Monthly Archives: August 2010

Bolton’s Zakariyya mosque opens its doors to non-Muslims

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

I don’t need much of an excuse to plug events in Bolton, but here is a nice little story in today’s edition of the Bolton Evening News, about Zakariyya mosque inviting a group of non-Muslims to their iftar and also … Continue reading →

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Time Magazine asks: ‘Is America Islamophobic?’

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

In light of new opinion polls consistently – and very worryingly – showing that a majority of US citizens are opposed to the building of Park51 – the proposed new Islamic community centre two blocks from Ground Zero, the cover story in … Continue reading →

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Pakistan’s corrupt cricketers uncovered by News of the World

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

You have to hand it to Mazher Mahmood, the NotW’s legendary Investigations Editor. Over the years he has landed some huge stories and his victims include Sarah Ferguson and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. So you can just imagine how he must have … Continue reading →

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Sky News paper round up: Wot no Guardian?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

This morning at suhur time between 4.00 and 4.30am I was watching Sky News and they did their usual roundup of the day’s newspaper front pages. They showed the Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent – but in an odd … Continue reading →

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Update: The Spectator forced to apologise to Islam Expo

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

Further to my recent blog a couple of weeks ago noting that the right-wing Spectator news magazine was being sued by Islam Expo in relation to an article they published on their website by Stephen Pollard (the editor of the … Continue reading →

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Alcohol abuse in New York mosque

Posted on August 26, 2010 by

From today’s edition of the New York Post: A drunk barged into a Queens mosque last night and urinated on prayer rugs, cops and witnesses said. Evening prayers were disrupted at the Iman Mosque on Steinway Street in Astoria when … Continue reading →

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How to manipulate Wikipedia

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

Zionist activists are known to be highly active on the web through organisations such as Giyus trolling in large numbers to try and skew debate on various popular news and discussion forums in favour of Israel. During the Gaza bombardment and … Continue reading →

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Reconciling Islamic values and Democracy

Posted on August 24, 2010 by

I have a post on Cif at the moment about ongoing attempts amongst Islamic movements to try and reconcile Islamic values and democracy, the sovereignty of God vs the sovereignty of the people etc.

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Honouring the Qur’an translators

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.S.) recommended completing the reading of the Qur’an during the month of Ramadan. Like many non-Arab speakers, my main avenue for learning and reflecting on the message of the Qur’an is through one of the many translations … Continue reading →

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Obama displays best of US in Ground Zero mosque row

Posted on August 14, 2010 by

Intervening in the midst of a growing and increasingly shrill row over plans by a group of American Muslims to build a mosque in Manhattan, not far from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Obama has come down firmly … Continue reading →

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