News around the Muslim World on Sunday 30 November 2014

The European parliament called Thursday on Pakistan to overhaul its blasphemy laws with a view to repealing them, saying they were “increasingly used to target” Christians and other minorities.

EU urges Pakistan to scrap blasphemy law.

Source : Alarabiya.net

One hundred and ninety-five nations have committed to finalising a new climate pact in Paris by 2015's end.The process has been boosted by recent developments, including a joint announcement on cutting carbon by the US and China.

UN climate talks begin as temperatures sour.

Source : BBC

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	Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey U.S. News & World Report ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pope Francis urged Muslim leaders to condemn the "barbaric violence" being committed in Islam's name against religious ... Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey - Charlotte Observer Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey - Northwest Herald Pope Francis visits iconic Muslim and Christian sites in Istanbul - Fox News
	County GOP Official Resigns After Muslim Remarks CBS Local ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Republican party county chair who came under fire for comments about Muslims on his Facebook page has resigned.
	Boko Haram steps up attacks aimed at Islamic 'establishment' in Nigeria Report: Dozens killed in ... CNN The emir of Kano is the second-most influential Muslim figure in Nigeria. Sanusi was reportedly out of the country at the time of Friday's attack -- but .

	Islam does not support terrorism: Madani Zee News Kolkata: Islam does not support terrorism and Muslim youth should choose the 'correct path' to help the country progress, Jamiat Ulama-E-Hind ...
	Incest: Islamic View Onislam.net I would like to know the Islamic point of view on incest. In Malaysia, incest is now rampant and the laws are not sufficient in curbing this heinous crime.
	One Nation vows to save Australia from Islam The Queensland Times CONTROVERSIAL politician Pauline Hanson has lashed out at Islam, foreign real estate investors and farming regulation in a fiery return as One ...
	Is apolitical Islam possible? The News on Sunday When Prof Joya Chatterji posed the question, 'is apolitical Islam possible' I was flummoxed simply because it is a rare nevertheless extremely relevant ...
	Islam's contributions to Science Rising Kashmir Evaluation of the scientific and philosophical achievements of the Muslims after Islam had made its impact deeply on the Arab Peninsula, show that ...
	Marine Dad Upset over World History Lesson Concerning Islam World Religion News After confronting the administration at the school over a three-page essay his daughter was assigned concerning the tenets of Islam and its impact on ...
	Does Islamic world need interreligious dialogue? AzerNews Upon the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pope Francis will arrive in Turkey Nov. 28. During the visit, he will meet with President ...
	V18 disassociates itself from Azzopardi anti-Islamic rant MaltaToday The Valletta 2018 Foundation has “disassociated” itself from an anti-Islamic social media rant by its newly inaugurated Artistic Director Mario Philip ...
	Do not dispute anymore the rights of the Malays, Rulers and Islam - Najib Astro Awani (One) cannot insult Islam, cannot challenge the special rights and privileges of the Malays, cannot question the monarchy system, the Royal Malay ...

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

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 29 November 2014

The chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces, Brigadier General Rafi Peretz, said during a lecture to seminary students in early November that the Temple Mount has no legitimate religious significance in Islam and that Muslims “imagine” a religious bond to the site. When they pray, he said, they bow in the direction of Mecca “with their backsides to the Temple Mount.”

Muslims have no connection with Jerusalem say Chief Rabbi of IDF.

Source : The Jewish Daily Forward

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	In Turkey, Pope Urges More MuslimOpposition to ISIS NBCNews.com ANKARA, Turkey — Pope Francis condemned ISIS's assault on Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, as he arrived Friday in ... Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey - USA TODAY Pope Calls for Muslim Opposition to ISIS in Turkey - ABC News Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey - Washington Times Full Coverage
	Egypt Jails 78 Boys for Being at a Muslim Brotherhood Rally TIME Morsi supporters stage rallies on Rabaa's 1-year mark Anticoup protesters shout slogans as they march at al-Haram Street during a demonstration on ...

	The Battle for Islam Middle East Monitor Soumaya Gahhoushi 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 ...
	ISIS: Anti-Islamic Criminal Organization That Has Misappropriated Islam Morocco World News New York- There is absolutely nothing Islamic about ISIS other than its name, which this criminal organization has wrongfully misappropriated. ISIS is ...
	Proper Way of Converting to Islam Onislam.net First, we commend you for your desire to know the truth about Islam, and we pray to God to guide you to the truth and guide your steps. Surely God is ...
	Middle East Christians: threatened by radical Islam Zee News In July, thousands of Christians fled second city Mosul, seized by gunmen from the Islamic State group, after an ultimatum to convert to Islam, pay jizya ...
	Muslim speaker presents basics of Islamat Holy Name Courier & Press Iftakhar A. Choudhury has lived in the United States for many years (the last 20 in Paducah) and has presented “Islam From the Point of View of a Lay ...
	Updated: V18 director apologises for rant on Islam Times of Malta Culture Minister Owen Bonnici yesterday took issue with the comments, written in August, claiming “allIslam is Sharia law”. He said they were ...
	Will Islam be judged if Aasia Bibi is executed? The Express Tribune (blog) In such cases involving religion, to believe that 'all of' or 'none of' Islam supports blasphemy laws or the ideology of the Taliban, Daesh, Boko Haram, ...

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

Virtual Mosque weekly news

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.

Recite the Holy Quran at Charles' coronation - says Bishop.

Source : The Daily Mail

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	Pope Francis to visit Turkey amid Christian-Muslim tensions Washington Times VATICAN CITY (AP) — When a pope last visited Turkey — Benedict XVI in 2006 — Muslim-Catholic tensions were so high that the Vatican added a ... Pope in Turkey: Christian-Muslim tensions, IS threat and a palace dispute - Fox News Full Coverage
	Toronto French school apologizes to two Muslim ex-students in settlement CBC.ca 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 TIME 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 ... Indian Express 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' Crux: Covering all things Catholic 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 Breitbart News “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 Yahoo News 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 National Post 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 Sun News Network 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 Huffington Post 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” Reuters Blogs (blog) 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 Independent The popular Islamic revivalist movements, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, were also quite receptive. The Brotherhood accepted financial support ...
	Is Russia Banning Islam? Breaking Israel News 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 Cambridge News 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 Toronto Star 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 Onislam.net 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 ... National Post 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 Wall Street Journal 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 ... Falmouth Packet 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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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.

So much for minority rights in Pakistan

Source : Gatestone Institute

Scientists predict green energy revolution after incredible new graphene discoveries

Are we round the corner for pollution free energy production?

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	Netflix, ACLU push to keep anti-Muslim video online The Hill 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 Breitbart News 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 Belleville News Democrat 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 RT 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 Aljazeera.com 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? Telegraph.co.uk 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 Arutz Sheva 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 Al-Arabiya 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 St. Cloud Times 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 International Business Times UK "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? Christian Post 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 The Globe and Mail 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 The Japan Times 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 Breaking Israel News 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 ... The Crimes of Islam: Time to Repent - Arutz Sheva Full Coverage
	Spain: Fate of Ex-Muslim Critic of Islam Hangs in Balance Gatestone Institute 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' American Thinker 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 Reuters 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 The Star Online 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 h-net.org These tensions reflect the changing and diverse societies in which Islam is practiced, both in Muslim majority and minority contexts. Changing social ...