Friday 24 October 2014

News around the Muslim World on Wednesday/Thursday 22/23 October 2014


The worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam condemns the cowardly attack in Ottawa. 


"These attacks have noting to do with Islam and bring its beautiful teachings into disrepute." Says President of the UK branch.

BERLIN GETS READY FOR WORLD AMEER OF THE WORLDWIDE AHMADIYYA ANJUMAN


CELEBRATIONS COMEMMORATING 90 YEARS OF BUILDING THE FIRST MOSQUE ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT START.


NEWS

Bill Maher Slams Islam in Light of Christian Mother's Death Sentence in Pakistan
Atheist TV host Bill Maher has criticized Islam again on his HBO show "Real Time," this time speaking out against the death sentence for blasphemy ...


Soccer and militant Islam intersect in incidents across the Middle East
A successful soccer player near the peak of his career, 22-year Nidhal Selmi died last week a foreign fighter for the Islamic State, the jihadist group ...


Australia should be involved in fight against radical Islam... but should avoid direct conflict, former ...
Australia is involved in what could be a century-long conflict against radicalIslam but should try to avoid direct combat, a new reports says.


Barbados Muslims Reject ISIS, but Still Face Anti-IslamBigotry Online
Many prominent Islamic scholars around the world have similarly condemned ISIS, but that unfortunately hasn't stopped some from conflating the ...


Jewish Girl Converts to Islam, Begins Getting Bad Grades, Plotting to Kill Parents
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing a book on the ...



Turkey confirms release of Islam critic's assailant
A Danish delegation that travelled to Turkey has returned home with a confirmation that the man who attempted to assassinate Islam critic Lars ...



Saudi Arabia's Largest Bank, National Commercial Bank, To Convert To Fully Islamic Bank
The largest bank in Saudi Arabia has decided to turn itself into a fully Islamicbank in the next five years after coming in for criticism from the country's ...



ISIS does not represent Islam
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, now just the Islamic State. The history of the group, which has roots going back 15 years, is more extensive than ...




A Rebuttal to Islam: Top 5 Arguments
Well, not long ago, Talk Islam (one of the world's most influential Islamic online groups) decided to try and shutdown my channel. They issued a ...




ALİ BULAÇ
Islam relies on divine revelations, while Islamism is the product of the human mind. Still, Islam and Islamism overlap each to a large extent. If there are ...




You Can't Reform Islam Without Reforming Muslims
But Islam does not exist apart from Muslims. It is not an abstract entity that can be changed without changing its followers. And if Islam has not changed ...


Michele Bachmann May Be Islamic State Target
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who has previously made vocal and sometimes ill-informed condemnations of radical Islam, is at ...


Enemies of Islam 'spreading evil and lies through Twitter'
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh says that the enemies of Islam are using social networking sites such as Twitter to spread ...


Video Appears To Show Islamic State Militants Stoning A Woman To Death
Hardline fighters from the Islamic State march in Raqqa, Syria in a undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/militant ...


Jordan's Abdullah: Mideast threatened by extremists from both Islam and Zionism
Jordan's King Abdullah said Islam is facing a civil war between moderates and extremists, but Arabs and Muslims "have not realized how serious the ...


Massachusetts Parents Angry To Find Out Islam Is Part Of School Curriculum
Parents in Massachusetts were upset when they found out Islam is being taught as part of the school curriculum. But what was most upsetting to one ...


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Lakemba Mosque joins National Mosque Open Day to reveal truth aboutIslam
The Islamic community is taking action to tackle prejudice against their faith and break down common misconceptions about their religion.

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Interview with Muslim Scholar Ziauddin Sardar: ''Muslims Yearn for Real Debate''. Ziauddin Sardar is a leading British-Pakistani Muslim scholar and ...



Wednesday 22 October 2014

News around the Muslim World on Tuesday 21 October 2014


Berlin

Delegates from different countries start arriving in Berlin to celebrate 90th anniversary of the first purpose built mosque on the European continent.
We congratulate the Ameer, Hazrat Dr Abdul Karim Saeed, for the great achievement by the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam.


England

The world Ameer of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam, Hazrat Dr Abdul Karim Saeed, is to arrive in England on 31st October 2014 and leave on 24 November 2014. If you want to meet him please email aaiiLahore@gmail.com

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Hindus demand holiday on Diwali day


Source : BBC.CO.UK

NEWS

Obama's Former Muslim Advisor Assesses Whether He's Lived Up to His Cairo Speech
In 2009, the U.S. was fighting two wars in Muslim countries, imprisoning hundreds of Arab men without charge at Guantánamo Bay, and another ...


Dutch battle surge of desperate, violentMuslim refugees
His latest campaign, announced last month, calls for everyone holding a passport from a Muslim-majority country to sign a declaration formally ...


How the Muslim World Benefits from ISIS
However the US campaign against ISIS goes, the beneficiaries will be its Sunni Muslim allies who are also doubling as our allies. While on the surface ...


At U of M, Muslim students struggle to stick to religious diet
The three University of Minnesota students are Muslim, and like many others who share their religion, dietary restrictions mean taking extra ...


MIM entry into state marks return ofMuslim identity politics after two decades
MIM entry into state marks return of Muslim identity politics after two ... MIM cashed in on the Muslimanger against Congress in the state, while ...


Young Muslim women want to fuse fashion with faith
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Fashion-consciousMuslim women from Kuala Lampur to Los Angeles to the Detroit area who wear the Islamic ...


French opera cast threatens to stop over woman wearing traditional Muslimniqab veil
A woman wearing a traditional Muslim niqab veil was asked to leave an opera in France after the cast threatened to stop singing if she didn't unveil ...


West must engage with progressive Muslim world to end malaise
By blaming colonialism, imperialism, communism, Zionism and everyone else, Muslims are refusing to look within themselves for their malaise.


Dutch battle surge of desperate, violent Muslimrefugees
He has used that position to pressure the government to “de-Islamize” the Netherlands, where Muslims make up about 5 percent of the population of ...


Australia abandons controversialMuslim veil segregation plan
SYDNEY – A controversial plan to make Muslimwomen wearing the face-covering veil sit in separate glassed public enclosures at Australia's ...

'Do not confuse Islam with terrorism'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community not to confuse Islam with terrorism. She made this comment at the recently ...


Rastafarian leader urges members to emulate Nation of Islam teachings
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Members of the Rastafari group in Jamaica today showed their appreciation to Nation of Islam leader Lious Farrakhan at the ...


Dr Zakir Naik arrives in Ghana to clear misconceptions about Islam
A renowned and dynamic international orator onIslam and comparative religion, Dr Zakir Naik, has arrived in the country to give a lecture on the ...


Stream: Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens' new album Tell 'Em I'm Gone
On October 27th, Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, will release his first new album in five years, Tell 'Em I'm Gone. In anticipation, the album is streaming ...


Few escape Islamic State's war on women
The savagery of the Islamic State militants, who sliced through Syria and Iraq with high-tech weapons and old-fashioned swords, is no longer a ...


Latinas Converting To Islam for Identity, Structure
Londono says some women turn to Islam because they are repelled by Western values of success — as measured by careers, schooling or wealth.


Lokayukta Cops File FIR Against Wakf Minister Qamarul Islam
“Following a direction from the Lokayukta Special Court, a case has been filed against Qamarul Islamover the alleged appropriation of Wakf property ...


A Tale of Two Hijrahs
While others say more Muslims should stay in the land of the non-Muslims and be a good representative of Islam as a way to better Islam'simage and ...


Islam, Violence & Double Standards (Pt.3 of 4 on Islam as Liberation Theology)
(This is the third in a series on Islam as liberation theology. It is based on Karen Armstrong's Muhammad: a prophet for our times. London: Harper ...

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Tolerance, Understanding and Coexistence: Oman's message of Islam
Exhibition on “Tolerance, Understanding and Coexistence: Oman's message of Islam”Organized by UNESCO Office in Kathmandu on the occasion of ...


Tuesday 21 October 2014

News around the Muslim World on Monday 20 October 2014


World Ameer of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam will be in the UK from 31st October 2014 to 24 May 2014. To contact him please email aaiiLahore@gmail.com


An international team of researchers says a fish called Microbrachius dickiis the first-known animal to stop reproducing by spawning and instead mate by having sex.



Source : BBC.CO.UK

The Austrian government has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the country's century-old "Islam Law" that governs the legal status of Austria's Muslim community.
The proposed revisions—which are aimed at cracking down on Islamic extremism in Austria—would regulate the training and hiring of Muslim clerics, prohibit the foreign funding of mosques, and establish an official German-language version of the Koran, among other changes.



Source : Gatestone Institute

NEWS

Downing Street set to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood
Downing Street is to order a crackdown on theMuslim Brotherhood and a network of Islamist groups accused of fuelling extremism in Britain and ...


Watch police frisk man in Muslim dress - moments after letting him walk past in Western clothes
A shocking video that apparently shows a New York police officer pushing two Muslim men up against a wall just because of how they are dressed ...


BCSO deputy recognized as influential Georgia Muslim
Then, in September, Ahmedani saw a “dream” come true — he was recognized as an “Influential Georgia Muslim” at the first gala sponsored by the ...


Muslim leader blames Trinidad for deportation from Ja
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Jamaat Al-Muslimeen Leader Yasin Abu Bakr has said he was not a threat to Jamaica's national security and he is ...


Ridiculous to stop non-Muslims from using 'Allah', says Muslim Brotherhood leader
Kuwait's Muslim Brotherhood leader Dr Tareq Suwaidan says there are many examples in Islamic history which shows that non-Muslims are not ...


Muslim students reject court ruling on Hijab ban in Lagos
image The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has frowned at the judgement delivered by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the Ikeja ...


Asifa Lahore: My parents are traditional Muslims. It took a lot of courage for me to tell them I'm gay
Revelations from the Dewani trial are bringing Asian views on sexuality into the open. Vivek Chaudhary spends an evening at a club for Britain's Asian ...


State Department and Israeli Politicians at Odds Over Something John Kerry Said. Who Do You ...
“Even when a British Muslim beheads a British Christian, there will always be those who blame the Jews,” Bennett wrote. The controversy was ...

Monday 20 October 2014

News around the Muslim World on Sunday 19 October 2014


Hazrat Ameer, Dr Abdul Karim Saeed,  advises Muslims how to behave so that they set an example for others.


Source: www.virtualmosque.co.uk

Here is how Muslims should not behave!



Source : http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/

Morocco honours the Swedish ambassador




Source : http://www.moroccoworldnews.com

NEWS

Qaeda urges worldwide Muslim support of ISIS
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) urgedMuslims around the world to support the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants. (File photo: AFP) ...



Yemen's Qaeda urges worldwideMuslim support of IS
Dubai (AFP) - Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based franchise on Friday urged Muslims worldwide to support Islamic State group jihadists in Syria and Iraq in the ...



Saudi Arabia seeks to influence British investigation into Muslim Brotherhood
It is worth noting that British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered last April a review into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood to see if the group ...



Gov't pays over $4m to fly home Trinidad Muslim leader
THE Government of Jamaica was forced to foot the hefty US$36,000 (Ja$4,050,000) bill to fly radical Trinidad Muslim leader Yasin Abu Bakr to Port of ...


Britain fails to curb Muslim radicalization
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada (right) hugs his motherafter he was released from a prison near Amman, Jordan last month. He walked free after ...



Muslim prayers, sacrifices for Eid
SAN ANTONIO — Muslims around the world recently celebrated Eid al-Adha, one of Islam's biggest holidays, with prayers, visits with family and ...



Muslim Brotherhood courts Isis for support
In its eighty six years of existence Muslim Brotherhood has never been in greater trouble. Its options for survival are fast shrinking. Its being in power ...



Muslim students condemn judgement banning hijab in Lagos schools
The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, MSSN, Lagos State Area Unit, has frowned at the judgement delivered by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the Ikeja ...



Nepal, Muslim women defy tradition and pray in public
Kathmandu (AsiaNews) - Nepal's Muslim women have begun to challenge the social taboo and, in a first gesture of independence, have joined the ...

Latinas Converting to Islam for Identity, Structure
Londono says some women turn to Islam because they are repelled by Western values of success -- as measured by careers, schooling or wealth.


Converted wife can seek divorce only after renouncing Islam: HC
AHMEDABAD: A non-Muslim woman who converted to Islam for marriage can seek divorce from her Muslim husband only on the basis of ...


A tipping point for Muslims: The 'Islamic State' has clarified for everyone the difference between ...
The rise, battlefield success and vainglorious propaganda of the so-called “Islamic State” may prove to be a moment of clarity for Muslims worldwide.


Islam rule brings fighting and killing
He later says Islam is a peaceful, proactive religion. But Islam is more than a religion. It's also a political system, establishing a government founded on ...


Morocco Pays Tribute To Swedish Ambassador Who Converted to Islam
For all his efforts to reduce the distance between Morocco and the West, mainly Sweden, and for sharing the true meaning of Islam, Morocco paid ...



Italian Figures Separate Islam from Terror
Boldrini was among the keynote speakers who were invited by the Italian Islamic Cultural Center of the grand mosque in Rome as a representative of ...


Radical Islam presents PM a statesman's chance
Campaigns like 'love jihad' can increase alienation of the largest minority and thus make it susceptible to exploitation by radical forces. A good ...


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ISIS does not represent Islam
'ISIS does not represent Islam'. In the aftermath of the Serbia versus Albania football match midweek, that had to be abandoned due to riots between ...