On Friday 20 February 2015

Despite goading from a range of critics, President Obama and administration officials refused to refer to 'Islamic' extremism at a three-day summit on countering violent extremism.

President Obama refuses to use the term 'Islamic' terrorism!

Source : The Christian Science Monitor
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The “Blind Trust Project” took place in downtown Toronto on a cold winter’s day. A Muslim man, arms outstretched, stands next to signs reading “I am a Muslim. I am labelled as a terrorist” and “I trust you. Do you trust me? Give me a hug.”

Muslims trust you; do you trust a Muslim?

Source : The Blind Trust Project
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More than 3 billion years ago, Earth was a hostile, volatile place, its air oxygen-less and its climate unpredictable. And yet, life thrived.

When did life start on this earth?

Source : The Washington Post
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Mr. Obama’s verbal tactics have become a target for a growing chorus of critics who believe the evasive language is a sign that he is failing to look squarely at the threat from militant Islam.

Americans condemn Obama for saying some Muslims are extremist terrorists rather than blaming Islam for terrorism

Source : The New York Times
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NEWS

	New York Daily News Obama defends refusal to ID terrorists as Muslim extremists New York Daily News WASHINGTON — President Obama gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of his refusal to identify terrorists as Muslim extremists, saying doing so ... President Obama: Muslim leaders 'need to do more' to discredit terrorists- NOLA.com Obama: countering violent extremism depends on Muslim support -Reuters Obama splits Muslim faith from terrorism at extremism conference - Stars and Stripes Full Coverage
	Huffington Post Vigils, social media reveal more unifiedMuslim voice in wake of college town's triple slaying Fox News Being Muslim in America has always posed challenges — now more than ever. Scrutiny and suspicion of Islam and its followers spiked after the ... Muslims finding voice as activists in wake of North Carolina killings - CBS News Chapel Hill shooting: Friends want tragedy to change how America sees Islam - WRAL.com Full Coverage
	NJ.com N.J. improperly denied request forMuslim surveillance documents, court rules NJ.com The three-judge panel last week said the state improperly denied an Open Public Records Act request that advocacy group Muslim Advocates filed ...
	WMC Action News 5 Correction: Muslim Leader-Arrest Story ABC News In a Feb. 17 story about a lawsuit accusing the head of the Institute of Islamic Education in Elgin, Illinois, of sexual abuse, The Associated Press, based ...
	Revere police investigate threatening, anti-Muslimnotes Boston Globe (subscription) Police are investigating a series of threatening, anti-Muslim notes found near the Revere Beach MBTA station Tuesday morning. Multiple messages ...
	NL Times Dutch Muslim Mayor: I can say things my colleagues can't CNN (CNN) The Moroccan-born Muslim mayor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, told CNN's Michael Holmes on Wednesday that Europe has no place for ...
	The Guardian Iran supreme leader: American Sniper made to 'harass and offend theMuslims' The Guardian Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has reportedly accused American Sniper of promoting anti-Muslim feeling. Photograph: ...
	Cornell Chronicle European Muslims face new challenges post-Charlie Hebdo Cornell Chronicle Author Amara Lakhous speaks at "Muslim Immigration in a Changing Europe: A Panel Discussion Post-Charlie Hebdo," a panel sponsored by the ...
	The Guardian Stop calling for a Muslim Enlightenment The Guardian After every terror attack the call rings out for the Muslim world to become modern. But as Christopher de Bellaigue writes, Muslims have strenuously ...
	KXAN.com Man charged in bomb threat targetingMuslim community center KXAN.com AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police say the man behind two bomb threats earlier this week targeting the North Austin Muslim Community Center and the Arab ...

	CNN International Obama should stop pretending Islamist terrorism has nothing to do with Islam Vox It could also indulge ISIS's view (also endorsed by some Americans, unfortunately) that the US is at war with Islam. Obama also surely wants to push ... Obama: Terror, Not Islam, Is the Enemy - Foreign Policy (blog) Obama: US at war with those who have perverted Islam - WTNH At summit on extremism, Obama defends his semantic choices regardingIslam - Los Angeles Times Full Coverage
	NDTV After Attacks, Denmark Hesitates to Blame Islam New York Times But this time he was gripped not by drugs but by a fanatical strand of Islam whose mission, according to a message he posted on Facebook shortly ...
	CNN Obama counters 'violent extremism' in speech CNN We are at war with people who have perverted Islam," Obama said during his remarks, adding later that Muslim leaders "need to do more to discredit ...
	Breitbart News Obama's Two Faces of Islam Breitbart News This is not, however, a failure to understand the nature of Islam and its connection with modern day terror at all. Rather, it is the result of perhaps the ... In Defense of Islam - New York Times (blog) White House on defensive about Jewish, Christian victims of Muslim violence - Washington Times Rev. Franklin Graham Explains Why Obama Is Excusing Islam - Western Journalism Full Coverage
	Ted Cruz: Obama 'an apologist for radical Islamic terrorists' Politico Ted Cruz says President Barack Obama is “an apologist for radical Islamic terrorists,” blasting the administration's rhetoric and approach to theIslamic ...
	The Guardian Explaining Islam's Sunni-Shiite divide Salt Lake Tribune (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Children sing at the Alrasool Islamic Center in Taylorsville, Saturday January 10, 2015 as Shia Muslims ...
	Researchers take scientific approach to Islamic finance Reuters Feb 19 (Reuters) - Researchers are seeking to apply the principles of game theory to Islamic finance, one of several efforts to shed new light on ...
	Phillips Warns of 'Civilizational Battle' Between Islam and the West Breitbart News In a lecture on “The Paris Massacres and the Freedom of Speech,” Phillips singled out Islam as being the root cause of the violent extremism in the ...
	FrontPage Magazine Former Islamic Imam Confronts Islam and the Brotherhood — on The Glazov Gang FrontPage Magazine After his conversion from Islam to Christianity, Dr. Christian dedicated his life and work to the proposition that “the first victims of Islam are the Muslim ...
	Christian Science Monitor How is Europe countering radicalIslam? (+video) Christian Science Monitor It is the third in a series of talks that the youthful imam has given to the group of faithful, sitting on a red carpet in front of him, since Islamic extremists ...
	BLOGS
	Obama defends the 'true peaceful nature of Islam' The Right Scoop NY POST – President Obama defended the “true peaceful nature of Islam” on Wednesday — saying terrorist groups like ISIS promote a “twisted ...
	WEB
	Obama: 'We Are Not at War With Islam' MSN.com Obama: 'We Are Not at War With Islam' ... WH explanation for not saying radical Islam: legit? FOX News 8:43 2 hrs ago ...
	Airborne Girl's Guide: Islam & Its Abuse of Women Center for Security Policy gives her first hand perspective on the problems with treatment of women in Islamic cultures and how that is even happening here at home.
	Obama: Islam not responsible for terrorism Washington Examiner President Obama on Wednesday said that Islam was not to blame for the spread of terrorism, dismissing calls for him to link such violence to so-called ...
	Obama: We aren't at war with Islam MSN.com Obama: We aren't at war with Islam. CNN. Duration: 01:48 48 mins ago. President Obama speaks at a White House summit aimed at halting violent ...
	Josh Earnest: 'This is not a war on Islam' Washington Examiner This is not a war on Islam, Josh Earnest told reporters as the White House hosts the second day of a summit on “violent extremism.” Obama has been ...

On Thursday 19 February 2015

The Holy Quran tells us that the Jews and Christians are confused about whether Jesus was killed on the cross. Remember, there is a difference between being put on the cross and being killed on the cross. This is an old debate well worth watching.

Crucifixion of Jesus - an old debate.

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A member of our jamaat, Bary White, tries to explain Islamic verses about fighting in the context in which they were revealed and appear in the Holy Quran.

Bary White's letter to the Columbus (Ohio) Despatch

Source : www.dispatch.com
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"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin 1809 C.E.

Darwin's wisdom.

Source : www.forbes.com
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NEWS
	Why Some Muslims Are Fasting For Lent Huffington Post In a display of solidarity and interfaith appreciation, some Muslims are pledging to fast alongside their Christian neighbors this year, and they hope it ...
	MLive.com Muslim man stabbed two others over religious beliefs at a Southfield bus stop, police say MLive.com Nick Loussia, Deputy Chief of Police for the Southfield Police Department, said Thomas "isMuslim, and asked the victims what religion they were" ... Michigan man asked victims if they were Muslim before stabbing them -Fox News Police suspect hate crime in stabbings at Detroit-area bus stop - CNN Full Coverage
	Newsweek 80% of Anti-Muslim Attacks in France Against Women, Says Report Newsweek Kenza Drider, a French Muslim of North African descent, wears a niqab outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 11, 2011. Gonzalo Fuentes/ ...
	Times LIVE Muslim Groups Respond With Love, Philanthropy In The Face Of Violence Huffington Post After the shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a message of compassion rose up from many corners of theMuslim ... Fears rife within American Muslim community after Chapel Hill shootings -Al Jazeera America It's hard to prove any hate crime. But for Muslim victims, it's especially tough. - Washington Post Full Coverage
	Fox News Muslim Scholar Charged With Sexual Assault NBC Chicago Dr Mohammed Kaiseruddin, Chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, said the council has known of the allegations for ...
	The Independent Saudi Muslim cleric claims the Earth is 'stationary' and the sun rotates around it The Independent A video of the Muslim cleric's lecture showed him using a cup of water in an attempt to debunk the theory that the world rotates as it orbits the sun.

	ThinkProgress "What The Atlantic Gets Dangerously Wrong About ISIS And Islam" ThinkProgress Despite this, Wood's article has encountered staunch criticism and derision from many Muslims and academics who study Islam. After the article was ... Franklin Graham: Obama 'only knows Islam, and he has given a pass toIslam' - Washington Times Full Coverage
	New York Post Obama defends the 'true peaceful nature of Islam' New York Post President Obama defended the “true peaceful nature of Islam” on Wednesday — saying terrorist groups like ISIS promote a “twisted interpretation of ... Islamic State Is an 'Apocalyptic Cult' Bent on Hastening the 'End Times', Expert Explains - TheBlaze.com There is No Modern Islam - FrontPage Magazine Full Coverage
	National Review Online (blog) Islam as a Victim Civilization National Review Online (blog) President Obama's scolding of Western Civilization at the National Prayer Breakfast (“Let's not get up on our high horse”) may go down in history as ...
	National Post Obama summit aims to battle extremists, Islamic and otherwise CNN Washington (CNN) At this week's summit on combating violent extremists, President Barack Obama hopes to concoct ways to battle a threat made ... Obama avoids Islam focus in 'extremism' summit, teams with mosque with past terror ties - Washington Times Full Coverage
	Albuquerque Journal Group protesting Islam sets Muhammad cartoon event in Texas Albuquerque Journal GARLAND, Texas — A month after hundreds of people protested outside a Muslim conference in suburban Dallas, a group critical of Islam has ... Group protesting Islam sets Muhammad cartoon event in Texas - Fort Worth Star Telegram Full Coverage

BLOGS
	OUTRAGEOUS: Muslim Groups Demand That Obama Exempt Them From Terror Prosecution Laws Right Wing News Lead by the terror-connected Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group of Muslim clerics in the USA are demanding that Obama exempt ... Flag as irrelevant
	Ex-Muslim Imam with Ties to the Inside Gives Disturbing Prediction for America Mad World News Dr. Mark Christian is a former Muslim who converted to Christianity a decade ago and now lives under the continual threat of being killed by members ... Flag as irrelevant

WEB
	Anti-Muslim Graffiti on Wa. School, Temple MSN.com Ash Carter Arrives at Pentagon for First Day. Associated Press 1:08 4 hrs ago · Donna Karan's NYC Collection. Associated Press 1:38 5 hrs ago ...
	US Islamic Lobby Groups See 'CVE' Initiative as Unfairly Focusing on Muslims CNS News “Despite overwhelming evidence that American Muslims are committed to the national good, the U.S. government still frames its relationship with ...
	Anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim acts threaten France MSN.com French President Francois Hollande says the rise of acts against Jews andMuslims threatens the country's very foundations.Hollande spoke Tuesday ...
	Washington Post's Muslim stabbing headline quickly amended after criticism Washington Examiner In an article initially headlined "Man stabs two at a bus stop after asking them if they're Muslim,” the Post reported that a Muslim man, Terrence ...
	Muslim Advocates Expresses Extraordinary Disappointment Over White House CVE Summit Muslim Advocates Muslim Advocates is deeply troubled by the message that the administration is sending by primarily focusing on American Muslims, particularly young ...
	Minnesota Muslim Leaders to Raise Concerns About New Council on American-Islamic Relations (MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 2/16/15) – On Tuesday, February 17, Minnesota Muslim and Somali leaders will hold a press conference to raise concerns about ...

	Rumsfeld on ISIS and Obama's 'radical Islam' problem Fox News Rumsfeld on ISIS and Obama's 'radical Islam' problem. Feb. 17, 2015 - 7:01 - Former defense secretary sounds off the growing threat of ISIS, the ...
	Holder blames Fox News for 'radical Islam' controversy Fox News Outgoing attorney general does not seem concerned about calling radicalIslamic terrorists exactly what they are, accuses Fox creating uproar.