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Love-hate relationship with Arab tourists
The Jakarta Post 13 March 2010
By Java Brew
"We used to feel awkward when passing Warung Kaleng in Sampay, a hangout for dangdut with their revealing dresses. Now we find it hard to recognize prostitutes because most dress decently like we do, 
Indian Muslims Riot against Taslima Nasrin
International Humanist and Ethical Union 8 March 2010
Two people have been reported killed in riots against Humanist writer Taslima Nasrin in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The rioters were protesting alleged "anti-Islamic" statements made in a local
Terror suspect arrested after posing as a greengrocer in Britain for 17 years
Daily Mail 5 March 2010
A terror suspect who posed as a greengrocer for 17 years was unmasked yesterday. Tiger Hanif, 49, had been using the name Mohammed Patel after a double bombing in India in 1993 where an
Victims of Islamic bigotry
Daily Pioneer 25 February 2010
By Anuradha Dutt
The beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan and the assault on a temple at Sonargaon in Bangladesh point towards the plight of non-Muslims in Muslim majority countries. The situation is clearly intolerable
Police study video for attackers of Indian bakery
AFP 15 February 2010
By JIJA PUROHIT
PUNE — Indian investigators examined security camera footage Monday as they tried to identify who planted a deadly bomb in a bakery popular with foreigners. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack Saturday night that killed nine people in the city of Pune, 125 miles (200 kilometers) southeast of Mumbai.
Islamist activists, students arrested in Bangladesh
Calcutta Tube 15 February 2010
Dhaka - Fifty eight activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist party and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, were arrested Saturday in Bangladesh following the
FBI grills US national detained in New Delhi
MyNews.in 12 February 2010
An American citizen was detained at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi after a knife was found in his hand baggage and a FBI team joined Indian investigators to probe if he had any
Hindu Woman Chooses Death over Life as 'Muslim' Wife
haindavakeralam 12 February 2010
Thrissur: Since the second verdict of Kerala High Court toppling it’s own judgement about the presence of Love Jihad , Medias which took a bold stand to expose this temporarily stopped campaigning
Indian police produce terror suspect before court
People's Daily Online 3 February 2010
An Indian court Wednesday sent a terror suspect to police custody over the September 2008 serial blasts in the Indian capital, reported the Indo-Asian News Service. Shahzad Ahmad, an alleged
‘When fundamentalists run out of arguments, they call you an infidel’
Indian Express 25 January 2010
By Anushree Majumdar
It was a surprise session, kept a well guarded secret by the Jaipur Literature Festival for the writer it featured — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Dutch-Somalian activist-politician who has been living under
Indian hijack warning made UK up terror alert
Times of India 25 January 2010
Fears that Islamist terrorists plan to hijack an Indian passenger jet and crash it into a British city helped to prompt this weekend’s heightened terror alert. MI5 was told by the Indian authorities
National Movement for Muslim Reservation holding strategic meet in Delhi
TwoCircles.net 18 January 2010
New Delhi - The National Movement for Muslim Reservation (NMMR) is holding a daylong strategic national meet for implementation of the recommendations of Ranganath Mishra Commission specifically
Raping Daughters-in-law: Following Holy Tradition of the Prophet
Islam Watch 21 December 2009
By Radhasyam Brahmachari
An account of how Muslims across India are emulating the holy tradition of prophet Muhammad by raping their daughters-in-law. A recent incident: On December 9, this year, a leading Bengali daily
Al-Qaeda killing mostly Muslims: 85% of casualties non-Westerners, report says
National Post 15 December 2009
By Peter Goodspeed
Most victims of al-Qaeda terrorist attacks are Muslims living in Muslim countries, says a new report from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The study, by the academy's Combatting Terrorism
High alert after 'fidayeen' enter Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata
Indian Express 15 December 2009
Kolkata, Mumbai and the national capital, besides Gujarat, have been put on high alert following intelligence inputs that Taliban-trained terrorists have sneaked into these cities to target vital
Tensions high as Turkish court considers Kurd party ban
Reuters India 8 December 2009
ANKARA - Turkey's highest court on Tuesday hears a case to shut down the country's largest pro-Kurdish party on charges of supporting PKK rebels, a verdict which could derail government
The Evils of Islamic Political Ideology: The Conceptual Drivers For Mumbai
Right Side News 30 November 2009
By Alyssa A. Lappen
On Thanksgiving 2009, as police worldwide continued arresting Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) collaborators and Home Box Office plans to release a film quoting a Pakistani terrorist mastermind the victims, families and others mourned the massive Mumbai terrorist attacks precisely one year earlier on Nov. 26, 2008.
Father and son connected to Mumbai massacre arrested in Italy
Vlad Tepes 23 November 2009
By Grace
Father and son allegedly used their money-transfer business to help attackers set up untraceable phone network An Italian policemen patrols in front of the money transfer agency, managed by
Muslims denounce violence, abuse of blasphemy laws
IndianCatholic 23 November 2009
LAHORE - Muslim clerics have condemned ongoing violence in Pakistan and acknowledged Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws have been misused in the past. "Islam does not approve of terrorism in
Fundamentalist Muslim is the biggest threat to India: Thackeray
Expressindia.com 20 November 2009
Mumbai Ram temple at Ayodhya is a symbol of Sena's sacrifice for Hindutva and the party would fulfil the promise of constructing it fully, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has said. "Ram temple is a
