Thursday 24 April 2014

Around the Muslim World on Thursday 24 April 2014



Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                                                


Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                                                


Source : Daily New


                                                                                

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Livemint
Ally's Anti-Muslim Comments Embarrass India's Narendra Modi
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A longtime ally of the man tipped to be India's next leader has been caught on camera making anti-Islamic comments, raising ...


Muslim student group tackles misconceptions
Members of the Islamic Student Assembly and the Muslim Student Association joined forces on the project, which aims to address the many ...
Aljazeera.com
UK enlists Muslim women to help stop Syria jihadists
British police reached out to Muslim women on Thursday in an attempt to prevent young people going to fight in Syria, after a sharp rise in arrests ...


Muslims and fashion
FEW sartorial choices are scrutinised as closely as those of Muslim women. Their clothing is regulated both in countries where Islam is a minority ...


Political Islam: Fourteen centuries of war and failure
Judge Al-Dimerdash Al-Aqaali launches his book about political Islamstarting from the Year of Consensus, in which the Prophet Muhammad died, ...


Islamic group accuses Republicans of fostering anti-Muslim sentiment
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, sent letters to almost every Republican Club or party extension in the state, asking the groups to ...


Star of Ukip advert suspended for calling Miliband 'not British', attacking 'evil' Islam and saying ...
A star of a new advert for the UK Independence Party was suspended tonight for expressing 'repellent' racist and anti-Islamic views on social media.
ynaija
Soyinka Says Islamic Sect Does Not Reflect Teachings, Values of Islam
Continuing he said the ongoing book fair in Port Harcourt was a national rejection of Boko Haram, adding that the dreaded Islamic sect does not reflect ...


Islamic law and the rules of war
Islamic law contains a rich but complex set of rules on the protection of civilians. But can that centuries-old canon be reconciled with modern ...


BLOGS

Video: Raymond Ibrahim on Islam, Dictators, and Christian Persecution | FrontPage Magazine
FrontPage Magazine » FrontPage  Frontpagemag.com
Raymond Ibrahim, a Shillman Fellow at the Center, was recently interviewed on New Zealand's Shine TV, a Christian station. The ten-minute interview ...


Cranmer: Mohammed Blair and the promulgation of orthodox Islam
Cranmer  Archbishop Cranmer
At the root of the crisis lies a radicalised and politicised view of Islam, an ideology that distorts and warps Islam's true message. The threat of this ...


News items on Islam and the counter jihad for April 24 2014 – 1 | Vlad Tepes
Vlad Tepes  Eeyore
Today ICLA attended an event at the House of Lords at which a new and important organisation, Sharia Watch UK, was launched. The new ...
Answering Muslims: Pat Condell: "It's Good to Be Anti-Islam, But Not Anti-Muslim"
Answering Muslims  David Wood
Pat Condell: "It's Good to Be Anti-Islam, But Not Anti-Muslim". I guess Pat Condell has finally stopped mincing his words. Here in the West, many ...


Before Islam, Medina Was Originally A Jewish City
JEWSNEWS  admin
Medina, or, as it was known before Islam, Yathrib, had no form of stable government at all. The town was tom by the feuds of the rival Arab tribes of Aus ...


Islam's Tenuous Connection to Jerusalem « Why Israel?
Why Israel? » Home  editor
Mohammed, who founded Islam in 622 CE, was born and raised in present-day Saudi Arabia and never set foot in Jerusalem. His connection to the ...


Psychology: Why Islam creates monsters | - About No Compulsion
nocompulsion.com  mkamal
The daily mass killings, terror, persecutions and family executions committed by the followers of Islam are nauseating, and the ingenuity behind the ...


WEB
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young Christian killed because he refused to convert to Islam - News.va
Umer began to mock Haroon's Christian faith every day, threatening him and inviting him to convert to Islam. He claimed that "embracing Islamis ...


9/11 museum film draws heat for portrayal of Islam - The Big Story
NEW YORK (AP) — Critics say a film that will be shown at the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York unfairly links Islam and terrorism ...

Wednesday 23 April 2014

Around the Muslim World on Wednesday 23 April 2014



Source : The University of Texas at Austin


                                                                       


Source : AP


                                                                               


Source : The Express Tribune


                                                                                                   


Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                                                

NEWS
Central Michigan Life
Muslim Student Association hosts 'Under the Hijab' to promote Islamic culture
Muslim Student Association President Mishari Alkhuwaiter takes a photo of a student reacting to seeing how she looks in a hijab at the MSA event in ...
Moneycontrol.com
Elections 2014: Muslim vote not monolith anymore
There are now straws in the wind indicating that the Muslim vote may not be monolithic anyway. It may not even be that enthusiastic about voting ...
Muslim Brotherhood movement struggles continue as Jordanian branch fractures
The Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood finds itself with internal divisions after it expelled three senior members for trying to initiate reforms.
Business Standard
Anti-Muslim statements were part of BJP's 'well-planned conspiracy': Omar
If we have said anything, we have said that is based on their statements and their threats every now and then especially to Muslims and those ...


Muslim bodies urge voters to defeat 'non-secular forces'
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, led by Maulana Arshad Madani, has also issued an appeal to Muslims titled 'Qaum Ke Liye Eik Aham Paigham'. Tweet This.
7Online.com
Islam at center of 9/11 Memorial criticism
Some who have seen the video said it focusses too much on Islam and unfairly implies an association between Islam and terrorism. "We object to the ...


Islam's Tenuous Connection to Jerusalem
Mohammed, who founded Islam in 622 CE, was born and raised in present-day Saudi Arabia and never set foot in Jerusalem. His connection to the ...

BLOGS

Pat Condell: It's good to be anti-Islam | Vlad Tepes
Vlad Tepes  Eeyore
3 Responses to Pat Condell: It's good to be anti-Islam. Softly Bob says: April 23, 2014 at 3:35 pm. Stunningly brilliant, Pat. Wrath0fKhan says: April 23 ...

Islam & Science » Earth Day. What Islam teaches about protecting the Planet
Exerpts from a speech by HRH The Prince of Wales titled Islam and the Environment, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. “My understanding of Islam is that it ...

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Around the Muslim World on Tuesday 22 April 2014



Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                                               
         

Source : Huffington Post


                                                                                  

NEWS
IBNLive
Muslim body asks SC to take suo motu notice of hate speeches and intervene
An umbrella body of Muslim organisations has urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of the recent cases of alleged hate speeches by ...

Times of India
Narendra Modi says he will reach out Muslim 'brothers'
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he would reach out to Muslim "brothers" like any other citizen of the country and made it clear that the ...
National Post
'Muslim morality squads' accused of confiscating students' Easter eggs in UK
Children who took Easter eggs to class allegedly had them confiscated by “Muslim morality squads” patrolling a school in Birmingham, England, ...

Muslim students served food last, says rights group
Children from Muslim communities were among those often made to sit at the back of classrooms or in separate rooms. They were called derogatory ...


760 people embrace Islam in four months in Dubai
Some of the newly converted Muslims attend an introductory lecture organised for them at the Islamic Information Centre of Dar Al Ber Society in Dubai ...
Rising Kashmir
Islam doesn't allow voting for criminal, hypocrite: Geelani
Srinagar, Apr 22: Chairman Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday reiterated his election boycott call and said there would be civil curfew on April 24, ...
Belfast Telegraph
Blair to warn West on radical Islam
The West must put aside differences with Russia over Ukraine to focus on tackling the threat from radical Islam, Tony Blair will warn tomorrow.
Montreal Gazette
Letter: Boko Haram's behaviour is forbidden by Islam
In Islam, jihad means striving toward God, so it really makes me wonder, what jihad are they practising? To me it seems as if the Boko Haram group is ...
Jewish scholar lectures on 'How Islam Saved the Jews,' at UAB on April 24
David J. Wasserstein, a professor of Jewish History at Vanderbilt University, will lecture on “How Islam Saved the Jews” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 ...
Kuwait News Agency
First Islamic academic center opens in Switzerland
By Tamer Abul-Ainain GENEVA, April 22 (KUNA) -- The Swiss Islamic Shura Council has launched the first Islamic research center in the European ...
Daily Mail
Legacy of Iraq makes us afraid to take on radical Islam, says Blair: Former PM insists world must ...
Tony Blair will admit today that his military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan has made the West less inclined to tackle radical Islam. The former ...
A Fresh Perspective on Islam in Indonesia
Kato recalls his observations in his follow-up tome to “Kangen Indonesia,” “ Islam Di Mata Orang Jepang ,” or “Islam Through the Eyes of a Japanese.”.
The Leader Of Australian Anti-Islam Group The ADL Has A Bizarre Explanation For What ...
Business Insider spoke at length today to Cerminara, an IT technician, in a pre-arranged interview on the topic of Islam in Australia, which coincided ...
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Islam's Religious War with Everyone By Daniel Greenfield | RUTHFULLY YOURS
RUTHFULLY YOURS  Ruth King
When it comes to Islam, non-Muslims are expected to take its goodwill on faith. If you believe your eyes and ears, Islam and violence go together like ...
Boston bombers not following Islam | Muslim Writers Guild of America
Muslim Writers Guild of America  Muslim Writers Guild of America
The premier writers guild in the English language dedicated to defending the honor of Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Originally ...
Was Islam Spread by the Sword? - AnimeSeer.com
It is a common misconception with some non-Muslims that Islam would not have millions of adherents all over the world, if it had not been spread by ...
School exam timetables should avoid clashes with Ramadan, teachers say - Why Islam
877-WHY-ISLAM  saulat
Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, is marked by Muslims across the world with fasting from sunrise to sunset. From 2014, the 30-day ...
A Hotchpotch Hijabi in Italy: Al Madina: Is Interfaith Compatible with Islam?
A Hotchpotch Hijabi in Italy  SaritaAgerman
We are often led to believe that Interfaith is at odds with Islam, a foreign concept that in some way dilutes the message of Islam, but I hope this article ...
Christian Pakistani Killed for Not Converting to Islam | Commercial Bricks Upright Music Church
Commercial Bricks Upright Music Church  Commercial Bricks Upright Music Church
A 22-year-old Christian man was murdered in Pakistan April 16 for not converting to Islam. Only known as Haroon, the United Kingdom-based Center ...