Court sentences Ahmadi worship place attackers to death, life imprisonment
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IRAQ : Interview with German ‘Islamic State’ fighter surfaces
Journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer’s interview with the German “Islamic State” fighter Christian Emde was released on Wednesday and aired on private TV network RTL. Filmed in Mosul with masked men carrying guns in the background, Todenhöfer also published the interview on his Facebook page. In an accompanying comment., the journalist said […]
The Kurds Are Quietly Annexing Kirkuk And the city’s oil riches
by VAGER SAADULLAH When Islamic State swept into Mosul in June 2014, Iraq’s army crumbled and fled. Baghdad’s troops also abandoned surrounding territories, including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. But before Islamic State could move in, Kurdish Peshmerga forces swiftly secured Kirkuk. The ethnically diverse city is home to Kurds, […]
The Islamic World Is at War With Itself, Not the West
Samuel Huntington miscalculated. Despite the immediate horror of the Charlie Hebdo affair, the coming century will be defined not by a clash of civilizationsbetween the so-called Islamic World and its neighbors but by a fissure–whereby fault lines within the Greater Middle East break and bleed as its peoples seek answers […]
On board with the US air crews fighting Islamic State
How is progress measured on board the US aircraft carrier which is playing a key role in the fight against Islamic State? The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, plying the waters of the Gulf, represents a big slice of the coalition effort being used to pound the self-proclaimed Islamic State […]
Opinions: Fareed Zakaria: U.S. intervention is not the answer
By Fareed Zakaria Opinion writer January 15 The Paris attacks were barbaric but also startling, leading many to ask what can be done to prevent this kind of terrorism. One man has a clear answer. “That attack you saw in Paris? You’ll see an attack in the United States,” Sen. […]
Prying into Pegida: Where Did Germany’s Islamophobes Come From? By Maximilian Popp and Andreas Wassermann
Source: Spiegel.de Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Dresden on Monday evening for the latest march of Pegida, a group opposed to the “Islamization” of Europe. Organizers have billed it as a mourning march for Charlie Hebdo. But where does the group come […]
Bilal ibn Rabah: The symbol of human equality
The epitaph inscribed on the tomb of Bilal Ibn Rabah, Damascus, Syria. ABU TARIQ HIJAZI Published — Friday 16 January 2015 Last update 15 January 2015 9:14 pm | | […]
Allah Almighty’s infinite power and greatness
HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 16 January 2015 Allah created the order of the universe in superb detail to allow man to grasp His greatness. A verse referring to this order reads,”…so that you might know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses all things […]
Paris attack highlights Europe’s struggle with Islamism
Source: bbc.co.uk By Caroline Wyatt, Religious affairs correspondent, BBC News In the heart of Europe in 2015, the killing of cartoonists and journalists for allegedly insulting God still comes as a […]
Paris attacks: No, Mr Murdoch. I am not responsible Christians were not expected to say sorry for the Oklahoma City bombing, yet Muslims are being asked to apologise
This week, I’m told I haven’t apologised enough. Not nearly enough – being a British Muslim, and confining my expressions of disbelief, alarm and anger, to only my circle of friends, colleagues and family – when in Paris, 17 are dead, Europe is in mourning, and the freedoms enshrined in […]
Charlie Hebdo attack: African newspapers apologise over cover
Source: bbc.co.uk Two African newspapers have apologised for publishing Charlie Hebdo’s cover depicting the Prophet Muhammad, after an outcry from Muslim readers. Kenya’s The Star and South Africa’s The Citizen said they regretted any offence caused to Muslims. Kenya’s media regulator has summoned The Star’s owner after accusing it of […]
The Iranian debt: How Netanyahu is losing Israel’s real battle with the Islamic Republic
With billions of dollars hanging in the balance, Israel and Iran have been waging legal war in Swiss courtrooms since 1981 – while conducting behind-the-scenes contacts over an ever-growing debt to the National Iranian Oil Company. By Aluf Benn | Jan. 17, 2015 | 8:14 AM Thursday, January 23, 2014, […]
Muslim is stabbed to death while shopping in Dresden, where thousands have gathered for right wing rallies
An Eritrean Muslim man, 20, was stabbed to death in Dresden on Tuesday Movement is called Patriotic Europeans against Islamisation of the West PEGIDA has spread to Hanover, Leipzig, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Norway By SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 14:15 GMT, 14 January 2015 | UPDATED: 17:00 GMT, 15 January […]
Muslims have embraced images of the Prophet Mohamed throughout history — why are so many of them upset now?
Source: independent.co.uk After the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris last week, much of our discussion has focused on whether anyone has the freedom to depict Mohamed. But this is misguided in my opinion. Back in 2006, many Muslims were angered when a right-wing Danish newspaper published a series of cartoons […]
Saudi Arabia publicly beheads woman in holy Mecca as blogger lashings are postponed
Source: independent.co.uk Authorities in Saudi Arabia have publicly beheaded a woman in Islam’s holy city of Mecca, prompting further criticism of the country’s human rights record. More….http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-publicly-beheads-woman-in-holy-mecca-as-blogger-set-to-receive-second-lashing-9982134.html
Charlie Hebdo or Blasphemy Laws: Fallacy of False Dilemma?
Epigraphs: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) Call […]
History tells us that Europe and Islam can coexist
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, western observers have had harsh words to say about European Muslim communities. Ann Coulter, the right-wing pundit declared on Fox News that, maybe, […]
How Islam Became the Fastest Growing Religion in Europe
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Time magazine French colonialism and immigration policies across Europe helped fuel migration from the Muslim world The religiously motivated terror attacks in France last week have exacerbated anti-Islamic […]
Quebec Values Charter 2.0: Ban against crosses, hijabs would only apply to new public employees
The National Post: It would no longer be possible for a doctor, nurse or teacher currently on the public payroll to lose their job for wearing a cross or hijab […]