On Wednesday 6 May, 15

This question was raised by Pakistan’s Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk himself while hearing petitions challenging the procedure for appointment of superior court judges under the 18th Amendment and establishment of military courts under the 21st Amendment to try terrorists. A 17-judge full court is hearing the case.

Can Pakistan become a secular country?
Source : The Hindu
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The Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati witnessed the power of interfaith solidarity on Sunday, when a little over 100 Muslims, Christians and Jews gathered to form a symbolic “peace ring” around the mosque’s entrance. The group was inspired by a similar peace ring that was formed around a synagogue in Oslo, attack against the Jewish community in Denmark earlier that month.
Jews, Christians and Muslims

Source : The Huffington Post
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NEWS

	NPR At LA Museum, A Powerful And Provocative Look At 'Islamic Art Now' NPR Art galleries are generally quiet, hushed spaces, but at the Los Angeles County Museum a show called Islamic Art Now is sparking some heated ...
	KY3 Why Islam forbids images of Mohammed KY3 Violence over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed may mystify many non-Muslims, but it speaks to a central tenet of Islam: the worship of God alone.
	WCVB Boston Why Islam forbids images of Mohammed WCVB Boston (CNN) —Violence over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed may mystify many non-Muslims, but it speaks to a central tenet of Islam: the worship of ...
	ABC News One Texas cartoon contest gunman was American convert to Islam Los Angeles Times One of the gunmen killed Sunday at a Texas event promoting drawings of the Muslim prophet Muhammad was an American convert to Islam and a ...
	ThinkProgress After Texas Shooting, American Muslims Defend Anti-Islam Hate Group's Right To Speak ThinkProgress Ibrahim Hooper, National Communications Director and spokesperson for the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR), told ThinkProgress his ... FBI had monitored one of gunmen in attack on anti-Islam exhibit -SFGate Australian ISIS supporter tweeted about attacking anti-Islam event in Texas JUST DAYS before ... - Daily Mail Two Men Killed in Dallas at Draw Muhammad Anti-Islam Art Event -RYOT Full Coverage
	Breitbart News Bobby Jindal Calls on Obama and Muslim Leaders To Condemn Radical Islam Breitbart News Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) of Louisiana wants President Obama and Muslim leaders to condemn radical Islam following the shooting in Garland, Texas. Garland shooting: What is the American Freedom Defense Initiative? -CNN CAIR Condemns Attack on Anti-Islam Event in Texas - PR Newswire (press release) Sponsor of Muhammad Cartoon Contest Known for Controversial Views on Islam - Voice of America Full Coverage
	Breitbart News NBC News Reporter Ayman Mohyeldin Wants Islam Protected From Satire Breitbart News And as one would expect from NBC News, through omission, Mohyeldin lied through his teeth in order to pretend Islam is the only religion in America ... Americans Have a Right to Insult Islam - National Review Online Hate wins Texas anti-Islam art contest, we lose: Darcy cartoon -cleveland.com Cartoon contest organised by anti-Islam poster girl Pamela Geller - The Australian (blog) Full Coverage
	TIME FBI monitored gunman killed at anti-Islam event in Texas Boston Globe (subscription) GARLAND, Texas — One was an extrovert drawn to basketball as well as to Islam who had been identified by the FBI as a jihadi terrorism suspect and ...
	ucanews China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to “weaken”Islam Washington Post (blog) Chinese authorities have ordered Muslim shopkeepers and restaurant owners in a village in its troubled Xinjiang region to sell alcohol and cigarettes, ...
	NewsOK.com Official IDs one suspect in attack at Texas anti-Islam event Santa Fe New Mexican GARLAND, Texas — One of the two gunmen killed Sunday after opening fire at an event where people were invited to present cartoons of the Prophet ...

	Huffington Post Anti-Muslim Activist And Cartoonist Speak Out Following Garland Shooting Huffington Post The anti-Muslim activist whose Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas was attacked by two gunmen on Sunday said the shooting shows the importance ... A Texas imam says Muslims are better off ignoring anti-Islamic hate groups - PRI Full Coverage
	Los Angeles Times Texas cartoon contest shooting: Why images of Muhammad are offensive to Muslims Los Angeles Times For centuries, Muslims have been discouraged or banned from depicting Muhammad, the most highly revered human figure in Islam, in images and ... Texas attack: Garland Muslims caught between two 'outsider' groups -The Guardian The Latest on Texas Attack: Muslim Group Condemns Attack - ABC News Bobby Jindal Calls on Obama and Muslim Leaders To Condemn Radical Islam - Breitbart News Full Coverage
	International Business Times Garland Shooting: North TexasMuslim Community Had Concerns Before 'Draw Muhammad' Event International Business Times The bloodshed came after an anti-Islam hate rally broke out during a Muslim event held at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland in January.
	The Guardian French mayor attacked for counting schoolchildren with 'Muslim names' The Guardian Robert Ménard said his administration had used lists of pupils' names to decide how many wereMuslim, and claimed the figure came to 64.6%. French authorities investigate town that claims to count its Muslimschoolchildren - Fox News France Cracks Down After Town Claims to Count Muslim Pupils - ABC News Uproar as French mayor 'counts Muslim children' - The Local.fr Full Coverage
	Fox News 'You are a target': Muslim extremists terrorize Egypt's Coptic Christians Fox News Christians in Egypt are facing a new wave of persecution at the hands of Muslim extremists, and human rights groups fear the situation could be on the ...
	Los Angeles Times In Spain, proposed 'kebab law' angers Muslim business owners Los Angeles Times Nouari Benzawi is trying to figure out how to make his kebab shop more Spanish. Benzawi, 52, immigrated to Spain from Algeria two decades ago.
	Raw Story Garland, Texas is a hotbed for anti-Muslim bigotry Raw Story On Sunday, there was a shooting in Garland, Texas. Two men opened fire outside a Muslim caricature event hosted by anti-Muslim activist Pamela ... Anti-Muslim Sponsor of Texas Cartoon Contest Draws Ire - Voice of America Don't call the hateful Muhammad Art Exhibit attacked in Texas a "free speech event" - Vox Full Coverage
	Fox News PR advice for Muslim communities in Western World Fox News As a non-Muslim, I have great empathy and respect for Muslims in the Western World. The overwhelming majority are good, decent people with a firm ...
	Dallas Morning News Dallas-area Muslim leaders denounce violence at Garland cartoon exhibit Dallas Morning News North Texas Muslim leaders denounced the actions of two men who died in a shootout with officers in Garland Sunday and cautioned others not to be ...
	Dallas Morning News Organizer of Muhammad cartoon contest says she's not anti-Muslim, not an extremist Dallas Morning News She said she is not anti-Muslim. She said she wants to provide resources for Muslims who want to leave the religion and be a voice for anyone who ...

	New York Times Muslims in Texas Walk a Fine Line After Garland Shooting New York Times GARLAND, Tex. — When Muslim leaders in the Dallas area learned in February that a provocative New York blogger named Pamela Geller had ... For Muslim Leaders, Texas Attack Means Another Public Apology for Events They Don't Control - Newsweek A Few People Lead Many Of The Anti-Muslim Groups In The U.S. -FiveThirtyEight Pamela Geller's Anti-Muslim Crusade Gearing Up After Garland Shooting - Foreign Policy (blog) Full Coverage
	New York Times Germany Arrests 4 It Says Planned Attacks on Muslim Sites New York Times BERLIN — German authorities said on Wednesday they had broken up what they said was a far-right terrorist group and had arrested four of its ... At least four arrested in raids on anti-Muslim 'terror' group in Germany -ABC Online Four arrested in German raids on anti-Muslim 'terror' group - Yahoo News Full Coverage
	RealClearPolitics O'Reilly on Pamela Geller Mohammed Drawing Contest: "Insulting The Entire Muslim World Is Stupid" RealClearPolitics DONALD TRUMP: It looks like she's just taunting everybody. What is she doing? Drawing Mohammed and it looks like she's actually taunting people.
	Columbus Dispatch Muslim woman receives other offers after quitting police academy Columbus Dispatch If the Columbus Police Division doesn't change its policy banning head scarves for femaleMuslim officers, Ismahan Isse might have a couple of ...
	Christian Science Monitor Why China is forcing its Muslims to sell alcohol Yahoo News In an effort to curb what they see as religious extremism in China's northwest Xinjiang region, Chinese authorities have ordered Muslim business ... Report: China Tells Muslim Businesses They Must Sell Alcohol or Risk Shutdown - TheBlaze.com Muslim shopkeepers in China 'forced' to sell alcohol, cigarettes - Al-Arabiya China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to 'weaken' Islam - SBS Full Coverage
	Chron.com Autopsies: 2 of 3 Muslim Students Shot With Gun Held to Head ABC News Autopsies indicate that a man charged with killing three Muslim college students held his gun to the heads of two victims when he pulled the trigger ... Autopsies: 2 of 3 Muslim Students Shot With Gun Held to Head - ABC News Full Coverage
	National Post Muslim community taking the lead in latest round of Ontario sex-education protests National Post Analysis. TORONTO — Thorncliffe Park elementary school, in a predominantly Muslim area of Toronto, reported attendance on Monday of 130, ... No consensus about new sex-ed curriculum among Ottawa Muslims -Ottawa Citizen Full Coverage
	International Business Times Texas Attack: Muslim Activists Consider New Ways Of Countering Islamophobia, Promote Own ... International Business Times Muslim activists have promoted their own counter campaign to the "Draw Muhammad" contest that was targeted by gunmen on Sunday evening in ...
	Raw Story Muslim activists counter Pamela Geller with their own 'Draw Muhammad' contest Raw Story Muslim American activists say they are more determined than ever to take on anti-Islamic bigotry in the aftermath of Sunday's violence at a Draw ...
	BBC News BNP candidate Reverend Robert West told pupils Muslims 'worship devil' BBC News He stated that he was "allergic to Mohammedans" and when asked by a year 12 pupil whether there was there anything wrong with being a Muslim he ...

	Salon Charlie Hebdo Editor Seeks to Distance Newspaper From Anti-Islam Causes New York Times “Out of 500 covers in the past 10 years, only seven were made about Islam,” he said. “So it's not our obsession. We're dealing with politics, we're ... A few cartoons won't bring down Islam, so why the violence? - Los Angeles Times Charlie Hebdo Editor Rejects Pamela Geller Comparisons: 'She Is Obsessed by Islam' - New York Magazine Full Coverage
	Franklin Graham: God of Islam, God of Bible Not the Same Newsmax Islam does not worship the God of the Bible, the Rev. Franklin Graham said in a Facebook post responding to the two men who attempted to attack an ...
	SFGate China orders shops to sell alcohol, cigarettes to 'weaken' Islam SFGate Critics says China's long repression of Uighur rights and nationalist sentiment has pushed people toward Islam as the only permitted assertion of their ... China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to 'weaken'Islam - SBS Muslims In China: Chinese Shop Owners Ordered To Sell Alcohol, Cigarettes To Weaken Islam In ... - International Business Times China forces shops to sell alcohol, cigarettes to combat Islam - Death and Taxes Full Coverage
	Breitbart News LA Times Scoffs: Geller Believes 'Verbal Attacks on Radical Islam' Are Free Speech Breitbart News On May 5 the LA Times ran a column claiming cartoons of Muhammad were “verbal attacks” onIslam that resulted in the actions of the two alleged ... The 'Splainer: Why Does Islam Ban Images Of The Prophet Muhammad? - The Jewish Week Prophet cartoon shootings leave Muslims on edge as anti-Islamicsentiment grows in Texas - Fox News Islam, Hate, and the Texas Shooting - Progressive.org Full Coverage
	Miami Herald ISIS Claims Link to Shooting at Texas Event Showing Muhammad Cartoons New York Times LONDON — The Islamic State extremist group has sought to link itself to Sunday's attack in Garland, Tex., during which two assailants shot a security ... 200 Pakistanis Honor Garland Shooters as 'Martyrs of Islam' - Breitbart News Prophet cartoon shootings leave Muslims on edge as anti-Islamicsentiment grows in Texas - Minneapolis Star Tribune Two men killed at anti-Islam exhibit are identified - Waterloo Record Full Coverage
	The Fundamentals of Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism The New Indian Express The fundamentals of Islam are sound because the Quran itself starts with the invocation “Bismillah Rehman E Rahim”. The best translation would be ...
	Middle East Monitor Islam, governance, and the Brotherhood Middle East Monitor The dispute between government and Islamic movements in Jordan and elsewhere highlights the nature of authority in the modern state on the one ...
	Bradenton Herald Bradenton anti-Islam activist Terry Jones reports death threat Bradenton Herald MANATEE -- Bradenton-based anti-Islam activist Terry Jones reported last week that he received a death threat while working at his French fry stand ...
	The Guardian Sami Shah review – slick standup is 'an atheist defending Islam from racists' The Guardian White audiences struggle to believe, says Sami Shah, that there's any such thing as a Pakistani comedian – as if “laughter is a western construct”.
	WPTV.com Dutch politician Geert Wilders, prominent critic of Islam, to speak in Boca Raton WPTV.com Dutch politician Geert Wilders, a prominent critic of Islam, and who was keynote speaker at the Muslim Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest in Texas, ... Geert Wilders: I Won't Stop Warning the West About Islam - Right Side News Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders to speak at Florida event despite shooting in Garland - International Business Times UK Full Coverage

BLOGS

	Two gunmen are shot dead outside an anti-Islam art show in Texas LiveLeak.com The men had opened fire outside the Curtis Culwell Center in the city of Garland where an anti-Islam art exhibition was being held. It included images ...
	dea that somehow it is Islam that is ... fringe elements who claim to be the ultimate arbiters of what IS & ISN'T Islam.

	How Muslim-Americans can avoid being Trolled by the Israel-Firsters Informed Comment According to Muslim traditions, Abu Lahab was a stalker. He followed Muhammad around as the latter preached in markets, contradicting him and ...
	Notorious Anti-Muslim Bigot Pamela Geller Was Right Addicting Info She's made a career and a lot of money off of selling fear and hatred ofMuslims. I imagine she and her fellow con men were masturbating furiously ...
	Pretty OCU student / princess / fairy gets media attention for wearing traditional Muslim attire… The Lost Ogle 'I was frightened,' Oklahoma City student experiences backlash after practicing Muslim tradition. An Oklahoma City University student is about to ...

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	Hala Gorani on Twitter: "Why is Pamela Geller so obsessed with Islam? It's all she can think and ... twitter.com Too many people are slaves to the i

Muslim Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad Facebook Rami Salameh as a muslim i am against this attack but this jewish bitch Pamela Geller hates every muslim in the world and she was celebrating during ...

On Tuesday 5 May, 15

Texas police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire at an exhibit near Dallas of caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad organized by an anti-Islamic group, authorities said on Sunday.

The shooting echoed past attacks or threats in other Western countries against art depicting the Prophet. In January, gunmen killed 12 people in the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in revenge for its cartoons.

Muslims shot dead in Texas

source : Niagara Falls Review
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They never ate anybody — but now, some of planet Earth’s innocent vegetarians face end times. Large herbivores — elephants, hippos, rhinos and gorillas among them — are vanishing from the globe at a startling rate, with some 60 percent threatened with extinction, a team of scientists reports.

The situation is so dire, according to a new study, that it threatens an “empty landscape” in some ecosystems “across much of the planet Earth.” The authors were clear: This is a big problem — and it’s a problem with us, not them.

Animals on the edge of extinction.
source : Washington Post

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NEWS

	New York Times Police in Texas Kill Gunmen at Exhibit Defying Islam New York Times HOUSTON — Two gunmen were killed after they opened fire Sunday evening outside an event hosted by an anti-Islam group in Garland, Tex., ... Gunmen killed outside US exhibition on Islam's prophet - Aljazeera.com Two gunmen shot dead at Islam art show near Dallas - Reuters Gunman at Texas Islam caricature event was target of terror investigation - Las Vegas Review-Journal Full Coverage
	CNN Why Islam forbids images of Mohammed CNN (CNN) Violence over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed may mystify many non-Muslims, but it speaks to a central tenet of Islam: the worship of God ... Why Islam forbids images of Mohammed - ErieTVNews Full Coverage
	Newsmax Texas Police: Gunmen at Anti-Islam Event Fired at Unarmed Security Officer Newsmax Geert Wilders, a polarizing Dutch politician and anti-Islamic campaigner who is on an al Qaeda hit list, was among the speakers at the event.
	Al-Arabiya Iran's Rowhani: It's not for police to enforce Islam Al-Arabiya Rowhani, a relative moderate, last week faced criticism from the Islamic republic's clerical establishment. (File: AFP) ... Iran's Rouhani says not for police to enforce Islam - Yahoo News Iran's Rouhani says not for police to enforce Islam - The Guardian Nigeria Iran's Rohani says not for police to enforce Islam - Khaleej Times Full Coverage
	Mic 12 Tweets Reveal the Massive Anti-Islam Sentiment Just Hours After the Garland Shooting Mic Though the reactions of Geller and some Twitter users may represent a small fraction of the American public, they signal an alarming anti-Islamic trend ...
	The National US divisions deepen over Islam debate The National The shooting outside an anti-Islam cartoon contest in Texas deserves to be condemned in the strongest terms possible, but so too do the deliberately ... Geert Wilders Weblog - Geert Wilders Full Coverage
	Daily Mail 'This is a war': The woman behind anti-Islamic Muhammad cartoon contest and her long history of ... Daily Mail The woman behind the Muhammad cartoon contest targeted in a Texas shooting Sunday has a long history of inflammatory anti-Islam propaganda, ...
	LancasterOnline EMU to hold classes on Gospel/Islam engagement LancasterOnline The Lancaster campus of Eastern Mennonite University is offering a two-month course on Islam and the Gospel beginning Friday. The course will ...
	Al-Bawaba ISIS, eat your heart out! International Arabic play portrays Islamfor what it really is! Al-Bawaba Skaff may no longer work in advertising, but his aim was to use “Clusters of Light” to counter the negative portrayals of Islam in the international press, ...
	Bradenton Herald Terry Jones, Bradenton anti-Islam activist, not concerned after Texas shooting Bradenton Herald After a shooting in a suburban Dallas venue on Sunday night because of a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest, local anti-Islam activist, Fry Guys fry ...

	The Guardian Texas attack on Muhammad cartoon event rattles Muslim community The Guardian Tensions were already high in the Texas Muslim community after an Iraqi immigrant was shot dead in Dallas in March as he stood outside his ... Everything we know about the attack at the Muhammad Art Exhibit anti-Islam event in Texas - Vox Two Shot Dead At Anti-Muslim Cartoon Contest - Sky News Two gunmen 'carrying explosives' attack anti-Muslim art contest in Texas: Suspects dead and cop ... - Daily Mail Full Coverage
	The Independent AFDI shooting in Texas: Who are the organisers of the anti-Muslim Prophet Mohamed cartoon ... The Independent The shooting of two gunmen at an anti-Muslim event in Texas has sparked renewed interest in the activities of its organisers, the “American Freedom ...
	New York Times Review: 'Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity,' Young New Yorkers Tell Their Stories New York Times This may be the first moment that tears at the heart in “Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity,” Ping Chong + Company's probing and persuasive ...
	Daily Beast Muslims Defend Geller's Right To Hate Daily Beast Both before Pam Geller's 'Draw Mohammed' event and after the attack Sunday night,Muslim American leaders vigorously defended her right to draw ...
	Telegraph.co.uk Senior Labour politicians Liam Byrne and Tom Watson 'attend segregated Muslim rally' Telegraph.co.uk Pictures posted on Sion Simon's Twitter feed showed Muslim women sitting in a small cluster on one side of what looked like an Islamic community ...
	BJP's Gujarat Muslim cell members to camp in Bihar before assembly elections Economic Times GANDHINAGAR: Muslim members of BJP from Gujarat would make an attempt to allay the apprehensions of minorities of Bihar about the saffron party ...
	CNN Why images of Mohammed offend Muslims CNN (CNN) Violence over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed may mystify many non-Muslims, but it speaks to a central tenet of Islam: the worship of God ...
	Salon “Good news? Both Muslim savages are dead”: Here are the most heinous conservative reactions to ... Salon On Sunday evening, two men opened fire on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas. Police officers returned fire and killed the two ...
	International Business Times Muslim Sharia Law 2015: Indonesia's North Aceh District Bans Unmarried Men, Women From ... International Business Times Aceh, located at the northern tip of Sumatra, is the only province in the Muslim-dominated country that governs by Shariah law as part of a 2005 peace ...
	Washington Times Geert Wilders on Muslim hit lists before Muhammad cartoon attack Washington Times The keynote speaker at Sunday's Muhammad cartoon-drawing contest in Texas was Dutch politician Geert Wilders, a longtime target of Muslim ...

BLOGS

Gunmen killed in foiled attack on Texas anti-Islam event Boing Boing Two gunmen who opened fire on Sunday at the anti-Islam art exhibit near Dallas featuring depictions of the Prophet Mohammad were themselves shot ...

WEB

Why Islam forbids images of Mohammed CNN "It's all rooted in the notion of idol worship," Akbar Ahmed, who chairs the Islamic Studies department at American University told CNN. "In Islam, the ...

Gunmen shot dead at anti-Muslim art contest The New Zealand Herald Two armed suspects believed to be carrying explosives have reportedly been shot dead after opening fire outside an anti-Muslim art exhibition in ...