Germany: Stormy debate about anti-Muslim book (A protest against Sarrazin: ’shut up’) Thilo Sarrazin’s new anti-immigration/anti-Muslim book continues to make waves in Germany. The Bundesbank wants to fire him and his party, the Social Democrats, wants to expel him.
Brussels: Halal hotel rooms Starting in 2011, hotels in Brussels could get a halal label.
Belgium: Prisoner goes amok after losing Ramadan privileges Another incident of extreme violence in a Limburg prison. Last Saturday a warden was beaten by Jamal El Khaoui (20), AKA ‘the Little Pirate’, in the juvenile prison in Tongeren, incapacitating him from work for six weeks. “It’s time that the management stops with policy of pampering detainees
Link to all Ramadan 2010 posts By Sh. Haitham Al-Haddad cross-posted with permission from Islam21c.com I call upon committee members and Imāms to seek the pleasure of Allah and not the pleasure of their congregation. Imāms should respect the Qur’ān when leading the Tarāwī ḥ Prayer All praises be to Allah and may the blessings and salutation be upon his messenger Muhammad
Amsterdam: Two men questioned in US terror probe ( video of the arrest ) Via AP : Dutch investigators on Tuesday questioned two men arrested at Amsterdam’s airport after U.S. authorities found suspicious items in their checked luggage, including a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle and a knife and box cutter.
France: Burger chain launches more halal outlets Via AFP : A popular fast-food brand said Tuesday it would extend the number of halal only restaurants in its chain in France, after a controversial pilot project in February proved a success. Some politicians reacted angrily to Quick’s announcement earlier this year of its first halal-only branches, saying the chain had deprived non-Muslims of a right to standard burgers and promoted social divisions. But the Belgian chain said Tuesday it would switch 14 more of its French branches to serve only halal meat, certified as slaughtered in accordance with Islamic practices, bringing the total in France to 22 of its restaurants
Congratulations to the three winners of the Elenany Eid Giveaway .
Gaddafi: ‘Islam should become the religion of all of Europe’ ( photo ) Via Times of India : Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy on Monday after he said Europe should convert to Islam. Kadhafi made the comments on Sunday during a lecture to a group of 500 young women hired and paid by an agency to attend his lecture. “Islam should become the religion of all of Europe,” one of the women quoted Kadhafi as saying in the Italian press.
Taraweeh Salaah – Night 21 By Sheikh Abdul Hamid Lachporia – Canada In the Name of Almighty Allah Most Gracious, Most Merciful Tonight’s Tarawee consists of Ilayhi Yuraddu (JUZ 25) and the Surah’s that will be covered are: the concluding section of Surah Fussilat or Ha Min; Surah Al Shura; Surah Al Zukhruf; Surah Al Dukhan; and Surah Al Jathiyah. SURAH AL SHURA: The theme is how evil and blasphemy can be cured by the Mercy and Guidance of Allah, which come through His Revelation.
Copenhagen: Ramadan is cause of riots, says police Twelve youth were caught by the police Sunday evening in Nørrebro in Copenhagen, after setting fires and overturning a car, and driven home to their parents. The police are blaming the lack of sugar balance