On Saturday 25 April 15

Apology

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We regret the loss of service for the last week or so caused by internet connection problems. This are still not resolved but we have devised a solution to allow us to continue a partial service.

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Many Muslim American activists consider social justice work to be a fundamental tenet of their faith -- but the community’s cohesion on this front occasionally breaks down along racial lines.

Things are beginning to change, however, as black Muslim leaders work to raise the issues of racism and police brutality in the broader Muslim community, reminding Muslims of all backgrounds of the moral imperative to speak out against injustice.

US Muslims to unite to fight prejudice.

Source : Huffington Post

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NEWS

	Jewish, Muslim, other faith communities reflect on 'huge loss' of Cardinal George Chicago Sun-Times Cardinal Francis George was the guest of honor at a 2013 Ramadan dinner held at the Muslim Education Center in Morton Grove.
	Pew Research Center Why Muslims are the world's fastest-growing religious group Pew Research Center By 2050, Muslims will be nearly as numerous as Christians, who are projected to remain the world's largest religious group at 31.4% of the global ...
	The Onion (satire) New TSA Precheck Program Offers Expedited Interrogations ForMuslim Passengers The Onion (satire) WASHINGTON—In an effort to streamline the process for qualifying travelers, officials from the Transportation Security Administration introduced a ...
	Christian Broadcasting Network Ex-Muslim: Koran Revealed a Religion I Did Not Like Christian Broadcasting Network Her mission is for more Muslims to know what is in the Koran. She says if moreMuslims knew what was in the Koran, more would leave Islam.
	DAWN.com Thoughts on a rise in India's Muslim population DAWN.com Looking at projected populations, PEW Research Center has released a report (2nd April 2015) stating that the population of Hindus in India will fall ... Pew finding on future of religious groups: Muslims will grow more than twice as fast as world ... - The Speaker Full Coverage
	WJLA UMD screening of ?American Sniper? postponed after Muslimstudent group speaks out WJLA The day before SEE's announcement, UMD's Muslim Students Association started an online petition against the film, writing that "it only serves to fuel ... University of Maryland group pulls 'American Sniper' from spring lineup after outcry -Baltimore Sun (blog) 'American Sniper' events derailed by Muslim student complaints at University of Maryland - Washington Times University of Maryland cancels 'American Sniper' after Muslim students complain - Fox News Full Coverage
	Breitbart News Muslim Girl Allegedly Raped by Groom After Refusing Arranged Marriage Breitbart News A teenage Muslim girl in Phoenix was allegedly kidnapped, beaten, and raped on April 20 when she refused to enter into an arranged marriage.
	The Inquisitr Steve Rhode Tells Muslim Writer, 'Islam Won't Get You Out Of Paying Interest On Loan, Default May ... The Inquisitr Amir says that when he took renewed interest in the Muslim faith in 2012, he learned that he was strictly forbidden to deal with interest on loans as a ...
	WTSP 10 News Muslim woman sues Domino's after 'bomb threat' arrest WTSP 10 News In July 2012, Hakima Benaddi said it was the first time she had worn a hijab, a Muslimhead scarf, to pick up a pizza at the Davenport location. Muslim woman claims discrimination over Domino's Pizza incident - WFLA Full Coverage
	Daily Beast The Muslims Are Comingto the Subways! Daily Beast How do you respond to a $100,000 campaign of hateful, anti-Muslim ads in the New York City bus and subway system? Do you deface them? Do you ...

	Class presents Islam Rooted documentary, denouncing connection between Muslims and extremists Diamondback Online Hoping to shed a positive light on Islam and its influence on Western education, a class of communication students premiered their documentary Islam ...
	The Age Girls at Islamic school banned from running, teachers claim The Age It follows revelations in The Age last month that the principal of the Islamic school, Omar Hallak, told students that Islamic State was a plot by Western ... Former Al-Taqwa Islamic school student Lamisse Hamouda blows whistle on principal's ... - The Age Full Coverage
	Marshfield News-Herald Muslims hold open house to explain their faith Marshfield News-Herald As news of atrocities committed by terrorists in the name of Islam have become prevalent in the media, misconceptions about the religion have grown, ...
	DunyaNews Pakistan Islam doesn't have tolerance for religious prejudice: Imam-e-Kaaba DunyaNews Pakistan He said that Islam has granted excellent rights to the minorities. The Imam-e-Kaaba saiid that Islam teaches us to love one another. He said that there ... Islam prohibits violence and terrorism, says Imam-e-Kaaba - Geo News, Pakistan Islam prohibits violence and terrorism: Imam-e-Kaaba in Pak - Business Standard 'No place of violence, terrorism in Islam: Imam Ka'aba speaks at Bahria Town mosque - The News Teller Full Coverage
	A Struggle for the Soul of Islam ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of Violent Islamism is not an aberrational accident in Arab and Islamic history. It has always followed the fall of the dominant order. It materialized in the ...
	KGOU Religious Liberty Attorney, Online Editor Describes Gender Issues In Islam, Other Faiths KGOU Before, most people didn't really know about Muslims or Islam – or if they did, it was really just another religious group. And then when the spotlight ...
	The Pilot Is dialogue with Islam possible? Yes, and it's needed now more than ever, Vatican says The Pilot Vatican City, Apr 22, 2015 CNA/EWTN News.- Amid continued violence by ISIS and other militant Islamist groups, the Pontifical Council for ...
	Christian Post Phase One Of the Three Phases Of Islam: Tolerance And Taqqiya Christian Post It's important for concerned American citizens to understand that Islam, which means "submission," is not a religion. It is a totalitarian ideology that ... The Subversive Second Phase of Islam: Lawfare and Shari'a Compliance - Right Side News Islam stands with us against blood, violence of terrorism - The Catholic Register Freedom in Islam and democracy - Gulf Times Full Coverage
	Onislam.net Why Didn't Abraham Teach Hajj to His Children through Isaac? Onislam.net From Islam's point of view a Muslim's faith, if it is real and sincere, should express itself in action and regular practice. The Five Pillars instill into the ...
	WUWM Local Muslims: Reports on ISIS Contribute to Misunderstandings about Islam WUWM Stories about ISIS remain in the news, including because a number of teens and adults in the U.S. have been arrested recently, for trying to join the ...

BLOGS

	UK: Muslim claims Islam justifies his killing love rival Jihad Watch “Chowdhury claimed killing was justified by Islam and included a passage from the Quran which said: 'Cut the neck of the man who eyed up his wife.
	UK woman branded racist for bringing her Muslim sex abusers to justice Jihad Watch By emphasizing that all people in Britain would be held to the same law, and that Muslims would no longer be a privileged class. Will any of that ...

UK: Muslim claims Islam justifies his killing love rival Jihad Watch “Chowdhury claimed killing was justified by Islam and included a passage from the Quran which said: 'Cut the neck of the man who eyed up his wife.

WEB

UMD Muslim Students Association Facebook UMD Muslim Students Association, College Park, MD. 1282 likes · 107 talking about this. Welcome to the official page of the University of Maryland...

The New York Times Facebook A California-born convert to Islam, Adam Gadahn was perhaps Al Qaeda's leading American voice.

On Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 April 15

One big critique, understandably, of postmodern views on Christian spirituality is that there's too much time and energy spent deconstructing old systems and ways of thinking that need to be torn down or reimagined, while lacking the same effort to build up something more helpful -- more Christ-like -- in its place.

What can we learn from each other?
Source : Huffington Post
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Stacy Eden

A commuter has been caught on camera defending a fellow passenger from a hateful tirade on a train in Sydney, Australia.
In the shocking video, an elderly woman is seen asking a Muslim woman: “Why are you wearing it [a headscarf] for a man who married a six-year-old girl?”
Shocked, Stacy Eden jumped to the woman’s defense.

A good samaritan.

Source : Huffington Post
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NEWS

	KHOU Parents, students show support for former teacher in Muslim controversy KHOU The controversial handout lists no sources, but makes claims like '38 percent of Muslims believe people that leave the faith should be executed. Richmond teacher resigns over 'anti-Muslim' materials - Chron.com Full Coverage
	Huffington Post There's Something Historic About This Muslim's Journey Huffington Post On April 3rd, 2015, Jameel set out to become the first Muaddhin in the history of the United States to recite the Muslim call to prayer in all fifty states.
	Business Insider Philippines says leader of a splinter Muslim rebel group dies Business Insider MANILA (Reuters) - The leader of a small but violent splinter group of Muslim rebels died on Tuesday, the head of Philippine military said, removing a ... Philippines Says Muslim Rebel Who Backed IS Group Has Died - ABC News Philippines says Muslim rebel who backed Islamic State group has died - Stars and Stripes Philippines says Muslim rebel who backed ISIS has died - The Daily Star Full Coverage
	Telegraph.co.uk Muslim men branded 'disgrace' for praying at Anfield Telegraph.co.uk 'Illegal' Muslim prayers in Church of England parish. The club asks fans if they experience any discriminatory abuse of behaviour at Anfield to report it ... Liverpool FC to 'take action' against fan who posted picture of Muslimspraying at Anfield - Daily Mail Liverpool vow to act against supporter who called two Muslim men a 'disgrace' for praying inside ...- mirror.co.uk Liverpool will take action against fan who branded Muslim men 'a disgrace' for praying during half ...- The Independent Full Coverage
	Daily News & Analysis Sanjay Raut waters down comments on Muslim voting right, Shiv Sena questions silence on ... Daily News & Analysis Under intense fire for his comments about disenfranchisement of Muslims, which had also revealed the unease within his own party, Shiv Sena Rajya ... Growing Muslim, Christian Populations Are A Threat To India Requiring Forced Family Planning ... - International Business Times Shiv Sena Suggests 'Family Planning' for Muslims, Christians in New Controversy - NDTV After voting rights row, Sena wants population control for Muslims - Hindustan Times Full Coverage
	Bangor Daily News Portland police release video of anti-Muslim hate crime Bangor Daily News The anti-Muslim graffiti, which reportedly used a derogatory phrase aimed at Allah, was discovered by market employees when they opened the store ...
	'Radical Muslims' clothing line aims to shatter stereotypes The Christian Century (RNS) Radical Muslims. The phrase elicits images of ISIS militants and terror in the desert, perhaps grainy YouTube videos, Kalashnikovs, and raised ...
	Daily Utah Chronicle Muslim Students Search for Meals on Campus Daily Utah Chronicle For the U's Muslim minority, eating food or drink permitted under Islamic Shari'ah law is difficult at best. There aren't any venues on campus that serve ...
	The College Fix Duke University's Muslim Students Association blackballed Islamic feminist's campus speech The College Fix An Islamic feminist was recently shunned at Duke University by the very people she is working to defend and educate: Muslim-Americans.
	teleSUR English NRA Speaker Claims Muslim "No-Go" Zones in US teleSUR English The speaker went on to describe his personal experience as he entered one of those “Muslim-controlled” neighborhoods. “I have seen it with my own ... NRA speaker Steve Tarani claims 'no-go areas' controlled by Muslim extremists in US cities - International Business Times UK Full Coverage

	Newsweek Access to Jihadi Book Turns Prisons into 'IslamicExtremism Incubators' Newsweek Haras Rafiq, managing director of the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-extremism think tank, warned that prisons have become “incubators for Islamic ...
	The Independent Man charged with 'insulting Islam' in Dubai over Facebook post on Isis violence in Iraq The Independent The 24-year-old vendor filed an official complaint claiming the posts “insulted Islam”, a criminal offence in the UAE punishable by a minimum one year ...
	BP News Columnist: Sharia, Islam far from uniform The Spokesman Review (blog) She writes that there is so much variation in part because there are many holy texts in Islam, including more recent texts and interpretation. “So there is ... Islam Growing Faster than Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism: Study -benarnews Full Coverage
	The Indian Express Converting to save homes: 800 Valmikis turn to Islam in Rampur, spark outrage Firstpost A resident of Valmiki Basti, who converted to Islam on Tuesday, told The Times of India that a civic employee had told them to vacate their houses and ... Rampur: Over 800 Valmikis Embrace Islam to Prevent Demolition of Their Houses - International Business Times, India Edition In Azam Khan's Rampur, over 800 Balmikis convert to Islam to save homes from demolition -indiatvnews.com (press release) (blog) Valmikis 'convert' to Islam by wearing skull caps, raise fresh demands - The Indian Express Full Coverage
	Breitbart News Poll: 42% of Canadian Muslims Think Islam, The West Don't Mesh Breitbart News The surveys also found that over 60 percent of Jewish and Christian Canadians believe that Islam is incompatible with the West. Among secular ...
	International Business Times UK United Arab Emirates: Indian expat charged for insultingIslam on Facebook International Business Times UK Facebook sign An Indian expat has been accused in the UAE for posting comments insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed after seeing a video ... Indian Man in Dubai Charged Over Insulting Islam on Facebook - Outlook UAE: Indian man charged with insulting Islam on Facebook - Jihad Watch Full Coverage
	Media Matters for America (blog) Fox & Friends Outraged That World History Students Are Learning About Islam Media Matters for America (blog) Fox News' latent Islamophobia manifested itself during two segments criticizing a Wisconsin high school for asking history students to write about ...
	Salon “Fox & Friends” hates that students are learning aboutIslam Salon ... the everyday experience of Muslim Americans. (Islam is, by the way, the second largest religion in the world, so it probably deserves some attention.).
	Breitbart News Group Claimed Teacher Called Islam An 'Ideology of War,' Now Says There Was A Misunderstanding Breitbart News The organization that argued that a Texas high school teacher gave students an anti-Islam handout in class is now saying, “there may have been a ...
	Health24 Surprise: British Muslims Fight for Islam, Not for Queen and Country PJ Media But you probably guessed that already; they're only “British” because they hold a passport, not because they're “Britons.” The New York Times takes a ... Christian Science Monitor Is 'pretending' to be Muslim an appropriate history assignment? Christian Science Monitor Some confusion was due to the wording of the email, with some in the media criticizing the phrasing, "pretend" to be Muslim. According to Union Grove ... Voice of America Yemen Crisis Bares Rifts Among Muslim-majority Countries Voice of America Worried that this clash could engulf other countries with Muslim majority populations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week that the ... The Guardian Liverpool FC to take action against man who branded prayingMuslims 'disgrace' The Guardian Liverpool Football club has said it will take action against a man who called two Muslim fans a “disgrace” for praying at Anfield during half time. Liverpool FC to take action over 'disgrace' Muslim praying tweet - Metro Liverpool FC to 'Take Action' Against Fan over Muslim Prayer Tweet - Breitbart News Liverpool FC considers action over Muslim prayer tweet - BBC News Full Coverage International Business Times UK Libya migrants: Muslim refugees arrested in Italy for throwing Christians into sea after fight International Business Times UK Italian police have arrested 15 Muslim migrants in Palermo for allegedly having thrown Christian refugees off the rubber boat that was taking them to ... Daily Mail 'Shut your mouth if you've got nothing nice to say': Watch as a furious commuter stands up for ... Daily Mail Police are now urging witnesses of a middle-aged woman's offensive public transport tirade at a Muslim woman to come forward after Daily Mail ... Racist rant on Sydney train caught on video, passenger defends Muslim woman from tirade - ABC Online Sydney woman praised for defending Muslim woman 'harassed on train for wearing a hijab' - The Independent Melbourne's Somali community says it is shocked by reports that Sharky Jama was killed fighting ... -NEWS.com.au Full Coverage USA TODAY Police: Muslim migrants threw Christians overboard USA TODAY ROME (AP) — Italy's migration crisis took on a deadly new twist Thursday as police in Sicily reported that Muslim migrants had thrown 12 Christians ... Muslim Scholar Directs Holocaust Center at a Catholic College... And By the Way, the Director is a ... Huffington Post So meet Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, the Muslim director of the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College in New York City. Christian-Muslim conflict in Central African Republic has refugees afraid to leave camps Washington Times Lessons: Before the Central African Republic war, “Our kids could play and go to school together without differentiating who's a Muslim or Christian kid ... Daily Beast Turkey Nurtures Egypts Terrorist Muslim Brothers Daily Beast Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood in exile is trying to build a coalition of its own, meeting Western lawmakers, opening satellite news stations, even ... AsiaOne Largest Muslim group asks Indonesia to broker talks on Yemen Reuters JAKARTA (Reuters) - The world's largest Muslim organization urged Indonesia to broker talks on Yemen at an Asia-Africa leaders conference next ...

	International Business Times Iranian Ayatollah: Emancipate Islam's Holy Sites From Saudi Control, Hand Mecca To 'Men Of Piety' International Business Times Saudi Arabia and Iran's increasingly bitter dispute about Islamic pilgrimages to Mecca escalated after a senior Iranian cleric publicly called Saudi ...
	Jerusalem Post Israel News French imam: Islam must reform itself Jerusalem Post Israel News Islam must reform, but the effort is not an internal Muslim struggle alone, and should include the rest of the world as well, Sheikh Hassan Chalghoumi ...
	International Business Times Over 200 Kosovars Fighting For Islamic State In Iraq, Syria: Report International Business Times The country in southeastern Europe ranks eighth overall among Western states that have seen their citizens leave to join groups like the Islamic State.
	Onislam.net Should We Take Advantage of Leniency in Islam? Onislam.net But I want to return to Allah, I just don't understand how I am supposed to interpretIslam so that I stay rightly guided. Also, does showing leniency in ... Prayer Makes Us Better (Part 3) - Onislam.net Full Coverage
	UKIP Black Country candidate condemns 'evil cult of Islam' expressandstar.com The Labour Party of Diane Abbott and Harriet Harman infiltrated by the evil cult of Islam. Wow.” A spokesman for UKIP said: “We will investigate it.”.
	Breitbart News UKIP Candidate Condemns 'Cult of Evil Islam' Breitbart News A UKIP candidate called Islam a “cult of evil” when he was commenting on reports that members of the religion had “infiltrated” the Labour Party.
	BBC News Charlie Hebdo's Charb publishes posthumous book on Islam BBC News The book, which upholds the right to ridicule religion, was finished two days before Charb was killed by Islamic militants in January, publishers say. Charlie Hebdo editor's book on Islam to be published posthumously - Firstpost Book by Charlie Hebdo editor Charb published posthumously - FRANCE 24 Full Coverage
	ConservativeHQ Indian Muslims Show Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Warnings About Islam Are Misplaced Reason (blog) She now says that “military action alone” won't temper Islamic extremism and what the Islamic world really needs is a reformation. She has even ...
	GOP Women To Hear Anti-Islam Pastor The Spokesman Review (blog) Shahram Hadian, of Chattaroy, Wash., the anti-Islam pastor at the center of the Child Support services storm in the Idaho Legislature, will speak to the ...
	ArabianBusiness.com Expat Saudi professor fired for insulting Islam ArabianBusiness.com A Western professor has been fired from a Saudi college for insulting Islam and allegedly making racist comments, according to Arabic daily Al ... Saudi Arabia: Expat Professor Fired for Insulting Islam - International Business Times, India Edition Expat professor fired for 'insulting Islam' - Yahoo! Maktoob News Full Coverage

	New York Times Book by Slain Charlie Hebdo Editor Argues Islam Is Not Exempt From Ridicule New York Times The book, “Letter to the Fraudsters of Islamophobia Who Play Into Racists' Hands,” argues that all religions, including Islam, are fair game for ridicule ... In Posthumous Riposte, Editor Of 'Charlie Hebdo' Targets 'Islamophobia' - KPBS Full Coverage
	The Southern News (blog) Is this the end?: The quest for a global Islam and the hope of Christian eschatology The Southern News (blog) Led along the edge of a Libyan beach by Islamic State militants, 21 Egyptian Christians wearing the orange jumpsuits of prisoners received the white ...
	The Guardian Among the Believers review – portrait of radical Islam in Pakistan veers from balance to ... The Guardian What I like about Among the Believers, a portrait of radical Islam in Pakistan, is how the first two-thirds of the movie strives to remain as balanced as ...
	Salon “Effeminate” liberals are sexually attracted to “masculine brutality of Islam,” according to right-wing ... Salon Host Tony Perkins asked him why liberals “favors Islam and actually promotes it, even to their own demise,” and Rabbi Lapin responded with what he ...
	WND.com Queen of Denmark: 'We must give Islam opposition' WND.com “We are challenged in these years by Islam, both globally and locally, and it is a challenge we have to take seriously. … There is something ...
	Position of Islam on terrorism and religious extremism New Vision Muslims are bound by the Qur'an prohibitions of taking an innocent life (Quran: 5:32, 17:33 ), considered as one of the gravest sins in Islam.
	Consortium News Anti-Islam Hate in City of Brotherly Love Consortium News Though the First Amendment protected the right of American Nazis to march through Jewish neighborhoods of Skokie, Illinois, in 1978, the provocation ...
	Arutz Sheva Charlie Hebdo Editor Slams Islam From the Grave Arutz Sheva Regarding fears of Islam, a full 1,550 French citizens have joined Syrian and Iraqi terror groups according to the government, amid rising fears of ...
	InsideHalton.com Halton Muslim women separate ISIS from Islam InsideHalton.com The Burlington event's co-presenter Lubna Malik stressed that Islam translated means peace. “It is not Islam that motivates violence,” she added.
	AsiaOne Cleric says Islam compatible with democracy AsiaOne JAKARTA - Muslim cleric Ahmad Syafii Maarif celebrated his 80th birthday with the launch of his new book about the state of Islam and democracy in ...

WEB

	Being young and Muslim in New Zealand The Wireless What's it like being a young Muslim in New Zealand? From wearing the hijab to being blamed for terror attacks.
	Muslim Youth Leadership Program Idealist.org Join CAIR San Francisco Bay Area for the 11th Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Program (MYLP), a four-day intensive political immersion and ...
	Dubai's new registry for non-Muslim wills to be launched on 30 April STEP A new succession regime for non-Muslim owners of assets in Dubai has received official approval and will launch on 30 April.
	Nebraska UCC church joins tri-faith movement aligning Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities United Church of Christ The interfaith movement is alive and well in the town of Omaha, Neb., where Christian, Jewish and Muslim houses of worship are walking together to ...

Religion, Science, and Empire: Classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India New Books in South Asian Studies Peter GottschalkView on AmazonWhen did religion begin in South Asia? Many would argue that it was not until the colonial encounter that South .. Legend MSN.com A young woman has been hailed a hero for standing up to defend a Muslim woman who was being harassed on a Sydney train. Muslim women much more likely to be unemployed than white Christian women Bris.ac.uk Press release issued: 15 April 2015. Discrimination by employers has meant that Muslim women are much more likely to be unemployed than white ...

	Fear of Islam in America University of California In a lecture titled “Islamophobia: The Real Enemy,” he explained how and why the fear of Islam exists in the United States. Aslan took us back to 2001, ...
	Britain First Facebook APPEASING ISLAM WILL ONLY BACKFIRE! Liverpool to 'take action' against fan who posted picture of Muslims. Stephen Dodd caused outrage when ...