On Monday 2 February 2015

. . . for teachers like 37-year-old Tabinda, going to work unarmed no longer feels like an option. She and 10 other female teachers at the Frontier College for Women are taking pride in their newfound marksmanship with handguns, and plan to carry them to help protect their students aged 16 to 21.

Pakistani women teachers learn to shoot terrorists.

Source : Fox News

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Our universe has existed for nearly 14 billion years, and as far as most people are concerned, the universe should continue to exist for billions of years more. But according to a new paper, there's one theory for the origins of the universe that predicts time itself will end in just five billion years—coincidentally, right around the time our sun is slated to die.

Time is coming to an end but don't give up your job. Read to see why!

Source : National Geographic

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NEWS

	Faith informs work of state's first Muslim judge Los Angeles Times Some other ambitious young jurist might shrink from that "first Muslim" label, with its whiff of tokenism. Dhanidina, 42, has since opted to put it out front.
	Egypt court upholds Muslim Brotherhood death sentences BBC News A court in Egypt has upheld death sentences on 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo. The men were ... Egypt court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death -Reuters Egyptian court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death- The Guardian Egyptian Court Sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood Supporters To Death Over 2013 Police Killings - International Business Times Full Coverage
	Muslim? Thinking of immigration? Go West, skip Europe i24news “Our Muslim populations, they feel themselves to be Americans, and there is this incredible process of immigration and assimilation that is part of our ...
	Muslim women answer Wester New Yorkers questions about hijab wivb.com CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Muslim women in Western New York ... The hijab has a reputation for being oppressive, but today Muslim women ...
	Civil Rights Orgs. And Faith Leaders Call Out Anti-Muslim Media Coverage Following Paris ... Media Matters for America (blog) At least twenty civil rights organizations and faith leaders, including Muslim Advocates, the NAACP, Amnesty International USA, and the Arab ...
	FRANK GAFFNEY: Picking the Muslim Brotherhood over al-Sisi Washington Times The Muslim Brotherhood, the world's most assiduous promoter of Muslim alienation and holy war worldwide declared “a long and uncompromising ...

	Obama: This "Medieval Interpretation Of Islam" Is Rejected By "99.9%" Of Muslims, Not A ... RealClearPolitics They don't even recognize it as being Islam. And I think that for us to be successful in fighting this scourge, it's very important for us to align ourselves ... 'Terrorism Has Nothing To Do With Islam:' US President Barack Obama Dismisses 'Religious War' - International Business Times AU Full Coverage
	Obama Won't Call Terror Fight a War on Radical Islam Breitbart News They don't even recognize it as being Islam. And I think that for us to be successful in fighting this scourge is very important for us to align ourselves ...
	Kalla urges NU to promote moderate Islam Jakarta Post Now the challenge is to show that Islam highlights peace,” said Kalla during the ceremony to commemorate NU's 89th anniversary on Saturday, ...
	Anti-Islam group in clash with counter-protesters at mosque Irish Independent Anti-Islam Ireland last week used its Facebook page and another page called "Irish Voice" to declare that the protest would take place. Both pages ... Watch: Anti-Islam group in clash with counter-protesters at mosque -Irish Independent Full Coverage
	Merkel repudiates anti-IslamPEGIDA movement Daily Sabah German Chancellor Merkel denounced the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement, saying that Islam is a part of Germany. It is yet to be seen if she can help to ...
	Obama: 99.9% of Muslims Reject Radical Islam The Weekly Standard (blog) President Obama told CNN's Fareed Zakaria that 99.9 percent of Muslims reject radical Islam. He made the comments in response to a question about ...Pakistani women teachers learn to gun down terrorists
	Opinion: Time for honest debate about Islam WPTZ The Champlain Valley (CNN) —Just a month into the year, and already the role of extremism in the Islamic faith has been at the center of heated debate. But while the attack ...
	More Delusional Apologetics for Islam FrontPage Magazine Such is the case with a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week that argued Muslim violence does not reflect traditional Islamic doctrine, but is merely a ..

BLOGS

The Muslim Brotherhood Takeover of the Obama Administration The Common Sense Show Muslims have a constitutional right to practice their religion and hold any office within the American government so long as they are sincere in ...

On Sunday 1 February 2015

What goes on behind the walls of Pakistan's most religious schools is kept relatively secret. However, BBC journalist Mobeen Azhar gained unprecedented access, allowing him to explain to HuffPost Live what he described as the "Arabizing of Pakistan."

Behind the high walls of a madrassa

Source : Huffington Post

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In what may have been a unique moment in America, more than 100 women gathered Friday at the interfaith Pico-Union Project. While many mosques continue to follow a tradition of separating women from male congregants, the downtown Los Angeles mosque forbids men from attending.

Women only mosque

Source : L A Times

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The German transport minister will be laying down legal guidelines for the use of driverless cars on the country’s autobahns. Alexander Dobrindt said driverless or robot cars would probably become a feature on German roads within a few years, but insisted that some rules needed to be in place first.

Driverless cars are here.

Source : The Guardian

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NEWS

	French fracture laid bare as 8-year-old Muslim praises terrorists CTV News The chilling call from a child so young brought into stark relief the divide between mainstream France and a portion of the Muslim population, often ...
	Abbott urges civility after Texas lawmaker's Muslim remarks Fort Worth Star Telegram Protester Christine Weick wrestles away the microphone during the Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Hundreds ... Abbott urges civility after Texas lawmaker's Muslim remarks - San Angelo Standard Times Full Coverage
	Bomb blast at Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan kills 56 Northwest Herald Many Sunni extremists do not consider Shiites, who represent 10 percent to 20 percent of Pakistan's population, to be true Muslims. Sunni militants in ...
	Meet the Muslim man who is a member of a Synagogue Council The i100 While relations between Jews and Muslims may be tense in other corners of the world, Bradford's Synagogue Council has just appointed Jani Rashid ... Brit synagogue puts Muslim on council - The Times of Israel Full Coverage
	El-Sissi Blames Muslim Brotherhood for Sinai Bombings Alaska Dispatch News CAIRO -- President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Saturday blamed the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood for bombings that killed at least 30 people in the ... What is Obama's Real Relationship to the Muslim Brotherhood? -LubbockOnline.com (blog) Full Coverage
	Egypt blames Muslim Brotherhood for deadly Sinai attack Ynetnews Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for playing a role in a sophisticated insurgent attack that killed 31 people in ... President says Egypt faces long fight to defeat Sinai militants, blamesMuslim Brotherhood - News957 Full Coverage
	President says Egypt faces long fight to defeat Sinai militants, blamesMuslim Brotherhood Fox News An Islamic State-linked group in Egypt claimed responsibility, but el-Sissi laid the blame on the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement he ousted ...

	LETTERS: Tressel and Pelini make winning team;Islam hardly religion of peace; Stay true to pink ... Youngstown Vindicator The Vindicator printed a letter recently from a Muslim defending Islam as a religion of peace and love, founded by a man who “taught love and peace ...
	Islamic State releases purported Goto execution video The Japan Times The Islamic State group posted a new video on the Internet Sunday claiming it has killed Japanese hostage Kenji Goto and showing what appears to ...
	Name radical Islamic ideology for what it is, but give reformers a chance (COMMENTARY) Washington Post 23), Secretary of State John Kerry doubled down on the administration's long-standing refusal to label any terrorist incidents “Islamic.” “Today we are ...
	The problem with Islam Jamaica Gleaner Members of the Islamic faith take part in an early-afternoon prayer service at the IslamicCouncil of Jamaica. Fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic ...
	Islam: to reform or not to reform Daily Times Every time a horrific attack occurs in the west, renewed calls are issued for “reforming Islam”. Every time those calls fall on deaf ears, conveniently ...
	Unfair to associate terrorism withIslam: Dalai Lama Daily News & Analysis Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday said that though terrorism has emerged as a global problem it should not be associated with Islam ...
	Why Obama won't call terror fight a war on radical Islam CNN (CNN) President Barack Obama once again refused to label the fight against terrorism as a war on radical Islam or any kind of "religious war," insisting ...
	Angela Merkel: Islam is Part of Germany Morocco World News Rabat – German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated that Islam is part of Germany, in response to criticism raised against her from members of her ... WEB
	List of works by Kazi Nazrul Islam Wikipedia This is a complete listing of the works by Kazi Nazrul Islam, in the Bengali language. Contents. [hide]. 1 Poetry; 2 Poems and songs; 3 Short stories ...
	Islamic State Video Purportedly Shows Beheading of Japanese VICE News Islamic State militants have executed Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, according to a video released by the group Saturday. The footage, which is ...
	North Caucasus Militants Split Between Caucasus Emirate and Islamic State, as Radical Islam ... The Jamestown Foundation The ideology of militant Islam is infiltrating all layers of the society. This is no longer the ideology of poor and uneducated people. Today, radical Islam ...

On Saturday 31 January 2015

the vast and brutal American interrogation mechanism, stretching around the globe in an archipelago of black sites housing hundreds of detainees at the mercy of untold numbers of interrogators, transformed itself into an intricate machine for generating self-reinforcing fiction. 

The myth of the rule of law in the US.

Source : New York Times

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Film-makers in Iran and Qatar are planning rival biopics about the life of Muslim prophet Muhammad, according to the Hollywood Reporter, despite the risk of offending religious sensibilities that such plans inevitably throw up.

Iran and Qatar makes films about the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Source : The Guardian

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Last spring, a team of astronomers who go by the name of Bicep announced that they had detected ripples in space-time, or gravitational waves, reverberating from the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second of time — long-sought evidence that the expansion of the universe had started out with a giant whoosh called inflation. . . Now a new analysis, undertaken jointly by the Bicep group and the Planck group, has confirmed that the Bicep signal was mostly, if not all, stardust, and that there is no convincing evidence of the gravitational waves. No evidence of inflation.

Last year the Big Bang Theory was right. This years it's wrong.

Source : New York Times

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NEWS

	Texas Muslim Capitol Day marred by anti-Islam protesters Midland Reporter-Telegram Protesters hold signs and yell to disrupt and heckle a group gathered for a Texas Muslim Capitol Day rally, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas.
	BETWEEN THE LINES WND.com He's calling for Islamic clerics and Muslims worldwide to reconsider a fundamental doctrine of the faith – that the world is divided into two spheres: Dar ...
	No, pasting over anti-Islam ads with images of 'Ms. Marvel' isn't free speech Washington Post A group that is sharply critical of Islam recently bought space for anti-Islam ads on San Francisco buses. San Francisco had a First Amendment ...
	ISIS terrorists misapply the teachings of Islam STLtoday.com There have been complaints that President Obama does not refer to the ISIS terrorists as Islamicterrorists. But to refer to them as Islamic terrorists is to ...
	Yemeni Al-Qaeda says France replaced US as 'main enemy of Islam' RT Al-Qaeda in Yemen says France has surpassed the US to become the main enemy of Islam. The group says the US has been “weakening” in recent ...
	Turnout slumps at anti-Islam LEGIDA march in Germany The Times of Israel For the past nine weeks, activists protesting Germany's immigration policy and the spread of Islam in the West have been marching each Monday.
	Islamic extremism delays permit for Montreal Muslim centre CBC.ca A new Islamic community centre in Montreal is facing opposition before it even opens. The project is tied to controversial Imam Hamza Chaoui, who ...
	GLOBAL FAITHS: Saudis continue to have an influence on Islam Goshen News 23 invites us to look at the connection between his country and world Islam, the religion that counts about 1.6 billion adherents in the world today.
	Name radical Islamic ideology for what it is, but give reformers a chance (COMMENTARY) Religion News Service (RNS) A woman comforts another woman after a terrorist attack on the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. For use with ...
	Jehron Muhammad: The growing gap between Islam & how it's perceived by others Philly.com (blog) 21 letter to the youth of Europe and America, he accuses the West of placing the religion of Islam “in the seat of a horrifying enemy.” His open letter is ...

	State Dept: Muslim Brotherhood US Trip 'Organized and Funded' by Georgetown University Breitbart News A reporter asked State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, “Members ofMuslim Brothers were in town, and few days ago they met – had meetings ...
	Protesters disrupt rally at Capitol by Muslims, supporters Austin American-Statesman What was supposed to be a rally at the Texas Capitol Thursday promoting political engagement and tolerance for Muslims and was largely derailed by ... Local CAIR chapter president reacts to Texas Muslim Capitol Day disruptions- KSAT San Antonio Abbott urges civility after Texas lawmaker's Muslim remarks - KXAN.com Full Coverage
	Downtown LA mosque imagines empowered role forMuslim women Los Angeles Times "Muslim women haven't had a forum," Yasmeen Ruhge, a cardiologist from Pasadena, said as she waited for the service to begin. "When we go to the ...
	Biopic of Prophet Muhammad Divides Sunni and ShiaMuslims Newsweek Amid global controversy over depictions of Muhammad, a multimillion-dollar biopic of the Prophet's life is causing further controversy in the Muslim ...
	Muslim New Yorkers feel pressure to apologize New York Daily News Qinza Najm doesn't want to behead anyone. After all, she's an artist, not a jihadist. But she's also a Muslim — and in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo ...
	As Muslim Uighurs Flee, China Sees Jihad Risk Wall Street Journal Most Uighurs are Muslim, speak a Turkic language and consider themselves part of a broad family of ethnic Turks. But students from China's ethnic ...
	Egypt blames Muslim Brotherhood for deadly Sinai attack U.S. News & World Report EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi blamed theMuslim Brotherhood for playing a role in a sophisticated insurgent ...

BLOG

	A response to those 25000 Islamophobic Germans Jamiatul Ulama KZN You marched with banners claiming your city is overcrowded with Muslims. Yet 0.1% of Dresden areMuslim. You marched claiming immigrants are ...
	Charlie Hebdo and The Interview: The importance of free speech The Westminster Bi-Line This was the second time the magazine had been attacked by Muslim extremists: in November 2011, the magazine's office was firebombed after the ...
	Holt v. Hobbs: Does a Muslim prisoner's case foreshadow the end of affirmative action? Alliance Alert » news from the frontlines of the culture war Holt, an inmate housed by the Arkansas Department of Correction, sought to grow a beard in accordance with his Muslim faith. The Department ...
	Videos - Calls To Kill Pres Al-Sisi On Muslim Brotherhood TV Channels Based In MFS - The Other News In this compilation of video clips from Muslim Brotherhood TV channels, various Egyptian clerics and commentators call to kill Egyptian President Abd ...
	Muslim Association College of Engineering tn govt jobs Muslim Association College of Engineering. Job Title: Professors/HOD. Departments: Computer Science and Engineering; Civil Engineering ...
	Weekly Update from Mark Armstrong – 30 January 2015 GTAEA – Australia Another big story is the Muslim Brotherhood having just called upon Egyptians to “prepare for a long and uncompromising jihad” within two days of ...
	Movies, Morons & Muslims BurtPrelutsky.com Movies, Morons & Muslims. Barack Obama continues setting free one Islamic terrorist after another in his rush to empty Gitmo, all the while insisting he ...
	What does Fethullah Gülen say about Islamists/Islamism? Gulen Movement Fethullah Gülen is a dedicated, pious Muslim. His expertise goes ... In The Muslim World Special Issue, 95(3), 447–67, 2005: 456. [2] Ibid., 452.
	A different side to the Charlie Hebdo incident The Student Review Ahmed Merabet, a French police officer and believing Muslim, was one of the 12 victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack. Not often have we heard the story ...

UK Cops Conduct Manhunt for Man Who Criticized Islam on Bus FrontPage Magazine POLICE wish to speak to this man (right) after derogatory comments about Islam were made on a bus. The incident, described as a public order ...

WEB

	Taulheedul Islam Boys High School Gov.UK The schools adjudicator's admission objection decision about Taulheedul Islam Boys High School.
	Anti-Islamic behaviors stem from eschewed image of Islam: MP Iran Daily An Iranian lawmaker says the current anti-Islamic behaviors in the West are largely incited by a false image in the mind of the Westerners concerning ...
	Muhammad in the Bible Wikipedia It is believed to be a prophetic description of the Muslim conquests associated with the rise of Islam in the 7th century. 6 May the praise of God be in ...

Bassam Tariq: The beauty and diversity of Muslim life TED.com Bassam Tariq is a blogger, a filmmaker, and a halal butcher -- but one thread unites his work: His joy in the diversity, the humanness of our individual ...