TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the Muslim nations’ uprising against subservient dictators is a prelude to the uprising against the “Zionist, arrogant, corrupt, and evil network of global dictatorship.”
Muslims in Montreal are distancing themselves from Mohammed Shafia and his son, as well as Shafia's wife Tooba Yahya, all convicted Sunday of first-degree murder.
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"There isn't concrete proof that Mohammad Shafia killed his kids," he said. "I don't think the electronic evidence, or the witnesses were enough for a guilty verdict."
WAS there ever a more perverse and self-destructive society than the contemporary West? In its attitude to the Middle East and the Islamic world, it appears to suffer from the political equivalent of auto-immune disease: turning on its allies while embracing its enemies.
I’m shocked that many non-Muslims in Malaysia think that Islamic banking is only for the Muslims whereas in overseas, some 80% of the sukuk market investors are non-Muslims.
Forcing women to cover their face is part of the same toxic culture that says young women in Canada must live like young women in medieval Arabia. And if you subscribe to that culture, that code of living, then you can understand the brutal logic the Shafias carried out: If men own women, and women don’t obey men, then men can kill the women.
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has called on the West to apologize to Egypt for having colonized Africa.
CHRISTIANS in Nigeria's city of Kano were searched outside church by troops on alert after Islamists who recently killed 185 in the city vowed their violent campaign would go on.
The London School of Economics Students' Union (LSESU) has effectively made blasphemy an offence following protests from Muslim students about a Jesus and Mo cartoon posted on the LSE Atheist Secular Humanist (ASH) student group's Facebook page.
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Union resolves
1. To define Islamophobia as “a form of racism expressed through the hatred or fear of Islam, Muslims, or Islamic culture, and the stereotyping, demonisation or harassment of Muslims, including but not limited to portraying Muslims as barbarians or terrorists, or attacking the Qur’an as a manual of hatred”,
2. To take a firm stance against all Islamophobic incidents at LSE and conduct internal investigations if and when they occur.
3. To publicly oppose actions on campus that are Islamophobic based on the aforementioned definition,
4. To ensure that all Islamophobic incidents aimed at or perpetrated by LSE students either verbal, physical or online are dealt with swiftly and effectively in conjunction with the School,
5. To work with the Pro-Director for Teaching and Learning and Deans to address Islamophobia and other forms of racism on campus and methods to alleviate it,
6. To ensure that this definition is used to promote and enhance legitimate debate regarding the morality and legitimacy of international conflicts and oppose illegitimate acts of Islamophobia on campus.
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The Prophet Muhammad said, "No babe is born but upon Fitra (as a Muslim). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist." (Sahih Muslim, Book 033, Number 6426)
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)
The University of Pennsylvania will be breaking all precedents about legitimizing and mainstreaming anti-Israel activism on prominent college campuses this week -- and crossing a new red line -- by hosting a conference, called PennBDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) ...
On the first weekend in February, academics, activists, students and community leaders from across the US will converge on the University of Pennsylvania for the 2012 National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference.
Picking up where the 2009 Hampshire conference left off, we will continue growing the movement with two days of panel discussions, debates, activist workshops, and keynotes by Ali Abunimah and novelist Susan Abulhawa touching on every aspect of the multifarious global effort to heed the BDS Call and bring an end to Israel’s system of oppression, segregation and dispossession.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the Zionist entity was the main cause of troubles in the region, adding that the arrogant states were responsible for implanting this virus in the Middle East.More on "this virus" at Al Manar
1 God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.
2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4 "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
12 who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.
14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
17 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
(ANSAmed) - SALEMI, JANUARY 30 - A major mosque becoming a place of worship for all Muslims in Sicily could be built in Salemi. The proposal has been made by the mayor of the city, Vittorio Sgarbi, to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Ben Kaliffa Al Thani.
SYRIA- The fighting in Syria risks being defined less as a popular uprising against a secular democracy and more as an armed sectarian conflict.
Hasan Küçük, Hague councilor for the Islam Democrats, says dogs should be banned as pets in the city, reports De Telegraaf.
Last April, Shalom Toronto reported, the program aired a gag which showed six “Muslims” lying in wait for motorists returning to their car in a parking lot, and then laying out prayer mats and kneeling to “pray” on them.
KOZHIKODE The controversy over the genuineness of the Holy Hair of Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) has resurfaced with Kanthapuram AP Abubacker Musaliyar, spiritual leader of the Sunni faction known as AP Sunni, deciding to hold the stone-laying ceremony of ‘Masjid Al Azhar’ and the Islamic Heritage Museum meant to preserve the Holy Hair, on Monday.
KARACHI: The Sunni Tehrik, hitherto known as a religious organisation, announced on Sunday that it was converting itself into a political party to be called Pakistan Sunni Tehrik (PST).
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“Our journey will be for martyrdom for the glory of Islam and survival of Pakistan,” he said. The main objective of the party will be to turn Pakistan into a welfare state.
Egypt's brand new Muslim Brotherhood led government is holding four Americans, including Sam LaHood, son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, captive in Cairo. And America is weakly reduced to imploring Islamic radicals for their release!
KUCHING: Food producers in the state must take advantage of the growing demand for halal food worldwide.
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The minister has his point, as even food giants like Nestlé, Unilever, McCormick, A&W and McDonald’s, to name some, have added halal-compliant products to their lines.
Armored forces loyal to President Bashar Assad took control on Sunday of eastern suburbs of Damascus from opposition fighters after two days of bombardment and fighting with rebels, activists said.
Manama, Jan. 29. (BNA) – The Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowerments Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ali Al Khalifa will patronize, next Friday February 3 at 07:30 P.M at Al Fateh Mosque, the kingdom's celebrations of the annual Anniversary of the Birthday of Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman is far more politically savvy than leaders of other religious parties. In Karachi, he was not his moderate self but hardline and threatening in tone. His audience was fired up by his pledge to make Pakistan “truly Islamic”. More than in Islamabad, he emphasised the Taliban-like vision of a Pakistan under true Sharia after eliminating modern banking based on ‘riba’.Story at The Express Tribune
ACTOR Liam Neeson's announcement that he may convert to Islam may help promote acceptance of the faith.
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Australian New Muslims Association president Said Kanawati said celebrity converts to Islam were welcome. He said having celebrities accept Islam would help challenge the way people saw the religion.
In light of the increasing support of “the electronic Jihad” and the divergence of views regarding this subject, Islamic scholars have underlined their support for this new phenomenon, arguing that “any attempt to spite the enemy and endorse religion is legitimate”. They consider that Muslim youth involved in this phenomenon are in fact leading a jihad”.
DUBAI, 6 Rabi al-Awwal/29 Jan (IINA)-As many as 1,350 people of different nationalities converted to Islam in 2011 at the Islamic Information Centre of Dar Al Ber Society in Dubai.
“They are basically attracted to the tolerant, merciful and rational teachings of Islam,” said Yusuf Al Saeed, Director of the Centre.
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 Syrian army has moved to retake control of Damascus suburbs from rebel forces, activists say.
They say troops backed by tanks have been shelling rebel-held areas to the east and north of the city.
Tehran, Jan 29, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the very existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to the dignity of human beings and a disrespect to nations.
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you." (Genesis 12:3)Psalm 83
1 God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.
2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4 "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
12 who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.
14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
17 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
DOHA (Qatar), 5 Rabi al-Awwal/28 Jan (IINA)-Dr Ali Quradaghi and Dr Jaweed Mukarram called on Muslims to spread the teachings of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) for the benefit of mankind
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Dr Ali Mohiuddin Qurra Daaghi, Assistant Director, International Union for Muslim Scholars and head of Jurisprudence and Islamic Study Department Qatar University called upon Muslims to love Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) over all other material things, follow the footsteps and implement the teachings in their life and spread the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and be a model to others.
“Why did they install the Zionist regime (Israel)? To gain control over oil, as well as the popular and revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East,” said President Ahmadinejad in his opening speech at the “Islamic Awakening and Youth" conference in Iran's capital city, Tehran, on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti (religious chief) has launched a virulent attack on the social networking site Twitter, saying it has become a platform for promoting lies, newspapers in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Sunday.
After decades of being regarded an obscure, if not discarded, concept, blasphemy has made a spectacular comeback as a hot issue. Efforts to criminalize blasphemy are well advanced in the United Nations, with talks of an international treaty. The Organization of Islamic Conference and the Vatican have become partners in lobbying for such a treaty.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- The wasatiyyah (moderation or middle road) approach will only succeed if all parties take a similar path, both at the national and international levels.
The hosting of the inaugural International Conference on the Global Movement of Moderates (ICGMM) by the government was timely as the foresight has put Malaysia on the world stage as was espoused by foreign delegates.
RIYADH: In his inaugural speech at the "The Saudi Archaeological Masterpieces through the Ages” exhibition at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin on Jan. 25, Prince Sultan bin Salman said the message of Islam is one of peace and justice for the world.
In Judaism and Christian Zionism, the ancient site was the location of two previous temples and prophecies suggest a third temple will be built there, which will unite people from all nations, serving as a major religious center when Jesus returns. For Muslims, the temple is referred to as the Noble Sanctuary and is where it is believed the Prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven.
AMMAN (Reuters) - The bodies of 17 men arrested by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces during an armoured assault this week on the city of Hama were found dumped in the streets after being shot in the head, activists said on Saturday.
Several members of the New York City Police Department attended the event as part of their outreach efforts.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national human rights and advocacy organization is asking New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city officials to resist efforts by the Hamas-linked Islamic supremacist hate group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to dictate the nature and content of anti-terror training for New York Police Department personnel.
The powerful Friday blast — the second deadliest attack in Iraq this month — set nearby stores and cars ablaze alongside scattered flesh and mutilated bodies. It shattered windows and damaged walls in the local hospital, wounding a nurse and four patients. Within minutes, the hospital was scrambling to treat scores of others.
Celebration of Abraham is sponsored by a number of spiritual organizations, including the American Muslim Voice, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Woodland, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Congregation Bet Haverim/Jewish Fellowship of Davis, Council on Islamic Relations [...]Story at Daily Democrat
After September 11, 2001, a group of Jewish, Christian and Muslim clergy and laypersons met to consider how our community could honor those who had died and, at the same time, increase understanding and respect among the three major Abrahamic faiths n Davis and Woodland.
IT HAS been called a sleeping giant, a vast, secretive organisation that has been forced to live and work underground for most of the past 84 years. But since the fall of Hosni Mubarak's brutal 30-year rule last February, the Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as a powerful force in Egyptian politics.
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The Brotherhood's original mission was to Islamise society through promotion of Islamic law, values and morals, the Council on Foreign Relations says, combining religion, political activism and social welfare. Its slogans have included ''Islam is the solution'' and ''Jihad [struggle] is our way''.
The Chief Justice, in a private meeting held last week, ordered that additional pressure be put on Pastor Youcef to recant his Christian faith. however, Pastor Youcef once again bravely responded by refusing to deny his faith in Christ.
Discover how you can lend your voice to help Pastor Youcef by visiting here.
LONDON – The Prince of Wales has hailed a new exhibition about the Haj to Makkah as “remarkable”.
Prince Charles was welcomed to the collection at the British Museum in central London by Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf, the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F chief Fazlur Rehman hit out at the establishment and politicians backed by foreign governments in a speech at his party’s rally in Karachi on Friday.
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Siddiq criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in veiled words, saying the country did not need a “tsunami” but had to “unite under the Holy Prophet’s (peace be upon him) banner to bring [about] an Islamic system.”
Dozens of community and religious leaders gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday to call for the immediate resignation of both the commissioner and his top spokesperson.
1 But with respect to the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to meet Him, we entreat you, brethren, 2 not readily to become unsettled in mind or troubled--either by any pretended spiritual revelation or by any message or letter claiming to have been sent by us--through fancying that the day of the Lord is now here. 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for that day cannot come without the coming of the apostasy first, and the appearing of the man of sin, the son of perdition, who sets himself against, 4 and exalts himself above, every so-called 'god' or object of worship, and goes the length of taking his seat in the very temple of God, giving it out that he himself is God. 5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you I used to tell you all this? 6 And now you know what restrains him, in order that his true character may be revealed at his appointed time. 7 For lawlessness is already at work in secret; but only until the man who is now exercising a restraining influence is removed, 8 and then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will sweep away with the tempest of His anger, and utterly overwhelm by the awful splendour of His Coming. 9 The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works-- 10 and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God sends them a misleading influence that they may believe the lie; 12 in order that all may come under judgement who have refused to believe the truth and have taken pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth. 14 To this blessing God has called you by our Good News, so that you may have a share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brethren, stand your ground, and hold fast to the teachings which you have received from us, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
16 And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself--and God our Father who has loved us and has given us in His grace eternal consolation and a bright hope-- 17 comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.
The Sharia court headed by you has passed strictures against alleged missionary activity in the Valley. What was the provocation?
Yes. We want the three Christian priests, MC Khanna, Jim Borst and Gayoor Messah, who have been involved in conversions, to leave the Valley immediately.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Cabinet moved a step closer Friday to banning the burqa, making good on an election promise that is largely symbolic but has broad public support.
The products were guns with "suspicious" noises that are abusive to the Islamic teachings and general morals [...]
Islamic Society of South Australia treasurer Ahmed Zreika said the open days at Gilles Plains and Park Holme were a fantastic opportunity for the public to socialise with Muslims and ask them questions about their culture, lifestyle and faith.
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"We are human beings and we have a different faith - we respect your faith and we just ask you to respect ours."
"This exhibition is for everybody, Muslims and non-Muslims, everyone who wants to know more about this extraordinary phenomenon, which is one of the great religious manifestation of the world," said Neil MacGregor, the director of the museum.
"Hajj is the only part of the practice of islam that non-Muslims can't see.
LONDON: Saudi Ambassador to Britain Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud has termed Haj exhibition at the British Museum a unique way of bringing to the Western audience a key pillar of Islam to promote dialogue among religions and cultures.
A Richmond mosque is opening its doors Saturday to educate the public about why Muslims fast during Ramadan, go on pilgrimages to Mecca and promote “modest” clothing for both men and women, including headscarves for females.
JAKARTA, Jan 26, 2012 (AFP) - Tolerance of Islamic vigilantism is helping to breed a new generation of terrorists in Indonesia, the International Crisis Group warned in a report Thursday.
The report criticised the government and police for lax law enforcement against hardliners, who often claim responsibility for violent anti-vice and sectarian attacks but regularly evade punishment.
Hogg is embroiled in a racial controversy after an ill-advised attempt at humour on Australia Day.More hurt feelings at Sydney Morning Herald
"Just put out my aussie flag for Australia Day but I wasn't sure if it would offend Muslims...So I wrote "Allah is a shit" on it to make sure," Hogg tweeted at midday today.
BANGI, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- A Syariah law enforcement central committee will be set up to step up enforcement of the enactment on the control and restriction of the propagation on non-Islamic religion to Muslims.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada will host an open house called “Tribute to Mother Mary (An Islamic Perspective).” It will take place Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Midland Public Library.
Kelly's role and the apparent reversal have left Muslim advocates fuming, following a year of increasingly strained relations.
“We’re at a breaking point,” said Cyrus McGoldrick, civil rights manager of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), which is expected to call for Kelly and Browne's resignation Thursday morning.
The main thrust of the film is that lurking behind those veils and Muslim prayer caps is a secret plan to impose a religious order out of the Dark Ages here in the United States. It is almost laughable that the favourite image in The Third Jihad — shown over and over — is an enormous black-and-white Islamic flag flying over the White House.”
While the concept of interfaith, constructive interaction between representatives of different religions, is truly ancient, its modern conception was largely birthed by the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions (re-dubbed the Parliament of the World’s Religions in more recent times) where representatives of “Eastern” religions (Hinduism, Taoism, Jainism, Buddhism) created lasting contacts with representatives from the “Western” traditions of Christianity and Judaism.
WHAT: News Conference to Call for Resignation of NYPD Commissioner Kelly, Deputy Commissioner Browne
WHEN: Thursday, January 26, 11 a.m.
WHERE: Steps of New York City Hall, New York, NY
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)
There is no nuance, no balance, no justice in the plethora of anti-Israel pieces in the NYT. But there is another agenda as well - normalizing Islam, especially in North America and Europe.
BERLIN -- The German government released on Monday the findings of a two-year inquiry into modern anti-Semitism in the Federal Republic, demonstrating that latent anti-Semitism affects one in every five Germans.
The 202-page study, titled "Anti-Semitism in Germany," covered a wide spectrum, including hatred of the Jewish state within the Left movement, as well as Islamic loathing of Israel and Jews, particularly by Iran's regime and the Turkish media.
An unprecedented number of Egyptians have taken to the streets and squares of Egypt in commemoration of last year's momentous Day of Rage
A documentary film that presents an alarming picture of the spread of radical Islam in the US, and of a jihadi agenda to dominate the world, is at the centre of a controversy after revelations that police authorities in New York used it as part of their police training regimen.
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The shadowy Clarion Fund claims that one of its aims is to “educate Americans about issues of national security” by focussing on “the threats of Radical Islam”. It was founded by Canadian-Israeli film producer and rabbi Raphael Shore.
Many industries have sunk into decay, with the catalyst for social unrest unemployment continuing to grow. The civil war in Libya has also affected Egypt’s labour market as about 1 million Egyptians, who worked in Libya returned home seeking a job and security.
By Geoffrey Rogow
Starting in early February, Thomson Reuters and Australia’s Crescent Wealth are jointly launching Islamic Australia Index — a research-based index that will offer local and international investors a tool to help invest in accordance with Islamic investment principles in the local market.
The head of Australia's domestic security agency, ASIO, has called for more Muslims to be recruited as operatives.
How might this call be seen within Islamic communities in Australia?
Presenter: Liam Cochrane
Speaker: Ikebal Patel, president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
PATEL: Our position is quite clear that Australian Muslims are very much part and parcel of Australia, that it is in everybody's interest, including the Australian Muslims to ensure that Australia is always protected and secured and therefore David Irvine's call for Muslims to be also recruited in as part of ASIO is a welcome sign and we'd like to have a high calibre ASIO officers, also including Australian Muslims as part of ASIO
From its establishment at UK in 1971, the Muslim Student Association has aimed to make Islamic teachings known, promote unity and joint action among Muslims and non-Muslim students, and conduct social, cultural, religious and other activities in the best traditions of Islam.
This semester the Muslim Student Association has decided to make an active effort in disbanding some of the misconceptions that are still perceived by many Americans.
US businessman and pilot calls for efforts to project true image of his new religion
RIYADH: Just after spending one month in the Kingdom, where he was treated with kindness in a spiritual atmosphere, American businessman and pilot Richard Patterson, converted to Islam.
Richard, who is now called Abdulaziz, owns a company providing services in critical care. It has a capital of $50 million, and a fleet of two aircraft and two helicopters, specializing in medical flights.
Abdulaziz arrived in the Kingdom on a contract with the Saudi Red Crescent to train students for air emergency. During his stay, three members of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance invited him out for dinner. The members who worked with the “Guide Me to Islam” project, talked to Abdulaziz about Islam and it’s real essence.
“I came to the Kingdom for a commercial deal. I was so thrilled to make the best deal of my life with God Almighty by converting to Islam,” said Abdulaziz, during the conversion ceremony, commending the Saudi attire and describing it as comfortable and beautiful.
1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News, 2 which God had already promised through His Prophets in Holy Writ, concerning His Son, 3 who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David, 4 but as regards the holiness of His Spirit was decisively proved by His Resurrection to be the Son of God--I mean concerning Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples, 6 among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered:
7 To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is spreading through the whole world. 9 I call God to witness--to whom I render priestly and spiritual service by telling the Good News about His Son-- how unceasingly I make mention of you in His presence, 10 always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you. 11 For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened; 12 in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine. 13 And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations. 14 I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people: 15 so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--the Jew first, and then the Gentile. 17 For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
18 For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry: 19 because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them. 20 For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse. 21 For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened. 22 While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools, 23 and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
24 For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings, God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour their bodies among themselves with impurity. 25 For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen.
26 This then is the reason why God gave them up to vile passions. For not only did the women among them exchange the natural use of their bodies for one which is contrary to nature, but the men also, 27 in just the same way--neglecting that for which nature intends women--burned with passion towards one another, men practising shameful vice with men, and receiving in their own selves the reward which necessarily followed their misconduct.
28 And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done. 29 Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful. 30 They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense, 31 faithless to their promises, without natural affection, without human pity. 32 In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed police for exercising "terrible judgment" when they repeatedly played a controversial film that portrayed Islam as dangerous to nearly 1,500 new recruits.
The man accused of setting fire to a Marietta mosque was sentenced to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to the crime.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Premier Ted Baillieu led the charge to dismiss a study suggesting Aussies who attached flags to their cars for Australia Day were more likely to have racist views.
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But Islamic Council of Victoria director Nazeem Hussain said the study did not surprise him.More at Herald Sun
"It's a sad reality that the flag has been more closely associated with white nationalist agendas than it has been in the past," he said.
THE ISLAMIC Bank of Britain (IBB) could open more branches in Yorkshire as growing numbers of Muslims seek financial products that don’t offend their faith.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Perkasa today warned of renewed efforts by Christian groups to convert Muslims in Selangor with Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim in charge of the state’s Islamic affairs.
Speaking at the Sydney Institute, Mr Irvine said ASIO needed to do more to reach out to Australian Muslim communities.
"ASIO is not against Islam," he said. "It is against terrorism.
Over the past decade, a number of academic studies have indicated a worrying and disproportionate trend towards negative, distorted and even fabricated reports in media coverage of the Muslim community.
The U.S. District Attorney's office says 35-year-old Jamshid Muhtorove of Aurora was arrested on Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare airport by Denver FBI agents and Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force members.
“Attempts were made to calm the group down, but the defendant continued, shouting “I’m going to cut your head off and machine gun the lot of you” and specifically pointing at officers saying “I’ve seen your face.”
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In response, Derek Gooden, defending, said the “flowery words” Abdin had used were prompted by what they believed to be an unwarranted police invasion.
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)
KUWAIT, Jan 23 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs expressed its belief in peace and understanding amongst religions and encouraging youth to champion such notions, the minister said here on Monday.
TUBINGEN (Germany),29 Safar/23 Jan (IINA)-The first of four centres for Islamic theology was officially opened last week at the University of Tübingen in southern Germany. All four will begin teaching later this year.
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“I am sure that this is a milestone for integration, too.” The minister added that the centre offered a “great opportunity to promote dialogue with the Christian religions”.
FOLLOWERS of a puritanical form of Islam will fill about a quarter of the seats in the lower house of the new Egyptian parliament today, underscoring the political power being wielded by Islamists in the wake of the Arab Spring.
CARNITA Matthews, the woman who won a court appeal because a judge said he couldn't be sure it was her underneath a burqa, has lost a bid for costs.
KIRKWOOD (KMOV) – Members of Occupy St. Louis and the Council on American-Islamic Relations joined forces Sunday afternoon to protest outside the Kirkwood Walmart and Lowe's over advertising dispute.
The principal Palestinian Authority’s religious leader, the Mufti Muhammad Hussein, denied on Sunday that he advocated for genocide of Jews in a speech two weeks ago.
1 And a great marvel was seen in Heaven-- a woman who was robed with the sun and had the moon under her feet, and had also a wreath of stars round her head, was with child, 2 and she was crying out in the pains and agony of childbirth.
3 And another marvel was seen in Heaven--a great fiery-red Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns; and on his heads were seven kingly crowns. 4 His tail was drawing after it a third part of the stars of Heaven, and it dashed them to the ground. And in front of the woman who was about to become a mother, the Dragon was standing in order to devour the child as soon as it was born.
5 She gave birth to a son--a male child, destined before long to rule all nations with an iron scepter. But her child was caught up to God and His throne, 6 and the woman fled into the Desert, there to be cared for, for 1,260 days, in a place which God had prepared for her.
7 And war broke out in Heaven, Michael and his angels engaging in battle with the Dragon. 8 The Dragon fought and so did his angels; but they were defeated, and there was no longer any room found for them in Heaven. 9 The great Dragon, the ancient serpent, he who is called 'the Devil' and 'the Adversary' and leads the whole earth astray, was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice speaking in Heaven. It said, "The salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God have now come, and the sovereignty of His Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been hurled down--he who, day after day and night after night, was wont to accuse them in the presence of God. 11 But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death. 12 For this reason be glad, O Heaven, and you who live in Heaven! Alas for the earth and the sea! For the Devil has come down to you; full of fierce anger, because he knows that his appointed time is short."
13 And when the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 Then, the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman to enable her to fly away into the Desert to the place assigned her, there to be cared for, for a period of time, two periods of time, and half a period of time, beyond the reach of the serpent. 15 And the serpent poured water from his mouth--a very river it seemed--after the woman, in the hope that she would be carried away by its flood. 16 But the earth came to the woman's help: it opened its mouth and drank up the river which the Dragon had poured from his mouth. 17 This made the Dragon furiously angry with the woman, and he went elsewhere to make war upon her other children--those who keep God's commandments and hold fast to the testimony of Jesus.
There has been a wave of violence targeting Iranian and Syrian Christians over the past month, say Christian news reports.
In addition, Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been on death row since 2010 for seeking to register his home-based church, refused to renounce his Christian beliefs in exchange for his release from prison. He was also jailed for questioning the role of Islam as the dominant form of religious instruction in his children’s school.
The fundamentalist group has eased off talk of Islamic-style legislation, saying it will focus on fixing Egypt's ailing economy, and it has even backed off introducing further explicit Islamic references in the new constitution it will have a major hand in writing. But it has other tools to push Egypt toward greater religious conservativism.
Thousands of devotees sought forgiveness from the Almighty Allah and divine blessings for Muslim Ummah as the second phase of Biswa Ijtema ended Sunday with offering Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers).
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: (Galatians 3:13)
One really wonders, now how Muslims can use imported meat and chicken from their favourite western style stores and enjoy western fast-food chains, knowing well that it is not Halal. Allegations are leveled on members of the Church of England that they complained that the spread of Halal meat was effectively spreading Sharia Law across Britain. Media report claims that around 10,000 Christians in Britain, many of whom have reservations about eating meat from animals that are sacrificed while an name of Allah is recited, have signed a petition calling for proper labelling.
By Nawab Khan
BRUSSELS, Jan 22 (KUNA) -- A Belgian professor of sociology and researcher on Islam Felice Dassetto is calling on rich Muslim countries to assist in establishing Islamic theological schools and faculties in Europe to overcome the gap in intellectual leadership of European Muslims.
"One of the major problems Muslims in Europe face, except perhaps for UK, is the absence of religious intellectual leadership," said Dassetto who teaches sociology in the university of Leuven and has published three books on Islam.
In a statement, the Communications Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Ibrahim Hooper, said:
"The Quran, Islam's revealed text, is the best refutation of Mr. Santorum's inaccurate and offensive remarks, which are unbecoming of anyone who hopes to hold our nation's highest office. Christians, Jews and Muslims all worship the same God and share religious traditions that promote justice and equality.
1 As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!" 2 "You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."
3 He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite to the Temple, when Peter, James, John, and Andrew, apart from the others asked Him, 4 "Tell us, When will these things be? and what will be the sign when all these predictions are on the point of being fulfilled?" 5 So Jesus began to say to them: "Take care that no one misleads you. 6 Many will come assuming my name and saying, 'I am He;' and they will mislead many. 7 But when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed: come they must, but the End is not yet. 8 For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.
9 "You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me. 10 But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes. 11 When however they are marching you along under arrest, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say, but speak what is given you when the time comes; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 12 "Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 13 You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.
14 "As soon, however, as you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where he ought not" --let the reader observe these words--"then let those in Judaea escape to the hills; 15 let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it; 16 and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment. 17 And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants! 18 "But pray that it may not come in the winter. 19 For those will be times of suffering the like of which has never been from the first creation of God's world until now, and assuredly never will be again; 20 and but for the fact that the Lord has cut short those days, no one would escape; but for the sake of His own People whom He has chosen for Himself He has cut short the days. 21 "At that time if any one says to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'See, He is there!' do not believe it. 22 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying signs and prodigies with a view to lead astray--if indeed that were possible--even God's own People. 23 But as for yourselves, be on your guard: I have forewarned you of everything.
24 "At that time, however, after that distress, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light; 25 the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed. 26 And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.
28 "Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near. 29 So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door. 30 I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place. 31 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away. 32 "But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
33 Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen. 34 It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake. 35 Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn. 36 Beware lest He should arrive unexpectedly and find you asleep. 37 Moreover, what I say to you I say to all--Be wakeful!"
