Sunday 28 September 2014

News around the Muslim World on Sunday 28 September 2014

WE BELIEVE THAT, UNLIKE THE QADIANI JAMAAT

  1. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's only claim was that he was a mujaddid. The Messiah and Mehdi were simple titles used for him by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) describing aspects of his reform. Qadianis believe that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a real prophet.
  2. All those who recite the kalima are Muslims and no one has the right to say that a reciter of the kalima is a heretic (kafir). Qadianis believe that in addition to reciting the kalima, to become a Muslim, a person has to take the baiat on their khalifa's hand.
  3. We believe that the verse Khatam an nabiyeen in the Holy Quran (33:40) means that no prophet shall come after the Holy Prophet (s),  whether he is an old prophet or a new one,  as the Holy Prophet said in hadith. Qadianis say that it means new prophets will be made with the Holy Prophet's (s) seal.

“Bhutto legitimised the entry of sectarian clerics in politics by accepting the deeply flawed principle that a person’s religious belief ought to determine the extent of his or her rights as a citizen,” he said, noting that the flawed logic paved the way for sectarian politics that Ziaul Haq exploited.


Source : The Express Tribune

Contributor : Dr Hameed Jahangiri, Staff Reporter (California)


NEWS


Western Muslims, Troubled, Rally Against Extremism
In tweets, in street gatherings and in open letters, moderate Muslims around the world are insisting that Islamic State extremists don't speak for their ...


Experts: Muslims Must Counter Terrorists' Message to Youth
In his address to the United Nations this week, President Barack Obama said he spoke “directly to young people across the Muslim world,” asking ...


Muslim community raises concerns about equal treatment for school holidays
The Muslim community is concerned about “disparate treatment” toward religious groups from different Montgomery County agencies, a Muslimleader ...


In Six Minutes, an Atheist Tears Apart the Way Liberals Defend MuslimAtrocities 'In the Name of ...
“President Obama keeps on insisting that ISIS is not Islamic,” Maher noted, adding with a smirk, “Well, maybe they don't practice the Muslim faith the ...


Another Act of Workplace Violence? Recent Muslim Convert Beheads Woman in Oklahoma
Yesterday, in Moore, Oklahoma, a man beheaded a woman at a food processing plant from which he had just been fired. He also stabbed another ...


'SHARIA LAW IS COMING!!!!' Oklahoma Beheader Celebrated Terrorists, Disparaged Non-Muslims ...
Oklahoma beheading suspect Alton Alexander Nolen calls himself “Jah'Keem Yisrael” on his Facebook page, where he uploaded photos of himself ...


Two Claims to Lead Muslim World Split Jihadists
The lofty title denoting spiritual leadership of theMuslim world was claimed in 1996 by the Afghan Taliban's leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, who ...


A&M Muslim Student Association Holds Blood Drive for Life
BRYAN- The Muslim Student Association at Texas A&M is back at it again, promoting good things about Islam and holding another blood drive.


'Like never before, I the Muslim am seen as the root cause of nation's problems'
Although the Muslims are near the bottom of the socio-economic ladder and at par with the Dalits in almost every human development index, the ...


Councilman's Muslim Cabbie Comment Heats Up Monticello Mayoral Race
Posusta's comment was in reference to Muslim cab drivers. It was spoken as Monticello City Council members were debating a public transit contract ...

Islamic State crisis: Al-Nusra issues threat over air strikes
Syrian militant group al-Nusra Front has denounced US-led air strikes as "a war against Islam". In an online statement, the al-Qaeda-linked group ...


On Investing In Bangladesh's Stock Markets With Shahidul Islam
With about 4% of public listings on Bangladesh's stock exchanges held by foreigners, Shahidul Islamestimates foreign holdings in Bangladesh's ...


Krauthammer: Obama Denies Reality onIslamic Extremism
Columnist and author Charles Krauthammer argued that President Obama denies reality by refusing to identify “the Islamist character” of terrorist ...


On Islam: Obama versus Yazdi
On September 10, 2014, US President Obama, with absolute certainty in his voice, stated, “Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not Islamic.


Maher: ISIS Doesn't Practice Islam Like Obama
“President Obama keeps insisting that ISIS is notIslamic, well maybe they don't practice the Muslim faith the same way he does,” he quipped.


Mr. President, How Is It NOT Islam?
He converted to Islam in prison and sat under the influence of imam Suhaib Webb. Webb was connected to the greater Islamic Society of Oklahoma.


The expectations of Islam
Of course, the effort to disassociate Nolen from Islam proceeds full steam ahead. ("I can't imagine any Muslim taking a Hebrew name," mused Ibrahim ...


Another Former Islam Member Supporting Israel [Video]
He is the second former Islam member whom has become a Zionist and receive coverage in Guardian Liberty Voice. Hafeez reports that his father ...


Non-violence in Islam versus Daesh's violence
It is said that Mahatma Gandhi once echoed a saying about Islam: “Islam was spread by the sword”. At that time, this generated resentment among ...


Doctor remembers Dairy Queen boss with touching thank-you letter
Dr. Nabiha Islam worked at a Dairy Queen in Markham, Ontario during college, and never forgot how kindly her boss, Yvonne Lavasidis, treated her.


BLOGS
Suspect in OK Beheading Tried to Convert Coworkers toIslam
Witnesses say the suspect in an Oklahoma workplace beheading had been trying to convert his coworkers to Islam before the fatal attack.


Radical Impact: What Is Causing Westerners to Turn to Radical Islam?
In the wake of an Oklahoma man horrifyingly beheading a coworker after converting to Islam, there is growing fear that the troubling trend of ...


“Workplace Violence” Oklahoma Beheader's Facebook Pics Pretty Much Clarify Question on Islam ...
LibertyNEWS.com  Eric Odom
Older PostWhite House Becoming Blatantly Pro-Radical Islam – Obama Uses UN Speech to Praise Muslim Cleric Who “Backed Fatwa on Killing of ...


FBI Probing Suspect's Recent Conversion to Islam in Oklahoma Beheading
American Renaissance  Henry Wolff
FBI officials are investigating a beheading at an Oklahoma food distribution center after co-workers said the suspect tried to convert them to Islamafter ...


Muslims flee Northern Ireland to escape anti-Islamviolence
JEWSNEWS  Eliyokim Cohen
Some Muslims in Northern Ireland have announced plans to leave the country to avoid anti-Islamic violence. The announcement comes after an attack ...


Islam Critic Draws Criticism Of Her Own
The Gavel  Madeline Cortes
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a notable supporter of women's rights and an ardent critic ofIslam, received major backlash from student organizations at Yale ...


Islam Is A Religion of Peace AND a Religion of DECAPITATIONS
John Hawkins' Right Wing News  John Hawkins
My latest Townhall column is called, Islam Is A Religion of Peace AND a Religion of DECAPITATIONS. Here's an excerpt from the column.


GOLD COAST LEARNS ABOUT ISLAM
NBN News  Nicole Rowles
The Arundel Mosque opened its doors to the public today to help people understand Islam. Podcast Video [ 0.01 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup.


Islam and All That
Saints and Sceptics  Saints and Sceptics
Between Naivety And Hostility: Uncovering the Best Christian Responses toIslam in Britain. Authentic Media 2011. Edited by Steve Bell, Colin ...


WEB

American Muslims say ISIS 'hijacked'Islam
Cherif Abou El Fadl and Qasim Rashid explain why terrorists doesn't speak for their faith.


Beheading Suspect Fired After Argument Over Stoning Women
Nolen is a convert to Islam, and local press reports that he had attempted to convert other employees at Vaughan Foods, where the murder took place.

Saturday 27 September 2014

News around the Muslim World on Saturday 27 September 2014


Take a few minutes  to learn about Islam.


Source : Mubaligh on-line

Here's a surprise for the Western media which never made TV documentaries about the Jewish Atom Bomb.


Source : www.foreignpolicy.com


Source : The Guardian (UK)


NEWS


French Muslims Protest Against Militant Islam
Rallies and protests against radical Islam are taking place across France following the execution of French hostage Herve Gourdel by militant Islamists ...



TURKEY TAKES THE LEAD, ISLAMIC SCHOLARS LAMBAST ISIS
News reports say that 126 Islamic scholars have come together to lambast ISIS and its ideology in the name ofIslam through a joint declaration.



The challenge of using media to tellIslam's story
A Muslim pilgrim reads verses from Islam's holy book the Quran on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, ...



Amid call for religious freedom, Values Voter speakers slam Islam
Michele Bachmann argued that Islam is at the root of ISIS, also know as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the extremist group the U.S. is trying to ...



ErdoÄŸan: ISIL's acts hurt us deeply as Muslims, cast shadow over Islam
“It is not possible to associate their [ISIL's] actions with our religion Islam. Islam is a religion of peace and brotherhood. Our religion will never allow the ...





ISIL 'being used to stir political fear'
An organiser of a national Islamic conference being held in Melbourne says the portrayal of Islamic State barbarism is being used to stir political fear.



Hollywood and religion: The challenge of using media to tell Islam's story
In 1976, an Islamic filmmaker named Moustapha Akkad produced and directed a major motion picture titled “The Message: The Story of Islam,” ...
BLOGS
Oklahoma: Muslim beheads coworker, had tried to convert colleagues to Islam
Jihad Watch  Robert Spencer
Not that this has anything to do with Islam, and of course it is not terrorism. “Man Beheads Woman At Food-Processing Plant,” Sky News, September ...


Australian jihad plotter worked at strip club before developing
Jihad Watch  Robert Spencer
Eventually he joined the Islamic State and got involved with the recent jihad terror plot in Australia. One thing mainstream analysts of Islam and ...


Threats, attacks and contradictions. Islam in the 21st century: Links 1 for Sept. 26
Vlad Tepes  Eeyore
The threat, which is a common and frankly banal aspect of Islamiccommunications, is not one of them. What is interesting is the inherent contradiction ...


Compatible with the Western World? by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
The Absurd Report  The Bear
Islam is simply irreconcilable with western values. So the obvious question is, why is Islam accepted by the west? Why respect a violent and backward ...


OBAMA SPEECH: ISLAM IS PEACE?
Marshall Frank  Marshall Frank
Millions of Americans are sick and tired of fork-tongued politicians telling us that Islam is a religion of peace. With over 22,000 deadly acts of terror to ...


Behead Islam
Bosch Fawstin  Bosch Fawstin
None of us are safe until we behead Islam by ending Jihad. Later tonight, 8pm West Coast, I'll be discussing this with Amy Peikoff. Listen here.


WEB
NYC canceled for Yusuf Islam tour dates, Dubai first stop
The world has been reeling over the past week since Yusuf Islam AKA Cat Stevens announced his international tour dates. On hiatus since...


Woman Beheaded In Oklahoma, Possible Connection ToIslam
... incidents of a fired worker attacking co-workers. However, the act of beheading and the ties to Islam will not be lost on a jittery American Public.


islam
Declaring extremism a global issue and decrying false Muslims who shed blood and behead in the name of Islam, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ...


Witnesses: Suspect in OK Beheading Tried to Convert Coworkers to Islam
Witnesses say the suspect in an Oklahoma workplace beheading had been trying to convert his coworkers to Islam before the fatal attack.


Friday 26 September 2014

News around the Muslim World on Friday 26 September 2014


With Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to land in the United States on Friday, after a nine-year ban, the Federal Court of the Southern District of New York has issued a summons against him, stating that as the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat, he failed to stop the 2002 riots in which hundreds of Muslims were massacred (Economic Times, LivemintNYTWSJ).



Source : Foreign Policy


Silently, billions of bees are dying off and our entire food chain is in danger.Bees don't just make honey -- they are a giant, humble workforce, pollinating 75% of growing plants.


Source : Avaaz campaign


A new study finds that these controversial fossils are not likely to be bacteria or single-celled protists; their cells, preserved for more than 600 million years in rock, are too complex and differentiated. Instead, the fossils may be multicellular algae, or even the embryos of ancient animals.


Source : Christian Science Monitor


The lawyers asked not to be identified because there are security concerns for lawyers representing people accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. Mr. Asghar, who lived in Edinburgh for many years, suffers from mental illness, according to a statement by British charity Reprieve, which has been assisting in his defense. An appeal against Mr. Asghar's death sentence has been filed in the high court, but his lawyers said the process could take years.


Source : Wall Street Journal


NEWS


Muslim Scholars Release Open Letter To Islamic State Meticulously Blasting Its Ideology
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the Islamic State, ...


Prominent Muslim Sheikh Issues Fatwa Against ISIS Violence
Then he singled out one organization and one man leading that charge" "Look at the new Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies." Sheikh Bin ...


Radical Muslim Cleric Reportedly Among 9 Arrested In Britain
British police have reportedly detained the country's highest-profile radical Muslim preacher as part of a series of arrests of nine individuals on ...


Shari'a Law Is Threatening LGBT Rights Across Muslim-Majority Southeast Asia
Growing religious conservatism is threatening LGTB rights in Muslim-majority nations across Southeast Asia, say activists, with a new report claiming ...


Not sure PM meant what he said about Muslims: Asaduddin Owaisi
Visiting Mumbai, he spoke about his party's poll prospects and Muslims in India. How many seats is the MIM planning to contest? Are you open to ...


After VHP's call to ban their entry to garba events, Muslims say thank you
Muslims are coming out strongly with their own take on the “love jihad” campaign by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). Former Congress MLA from ...


Anti-Muslim ads could threaten lives
I say this not as a Muslim American, but as a Sikh who has strong differences of opinion with devout Muslimsabout theology and lifestyle choices.


Muslim Scholars To ISIS: You Have Misinterpreted Islam
Islam teaches peace,” over 120 international Muslimscholars released a letter to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and ...

Muslims urged to report Islamophobic attacks to police amid growing tension
Victoria police and Islamic leaders have urged Muslimsto come forward with details of Islamophobic attacks, amid growing tension in the community ...


FBI probing suspect's recent conversion to Islam in Oklahoma beheading
Mohammad said anti-Muslim sentiments local residents may have could be heightened due to the beheadings and violence overseas by Islamic State ...


Scholars' Open Letter Adds to Chorus ofMuslim Leaders Condemning ISIS
More than 120 Muslim leaders and scholars have co-signed an open letter to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIS, arguing the Islamic State ...


French Muslim Leaders Call for Protest Marches After Beheading
Leaders of France's Muslim community called for a series of marches to express their disgust after a radical Algerian group allied with Islamic State ...


Hardline Indian Hindu Group WarnsMuslims, Christians From Festival
A prominent right-wing Hindu group in India warnedMuslims and Christians on Thursday not to join in a lively Hindu religious festival this month, ...


Muslim school threatened: Man armed with knife allegedly yells abuse Al-Faisal College in Minto
A Muslim community leader says parents at a Sydney Islamic school are frightened for their children's safety after a man took a knife onto the grounds ...


Anti-Muslim behaviour appals Perth Imam
A Muslim cleric says there are fears Perth Islamic college students will be harassed or assaulted AAP AMuslim cleric says there are fears Perth ...


Hunting Jihadi John: FBI unmasks killer
Angry members of the Muslim community have lashed out at media and police following the shooting of terror suspect Numan Haider who stabbed two ...

Muslims urged to report Islamophobic attacks to police amid growing tension
Victoria police and Islamic leaders have urged Muslimsto come forward with details of Islamophobic attacks, amid growing tension in the community ...


FBI probing suspect's recent conversion to Islam in Oklahoma beheading
Mohammad said anti-Muslim sentiments local residents may have could be heightened due to the beheadings and violence overseas by Islamic State ...


Scholars' Open Letter Adds to Chorus ofMuslim Leaders Condemning ISIS
More than 120 Muslim leaders and scholars have co-signed an open letter to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIS, arguing the Islamic State ...


French Muslim Leaders Call for Protest Marches After Beheading
Leaders of France's Muslim community called for a series of marches to express their disgust after a radical Algerian group allied with Islamic State ...


Hardline Indian Hindu Group WarnsMuslims, Christians From Festival
A prominent right-wing Hindu group in India warnedMuslims and Christians on Thursday not to join in a lively Hindu religious festival this month, ...


Muslim school threatened: Man armed with knife allegedly yells abuse Al-Faisal College in Minto
Muslim community leader says parents at a Sydney Islamic school are frightened for their children's safety after a man took a knife onto the grounds ...


Anti-Muslim behaviour appals Perth Imam
Muslim cleric says there are fears Perth Islamic college students will be harassed or assaulted AAP A Muslim cleric says there are fears Perth ...


Hunting Jihadi John: FBI unmasks killer
Angry members of the Muslim community have lashed out at media and police following the shooting of terror suspect Numan Haider who stabbed two ...