http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/scholarships/scheme_details.htm Form for Students: http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/scholarships/form_student.pdf Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme for Minority Communities Students Objective: The objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to the poor and meritorious students belonging to minority communities to enable them to pursue professional and technical courses. Scope:These scholarships are available for studies in India only and […]
September 10, 2007
By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt – Saudi Arabia has indefinitely banned the distribution of a leading Arab newspaper, days after the paper disclosed that a Saudi extremist had played a key role in a violent Iraqi al-Qaida front group. One of the kingdom’s most influential journalists immediately criticized the ban, calling it […]
September 9, 2007
Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) Brutal Beatings and Killings Symptomatic of Wider Abuse (New York, August 17, 2007) – The killing of two Indonesian domestic workers by their employers in Saudi Arabia highlights the Saudi government’s ongoing failure to hold employers accountable for serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The brutal beatings by these employers […]
September 9, 2007
Fiqh-Us-Sunnah, Vol 2, #34. Abu Bakr (r) reports: “I heard the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam saying: ‘Allah forgives the man who commits a sin (then feels ashamed), purifies himself, offers a prayer and seeks His forgiveness.’ Then he recited the ‘ayyah: ‘And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah […]
September 9, 2007
Updated August 21, 2011, My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, Ramadan Mubarak. Sometime ago, I posted an article on Salat-ul-Tasbih. I am reproducing and expanding it here because of its importance and the blessings that it brings, Insha Allah. I have also updated the answer on how to count during Salatul Tasbih. Please note […]
September 7, 2007
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, New York Times. ROSEMONT, Ill., Sept 3 — It is time for the United States to stop treating every American Muslim as somehow suspect, leaders of the faith said at their largest annual convention, which ended here on Monday. Six years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Americans should distinguish between mainstream Muslims […]
September 6, 2007
The Daily Telegraph (LONDON)David MilibandSECTION: FEATURES; Comment; Pg. 20 In the 20th century, Britain’s national security came under threat from hostile nations. Today, the threat is from terrorist groups, such as al-Qa’eda, operating within failed states, seeking to fracture the world along religious lines. The response by the police and the Army, at home and […]
September 6, 2007
New Straits Times (Malaysia) Rupa Damodaran SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 39 BANK Negara Malaysia is spearheading a specialised financial training programme, which it hopes will address the acute shortage of skilled talent in the financial industry. Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz hopes the one-year Financial Sector Talent Enrichment Programme (FSTEP) will be able to […]
September 5, 2007
AOL is carrying out a survey asking people whether the Arabic school (see article below) should be allowed to operate or not. Please click here to participate in the vote. As of 4:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time), Sept 6, 2007, the results were as follows: 35% were voting in favor of the Arabic school being allowed […]
September 4, 2007
NEW YORK (CNN) — A public school in New York that will teach Arabic language and culture opened Tuesday amid accusations that it will impose a radical Islamist agenda in its classrooms. Please click here to view CNN video on the Khalil Gibran Academy. Carmen Colon enrolled her son in Khalil Gibran Academy, but pulled […]
September 4, 2007
The Government of the United Arab Emirates, UAE is sponsoring a first of its kind unique training program for American Imams and those aspiring to become Imams. Program participant will receive a certificate from the UAE Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs. The courses will consist of a six-week program. Program curiculam will focus on […]
September 4, 2007
By Special to the Sun September 4, 2007 As schools citywide open their doors today, a group critical of a new Arabic-language public school is stepping up its opposition efforts, broadening its campaign to target national school curricula. The group, a coalition of community members, parents, and organizations called Citizens for American Values in Public […]
September 3, 2007
The Economist Aug 30th 2007 Why the United States is fairer to Muslims than “Eurabia” is IN PITTSBURGH, a Turkish group, pious but peaceful, decides to rethink its plans for an Islamic centre after an angry public hearing. In Clitheroe, a town in northern England, a plan to turn an ex-church into a mosque wins […]
September 3, 2007
Herald Sun, Australia SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3 OUTGOING BHP Billiton chief Chip Goodyear believes the Muslim world will be hot on the heels of China and India as the next big emerging market for the mining giant. The mining boss, who will step down at the end of this month, told the Herald Sun Muslim […]
September 3, 2007
BBC Monitoring Central Asia Unit Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring Three Tajik MPs have appealed to President Emomali Rahmon to prevent demolition and closure of mosques in Dushanbe. In their appeal Akbar Turajonzoda, Muhammadsharif Himmatzoda and Muhiddin Kabiri – former United Tajik Opposition leaders – condemn what they term “anti-Islamic and anti-constitutional” acts of the […]
September 3, 2007
By GLEN OWEN and HOLLY MILLBANK The Mail on Sunday, UK Britain has become involved in a potentially damaging diplomatic imbroglio after a relative of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi was prosecuted for assaulting two prostitutes at his London home. The case against Mohamed Al Sanussi, 26, collapsed after the two alleged victims withdrew their evidence. […]
September 1, 2007
Source: Arabnews.com 1. The March Ahead Saudi Arabia is in a second era of massive expansion. Plans are even more spectacular in scale than the first time round. The effect on Saudi business and industry is already apparent. As can be seen… Full Story 2. A Quantum Leap in Development IT is boom time again […]
September 1, 2007
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News RIYADH, 1 September 2007 — The Kingdom has sought more time from the Indonesian government to resolve the case of four Indonesian housemaids who were assaulted in Aflaj, a town 320 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh. Two of the maids died from the attack when a family member beat […]
August 31, 2007
Norman Parish, Chicago Sun-Times, 8/30/07 http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/534860,CST-NWS-air30.article A woman who complained that some fellow passengers spoke Arabic and “had odd behavior” prevented a Chicago-bound American Airlines flight from departing San Diego, police said Wednesday. Flight 590, scheduled to depart at 11 p.m. Tuesday, left its gate about 11:15 but returned to the boarding area after the […]
August 29, 2007
Lankan Newspaper.com 19-year-old Rizana Nasik, is facing death sentence by beheading in Saudi Arabia for the murder of her employer`s infant two years ago. `According to the relatives of the accused girl the baby had died by accidental strangulation while her employer was abusing the Sri Lankan girl while she had the baby in her […]
August 29, 2007
CAIR News Release August 28, 2007 Civil rights and community organizations are urging their constituents to take note of revised screening procedures at airports for all head coverings and to know their rights as travelers. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released a statement today confirming reports of new head covering screening procedures as of August […]
August 24, 2007
Rafik Beekun Please click here to download the report, “Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat,” from the New York City Police Department’s website. It alledges to describe ‘how ordinary people in the West can become radicalized and followers of what the report calls a jihadist ideology.’ This report is worrisome because it casts suspicion […]
August 18, 2007
In an email from President Judy Shapiro of Barnard College to Phil Orenstein of Democracy Project, she allegedly states that Assistant Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj has received death threats. “To clarify and provide some additional information: I do not myself believe that the people who are getting in touch with me anonymously truly need to […]
August 18, 2007
Daily news reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education newsfeed. August 15, 2007 Controversial research on Israel and the Palestinian territories has become the basis of yet another campaign to prevent a professor from winning tenure. A group of Barnard College alumni has drafted an online petition asking their alma mater to deny tenure to […]
August 17, 2007
EU MONITORING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE For the monitoring project ‘Muslims in the EU: City Reports’, the EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP) of the Open Society Institute, is seeking: RESEARCHERS (8) – For the monitoring project ‘Muslims in the EU: City Reports’- EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOCUS GROUPS COORDINATORS (11) – For the […]
August 14, 2007
By Dan Morse; Washington Post Staff Writer On April 19, 2005, Darrick Jackson completed an application to work as a private security guard at an entrance gate to Andrews Air Force Base. “Have you ever used or been known by another name?” he was asked in the second of 20 queries. “No,” Jackson answered. He […]
August 13, 2007
By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 12, 11:55 AM ET Makkah , Saudi Arabia – These days it’s easier to find a Cinnabon in Mecca than the house where the Prophet Muhammad was born. The ancient sites in Islam’s holiest city are under attack from both money and extreme religion. Developers are building […]
August 13, 2007
Source: Salon.com Steve Paulson HIGHLIGHT: Turkish-American physicist Taner Edis explains why science in Muslim lands remains stuck in the past — and why the Golden Age of Mesopotamia wasn’t so golden after all. In October, Malaysia’s first astronaut will join a Russian crew and blast off into space. The news of a Muslim astronaut was […]
August 11, 2007
Montana State University – Bozeman – Assistant Professor, 19th or 20th Century African or Middle Eastern Islamic World History (MT, United States) http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=33953 MODERN ISLAMIC WORLD/WORLD HISTORY. Montana State University-Bozeman invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in African or Middle Eastern Islamic world history, pending funding. The successful candidate will be prepared to teach […]
August 9, 2007
By JOANNA SLATER, The Wall Street Journal HAYMARKET, Va. One recent afternoon, New York money manager James Rickards presented Sheik Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo with a dilemma: Could his hedge fund be Islamic-friendly? Islam prohibits all kinds of speculative behavior that is embedded in Wall Street’s DNA. But Mr. DeLorenzo, a Massachusetts-born convert to Islam, is […]
August 9, 2007
August 8, 2007 By NIRAJ WARIKOO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER In a display of their emerging political power, Muslims were two of the top three vote-getters in Tuesday’s primary election in Hamtramck for City Council. Shahab Ahmed, an incumbent, received 574 votes, the most out of 12 candidates on the ballot. Delawar Mohamed Hussain came […]
August 8, 2007
Kristin Lowman, Fox 23, news.com Hafiz Alam, a store clerk, fought back after an armed robbery in Albany. Tonight, a suspect is in custody following a stand off with police. The robbery happened at Quail Street News around 5:20 A.M. Store clerk Hafiz Alam was behind the counter when a man walked in the door […]
August 8, 2007
Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News JEDDAH, 8 August 2007 — A group of 48 Saudis have come together to establish a society for unemployed Saudis that would lobby for their rights in securing jobs. The group, in its first move since its inception, recently wrote a letter to the labor minister in Riyadh asking for support. […]
August 7, 2007
Linda Morris Religious Affairs Writer Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) August 7, 2007 Tuesday, p. 5 First Edition ON JUST about every cover of Azizah, the first of a new crop of US Muslim women’s magazines, is a women wearing the hijab. The practice has drawn criticism that the publisher and editor of Azizah, Tayyibah Taylor, […]
August 6, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo says the best way he can think of to deter a nuclear terrorist attack on the U.S. is to threaten to retaliate by bombing Islamic holy sites. The Colorado congressman on Tuesday told about 30 people at a town hall meeting in the state of Iowa that […]
August 1, 2007
1. Ibrahim Hooper debates Dennis Praeger CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper debates use of the term “Islamophobia” with talk show host Dennis Prager on CNN. 2. Islamophobie (What is Islamophobia) [in French] Please click here to view an excellent short lecture by Tariq Ramadan on what Islamophobia is. The lecture is in French. 3. […]
August 1, 2007
Source: Hagai Segal in South China Morning Post, Aug 1, 2007, p. 13 Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef has flown home, leaving behind him a growing scandal in Australia in the wake of an astonishing legal and political soap opera that followed the attempted terror attacks in London and Glasgow in late June. The long-term legacy […]
August 1, 2007
CAIR Debates Hate Vandalism of Quran with Chris Hitchens
July 28, 2007
Source: Voice of America and USASOC news service Major James Michael Ahearn had a near perfect life. The 43-year-old career army officer was newly married and recently became a father for the first time. On July 5th, during a routine patrol in Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded, killing Major Ahearn and his driver. For Urdu […]
July 26, 2007
By Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Daisy Khan Newsweek, July 30, 2007 INTERNATIONAL section; Guest Column; Pg. 32 U.S. Edition It’s strange that the United States and the Muslim world so often seem to be in conflict. The more you know about America’s basic ideals and those of classical Islam, the more similarities you see. […]
July 25, 2007
Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali Al-Hashimi The true Muslim takes good care of his clothes, so you will see him presenting a pleasant appearance, without being extravagant. He is pleasant to look at and to meet, and does not annoy people with his careless, disheveled appearance. He always checks himself before he goes out to meet people, […]
September 10, 2007
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