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NYPD: Muslim spying led to no leads, terror cases
bigstory.ap.org
3 mentions — 21 hours ago
In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on ...
SeekersGuidance
Answers
3 mentions — 1 day ago
I recently heard that the Prophet Muhammad, SalAllahu Alayhi Wasallam, did not ever eat beef in his entire lifetime and that he in fact said that the meat of cows produces sickness whilst its milk is a cure/shifaa’. Is this true and, if so, what implications does this ...
Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in Paris loses baby
todayszaman.com
5 mentions — 23 hours ago
Despite all medical efforts, a pregnant Muslim woman who was attacked by two Islamophobic men in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil on Thursday suffered a miscarriage and lost her baby, her lawyer said on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Muslim woman, who was four months pregnant, was physically attacked by two men. The attackers first tried taking her headscarf off and later cut off her clothes. After she screamed out that she was pregnant, one of the attackers started kicking her in the stomach. In a related incident, another Muslim woman wearing ...
[Video] The Impact of a Funder Collaborative
AAPIP
3 mentions — 20 hours ago
This video tells the story of San Francisco Bay Area philanthropic community's response to 9/11. The AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund (CEF) is a funder collaborative, working with sixteen AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian) community organizations*. The CEF increases capacities to build collective power within AMEMSA ...
Empowered Women in the Age of the Harem
patheos.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
“Backwards” is the word often associated with pre-modern ages, and “oppression” is the word that comes to our minds first when we describe the state of women during those ages. Thank God we live in the modern age where human rights activism has brought women rights that they’ve ...
Bible-burning Egyptian cleric jailed for 11 years
FaithWorld
2 mentions — 2 days ago
(An Egyptian Salafist holds an anti-Coptic Christian banner outside a courthouse in Cairo October 14, 2012 before the trial of Ahmed Mohamed Abdullah, known as Abu Islam. REUTERS Mohamed Abd El Ghany )A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on ...
SeekersGuidance
Blog
2 mentions — 1 day ago
My Honourable teacher, Al-Muhaddith Shaykh Muhammad Áwwamah (may Allah protect him) delivered an address several years ago in which he briefly poured out his sincere counsel for students of knowledge. I took his permission to reproduce it in English.These are advices of a giant in the field of ...
Postpone Haj if you can
arabnews.com
3 mentions — 3 days ago
With expansion work going on at the mataf in Makkah, the number of pilgrims in this year's Haj season has to be reduced.In an unprecedented move aimed at preventing congestion and stampedes and ensuring safety of the guests of God, Saudi authorities have urged domestic and foreign pilgrims ...
Turkey's Non-Crisis
loonwatch.com
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
American coverage of Turkey’s protests has left a skewed image of what is actually going on within the country according to Wajahat Ali and Haroon Moghul.We landed at Atatürk International early last Friday with the impression from American media that Turkey was falling apart. But much of what ...
ACLU Sues NYPD Over Unconstitutional Muslim Surveillance Program
American Civil Liberties Union
2 mentions — 16 hours ago
The ACLU, together with the NYCLU and CUNY's CLEAR Project, filed a lawsuit today challenging the New York Police Department's unconstitutional policy and practice of targeting entire Muslim communities for discriminatory and suspicionless surveillance. The NYPD's vast religious profiling program has cast an unjustified badge of suspicion and ...
Knowledge without Barriers: Bringing Hearts and Communities to Life
UK Tour June 13–25
3 mentions — 2 weeks ago
As well as teaching at SeekersHub Global, Imam Afroz Ali serves on the SeekersGuidance Management Team as the Managing Director. He was the Founder and President of Al Ghazzali Centre for Islamic Sciences & Human Development, now known as SeekersHub Sydney. He was included in the 500 Most Influential Muslims of 2012, for his work in social issues.Read more →After ten years of overseas study with leading scholars, Shaykh Faraz returned to Canada, establishing SeekersGuidance in 2008. He then founded SeekersHub Toronto in 2011. Shaykh Faraz also serves as a ...
Islamists given Egypt governorships
BBC News
2 mentions — 2 days ago
The most significant appointment is for the tourist hotspot of Luxor, where the new governor comes from a party set up by an extremist group that carried out deadly attacks on foreigners in the 1990s. Adel al-Khayat is a member of the political wing of Gamaa Islamiya, which ...
Repeal syariah criminal offences laws
Free Malaysia Today
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Readers are required to have a valid Facebook account to comment on this story. We welcome your opinions to allow a healthy debate. We want our readers to be responsible while commenting and to consider how their views could be received by others. Please be polite and do ...
Turkey's Non-Crisis
Boston Review
2 mentions — 2 days ago
We landed at Atatürk International early last Friday with the impression from American media that Turkey was falling apart. But much of what we experienced this past weekend in Istanbul contradicted that narrative. We were left wondering whether the political situation is really a “crisis,” and, if so,
Umar Lee Returns to Islam after being reached out to by St. Louis Muslims, Yasir Qadhi, Muhammad Nur Abdullah, and others
Ibn Percy
2 mentions — 1 day ago
I ask Allah to bless brother Umar Lee and protect him and his family.I ask Allah to bless all those who helped Umar Lee in his time of need. May Allah forgive us all.
How to Wake up for Fajr
productivemuslim.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
“And there came a man running from the farthest part of the town. He said: “O my people! Obey the Messengers”. “Obey those who ask no wages of you (for themselves), and who are rightly guided”. “And why should I not worship Him (Allah Alone) Who has created ...
Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
The Independent
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists For about a year-and-a-half I lived the reality of Occupation. Like other male and female soldiers serving in the Occupied Territories, I learned soon enough the kind of conduct acceptable and ...
Indian journalist spotlights Asian workers treatment in Saudi in his new book - India - dna
DNA
2 mentions — 3 days ago
Joy C Raphael’s new book, Slaves of Saudis: Terrorisation of foreign workers, sheds light on the infamous reality of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. Not only does the author gather multiple stories of Asian workers, including Indians, being mistreated in the kingdom, he also put them in context ...
Forget History Channel's The Bible , Meet Omar
Religion Dispatches
3 mentions — 5 days ago
RD Senior Correspondent Haroon Moghul is a Fellow both at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law and with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. Haroon is completing his doctorate at Columbia University and is the author of The Order of Light (Penguin, 2006). He's been ...
He Traded In His Career At Google To Rescue India's Polluted Lakes
2 mentions — 4 days ago
GENEVA - He quotes Mahatma Gandhi and wears the traditional Indian dress, but Arun Krishnamurthy is not living in the past. On the contrary, it is his desire to build a better future that led him to give up a promising career at Google and create an organization ...
Al Jazeera Asks Who's to Blame in Syria: Sunnis or Shia?
FP Passport
3 mentions — 2 days ago
The graphic above is a screenshot of a real, live poll conducted on Al Jazeera Arabic. It asks readers to give their opinion on who is responsible for turning the Syrian revolution into a sectarian conflict. And it offers two choices: Sunni or Shia.In what may be an ...
Livestream Registration
Deen Intensive Foundation
2 mentions — 6 days ago
The Rihla Live Stream Pass gives you full online access to the entire Rihla 2013 program including eleven courses taught by nine exceptionally qualified scholars totaling over 80 hours of Islamic education.If you already have an account from last year (Free or Enhanced) please LOGIN to register. Current 2012 Enhanced Pass members MUST LOGIN to upgrade to the 2013 pass. For brand new members, there are two options to choose from:*Note: There are 3 parallel classes for Devotional Law (fiqh). Only Hanafi and Shafi’i Fiqh will be streamed for 2013.
Russia says it will not allow Syria no-fly zones
Reuters
2 mentions — 2 days ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, will not permit no-fly zones to be imposed over Syria, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Monday."I think we fundamentally will not allow this scenario," Lukashevich told a news briefing, adding that calls for a ...
Private money pours into Syrian conflict as rich donors pick sides
The Washington Post
3 mentions — 3 days ago
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Top 10 Traits of a Real Man (Muslim Style)
MuslimMatters.org
7 mentions — 10 months ago
A phrase that has long been thrown around is the popular term, “Real Man”. Being labeleda “Real Man” has forever been seen as the ultimate compliment of respect a man could give another and to be viewed in this way has been regarded as the ultimate goal to ...
Sumayyah Said so
tasherre.com
3 mentions — 5 months ago
Yes, yes, another sale. Isn’t that great? Visit the SHOP and save 15% on jewelry using the coupon code XMAS2012. But hurry! Sale ends on December 26, 2012.. provided the world doesn’t end before that. Treat yourself to something nice … because Sumayyah Said So! You can visit ...
British Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity - Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk
2 mentions — 3 days ago
Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, who was born in Bangladesh and who is based in London,has held positions in a host of top Islamic organisations in his adoptedhomeland and was involved in the setting up of the Muslim Council ofBritain.The former journalist, who denies any wrongdoing, was a newspaper reporter inthe ...
Profile: Hassan Rowhani
BBC News
2 mentions — 4 days ago
He says he wants to steer the country towards moderation and has the backing of the reformists led by former President Mohammad Khatami who are urging their supporters to vote for him. He has also been endorsed by former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who represents other moderate Islamists ...
Track your twitter unfollowers
Unfollowers.me
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Know which of your twitter followers has just unfollowed youGet unfollower notifications via email, tweets or direct messagesManage your twitter followers with our advanced and powerful interface.We use twitter OAuth authentication -- you don't have toshare your password with us! Also, we realize your Twitter account isimportant to ...
How to Extract Gems from the Quran - Part 2 - MuslimMatters.org
MuslimMatters.orgMuslimMatters.org
1 mentions — 9 hours ago
b – Look for the main direct targeted object [maf'ool bihi - the one to who something is being 'done' to] in the āyah's discussion and look at the location of the words surrounding it to see their relationship with that main object.may reward the truthful for their ...
Equality Now
End violence and discrimination against women and...
1 mentions — 14 hours ago
Equality Now has just issued Action Update 31.6 Saudi Arabia: Protect don’t prosecute women’s rights activists. On 15 June 2013, two women’s rights activists, Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni, were convicted of the Islamic Sharia law offence of Takhbib, or incitement of a wife to defy the authority of her husband. They were charged because of their support of a Canadian woman and her children, who had allegedly been abused by the woman’s Saudi husband. While absolved of the charge of trying to help the woman and her children escape,
Rights Groups File Lawsuit Challenging NYPD’s Muslim Surveillance Program as Unconstitutional
New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American...
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
June 18, 2013 — The NYPD is routinely violating the civil rights of Muslims across New York City by operating an unconstitutional religious profiling and suspicionless surveillance program, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by New York City residents represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union,
Luxor coalition threatens strike if governor does not go
Ahram Online
1 mentions — 16 hours ago
Governor Adel El-Khayat, who hails from group responsible for 1997 massacre of Luxor tourists, hopes to 'restore Luxor's touristic status'A number of political groups, syndicates, and tourism workers in Luxor released a statement on Tuesday opposing the appointment of Adel El-Khayat as governor because he is a leading ...
Resignation of the Minister of Tourism
Egypt Tourism Board on WordPress.com
1 mentions — 16 hours ago
Mr. Hisham Zazoua the Minister of Tourismrequest of the Prime Minister to accept his resignation on objection to the assigning of Luxor New Governor who has a terrorist background and has been accused inparticipating inLuxor massacre in 1997, and allthe tourism sector Supporting the position of the Tourism ...