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May 12, 2012 The course had “been teaching that America’s enemy is Islam in general, not just terrorists, and suggesting that the country might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina without regard for civilian deaths, following [WW-II] precedents of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima or the allied firebombing of [...]
Tablighi Jamaat Ijtema: Tongi,Bishwa Ijtema-2012 Bayan (sermon) download tablighijamaatijtema.blogspot.com — Bishwa Ijtema Bangladesh-2012 Bayan/sermon Bishwa Ijtema Bangladesh-2012 first shift begin at 13th January side of Tongi Turag river.It was the Tablighi Jamaat 46th Bishwa Ijtema which began after the Jumma Namaj (prayer).It was the second time when the Bishwa Ijtema Bangladesh hold on two [...]
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By: David Scahzer The cornerstone of the Obama administration’s strategy for addressing homegrown terrorism is the development of trusted relationships between law enforcement and communities targeted by al Qaeda and other radical groups. Since the policy was rolled out last summer, a series of episodes has undercut this effort. Media reports uncovered FBI training materials [...]
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Christian student quits school choir in protest A student has left his high-school choir after the group sang an Islamic song which contained lyrics in praise of Allah. James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Colorado, protested when the after-school men’s choir chose to sing ‘Zikr’, by Indian composer A.R. Rahman. He [...]
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Straight but narrow: A debate about homosexuality in Islam is beginning. But in Muslim lands persecution—and hypocrisy—are still rife Feb 4th 2012 ONE leaflet showed a wooden doll hanging from a noose and suggested burning or stoning homosexuals. “God Abhors You” read another. A third warned gays: “Turn or Burn”. Three Muslim men who handed out [...]
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The Learning Channel (TLC) recently aired the new reality television program, “All-American Muslim“, amid a great deal of buzz both within and outside the Muslim American community. Set in Dearborn, Michigan, a city that is well known for its large Muslim and Arab populations, the series focuses on American-born Muslims and aims [...]
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The common narrative of Thanksgiving brings to mind scenes from elementary school plays featuring the happy Pilgrims sharing their harvest feast with happy Native Americans. Both groups shared a communal meal and gave thanks for a bountiful first harvest in the New World. This was the harvest that saved the surviving English settlers from [...]
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Published: November 23, 2011 Western political thoughts and intellectual trends, which are not contradictory to basic Islamic principles, can be followed and implemented in political and state systems of Pakistan. We need knowledge-based, and not belief-based, intellectual discourses to respond to emerging local and global challenges. Intellectuals and religious scholars said in a one-day workshop [...]
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by Bangladesh Chronicle What a year it has been. Wikileaks, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bin Laden, Gaddafi, Occupy Wall Street, Fukushima, Hacking, Bradley Manning, Yemen, Syria, Greece, Southern Sudan, UK riots, Israel-Palestine prisoner swaps… and it’s only October. When I was growing up during the Regan era, the villains in Hollywood movies tended to be Russians. [...]
Continue reading …“Minority Islam” in Muslim Majority Bangladesh: The Violent Road to a New Brand of Secularism
October 6, 2011 1 Comment
MD SAIDUL ISLA Source: Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 31, No. 1, March 2011 Abstract More than 85% of Bangladesh’s 150 million people are Muslims. Bangladesh earns its title as “the third largest Muslim country of the world” following Indonesia and Pakistan because of its enormous size of Muslim population. Their religion, Islam, is [...]
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