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Baroness Warsi says banning the Muslim veil would be like clamping down on the miniskirt in the 60s
Source: Mirror News By Chris Richards The peer, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, said stopping people from wearing the veil “is not the British way” Baroness Warsi says banning Muslim women…
Baroness Warsi: Biography from Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Right Honourable The Baroness Warsi PC Minister of State for Faith and Communities Incumbent Assumed office 4 September 2012 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by…
Why a religious war in Syria is impossible
Russia Today: International mass media paint the situation in Syria as a never-ending Sunni-Shia feud and hatred towards President Assad. But somehow they keep silent on how thousands of Sunnis…
Ireland: Government to consider removal of blasphemy law
http://www.breakingnews.ie: Removing the offence of blasphemy from Irish law will be discussed by the Convention on the Constitution this weekend. Academics and legal experts will give presentations at the two-day event,…
Ahmadi Muslim Women organize Qur’an Exhibition at Red Deer Public Library, Calgary
By Mrs Amtul Noor Daud and Mubarika Kaleem Ahmad, Canada A month long Quran Exhibition at the Red Deer Public Library in Calgary was organized by Lajna Ima’Illah Calgary NW,…
Prime Minister David Cameron Praises Young Ahmadi Muslims
Source: Oye! Times Young Muslims are planning to turn up at Heathrow Airport and London’s rail and underground stations in force – to collect money for the Poppy Appeal. Members…
Taliban leader Hakimullah Mesud killed in drone attack
LONDON — An American drone strike killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, on Friday, according to Pakistani intelligence officials and militant commanders in the tribal belt. Hakimullah…
Pakistani Taliban Leader Died in Drone Strike
Source: NY Times LONDON — An American drone strike killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, on Friday, according to Pakistani intelligence officials and militant commanders in the…
The jailed joke-cracking Muslim Brotherhood leader
Essam el-Erian, who was detained this week by the Egyptian authorities, cuts an unusual figure amongst Muslim Brotherhood leaders, reports Jeremy Bowen. I was not surprised to see Essam al-Erian…
The wedding for 2,000 grooms who can bring knives but not wives: Huge ceremony where Yemeni tradition bans brides
Only men attend the mass wedding ceremony in Yemen’s capital Sana’a – women have their own ceremony Mass weddings are held by charities to help poorer couples avoid the ruinous…
eDigest: Jinns and Demons
Jinns and Demons Source: Muslim Sunrise By Zia H Shah MD I remember waking up in bed, one strange morning, or at least my eyes and brain turned…
How well do you know your neighbours?
theguardian: by Patrick Barkham, Hugh Muir, Leo Benedictus, Paula Cocozza, Nosheen Iqbal, Stuart Heritage, Michele Hanson ans Laura Barton – More than a third of people are unable to recognise…
Another Ahmadi gunned down in Karachi’s Orangi Town area
Source: Ahmadiyya Times: An Ahmad Muslim is shot dead for his faith in Orangi Town area of Karachi, a southern port city in Sind Provence of Pakistan. According to the…
The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project is probably becoming history
Source:Rediff.Com The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project is probably becoming history (RFERL). Why it is dying a miserable death after raising such high expectations cannot be attributed to a single factor.…
Co-educational schools are bad for girls
guardian: My nephew remarked recently that in his GCSE computer science class there was just one girl among 29 boys. When I asked him why he thought that was, he…
‘In the Know’ Publishes a New Volume about Educational Resources
Vol II, Issue 13 November 1, 2013 Dear Readers: Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah.‘Knowledge is Power’ is a time honored quote. As Muslims (men and women), we are obligated to seek…
The Islamic litmus test
Source Asia Times: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) boasts 57 self-proclaimed Muslim states (that includes the Palestinian territories). If the OIC embraces them, why then does the world label…
John Kerry: Some NSA spying went too far
Source: BBC US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that in some cases, US spying has gone too far. Mr Kerry is the most senior Obama administration official to…
Pakistan takes u-turn on drone strikes
Source: Asia Times: KARACHI – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistani government have come under heavy fire for a sudden U-turn on its policy over US drone strikes in…
Ex-NSA man Edward Snowden meets German MP
Source: BBC A German Green politician says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has told him in Moscow that he is willing to speak to German investigators about the US spy agency’s…
Israeli jets ‘launch Syria strike to destroy missiles’
Source: The Telegrapgh: Israeli jets have launched an attack inside Syria to prevent missiles being transferred to the Lebanese militant group Hizbollah, according to new reports on Thursday. An explosion at a missile…
The Saudis are engaged in a great gamble
Source: The Telegraph The inhabitants of the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia are not renowned for their sense of humour. In a country where public executions by beheading are commonplace, and even…
Halloween is the feast of Satan, warns former ‘witch high priest’
Source: The Telegraph Fundamentalist Christians love Halloween. OK, maybe I should qualify that statement. They love the opportunity that Halloween gives them to remind us of the existence of Satan and his…
Russia ‘spied on G20 leaders with USB sticks’
Source: The Telegraph via Wasim Sr: Russia spied on foreign powers at last month’s G20 summit by giving delegations USB pen drives capable of downloading sensitive information from laptops, it…
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