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PA Arab Demonstrators: Bomb Tel Aviv

By | 2012-11-17T22:43:36-04:00 November 17th, 2012|Islam|

Thousands of Palestinian Authority Arabs rallied across the PA-assigned areas of Judea and Samaria on Friday, urging Hamas to "bomb Tel Aviv", AFP reported.   More than 1,000 protesters gathered in central Ramallah, shouting slogans of support for Gaza's Hamas rulers, and waving the movement's green flag, the report said.   "Hamas, bomb Tel Aviv!"

Mursi is ‘illegitimate’ for failing to impose Shariah

By | 2012-11-16T12:56:17-04:00 November 16th, 2012|Islam|

An Egyptian Salafi preacher has hit out at Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi, labeling him an “illegitimate” leader for failing to enforce Islamic laws on the country since he took office.    Ahmad Ashoush, in an interview with Al Arabiya, said Mursi was brought to power according to a man-made constitution that is unrecognized by his

Preacher’s killing of five-year-old daughter ‘atrocious

By | 2012-11-15T13:09:39-04:00 November 15th, 2012|Islam|

Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Affairs Ministry has distanced itself from the prominent religious scholar who had tortured his five-year-old daughter, Lamaa, to death.   “Luma’s father is not among the scholars officially registered with us,” Shaikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments and Guidance, told Saudi Al-sharq newspaper.    “We

Saudi Grand Mufti: Cooperating with Foreign Media ‘Major Crime’

By | 2012-11-12T12:55:36-04:00 November 12th, 2012|Islam|

Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti issued a religious edict prohibiting Arabs from contacting or cooperating with foreign media outlets seeking to “spread chaos and strife in Muslim lands”, Al-Arabiya reported.    Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh told worshipers during a Friday sermon held in a mosque in the capital Riyadh that people should not contact foreign media

Brazilian player seeks help to leave Saudi Arabia

By | 2012-11-11T13:30:14-04:00 November 11th, 2012|Islam|

Brazilian player Diego Souza is seeking his government’s help to leave Saudi Arabia after falling out with his club Al Ittihad.   Diego Souza has contacted Brazil’s sports ministry requesting assistance because he has been unable to get an exit visa. The 27-year-old player wants to end his contract with the club, but cannot leave

Egyptian teacher sentenced for cutting unveiled girls’ hair

By | 2012-11-07T13:07:04-04:00 November 7th, 2012|Islam|

An Egyptian school teacher received a six-month suspended jail sentence on Tuesday for cutting the hair of two 12-year-old girl pupils who were not wearing Islamic headscarves, a judicial source said.   Iman Abu Bakr Kilany, a science teacher who herself wears a niqab - a veil that also covers her face - said last

Live TV ‘coffin call’ raises concerns over jihad in Tunisia

By | 2012-11-06T13:21:15-04:00 November 6th, 2012|Islam|

Tunisian viewers were taken shocked when a Salafi cleric called upon Muslim youths to carry out jihadist acts against the government in a live TV show this week.    Tunisian analysts warned of the consequences of a growing militant discourse that has prevailed after the revolution.   Nasr al-Din al-Alawi, a Salafi cleric and imam,

Syria: “We want to instate the Koran. To hell with freedom, we want an Islamic caliphate. To hell with being peaceful, we want weapons.”

By | 2012-11-05T14:01:25-04:00 November 5th, 2012|Islam|

Peaceful, democratic Syrian rebels somehow misunderstand both the nature of their peaceful, democratic revolution and peaceful, tolerant Islam. "Damascus Demonstration: To Hell with Freedom, We Want an Islamic Caliphate and Weapons,"  {youtube}jfaFvXFdGbM{/youtube}   Following are excerpts from footage of a demonstration that took place in Damascus, which was posted on the Internet on September 14,