Sunday 24 August 2014

News around the Muslim World on Sat 23 Aug 14 and Sun 24 Aug 14

Give five minutes of your day to learning about Islam!


Source :Mubalighonline


                                                                            

“What the Muslim League has done is to set you free from the reactionary elements of Muslims and to create the opinion that those who play their selfish games are traitors. It has certainly freed you from that undesirable element of maulvis and maulanas (as well as (the clutches of the British government, the Congress, the reactionaries and so-called Muslims).”  Said the Qaid i Azam!

 And now read what Pakistan is now.




Source : The News International


                                                                          

The devil desires only to create enmity and hatred among you by means of intoxicants and games of chance, and to keep you back from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you then keep back? (The Holy Quran English translation by Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ali 5:91)




Source : http://news.yahoo.com/

The Holy Quran warns us that we have to believe in and act upon the whole of the Holy Quran. Picking and choosing which verses we act upon while paying lip service to believing in the whole of the Holy Quran will not make us successful.


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk


                                                 

NEWS

Muslim Silence Amid ISIS Atrocities
Amid the atrocity of the ISIS slaughter of innocents by the self-proclaimed caliphate is the usual deafening silence from the rest of the Muslim world.



Muslim women in Britain wear scarves with pride, not to hide
Ms Farooq is one of many young Muslim women living in Britain who have, for various reasons, chosen to adopt the headscarf to declare their faith to ...


Class 1 onwards, Muslim girls can wear scarves in Kerala
KOCHI: In a revealing instance of social dynamics in a pluralistic society like Kerala, a growing number of schools run by non-Muslim managements ...



Silence over UK's Muslim Brotherhood inquiry raises questions
The British government is fighting claims that it has delayed publication of a long-awaited report on theMuslim Brotherhood's activities, and possible ...



Sadiq Khan: 'We need more Muslim role models to save our young men'
Britain needs more role models for young Muslims if there is to be a shift in how Islam is viewed, the country's first Muslim Cabinet minister has said.



'They're fighting off death': Fears of another Mount Sinjar grow after ISIS surrounds 18000 Shi'ite ...
Fears are growing for thousands of Muslim Iraqis who have been surrounded by Islamic State militants in a chilling repeat of the siege of Mount Sinjar.



Is it time to separate Islam from the Muslim World?
Amidst the ongoing violence in the region, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia prodded Muslims "to stand in the face of those trying to hijack Islam," ...



Lebanon: "Muslim Scholars" Suspends Mediation in Case of Abducted Soldiers
The Association of Muslim Scholars announced on Friday after a meeting with PM Tammam Salam at the Grand Serail that they will no longer mediate ...


WATCH: Hizb ut-Tahrir Spokesperson Calls for Muslims to Rise Up Against Governments
A spokesperson for the supposedly 'non-violent' group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) has appeared on video calling for Muslims around the world to rise up ...

Muslim: I was bullied for criticizing Hamas
Even in America, leading Muslim organizations and clerics bully with threats of ostracism those Muslims who dare to dissent. Old-guard ideologues ...



Muslim Leaders Worldwide Condemn ISIS
Muslim leaders in Britain have condemned the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), expressing their “grave concern” at continued ...



ISIS territory not an 'Islamic State': Egypt's top Muslim leader aims to distance religion from jihadist ...
The top Islamic authority in Egypt, revered by manyMuslims worldwide, launched an Internet-based campaign Sunday challenging an extremist group ...



Muslim countries should play a bigger role in combating Isil
It is predicted that the world's Muslim population will grow twice as fast as other groups over the next 20 years. By 2030, Muslims will make up more ...



Exclusive: We share blame for creating 'jihad generation', says Muslim strategist
Afzal Amin, who was chairman of the Armed ForcesMuslim Association, a conflict strategist and a military adviser on winning "hearts and minds" in ...



Muslim unity bid over terrorism laws ends in frustration
The federal government's proposed anti-terrorism laws have provoked bitter in-fighting within the Muslimcommunity with some leaders walking out of ...



Vermont Restaurant Removes Bacon Sign Due to Muslim Opposition and Safety Concerns
Local Winooski, Vermont restaurant Sneakers Bistro has removed a sign that read, “Yield Sneakers Bacon” citing opposition from a Muslim community ...



Mallgoers treated to Muslim fest; Marco Polo opens in Pasig
The recent three-day Eid'l Fitr Festival held at The Block SM City North Edsa gave mallgoers the rare opportunity to have a glimpse of Muslim life and ...



London has been primed for decades byMuslim Brotherhood extremists
Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and their offshoots have been indoctrinating our youngsters for decades that they have to join the ...


Islamic State? Isil? Isis? How about Qsis?
THERE'S MUCH IN A NAME: Call it Qa'eda Separatists not Islamic State - the logo of the online movement to rename Islamic State.



Islamic authority: Extremists no 'IslamicState'
CAIRO (AP) — The top Islamic authority in Egypt, revered by many Muslims worldwide, launched an Internet-based campaign Sunday challenging an ...


Journalist: It's Not Islam That Inspires UK's Young Jihadis
The killing of reporter James Foley has brought to light the trend of radicalized U.K. citizens going to fight in Syria and Iraq. NPR's Linda Wertheimer ...



Kosovo: The Hidden Growth of Islamic Extremism
The recent arrest of 40 alleged Islamic radicals in Kosovo together with the arrest of one of the Kosovo Imams suspected of being an inspirer of jihad in ...



Qatar hits back at claims it backs IslamicState
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar is hitting back at suggestions that it supports theIslamic State extremist group, saying ...



Nigerian town seized by Boko Haram 'part of Islamic caliphate': leader
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Boko Haram's leader said a northeast town seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic ...


Islam Fast Facts
Here's a look at what you need to know about Islam. The word Islam translates as "submission" or "surrender." Surrender to the will of Allah - Arabic for ...


Teen 'shiaa soulija', stabbed at party, was Islam street gang member
A MEMBER of a self-styled radical Islamic street gang is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed at a Western Sydney birthday party.


BLOGS
Islam: a fraudulent ideology
Defense of the Israeli People  Richard Mather
Islam: a fraudulent ideology. [This is a piece I wrote a few years ago but it is still relevant, especially in today's climate of Islamist supremacism and ...


Week 4 – Engaging with Islam Week
Christian Union  Alex
Our engaging with Islam week! Here is a challenge, make an Muslim friend this week. Come pray with us at prayer meeting (9am outside boost Tues, ...


Islam & Violence
Another home truth we have to keep reiterating is this: while there are many moderate Muslims out there, Islam itself is not moderate. So in that sense, ...


FLASHBACK 2009: President Obama praising the virtues of Islam
JEWSNEWS  Eliyokim Cohen
FLASHBACK 2009: President Obama praising the virtues of Islam. Posted on 8/24/2014 by Eliyokim Cohen. Tweet. Email This Page ...


Exposing the propaganda of Islam and the left: Links post 2 for Aug. 23
Vlad Tepes  Eeyore
Here are two videos of sharia courts and their sentences carried out in AbuKamal Syria in the past week. The first one leads to an execution at around ...


WEB
Parolin: “The events in Iraq are not a clash between Islam and...
The Secretary of State says that “the majority of Muslims refuse those brutal and inhuman methods. Let us hope that the Islamic world speaks up ...


Teen 'shiaa soulija', stabbed at party, was Islam street gang member
A MEMBER of a self-styled radical Islamic street gang is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed at a Western Sydney birthday party.


Journalist: It's Not Islam That Inspires UK's Young Jihadis
Journalist: It's Not Islam That Inspires U.K.'s Young Jihadis. Share · Tweet. E-mail. Print. By editor. Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit ...


Universitas Islam 45 Bekasi
Universitas Islam 45 Bekasi. Indonesia. Follow · Home · Students & Alumni · Recommendations · LinkedIn for Education. Universitas Islam 45 Bekasi ...


Hajj Hassan
NNA - Islam's distorted image at the hands of ISIS, is a major conspiracy, minister of Industry Hussein Hajj-Hassan stated during his marking of the end ...

BLOGS
France confronted by Islam - Part 7
GalliaWatch  tiberge
France confronted by Islam - Part 7. Part 7 of an eight-part policy proposal by Aymeric Chauprade, Marine Le Pen's foreign policy adviser. See Parts ...


Leftism and Islam. Destroying liberty like termites in a wall. Links 1 for Aug. 22
Vlad Tepes  Eeyore
Between Youtube's increasingly narrow rules for what is acceptable to them and the UK now saying that while Islamic State savages are militants ...


Islam and the Sword.
Anna Raccoon  Gildas the Monk
The first step is to understand the basic proposition of Islamic theology, and some would say that it is the reason why it is impossible to be “moderate” ...


Corporate Media Plays Dumb on Spread of Radical Islam
Prison Planet.com  kurt_nimmo
“At least 400 Britons are among the estimated 2,000 Europeans who are fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to Prime ...


The Madness of Islam
Jay Currie  Jay Currie
For the moment the Islamists, and pace the Big Zero this has everything to do with Islam, are lucky in the sense that the American President is both ...


"Muslim Superhero" Comics Ignore Reason We're Talking About Islam
Bosch Fawstin  Bosch Fawstin
Marvel Comics publishes a "Muslim superhero" comic book that completely avoids the Only reason we're talking about all things Islam: Jihad — Bosch ...


Western Pyramid vs. Islamic Rhizome
The monolith or the plant. Western pyramid or Islamic rhizome. Two models of political and social organization in conflict all over the world. A pair of ...


Moderate Islam, Where Are You?
Victory Girls Blog  Deanna Fisher
How many times have we heard in speeches that “Islam is a religion of peace” and that “these acts do not represent all Muslims”? We've all heard it.


WEB
The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Set in the MIA Park on the waterfront, the museum building stands out as an architectural gem. Once inside, you will see masterpieces of Islamic art, ...
NEWS
Nation of Islam members push to Ferguson's frontlines
Nation of Islam member J.A. Salaam believed the pouring rain was God's doing. Sharply dressed in a blue suit with a white striped shirt underneath, ...


Islam's 'Relaxation of the Intelligence'
He warned of the rise of Islam throughout the early years of the 20th century and then between the two world wars, when such prophecy seemed ...


Wellington mosque shows 'true face of Islam'
"We want to show them the true face of Islam, not in the way it's been portrayed sometimes in the media, especially overseas," Mr Koya said.



Former spokesman for outlawed Lashkar-i-Islam killed
The region has been long fought over by a mix of militant organisations, including the TTP, the Ansarul Islam and Mangal Bagh's Lashkar-i-Islam.


Yes, ISIL Speaks For Islam
Yes ISIL speaks for Islam, for Muslims. A few days ago they beheaded journalist James Foley and proudly posted their evil deed for the world to see ...



Malaysia Arrests Suspected Islamic State Militant Recruits Amid Fears of Rising Extremist Support
Malaysian authorities announced this week the arrest of a group of 19 suspected Islamist militants who had plans to join the Islamic State in Syria, ...



Is it time to separate Islam from the Muslim World?
Amidst the ongoing violence in the region, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia prodded Muslims "to stand in the face of those trying to hijack Islam," ...



CLAIM: UK Prime Minister Has Silenced the Staunchest Radical Islam Critic He Had In Govt
Writing in The Spectator this week, associate editor Damian Thompson has slammed Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron for silencing “the only ...


Of Political Islam and Imported Ideologies
Political Islam's introduction as a common and a generalised outlook of the youth in Kashmir that envisions their resistance against the occupation ...



Islamic State: Brit Rapper Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary Is Suspected Beheader of James Foley; Had ...
Islamic State militants have posted a video that purported to show the beheading of American journalist Foley in revenge for U.S. air strikes in Iraq, ...


BLOGS
Islam and Ebola
St. Corbinian's Bear  St. Corbinian's Bear
Islam is a religion of peace the way Ebola is a tonic. It may not kill everybody, and it may not be killing anyone where you live now.


An important difference between Islam and Christianity
dangerous idea  Victor Reppert
I find a great deal to admire in Islam. However, it seems to be essential to Islamthat it aspire to be implemented from the top down through government ...


The Current Conflict Is Spiritual…The Bible and Islam
Pastor Bill Randles Blog  billrandles
We have to power, militarily, economically, intellectually to defeat Islamicterror.Too bad Bush didn't have the will to follow through, he could have ...


Libero Quotidiano
RORATE CÆLI  New Catholic
A story which happened in Buenos Aires eight years ago helps us to understand the position adopted by Pope Francis regarding the ISIS, the “Islamic ...


Is it disrespectful for a non Muslim to wear the traditional clothing
Islam specifies an abstract minimum level of clothing for men and women ... There is nothing inherently "Islamic" about Muslim clothing other than it ...


WEB
Islam's 'Relaxation of the Intelligence'
Islam's 'Relaxation of the Intelligence' - It's hard to engage in interfaith dialogue when your head has been cut off.







Friday 22 August 2014

News Around the Muslim World on Friday 22 August 2014



The Quranic definition of a Muslim.


source : Mubiligh Online


                                                                               

Police in Furguson raided a church which was helping protestors by providing them with a room to sleep!


Source : Religion Dispatches


                                                                              

the Racial and Religious Hatred Act that came into force in 2006 is not only narrowly focused, and little implemented, it is not particularly well designed to address forms of online hate speech that incite hatred towards religion or religious groups.


Source : Public Spirit 


NEWS

In The U.K., Muslim Women Don The Veil To Declare Faith Amidst Intolerance
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: A Muslimwoman enjoys an ice-cream during an Eid celebration fun fair in Burgess Park on August 8, 2013 in ...


Tully: Attack in Avon leaves Muslim couple shaken
Was it because of the traditional Muslim clothing she wore that day? “What was he thinking?” the husband, Abdelhakim Ejjair, said as we talked ...


Christian and Jewish leaders campaign to support Muslim community
Christian and Jewish leaders have rallied to support theMuslim community, asking members of the Australian public to join them in a campaign called ...


'Jihadi-Cool' Culture is a Challenge, Claims British Muslim Leader
(Reuters) - A British Muslim leader called for action on Thursday to tackle a jihadi sub-culture after an Islamic State video showed a suspected Briton ...


Liberal democracy is possible in Muslim-majority countries
"However, a significant part of the reason for this difference is that Muslim-majority countries tend to be less economically developed and more ...


Muslim leaders worried about new terror laws
The Abbott government faces an uphill battle to winMuslim community support for new counter-terrorism laws and to dispel fears they are fighting ...


Top Muslim groups and leaders condemn ISIS
WASHINGTON: Muslim groups and leaders from across the world, including those from the US, have strongly condemned the barbarism unleashed by ...

Thursday 21 August 2014

News Around the Muslim World on Thursday 21 August 2014



Source : Jamaateahmadiyyaalamgheer


                                                                           
Octopuses and squid possess the amazing ability to blend in with their surroundings, but now, researchers have created a man-made system that mimics this form of camouflage. The team developed flexible sheets of light sensors, containing a temperature-sensitive dye, that can automatically sense and adapt to the color of their surroundings. The technology could have consumer, industrial and military applications, according to the study, published today (Aug. 18) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Source : The Christian Science Monitor


                                                                               

. . . religious persecution in Pakistan: the 2011 assassinations of the Christian religious minorities minister and the Muslim Punjab governor for opposing the blasphemy laws; the Badami Bagh riots in Lahore in March 2013; kidnappings and forced conversions to Islam of Hindu women in Sindh; the bombing of All Saints Church in Peshawar in September 2013, when 128 Christians were killed and about 170 wounded. In February of this year the Pakistani Taliban warned the Kalash, a polytheistic people in mountainous Chitral, to convert to Islam or face death. 


Source : http://www.christiancentury.org/


                                                                       

To "believe in" Islam requires action on our part. What are those actions?


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

NEWS


Tony Abbott calls some Muslim groups 'petty' and 'foolish' for meetings boycott
Tony Abbott There is increasing disquiet within theMuslim community at the tenor of the debate regarding counter-terrorism. Photograph: Dan ...


Young Muslims seek careers correcting media misrepresentations
Organizations like CAIR exist to push back against Islamaphobia and violence against Muslims that are common when those kinds of negative ...



Muslim Leaders Have Roundly Denounced Islamic State, But Conservative Media Won't Tell You ...
Conservative media figures have wrongly accusedMuslim groups and leaders of failing to denounce the violent acts of the terrorist group the Islamic ...



Violence, threats, prompt more Muslim women in Britain to wear a veil
Farooq is one of many young Muslim women living in Britain who have, for various reasons, chosen to adopt the headscarf to declare their faith to all ...



can you hear them now? Where's the moderate Muslim majority? Right here on the internet
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, American right-wing blowhards and Islamophobes used an insidious question to tar all Muslims with the ...



There is nothing Islamic about a beheading: Muslims v extremists
Muslims are people who believe in the five pillars of Islam; that there is one God and that Mohammad was his prophet, that they should go to Hajj at ...


Tony Abbott says Muslim leader called him captain of team Australia - audio
Prime minister says that he's been told by a leading imam that all Muslims are part of team Australia and that Abbott is the captain. Abbott told ABC ...


Muslim scholars discuss their role in guiding the community
ISTANBUL — The International Union of Muslim Scholars brought together prominent clerics from the Muslim world for a three-day convention in ...



'Psychopathic violence': British Muslimorganizations condemn ISIS extremism
British Muslim organizations have condemned self-professed 'Jihadists' responsible for the murder of US journalist James Foley, and along with ...