News around the Muslim World on Saturday 29 November 2014

The chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces, Brigadier General Rafi Peretz, said during a lecture to seminary students in early November that the Temple Mount has no legitimate religious significance in Islam and that Muslims “imagine” a religious bond to the site. When they pray, he said, they bow in the direction of Mecca “with their backsides to the Temple Mount.”

Muslims have no connection with Jerusalem say Chief Rabbi of IDF.

Source : The Jewish Daily Forward

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	In Turkey, Pope Urges More MuslimOpposition to ISIS NBCNews.com ANKARA, Turkey — Pope Francis condemned ISIS's assault on Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, as he arrived Friday in ... Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey - USA TODAY Pope Calls for Muslim Opposition to ISIS in Turkey - ABC News Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey - Washington Times Full Coverage
	Egypt Jails 78 Boys for Being at a Muslim Brotherhood Rally TIME Morsi supporters stage rallies on Rabaa's 1-year mark Anticoup protesters shout slogans as they march at al-Haram Street during a demonstration on ...

	The Battle for Islam Middle East Monitor Soumaya Gahhoushi With over 1.6 billion followers, one third of them living as minorities, Islam is a major force in the world today. An active factor in ...
	ISIS: Anti-Islamic Criminal Organization That Has Misappropriated Islam Morocco World News New York- There is absolutely nothing Islamic about ISIS other than its name, which this criminal organization has wrongfully misappropriated. ISIS is ...
	Proper Way of Converting to Islam Onislam.net First, we commend you for your desire to know the truth about Islam, and we pray to God to guide you to the truth and guide your steps. Surely God is ...
	Middle East Christians: threatened by radical Islam Zee News In July, thousands of Christians fled second city Mosul, seized by gunmen from the Islamic State group, after an ultimatum to convert to Islam, pay jizya ...
	Muslim speaker presents basics of Islamat Holy Name Courier & Press Iftakhar A. Choudhury has lived in the United States for many years (the last 20 in Paducah) and has presented “Islam From the Point of View of a Lay ...
	Updated: V18 director apologises for rant on Islam Times of Malta Culture Minister Owen Bonnici yesterday took issue with the comments, written in August, claiming “allIslam is Sharia law”. He said they were ...
	Will Islam be judged if Aasia Bibi is executed? The Express Tribune (blog) In such cases involving religion, to believe that 'all of' or 'none of' Islam supports blasphemy laws or the ideology of the Taliban, Daesh, Boko Haram, ...

News around the Muslim World on Friday 28 November 2014

VirtualMosque Newsletter

Issue 5 - Saturday, November 29th 2014

Hazrat Ameer at the House of Commons

Virtual Mosque weekly news

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

Prince Charles’s coronation service should be opened with a reading from the Koran, a senior Church of England bishop said yesterday.

The gesture would be a ‘creative act of accommodation’ to make Muslims feel ‘embraced’ by the nation, Lord Harries of Pentregarth said.

Recite the Holy Quran at Charles' coronation - says Bishop.

Source : The Daily Mail

NEWS

	Pope Francis to visit Turkey amid Christian-Muslim tensions Washington Times VATICAN CITY (AP) — When a pope last visited Turkey — Benedict XVI in 2006 — Muslim-Catholic tensions were so high that the Vatican added a ... Pope in Turkey: Christian-Muslim tensions, IS threat and a palace dispute - Fox News Full Coverage
	Toronto French school apologizes to two Muslim ex-students in settlement CBC.ca The principal and headmaster of a private Toronto French school have apologized to two former students who alleged they were defamed for being ...
	Egypt Jails 78 Boys for Being at aMuslim Brotherhood Rally TIME Seventy-eight boys have been sentenced to up to five years in prison by an Egyptian court for being present at Muslim Brotherhood protests. The boys ...
	A 'social message' film: Muslim in Tricolour skull cap will not take bomb from Muslim in black-and ... Indian Express There is the 'bad' Muslim sporting a black-and-white skull cap, who tries to persuade the 'good' Muslim — who is offering namaz in the opening scene ...
	Turkish Muslim leader says pope's visit is a 'loud call for peace' Crux: Covering all things Catholic ISTANBUL — Pope Francis' upcoming trip to Turkey is considered among the biggest challenges of his papacy, but for the Muslimleader who once ...
	Radical Muslim Preacher in Jerusalem Praises ISIS, Desires Annihilation of America and Jews Breitbart News “Such a caliphate would sanction the killing ofMuslims, would shed their blood, and would violate the honor of their women, in the name of Islam.”.
	British Muslims raise concern over new anti-terror law Yahoo News London (AFP) - British Muslim rights groups and ordinary faithful said they felt singled out by a tough new anti-terror law unveiled on Wednesday, ...
	ISIS subdues influential SunniMuslim tribes with gifts — or brutal mass killings National Post The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham is employing multiple tactics to subdue the SunniMuslim tribes in Syria and Iraq under its rule, wooing some ...
	Move of Muslim prayer room creates rift at Western University Sun News Network Western announced last week the currentMuslim prayer room in University College would move along with the Chaplains' Services offices in the ...

	The Battle for Islam Huffington Post With over 1.6 billion followers, one third of them living as minorities, Islam is a major force in the world today. An active factor in international relations, ...
	Malaysia to prop up Sedition Act to protect “sanctity of Islam” Reuters Blogs (blog) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday bolstered a law protecting the sanctity of Islam and the country's traditional rulers, the sultans, ...
	Islam and Nazi Germany's war by David Motadel, book review: How Muslims were lured to the Nazi ... The Independent The popular Islamic revivalist movements, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, were also quite receptive. The Brotherhood accepted financial support ...
	Is Russia Banning Islam? Breaking Israel News Russia appears to be taking serious moves to combat the “radicalization” of Muslims within its border. Recent pro-Islamic reports are complaining that ...
	Cambridge Mosque's attempt to dispel 'myths and stereotypes' aboutIslam Cambridge News A spokesman for the mosque said: "The purpose for the Mosque Open Day is to introduce Islamand its teachings to non-Muslim communities in order ...
	Concert sampler: Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Arkells and the Allah-Las Toronto Star Yusuf Islam. The man formerly known as Cat Stevens is in town after “a little bit of a break,” but as The Star advised recently, arrive early for the ...
	Islam Deepens Roots in Japan Onislam.net CAIRO –Arriving in Japan fourteen years ago, an Egyptian imam in Osaka is seen as an example of the growth of Islam in the far-eastern country, ...
	Ottawa mother lashes out at Islamicextremists for radicalizing son after he hails Parliament Hill ... National Post Walrond, an English teacher, anti-poverty activist and founder of the National Islamic Sisters' Association of Canada, is the mother of Luqman ...
	Pope's Turkey Trip Tests Vatican's Reset of Ties to Islam Wall Street Journal In a lengthy manifesto for his papacy, he wrote that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Quran are opposed to every form of violence.”.
	Man sent 'grossly offensive' cards smeared with dog faeces to Islamiccommunity centre at Carnon ... Falmouth Packet One of the pictures showed Allah having intercourse with a pig, and another, a naked woman sitting on an Islamic State flag, both containing offensive ...
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News around the Muslim World on Thursday 27 November 2014

The mob beat them and broke their legs so they would not be able to flee. "They picked them up by their arms and legs and held them over the brick furnace until their clothes caught fire. And then they threw them inside the furnace." — Javed Maseeh, family spokesman, to NBC News.

The attack was not an isolated one. Rather it seems to be part of systematic killings, community by community.

So much for minority rights in Pakistan

Source : Gatestone Institute

Scientists predict green energy revolution after incredible new graphene discoveries

Are we round the corner for pollution free energy production?

NEWS

	Netflix, ACLU push to keep anti-Muslim video online The Hill The “Innocence of Muslims” video sparked a global outrage and a number of anti-American protests when it was released online in 2012. The video ...
	Nigeria's Top Muslim Leader Excoriates Military for Boko Haram Advances Breitbart News Abubakar is Nigeria's highest ranking Muslim leader, and his stinging words, spoken at a press conference in Kaduna Sunday, presented a direct ...
	Jews pray at Muslim holy site, prompting surge in violence Belleville News Democrat In this Dec. 13, 2013 photo, the Western Wall, right, and the gilded Dome of the Rock, among the holiest sites for Jews and Muslims, are covered in ...
	'Merry Muslim Christmas': Muslim family invites Danes to celebrate Xmas together RT Christmas is not a Muslim holiday per se, but one unorthodox Muslim family in Denmark decided to break the rules. Hussein Allouch's open invitation ...
	In Pictures: Crimea's persecuted Muslims Aljazeera.com Hundreds of Muslims were detained, interrogated, and fined for blocking highways during protest rallies. There were attempts to set two mosques afire ...
	Why is the Muslim charity Interpal being blacklisted as a terrorist organisation? Telegraph.co.uk Today is a difficult time for a Muslim charity in Britain. For all your hard work, you risk being reviled, smeared and branded a terrorist organisation.
	UK: Islamist Preacher Justifies Beheading Non-MuslimCivilians Arutz Sheva A British Islamist preacher has been recorded justifying beheadings of non-Muslim captives by the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) organization - and even ...
	Israeli bill pushes for outlawing Muslim guards in al-Aqsa Al-Arabiya Israeli security officials are pushing a bill that would outlaw the presence ofMuslim guards that patrol the al-Aqsa mosque, Israel's Haaretz newspaper ...
	Hardware store fires county GOP chair over anti-Muslimcomments St. Cloud Times ORTONVILLE – A rural Minnesota Republican Party official has been fired by his employers after he condemned Muslims on his Facebook page.
	Egypt Jails 78 Minors for Protesting in Support of MuslimBrotherhood Leader Mohamed Morsi International Business Times UK "The 78 minors, members of the Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested for participating in protests organised by the group calling for the downfall of the ...

	Is Russia Banning Islam? Christian Post Russia appears to be taking serious moves to combat the "radicalization" of Muslims within its border. Recent pro-Islamic reports are complaining that ...
	My radicalized son chose the other Islam The Globe and Mail He came to Ottawa and found friendship, financial help and a new interpretation of Islam among a group of ultraconservative men known as Wahhabis ...
	The Osaka imam who represents Islam's growth in Japan The Japan Times Bayoumy was born in a Cairo suburb in 1964 and achieved the feat of memorizing the Quran, Islam's central holy book, when he was 9 years old, ...
	Islam: solution or problem, that is the question Breaking Israel News A slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood is “Islam is the solution”. Dean Philip Jensen recently stated in regard to the Islamic State (ISIS) that “It is time to ... The Crimes of Islam: Time to Repent - Arutz Sheva Full Coverage
	Spain: Fate of Ex-Muslim Critic of Islam Hangs in Balance Gatestone Institute The Supreme Court's ruling is eerily similar to an international blasphemy law being promoted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a bloc of 57 ...
	How Jerusalem Became Islam's 'Third Holiest City' American Thinker Islam's second and arguably greatest caliph, Umar, arrived in Jerusalem in 637 at the head of powerful Arab armies, far from the Arab authorities in ...
	Bulgaria charges radical imam, six others with supportingIslamic State Reuters Ahmed Mussa sits inside a court as 12 Bulgarian men, most of them Muslim prayer leaders, and one woman are charged for preaching radical Islam, ...
	Don't use Islam to spread liberalism, says Mashitah The Star Online Mashitah further urged the Registrar of Societies (RoS) and Registrar of Companies (RoC) to not allow any NGOs that use Islam to spread the ...
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	Family Law in Islam: Between the demands of fiqh and society h-net.org These tensions reflect the changing and diverse societies in which Islam is practiced, both in Muslim majority and minority contexts. Changing social ...

News around the Muslim World on Wednesday 26 November 2014

Lahori-Ahmadiyya Jamaat meeting at the Houses of Parliament.

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

NEWS

	Muslim clerics meet in Iran to counter extremists Boston Globe This is the job of Muslim scholars, to preach the true, moderate face of Islam and expose the ugly face of IS ideology,'' said Shirazi, a prominent Shi'ite ...
	Muslim Somali-American Pens 'Average Mohamed' Cartoon to Lure Youth Away from ISIS Breitbart News A Muslim Somali man who lives in Minnesota has decided to combat the lure of ISIS in a very creative way. Mohammed Ahmed has created vivid and ...
	Muslim student groups take stand against youth radicalization Edmonton Journal EDMONTON - Edmonton Muslim students' groups are organizing events on local post-secondary campuses to deter youth radicalization. Muslim students' association aims to Stop the CrISIS - Calgary Herald Full Coverage
	Glick leaves hospital: The staff who treated me are realMuslims, not the man who shot me Jerusalem Post He went on to condemn his attacker, and praise Muslim physicians and staff, including a doctor named Mohammad, who helped save his life.
	Muslim Student Under Fire After Social Justice Parody Daily Caller A conservative journalist at the University of Michigan is crying foul after writing a satirical piece mocking the out-of-control liberal narrative of privilege ...
	Muslim pensioner 'arranged for acid to be thrown into 19-year-old ex-girlfriend's face' Daily Mail An 80-year-old Muslim pensioner arranged for sulphuric acid to be thrown in the face of his teenage ex-girlfriend in revenge for her breaking up with ... Muslim convert aged 20 describes horror acid attack after breakdown of relationship with 80-year ... - Mirror.co.uk Full Coverage
	60 Imams, Rabbis Meet In Washington For Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Summit Huffington Post (RNS) Frustrated by dangerously high tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land, 60 imams and rabbis gathered Sunday (Nov.
	Hardware store fires county GOP chair over anti-Muslimcomments TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press A rural Minnesota Republican Party official has been fired by his employers after he condemned Muslims on his Facebook page. In a Facebook post of ...

	Is Russia banning Islam? The Commentator Russia is taking a hard line against Sharia and Islamic texts because, for all of the criticism of Vladimir Putin, the country has understood the link ... Is Russia Banning Islam? - FrontPage Magazine Full Coverage
	Warned against Ponzi schemes: Nazrul Islam Times of India KOLKATA: Former IPS officer Nazrul Islam has claimed to have warned the government about Ponzi firms like Saradha and Alchemist. "But instead of ...
	Starving Syrians Protest Islamist Rebel Group Jaish al-Islam In Douma International Business Times “During the demonstrations, protesters stormed the warehouses of charities that are affiliated to Jaish al-Islam,” a protestor who went by the name ...
	Umno continues to uphold Islam New Straits Times Online “Blatant insults are made against Islam... and Muslims are now facing the threats of extremism and militancy which can have a bad effect on a nation," ...
	Reading Between the Seams at the Islamic Fashion Festival in Malaysia New York Times But even to a jaded observer, a fashion event took place last week that seemed — well, not like the other ones: the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala ...
	Islamism, Islamofascism, and Islam American Thinker Some on the Right would have you believe that Islam and its adherents are coherent ... Arabs, Muslims, and the Islamic Press use words like Islamism.
	BARÇIN YİNANÇ > Turkey should use Pope's visit to improve image of Islam Hurriyet Daily News Pope Francis will be visiting Turkey this weekend. This will be his sixth trip outside of Italy after he became pope in 2013. The fact that Turkey ranks ...
	Thanksgiving Thoughts on Our Immigrant Nation (2014) Huffington Post On this Thanksgiving Day of 2014, we are thankful for the President's executive action on immigration and the resistance to it. It brings the debate ...
	Bangladesh ex-minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui' surrenders after anti-Islam remarks Economic Times DHAKA: A former Bangladeshi minister, who created a flutter by his anti-Islamstatements, today surrendered to police after a court ordered his arrest ...
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	Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia Stanford University Press Rooted in the latest theoretical debates about nationalism and ethnicity, yet written in an accessible and engaging style, Islam and Nation presents a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Lecturer in Islam Jobs.ac.uk We invite applications for a full-time permanent position as Lecturer in Islam in the Asia-Pacific region (equivalent to tenure track assistant professor).
	Anwar Ibrahim speaks on Islam and democracy in Malaysia Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies On November 20, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), in partnership with the Muslim Student Awareness Network ...