Monday 4 August 2014

News Around the Muslim World on Sunday 3 August 2014


Source : Mail Online

Contributor : Dr Zahid Aziz, Staff Reporter UK (Midlands)
 



                                                             


Source : Trinidad Express

Contributor : Nadra Khan, Staff Reporter West Indies


                                                             


Source : The Daily Voice


                                                             


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk


                                                             

NEWS
Muslim youths in Mumbai undertake political survey ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Election
Taking a cue, Muslim youths of Mumbai have united for political empowerment. Leaving the sectarian differences aside, Muslim youths have come ...


Muslim residents sue US over citizenship denials
Los Angeles : Five long-time U.S. residents who are Muslim or fromMuslim-majority countries sued the federal government on Thursday, saying the ...


The Nation

Canberra's Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is one of the biggest events on the Muslim calendar. It marks the final part of Ramadan, a month where Muslim people fast in a show of faith ...


Muslim leaders welcome high court order on loudspeakers
MUMBAI: One of the attributes of 'azaan' is that it summons the faithful to peace and tranquility. Ironically, 'azaan' through loudspeakers has become a ...


Fars News Agency

Senior MP Criticizes Muslim World Leaders for Failing to Confront Israel
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker strongly condemned Israel's recent attacks on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and said that Muslim ...


Rising Kashmir

Gaza slaughter, Muslim causes and Arabs
For Arabs self-preservation and power are more important than Muslims' causes anywhere in the world in particular in Gaza or Kashmir (Kashmir is a ...


Muslim states urged to raise voice for Palestinians
PESHAWAR: The Cultural Centre of Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed indignation over the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza and ...


Case against Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide adjourned to 7 August
An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday postponed the case against theMuslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and a number of the ...

Yahoo News UK

Rowan Williams: Islam Restores Traditional British Values
Islam is restoring traditional British values such as shared responsibility, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said. In a speech at the ...


Mojahidul Islam returning as a judge for the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards 2014
The Wireless Association has named Md Mojahidul Islam, a young IT journalist & IT editor of the Daily Ittefaq returning as a judge for the CTIA ...


Today's Zaman (blog)

Islamic Modernism Series IV: Islamand Science
Although some sources claim Abduh was a student of Afghani, their views on the subject of the relationship between Islam and science are widely ...


Islamic Jizya: 'Protection' from Whom?
It said Christians who wanted to remain in the “caliphate” that theIslamic State ... “We offer them three choices: Islam; the dhimma contract – involving ...


Daily Mail

Former Islamic radical turned MI5 agent Morten Storm's life to be turned into spy movie by Bourne ...
A member of a biker gang in his home country, Storm moved to Britain in the late 90s and converted to Islam. After falling in with controversial hate ...


Repentance for Major and Minor Sins
Also, what if you happened to commit a sin but you did not know that the sin is considered major in Islam? For example, hugging a member of opposite ...


The Unlikely Convert: Van Doorn-Former Islamophobe
Van Doorn converted to Islam last year, now his son has become a Muslim too. What is it about Islam that Islamophobes are missing in the critique of ...


Yahoo News UK

The consequences of not challenging the Islamic State
Extremism is dangerous, but it is more dangerous to let it flourish and manifest itself the way the terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State group ...


DAWN.com

Gaza casts shadow over Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup
... house to efforts to infuse young players being educated and trained at its Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence with precepts of militant Islam.


BLOGS
Turkish poet: “Islam is worse than Nazism”
Jihad Watch  Robert Spencer
Islamic theology is based on the verses of the Quran and Hadith. Hadiths are the words and actions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and all ...


Islam in the head, and Islam in beheading
The Hesperado  Hesperado
After all these years, Robert Spencer continues to promote a lack of analytical clarity about the problem of Islam. It's been quite some time since I ...


The story of Islam Yaken , the Story of good middle class boys gone bad everywhere
Islam Yaken joined the ISIS in Syria and now he is in Iraq taking photos with swords and chopped heads and posting them on Twitter and Instagram ...


islam gets a pass as christians are slaughtered; meanwhile, jews get
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS  Reliapundit
WHEREVER ISLAM MAKES CONTACT WITH NON-ISLAM OF WITH AND ISLAM DEEMED "INFERIOR" THERE IS VIOLENCE. MALI; NIGERIA ...


Plunder: The Source of Islamic Economy
Alisina.org  Ali Sina
One of my friends whom I know from a Polish discussion board (he's a Roman Catholic) claims that Islam has absolutely no respect of work and ...







Sunday 3 August 2014

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 2 August 2014



Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk


                                                                       


Source: www.sbsun.com

                                                                      

NEWS


KHOU

Muslim woman sues Facebook over 'revenge porn'
Muslim woman sues Facebook over 'revenge porn'. "Revenge porn" is a term becoming all too common and something that has a Houston woman ...
Voice of America

Muslim leaders condemn support for ISIL
They urged Indonesian Muslims to not join the war waged by the group, since no solidarity should be put behind the violent movement that has ...


Muslim Scholars condemn ISIS measures against Iraqi Christians
New Delhi: The Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, considered the most authoritative and respected association of Muslimscholars ...
Asharq Alawsat English

Muslim organizations criticize HSBC decision to shut their accounts
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following HSBC's controversial decision to unilaterally close bank accounts belonging to a number Muslimorganizations ...


Muslim Settlers in Spain Call for Putting “Fear into the Jews”
Diversity and Muslims go together like oil and water. Mecca and Medina used to be nicely multicultural before Mohammed. But when Muslimsbegin ...
RT

Muslims sue federal govt for stonewalling citizenship requests
The five long-time US residents are all either practicing Muslims or come from Muslim-majority countries. Two of them are Iranians, two others are ...
Arab News

Manila, rebels discuss Muslim self-rule bill
Manila: Philippine government and rebel negotiators began a new round of meetings Friday to draft a Muslim self-rule law after falling behind a ...
DAWN.com

Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi. — File photo
LAHORE: While declaring a 'bleak future' for the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) government on Saturday, Pakistan Muslim League ...
Al-Arabiya

Meet Islam Yaken, a cosmopolitan Egyptian who turned into ISIS fighter
Egyptians on social media were abuzz on Saturday expressing their bewilderment over a young man named Islam Yaken, who used to live a ...


Does Islam Restrict Me from Practicing My Culture?
Due to this, I hated Islam when I was growing up. I thought that Islam teaches its adherents to behave in such a way without realizing that it is the ...


Linking feminism and Islam
But when Sally adopts a new, fundamentalist form of Islam their home becomes a miserable environment: "she wanted nothing to do with traditional ...


Radical Islam and America is topic at Lifetree Café
“Why Do They Hate Us? Understanding Radical Islam” features filmed interviews with Middle East experts Carl Medearis and Gregory Johnsen, ...

Aljazeera.com

The consequences of not challenging the Islamic State
Recently, Islamic State seized Mar Behnam, an ancient monastery near the predominantly Christian town of Qarqosh, to the southeast of Mosul.


Islam is largest non-Christian religion in Tulsa County
Islam, it turns out, is second to Christianity in Tulsa County and three nearby counties, Creek, Payne and Muskogee counties in northeast Oklahoma.


Toriqul Islam
Toriqul Islam, former principal of Chapainawabganj Government Women's College, died of lung cancer at his Chhoto Bangram residence in Rajshahi ...
BLOGS
On adoption, Islam, and faith.
Daniel Ibn Zayd  Daniel Ibn Zayd
When I was approached concerning a possible article about my adoption, return, and new-found faith I was a bit reticent. The "hook" as it were was ...
Former Sex Worker Confirms That Islam Allows Nikah al-Mut'ah
Answering Muslims  David Wood
According to both Sunni sources and Shia sources, Muhammad allowed his followers to practice a form of prostitution called "nikah al-mut'ah.


Islamic text no worse than the Bible
GalliaWatch  tiberge
Advocating an armed battle against the enemies of Islam, it was the object of a petition demanding it be banned. The Interior ministry, called on to ...


Former Archbishop of Canterbury says 'Islam is reviving British values'
Feed: LisaGraas.com  Lisa Graas
Islam is rejuvenating “British values”, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has claimed while lambasting sections of the press for presenting Muslims ...


Daily Islamic Lectures/Halaqas by Masjed Imam Sheik Abdurrahman Murad
MARKAZ-UL-ISLAM  Markaz-Ul-Islam Admin
Daily Islamic Lectures/Halaqas By Sheik Abdurrahman Murad (Day, Time and Topic) ... Markaz Ul Islam Board , Phone: (780) 791-1602, email: ...


Islam. Good will embasadors of Humanity. Right? C'mon right? Links post 3 for Aug 1
Vlad Tepes  Eeyore
Indeed, Islam as a religion seems incapable of distinguishing between righteous ... 5. that is no where near a complete understanding of dogs in Islam.


Documentary Evidence For Early Islam: Dated Muslim Texts From 622-691 CE
The Islam Papers  The Islam Papers
With neither artifact nor archive, the student of Islamic origins could quite easily become victim of a literary and linguistic conspiracy,” declared John ...




Saturday 2 August 2014

News around the Muslim World on Friday 1 August 2014



Source : Christian Science Monitor


                                                                        


Source : www.Gatestoneinstitute.org

                                                                        

NEWS
The Guardian
'Muslim Glastonbury' challenges perceptions of Islam in Britain
Ranging from sectarianism to sex, a four-day event nicknamed the "Muslim Glastonbury" is setting out to challenge perceptions of Islam in Britain.


Muslim Reflection on Global Crisis
As a Muslim, I am particularly troubled with the rise of ISIS in the Middle East and Taliban in Afghanistan-Pakistan region. In their quest for political ...


Channel News Asia


Iranian
Muslim World: Questions Within
The Zionist killing machine is in full throttle, moreMuslims, however, are killed by the Muslimsthemselves. ”One thousand Muslims are being killed ...


The Hindu
PIL filed against Maratha, Muslimquota
A fresh public interest litigation (PIL) against the Maharashtra government's decision to grant reservation for Marathas and Muslims was filed in the ...


American Muslims, Gaza, and the White House Iftar: Do Protests Matter
More than any previous year, this past White House Iftar triggered considerable debate within the American Muslim community. Specifically, a growing ...


Leader urges Muslim world to help people of Gaza
TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged the Muslim world to take measures to help the ...