Wednesday 3 September 2014

News around the Muslim World on Tuesday 2 September 2014



Tensions in Pakistan are mounting in demand of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation. Judy Woodruff joins Husain Haqqani of the Hudson Institute and Moeed Yusuf of the United States Institute of Peace to discuss what’s behind the unrest, the prospective violence that lies ahead and how the conflict bodes for Pakistani democracy, and its relations with the U.S.



Source : www.pbs.org


Astronomers have discovered a budding galactic nucleus, which is undergoing a ferocious rate of star formation. It is providing researchers with their first glimpse at a key step in the galaxy-formation process.


Source : Christian Science Monitor



Personal finance is a big task comprised of a lot of little everyday decisions. Read on for nine of the worst personal finance habits, and how to break them. 


Source : Christian Science Monitor


NEWS


LA Muslim group seeks to identify troubled youth, avert homegrown terrorism
A Los Angeles-based Muslim civil rights organization has proposed the first intervention program for young American Muslims who may be drawn to ...



France bans Muslim worker from nuclear sites
A French court has upheld a ban on a Muslimengineer from accessing nuclear sites, citing his links with what it termed as "jihadist networks", but his ...



Severed Heads And Righteous Religion: Not In My Muslim Name
Severed Heads And Righteous Religion: Not In My Muslim Name .... strong and loud uprising across Muslim lands against extremism is way overdue.


Leftie Journo Demands Public Inquiry into UK MuslimFailure to Integrate, Blames Everyone But ...
And everyone else except Britain's ghettoised Muslim communities themselves. Hodges – who recently admitted to still accepting money from ...



Saudis risk new Muslim division with proposal to move Mohamed's tomb
For centuries Muslim pilgrims have made their way to Mecca in order to visit the Kaaba – a black granite cubed building said to be built by Abraham, ...



On my Mind: Motor City Muslims, Jews
Earlier this year, Jews and Muslims came together at a conference, “A Shared Future: Jews and Muslims in Metro Detroit,” co-sponsored by the ...



How can Jews oppose Muslim anti-Semitism without being 'Islamophobic'?
I don't like the groups who claim to speak on behalf of all Muslims – groups which disproportionately represent a politicised and fundamentalist ...



'We need to talk about 'Love Jihad'' says minister: India's Muslim boys seducing Hindu girls to force ...
A senior Indian government minister has called for discussions between religious leaders of claims that Muslim boys are seducing and eloping with ...


Report Accuses Islamic State Group of War Crimes
An international rights group accused the extremist Islamic State group on Tuesday of systematic "ethnic cleansing" in northern Iraq targeting ...



American journalist Steven Sotloff beheaded in second horrific IslamicState video
In the new video entitled "A Second Message to America," Sotloff appears in an orange jumpsuit before he is beheaded by an Islamic State fighter.



When Islam ruled science and lost their golden age
When a city is invaded, the men butchered, the women raped, the libraries burned, centuries of human progress are lost within hours. This is the ...


Why the Resurgence of Beheading in Islam?
While some more radical Islamic advocacy organizations like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Society of North ...



Watch the Sermon on Radical IslamThat Georgia Pastor Claims Got Him Temporarily 'Booted and ...
A Georgia pastor says he was temporarily “booted and banned” from YouTube after he posted video of one of his recent sermons on radical Islam and ...



Jailed Aussie converts to Islam
Drage's lawyer, Michael Hartono, told reporters his client had converted to Islam during his long detention in the police cell and attended weekly Koran ...


1362 embrace Islam in Dubai in 6 months
As many as 1,362 people reverted to embrace Islam in the first half of 2014 in Dubai, according to the Dar Al Ber Society (DABS). According to a top ...



Why Indian-American Frank IslamGot a Call from Obama
The call was neither for a fund raiser, nor for discussing any policy issues, but to "appreciate" the desk in Islam's library, which is a replica of the ...


BLOGS

Tunisian Muslim Brotherhood Says Gaza Conflict Was “Victory For Moderate Islam”
Islamist media is reporting that the Tunisian Muslim Brotherhood party Ennahda has issued a statement which called the outcome of the recent Gaza ...


ISIS & the War on Islam
Faith Line Protestants  Rachael McNeal
Over and over again I have watched friends, colleagues, media personalities, and news outlets call ISIS the face of Islam. More and more people have ...


How Islam Built The Very Fabric of America
Political Vel Craft  TheVolubrjotr .
It's a silly question to ask; of course we're a Muslim nation with a deepIslamic tradition - it should be enough that Barack Obama says Islambuilt ...


Does the apparently senile Jimmy Carter know anything about Islam?
Bookworm Room  Bookworm
Islam is premised upon Jihad — war. It's binary. There's either war against unbelievers or complete subordination to Allah. What religion is Carter ...


Moderate Islam Is Multiculturalism Misspelled By Daniel Greenfield
RUTHFULLY YOURS  Ruth King
You can't find a moderate Islam in Saudi Arabia or Iran, but you can find it in countless ... The new multicultural theology of the West is moderateIslam.


Mainstream Muslims need to give Islam a new face
But, inexplicably, there have been no similarly large-scale demonstrations against the Islamic State for its horrific acts against Christians, Yazidis and ...


Monday 1 September 2014

News around the Muslim World on Monday 1 September 2014


The Holy Quran says there is no compulsion in religion. Yet Muslims all over the world reject this Command of the Quran by persecuting other religions.


Source : Rorate Caeli Blog


                                                                            

Long under attack from poachers for their skin, fashioned into bags, shoes and the like, marsh crocodiles in Pakistan’s scenic Nara wetland complex in Sindh province have found a safe refuge with international pressure combining with a ban on hunting. In a happy tale of survival and revival, the crocodile population in the Nara and Deh Akro sanctuaries is estimated to have gone up to over 4,000.


Source : http://www.thethirdpole.net/


                                                                      

Pakistan is a country where sexuality is obsessively repressed, and women have little chance for gender equality – a World Economic Forum report recently named Pakistan the world’s 2nd worst country for equal opportunities for women. The film contends that these two factors have resulted in the horrifying practice of bachabaazi, or pedophilia, as men with sexual needs that can find no other outlet end up abusing vulnerable young boys who wander on the streets, earning money for their families, or having run away from their homes or places of employment. 


Source : Channel4.com


                                                                  

NEWS

ISIS terror threat: Leading British Muslims issue fatwa condemning terror group
Muslim leaders have issued a fatwa condemning Islamic extremist group ISIS, and have said that British jihadis are "betraying their own societies" by ...


'Fair go for Muslims' key to police co-operation
THE belief of many Muslim Australians that they are singled out by counter-terrorism laws means they are less likely to co-operate with police, ...


Muslim Rape in Rotherham
The failure of British authorities to act on the horrific, long-term sexual abuse of 1,400 children in one area over a 16-year period because the culprits ...


Raped and Slaughtered: Muslim Persecution of Christians, April, 2014
From one end of the Islamic world to the other, the abduction and rape of Christian girls at the hands of Muslims—both terrorists and laymen—was a ..


Carter calls on Muslim Americans to support peace
DETROIT — Former President Jimmy Carter said today that Muslim Americans should use their religious principals to support peace and justice efforts ...


Too many of Britain's Muslims are failing to integrate. We need to find out why
Using Pakistan interchangeably with the term “Asian” he describes how the Muslim community effectively intimidates it political representatives.

Anti-Islam pastor retires
When asked about his recent remarks regarding radicalIslam, Pastor McConnell added: "I still believe that radical Muslim ideology and doctrine poses ...


When will we take back Islam?
Like it or not, the Islamic State is winning the public relations war. ... When we say “It's not Islam,” we are dismissing the criminals as someone else's ...


The answer to Islamic State: by sword – or word?
More than by military attacks, the Islamic State, commonly known as ISIS or ISIL, can be defeated if more Muslims counter its message that faith can ...


Is Jihad Un-Islamic?
The Islamic State has gained notoriety for its brutal methods, including mass executions and beheadings. This caused several Muslim and non-Muslim ...


Hadi: PAS not like PKR, DAP, fights for 'perfect Islam'
“We are in the true congregation, the right (congregation), (that) upholds the perfect Islam,” the Marang MP was quoted saying in PAS organ Harakah ...


Sisters in Islam: Prove lesbian act really took place
Sisters In Islam (SIS) notes that the news report on the duo, nabbed on suspicion of having same-sex relations, has failed to show any criminal ...


Egyptian musicians 'ambassadors of tolerance and peace of Islam' at the Salzburg Festival
Held between 18 July and 31 August, this year's Salzburg Festival dedicated a portion of its programming to the meeting of Christian and Islamic ...


BLOGS

The Notion of “Sin” in Islam and Christianity
Jamie Glazov Productions  Jamie Glazov
Pastor Tolle joined the show to discuss The Notion of “Sin” in Islam and Christianity, analyzing how the stark contrast in two religions' values fosters ...


Dialoguing with Islam
The Thinking Housewife  Laura Wood
IMAGINE if Charles Martel had thought that the best approach to Islam was to “be present” while Muslims slaughtered infidels or if he had believed that ...


Yet another British convert to Islam
Eye On The World  Watcher
(Express) A Muslim convert who goes by the name Umm Hussain al-Britani is thought to be Sally Jones, a mother from Chatham with an interest in ...







News around the Muslim World on Sunday 31 August 2014


We pray for guidance on the right path. Spend 5 minutes on finding out what that is.


Source : Daily Mubaligh online



                                                   

Once we move away from the simple test to see who is a Muslim it becomes impossible to define a Muslim or indeed to find one.


Source : The News


                                                                         

NEWS


British Muslim leaders issue fatwa against would-be jihadists
The fatwa states Muslims have a “moral obligation” to help those in war-torn Syria and Iraq, but that they should do so “without betraying their own ...


Carter Calls on Muslim Americans to Support Peace
DETROIT (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter has told a group ofMuslim Americans in Detroit they should take a role in supporting peace and ...



No Place for Others in Areas with Over 40% Muslim Population: BJP MP Yogi Adityanath
Talking to a private TV channel yesterday, he suggested that there is no place for non-Muslimsin areas which have more than 40 per cent Muslim ...



Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against Islamic state
"The Muslim world is in dire need to take cognisance of the threats posed by the anti-Islamic outfits. The militant groups among Muslims are causing ...


'Brits fighting in Syria don't know much about Islam': Muslim Council of Wales head Saleem Kidwai ...
“The fatwa reflects the views of the majority of Muslims in Wales,” he said. “The barbarism of Isis goes against the teaching of Islam. “I will write and ask ...


Two booked for converting to Islam without nod in MP
Shivpuri police have booked two Dalit youths for allegedly converting toIslam without seeking permission from the district authorities as mandated by ...



Stories of forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan
Every year in Pakistan, several hundred young Christian or Hindu girls are forcibly converted toIslam, and sometimes married off. The growing ...



My duty is to protect image of Islam, says Khalid Samad
First, the Shah Alam MP had incurred the wrath of the Sultan of Selangor after proposing that the powers of the Selangor Islamic Affairs Council (Mais) ...


National Post column: Learn Islam or die!
A Muslim, Quereshi writes about the Islamic prayer of shahadah. According to the column, the shahadah should be recited by Muslims if they know ...


Australian Muslim Glen Mohammed questions Islam
CHARLOTTE, NC, August 31, 2014 – An Australian Muslim and lawyer recently wrote an article in the “Brisbane Times” denouncing the Islamicworld ...



Islamic State gets fatwa from noted Muslim cleric in Kerala
File picture of an Islamic State fighter, armed with a knife and an automatic weapon, next to captured Syrian army soldiers and officers. Photo: APThe ...



Egyptian government serves politicalIslam: EIPR
A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and of ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds up a poster of morsi and thee four finger salute, the symbol ...



Mourners chant 'down with military rule' during Seif El-Islam's memorial
A large crowd of mourners of all political persuasions attended the memorial service of distinguished human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif El-Islam.


Lawmakers calling on Obama to take decisive action against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress are pressing President Barack Obama to take decisive action against the Islamic State militants who ...


BLOGS
Get rid of Islam then
Malaysia Today  Super Admin
The first step to reform would be to aim for full liberalisation. And this would mean no longer can religion, meaning Islam, be forced down our throats.


OJ Simpson Converting to Islam Wants to Be a Muslim
But he's really serious about converting to Islam. O.J. even made himself a prayer rug for his prison cell. He really likes the idea that upon converting to ...


Canadian convert to Islam: Xtians must convert or “face the sword”
JEWSNEWS  Eliyokim Cohen
Where did he get this idea? Was any effort made by the Muslims in Canada who converted him to Islam to explain to him that Islam was a Religion of ...


FBI's Islam
""ISNA rejects all acts of terrorism, including those perpetrated by Hamas, Hizbullah and any other group that claims Islam as their inspiration.


Islam: What the West Needs to Know
DocumentaryWIRE  Jonny
Islam: What the West Needs to Know argues that Islam is a violent religion bent on world domination. The documentary uses passages from the ...


WEB
Edict prohibits festivals that violate Islam
AMMAN — The Iftaa Department, the state body responsible for issuing religious edicts, on Sunday prohibited calling for, participating in or holding ...