Malmö: Libyan organization linked to Libyan intelligence agency The World Islamic Call Society is a Libyan missionary organization with branches all over the world. ———– The Libyan organization World Islamic Call Society, which owns the grand mosque in Malmö, has, according to reports from the Netherlands, links to the Libyan security service.
Ireland: President praises Islamic students’ contribution ISLAMIC STUDENTS make a “very positive contribution” to Irish society and its economy, according to President McAleese.
Norway: Immigrants, Muslims portrayed negatively in the media The IMDI report is available here (in Norwegian) ————- The Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI) published a report on Tuesday “Immigrants in Norwegian media: Media caused Islam fear and invisible day to day life”, a detailed report on how immigrants are portrayed in Norwegian media. The report shows that in 2009 there were just as many reports about Islam and Muslims (77,000) as there were about PM Jens Stoltenberg, and more than about the swine flu (74,000). 71% of all media reports focusing on immigration or integration were assessed as problem-oriented.
Netherlands: Politicians, Moroccans fed up with Moroccan harassment The mayor is getting police protection, shop-keepers don’t dare open up for late shopping nights and residents get stones through their windows or threats.
National identification among Muslims Update: Forgot to post this.. “Most important national values of living in the country” There’s generally agreement among Muslims and non-Muslims on the various values, but they diverge on the following: Respect for the law – Muslims 64.3%, non-Muslims 54.0% Tolerance towards others – Muslims 37.4%, non-Muslims 49.9% Freedom of speech and expression – Muslims 49.5%, non-Muslims 61.5% Respect for all faiths – Muslims 51.6%, non-Muslims 29.1% It’s interesting that non-Muslims put an emphasis on tolerance, while Muslims put an emphasis on respect. ————- The Open Society Institute (OSI) recently published their study of Muslims in Europe , focusing on 11 cities.
Sweden: Gov't should help Islamists leave extremism, says minister Meanwhile, in the UK Foreign Office is helping Islamists who want their names removed from the UN and US terror lists. The Foreign Office says the men are not associated with al-Qaeda and the Taliban any longer. ————- Sweden needs to do more to help young “violence-affirming Islamists” turn their backs on extremist organizations, minister for integration Nyamko Sabuni said on Tuesday.
France: Radical imam deported to Egypt FRANCE today deported to Egypt a radical imam who for months had been inciting followers in Paris area mosques to rise up against the West, the government said. Described as dangerous, Ali Ibrahim Al-Sudani was detained and sent back to Egypt under an emergency deportation order, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said in a statement. “The secret services had identified this dangerous individual who for the past months had been delivering sermons calling for a fight against the West in several mosques in the Seine-Saint-Denis area,'' said Hortefeux in a statement
Short Scandinavian News Sweden Family of Somali stoning victim seek asylum – The father and brother of Aisha Ibrahim, the 13 year old girl who became the first stoning victim in Somalia on October 27, 2008, are now in Sweden. Aisha's father, Ibrahim Dhuhulow, says he could not do anything since he belongs to a minority clan who do not have the influence or resources to protect its members, and during the stoning was in a refugee camp in Kenya.
London: University not preventing radicalization University College London, where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was recently president of the Islamic Society, has been accused of being “complicit” in the radicalisation of Muslim students by “failing grotesquely” to prevent extremists from giving lectures on campus. UCL has been heavily criticised in the past for its relaxed attitude to radical preachers, and security agencies are investigating whether it was there that Detroit bomber Abdulmutallab was recruited by al-Qaeda sympathisers.
Shah Wali-u Allah was born on 4th Shawwaal, 1114 / 21 February 1703 1703 at Phulat in Delhi. His ancestors had migrated from Arabia to Iran for reasons not known. Later on when the invasion of the Tatars caused widely spread terror and destruction in Iraq and Iran, the forefathers of the Shah are said to have migrated to India and found their settlement here at Rohtak village