Morocco to create sharia board to oversee Islamic finance – decree
Feb 17 (Reuters) – Morocco is to create a sharia board of Islamic scholars to oversee the country’s fledgling Islamic finance industry, according to a royal decree. It is the […]
DHS intelligence report warns of domestic right-wing terror threat
Washington (CNN)They’re carrying out sporadic terror attacks on police, have threatened attacks on government buildings and reject government authority. A new intelligence assessment, circulated by the Department of Homeland Security […]
Swiss ‘secondo cinema’ shines in Hollywood
OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM Swiss ‘secondo cinema’ shines in Hollywood By Ariane Gigon FEB 20, 2015 – 08:00 Talkhon Hamzavi was born in Tehran in 1979 and arrived in Switzerland aged seven (Keystone) Swiss-Iranian film director Talkhon Hamzavi has been nominated for an Oscar for her coming-of-age social drama about a young […]
Prophet — the teacher of mankind
BY HAYA MUHAMMAD EID Source: OnIslam.net Published — Friday 20 February 2015 The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said, “Who from my Ummah (universal nation) would learn five qualities to act upon or teach to those who would (in turn) act upon them?” Abu Hurairah said, “I, O […]
Expanded areas at Haram opened
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 20 February 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has instructed authorities to open the newly expanded areas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah for use by the growing number of Umrah pilgrims and worshippers. “King Salman has approved the […]
Fools confuse religion and criminality
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star If I read one more article or hear one more speech by a Western politician telling us that we are experiencing a war within Islam between radicals and moderates, or a battle for the future and soul of Islam, I will seek medical options […]
The region crumbles and Lebanon trembles
Michael Young| The Daily Star As prospects for the emergence of new sectarian and ethnic entities rise in the Middle East to replace illegitimate, authoritarian states, it is necessary to ask what will happen to Lebanon, the only Arab state that has sought to build its political system around a […]
U.S. Muslims Take On ISIS’ Recruiting Machine
NY Times: STERLING, Va. — Imam Mohamed Magid tries to stay in regular contact with the teenager who came to him a few months ago, at his family’s urging, to discuss how he was being wooed by online recruiters working for the Islamic State, the extremist group in Syria and […]
Three Toronto Police Officers charged with sex assault
3 Toronto police officers charged with sex assault and gang sex assault Avery Haines and Tammie Sutherland Feb 19, 2015 12:14:25 PM http://www.680news.com/2015/02/19/3-toronto-police-officers-charged-with-sex-assault-and-gang-sex-assault/ Three suspended Toronto police officers have been charged with sexual assault, following a story that CityNews broke first two weeks ago. The officers, Sameer Kara, Leslie Nyznik […]
Dissenting voices silenced in Pakistan’s war of the web
Suggested Reading: A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times Source: Guardian YouTube is banned and tweets are censored, while pornography thrives and foreign Islamist militants have their […]
Disabusing Those Who Stereotype Against All Muslims
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
ISIS Really Wants Power—Not Islam
Source: Patheos February 18, 2015 by Qasim Rashid Recently The Atlantic published a piece titled, “What ISIS Really Wants.” The lengthy piece makes numerous fallacious claims about ISIS and its relation to Islam and Islamic doctrine. Accordingly, and significantly, it misses the strategy necessary to counter and overcome ISIS terrorism. […]
Does Anyone Care That Shia Are Being Relentlessly Murdered in Pakistan?
Source: Huffington Post By Fiyaz Mughal, Director of Faith Matters and the Tell MAMA project The recent murders of Shia community members in Pakistan has not drawn out the shock and […]
Putin Now poses ‘real and present danger’ to Baltics
Source: Arab News: LONDON: British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Russian President Vladimir Putin poses a “real and present danger” to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on Thursday and said NATO is getting ready to repel any possible aggression. Fallon, whose remarks were published as Britain said it had scrambled jets […]
Muslims to protect Oslo synagogue
hopenothate.org.uk: A group of Norwegian Muslims will be forming a circle around Oslo synagogue after the celebration of Shabat this Saturday in a solidarity gesture called the Ring of Peace. […]
Poland agrees to pay reparations to Guantánamo detainees
theguardian: by Alan Yuhas — Court found Poland violated international law by allowing CIA to host a secret facility where Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri were tortured Polish foreign minister Grzegorz Schetyna said details would be worked out in the next few weeks. Poland will comply with a court […]
Where the Foreign Fighters for IS Are Coming From?
Source: NY Times: At least 20,000 fighters have travelled to Syria and Iraq over the course of the recent conflicts in the two countries, according to a recently updated report by the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence. In response, many countries have passed laws making […]
Muslims plan ‘peace ring’ around Oslo synagogue
Source: The Local A group of young Norwegian Muslims plans to create a human ring around Oslo’s synagogue following the Shabat celebration this Saturday, in a gesture they are calling a ’Peace Ring’. More:
IS harvesting organs!
Source:ET Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad al-Hakim, asked the Security Council to investigate allegations that the Islamic State (IS) is harvesting organs in order to finance its operations, Al Arabiya News reported. The ambassador stated that bodies with missing kidneys and surgical incisions had been unearthed in shallow graves over […]
Obama tells Muslims: don’t let Isis hijack your religion and identity
Guardian: Muslims in the US and around the world have a responsibility to fight the idea that terrorist groups like Islamic State speak for them, Barack Obama has declared in his most direct remarks yet about any link between Islam and violent extremism. “We are not at war with Islam,” […]