News around the Muslim World on Sunday 14 December 2014

“If so much blood flows negotiating the prenuptial, what does that mean for the marriage?” asked Yvo de Boer, a former UN climate chief who heads the Global Green Growth Institute that helps developing nations.

At last another climate deal, but what about climate action?

Source : Financial Times

I for I, s for Shall, l for Love, a for All, m for Mankind makes Islam

NEWS

	Conversions by Hindu outfits an attempt to lure Muslims: All India Muslim Personal Law Board The Indian Express RSS-Muslims-conversions-PTI Vishwa Hindu Parishad spokesman Sharad Sharma denied allegations of forcible religious conversion by the outfit.
	Google, YouTube in key legal battle over anti-Muslim video San Jose Mercury News The court's order requiring YouTube to take down the film, "Innocence of Muslims," has remained intact while the legal showdown continues to unfold.
	Conservative Muslim's opinions produce “existential worry” at University of Michigan Power Line (blog) Omar Mahmood, a Muslim student at the University of Michigan, is a conservative. Worse, he expressed his conservative views as a columnist for a ...
	Turkish FM urges Greece to grant Muslim minority rights Daily Sabah KOMOTINI, Greece — Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has urged Greece to "grant the Turkish-Muslim minority in Western Thrace their ...
	Muslim body slams 'forced conversions' by saffron outfits Times of India Lucknow: All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday accused the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other saffron outfits of orchestrating the ...
	Britain pressing Tobruk to reach agreement with MuslimBrotherhood: Libyan minister Asharq Alawsat English Nouri Abusahmain, the head of Libya's General National Congress (GNC) (R) meets with Bernardino Leon (L) Special Representative of the United ...
	South Korea Seeks to Attract More Muslim Tourists Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir "For Muslim travelers, being able to (perform their) prayers and eating (Halal food) are important, so they need to feel safe and secure to travel to ...
	Christian Widow Killed in Muslim Bomb Blast in Nigeria Christian News Network Muslims were also likely among those killed or wounded in the bombing, but Boko Haram has frequently targeted Christians and Christian institutions ...
	Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims attend the Arbaeen religious festival Al-Bawaba Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims attend the Arbaeen religious festival which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of ...
	Louise Palanker: Confronting Bullying Over Looks, Coming Out As LGBT, and Muslim Harassment Noozhawk How do I deal with people saying negative comments about my appearance? Please don't tell me “Oh, you look fine.” You don't know what I look like.

	Flag being held by Lindt Chocolat Cafe hostages is not anIslamic State flag Sydney Morning Herald The flag shown being held by hostages against the window of Lindt Chocolat Cafe is not an Islamic State flag, but is an Islamic flag that has been ... Flag held by hostages not Islamic State - Stuff.co.nz Full Coverage
	Merkel in dilemma as German anti-Islam marches gain support Yahoo News UK Reuters/Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a meeting of German state leaders at the chancellery in Berlin December 11, 2014. Merkel in dilemma amid growing German anti-Islam movement - Haaretz Merkel Is In A Dilemma As German Anti-Islam Marches Gain Support - Business Insider German Chancellor Angela Merkel in dilemma as anti-Islam marches gain support - Daily News & Analysis Full Coverage
	Leading center of Sunni learning criticizes but does not accuse Islamic State of apostasy Jerusalem Post The head of Al-Azhar University, one of the world's top center for Sunni learning, issued a statement that rejected labeling Islamic State as an apostasy ...
	JOHN BRIGGS: Do not confuse ISIL with Islam SunHerald.com It is quite obvious that in their vain attempt to slander Islam, certain media and individuals are eager to display their Islamphobia by propping up ISIL ...
	'The Star' giving liberals space to belittle Islam, claims Perkasa chief Malay Mail Online Former Chief Justice of Malaysia Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad (Centre), Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali (right) and Perkasa deputy president ...
	Israel faces 'diplomatic offensive' that may boost radicalIslam: Netanyahu Globalnews.ca JERUSALEM – Israel's prime minister says his country may face a “diplomatic offensive” against it that could fuel radical Islam in the Middle East.

	PULLING NO PUNCHES WND.com An infidel is anyone who is not Muslim or, depending on who's doing the killing, belongs to a different sect of Islam. Those who fall into that minority ...
	Major Muslim Charity Says Audit Rebuts Claim of Hamas Link Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog) Aid charity Islamic Relief Worldwide says a review of its finances and operations by a leading global audit firm refutes Israel's claim that it is supporting ...
	Douglas Todd: Extremism only one factor affecting Muslimintegration Vancouver Sun How are Canada's Muslims really doing? If you answered this question solely on the headlines about Canadian soldiers killed by extremists and a ...
	A conversation with Salih Muslim Hurriyet Daily News At such a critical time, I had the chance to have a conversation with the co-president of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih Muslim. The PYD is ...
	A Muslim sculptor's monuments of faith The Hindu Amid growing tension between the majority and minority communities, here is an example of perfect communal harmony with a 32-year-old Muslim ...
	Government faces questions about anti-Muslim bias over Syrian refugees Ottawa Citizen The Conservative government is facing renewed questions about an alleged anti-Muslim bias following revelations it wants to cherry-pick which ...
	Conservative Muslim student vandalized with eggs, hot dogs; told 'shut the f*ck up' The College Fix A Muslim student at the University of Michigan who holds conservative and libertarian beliefs has been viciously attacked with vandalism left on his ...
	'Hindutva Shourya Puraskar' for HRS chief in jail for PuneMuslim techie's murder The Indian Express Desai is among the 21 HRS activists arrested by the Pune police in connection with the murder of a 28-year-old Muslim techie Moshin Sadiq Shaikh in ...
	Dems Outraged at Lack of Outrage from Muslims at Torture Report FrontPage Magazine A desperate CBS based its entire claim of Muslim outrage on one guy from Twitter who wasn't even outraged by it. It's a sad state of affairs when CBS ...
	Orthodox groups file with Supreme Court in support ofMuslim head scarfs Jewish Journal Seven national Orthodox Jewish groups filed a Supreme Court brief in favor of aMuslim woman's right to wear a head scarf at work. The brief was filed ...

	Q&A: 'Islam Has Been Held Hostage' Says Timbuktu' Helmer Abderrahmane Sissako Variety A politically engaged drama depicting the barbarian occupation of Islamicfundamentalists in Mali, “Timbuktu” grossed over €109,000 ($135,000) on ... 'Islam Has Been Held Hostage' Says Timbuktu' Helmer Abderrahmane Sissako -Jamestown Sun Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	The number of Britons choosing Islam doubled in the past decade www.worldbulletin.net Catherine Heseltine, a 31-year-old convert to Islam, made history when she became the first female convert to be elected the head of a British Muslim ...
	Terror acts running counter to true Islam: Iran official Press TV A senior Iranian official has condemned Friday's terrorist attack near the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, stressing that acts of terror run counter to the spirit of ...
	Qamarul Islam accuses CM Ibrahim of violating AICC norms The Hindu Municipal Administration and Waqf Minister Qamarul Islam has charged the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Board CM Ibrahim of violating norms of ...
	Merkel condemns racism as Dresden anti-Islam marches grow DAWN.com BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday condemned anti-Muslim demonstrations centred on the eastern city of Dresden, saying there was “no ... German neo-Nazis increasingly target Islam - i24news Full Coverage
	Attacks against pluralism bad for Islam, say scholars The Malaysian Insider Professor James Piscatori says classical Muslim scholars and rulers have never bureaucratised Islam. – The Malaysian Insider pic, December 14, ...
	Indian Police Arrest Man Over Pro-Islamic State Twitter Account Wall Street Journal The reason lies within Islam itself, where primary allegiance is to Allah rather than a secular government. This is further compounded by the fact that ...
	Islamic State hands out rules for sex slaves in Iraq Washington Times The Islamic State has made clear its justification for the rape and enslavement of non-Muslim women and children with a color-printed pamphlet ...

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 13 December 2014

From the White House

Forgotten "heroes" Forgotton because they were women

A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit the U.K. Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street. During a tour of the residence, we were shown a painting of an elegantly dressed woman. "Of course, you know Lady Lovelace," we were told.

Imagine our surprise to learn that we were staring at a portrait of the woman who is considered to be the world's first programmer. Our group had never heard of her.

Ada Lovelace's experience remains all too familiar: So many of the breakthrough contributions of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields continue to go untold, too often fading into obscurity. . . .

For a true picture of Islam :

NEWS

	We were misled into conversion in a Bajrang Dal exercise:Muslim families The Indian Express The 57 Muslim families, who were “converted” to Hinduism in a Bajrang Dal exercise in Agra, said Tuesday they were misled into believing that the ...
	Why the Muslim World Isnt Flipping Out Over the CIA Torture Report Daily Beast What happened to the outrage we were supposed to see across the “Muslimworld” after the U.S. Senate released its report documenting the CIA's ...
	UN sending thousands of Muslims to America WND.com WND reported in September that Syrians would make up the next big wave ofMuslim refugees coming to the U.S., as resettlement agencies were ...
	Will oppose Muslim reservation by Telangana govt: Praveen Togadia The Indian Express “VHP will oppose any move by the state government for providing 12 per cent reservations to Muslims and will take legal recourse if needed,” Togadia ...
	JUDSON PHILLIPS: Tennessee cop lets Muslim drive off with dead child in trunk Washington Times Then the driver told the officer his child was dead in the trunk, and he wanted to go bury the child in accordance with his Muslim religion.
	Birmingham EDL 'anti-Muslim' rioters jailed BBC News The court heard that a Muslim prayer cap and a Pakistani flag were set on fire in the street, while police were pelted with paving slabs and bottles.
	Chinese city in restive Muslim region bans burqa in public CNN A spate of recent violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang, a resource-rich region long inhabited by the Turkic-speaking, largely Muslim Uyghurs.
	Tackling extremism among Western Muslim converts The Straits Times Muslim converts in the West professing extremist beliefs have come under the spotlight for terrorism-related activities in and outside their home ...
	Orthodox groups file with Supreme Court in support ofMuslim head scarfs Jerusalem Post WASHINGTON — Seven national Orthodox Jewish groups filed a Supreme Court brief in favor of a Muslim woman's right to wear a head scarf at work.
	Druglord's 'house' inside Bilibid is a Muslim prayer area ABS CBN News Based on initial investigation, it's being used as a prayer area for the Muslim inmates, an intended area for Muslims. I will have it verified," she said.

	Merkel condemns racism as Dresden anti-Islam marches grow Yahoo News BERLIN/NUREMBERG (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday condemned anti-Muslim demonstrations centered on the eastern city of ... Merkel Condemns Racism as Dresden Anti-Islam Marches Grow - Newsweek Merkel condemns racism as Dresden anti-Islam marches grow - Reuters Germany's new far-right populists rail against Islam - Yahoo News Full Coverage
	Q&A: 'Islam Has Been Held Hostage' Says Timbuktu' Helmer Abderrahmane Sissako Variety A politically-engaged drama depicting the barbarian occupation of Islamicfundamentalists in Mali, “Timbuktu” grossed over 109,000 Euros ($135,000) ...
	Jakarta Post editor 'amazed' by accusation of insulting Islamover anti-Isis cartoon International Business Times UK An Indonesian newspaper rejected accusations of blasphemy for a cartoon mocking the Isis (Islamic State) terror group, saying it was amazed police ... Indonesian police name newspaper editor suspect in anti-Islam blasphemy case- Fox News Full Coverage
	Taliban slams Malala over Nobel peace prize, calls her 'soldier against Islam' Hindustan Times The Pakistani Taliban hit out at teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai over her Nobel peace prize on Friday, slamming her as a "soldier against ...
	Merkel condemns racism as Dresden anti-Islam marches grow Yahoo News UK Reuters/Reuters - Participants hold up their mobile phones and wave German national flags during a demonstration called by anti-immigration group ...
	NATO ally launches mandatory Islam training for 6-year-olds WND.com The union demanded that Turkish children aged 3 to 6 be taught Islam. The government ultimately decided classes should be made compulsory for ...
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	BBC World Service on Twitter: ""It's clear the Islam they profess is not theIslam we know ... twitter.com "It's clear the Islam they profess is not the Islam we know" - Archbishop of Jos on Thursday's twin bomb attack http://bbc.in/1yG3VFn. 0 replies 8 ...

News around the Muslim World on Friday 12 December 2014

In between these torture sessions, he says, he was questioned on around 12 occasions by two MI5 officers who called themselves “Matt” and “Richard”, as well as by CIA officers.

Brits also complicit in torture of suspects.

Source : The Guardian 

the killings stemmed from her mother's first marriage nearly 30 years ago to another man

More honour killings in Pakistan.

Source : http://news.yahoo.com/

NEWS

	Indian Agra Muslim fear conversions to Hinduism BBC News Nearly a dozen Indian Muslim families have fled their homes in Agra after 57 families were reportedly converted to Hinduism against their will. Muslim ... 'Neither Hindu nor Muslim', Agra's 'converts' trapped in limbo - Times of India Neither Hindu nor Muslim: Agra 'converts' caught in RSS-clerics crossfire -Firstpost Full Coverage
	The Muslim father behind the Pakistani Nobel Prize winner MiamiHerald.com Muslim men who comprehend Islam's ideals are well attuned to following the example of their beloved Prophet Muhammad who treated his daughters ...
	Local Muslim-Americans condemn terrorism Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Last week, the Kennesaw City Council rejected a zoning request to open a Muslim prayer center in a strip shopping center. Some protesters said it ...
	Muslim mother-of-six who posted pictures of her young children posing as jihadists on Facebook ... Daily Mail A Muslim mother-of-six who posted pictures of her young children posing as jihadists on Facebook and advised an undercover policeman how to ... ISIS-obsessed mum urged Muslim women to send their men to fight jihad -Mirror.co.uk Full Coverage
	Brownstein: Jewish and Muslim comics unite Montreal Gazette One of the more unlikely albeit more gratifying bonds in this city is that between its Jewish and Muslimcomics. Local wits Eman and Jeff Schouela offer ...
	In fighting religious extremism, capital of China's Muslimregion bans veiled robes Fox News The measure in the predominantly Muslim region comes as Beijing intensifies a campaign against religious extremism that it blames for the violence ...
	Urine placed at Muslim chaplain's office at WFU Winston-Salem Journal Wake Forest University is rallying behind Imam Khalid Griggs, an associate chaplain at the university who found a bucket of urine in front of his office ...

	'Mary in Islam' is focus of Saturday event Columbus Dispatch The importance of Mary in both Islam and Christianity will be discussed on Saturday at an event sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of Ahmadiyya ...
	Pakistani Taliban Call Malala Yousafzai an 'Enemy of Islam' Wall Street Journal She represent the bright shine of muslim women, and her enemy are enemy of Islam as well. I wish American media and people do not look to Taliban ...
	Muslim cool: New broadcaster beams a vibrant vision ofIslam's cultural impact Aquila Style In an era of negative portrayals of Islam, Alchemiya aims to shift the discourse by sharing content they love, which evokes grand memories of a ...
	The state and Islam The Economist The move is ostensibly meant to prevent theft and regulate energy use, but few doubt the real intention is to tighten the state's grip on Islam, part of a ...
	Gambian President attends rally with protesters declaring: 'Homosexuality is forbidden in Islam' PinkNews The President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has attended a mass rally against homosexuality in the country's capital Banjul. AllAfrica reports thousands ...
	Premarital sex in Islam Health24 Religion plays a significant role in how we raise our children, and in the Islamicfaith a child's identity and status within the family can be affected by ...
	Thanks To Islam, Christianity About To Become Extinct In Great Britain Western Journalism Gov. Mike Huckabee recently retraced the steps of Pope John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher, and Ronald Reagan with a group of ministers and faith ...
	No racism, racial supremacy, inequality in Islam Free Malaysia Today syariah GEORGE TOWN: No one can use the philosophical concept of “maqashid syariah” (true aim of Islamic law) to defend racism, racial supremacy ...
	Christmas from viewpoint of Islam The Guardian Nigeria There are six articles of faith in Islam. These include belief in the oneness of the Almighty as the lord, creator and cherisher of the world; belief in His ...
	Flashback: How 800 Dalit Hindus in Meenakshipuram were converted to Islam 33 years ago indiatvnews.com (press release) (blog) There were nearly 300 Dalit Hindu families who embraced Islam, tired of upper caste atrocities, mostly by the landed OBC Thevar community in the ...

News around the Muslim World on Thursday 11 December 2014

India's opposition politicians have protested inside parliament against the alleged mass conversion of about 200 Muslims to Hinduism in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.Opposition MPs on Tuesday attacked the conservative Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party over the conversions in Agra city, reportedly under allurement by groups linked to the ruling party's ideological parent, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Muslims convert to Hinduism while Maulvis attack Ahmadis

Source : Al Jazeera

NEWS

	Furor over 'conversion' of Muslims in India Aljazeera.com India's opposition politicians have protested inside parliament against the alleged mass conversion of about 200 Muslims to Hinduism in the northern ...
	Israel: American arrested for allegedly plotting attacks onMuslim sites CNN Jerusalem (CNN) -- An American man has been arrested in Israel for allegedly acquiring explosives stolen from Israel's military that he planned to use ... American Man Arrested In Israel Over Alleged Plot To Bomb Muslim Holy Sites -BuzzFeed News Israel Charges U.S. Citizen With Planning to Bomb Muslim Holy Sites in Jerusalem - TheBlaze.com Israel indicts American over plot to bomb Muslim holy sites - Fox News Full Coverage
	Muslim breakaway group blamed for deadly Philippine bombing Daily Mail Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group are suspected of carrying out a bus bombing that ...
	Iran: Fall in Oil Prices Is Muslim 'Treachery' ABC News Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the sharp fall in oil prices is the result of "treachery," in an apparent reference to regional rival Saudi Arabia, ...
	Ayad Akhtar, master Muslim ironist The Guardian She is a champion of Islamic achievements in history. At one point she says, “The Muslims gave us Aristotle.” Amir and his wife invite another couple to ...
	Man charged with running down Muslim teen in court KSN-TV The man charged with deliberately running down the Muslim teenager ... of Minneapolis, said through an interpreter that her Somali son is Muslim, ...
	Mass polygamy in UK Muslim community – claim Telegraph.co.uk Polygamy is being practised on an “enormous” scale within the British Muslimcommunity without any official attempt to stop it, it has been claimed.

	Uzbek President Asks Putin to Help Fight Radical Islam Voice of America TASHKENT—. Uzbekistan urged Russia on Wednesday to help protect Central Asia against what it said would be a rising threat from militant Islam as ... Uzbek president asks Putin to help fight radical Islam in Central Asia - Reuters Full Coverage
	Anti-Islam protests 'paint a twisted picture' of German sentiment EurActiv The “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West” (Pegida) is winning over more and more supporters, causing Germany's Justice Minister ...
	Islamic State BEHEADS four CHRISTIAN CHILDREN when they refused to renounce Christ and ... Catholic Online Islamic State terrorists have beheaded four children who refused to convert toIslam according to the British Vicar of Baghdad, Canon Andrew White.
	Use of Islam to defend racial supremacy and draconian laws disturbing, says Anwar The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last night expressed alarm at a trend by right-wing Malay groups who use Islam to promote racial supremacy and inequality ...
	Islamic scholar to train peace volunteers Times of India MUMBAI: Noted scholar and the face of moderate Islam in India Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is in the city for three days to hold lectures for peace ...
	German Eurosceptics embrace anti-Islam protests Telegraph.co.uk The wave of anti-Islam protests gripping the German city of Dresden have ignited a political row, after the leader of the country's rapidly growing ...
	Sisters in Islam can challenge fatwa ruling Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: Sisters in Islam (SIS) can now challenge the Selangor fatwa which declared it as one which promotes deviant teachings. The High ...
	Islam not to blame for violence Waterbury Republican American It is surprising just how little most Americans understand the monotheistic religion, Islam. Attacks against international embassies, beheadings and ...
	Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more Chicago Tribune In his former incarnation as Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam had a reputation as a bit of a self-serious fellow, the young man with the furrowed brow ...