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US Muslim TV boss 'beheaded wife'

published by You on 17 February, 2009 - 19:08

US Muslim TV boss 'beheaded wife'

The founder of a US Muslim TV network has been charged over the beheading of his wife, media reports say.

Muzzammil Hassan, 44, is accused of second degree murder of Aasiya Hassan, whose body was found last week at the TV station in New York state.

Both Mr Hassan and his wife worked at Bridges TV, a station aimed at countering stereotypes of Muslims.

Authorities said Mrs Hassan, 37, had recently filed for divorce. The couple had two children, aged four and six.

Bridges TV, a satellite-distributed news and opinion channel, was founded by Mr Hassan in 2004 and was based in a suburb in Buffalo, in upstate New York...

Anti-terror code 'would alienate most Muslims'

published by You on 17 February, 2009 - 13:32

The government is considering plans that would lead to thousands more British Muslims being branded as extremists, the Guardian has learned. The proposals are in a counterterrorism strategy which ministers and security officials are drawing up that is due to be unveiled next month.

Some say the plans would see views held by most Muslims in Britain being classed by the government as extreme.

According to a draft of the strategy, Contest 2 as it is known in Whitehall, people would be considered as extremists if:

Western Values and Muslim Community

published by Iftikhar on 17 February, 2009 - 11:35

Salaam

The western values suggest equality and freedom for all, that means society must allow religious freedom. The Jews and Christians have Kosher meat and Church schools, yet when Muslims simply ask for the very same teatment. the Islamphobic secular right wing jump up and down, screaming that somehow western values have been attacked.

Sharia courts are for Muslim community not for any body else. The Jews through out Europe have their own religious courts. Similarly state funded Muslim schools are for Muslim children. There is no place for a non-Muslim child or a teacher in a Muslim school.

There are hundreds of state as well as Church schools where Muslim children are in majority. In my opinion, all such schools may be designated as Muslim community schools.

The Ultimate Legends of Islam

published by Naz on 16 February, 2009 - 22:01

The Ultimate Legends of Islam

A talk about the Legends of Islam who have inspired, motivated and changed the state of the world through their courage and unshaken faith in their belief.

Speaker: Imam Zia Ullah Khan
Date: Thursday 19th February
Starts: 5.30pm
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Lecture Theatre 1
Manchester Metropolitan University

There is also a SISTERS ONLY open Q&A sesson with Imam Zia Ullah Khan:

Date: same day
Time: 4pm-5pm
Venue: MMU Students Union: Conference Room

"Who are you to tell me what to do?"

published by You on 16 February, 2009 - 20:05

I tried this topic previously under the guise of the beards (and the veil) topic, but that went elsewhere.

The question I was trying to get at is how far should others go to try to get you to be (what they consider) a better Muslim?

Does anyone apart from parents, spouse, siblings have any right to tell you to do anything?

Even them, should hey be limited in how far they can go? (we all know that constant nagging can be a negative influence and get people to go the other way.)

So, what gives?

Terror suspects were tortured in Pakistan under UK policy

published by You on 16 February, 2009 - 20:00

Terror suspects were tortured in Pakistan under UK policy

  • Whitehall drew up interrogation policy, MI5 agent tells high court
  • Intelligence deal led to torture of Binyam Mohamed and others

A policy governing the interrogation of terrorism suspects in Pakistan that led to British citizens and residents being tortured was devised by MI5 lawyers and figures in government, according to evidence heard in court.

A number of British terrorism suspects who have been detained without trial in Pakistan say they were tortured by Pakistani intelligence agents before being questioned by MI5. In some cases their accusations are supported by medical evidence.

Beta-blocker 'erases' unpleasant memories

published by You on 16 February, 2009 - 17:32

Beta-blocker 'erases' unpleasant memories

Dutch scientists claim to have shown that the beta-blocker propranolol can "erase" unpleasant memories - a discovery which "opens up new avenues for providing a long-term cure for patients with emotional disorders".

Professor Merel Kindt and his team from the University of Amsterdam first subjected human volunteers to a "fear acquisition" process - that of causing them to associate pictures of spiders with a mild electric shock delivered to their wrists.

Guantanamo inmate 'fit to travel'

published by You on 16 February, 2009 - 02:46

Guantanamo inmate 'fit to travel'

A UK resident held at the US's Guantanamo Bay detention camp is fit enough to travel to the UK, the Foreign Office has said.

British officials, including a doctor, visited Binyam Mohamed in Cuba. The UK had expressed concerns over his health after reports he was on hunger strike.

His legal team hope he will be cleared for release by President Barack Obama and return to Britain within days.

Mr Mohamed has been held since 2002, but US charges were dropped last year.

'No medical concerns'

Mr Mohamed, who lived in west London, was arrested in Pakistan in 2002. The 30-year-old says he was tortured before arriving in Cuba, but the US denies the claims...

The Time of The Strangers

published by Sociology student on 15 February, 2009 - 00:00

Play/Download: Part: 1
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Play/Download: Part: 2
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This is the translation of a set of tapes from the famous Silsilatul-Hudaa wa Noor series by Imaam al-Albaanee.

He gives an extremely beneficial lecture establishing the foundational principles of Al Islam.

The Shaykh points out that this is time of the Ghurabah (strangers). Those people who oppose the Sunnah and spread of innovation, and the strange thing in this is these innovations are coming from our Brothers who attribute themselves to following the Sunnah.

Russians warn of Afghan parallels

published by You on 14 February, 2009 - 16:46

Russians warn of Afghan parallels

As Russia marks the 20th anniversary of its withdrawal from Afghanistan, officials in Moscow are warning that US and Nato-led forces are making exactly the same mistakes as the Soviet Union made when it invaded the country in 1979.

The BBC's Richard Galpin has been speaking to experts and veterans, who remember the withdrawal after 10 years of occupation as a traumatic and humiliating experience.

Lt Gen Ruslan Aushev, a Hero of the Soviet Union, sports a moustache that hangs over his mouth like a heavy velvet curtain.

But from the dark morass emerge words of precision and directness that befit a much-decorated commander of the Soviet military venture in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

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