Thursday, 26 June 2014 An Egyptian man was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison along with a fine of $840 dollars for violating Egypt’s blasphemy laws, which make illegal any criticism of the Islamic religion. The International… Read More ›
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Promoting or being involved in a one-way trip to the Red Planet is prohibited in Islam
One-way trip to Mars prohibited in Islam Ahmed Shaaban / 19 February 2014 Fatwa committee under the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment in the UAE says such a journey poses a real risk to life. Promoting or being… Read More ›
Stoning for adulterers and amputation for thieves: Sultan of Brunei announces strict punishments for criminals under new Islamic laws
The punishments are set to come into force over the next six months John Hall Tuesday, 22 October 2013 The Sultan of Brunei has announced strict new Islamic punishments for criminals – including amputation for theft and stoning for adultery…. Read More ›
Saudi Arabian cleric says female drivers risk damaging ovaries ( Says “medical studies show” ) ?
Saudi Arabian cleric says female drivers risk damaging ovaries Conservative’s comments aimed at activists protesting against Islamic kingdom’s male-only driving rules Reuters in Riyadh theguardian.com, Sunday 29 September 2013 14.02 EDT A female Saudi motorist speaks to the media in 2011… Read More ›
Turkey: blasphemy; pianist Fazil Say sentenced to 10 months
20 September, 12:26 (ANSAmed) – ISTANBUL – World-renowned Turkish pianist Fazil Say, who was sentenced to 10 months in prison for blasphemy in April, was again sentenced to 10 months by an Istanbul court today in a retrial, Hurriyet online… Read More ›
Non-Muslim teachers ‘forced to wear veil’ at faith school / Derbyshire
Female teachers at a state funded Muslim school have been ordered to cover their heads with Islamic scarves during school hours even if they are not Muslim, it has been claimed. Staff at Al-Madinah School, Derbyshire, claim they have been… Read More ›
Egypt’s Coptic Christians forced to pay taxes to Muslim Brotherhood
4:32 PM 09/11/2013 The Muslim Brotherhood has started implementing a tax on the nearly 15,000 Coptic Christians in Egypt’s Dalga Village, the Washington Times reports. Those that do not convert to Islam will be forced to pay the tax, or… Read More ›
News of chemical weapons attack in Syria published one day before massacre happened – Islamic Invitation Turkey ***GRAPHIC/ SHOWS CHILDREN***
EEV: The video is only included by the Russian press in order to analyze the argument. Otherwise I would have omitted it. © Collage: Voice of Russia The Islamic politics and cultural website Islamic Invitation Turkey claims that several videos were uploaded… Read More ›
Was Boston Bomber a white supremacist? Investigation finds Tamerlan Tsarnaev was in possession of right-wing extremist literature in run-up to terror attack
Tamerlan Tsarnaev read right-wing literature that claimed ‘Hitler had a point’ The suspect had material that claimed the 9/11 was a government conspiracy Tamerlan, 26, had literature on mass killings and how victims were murdered By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 03:38… Read More ›
Malaysian woman, 38, arrested after Muslim outrage over video showing her performing religious rites on her dogs
Clip features Maznah Mohd Yusof, 38, celebrating the Eid al-Fitr festival Video shows woman washing her dog’s legs and feeding them biscuits Investigated on suspicion of causing disharmony on religious grounds Arrested last Wednesday and taken into custody before being… Read More ›
Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam
Egypt’s prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said. Dimiana Abdel-Nour, who was arrested on Wednesday, was accused by her Muslim students’ parents of insulting Islam and comparing it to… Read More ›
Boston bombers: FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
21 Apr 2013 00:01 Police believe the pair were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack Covered boat: Fugitive was found in back yard AP The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to the… Read More ›
Saudi women allowed to ride bikes
Photo: EPA Saudi women, who for many years have sought opportunities to operate vehicles have obtained such a right with the corresponding decision being made by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Saudi… Read More ›
Egyptian mosque turned into house of torture for Christians
Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse…. Read More ›
Couples caught having sex before marriage could be sent to prison for FIVE YEARS under new Muslim law in Indonesia
Even couples living together out of wedlock and have sex to face year in jail Part of a raft of proposals which include a ban on witchcraft and black magic Bid to revise laws based on laws of former colonial… Read More ›
Heavy fighting in front of Cairo’s Muslim Brotherhood office
Mar 17, 2013 01:28 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Violent clashes between police and a group of protesters broke out Saturday night at the headquarters of the “Muslim Brotherhood” in Cairo. According to local media, the riots were sparked by an… Read More ›
The photos Saudi Arabia doesn’t want seen – and proof Islam’s most holy relics are being demolished in Mecca
Archaeologists fear billion-pound development has led to destruction of key historical sites Jerome Taylor Friday, 15 March 2013 The authorities in Saudi Arabia have begun dismantling some of the oldest sections of Islam’s most important mosque as part of a… Read More ›
Iran confiscates Buddha statues in crackdown on ‘cultural invasion’
Officials reportedly seizing statues from shops in Tehran to stop the promotion of Buddhism Associated Press in Tehran guardian.co.uk, Sunday 17 February 2013 08.32 EST A Buddha statue in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images Buddha statues have… Read More ›
Saint Valentine: Egyptian Salafists say it’s a sin
Anyone in red or giving heart-shaped balloons is going to hell 14 February, 18:23 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, FEBRUARY 14 – Saint Valentine’s is a Christian feast and therefore ”haram”, a sin, according to Egypt’s main Salafist movements. Jamaa Islamiya and… Read More ›
Egypt bans YouTube over Innocence of Muslims video
Published: 9 February, 2013, 20:01 Edited: 9 February, 2013, 20:01 An Egyptian court has ruled to ban video sharing portal YouTube for one month among the other websites hosting the controversial film trailer that mocked Islam and Prophet Mohammed…. Read More ›
Hackers on anti-Egypt spree bury Egyptology journal in the sand
Bystanders in online war blasted offline By John Leyden Posted in Security, 23rd January 2013 10:57 GMT Free whitepaper – Enabling Datacenter and Cloud Service Management for Mid-Tier Enterprises Hackers waging war against Egyptian websites have forced the closure of… Read More ›
Kuwaitis financed Brotherhood members held in UAE
Islamists held in the United Arab Emirates accused of planning to topple the government were financed by Kuwaiti nationals, Kuwaiti media reported on Friday, lending support to UAE fears of an international plot against its rulers. The… Read More ›
Egyptian high court on Wednesday sentenced to death US pastor Terry Jones for burning copies of the Koran
Egypt: Court sentences Terry Jones to death over burnt Koran Death penalty also for 6 Copts in U.S. over anti-Mohammed film 28 November, 14:01 (ANSAmed) – Cairo, November 28 – An Egyptian high court on Wednesday sentenced to death US… Read More ›
Egyptian Christians sentenced to death for Islam film
A Cairo court on Wednesday sentenced to death seven Egyptian Christians tried in absentia for participating in an anti-Islam video that was released on the Internet in September and prompted violent protests in Muslim countries. “The seven accused persons were… Read More ›
Teen held after ham is thrown at mosque
Boy held after ham thrown at Crawley mosque Tom Pugh Tuesday 27 November 2012 A 16-year-old boy was arrested by police investigating a hate crime after pieces of ham were thrown at a mosque. The teenager was held on suspicion… Read More ›
Egypt: thousands protest in Tahrir Sq to call for Sharia law
Salafis want it to be basis of Constitution 09 November, 16:24 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Thousands of protesters gathered Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square calling for the introduction of Sharia law in Egypt. Groups of Salafis asked for it to… Read More ›
Generation Hate Attacks and Creative Islamic hackers
November 9, 2012: In late October Israeli police were ordered to stop using the Internet or plugging USB memory sticks into their PCs. All this was prompted by the recent discovery of stealthy hacker software hidden in some police… Read More ›
The Saudis are bulldozing Islam’s heritage. Why the silence from the Muslim world?
By Damian ThompsonWorldLast updated: November 2nd, 2012 Modern Mecca, courtesy of the House of Saud (Photo: AFP/Getty) From Saturday’s Daily Telegraph Imagine that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the traditional site of the crucifixion… Read More ›
Girl, 15, lashed 60 times for ‘speaking to men in the street’ : Mali
Islamist group Ansar Dine said to have repeatedly warned girl to stop talking to men in the street in Timbuktu, Mali By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED:07:55 EST, 17 October 2012| UPDATED:09:14 EST, 17 October 2012 A teenaged girl received 60… Read More ›
One big fraud? Questions over whether ‘$5million’ film that portrayed Mohammed as a pedophile and womanizer AND the producer behind it are fake
‘Innocence of Muslims’ led to protests across Egypt and Libya on Tuesday Producer claimed he was an Israeli Jew living in California named Sam Bacile But film’s consultant, Steve Klein, said the man was using a pseudonym Amid concerns over… Read More ›
Bail hopes dashed of Christian girl in Pakistan blasphemy case
A judge has deferred hearing of Rimsha Masih over charges of burning sacred Islamic texts after legal wrangling Jon Boone in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Saturday 1 September 2012 09.16 EDT Lawyers leave a court in Islamabad hearing the case… Read More ›
Pakistan arrests 11 year old, mentally disabled Christian girl for alleged Qur’an desecration
By Jon Boone, The Guardian Sunday, August 19, 2012 20:06 EDT An 11-year-old Christian Pakistani girl said to suffer from a mental disorder could face the death penalty under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws, after she was accused by her… Read More ›
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