News around the Muslim World on Monday 30 June 2014

Fast or play Football - which one?

Source : Boston Globe

                                                                    

NEWS

	Harford's Muslim community invites neighbors for Ramadan meal Baltimore Sun Harford County's Muslim community is observing the month of Ramadan, which begins at sundown Saturday, and is reaching out to residents of all ...
	Muslim leaders call for security as Ramadhan starts Kenya Broadcasting Corporation The holy month of Ramadhan that involves fasting for 30 days by Muslim faithful has kicked off.Muslim across the world dedicate the month to prayer ...
	Muslim leaders demand Issa Timamy's immediate release to avert possible violence The Standard Digital News LAMU COUNTY: Muslim leaders now want Lamu Governor Issa Timamy released unconditionally for the sake of stability in the area. The Supreme ...
	Muslim quota: Shiv Sena-BJP eying benefits of backlash Daily News & Analysis Though the Cong-NCP combine is banking on its decision to grant reservations to Muslims to help salvage its fortunes in the assembly elections, the ...
	How Muslims flipped the script in Hollywood CNN (blog) But he said he was rarely considered for parts playing doctors, lawyers ... or anything, really, but menacing Muslims during the early days of his career.
	North Texas Muslims begin Ramadan with plea for unity Dallas Morning News Muslim leaders in North Texas marked the start of Ramadan on Saturday with calls for harmony. In a news conference at Southern Methodist ...
	Muslim world will only SCORN YOU MORE for burning Bibles: Malaysian 'Allah' verdict makes NO ... Malaysia Chronicle This week it upheld a ban on non-Muslims using the word “Allah”. The court rejected a challenge by the Roman Catholic Church to overturn the ban ...
	Sultan directs Muslim Ummah to commence Ramadan fast on Saturday The Guardian Nigeria THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has directed the Muslim Ummah to commence the Ramadan fast on Saturday, June 28. The News ...
	Glo Tasks Muslim Faithful To Pray For Nigeria's Security The Guardian Nigeria Telecommunications Operator, Globacom, has urged Muslim faithful in Nigeria to pray for the peace and unity of the nation as Nigeria is currently ...

	Al-Qaida splinter declares newIslamic caliphate Indian Express The spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declared the group's chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the leader of the new caliphate, ...
	Introducing Islam Oman Daily Observer Do man and woman in Islam have spiritual equality before God? The Qur'an provides clear-cut evidence that woman is completely equal with man in ...
	Islam values justice Gulf Today Ramadan is a month of blessings and contains the Night of Power, described as “… better than a thousand months” in the Quran (Surat al-Qadr, 3), ...
	Saudi monarch slams religious extremists in Ramadan speech Arab Times Kuwait English Daily Islam is “religion of unity, fraternity and mutual support” but some people “lured in by false calls... are confusing reform with terrorism”, the monarch ...
	Enemies confront Islam in name of religion: Leader Press TV Addressing a group of Qur'an reciters on Sunday, the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution said that “the enemies' intelligence apparatus” plays a role in ... Leader of Ummah and Oppressed People: “Enemies confront Islam in name of religion” - Islamic Invitation Turkey Full Coverage
	Militants Leverage Iraq Gains in Syria Wall Street Journal DAMASCUS—The extremist group known as theIslamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is expanding its foothold in Syria after recent gains in ...
	Boko Haram is not representing Islam – Oloyede The Streetjournal Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on security agencies in the country ...
	Islamic Finance Budding Slowly in Russia The Moscow Times Islamic finance is a fast-growing field worldwide, and proponents say it offers both ethical and practical benefits to the faithful and non-Muslims alike.
	BLOGS
	that agrees with Islam and does not oppose Islam all represent rulings of Kufr Islamic Revival ⋅ Islamic Revival By way of the thought: 'That which agrees with Islam is from Islam', the disbelievers were able to bring Kufr thoughts to us and by way of the thought: ...
	Monasticism Meets Islam | Sister Lucy A Hotchpotch Hijabi in Italy ⋅ Sarah Ager We had our own ethos, prayer life and form of worship— not unlike what I see in Islam now, in fact. We were 'sufficient unto ourselves'. Dialogue would ...
	islam beheads couple in public over love marriage VENITISM ⋅ Basil Venitis A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that ...