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Muslim numbers soar in Latin America's Islamic resurgence by Eskeptik posted on 1260481914|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
"ALLAH Akbar" blares from the loudspeakers as hundreds of Muslims file into the mosque for prayers. Outside, halal meat stores line the street as in Damascus, Cairo or Baghdad, but this is the working-class neighbourhood of Bras in Sao Paulo, Brazil – the heart of Islam's Latin American rebirth. (read more…)

Muslim men who force their wives to wear the burkha are not welcome in France, says justice minister by Eskeptik posted on 1260479884|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover

Muslim men who force their wives to wear a burkha are not welcome in France, the country's justice minister has said.
Michelle Alliot-Marie said husbands making their wives wear a full body coverings did not 'share the nation's values'.
They would have their citizenship requests rejected, she said. (read more…)

Osborne brother's Muslim love match as he converts to Islam to marry Bangladeshi girl by Eskeptik posted on 1260479770|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne's brother has converted to Islam to marry a Muslim, it has emerged. (read more…)

11 arrests at anti-Islam protest in England by Eskeptik posted on 1260479447|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
Eleven men were arrested and a policewoman was taken to hospital Saturday after violence broke out at a far-right group's demonstration against Islamic extremism in central England, police said. (read more…)

Muslim academics and students are turning against Darwin's theory by Old Timer posted on 1258469690|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover

Muslims in many countries are increasingly rejecting Darwin’s theory of evolution, under the influence of conservative elements in Islam, a science conference was told yesterday.
Nidhal Guessoum, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, told the conference, being held in Egypt by the British Council, that in too many places students and academics believed they had to make a “binary choice” between evolution and creationism, rather than understanding that one could believe both in God and in Darwin’s theory. (read more…)

Report: Muslim extremists recruiting from UK jails by Old Timer posted on 1258469450|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
Two of Britain's most high-profile Muslim extremists have been given free rein to recruit fellow inmates in prison and are spreading propaganda from behind bars, a think-tank founded by two former Islamic radicals said Monday. (read more…)

Griffin attacks Islam on BBC show by Hamza Khan posted on 1256661101|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
British National Party leader Nick Griffin has used his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan. (read more…)

Ukraine detains three suspected Islamic militants by Hamza Khan posted on 1256660963|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Ukraine has detained three men suspected of belonging to an international Islamic militant group after special forces found a cache of explosive materials and detonators, the interior minister said on Monday. (read more…)

The Signs of Love
by Imam Ibn-Hazm
Love has certain signs which the intelligent man quickly detects, and the shrewd man readily recognizes. Of these the first is the brooding gaze: the eye is the wide gateway of the soul, the scrutinizer of its secrets, conveying its most private thoughts, and giving expression to its deepest-hid-feelings. You will see the lover gazing at the beloved unblinkingly; his eyes follow the loved one’s every movement, withdrawing as he withdraws, inclining as he inclines, just as the chameleon’s stare shifts with the shifting of the sun… (read more…)
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On the Nature of Love
by Imam Ibn-Hazm
Of Love – may God exalt you! – the first part is jesting, and the last part is right earnestness. So majestic are its diverse aspects, they are too subtle to be described; their reality can only be apprehended by personal experience. Love is neither disapproved by Religion, nor prohibited by Law; for every heart is in God’s hands… (read more…)
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The Issue of Insurance by masad posted on 1254702641|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
This short article is intended to summarize Islamic point of view on insurance. In the current century insurance has become a necessity of daily life, with insurance companies charging insance amounts. In a true Islamic country where its citizens pay all the required taxes, it would be the responsibility of the state to help its citizens recover any losses they incur due to difference circumstances. It is also logical that if a state does not provide for its citizens when they are in trouble, then there is no use of paying the taxes. (read more…)
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Extremism Meets Fundamentalism: Fundamentalist Jews Couple with Evangelical Christians for a Common Goal. A Quick Investigation by Hammad Nawaz posted on 1254531900|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
Likud party’s tie with the Christian Right is an old one, dating back, at least, to May 1977 when Begin was elected prime minister of Israel. A 1977 full-page advertisement that appeared in major U.S. newspapers read: “The time has come for evangelical Christians to affirm their belief in biblical prophecy and Israel’s divine right to the land. We affirm as evangelicals our belief in the Promised Land to the Jewish people … . We would view with grave concern any effort to carve out of the Jewish homeland another nation or political entity.” The ad was financed and coordinated by Jerusalem’s Institute for Holy Land Studies, an evangelical organization with a Christian Zionist orientation. The advertising campaign was one of the first public signs of a Likud-evangelical alliance. (read more…)
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Age of Sayyidna Aisha (ra) at the time of her Marriage by Ali J Tama posted on 1248979112|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
Islam has become a target of slander and ignorance in the last few years. Of the many disinformation campaigns, one is regarding the age of Sayyidna Aisha (ra) at the time of her marriage with Nabi Muhammad (pbuh). Instead of any justification or rebuttal, my intention here is to shed some light over the more mainstream references literature by different parties and throw some light over another issue. Before I start, I would also like to say that to date there has been no convincing proof that Arabs used to marry off their daughters while they were adolescent (around the time of Islam). For anyone claiming such, other than verbal verbatim a substantial proof should be accompanied. For myself, to-date I have not found a single dependable instance in the history books of Arabia where a girl as young as nine years old was given away in marriage. Unless such examples are given, we do not have any reasonable grounds to believe that it really was an accepted norm. (read more…)
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Degrading Characters by Ali J Tama posted on 1248978996|%A: %d %B, %Y|agohover
“Humans throughout the world are loosing their character” is acknowledged universally, at home and abroad, in business and government circles, and in every sphere of administrative activity. Lack of character produces social imbalance and leads ultimately to a global decline and disintegration. This virus has been eating up the vitals of our social lives too fast and by the time we woke up to it, it was what we found as its aftermath was an unexpected shock. (read more…)
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