The suspects, two Algerians aged 22 and 26, were indicted for “robbery with violence resulting in death without intention of giving it”. Two individuals – two Algerians aged 22 and 26 – were indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on Monday July 25, in accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, Le Figaro learned from […]
Posts Tagged ‘muslims’
1995: Jewish ‘Prophet’ Benjamin Netanyahu Predicts Muslims Will ‘Bring Down’ World Trade Center
(CNN) During an interview on CNN in November of 2006, Israeli Prime Minister — Benjamin Netanyahu — bragged that — in his 1995 book, Fighting Terrorism : How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists — he had “predicted” the attack on the World Trade Center. Netanyahu stated, “I wrote a book in 1995 — […]
Libyan Muslims turning to Christianity despite persecution
Photo Credit: Ahmed Kerr/Wikimedia Commons Libya (Mission Network News) — All across the Middle East and North Africa, people are turning away from Islam and following the risen Jesus. But in Libya, new believers often face hostility both from authorities and from their families. Why would they risk persecution to follow Jesus? Sammy works […]
Muslims in Karachi break the fast on the first day of Ramadan
Thousands of Muslims broke the fast at mosques in Karachi on Sunday night as the holy month of Ramadan began in Pakistan. But the war in Ukraine, which has sent energy and food prices soaring, has cast a shadow this year on Islam’s holiest month, where large gatherings over food and family celebrations are a […]
Hardline Muslims Kill Evangelist at Open-Air Event
Mosque in Uganda. (ctsnow’s, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hardline Muslims who grew furious at the preaching of a speaker at an open-air evangelistic event last week in eastern Uganda beat him to death and burned his body, sources said. John Michael Okero was quoting verses from the Koran about Christ on Feb. […]
CAIR says Islamophobic group working with Israeli government spied on Muslims for over a decade
Yesterday the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a press conference detailing new evidence about spies paid to surveil Muslims. CAIR’s findings show that an anti-Muslim group, working with the Israeli government, spied on prominent Muslims and Muslim organizations for over a decade. Bismillah. Today we are releasing extensive new evidence of an anti-Muslim hate […]
Ethnic Somali Muslims in Kenya Break Pastor’s Leg
Wajir County, Kenya. (NordNordWest, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Somali-born pastor in Kenya is still in severe pain after ethnic Somali Muslims in northeastern Kenya beat him on Dec. 3 for leaving Islam, sources said. The pastor, whose name is withheld for security reasons, said the four Kenyan-born, ethnic Somalis attacked him […]
The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 AD and the Rise of the Muslims
The Byzantines and Sasanians were rival powers who fought each other for supremacy in the Middle East. Although the conflict between the two powers began during the 6th century AD, it is in fact a continuation of a much longer rivalry which was started by their predecessors during the 1st century BC. The Byzantine–Sasanian War […]
Horseback Archery Sees Revival Amongst Elite Malaysian Muslims
Horseback archery was commonly used in hunting and warfare in Malaysia for thousands of years. While the ancient discipline declined with the introduction of firearms, it is now seeing something of a revival amongst upper-class Malaysians. “It’s a challenging sport — and Malaysians like a challenge,” explained Syed Abdul Muiz Syed Alias, a 59-year-old veteran […]
Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh and Muslims in India: a case of state failure in one and state inspired, in another?
Image of the recent destruction of Hindu Temple in Comilla, Bangladesh. Source: The Free Press Journal Image of destruction of Muslim properties during the 2020 anti-Muslim riot in Delhi, India. Source: Al Jazeera In India, the sectarian violence against the Muslims, a minority (213 million or 15.5% of the population), are a common occurrence since […]
Muslims Warn Jews To Leave Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris ‘No-Go Zone’ — Jews Cry ‘Antisemitism’
(Algemeiner) The Jewish press is attempting to put an antisemitic spin on a turf war between Muslims and tiny remnant of Jews in what has become a Muslim-dominated neighborhood of Paris: Residents of a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Paris have been targeted in separate incidents this week that involved antisemitic hate mail delivered to their […]
Pastor Killed for Proclaiming Christ to Muslims, Sources Say
Faluku Gaju is arrested in Namakoko B village, Uganda, in connection with the killing of pastor Barnabas Musana. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two men in eastern Uganda have been charged with murder in the Sept. 12 killing of an evangelist the suspects had harassed and threatened for his role in bringing […]
Two Christians in Pakistan Gunned Down by Muslims Shouting Anti-Christian Slogans
Survivors Call for Culprits to Be Brought to Justice 10/12/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two Christians in Pakistan were gunned down by a mob of Muslims following a property dispute that turned religious. Local human rights defenders claim that the deadly attack was the result of […]
Prominent leader’s assassination highlights the plight of Rohingya Muslims
A prominent Rohingya Muslim leader has been shot dead in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh. Mohibullah, who was in his late 40s, led one of the largest of several community groups to emerge since more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar after a military crackdown in August 2017, Al Jazeera reported. He was talking […]
American Muslims 20 years after 9/11
“The rising power of American Muslims” is the title of special issue of The Newsweek on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. It published an article by Steve Friess under the title: Since 9/11, US Muslims have gained unprecedented political, cultural influence. It’s been an impressive 2021 so far for Muslim Americans. The U.S. Senate, that […]
Sayyed Nasrallah Reiterates: Shia Muslims in Lebanon Are Not Seeking Tripartite Power-sharing
June 25, 2021 [embedded content] Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah indicated on Friday that some Lebanese parties unfairly insists on accusing Hezbollah of hindering the cabinet formation in Lebanon and attributing it to false assumptions related to Iran’s nuclear deal. Delivering a televised speech to tackle the latest developments in Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that […]
Muslims: The misunderstood community
Adjectives such as intolerant, rigid, and incompatible are often associated with Islam. It has been part of usual propaganda carried without context, with vested political motives, and half-baked assertions. It is more viewed in the west and an increasing number of other places as a religion more inclined towards violence and critical of modern civilization. […]
Muslims :The Woebegone Community
The present state of Muslims in India and elsewhere in the world is so beautifully captured in the following poignant words of one of the most celebrated contemporary Muslim intellectuals, Ziauddin Sardar in one of his books: “Muslims are sundered, divided and factional within, as much as they cherish a sense of superiority over other […]
Facebook Employees Accuse Company of Bias Against Arabs, Muslims
Tech giant Facebook is facing newfound accusations of bias and censorship, with employees now alleging that the company is displaying an anti-Arab and Muslim bias. BuzzFeed News reports that earlier this month a Facebook software engineer from Egypt wrote an open note to his colleagues warning: “Facebook is losing trust among Arab users.” Facebook has previously been […]