News around the Muslim World on Saturday 22 November 2014

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Morocco is a land of tolerance, acceptance and coexistence. King Hassan II has described it as a tree whose roots are in Africa, its trunk in Morocco, the side branches in the Middle East and its top foliage in Europe.

Is Morocco a model multireligious and multicultural society?

Source : Gatestone Institute

NEWS

	DFL calls MNGOP official's anti-Muslim posts "an embarrassment to our state" FOX 9 News Last night, the Bluestem Prairie political blog unearthed a string of anti-MuslimFacebook posts recently published by Jack Whitley, chairman of the Big ... Party chair for Big Stone County said “Muslims are terrorists.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune Full Coverage
	The Good Muslim Terrorist FrontPage Magazine Our leaders and our experts, the wise men of our multicultural tribes, who huddle in their shiny suits around heavy tables, believe in the good Muslim ...
	Why Does Turkey's President Think Muslims Discovered America? RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sparked controversy at home and abroad by backing a widely disputed claim that Muslims reached ...
	Chinese courts crack down on journalist Gao Yu andMuslim professor Ilham Tohti Washington Post BEIJING — In a double-barreled attack on freedom of expression, Chinese authorities Friday put a prominent journalist on trial and denied the appeal ...
	Jordan arrests deputy head of Muslim Brotherhood for criticizing UAE Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan arrested the deputy head of the country's mainstream Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday for criticizing the UAE's move to ...
	Jordan arrests deputy head of Muslim Brotherhood for criticising UAE Reuters UK Jordan arrests deputy head of Muslim Brotherhood for criticising UAE ... Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood is the country's biggest political opposition party.
	Muslim cemetery vandalized; Bosnian refugees fear hate crime Q13 FOX “We have two parts of the cemetery, one Christian, one Muslim,” Babic said. “It seems like all of the damage was in the newer part where the Muslim ...
	Indonesian Muslim pageant challenges Western beauty contests Bangkok Post An eclectic mix of women from around the world will compete in Indonesia Friday in the finale of a pageant exclusively for Muslims seen as a riposte to ...
	Ofsted head warns of 'extremist influences and radicalisation' in east London Muslim schools Evening Standard Pupils at six independent Muslim faith schools in east London could be at risk from “extremist influences and radicalisation”, Sir Michael Wilshaw ...

	Is Islam a violent religion? ChristianToday Queen Rania of Jordan has called on the Arab world to reclaim Islam as a religion of peace. Referring to Islamic State extremists, she said: "A minority ... Faith Matters: Be resolute in pursuit of truth about Islam - New Haven Register Full Coverage
	Should Presidents Call Islam a 'Religion of Peace?' Two George W. Bush Officials Debate Christian Post "What is authentic Islam? Is ISIS an authentic form of Islam, or is it not? I think it's very important that the United States government shut-up about that ...
	Muslim schools focusing solely on Islamic themes, says Ofsted BBC News A snap inspection of the Mazahirul Uloom School in Tower Hamlets says the school focused only on Islamic themes. Pupils believed it was wrong to ...
	BREAKING: Shamsul Islam guilty of Knarersborough bomb hoax Harrogate Advertiser Judge Stephen Ashurst told Islam: “This was an extremely serious series of hoaxes which caused a very considerable degree of distress to other ...
	Islamic State's execution of Kassig 'barbaric...againstIslam,' Syrian cleric tells Ind. mourners Youngstown Vindicator The death of an Indiana aid worker at the hands of Islamic State militants is “barbaric” and is not a true reflection of Islam, a cleric told hundreds of ...
	Qamarul Islam slams BJP for threat to boycott him, three Ministers for Winter Session The Hindu Mr. Islam is among the four ministers who would be boycotted by the BJP during the assembly session at Belagavi and the other three Ministers ...
	Muslim Columnist: Regulation, “Diversity” Could Stop Negative Newspaper Coverage of Islam The New American While Britain already has hate-speech laws that stifle criticism of Islam, this isn't enough for the political director of the Huffington Post UK, Mehdi ...
	There Are 1.5 Million Muslims in Italy and Only 8 Mosques. Here's Where They Go to Pray. The New Republic Italian photographer Nicolò Degiorgis has documented this phenomenon in a self-published monograph called Hidden Islam. The book features ...
	RHS director general backs positive message of The Beauty of Islam garden Horticulture Week RHS director general Sue Biggs says a Chelsea Flower Show 2015 garden called The Beauty of Islam has a "positive message" about the religion at ...
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	Reza Aslan On Being In a probing and personal conversation, Reza Aslan opens a refreshing window on religion in the world and Islam in particular. It's a longer view of ...
	Religious Studies Seminar Series 2014 Victoria University of Wellington This is also true of Indonesian Muslims. From this perspective, Islamic Law is characterized by its societies (“local Islam”), on the one hand, and on the ...