News around the Muslim World on Friday 5 December 2014

Die-ins replace sit-ins

RIP Eric Garner

IN WAKE OF ERIC GARNER CASE, SOUTHERN BAPTIST LEADER RIPS RACISM IN THE CHURCH

Not just NYPD, the US Christian church is also racist!

Source : Religion Dispatches

Pakistan preacher Junaid Jamshed denies blasphemy

Now Sunnis start accusing each other of blasmphamy

Source : BBC

	Updated: FBI investigating possible hate crime in fatal hit-and-run of Muslim boy in KC Kansas City Star The FBI announced Friday it was investigating the fatal, and apparently intential, hit-and-run incident that killed a 15-year-old Muslim Somali boy as a ... Hate crime murder? Man intentionally drove SUV into KC Muslim teen, police say - fox4kc.com Muslim community seeks federal probe after teen deliberately struck by SUV in KC - Kansas.com Full Coverage
	'Mama, Let Me Do Your Scarf So You Can Look Muslim' New York Times (blog) One Saturday morning just after her ballet class, she found a scarf in my purse and declared, “Mama, let me do your scarf so you can look Muslim.
	Are Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes On The Rise? New Incidents Reported Across US International Business Times Two Muslim communities in the Midwest have reported serious crimes in the past two days, suggesting that hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. ...
	Lord Hodgson blames 'many' UK pub closures on non-drinking Muslims Daily Mail Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, who is a former director of pub chain Marston's, said pubs are closing in areas with growing Muslim communities.
	Changing Muslim attitudes to French military in Central African Republic Deutsche Welle 'Muslim enclave', 'open air prison', 'shrine for jihadists' - the Muslim district PK 5 in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) has many ...
	Indian PM Refuses to Dismiss Minister Over Anti-MuslimComments Voice of America Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has refused to force the resignation of a government minister who made anti-Muslim comments at a political rally ...
	Muslim-Christian cooperation vital in tackling ISIS Al-Arabiya Last month, I flew to Rome to participate in the third Catholic-Muslim Forum as a member of the delegation of Muslim scholars and intellectuals.
	New Zealand Muslim Discrimination On The Rise International Business Times AU Muslims in New Zealand have become victims of discrimination, following the government's renewed focus on the possible threat of ISIS supporters ...

	Kazakhstan Muftiate: 'Kazakh Jihadis' With IS In Syria 'Acting Against Islam' RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty According to Kazakh intelligence, there are around 300 Kazakh nationals fighting in Syria with the Islamic State (IS) militant group. Of these, around ...
	Defeating IS: Only by eradicating Islamic education i24news Based on media publications, many Islamic State fighters are not Arabs, but rather volunteers who travel to Iraq and Syria to join the organization. On Islam, radicalism and threat to global peace 2 - The Guardian Nigeria Full Coverage
	Friday sermon: Modesty is the morality of Islam The National Modesty is the closest to faith, as a hadith by prophet Mohammed says: “For every religion there is a morality, and the morality of Islam is modesty.”. How I converted to Islam - Arab News Full Coverage
	Iran: Blogger Gets Death Sentence for Facebook Post 'Insulting Prophet of Islam' International Business Times, India Edition Soheil Arabi was convicted by a criminal court in Tehran in August of "sabb al-nabbi" or "insulting the prophet of Islam" in his Facebook posts.
	Lover shows up after conversion to Islam Deccan Chronicle Kozhikode: The love affair between a Hindu youth and a Muslim girl has ended happily after he converted to Islam. The youth Reneesh, 27, a native of ...
	Putin: Crimea is as sacred to Russia as Temple Mount for Judaism and Islam Haaretz Crimea is as sacred to Russia as Jerusalem's Temple Mount is to Judaism and Islam, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in a hawkish ...
	Radical Islam Suspects to Remain Under Arrest, Bulgarian Court of Appeal Says Novinite.com Material evidence – photographs and items carrying the logo of Islamic State (IS) - have been supplemented with the testimony of protected witnesses.
	Beyonce Dons Niqab, Sexes Up Islam & Black Power Street Protests in New Video PJ Media Radical Islamists (and probably fairly traditional mainstream ones, for that matter) are already offended at Beyonce's attempt to sex-up Islamic ...

News around the Muslim World on Thursday 4 December 2014

Protests in Pakistan

‘I CAN’T BREATHE’ - death penalty a punishment for selling illegal cigarettes

The truth, justice and the American Way!

Source : New York Times

NEWS

	Kenyan unions urge non-Muslim workers to leave north after attacks Reuters NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan trade unions have urged non-Muslim public sector workers including teachers and doctors to leave the country's lawless ...
	Hamas, Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Smuggle Weapons into Palestinian Territories Breitbart News Recent arrests in Jordan and Israel show that Hamas and the JordanianMuslim Brotherhood are trying to smuggle weapons into Gaza and the West ...
	Teacher accused of anti-Muslim remarks to resign, get 3 months' pay Chron.com A third-grade HISD teacher accused of making profane and anti-Muslim remarks on a public access television show will resign immediately and ...
	Top Muslim Leader Urges Broader Action Against Islamist Militants Voice of America CAIRO, EGYPT—. A prominent Muslim cleric said on Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition carrying out airstrikes on Islamic State insurgents should widen ...
	Oklahoma Muslim group condemns Henderson death Enid News & Eagle OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma group dedicated to improving the relationship between Muslims and the United States has issued a statement ...
	Whenever such thing happened, such excuses that this or that man doesn't represent muslim ... DAWN.com When the guy slapped the lady, she instantly held his wrist and asked, "are you Muslim?", and he said 'No' and left with a song in the background... lol.
	Pope Francis Sent a Powerful Message to the World About Offensive Muslim Stereotypes Mic "Religious belief has an important place in the life of this predominantlyMuslim nation. In my visit to Ankara, I wished to stress the importance of ...
	Varanasi's Muslim women want Ram Mandir at Ayodhya Times of India They said that the construction of Ram Mandir would end hatred and strengthen the bond of unity and harmony between Hindu and Muslim. They will ...
	Expediency of West's Effort to De-Radicalize Muslim Nationals Sparks Debate Sputnik International Experts disagree in their views on the so-called de-radicalization programs of Muslim nationals: some try to prove its efficiency and others saying it's ...

	Central Jersey Muslim groups condemn Islamic extremism MyCentralJersey.com Central Jersey Muslim groups, including WHY-ISLAM, Islamic Society of Central Jersey, and New Brunswick Islamic Center, recently spoke out ...
	Grand Sheikh Of Al-Azhar: Islamic State 'Barbaric, Distorts Islam' RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque, Ahmed al-Tayeb, has accusedIslamic State (IS) of "barbarity" and said the Sunni extremist group's ...
	Islamic State: Kerry says any Iran strikes 'positive' BBC News US Secretary of State John Kerry says any Iranian action against IslamicState (IS) in Iraq would be "positive". He would not confirm Pentagon claims ...
	Militant rehab in Denmark: homework, football and Islam The National AARHUS, Denmark // How do you turn around a young man who is determined to destroy the West? In the Danish city of Aarhus, you take him to a ... Denmark's rehab for deradicalisation: Homework, football and Islam -DAWN.com Full Coverage
	ISIS and Kharijite Approaches to Understanding Islam: The Concepts of Khilafah and Jihad Morocco World News ISIS's ideology is similar to the principles of the Kharijite, which are considered some of the most extreme and dangerous in Islam. This paper explores ...
	History of Islam and Western Civilization in Short Batches Huffington Post The book is A Short History of the Arab Peoples by Sir John Glubb, copyright 1969. This short volume of 300 pages is an executive summary of a four ...
	Rouhani: Iran's Revolution introduced Islam as political religion Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir Pointing to the role of Islamic jurisprudence in unity among different sects, Iranian president stressed promotion of true moderate Islam and fight ...
	Loser doesn't represent Islam: Gauhar Arab News DOWN BUT NOT OUT: Gauhar Khan gestures as she speaks to media in Mumbai on Tuesday. (AFP). AGENCIES. Published — Thursday 4 December ...The truth, justice and the American way

News around the Muslim World on Monday 1 December 2014

Burn Ferguson Burn

Or the American people can learn from the Holy Quran if they really want.

Do American-Africans have the right promised to them by the US declaration of independence?

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

Turkish Muslims revive an old Islamic tradition.

The Pope prays in a mosque in Turkey.

Source : ABC News

NEWS

	Muslim population has seen dramatic growth in Tulsa Tulsa World He's been a part of the Muslim community here almost as long. ... He was among a group of black Muslims in Tulsa that later split from the Nation of ...
	Minnesota county Republican party official resigns after inflammatory Muslim posting Minneapolis Star Tribune ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Republican party county chair who came under fire for comments about Muslims on his Facebook page has resigned.
	Non-Muslim University Chaplains Resign Over Special Treatment for Muslims FrontPage Magazine Muslims have been demanding and getting privileged treatment at the expense of other religions in workplaces and schools for a while now. (via Vlad ...
	British Muslims face worst job discrimination of any minority group The Independent Muslims are facing the worst job discrimination of any minority group in Britain, according to new research which found that they had the lowest ...
	Pope urges more Muslim opposition to terrorism HeraldNet ANKARA, Turkey — Pope Francis urged Muslim leaders to condemn the “barbaric violence” being committed in Islam's name against religious ...

	Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence Yahoo News ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to ... Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence - Reuters Pope says equating Islam with violence is wrong as he calls on religion's leaders to issue global ... - Daily Mail Pope Francis condemns ISIS violence, says this is not Islam - Zee News Full Coverage
	Russia's Ongoing Battle With Radical Islam Forbes Last month, Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee met in Moscow and announced that terrorist acts in the country have declined more than two-fold in ...
	Poll: Oklahomans not keen on Islam, but defend the right to practice it Tulsa World The poll of 404 likely voters registered in Oklahoma was conducted Oct. 25-29 by SoonerPoll.com and included 136 cellphone and 268 landline users ...
	A dinosaur president does Islam a huge favour The Times (subscription) By declaring that women are not equal to men and that Islam's defined role for women is motherhood, the Turkish president has explicitly exposed the ...
	Hawke's Bay Muslim forms own Islamic state New Zealand Herald A Hawke's Bay Muslim man is calling on "souljahs of Allah" to make their way to Hastings and join him in forming the "Islamic State of Aotearoa".

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

NEWS

	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, ...