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Boston Globe: Obama Afraid of Muslims Because of New ?Red Scare?
2008-06-30 12:35:00 Boston Globe: Obama Afraid of Muslims Because of New ‘Red Scare’ -By Warner Todd Huston Derrick Z. Jackson of the Boston Globe has done it again. Now, usually Z is one of those columnists that is sure every white American is a racist and many of his columns are based on that assumption, but it looks like ...
By: Publius Forum
American Muslims Name School after Islamic Conqueror of Spain
2008-06-23 20:59:00 About a month ago or so, a scandal broke out into the media sphere and the blogosphere in the USA about a Muslim charter school in Minnesota. The school was controlled by Muslim private persons, yet it received substantial public funding. The scandal arose from violations by the school of the conditions of its receiving public funding. The scandal intensified when non-Muslim journalists were attacked on school premises when trying to investigate the charges. This school was/is called the Tariq ibn Ziyad Academy. The major question that has not been asked by most media --MSM or blogs-- reporting on this affair is just who is this Tariq fellow. The answer to that question would tell us with whom these American Muslims identify.Here are accounts of Tariq by respected historians Bernard Lewis & Carl Brockelmann:It was in Spain that the Arabs achieved their greatest and most enduring conquest in Europe. . . Tariq, a Berber freedman [that is, a former slave] of Musa ibn Nusair, the Ar...
By: Emet m\'Tsiyon
Muslims in France
2008-06-22 05:06:00 Clearly, the North African, mostly-Caucasian Muslims in France (primarily Algerians) have been a disaster. They are the ones that are rioting all the time and tearing up the country. Contrary to popular rumor, the N African Muslim population in France is ~10%, not 20%,. The Black population is not known, but surely it is much smaller than the 10% North African population.The North Africans are there primarily due to French colonialism and imperialism. Algeria was a former French colony, brutally ruled by France for 134 years, from 1830 to 1964.The Algerians fought a horribly brutal war of independence, in which 25,000 French and 1 million Algerians were killed. Incredibly, the anti-Communist Right in the US still sings the praises of French colonialism in this war, and makes the revolutionaries out to be the bad guys.It's true that the French revolutionaries did not fight a very nice or pretty war. Yet they paid for it with 40 times the casualties of the French. To the dead person,...
By: Robert Lindsay
Egyptian Bloggers Lead Human Rights Fight
2008-06-10 15:09:00 In a nation of eighty million which contains about forty million illiterate people, highly educated individuals who have access to the computers and the Internet increasingly are becoming voices protesting human rights abuses. Blogger Karim el-Behein described his imprisonment and torture in a jail because he supported worker efforts at a textile mill to obtain ...
Headscarf War Continues Dividing Turkey
2008-06-10 14:55:00 The aftermath of Turkey’s Constitutional Court decision which invalidated a parliament action in lifting the ban on women wearing a headscarf continues to bitterly divide the nation. Ahmet Iyimaya, of the ruling Justice and Development Party(AKP) which pushed through the end of the ban, proposed parliamentary action which would invalidate the Constitutional Court’s decision. He ...
Indonesian Muslims rally to demand ban on 'deviant' sect
2008-06-09 12:10:00 Thousands of white-clad Muslims have taken to the streets of the Indonesian capital to demand the government ban a minority Islamic sect branded "deviant" by top clerics.Around 5,000 protesters wearing white skullcaps and Islamic headscarves blocked the street in front of Jakarta's presidential palace to demand the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ban the Ahmadiyah sect.Protesters held up posters bearing pictures of Rizieq Shihab, who was arrested last week after members of his radical Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) attacked religious freedom activists not far from the palace, injuring 19.The protesters marched five kilometres to the police headquarters to demand Shihab and seven other FPI members be released.Calls to ban Ahmadiyah have been mounting in Indonesia after a government board recommended in April the sect be disbanded over its "deviant" beliefs.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Baha?i Threatened In Iran
2008-06-09 09:29:00 Lost in discussions about Iran is any concern about the situation of the Baha’i sect which has many members in that nation. The Baha’i faith is viewed by Iranian officials as a heretical offshoot of the Muslim religion and since its inception during the 19th century its members have been persecuted and imprisoned. After the ...
Muslims plan Gaelic translation of Koran
2008-06-08 18:21:00 The move drew a frosty response from the main Gaelic church in the Western Isles. Rev Iver Martin, the minister of Stornoway Free Church, said: "I wouldn't have thought there would be much of a market for this. I'm not sure that a lot of Gaelic-speaking people would be inclined to read it. Of course, Muslims have the freedom to do what they want, but it's worth pointing out that in many Muslim countries, Christians do not have the freedom to freely read the Bible."
Israel? Gaza Invasion Or Peace?
2008-06-08 09:02:00 During the past few years, Israel and the United States have jointly pursued a policy of non-engagement with Hamas. The result of this foreign policy approach bears scant evidence of success. The Israel government is presently confronting a situation in which it could invade Gaza or whether it could risk accepting Egypt’s offer of a ...
Turkey Divides Over Headscarf Decision
2008-06-07 14:39:00 The Turkish nation is still divided over the issue of should women be allowed to wear a headscarf while attending university classes. The Constitutional Court has ruled wearing a headscarf in universities violates the secular spirit of the Constitution. The ruling Justice and Development Party undoubtedly made a serious mistake by not working harder prior ...
Online marriage bureaus focusing muslims globally.
2008-06-07 13:16:00 Marriage is a crucial decision in anyone's life. In our part of the world, they say, its not just the girl and the guy that are getting into a relationship, but the two families of the girl and the guy that get together in a bond. There is a lot of thinking, investigation and physical contact that is carried out before the decision is made. read more
By: BuzzVines
Indonesia Cracks Down On Muslim Militants
2008-06-07 09:20:00 Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim nation and it has traditionally had the reputation of being moderate in its approach to religion and it allows other religions to practice their faith in peace. However, like most nations, Indonesia also has radical relgious elements who do not recognize the nation’s historical commitment to diversity. Last week, ...
Al-Qaeda Calls For Jihad Against Arab Leaders
2008-06-07 09:16:00 Al Zwahari, the top deputy of Osma bin Laden not only lashed out against Israel and the United States, but pinpointed leaders of Arab nations for their failure to do anything about the situation in Gaza where an Israel blockade continues without any sign of an early end. he called for a jihad carried by ...
Is Ten Minutes Time Enough To Pray?
2008-06-07 09:04:00 Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradwi, a well known Egyptian TV host and cleric, told his viewing audience that too much time was being wasted each day on prayer and there had to be cut backs in time alloted to pray. “Prayer is a good thing…10 minutes should be enough” and then on to work. The cleric ...
Indonesian muslims attack religious freedom demonstrators, shouting ?Repent
2008-06-05 18:07:00 Another group of muslims demonstrate the meaning of tolerance and peace in islam. Muslims attack Christians with machetes and sticks in Indonesia Madrid, Jun 3, 2008 / 03:51 pm (CNA).- Muslim extremists who are members of the Islamic Defenders Front recently attacked 200 moderate Christians and Muslims who protested for religious freedom in the Indonesian capital, threatening ...
Headscarf War Continues Raging In Turkey
2008-06-05 14:46:00 Turkey’s Constitutional Court will announce in the coming days its decision on a case regarding the right of Muslim women to wear a headscarf while attending a university. The opposition Republican People’s Partty has urged the court to rule against such a right on grounds to do so violates Turkey’s secular concept of government. The ...
Is It Illegal For A Woman Not To Be A Virgin?
2008-06-05 14:25:00 A case in which a bride had her marriage annulled on grounds that she was not a virgin on the night that she and her new husband consumated their coming together has rocked the French nation causing an explosion of anger among women. The new husband went to court to have the marriage annulled when ...
Are Indonesian Youth Supporters Of Sharia Law?
2008-06-05 09:22:00 A recent study conducted by the Setara Institute for Democracy in Indonesia revealed a confusing picture regarding the attitudes of young Indonesians regarding the meaning and purpose of sharia law. The results of the survey claimed about 56% of young people living in the Jakarta area support the imposition of sharia law, but the overwhelming ...
Indonesian police detain radical Muslims over attack
2008-06-04 10:45:00 Indonesian police arrested at least 59 Muslim hardliners Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a violent attack over the weekend against a rally by interfaith supporters. Indonesia's national police spokesman, Inspector General Abubakar Nataprawira said that some 59 members of Muslim hardliner group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), had been detained for questioning in connection with Sunday's violent attack. 'Fifty nine people, including Habib Rizieq Shihab, were taken to the Jakarta police headquarters for questioning,' Nataprawira said, referring to the hardliner group's chairman. 'They will be questioned before police figure out how many of them were involved in the incident in Monas on Sunday,' he said, adding that the Jakarta city police had 24-hours before they had to name suspects. The police were also hunting down another radical activist who claimed responsibility in the attack and have listed him as a wanted person, Nataprawira said. Jakarta city police c...
Israel Jerusalem Housing Upsets Egypt
2008-06-04 09:47:00 Over thirty years ago, Israel began to construct housing on the West Bank using the argument such housing units were necessary to assist in the defence of the nation. As the years have passed, Israel West Bank settlers have grown from a few hundred to a few thousand and now over 300,000 creating a formidable ...
Threats And Warnings From Israel And Iran
2008-06-03 15:30:00 Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned that although no final decision has been taken by her nation’s leaders about the threat from iran, their eventually will be a final resolution of how to deal with that country. “Iran needs to understand that the threat of military action exists and has not been taken off the ...
Saudi Clerics Condemn Hezbollah
2008-06-03 09:43:00 Sunni clerics in Saudi Arabia sharply attacked Hezbollah as a secret arm of the Shiite Iranian government whose real aim is to destroy the power of Sunnis in the Middle East. They insisted many Muslims have been fooled by the Shiites who claim to lead the fight against Israel. The Shiites were accused to ...
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Is Turkey Reshaping Muslim World?
2008-06-02 14:51:00 The Turkish Daily News highlighted recent efforts on the part of Muslim scholars in its nation to rethink the nature of the Koran as it pertains to issues of violence. Important Muslim thinkers are rejecting Osama bin Laden’s vision of jihad which has convinced many people in the Muslim world that the Koran grants ...
What stupid Muslims should know about safe sex and the use of condoms?
2008-06-02 10:00:00 Malaysia is really a very sick country, a very sick country for good practicing Muslims. :-(Good Muslims are not at all happy with the latest development in Malaysia where we have the Health Ministry and some stupid women?s rights groups (one of them is better known as Munafiqs in Islam by some good Muslims) promoting and encouraging the use of condoms and safe sex for Malaysians.Let me get this straight for those crazy and stupid Muslims; in Islam, there is no such thing as safe sex. Safe sex was probably coined by some idiots back in the western world to hide the awful fact that they have committed adulteries (Zina)!To all ignorant and stupid Muslims out there, please refer to the following Fatwa issued on the 26th of February 2002 by IslamWeb Dot Net:Question:I assume that it is still considered from the Kaba'ir for a man to commit Zina by having sex with a woman even if he's wearing a condom, correct?Fatwa:Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the World; and may His blessings and pe...
Muslim Seminary Rejects Violence
2008-06-02 09:22:00 A Muslim seminary in India, which allegedly inspired the creation of the Taliban, issued a fatwa against terrorism and insisted Islame is a religion based on peace, not war. The 150 yar-old Darul Uloom Deoband issued an edict which said: “Islam rejects all kinds of unjust violence, breach of peace, bloodshed, murder and plunder and ...
Suicide Knows No Gender Claim Muslim Women
2008-06-02 09:20:00 Muslim extremist women are challenging al-Qaida’s refusal to include or at least acknowledge women have played in the suicide bombing program. In a response to a female questioner, Ayman Al-Zawahri said in April the only role for women is caring for homes and children of al-Qaida fighters. There is some confusion about his comment ...
Egyptian Christians And Muslims Clash
2008-06-02 09:18:00 Lost in discussions concerning Israel and Muslim conflict is the less reported ongoing violence against Christians who live in the Middle East. Half of the pre-2003 Iraqi Christian population has fled the country due to violence by Muslims against them and their churches. Sectarian clashes are also present in Egypt where Coptic Christians continue to ...
German Agent Brokers Mideast Peace
2008-06-02 09:03:00 A member of the German intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst(BND) has been responsible for brokering an exchange deal between Israel and Hezbollah on behalf of the United Nations. He has now enabled development of an official proposal which is on the table and the Israeli government will shortly decide whether or not to accept it. Gerhard ...
Iran FM calls on Muslims to ?erase? Israel
2008-06-01 16:52:00 Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called on the world’s Muslims on Sunday to work to “erase” Israel, in the latest verbal attack by Tehran against the Jewish state. “As the Imam Khomeini said, if each Muslim throws a bucket of water on Israel, Israel will be erased,” Mottaki told a conference in Tehran, recalling a ...
By: 1913 Intel
Let The Muslims Not Shy Away From Inter-faith Dialogues
2008-06-01 14:59:00 Interfaith dialogues and Opportunities for Muslims After 11 Sept, Islam has become a global brand name. All of a sudden the world is focused on Islam and Muslims. Many Muslims are very skeptic about this attention, some are even uncomfortable when fired by questions at work place and at airports etc. but for a Muslim ...
Radical and moderate muslims clash in Indonesia
2008-06-01 14:39:00 Hundreds of members of a radical Islamic group armed with batons have clashed with moderate Muslims rallying for religious tolerance in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.About 100 members of the National Alliance for Religious and Faith Freedom gathered in central Jakarta to rally against a possible government ban on the minority Ahmadiyah sect, deemed deviant by religious authorities.About 500 members of the hardline Front for the Defenders of Islam suddenly infiltrated the protest, attacking demonstrators with batons until about 50 policemen intervened.The Ahmadiyah group, which has around 200,000 followers in Indonesia and has been in the country since the 1920s, believes Mohammad was not the final prophet, contradicting a central tenet of Islam.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
The Rape Of Women-War?s Tragedy
2008-05-31 09:46:00 A recent study by the UN agency, UNICEF, revels that sexual violence is spreading like a disease in many parts of Africa where there is violence. Women are increasingly becoming the first casualties of war and are compelled to spend a live in shame because enemy soldiers physically abused them. n Darfu, janjaweed militia kidnapped ...
Bishop Tutu Urges Palestinian-Israel Peace
2008-05-31 09:17:00 Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu spent several days in Gaza exploring conditions and seeking to find a way that would bring together Palestinians and Israelis. The South African cleric, heading a team of UN human rights observers, gathered stories from Gazans about Israel attacks that had killed civilians, including many children. Tutu said the ...
Dearbornistan: Intolerant Muslims get long time high school coach fired
2008-05-30 20:47:00 Of course the Muslim principle pulled the trigger on this Christian coach. No confirmation yet if Muhammed al-keelyou has accepted the interim coaching position. A high school principal in Dearborn, Mich., has dismissed a longtime wrestling coach after complaints from Muslim parents that the coach’s former assistant ? an evangelical Christian pastor ? was trying to convert ...
Some Progress In Syria-Israel Talks
2008-05-30 15:25:00 In the latest rounds of unofficial discussions between Israel and Syria there are reports of some slight progress in resolving issues between the nations. A Syrain official who is close to the negotiations said that issues were being discussed along genral lines in preparation for future talks which hopefully would get down to specific ...
Boycott: Don't Shop at Dunkin' Donuts! : Say No to Anti-Arab Racism
2008-05-30 04:07:00 **Please circulate widely** Dunkin Donuts pulled this advertisement after right-wing racists complained that the scarf in the ad was a kaffiyeh. The ANSWER... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
Christian Marines evangelizing Iraqi Muslims
2008-05-29 20:28:00 As if the situation in Iraq wasn’t bad enough it appears that American marines are contributing to the problem by attempting to convert the Muslim residents of Fallujah to Christianity. According to this report, unidentified Marines are said to have passed out evangelical coins at the gates of Fallujah while serving as guards. One side of the ...
By: Bligbi
Minnesota muslims cry foul over company dress code
2008-05-28 21:46:00 A group of Somali muslim women living in Minnesota have alleged religious discrimination because they were fired for refusing to wear MANDATORY work uniforms, because they claim they violated their “religious” beliefs. Mission Foods, a New Brighton tortilla maker, is accused of religious intolerance for requiring six Muslim workers to wear uniforms that include pants they ...
Dunkin Donuts Pulls Ad Featuring Rachel Ray Wearing Muslim Scarf
2008-05-28 20:24:00 After pressure from conservative bloggers like Michelle Malkin, Dunkin Donuts pulled its most recent television ad. The ad featured popular TV cooking star Rachel Ray wearing a traditional Arab scarf around her neck. The scarf known as a “Keffiyeh” is the traditional head dress of Arab men. It can be worn around the neck or head. ...
By: The Hot Joints
Persecution and racism against muslims
2008-05-28 12:13:00 In Austrailia, a muslim group was denied from opening an Islamic school. People have pulically stated that they do not want muslims in Austrailia, that they are dictators and will take over, or want mosques and put pigs' heads in front of a prayer area. What does this remind you of? Two things actually: 1) How muslims were persecuted in early days by the Quraish read more
By: BuzzVines
Young Dutch Muslims get their own ?polder mosque?
2008-05-27 11:31:00 The mosque in the Amsterdam suburb of Slotervaart wants to offer young people an alternative. Dutch will be the language used in the mosque, also for sermons, says Mr Cheppih. Plus, the form of Islam will be free of cultural influences from other countries.
MalaysiaKini, the non-Muslims are no experts in Islam!
2008-05-27 09:00:00 I like MalaysiaKini a lot but there is one thing about them that I and many other Muslims really hate, their tendency to let non-Muslims voice their opinions on matters that should be left to Muslims to address alone.Take a look at this stupid comment left by PT Tan; he is probably a smart-ass non-Muslim who thinks that he has the authority to speak in matters concerning Muslims here in Malaysia:PT Tan: All those calling for thicker material for school uniforms are just generating a lot of not air without understanding the dynamics of our climate. Merely aping the Arab way of life, where clothes are used to insulate the body from the harsh 42 deg C plus heat (versus our body?s 37 deg C) serves a purpose.Our average temperature of 31 deg C needs cotton cloth to allow ventilation of body heat so that students don?t get a heat stroke. The pinafore as it is, is already too warm. To call for thicker cloth will disastrously wrap our poor students in a heat trap, especially with classes of...
What Muslims should know about women?s clothes and adornments!
2008-05-26 10:00:00 Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM) was right to say that there is something very wrong with current uniform of Malaysian schoolgirls. As always; stupid, blind and ignorant Muslims (wonder how some of them got to be famous bloggers, politicians and ministers) here in Malaysia would not be able to understand the issue brought up by PKPIM. However, I?m glad that PAS women?s wing is standing up to defend the issues raised by PKPIM.Well done, PAS!To all stupid, blind and ignorant Muslims out there, please refer to the following collection of Fatwas issued by IslamWeb Dot Net on matters related with women?s clothes and adornments.In the meantime, please ponder upon the selected Fatwa issued on the 21st of August 2001:Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.It is obligatory on a Muslim woman to cover her Awrah . Her dress should be thick enough, i.e. non-transparent or transluce...
Dutch town moves nudes after complaints... "not just Muslims"
2008-05-25 13:10:00 A Dutch town hall has moved two paintings of nude women after complaints from citizens, including Muslims, stoking criticism that the Netherlands is curtailing artists' freedoms.The town of Huizen, east of Amsterdam, confirmed media reports on Thursday that it had moved two paintings of naked women by Dutch artist Ellen Vroegh from a waiting room in the town hall to a less public position nearby. "Visitors and some staff complained, not just Muslims, but others too," a town spokeswoman said. More...
Hamas Makes Threats As Israel-Syria Talk
2008-05-24 14:28:00 Israeli and Syrian leaders are discussing possible peace, but the leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, made clear his organization’s refusal to compromise on certain key points and the need to end the Gaza blockade. “If the international community and the concerned parties don’t take the initiative and break the siege, we will break it ourselves. ...
Turkish Tensions Rise Between Courts And Government
2008-05-24 14:01:00 The escalating tensions between Turkey’s courts and the government continued to escalate as both sdies refused to back down in the constitutional confrontation which may well tear the nation apart. Last week, the Supreme Court of Appeals accused the government of attempting to influence the judiciary which immediately elicited an angry response from the government. ...
Must A Man Shake A Woman?s Hand?
2008-05-23 16:57:00 The Swedish Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination is suing the Swedish Employment Agency for $27,000 in damages to a Muslim man who lost his benefits after refusing to shake a wman’s hand during an interview. In May, 2006, the man applied for a trainee position as a welder at a company in Aimhult in southern Sweden. ...
Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam
2008-05-22 20:05:00 Here we go again... A popular Japanese cartoon is sparking off outcries in the Muslim world where some fear it could fuel a backlash not seen since European papers carried cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and a Dutch lawmaker released a controversial film earlier this year.
Judges Back Danish Headscarf Ban
2008-05-22 09:27:00 Two interna;tional judges associations have declared their support for the Danish ban against female judges wearing headscarves. They believe judges wearing such attire might produce feelings of prejudice on the part of defendants. The International Association of Judges(IAJ) and the European Association of Judges(EAJ) made clear their support for the ban. Maja Tratnik, of the ... |
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