Fasting and Prayers above the Arctic Circle, in Alaska, Russia, Norway and Sweden
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The sun sets for the last time over Barrow, Alaska. On the 18th of November, 2016 at […]
UK:Extreme Islam: What Makes a Young British Woman Turn To Salafism
Source: Independent By Anabel Inge They’re heavily veiled, believe in polygamy and have to follow thousands of rules. Yet increasing numbers of young and educated British women are converting to Salafism. […]
Islam’s Celestial Women: Muslim Men Die for Them, Muslim Women Envy Them
Source: American Thinker By Raymond Ibrahim Last month, when the battle for Mosul began, Islamic State “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly promised four extra Houris (supernatural, celestial women designed for sexual purposes) – atop the other 72 promised by the prophet Muhammad – to all jihadis who die (are “martyred”) […]
India: NIA starts removing online contents of Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation
NIA starts removing online contents of Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation November 21, 2016 The National Investigation Agency on Monday began the process of removing the online contents of banned Islamic Research Foundation, including alleged hate speeches by its founder Zakir Naik, even as it continued searches at the IRF’s […]
Silence Muslims, then ask them to stand against ISIL
Source: Aljazeera by Tallha Abdulrazaq Tallha Abdulrazaq is a researcher at the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute. Last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was quoted as saying that religious leaders should “stand up and take responsibility for the actions of those who do things in the name […]
An extremist in the family
Source: BBC Rasheed Benyahia was in a hurry. Like so many young adults going places in Britain today, he needed to get a move on. If Monday 1 June 2015 […]
Islamophobia growing as anti-extremism policy fails, says MP
theguardian: by Alan Travis — Supremacists will thrive, says Liam Byrne, unless government sees that grievance rather than god inspires many to violence Labour MP Liam Byrne warns against rhetoric claiming there is a clash of civilisations and a conveyor belt linking faith to extremism. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty A vacuum […]
Trump accuses US-based Somalis of spreading extremism
Source: BBC US presidential candidate Donald Trump has attacked the Somali community in the US state of Minnesota saying “some of them [are] joining Isis and spreading their extremist views”. […]
How This Former Extremist Embraced The Real Meaning Of Jihad
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor A British man who once preached violence in the name of religion is now using his voice to spread peace. Manwar Ali, a former extremist who claims he was involved in radicalizing “thousands” of young Muslims in the 1980s and 1990s, talked about how […]
How Sweden became an exporter of jihad
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News. Gothenburg Sweden is a peaceful democratic state that has long been a safe haven for those fleeing conflict. Yet many young people whose families took refuge there are now turning their back on the country. More than 300 people have gone to fight […]
The Battle for British Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism
Source: Amazon By Sara Khan (Author), Tony McMahon (Author) Across Britain, Muslims are caught in a battle over the very nature of their faith. And extremists appear to be gaining […]
Preacher found guilty after telling woman she would burn in hell
Source: The Guardian A street preacher who told a Muslim woman she would “burn in hell” for wearing tight jeans has been found guilty of religiously aggravated threatening behaviour. Krissoni […]
U.S. Muslim reflects on 9/11 and his lonely fight against extremism
Source: McClatchyDC BY HANNAH ALLAM SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. Feeling heartsick and helpless nearly 4,000 miles away from the attacks, trauma physician Rushdi Abdul Cader spent Sept. 11, 2001, paging through his Quran in search of guidance. He feared a backlash against Muslims, though it would be a few more […]
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for five years
Source: BBC Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group. The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after […]
George Washington University hires a former al-Qaeda recruiter
Source: The Washington Post By Susan Svrluga A former Islamic extremist who supported al-Qaeda and exhorted others to follow Osama bin Laden has joined George Washington University as a research […]
Militant blamed for cafe attack among three killed by Bangladesh police
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout outside Dhaka on Saturday, shooting dead three alleged Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of an attack on a […]
Fundamentalists gain ground in Algeria as war memory fades
Source: Associated Press By AOMAR OUALI ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Mosques are going up, women are covering up, and shops selling alcoholic beverages are shutting down in a changing Algeria […]
Extremist prisoners ‘may be separated’ from other inmates
Source: BBC Violent extremist prisoners could be held in separate special units inside jails under government plans to stop other inmates being radicalised. Justice Secretary Liz Truss will reveal the […]
Twitter bans extremist accounts – Supports Ahmadiyya’s ‘True Islam’ campaign
Twitter bans extremist accounts, Supports ‘True Islam’ campaign August 21, 2016 | by Alia Manzoor | Rabwah Times This week Twitter announced that it has removed an additional 235,000 twitter accounts, “in order to maintain a safe environment for users on Twitter”. The company said that the accounts were banned […]
‘Islam for Dummies’: IS recruits have poor grasp of faith
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY, PAISLEY DODDS and LORI HINNANT PARIS (AP) — The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate […]