Wednesday 10 December 2014

News around the Muslim World on Tuesday 9 December 2014


"Truth, justice and the American way"


The U.S. military overnight transferred six Guantánamo detainees to Uruguay. All of them had been imprisoned since 2002 – more than 12 years. None has ever been charged with a crime, let alone convicted of any wrongdoing. They had all been cleared for release years ago by the Pentagon itself, but nonetheless remained in cages until today.



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No Muslim minister in Maharashtra government for the first time
Even during the last saffron coalition government in the State in 1995, when there was a Sena Chief Minister, there was one Muslim minister.



Brotherhood Leader's Arrest in Jordan Is Seen as Warning From Monarchy
AMMAN, Jordan — Zaki Bani Rushaid, the provocative deputy head of theMuslim Brotherhood in Jordan, has never been shy with his opinions.



Police: SUV Involved in Teen's Death Displayed Anti-MuslimMessage in Rear Window
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TheBlaze/AP) — An SUV involved in the death of a teenager outside a Somali community center had an anti-Muslim message ...



Killing Of Muslim Teen Highlights Possible Uptick In Anti-Muslim Violence
Fifteen-year-old Abdisamad “Adam” Sheikh-Hussein, a Muslim, was on his way to play basketball with friends last Thursday evening when he was ...



Erdogan slams Egypt for Interpol bid on Muslim scholar
A file picture taken on Feb. 18, 2011, of Egyptian-born Muslim cleric Sheikh Yussef al-Qaradawi. (File Photo: AFP) ...



How the US engages with international Muslim communities
This past summer, I was appointed Special Representative to Muslim Communities at the State Department. As Special Representative, I am charged ...



So, you're a Muslim?
At a time when the world's eyes are on extremist Islamic groups like ISIL and Boko Haram, what's it like being an average Muslim in Melbourne?



Egypt Sentences 4 Muslim Brotherhood Members to Death
An Egyptian court has sentenced four members of the outlawed MuslimBrotherhood to death for the killings of protesters at their headquarters last ...



Oakland: Former member of Your Black Muslim Bakery convicted of kidnapping, torture sentenced ...
OAKLAND - A former member of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for his role in the ...

Group of ex-civil servants call for discourse on position ofIslam in Malaysia
He viewed the right of the transgender community and Sisters in Islam (SIS) to seek legal redress as a “new wave of assault on Islam” and as an ...



Louis Lionheart's Truth-Telling About Islam on 3rd St. Promenade
While some continue to believe the false narrative that Islam is a religion of peace and condemn those who speak the truth as being either “bigots” or ...



Ten ways the Mafia and Islam are similar
During a debate on HBO's Real Time last October, host Bill Maher declared thatIslam is “the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will f***ing kill ...



Islamic Art Museum Open Westerners' Eyes Wide Open
"Islamic art doesn't mean Islamic art for or by Muslims and definitely not ... "Art can give a more balanced view of Islam," she says, adding that Islam ...



Islamic prayer hall in Sydney's west approved as rival groups protest
Controversial plans for a new Islamic prayer hall at Kemps Creek, in Sydney's west, have been given the go-ahead at a meeting that followed clashes ...



IS beheads 4 children in Iraq for refusing to convert to Islam
Baghdad: Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) beheaded four Christian children in Iraq for refusing to convert to Islam, a media report said Monday.



Islam: Built on the Blood of (Christian Child) Martyrs
After explaining how Christian minorities fled Baghdad to Ninevah when Islamic militants began terrorizing them and bombing their churches, White ...



Terrorism and Islam are not the same
With Al Qaeda, ISIS, Al Shabaab, Hezbollah, Hamas, Boko haram, and a lot more of Islamic terrorist groups causing pain, disruption and havoc in ...



Canada Islamic Group Rejects ISIL Threat
CAIRO – The umbrella Islamic council condemned on Monday, December 8, the latest calls for violence in Canada by the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) ...






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