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Head quits in Muslim assembly row

Head quits in Muslim assembly row

A Sheffield head teacher has resigned after parents complained about her plans to scrap separate assemblies for Muslim pupils.

Julia Robinson had wanted to hold one assembly for pupils of all faiths at Meersbrook Bank Primary School.

Her replacement said the school did now hold one "daily act of worship in keeping with legal requirements".

Sheffield City Council claimed Mrs Robinson resigned for "personal reasons" not connected to the row...

Read more @ BBC News

Flirting... with death!

Level crossing risks at four year high

The number of cases of motorists taking dangerous and illegal risks at UK level crossings is at a four-year high.

Figures released by Network Rail show there were more than 3,400 cases of level crossing misuse last year, disrupting thousands of trains.

Watch the video @ BBC News,

A couple of very close encounters there. does that last person lose his shoe with that train?

Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar

Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar

A British man who fooled the media into believing he was an al-Qaida insider has admitted in court that he made up the claims.

Hassan Butt received significant media attention for his claims to have helped send scores of Britons to terrorist training camps overseas and to have met Mohammad Sidique Khan, the ringleader of the 7 July 2005 attacks on London.

Butt was the former spokesman for the extremist group al-Muhajiroun and was invited to meet a government minister to discuss ways to combat terrorism, as well as featuring heavily in BBC News, national newspaper and US television reports on al-Qaida.

Suicide or Martyrdom?

In the argument of whether operations where the person brings death upon himself are allowed or not, the ones who oppose this form of Jihad use the main argument that it is suicide because death was not brought by the enemy but by the person himself.
Ibn al Athir, in al-Kamel, mentions an incident that happened during the siege of Acre by Salahudeen. Unfortunately, he mentions it in passing without a comment.

Monkeys are Terrorists?

I came across this article by Harun Yahya:

He said people who believe in Theory of Evolution, known as the monkey theory, are the original terrorists.

So, according to him, all Athiests are involved in terrorism.

He is funny. He likes President Ahmadinejad of Iran.

Harun Yahya:

"Darwinism is the root of terrorism, Islam is the antidote"

9 Feb 2009

Harun Yahya is a prominent advocate of Islamic creationism in the creation-evolution debate. He is considered to be the leading Muslim advocate of creationism.

Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager

Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager

Luiz Felipe Scolari has been sacked as manager of Chelsea.

A statement on the club's website revealed the move had been made "to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for".

Scolari, who led Brazil to their 2002 World Cup triumph, was appointed in June as the Avram Grant's replacement.

Chelsea, fourth in the Premier League and seven points behind Manchester United, will be led by assistant Ray Wilkins on an interim basis.

"Luiz Felipe Scolari has been dismissed as manager of Chelsea Football Club with immediate effect," read the statement. "The Chelsea board would like to place on record our gratitude for his time as manager...

Best reason to not smoke weed?

Marijuana testicular cancer link

Frequent or long-term marijuana use may raise a man's risk of testicular cancer, American research suggests.

The study of 369 men, published in the journal Cancer, found being a regular marijuana user doubled the risk compared to those who never smoked it.

The results suggest that it may be linked to the most aggressive form of the cancer...

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