On Wednesday 18 February 2015

Did Jesus die on the cross? 

"Do not read the Bible, it is dangerous! The priest will tell us what it says"

Ash Wednesday - Countdown to Easter

Source : BBC Four Documentary
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A brilliant Muslim theory which will never win the Nobel Prize because of prejudice. Read and marvel at the great intellect of our ulema.

O Muslims! Listen to your ulema and you will also come up with such brilliant ideas!

Source : in.news.yahoo.com

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NEWS

	OX CT Man accused of killing 3 Muslim students in NC indicted for murder FOX CT (CNN) — A grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Craig Hicks, 46, was indicted on ...
	A Letter Concerning Muslim Toleration New York Times Some Muslim governments, including United States allies, also mete out harsh punishments for similar offenses. The liberal blogger Raif Badawi was ...
	WPRO Rhode Island Muslim School Vandalized with Islamophobic Graffiti ThinkProgress A non-profit Muslim school in Rhode Island was vandalized with Islamophobic graffiti on Saturday, one day after holding a vigil for the three Muslim ... Vandals Deface Islamic School of Rhode Island - Islamic Society of North America Full Coverage
	RT Craig Hicks indicted for triple homicide in shooting of Muslim students RT A view of the front door, which now has biohazard stickers, of the apartment where three young Muslims were killed on Tuesday, in Chapel Hill, North ...
	The Hindu Muslim clerics pose six questions to RSS The Hindu A delegation of Muslim clerics led by the Sunni Ulema Council general secretary Haji Mohammed Salees met RSS functionary Indresh Kumar and ...
	U.S. News & World Report Hollande: Anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim acts threaten France U.S. News & World Report Hollande noted anti-Semitism and acts against Muslims are both on the rise in France, notably after the attacks last month in Paris that left 20 people ...
	Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) Muslim Students at U. of Maryland Say They Seek to Be Understood Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) Last week Muslim students at the University of Maryland at College Park helped non-Muslim students understand what those words—translated as ... UI Muslim Student Association holds Islam Awareness Week - UI The Daily Iowan Full Coverage
	Seattle Globalist Muslim students seek interfaith dialogue though 'fast-a-thon' Seattle Globalist The University of Washington Muslim Students Association held its annual “fast-a-thon” Friday, where people are invited to take part in an all-day fast, ...

	U.S. News & World Report German anti-Islam protests fizzle, but sentiment festers U.S. News & World Report The Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 photo shows protestors of the anti-Islamic Pegida (Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West) alliance ... German Anti-Islam Protests Fizzle, but Sentiment Festers - ABC News Full Coverage
	PolitiFact: Did the US go to war with Islam in the 19th century? Bay News 9 The ongoing War on Terror has led people to declare that there is a war onIslam by either Christians or the United States or both. But according to a ...
	The Quran refers to the defense of Islam Columbus Dispatch He also criticized 61:9, and he quoted it as “Make (Islam) victorious over every other religion.” I read it as “He it is who sent his messenger with the ...
	CBSSports.com Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: ISIS Represents Islam Like KKK Represents Christianity Mediaite Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stopped by Morning Joe on Monday, presumably to promote his new children's book, Stealing the Game , but ...
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Giuliani: Obama Refusal To Recognize Radical Islam 'Horribly Ignorant' [VIDEO] Daily Caller Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani slammed President Barack Obama's refusal to recognize radical Islam as the motivation for ISIS' brutal ... Why ISIS is Islamic and why it matters - Power Line (blog) Full Coverage
	Dallas Morning News Anti-Islam group books program at Garland ISD center Dallas Morning News Last month's "Stand With the Prophet" event, a Muslim conference against terror and hate, drew 2,000 attendees to Garland ISD's Culwell Center - and ...
	Press TV Latest from Iran Press TV Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Islam has ordered Muslims to treat the followers of other religions with “fairness ...
	Alaska Dispatch News Danish Killing Suspect's Anger Is Seen as Only Loosely Tied to Islam Alaska Dispatch News As authorities across Europe try to figure out how radical Islam turns a tiny but dangerous minority of young Muslims into terrorists, Soei, the sociologist ...
	BLOGS
	The only religion this president is willing to come out and publicly defend is ISLAM The Right Scoop By soopermexican. 2. 0. Col. Ralph Peters explained very clearly why Obama defending Islam just enables terrorists to strike against the West.
	Fox News Facebook "[President Obama] clearly romanticizes Islam and treats it as though Islam is above all criticism… And until we hold Islam to the same standards as...

WEB
	Texas Student Admits She Lied About Being Followed by Anti-Muslim Gunman Gawker Newsfeed Last Wednesday, the day after three Muslim college students were killed in Chapel Hill, N.C, a student at the University of Texas-Arlington told police a ...
	Rev. Graham: 'Imagine the Outcry if 21 Muslims Had Been Beheaded by Christians? … The Storm ... CNS News “Where is the universal condemnation by Muslim leaders around the world?” he asked. franklin graham. The brutal killing of the 21 Egyptian Coptic ...
	Statement on Craig Hicks Indictment Muslim Advocates Today, a North Carolina grand jury indicted Craig Hicks on three accounts of first degree murder, with no mention of a hate crime. This is the strongest ...

On Tuesday 17 February 2015

To  many Israelis, the world of Christian Zionism is largely hidden from public view. But a new report out from the Israeli progressive think tank, Molad, aims to change that, casting a bright light on the oddly symbiotic alliances between Christian Zionist activists and Israeli leaders. 

Christian Zionism

Source : Religion Dispatches

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Some of the hundreds of people jailed and awaiting trial on charges of violating Pakistan’s dangerously ambiguous and discriminatory blasphemy law have reason to be cautiously optimistic.

A ray of hope in Pakistan?

Source : www.hrw.org

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NEWS

	Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live Telegraph.co.uk Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, is a main partner for the United States in its campaign against Islamist militants in Syria and Iraq. The world top ...
	Lawmaker defiant in 'stand againstIslam' flap WND.com A California assemblywoman is refusing to back down after fellow lawmakers and the Council for American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, have ...
	Islamic State Video Shows Beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians New York Times A video released Sunday by the Islamic State appears to show the mass beheading of a group of 21 Coptic Christians, who are made to kneel beside ... Hamas condemns ISIS for 'distorting the image of Islam' with beheading of Egyptian Christians - Jerusalem Post Israel News Full Coverage
	Radical Islam Exists: Islamism is the New Totalitarianism Algemeiner A vigil for Jordanian pilot Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh, reportedly burned alive by the Islamic State terrorist organization. Jordan's King Abduallah vowed ... The complexities of a relationship with Islam - The Seattle Times Full Coverage
	Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State Reuters Thousands of foreigners have flocked to Iraq and Syria in the past two years, mostly to join IslamicState, but a handful of idealistic Westerners are ...
	Is an argument for a 'true Islam' possible? Today's Zaman A day does not go by where Islam and Muslims do not occupy the headlines and are not the central point of many political and religious discussions.
	US at war with Islam since Thomas Jefferson's time WND.com U.S. at war with Islam since Thomas Jefferson's time ... their Qur'an, that all nations who should not have acknowledged Islam's authority were sinners, ...
	Scarborough: Like Radical Islam, 'Ultra-fundamentalist' Christianity Could Also Lead to Violence NewsBusters (blog) Joe Scarborough says he doesn't want to be "torn to shreds online" for analogizing the threat of radical Christianity to that of radical Islam. In that case ...

BLOGS

Muslim countries want the UN to BAN Muhammed cartoons and other “slander” The Right Scoop Former Delta Force Commander Jerry Boykin opined that things are going to get a lot worse if 57 Islamic countries get their way to have the UN ban ... WEB

	Western leaders must back Islam's reformers The Times It is dangerous to pretend the violence seen in Copenhagen has no connection with Islam.
	Lecture: "Institutionalization of Islam: the Case of Belgium" KU Leuven When, Feb 26, 2015 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM. Where, AV02.17 Parkstraat 47, 3000 Leuven. Contact Name, Erkan Toguslu. Contact Phone ...

On Monday 16 February 2015

On Monday’s New York Times, I wrote a fairly innocuous sentence that was upsetting to some: “Islam is as American as the rodeo.”

The comments I received would not surprise anyone who writes about religion (among the printable: “Why don’t you go see ‘American Sniper’ and model yourself after a man who understood the reality of radical and not-so-radical Islam…”), but they did provide a window into the violent notions underlying the rising tide of anti-Islamic rhetoric.

Islam is as American as . . .

Source : Religion Dispatches

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On January 3, 2013, newly-reelected Rep. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona’s 9th District stood before John Boehner and placed her hand not on the Bible, as 112 congressional classes before her had, but rather on a worn copy of the U.S. Constitution. In so doing, Sinema became the only nominally unreligious representative in Congress as well as an indicator of changing national attitudes towards the intersection of politics and religion.

Is Religion as we know it dead?

Source : Harvard Political Review

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But it is the Middle East and the Fertile Crescent that is the most, well, fertile area for antique urbanity. Not that this makes the job of firmly planting a flag on the oldest city any easier. Cities in this region have not shouted their claims, or investigated them, or tried to trade them for the tourist dollar, as energetically as have the big hitters in ancient city fame, such as Rome, Athens or even Cirencester.

The oldest city

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

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NEWS

	No, Islam Isnt Inherently Violent, And The Math Proves It Daily Beast There is a widely held belief in the United States today that Islam is a religion that goads its followers to violence. And indeed, global terrorism today is ...
	Copenhagen victim identified as radical Islam tie probed New York Post Police forensics inspect bullet holes in the door of Krudttoenden cafe, where the terrorist attack started. Photo: EPA ... One dead in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate - The National One dead, three police hurt in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate -Geo News, Pakistan One dead in shooting at Danish Islam debate - Al-Arabiya Full Coverage
	Sister Of Slain UNC Muslim Student: It's "Open Season" Against Islam; American Sniper ... RealClearPolitics Suzanne, first of all, obviously, our deepest condolences to you and your family for this senseless and brutal act. I hope that you and your family are at ...
	Plan promotes dialogue and awareness of Islam The National In addition to sending delegations of scholars and elders to hot-spots to explain that Islam does not support violence, there will be a programme that ...
	Oscar nominee 'Timbuktu' tackles everyday view of radical Islam Al-Arabiya “I try to explain that Islam was kidnapped by a few people with a very short vision of the world,” he added. “Nobody comes [into] life with a Kalashnikov ...
	Readers respond to Busnov's view on Islam DesMoinesRegister.com In such a view,the "true" Islam is peaceful and anyone committing violent acts must be following a false or perverted version of Islam. In a speech ...

	Jordan Sentences MuslimBrotherhood Leader for Facebook Post New York Times AMMAN, Jordan — The deputy head of the MuslimBrotherhood in Jordan was sentenced on Sunday to 18 months in prison for criticizing the United ... Top Muslim Brotherhood official sentenced to jail in Jordan - PBS NewsHour Full Coverage
	Hundreds in Houston gather to honorMuslim shooting victims Chron.com Hundreds of Houstonians gathered Sunday for a vigil honoring the three Muslim college students shot and killed last week in Chapel Hill, North ...
	Feeling Muslim Duke Chronicle Before college, I never felt Muslim. I feel a lot of things, all of the time—but very rarely do I feelMuslim. On good days, I have the privilege of taking ... The conversation Muslims need to have - Chicago Tribune Full Coverage
	Muslim shooting suspect slams religion, defends liberty Youngstown Vindicator CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — If his Facebook page is any indication, Craig Hicks doesn't hate Muslims. An avowed atheist, his online posts instead ...
	Saudi Arabia condemns "terrorist" killing of US Muslims Yahoo News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned the killing in North Carolina of three American Muslim college students as ...
	New play at Tricycle theatre looks at Muslim conversion The Guardian With characters ranging from a British tutor who converts to Islam and a moderate British Muslim councillor, to a teenage girl who has become ...
	Danish Muslim Council condemns deadly Copenhagen attacks Jerusalem Post Israel News "I don't think that there is anyone in Denmark that has any doubts that the average Danish Muslimsdon't support such things. There are always ... Swedish Mohammad cartoonist did not expect Muslim backlash -MSN.com Full Coverage
	French politicians up in arms afterMuslim party joins electoral race RFI New party Union of French Muslim Democrats (UDMF) is to present candidates in eight cities in the local elections to be held in France next month.

On Saturday 14 February 2015

Before the birth of Israel, Chaim Weizmann, who would become the country's first president,said in 1919: "[It is] of vital importance not only to secure all water resources already feeding the country, but also to control them at their source." Rafael Eitan, chief of staff and minister of agriculture and environment, said some years later: "Israel must hold on to the West Bank to make sure that Tel Aviv's taps don't run dry."

Current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in 1998: "And when I talk about the importance to Israel's security... It means that a housewife in Tel Aviv can open the tap and there's water running to it, and it's not been dried up because of a rash decision that handed over control of our aquifers to the wrong hands."

Israel deprives Palestinians of water.

Source : Middle East Monitor

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Detained by police on a charge he described as “flying while Muslim”, the hero of Zarqa Nawaz’s hit sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007) made things worse for himself in the first episode by joking. “Muslims around the world are known for their sense of humour,” he deadpanned. By poking a little affectionate fun at both the daily dilemmas of modern Muslims and stereotypical Western perceptions of them, Nawaz made gentle strides towards demystifying her community. Some critics predicted the show would do for North American Muslims what The Cosby Show had done for African Americans in the Eighties.

Humour and Islam.

Source : Telegraph.co.uk

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NEWS

	Dearborn woman: I saw Muslim man attacked at Kroger Detroit Free Press Dearborn Police said today they are investigating an alleged bias assault by two white men against an Arab-American Muslim man who was shopping ...
	Obama denounces 'outrageous murders' of three US Muslims Reuters Muslim advocates on Friday called the inquiries a key first step towards the full federal investigation they are seeking. In a separate investigation, local ... Muslim leaders in North Carolina welcome FBI probe into triple slaying -Los Angeles Times Obama: FBI investigating 'brutal and outrageous murders' - CNN After Criticisms, Obama Speaks Out on Muslim Killings in NC - Foreign Policy Full Coverage
	UN chief praises three young Muslims killed in North Carolina Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday praised three young Muslims killed in North Carolina as ... After Chapel Hill, the conversation American Muslims need to have -Washington Post Why President Obama must address anti-Muslim bigotry - CNN Full Coverage

	Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live Telegraph.co.uk Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live. Thirty shots have been fired at a Copenhagen cultural centre, where a meeting about freedom of ... Mass Shooting at Danish Conference Featuring Muhammad Cartoonist -Mediaite Full Coverage
	CA Assemblywoman faces backlash for offensive Islam tweet KABC-TV Gut wrenching news today. American Kayla Mueller murdered by Islamic savages. There MUST be consequences. MM #standupagainstIslam.
	Poll: 1 in 4 Americans say IslamicState represents true Islam Baptists Today (subscription) (RNS) More than a quarter of Americans and nearly half of senior Protestant pastors say the IslamicState terrorist group offers a true representation of ...
	Fire burns Islamic center in Houston, Texas Al-Arabiya A massive blaze has ripped through an Islamic community center in Houston, Texas, on Friday. It is not known what has caused the fire that gutted a ...
	Sears: Islam hurt by reluctance of leaders to condemn extremists Auburn Citizen From that initial experience, I have developed a continuing interest in Islam. While it is very different from Unitarian Universalism, it has helped me to ...
	Santorum: The World Will Suffer IfIslam Doesn't Fix 'The Cancer Within' Mediaite Santorum said, “If Islam does not clean up its own house, then it's gonna be the world that's gonna suffer. And Islam will suffer.” Santorum clarified he's ...
	Condemning Radical Islam New York Times I personally do not think the United States is at war with Islam. I have publicly stated on numerous occasions that I believe there is a strain of radical, ...
	Carol Swain to police: Islam column brings harassment The Tennessean Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt University law professor with controversial views on Islam, has filed a police complaint about receiving a package in the mail ...
	Distorting Christian History To DefendIslam Won't Save Us From Jihadists Fox News (blog) By MICHAEL J. ORTIZ, The Wall Street Journal. In an attempt to find a peaceful alternative for those in the Islamic world who advocate violence for ...

WEB

	Thousands Mourn Murdered Muslim Students MSN.com Thousands of people have paid their respects at the funeral of three youngMuslims allegedly killed by a neighbor who was angry over parking spots.
	UCC pastors condemn murders of Muslim family near UNC campus United Church of Christ As the Chapel Hill, N.C, community, still stunned by a shooting that claimed three lives this week, mourns, the United Church of Chapel Hill is speaking ...

	Manhattanville Professor Discusses Islam on Radio Show Manhattanville College The 20 minute interview touched on a range of topics plaguing contemporary Muslims including Islamic relations between Muslims and Americans, ...
	Burke: UNC suspect didn't target Islam on social media MSN.com Burke: UNC suspect didn't target Islam on social media. CNN. Duration: 03:07 10 hrs ago. CNN's religion editor Daniel Burke takes a look at the ...
	Burke: UNC suspect didn't target Islam on social media MSN.com Burke: UNC suspect didn't target Islam on social media. CNN. Duration: 03:07 1 hr ago. CNN's religion editor Daniel Burke takes a look at the UNC's ...