Saturday, 20 February 2016

News around the Muslim World and more . . . to Saturday 20 Feb, 2016

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NEWS
CNN
Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense
For three hours, these Muslim women learn Krav Maga and Brazilian jiu-jitsu defense moves, including kicks, punches and elbow strikes that will help ...
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The Guardian
Longview News-Journal
Ausma Khan writes new book in mystery series with Muslim detective
Ausma Zehanat Khan, a British-born Muslim, now lives in Colorado. Her new novel is "The Language of Secrets." (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver ...
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WJON News
Anti-Muslim billboard posted near St. Cloud taken down
A billboard that targeted Catholic Charities for resettling Muslim refugees was taken down Wednesday, days after it was installed in St. Joseph ...
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Jerusalem Post Israel News
Muslim women visit Miami synagogues, causing anxiety
Miami-area Jews are reported to be on edge afterMuslim women wearing hijabs entered a local synagogue two times asking questions about the ...
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WND.com
South Carolina governor sued for importing Muslims
“Over the past year I've really become aware and concerned about what's going on in our world and our country and the fact that the Muslim states ...
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CNSNews.com
Ayatollah: US Wants to 'DepriveMuslim Nations' of the…'Attractive Phenomenon of Religious ...
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians from East Azerbaijan province, on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. (Photo: Office of the ...
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International Business Times
Montgomery Co. Muslim parents ask for more sensitivity in schools
WASHINGTON — Montgomery County parents of Muslim students are asking the school system to improve the cultural sensitivity of teachers and staff ...
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Mankato Free Press
New Gustavus adviser supports Muslim students
New Muslim faith adviser Ailya Vajid coordinated the St. Peter college's viewing of the webinar sponsored by the Interfaith Youth Core. Thursday night ...

New York Times
International Business Times
Project Syndicate
Islam Versus Islam
Conflicts like these reflect a number of factors, the most prominent of which are the conflicts between Islam's two sects, Sunni and Shia, and between ...
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International Business Times UK
The Express Tribune
US envoy says West is not at war with Islam
President Barack Obama's point-man for Muslim communities has called for re-doubling efforts to debunk the myth propagated by those who seek to ...
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NAIJ.COM
Video: Meet Average Mohamad, the cartoon saving kids from radicalIslam
Islamic State's propaganda has spread throughout the world, spreading the terror group's toxic message of hatred and death, feeding Boko Haram's ...
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Didn't Embrace Islam & Never Visited Muslim Countries: Sardana
The information provided by police to media that I have got converted into Islam is not correct," Sardana, son of former Army Major General, told PTI.
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Express.co.uk
Leader of anti-Islam Pegida faces trial for Facebook posts calling foreigners 'trash'
A LEADER of the anti-Islam and anti-immigrant group Pegida is facing trial after calling foreigners “cattle” and “trash” in a series of Facebook posts.
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The Malaysian Insider
Man seeks court's help to renounceIslam to marry Hindu girlfriend
A food caterer is seeking help from the Federal Court to compel the National Registration Department to remove Islam as his religion and his Muslim ...
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Islam and women: how Allah contributes to women's fundamental rights
Islam is the complete way of life. It's a perfect religion. Prophet Muhammad has left not a thing untouched; his Quran is an exposition for everything ...

New York Post
CNN
'I am you:' American Muslims on faith -- and fear
(CNN) In a time of terrorism, suspicion and doubt have put a sharp focus on American Muslimsafter violent attacks rocked Paris, San Bernardino, ...
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CBS News
Raw Story
All-Muslim S. Carolina town feels unsafe thanks to Trump: 'No different from the KKK'
Ramadan Saeed Shakir is the mayor of Islamville, an all-Muslim town of about 300 people located in the northern woodland of South Carolina.
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Breitbart News
Thank You, Ben Carson, For Your Latest Anti-Muslim Rant
In an interview yesterday with Breitbart “News” Daily, Dr. Ben Carson told host Stephen Bannon that American Muslims who tried to embrace an ...
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Politico (blog)
South Carolina Republican chairman rips 'anti-Muslim rhetoric'
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – South Carolina GOP chairman Matt Moore had a message for Muslim students here, at historically black South Carolina State ...
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Media Matters for America
Fox News: The Home of Two Newly-Designated Anti-Muslim Hate Groups
Fox News has repeatedly hosted representatives from ACT! for America and the Center for Security Policy, organizations designated as anti-Muslim ...
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The Guardian
Islamville, South Carolina's all-Muslim town, faces Trump effect: 'We feel unsafe'
Donald Trump takes his anti-Muslim message to South Carolina at a campaign rally in Florence, South Carolina, on 5 February. Photograph: Sean ...
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Meet the Kickboxing Expert Teaching Muslim Women to Defend Themselves from Racist Attackers
Four years ago, she set up boxing classes in London that catered predominantly to Muslim women. She recently moved to Milton Keynes, and has ...
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TheBlaze.com
Why a Muslim Family 'Freaked Out' After Claiming That a Mysterious Man Appeared at Their Door ...
A young American missionary who moved to the Middle East to minister to Syrian refugees claims that he experienced something extraordinary when ...

Detroit Free Press
The Conversation AU
Why is Islam so different in different countries?
The rise of Islamic State has led to much speculation about the group's origins: how do we account for forces and events that paved the way for the ...
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Raw Story
'Soccer mom' ordered to learn aboutIslam after pointing rifle at Muslim couple sitting in car
A Minnesota woman was sentenced to time in jail and ordered to enter a program that will teach her about Islam after she pointed a rifle at a Muslim ...
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Texas CrimeCast: 'The First 48,' an anti-Islamshooting, a hero Garland cop and more
Breaking news reporter Naheed Rajwani talks about Anthony Torres, the man accused of going on an anti-Islam shooting spree that killed one and ...
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WRAL.com
Understanding Islam forum held in Raleigh Thursday night
Raleigh, N.C. — Fighting Islamophobia was the focus of a forum at the Raleigh Islamic Center Thursday night, held by Leadership Triangle, in an effort ...
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WND.com
Anti-Islam billboard banned in US refugee hotspot
Leo Hohmann is a news editor for WND. He has been a reporter and editor at several suburban newspapers in the Atlanta and Charlotte, North ...
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Business Insider
Here's why Islam is practiced so differently from country to country
Such geographic differences are certainly important in Islam. But also important are the numerous legal schools and their interpretations. Since Islam ...
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The News Minute
The meaning of Islam, and the deeper problem we must face
When a leading Lebanese Muslim argued that extremists misinterpretIslam, he raised a much larger question than he realized. The points he made ...
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Marlborough Express
OPINION: Time to ask the difficult questions about Islam
A series of four talks will be held at St Ninians Church in Blenheim where Graeme Howarth will talk on "Islam and Christianity: What's the difference?".

WEB

Muslims in UK Labour Party PreventMuslim Women from Election
Earlier this month Muslim Women's Network UK, a support network for Muslim women in Britain, demanded an inquiry into “systematic misogyny ...
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Rights groups sue over 'Muslim-free' Oklahoma gun range
By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Two U.S. activists groups filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against a rural Oklahoma gun range, ...
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Muslim man sues Oklahoma gun range for refusing him service
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A U.S. Army reservist from Tulsa who was asked to leave a gun range in eastern Oklahoma after identifying himself as a ...
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Ted “Carpet Bomb” Cruz Supports Trump's MuslimBan
Ted Cruz had a lot of hot rhetoric on the CNN stage tonight about destroying ISIS and toppling Assad in Syria, but he failed to mention the specifics ...
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Stating the obvious: 94% of British Muslim professionals reject ISIS
Nearly all British Muslims with a professional background agree that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) does not represent mainstream Muslim views ...

'Backwards' Progressives Ignore Repressive Islam
Yet, this isn't Arthurian chivalry, it's sexual discrimination and overt repression. While out-of-touch Hillary would be untroubled by theIslamic restriction ...
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THE ETHICS OF JIHAD & WHAT ISLAM IS - Lecture by Prof. Alexander Key
Professor Alexander Key, in the Department of Comparative Literature, works on Arabic and Islamic scholarship. His interests range across the literary ...
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Is supporting other versions of Islam a good way to counter ISIS?
It doesn't seem to be the business of anyone outside Islam to support one interpretation of it against another. Much as I respect Islam and its traditions, ...
CAIR Seeks Policy Change After Nebraska Bank Denies Service to Muslim Woman Over Hijab
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/18/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization ...
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Working with Muslim Americans
Our goal is to introduce this population to social work practitioners, teachers and supervisors by cultivating conversations around Muslim-specific ...
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CAIR-OK, ACLU of Oklahoma Sue 'Muslim Free' Gun Range on Behalf of US Army Reserve ...
Lawsuit seeks equal access to public accommodations for Oklahomans of all faiths. (MUSKOGEE, OK, 2/17/2016) - The Oklahoma chapter of the ...
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CAIR-San Antonio to Hold 2nd Annual Muslim Blood Donation Drive
WHAT: Annual Muslim Blood Donation Drive. CONTACT: CAIR-San Antonio President Sarwat Husain, 210-378-9528shusain@cair.com. Plasma is a ...

Understanding Islam forum held in Raleigh Thursday night
Fighting Islamophobia was the focus of a forum at the Raleigh IslamicCenter Thursday night, held by Leadership Triangle, in an effort to share the ...
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Education defends Islam homework
EDUCATION has defended a decision to set homework that asked pupils to write a letter to their family explaining why they had converted to Islam.
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Islamic Awakening
There is a culture war in the West over Islam. It has flared up again following last year's attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the daily predations of the ...
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Lecture-Cum-Seminar: Protestant Islam in Weimar Germany
During the eighth edition of the Lecture-Cum-Seminar, Marc David Baer will speak about 'Protestant Islam in Weimar Germany'.