On Tuesday 3 February 2015

The Holy Quran is not anti-Semitic - says a Rabbi

Is the Holy Quran anti-semitic?

Forward Thinking Blog

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. . . Americans quickly turned to twitter and Youtube to post their disgust at having being subjected to a Muslim without warning

Freedom of speech in the US means they mustn't even show Muslims on the TV!

Source : www.virtualmosque.co.uk

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NEWS

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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

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	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 ...
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	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
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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

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