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'Saiful?s swearing on the Quran is valid'
8/21/2008 1:29:09 AM by adeal
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FEDERAL Territory mufti Datuk Wan Zahidi Wan Teh disagreed that Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's swearing on the Quran was an imitation of the Christian faith, Sinar Harian reported. Wan Zahidi defended the validity of the swearing because it was an oath taken outside of a trial or alyamin qhairul qadhai ....(ReligionInsight)
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INPs find cache in Al Samari Mosque
8/21/2008 1:27:08 AM by adeal
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Iraqi National Police seized a munitions cache in the Al Samari mosque in the Karadah district in eastern Baghdad Aug. 18. Police assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division, and Soldiers from the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, conducted the combined o ....(ReligionInsight)
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FOR OBAMA, UNITY STOPS SHORT OF MUSLIMS
8/21/2008 1:26:04 AM by adeal
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As Sen. Barack Obama courted voters in Iowa last December, Rep. Keith Ellison, America’s first Muslim congressman, stepped forward eagerly to help. Ellison believed that Obama’s message of unity resonated deeply with American Muslims. He volunteered to speak on Obama’s behalf at a mosque in Cedar Ra ....(ReligionInsight)
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'A Jihad for Love' explores what it means to be gay in Islam
8/21/2008 1:14:57 AM by adeal
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"The only difference in Islam," says one imam to another (and, no, this is not a joke), "is how a person should be killed." The cleric is speaking to Imam Muhsin Hendricks. Hendricks — son and grandson of Cape Town religious leaders and openly gay — lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has begun ....(ReligionInsight)
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Prominent Muslim activist jailed in LA for four years
8/21/2008 1:10:34 AM by adeal
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A prominent Los Angeles-based Muslim activist has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to attempting to bribe a witness, prosecutors said Tuesday. Najee Ali, who heads the community group Project Islamic HOPE (Helping Oppressed People Everywhere), was sentenced on Monday after he admitte ....(ReligionInsight)
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Publisher withdraws book after Muslim protests
8/21/2008 1:10:01 AM by adeal
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A Serbian publisher says it has withdrawn a controversial book by American writer Sherry Jones because of protests from the local Islamic community.The book "Jewel of Medina" is about Aisha, one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives. It gained worldwide attention after the publisher Random House canceled ....(ReligionInsight)
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Anwar need not swear on Quran: Penang ulama
8/19/2008 5:58:24 AM by adeal
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Pakatan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim need not swear in the name of Allah as the Syariah Court is the best place for him to prove his innocence. The Penang branch of the National Ulama Association’s chairman Dr Wan Salim Wan Mohd Nor said the basic principles of Islamic law should ....(ReligionInsight)
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Imam of Abu Bakr mosque Gamet Suleymanov: “I caught pieces of ...
8/19/2008 5:56:57 AM by adeal
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Suleymanov said everybody should condemn the happenings in the mosque and added that the investigation was underway to find the offender. He did not want to speak thoroughly about the event for a time and expressed his hope hat everything would be investigated in details.Two were killed and some wer ....(ReligionInsight)
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Muslim Honor Killings Come To US, Canada, And Britain
8/19/2008 5:43:01 AM by adeal
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A Pakistani immigrant who strangled his daughter because she wanted to end her arranged marriage did it because she "would disgrace the family," according to an arrest warrant. Chaudhry Rashid, 56, of Jonesboro, told police he is Muslim and that extramarital affairs and divorce are against his r ....(ReligionInsight)
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Muslim rebels kill 7 soldiers in Philippine south
8/19/2008 5:28:00 AM by adeal
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Muslim separatists killed at least seven Philippine soldiers and wounded a dozen more in an ambush on Sunday on the troubled southern island of Mindanao, the military said. The attack came four days after government troops halted a fierce offensive against Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels ....(ReligionInsight)
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