Wednesday, 10 December 2014

News around the Muslim World on Tuesday 9 December 2014


"Truth, justice and the American way"


The U.S. military overnight transferred six Guantánamo detainees to Uruguay. All of them had been imprisoned since 2002 – more than 12 years. None has ever been charged with a crime, let alone convicted of any wrongdoing. They had all been cleared for release years ago by the Pentagon itself, but nonetheless remained in cages until today.



Source: www.informationclearinghouse.info

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No Muslim minister in Maharashtra government for the first time
Even during the last saffron coalition government in the State in 1995, when there was a Sena Chief Minister, there was one Muslim minister.



Brotherhood Leader's Arrest in Jordan Is Seen as Warning From Monarchy
AMMAN, Jordan — Zaki Bani Rushaid, the provocative deputy head of theMuslim Brotherhood in Jordan, has never been shy with his opinions.



Police: SUV Involved in Teen's Death Displayed Anti-MuslimMessage in Rear Window
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TheBlaze/AP) — An SUV involved in the death of a teenager outside a Somali community center had an anti-Muslim message ...



Killing Of Muslim Teen Highlights Possible Uptick In Anti-Muslim Violence
Fifteen-year-old Abdisamad “Adam” Sheikh-Hussein, a Muslim, was on his way to play basketball with friends last Thursday evening when he was ...



Erdogan slams Egypt for Interpol bid on Muslim scholar
A file picture taken on Feb. 18, 2011, of Egyptian-born Muslim cleric Sheikh Yussef al-Qaradawi. (File Photo: AFP) ...



How the US engages with international Muslim communities
This past summer, I was appointed Special Representative to Muslim Communities at the State Department. As Special Representative, I am charged ...



So, you're a Muslim?
At a time when the world's eyes are on extremist Islamic groups like ISIL and Boko Haram, what's it like being an average Muslim in Melbourne?



Egypt Sentences 4 Muslim Brotherhood Members to Death
An Egyptian court has sentenced four members of the outlawed MuslimBrotherhood to death for the killings of protesters at their headquarters last ...



Oakland: Former member of Your Black Muslim Bakery convicted of kidnapping, torture sentenced ...
OAKLAND - A former member of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for his role in the ...

Group of ex-civil servants call for discourse on position ofIslam in Malaysia
He viewed the right of the transgender community and Sisters in Islam (SIS) to seek legal redress as a “new wave of assault on Islam” and as an ...



Louis Lionheart's Truth-Telling About Islam on 3rd St. Promenade
While some continue to believe the false narrative that Islam is a religion of peace and condemn those who speak the truth as being either “bigots” or ...



Ten ways the Mafia and Islam are similar
During a debate on HBO's Real Time last October, host Bill Maher declared thatIslam is “the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will f***ing kill ...



Islamic Art Museum Open Westerners' Eyes Wide Open
"Islamic art doesn't mean Islamic art for or by Muslims and definitely not ... "Art can give a more balanced view of Islam," she says, adding that Islam ...



Islamic prayer hall in Sydney's west approved as rival groups protest
Controversial plans for a new Islamic prayer hall at Kemps Creek, in Sydney's west, have been given the go-ahead at a meeting that followed clashes ...



IS beheads 4 children in Iraq for refusing to convert to Islam
Baghdad: Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) beheaded four Christian children in Iraq for refusing to convert to Islam, a media report said Monday.



Islam: Built on the Blood of (Christian Child) Martyrs
After explaining how Christian minorities fled Baghdad to Ninevah when Islamic militants began terrorizing them and bombing their churches, White ...



Terrorism and Islam are not the same
With Al Qaeda, ISIS, Al Shabaab, Hezbollah, Hamas, Boko haram, and a lot more of Islamic terrorist groups causing pain, disruption and havoc in ...



Canada Islamic Group Rejects ISIL Threat
CAIRO – The umbrella Islamic council condemned on Monday, December 8, the latest calls for violence in Canada by the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) ...






Monday, 8 December 2014

News around the Muslim World on Monday 8 December 2014



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Egypt Sentences 4 Muslim Brothers to Death
An Egyptian criminal court has issued provisional death sentences to fourMuslim Brotherhood figures pending the opinion of the country's top ...

Muslim cemetery in the works in northern Marion County
Board members of the Hoda Center, North Central Florida's largest Islamic campus, are developing a cemetery that will serve the local Muslim ...



Muslim girl can marry once she completes 15 yrs of age: Gujarat High Court
Ahmedabad: A Muslim girl can marry when she attains puberty or completes 15 years of age, the Gujarat High Court has said. The court made the ...



'I really appreciate Modi for breaking the myth of the Muslimvotebank'
Aiming at consolidating Muslim and dalit votes across the country by the next general elections in 2019, the Hyderabad-based All-India ...



India must destroy terror infrastructures on Pakistani soil: Prominent Muslim cleric
In the wake of the recent spurt in terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, a prominent Muslim cleric on Sunday said


Western eyes open wide to Islam
To change people's perceptions of Islam is the mission of a major new museum in Canada that will become a magnet for Muslim travellers.



The return of the caliphate: Between Islam and Politics
A prophecy in Islamic hadiths (messenger's sayings) stipulates that oppression, tyranny, and darkness will prevail all over the globe. Eventually, the ...



For BJP, working to show where RSS meets Islam
The RSS's Muslim Rashtriya Manch and the Islamic organisation Jamaat Ulema-e-Hind have been silently working with the local clergy and among ...

Adamu: Cole, Islam and threat to peace (1)
THE article: Islam, radicalism and threat to peace in The Guardian on Thursday, November 20 and 21 by Dr. Patrick Dele Cole makes very tortuous ...



Prominent Malays plead for rational dialogue on Islam in Malaysia
A group of 25 prominent Malays are urging for an informed and rational dialogue on the ways Islam is used as a source of public law and policy in ...



Friedman: How the Islamic State drives Muslims from Islam
The Islamic State has visibly attracted young Muslims from all over the world to its violent movement to build a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. What's less ...



Alcohol: Banned or Not Banned in Islam!
It's very strange to hear and read about an “imam” who says that wine is not banned in Islam. The prohibition of wine and alcoholic beverages in Islam ...

Group of prominent Malays calls for rational dialogue on position of Islam in Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: Deeply concerned over developments regarding race relations, Islam and extremist behaviour in Malaysia, a group of 25 prominent ...



Why Convert to a Religion That Supports Terrorism?
It seems that there are waves and waves, enough to fill an ocean, of people out there that have chosen to remain ignorant about Islam, because of ...



News around the Muslim World on Sunday 7 December 2014


And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. (Deutronomy 32:28) But . . . 



Source : Christian Today

Only the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjumans Ishaat Islam answer him . . .



Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk


This is for that which your own hands have sent before, and because Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants. (The Holy Quran 3:182)

Humanity looking at its own doom.


Source : UK.NEWS.YAHOO


They ask thee about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: In both of them is a great sin and (some) advantage for men, and their sin is greater than their advantage. And they ask thee as to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the messages that you may ponder, (The Holy Quran 2:219)


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Christian Wins in World's Most Populous Muslim Nation
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Despite opposition from Islamic extremists, the capital city of the world's most populous Muslim nation now has a governor and ...

How ISIS Drives Muslims From Islam
THE Islamic State has visibly attracted young Muslims from all over the world to its violent movement to build a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But here's ...


O Street demonstration aims to teach about Islam
More than 250 men, women and children gathered at 33rd and O streets Saturday afternoon to commemorate a seventh-century Islamic leader and ...


Iran confirms air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State: Guardian newspaper
Smoke raises behind an Islamic State flag after Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters took control of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist State ...


The tyranny you haven't heard of in Islam Karimov's Uzbekistan
BEIJING - Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov speaks at a press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Aug. 19, 2014, at the Great Hall of ...


Despite Occupation, Archaeology Preserves Islam
The greatest concentration of Islamic landmarks and monuments in the Russian-occupied Muslim countries can be found in Bashkortostan and ...


Islamic State Group Support Grows in Jordan Town
Local authorities quickly stripped away public signs of support for the IslamicState group in this desert town. Black flags have been removed from ...


Conference concludes: Only Islam can unite Muslims worldwide, says JuD
Saeed said movements like the Islamic State should devote their energy to fighting the Zionist state instead of focusing on Syria and Iraq. He said ...


Thousands expected to attend anti-Islam protest in German city
City officials said Friday that organizers have told them 8,000 people will take part in the protest, which is billed as a march against Islamic extremism.


Franklin Graham: 'Islam is a religion of war'
The son of Billy Graham who now heads his father's evangelistic organisation has described Islam as a "religion of war" and urged Christians to ...

Saturday, 6 December 2014

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 6 December 2014





Abused Women Face Lonely Struggle in Pakistan



Source : ABC News

Remembering a time when Islamist extremists wanted to persuade reporters, not kill them




Source : The Atlantic 

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'Islam and Nazi Germany's War', by David Motadel
Hitler saw Nazism and Islam as natural allies. Though he considered most of its practitioners to be racially inferior, he admired Islam for its perceived ...



'Geopolitical Robin Hood??' Blair bites back, blamesIslam for terror, not Iraq war
Former British PM Tony Blair, who is currently the subject of a public inquiry into the Iraq war, claims “radical Islam” is the “key challenge” the West ...



“It's beyond stupid”: Bill Maher responds to backlash against Islam views
Bill Maher has been the subject of major controversy after criticizing Islam on the Oct. 3 edition of his show, “Real Time with Bill Maher.” On the ...



Popular Thai celebrity converts to Islam
The popular actress has said that despite many objections raised by people around her, she finally decided to convert to Islam. She has made the ...



Egypt: Imprisoned Christian journalist who converted fromIslam goes on hunger strike
A high-profile Christian journalist in Egypt, imprisoned and tortured for converting from the Muslim faith, is reported to have begun a hunger strike in ...



Forgotten, but not gone: Fatah al-Islam still a factor in Lebanon
BEIRUT: For two years, Fatah al-Islam sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon with a spate of terrorist attacks, culminating in the battle of Nahr al-Bared.



German Sentenced For Fighting With Islamic State
A Frankfurt court has sentenced a German national to three years and nine months in prison, after he admitted fighting with Islamic State (IS) group ...



Grand Imam condemns Islamic State ideology and 'barbaric crimes'
The Grand Imam of Cairo's prestigious al-Azhar University has condemned the ideology of Islamic extremists as a "perversion of the Islamic religion".

Taste travels: Los Angeles foodies explore China's Islamic cuisine
Los Angeles' Chinese American museum is set to host a food tasting event called “Chinese IslamicCuisine: A Delectable Discussion.” (Photo ...



On Islam, Radicalism and Threat to Global Peace 2
BRETHREN, the very first statement in our compatriot's essay which reads "Islamic world view today is a destabilizing factor in world politics", reminds ...