tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61659795461593193292024-10-24T10:47:42.902-04:00Chronicling News Media of Muslims in the WestSharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-83974673374898461452010-01-02T19:56:00.000-05:002010-01-02T19:56:43.793-05:00Islamic march plan sparks outrage in military town
LONDON (AFP) – A controversial Islamic group sparked a row in Britain Saturday after announcing plans for a march to commemorate civilians killed in the Afghanistan war through a town known for honouring dead soldiers.
Islam4UK says it wants to march through Wootton Bassett, which regularly sees hundreds gather in its streets as the bodies of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan parade Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-44162708652372185752009-12-30T17:15:00.000-05:002009-12-30T17:15:48.636-05:00Woman sues Atlanta police over hijab disputeATLANTA -- A Muslim woman is claiming in a federal lawsuit that she was dismissed from the Atlanta Police Department's civilian honor guard because she refused to remove her traditional headscarf.
Helen Lane says in a federal lawsuit filed this week that the head of the voluntary guard laughed at her when she told him she would wear her hijab at a September 2006 funeral. She said she felt "Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-79764438482808003332009-12-30T17:12:00.001-05:002009-12-30T17:16:41.150-05:00Doctor turns away woman wearing veil
On Christmas day, a family doctor in Utrecht refused to allow a woman into his surgery because she was wearing a niqab, or burqa.
The 23-year-old woman had brought her baby to see the doctor. The three-month-old child had diarrhoea and had not drunk for several hours, a situation which is potentially dangerous in young baby. However, the doctor refused to see the woman because she was wearing Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-26365733733443941482009-12-29T19:29:00.000-05:002009-12-29T19:29:47.530-05:00British Muslim executed by China
URUMQI, China – China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed by lethal injection a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "appalled" at the execution of 53-year old Akmal Shaikh — China's first of a European citizen in nearly 60 years. His government summoned the Chinese Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-67177141095367625172009-12-29T19:11:00.000-05:002009-12-29T19:11:51.812-05:00Hearing canceled for Detroit BomberDETROIT (Reuters) – The first federal court hearing for the Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a Delta Airlines plane flying to Detroit has been canceled, a spokeswoman for prosecutors said on Monday.
U.S. Attorneys had been expected to seek a search warrant to collect a swab of DNA from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is being held in a federal prison in Milan, Michigan.
The Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-90649565209756274152009-12-29T19:07:00.000-05:002009-12-29T19:07:38.565-05:00Obama says 'systemic failure' allowed airline plotHONOLULU – President Barack Obama said Tuesday "a systemic failure" allowed the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam. He called it "totally unacceptable." The president said he wants preliminary results by Thursday from two investigations he has ordered to examine the many lapses that occurred.
"There was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed toSharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-45815395275427302702009-12-29T18:56:00.000-05:002009-12-29T18:56:03.331-05:00Bishop says plans for Muslim school 'makes him weep'
The Rt Rev John Goddard, the Bishop of Burnley, suggested it would be more sensitive for the Islamic charity behind the project to consider a location in another part of the country.
His greatest fear is that the presence of the all girls’ school – which hopes to take 1,500 teenage boarders from around the world – might inflame Right-wing extremists and therefore “skew” the progress being made Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-19614432674147207482009-12-29T18:32:00.000-05:002009-12-29T18:32:31.586-05:00Mosque burned to the ground by arsonistsCRADLEY Heath’s Muslim community is appealing for help after its mosque was burnt to the ground by arsonists.
A fire engulfed the Cradley Heath Mosque and Islamic Centre in Plant Street on Boxing Day destroying the building and the religious countless books inside.
It is the second time in five years that the building has been targeted by arsonists and police are hunting the culprits.
The WestSharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-15014745458464265812009-12-29T18:22:00.000-05:002009-12-29T18:22:44.003-05:00Detroit bomber linked to London Mosque
Associates of the 23-year-old Nigerian said that he visited the East London Mosque, in Whitechapel.
MI5 believe that the suspect could have developed links with other extremists during three years he spent in Britain studying at University College London. They will investigate where he worshipped and whether he was radicialised in the UK or elsewhere.
The East London Mosque secretary, Ayub Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-62554240968533886722009-12-29T14:12:00.002-05:002009-12-29T20:22:49.716-05:00Omer Mozaffar, a Pakistani Chicagoan, discusses James Cameron's "Avatar"I was born in Karachi, Pakistan, at a very young age. My beloved parents rode the huge wave that was the South Asian diaspora, landing here in Chicagoland, where I've been ever since. Thus, like many of my peers, I've been in a state of constant exile.
On the South Side of Chicago, I'm a Pakistani. In the rest of Chicago, I'm a Southsider. In the rest of America, I'm a Chicagoan. In the rest ofSharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-4650167818893086012009-12-27T16:04:00.001-05:002009-12-27T16:08:48.517-05:00Britain's most violent football gangs unite against MuslimsTheir aim? To drive out Islamic extremism. Their weapon? The thugs of Britain's most violent football gangs
Some of the most violent football hooligans in Britain head towards Manchester to support a march by the burgeoning English Defence League (EDL), while a woman dressed in a black hijab appears intimidated
On Platform One at Bolton station a mob of around 100 men punch the air in unison. Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-12305857182818228472009-12-26T11:18:00.000-05:002009-12-26T11:18:11.013-05:00The Nevada gambler, al-Qaida, the CIA and the mother of all consThe intelligence reports fitted the suspicions of the time: al-Qaida sleeper agents were scattered across the US awaiting orders that were broadcast in secret codes over the al-Jazeera television network.
Flights from Britain and France were cancelled. Officials warned of a looming "spectacular attack" to rival 9/11. In 2003 President Bush's homeland security tsar, Tom Ridge, spoke of a "Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-64931550614674570392009-12-26T11:06:00.000-05:002009-12-26T11:06:34.057-05:00Two-thirds of Protestant pastors consider Islam 'dangerous'Two out of three Protestant pastors believe Islam is a "dangerous" religion, according to a new survey from a Southern Baptist-affiliated research group.
The survey of more than 1,000 Protestant clergy by LifeWay Research, released last week found that 45% strongly agree with the statement "I believe Islam is a dangerous religion" and another 21% agree somewhat with it.
Evangelical pastors wereSharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-52954244173189835512009-12-25T19:11:00.000-05:002009-12-25T19:11:45.865-05:00Possible terror attack on Northwest jetROMULUS, Mich. - A Nigerian man claiming ties to al-Qaida tried to light a powder aboard a commercial jetliner before it landed Friday in Detroit in what senior U.S. officials called an attempted act of terrorism.
“He appears to have had some kind of incendiary device he tried to ignite,” a senior U.S. official told NBC News.
Two people noticed the attempted attack, and a third person jumped Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-31081133688070133882009-12-25T03:50:00.000-05:002009-12-25T03:50:10.122-05:00Rapper gets punished for threatening WildersRotterdam rapper Mosheb has been given 80 hours community service and a two month suspended jail term for threatening anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders in a rap.
The public prosecution department had called for 120 hours community service or 60 days in jail.
The text of the number, entitled Who's next, includes the rapper saying it will be 'bam bam' if he meets Wilders. The rapper also calls on Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-49310869299383273772009-12-25T03:40:00.000-05:002009-12-25T03:40:53.874-05:00Parents refused right to name son AllahIn the latest battle over what people may legally call their children, the Swedish Tax Authority (Skatteverket) has ruled that the parents of a two-month-old boy in Skåne in southern Sweden may not call their child Allah.
According to the decision, Skatteverket does not approve “names that can give offence or be seen to cause discomfort for the bearer”. In this case, Skatteverket was “of the Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-9505958474238150392009-12-25T03:27:00.000-05:002009-12-25T03:27:29.937-05:00Demonstrators protest against CAIR street cleaningA small group of demonstrators led by Americans Against Hate Chairman Joe Kaufman last Friday accused Broward County and the Town of Davie of supporting an organization with ties to Islamic terrorists.
A street sign in Davie sparked the anger of the demonstrators who protested in front of the Broward County Governmental Center in Fort Lauderdale on a rainy Friday afternoon.
The sign, at the Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-2877105068943932562009-12-25T03:15:00.000-05:002009-12-25T03:15:25.769-05:00Discrimination suit filed on behalf of African-American Muslim workerCAIR-Chicago announced today that it has filed a complaint in federal court against USF Holland and YRC Worldwide Inc. on behalf of an African-American Muslim former employee. The complaint alleges that the man, Reginal Exson, suffered discrimination based on his race, religion and disability.
Exson worked as a truck driver for USF Holland out of the company’s Cook County location. Mr. Exson Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-65609639538409896822009-12-25T03:11:00.000-05:002009-12-25T03:11:02.581-05:00Students Report on Islam in Unique CourseAST LANSING, Mich., Dec. 11 (UPI) — A new course at Michigan State University teaches students how to deal with the complexities of reporting on Islam in a post-Sept. 11 world.
This semester, students wrote about holiday celebrations and about how Muslim students feel about American university life. They also analyzed news reports on Islam from around the world in the new, “Reporting on Islam” Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-68868020453457924612009-12-25T03:04:00.000-05:002009-12-25T03:04:55.481-05:00Muslim police chef defeated in 'bacon roll' tribunalA Muslim chef who lost a claim of religious discrimination against Scotland Yard after complaining he was forced to cook sausages and bacon faces a legal bill of more than £75,000.
Hasanali Khoja accused the Metropolitan Police of failing to consider his Islamic beliefs when he was asked to handle pork products as a catering manager at a police station.
The £23,000-a-year chef claimed Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-38517749123525745892009-12-25T02:58:00.000-05:002009-12-25T02:58:24.936-05:00US group uses Times Square to promote IslamAn American Muslim advocacy group launched a massive advertisement in New York City's infamous Times Square on Tuesday in a bid to present to millions of Americans a "fair" and "accurate" portrayal of Islam.
The public service announcement, "I am Muslim, I am American," was launched by the New York branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and aims to show people that Muslims Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-20053096376555500842009-12-24T10:57:00.003-05:002009-12-26T10:59:58.817-05:00Muslims join Jews for Christmas Day MitzvahDETROIT – Many Jews consider Christmas Day an opportunity to serve their community while Christian neighbors celebrate their holiday. This year, what's also known as Mitzvah Day in southeast Michigan is getting an added boost from Muslims.
For the first time, about 40 Muslims are expected to join 900 Jews for what they call their largest annual day of volunteering. Leaders say it's a small but Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-22138946651194991412009-12-24T10:00:00.001-05:002009-12-25T02:50:54.881-05:00Britons Side with Banning Minarets in UKPeople in Britain are open to the idea of banning minarets, according to a three-country poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 37 per cent of respondents in Britain would vote in favour of a ban, while 25 per cent would vote against it.
In the United States, 21 per cent of respondents would vote to ban minarets, while 19 per cent disagree. In Canada, 35 per cent of respondents would vote against a Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-90830829747747513742009-12-19T11:57:00.000-05:002009-12-19T11:57:15.635-05:00Germans Anxious About Growth of Islam(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in Germany express a certain degree of anxiety over the growth of the Islamic religion and culture in the country, according to a poll by Infratest-Dimap released by ARD. 33 per cent of respondents are very concerned about this matter, and 29 per cent express moderate concern.
Germany is home to Europe’s second-largest Muslim community after France.
Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165979546159319329.post-88816283117004373612009-12-18T12:33:00.001-05:002009-12-19T12:03:18.703-05:00Swiss minaret ban reaches European Court of Human Rights
A recent referendum in Switzerland placed a ban on minaret construction in the country. Now, a Muslim man living in Switzerland has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.
Algerian-born Hafid Ouardidi lodged the complaint with the human rights court in Strausbourg, saying the referendum violates the right to religious freedom. Ouardidi is a former spokesman at the Geneva Sharjeel Karim -http://www.blogger.com/profile/05615555031407472439noreply@blogger.com0