Thursday, 17 September 2015

News around the Muslim World and more . . . on Wednesday 16 Sept 15

                                                                           

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Pakistan-born MP backs royal aide who complained about British Pakistanis


Paul Sabapathy with Prince William in December last year. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images
Helen PiddNorthern editor                                                                                                        view original


The Queen’s representative who resigned after saying the Pakistani community in Britain needed to be taught “basic common courtesy and civility” was simply delivering some home truths and should be reinstated, according to an MP of Pakistani origin.

                                                                            

Thanks, Pope Francis, For 'Legitimizing' Catholic Kids of Divorce



  • Pacific Press via Getty Images
    Pope Francis has been called a miracle worker. And for good reason. In his short term as 'Top Dog' in the Catholic Church, he's embraced unwed mothers, ushered in a new era in U.S.-Cuban relations, become the first pontiff to address the dangers of global warming and other environmental concerns.

                                                                                

    Ahmed Mohamed: 14-year-old Muslim schoolboy arrested after taking homemade clock to school






    A teenager has been arrested and could face charges of making a hoax bomb after his teachers thought his homemade clock looked like an explosive device.

    Ahmed Mohamed, 14, from Irving, Texas, made the clock - a circuit board and power supply wired to a digital display stuffed inside a hologram case – and bought it into school to show his engineering teacher.

                                                                                

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    CNN International
    Texas family blames fear of Islam for teen's "hoax bomb" arrest
    A 14-year-old Irving, Texas student and his family blame fear of Islam for his arrest on charges of making a "hoax bomb." Ahmed Mohamed says he ...
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    The Guardian
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    Letter: Why are schools teaching Islam, not Christianity?
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    Spectator.co.uk (blog)
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    Their focus was on the role of women in Islam and, according to Inna Shevchenko – Femen's founder member – they were discussing why husbands ...
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    Daily Beast
    Topless Protesters Expose Radical Islams Real Boobs
    Bare-breasted activists may have stormed the stage of a Muslim conference near Paris, but the true vulgarity is how too many of Islam's leaders want ...
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    In a strange incident in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, some Brahmins are threatening conversion to Islam as a missing teenager of their community has not ...
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    Minneapolis Star Tribune
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    The Guardian
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    NEWARK — As he prepares for a robbery trial next month, the attorney for the man accused of killing Livingston resident Brendan Tevlin raised ...
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    RealClearPolitics
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    As we reported last night, many Americans are angry about the U.S. economy -- which is not providing enough good jobs -- and about all the chaos ...
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    New York Post
    Cops falsely arrested Muslim woman, made her remove headscarf: suit
    A Muslim woman from Queens is suing the NYPD for false arrest and violating her civil rights, saying cops forced her to remove her head scarf for a ...
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    ABC Online
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    The Australian Muslim community is calling for a new beginning with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, saying there was a strained relationship with ...
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    i24news
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    Jewish holy sites in Israel and the West Bank have been vandalized and desecrated more than Muslim and Christian sites combined. These are the ...
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    The Globe and Mail
    Growing up Muslim: an individual story, a universal tale
    As I watch the stories of Syrian Muslim refugees unfold, I think about how my life as a Canadian of Muslim faith has taken so many unexpected twists.
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    WND.com
    Muslim cleric: ISIS infiltrating Europe through migrants
    Aaron Klein is WND's senior staff writer and Jerusalem bureau chief. He also hosts "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio" on Salem Talk Radio. Follow ...


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    Documentary: Obsession: Radical Islam's War against the West. Dates: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Bank of America Building
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    Six Degrees of Donation
    Claim: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith donated $150,000 to a “black Muslim” who called for the murder of all whites. MIXTURE: WHAT'S ...
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    Non-Muslim visits to the site increase during Jewish holidays, with some 650 visitors on Sunday, according to police. Another 500 visited on Monday ...
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    According to reports received by CAIR-Kansas, a 16-year-old Muslim student at Olathe East High School in Olathe, Kan. reported that he was sent ...
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