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Qatar's RAF Foundation Inaugurates Islamic Centre In North India
Bernama 17 June 2013
Qatar's Sheikh Eid Charity Foundation (RAF) inaugurated an Islamic centre in the State of Ottra Pradesh, North India, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. The RAF said on 
Afghan president to visit Qatar
Las Vegas Sun 17 June 2013
Officials say Afghan President Hamid Karzai is visiting Qatar to discuss his country's stalled peace process and the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state.
Africans start to fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
DigitalJournal.com 17 June 2013
By Eko Armunanto
FGM is considered an essential part of raising a girl and preparing her for marriage in most places where it’s practiced. Connected to beliefs about premarital virginity and
Pakistan Leads World in Homophobia, And in Googling Gay Porn - Reports
Hannah Osborne 17 June 2013
By Drishya Nair
According to data published by the American Pew Research Centre, Pakistan and Nigeria are two of the most homophobic and LGBT intolerant countries in the world. In the report
Shariah-Compliant Finance could reach 25%-40% market share in Tunisia
Shariah Finance Watch 17 June 2013
The emergence of Shariah-compliant Finance in Tunisia is hardly surprising given the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist factions in the wake of the so-called
Iran to send 4,000 troops to Syria to aid Assad forces
Ya Libnan 17 June 2013
Iran will send 4,000 of its troops to Syria to aid president Bashar al-Assad’s forces in its fight against rebels, according to the UK’s Independent newspaper. The "military
Video: Turkish Revolution - police brutality COLLECTION - Istanbul Taksim #OccupyGezi, polis siddeti
youtube. 6 June 2013
Enough is enough
Ynetnews 6 June 2013
By Rafael Castro
Op-ed: Westerners have the right and duty to expect that those who move to their countries respect basic ethical tenets
The most recent round of terror in London has spawned a renewed round of explanations along the lines of David Cameron’s "there is no justification for this murder in Islam,” accompanied by musings over "isolated act of psychopaths."
Though these views have lost some currency after the attacks of 9/11, Madrid, Moscow, Burgas, Toulouse and Boston, it is time to ask ourselves why our political and intellectual elites still pay homage to such platitudes.
A license to rape
DAWN.com 6 June 2013
By Murtaza Haider
A series of events in the past few weeks have again highlighted the injustices being committed against women in the name of Islam in Pakistan
Recently, the three accused of raping an 18-year old woman at Jinnah’s Mausoleum were set free by a court in Karachi. The court refused to entertain the DNA evidence, which reportedly proved the guilt of the accused, and gave the accused the benefit of the doubt because the victim could not produce four eyewitnesses to the rape. Weeks later, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) decreed that the DNA evidence in the absence of four righteous men as witnesses to rape is not sufficient for conviction under Islamic law.
Danish PM: Media should use free speech "respectfully", we need new demands on how to use free speech
Islam versus Europe 6 June 2013
Danish PM, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, rhetorically uses the word "democracy" where it actually concerns "free speech". Tariq Ramadan or José Manuel Barroso could not have said it
By Their Bloody Hands
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 6 June 2013
By Kyle Shideler
The vicious murder and beheading of British Army drummer Lee Rigby by British Muslims Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo has once again brought the specter of violent
France: Front National Polling Even With Establishment Parties
Islam versus Europe 6 June 2013
The far-right, anti-immigration National Front, led by Marine Le Pen, would match France’s mainstream political parties if European elections were held this weekend, according
It's only graffiti, right?
the elder of ziyon - 6 June 2013
From the Belfast Telegraph: The half-finished former headquarters of the Anglo Irish Bank has been defaced with anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic graffiti. Gardai and the Central Bank,
Video: UAF and Muslim Scum Destroy Memorial To Murdered Soldier Lee Rigby
kafircrusaders. 6 June 2013
Sick in the head anti British communist UAF and Muslim scum desecrate memorial flowers laid by the EDL in honour of fallen soldier Lee Rigby, brutally murdered on British
Launch of Council of Ex-Muslims of France
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain 6 June 2013
Join us for the launch of the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. Speakers include Palestinian blogger Waleed Al-Husseini, Tunisian Filmmaker Nadia El-Fani, Secularist Caroline
London Mosque Fire: Police Investigate Cause
Sky News 6 June 2013
Counter-terrorism officers are investigating whether a fire which destroyed an Islamic community centre was started deliberately in a hate attack. Police confirmed they are
Hague Court Rejects Libyan Trial of Gadhafi's Son
Wall Street Journal 6 June 2013
By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER
The International Criminal Court rejected a request by Libya to try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home, setting the stage for Seif al-Islam Gadhafi to face charges of crimes against
Bulgaria wavers on Hezbollah role in Burgas bomb
JPost.com 6 June 2013
SOFIA - Bulgaria said on Wednesday it only had an "indication" that Lebanon's Hezbollah might have been behind a deadly bus bombing in July and that this alone did not justify
New English Review Taken Down by DDOS
Gates of Vienna 6 June 2013
As most readers already know, the New English Review was brought down by a Directed Denial of Service attack (DDOS) during the night
The attack may or may not have been connected with the AFDI rally against sharia, which featured New English Review writers among its speakers. Rebecca Bynum, the editor of NER, just sent us this brief note:
Turkey Erupting 'Like a Volcano'
clarionproject.org 6 June 2013
By Ryan Mauro
Prime Minister Erdogan with his Islamist agenda faces his biggest challenge as protests continue to mount all over Turkey
I’ve referred to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan as the "king of the Islamists” because of his ability to swoon the West, make Israel bend and maintain popularity while
