News around the Muslim World onSaturday 30 August 2014

The Holy Quran says:

25:54

And He it is Who has created man from water, then He has made for him blood-relationship and marriage-relationship. And thy Lord is ever Powerful.

Now read on to see what recent scientific experiments have shown.

Human life crawled out of the sea

And now see how we may have learnt to walk on two legs

Source : Christian Science Monitor

                                                        

There are some people who on the face of it do not succeed in achieving their objectives. But their objective is so lofty that they do not care. This is especially true of those who fight for human rights and dignity for the weak and vulnerable.

Egypt loses a human rights fighter

Source : Amnesty International

                                                       

NEWS

	Muslim Cleric in Kerala Issues Fatwa Against Islamic State NDTV Kozikode: A noted Muslim cleric in Kerala today issued a fatwa asking his community members to boycott the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and ... Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against Islamic state - Deccan Chronicle Full Coverage
	Islam, Postmodernism, and Poltiical Correctness American Thinker One of the most important tools humanity needs right now is frank speech about Islam. Unfortunately, in journalism, on campuses, and in politics, ...
	Letter: Radical Islam harms the faith SouthCoastToday.com These same people would keep members within Islam, or bring in new members by force, or even threat of execution. This screams aloud that they ...
	Letter: Radical Islam harms the faith SouthCoastToday.com It is only one man's opinion, but I believe there are many people who have denigrated Islam and blasphemed the God of all creation. They repeat the ...
	Noted Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against Islamic State Daily News & Analysis A noted Muslim cleric in Kerala on Saturday issued a fatwa asking his community members to boycott the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and ...
	Love jihad in Madhya Pradesh: Two booked for forcing wives to embraceIslam Times of India BHOPAL: Close on the heels of a national shooter claiming she was being coerced by her husband to embrace Islam, similar allegations of forced ...
	Speaker to focus on Turkey, Islam at Englewood Christian Church Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — Alison Stendahl will be welcomed home with a Disciple of Christ-UCC fellowship event at 10 a.m. Sept. 13 at Englewood Christian ...
	Mohamed Khalaf: Jihadist Group IS Reveals Pure Essence of Islam Novinite.com I must admit that, as a Muslim, I don't think all those who argue that IS and [its religiousconceptions] are not our religion, are notIslam, are right. This is ...
	Daesh terrorist acts have no link with Islam: Mufti adviser Egypt SIS (press release) Daesh terrorist acts have no link with Islam: Mufti adviser ... Separatists in Iraq and Syria (QSIS)" instead of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
	BLOGS
	OJ Simpson's decided to convert to Islam Infidel Bloggers Alliance ⋅ Avi Green O.J. Simpson wants to convert to Islam — if he can get through the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the fourth of the five pillars of Islam, and ...
	2nd International Conference on Islam and Science BMHC ⋅ Ashraf Ali 2nd International Conference on Islam and Science: Past, Present and Future of Food and Medicine. sponsored by Shipleys Tax Advisers
	Islam, ISIS, and the Forced Conversion of Yazidis Answering Muslims ⋅ David Wood The Islamic State (ISIS) recently released a video of dozens of Yazidis converting to Islam in order to avoid execution. Our leaders and the media ...
	Jobar Erupts: Syrian Arab Army Storms Jaysh Al-Islam's Stronghold Islamic Invitation Turkey ⋅ Behesti Zehra The Syrian Arab Army stormed Jaysh Al-Islam's positions near Parliament Square inside the strategic city of Jobar in Rif Dimashq. Jobar is located ...
	British Prime Minister David Cameron Confronts Authentic Islam… The Last Refuge ⋅ sundance Last night British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a stark and bold message to the people of Great Britain. ISIS represents a political ideology ...

News around the Muslim World on Friday 29 August 2014

Spare a few minutes for Allah!

The Daily Online Urdu Lesson.

Source: Mubaligh online

                                                     

It reduced people to parts, objects to be acquired
Turned hearts and minds into mere things to be desired
And as parts of my body were assessed and sized
I thought,”What a way to be dehumanized,”
These artists seem to be playing a game

Women are not objects to be raped!

Source : The Siren online magazine

Contributor : Omar Raja, Staff Reporter

NEWS

	Indian Muslim Said to Have Joined ISIS Is Reported Dead New York Times MUMBAI, India — An Indian Muslim engineering student who suddenly left for Iraq with three friends this spring, and who was believed to have joined ...
	Muslim Americans Ask State Department To Protect Them During Religious Pilgrimage ThinkProgress A group of American Muslims sent a letter to the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, imploring the government to provide protection against militants ...
	Muslim Americans urge Kerry for protection during Hajj Washington Times A coalition of more than two dozen American Muslim groups sent a letter Tuesday to Secretary of State John Kerry, asking for the protection of ...
	Britain's Muslim and Jewish leaders urge followers to 'export peace' to Gaza The Guardian The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) issued a joint statement on Thursday morning, after Israel and ... The Muslim-Jewish statement of unity on Gaza has only revealed how divided the two faiths are - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Full Coverage
	Imam Adeel Zeb to replace Antepli as Muslim chaplain Duke Chronicle Zeb has worked as a Muslim chaplain at Trinity College and Wesleyan University, both in Connecticut, as well as American University in Washington, ...
	Do 1 in 6 French citizens really support Islamic State? Washington Post (blog) First off, let's consider who would support the Islamic State: Sunni Muslims with extremist views. Yes, it's true that there may be some non-Muslims who ...
	Across the Country, the Federal Government Fights For Muslim Worship Spaces Power Line (blog) The government of the United States is suing the town of St. Anthony, Minnesota, a Twin Cities suburb with a population a little over 8,000, to force the ... Feds sue Minneapolis suburb for denying Muslim group right to open worship center - New York Daily News Full Coverage
	Modi is anti-Muslim, anti-Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf Times of India Admitting that Modi was an "external issue", Musharraf said the subject nonetheless was topical and charged that Prime Minister Modi is anti-Muslim, ...

	Ahmed Seif el-Islam, leading light of Egypt human rights, has died The Guardian One of the father figures of Egyptian social activism, Ahmed Seif el-Islam, died on Wednesday aged 63. He had been in coma for several days ... RIP Ahmed Seif El-Islam (1951-2014) - Egyptian Chronicles Full Coverage
	Call Islamic State QSIS instead, says globally influential Islamic authority The Guardian An Islamic State fighter with the gorup's flag in Raqqa. Egypt's Dar al-Ifta says that despite their name, the militants are 'far from the correct ...
	Mother to Islamic State: 'Please release my child' USA TODAY The mother of an American journalist held hostage by the Islamic State appealed to the leader of the militant group Wednesday, asking for her son's ...
	The Islamic State Has Nothing to Do With Islam? FrontPage Magazine Whatever they may disagree about, Western leaders are in complete agreement about one thing: the new self-styled caliphate, the Islamic State, has ...
	ISIS recruits: Here's our 'Islam for Dummies', especially for you NEWS.com.au DOES ISIS need a name change? Its name might stand for “Islamic State”, but it seems there are more than a few of its supporters who don't ...
	What Islamic State's radical version of Islam is doing to Syria's Muslims Firstpost Beirut: As Islamic State militants advanced in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor last month, those who had held out against them faced a simple choice: ...
	ISIS's Brand of Islam Similar to US Ally's Progressive.org “Mainstream Islam frowns upon the views, excesses, practices and interpretations of ISIS,” he writes. “But Wahhabi Islam [the official ideology of the ...
	Obama on ISIL: Is the Islamic State really unrelated toIslam? DigiNews SAN DIEGO, August 27, 2014 — “Let's be clear about ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria),” President Obama said firmly last week after confirmation ...
	ISIS to Iraqi Christians: You Have One Week to Convert to Islam or Die Town Hall This situation for Christians in Iraq has grown even direr. ISIS is now giving the religious minority an ultimatum: convert within one week's time or face ...
	Fearing Political Islam: Why Was Gaza Betrayed Scoop.co.nz Political Islam, especially that which is affiliated with moderate Islamic ideology known as al-Wasatiyyah (roughly translated as 'moderation') swept-up ...
	BLOGS
	MGTOW vs Islam Part 1 – The value of men & women A Voice for Men ⋅ Paul Elam In Islamic fundamentalist and some other cultures, women are pressured into wearing loose-fitting clothing, covering their hair, wearing veils, and ...
	The Islamic State Has Nothing to Do With Islam? FrontPage Magazine » FrontPage ⋅ Robert Spencer Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) ...
	The Power of Islam Irvin Baxter Radio Podcast ⋅ endtimedeveloper@gmail.com (Irvin Baxter) The world's attention is presently centered on Islam. Some believe Islam will conquer the world and that the Antichrist will be a Muslim. The Bible gives ...
	The Problem Isn't Islam … It's ALL Religious Fundamentalism InvestmentWatch ⋅ InvestmentWatch “Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible,” Jenkins says. Jenkins is ...
	WEB
	AAJA Seeks Apology From Fox News for Irresponsible Comments About Islam Asian American Journalists Association Muslims and Islam are not interchangeable terms with terrorists or ISIS. We in the media know better and must be vigilant in our choice of words.

News around the Muslim World on Tuesday 27 August 2014

The White House in an email to us, says

In 2014, inequality and discrimination live on. Women, on average, continue to earn less than their male counterparts (and that's 51 years after the Equal Pay Act passed), and the gap is even greater for women of color. Our workplace policies, on the whole, force many working parents to choose between their job and their family -- and that's wrong.

Now read more

Source : The White House

                                                                 

Despite a common view that young Muslim women are forced to wear veils by men or their families, studies and interviews point to the opposite in Muslim minority countries where it is often the case that the women themselves choose to cover up.

“I’m going to stand out whatever I do, so I might as well wear the headscarf,” said Farooq, a shop assistant who also volunteers at an Islamic youth centre in Leyton, east London.

British Muslim Women are not afraid.

Source : Reuters

                                                                               

Sectarian groups opposed to religious sects such as Shiites and Ahmadis are engaged in a widespread campaign of bombings, intimidation, and targeted assassinations, most recently in Gujranwala, where three Ahmadis were killed after a mob set five houses on fire after accusing an Ahmadi man of blasphemy.

Terrorism in Pakistan

Source : Foreign Policy 

                                                                                   

Twice in the last seven days, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have secretly launched airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias battling for control of Tripoli, Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation of a regional power struggle set off by Arab Spring revolts.

Arabs countries bomb Libya!

Source : The New York Times

                                                                                

Some 25 rabbis from across Asia gathered on Tuesday at the newly renovated centre and announced plans to turn the top two floors of the five-storey building into a $2.5m (£1.5m) museum.

The Jewish Centre re-opens six years after the Mumbai bombing.

Source : BBC

NEWS

	Mich. Muslim leaders denounce ISIS as 'crazy criminals' USA TODAY DEARBORN, Mich. — Muslim leaders gathered Monday on the steps of Dearborn City Hall to strongly condemn ISIS, saying the militant group in Iraq ... Metro Detroit Muslim leaders denounce ISIS as 'crazy criminals' - Lansing State Journal Muslim Council says Prevent anti-terror scheme has 'failed' - BBC News Full Coverage
	Muslims Protest Islamic State In Norway Huffington Post STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norway's prime minister and other politicians have joined Muslim leaders and thousands of other people for a demonstration in ...
	Jimmy Carter Keynoting Muslim Convention in Detroit TheBlaze.com Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker for a gathering of Muslims in Detroit this weekend, the Toledo Blade reported.
	London police call on Muslimcommunities to identify homegrown extremists New York Daily News The UK's top counter-terrorism official is pleading for help from an invaluable ally in the fight against extremism: Britain's Muslim families. Mark Rowley ...
	ASIO needs more Muslim recruits Sydney Morning Herald In China over the weekend, eight Muslim activists were executed by the government for their roles in a series of terrorist attacks by Uighur separatists, ...
	Muslim asked if Islam demands massacre of Christians WND.com A prominent Muslim has been challenged to explain whether or not Islam demands the slaughter of Christians and, if not, why American Muslims ...
	The real threat from the Islamic State is to Muslims, not the west Aljazeera.com I was a regular person," said Abu Muslim in the last video he recorded before his death. And then came his pitch: "Everyone can contribute something ...
	Bistro Takes Down Bacon Sign After Muslim Woman Complains Mediaite For some reason, the vast majority of Americans can't get enough of bacon. So Sneakers Bistro in Vermont put up a big sign proudly advertising bacon ...

News around the Muslim World on Mon 26 August 2014

Spare five minutes and invest in your next life.

The Daily Lesson on Islam in Urdu

Source : Mubalighonline

                                                                       

In a free business monthly magazine entitled WUWO Woking", in its February-March 2014 issue, there is an item about The Islamic Review of October/November 1918 and its coverage of Eid-ul-Adha of that year. The article refers to our Jamaat and gives the address of the centre's website.

I am attaching here the cover of the magazine and the page with the article.

We don't know how this information came to the notice of this magazine.

Interestingly, this is the occasion of which there is a newsreel film clip which I had highlighted on the home page of www.wokingmuslim.org in the top left corner.

Source : WUWO Woking

Contributor : Khalid Iqbal Sheikh 

                                                       

Relatives of Mr. Curtis said in an interview that . . . the panicked family was introduced by Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, to her Qatari counterpart after learning that Qatar had successfully won the release of Europeans kidnapped by Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen. As soon as Qatar became involved, the relatives said, they felt as if an avenue of communication had been opened. For the first time, they were able to send a proof-of-life question which only Mr. Curtis could have answered: What was the subject of your Ph.D. dissertation? (Answer: a museum started by the mother of the novelist Anthony Trollope.)

Muslims help get hostages released.

Source : The New York Times

Theo Curtis

                                                       

Brown’s body lay on Canfield Drive for hours afterward . . . Over the weekend, supporters of Wilson (the white officer who shot dead the unarmed black man - Browne) gathered at a St. Louis tavern. As the pro-Wilson rally and fundraiser entered its second day Sunday, dozens of them lined both sides of the street in front of Barney’s Sport Pub, holding handmade signs in support of the officer.

Support the fight for justice by African-Americans

Source : The Washington Post

                                                       

NEWS

Islamic authority in Egypt launches campaign against Islamic State Haaretz Egypt's Dar el-Ifta, revered by many Muslims worldwide, urges foreign media to drop the term 'Islamic State,' says group tarnishes image of Islam. Qatar aims to prove its role against radical Islam: experts - Yahoo News Qatar aims to prove its role against radical Islam: experts - Yahoo News UK Egypt mufti: Extremists no 'Islamic State' - Arab News Full Coverage

Islamic authority: Extremists no 'IslamicState' Asharq Alawsat English Cairo, AP—The top Islamic authority in Egypt, revered by many Muslims worldwide, launched an Internet-based campaign on Sunday, challenging an ...

MÜMTAZER TÜRKÖNE Today's Zaman Based on my observations in different parts of Turkey, I would say, “Yes, radical Islam is rising in Turkey.”Islamic radicalism is becoming a stronger ...

Islam expert: US groomed for Shariah WND.com British intelligence has reportedly identified the terrorist responsible for beheading American James Foley, prompting fears of homegrown Islamic ...

In Ferguson, Nation of Islam members push for peace Religion News Service In some ways, Nation of Islam members are not unlike other Muslims. They worship Allah and pray five times a day. They also fast during Ramadan ...

The Fear of Political Islam: Why Arabs Betrayed Gaza Middle East Eye Miller explains Arab silence in relations to their loathing of political Islam ... Political Islam, especially that which is affiliated with moderate Islamic ...

BLOGS

A Beheading Ends All Illusions About Islam FrontPage Magazine » FrontPage ⋅ Daniel Greenfield Islam is not a religion of national boundaries. If it were, the territory of Islamwould be limited to the general vicinity of what is today Saudi Arabia.

Nothing to Do with Islam, Part 2 FrontPage Magazine » FrontPage ⋅ Bruce Thornton Over at the New York Post, a columnist rightly took the president to task by saying, “You can't divorce the Islamic State from religion.” Unfortunately, the ...

NPR Airs Odd View: 'It's Not Islam That Inspires UK's Young Jihadis' NewsBusters blogs ⋅ Tim Graham Online, the headline was “Journalist: It's Not Islam That Inspires U.K.'s Young Jihadis.” NPR never mentioned that Hasan is also a “presenter” for ...

Apostasy in Islam Alisina.org ⋅ Ali Sina For those born to Muslim parents, leaving Islam is not a choice. Apostasy is a crime in Islam punishable by death. This ruling is based on several ...

Nairobi;Putting our Own Eyes Out…The Bible and Islampt 2 Pastor Bill Randles Blog ⋅ billrandles I have been thinking of this timeless scriptural story, in relation to the West's current existential struggle against Islamic barbarism. Nahash, an early ...

rehabiliatating the catholic crusades in light of southern orders ⋅ Fr. Allan J. McDonald Yet we know what happens when Muslims radicalized by Islam come to power. They suppress other religions be it Judaism or Catholicism.

Is it Aloud to Use Non Permanent Hair Dye in Islam? Answers ⋅ Souphienne Goufi Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam. Question: Assalam 'aleykum,. I have heard that dyeing hair with non permanent hair dye is not aloud in Islam as it ...