Geert Wilders’ Fitnah countered by Saudi Hidaya

Saudi Gazette - Geert Wilders’ Fitnah countered by Saudi Hidaya
A new short film titled ‘Hdaya’ (or Guidance) has been out to counter ‘Fitna’ (or affliction) film posted by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders in which he deliberately misrepresented Islam and the Quran.
The Saudi film opens to explain the veracity of Islam. It displays the story of a [...]

Briton jailed in Dubai for plane bomb scare

AlArabiya – Briton jailed in Dubai for plane bomb scare
A Briton who sparked a bomb alert on an Emirates flight from Manchester to Dubai in July while he was drunk was sentenced to four months in prison in the Gulf emirate on Wednesday.
Mark Winterbottom, 37, will be deported after serving his sentence and has also [...]

OIC appeals for urgent relief to people of Eastern Africa

IINA – OIC appeals for urgent relief to people of Eastern Africa
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has made an urgent humanitarian appeal in favor of the people of eastern Africa following persistent rain failures. In a press statement, Prof. Ihsanoglu said “it has been brought to [...]

Yemen: Deadly car bomb attack targets US embassy

Adnkronos – Yemen: Deadly car bomb attack targets US embassy
At least 16 people, including civilians, were killed in a suspected car bomb explosion outside the US Embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday
According to media reports, citing Yemeni officials, the victims included six security guards, six attackers and four civilians.
Two vehicles are reported to [...]

Hate DVDs spread anti-Islam message in Florida

Middle east Online - Hate DVDs spread anti-Islam message in Florida
The mass mailing of a controversial DVD “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” has sparked anger among many in South Florida.
The hour-long video began turning up in mailboxes last week as a direct mailing, and also as an advertising insert in dozens of newspapers, including [...]

Muslim workers walk off job at Neb. Swift plant

9News – Muslim workers walk off job at Neb. Swift plant
About 500 Swift workers, all Muslim and mostly of Somali background, walked off the job Monday afternoon at the plant in Grand Island, Nebraska. The workers said they have been unable to pray during their holiest month, Ramadan, which occurs in September this year.
A Colorado-based [...]

Indian Muslims angry for being targeted in bomb probe

Daily Times – Indian Muslims angry for being targeted in bomb probe
Minority Muslims told Reuters in several Muslim-dominated areas of New Delhi that police were conducting a “witch hunt” and accused authorities of reinforcing stereotypes about Muslims. “Terrorists do not belong to any religion,” said Feroze Alam, a young trader in New Delhi’s Daryaganj [...]

Muslims can read, listen to Quran on LG television

IHT – Muslims can read, listen to Quran on LG television
LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has marketed a new large-screen plasma display television in the Middle East that allows users to both read and listen to the Quran, the Muslim holy book.
Quranic verses can be read on screen and listened to via software embedded [...]

Pakistan’s tribes threaten to join Taliban

Quqnoos – Pakistan’s tribes threaten to join Taliban
Pakistan’s tribesmen, reacting to a missile strike in North Waziristan and an earlier cross-border ground assault by US forces last week, said it would switch sides and join the Taliban unless Washington halted its attacks.
“If America doesn’t stop attacks in tribal areas, we will prepare a lashkar [...]

South Korean Mosques Full in Ramadan

IslamOnline – South Korean Mosques Full in Ramadan
 Like other communities of their faith around the globe, Muslims in South Korea observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan by flocking to mosques every day for prayers and Qur’an recitation.
Every evening, after the breaking the dawn-to-dusk fast, the Central Masjid in the heart of Seoul draws [...]

Italy’s right to curb Islam with mosque law

Reuters – Italy’s right to curb Islam with mosque law
Italy’s Northern League, allies of centre-right Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, want to limit the growth of Islam in the centre of world Catholicism by blocking the construction of mosques through strict new regulations.
.. Fearing the advent of “Eurabia”, the League has used its control of Berlusconi’s [...]

UK: Law against religious discrimination needed, says Muslim minister

Telegraph – Law against religious discrimination needed, says Muslim minister
Sadiq Khan, a Government whip, said that the forthcoming Single Equality Act, which could force public bodies to actively promote equality on grounds of gender, race and disability, must also tackle religion and end “Islamophobia in the workplace”.
Mr Khan, who is one of four Muslim [...]

Preacher with 86 wives, 107 children charged under Nigeria’s Sharia laws

The Canadian Press – Preacher with 86 wives, 107 children charged under Nigeria’s Sharia laws
ABUJA, Nigeria — A Muslim preacher in northern Nigeria who claims 86 wives and 107 children has been charged with breaking Islamic laws governing marriage.
Authorities detained 84-year-old Mohammed Bello Masaba on Monday under an order issued by Niger state’s Islamic court. [...]

Gates in Iraq to transfer US war command

Alarabiya – Gates in Iraq to transfer US war command
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, saying the new U.S. commander will inherit a “mission in transition” as the U.S. force shrinks and turns over more of the country to Iraqis.
…On Tuesday he will preside over a ceremony to [...]

23 Muslims were crushed to death in stampede during Ramadan charity hand-out

Dailymail - 23 Muslims were crushed to death in stampede during Ramadan charity hand-out
At least 23 Muslims were killed in a stampede in Indonesia today as they crowded an alley to receive a cash handout for the holy month of Ramadan. The victims, who are believed to all be women, were among thousands who packed a [...]

Christian Films Target Radical Islam, Porn

ChristianityTodayMovies- Christian Films Target Radical Islam, Porn
…Two more movies geared toward Christian audiences are opening this season. Obsession and Somebody’s Daughter are being marketed directly to church groups and evangelical audiences, though apart from that, the two movies don’t have all that much in common.
Obsession, which releases this week, is about the threat of radical [...]

Pakistan: US helicopter raid blocked in border area

Adnkronos – Pakistan: US helicopter raid blocked in border area
Wana, 15 Sept. (AKI) – The Pakistani army and local tribes on Monday were reported to have blocked an attempt by US troops to stage a fresh attack against militants in the region bordering Afghanistan.
Sources cited by Pakistan’s Geo News, said US troops aboard two helicopters [...]

Life getting harder for American Muslims

LexingtonHerald-Leader - Life getting harder for American Muslims
It’s been seven years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and many young American Muslims are convinced that much of American society views them with growing hostility.
…A 2007 Zogby poll discovered that 76 percent of young Arab-Americans report experiencing discrimination. A CNN poll from the same year found [...]