Around the Muslim World on Friday 2 May 2014

A killer honoured in Pakistan

source : DNAIndia

                                        

Threat to journalists in Pakistan

Source : HuffingtonPost

                                       

NEWS

	The Hindu Muslim voters back strong BJP rivals Times of India PATNA: As was the trend during the first three phases of polling in Bihar on April 10, 17 and 24,Muslim voters in five of the seven constituencies that ...
	Daily Mail Muslim harassed neighbours by dressing up like panto Englishman Daily Mail An Muslim man dressed up like a 'panto' Englishman to taunt his neighbours boasting of his 'joy' over 9/11 and the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby ...
	Religion News Service Former Muslim Alom Shaha on why atheists should care about anti-Muslim prejudice Religion News Service Dawkins, whose tweets about Islam and Muslimshave repeatedly stirred controversy, has dismissed the phenomenon. On the other hand, a number ...
	Turkish Press ICC rejects Muslim Brotherhood call to probe Egypt GlobalPost The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it had rejected a bid by the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed president Mohamed Morsi to probe the ...
	The Malay Mail Online Muslim marriages make history The New Age Online Speaking at a cermony also attended by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, the Muslim leaders said the move would also aleviate the pressure at ...
	Muslim Brotherhood forming a political party here in America Sonoran News With the huge influx of Muslims into the United States and their vow to take over the nation, it should be no surprise to learn that the Muslim ...
	NBC Chicago Illinois Muslim community leaders to meet with governor, lawmakers in Springfield Greenfield Daily Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Illinois Muslimcommunity leaders plan to meet with Gov. Pat Quinn and state legislators

	Daily Mail Musician Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, sang his hit song Wild World Daily Mail Musician Cat Stevens, now known as YusufIslam, who flew in from the US for the funeral, sang an acoustic version of his hit song Wild World. Camilla ...
	Turkish Press Islamic scholars approve visit to Jerusalem Huffington Post (blog) A conference held in Amman, courageously tackled this issue and produced a surprising number of supporters, including many among Islam's most ...
	Ask Ali: Islam's holy fruits and its respect for older people The National Dear BH: Putting parents or grandparents in a nursing home is seen as disgraceful in Islamic culture, because it demonstrates a lack of appreciation ...
	Nigerian Kidnapped Schoolgirls Forced Into Islam, Marriage (2) Businessweek A poster showing a photograph of Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau sits by the road in Maiduguri. Shekau said in a video, “In Islam, it is allowed ...
	Why issuance of ad should not be declared illegal The Daily Star ... University authorities to explain by May 15 why issuing an advertisement over an employee's conversion to Islam should not be declared illegal.
	Major Islamic conference in Paris accused of hosting hate speaker Jewish Chronicle A speaker at France's biggest Islamic event, the annual meeting of the Union of Islamic Organisations (UOIF), told the crowd that “all the misery in the ...
	ChristianToday Is Christian growth keeping pace withI slam? ChristianToday Christian growth has stagnated globally whileIslam's numbers have almost doubled, according to one researcher. In a report by Dick Slikker, of the ...
	Islam and Jesus, Son of Mary Catholic World Report So that's all right then. Or is it? The news story is written to the theme thatIslam and Catholicism share much in common—two sides of the same coin, ...
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	Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: Islam and Jesus, Son of Mary Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog ⋅ Carl Olson The name "Jesus son of Mary" written in Islamic calligraphy followed by "Peace be upon him" (Wikipedia Commons) Islam and Jesus, Son of Mary ...
	Islam Museum to Compete with Ground Zero Museum | FrontPage Magazine FrontPage Magazine » The Point ⋅ Daniel Greenfield Now the Ground Zero Mosque is becoming a Museum of Islam. There's certainly no local need for such a thing. It's a blatant exploitation of the location ...

Around the Muslim World on Thursday 1 May 2014

British Pathe releases historical films

                                      

	NEWS
	Muslims to meet with lawmakers in Springfield WICS-TV The Muslim leaders plan to hold private meetings during the day with state legislators to present their legislative agenda. They support an increase in ...
	Radio Australia India's Muslim community divided on prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi ABC Online More than 140 million Muslims call India home - only Indonesia and Pakistan have more believers of the faith - but in the vast nation of 1.2 billion ...
	New York Daily News Afghan couple cuts off Muslim cleric's ears, nose for allegedly raping their daughter New York Daily News A married couple in northern Afghanistan invited aMuslim cleric to their house and then attacked him in revenge for allegedly sexually assaulting their ...
	defenceWeb Muslim convoy ambushed in CAR defenceWeb Muslim convoy ambushed in CAR Gunmen attacked an evacuation convoy carrying hundreds of Muslims north from Central African Republic's capital ...
	New York Daily News Developer Scales Back Plans for Muslim Center Near Ground Zero New York Times The developer whose proposal to build a Muslim community center and mosque near the World Trade Center failed amid a national controversy three ...
	Muslim Brotherhood leader among 683 sentenced to death in Egypt Ames Tribune CAIRO — A court in southern Egypt on Monday decreed a mass death sentence for nearly 700 people, including the spiritual leader of the Muslim ...

	Mirror.co.uk Vandal admits painting 'Islam' on war memorial days after murder of Lee Rigby Mirror.co.uk A man daubed 'Islam' on a war memorial days after murder of Lee Rigby during a £50,000 vandalism spree. Andrew Patterson, 31, daubed the word ...
	When critique of Islam goes too far Boston Globe Regarding “An honor rescinded at Brandeis” (Letters,April 15): Brandeis University rescinded an invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive an honorary ...
	Asian Image 'I had a twisted version of Islam' Asian Image 'I had a twisted version of Islam'. Shoe-bomb plotter Saajid Badat admits he was once in the thick of al Qaida's plans, winning a hug from Osama bin ...
	Nigerian Kidnapped Schoolgirls Forced Into Islam, Taken as Wives Bloomberg Schoolgirls in Nigeria abducted by suspected members of Boko Haram are being converted to Islam and taken as brides in forced marriages, said ...
	New York Daily News Developer behind 'Ground Zero mosque' plans Islam museum near World Trade Center New York Daily News The developer behind the scrapped “Ground Zero mosque” announced Tuesday that he plans to build a museum dedicated to Islam on the same ...
	The Malay Mail Online Non-Muslim students asked to name prophets of Islam at scholarship interviews The Malay Mail Online Two non-Muslim students were allegedly asked questions about the Islamic faith as part of a scholarship interview in Sarawak. ― File picKUALA ...
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	Islamophobia vs dislike of Islam « Why Evolution Is True Why Evolution Is True ⋅ whyevolutionistrue There have been an increasing number of articles in the media portraying those who criticize Islam as "Islamophobes," and about the pressure ...
	UKIP candidate compares Islam to Nazism | loonwatch.com loonwatch.com ⋅ Amago A UKIP candidate has defended tweets in which he said comedian Lenny Henry should emigrate to a “black country” and compared Islam to the Third ...
	Prison Planet.com » Criticizing Islam Now a Thought Crime Prison Planet.com ⋅ admin Political party leader Paul Weston was arrested by police and faces up to two years in jail for criticizing the religion of Islam during a public speech in ...
	Christian Zionist Baroness Cox Tells Israeli Audience, 'Islam is using the freedoms of democracy to ... Islamophobia Today eNewspaper ⋅ admin “Islam is using the freedoms of democracy to destroy it,” as some of its adherents try to “inhibit criticism,” said Cox, speaking at the Green House next to ...
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	RealClearReligion - Get the Hell Out of Islam realclearreligion.org Earlier this month I asked a Muslim friend to help resolve an important question: Does Islam teach that hell is eternal? It started as a simple ...
	EAS Seminar - Japan and Islam between Two World Wars — Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern ... cam.ac.uk East Asian Studies Seminars. Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. Easter Term, 2014. The University of Cambridge Department of East Asian Studies ...

Around the Muslim World on Wednesday 30 April 2014

People converting to Islam face abuse in India.

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

                                                       

Forced marriages are unlawful in Islam

Source : 

Source : Saudi Gazette

                                                                              

NEWS

	Toronto Star Canada outlaws Toronto-based Muslim relief group, adds it to terrorist list National Post TORONTO — A Toronto-based Muslim relief organization that federal charities auditors accused of funding the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has ...
	Sikh, Muslim group to file complaint against amusement parks Business Standard Sikh and Muslim rights group in California will file multiple complaints against an amusement parks chain that denied access to people from the two ...
	WND.com Muslim group's spokesman promotes wife-beating WND.com The same Muslim group pressuring universities across the country to cancel screenings of a film documenting Islamic abuse of women is distributing ...
	AINA Muslim Brotherhood Threatens Terror Attacks on Pepsi AINA The Muslim Brotherhood has big ambitions. Not only are its branches at war with different countries around the world, but now it's taking on Pepsi.
	WPMI Local 15 News C. African Republic: Militants decapitate Muslim Helena Independent Record BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Christian militiamen in Central African Republic's capital have decapitated a young Muslim man just two ...
	9/11 Museum's Muslim Problem Daily Beast Museum officials say the video “does not purport to be a film about Islam or in any way generalize that Muslims are terrorists.” They also note that “Rise ...

	Pastor's Daughter, Who Converted to Islam, Charity Uzoechina, Set to Wed AllAfrica.com Aishat (Charity) Uzoechina, the 26-year-old daughter of Pastor Raymond Uzoechina, who converted to Islam last year, is set to wed. The Executive ...
	Masing: Asking questions on Islam to non-Muslims wrong The Borneo Post According to Nigel, candidates were asked on Islamic matters such as their understanding and opinion on the Hudud law, 'rukun Solat' and 'adat ...
	AhlanLive.com Scorpions drummer jailed for insulting Islam in Dubai airport The National DUBAI // A member of the heavy metal band Scorpions will spend a month in jail after he was convicted on Tuesday morning of insultingIslam, ...
	Former HM spokesman Junaid ul Islam 'critically' Injured Kashmir Life The ex-militant injured in Tuesday firing incident at Sangrama is said to be former 'sensational' spokesman of Hizbul Mujahideen, Junaid ul Islam.
	Andrea Tantaros' Not Very Good, Very Bad Anti-Islam Campus Hate Speech News Hounds During the Fox abetted outrage over Brandeis U's revocation of an honorary decree for Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Fox's "The Five" weighed in with ...
	BBC News Iraq Elections Revive Sunnis Fears Onislam.net The Sunni Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has recently seized Anbar's Fallujah as well as other parts. “Fallujah residents held no brief for ...
	Mosque Raids Anger Czech Muslims Onislam.net Yulianto was at the headquarters of the Islamic Foundation, a community center in Prague, the Czech capital, last Friday to attend congregational ...
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	Prison Planet.com » UK party leader arrested for quoting Churchill on Islam Prison Planet.com ⋅ admin RT April 29, 2014. Quoting Winston Churchill can get you arrested, as one British candidate in the European elections found out after referring to the ...
	Pat Robertson Likens Islam To Nazism, Again | Islamophobia Today eNewspaper Islamophobia Today eNewspaper ⋅ RightWingWatch Today on the 700 Club, Pat Robertson once again compared Islam to Nazism, telling a viewer that he shouldn't “turn the other cheek” when it comes to ...
	Facing Islam Blog: ISLAM IS ACTIVELY FORCING OUT CHRISTIANITY IN THE UK Facing Islam Blog ⋅ Zosimas The widespread apostasy of Western Christianity is soon to claim its most visible victim. In place of the Cross, the Black Flag of Islam will unfurl atop ...
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	The sharia as a vocation: Islam, law and civility in Lebanon | University of Oxford Podcasts - Audio ... ox.ac.uk This discussion of sharia discourse in different contexts focuses on the experiences of four individuals. An anthropology departmental seminar by ...
	BEGÜM BURAK The fall of democracy and predicament of political Islam in Turkey - Today's Zaman todayszaman.com The Feb. 28 process in 1997, which has been defined as a “post-modern coup” in the history of Turkish politics, opened a brand new chapter for both ...
	Sun.Star Cebu - Verdict expected for Islam chief, 700 others - PressDisplay.com pressdisplay.com Verdict expected for Islam chief, 700 others. (AFP) WORLD MINYA, Egypt — The Egyptian judge who sentenced to death hundreds of supporters of ...

Around the Muslim World on Tuesday 29 April 2014

Egypt restriction on Friday sermons

Source : Christian Science Monitor

                                                                               

NEWS

	Firstpost BJP's 'anti-Muslim Ambedkar' pitch is a big, fat lie Firstpost Suddenly there were statements and TV channel discussions on how Ambedkar viewed the Muslims of India negatively. A nameless Twitter account ...
	Prague Post Muslim Leaders Denounce Police Over Raids in Czech Capital New York Times PARIS — Muslim leaders in the Czech Republic on Monday accused the police of abusing their power after armed officers raided Islamic institutions in ...
	www.worldbulletin.net Muslim student ordered to remove face-veil in Germany www.worldbulletin.net An 18-year-old Muslim student in Germany's Bavaria has been banned from wearing her face veil in class at her state run vocational college after a ...
	Muslim doctors don't see eye to eye The Sun Daily PETALING JAYA: A group representing Muslim physicians has defied the Health Ministry and Malaysian Medical Association on the hudud issue, ...
	Livemint Being Muslim will be tougher after 16 May: Historian Mushirul Hasan Livemint New Delhi: Being a Muslim in India will become more difficult after 16 May, the day the Lok Sabha election results will be declared, historian Mushirul ...
	To counter stereotypes, Chicago Muslims dance in 'Happy' video Chicago Sun-Times A video of Chicago area Muslims dancing and smiling to Pharrell Williams' smash hit “Happy” has struck a chord, attracting more than 50,000 views on ...

	Middle East Online Seif al-Islam Gathafi answers court questions via video link Middle East Online TRIPOLI - A Libyan court said Sunday that it would appoint a lawyer for slain dictator Moamer Gathafi's son Seif al-Islam after he insisted in a ...
	Morocco World News Is Islam Only About What's Permitted or Prohibited? Morocco World News Nearly one in five people in the world today claim the faith of Islam. Over fifty countries have Muslim-majority populations. Not only is it the official ...
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	Pastor's daughter who converted to Islam set to wed the lawyer - Linda Ikeji's Blog - Blogger Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog ⋅ Linda Ikeji Charity Uzoechina, the daughter of Pastor Raymond Uzoechina of the Redeemed Christian Church of God who converted to the Islamic faith in Feb.
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	BBC News - Euro candidate Paul Weston arrested over Islam remarks bbc.com A candidate in the South East European elections is arrested after making a speech quoting from a book by Winston Churchill about Islam.