Sunday February 11, 2007
Islam: An ageing pop star, a rear admiral in the Royal Navy and the head of Amnesty International have been included on a list of most influential Muslims.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Islam: Ayaan Hirsi Ali — a brave critic of Islam to her supporters, a bigot to her critics — has found refuge in the intellectual bastion of leading U.S. conservatives.
Islam: Gina Khan is a British Muslim woman who lives near the men suspected of a plot to kidnap and kill a Muslim soldier. She says that it’s time to stop the radicals, and to stop being afraid of them.
Friday February 9, 2007
Islam: A Muslim has been charged with plotting to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier. Four others have been charged with terrorism offences.
Islam: Hundreds of angry Islamic worshippers threw stones and scuffled with police on Friday in an eruption of outrage over contentious Israeli renovation work at a disputed Old City holy site.
Islam: Israeli police have entered the area surrounding Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque to break up stone-throwing Palestinian protesters.
Thursday February 8, 2007
Islam: Police on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old Londoner suspected of encouraging terrorism. Sky News identified him as Abu Izzadeen, who had a public confrontation with a Cabinet minister last year.
Tuesday February 6, 2007
Islam: A Saudi-funded Islamic school in London has been accused of poisoning the minds of pupils as young as five years with a curriculum of hate.
Islam: The Paris Mosque is suing a French satirical magazine for alleged racism, saying three cartoons in an edition published last year were insulting to Muslims.
Islam: A senior Muslim cleric has urged Palestinians to rush to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem to protest against nearby Israeli public works that he said threatens the site’s foundations.
Monday February 5, 2007
Islam: Macon, Georgia mayor C. Jack Ellis, a practicing Christian throughout his life, on Thursday said he’s switched to the Islamic faith.
Wednesday January 31, 2007
Islam: Eight people were arrested in dawn raids across Birmingham this morning by police investigating an alleged plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier.
Islam • Soldiers of Heaven / Supporters of Mahdi: The ruins of the Soldiers of Heaven compound in Najaf yielded evidence Tuesday that the group had amassed huge wealth and weapons storehouses virtually under the noses of the Iraqi and U.S. militaries.
Islam: An unauthorized hourlong walk Tuesday through the bombed compound of a religious cult called Heaven’s Army revealed provocative clues about the group, which was decimated Sunday in a 24-hour U.S. and Iraqi offensive that authorities say left 263 alleged members dead and 210 injured.
Islam: One of Britain’s leading Muslims says he has sleepless nights about the growing radicalisation of the younger Islamic generation and that community leaders have closed their eyes to major problems in their midst.
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Islam is a diverse religion with sects ranging from liberal to ultra-conservative. The media often roughly divides Muslims in those who follow a so-called ‘moderate Islam’ from those who condone, promote and/or engage in acts of violence and terrorism on behalf of Islam.
Like other religions Islam also has cults — movements whose teachings violate one or more of the essential tenets of Islam.
The vast majority of Muslims are people who have been born into the religion. Leaving Islam — in favor of another religion or of atheism — is difficult, as those who do so usually are rejected by family, friends and the larger community. In Islam, apostasy is punishable by imprisonment or death.
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