News around the Muslim World on Monday 15 September 2014

"We are seeing more and more radicalisation in every walk of life. It is not a race, religion or political issue, it is a human issue," Mike Haines told British media.

It is not Islam's fault says beheaded charity worker's brother.

Source : News.yahoo.com

One of Pakistan's most deadly Taliban groups has abandoned its armed struggle and announced it will focus on a peaceful campaign calling on the country to adopt Islamic sharia law.

Punjab Taliban lay down their arms.

Source : www.telegraph.co.uk

Religion is not something that has an existence of its own apart from everyday life, and neither can religion be limited to the private realm or to the life of the mind. Those who use religion to support their private quest for money and/or power already know this very well and make the most of it. Those of us who have alternative visions and are linked to alternative movements need consciously to come together to challenge all religion that valorizes—literally—a deeply unjust system. 

Economics and Religion

Source : Religion Dispatches

NEWS

	'Islamic State' is a slur on our faith, say leading Muslims The Guardian Signatories to a letter to David Cameron, including Sughra Ahmed, president of the Islamic Society of Britain, admit that UK Muslims need to do more ...
	Muslim Preacher Whips Out Machine Gun During Sermon to Make His Point About How to Secure... TheBlaze.com In case his message that only armed jihad can establish a caliphate wasn't fully understood by his congregation, aMuslim cleric in Gaza drove home ... Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohammad tells young Muslims to avoid 'Sheik YouTube' - Sydney Morning Herald Full Coverage
	Millions of muslim pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage Press TV Millions of muslim pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage ... Every year, millions of Muslimsvisit the mosque where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ...
	Barkha to Modi: Review Muslim law to protect women Times of India NEW DELHI: Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Barkha Singh now wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to steer a review of theMuslim ...
	Muslim clerics, scholars back Deoband stand on 'love jihad' Indian Express Leading Muslim clerics, scholars and intellectuals have welcomed the official stand taken by Islamic seminary at Deoband on 'Love Jihad'. In a joint ...
	Shia, Sunni clerics attend forum onMuslim unity in UK Press TV Senior Shia and Sunni clerics in Britain have held a meeting to exchange views on ways to promote unity among Muslims and thwart a media ...
	Iranian documentary wins at Kazan Intl. Muslim Film Festival Press TV Iranian filmmaker Salem Salavati's documentary The Last Winter has garnered top award at the 10th Kazan International Muslim Film Festival.
	Tulsa Muslims respond to lawmaker's anti-Islam comments Tulsa World OKLAHOMA CITY — A state lawmaker's anti-Muslim statements last week have left members of Tulsa's Muslim community shocked, saddened and ...

	If ISIS Is Not Islamic, then the Inquisition Was Not Catholic The New Republic As ISIS slaughters its way though Syria and Iraq, it became inevitable that we'd hear from apologists who claim that ISIS is not in fact “true Islam,” and ...
	Christian Website Yanks A Column Condemning Islam Town Hall I gave it a read and quickly said, “Heck yeah”, because Cass, like Clash, believes Islam is implacable and must be stomped on like a narc at a biker ...
	Killing people without trial against Islam, Dr M tells would-be Malaysian jihadists The Malay Mail Online “In Quran, there is only one Islam. We are the ones who made them into three types of Islam, four types. Now, there are 1,000 types of Islam… This is ...
	Syrian-American guest battles Megyn Kelly's Islamophobia Salon “It is true that Islam is not ISIS,” she began, “but it is also true that ISIS isIslamic, is it not?” (Kelly's question was inspired by President Obama's recent ...
	Egypt says global action needed to counter Islamic State Jerusalem Post Shi'ite fighters from Mahdi Army launch rockets during heavy fighting against Islamic state members at Bo Hassan village, near Tikrit in northern Iraq.
	Islam, Christianity clashed over faith, Hindu philosophy basked in peace Niticentral The main reason is the increasing visibility of Islam in Europe. When the first Turks came to Germany as “guest workers“, it was considered great that ...
	We can not discount the threat posed by the IslamicState: Letter NJ.com To The Editor: The event that influenced the recent U.S. air strike in Northern Iraq, the entrapment of thousands of non-Sunni-Islam-families on a ...
	Sexually enslaving kids: A Muslim-world problem The Commentator The difference between what happens in Nigeria and what happens in Western nations is based on what I call “Islam's Rule of Numbers.” Wherever ...
	Radical Islam a formidable foe Baltimore Sun While ISIS is not invincible, even if temporarily defeated, it will morph into a new terror group similar to the off-shoots of al-Qaida ("ISIS is not invincible ...
	Islam and Democracy: Breaking Myths New Delhi Times “Real power does not hit hard, but straight to the point” is a popular Indonesian saying. Hitting straight to the point is the significance of Islam in ...
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	MODERATE ISLAM: Is it a reality is it a myth…you decide JEWSNEWS ⋅ Eliyokim Cohen MODERATE ISLAM: Is it a reality is it a myth…you decide. Posted on 9/13/2014 by Eliyokim Cohen. Tweet. Email This Page ...
	A lady recruited in order to “free” Muslim women from oppression finds herself accepting Islam Women In Islam ⋅ AbdulJabarAzimi The story of how I reverted to Islam is a story of plans. I made plans; the group I was with made plans, and Allah made plans. And Allah is the Best of ...
	Evolution vs Islam AhlulBayt Islamic Mission (AIM) ⋅ AIM An introductory article into the theories of evolution and what Islam says about this.
	Has Kerry converted to Islam or are he and CNN the Taqiyya in Chief's taqiyya puppets in Islam's ... ofthehighest ⋅ Everest Wilhelmsen CNN is lying to the world—ENTIRELY BETRAYING the free world !!! CNN is even telling Islamic women to use the internet to encourage ISIS fighters.
	Nation of Islam Hip-Hop Again? hawgblawg ⋅ Ted Swedenburg Zaheer Ali wonders whether a hip-hop/Nation of Islam connection might be on the horizon again, in The Root. He is inspired to speculate in this regard ...
	Seminaries are in need of clerics to promote Islam with modern methods Islamic Invitation Turkey ⋅ Muhtar Sekafi In a ceremony marking the beginning of the new academic year at the IslamicSeminary of Qom, Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi give advice to ...
	Moderate Islam: A MYTH! (video) Creeping Sharia ⋅ creeping Speaking at Kanal D TV's Arena program, PM Erdogan commented on the term “moderate Islam”, often used in the West to describe AKP and said, ...
	DC Catholic Cardinal Praises Islam, Calls Mohammed A “Prophet” Infidel Bloggers Alliance ⋅ Pastorius That praise of the Islamic deity is an important phrase in Islam, is found more than 100 times in the Koran, and is akin to the Catholic prayer, ”In the ...
	Andrew Bieszad - Islam, No Religion Of Peace, Religion For The Perverted Mike Church ⋅ AbbyMcGinnis It's not actually in that passage, but the idea is that Islam accepts other ... The other part where this quote comes from is in the actual word Islam.
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	Clash of Civilizations: Islam and the West Calendar - Yale University Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia and raised in the Muslim faith She has been a staunch advocate of women's rights, human dignity, and Western ...

News around the Muslim World on Sunday 14 September 2014

Women have a vital role in the progress of human society. Yet, women’s contributions to progress aren’t always acknowledged by or even included in history books. In her 1998 book, “You Can’t Kill the Spirit: Women and Nonviolent Action,” writer Pam McAllister spotlights stories, struggles and contributions of women all over the world – stories that are often hidden in plain sight. The latest story comes from Pakistan, where local women are actively working toward social and political change at this very moment.

Pakistan's progress depends on its women folk.

Source : Peace Worker (Oregon)

Miss Fatimah Jinnah

Begum Shaista Ikramullah and Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan

NEWS

	US Muslim Leaders Condemn Islamic State Voice of America Leaders of America's Muslim community are condemning the violent extremism of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. Muslimleaders ...
	Oklahoma lawmaker, GOP chairman affirm anti-Muslim Facebook post Enid News & Eagle 11 attacks, a Muslim civil rights group and Bennett sparred over a comment the lawmaker posted to his Facebook page urging people to “be wary” of ...
	A Muslim suburban street in Lakemba The Australian THE headlines and news bulletins screamed of Islamic terrorist plots and plans here and in the US to fight them ruthlessly. But in theMuslim ... Flag as irrelevant
	The difference between Muslims and political Islam The Nation In my previous letters, I made a very clear point that there is a total difference between Islam and Muslims: Islam is a political ideology,Muslims are ...
	Obama says the Islamic State 'is not Islamic.' Americans disagree. Washington Post (blog) "No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of [the Islamic State's] victims have been Muslim," Obama said. (Obama refers to ...
	Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey at end of November; Christian-Muslim ties lead agenda Fox News VATICAN CITY – The Vatican says Pope Francis will travel to Turkey at the end of November. The trip, confirmed Friday by the Rev. Federico ...
	Germany planning to fund anti-Semitism education forMuslim youth Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — Germany is ready to allocate funds to tailor education about anti-Semitism for its Muslim students, the country's Jewish ...
	Leading Irish Muslim warns: ISIS operating in Ireland - and authorities not doing enough to combat ... Irish Independent He said prominent Muslims in Ireland "need to notify the gardai and the Government about the danger of allowing those visitors coming from outside".
	White House: We're reaching out to the AmericanMuslim community for help denoucing ISIL Minneapolis Star Tribune WASHINGTON -- Obama administration officials are engaged in reaching out to Muslim communities across the United States -- including Minnesota ...
	Okla. lawmaker, GOP chair affirm anti-Muslim post Beaumont Enterprise 11 attacks, a Muslim civil rights group and Bennett sparred over a comment the lawmaker posted to his Facebook page urging people to "be wary" of ...

	Islam and Catholicism The Economist (blog) EIGHT years ago today, Pope Benedict XVI made a speech at a German university (pictured above) which caused a furore in the Islamicworld.
	Bill Maher is wrong: we can't blame Isil on Islam Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Islam is not a monoculture. Sunni and Shia look very different, both have generated schools of thought that take starkly contrasting approaches ... Fox's The Five Credits Maher for Being Tougher on Radical Islam Than Obama - Mediaite Bill Maher: To claim that Islam “is like other religions is just naive and plain wrong” - Jihad Watch Bill Maher vs. Charlie Rose on Islam, Christianity, and Violence -Answering Muslims Full Coverage
	Here's the most 'amazing' part of Obama's absurd 'not true Islam' claims Twitchy JonKarn RT @4aFreeUSA: Islam is not defined by Obama or lying/deceptive Muslims but by the Koran & Mohammed, his words and his actions.
	Crowley: The battle within and forIslam Ottawa Citizen Western politicians and editorialists, for example, seem quite content to make ex cathedra pronouncements about what “true” Islam is (usually ...
	In true spirit of Islam and Australia, a BBQ The Australian In the Sydney suburb of Arncliffe, Imam Mohammad Trad warned his congregation to be wary of claims from Islamic State that it representedIslam.
	Americans link violence with Muslims, but Obama says ISIL is notIslam Deseret News The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is America's enemy, not Islam, President Obama stated in his national address Wednesday night laying out a plan ...
	Boko Haram, Isis Are Anti-Islam Vanguard As an avid social media user, I have been following the tweets and anger of social media users against Islam and Muslims especially when the ...
	Cardinal McCarrick slammed over claims Islam teaches peace, like Catholicism Washington Times “Has Cardinal McCarrick converted to Islam? 'Peace be upon him' is a phrase Muslims utter after they say the name of [their] prophet … so probably ...
	The betrayal of my beautiful religion,Islam The Age But on Fridays, with shops closed for Islam's holy day, people convicted of capital crimes such as murder, rape and incest were beheaded by the ...
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	The Myth of Moderate Islam RedState ⋅ Caleb Howe (Diary) Share on Facebook 1. 1 SHARES. Steven Crowder makes the case that moderate Islam, as told by our liberal betters, is a myth. (With a little help from ...
	Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop wgsac ⋅ williamgrantstillartscenter Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop Curated by Sohail Daulatzai Exhibition Dates: October 4 to November 22, 2014 Exhibition Times: ...
	Islam, Violence, and the Nature of God Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog ⋅ St. Ignatius of Loyola Although the topic of violence in Islam is a controversial one, Benedict XVI placed it at the center of his treatment of our knowledge of God within his ...
	Kerry: “The Real Face of Islam is a Peaceful Religion” Levitt Letter Extra News ⋅ ZLM Editor One day after the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) released a video ... “The real face of Islam is a peaceful religion based on the dignity of all ...
	Muslims have a duty to address those who distortIslam Gulen Movement ⋅ Omer Levent When hearts do not lend ears to Islam, it cannot make its voice heard. ... and tranquility should know that Islam, from yesterday to today, is subject to ...
	Moderate Islam: A Myth Moonbattery ⋅ Dave Blount Back in action at last, Steven Crowder sets out to find the “moderateIslam” we hear so much ... For once and for all, there IS NO MODERATE ISLAM!

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 13 September 2014

The problem of domestic violence is many-faceted, of course, but perhaps the largest face reflects a patriarchal culture with a decidedly religious heritage. Harris observes that, historically, the judgement of domestic violence has often been determined by the character of the victim.

Wife beating in the US.

Source : Religion Dispatches

In the West, Muslim families are splintering in the same way as many other families. How can this be stopped? An enlightening video from brother Nouman Ali Khan which is well worth 20 minutes of your time.

Family Matters

“I was taught nothing about Muslim Portugal in school. It was simply never mentioned. Until I spoke to you I had no idea that Portugal had such an amazing Islamic history. I knew nothing about it and none of my friends have ever mentioned our Islamic history either,” 

What happened to Portugal's Islamic heritage?

Source : The Wandering Musulman

Tiny Jordan's spies have helped the United States hunt down some of its most dangerous enemies. 

How Jordon helped US kill Al Qaeda's leaders.

Source : Foreign Policy

Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, warned his boss, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, that if Washington did not use its leverage to check Israel's nuclear advances, it would "involve us in a conspiracy with Israel 

How Nixon let Israel develop nuclear weapons.

Source : Foreign Policy

NEWS

	Muslim Americans Respond To Steve King's Suggestion That Government Should Spy On ... ThinkProgress Muslim Americans are fighting back against Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) suggestion on Thursday that the U.S. government should spy on mosques to stop ...
	Prominent Muslim Brotherhood figures to leave Qatar Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Some senior figures in Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood have agreed to leave Qatar, a prominent member of the group said on ... Bowing to Pressure, Qatar Asks Some Muslim Brotherhood Leaders to Leave - New York Times Muslim Brotherhood exiles leaving Qatar, possibly easing regional spat -Los Angeles Times Qatar asks senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders to leave country - The Guardian Full Coverage
	'The 99' Are Muslim Superheroes Fighting for Tolerance Wall Street Journal "Most of the work I do has to do with perception," says Naif Al-Mutawa, a U.S.-educated, Kuwaiti clinical psychologist and media entrepreneur. Eleven ...
	Muslim scholar explains relationship between evolution and the Quran The Daily Pennsylvanian Qadhi spoke to Muslim and non-Muslim students from Penn, Drexel, Temple and neighboring states on Friday to kick off the Muslim Student ...
	Muslim American leaders denounce Islamic State Concord Monitor More than two dozen Muslim American clerics and community leaders condemned Islamic terrorism at a crowded news conference Wednesday in ...

	From 1990s Algeria to Iraq today: trampling Islamunderfoot in the name of Jihad Open Democracy What is the ideology motivating alleged “warriors of God” to “trample Islamunderfoot in the name of Jihad”? Algerian anthropologist Mahfoud ...
	ISIL isn't Islam but it is Islamic and that truth should be recognized: James Varney The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com No matter how often Western leaders repeat the phrase Islam does not mean "peace." The repetition of the canard has made no one safer in the 13 ...
	Kerry Holds Talks in Saudi Arabia on Anti-Islamic State Campaign Wall Street Journal The agenda included U.S. plans for expanded American airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and more support for moderate rebels ...
	Impressed by Saudi students' friendship bond, Briton embraces Islam Arab News A simple act of kindness can do wonders. A Briton embraced Islam after he witnessed a fellow Saudi patient being bombarded with moral and ...
	Rand Paul: 'Civilized Islam Will Have To Step Up' To Take On ISIS CBS Local “Ultimately, civilized Islam will have to step up. We need to do everything we can to protect ourselves. I'm all in for saying we have to combat ISIS, but ...
	God opened my heart to embrace Islam Arab News The story of how I reverted to Islam is a story of a series of my plans. ... but have a special agenda to malign Islam and harm the Muslim community.
	Islam needs more Muslims to finger terrorists among us The Australian (blog) Islam will remain the problem until Muslims display the intelligence and courage of Sydney doctor Jamal Rifi and identify the Australian supporters of ...
	CIA: As Many as 31000 Islamic State Fighters in Iraq, Syria Voice of America U.S. intelligence says the Islamic State militant group has between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters on the ground in Iraq and Syria. A Central Intelligence ...
	ISIS' Negative Reflection on Islam Siouxland News Our national correspondent Kristine Frazao investigates how ISIS is fueling a global perception ofIslam as a violent faith. According to pew research, ...
	Obama, Islam, and CS Lewis National Review Online (blog) Ramesh and Daniel have both mentioned the presidential inclination to expatiate on the “true” beliefs of Muslims. The inimitable C. S. Lewis, in the ...
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	Sam Harris refuses to osculate the rump of Islam Why Evolution Is True ⋅ whyevolutionistrue As ISIS slaughters and beheads its way through the Middle East, the apologists for Islam are making their usual excuses: ISIS isn't expressing "true ...
	Islam is the Face of Evil Warning Signs ⋅ Alan Caruba "ISIS is not Islamic", said Barack Obama as he gave yet another vapid speech to say what he will or will not do next about the threat of Islam. What he ...
	7 Points to help John Kerry defend Islam Messiah's MandateMessiah's Mandate | Raising up Leaders for the Coming Israeli Revival ⋅ Ron Cantor Islam was birthed in blood and thrives on blood. Mohamed executed people. This is fact. Unlike most religions Islam grew in its early stages as a ...
	Senator Rand Paul Allies With Barack Obama on “ISIL is Not Islamic” LibertyNEWS.com ⋅ Eric Odom Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he agreed with the part of President Obama's speech about ISIS not representing true Islam, calling the Islamic State “an ...
	What this muslim girl has to say about Islam is just shocking…I feel bad for her, to learn the truth ... JEWSNEWS ⋅ Eliyokim Cohen What this muslim girl has to say about Islam is just shocking…I feel bad for her, to learn the truth about your culture has to be disheartening. Posted on ...
	The Myth of Christianity as a Wall against Islam Thulean Perspective ⋅ Varg Vikernes Some seem to think Christianity is and has always been a wall againstIslam, but let me remind you of a few historical facts: The Teutonic Knights did ...