Saturday, 13 June 2015

On Friday 12 June, and Saturday 13, 2015


Education In Islam


Many Muslims, and non Muslims alike, claim that Islamic guidance dictates that Muslims only need to gain knowledge of their religion and nothing else matters. In this Khutba we look at that claim and examine not only what the Holy Prophet (s) told us to do, but what Muslims in the ‘golden age’ of Islam were doing. If you are unable to watch the video then you can listen to the podcast

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk
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Europe was first settled by milk drinkers

Researchers examined the DNA of skeletons from the Bronze Age, finding that a tremendous shift in population from the Caucasus region brought migrants to northern Europe in around 3000 B.C., according to a Daily Mail report


Source : National Monitor
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Was this the lost tomb of Jesus?

The documentary, produced by James Cameron and written by Israeli-born filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, contends there's evidence that Jesus had been married to Mary Magdalene and that they had children. As evidence, the film points to a tomb discovered in the East Talpiot neighborhood of East Jerusalem in 1980 that contained ossuaries -- small chests that held the bones of the dead -- with inscriptions that read “Jesus son of Joseph,” “Mary,” “Judah son of Jesus” and other names of New Testament figures.

Source : Huffington Post
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NEWS
The Guardian

Tolerant Islam is worth protecting
Here the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel sits next to the head of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought next to the president of the ...
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ANTARA

Govt launches book on history of Islam in Indonesia
The government has launched the History of Islam in Indonesia (SKII) compiled by the Directorate General of Culture at the Education and Culture ...
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Fast Facts
June 27, 2011 – Arrest warrants are issued by the International Criminal Court for Saif al-Islam, his father, and uncle Abdullah Senussi for their roles in ...
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Florida Courier

ISLAM'S CIVIL WAR
A year after the so-called Islamic State captured territory in Iraq, experts say that a war is almost inevitable, with Saudi Arabia and the Sunni branch on ...
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Bank Islam expects slower performance in 2015
Kuala Lumpur: Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd expects a moderate and slower performance in 2015 with assets to grow at 10 per cent and financing at 15 ...
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Onislam.net

Ask About Islam (Live Session)
This session is dedicated to “Ask About Islam”; Br. Waleed Najmeddine will reply to general questions about Islam including interfaith issues, ...
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Islam's 'Baby Jihad'
Islamic aspirations to dominate the world are set to happen—if not through might of arms, then apparently through sheer numbers.
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Islam & Technology: High-Tech Hijab to make Muslim women cooler and comfortable
Veil founder Ahmad Ghanem launches a creative Hijab line after he took inspiration from Nike. Published: 7 minutes ago; Zaynab Quadri. Print; eMail.
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Yahoo News UK

Persecution of Pakistan's Christians by fanatical Islam is a betrayal of Jinnah and founding fathers
Not only did this programme enforce Islamic penal law and restrict the freedom of women, it severely restricted the rights of non-Muslims in terms of ...
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Kasmir Monitor

Polygamy in Islam: Clearing the misconceptions
One of the features of Islam that has evoked continuous debates particularly in secular countries is the practice of polygamy .There are several ...
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The Guardian

How fashion is courting the Muslim pound
But increasingly it's not just supermarkets cashing in on the so called “Ramadan rush”; fashion is courting the Muslim pound, too. Every summer, an ...
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Voice of America

WND.com

Muslim claims anglicizing name improved job prospects
(Breitbart) A Muslim teacher who claims to have changed his name from Hamid Mahmood to Harry Mason in order to get more job interviews spent ...
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Express.co.uk

Muslim woman LOSES legal battle to wear jibab because it is a 'tripping hazard'
A MUSLIM woman has lost her legal battle to wear a style of traditional Islamic dress at a nursery - as it was a 'tripping hazard' for children and staff.
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International Business Times

Russia Vows To Help Muslim Nations Fight Terror
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that Russia was united with the Islamic world and would help Muslim nations resolve their ...
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Daily Mail

International Business Times

Times of India

Capital FM Kenya

Kenyan court orders Muslim groups removed from 'terror list'
Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) and Haki Afrika were included in April on a list of entities associated with the Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab, ...
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swissinfo.ch

Bosnian Muslim war commander arrested in Geneva
Former Bosnian Muslim military commander Naser Oric has been arrested in Geneva on an international warrant issued by Serbia alleging war crimes ...
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Deseret News

Why there are varying and conflicting viewpoints of Islam
Islam — a religion with over 1.6 billion followers scattered worldwide — is not monolithic but decentralized and diverse, according to scholars and ...
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expressandstar.com

1000 support Dudley Islam exhibition days before protest march
More than 1,000 people went along to an exhibition all about about Islam in Dudley - just days before an anti-mosque protest comes to the town.
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Ring of Fire

ISIS Continues to Tarnish Image of Islam; Sells Girls as Sex Slaves For a Pack of Cigarettes
The United Nations detailed this week that the Islamic State (IS) has been trafficking young girls for the illegal sex trade, reported The Huffington Post.
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Local seminar: Radical Islam is spreading, even in conservative Pa.
SCOTLAND >> Winebrenner Seminary is raising the alarm that radical Islamic groups are recruiting young people to its cause, even from the ...
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Letter: Islam not compatible with America
Islam and its legal system, Sharia law, are not compatible with America or our Constitution. We value our freedoms, particularly freedom of religion and ...
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Share “Why there are varying and conflicting...”
Accordingly, only 43 percent of respondents said they had some sort of knowledge of Islam, which experts contend is the root of Islamophobia, along ...
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Middle East Monitor

Creating 'Islam in Europe' as a threat is part of Israel's new strategy
What does it mean when the most prominent platform for Israeli strategic thinking is discussing the issue of "Islam in Europe" as part of its list of ...
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Christian Post

She Risked It All to Flee Islam and Follow Jesus
This 22 year-old-girl, Rifqa Bary, always believed she was born into the Muslim faith and there was no escape -- until she got on her knees and prayed ...
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The Rakyat Post

Bank Islam expects slower performance this year
Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd expects a moderate and slower performance in 2015 with assets to grow at 10% and financing at 15% due to the current ...
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Islamic Teacher Training: Teachers join Muslim prayers to celebrate Islam
A former district Arabic translator, Mohamed Omar, organised a training session onIslam and Arabic culture for teachers and administrators from a ...
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The Independent

EDL to protest Britain's biggest water park 'for hosting Muslim-only days' - except it doesn't
One Staffordshire-based Muslim woman hailed the “sisters-only” evenings at Waterworld in a blog post as far back as 2011, noting that they were ...
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seattlepi.com

Huffington Post

Muslim Girls Design Their Own Culturally Appropriate Basketball Uniforms
Being of the Muslim faith, the middle-school students dress in hijabs, which tend to get in the way of the action on the basketball court. Though the girls ...
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The Times of Israel

West partly to blame for Islamic State, top Muslim cleric says
Describing himself as “an ordinary citizen” as the Sunni Muslim seat of learning has no political role, the imam said: “The emergence of Daesh (an ...
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Concord Monitor

Muslim, black leaders divided on video of Boston shooting
Sadiki Kambon, director at the Black Community Information Center in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, gestures as he answers a question ...
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Yahoo News

Breitbart News


Are 'British values' a Muslim problem?
Amid a climate of increasing Islamophobia and the rise of far-right groups in the UK, Muslims have found themselves in a situation where they are at ...
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NBCNews.com

Muslim Schoolgirls in Wisconsin Design News Sports Uniforms
NBC News Channel Muslim schoolgirls in Minneapolis, Wisconsin, find a way to remain culturally appropriate while being comfortable on the ...
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ThinkProgress

The Real Sex Lives Of Muslims
The Dutch businessmen and practicing Muslim found the attention even more bewildering because he sees no contradiction between Islamic ...

BLOGS


Anti-Muslim Hate Rally Organizer Needs You To Buy His Motorcycle To Get More Guns
The guy who tried to bait Muslim Americans into lashing out by “protesting” the women and children trying to enter a Phoenix mosque needs some of ...

Virginia: Muslim honor student admits guilt in helping another Muslim join the Islamic State
Virginia: Muslim honor student admits guilt in helping another Muslim join the Islamic State. June 11, 2015 10:30 am By Robert Spencer Leave a ...
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US Officials decline to meet with Muslim Brotherhood delegation to Washington
The Muslim Brotherhood delegation is being sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Center For The Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), ...
WEB

Pirates, Islam, and US Hostage Policy
The Middle East Program and the Africa Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center present. Pirates, Islam, and U.S. Hostage Policy. with. Michael Scott ...
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Ayesha Islam
16 mins ago. On the road to food self-sustainability. A leading petrochemical company has collaborated with King Saud University to build a high-tech ...

Counsel - Program to Strengthen Muslim Charities
Muslim Advocates (MA) invites applications for a full-time attorney to lead its Program to Strengthen MuslimCharities. Muslim Advocates.

Islam & the United States
What has it meant to be Muslim in America — and how has the idea of Islam in the U.S. changed over time? Tags: 17th century, 18th century, 20th ...
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