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Posted for SPN member Tejwant Singh ji Malik The Problem of Suffering: Muslim Theological Reflections Sherman A. Jackson Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Michigan Posted: September 18, 2010 07:51 PM Admin Note: The conversation below had me...

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Nearly-1-in-5-Americans-See-Obama-as-Muslim-101073314.html A new public opinion poll shows 18 percent of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim. The number of Americans with that mistaken idea has risen in the past year, although...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-teacher-says-no-to-burqa-in-a-west-bengal-muslim-university-isnt-allowed-to-teach/653282/0 For the past three months, 24-year-old Sirin Middya has not been able to hold her classes at West Bengal’s first Muslim university. While the guidelines at Aliah...

T. J. Joseph, a teacher at Thodupuzha New Man College in the Southern most state of Kerala in South India was attacked by Muslim fundamentalists and his hands were cut off. Kerala claims the highest literacy rate in India and Christians make 19% of the population of state with Islam and...

Five men have appeared in court accused of murdering a shopkeeper who was beaten to death during a robbery at his store. Umare Aslam, 20, Muawaz Khalid, 20, Shoaib Khan, 18, Nabeel Shafi, 18, and Rehman Afzal, 18, are charged with the murder and robbery of Huddersfield shopkeeper Gurmail...

Sikh family gave son away to grieving Muslim couple Yudhvir Rana, TNN, Jun 25, 2010, 06.29am IST AMRITSAR: A promise is a promise — and for the past 62 years, Charan Singh, also known as Manjur Jugnu, now pushing 80, has smugly kept a pledge made by his father, Master Maan Singh, to Noor...

The Jammu province accounts for around 45 per cent of the total population of Jammu and Kashmir. The province consists of six districts: Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Jammu and Kathua. Muslims form the majority of the population in the first three districts, and Hindus in the remaining three...

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court has held that a Muslim man's marriage to a woman of another religion shall be considered void and against the tenets of Islam if he fails to get her converted to the religion before wedlock. In its order, a division bench comprising Justices Vinod Prasad...

http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/fatwa-to-working-muslim-women-dont-talk-to-male-colleagues-24731.php?u=1254 The largest Muslim seminary in India, Darul Uloom of Deoband, has issued a fatwa against working Muslim women, saying working with men is not Islamic. The fatwa says it is unlawful for...

Muslim group issues warning to ‘South Park’ Site posted photo of murdered filmmaker, details about mansion Muslim group issues warning to ?South Park? - Television- msnbc.com LOS ANGELES - A U.S. Muslim group has issued a dire Internet "warning" to creators of the satirical animated TV...

Picking on Muslim women smacks of hypocrisy April 04, 2010 Haroon Siddiqui - Editorial Page, THE STAR, Toronto, Ontatio <di3>I</di3> do not like the niqab/burqa. It makes me uncomfortable. But that's not a good enough reason to argue that it be banned or, worse, that those wearing it be...

Muslim scholars tell Osama he's got it all wrong Muslim scholars tell Osama he's got it all wrong - Rest of World - World - The Times of India PARIS: Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing that the religious edict radical Islamists often...

Female Muslim doctors allowed to wear disposable sleeves for modesty: official guidance - Telegraph Female Muslim doctors and nurses are to be allowed to wear disposable sleeves in order to comply with NHS rules to prevent the spread of hospital superbugs. All staff involved in...

Divorced Muslim women entitled to maintenance The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : Divorced Muslim women entitled to maintenance Says relevant sections did not stand extinguished Rules that man cannot unilaterally end his marriage...

Another cartoon has left the Muslim community hurt and horrified, this time it is focused on the niqab worn by Muslim women. For centuries women around the world wore veils and covered their heads, even Victorian women were forced to cover up. But today’s western influence sees women going...

Don't vote if can't shed Burqa SC tells Muslim women New Delhi: In a statement of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court on Friday said electoral rolls with photographs cannot be opposed on the grounds that they hurt religious sentiments. "You cannot say I will still be a burqua-clad,"...

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net The Holy Quran is clear that the duration of breastfeeding of infants are for a period of two years. World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India’s guidelines also suggest breastfeeding for a period of two years. Breast milk is an excellent source of...

Interview : Makhdoom Syed Chan Pir Qadri on Sikh Muslim Relations by Yoginder Sikand Yoginder Sikand, editor of Qalandar recently interviewed Makhdoom Syed Chan Pir Qadri in London (UK). We are publishing the complete transcript as was received by us. Some accounts expressed by Makhdoom...

Muslim and Sikh Soldiers in the British Army Say Religion is Not an Issue Photo: Sikh soldiers, Signaller Simranjit 'Sim' Singh, 21 Signal Regiment (right), and Lance Corporal Sarvjit Singh, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps. [Picture: WO2 Richard Dawson RLC] By Deepak Lal Muslim...

Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population Executive Summary A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of...