Some 250,000 gathered after Friday’s Muslim prayer at Idlib’s 74 different locations, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, an opposition network relaying activist reports.
Sectarian clashes broke out in the southern Egyptian province of Assiut after a Christian student posted a drawing of the Muslim prophet on the Internet, officials said on Saturday.
"We can only sustain our economy by following the moderate form [of Islam] which has been in the Maldives until now. We [ministers] are labelled anti-Islamic because we support the tolerant form [of Islam]. But that label is a disgrace to our parents as well," she said.
DAMASCUS — Syrian forces were accused of firing nail bombs to disperse protesters on Friday as tens of thousands flooded the streets across the country in a bid to make their voices heard by Arab monitors.
QUETTA - At least nine tribesmen were killed and some 35 others were injured when a Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into the house of a Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) central leader here on Friday.
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After the blast, armed tribesmen took over the street and did not allow anyone to pass through. The guards reportedly opened fire and gunshots rang out at the scene for up to half an hour, but it was unclear who they were shooting at.
The hope that this December will last in peace was shattered by the torching of a Shiite Islamic traditional school in Sampang, Madura, on Thursday. If we ask the opinion of a Jakartan Sunni preacher this Friday, we are very likely to get a negative answer, “It was their own fault. They have established a pesantren in a Sunni area.
“Besides, being a Shiite is a big mistake. The true teaching is Sunni and God will only accept Sunni Muslims. If the Shiites want to live in peace, they have to repent and convert.”
Many people in Aceh intend to enjoy New Year’s Eve in their own way despite the local authorities’ usual ban on celebrations.
The Aceh administration, which has implemented sharia since 2002, has banned New Year’s Eve celebrations in any form including using fireworks, holding open-air music concerts or blowing trumpets.
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Hesham El-Meligy, a founder of the Building Bridges Coalition of Staten Island, had said he boycotted the breakfast in hopes of persuading the mayor to abandon his support for the surveillance program.
“I don’t care about having breakfast, I care about the liberties that I came to this country for,” said El-Meligy, who is from Egypt.
While some Muslim leaders boycotted Mayor Bloomberg's interfaith breakfast—noting the reports that the NYPD has been spying on Muslim communities—but one Muslim academic and activist attended...and wore a t-shirt that said, "I AM NOT A TERRORIST."
At least 32 people have been reported killed during fresh protests against the Syrian government, as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded streets across the country.
An employee in Petekeyan village, Sani, said the worst damage struck the Islamic school.
Hassan Khomeini made the remarks in an address to a number of Foreign Ministry officials and Iran’s ambassadors to foreign countries who had visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini to reaffirm their allegiance to the ideals of the Islamic Revolution.
On Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, the UN General Assembly passed a path-breaking resolution supporting religious tolerance.
The resolution, passed by the joint efforts of the US and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), points to the increasing collaboration between the two. The resolution has been in the making for some time and is part of an effort by Muslim states to get Western states to combat growing Islamophobia in the post-9/11 world.
TAWAU, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- Muslims need to understand and practise Islamic teachings as a complete way of life which encompasses acquiring of knowledge and building a civilisation, said science and technology adviser to the Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Syed Abas Syed Ali.
BATINA the Hidden may fight crime and battle evil, but she is no ordinary superhero.
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Batina is one of The 99, the world's first Islamic-inspired comic-book superheroes, who each have powers loosely based on Allah's 99 attributes, such as love, power, healing and generosity. The animated television series, which has justMore on Batina and the apostate ABC at Sydney Morning Herald
The program will feature John O. Voll, Ph.D., professor of Islamic history at Georgetown University and associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Voll will focus on the topic "The Muslim World and the West Moving Closer or Further Apart?," including political, cultural and religious issues.
If you ringtone is Lady Gaga, for instance, the militant group might view it as pro-American and react with hostility or even deadly violence.
"I'd like us religious leaders to call for a sacred month that that will allow people to go on pilgrimage," he said. If Muslims - including Iranians, who are often keen pilgrims - "felt free to come here for part of their pilgrimage, you would have easily tens of millions of people coming to Jerusalem," Rauf said.
Rauf suggests that such a move "would be one step that would perhaps open the door" to reconciliation and peace.
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Daniel 8:25)
Celebrated theologian Professor Mona Siddiqui has become the first Muslim to teach at Edinburgh University’s School of Divinity. She took up her post as professor of Islamic and inter-religious studies at the University on December 1
1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Europe's envoy to the Southern Mediterranean says 'It is much more difficult to have wars with democracies.'By Barak Ravid
“To accept a special dress code for women athletes not only introduces discrimination among athletes but is contrary to the rules governing sport movement, setting a same dress code for all athletes without regard to origin or belief,” the three organizations said in an open letter to FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
When students from the Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park met their counterparts at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, teachers wondered if there would be awkward silences among them.
But the students clicked right away, teachers said.
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Kevin Conlon, a Parker social studies and world history teacher who helped with the project, said the school sought to expose students to other communities and dispel stereotypes about Muslims.
The bomber planes of Iran's Air Force have successfully hit and destroyed mock enemy targets on land and sea during the sixth day of the Islamic Republic's naval drills.
"Islam is a tolerant and peace-loving religion which abhors all forms of violence and terror and advocates good advice, serene dialogue and respect of other faiths," King Hamad said, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.
Women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have won another progressive step forward. The Shura Council has announced they will not be obliged to obtain the permission of a male guardian to vote.
The Israeli news website Walla, quoted a report published in Intelligence Online that said Aisha indicated to confidants from Europe that only in Israel would she feel safe and that she hoped to be allowed to live there.
The torching of a Shia-run Islamic boarding school in East Java on Thursday stemmed from a sibling dispute after a cleric at the school denied his brother the right to enter into polygamous marriage with one of the students, a teacher said.
4 "Take care that no one misleads you," answered Jesus; 5 "for many will come assuming my name and saying 'I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many. 6 And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet. 7 For nation will rise in arms against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places; 8 but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.
9 "At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name. 10 Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one another and hate one another. 11 Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray; 12 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold; 13 but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved. 14 And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.
The head of Egypt’s Tourism Supporters Coalition, Ehab Mousa, filed a report to the General Attorney against online statements by an anonymous group calling themselves the “Committee to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice.”
In its first statement on Sunday, the committee, similar to one in Saudi Arabia, announced its intention to preserve the morals of Egyptians in accordance with sharia (Islamic jurisprudence).
A leading US Muslim advocacy group has expressed concern over an “unprecedented” rise in the number of attacks against the American Muslim community.
“We are witnessing an unprecedented increase in rhetorical and physical attacks on the American Muslim community and Islam,” the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) said as part of fund raising drive this week.
THE present wave of asylum-seekers is not to be likened to the Vietnamese boatpeople who arrived in Australia after the fall of Saigon.
The Vietnamese and ethnic Chinese boatpeople were fleeing Vietnam for a very definite reason: the victorious communist forces, when not executing them outright, were sending them to re-education camps, confiscating their property and forcing them to do manual work in uncleared tropical jungle.
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As far as the present wave of asylum-seekers goes, their countries of origin are vague or unknown. Many have destroyed their papers. Middle Eastern migrants, except in exceptional circumstances, appear to be making little attempt to assimilate and are bringing in polygamy, honour killings and general religious intolerance.
A Shia-run Islamic boarding school was set ablaze by an a group from a rival branch of Islam in East Java on Thursday.
The Islamic boarding school (pesantren), Tajul Muluk in Sampang district, was destroyed but there are no reports of injuries. The pesantren houses about 100 male and female students.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - His Eminence, Sayyed Ali Fadlullah, confirmed that Islam has nothing to do with the crimes that targeted Christian churches in Nigeria, regardless of the mentality of whoever executed these criminal acts, and he called for denouncing these crimes and any similar massacres by taking a decisive religious stand. He also called for a Christian – Islamic meeting to issue a unified stand from the massacres.
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He added: True Islam has nothing to do with these crimes that seem revengeful and that some might try to justify through their closed mentalities and confined attitudes that are marked with fanaticism and lethal grudge.More nothing to do with true islam at Ahlul Bayt News Agency
The Crescent Directive explains how we can revamp some of the negative perceptions of American Muslims. It’s the story of how PTA meetings, Thanksgiving dinner, and Little League baseball, with the help of Allah, can save the image of Islam in America.
The Crescent Directive is an essay on improving the image of Islam in America. It suggests that combating radicalism, developing personal connections with other Americans, and displaying visible investment in American culture, will prove to be a more effective long-term strategy than the traditional "open-dialogue" approach, which seeks to educate the ignorant and uninformed on Islam. It will be released on January 2nd, 2012.
The Sharia4Belgium militants distributed leaflets glorifying Islam and criticizing the Western way of life in a central street of the northern port city, Belga news agency quoted a police spokeswoman as saying.
1 This letter which I am now writing to you, dear friends, is my second letter. In both my letters I seek to revive in your honest minds the memory of certain things, 2 so that you may recall the words spoken long ago by the holy Prophets, and the commandments of our Lord and Saviour given you through your Apostles.
3 But, above all, remember that, in the last days, men will come who make a mock at everything--men governed only by their own passions, 4 and, asking, "What has become of His promised Return? For from the time our forefathers fell asleep all things continue as they have been ever since the creation of the world." 5 For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God; 6 and that, by means of these, the then existing race of men was overwhelmed with water and perished. 7 But the present heavens and the present earth are, by the command of the same God, kept stored up, reserved for fire in preparation for a day of judgement and of destruction for the ungodly.
8 But there is one thing, dear friends, which you must not forget. With the Lord one day resembles a thousand years and a thousand years resemble one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that all should come to repentance.
10 The day of the Lord will come like a thief--it will be a day on which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements be destroyed in the fierce heat, and the earth and all the works of man be utterly burnt up.
11 Since all these things are thus pre-destined to dissolution, what sort of men ought you to be found to be in all holy living and godly conduct, 12 eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the fierce heat? 13 But in accordance with His promise we are expecting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell.
14 Therefore, dear friends, since you have these expectations, earnestly seek to be found in His presence, free from blemish or reproach, in peace. 15 And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue of the wisdom granted to him. 16 That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them of these things. In those letters there are some statements hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own ruin. 17 You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, must continually be on your guard so as not to be led astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!
The Israeli military is gearing up to counter future threats from Egypt as an almost certain Muslim Brotherhood election victory could potentially set the two countries on a collision course.
(Newser) – Add another item to Somalia's long list of woes: A country wracked by violence and famine is also seeing a frightening rise in rape, reports the New York Times [...]
MALE (Maldives), 2 Safar/28 Dec (IINA)-Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed has called for a “tolerant” form of Islam, his office said Saturday, amid opposition calls to usher in strict Islamic law for the island nation.
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“I asked you to come here in support of the middle, tolerant path,” he said, addressing ruling party supporters on Friday.
Ironically though, in recent months, the OIC’s publicity has skyrocketed in the US, inside the Beltway at least, thanks to xenophobic and Islamophobic pundits, as well as extreme right blogs such as PipeLineNews, Family Security Matters and the like. Their continuous defamation of the OIC has intensified recently with the US State Department’s decision to invite the OIC to take part in an expert-level meeting to discuss practical steps for the implementation of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 16/18, which was formulated on the basis of the eight points provided by the OIC secretary-general during one of his speeches in Geneva to promote a culture of tolerance and mutual understanding.More truthophobia at Today's Zaman
A Christian couple and their one-year-old son have been shot dead by Muslim gunmen in a 'religious attack' in Nigeria, police said today.
The family were in a village near the the city of Jos on Tuesday evening when the killers - believed to be Muslim herdsmen - opened fire.
"When I represented Iran in Mexico, I conducted many talk sessions with followers of Christ and discussed religious issues with them," he said. "The meetings were a great opportunity for me to learn more about Christianity and acquaint Christians with Islamic teachings."
"The meetings ended with 300 new-Muslims; i.e. almost half of the participants who had attended the sessions with an initial off-putting view about Islam. It was a 20-minute effort for me to persuade them into believing that what they thought about the Bible and Christianity was only forged truth. The sessions turned out eye-catching results," he added.
It was very easy for me to tell them that their mentality about Christ was false and needed an urgent overhaul, he further added.
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, See ye not all these things? verily I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and will deceive many. 6 And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then will they deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then will many be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will rise, and will deceive many. 12 And because iniquity will abound, the love of many will become cold. 13 But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever readeth, let him understand,) 16 Then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains: 17 Let him who is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse infants in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight may not be in the winter, neither on the sabbath: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there would no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For false Christs will arise, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore, if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be collected.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When its branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things shall be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so will also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so also will be the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then will two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
"The most important mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to introducing an alternative world order to the people of the world," Ahmadinejad said, addressing a gathering of Iran's cultural attachés in 80 countries here in Tehran today.
"Today, we should present a desirable world order against the inhuman and materialistic order dominating the world today," Ahmadinejad stated.
At the ceremony, Hamas’ Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said that Hamas may work for the “interim objective of liberation of Gaza, the West Bank, or Jerusalem,” but added that Hamas' long-term “strategic” goal is to eliminate all of Israel.
The New York City, taxpayer-funded Children's Museum of New York is planning a major exhibition titled, "Muslim Worlds" which is scheduled to begin a long-term engagement in 2014.Story at News With Views
The President's Press Secretary Mohamed Zuhair told journalists that the government is considering imposing a nationwide ban on alcohol and pork in response to the demands made by religious protestors on Friday.
Prince Naif said Saudi Arabia would continue to follow the Salafist ideology and denounced those who create doubts about this moderate Islamic ideology and link it with terrorism and extremism.
"Salafism is rooted in the Qur'an and Sunnah and calls for peaceful coexistence with other faith communities and for respecting their rights," the crown prince said. "We have to stand united against those who launch smear campaigns on Salafism."
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.Not In My Name!
Any Muslim that understands the spirit of peace in Islam knows that there is nothing and nowhere in the teachings of Islam that condones the kind of violence where one is given a carte blanche to murder innocent families who were celebrating their day of significance in a place that they considered to be their sanctuary. Any Muslim that knows the overwhelming message of hope, justice, faith, and peace among human beings of the Qur’an is completely devastated.
When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them. (Sura 8:12)
Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection. (Sura 9:29)
THE Sultan of Sokoto and spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III was at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, to confer with President Goodluck Jonathan, following the latest suspected Boko Haram bomb attack targeted at Christians on Christmas Day in Niger State.
At the end of about two hours-long closed door meeting, he declared that the spate of bomb attacks against Christians was not an indication that Christianity and Islam were at war in the country but the handiwork of evil doers.
The detention of controversial blogger Ismail ‘Khilath’ Rasheed has been extended by another 15 days, following Sunday’s Criminal Court hearing.
Meanwhile, Islamic Minister Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari has requested that appropriate punishments for those who call for religious freedom be added to the nation’s penal code.
"The Zionist regime's decision to announce Quds as the capital of the Jewish government is the result of the Zionists' racist prejudice," Sheikh Akrameh Sabri told FNA on Tuesday.
He underlined the responsibility of the Arab and Islamic governments for preventing the implementation of such dangerous decisions, and said, "We want them not to leave us alone."
Saudi officials are cracking down on Christians again, and a spokesman for an international human rights organization says Ethiopians are the target this time.
In a Monday meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian exchanged views with his counterpart on ways to adopt a constructive position on the current and emerging events in the region.
Hundreds of residents in two restive northern Nigerian cities have fled their homes in fear of more violence after 40 people were killed in a series of Christmas Day bomb attacks on Christian churches.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, strongly rejected "Israel's" new bid to enlist the Holy al-Quds as the capital city of the Zioinst Entity.
WAM Jeddah, 27th Dec. 2011 (WAM) -- The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, condemned strongly the bill on the declaration of the occupied city of Al-Quds "a capital of Israel and of the Jewish people", regarding it as a direct aggression against the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights.
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people around, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be assembled against it. 4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people around, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day will the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born. 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
While self-proclaimed Muslim Jacquelyn "Jameela" Cecila Barnette reportedly sent mail of an anti-semitic nature to U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), she was arrested in November on accusations that she sent a "suspicious" package to New York state Sen. Greg Ball, FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett
The real story is that religious cleansing by Islamists acting in the name of Islam is taking place throughout the Middle East and Christians are being victimized wherever they liveStory at Canada Free Press
Dear brother, thank you for your question that shows your interest in knowing more about Islam and to keep stick to its teachings.
There is nothing wrong for a Muslim to enter a church for a permissible reason. It may, even, be recommended in some cases to contact Christians in their churches for building good relations or for any other good reason.
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In other words, it all depends on the intention and purpose of your visit. If you are entering a Church for the purpose of worship or receiving blessings or confessing your sins or beseeching favors from other than Allah, then you are wrong.
Every time a politician pays tribute to Saudi Arabia, a journalist endorses the Arab Spring and a diplomat goes on about how Israel must make concessions to Islamic terrorists or it will destabilize the region, you see a man used to raising his arse and bowing his pate to Mecca.
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's defense minister says any potential Israeli military strike on the country will spell the end of the Tel Aviv regime.
Speaking late on Sunday, Dec 25, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi equaled such act of aggression on the part of Tel Aviv with 'suicide.'
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas warned the Zionist government of voting for the law that states Al-Quds the unified capital of the so-called “Jewish” state, and assured that the city is a red line.More on Hamas treading down Jerusalem at Almanar News
Minister of Islamic Affairs Dr. Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari has requested the parliament to endorse a resolution forbidding the government to establish ties with Israel.
"Where there are Muslims, there are problems." This alarmingly sweeping comment by the New York Post best reflects the dilemma of the seven-million strong American Muslim community which remains under siege in the post-9/11 era.
Interfaith is a conspiracy against Islam and Muslims. Calling for it or partaking in any interfaith gathering is haraam and kufr in Islam.
Bogor. The congregation of the embattled GKI Yasmin church in Bogor was forced to move its Christmas prayers to a member’s house after Islamic groups assembled at the disputed site and threatened to challenge the sermon on Sunday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Every winter, the capital of Pakistan's Islamic republic is overrun by what is many Muslims' worst nightmare: sounds of screeching wild pigs.
Bomb blasts have killed dozens of people at churches and other sites across Nigeria.
Officials say at least 35 people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church on the outskirts of the capital, Abuja.
A police officer was killed after an explosion at a church in the central city of Jos.
Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection. (Sura 9:29)
In a statement, CAIR said:
"We condemn the unconscionable and inexcusable attacks on Nigerian churches and offer sincere condolences to the loved ones of those killed or injured.
"Only a strong demonstration of interfaith unity will show those behind the attacks that they will never achieve their goal of dividing society along religious lines."
The movement led by Fethullah Gulen, a 70-year-old preacher who lives in the United States, has been a key supporter of the Erdogan government, which is led by pious Muslims and has roots in political Islam. Some critics say the Gulencis, as the supporters of Mr Gulen are called in Turkey, have gained vast influence over state institutions.
Al-Nour said it will honor the treaty but will seek to revise certain clauses, but would “not do anything that would harm its citizens.”
It continued to say, “The party strongly objects normalization and dialogue attempts and establishing relations with an entity which wants to wipe off our identity, occupies our lands, imposes a siege on our brothers and strongly supports our hangers.”
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
ABUJA - Islamist militant group Boko Haram said it planted bombs that exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one of which killed at least 27 people on the outskirts of the capital.
Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic sharia law across the country split roughly equally between Christians and Muslims, has escalated its tactics this year and increased the sophistication of the explosives it uses.
Iran stands ready to expand its military and security ties with Iraq, its armed forces chief of staff said Sunday, a week after the exit of US forces from the neighbouring Arab country.
KUCHING: Sarawak Islamic Religious Department (Jais) will monitor, the best it can, Sarawakian Muslim students who are studying abroad.
This is necessary to make sure the students do not get themselves involved in any social problem such as the recent case of a same-sex marriage involving a Malaysian student in Ireland.
Islamic Republic forces have arrested a group of Christians in Ahvaz just as Christmas approaches. According to Human Rights Reporters of Iran, Islamic Republic security forces attacked a church in Ahvaz on Friday and arrested the pastor, his wife and all the congregants in attendance.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Funerals for 44 people killed in twin suicide car bombs in Damascus turned into a show of support for President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, with thousands of mourners denouncing the United States and its Arab allies for interfering in Syria.
CALM is gradually returning to both Borno and Yobe States after a series of bomb explosions and heavy gun fight between security operatives and members of the Islamic militant Boko Haram which claimed many lives since Thursday.More on allah and its slaves at Sunday Tribune
“Islamic Shariah is equal to peace,” read some placards carried by protesters.
Though the country is known more for its exquisite island resorts and does not allow stoning or executions, it is under scrutiny for its absence of religious freedom and for punishments such as public flogging.
British Islamist Anjem Choudary Releases 2011 Christmas Message: Christmas is Evil; 'Jesus will Return One Day and He Will Break the Cross and He Will pray Behind the Muslims and He Will Declare...He Believes in the Finality of the Messenger Muhammad'
LAHORE,Dec 23 (APP)Chairman Senate Farooq H Naik has stressed inter-faith harmony and said the world needs it more than ever for peace.Addressing the ceremony of Annual Christmas Dinner at Cathedral Church compound here on Friday, he said that people of all religions should join their hands for the prosperity of the country.Citing the Madina Pact between Muslims and Jews of Madina city at that times, he said that Islam has always been tolerant for other faiths, adding that no nation could achieve prosperity without working jointly and unitedly.
Kirolos Andraws had every reason to be excited about the January uprising in his native Egypt, figuring democracy would bring hope for young people like him.
Then one day in February, says Mr. Andraws, a gang of thugs beat him and told him, "you deserve to die." His offense, he says: refusing to convert to Islam.
"Al-Nour party can in no way ignore the Arab nations and Arab world's rights and the restoration of these rights is an unchangeable principle of the party," Nader Bakar said.More on Egypt's trouble at Fars News Agency
"Al-Nour is against the establishment of any relations with the Zionist regime," he stated.
A great journey from ‘green tomb’ to ‘green flag’ is an historic fact. Pakistan is a great blessing of Almighty Allah and His Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) which has great inherent strength to stay and progress.
This country is a castle of Islam, he said Zahid Malik lamented certain elements are creating disappointments, distress and frustrations among the people.
Sixty-five punks detained and sent through a 10-day forced “re-education” program at a police camp in Aceh Besar were released on Friday. In an interview with the Jakarta Globe, Insp. Gen. Iskandar Hasan, chief of the Aceh Police, said that despite the controversy and accusations of human-rights violations flying in from around the globe, he was certain that local police and the government were correct to put to a halt what he saw as a “filthy,” unhealthy lifestyle.
However, investigators are already facing an unusual hindrance, as locals have expressed reservations on the use of sniffer dogs in the investigation, as they do not trust the reliability of the ‘un-Islamic’ animal in the process.
This week, I was told about a London primary school whose pupils are overwhelmingly Muslim. It isn’t having a nativity play. There was a plan to sing carols in a lesson, but parents banned their children from attending. Mixed swimming lessons will soon be a thing of the past. Canteen food has to be halal. “This is effectively a faith school – a Muslim one,” says a teacher.
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I’d assumed that the initiative was taken by liberals who patronise Muslims while turning a blind eye to their social attitudes. But that was before I discovered the Islamic Diversity Centre (IDC).
Two much-anticipated protests, one to defend Islam in the Maldives and another to exhibit support for a “moderate Islam” drew crowds of thousands along Male’s eastern coast this afternoon, and thousands more on islands across the country.
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Banners bearing slogans including “We stand united for Islam and the nation”, “No idols in this holy land”, “No to the Zionist Murderers”, “No to El Al Airlines” and “We stand for peace” lead participants to gender segregated areas across from the Tsunami Memorial area, where approximately 20 protest leaders spoke from a mounted podium.
“There is an urgent need to counter the impression that our three great faiths are at war with each other,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on Manhattan’s upper West Side said in a statement.
Contemplating on the moral principles that make the U.S. a great noble nation, an enlightened Muslim cannot help but remember a medieval Islamic philosophy and its humanitarian mantra.
China has bought enough spot crude from the Middle East, Africa and Russia in January to replace lost Iranian oil supply, trade sources said on Friday, putting it in a strong position as it tussles with the Islamic Republic over payment terms for 2012 contracts.More Chinese Iranophobia at Al Arabiya News
In a Thursday meeting with Iran's Ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Roknabadi, Qabalan called for the reinforcement of unity among Muslims to counter the Israeli regime.
Israel is the main foe of Arabs and Muslims, and all should forge unity to fight against the Israeli regime, he added.
["French President Sarkozy can not find genocide in Turkish history. If he looked at the Turkish history, he can not find anything but the Turks' assistance, tolerance and compassion," Erdogan stressed.]
[Speaking at a conference on "Change in Muslim Societies and Role of Women" in Istanbul, Erdogan said that the Muslims had values and experiences that could be a model to the whole humanity.
Our religion Islam actually means 'peace'. As the members of this peaceful religion, we have to be a model to the whole humanity, Erdogan stressed.]
The committee of the American Red Cross has released a report on its webpage regarding the bodies of the dead (martyred) Taliban compared to those of the foreign forces. The mentioned committee which had the duty of collecting and burying the dead in Mazar Sharif province of Afghanistan showed its astonishment as to why the dead bodies of Taliban had not decayed or gave off foul smell?!!
It is reported that China has intensified a trade squabble with Iran by labeling iron ore from the Islamic republic as substandard.
