FrontPage Magazine (blog)Take a look at Hasan's old mosqueNew York PostWhat interpretation of Islam influ enced Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan? As often before, the trail leads to the official sect of Saudi Arabia Richmond-area Muslims say Islam no threat to militaryRichmond Times DispatchMuslims: Texas shooter's actions unjustifiablePress of Atlantic CityShooting makes military life difficult for Muslims, some sayColorado Springs GazetteSouthern California InFocus -WZTV -WTVRall 41 news articles »
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Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash - The Associated Press
7 Nov 2009 | 12:52 amTelegraph.co.ukAnother attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlashThe Associated PressOf immediate concern was security at mosques Friday, Islam's main day of communal prayer. In Washington, Chicago and elsewhere, mosques asked police for Hasan Called War on Terror an Attack on Islam, Classmate SaysBloombergIslamic community voices outrage over mass killingsThe Detroit NewsLocal Islamic community on guard after Fort Hood shootingBradenton HeraldIndianapolis Star -AFP -Daily Pressall 15,356 news articles » -
For Inland Empire Muslims, feelings of outrage, sorrow and betrayal - Contra Costa Times
6 Nov 2009 | 9:19 pmFor Inland Empire Muslims, feelings of outrage, sorrow and betrayalContra Costa TimesDoueiri teaches a class on the cultural aspects of Islam in relation to global events. He believes students today are more educated about Islam and so is and more » -
They Don't Get It - FOXNews
6 Nov 2009 | 11:10 amWashington PostThey Don't Get ItFOXNewsFor the American people, it was an introduction to militant Islam. For President Jimmy Carter, intent on “engaging” the radical regime that replaced Shah HBO takes on 'Ayatollah'Varietyall 222 news articles » -
Allah, not George W. Bush, is responsible for the Fort Hood tragedy - Examiner.com
6 Nov 2009 | 11:05 amExaminer.comAllah, not George W. Bush, is responsible for the Fort Hood tragedyExaminer.comThe much-maligned 43rd president of the United States for the most part, rightly understood that America is at war with radical Islam. and more »
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Muslim servicemembers are not the enemy; radical Islam is
6 Nov 2009 | 11:06 pmThe Army's III Corps headquarters at Fort Hood, Texas. © 2009 Commentary During boot camp on Parris Island , South Carolina, almost everything I learned about being a Marine was thanks to a Muslim servicemember. -
Muslims Brace For Backlash
6 Nov 2009 | 6:44 pmIt's a grim reality that whenever someone who's a member of an ethnic group does something horrendous, the decent, law abiding members of that same group must prepare for the fallout. And so it is in the wake of the Ft. Hood shootings... Muslims all across the country are being advised to be very careful. The local head of the Council on American Islamic Relations watched in horror as the grim realities of the Ft. Hood shootings was revealed. Karen Dabdoub, C.A.I.R. Executive Director: "The first thing that goes through all of our minds is please God don't let it be a muslim." But the… -
Our View: Army missed warning signs
6 Nov 2009 | 6:38 pmIN the matter of the murderous major at Fort Hood, everything at this point is speculation. But that doesn't, and shouldn't, stop us from speculating about the terrible affair and what we can learn from it if what is being reported turns out to be true. ... -
US military denies letting in extremists
6 Nov 2009 | 1:36 pmPentagon insists need for religious tolerance and diversity far outweighs concerns about Islamists joining the ranks ... -
Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam
6 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pmA classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam" ...
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Difference Between Fidyah and Hadi in Hajj
5 Nov 2009 | 3:52 pmThere is a difference between fidyah and hadi in Hajj. Fidyah is a kind of expiation made in case there is a violation of the restrictions of ihram. The.... -
The Merciful Strength
5 Nov 2009 | 3:48 pmHajj needs traveling to the sacred places, and travel in fact is a part of torment. In Hajj one departs homeland and children and spends much money. Doing.... -
The Gulen Movement and the Dialogue of Civilizations (Interview)
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1430: Hajj Without Harm (New)
5 Nov 2009 | 3:31 pmIn the context of legislating the acts of worship, the relevant Qur'anic verses focus on the Shar`i (i.e., juristic) objectives behind such acts of worship. This is because Almighty Allah knows that forgetfulness and negligence are instinctive elements of the nature of humans. Thus.... -
Al-Qaradawi's Fiqh of Jihad – Part 3
3 Nov 2009 | 5:27 pmIn the first two parts of this series, we talked about this important book (Fiqh of Jihad) authored by the leading scholar Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. In Part ....
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Hajj Countdown - 3 Weeks
2 Nov 2009 | 6:08 amThe annual pilgrimage (Hajj) is one of the five "pillars" of the Islamic faith. All those who are physically and financially able are required to make this journey to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. The 2009 pilgrimage season approaches amidst some confusion about swine flu vaccination requirements, travel bans, and other concerns. Nevertheless, nearly 3 million pilgrims are expected to arrive in Mecca during the coming weeks. More: The Hajj in Pictures - Day by Day 2009 Hajj Dates Hajj Countdown - 3 Weeks originally appeared on About.com Islam on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at… -
Mahr - Marriage Gift, Not Price
26 Oct 2009 | 3:54 amA friend of mine was in a discussion recently about Islamic marriage customs. One well-meaning but ignorant question was asked: "How much did your husband pay for you?" She set the record straight: a bride is not someone who can be bought and sold. The required mahr is a gift that the husband gives to his new bride, not to her family, in order for her to have financial independence and stability in the marriage. Read More: Islamic Marriage Contract Islamic WeddingsMahr - Marriage Gift, Not Price originally appeared on About.com Islam on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at… -
Should Muslims Celebrate Halloween?
15 Oct 2009 | 6:32 amThe colorful costumes and candy are in the shops, enticing children into the Halloween excitement. Do Muslims celebrate Halloween? How is Halloween perceived in Islam? To make an informed decision, we need to understand the history and traditions of this festival. Photo by Rick Gershon / Getty Images: A Halloween parade in New York City features images of death and the supernatural.Should Muslims Celebrate Halloween? originally appeared on About.com Islam on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 13:32:55.Permalink | Comment | Email this -
Report: 1/4 of Human Beings Are Muslim
7 Oct 2009 | 9:19 pmA new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life reveals that one in four human beings is a Muslim. The report, "Mapping the Global Muslim Population," finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims among the current world's population of 6.8 billion. As a CNN report on the survey summarizes, Indonesia and Pakistan remain the most populous Muslim countries. Surprisingly, researchers found that non-Muslim countries such as Russia, China, and India round out a list of countries with the largest Muslim populations. Only 1/5 of Muslims live in the Middle East and North Africa. More:… -
Tunisia Bans Hajj This Year
6 Oct 2009 | 4:54 pmThe Sydney Morning Herald and other news organizations report that Tunisia has become the first country to ban its citizens from attending the 2009 Hajj. Tunisian authorities announced that the ban is intended to "preserve human life," since an H1N1/swine flu vaccine will not be available in that country in time to vaccinate pilgrims. Ten thousand pilgrims from Tunisia usually travel for Hajj each year. In the meantime, schools in Saudi Arabia will begin opening for the 2009-10 school year in the coming two weeks. Officials had delayed the start of school in order to give time for…
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Views on the News - 5 Nov 2009
5 Nov 2009 | 11:56 pmGold and oil prices up as dollar plummets Gold prices rallied to another new high Wednesday on the back of a weaker dollar. Gold for December delivery rose to as high as $1,098.50 an ounce, before settling up $2.40 at $1,087.30 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, adding to big gains the day before. News that India's central bank bought nearly $7 billion worth of gold from the International Monetary Fund triggered a frenzy of buying on Tuesday. -
Q&A: America's Missile Defense Programme
5 Nov 2009 | 11:37 amThe Secretary-General of NATO, Rasmussen, said on 23/10/2009, that NATO welcomes the plans for missile defense in accordance with Obama's plan, as the Czech Republic confirmed that she is ready to be part of this defense system, only two days after Poland's accepted it. How is that?! Did not President Obama announce his plans to abandon installation of interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar site in the Czech Republic on 17/9/2009? Or was Obama's declaration to abandon not real, rather to trick Russia to lower her guard temporarily? If this is so, has America under Obama come to account… -
DAILY HADITH
4 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm"The people of Jannah are three; a ruler who is just, gives alms and brings reconciliation, a man who is soft hearted and compassionate to his relatives and all Muslims, and a man who is chaste and virtuous having lot of children but with little means." -
Global Economic Crisis - The Mirage of Economic Recovery
4 Nov 2009 | 11:34 amOn the 60th anniversary of the Great depression the US Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis released advance estimates that the US economy (GDP) had grown after four consecutive quarters of decline. If correct the US economy has posted economic growth for the first time in a year. America joins Japan, China, Germany and France as the world's leading economies that appear to have emerged from recession and averted economic collapse. Some are arguing that this signals the end of the ‘great recession' and a return to economic growth. -
Views on the News - 29 Oct 2009
3 Nov 2009 | 11:25 amBBC promotes hatred of Islam and draws record viewers British National Party leader Nick Griffin has used his Question Time on the BBC appearance to criticise Islam .He also told the audience that Winston Churchill would be a BNP supporter if he were alive, and insisted: "I am not a Nazi". He was asked by a member of the audience about why he had described Islam as a "wicked and vicious faith". Mr Griffin said the religion had its "good points... it wouldn't have let the banks run riot" but it did not fit in with "the fundamental values of British society, free speech, democracy and equal…
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Saudiwoman blogs about the issue of runa…
6 Nov 2009 | 9:07 pmSaudiwoman blogs about the issue of runaway girls and women in Saudi Arabia, but she starts with this description of life in ultra-conservative Saudi families. Ultra-conservative Saudi families, and they are a majority, have a general dynamic that few Saudis could deny. Like old-fashioned western family ideologies, the father is the breadwinner, the mother takes care of the home-front, the sons are served and tolerated and the daughters are the bit of fluff that flutters around the house. But unlike most other cultures, daughters also have to contend with constant supervision of their every… -
‘Black ribbon campaign: Saudi women lau…
6 Nov 2009 | 8:23 pm‘Black ribbon’ campaign: Saudi women launch domestic and international campaign to end the kingdom’s male guardianship laws. A group of Saudi women have launched an international campaign against the kingdom’s male guardianship law, on the anniversary of a prominent protest, in which dozens of Saudi women publicly drove their cars through the country’s capital. The campaign calls on supporters all over the world to tie a black ribbon around their wrist signifying a call for Saudi women to be given equal rights to men and an end to the male guardianship system, in… -
Media Matters has put together a concent…
6 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pmMedia Matters has put together a concentrated mass of garbage in the form of a roundup article of right-wing media efforts to demonize Muslims over the last 24 hours. It appears that ‘political correctness’, ie, the effort on the part of well-intentioned Americans to be fair and just and not ascribe collective guilt, is as much a target as Muslims. a -
Fox pundits muse about ‘special screenin…
6 Nov 2009 | 5:14 pmFox pundits muse about ‘special screenings’ and ‘special debriefings’ for Muslims in the military. On Fox and Friends, host Geraldo Rivera, after offering an homage to Muslims who have served honorably in the military, suggested that “special debriefings” and “special screenings” of Muslim soldiers should be considered. “If I’m going to be sticking in an outpost, I got to know the guy next to me is not going to want to kill me,” said Brian Kilmeade. Gretchen Carlson pondered whether the military had been “exercising political correctness in not approaching” Hasan… -
Who asked what role religion played?
6 Nov 2009 | 4:59 pmSerial Killer - Christian Did anyone ask what role religion played in this man’s murder spree? Dennis Rader bound, tortured and killed his victims while pleasuring himself sexually. He worked closely with police forces, wore a badge, cited citizens for compliance issues with pets, etc., he was a scout master with the boy scouts and was president of his Church congregation where he attended weekly. He was actually captured on evidence found on his church’s computer. Did anyone ask how his Christian beliefs played into his crimes? None that I can remember. Muslims owe the same…
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CAIR condemns Fort Hood violence
6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 amThe Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has publicly condemned the acts of Major Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood in Texas. Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers at the Texas base, killing 13 and wounding 30, including himself. CAIR stated Thursday November 5 that they “condemn this cowardly attack in the strongest terms possible and ask that the perpetrators be punished to the full extent of the law.” Muslim leaders who also condemn the attack were invited to speak at a news conference held at CAIR headquarters in Washington DC Thursday night. -
Ex-Guantanamo detainees resettled in Palau, face issues
2 Nov 2009 | 12:00 amSix Uighurs formerly detained in America’s Guantanamo Bay have been resettled to the small Pacific nation of Palau upon the request of the US. “They are happy to enjoy the beautiful environment of Palau,” Mampimin Ala, an Australian flown to Palau to act as a translator for the freed Uighurs, told Agence France Presse (AFP). However, they arrive just as 200-300 Bangladeshi Muslims’ work visas expire, forcing them to face possible deportation. Any further immigration from the country was banned just last month. Palau’s Muslim community of about 500 consists mostly of… -
Staten Island Muslim woman kills husband, raises questions on possible violence increase amongst US Muslims
1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 amIn what may be the first recorded instance of a Muslim wife attempting to murder her husband for not being pious enough, a Staten Island woman was charged this week with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Rabia Sarwar, a 37-year-old Muslim, said she did it because her husband, a 41-year-old Pakistani native, enjoyed booze and pork and wanted her to dress in revealing clothes. (She held fabric over her face and threw a shawl over her head before leaving court on Thursday.) “He made me do so many things that are against Islam,” she said in a police statement. -
London Islamists’ “March for Shari’a” cancelled due to security fears
31 Oct 2009 | 1:00 amDemonstrators calling for shari’a law to be imposed in Britain cancelled a march on October 31 in central London amid security fears. Anjem Choudary, leader of the radical Islamic sect Al Muhajiroun, said organizers Islam4UK had been forced to cancel the planned “March for Shari’a” from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square because of security concerns. The Islamic Society of Britain, which was planning to join other organizations in staging a “dignified, non-violent” counter-demonstration, hailed the cancellation as a “great success”. A… -
Two Canadians arrested tied to controversial U.S. mosque
31 Oct 2009 | 1:00 amTwo Canadian men wanted by the FBI in connection to a radical mosque in Detroit were arrested by authorities. Yassir Ali Khan, 30, and Mohammad Philistine, 33 - also known as Mohammad Al-Sahli and Mohammad Palestine were wanted following the death of the leader of a fundamentalist Islamic group, who was killed in a shootout with FBI agents after a raid on a warehouse in Dearborn, Mich. The pair were picked up without incident by Windsor police and RCMP’s Immigration Task Force. The Windsor police tactical squad surrounded a house in the southern Ontario city earlier this week to arrest…
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BAGnewsNotes: Our Soldiers of Islam
6 Nov 2009 | 10:24 pmIt's not often I say this, but this photo by Dallas Morning News photographer Sonya N. Hebert offers a powerful, important and very timely contribution following Maj. Nidal Hasan's Ft. Hood killing spree. -
American Power: Spencer Ackerman: 'Protecting Islam From the ...
6 Nov 2009 | 6:05 pmYou are doing everything to protect Islam from the shootings at Fort Hood. The reason so many centrist/independents like myself are starting to lean towards Fox News, etc. ... is because you guys refuse to be fair. ... -
Media Nation » Terrorism, Islam and Fort Hood
6 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pmTerrorism, Islam and Fort Hood. November 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm. Jay Fitzgerald has a great post on the Muslim-terrorism meme that's being flogged by some on the right following the Fort Hood tragedy. He writes: ... -
HUH? Britain has given “hardcore” radical Islamist a key Home ...
6 Nov 2009 | 2:52 pmIt is seen as a sign of a shift in the government's policy on radical Islam away from engagement with more moderate groups. There is a sharp divide of opinion within government about whether ministers should engage with Muslims at risk ... -
Saberpoint: Islam is the Source of Terrorism, Abroad and at Home ...
6 Nov 2009 | 10:51 amMark Steyn has a must read article today, about the Fort Hood massacre, the fatal attributes of Islam and our inability to deal with unpleasant truths. His article title: Multicultural Illusions Kill - No Strategy to Defend Against ...
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Antwerp: Parents arrested for lesbian daughter's death
5 Nov 2009 | 10:08 amAntwerp: Parents arrested for lesbian daughter's deathThe parents of Lyala A., the lesbian Muslim teenager who died last month after a bizarre ritual in which she was seriously burned, were arrested by the investigating magistrate last week. They were suspected of being accessories to deliberately beating and causing their daughter injuries. Their arrest was confirmed by the court on Tuesday and the parents have meanwhile appealed against the decision.According to their lawyer, Johan Platteau, the parents had taken a faith healer, since they believed the girl had been possessed by evil… -
UK: Calls to recognize contribution of Muslim soldiers in WWI, WWII
5 Nov 2009 | 8:09 amUK: Calls to recognize contribution of Muslim soldiers in WWI, WWIIBunglawala asks how the Punjabi Muslim soldiers who fought for Britain and the Commonwealth against Turkey in 1917 would have reacted following the Balfour Declaration. Had they known the Britain and France would renege on their promise to give the Arabs of Iraq and Syria independence.I think the answer is very simple: They didn't. Maybe somebody could clarify this for me, but did the Indian Muslims of 1917 really care that they were fighting Turks? Or that Arabs in the Middle East didn't have independence? What about the… -
Odense: Threats against Muslim candidate for city council
5 Nov 2009 | 6:19 amOdense: Threats against Muslim candidate for city council"Death to Roya. You are a thief, filthy and dishonest woman and your husband is a traitor" said an email sent to Roya Moore, a candidate for the Odense city council. The mail was written in Farsi, Moore's original language. Roya Moore came to Denmark from Iran in 1985 and studied to be a nurse. Today she works as a job consultant for the Etnisk Jobteam in Odense, and earlier this year received the Integration Minister's integration award. She's appalled by the direct death threast and that such threats… -
Amsterdam: Jewish students face increasing threats
5 Nov 2009 | 4:12 amAmsterdam: Jewish students face increasing threatsTranslated from Het Parool, Saturday, October 31, 2009 (h/t NRP):Students, parents and teachers of Cheider, the only orthodox-Jewish school in the Netherlands, increasingly have to deal with violence. That makes their already small world even smaller. The school as a threatened fortress. "Mendel, Nethanel? You're coming?" Young boys hurry across the schoolyard of the orthodox Jewish Cheider school towards a parked Volkswagen bus. Father, long beard, severe look, has no time to talk. "Who did you say that you… -
Wales: Muslim men plan to sue airport
4 Nov 2009 | 8:23 amWales: Muslim men plan to sue airport A PARTY of Muslim men who claim they were singled out and treated like terrorists by airport police vowed last night to push for an independent investigation. The seven-strong group say they plan to approach the Independent Police Complaints Commission over the incident at Cardiff Airport.The men, who are from Pakistani families but were born and brought up in Cardiff, said they were questioned and had their details and passports checked by police officers. Two of the group also said they were singled out for hour-long interrogations, during which they…
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Fort Hood shootings - I hope it's not a Muslim.
7 Nov 2009 | 2:40 amCNN A CNN special investigation looks into the causes and effects of the Fort Hood shootings, Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN TV. Thirteen flag-draped coffins left Fort Hood on Friday as authorities searched for a motive in the massacre that left more than 50 casualties at the largest U.S. military base. Thursday’s mass shooting killed 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounded 38 people at the Fort Hood Army Post in Texas. The suspect in the shooting, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a licensed Army psychiatrist, was among the two dozen who remained hospitalized Friday night. Hasan was transported… -
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7 Nov 2009 | 2:38 am1) இறையச்சத்தைக் கொண்டு உபதேசித்தல்: ஒரு முஸ்லிம் உம்ராவுக்கோ ஹஜ்ஜிற்கோ பயணம் மேற்கொள்ளும்போது தமது குடும்பத்தினரிடமும் நண்பர்களிடமும் தக்வாவைப் பற்றி வஸிய்யத் செய்ய வேண்டும். தக்வா என்றால் நன்மைகளை ஏவி தீமைகளைத்… -
'ஹஜ்' கேள்வி - பதில்
7 Nov 2009 | 2:36 amகேள்வி – பிறருக்காக ஹஜ் செய்யலாமா… உஸ்மான் – யாஹூமெயிலில், ஹஜ், உம்ரா செய்வது குறித்து பல குர்ஆன் வசனங்களும் ஏராளமான நபிமொழிகளும் உள்ளன. . (அல்குர்ஆன் 3:97) இந்த வசனத்தில் யார் சக்தி பெறுகிறாரோ அவர் மீது கடமை என்கிறான்… -
நபிவழியில் நம் ஹஜ்
7 Nov 2009 | 2:33 amஉடையை அணிந்த பின் “லப்பைக்க உம்ரத்தன்” என்று உரிய எல்லையிலிருந்து (மீக்காத்திலிருந்து) நிய்யத்து வைத்துக் கொண்டு மக்காவிற்குப் புறப்பட வேண்டும். (இலங்கை, இந்தியாவிலிருந்து வருபவர்களின் எல்லை யலம்லம்) 1- முடியுமாக… -
ஹஜ்-உம்ரா பெண்களுக்கான சட்டங்கள்
7 Nov 2009 | 2:29 am(1) மஹ்ரம்: ஹஜ் கடமை நிறைவேறுவதற்கு ஆண்களுக்கும், பெண்களுக்குமான பொதுவான சில ஷர்த்துக்கள்-நிபந்தனைகள் காணப்படுகின்றன. முஸ்லிமாயிருத்தல், புத்தி சுவாதீனம், அடிமையற்ற நிலை, பருவ வயது, பொருளாதார சக்தி என்பனவே அவை. இப்னு…
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Pakistani Police Work On Despite Taliban Threat
6 Nov 2009 | 3:26 pmCNN ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Assistant Sub Inspector Anwar Ali starts his day with a prayer. He needs all the help he can get. Anwar is a police officer — part of Pakistan’s increasingly vulnerable “thin blue line.” Pakistan’s men in blue are a police force under siege. When he sets out for work on a small motorcycle, [...] -
Duke University News Tip: Muslim-American Values Not Reflected in Fort Hood Shooting
6 Nov 2009 | 10:10 am——————————————- DUKE UNIVERSITY NEWS Duke University Office of News & Communications http://www.dukenews.duke.edu ——————————————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 CONTACT: Camille Jackson (919) 681-8052 camille.jackson@duke.edu NEWS TIP: MUSLIM-AMERICAN VALUES NOT REFLECTED IN FORT HOOD SHOOTING, DUKE EXPERT SAYS Note to editors: Jen’nan Read can be reached for additional comment until 7 p.m. Friday at (949)… -
Alleged Shooter’s Name Prompts Response from American Muslims
5 Nov 2009 | 8:10 pmTom Cohen, cnn.com Washington (CNN) — Ibrahim Hooper knows the drill. When news first broke Thursday that a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, killed and injured U.S. soldiers, the national communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations wrote a statement of condemnation. He only sent it out later, when reports emerged that the alleged shooter’s name was [...] -
U.S. House’s Bias Shows in Vote Against Goldstone Report
4 Nov 2009 | 9:42 amAl Jazeera US House rejects Goldstone report The US House of Representatives has rejected as “irredeemably biased” the findings of a UN-sponsored report which says Israel committed war crimes during its military assault on the Gaza Strip. The house on Tuesday voted 344 to 36 in favour of a non-binding resolution calling on Barack Obama, the [...] -
Indian Muslims Denounce Terrorism
4 Nov 2009 | 9:34 amAl Jazeera Some of the most influential Muslim scholars in India have passed a resolution condemning all forms of violence in the name of Islam. The Deoband is an influential Islamic school inspiring tens of thousands of religious study centres across the world, which some say has even inspired the Taliban’s ideology in Afghanistan. Prerna Suri reports on [...]
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England could have kept this one.
5 Nov 2009 | 4:57 pmToday is November 5th, Guy Fawkes Night. It marks the day when a plot to attack Parliament and overthrow the British government was foiled. Four centuries later, the night is known less for high treason and more for high spirits. Perhaps in four hundred years, we Americans will feel a little less shocked and betrayed than we do tonight. Nidal Malik Hassan may have had motivations that extended beyond his own life and troubles; the coming days may reveal that the impetus for this attack was personal. Whether he sought a fantastical paradise or simply the end of his own troubles cannot be known… -
I commend Pakistan's efforts to fight terrorism, but the Waziri Pushtun peoples are fierce fighters
2 Nov 2009 | 7:39 pmAfghanistan as we know it was created in the 18th century for reasons of military defense. Throughout Afghan history, there was never really any cohesive agent to bind the various ethno-religious groups which comprise the country. Though many Afghans abhor the Taliban, to some in my community, the resilience of the Taliban and their ability to strike Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad in the heart of the Pakistani Punjab, is short of amazing. Afghanistan's dominant ethnic group is the Pushtun, not Pathan (like Desis insist on calling us), but Pushtuns who are divided based on a arbitrary… -
Turkey sticks up for Iran
25 Oct 2009 | 11:00 pmThe Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has exposed divisions in Nato by accusing the west of treating Iran unfairly over its nuclear programme and describing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, its vehemently anti-western president, as a friend. In a Guardian interview, Erdogan down-played western fears that Iran wants to build an atomic bomb as "gossip" and said a military strike against Iranian nuclear installations would be "crazy". He also strongly implied that those countries which were pressuring Iran to clarify its goals were guilty of hypocrisy because they all had nuclear weapons… -
Srebrenica: the search for a terrible truth goes on
12 Oct 2009 | 11:32 pmFormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to go on trial for war crimes next week. But the truth about the infamous 1995 Srebrenica massacre is still being sought by victims' families, who say the world has forgotten this terrible crime.. Hasan Nuhanovic has the eyes of a man who has seen too much. His day job is helping to pursue international sex traffickers. In the evenings and at weekends, he hunts for the remains of his murdered family. "There is no closure – closure only comes when we die," he says. "But I need to bury them." Hasan's father Ibro, mother Nasiha and 18-year-old… -
Guantanamo guard Terry Holdbrooks on converting to Islam
6 Oct 2009 | 11:16 pmSix months into his stint as a guard at Guantánamo, Terry Holdbrooks converted to Islam. What made him do it, asks Sarfraz Manzoor Terry Holdbrooks arrived at Guantánamo detention camp in the summer of 2003 as a godless 19-year-old with a love of drinking, hard rock music and tattoos. By the time he left Cuba the following year, he had alienated his army colleagues, won the respect of the detainees and, most astonishingly, converted to Islam in a midnight ceremony in the presence of one of the detainees, who had become his mentor. When I meet Holdbrooks, now 26 and named Mustafa Abdullah,…
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Religion Islam: Basic of Islamic Ideology
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War On Terrorism In Pakistan
27 Oct 2009 | 5:48 amReports of insurgents using sophisticated weapons including Russian made 14.7 anti-aircraft guns, against helicopters and fixed wing aircraft of the Pakistan air force have surfaced. Apparently it has been fitted on strategic heights in the area to target military aircraft. This anti-aircraft gun along with the 12.7 Russian model has long been in use by the Indian army.Pakistan has previously raised its concerns pertaining to Indian involvement in Waziristan entailing alleged financial and arms support to the TTP. Besides, Pakistan had been relaying its concerns to US involving Indian… -
Saviors Of Pakistan
3 Oct 2009 | 4:35 amThe dawn of 14 August 1947 has brought the sigh of relief to all those who have dreamed and scarificed for a piece of land called Pakistan. We as third generation has read this only in our social studies book that who all were the saviors to make this miracle happened and has accomplished the Mission Impossible. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Mohammed Iqbal and Mohammed Ali Jinnah (Quiad e Azam) were three staunch & persistent individuals took the responsibility to invoke life in the half dead muslim nationals of sub continent. Their mission was'nt only to get a seperate piece of land for… -
Blind Followers
26 Sep 2009 | 4:39 amSelf preservation is a powerful force in humans, this exist on both personal & national level; in fact its a constant fear of facing a defeat, even on a intellectual level. In an attempt to avoid intellectual defeat, proof and evidence is created either consciously or subconsciously for beliefs that are held in them. Failure even in minor situations cause a feeling of being overwhelmed which is leading to an inferiority complex and a fear. This is why when people are confronted with something disproving their beliefs, their automatic reaction is to reject those new ideas and principles. -
Eid In Islam: Religion Islam
19 Sep 2009 | 4:20 amIslam is the name of the life of preservation of the self within the boundary walls of the Quran. For this purpose it is necessary that the mankind must know as to what are the boundary walls of the Quran and along with it they must also get themselves up for self-control. The month of Ramadan is the specific instrument for inculcating and substantiating each of these two matters. Today we can relate this as a Training Camp or a Refresher Course. The fasting makes the men to build up such a character which make them capable of reaching higher goals given by Allah Almighty. And when this month… -
Oh Muslims - Religion Islam
12 Sep 2009 | 1:16 amIf one looks at the general picture of the Muslim world today it is hard to find something positive on the horizon. There is political chaos and regional turmoil all over the Muslim world. Muslims seem to have lost control of their affairs. They feel frustrated and helpless. Many Muslim governments are persecuting their people in the name of Islam. Can Muslims hope for a better future under these circumstances? Allah Almighty has blessed Muslims with plenty of natural resources. Yet, they are dependent for most of their basic needs not to speak of their dependence in the field of science and…
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Quran: Book of Islam
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War On Terrorism In Pakistan
27 Oct 2009 | 5:56 amReports of insurgents using sophisticated weapons including Russian made 14.7 anti-aircraft guns, against helicopters and fixed wing aircraft of the Pakistan air force have surfaced. Apparently it has been fitted on strategic heights in the area to target military aircraft. This anti-aircraft gun along with the 12.7 Russian model has long been in use by the Indian army.Pakistan has previously raised its concerns pertaining to Indian involvement in Waziristan entailing alleged financial and arms support to the TTP. Besides, Pakistan had been relaying its concerns to US involving Indian… -
Saviors Of Pakistan
3 Oct 2009 | 4:29 amThe dawn of 14 August 1947 has brought the sigh of relief to all those who have dreamed and scarificed for a piece of land called Pakistan. We as third generation has read this only in our social studies book that who all were the saviors to make this miracle happened and has accomplished the Mission Impossible. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Mohammed Iqbal and Mohammed Ali Jinnah (Quiad e Azam) were three staunch & persistent individuals took the responsibility to invoke life in the half dead muslim nationals of sub continent. Their mission was'nt only to get a seperate piece of land for… -
Blind Followers
26 Sep 2009 | 4:37 amSelf preservation is a powerful force in humans, this exist on both personal & national level; in fact its a constant fear of facing a defeat, even on a intellectual level. In an attempt to avoid intellectual defeat, proof and evidence is created either consciously or subconsciously for beliefs that are held in them. Failure even in minor situations cause a feeling of being overwhelmed which is leading to an inferiority complex and a fear. This is why when people are confronted with something disproving their beliefs, their automatic reaction is to reject those new ideas and principles. -
Eid In Islam: Quran
19 Sep 2009 | 4:19 amIslam is the name of the life of preservation of the self within the boundary walls of the Quran. For this purpose it is necessary that the mankind must know as to what are the boundary walls of the Quran and along with it they must also get themselves up for self-control. The month of Ramadan is the specific instrument for inculcating and substantiating each of these two matters. Today we can relate this as a Training Camp or a Refresher Course. The fasting makes the men to build up such a character which make them capable of reaching higher goals given by Allah Almighty. And when this month… -
Oh Muslims - Quran
12 Sep 2009 | 1:09 amIf one looks at the general picture of the Muslim world today it is hard to find something positive on the horizon. There is political chaos and regional turmoil all over the Muslim world. Muslims seem to have lost control of their affairs. They feel frustrated and helpless. Many Muslim governments are persecuting their people in the name of Islam. Can Muslims hope for a better future under these circumstances? Allah Almighty has blessed Muslims with plenty of natural resources. Yet, they are dependent for most of their basic needs not to speak of their dependence in the field of science and…
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Religion News Blog
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Prosecutor not malicious in Satanic sex abuse case, Canada’s Supreme Court says
6 Nov 2009 | 11:33 amThe Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a Crown prosecutor was not acting maliciously when he prosecuted 12 members of a Saskatchewan family in the early 1990s after three foster children accused them of sexual abuse and bizarre satanic ritual abuse.In 1993, criminal charges against all but one member of the Klassen family were stayed and the children later admitted they had made up the story. -
Supreme Court upholds cult AUM Shinrikyo members’ death sentences
6 Nov 2009 | 6:03 amTwo former members of the cult AUM Shinrikyo, Toru Toyoda (41) and Kenichi Hirose (45), had their death sentences upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday for their involvement in the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 people and hospitalized thousands. -
Jury takes 14 minutes to convict self-proclaimed pot pastor
6 Nov 2009 | 3:09 amSteven Swallick says he runs a ministry about marijuana. He says he mixed the marijuana with other ingredients to create anointing oil, a recipe he says he got out of the Bible. But the jury didn't have to address the religious issue, just whether he grew it, possessed it and stole electricity to do it. -
Fort Hood shooting: imam says Nalid Malik Husan ‘didn’t seem like an extremist’
6 Nov 2009 | 2:49 amAn American imam who once led the mosque attended by Nalid Malik Hasan, the man suspected of shooting 13 people dead at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, has said the army major did not seem to be an extremist. But a former aremy colleague quoted Hasan as saying Muslims should "rise up" and attack Americans in retaliation for the US war in Iraq. -
Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Sexual Assault
6 Nov 2009 | 1:22 amRaymond M. Jessop, one of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his nine wives. The state used birth records, a marriage certificate and FLDS church records to show Jessop, already married, took the girl as a spiritual wife in 2004 when she was 16. [video]
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Islamic Q & A
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Athiests are illogical
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Qur'anic verses appear on 9 month old baby's body - Miracle baby from Dagestan
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Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
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Where did Christmas come from?
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Miracle of the Quran
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Islam from Inside
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Remembrance (dhikr) and the path of mercy
When remembrance (dhikr) of Allah is connected with the aspect of His mercy, that quality of mercy begins to manifest within one's own character - it gains a real, living presence and the heart expands with it's growth.... -
This Israel
....Today Israel capitalizes on a name and a difficult history, but this Israel of our era has not within it the character of a promised land.... -
(Sura 12: verse 99 - 101) - The Fulfillment of Yusuf's dream - the sun, the moon, and eleven stars
Although in a narrative sense the sura of Joseph (Yusuf) is one of the most accessible and straightforward chapters of the Qur'an, describing in chronological order the story of Joseph's betrayal by his brothers, his rise to prominence in Egypt, and his reunion with his family, it is simultaneously a narrative whose surface conceals immense depths of meaning.... -
Dreams in Sura Yusuf
Since the language of dreams is a cloaked, symbolic language - a language of ideas, concepts, and truths embodied into various forms, into bodies and events that symbolize the true meaning - because of this it remains opaque to most. They do not know how to interpret so they shake their heads and say "confused dreams".... -
Words on a page
The Qur�an is not words on a page - the Qur�an is not the Qur�an until its verses take shape in the mind, connect and confirm one another, and its unfolding contents settle into the heart - only then does it begin to speak its magic within us. It speaks its content not with words and sounds but with a transformative alchemy....
