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Tomb of Sultan Abdul Majid Hassan in Nanjing

Islam in China - Sun, 09/06/2013 - 3:07pm

(Tomb of the second Sultan of Brunei in Nanjing) It is a relatively unknown fact outside of Southeast Asia but one of the Sultans of Brunei is actually buried in Nanjing. He ascended the throne ...

Categories: International Blogs

Islamic boarding school fire in Bromley treated as suspicious by police

CommentIsFree - Sun, 09/06/2013 - 12:00pm

Two people treated for smoke inhalation after fire at Darul Uloom school, amid ongoing fears of reprisals for Woolwich murderPolice are investigating a fire started by intruders at an Islamic ...

Categories: General Blogs

Displaced in Yemen: A Life on Hold

Tabsir - Sun, 09/06/2013 - 8:28am

IRIN’s film, A Life on Hold, tells the story of Qasim and his family, who for the past three years have been living in a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in northwestern ...

Categories: General Blogs

UK mosques urged to install panic alarms and safe rooms

Islamophobia Watch - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 10:05pm

US Islamic group says British centres at greater risk than in other western country since the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.Observer story

Categories: Political Blogs

UK mosques urged to install panic alarms and safe rooms

CommentIsFree - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 8:14pm

US Islamic group says British centres at greater risk than in other western country since the murder of Drummer Lee RigbyAn American Islamic group has been advising British mosques on security ...

Categories: General Blogs

Converting PDF's to Kindle format

The Revival - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 7:52pm

Assalamu'alaikum Hope everyone's well inshaaAllah I'm looking to buy a Kindle because there's a PDF version available for almost any Islamic book but some PDF's are easier to read on the ...

Categories: General Blogs

Afghan Governor: US Drone Strike Kills Three Children

LoonWatch - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 7:01pm

Afghan Governor: US Drone Strike Kills Three Children The governor of Afghanistan’s Kunar Province has reported a US drone strike against the Manogi District has killed at least three ...

Categories: Current Affairs Blogs

Bill O’Reilly Gives Voice to Fanatic EDL

LoonWatch - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 6:47pm

It is redundant to point out that Fox News has essentially adopted Islamophobia as a cornerstone theme that it seeks to widely disseminate into mainstream American culture. What is ...

Categories: Current Affairs Blogs

Turkey's protesters proclaim themselves the true heirs of their nation's founding father

CommentIsFree - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 4:32pm

Kemal Ataturk, the secular reformer, has become the symbol for young Turks defying what they see as Recep Tayyip Erdogan's reactionary reversion to the Ottoman pastAmong the tents, snoozing youth ...

Categories: General Blogs

Death threats made to Salma Yaqoob after Question Time appearance

Islamophobia Watch - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 4:30pm

Former Sparkbrook councillor had just been a guest panellist on the BBC programme when she shared the alleged threat with followers on Twitter. Birmingham Mail story Update: Man arrested over ...

Categories: Political Blogs

A USS LIBERTY Lament

Mantiq al-Tayr - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 3:23pm

I see my good buddy Mark Glenn has done a great service today by putting up several USS LIBERTY posts. Please take the time to read them. For the USS Liberty crew I link below to two pieces of ...

Categories: General Blogs

Bipolar Religion

Tabsir - Sat, 08/06/2013 - 8:36am

The trendy 19th century Protestant philosophical theologian Søren Kiergekaard published a Danish book in 1843 entitled Either/Or. His faith-based binary is not the the standard good vs evil, God ...

Categories: General Blogs

Imagination has no substitute: reflections on PalFest in Gaza

Electronic Intifada - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 10:56pm

A literature festival reminds us that that Palestine is a place of miracles.

Categories: Palestinian Blogs

We were sleeping when Israel attacked: Gaza remembers June 1967

Electronic Intifada - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 9:21pm

Families in al-Maghazi refugee camp had to flee Israel’s tanks and warplanes.

Categories: Palestinian Blogs

Palestinian medical workers in Syria struggle to provide basic services

Electronic Intifada - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 8:32pm

A nine-year-old girl is among those to have died because they could not receive essential treatment.

Categories: Palestinian Blogs

Rumsfeld: “I can’t tell” if Obama has switched sides in “War on Terror”

LoonWatch - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 8:07pm

Watch the video below. Rumsfeld was invited to speak at an event hosted by the David Horowitz Freedom Center. David Horowitz of course is the kooky, conspiracy theorist, racist, anti-Muslim ...

Categories: Current Affairs Blogs

Fajr | Short Film

The Revival - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 7:35pm

Categories: General Blogs

Why You MUST be an Eco-Friendly Productive Muslim and How to Go About It

Productive Muslim - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 5:08pm

What role does a Productive Muslim play towards safeguarding the environment? What are the benefits and rewards of taking small yet crucial steps to preserve some of the most important treasures ...

Categories: Lifestyle Blogs

Panorama Reveals the Mind of Patrick Mercer

Barth's Notes - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 4:37pm

As has been widely reported, last night saw the broadcast of BBC Panorama‘s investigation into “cash for questions” at the UK Parliament, in which Patrick Mercer MP was secretly ...

Categories: Political Blogs

Guardian officially launches new international team of environment bloggers - and I'm one of them

The Cutting Edge - Fri, 07/06/2013 - 3:56pm

Today, the Guardian officially launched its new international team of environment bloggers - including yours truly. Hooray! Editor of the Guardian Environment online, Adam Vaughan, announced the ...

Categories: Political Blogs