Saturday, 29 November 2014

News around the Muslim World on Friday 28 November 2014


VirtualMosque Newsletter

Issue 5 - Saturday, November 29th 2014


Hazrat Ameer at the House of Commons


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk


Prince Charles’s coronation service should be opened with a reading from the Koran, a senior Church of England bishop said yesterday.
The gesture would be a ‘creative act of accommodation’ to make Muslims feel ‘embraced’ by the nation, Lord Harries of Pentregarth said.



Source : The Daily Mail

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Pope Francis to visit Turkey amid Christian-Muslim tensions
VATICAN CITY (AP) — When a pope last visited Turkey — Benedict XVI in 2006 — Muslim-Catholic tensions were so high that the Vatican added a ...


Toronto French school apologizes to two Muslim ex-students in settlement
The principal and headmaster of a private Toronto French school have apologized to two former students who alleged they were defamed for being ...


Egypt Jails 78 Boys for Being at aMuslim Brotherhood Rally
Seventy-eight boys have been sentenced to up to five years in prison by an Egyptian court for being present at Muslim Brotherhood protests. The boys ...


A 'social message' film: Muslim in Tricolour skull cap will not take bomb from Muslim in black-and ...
There is the 'bad' Muslim sporting a black-and-white skull cap, who tries to persuade the 'good' Muslim — who is offering namaz in the opening scene ...


Turkish Muslim leader says pope's visit is a 'loud call for peace'
ISTANBUL — Pope Francis' upcoming trip to Turkey is considered among the biggest challenges of his papacy, but for the Muslimleader who once ...


Radical Muslim Preacher in Jerusalem Praises ISIS, Desires Annihilation of America and Jews
“Such a caliphate would sanction the killing ofMuslims, would shed their blood, and would violate the honor of their women, in the name of Islam.”.


British Muslims raise concern over new anti-terror law
London (AFP) - British Muslim rights groups and ordinary faithful said they felt singled out by a tough new anti-terror law unveiled on Wednesday, ...


ISIS subdues influential SunniMuslim tribes with gifts — or brutal mass killings
The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham is employing multiple tactics to subdue the SunniMuslim tribes in Syria and Iraq under its rule, wooing some ...


Move of Muslim prayer room creates rift at Western University
Western announced last week the currentMuslim prayer room in University College would move along with the Chaplains' Services offices in the ...

The Battle for Islam
With over 1.6 billion followers, one third of them living as minorities, Islam is a major force in the world today. An active factor in international relations, ...


Malaysia to prop up Sedition Act to protect “sanctity of Islam”
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday bolstered a law protecting the sanctity of Islam and the country's traditional rulers, the sultans, ...


Islam and Nazi Germany's war by David Motadel, book review: How Muslims were lured to the Nazi ...
The popular Islamic revivalist movements, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, were also quite receptive. The Brotherhood accepted financial support ...


Is Russia Banning Islam?
Russia appears to be taking serious moves to combat the “radicalization” of Muslims within its border. Recent pro-Islamic reports are complaining that ...


Cambridge Mosque's attempt to dispel 'myths and stereotypes' aboutIslam
A spokesman for the mosque said: "The purpose for the Mosque Open Day is to introduce Islamand its teachings to non-Muslim communities in order ...


Concert sampler: Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Arkells and the Allah-Las
Yusuf Islam. The man formerly known as Cat Stevens is in town after “a little bit of a break,” but as The Star advised recently, arrive early for the ...


Islam Deepens Roots in Japan
CAIRO –Arriving in Japan fourteen years ago, an Egyptian imam in Osaka is seen as an example of the growth of Islam in the far-eastern country, ...


Ottawa mother lashes out at Islamicextremists for radicalizing son after he hails Parliament Hill ...
Walrond, an English teacher, anti-poverty activist and founder of the National Islamic Sisters' Association of Canada, is the mother of Luqman ...


Pope's Turkey Trip Tests Vatican's Reset of Ties to Islam
In a lengthy manifesto for his papacy, he wrote that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Quran are opposed to every form of violence.”.


Man sent 'grossly offensive' cards smeared with dog faeces to Islamiccommunity centre at Carnon ...
One of the pictures showed Allah having intercourse with a pig, and another, a naked woman sitting on an Islamic State flag, both containing offensive ...

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Friday, 28 November 2014

News around the Muslim World on Thursday 27 November 2014


The mob beat them and broke their legs so they would not be able to flee. "They picked them up by their arms and legs and held them over the brick furnace until their clothes caught fire. And then they threw them inside the furnace." — Javed Maseeh, family spokesman, to NBC News.


The attack was not an isolated one. Rather it seems to be part of systematic killings, community by community.




Source : Gatestone Institute

Scientists predict green energy revolution after incredible new graphene discoveries



NEWS

Netflix, ACLU push to keep anti-Muslim video online
The “Innocence of Muslims” video sparked a global outrage and a number of anti-American protests when it was released online in 2012. The video ...


Nigeria's Top Muslim Leader Excoriates Military for Boko Haram Advances
Abubakar is Nigeria's highest ranking Muslim leader, and his stinging words, spoken at a press conference in Kaduna Sunday, presented a direct ...


Jews pray at Muslim holy site, prompting surge in violence
In this Dec. 13, 2013 photo, the Western Wall, right, and the gilded Dome of the Rock, among the holiest sites for Jews and Muslims, are covered in ...


'Merry Muslim Christmas': Muslim family invites Danes to celebrate Xmas together
Christmas is not a Muslim holiday per se, but one unorthodox Muslim family in Denmark decided to break the rules. Hussein Allouch's open invitation ...


In Pictures: Crimea's persecuted Muslims
Hundreds of Muslims were detained, interrogated, and fined for blocking highways during protest rallies. There were attempts to set two mosques afire ...


Why is the Muslim charity Interpal being blacklisted as a terrorist organisation?
Today is a difficult time for a Muslim charity in Britain. For all your hard work, you risk being reviled, smeared and branded a terrorist organisation.


UK: Islamist Preacher Justifies Beheading Non-MuslimCivilians
A British Islamist preacher has been recorded justifying beheadings of non-Muslim captives by the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) organization - and even ...


Israeli bill pushes for outlawing Muslim guards in al-Aqsa
Israeli security officials are pushing a bill that would outlaw the presence ofMuslim guards that patrol the al-Aqsa mosque, Israel's Haaretz newspaper ...


Hardware store fires county GOP chair over anti-Muslimcomments
ORTONVILLE – A rural Minnesota Republican Party official has been fired by his employers after he condemned Muslims on his Facebook page.


Egypt Jails 78 Minors for Protesting in Support of MuslimBrotherhood Leader Mohamed Morsi
"The 78 minors, members of the Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested for participating in protests organised by the group calling for the downfall of the ...

Is Russia Banning Islam?
Russia appears to be taking serious moves to combat the "radicalization" of Muslims within its border. Recent pro-Islamic reports are complaining that ...


My radicalized son chose the other Islam
He came to Ottawa and found friendship, financial help and a new interpretation of Islam among a group of ultraconservative men known as Wahhabis ...


The Osaka imam who represents Islam's growth in Japan
Bayoumy was born in a Cairo suburb in 1964 and achieved the feat of memorizing the Quran, Islam's central holy book, when he was 9 years old, ...


Islam: solution or problem, that is the question
A slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood is “Islam is the solution”. Dean Philip Jensen recently stated in regard to the Islamic State (ISIS) that “It is time to ...


Spain: Fate of Ex-Muslim Critic of Islam Hangs in Balance
The Supreme Court's ruling is eerily similar to an international blasphemy law being promoted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a bloc of 57 ...


How Jerusalem Became Islam's 'Third Holiest City'
Islam's second and arguably greatest caliph, Umar, arrived in Jerusalem in 637 at the head of powerful Arab armies, far from the Arab authorities in ...


Bulgaria charges radical imam, six others with supportingIslamic State
Ahmed Mussa sits inside a court as 12 Bulgarian men, most of them Muslim prayer leaders, and one woman are charged for preaching radical Islam, ...


Don't use Islam to spread liberalism, says Mashitah
Mashitah further urged the Registrar of Societies (RoS) and Registrar of Companies (RoC) to not allow any NGOs that use Islam to spread the ...

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Family Law in Islam: Between the demands of fiqh and society
These tensions reflect the changing and diverse societies in which Islam is practiced, both in Muslim majority and minority contexts. Changing social ...

Thursday, 27 November 2014

News around the Muslim World on Wednesday 26 November 2014




Lahori-Ahmadiyya Jamaat meeting at the Houses of Parliament.


Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

NEWS



Muslim clerics meet in Iran to counter extremists
This is the job of Muslim scholars, to preach the true, moderate face of Islam and expose the ugly face of IS ideology,'' said Shirazi, a prominent Shi'ite ...


Muslim Somali-American Pens 'Average Mohamed' Cartoon to Lure Youth Away from ISIS
A Muslim Somali man who lives in Minnesota has decided to combat the lure of ISIS in a very creative way. Mohammed Ahmed has created vivid and ...


Muslim student groups take stand against youth radicalization
EDMONTON - Edmonton Muslim students' groups are organizing events on local post-secondary campuses to deter youth radicalization.


Glick leaves hospital: The staff who treated me are realMuslims, not the man who shot me
He went on to condemn his attacker, and praise Muslim physicians and staff, including a doctor named Mohammad, who helped save his life.


Muslim Student Under Fire After Social Justice Parody
A conservative journalist at the University of Michigan is crying foul after writing a satirical piece mocking the out-of-control liberal narrative of privilege ...


Muslim pensioner 'arranged for acid to be thrown into 19-year-old ex-girlfriend's face'
An 80-year-old Muslim pensioner arranged for sulphuric acid to be thrown in the face of his teenage ex-girlfriend in revenge for her breaking up with ...


60 Imams, Rabbis Meet In Washington For Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Summit
(RNS) Frustrated by dangerously high tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land, 60 imams and rabbis gathered Sunday (Nov.


Hardware store fires county GOP chair over anti-Muslimcomments
A rural Minnesota Republican Party official has been fired by his employers after he condemned Muslims on his Facebook page. In a Facebook post of ...

Is Russia banning Islam?
Russia is taking a hard line against Sharia and Islamic texts because, for all of the criticism of Vladimir Putin, the country has understood the link ...


Warned against Ponzi schemes: Nazrul Islam
KOLKATA: Former IPS officer Nazrul Islam has claimed to have warned the government about Ponzi firms like Saradha and Alchemist. "But instead of ...


Starving Syrians Protest Islamist Rebel Group Jaish al-Islam In Douma
“During the demonstrations, protesters stormed the warehouses of charities that are affiliated to Jaish al-Islam,” a protestor who went by the name ...


Umno continues to uphold Islam
“Blatant insults are made against Islam... and Muslims are now facing the threats of extremism and militancy which can have a bad effect on a nation," ...


Reading Between the Seams at the Islamic Fashion Festival in Malaysia
But even to a jaded observer, a fashion event took place last week that seemed — well, not like the other ones: the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala ...


Islamism, Islamofascism, and Islam
Some on the Right would have you believe that Islam and its adherents are coherent ... Arabs, Muslims, and the Islamic Press use words like Islamism.


BARÇIN YİNANÇ > Turkey should use Pope's visit to improve image of Islam
Pope Francis will be visiting Turkey this weekend. This will be his sixth trip outside of Italy after he became pope in 2013. The fact that Turkey ranks ...


Thanksgiving Thoughts on Our Immigrant Nation (2014)
On this Thanksgiving Day of 2014, we are thankful for the President's executive action on immigration and the resistance to it. It brings the debate ...


Bangladesh ex-minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui' surrenders after anti-Islam remarks
DHAKA: A former Bangladeshi minister, who created a flutter by his anti-Islamstatements, today surrendered to police after a court ordered his arrest ...


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Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia
Rooted in the latest theoretical debates about nationalism and ethnicity, yet written in an accessible and engaging style, Islam and Nation presents a ...
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Anwar Ibrahim speaks on Islam and democracy in Malaysia
On November 20, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), in partnership with the Muslim Student Awareness Network ...