2014

Around the Muslim World on Saturday 19 April 2014





                                                                          



                                                                                 


NEWS
Muslim group urges new way of dealing with radicals
The Muslim Public Affairs Council — which long has pushed for a moderate, American-based Islam — hopes its “Safe Spaces Initiative” will get ...
ChristianToday

Britain's Establishment Muslim Organization Defends Pakistan and Iran
It seems that Fiyaz Mughal's Tell Mama organization has overstepped its jurisdiction of “measuring and monitoring anti-Muslim attacks in the UK” to ...
Business Standard

Campaign preaches to Muslims: Beat Modi by voting tactically
The “NOMOre” campaign, launched by social organisations and eminent individuals, is evidence both on the ground and on social media that Muslims ...

Deseret News

Despite suspicions, Muslims determined to run in Monday's Boston Marathon
Muslims who are involved in this year's Boston Marathon, as runners, physicians or volunteers, say they want to participate as Bostonians and athletes ...

Daily Mail

Private school chief linked to Islam Trojan Horse plot says: Stone all adulterers to death
A Muslim hardliner who says adulterers should be stoned to death and that gay men and fornicators should be lashed 100 times has set up an Islamic ...
The News on Sunday

Engaging with Islam
Islam, as a system of governance, and its potential capacity to deal with the substantive issues which emanate from the modern political discourse, has ...

Today's Zaman

Book uses Islam to present disability as a gift rather than a burden
Islam gives a person with a disability great honor,” he told Sunday's Zaman. As a result, the reader might find that the book also provides spiritual ...

Muslim scholar urges women to take centre stage in Islam
DUBAI // Women need to once again lead the Islamic community, or ummah, and produce thinkers and leaders, a leading Muslim scholar said at this ...
haveeruonline

Development shouldn't be brought without Islam: VP
Vice President Jameel speaks at a function: He has said that Islamic profile is a luxury for the development of the Maldives. HAVEERU FILE PHOTO.


Carol Cain: Doctor helps bring Islamic conference to Detroit
Mohiuddin led the team that worked to help bring the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) 2014 annual conference: “The Generations Rise: ...


BLOGS
The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Shi'a Isma'ili Islam | Ismailimail
Ismailimail  Ismailimail Blog
The Crucifixion in Shi'a Isma'ili Islam As observed by millions of Christians around the world, Good Friday marks the day when Jesus Christ was ...

Part #5 :The Arabs Before Islam - TubeIslam - ShareIslam Video Site
Building the Foundation with Sh. Ahmad AlKurdy Part 5.
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THE PATRIOT. : FRANCE: Pork and praise (for anti-Islam Front National party) show up at mosque ...
THE PATRIOT.  Bolton BNP
After pork products arrived in the mailbox of a suburban Paris mosque along with a 'threatening' letter praising the town's recently elected anti-Islam ...


WEB
Islam's Growing Sectarian Divide on Vimeo
11/19/2013---As the brutal war in Syria inflames the Sunni/Shia divide,Islamic scholars provide context behind the growing sectarian struggle within ...