on Sunday 22 June 2014

Forced marriages are un-Islamic

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

                                                                      

NEWS

	Sunni Muslim and Baathist Forces Said to Clash Near Kirkuk New York Times BAGHDAD — In a sign of a split in the coalition of Sunni Muslim forces supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the militants clashed with an Iraqi ...
	Muslim Leaders Urge Media Not To Inflame Sunni-Shiite Tensions Huffington Post Those leaders are now holding talks with theMuslim Council of Britain, the UK's representativeMuslim body, to explore how best that can be done.
	Welsh muslim in a terror-recruiting video was radicalised online, says Cardiff mosque leader WalesOnline The young Welsh muslim in a terror-recruiting video that has stunned his family was radicalised over the internet, a senior figure at his mosque has ...
	The Muslim Brotherhood: Cut off at the roots Ahram Online In Contrast to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's overtures to Muslim Brotherhood members not involved in violence in the post-30 June 2013 period, the ...
	Top Muslim body ready to 'fight sectarianism' Daily Times ISLAMABAD – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), representing more than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, affirmed a commitment to unity in ...
	Muslim-Christian relations to be explored Daytona Beach News-Journal According to Islamic belief, Jesus was a Muslim prophet who was not God and did not die on the cross. By this view, Christians forgot the true teaching ...
	Muslim family gets ready for 30 days of fasting, Ramadan traditions LubbockOnline.com A prayer is said and dinner is served — just like most other nights in aMuslim household. But during Ramadan, things are a little different. It's after ...
	Hindu, Muslim faiths deplore the sin Dubuque Telegraph Herald The Kansas City Star publishes a weekly religion column called Voices of Faith, asking various faith leaders a spiritually related question.

	The Sunni rebellion in Iraq The Economist It wanted to stop Russia and others from gaining influence over Islam that could be used to inflame Muslims in British possessions from Egypt to India.
	Senior Sunni cleric: Islam entirely at odds with Daesh practices Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir Friday Prayers Leader of Sunni Muslims in this Persian Gulf island Sheikh Yaqoub Shams said the teachings of the Holy Islam are entirely at odds with ...
	Is Tony Blair or Islam to Blame for Iraq? American Thinker What's surprising is the amount of people on the Right who are falling into the Leftist/Muslim trap of blaming others for Muslim violence and Islamic ...
	Femi Fani-Kayode: The rage of the Jihadists and the scourge of radicalIslam in Nigeria DailyPost Nigeria ”And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know ...
	Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar's new drama explores the role of women in Islam The National Now she focuses on her writing – a novelised examination about women and Islam through an imagined inner life of the Prophet Mohammed.
	The Scourge Of Radical Islam In Nigeria spyghana.com Fanatic Muslims ”And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine: and all ...
	'Prevent child conversion cases from tarnishing Islam' The Rakyat Post Gerakan president Datuk Mah Siew Keong wants a mechanism to be put in place to protect the image of Islam as a religion of compassion from being ...
	Hannity Panel on Radical Islam gets heated: You're 'the most dangerous person in society!' BizPac Review hannity special In a Friday segment titled “Radical Muslims on the March,” Fox News host Sean Hannity had national security experts and ... ': Sparks Fly Between 'Hannity' Panel on Radical Islam - Fox News Insider - The official blog of Fox News Channel. Full Coverage
	Ireland embodies the true Islamicspirit! Saudi Gazette The study revealed that the teaching of the Qur'an is better represented in Western societies than inIslamic countries. The author concludes that ...
	BLOGS
	Afghanistan: Convert to Christianity's family seeks to kill him for leaving Islam Jihad Watch ⋅ Robert Spencer On paper, Afghan law protects freedom of religion, but the reality here and in some other Muslim countries is that renouncing Islam is a capital offense.
	The geopolitics of Islam. At war with the world, and denial turns out in fact to be a river in Egypt ... Vlad Tepes ⋅ Eeyore I suppose the old hippie question from the late 60s and 70s which seemed so clever at the time,. “What would happen if they have a war and nobody ...
	The Challenge of Islam Come Reason's Apologetics Notes ⋅ noreply@blogger.com (Lenny Esposito) Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world, but is still a mystery to most Christians. Is it a religion of peace and a breeding ground for ...
	Boko Haram excommunicated from Islam :: The Herald Newspapers :: ⋅ Reporter He said the sect was propagating its doctrine contrary to the teachings of Quran and Hadith, adding that Islam will never support such alien idea in ...
	Weekend Edition: Obama – American Agent of Islam(Part 2) thenationalpatriot.com ⋅ Craig Andresen ISIS is the 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' and they wouldn't be in any position today to expand their barbaric reach from their roots in Turkey were it ...
	barbarity of islam VENITISM ⋅ Basil Venitis We have a moral obligation to liberate all Muslim women, the zombies ofIslam, from the yoke of Sharia. Sharia teems with barbarous prescriptions that ...
	The Use of Parables Unraveling Islam ⋅ Robert Sievers So it seems we have yet another reason to view Islam and Christianity as comparable. Of course, with a little investigation, we will find just the opposite ...

on Saturday 21 June 2014

A First Key Step in Evolution

Source : Christian Science Monitor

                                                                      

Sunni Gang Rape

                                       

NEWS

	Muslim body appeals to ISIL rebels to release Indians abducted in Iraq on humanitarian grounds Daily News & Analysis A body representing Muslim social and religious organisations has called upon rebel forces in Iraq to release on humanitarian grounds all the Indian ...
	Muslim group wants critics to monitor stereotyping on 'Tyrant' Los Angeles Times A Muslim advocacy group is asking that critics reviewing FX's upcoming drama "Tyrant" address possible stereotyping of Arab and Muslim culture.
	England's Muslim leaders to media: Don't inflame Sunni-Shiite tensions Washington Post LONDON — Senior leaders of England's estimated 2.7 million Muslims have called on religious scholars and political commentators in the media not ...
	Muslim Prof: West Leads the World in 'Islamic Values' FrontPage Magazine Askari said Muslim countries use religion as an instrument of state control. “We must emphasize that many countries that profess Islam and are called ...
	Muslim Brotherhood Reveals Obama Ordered Shift of Support from US Allies to Islamist Groups FrontPage Magazine This is interesting not just because the contents provide proof that Obama did in fact set out to shift support to the Muslim Brotherhood, but because of ...
	Muslim woman killing sparks hate crime fears in UK www.worldbulletin.net Members of the Muslim community warned that the murder of a Saudi student in Britain has sparked fears that hate crime is on the rise amid ...
	Muslim Killer on Disability and Food Stamps had Diamonds and 200 Credit Cards FrontPage Magazine Gelareh Bagherzadeh was an Iranian Christian who came to this country only to be murdered by a Muslim because she encouraged his daughter to ...
	Muslim woman stabbed to death in UK over headscarf www.worldbulletin.net "We are conscious that the dress of the victim will have identified her as likely being a Muslim and this is one of the main lines of the investigation," ...

	Anti-Islam protests, heated town hall meetings and mysterious black balloons: The Australian town ... Daily Mail The balloons are being left by a vocal group of anti-Islam protesters furious about plans to build a mosque in the regional city, after a controversial ...
	Failures of Islam are driving the terrorists The Australian (blog) ISLAM is based on five pillars. The first is that it is an anachronism — a medieval religion imposing medieval practices in a modern world. This is ...
	Ansar al Islam claims attacks against Iraqi military, police Long War Journal While the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) is the most prominent ... And Ansar al Islam members "trained in al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan.".
	In Islam … Even a smile is a voluntary charity! Sierra Express Media Among the five pillars of Islam, Muslims are also commanded to be charitable. It is reported that the second Caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattab said: “I heard ...
	Muslims Need To Restore Islam To Its Glory Days Bernama However, the founder and Director of the Oxford Centre for IslamicStudies Dr Farhan Ahmad Nizami, believed that as a Muslim, a person must always ...
	The lost moral of Islam's divide The Hindu The latest developments in Iraq with the Islamic State of Iraq and [Greater] Syria (ISIS) making rapid advances towards Baghdad are an ominous ...
	The Muslim Council of Britain: Barbaric practice of FGM is un-Islamic Evening Standard Britain's most prominent Muslim organisation today announced a new drive to tell its followers that female genital mutilation is contrary to Islam and ...
	BLOGS
	Salvation in Islam and Christianity Answering Muslims ⋅ Anthony Rogers Salvation in Islam and Christianity. Daniel Scot and Shadid Lewis discuss salvation in Christianity and Islam. Posted by Anthony Rogers at 8:15 PM.
	Dutch companies face problems in Saudi due to Wilders' anti-Islam campaign Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain ⋅ siteadmin Dutch companies are facing problems doing business in Saudi Arabia as a result of sanctions imposed by the kingdom in response to anti-Islamic ...
	Norway: Muslim Stabs Imam in Mosque, Imam Blames “Hatred Against Islam” Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami ⋅ sheikyer mami Secretary General in the Islamic Council in Norway, Mehtab Afsar, tells Klassekampen that both the Imam's mosque, Central Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, ...
	Weekend Edition: Obama – American Agent of Islam(Part 1) thenationalpatriot.com ⋅ admin “As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.” “Islamhas a proud tradition of tolerance.” “We will encourage more Americans to study ...
	Sunni Cleric: Division, most used weapon againstIslam/ DAESH enemy of humanity Islamic Invitation Turkey ⋅ furkan furkan Sunni cleric added,” We are witness to increasing unity among Muslims across the globe and enemies have no way but to submit againstIslamic ...
	North Dakota's Second Largest Religion Is...Islam? Say Anything ⋅ Rob Port So, Islam isn't so much North Dakota's second largest religion as it's the largest of the sliver of non-Christian religions in a state that is overwhelmingly ...
	WEB
	Sparks Fly Between 'Hannity' Panel on Radical Islam Fox News Insider On a special Hannity, Sean welcomed a panel of national security experts and commentators to examine the rise of radical Islam.
	Bendigo councillor Elise Chapman'not a fan of Islam' The Northern Daily Leader BENDIGO: Councillor says she doesn't have a problem with Muslims praying in Bendigo, but couldn't list a suitable for a mosque.

on Friday 20 June 2014

Some hopeful signs from Pakistan.

                                                                      

China to give asylum to Ahmadis.

                                                                        

NEWS

	Islamist group calls for Muslim states to protect Sunnis in Iraq Chicago Tribune Qaradawi is one of the Muslim world's pre-eminent preachers and maintains close links to the MuslimBrotherhood, which was overthrown and ...
	Sunni Muslim Refugees Fear Airstrikes Voice of America Hundreds of thousands of Sunni Muslims have fled Mosul and other northern Iraq towns captured by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...
	Egypt Court: Death for MuslimBrotherhood Leader Newsweek Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed El-Beltagy (R) stands with other senior figures in a cage in a courthouse on the first day of their trial in Cairo ...
	Muslim groups condemn atrocities on Muslims in Sri Lanka TwoCircles.net New Delhi: All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, the apex body of IndianMuslim organisations, condemned the continuing attacks on theMuslim ...
	Muslim-run shops shut in Colombo to protest riots The Hindu Several shops across Sri Lanka, many of themMuslim-owned, went on a strike on Thursday as a mark of protest against the disturbing clashes in ...
	Muslim extremist attack leaves seven Philippine soldiers dead Channel News Asia Muslim extremists with links to the Al-Qaeda network killed seven soldiers and left 13 others wounded in an attack in the lawless southern Philippines ...
	Muslims seek exemption for women pillion riders from wearing helmets Zee News New Delhi: After Sikh community sought exemption for women pillion riders from wearing helmets, some Muslim groups have also demanded the ...
	World Muslim body vows to combat 'sectarian policies' Ahram Online The Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which represents more than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, affirmed Thursday a commitment to ...
	scholars urge protection for Sunnis in Iraq gulfnews.com Doha: Muslim scholars led by influential Qatar-based cleric Yousuf Al Qaradawi urged Arab and Islamic states on Thursday to protect Sunnis in Iraq, ...
	Bratton pledges cooperation asMuslim holy month of Ramadan nears Newsday Bratton spoke to an auditorium filled with Muslimcommunity and religious leaders Wednesday at the NYPD's annual Pre-Ramadan Conference at ...

	Islam demonstrators attacked football fans and shouted abuse at fellow Muslims, court hears getwestlondon A pair of Islamic protestors who abused fellow Muslims and picked a fight with a group of football founds have been convicted of affray. Mohan Uddin ...
	History shows that Islam is a religion of war The Australian (blog) ISLAM is described as a religion of peace, yet 1400 years ago it spread rapidly by the sword across the Middle East under the leadership of the ...
	'War on Islam' in Egypt could unite clashing groups Middle East Eye Outcry against the Interior Ministry's stance, commonly interpreted as being not only anti-Islambut also anti-religion, is coming from diverse quarters.
	Iraq crisis: How struggle in the heartland of Islam may redraw borders CNN (CNN) -- They came in their thousands. Old women in chador, zealous young men, in battered minibuses and family cars: Shia from Iran on a ...
	Iraq war: Do answers & solutions lie in Islam? Moneycontrol.com Islam is not just a religion; it is also a system of accumulating and consolidating political power. Its ideology is perfectly suited for these goals.
	WHAT BRAND OF ISLAM IS THIS? Still defiant Mais cites Sultan's name in Bibles issue Malaysia Chronicle The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) said its stand not to return the Bibles seized from the Bible Society of Malaysia last January has the ...
	Boko Haram's war on the World Cup FRANCE 24 An attack presumably carried out by Boko Haram targeted viewers of a World Cup match Tuesday night in eastern Nigeria. Though the Islamic ...
	Hezbollah Official: ISIL Violates Axioms of Islam Tasnim News Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem stressed that the Arab and the regional countries which have ...
	BLOGS
	Real Benghazi Story Ignored As Clinton Flip Flops On Anti-Islam Video Prison Planet.com ⋅ kurt_nimmo Kurt Nimmo Prison Planet.com. June 18, 2014. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has followed Obama's showy capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala ...
	Fr Georges Massouh: Is Takfir an Islamic Phenomenon? Notes on Arab Orthodoxy ⋅ Samn! In his recently published book, "Takfir: Its Regulations in Islam and Its ... This book is very timely, given the rise of takfiri movements in all Islamic ...
	Secular or Islamic state? Neither, says Dr M Malaysia Today ⋅ Super Admin (Malay Mail Online) – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who once declared Malaysia to be an Islamic country, now says it is neither an Islamic nor a secular ...
	Isma says president's charge opens floodgates against Islam's defenders Malaysia Today ⋅ Super Admin (Malay Mail Online) – Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman's sedition charge today heralds ”many other charges” against the self-professed defenders of Islam, ...
	Imaginary Islamophobic Strawman: Isn't Islam a violent religion? askanislamicist ⋅ askanislamicist So I've been considering for a while doing a series of blog posts on “conversations with an imaginary Islamophobic strawman.” The problem I run in to, ...
	Apostasy, Islam and Meriam Wheat and Tares ⋅ Hedgehog Meriam's case was recently discussed in the wider context of what apostasy means in Islam on the BBC radio 4 programme Beyond Belief, available ...
	WEB
	Seminar "Islam and Democracy in post 2014 Indonesia: A comparative perspective" Humanities - Leiden University On 26 June the KITLV, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia and the Indonesia Nederland Society jointly organise a seminar entitled "Islamand ...
	Mosque Construction in Stavropol Sparks Debate Over Role of Islam in Region The Jamestown Foundation On June 8, residents of the village of Vinsady in Stavropol region's Predgorny district rallied against government plans to allow the construction of a ...
	From Sufis to Taliban: The Trajectories of Islam in Afghanistan International Institute - UCLA.edu Providing idioms and organizations for both anti-state and anti-foreign mobilization, Islam has proven to be a vital socio-political resource in modern ...