Friday 16 May 2014

Around the Muslim World on Thursday 15 May 2014


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk


                                                        

NEWS
Washington Post
Jew, Muslim join pope's delegation in Holy Land
VATICAN CITY — A rabbi and a Muslim leader will join Pope Francis on his upcoming trip to the Holy Land, the first time an official papal delegation ...
Indian Express
The Muslim vote
The much-touted Muslim card will play a role in 14 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The community constitutes 10.6 per cent of Maharashtra's ...


Jewish, Muslim schools bridge faiths through learning
When she lived near Israel, in the predominantly Muslim country of Jordan, Katie Al-Akhras observed that much of the conflict between people of ...
Dallas Morning News
Paris' Muslim mayor steps aside to focus on district, think about future
<bold>Dr. Arjumand Hashmi, a cardiologist </bold>and mayor of Paris, Texas, said he's proud of what's been accomplished in the past three years.
Times of India
Indian Muslims wary of man poised to take reins
As much of Ahmedabad has flourished, the camp has become a permanent Muslim slum, forgotten by the authorities and suffocating the aspirations of ...

FrontPage Magazine
Gun Used by Muslim Marathon Bombers Linked to Muslim Drug Gang
This is an interesting development because it raises questions about the nature of the relationship between the Muslim Tsarnaev bombers and other ...


Muslim Persecution of Christians, January 2014
January's roundup of Muslim persecution of Christians around the world includes (but is not limited to) the following accounts, listed by theme and ...
The Guardian
Ukip candidate lambasts Islam as 'totalitarian ideology'
The UK Independence party has become embroiled in a fresh race row after it emerged that one of its local election candidates has described Islam as ...

CNN
How Islam can fight back against Boko Haram
Jordan (CNN) -- When religion is used, or misused, as a violent tool against the innocent, then it is the user not the tool that is the source of violence.


Islam hijacked
It is thinking like J.J. Smith's, "It's safe, therefore, to conclude that Islam is clearly not a religion of peace - quite the contrary," that we western Muslims ...


'Stop ascribing Boko Haram's actions to Islam'
“Nobody can force another person to become a Muslim. Islam cannot be spread by force or war but by self-conviction through preaching with wisdom.”.
Chron.com
Islam Vs. Girls With Books - Mike McManus
For the past month the world's attention has focused on the abduction of 276 teenage Nigerian girls by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram, whose ...


'Islam gives leeway to human rights'
PETALING JAYA: No religion on Earth is against human rights and Islam gives a lot of emphasis to civil liberties, political activist Hishamuddin Rais ...


Charting the influence of Islam on black American music and culture
He traces a path from the first Spanish and Portuguese immigrants to America in the 1500s and the Islamic Moorish culture they brought with them all ...
Arab News
I found the message of Islam appealing
I AM deeply grateful for this opportunity of saying a few words as to why I embraced Islam. I was reared under the influence of Christian parents.
uznews.net
Uzbek otins preach Islam to women
There is a prevailing opinion that during Soviet times the Islamic tradition was preserved in Uzbekistan mainly thanks to the efforts of female preachers ...


BLOGS
Hudud and the distortion of Islam | Malaysia Today
Malaysia Today  Super Admin
When the same legislation subjected a pregnant rape victim to the irrefutable presumption of zina (illicit sex), we were convinced that it was not Islamic ...


In Isma, a portrait of political Islam driven by urban middle-class professionals | Malaysia Today
Malaysia Today  admin-j
Urging unity under Islam, Isma wants Malays to counter the “threat” posed by-non-Muslims. It has also called on Malays and Muslims to be aggressive ...


Victims of Islam - Student News Daily
Student News Daily  StudentNewsDaily.com
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. (by Ralph Peters, NY Post) – When it comes to fanatical Islam, we're entranced by the symptoms but refuse to ...


Islam, terror and attitudes | Warren Kinsella
Warren Kinsella  Warren
Twitter Updates · follow me on Twitter. Islam, terror and attitudes. May 15th, 2014, 5:01 pm. 20140515-180057.jpg . « Toronto needs a mayor: …and it ...


Washington DC: Geller is back with another anti-Islam Metro ad | Islamophobia Today eNewspaper
Islamophobia Today eNewspaper  IslamophobiaWatch
In 2012, anti-Islam blogger Pamela Geller's American Freedom Defense Initiative funded ads throughout the Metro system with a quote from the Quran ...


Is political Islam rising in Indonesia? | Islam21c
Islam21c  Aljazeera
Indonesia's Muslim parties fared better than expected in April's parliamentary vote but are unlikely to win power. Cross-posted from Aljazeera - Read it ...


Hollywood's hotel boycott: Shariah or Islam? - WND
WND  Larry Elder
Larry Elder is a best-selling author and radio talk-show host. His latest book is "Dear Father, Dear Son: Two Lives … Eight Hours." Follow Larry on ...


WEB
BBC News - Sudan death penalty reignites Islam apostasy debate - BBC.com
Sudan death penalty reignites Islam apostasy debate. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag pictured on her wedding day with her husband Meriam Yehya ...


Nabeel Qureshi - A Journey From Islam on Vimeo
An amazing story of a Muslim man in search of truth! More Muslims have come to Christ in the past 15 years than in the previous 15 centuries.


Islam Bai Yarda da Haka ba - VOA Hausa
Islam Bai Yarda da Haka ba. An yi kira ga 'yan boko haram dasu sako 'yan matan da suke garkuwa dasu. Gurza; Sharhi; Share: ...

Thursday 15 May 2014

Around the Muslim World on Wednesday 14 May 2014


Source : Gulf News

                                                 


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

                                                            

NEWS
The Guardian

Muslim Preacher Spars With Prosecutors at Terrorism Trial
NEW YORK— Abu Hamza al-Masri, the Muslimpreacher on trial in Manhattan, sparred with government prosecutors Tuesday in a combative ...
Muslim group calls for probe of FBI agent in Orlando shooting
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Muslim civil rights group is demanding an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and state officials into what ...
Voice of America

Muslims Denounce Boko Haram's Nigeria Abductions
Muslims worldwide have condemned the abduction a month ago of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram.



Muslim advocates amplify 9/11 museum film concerns
NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim advocates and scholars are stepping up pressure on the Sept. 11 museum to edit or at least let more scholars see a ...


Muslim backers keep fingers crossed
VARANASI: The temple town is busy speculating the margin of BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi's victory as people await eagerly for the result.


Muslims and Christians in Africa Work Together to Prevent Malaria (Op-Ed)
Charlotte Keenan is chief executive of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Keenan has been with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation since 2008, after ...
The Express Tribune

Reconciling Muslim family laws with modern realities
This was said by President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday at the inauguration of a three-day conference, “The Current Issues in Muslim Personal ...


Equality4Eid wants Muslim holiday listed on Montgomery school calendar
The Muslim community has been pushing Montgomery County Public Schools to close for the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha for years. Now, the group ...
Dallas Morning News (blog)

Muslim mayor of Paris calls it quits — for now
Dr. Arjumand Hashmi, a prominent cardiologist selected by his Paris City Council peers to be mayor in 2011, confirmed Wednesday that he won't seek ...
Salon

NYPD coerced Muslim immigrants to become spies
Seven million strong American Muslim community was alarmed by the New ... The New York Times provided graphic detail of two Muslim prisoners.

Court rejects Islam-influenced post-marital agreement
I have long argued that American courts should deal with Islam-related religious issues by simply applying existing American law, without any special ...
OpEdNews

Islam Objective is to Dominate the World
To do this, leaders of the Judaic, Christian, anIslamic religions have ... The figure below illustrates the Islamic objective for Islam to subjugate and ...
The Malay Mail Online

Stop using Islam to silence hudud debate, MCA tells PAS
Picture by Yap Tzu GingKUALA LUMPUR, May 14 ― PAS must not use Islam as an excuse to prevent public discourse of its plan to introduce hudud ...


Islamic Centre for Women and Children Holds 17th Annual Conference
The Islamic Centre for Women and Children (ICCWC), in collaboration with Muhammed Yadalieu English Arabic School, Saturday held its 17th annual ...


Feminism in Islam is not a facade
The world has a negative preconceived idea regarding the status of women in Islam only because of the Muslim men and women who embrace such ...


Antithetical to Islam
The even greater issue is that such atrocities committed in the name ofIslam - a religion that strongly condemns every action of such terrorist groups ...
American Spectator

Indonesia`s Islamic Organizations Strongly Condemn Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirls
"Islam never teaches violence. Islam always teaches civility. Abduction is not characteristic ofIslamic struggle and Islam does not condone abduction ...
Wall Street Journal

9/11 museum readies for grand opening amid concerns from interfaith group
“Without context, school children and ordinary visitors may conflate Islam with violent extremism. We wholeheartedly support the museum in making ...
AllAfrica.com

Boko Haram Insurgents Have GivenIslam a Bad Name - Bishop Oke
Let the Sultan of Sokoto call all Emirs and otherIslamic leaders to bring out these Boko Haram boys. Let them stop deceiving Nigerians". "Governor ...


#Bringbackourgirls and the politics of Islam and women
Following the kidnapping of schoolgirls by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks at the perception of women in Islam ...


BLOGS


Islam facing new threats, says PM | Malaysia Today
Malaysia Today  admin-s
KUANTAN: PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said Islam and its followers are being tested by new threats under the guise of humanism, ...


INFoL | Islam and free market economy: incompatibility or deviation? – Hicham El Moussaoui
INFoL  admin
By Hicham El Moussaoui. Several studies show the strong positive correlation between market economy and development. Unfortunately, in Muslim ...


Bosch Fawstin: Today's Islam Tweets
Bosch Fawstin  Bosch Fawstin
... are worth reposting here. Muslims who don't take Islam seriously should still be taken seriously as representatives of Islam ... & Islammeans peace.


Tory's Mile End candidate Jewel Islam arrested in connection with suspected election offences ...
Trial by Jeory  trialbyjeory
Mr Islam is the man in the bottom photo. He stood for the Tories in the Mile End East ward in 2006 when he polled 454 votes. He's a businessman has ...


Liberal blind spot on Islam - WND
WND  Joseph Farah
Liberal blind spot on Islam. Exclusive: Joseph Farah asks why leftists fail to challenge world's most intolerant nations. Published: 10 hours ago. author- ...


A Case Against Islam | YINKAHDINAY
YINKAHDINAY  Wes Bredenhof
Oliphint demonstrates how Christians might respond to the apologetic challenge of Islam, both exposing its weak points and presenting a better way ...


BurtPrelutsky.com: ISLAM, AMERICA'S SACRED COW
BurtPrelutsky.com  Burt
These days, they are demanding that a film at the 9/11 Museum in Manhattan recounting the events on that terrible day avoid any mention ofIslam and ...


sunni - How to distribute a person's property who doesn't have any children? - Islam Stack Exchange
How is the property of a deceased person who left a wife but no children distributed? He has 2 brothers, 1 older (no children and a widow) who died ...