Charges dropped against last of ‘Los Angeles Eight’

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For the last 20 years, the U.S. government has accused me of being a terrorist. Along with six other Palestinians and a Kenyan, we were dubbed the “Los Angeles Eight” by the media. Our case even made it to the U.S. Supreme [...]

Who was the person who was made to resemble ‘Eesa (peace be upon him)?

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Question: I have a few question about the one who was crucified instead of Isa (peace be upon him) I have seen in one place saying that the one who betrayed Isa (PBUH) was made to look like [...]

USA: LAPD Announces Withdrawal of Mapping Plan

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The LAPD on Wednesday abruptly scrapped a program to map the city’s Muslim population, a major retreat for a department that said the system was needed to identify potential hotbeds of extremism.The reversal comes after a week of protests from Muslim groups and civil libertarians, who [...]

Jordan: Two Azeri pilgrims arrive on-foot enroute to Makkah

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Two Azerbaijani travelers arrived here on-foot yesterday en-route to Makkah for performing this year’s Haj rituals. The travelers, Shahid Gorbatov and Sahib Kazimov, said at a press conference here that their tour of a number of countries is aimed at shedding light on the [...]

USA: Hate faxes sent to Islamic school cease

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Steven Harhaj , 61, of Plymouth, who said he regards the Qu’ran as a “terrorist manual,” agreed to stop a barrage of 100 obscene and offensive faxes sent over the course of a year to the Al-Amal School in Fridley.
…Steven Harhaj, 61, of Plymouth, sent [...]

USA: Dearborn Islamic Center Robbed

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The Islamic Center of America was robbed early Friday morning by apparently a very patient thief who hid inside the massive 80,000-square-foot structure on Ford Road until everybody had left for the night. According to officials at the Islamic Center, the thief went inside the building during regular [...]

UK: Islamic finance ‘is seeing rise in global demand’

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Delegates at a two-day conference on Islamic Housing and Real Estate Finance held in London heard how Islamic finance is set for a major boost over the next few years. Putting Bahrain firmly on the world map of Islamic housing finance, Sakana Holistic [...]

India: Muslims Were Killed In Nandigram Massacre

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Nandigram massacre will be raised in Parliament. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has pointed out that majority of the people killed in the struggle, ongoing for the last 11 months, have been Muslims. The Left Front had prevented the issue being raised at Parliament on the [...]

Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr slams Bangladesh, killing 242

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At least 242 people have been reported dead after a powerful cyclone battered southern Bangladesh, leveling villages and uprooting trees. Officials have warned that the death toll could rise and that the extent of the damage is still unclear. The cyclone forced the evacuation of 650,000 [...]

US: Muslims’ support urged to improve coverage of Islam in US Media

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The Washington-based Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on Muslims to support a major new initiative to help improve coverage of Islam in the American news media. CAIR officials said in a press conference here that the centerpiece of its [...]

Switzerland: Swiss gunman opens fire in Islamic center injuring one

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A lone gunman used a military assault rifle to fire on a dozen worshipers at an Islamic centre in French-speaking Switzerland, injuring one seriously, police said. Police had scrambled to intercept a man carrying a weapon openly on the streets of Bussigny-pres-Lausanne near the lakeside city of Lausanne, [...]

Philippines: Motive for Muslim MP’s murder unclear

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…According to the ‘Stratfor Intelligence Report,’ – a private intelligence firm – a former Abu Sayyaf member said “Akbar left the group after a few years because he was not given a leadership position.”
Akbar reportedly continued to support the group financially, while serving as the [...]

UK: Study shows systematic ‘demonisation’ of Muslims by Media

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A “torrent” of negative stories has been revealed by a study of the portrayal of Muslims and Islam in the media, according to a report published yesterday.
Research into one week’s news coverage showed that 91% of articles in national newspapers about Muslims were negative. The London [...]

Italy: Muslims campaign against ‘Koranic’ toilet seat

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The imam of the mosque in the town of Latina in the central Italian region of Lazio, Sheikh Yusuf, on 26 October heckled interior minister Giuliano Amato about the toilet seat as he presented Italy’s new ‘Charter of values, citizenship and integration’ for immigrants’ [...]

UN: Somalia crisis worst in Africa

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John Holmes, the UN humanitarian affairs chief, said civilians were increasingly bearing the brunt of the fighting between government forces backed by Ethiopia and fighters loyal to the Islamic Courts group. …The United Nations refugee agency estimates that 173,000 people have fled the fighting in [...]

Indonesia: US war on terror an ‘insult to Muslims’, says Islamic leader

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The United States has become a “national security state” that is using the so-called war on terror as a disguise to promote opposition to Islam, according to one of Indonesia’s leading Muslims. Din Syamsuddin, head of the Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second-largest [...]

UK: London mosque row highlights Muslims’ struggle for status

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…If officials grant planning permission the mosque, in the deprived but diverse district of West Ham in east London, will hold up to 12,000 worshippers and feature facilities including a school and conference centre. It is, though, a big if. The plan has drawn [...]

KSA: Riyadh University to establish Center for Islamic Studies

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has approved the establishment of a Center for Contemporary Islamic Studies and Cultural Dialogue at the Riyadh-based Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University. This was announced by Rector of the University Dr Suleiman [...]