News around the Muslim World on Tuesday 16 December 2014

"Even the children are dying on the frontline in the war against terror. The smaller the coffin, the heavier it is to carry. ... It's a very, very tragic day."

Silence of the lambs - murder of Pakistani school children.

Source : CNN

This expectation we place on Muslims, to be absolutely clear, is Islamophobic and bigoted. The denunciation is a form of apology: an apology for Islam and for Muslims. The implication is that every Muslim is under suspicion of being sympathetic to terrorism unless he or she explicitly says otherwise. 

Sydney v Peshawar

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

NEWS

	'Hate crimes against Muslims very possible following Sydney siege' RT (blog) The Australian government needs to provide more backing for Sydney's Muslimcommunity, student activist Fatema Ali told RT. She said she believes ... Sydney siege sparks 'I'll ride with you' campaign for worried Muslims - Reuters Australian Muslims condemn 'madman' gunman as #illridewithyou trends - SBS Sydney siege: Australian Muslim woman explains why she kept her children at home following attack -ABC Online Full Coverage
	Appeals court rehears copyright case over anti-Muslim film Los Angeles Times In a case closely watched by the technology and Hollywood industries as well as free speech advocates, a federal appellate panel heard arguments ... Lawyer: Free speech at stake in anti-Muslim film - U.S. News & World Report Court reconsiders anti-Muslim film on YouTube - LA Daily News Full Coverage
	Google Attorney Argues Against Actress' Copyright Claim In Anti-Muslim Film CBS Local Arab-Israeli Muslim men protest in front of the US embassy in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on September 13, 2012 against a film mocking ...
	Why Australians Are Telling Muslims, #illridewithyou, Amid Sydney Hostage Situation ABC News Hours after an armed gunman took control of a chocolate shop in Sydney, Twitter users did their best to show compassion in the face of the standoff.
	Campus turns on Muslim conservative who penned satire Fox News A Muslim conservative who took on political correctness at his college campus found out just how angry the very folks he was lampooning can get.

	Sydney siege: Abbott refuses to blame Islam for Man Haron Monis's actions The Guardian Tony Abbott has refused to link Sydney hostage taker Man Haron Monis withIslam, pointing out: “We don't blame the pope for the IRA and we don't ... Sydney's 'sheik' gunman described as 'damaged' and confused about Islam -Washington Post Full Coverage
	Mohammed Islam now says he made the whole thing up Daily Mail Mohammed Islam, 17, who said he had made millions of dollars by trading oil and gold futures and equities, has now hired a pricey crisis PR firm and ... Mohammed Islam: Boy who 'made $72m' in his lunch break admits he made the story up - The Independent The High-School Trader Rumored To Have Made $72 Million Admits He Made The Whole Thing Up -Business Insider Did High School Student Mohammed Islam Make $72 Million Trading Stocks? No. - Business 2 Community Full Coverage
	What's behind the astonishing rise of an anti-Islammovement in Germany? Washington Post (blog) Anti-Islam protesters have been chanting "We are the people!" – a slogan that was used in 1989 when eastern Germans rallied to bring down the ... 10000 People Protest Against Islam in the German City of Dresden - TIME Full Coverage
	The Shahada in Sydney Reminds Us That Political Islam Is Deadly TIME But, as a former Muslim who would dearly love to see Islam reform itself (as Christianity began to do five centuries ago), I disagree. The reality is that ...

News around the Muslim World on Monday 15 December 2014

This is an interesting video I stumbled upon on Youtube. In just ten minutes (hence the name Crash Course) the host John Green tries to teach you the history of Islam, including the revelation of the Qu’ran to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the five pillars of Islam, how the Islamic empire got its start, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and more..

A crash course in the history of Islam.

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

The earth could face a mass extinction by the next century if species continue to disappear at the current rate, according to a report by the scientific journal Nature.

We will all be dead soon.

Source : The Independent

NEWS

	Sydney hostage crisis prompts #Illridewithyou show of solidarity with Australian Muslims Washington Post (blog) The hostage standoff in Sydney, carried out by a suspected radical Muslimrefugee, has threatened to fan anti-Islam sentiment in Australia. A poll in ... Sydney Siege: #IllRideWithYou Shows Support for Muslims - NBCNews.com I'll ride with you: Twitter shows support for Australia's Muslim community - Daily Mail Australia hostage siege: Muslim leaders condemn 'criminal' act as IllRideWithYou trends worldwide -The Independent Full Coverage
	Court Reconsiders Anti-Muslim Film on YouTube ABC News A federal appeals court will reconsider a decision to order YouTube to take down an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East and ... Appeals Court Reconsiders Anti-Muslim Film Removed From YouTube - CBS Local Full Coverage
	Sisters in the vanguard as Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood battles to survive Reuters They teach Muslim Brotherhood values to children, organize its protests, preserve its networks, and take an ever more prominent role in politics.
	'Islamic doll' for children launched in Britain with no FACE in line with Sharia rules Daily Mail It has been designed to comply with strict Muslim teachings which rule against the representation of humans and animals in other forms, and ...

	The Story Of The High School Trader Who Made $72 Million Is A Rumor Spun... Business Insider A lot of folks are buzzing about 17-year-old Stuyvesant High School senior Mohammed "Mo" Islam, who is rumored to have made $72 million from ... Meet the 17-Year-Old Rumored to Have Made $72 Million During His High-School Lunch Breaks ... - Vanity Fair Full Coverage
	Sydney siege: gunman 'demands Islamic State flag' Telegraph.co.uk Sydney siege: follow latest updates. A man holding hostages in a Sydney cafe on Monday has demanded that a flag of the Islamic State in the levant ... Sydney siege: Five hostages escape Lindt cafe as suspected gunman withIslamic flag is named ... - The Independent Full Coverage
	Dresden marchers fan anti-Islam flames in Germany Telegraph.co.uk Heavily armed riot police were out in force on the streets of Dresden on Monday night as more than 10,000 people demonstrated against the ... Some 15000 anti-Islam demonstrators march in Dresden - Jerusalem Post German police gird for anti-Islam march in Dresden - Haaretz Merkel in dilemma as German anti-Islam marches gain support - Daily Mail Full Coverage
	Muslims Go 'BOOM' to Defend Islam Christian Post And so, in defense of "Islamic values" and to dispel "propaganda" about "suicide ... A central tenet of Islam is to convert, enslave or kill the infidel.
	12. Because a Stuyvesant Senior Made $72 Million Trading Stocks on His Lunch Break New York Magazine Late last year, a rumor began circulating at Stuyvesant that a junior named Mohammed Islam had made a fortune in the stock market. Not a small ...
	WEB
	Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Hukoomi The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs was established in 1993 to help modern society understand and comply with Islam. Flag as irrelevant
	Nūr Wikipedia Nūr (Arabic: النور‎‎) is the "Light of God" in Islam. The word means "light" in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. The term is often used in the Quran, notably in a ...

BBC Breaking News on Twitter: "Australian Muslim groups condemn #SydneySiege in statement ... twitter.com Australian Muslim groups condemn #SydneySiege in statement: "This is a time for all ... I am sure mostMuslim are happy to see Koran in practice.

	BLOGS
	Muslim Imam on European Welfare Passes Time by Urging Murder of Jews, Molesting Little Girls FrontPage Magazine 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 ...

News around the Muslim World on Sunday 14 December 2014

“If so much blood flows negotiating the prenuptial, what does that mean for the marriage?” asked Yvo de Boer, a former UN climate chief who heads the Global Green Growth Institute that helps developing nations.

At last another climate deal, but what about climate action?

Source : Financial Times

I for I, s for Shall, l for Love, a for All, m for Mankind makes Islam

NEWS

	Conversions by Hindu outfits an attempt to lure Muslims: All India Muslim Personal Law Board The Indian Express RSS-Muslims-conversions-PTI Vishwa Hindu Parishad spokesman Sharad Sharma denied allegations of forcible religious conversion by the outfit.
	Google, YouTube in key legal battle over anti-Muslim video San Jose Mercury News The court's order requiring YouTube to take down the film, "Innocence of Muslims," has remained intact while the legal showdown continues to unfold.
	Conservative Muslim's opinions produce “existential worry” at University of Michigan Power Line (blog) Omar Mahmood, a Muslim student at the University of Michigan, is a conservative. Worse, he expressed his conservative views as a columnist for a ...
	Turkish FM urges Greece to grant Muslim minority rights Daily Sabah KOMOTINI, Greece — Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has urged Greece to "grant the Turkish-Muslim minority in Western Thrace their ...
	Muslim body slams 'forced conversions' by saffron outfits Times of India Lucknow: All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday accused the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other saffron outfits of orchestrating the ...
	Britain pressing Tobruk to reach agreement with MuslimBrotherhood: Libyan minister Asharq Alawsat English Nouri Abusahmain, the head of Libya's General National Congress (GNC) (R) meets with Bernardino Leon (L) Special Representative of the United ...
	South Korea Seeks to Attract More Muslim Tourists Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir "For Muslim travelers, being able to (perform their) prayers and eating (Halal food) are important, so they need to feel safe and secure to travel to ...
	Christian Widow Killed in Muslim Bomb Blast in Nigeria Christian News Network Muslims were also likely among those killed or wounded in the bombing, but Boko Haram has frequently targeted Christians and Christian institutions ...
	Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims attend the Arbaeen religious festival Al-Bawaba Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims attend the Arbaeen religious festival which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of ...
	Louise Palanker: Confronting Bullying Over Looks, Coming Out As LGBT, and Muslim Harassment Noozhawk How do I deal with people saying negative comments about my appearance? Please don't tell me “Oh, you look fine.” You don't know what I look like.

	Flag being held by Lindt Chocolat Cafe hostages is not anIslamic State flag Sydney Morning Herald The flag shown being held by hostages against the window of Lindt Chocolat Cafe is not an Islamic State flag, but is an Islamic flag that has been ... Flag held by hostages not Islamic State - Stuff.co.nz Full Coverage
	Merkel in dilemma as German anti-Islam marches gain support Yahoo News UK Reuters/Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a meeting of German state leaders at the chancellery in Berlin December 11, 2014. Merkel in dilemma amid growing German anti-Islam movement - Haaretz Merkel Is In A Dilemma As German Anti-Islam Marches Gain Support - Business Insider German Chancellor Angela Merkel in dilemma as anti-Islam marches gain support - Daily News & Analysis Full Coverage
	Leading center of Sunni learning criticizes but does not accuse Islamic State of apostasy Jerusalem Post The head of Al-Azhar University, one of the world's top center for Sunni learning, issued a statement that rejected labeling Islamic State as an apostasy ...
	JOHN BRIGGS: Do not confuse ISIL with Islam SunHerald.com It is quite obvious that in their vain attempt to slander Islam, certain media and individuals are eager to display their Islamphobia by propping up ISIL ...
	'The Star' giving liberals space to belittle Islam, claims Perkasa chief Malay Mail Online Former Chief Justice of Malaysia Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad (Centre), Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali (right) and Perkasa deputy president ...
	Israel faces 'diplomatic offensive' that may boost radicalIslam: Netanyahu Globalnews.ca JERUSALEM – Israel's prime minister says his country may face a “diplomatic offensive” against it that could fuel radical Islam in the Middle East.

	PULLING NO PUNCHES WND.com An infidel is anyone who is not Muslim or, depending on who's doing the killing, belongs to a different sect of Islam. Those who fall into that minority ...
	Major Muslim Charity Says Audit Rebuts Claim of Hamas Link Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog) Aid charity Islamic Relief Worldwide says a review of its finances and operations by a leading global audit firm refutes Israel's claim that it is supporting ...
	Douglas Todd: Extremism only one factor affecting Muslimintegration Vancouver Sun How are Canada's Muslims really doing? If you answered this question solely on the headlines about Canadian soldiers killed by extremists and a ...
	A conversation with Salih Muslim Hurriyet Daily News At such a critical time, I had the chance to have a conversation with the co-president of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih Muslim. The PYD is ...
	A Muslim sculptor's monuments of faith The Hindu Amid growing tension between the majority and minority communities, here is an example of perfect communal harmony with a 32-year-old Muslim ...
	Government faces questions about anti-Muslim bias over Syrian refugees Ottawa Citizen The Conservative government is facing renewed questions about an alleged anti-Muslim bias following revelations it wants to cherry-pick which ...
	Conservative Muslim student vandalized with eggs, hot dogs; told 'shut the f*ck up' The College Fix A Muslim student at the University of Michigan who holds conservative and libertarian beliefs has been viciously attacked with vandalism left on his ...
	'Hindutva Shourya Puraskar' for HRS chief in jail for PuneMuslim techie's murder The Indian Express Desai is among the 21 HRS activists arrested by the Pune police in connection with the murder of a 28-year-old Muslim techie Moshin Sadiq Shaikh in ...
	Dems Outraged at Lack of Outrage from Muslims at Torture Report FrontPage Magazine A desperate CBS based its entire claim of Muslim outrage on one guy from Twitter who wasn't even outraged by it. It's a sad state of affairs when CBS ...
	Orthodox groups file with Supreme Court in support ofMuslim head scarfs Jewish Journal Seven national Orthodox Jewish groups filed a Supreme Court brief in favor of aMuslim woman's right to wear a head scarf at work. The brief was filed ...

	Q&A: 'Islam Has Been Held Hostage' Says Timbuktu' Helmer Abderrahmane Sissako Variety A politically engaged drama depicting the barbarian occupation of Islamicfundamentalists in Mali, “Timbuktu” grossed over €109,000 ($135,000) on ... 'Islam Has Been Held Hostage' Says Timbuktu' Helmer Abderrahmane Sissako -Jamestown Sun Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	The number of Britons choosing Islam doubled in the past decade www.worldbulletin.net Catherine Heseltine, a 31-year-old convert to Islam, made history when she became the first female convert to be elected the head of a British Muslim ...
	Terror acts running counter to true Islam: Iran official Press TV A senior Iranian official has condemned Friday's terrorist attack near the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, stressing that acts of terror run counter to the spirit of ...
	Qamarul Islam accuses CM Ibrahim of violating AICC norms The Hindu Municipal Administration and Waqf Minister Qamarul Islam has charged the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Board CM Ibrahim of violating norms of ...
	Merkel condemns racism as Dresden anti-Islam marches grow DAWN.com BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday condemned anti-Muslim demonstrations centred on the eastern city of Dresden, saying there was “no ... German neo-Nazis increasingly target Islam - i24news Full Coverage
	Attacks against pluralism bad for Islam, say scholars The Malaysian Insider Professor James Piscatori says classical Muslim scholars and rulers have never bureaucratised Islam. – The Malaysian Insider pic, December 14, ...
	Indian Police Arrest Man Over Pro-Islamic State Twitter Account Wall Street Journal The reason lies within Islam itself, where primary allegiance is to Allah rather than a secular government. This is further compounded by the fact that ...
	Islamic State hands out rules for sex slaves in Iraq Washington Times The Islamic State has made clear its justification for the rape and enslavement of non-Muslim women and children with a color-printed pamphlet ...