Spain: Kurd jailed for hurling shoe at Turkey PM A Spanish court sentenced a Syrian Kurd to three years in prison Wednesday for throwing a shoe at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in what he called a bid to highlight the plight of Kurds.
UK: Tory MP bids to ‘ban the burka’ A Tory MP has launched an effort to pass a law banning Muslim women from wearing the burka. Philip Hollobone will attempt to steer legislation through the Commons to regulate the wearing of “certain facial coverings”. The Kettering MP said his Bill would make it illegal for people to cover their faces in public “which would obviously have a big impact for those who wear full-face Islamic veils”.
Strasbourg: Muslim tombs desecrated 18 tombs of the Muslim sector of the Robertsau cemetery in Strasbourg were violated last night by persons unknown that left no trace or message. The discovery came this morning when the guardian of the 61 tombs arrived. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com Socialist mayor Roland Ries defined it a barbaric act, and announced that the municipality will take care of the expense of renovating the burial sites.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In Surah Al-Ahzab , Allah addresses the wives of Prophet Muhammad [صَلى اللهُ عَليهِ وَ سَلم] with specific commands to guard their chastity: وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَى وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا “ And abide quietly in your homes, and do not flaunt your charms as they used to flaunt them in the old days of pagan ignorance; and be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues, and pay heed unto Allah and His Messenger: for Allah only wants to remove from you all that might be loathsome, O you members of the [Prophet’s] household, and to purify you to utmost purity .” [33:33] The word قَرْنَ stems from the root letters وق ر or, according to other scholars, the root letters ق ر ر , both implying more or less the same implicit meaning. According to Lane’s online Arabic-to-English lexicon , the root of the word قَرْنَ means –> to settle; be firm, steady, fixed, settled or established; be motionless, quiet, still, standing, stationary; to rest, remain, continue or reside in a place. Synonyms are ثَبَتَ and سَكَنَ which, when used for a man, also imply to reside or rest somewhere ’with authority or power’
6.1 THE IMPORTANCE OF EATING MANNERS Eating manners are very important since it is repeated many times every day. It must be done properly whether eating alone, with family, or with friends. To avoid pretenses, you should train yourself in proper eating manners, whether alone or with your family
Denmark: New attack planned against Mohamed cartoonist?
Morocco: Concern about Belgian Islam Morocco, which is trying to protect itself from Muslim extremists, sent a delegation of female preachers to Belgium last week, in order to convince the Belgian authorities that Moroccan Islam has gone through a real revolution in recent years and is an alternative to the extremist Islam which developed in recent years in Brussels. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com Starting in 2005, Moroccan women could, in effect, train to be preachers
EU: Compulsory Halal labels Meat from slaughter without stunning will now be labelled as such following a vote in the European Parliament. The rule change will affect UK halal and kosher meat suppliers where MEPs decided that meat from non-stunned animals will now have to be mentioned on the label. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com MEPs voted by 559 to 54 for the compulsory measure where the regulation would alert consumers to supplies entering the food system
Netherlands: NL 2023, a vision for the future Establishing high-level cultural institutions in disadvantaged neighborhoods, beyond the usual ‘elitist’ locations, upgrading the neighborhood, developing a Dutch ‘Harvard’, companies who sponsor parks and nature reserves, encouraging ‘circular migration’ instead of closing the doors. These are several points in the vision of the future NL 2023, developed by a group of highly-educated Moroccan-Dutch in an attempt to break through the polarized social debate. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com “We want to jump over the shadows of fear, distrust and the issues of the day’ NL 2023 write in an open letter to the ‘future cabinet’
Netherlands: Khat trade finances al-Shabab Khat smuggling from the Netherlands provides Somali terrorist organization al-Shabab with millions of Euros. Radio program “Dit is De Dag” (Radio 1) investigated and found very strong indications of this. I’ve reported on this issue before , but now a Dutch radio show interviewed Somali khat smugglers who admit that the money goes to al-Shabaab.