On Thursday 29 January 2015

Our ethics question is: Has Rep. White violated any House rules in creating such an internal office policy that is selectively being enforced to discriminate against certain religious minorities trying to meet with her or her staff? Are House members prohibited from making constituents take oaths before meeting with their elected representatives or House staff?

"US law maker asks American Muslims to pledge allegiance to the US.

Source : Western Journalism 

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“Is it possible to reconcile the theory of evolution and faith in the Quran?” That was the question Yasir Qadhi, dean of academic affairs at the AlMaghrib Institute, posed to a Huntsman Hall audience on Friday night.

The answer that he gave: "By and large, yes.

Islam and evolution

Source : The Daily Pennsylvanian

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NEWS

	Egyptian poet goes on trial accused of contempt of Islam Reuters Fatima Naoot described the Prophet Abraham's dream - in which, according to Islamic belief, God tells him to sacrifice his son as a test of his faith - as ...
	More resignations at top of anti-Islam organization U.S. News & World Report PEGIDA has held weekly anti-Islam rallies in the city of Dresden. After peaking with about 25,000 in attendance, recent rallies have been attracting ... German Anti-Islam Group in Disarray - Voice of America Leaders quitting Germany's anti-Islam group PEGIDA - Arab News Full Coverage
	Upstart German Party Considers Anti-Islam Stance Wall Street Journal Mr. Gauland's rhetoric fits with the anti-Islam sentiment expressed in weekly street protests across Germany in recent months. While the AfD hasn't ...
	French prisons, long hotbeds of radical Islam, get new scrutiny after Paris attacks Washington Post FLEURY-MEROGIS, France — The man was sent to France's largest prison for armed robbery. He emerged a toughened radical who would go on to ...
	Fox News Poll: 47 percent say Obama downplays threat from Islamic terrorists Fox News There's widespread belief among American voters that an attack on U.S. soil by Islamic terrorists will happen in the near future. And at the same time, ...
	German anti-Islam group PEGIDA loses second leader in a week: Kathrin Oertel Daily Sabah Following the resignation of Lutz Bachmann, the former leader of the anti-Islam movement Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West ...
	Muslim world largely ignores call for 'revolution' in Islam WND.com A request by WND for reaction from Muslim organizations in the United States, including the Islamic Society of North America and the Muslim Student ...
	General Keane: Radical Islam Has Morphed Into A Global Jihad Movement. FOX News Radio General Jack Keane told Gibson that President Obama can be forgiven for not using the term “radical Islam” if he had a clear cut strategy to defeat the ...

	New York Imam Calls Hardline Muslim Ideology a 'Cancer' TheBlaze.com In a fiery sermon delivered at a Brooklyn mosque, an Islamic preacher assailed hardline Muslim religious leaders who instill hateful ideas into the ...
	Gun Range Owner Bans Muslims, Business Quadruples Breitbart News In the five months since Hot Springs, Arkansas, gun range owner Jan Morgan banned Muslims from her facilities, she has seen business quadruple. Jan Morgan who banned Muslims from her gun range says business is booming - Daily Mail Full Coverage
	Texas representative to staff: Ask Muslim visitors to pledge allegiance Washington Post (blog) Freshman state Rep. Molly White (R-Belton) is not in Austin on Thursday to celebrate Texas Muslim Capitol Day. But she left instructions for the staff in ... Protesters arrive at Texas Muslim Capitol Day - KXAN.com Protesters expected at Texas Muslim Capitol Day - KXAN.com Protesters expected at Texas Muslim Capitol Day - Washington Times Full Coverage
	Canadian Muslim group funnelled $300K to Hamas-linked charity: Documents CANOE MONTREAL — One of the country's largest Muslim organizations gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Hamas-linked charity, and vocally ...
	Secret planting of up to 75000 Syrian Muslims begins in US WND.com Up to 10,000 Syrian refugees, most of them Muslims, will be resettled in cities throughout the U.S. in 2015, with that figure expected to surge to near ...
	Why should American Muslims have to assimilate? Al Jazeera America European no-go zones that non-Muslims may not enter have made ... income for Muslims is comparable with other Americans', and some Muslim ...
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	Adolf Eichmann Believed the Muslim World Would Complete the Task He Failed to Finish Mosaic He hadn't managed to complete his task of “total annihilation,” but the Muslims could still complete it for him. Read more at Spectator. More about: ...
	Calls to Kill President Al-Sisi and Egyptian Journalists on MuslimBrotherhood TV Channels Memri TV The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which ...
	Dean Obeidallah on Twitter: "American Sniper caused 100's of anti-Muslimcomments+threats. Don ... twitter.com American Sniper caused 100's of anti-Muslim comments+threats. Don't blame Muslims, blame Bush/Cheney My @CNNOpinion ...

	Megyn Kelly on Twitter: "Gen. Jack Keane: “Radical Islam has increased four-fold in five years ... twitter.com @megynkelly @FoxNews Islam says Justice and Justice is acceptable but Justice standing for nothing is an alien race religion. Justice 4 Love.
	Glory of Islam, destruction of Israel approaching: Commander Iran Daily A senior commander at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that days of magnificence of Islam and annihilation of the ...
	Islam and Terrorism: A Futile Debate INSS Political prudence, however, dictates that whatever the elusive “truth” about a link between Islam and terrorism may be, the public denial of its ...

On Wednesday 28 January 2015

Holocaust caused by ignoring the Quranic teaching.

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

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This week's round-up of commentaries includes calling Muslim world to act on growth of terrorism, the acceptable boundaries falling under freedom of expression, Boko Haram's massacre going unnoticed in the international world, strengthening of China-Latin America ties and disregard of religious diversity in Ireland. 

Muslims around the world cannot sit idle.

Source : Christian Science Monitor

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NEWS

	Anti-Islam Bus Ads Defaced with Muslim Marvel Comics Character FOX40 A group is defacing anti-Islam bus ads with messages of love and images of Marvel's Muslim superhero, Kamala Khan. The ads began to pop up on ... Comic Heroine Ms. Marvel Saves San Francisco From Anti-Islam Ads -NBCNews.com Full Coverage
	More Resignations at Top of Anti-Islam Organization ABC News There's more trouble at the top for a German organization protesting the perceived "Islamization" of Europe. The PEGIDA organization said on its ... Pegida Germany: Anti-Islam group loses second leader in a week -Telegraph.co.uk Full Coverage
	Brooklyn imam repudiates 'cancer' of radical Islam The Times of Israel In startling remarks in Arabic posted online in the wake of the deadly Paris terror attacks earlier this month, a Brooklyn-based imam called on fellow ...
	IS 'not a state, not justified by Islam': top Egyptian cleric The Nation SINGAPORE (AFP) - The Islamic State (IS) group, which has sown a trail of terror across Syria and Iraq, is neither a state nor justified by Islam, Egypt's ...
	Sensitivity About Religious Images Is Not Unique to Islam Voice of America (blog) Non-Muslims may have some difficulty understanding Muslim concerns about their Prophet Muhammad. But the National Museum of Women in the ...
	Facebook blocks page deemed insulting to Islam in Turkey Al Jazeera America Facebook has blocked Turkish users from accessing an unspecified number of pages deemed insulting to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in ...
	Westside Islam issue called study of cultures, not teaching religions Beckley Register-Herald Social media from outside Wyoming County created a bit of a stink about a multi-cultural assignment for Westside High School students this week.
	Share this Article Algemeiner JNS.org – As the world continues to grapple with a new wave of Islamicextremism, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has emerged as an ...

	Nigeria elections put Christians in danger of more Muslimattacks Washington Times Muslim persecution of Christians is at a high tide — and there are grave fears of more sectarian bloodletting as millions of people in Nigeria, which is ...
	The four Saudi princesses: Obama mum on plight ofMuslim women New York Post And, while our president has frequently spoken out on behalf of African-American and Muslim men, he has been all but silent about African-American ... Saudi's new King Salman likely to stay the Muslim kingdom's course - Religion News Service Saudi's new King Salman likely to stay the Muslim kingdom's course - Washington Post Full Coverage
	Muslim Association Of Canada Gave $300K To Hamas-Linked Group: Report International Business Times The Toronto-based Muslim Association of Canada reportedly gave nearly $300,000 to IRFAN-Canada, a listed terrorist group in Canada that in turn ...
	ISIS to Obama: We'll Behead You and Make AmericaMuslim Breitbart News Know also that we will cut off your head in the White House and transform America into a Muslim province,” said an ISIS fighter in a video obtained by ...
	Bobby Jindal Warns Of Muslim 'Invasion' Of America, Doubles Down On Inaccurate 'No-Go Zone ... ThinkProgress Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) expressed fears of an extremist Muslim“invasion” of America in an interview on Monday, outlining a strict vision for ...
	Nicky Morgan: British values test isn't just about Muslimschools Spectator.co.uk (blog) Nicky Morgan has launched a rather strident defence of the government's 'British values' agenda this evening, after fears that it is being used to punish ...
	Egypt's top Muslim cleric backs Brotherhood arrests Daily Mail Egypt's top Islamic cleric on Tuesday backed the arrest of more than 500 supporters of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood following clashes over the ...
	French proposal on radical Muslim inmates criticized Al-Arabiya French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has proposed separating suspectedMuslim radicals from the general prison population, putting them in special ...
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	Britain First Facebook Muslim leaders need 'keyboard warriors' to help fight Islamic State.
	Britain First - Muslim Sex Groomer was Unaware UK Didn't... Facebook This seems to be a serious and ongoing problem with Muslims in the UK, Australia, New Zealand. The only alternative may be to ask them to stay in.
	Seminar - “Image of Prophet and Saints among Muslim Communities: hadith, sonnat, and practice”. H-Net Research Seminar in Visual Anthropology: “Image of Prophet and Saints among MuslimCommunities: hadith, sonnat, and practice”. Pedram ...

	Newt Gingrich : Losing to radical Islam at Iowa Summit Laura Ingraham Breitbart: Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich focused on foreign policy, most specifically on radical Islam, in his remarks at the Iowa ...
	Rev. Graham: 'Islam is Not a Peaceful Religion…They Butcher, They Behead People' CNS News Reverend Franklin Graham, son of world-renowned evangelical preacher Billy Graham, said that “Islam is not a peaceful religion” and wherever you ...
	Even Dems baffled by Obama's refusal to say 'radical Islam' Fox News Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard finds the White House's avoidance of 'radical Islam' label 'frustrating' and 'disturbing'
	Fox News Facebook Radical Islam has increased four-fold in five years,” Gen. Jack Keane told Megyn Kelly tonight. Take a look at this alarming map that Gen. Keane ...
	Christiane Amanpour on Twitter: ""In Indonesia, Islam and democracy can go together," President ... twitter.com "In Indonesia, Islam and democracy can go together," President @jokowi_do2 told me in Jakarta:http://cnn.it/1ENo8ZU pic.twitter.com/YeHMwHthNA.

BLOGS

	Obama addresses claim that he's been called a Muslim The Right Scoop In a speech to the Indian people, Obama addressed the claim that he's been called a Muslim(indirectly): In our lives, Michelle and I have been ...
	Obama Slams Hindu Gov in India, Says Americans Think He's Muslim FrontPage Magazine If you're not Muslim and you invite Obama, you can expect two things. 1. Obama slamming your country for not pandering hard enough to Muslims. 2.

On Tuesday 27 January 2015

Anthropologists exploring a cave in Israel have uncovered a rare 55,000-year-old fossil skull that they say has a story to tell of a reverberating transition in human evolution, in the time and place when some early humans were moving out of Africa and apparently interbreeding with Neanderthals.

More evidence of human evolution.

Source : New York Times

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It is a trope among people who loathe and fear Islam that their fear and loathing has nothing in common with racism because Islam is not a race, the implication being that hating Muslims is rational and wise whereas hating black people is deeply irrational and stupid.

"I hate Islam but not Muslims." A lie.

Source : Guardian

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NEWS

	Rock concert, rallies overwhelm Germany's anti-Islam group Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's anti-IslamPEGIDA movement was overwhelmed by opponents of the far-right group at a rock concert for tolerance in ...
	Only Muslims can change the world's view of Islam Jerusalem Post Israel News Terrorism today stems primarily from Muslims in the name of Islam, and we cannot brush off accusations about our faith just by saying that the terrorists ...
	Rand Paul: Saudi Arabia Needs to Quit Funding Radical Islam Breitbart News Tuesday on Fox News Channel's “America's Newsroom,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Saudi Arabia “needs to be working against radicalIslam.”.
	Anti-islam San Francisco Muni ads defaced …. with messages of love SFGate (blog) A clever street art activist in San Francisco transformed anti-Islambanners on the back and sides of Muni buses into action-packed messages of love.
	Muni anti-Islam hate ads defaced with Islamic superhero San Francisco Examiner Muni buses city-wide have featured anti-Islamads from the American Freedom Defense Initiative off and on over the years. Just two weeks ago they ...
	Anti-Islam Protest Fails in Frankfurt as Opponents Rally Bloomberg Germany's Pegida movement against the Islamization of Europe abandoned a protest last night after 100 of its supporters faced ...
	Saudi-backed rebels from Army ofIslam shell major Syrian cities World Tribune The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Islamic militia attacks on at least three major Syrian cities. The British-based opposition group said ...
	Arif: The Muslim world is diverse, contradictory The Detroit News The headlines about Islam have been dominated by the brutal and violent activities of extremists. This includes the brutal regime of ISIS in the Middle ...
	Insulting the Prophet of Islam FrontPage Magazine Do not let Obama or Islamists deceive you: the Qur'an is very clear about the double standards and the discriminative theology of Islam. Can we all ...
	Islam in Europe Now a No-Go Subject American Spectator In exposing threats from Islamic extremists, Emerson has subjected himself to numerous death threats by jihadists and, for the past two decades, has ...

	In India, Obama fires back at claims he's Muslim Washington Times India is nearly 80 percent Hindu but also has significant Muslim, Sikh, ... than 1,000 Muslimsin the state where he was the highest elected official.
	New anti-Muslim ads on San Francisco's Muni buses vandalized abc7news.com The ads draw parallels between the Muslim faith and Hitler's Nazi genocide of the Jewish people. Anti-Muslim ads on San Francisco Muni buses ...
	43 Philippine police officers killed in 11-hour firefight with Muslim rebels The Japan Times MANILA – More than 40 Philippine police commandos were killed in an 11-hour firefight with Muslim rebels that erupted while they were chasing one ... Philippines Police Say 43 Commandos Killed In Clashes With MuslimRebels - International Business Times BangkokPost - Facebook Full Coverage
	Boycott Israel's "Muslim Leadership Initiative," Palestinian civil society urges The Electronic Intifada (blog) Palestinian campaigners say delegations visiting their country should not do so in “a manner that is complicit with Israel's regime of occupation, ...
	Andre Carson, 1st Muslim on House Intelligence panel: 'I love keeping people safe' Washington Times Andre Carson, the first self-declared Muslim to be appointed to the House Intelligence Committee, said he's aware of some of the suspicious eyes cast ...
	The Grand Myth of 'MuslimCommunity' in the UK ChristianToday It is a common language. Many people in the UK, including some Muslims, use it. It saves time and energy in media conversations and most ...
	Anti-Islam Bus Ads Defaced with Muslim Marvel Comics Character FOX40 A group is defacing anti-Islam bus ads with messages of love and images of Marvel's Muslimsuperhero, Kamala Khan. The ads began to pop up on ... Racist San Francisco bus ads defaced with Muslim superhero -dazeddigital.com Full Coverage
	In India, Obama Fires Back at Claims He's a Secret Muslim Fox News (blog) In India, Obama Fires Back at Claims He's a Secret Muslim ... India is nearly 80 percent Hindu but also has significant Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist and ...
	Muslim Brotherhood Starts A Political Party Out Of Chicago The Inquisitr According to the Center for Security Policy, the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) has initiated to building the framework for a political ...
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	Jewish Voice for Peace on the Shalom Hartman Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative Jewish Voice for Peace Jewish Voice for Peace echoes the concerns of our Muslim partners who reject the efforts of the Shalom Hartman Institute's Muslim Leadership ...
	Religion, tradition and inter-faith relations in theMuslim world Humanities - Leiden University NISIS represents a network of Dutch experts on Islam and Muslim societies. It provides a platform for Islam-related education and research in The ...

	Students strive to dispel myths about Islam University of Regina The Muslim Students Association is holding its third annual IslamAwareness Week January 26-30.
	Conflict News on Twitter: "BREAKING: Army of Islamis bombing #Damascus with Katyusha rockets ... twitter.com @kzeus64 @rConflictNews @documentssy basically islamic front have combined all of these groups together and taken them under their wing.

	BLOGS
	Anti-Islam bus ads defaced with images of Ms. Marvel Robot 6 - Comic Book Resources Controversial ads on the sides of San Francisco buses that equateIslam with Nazism have been defaced with images of Marvel's Kamala Khan, ...
	Franklin Graham: There is NOTHING peaceful aboutIslam The Right Scoop Man I love Franklin Graham and his unwillingness to be cowered into political correctness when it comes to Islam. Now this clip of Graham was ...

Hospitals Reporting Sinister Muslim Practice, Nearly 15 Cases Daily Mad World News The UK has openly embraced Muslim immigration, and has subsequently seen the horrors that are achieved through Islam's decrying of Western ...