Wednesday 2 July 2014

News around the Muslim World on Wednesday 2 July 2014


Source : www.libertynews.com


                                                                       

NEWS

Muslim backwards and Mandal Commission
However, on the eve of elections, no promise, no commitment, no fulfillment, but an atmosphere had always been created wherein Muslims' role was ...


Muslim film festival to debut in Milwaukee in 2015
Muslim film festival is slated to launch in Milwaukee next spring with an aim to portray the American Muslim experience to the broader community.



In Iraq, Shiite Muslim militia's reemergence gives US pause
Iraqi mourners in Najaf carry the coffin of a member of the Shiite Muslim militia Asaib Ahl al Haq who was reportedly killed in neighboring Syria in June ...



Militants declare new Muslim state in Iraq
But the declaration, made on the first day of theMuslim holy month of Ramadan, could trigger a wave of infighting among the Sunni militant factions ...


MUSLIM 'HONOR' KILLINGS: A NEW KIND OF AMERICAN TRAGEDY
A new kind of American tragedy is taking place in a Brooklyn Federal Courthouse. Both the defendant, standing trial for conspiracy to commit murder ...



Self-proclaimed Iraq 'caliph' incitesMuslims to holy war
The leader of the al Qaeda offshoot now calling itself the Islamic State has called on Muslimsworldwide to take up arms and flock to the 'caliphate' it ...



Muslim 'sheikh' banned from WA prisons
A Perth man accused of praising terrorist groups has been banned from West Australian prisons after it emerged he visited a remand jail to preach to ...



No appeasement of Muslims by Cong: Anil Shastri
"In 2009, 12 out of 28 Muslims got elected from Congress but only one found place in UPA II Ministry & that too as MOS. Is this appeasement?," Anil ...



Non-Muslim expats in Saudi Arabia rejoice Ramadan
Non-Muslim expats have been granted a chance to learn valuable moral lessons in life through fasting by observing the holy month of Ramadan in ...



Muslim body flays AK Antony's statement on Congress' perceived stance on minority communities
An Aligarh-based Muslim body has written a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing dismay over AK Antony's remarks that some ...

Islam Allows 'Selfie' Based On One's Good Intention
While Muslim scholars are in agreement that selfie does not go againstIslam, University Malaya's Islamic Studies Academy Ustaz Dr Muhammad ...


Islam seems an ideology with a religious appendix
USING part of the headline to Nick Cater's article “Islamic madness … could expose some truly dangerous ideas” (“Killjoys stifle Islamic madness'', ...



Islam is a threat to the West
When interviewed about the growth of Islamicextremism, Krieg, a Middle East security analyst at King's College London in Qatar, admitted there is a ...



Al-Qaeda spiritual leader labelsIslamic State as 'deviants'
Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, regarded as the most influential voice in Salafist Islam, forcefully rejects the Islamic State's declaration of a new ...



Militant Islam worries Muslims from Malaysia to Lebanon, poll shows
As US and other officials worry that the recent advances of the militant group that calls itself theIslamic State signal a rising tide of religious extremism, ...


Introducing Islam
The Quran forbade pre-Islamic Arab custom of female infanticide and considered it a crime like any other murder. “And when the female (infant) buried ...


In The Name Of Islam
A growing threat to civil and religious liberties in the name of their religion is just as worrying to Muslims that Islam is being so evidently and easily ...


Squaring Soccer with Islam
In neighboring Qatar, the only other state that adheres to Wahhabism, the puritan Islamic interpretation of Islam that predominates in Saudi Arabia, and ...


BLOGS

Mother of Murderer of 3 Israel Teens: “I Raised My Children on the Knees of Islam
FrontPage Magazine » The Point  Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing a book on the ...


Islamic Values vs. Judeo-Christian Values
Arabs For Israel  GFI
So if Islam is the solution, how come Muslims are happier in the West? ...Islam has trained the Islamic mind to solve any contradictions with the goal of ...


Islamic Apologist: Stop Saying 'Moderate Muslims'
Since at least the 9/11 attacks, we have been reassured constantly that Islam means peace, that violent jihad is being waged by a tiny minority of ...


God, Satan, and the Quran: Islam's Answer to Violence
The Raven Foundation  Adam Ericksen
God, Satan, and the Quran: Islam's Answer to Violence Reviewed by Momizat on Jul 01 . Violence is on the loose in Iraq and Syria this summer.


WEB
Viewing Islam through a media lens
How the news media shapes relations between Islam and the West is the focus of a new book Media Framing of the Muslim World co-authored by ...

News around the Muslim World on Tuesday 1 July 2014


Source : BBC.CO.UK


                                      

NEWS

Muslim extremist group ISIL declares a caliphate
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has announced the establishment of the Muslim caliphate and declared that its leader is Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the ...


Muslim development: Time for Modi Government to walk the talk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said, theMuslim community should come out of the psychology of fear politics. He also reiterated his ...


Maratha, Muslim quota still not in force: Advocate General to High Court
MUMBAI: Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that the cabinet decision on quotas for Marathas and Muslims has not come into ...


Muslim row report excites Museveni
In 2012, President Museveni gave the Prof Tarsis Kabwegyere led Joint Muslim Committee (JMC) two weeks to investigate and out a report into the ...


Muslim Refugees Make Do Without A Mosque In Greece
This weekend Muslims begin observing Ramadan, the holy month of prayer and reflection and a dawn-till-dusk fast. Greece is home to a small but ...


Muslim World & India—a reprisal
And with it, the entire gambit of Indian relationship with Muslim world is coming into focus. Oil prices are on a upswing, Indian workers are in rebel ...


Muslims mull PM reach-out
June 29: Muslim community leaders have begun discussing the possibility of engaging with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Members of the All India ...


Muslim Council of Sri Lanka welcomes Defense Secretary's assertion to take action against hate...
June 29, Colombo: The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) today welcomed Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's assertion to take stern ...

Successors to the prophet: Islam's caliphates
CAIRO (AP) — By declaring the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, the extremist group that controls large swaths of Syria and Iraq, is claiming to be ...


Islam -- Up for Grabs?
SINGAPORE -- The world is wrestling with a variety of events, all classed under the name of Islam. A storm of social media criticism against the ...


Egypt protected Islam from extremism on 30 June: El-Sisi
In a speech marking the first anniversary of the 30 June mass protests that put an end to the Muslim Brotherhood's rule, president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ...


Isis announces Islamic caliphate in area straddling Iraq and Syria
"There is no army in the world that can withstand the soldiers of Islam," he said. The video features about a dozen men in a cell said to be captured ...


10 convert to Islam at New Muslim Forum
Ten UAE residents — mostly from Asia and Africa — converted to Islamat the third New Muslim Forum organised recently by the IslamicInformation ...


Charity in Islam
And justice is the essence of religion, Islam has, therefore, made charity that is Zakah, obligatory and binding upon all those who embrace the faith; ...


Islam's 'Protestant Reformation'
In short, an Islamic reformation need not lead to what we think of as an “improvement” ... Islam'sreformation follows the same logic of the Protestant ...


Introducing Islam
Islam teaches that God is loving, merciful, compassionate, and forgiving. It also teaches that God is just and swift in punishment. Muslims believe that ...


The Islamic Tactic of Terror and Lure
There is more bad news for moderate Muslims who deny any connection between Islam and terror and who insist on convincing the West that no one ...


BLOGS

Supreme Leader highlighted the difference between American Islam and true Islam
Islamic Invitation Turkey  Muhtar Sekafi
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined complexity of the plots hatched by the enemies who use any ...


Urgent action needed to stem radical Islam risk: Dutch security service
The conflict in Syria has become a catalyst for radical Muslims in the Netherlands, with messages becoming more explicit and widespread, the Dutch ...


This Country Becomes The First To Outlaw Islam
JEWSNEWS  Eliyokim Cohen
The African nation of Angola has officially become the first country to banIslam. The nation's president recently declared that the move was “the final ...


Islam's 'Protestant Reformation'
Doc's Talk  GS Don Morris, Ph.D./Chana Givon
And, pointing to Christianity's Protestant Reformation as proof that Islamcan also ... What is today called “radical Islam” is the reformation of Islam.


Ex-mufti: In Syrian conflict, Malay youths see chance to shine for Islam
Malaysia Today  Super Admin
(Malay Mail Online) – The prospect of helping out Muslims in need and to fight and die in the name of Islam is what is attracting many young Malays ...


Islam Is Up for Grabs
Indian Strategic Studies  noreply@blogger.com (Strategic Studies)
The world is wrestling with a variety of events, all classed under the name of Islam. A storm of social media criticism against the shocking kidnapping ...


America cannot defend Israel and appease Islam
WND  Focus on Israel
America cannot defend Israel and appease Islam. Exclusive: Laurie Cardoza-Moore reveals dangers, 'Lest We Forget'. It should be clear by now that ...


WEB
Islam, Democracy, and Development - Ataul Pramanik
Islam, Democracy, and Development dispels the misconceptions and ... the cause of social justice with compassion as propounded by Islam.


Four Maps that Explain Islam in Africa
In order to understand the true face of African Islam, one must move past a monolithic, orientalist view and see the religion and its adherents as they ...


Amin's interest in Islam regarded as 'a good thing'
The source close to Abdul Rakib Amin described how family and friends reacted positively when he began to take his religion more seriously several ...

Tuesday 1 July 2014

News around the Muslim World on Monday 30 June 2014


Source : Boston Globe


                                                                    


NEWS
Harford's Muslim community invites neighbors for Ramadan meal
Harford County's Muslim community is observing the month of Ramadan, which begins at sundown Saturday, and is reaching out to residents of all ...


Muslim leaders call for security as Ramadhan starts
The holy month of Ramadhan that involves fasting for 30 days by Muslim faithful has kicked off.Muslim across the world dedicate the month to prayer ...


Muslim leaders demand Issa Timamy's immediate release to avert possible violence
LAMU COUNTY: Muslim leaders now want Lamu Governor Issa Timamy released unconditionally for the sake of stability in the area. The Supreme ...


Muslim quota: Shiv Sena-BJP eying benefits of backlash
Though the Cong-NCP combine is banking on its decision to grant reservations to Muslims to help salvage its fortunes in the assembly elections, the ...


How Muslims flipped the script in Hollywood
But he said he was rarely considered for parts playing doctors, lawyers ... or anything, really, but menacing Muslims during the early days of his career.


North Texas Muslims begin Ramadan with plea for unity
Muslim leaders in North Texas marked the start of Ramadan on Saturday with calls for harmony. In a news conference at Southern Methodist ...


Muslim world will only SCORN YOU MORE for burning Bibles: Malaysian 'Allah' verdict makes NO ...
This week it upheld a ban on non-Muslims using the word “Allah”. The court rejected a challenge by the Roman Catholic Church to overturn the ban ...


Sultan directs Muslim Ummah to commence Ramadan fast on Saturday
THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has directed the Muslim Ummah to commence the Ramadan fast on Saturday, June 28. The News ...


Glo Tasks Muslim Faithful To Pray For Nigeria's Security
Telecommunications Operator, Globacom, has urged Muslim faithful in Nigeria to pray for the peace and unity of the nation as Nigeria is currently ...


Al-Qaida splinter declares newIslamic caliphate
The spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declared the group's chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the leader of the new caliphate, ...



Introducing Islam
Do man and woman in Islam have spiritual equality before God? The Qur'an provides clear-cut evidence that woman is completely equal with man in ...


Islam values justice
Ramadan is a month of blessings and contains the Night of Power, described as “… better than a thousand months” in the Quran (Surat al-Qadr, 3), ...



Saudi monarch slams religious extremists in Ramadan speech
Islam is “religion of unity, fraternity and mutual support” but some people “lured in by false calls... are confusing reform with terrorism”, the monarch ...



Enemies confront Islam in name of religion: Leader
Addressing a group of Qur'an reciters on Sunday, the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution said that “the enemies' intelligence apparatus” plays a role in ...



Militants Leverage Iraq Gains in Syria
DAMASCUS—The extremist group known as theIslamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is expanding its foothold in Syria after recent gains in ...


Boko Haram is not representing Islam – Oloyede
Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on security agencies in the country ...


Islamic Finance Budding Slowly in Russia
Islamic finance is a fast-growing field worldwide, and proponents say it offers both ethical and practical benefits to the faithful and non-Muslims alike.


BLOGS

that agrees with Islam and does not oppose Islam all represent rulings of Kufr
Islamic Revival  Islamic Revival
By way of the thought: 'That which agrees with Islam is from Islam', the disbelievers were able to bring Kufr thoughts to us and by way of the thought: ...


Monasticism Meets Islam | Sister Lucy
We had our own ethos, prayer life and form of worship— not unlike what I see in Islam now, in fact. We were 'sufficient unto ourselves'. Dialogue would ...


islam beheads couple in public over love marriage
VENITISM  Basil Venitis
A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that ...