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 […]
Obama and Cameron Press Conference”everyone” had a role to play in keeping communities safe, warning: “You cannot simply rely on policing and security.”
Source:BBC However, he stressed that “everyone” had a role to play in keeping communities safe, warning: “You cannot simply rely on policing and security.” More:
UK: Concerns that Muslim satellite channels ‘broadcasting hate speech’
Source: asianimage.co.uk Young Britons could be getting radicalised by satellite television channels that the broadcast regulator may struggle to monitor as they are in obscure dialects, the Commons has heard. Labour’s […]
Gorbachev Interview: ‘I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned’
English Site>World>Ukraine>Gorbachev Warns of Decline in Russian Western Ties over Ukraine Gorbachev Interview: ‘I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned’ Interview Conducted by Matthias Schepp and Britta Sandberg Denis Sinyakov/ DER SPIEGEL In a SPIEGEL interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the dangers of poor relations between Russia and the […]
Meet the vigilante who hacks jihadists
By Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery January 16, 2015 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Anonymous isn’t doing anything new by hacking Islamic extremist websites. A mysterious figure known as “The Jester” has been […]
Prying into Pegida: Where Did Germany’s Islamophobes Come From?
By Maximilian Popp and Andreas Wassermann Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Dresden on Monday evening for the latest march of Pegida, a […]
2014 Was Hottest Year on Earth in Recorded History
Source: NY Times: Last year was the hottest in earth’s recorded history, scientists reported on Friday, underscoring scientific warnings about the risks of runaway emissions and undermining claims by climate-change contrarians that global warming had somehow stopped. Extreme heat blanketed Alaska and much of the western United States last year. […]
Grabar-Kitarovic becomes Croatia’s first woman president
Source: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of the Croatian Democratic Union was declared winner of Croatia’s presidential run-off with 50,43 percent of the vote, the country’s electoral commission announced late Sunday at the press conference held in Zagreb. More: