A hardline Muslim teacher who caused a furore by denouncing pupils for celebrating Christmas has been made a Government schools inspector.Israr Khan's Ofsted appointment was described by a former colleague as 'absolutely astonishing'.
Cairo: An Egyptian university professor has angered Muslim clerics for his slur against the Holy Quran.
Hassan Hanafi, a professor of philosophy, has reportedly likened the Muslims' holy scriptures to a "supermarket from which we can take what suits us and leave what does not suit us".
درك جيداً أن هذه منطقة ألغام خطرة، وساحة للتشنج لا قرار لها، لكن لا مفر من فتح الجراح وتنظيفها
بدلاً من إهالة التراب عليها، والابتعاد عن الخوض فيها إيثاراً للسلامة، وفي البداية ألفت نظر وزير التعليم المصري إلى اعتبار هذه السطور بلاغاً رسمياً يطالب بالتصدي بكل شجاعة لظاهرة نقاب التلميذات والمدرسات في مصر، وتفعيل القوانين واللوائح التي تحظر ذلك على الأقل في المدارس والجامعات
By, Dr. Abdulkhaliq Hussein,FRCS; a Muslim Iraqi writer
Translation from Arabic by Abdullah Al Araby
Yes, it is not my purpose here to defend Pope Benedict XVI, as he certainly does not need my defense.He has over one billion Catholic followers who revere him and many non-Catholics who have rallied to defend him.
Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the train blasts
Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the train blasts in Mumbai in July that killed 186 people, Indian police say. The attacks were planned by the ISI and carried out by the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, based in Pakistan, Mumbai's police chief said.
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer Mon Sep 25, 5:40 PM ETNEW YORK - The government has rejected a prominent Muslim scholar's application to enter the country, contending that he gave support to a terrorist group, but his attorneys allege the U.S. is using charitable donations he made as a pretext for stifling his views.
No criminal offences were committed in a Muslim protest over the Pope outside Westminster Cathedral, police have decided.The Metropolitan Police has also decided not to take action against the controversial Muslim figure, Anjem Choudary, who allegedly said in a television interview about the row over the Pope that anyone who insulted the Muslim faith would be "subject to capital punishment".
The head of the U.S. National Council of Churches (NCC) has a burden on his heart for prison inmates...if they are former al-Qaeda or Taliban operatives at GuantanamoBay.
It looks as if immigrants youths want to turn nightly rioting during the Islamic holy month of ramadan into an annual tradition. Around 8:30pm last night violence erupted again in Brussels, the capital of Europe.
The final decision on a controversial £100 million 'Islamic village' in east London, accommodating up to 70,000 worshippers, will be made by an unelected quango.
Upon hearing Warren Buffett’s announcement on June 25, 2006, of giving $37 billion to charitable foundations, mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, declared that Muslim organizations “are lagging behind,” only because of intimidation by the West.
It looks as if immigrants youths