Friday, May 23, 2008


KVAL
Iraq War: Haphazard fight
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 14 hours ago
To Slaven's immense credit, he joined a Muslim student group at his college to come to face his issues. But what if Slaven had been sent back in his more ...
AssociatedPressReverence for Holy Quran Khaleej Times
Underlying prejudices against Muslims Chicago Daily Herald
Tehran Times - OpEdNews
all 1,260 news articles »
Council planners say no to Muslim school
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 16 minutes ago
A MUSLIM society's plans to build a school in Camden have been dealt a severe blow after the council's experts yesterday recommended against the development ...

North Devon Gazette & Advertiser
Muslim convert quizzed after blast in Exeter
AFP - 1 hour ago
One neighbour said the man, 22-year-old Nicky Reilly, had been "brainwashed" and took on a Muslim name, adding that he had an image of the burning Twin ...
Exeter explosion: Suspect 'brainwashed' by Muslim extremists Telegraph.co.uk
British police say restaurant blast suspect is a Muslim convert International Herald Tribune
Muslim fanatics radicalised mentally ill convert into becoming a ... This is London
Plymouth Evening Herald - The Cornishman
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New al-Qaida tape slams Muslim moderates who appease the West
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 17 hours ago
He wears a black turban and traditional white Muslim gown. Al-Libi said Western powers have succeeded in winning over some Muslims to help "propagate their ...

KBCI CBS 2
Civil Fights: Bin Laden's strategy for dividing the West
Jerusalem Post, Israel - May 21, 2008
Its neighbors all have large Muslim populations that loathe it, and Israel itself has a large and disaffected Muslim population; thus al-Qaida would have a ...
AssociatedPressInternet Terror Threat to US 'Not Serious' CBS News
Bin Laden: Muslims Must Lead Relief Effort to Burma IMAO
Middle East Times - Yahoo! News
all 1,853 news articles »
Muslim women fight terrorism
Pakistan Daily, Pakistan - 27 minutes ago
A group of Preston Muslim women are joining forces to counter terrorism and dispel what they say is a "stereotypical view that all terrorists are Muslim". ...
Delhi to pay compensation for thousands of Muslim killed or wounded
AsiaNews.it, Italy - 29 minutes ago
New Delhi (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The Indian government has announced a US$ 80 million relief package for the victims of anti-Muslim riots in the western ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Swearing on the Quran
Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 7 hours ago
His popularity could be attributed not only to the fact that he was the first Muslim American to be elected to Congress, and the first African American to ...
Terrorist violence down, support on the wane -- study Inquirer.net
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Sri Lanka's police says curfew in Muslim town after retaliatory ...
International Herald Tribune, France - May 22, 2008
AP COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's police say a curfew has been imposed on a predominantly Muslim town in the east after four people died in retaliatory ...
/CORRECTION -- Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK/
ITNews, Italy - 6 hours ago
... "Britain at Centre of Worldwide Celebration of Centenary of Islamic Caliphate" issued on 23 May 2008 06:30 GMT, by Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK over ...

Tuesday, April 22, 2008


BBC News
Report: Muslim Leaders Want Mecca to Be Center of World Time Zones
FOXNews - 12 hours ago
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) could be replaced by "Mecca Time," if a group of Muslim leaders get their way. At the conference, "Mecca, the Center of the Earth, ...
Muslim call to adopt Mecca time BBC News
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Report: Muslim anti-Semitism 'strategic threat' to Israel
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 6 hours ago
By HAVIV RETTIG Muslim anti-Semitism is growing in scope and extremism, to the point that it has become a credible strategic threat for Israel, according to ...

Think Progress
Muslim Groups Take Issue With McCain's Vocabulary
FOXNews - 8 hours ago
By Brit Hume A coalition of American Muslim groups is demanding that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain stop using the word "Islamic" to describe ...
Muslim Organizations Call On McCain To Drop ‘Islamic’ Terrorist Label Think Progress
McCain pressed on 'Islamic' terror label Washington Times
all 6 news articles »

Boston Globe
Canadian Muslim Community Condemns Violation of Religious Freedom ...
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 21 hours ago
MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 21 /CNW/ - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada expresses grave concern regarding the recommendation of the Islamic Cleric Council in ...
Thousands protest in Indonesia for a ban on Muslim sect Afrik.com
Thousands demand Ahmadiyah disband Jakarta Post
Indonesian Muslims rally for ban on Ahmadiyya sect Reuters India
The Associated Press - BBC News
all 137 news articles »

The Sun
Neighbours questioned over teenager's alleged bomb plot
Guardian, UK - 21 hours ago
The teenager, who once had red, spiky hair and facial piercings, has reportedly grown a long beard and been seen wearing long Muslim robes. ...
Teenage terror suspect hoped for world peace Telegraph.co.uk
Blast families kept out of homes BBC News
Questions for terror suspect after Bristol home was raided Times Online
Telegraph.co.uk - Evening Post
all 256 news articles »
Muslim leader urges shift from black theology
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Apr 21, 2008
Bay Area residents had a rare opportunity Sunday to hear a man who may be the single most influential Muslim in America. But the limits of his reach were ...
Muslims examine national security, civil rights Toledo Blade
all 2 news articles »

Canada.com
2 killed, 8 wounded in attacks in Thai Muslim south
Washington Post, United States - Apr 20, 2008
YALA, Thailand (Reuters) - Two policemen were shot dead at a polling station in Thailand's Muslim south on Sunday, while a bomb blast wounded seven people ...
Bomb in rubbish bin wounds 7 in Thai Muslim south Reuters
One soldier killed, five wounded in Thai south: Police Zee News
Bomb explodes near busy market in southern Thailand, wounding 13 ... The Canadian Press
AFP - AFP
all 65 news articles »

Family Security Matters
New Insights on Muslim Brotherhood Convictions in Egypt
Family Security Matters, NJ - 13 minutes ago
A few days ago Jeff Breinholt, my colleague on the Counterterrorism Blog, noted a valuable new web resource, the Global Muslim Brotherhood Report, ...
Witch-Hunt Trials of Muslim Charities: Wm. Fisher
Antiwar.com, CA - 2 hours ago
Baucus was referring to the government's prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), the largest and best-known organization supporting Muslim causes. ...
Andhra govt to organise mass marriage of 5000 Muslim girls
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 3 hours ago
By Omer Farooq (Our correspondent) HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to hold mass marriage ceremony for 5000 orphan and poor Muslim ...

Thursday, April 3, 2008


PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Muslim protests surface in China
United Press International - 4 hours ago
BEIJING, April 3 (UPI) -- China, already in the grips of widening Tibetan unrest, faces additional ethnic unrest from Muslims in its northwest Xinjiang ...
Muslims attempt uprising in western China Turkish Daily News (subscription)
Muslim ‘extremists’ attempt uprising in Xinjiang: China Daily Times
Chinese authorities admit unrest among Muslims, and blame separatists Scotsman
Times Online - Guardian
all 358 news articles »

BBC Bulgaria
Zawahiri Defends Al-Qaeda Attacks That Kill Muslims (Update2)
Bloomberg - 9 hours ago
Al-Qaeda has been criticized in the Middle East over its attacks that have claimed Muslim lives. Al-Qaeda in Iraq lost support from Sunni tribal leaders in ...
Blog with the devil Melbourne Herald Sun
Al-Qa'ida deputy lashes UN as 'enemy' The Australian
Al Qaeda No. 2 Says bin Laden Is OK; Vows Attacks New York Times
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - Hot Air
all 472 news articles »

Peninsula On-line
Egypt arrests protesting Muslim Brotherhood members
Xinhua, China - 3 hours ago
CAIRO, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian authority on Thursday arrested 47 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on charges of staging illegal street ...
Egyptian police arrests 45 Muslim Brotherhood members Monsters and Critics.com
255 Muslim Brotherhood members detained Melbourne Herald Sun
Egypt orders 147 Muslim Brotherhood activists to be investigated ... PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
International Herald Tribune - Reuters South Africa
all 128 news articles »

Guardian
On Islam and "Fitna"
Agoravox, France - 4 hours ago
I dug deeper, though, and found that Khalil was not Muslim, in fact, she was a Kurd of the Yazidi religion who was killed by her own family because she fell ...
Islamic World's Image Needs Change, Says Zahid Bernama
Fitna Should Be Wakeup Call For Christian, Jews, and Muslims of ... Pewsitter
Fitna, much ado about nothing? Yemen Times
Journal of Turkish Weekly - Jawa Report
all 440 news articles »

Al-Arabiya
Calls to extend Sharia law to non-Muslim Malaysians
Radio Australia, Australia - 5 hours ago
A group of Malaysian Islamic lawyers want to extend a ban on unwed Muslim couples from embracing or holding hands to couples that include only one Muslim ...
Sharia lawyers say extend cuddle ban to non-Muslims Reuters
So is Islam Hadari to be enforced by whipping now? Aliran Monthly
Punishing non-Muslims for khalwat against Constitution Malaysia Star
Malaysia Star - Bernama
all 19 news articles »

Techwatch
BBC Hit Back At Elton - Muslim Jokes OK By Us
The Spoof (satire), UK - 23 hours ago
The BBC have responded to Ben Elton's comments that the BBC is too scared to broadcast jokes about Muslims by announcing a range of brand new comedies that ...
Muslim jokes 'scare' BBC - Elton BBC News
Ben Elton: BBC scared of imam jokes The Press Association
Elton can't bear it Mirror.co.uk
Daily Mail - Techwatch
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Call for unity among Muslim Ummah
Unique Pakistan, Pakistan - 1 hour ago
Scholars and religious leaders called for unity among the Muslim Ummah by following the righteous path enshrined in the teachings of the Holy Prophet ...
Plan unveiled to counter western propaganda The News - International
all 3 news articles »
Internationally renowned scholars, religious leaders to speak at ...
University of Florida, FL - 23 minutes ago
Agic and Sherbill will be joined on the panel by Elsanousi and Visotzky, each of whom has also been involved in Muslim/Jewish dialogue. ...
Egypt prosecutor investigating Muslim Brotherhood alleged role in ...
JURIST - 27 minutes ago
[JURIST] The Egyptian state prosecutor ordered an investigation Wednesday into accusations that 147 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party ...
Muslim women in sport
Concordia Journal, Canada - 10 minutes ago
By Barbara Black Muslim women who are keen on sports may exercise their passion as freely as other athletes, or they may not even be able to watch men play. ...

Friday, March 28, 2008


BBC News
Dutch relief over Muslim reaction to anti-Islam film
Euronews.net, France - 2 hours ago
While the release of a film branding Islam a violent religion has been widely condemned in the Netherlands there has been no angry backlash by Dutch Muslims ...
Dutch Muslims React with Restraint to MP's Controversial Film Deutsche Welle
Dutch relief at Muslim restraint over Koran film Reuters
Dutch minister praises Muslims' response to film Radio Netherlands
Reuters UK - Ha'aretz
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Malaysia Star
Vatican distances Pope from views of baptised Muslim
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 22 hours ago
By Phil Stewart VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican sought on Thursday to put distance between Pope Benedict and the political views of a Muslim whom he ...
Burning a Bridge Between Faiths Wall Street Journal
The gospel according to Allam Ha'aretz
Italy: Muslim leader lauds Vatican comments on convert Adnkronos International English
Catholic News Agency - International Herald Tribune
all 145 news articles »

Twin Falls Times-News
Police Close Off Lhasa's Muslim Quarter
Guardian, UK - 3 hours ago
AP foreign By CHARLES HUTZLER AP Writer LHASA, China (AP) - Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down ...

Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqués de presse)
Muslim rights groups call on Arab League to be more involved in ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 8 hours ago
AP CAIRO, Egypt: A coalition of Muslim organizations and rights groups called for the Arab League on Friday to play a more active role in trying to solve ...
Arab League urged to act on Darfur The Press Association
Muslim groups: 'Arab League must act on Darfur' ReliefWeb (press release)
all 10 news articles »

KOMO
Charity official's arrest shocks Arab American, Muslim leaders
MLive.com, MI - 2 hours ago
By JEFF KAROUB AP DETROIT (AP) — Some members and leaders of the area's large Arab-American and Muslim community hold Muthanna Al-Hanooti in high regard for ...
Charity official's arrest shocks Arab American, Muslim leaders WLNS
Former worker for Muslim charity in Southfield accused of being ... Detroit Free Press
Man accused of being Iraqi spy is released Detroit Free Press
DetNews.com - OneNewsNow
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MyNews.in
India's top court orders new investigation into 2002 Hindu-Muslim ...
The Canadian Press, NEW DELHI - Mar 27, 2008
NEW DELHI — India's top court has ordered a new investigation into one of the country's worst outbursts of violence between Hindus and Muslims, ...
A Heartening Development in India The Plank on TNR.com
India Orders New Inquiry Into 2002 Clashes New York Times
Indian court orders fresh riots probe Pakistan Dawn
Radio Australia
all 35 news articles »

PRESS TV
Poll: 1 in 10 Get Obama's Religion Wrong
The Associated Press - 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — One in 10 voters believes Barack Obama is Muslim, a mistaken impression that lingers across party lines, a poll showed Wednesday. ...
Poll Indicates Belief Obama Muslim Free Market News Network
Poll: 1 in 10 get Obama's religion wrong KFVS
all 117 news articles »

PRESS TV
Army blamed for death of Muslim cleric
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Mar 26, 2008
The death and alleged torture of a Muslim cleric while in military custody highlights the army's mistreatment of Muslims in the restive South, Human Rights ...
Detained Muslims tortured by Thai army: rights body Reuters
Group Blames Thai Army in Cleric's Death The Associated Press
Concern over mistreatment of Thai Muslims PRESS TV
BBSNews - Bernama
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BBC News
Police arrest leaders of banned Muslim group SIMI
Reuters India, India - 10 hours ago
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Police said on Friday they had arrested 13 senior members of a banned Muslim group, the Students' Islamic Movement of India, ...
Leaders of banned Indian Muslim group arrested GulfNews
Seven years after ban, SIMI is still active Sify
Karnataka Polls - The SIMI Factor ? Blogger News Network
Khabrein.info
all 78 news articles »

BBC News
Indecent exposure in Indonesia
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - 5 hours ago
By William Sparrow BANGKOK - Indonesia, with an estimated population of over 230 million, is the world's largest Muslim nation. As such, a morality debate ...
Hackers hit Indonesian Web site after ban on online pornography The Age
Indonesian ministry Web site hacked over porn ban Reuters UK
Indonesia acts on internet porn BBC News
Inquirer.net
all 62 news articles »

Monday, March 10, 2008


Citizen
Olympics will be safe, organisers say amid 'terrorism' threats
AFP - 2 hours ago
The alleged plot was the second foiled attack linked to Muslim separatists in Xinjiang to be announced over the weekend. Passengers on a China Southern ...
Olympic terror plot foiled, Beijing says Globe and Mail
Secrecy obscures level of 'terror' threat to China: experts AFP
Petrol fumes foil China plane attack ABC Online
The Age - Times Online
all 1,100 news articles »

Gulf Times
Cartoonist says Dutch must show anti-Koran film
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 4 hours ago
Muslims have to accept that," he said. The Dutch government fears Wilders' film will ignite the kind of religious and racial tensions it saw after an ...
The Danes in Trouble Canada Free Press
Holland's Muslim-bashing populist MP thrives on redneck reputation Daily Star - Lebanon
Danish Muslims protest Prophet Mohammad cartoon Reuters
Volkskrant - Crosswalk.com
all 289 news articles »
Police pursuing threats, Muslim leader says
Globe and Mail, Canada - 6 hours ago
CALGARY -- A Calgary Muslim leader is thankful members of the Calgary Police Service are pursuing anonymous Internet users who posted what he called ...
Police identify hateful bloggers - group The North Bay Nugget
all 3 news articles »

Xinhua
Chinese top political advisor calls for prosperity in Muslim region
Xinhua, China - 2 hours ago
... a better environment for economic and social progress. The 66400-square-kilometer autonomous region is the biggest area in China inhabited by Muslim people.
Rudd's quest for true blue Muslims
Australian IT, Australia - 2 hours ago
SPORTING figures, academics and mainstream Muslims will be sought out by the Rudd Government to help recast the overly religious image of Islamic Australia. ...
Pope to host summit with Muslims
Tehran Times, Iran - 5 hours ago
Pope Benedict XVI will host landmark Catholic-Muslim talks in November to improve ties between the two religions. The announcement was made in a joint ...
My film shows the tragedy of liberal Muslim: Shoaib Mansoor
Hindu, India - 20 hours ago
"I wanted to project the tragedy of a liberal Muslim, who internally is not considered a good Muslim because of his modernity and outside his religion he is ...

The Elements
Correction: Obama's Kenyan Family
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
... candidate Barack Obama, The Associated Press reported erroneously that his step-grandmother is a Christian. She is a Muslim, according to the family.
Obama's Kenyan garb was cultural, not religious Los Angeles Times
Kenyan elder says Obama dress cultural, not religious International Herald Tribune
Kenyan elder says clothing presented to Obama cultural, not ... KXMC
The Elements
all 88 news articles »

Voice of America
France Starts Muslim Imam Training
Voice of America - 21 hours ago
By Lisa Bryant France has launched a groundbreaking program to educate future imams and Muslim chaplains about the country and its values. ...

PRESS TV
700 potential opposition candidates arrested ahead of Egypt's ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 2 hours ago
AP CAIRO, Egypt: Only 60 out 10000 members of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood have been allowed to register their candidacies for April's local ...
Opposition Protests Crackdown in Egypt The Associated Press
Egypt Islamists cry foul in the run-up to key elections AFP
Thousands of Egyptian Islamists Protest Government Crackdown Voice of America
Reuters South Africa - AHN

Saturday, March 1, 2008


Boston Globe
Muslims say faith used as scare tactic against Obama
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 13 hours ago
Muslim rumors have dogged Barack Obama throughout this presidential campaign, but the political arrows flew fast and furious this week, leaving Maha ...
It's no slur to be called a Muslim Guardian
MUSLIM AMERICAN VOTERS. Tapped
Is Islam the new political third rail? Boston Globe
The Nation. - Houston Chronicle
all 294 news articles »
Malaysia PM enters Islamist den to win Muslim vote
Reuters - 7 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's prime minister waded into battle for political control of the Muslim heartland on Saturday, staging a rally of about ...
Ferguson defends visa for visiting Muslim scholar
ABC Online, Australia - 12 hours ago
Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs Laurie Ferguson says Muslim scholar Professor Tariq Ramadan has an important contribution to make to the ...
Muslim scholar to address Qld conference The Age
Controversial Muslim scholar feted in Australia Earthtimes
Scholar banned by US to speak here The Australian
City Journal
all 17 news articles »
Capita announces first UK insurance firm to operate on Muslim ...
Times Online, UK - 16 hours ago
Insurance also contains elements of uncertainty and gambling that make it unsuitable for devout Muslims. Research for BIIH in Britain has shown a strong ...
Capita to launch Muslim-friendly insurance Times Online
CAPITA GROUP PLC - Capita preferred outsourcing partner for BIIH Trading Markets (press release)
Conventional insurance in conflict with Islam Times Online
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Memphis Flyer
Anti-Muslim sentiment surfaces in attacks on Obama
Reuters - Feb 29, 2008
Ever since the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington Arabs generally and Muslims in particular have become the No. ...
The Tennessee GOP Edits Its Obama Hit Piece ABC News
all 18 news articles »

Alalam News Network
Muslim anger mounts over cartoons, movie
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Feb 28, 2008
By Tom McCawley Outrage continued to rise this week in parts of the Muslim world over the depiction of Islam in Danish newspapers earlier this month and the ...
Protests against blasphemous sketches Daily Times
Denmark Opposes Debt Relief for Sudan The Associated Press
Denmark considers cutting Sudan aid The Press Association
The Associated Press
all 130 news articles »

PRESS TV
Pakistan's Sharif acquitted in murder case
Xinhua, China - 3 hours ago
ISLAMABAD, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Pakistan Saturday acquitted Shahbaz Sharif, president of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) ...
Pakistani court acquits Nawaz Sharif's brother in murder case International Herald Tribune
Pakistani court acquits ex-premier's brother Reuters India
Pakistan court acquits Sharif's brother in murder case AFP
Times of India - The Associated Press
all 101 news articles »

BBC News
Berlin Police Close Danish Show After Muslim Threat, DPA Says
Bloomberg - Feb 28, 2008
28 (Bloomberg) -- Berlin authorities closed a Danish art show that caricatured Islam's holiest place after Muslims protested, Deutsche Presse Agentur ...
Berlin gallery shuts down exhibit after threats by Muslim protestors CBC.ca
Berlin gallery shuts after Muslim threats Reuters South Africa
Berlin Exhibition Closes after Muslim Threats Spiegel Online
Earthtimes - BBC News
all 78 news articles »

Javno.hr
Jihad, Islamism, and US Envoy to OIC
Counterterrorism Blog, NJ - 8 hours ago
Will the OIC recognize that not all Muslims are required to accept Sharia law? This includes American Muslim organizations such as "Muslims Against Sharia". ...
Bush Names Envoy to Muslim Nations The Associated Press
Bush taps Austin man to reach out to Muslim world Austin American-Statesman
President Bush Selects CACH Founder as Special Envoy to the OIC ... PR Web (press release)
AFP - RTT News
all 173 news articles »

Turkish Press
Muslims and Americans want the same things
Aljazeera.com, UK - 3 hours ago
The results of a global survey of one billion Muslims show that Muslims everywhere embrace the same values as Americans. A story unlike the one portrayed in ...
Study of Muslim beliefs provides lesson for policy-makers Bangkok Post
Most Muslims 'desire democracy' BBC News
Major survey challenges Western perceptions of Islam AFP
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