Sweden: Six charged over ‘honor’ beating 0
Sweden: Six charged over ‘honor’ beating Six men in Hallsberg, central Sweden, were charged with beating a 19-year-old with metal rods at a gym. Police believe the attack is an honor crime.
Archive for January, 2012
Ukraine: Newspaper depicts Africans and Arabs as monkeys groping woman 0
Ukraine: Newspaper depicts Africans and Arabs as monkeys groping woman Via France24 : A local newspaper in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil illustrated its front-page story on Tuesday with a photomontage of monkeys groping a woman to depict African and Arab men who had allegedly gotten into a bar fight. Our Observer, a Congolese student living in Ternopil, tells us this has deeply upset African students at his university, who he says are frequently the target of racist attacks.
Rabiul Awwal 0
The month of Rabi’-Ul-Awwal is considered to be amongst the most special and significant months, because mankind was blessed with the birth of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw).
Rabiul Awwal 0
The month of Rabi’-Ul-Awwal is considered to be amongst the most special and significant months, because mankind was blessed with the birth of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw). Regarding this special event Allah (swt) has stated in the Holy Quran “We have sent him (Muhammad saw) as a source of mercy for the A’alimeen (humans, jinns and all else that exists),” (Surah 21.Al- Anbiya: Verse 107). Muhammad (saw), the master of the prophets was born in the holy city of Mecca on Monday morning, the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th of Rabi’-Ul-Awwal.
Netherlands: Burka ban might popularize it, warns Muslim politician 0
Netherlands: Burka ban might popularize it, warns Muslim politician Via JPost : It’s easy to see why Fatima Elatik dislikes burkas.
Wales: Kind mosque families raise £500 to help twins’ parents 0
Wales: Kind mosque families raise £500 to help twins’ parents MEMBERS of a Swansea mosque have raised £500 in just 48 hours to help a couple who say they are struggling to visit their premature twins in hospital. Families at the Swansea University site said they were inspired to help after reading about the story in the Evening Post.
Wales: Kind mosque families raise £500 to help twins’ parents 0
Wales: Kind mosque families raise £500 to help twins’ parents MEMBERS of a Swansea mosque have raised £500 in just 48 hours to help a couple who say they are struggling to visit their premature twins in hospital. Families at the Swansea University site said they were inspired to help after reading about the story in the Evening Post.
Netherlands: Immigration minister wants to get rid of ‘allochtoon’ 0
Netherlands: Immigration minister wants to get rid of ‘allochtoon’ Via DutchNews : The word allochtoon, literally meaning non-native, should no longer be applied to people born in the Netherlands, immigration minister Gerd Leers told a meeting on Monday night, according to the Telegraaf. ‘I want people born in the Netherlands to be called Dutch, plain and simple, not non-native,’ Leers told the readers of women’s magazine Libelle. ( source )
Netherlands: Immigration minister wants to get rid of ‘allochtoon’ 0
Netherlands: Immigration minister wants to get rid of ‘allochtoon’ Via DutchNews : The word allochtoon, literally meaning non-native, should no longer be applied to people born in the Netherlands, immigration minister Gerd Leers told a meeting on Monday night, according to the Telegraaf.
Macedonia: Muslims Urge Restraint Over Carnival 0
Macedonia: Muslims Urge Restraint Over Carnival Via AP/ABC News : Muslim leaders in Macedonia appealed for calm on Monday among community members outraged over a carnival in which Orthodox Christian men mocked Muslims by dressing as Burqa-clad women. The incident at the Jan. 13 Vevcani festival has prompted angry, sometimes violent demonstrations by Muslims, who make up 33 percent of the country’s 2.1 million population and accuse the majority of stoking hatred against them.