Secret police flout court order to release former Muslim sheikh.
Bahaa el-Din el-Akkad
October 18 (Compass Direct News) – A Muslim sheikh jailed in Egypt for 18 months has declared from his prison cell that he is under arrest for “insulting Islam” by becoming a Christian.
BEFORE ENTERING THE COUNTERTERRORISM FIELD, I worked for a radical Islamic charity called the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation. In this capacity, I gained some familiarity with the kind of Islamic extremist literature that often finds its way into the U.S. prison system and thus influences inmates' religious education.
Cairo: A female Muslim preacher has been threatened with death for declaring that the niqab (a veil which covers the whole face except for the eyes) is not obligatory.
Captured Taleban say they were sent to fight by Pakistani mullahs (AFP) Khalig Times
BARMAL, Afghanistan - Handcuffed and weary, three confessed Taleban fighters told this week how they crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan to carry out a “jihad” against troops after mullahs said it was their duty as Muslims.
The department's Customs and Border Protection section would not elaborate on why Kamal Helbawy, 67, a founding member of the Muslim Association of Britain, was told by airline staff to get off his flight shortly before it was due to leave London.
ROME—Prime Minister Romano Prodi said yesterday that Muslim immigrant women should not be completely "hidden" behind full veils if they want to integrate and become part of Italy's future.
LONDON - The Sudanese government is supporting the feared Janjaweed militia, which the United States accuses of genocide against non-Arab ethnic groups in Darfur, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
مكسوف؟ نعم والله العظيم مكسوف من نفسي ومن أهلي ومن أبناء ديني.. فكلما قال أي أحد شيئا تافه عن المسلمين, مع أننا نستحق اسوأ شيء في الدنيا بسبب سلوكنا غير المتحضر, غضب الناس وانزعجوا وراحوا يستخرجون أحاديث القيامة وعذاب القبر ونهاية العالم.. أناس يرون أن الهجوم علي الإسلام هو قيام القيامة, وأناس يرون أن موعدها الغد بسبب التليفون المحمول؟! هل هناك هلس وهيافة أكثر من هذا...
وما أحدثه عرب الجزيرة بنساؤهم في صدر الإسلام ، قاموا بتكراره مرة أخرى منذ ما يقرب من 200 سنة ، فيحكي الجبرتي وهو يؤرخ لأهم حوداث ( سنة 1217 هجرية) الآتي :( أنهم - أي الوهابية - لما دخلوا الطائف قتلوا الرجال وأسروا النساء والأطفال.
اعترف بأنني أصبت بصدمة عصبية شديدة ، عندما شاهدت قداسة البابا وهو يبكي ، حتى أنني لم استطيع التحكم في مشاعري ، فأنهرت باكياً ،ـ بل وبكيت أكثر ما بكيت طوال عمري ، وذلك لأني أعرف تماماً من هو قداسة البابا ، وماذا تعني دموعه .
Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that Britain needed a debate about the position of Muslims, but that the faith also needed to decide how it comes to terms with modernity.
Source AP