Muslims demonstrate in Paris: ‘I am not Charlie. But I am against killing’
Haaretz.com: PARIS – The flags are back at full mast, the snipers have descended from the roofs and the marchers have gone back to work. World leaders are heading home, […]
Canada’s Muslim Leader Calls For Curbs On Satirical Depiction Of Religious Leaders
Source:IBT A Canadian Imam based in Ottawa has denounced the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris that killed 12 people. At the same time, the Muslim leader said satirical cartoons lampooning religious leaders should be declared illegal. Imtiaz Ahmed, an imam with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, called for an […]
Hostile acts against mosques in France
Source: Arab News The incident was the latest in a string of hostile acts against mosques in France since three attacks by armed jihadists in and around Paris last week left 17 people dead. In other cases, buildings have been defaced with racist slogans, sprayed with gun shot, or otherwise […]
Rally in Peshawar celebrates Charlie Hebdo attackers
Source: ET PESHAWAR: While last week’s attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sparked global outrage, dozens of people in Peshawar paid tribute on Tuesday to the brothers who carried out the murders. Though small in scale, the event was indicative of the anger that portrayals of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) […]
Laughing in the face of danger: the state of Satire in the Muslim world
Source: The Guardian.com Cartoons depicting Muhammad are unthinkable in Muslim countries. But there are plenty of homegrown satirists poking fun at reactionaries, autocrats and jihadis. Our writers in Egypt, Turkey, […]
Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands, BBC reporter tells daughter of Holocaust survivor
Tim Willcox, a BBC reporter, sparked anger during his coverage of a rally yesterday in Paris when he told the daughter of a Holocaust survivor that “Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands as well,” Daily Mail reported. The BBC journalist has since faced several calls to resign after he made […]
United States free speech exceptions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Exceptions to free speech in the United States are limitations on the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech and expression as recognized by the United […]
Saudi Arabia condemns deadly Paris attack
Source: Gulfnews.com Dubai: Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, condemned Wednesday’s shooting attack on a French satirical magazine known for its send-ups of radical Islam. “The kingdom therefore strongly condemns and denounces this cowardly terrorist act that is rejected by true Islamic religion as well as the rest of the […]
A War Between Two Worlds
Geopolitical Weekly JANUARY 13, 2015 | 09:00 GMT Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman The murders of cartoonists who made fun of Islam and of Jews shopping for their Sabbath meals by Islamists in Paris last week have galvanized the world. A galvanized world is always dangerous. Galvanized people can […]
UN: Muslims ethnically cleansed in CAR
aljazeera.com: Christian militias in Central African Republic have carried out ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population during the country’s ongoing civil war, but there is no proof there was genocidal intent, a United Nations commission of inquiry has said. “Thousands of people died as a result of the conflict. Human […]
Erdogan accuses West of hypocrisy after Paris rally
http://www.reuters.com/assets/iframe/yovideo?videoId=361751448 Source: Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accuses the West of double standards, for condemning Islamist militant attacks in France, but failing to denounce anti-Muslim acts in Europe.
351. Commandment – Love each other like a kinship
351. Commandment – Love each other like a kinship [42:24] This it is whereof Allah gives the glad tidings to His servants who believe and do good works. Say: ‘I ask of you no reward for it, except that I am inviting you to God because of love of kinship.’ And whoso […]
