Islam on the Internet on Tuesday 18 February 2014

Time for Action

Mail Online prints a disgraceful article about Islam and Muslims

Click on the text above to read the article which reflects Islamophobia in large sections of the British press.

WHAT CAN I DO? I hear you asking.

1. Contact The Daily Mail and complain to the editor Paul Dacre

paul.dacre@dailymail.co.uk

news@dailymail.co.uk

CALL – 020 7938 6000 Ask for Paul Dacre or Alex Bannister

2. Complain to the Press Complaints Commission saying the article is in breach of clause 12 of their code of practice.

http://www.pcc.org.uk/complaints/form.html

News and Views Around the Muslim World

NEWS
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	The Malaysian Insider Strengthening Islam is top of Anwar's must-do list in Selangor The Malaysian Insider Improving the position of Islam in Selangor would be Anwar Ibrahim's(pic) top priority should he win the Kajang by-election and be part of the state ...
	Belfast Telegraph Prince Harry death plot: Northern Ireland Islam convert Mark Townley once kicked out of British Army Belfast Telegraph The Northern Irish convert to Islam who has been jailed for planning to shoot Prince Harry dead was once drummed out of the British Army, Sunday ...
	11:07 - The failure of political Islam Cihan News Agency When Olivier Roy wrote his famous book “The Failure of Political Islam” in the early 1990s, he argued that political Islam, as a project that wished to ...
	Hindus in Pakistan angered over forced conversions to Islam Business Standard The Hindu community in Pakistan is reportedly angered by the rise in forced conversions to Islam. At a recently concluded seminar titled 'Hindus in ...
	The Revolutionary Party: Islam Chipsy Of EEK Interviewed The Quietus Islam Chipsy is an explosive talent in Egypt at the moment; in a wider sense, part of the new wave of chaabi artists electrifying the country's music ...
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	BLOGS
	Pakistani Islamists Issue a Warning to Indigenous Polytheists: 'Convert to Islam or Die' - Patheos Friendly Atheist ⋅ Terry Firma In the Chitral Valley in Northern Pakistan, a decades-long influx of Sunni Muslims has gradually changed the dynamic between followers of Islamand ...
	Media can be used to counter negative propaganda about Islam: Pervez Rashid – The Express ... The Express Tribune ⋅ noreply@tribune.com.pk (APP ) He said that Pakistan's relations with Saudi Arabia were based on solid foundations of Islamic identity, shared cultural heritage and commonality of ...
	Kassim Ahmad speaks his mind on the state of Islamin Malaysia | Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ ... Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger ⋅ dinobeano Speaking at an event organised by the Perdana Leadership Foundation, he said that Islam in Malaysia has been abused through a “priesthood caste” ...
	Red Islam | Souciant SouciantSouciant | Souciant ⋅ Bilal Ahmed There's no reason that Islam can't have its own version of this theology. Unfortunately, the influence of Salfism has lead Muslims to believe otherwise: ...
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	PJ Lifestyle » The 7 Ways Islam Kills Romance - PJ Media PJ Lifestyle ⋅ Robert Spencer The Malaysian Islamic Development Department thundered that “social ceremonies such as this are a stepping-stone towards greater social ills such ...
	Feminism can save France from Islam? — Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami ⋅ sheikyer mami Feminism can save France from Islam: that's the real message of Majorité Opprimée. I don't know what can save France. But sure as hell it won't be ...
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	Pakistan: 500 women and girls murdered in Islamic honor kill... - Care2 News Network Care2 News Network ⋅ Beth S. This article, like most about honor killings, never once mentions Islam. This steadfast and universal refusal to identify the root cause of honor murders ...

Islam on the internet on Monday 17 February 2014

Evolution of the species. 

Is there any trace of it in the classical religious Islamic literature?

News around the Muslim World

NEWS
	Christian Science Monitor Islam, the American way Christian Science Monitor Listening to immigration attorney Muna Jondy talk about growing up in Flint, Mich., it's easy to imagine her as a teenager, eyes ablaze, hands on hips, ...
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	Onislam.net Islam Is Easy - Don't Make It Difficult Onislam.net I was struck by the unfortunate irony that extremism is often associated with Islam when in fact, moderation is supposed to be one of the most ...
	Onislam.net Why Islam Fights Immorality Onislam.net It should not come as a surprise to us that Islamtakes a very serious view of immorality and works hard for its total eradication. The most important ...
	Islam's mark on racial equality Las Vegas Sun Fourteen centuries later, Malcolm X, one of the greatest leaders of the civil rights movement, stated, “America needs to understand Islam because this ...
	Oxford Opens Islamic Finance Platform Onislam.net CAIRO – Discussing the future of Islamic finance in Europe, financial experts have debated aspects of Islamic finance and banking at Oxford Union, ...
	Comment: Islam and religious tolerance GhanaWeb And, additionally, it is against the above background that Islam has strongly called for its cultivation and exhibition, giving Islam the deserved ...
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	BLOGS
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	CAIR wages jihad against groups spreading 'anti-Islam prejudice' - Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami ⋅ sheikyer mami The Council on American-Islamic Relations repeated its request to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to investigate ...
	Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Bulgaria Used To Be Dominated By Islam, Now Islam Is Encroaching ... Infidel Bloggers Alliance ⋅ Pastorius Bulgaria Used To Be Dominated By Islam, Now Islam Is Encroaching Again And Bulgarians Are Fighting Back With Stones, Torches, and Bottle ...
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Woman in Islam - The accusations answered

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