Wednesday 6 August 2014

News around the World on Tuesday 5 August 2014

#Warsi #UK #Gaza #Israel #Malaysia #Houris


Source : New York Times


Baroness Syeeda Warsi

                                                           


Source : www.allvoices.com


                                                           

NEWS
Malaysian shamans brave Islam's ill winds
It has been driven nearly underground by authorities in the rapidly modernising Muslim-majority country as a heathen relic of a pre-Islamicpast.


Sudan Vision

Islam Helps Boost British Values, Former Archbishop Says
Dr. Williams provoked controversy by saying that applying some aspects of the Islamic law was “unavoidable” in British courts, the Guardian British ...


Western Education Not against Islam, Says Muslim Cleric
He maintained that those against western education in the North did not understand Islam and as such should be disregarded by the public. The cleric ...


Even Islam prescribes capital punishment for rapists: Maulana Balyavi on Meerut rape
Patna: Janta Dal United Rajya Sabha MP Maulana Ghulam Rasool Balyavi has condemned the rape of a Hindu teacher of a Madrassa in Meerut ...


'Act against those who insult Islam, Malays'
CYBERJAYA: Umno Youth has submitted a memorandum to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission calling for action against ...


MSN Malaysia News

Umno lawyer helped Khalid settle RM67 million debt with Bank Islam, says PKR
The person behind the settlement of Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's RM66.67 million debt with Bank Islam is former Umno lawyer Tan Sri Rashid ...


Times of India

Islamic State may have enlisted Indian Muslims over the Internet
Investigators traced them to Mosul and have said they had been recruited over the Internet by theIslamic State (IS) militant group — a process that, ...


MSN Malaysia News

Gani denies not acting upon anti-Islam insults
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has denied that his office had not taken action against those who insulted Islam, saying weekly reports on ...


BLOGS
Islam and Christian genocides in Turkey
Jihad Watch  Robert Spencer
The basis in society and justification in conscience of these genocides were Islamic rules. Islam gives permission to all Muslims to kill and rape every ...


How to respond to Islam: a response to Geoffrey Sales
LMS Chairman  Joseph Shaw
Over on 'All Along the Watchtower' the blogger Geoffrey Sales has done me the honour of responding, mostly positively, to my posts about Islam: here.


islam – a german view – a must read
ISLAM – A GERMAN VIEW – A MUST READ. I thought this was important to post on the Chase Fitness website. Even though it is very far from the ...


The Humanity of Islam
The Minority Report Blog  Michael Becker
Here is a scene from Gaza, and if there was ever any doubt as to what drives Islam this picture should clear up any doubts you might have had.


Advice to Single Women in Islam
Muslimas' Oasis  Shannen Espelien
Single women in Islam are smart, capable, motivated individuals. What's the best way to use your time while your time is your own?


Are houris specific to Islam?
Are houris (the 72 females male martyrs get) specific to Islam, or do they exist in other religions that existed at the same place and time asIslam?

Tuesday 5 August 2014

News Around the Muslim World on Monday 4 August 2014



Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                               


Source : Express Tribune


                                                               


Source : Mail online

                           Contributor : Dr Zahid Aziz, Staff Reporter UK (Midlands)


NEWS

The Hindu
Muslim youths sporting ISIS T-shirts cause a flutter
A group of 26 Muslim youths caused a flutter when they posed for a photograph, sporting black T-shirts with the emblem of the ISIS (Islamic State in ...


Daily News & Analysis
Muslim groups plan to meet Prime Minister Narendra modi for abolition of regressive personal laws
With a change of government at the Centre, progressive Muslim organisations are hoping that regressive, anti-women laws will be replaced with those ...


The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Muslim Organization Makes Offerings to Mandalay Buddhist Monks
A member of the Muslim Social Welfare Group makes an offering to Buddhist monks at Ma Soe Yein Monastery on Sunday. (Photo: Teza Hlaing / The ...


US Has Muslim 'Blacklist, ACLU Says
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The United States violates its own immigration laws through an under-the-radar "blacklist" that denies citizenship, green cards ...


Muslim marksman triggers integration debate
And that's the way things went at first for Mithat Gedik - a 33-year-old Muslim born in Germany to Turkish parents - when his shot hit the mark at the ...


Muslim Student Association peacefully protests conflicts in Gaza
Friday, Aug. 1, the casualties of innocent civilians reached approximately 1,400 in Gaza. The same day, the Muslim Student Association at Colorado ...


Muslim World Unity Should Start With National Unity - Iranian FM
TEHRAN, Aug 4 (Bernama) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that unity of the Islamic world should start with national ...


Muslim shooting king could be stripped of title
Muslim father could be stripped of his title as shooting champion for a town in western Germany because he is not Christian. Foreigners less likely to ...


Washington Post
Opinion: Stop spying on AmericanMuslims who exercise their First Amendment rights
It seems that being Muslim in American and "doing your part" is a surefire way to find yourself on a clandestine government surveillance list.


Breitbart News
Scholar warns Muslims of ISIS influence in Indonesia
Former chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Hasyim Muzadi has warned Indonesian Muslimsof the influence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ...

Monday 4 August 2014

News Around the Muslim World on Sunday 3 August 2014


Source : Mail Online

Contributor : Dr Zahid Aziz, Staff Reporter UK (Midlands)
 



                                                             


Source : Trinidad Express

Contributor : Nadra Khan, Staff Reporter West Indies


                                                             


Source : The Daily Voice


                                                             


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk


                                                             

NEWS
Muslim youths in Mumbai undertake political survey ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Election
Taking a cue, Muslim youths of Mumbai have united for political empowerment. Leaving the sectarian differences aside, Muslim youths have come ...


Muslim residents sue US over citizenship denials
Los Angeles : Five long-time U.S. residents who are Muslim or fromMuslim-majority countries sued the federal government on Thursday, saying the ...


The Nation

Canberra's Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is one of the biggest events on the Muslim calendar. It marks the final part of Ramadan, a month where Muslim people fast in a show of faith ...


Muslim leaders welcome high court order on loudspeakers
MUMBAI: One of the attributes of 'azaan' is that it summons the faithful to peace and tranquility. Ironically, 'azaan' through loudspeakers has become a ...


Fars News Agency

Senior MP Criticizes Muslim World Leaders for Failing to Confront Israel
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker strongly condemned Israel's recent attacks on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and said that Muslim ...


Rising Kashmir

Gaza slaughter, Muslim causes and Arabs
For Arabs self-preservation and power are more important than Muslims' causes anywhere in the world in particular in Gaza or Kashmir (Kashmir is a ...


Muslim states urged to raise voice for Palestinians
PESHAWAR: The Cultural Centre of Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed indignation over the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza and ...


Case against Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide adjourned to 7 August
An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday postponed the case against theMuslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and a number of the ...

Yahoo News UK

Rowan Williams: Islam Restores Traditional British Values
Islam is restoring traditional British values such as shared responsibility, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said. In a speech at the ...


Mojahidul Islam returning as a judge for the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards 2014
The Wireless Association has named Md Mojahidul Islam, a young IT journalist & IT editor of the Daily Ittefaq returning as a judge for the CTIA ...


Today's Zaman (blog)

Islamic Modernism Series IV: Islamand Science
Although some sources claim Abduh was a student of Afghani, their views on the subject of the relationship between Islam and science are widely ...


Islamic Jizya: 'Protection' from Whom?
It said Christians who wanted to remain in the “caliphate” that theIslamic State ... “We offer them three choices: Islam; the dhimma contract – involving ...


Daily Mail

Former Islamic radical turned MI5 agent Morten Storm's life to be turned into spy movie by Bourne ...
A member of a biker gang in his home country, Storm moved to Britain in the late 90s and converted to Islam. After falling in with controversial hate ...


Repentance for Major and Minor Sins
Also, what if you happened to commit a sin but you did not know that the sin is considered major in Islam? For example, hugging a member of opposite ...


The Unlikely Convert: Van Doorn-Former Islamophobe
Van Doorn converted to Islam last year, now his son has become a Muslim too. What is it about Islam that Islamophobes are missing in the critique of ...


Yahoo News UK

The consequences of not challenging the Islamic State
Extremism is dangerous, but it is more dangerous to let it flourish and manifest itself the way the terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State group ...


DAWN.com

Gaza casts shadow over Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup
... house to efforts to infuse young players being educated and trained at its Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence with precepts of militant Islam.


BLOGS
Turkish poet: “Islam is worse than Nazism”
Jihad Watch  Robert Spencer
Islamic theology is based on the verses of the Quran and Hadith. Hadiths are the words and actions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and all ...


Islam in the head, and Islam in beheading
The Hesperado  Hesperado
After all these years, Robert Spencer continues to promote a lack of analytical clarity about the problem of Islam. It's been quite some time since I ...


The story of Islam Yaken , the Story of good middle class boys gone bad everywhere
Islam Yaken joined the ISIS in Syria and now he is in Iraq taking photos with swords and chopped heads and posting them on Twitter and Instagram ...


islam gets a pass as christians are slaughtered; meanwhile, jews get
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS  Reliapundit
WHEREVER ISLAM MAKES CONTACT WITH NON-ISLAM OF WITH AND ISLAM DEEMED "INFERIOR" THERE IS VIOLENCE. MALI; NIGERIA ...


Plunder: The Source of Islamic Economy
Alisina.org  Ali Sina
One of my friends whom I know from a Polish discussion board (he's a Roman Catholic) claims that Islam has absolutely no respect of work and ...