Iranian ‘news agency’ copying off ‘Islam in Europe’ Yesterday I posted a story titled Belgium: Muslim organization sues sociologist for making link between Islam and antisemitism . Lo and behold, the Iranian AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA) posted the same story , with the same headline, and with the same exact translation.
Narrated AbudDarda’ (رضى الله تعالى عنه): The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection. [Sunan Abu Dawud] Related posts: Virtues of Durood Abu Dawud
Denmark: ‘One-legged bomber’ found guilty of terrorism Via Reuters : A Danish court on Monday found a 25-year-old ethnic Chechen man guilty of an attempted act of terrorism against a Danish newspaper which in 2005 printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Lors Doukaev, a Belgian citizen, was arrested after he accidentally set off a small blast at the Hotel Jorgensen in the centre of the Danish capital on Sept. 10 last year, injuring only himself.
Ukraine: Girl stoned to death for taking part in beauty contest Via the Daily Mail : A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under ‘Sharia law’ after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine. Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home. Friends said she liked wearing fashionable clothes and had come seventh in a beauty contest
Germany: Woman sets fire to man in mosque Via the Local : A Turkish woman set fire to a man in a mosque in southern Germany on Saturday. She says she acted out of revenge after the man raped her. The 36-year-old poured petrol over the 38-year-old man in a mosque in the city of Reutlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, before setting him alight
UK: churchman denies bacon-throwing hate campaign Via Chronicle Live (h/t London Muslim ): A CHURCH stalwart accused of leaving rashers of bacon outside a mosque and Muslim homes has denied running a religious hate campaign. John White was arrested as police investigated a spate of incidents in South Shields earlier this year. He pleaded not guilty at Newcastle Crown Court to five offences of religiously aggravated harassment, alarm, or distress
Belgium: Muslim organization sues sociologist for making link between Islam and antisemitism Via HLN (Dutch): The Vigilance Musulmane (Muslim Vigilance) think-tank lodged a complaint with the Centre for Equal Opportunities and the Fight Against Racism (CGKR) against VUB professor of sociology Mark Elchardus, for statements about Islam and antisemitism he made in the De Morgen newspaper. On May 12 the newspaper published the results of a study ‘Jong in Brussel’ by the Youth Research Platform. In the article Mark Elchardus said that antisemitism among Muslim students was theologically inspired and that there is a direct link between being Muslim and harboring antisemitic feelings.
Denmark: Government to study cultural impact of immigration Via Kristeligt-Dagblad (Danish): Søren Pind, the Danish integration minister, will study what immigration will mean to Denmark cultural-wise in 40 years.
UK: Muslim inbreeding endangering health of future generations, warns geneticist Via the Telegraph : Prof Steve Jones, one of Britain’s most eminent scientists, has warned that the level of inbreeding among the nation’s Muslims is endangering the health of future generations. (…) Prof Jones, who writes for the Telegraph’s science pages, told an audience at the Hay Festival: “There may be some evidence that cousins marrying one another can be harmful. “It is common in the Islamic world to marry your brother’s daughter, which is actually closer than marrying your cousin.
Antwerp: 45% of elementary school students are Muslim Via HLN : Almost half of the students in the Antwerp municipal elementary school system are Muslim, an increase of 12% compared with the 2007-2008 school-year. The figures are based on how many students ask to take Islam classes. The data was provided by request of Vlaams Belang from the Antwerp alderman of education, Robert Voorhamme (sp.a) Parents in Antwerp can choose which class their children go to: Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox, Anglicanism, Judaism, Islam or secular ethics.