News around the Muslim World on Friday 31 October 2014

World Ameer of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam arrived in the UK today. He will spend November in the UK visiting members and meeting important personalities here. Hurry and book an appointment to benefit from his visit.

The world leaders are moving to recognise the injustice that our Palestinian brothers and sisters have suffered since the Second World War. First, the British parliament passed a resolution supporting an independent state in Palestine and now Sweden has gone one step further and recognised the Palestinian state.

A breakthrough in International relations for the Palestinians.

Source : New York Times

Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi's death sentence for blasphemous activity has shone a spotlight on the perilous situation for religious communities in Pakistan. The country's laws repress religious freedoms for all and are vigorously enforced, especially against religious minorities. In addition, an alarming level of violence against the religious "other" is plaguing Pakistan. Extremists victimize not just non-Muslims but Muslims who dissent from the extremists' radical interpretations of Islam. Impunity increasingly reigns, as militants and mobs regularly perpetrate attacks with little or no state response.

Law is abused in Pakistan.

Source : Foreign Policy

Of all places, a new species of frog is found in New York.

A new species of frog.

Source : http://www.theage.com.au/

Israel is proposing to restrict Muslim's religious freedom.

New law proposed to restrict Muslim religious freedom.

Source : The London Telegraph

NEWS

	The Dangerous Fallacy That There Is No 'Bad Islam' Worldcrunch Yes, it's a minority, but too many Muslims offer religious justification for violence and subjugation – and we must be free to criticize Islam's dark side ...
	School Issues 'No Trespass Order' on Iraq Veteran Who Questioned Daughter's Homework ... Daily Signal An Iraq veteran was banned from his daughter's high school after objecting to a required homework assignment about Islam. Kevin Wood, father of an ... Dad banned from Maryland school after opposing daughter's homework on Islam- New York Daily News Fed-Up Marine Dad Confronts School Officials Over Daughter's Mandatory Islam Assignment ... -TheBlaze.com Former Marine Gets Banned from Daughter's School Over Islam-Lesson Dispute - Yahoo Full Coverage
	President Obama Versus Franklin Graham On WhetherIslam Is a 'False Religion' Christian Post Franklin Graham claimed that the president "was 'fundamentally mistaken' about radical Islam . . . and argued that Islam 'is a false religion' and that 'it ...
	Opinion: American media show bias when it comes to Islam OSU - The Lantern As soon as the shooter was identified as being remotely associated with Islam, the words “terror,” “Jihad,” “terrorist” came flashing on the television ...
	Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State Reuters UK A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants ...
	'The darkest time for Islam,' Calgary-born Muslim doctor says The Globe and Mail When it came back, it brought the rise of political Islam, the second fitnah. Instead of following the Koran and Mohammed's example, leaders started to ...
	Massive Anti-Islam March Planned For Berlin Breitbart News Anti radical-Islam protesters have been accused of having “misused the freedom of assembly” by gathering in Cologne over the weekend, and ...
	Islam is changing the West The Commentator Western leaders keep saying that we must not be intimidated by militant Islam. Yet their actions suggest we are indeed being intimidated, all the time, ...

News around the Muslim World on Thursday 30 October 2014

My Berlin Mosque, you are 90 this year. 

As you are now, may you remain for ever a living functioning mosque upholding the beauties of Islam as expounded by the Promised Messiah. (Amin)

Source : Christian Fessel 

(This and other pictures of the mosque may be purchased from 

Mr Fessel at http://www.christianfessel.de/)

US Supreme Court honours the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s).

Here is the photograph of a plaque outside the Supreme Court building.

Source : US Supreme Court

Announcement

Hazrat Ameer, Dr Abdul Karim Saeed, arrives in the UK on 31 October 2014. He will remain with us until 24 November 2014. Please take this golden opportunity to contact him for your spiritual upliftment.

Let every person help fight the ignorance in Pakistan about Polio vaccination.

Burka avengers fight against Polio in Pakistan.

Source : Huffington Post

Will the new plan save the Great Barrier Reef?

Is it enough?

Source : BBC

Islamic Calendar for the coming year

October 25, 2014                                           1st Muharram

November 02, 2014                                      10th Muharram - Ashura

January 03, 2015                                           The Prophet's Birthday

May 16, 2015                                                   Mi'raj

June 02, 2015                                                  15th Shaban

June 18, 2015                                                  1st  Ramadan (TBC)

July 13, 2015                                                   Lailat al-Qadr

July 17, 2015                                                   1st  Shawwal

July 18, 2015                                                   Eid al-Fitr (TBC)

September 24, 2015                                     Eid al-Adha (TBC)

Source : Mr Mansoor Baksh Our Special Correspondent (Guyana)

NEWS

	Muslims are 'obligated' to vote for Bowser and other endorsees, DC caucus says Washington Post (blog) What sets the Muslim Caucus apart isn't the candidates it is backing but this sentence in the Monday news release announcing those endorsements: ...
	I'm a Muslim with a beard. What's so scary about that? The Guardian 'At first, I would feel I had to justify it. But then I stopped. If I was a white guy with a ginger beard, no one would ask questions of me.' Photograph: Sarah ...
	Farmington Valley Muslim Group Buys Former Church In Avon Hartford Courant Members of the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center with officials of the Episcopal Church of Connecticut at the closing for the sale of the ...
	tic Muslim clergyman Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tarek al-Swaidan, a leader of Kuwait's branch of the Muslim Brothers, is expected to attend the Muslim Forum of Brussels on Nov. 7, the Belgian ...
	Muslim Academy students in Gretna collecting food for the hungry The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com (blog) Muslim Academy teacher Niran Mousa and some of her sixth-graders sort food drive items. Front row (left to right): Ibrahim Ismail and Almotasem ...
	Local Muslim Families Have A Special Concern, Jihadists On Social Media KOLO RENO, NV - It's a concern every American parent has: kids cruising the internet where predators are lurking. For American Muslim families there's now ...
	Portsmouth Muslim leaders condemn Islamic State BBC News Muslims leaders from mosques in Portsmouth have come together to try to stop more young men from the city travelling to fight in Syria.
	Muslim Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Students, Girls Allegedly Required Surgical Repair... The Inquisitr Muslim teacher Tariq Ahmad, 35, is accused of sexually assaulted students from the Nur-UI-Islam Academy in Cooper City, Florida. Police officers in ...
	BJP debates including Muslimminister in first Maha cabinet Firstpost However, it is not yet clear that who will head the minority affairs department or whether it will haveMuslim representation. Sources in the BJP said that ...
	Man posing as anti-Muslim bigot sparks spirited response from Hamiltonians CityNews When the white character, Devin, calls the “Muslim” character, Zak, a terrorist and tells him to take another bus, multiple people come to Zak's defense.

	Questioning the Faith in the Cradle of Islam Foreign Policy JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Ahmed al-Ghamdi's long, bushy beard and red-checked headscarf are emblems of his conservative approach toIslam, ...
	Terrorist groups have no connection to Islam: Saudi Mufti Press TV Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh says terrorist groups attempting to portray themselves as Islamic have no connection toIslam.
	Combating "Carder" and Islam-ism without Islamaphobia Jerusalem Post (blog) Denying Islam's centrality is as foolish as blaming all Muslims for the extremists' crimes. Too many on the Left minimize this link betweenIslam, ...
	Islamic School Teacher Accused of 'Horrific' Sexual Abuse Against Teen Girls — and School's ... TheBlaze.com Police are currently searching for a Muslim man suspected of sexually abusing teen girls while working as a teacher at Nur-Ul-Islam Academy in ...
	Who Converts to Islam, and Why? Arutz Sheva The people converting to Islam seem to be looking for an opportunity to be violent. They say so themselves. And their actions speak louder than words.
	Murder in the name of Islam Hamilton Spectator The events that took place on Oct. 22, on Parliament Hill are another example of why we must educate the world about the true Islam in order to ...
	Fighting for the Soul of Islam Huffington Post Let us put this to rest once and for all. This is not a struggle between radical Islam and the West. It is between radical Islam and the rest of us, Muslims ...
	2nd parent says child received Nation of Islam handout, despite school's denial Washington Times A second parent has now come forward to claim their child received a Nation of Islam handout painting U.S. presidents as racists, after the school ...
	New York Hatchet attack – The Radical Islam connection Niticentral The Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, also known as “ISIL” or “ISIS”, has issued calls for “lone wolf” attacks against soldiers and law enforcement, urging ...
	Mother, superintendent respond to school's Nation of Islam handout WCYB He called the sheet from the Nation of Islam"inflammatory," and says it was "the sheet that the child procured from the discarded stack at the teacher's ...
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	Dr. Bilal Philips Facebook Grant me Mercy as only you can grant Mercy. You are the Real King. Bless us always. I love you. Thank you for giving us Islam which is a real favour ...
	From Sufis to Taliban: The Trajectory of Islam in Afghanistan UCLA Happenings Listing of performing arts, museums and galleries, films, exhibitions, lectures, and athletic events open to the entire community. Check it out.
	Pat Condell on Twitter: "Germany bows to Islam by punishing its critics, trampling free speech, and ... twitter.com @patcondell With Germany bowing to Islam and trampling over free speech do we see a rise of the 4th Reiche under the guise of Islam?
	2011 Facebook Shaykh-ul-Islam Prof.Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. Dec 18, 2011 ·. 18th Dec 2011 — in Badairi-e-Shaoor Congregation | Public Rally.

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 25 October 2014

One news item on the main news broadcast by the RBB, an important German TV station, was about the Ahmadiyya (based Lahore) Mosque. It shows our mosque in Berlin and prayers taking place.

Ahmadiyya (base Lahore) on German TV

Source : RBB TV

Human rights abuse is one of the most complex and challenging issues in Pakistan today. The EU has expressed concerns about the human rights situation and monitors events closely. The European Parliament is worried about the sharp increase in sectarian violence and religious intolerance, as well as the continuing repression of women in the country.

Some pictures of the 90 year celebration.

Hazrat Ameer opening  the celebrations

A section of audience containing participants of many different nationalities.

Some foreign delegates.

Foreign delegates with Hazrat Ameer.

Human Rights in Pakistan.

Source : European Parliament Think tank

The great global migration of early humans out of Africa went further and higher than previously thought according to two sets of discoveries which suggest that the inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific had contact with the people of South America, who in turn had established the highest Stone Age settlement in the world.

Prehistoric men talked to each other

Source : The Independent

NEWS

	Ottawa gunman 'identified' as recent Muslim convert, high-risk traveler RT A tactical vehicle leaves the security perimeter on Wellington Street, just a couple blocks away from Parliament Hill, on October 22, 2014 in Ottawa, ... Sources: Canadian Parliament shooter was 'Muslim convert' - WND.com Canada IDs shooter as Muslim convert with revoked passport - WHIO Full Coverage
	Kelowna Muslims speak out about Ottawa shooting Globalnews.ca In an email to Global Okanagan, the Islamic Centre of Kelowna condemns the attack saying the incident has nothing to do with the Muslim faith.
	Ottawa Attack Is Canada's Fault Says Leading MuslimJournalist Breitbart News “Will Canada's Muslim community – which has existed for more than 100 years – now have to 're-prove' it is loyal to a country which is fighting in the ...
	Local Muslim women could seek investigation into harassment case LocalNews8.com Local leaders in the Muslim community are urging two women to pursue charges against a man who verbally assaulted them at Wal Mart on Sunday.
	Marseille's cultural clash: Far right gets unlikely boost inMuslim quarters Christian Science Monitor Muslim immigrants face worsening Islamophobia. And the outrage that manyMuslims feel about Western and Israeli policies in the Mideast is fostering ...
	Airing dirty lingerie: the sellout show telling the stories ofMuslim American women The Guardian In response, she decided to write her own show, took a writing class and began interviewing women in the Muslim community. The result is Dirty Paki ...
	Gov't coordinating with Muslim rebels to end Abu Sayyaf: official Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The government is banking on the support of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest Muslim rebel group ...
	Former Connecticut church sold for benefit of local Muslimcommunity Episcopal News Service Trustees of the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center, Inc. with the Rev. Audrey Scanlan of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut at the real ...

	Is Islam a Religion? Christian Seminary Debates Accusations of Islamophobia in the US Christian Post Is Islam a religion? This question, and others perceived as Islamaphobic, were debated by several professors at Union Theological Seminary in New ...
	A chance for mainstream Islam to unite against Isis Financial Times Shia and Sunni Islam have been at odds for most of the past decade. But the self-declared caliphate of terror known as Isis presents them with a ...
	Prominent Muslim cleric urges imams to vet new Islamicconverts CTV News CALGARY -- A prominent Muslim cleric says he intends to reach out to other imams to make sure that new converts to Islam are watched closely for ...
	LA Islam Arts Initiative to open shows at Barnsdall Los Angeles Times She's one of the founders of the L.A. Islam Arts Initiative (LA/IAI), a citywide event that ramps up Sunday and brings together about 30 local arts ...
	Ustaz's aide: Sex video fake, meant to tarnish image ofIslam, scholars The Star Online PETALING JAYA: An aide to well-known Ustaz Azhar Idrus blamed non-Islamic programmes such as the recent "I Want to Touch a Dog" event for ...
	Football and militant Islam intersect in incidents across the Middle East Daily News Egypt A successful football player near the peak of his career, 22 year-old Nidhal Selmi, died last week a foreign fighter for the Islamic State, the jihadist ...
	Islam, Bigotry, And The Shootings In Canada Politix So, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, formerly Joseph Michael Hall, has been identified as the person who committed the shooting in Canada that killed Cpl.
	Houston, You've Got a Problem: It's Called Islam and Your Lesbian Mayor Ignores the Reality that ... Christian Post Islam literally means "submission" to Allah; conversion or death. ... arrests, warrants, or subpoenas—Houston's Islamic non-profit organizations receive ...
	'Damn you, whitey!': Converting to Islam and becoming a terrorist is white privilege? BizPac Review As you can see, Hussain, who writes for The Intercept, believes white people are purposely converting to Islam and killing people as part of a plot to ...
	Canadian gunman identified as recent convert to Islam WCVB Boston THE SUSPECT HAVING JUST CONVERTED TO ISLAM. THE U.S. ON HIGH ALERT FOR THE CHANCE OF MORE STRIKES. LET'S GET TO PHIL ...
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	To Be A Liberal is to Face Facts: Islam is Violent Daily Kos "Muslim countries invaded and occupied by Westerners since 1798: what is now Bangladesh (Britain); Egypt (France), much of Indonesia (Dutch); ...
	Houston, You've Got a Problem: It's Called Islam and Your Lesbian Mayor Ignores the Reality RedState Houston, You've Got a Problem: It's Called Islam and Your Lesbian Mayor Ignores the Reality that Lesbians Rank High on Islam's Hit List ...