News around the Muslim World on Monday 17 November 2014

Ameer to the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam to address members of the House of Commons and Lords on Wednesday 19 November 2014; 09:30 to 11:30

Turkey’s top religious official has blasted the Saudi Arabian government for massive renovation work surrounding the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest place of worship, which also houses the cube-shaped Kaaba.

“It is almost like the Kaaba is imprisoned by the shopping malls and the hotels [built around it],” the president of the Directorate General for Religious Affairs (Diyanet), Mehmet Görmez, said during an interview broadcast on public station TRT Türk.

Concern over environment around the Holy Kaaba

Source : Hurriyetdaily

A recently uncovered fragment of ancient papyrus makes the explosive suggestion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were man and wife, researchers say.

The 8cm by 4cm fragment supports an undercurrent in Christian thought that undermines centuries of Church dogma by suggesting the Christian Messiah was not celibate.

The centre of the fragment contains the bombshell phrase where Jesus, speaking to his disciples, says 'my wife', which researchers believe refers to Magdalene.

Jesus was married - new evidence

Source : Daily Mail

NEWS

	Muslims discovered America, says Turkish president The Guardian The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has claimed that Muslim sailors reached the Americas more than 300 years before explorer ... 'Muslims pre-date Columbus in discovering America,' says Turkish president Erdogan - The Independent Erdogan: Muslims Discovered America - Arutz Sheva Muslims Discovered America Before Christopher Columbus, Says Turkish President Erdogan -International Business Times
	First Muslim prayers at National Cathedral interrupted by protester Reuters Women talk as the Washington National Cathedral and five Muslim groups hold the first celebration of Muslim Friday Prayers, Jumaa, in the ... When the First Muslim Prayer Was Held at the National Cathedral, One Christian Lady Spoke in ... - IJ Review Hundreds of Muslims attend weekly prayers at iconic Christian cathedral - The Independent Full Coverage
	Jewish And Muslim Doctors Join Forces To Give Low-Income Texans Free Health Screenings Huffington Post In a collaboration that's being called the first of its kind in the country, Muslim and Jewish doctors joined forces Sunday to provide free medical ...
	'Court stay will impede Muslim integration into mainstream' The Hindu The Bombay High Court has observed that an interim stay on reservation in education for the 50 sub-castes of Muslims specified by Maharashtra ...

	Latest Islamic State horror masks a week of defeats The Guardian After a week in which Islamic state (Isis) has suffered a wave of setbacks, it is determined to show that it plays a long game. On all of its active fronts, ... Islamic State beheaded US aid worker Peter Kassig, White House confirms -Los Angeles Times Islamic State claims it has beheaded US hostage Kassig - Reuters Murder of Peter Kassig an 'affront to Islam' say British imams - The i100
	Afghanistan captain and FC Goa players Zohib Islam Amiri talks about last year's historic SAFF ... Daily News & Analysis Ask Afghanistan captain and FC Goa recruit Zohib Islam Amiri and this is what he has to say: "We used to make a 'football' from rags and play in the ...
	Why Are Some Reverts Unable to Continue in Islam? Onislam.net And do you agree with a draft declaration recently suggested for recognizing the basic rights of new converts to Islam? Do you think it could help in ...
	Islamic community fosters understanding in Wagga Daily Advertiser There was standing room only on Saturday as prominent Muslim commentators Zachariah Matthews and Susan Carland came to Wagga to discuss ...
	Professor hacked to death NEWS.com.au SUSPECTED Islamic militants have hacked to death a university professor in Bangladesh, several years after he led a push to ban students wearing ...
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	Politics and Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia.pdf EuroSEAS Politics and Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia. Michael Buehler, Department of Politics and International Studies, School of Oriental and.

News around the Muslim World on Sunday 9 November 2014

Some people say that the Holy Quran is arranged in a confusing way without any order. Here we show what the order is and why it makes sense.

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

Global temperatures have risen 0.85 C on average since the Industrial Revolution — a change most scientists blame on human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels. Scientists have said that at the current levels of emissions, the world is on track for as much as a 5 C rise by the middle of this century.

Humanity hurtles towards catastrophe without care

Source : Al Jazeera America

NEWS

	Muslim instructor criticizes US troops; complaints flood UA Arizona Daily Star A war of words has sparked fear for the safety of a young Muslim born in America and educated in Tucson. University of Arizona officials are taking ...
	Naqvi, Muslim face of BJP, stages a comeback Zee News New Delhi: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a prominentMuslim face of the BJP, stages a comeback to the Union Council of Ministers, 15 years after his stint as ... Narendra Modi's Cabinet expansion: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Muslimf ace of BJP, stages a comeback - Daily News & Analysis Full Coverage
	A Muslim cleric's checklist for tolerance: Editorial Toronto Star But Imam Syed Soharwardy's Islamic “guide for the perplexed” speaks to a concern that Canada'sMuslim community has been addressing in many ...
	Trilokpuri riots: Police were violent with Muslim women Indian Express Claiming that Muslim women continue to feel unsafe, the complaint stated, “It has also been reported in eyewitness accounts that Muslimwomen are ...
	Muslim Awareness Scottsbluff Star Herald The community is invited to a Muslim Awareness Seminar led by Bruce and Carolyn Pinke of Minneapolis, Minn., at Zion Evangelical Church, 3617 5th ...
	To end terrorism by Muslims, end wars on Muslims: Siddiqui Toronto Star Not because Muslims are savages and Islam is “a violent religion,” as we are repeatedly told, but because Syria is “the seventh predominantlyMuslim ...
	Indian Muslims Lose Hope in National Secular Party New York Times Many Muslim voters of Maharashtra State supported a new sectarian political force in October. Credit Divyakant Solanki/European Pressphoto Agency.
	Muslim-Muslim ticket: Wait until we pick our candidate - APC chieftain DailyPost Nigeria Bimbo Daramola, has played down media speculations that the All Progressive Congress (APC) is going to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the ...
	How Did US Muslims Vote in Midterm Election? Onislam.net DALLAS – Many American Muslims exercised their voting rights on November 4, however their overwhelming support for Democratic Party candidates ...

	Why ISIS Are Misinterpreting Quran: Is It Islam? Onislam.net It is yet another movement that shows how dangerous Islamic religion can be. How could the ISIS member shouted "Allahu Akbar" in the video they ...
	The West's Dangerous Enchantment with Islam Gatestone Institute There are no women's rights in Islam; there are no women's rights in most Muslim countries. And there is no freedom of expression in these countries; ...
	Everyday Iraq: Beyond Islam and Primitivism BagNews Notes The photo of a pilot praying beside his aircraft not only flies in the face of difference and primitivism, it's ironic too in its framing of Islam, power and the ...
	Croydon community worker steps down over Islam 'invasion' Tweet Croydon Advertiser A VOLUNTEER has stepped down as a senior member of a community group after sharing an online message that compared Muslim immigrants and ...
	Giving transgenders rights won't ruinIslam Malaysiakini (subscription) Giving human rights to transgenders will not destroy Islam, the identity of Muslim society and that of all people of religion in Malaysia. People should ...
	TTP chief announces cooperation with Lashkar-e-Islam The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: With security forces targeting hideouts of Lashkar-e-Islam in Khyber Agency, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Maulvi Fazalullah ...
	Five terrorists of Lashkar-e-Islamkilled in Khyber Agency Geo News, Pakistan KHYBER AGENCY: Security forces killed five terrorists of banned Lashkar-e-Islam in Akakhel area of Tera valley in Khyber Agency, Geo News ...
	Franz Kafka: Meet the Islamic State Al-Fanar Media Iraqi university students living in Islamic-State controlled areas are finding themselves in an Arabic version of a Kafka tale, with a war-zone ...
	PAS Dewan Ulama calls transgender decision a challenge to Islamic law The Malaysian Insider The three appellants at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya on Friday. The court declared unconstitutional a provision in the Negri Sembilan Islamic ...
	Iraqi officials say airstrike woundsIslamic State group leader; Pentagon has no comment Fox News BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials said Sunday that an airstrike wounded the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Pentagon officials said ...

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 8 November 2014

Islam says there is no compulsion in religion. Here Mr Mustaq Ali tells us what it means. But look at the news item below to see how Sunnis ignore the Holy Quran.

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

Rufin Anthony, the bishop of Islamabad, has denounced the culpable silence of Muslim leaders who have failed to forcefully condemn what is being called “the worst religiously motivated hate crime in Pakistan's history”—the recent murder of a Christian couple in Pakistan.

And there was silence from Sunnis who make long speeches to say their version of Islam allows religious freedom.

Source : http://www.breitbart.com/

Human sonar copies bats!

Tha Bat sabotage

Source : BBC

NEWS

	Dion Waiters informs NEOMG that he is a Muslim and plans to skip national anthems The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com (blog) Cleveland Cavaliers Dion Waiters jams home 2 points against the Houston Rockets in the 1st quarter on March 22, 2014, at Quicken Loans Arena. Dion Waiters decides to skip national anthem because of his Muslimfaith - USA TODAY Full Coverage
	For Muslim women at hair salons, a room without a view Boston Globe Muslim women like Qutubuddin, who wear the headscarf known as a hijab, confront a difficult challenge when it's time for a hair cut. Male stylists are ...
	Muslims across America, Europe face renewed 9/11-style scorn amid ISIS' violent campaign New York Daily News Chaudry, who wears a traditional headscarf, is one of many Muslims and Muslim-Americans who face heightened backlash since the Islamic State ...
	Muslim Sharia Law In The United States? Alabama Bans 'Foreign Laws' In Constitution Amendment The Inquisitr Some Islamic groups feel a recently passed Alabama constitutional amendment that banned “foreign laws” was an indirect attack on Muslim's sharia ...
	Muslim community honours fallen soldiers Ottawa Sun Members of the Baitun Naseer Mosque in Cumberland engaged in prayer during theMuslims for Remembrance Day event on Friday. DANI-ELLE ...

	Said Ahmed-Zaid: Clearing up misconceptions aboutIslam The Idaho Statesman This panel discussion centered on the fundamentals of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The panelists in each faith tradition were asked to provide ...
	Islamic reformation Daily Times It is hard to dispute that there is a cancer of extremism within Islam today. Groups like theIslamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Taliban ...
	Making Sense Of Dion Waiters, The 'Damn Lie,' His Islam Faith & His National Anthem Absence SportsGrid Waiters is a Muslim and he told NEOMG that he's rededicating himself to Islam. Yet, the National Anthem doesn't have any religious connotation — at ...
	Christian Terrorists and the Innocence of Islam American Thinker Just about everything Reza Aslan says about Islam and the behavior of Muslims is predictable. It was also predictable that he brought up the case of ...
	Syrian Schools Close as ISIS Develops New Islam Only Curriculum Breitbart News The Islamic State (ISIS) has started a programme of school closures and has wiped all subjects except the Koran from the Syllabus as it works to ...
	School for jihadis on our doorstep NEWS.com.au Haris, now aged 25, went to the Al Islamboarding school — located half a kilometre from the graves — in 2005. He wanted to be taught strict Islam ...
	TTP joins hands with Lashkar-i-Islam in Khyber Tribal Area The Nation PESHAWAR- The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today stated that it was joining hands with Lashkar-i-Islam, the banned militant group ...
	The Poverty of Moral Answers to Political Questions: On Perceptions of Islam in the Wake of ISIS Jadaliyya Recent weeks and months have witnessed a frustrated sense of déjà vu on the part of many Islamic Studies scholars in North America and Western ...
	Don't manipulate economic data for political upper hand The Daily Star Nurul Islam, extreme right, a renowned economist and researcher, speaks at a workshop at the office of Policy Research Institute in Dhaka yesterday.

News around the Muslim World on Friday 7 November 2014

Ameer of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam delivers Friday sermon on Allah's friends.

Is this the final nail in the coffin?

Researchers report that they've found the missing link between an ancient aquatic predator and its ancestors on land. Ichthyosaurs, the dolphin-like reptiles that lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs, evolved from terrestrial creatures that made their way back into the water over time.

Is this the missing link?

Source : Washington Post

Pakistani police show how huge amounts of money may be saved and the justice system speeded up!

Judge, jury and executioner = Pakistani police

Source : BBC

NEWS

	Palestinians: Stop Israeli Acts at Muslim Sites ABC News The Palestinians are urging the U.N. Security Council to demand that Israel immediately stop provocations and incitement against Muslim holy sites in ... Will Hamas Disengage from the Muslim Brotherhood? - i24news Full Coverage
	Muslim Religious Authority in Jerusalem Accuses Israel of Starting Mosque Fire Wall Street Journal TEL AVIV—A Muslim religious authority in Jerusalem accused Israeli police of a major attack that set off a fire in a mosque within the city's most ...
	Why these Hindus celebrate theMuslim festival of Moharram Washington Post (blog) The specter of Hindu-Muslim tensions in neighboring India, which have previously bubbled over into strife, seems to forever hang over the country.
	Palestinians urge UN council to demand that Israel stop incitement against Muslim holy sites Minneapolis Star Tribune The compound is revered by both Jews and Muslims. Jews call it the Temple Mount because of the Jewish temples that once stood there.Muslims ...
	Muslim Areas Of Sweden Are No-Go Zones For Swedish Police Investor's Business Daily Political Correctness: The perils of multiculturalism and open borders have reached critical mass in Sweden. There are Muslim enclaves where postal, ...
	Why there is no such thing as the Muslim 'community' The Conversation UK But the reality is that there is no such thing as aMuslim community. Followers of the faith come from cultures and countries all over the world, live in ...
	Becoming Muslim at the age of 13 Arab News Eesa was only 13 when he became a Muslim. Before accepting Islam, when he was still a ten-year-old child he had a normal life of going to school ...
	Muslim cleric offering checklist to help converts avoid radicalization CTV News CALGARY - A prominent Muslim cleric wants to distribute a checklist to help steer new and potential converts to Islam away from extremism.
	As Myanmar Advances Resettlement Plan, Rohingya Flee New York Times The policy, accompanied by a wave of decrees and legislation, has made life for the Rohingya, a long-persecuted Muslim minority, ever more ...

	Speaking with a forked tongue: whither Malaysia's moderate Islam? Open Democracy Responding to the fatwa against their group, Sisters in Islam are calling for the promotion of love and compassion in Islam, in the face of rising ...
	Omar, whose conversion strengthened Islam Arab News When the enemies of Islam heard the name of Omar, their knees would tremble. When Satan saw Omar walking down the street, he would turn the ...
	The Prophet and Islam's Sex Slaves TheBlaze.com Raymond Ibrahim is author of the new book Crucified Again: ExposingIslam's New War on Christians (Regnery Publishing 2013). A Middle East and ...
	Imam offers checklist for true Islamconverts InsideHalton.com CALGARY - A prominent Muslim cleric wants to distribute a checklist to help steer new and potential converts to Islam away from the path to extremism ... Calgary imam offers checklist for true Islam converts - MetroNews Canada Full Coverage
	Islamic State crisis: The 13-year-old on 'righteous path' BBC News In a cramped living room in southern Turkey, a 13-year-old boy is training to join Islamic State. As he welcomes us in, he appears a regular, ...
	The only true Islam? Mission Network News Calling itself the “Islamic State” (formerly known as ISIS), the growing movement of extremist Muslims is seeking to bring all Middle East cultures under ...
	Your View: Empower Islam's moderates, denounce the extremists SouthCoastToday.com She did not even try to convert me to Islam. In fact, we ate pizza and all we really talked about was "South Park" (a show on Comedy Central).
	Islam's war on the world Sun News Network Just about the last line of defence for people who deny that radical Islam is attacking the West is that they aren't at war with us but if they are it's our ...
	Isma presses Muslim MPs to bring fight for hudud, Islam to Parliament The Malay Mail Online Isma's ulama council's chief says Muslim lawmakers should fight for Islam in Parliament instead of abandoning their religious duty and identity for ...