Boko Haram Extremists Behead 7 Muslims on Eid - Al-Adha
New Age Islam News Bureau
7
Oct 2014
Female Kurdish fighters in Syria
Africa
• Boko
Haram Extremists Behead 7 Muslims on Eid Al-Adha
• Libya’s
Islamist Militants Parade with ISIS Flags
Arab World
• Syrian
Kurds Give Women Grenades in Last-Ditch Defence against Islamic State
• Twin
blasts kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria: Monitor
• Suicide
car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq
• Egyptian
army kills 17 militants in Sinai
• Islamic
State militants using some U.S.-made ammunition
• Ex-French
agent is Syria jihadist, report says as Paris denies
• Crime
and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals
• Egypt's
Sisi demands Turkish Cypriots removed from OIC
• Qaeda-linked
rebels seize priest in Syria: Franciscan Order
• Syrians,
Lebanese produce wine in ferment of war
Mideast
• ISIL
raises flag in eastern Kobane; Kurds say town has not fallen
• Turkey
cracks down on oil smuggling linked to ISIS
• Israel
leaders say Jerusalem to remain 'state capital'
• Kobane
is about to fall, says Erdoğan, calls for no-fly zone and safe havens
North America
• Haj: I
Was With God Alone, Crowds Did Not Bother Me
• Ben
Affleck Defends Muslims on US TV Talk Show
• FBI:
Militants may be working on plan to strike U.S.
• Canada
pledges Can$10 million for IS victims
• US
concerned over Pakistan, India border skirmishes
Southeast Asia
• Datuk
Zaid: Malaysia’s Islam Just as Violent as IS Beheadings
• PAS MP
says Muslims can’t dictate what non-Muslims consume
• Isma
says Jewish, Christian interests will lead ‘new government’ if Sedition Act
goes
• Don’t
deport, international law protects Uighurs, lawyer group tells Putrajaya
India
• Boycott
Chinese Products, Says Prominent Cleric in Eid Sermon
• Police Book
Two Dozen People for Raising Anti-India and Pro-ISISI Slogans in J&K
• Ceasefire
violation: Times have changed, Home Minister warns Pakistan
South Asia
• 19
Taliban militants killed during clearing operations, MoI says
• Japan
student suspected of trying to join ISIS
• Taliban
spokesman accidentally reveals his location on Twitter
• PM
Sheikh Hasina: Ongoing peace brightens Bangladesh's image
Europe
• Uzbek
Militants Declare Support For Islamic State
• Former
French FM Criticizes West's Wrong Policies in Middle-East
• IS,
Al-Qaeda Tarnishing Image Of Islam, Says Belgian Convert
• Germany
Wants To End Borderless Travel in Europe to Stop Islamic Fighters
• Counter-terror
police raid Islamic academy in London with links to extremists
• Kurds in
Netherlands storm parliament in protest against fighters of IS attacking Kobane
Pakistan
• TTP says
backs all Syria militants, not just Islamic State
• Seven
suspected militants killed in North Waziristan drone attack
• Editor-in-Chief
The Frontier Post Rehmat Shah Afridi Arrested
• Attacks
on mosque, seminary leave two dead in Quetta
• '14,000
Fata men to join Pakistan Army'
• Negotiation
with govt useless if Nawaz refuses to step down: Imran
• Pakistani
Talban’s support to ISIS spreads fear among religious minorities
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Africa
Boko
Haram Extremists Behead 7 Muslims on Eid Al-Adha
07 Oct,
2014
Boko
Haram extremists decapitated seven Muslims in the remote Northeast of Nigeria,
media reports said.
The
violence came as Nigerian Muslims marked the Eid al-Adha (the Feast of
Sacrifice) festival, a public holiday in the country. Most Islamic holidays in
recent years have been marred by the Takfiri group, AFP reported.
The
overnight raid targeted the town of Ngamdu in troubled Borno state, the area
hardest hit in the extremists'' five-year uprising.
In
recent months, Boko Haram Takfiris have targeted reprisal attacks at locals who
have fought alongside the military as vigilantes.
The
terrorists are thought to be in control of more than two dozen towns and
villages in the Northeast, but the military has vowed to retake all lost ground
as part of a continuing offensive launched in May of last year.
Muslims
traditionally celebrate Eid al-Adha, one of the most important religious
feasts, with the sacrifice of animals like sheep, rams, goats and cattle.
The act
commemorates Prophet Abraham’s (PBUH) submission to divine order to sacrifice
his son, Ismail (PBUH). However God provided Prophet Abraham with a ram to
sacrifice instead after he successfully passed the divine test.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930715000336
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Libya’s
Islamist Militants Parade with ISIS Flags
07 Oct,
2014
Libya’s
Islamist militant group Ansar al-Shariah has declared an “Islamic emirate” in
the eastern city of Derna and pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS), according to media reports coming out from the North African
Country.
A video
posted on YouTube shows a military parade in Derna with militants holding ISIS
flags and shouting pro-ISIS ISIS slogans.
Ansar
al-Shariah, accused by Washington of killing U.S. Ambassador Christopher
Stevens at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in 2012, held a rally on Sunday the
city’s so-called “companions square” where it announced allegiance to ISIS,
which declared an Islamic caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq.
On
Saturday, the Libyan national army bombed positions of the militant group in
Deran, reportedly killing several.
Ansar
al-Shariah is also active in the eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of the
uprising against former strongman Muammar Qaddafi.
Benghazi
is now regularly the scene not only of fighting but also the murders of members
of the security forces, political activists and journalists.
Libya
has been sliding into chaos since Qaddafi’s ouster three years ago, with
interim authorities confronted by powerful militias that fought to oust him.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2014/10/06/Video-Libya-s-Islamist-militants-parade-with-ISIS-flags.html
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Arab World
Syrian
Kurds Give Women Grenades in Last-Ditch Defence against Islamic State
October
7, 2014
Islamic
State forces are trying to oust the Kurdish defenders of Kobane, a Syrian town
on the border with Turkey. News agencies have posted photographs showing the
militants apparently raising their flag in the town, which Turkey had vowed to
defend.
Fighting
around Kobane is turning increasingly desperate, as the forces of the
self-declared Islamic State threaten to overrun the Syrian border town's
Kurdish defenders.
Syrian
Kurdish official Idris Nahsen told Agence France-Presse that IS forces are
within a kilometre of the town to the south, but their latest attempt to
advance had been repulsed by Kurdish forces. Although airstrikes by US-led
coalition forces had helped slow the IS advance on Saturday, Mr. Nahsen said
airstrikes alone would not be enough to break the siege on Kobane.
NBC News
reports that the situation is becoming desperate in Kobane, where civilians of
all ages are being recruited to help with the town's defence.
"Everybody
is fighting in Kobani. There are women my age who have been given hand grenades
to throw," said 63-year-old Alife Ali, as she waited in the hospital, a
small child in her arms. "Our people dug a [16 feet] deep and wide ditch
around the town to protect it. We will fight to the last person." Hassan
waited anxiously outside a room for a 20-year-old female relative, wounded in
the fighting. "She took up arms," he said. "They gave her a gun
though she had no experience." His mother, sitting next to him, said of
ISIS: "God curse them. They are worse than monsters. Look at what they did
to our people."
According
to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a female suicide
bomber was among those who engaged IS forces, killing herself at an IS post on
Sunday. The Observatory told AFP that is was the first time that such a tactic
has been used by Kurdish fighters against the Islamic militants. Nahsen
confirmed to AFP that the bombing had taken place, though he did not say
whether it would be repeated. "I don't know. It is related to the situation.
We don't have this strategy," he said.
The BBC
reports that the Kurds in Kobane are angry that they have yet to receive help
from Turkey, which promised last week that it would prevent the town from
falling to the IS advance. Turkey has yet to act beyond patrolling the border,
however. Turkish forces did deploy tear gas Monday against crowds of observers
and reporters who had gathered along the border. The BBC's Paul Adams reports
that one of the gas canisters shattered their vehicle's rear windshield and set
the van on fire briefly.
The
Christian Science Monitor reported last week that Turkey's apparent reluctance
to act may stem from fears of fuelling a resurgence of Kurdish separatism,
which it has long tried to suppress. The Monitor notes that the Turkish
government has been negotiating a peace deal with the Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK), an outlawed Kurdish militant group, but that deal is now in jeopardy.
In
return for expanded freedoms, the government wants the PKK to lay down its
arms. But the strife in Kobane could put those talks at risk. Last week Murat
Karayilan, a high-ranking commander in the PKK, told a Kurdish TV station that
peace negotiations with the Turkish government were "finished."
“The
cease-fire and the peace process is in a very fragile situation,” Ertugrul
Kurkcu, a member of Parliament for the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party,
the political affiliate of the PKK, tells The Christian Science Monitor.
“The
state of the cease-fire is not only determined by the situation in Turkey, but
the situation in the entire Kurdish nation,” Mr. Kurkcu says, alluding to the
Kurdish-populated region of Syria, referred to by Kurds as Rojava.
Cenk
Sidar, CEO of Sidar Global Partners, a Turkey-focused political and strategic
risk consultancy firm, told the Monitor that “The perception that the Turks
weren’t quickly willing to help the Kurds in Kobane has created a trauma in
Kurdish minds and it will be very hard to restore trust.” If Kobane falls to IS
forces, Mr. Sidar said, "The peace process will be over."
http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-kurds-women-grenades-last-ditch-defense-against-130646455.html
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Twin
blasts kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria: Monitor
07 Oct,
2014
Twin
truck bombings by jihadists killed at least 30 Kurdish People's Protection
Units (YPG) fighters and security officers on Monday in Syria's northeastern
town of Hasakeh, a monitoring group said.
"At
least 30 members of the YPG and asayesh were killed when two Islamic State
suicide bombers detonated their trucks at the northern entrance to
Hasakeh," Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman told
AFP.
The IS
bombers targeted two YPG and asayesh positions including a training camp in
Hasakeh, capital of the Kurdish-majority province of the same name.
Control of
the town is split between Kurdish forces and those loyal to Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad.
Monday's
twin bombings came as IS fighters press their assault on the embattled Kurdish
town of Kobane on the border with Turkey.
The
jihadists have been trying since September 16 to conquer the town, which would
complete their control over a lengthy stretch of Syria's border with Turkey.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/112468/World/Region/Twin-blasts-kill--Kurdish-fighters-in-Syria-Monito.aspx
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Suicide
car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq
07 Oct,
2014
SA: A
suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden armoured vehicle into houses used by
Shia militiamen north of the Iraqi city of Samarra, killing at least 17 people,
police and medical sources said Tuesday.
The
attack took place in Abbasiya, around 15 kilometres (nine miles) north of
Samarra, on Monday evening and completely destroyed two houses, the sources
said.
Thirteen
people were also wounded.
“The
destruction was huge. Those homes were by the (Tigris) river and had been
requisitioned by the militiamen to use as an observation post,” the police
officer said.
He said
the militiamen were monitoring the river to prevent Islamic State jihadist
fighters coming from the east from crossing over to the west bank.
The main
road leading from Baghdad to the north of the country runs through Samarra on
the west bank of the Tigris.
Samarra
is a mainly Sunni city that is home to one of the holiest Shia Muslim sites in
Iraq which is guarded by large contingents of Shia militiamen.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136598/suicide-car-bomb-attack-kills-17-in-iraq-police-doctor
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Egyptian
army kills 17 militants in Sinai
7
October 2014
Egypt’s
armed forces killed 17 members of the al-Qaeda-inspired Ansar bait al-Maqdis
during an anti-terror security operation in Sinai, the military said.
Four
leading members of the group, which has claimed a wave of attacks against
security forces, were arrested during the operations, which were still underway
early Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.
The
assault was carried out against militant hideouts in three villages south of
the town of Sheikh Zuweyid and in the Mahdiya village near Rafah, which is on
the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. The officials spoke on condition
of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media.
Ansar
Beit al-Maqdis has claimed most of the major militant attacks in Egypt since
the 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. It has also recently
beheaded several people it accused of spying for Israel.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/07/Egyptian-army-kills-17-militants-in-Sinai.html
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Islamic
State militants using some U.S.-made ammunition
October
7, 2014
Islamic
State fighters in Iraq and Syria have been using bullets manufactured in the
United States and 20 other countries, a new report from a weapons tracking
research group says.
About 20
percent (323) of 1,730 cartridges recovered by Kurdish forces were made in the
United States — and appear to have been taken from Iraq, according to a report
published by the Conflict Armament Research group.
"IS
forces appear to have acquired a large part of their current arsenal from
stocks seized from, or abandoned by, Iraqi defense and security forces,"
the report said. The analysis represents a small sample of the ammunition used
by the militant group's fighters — and is limited to bullets from self-loading
pistols, machine guns and submachine guns, and assault rifles.
Full
report at:
http://news.yahoo.com/isis-use-bullets-made-in-usa-140928571.html
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Ex-French
agent is Syria jihadist, report says as Paris denies
October
7, 2014
Paris
(AFP) - A former French intelligence officer who defected to Al-Qaeda was
targeted by US air strikes in Syria last month, US media reported Monday, in an
account promptly denied by Paris.
The
alleged defector was associated with Al-Qaeda militants in Syria suspected of
plotting to smuggle non-metallic bombs aboard passenger aircraft bound for
Western countries, ABC television reported, citing two unnamed intelligence
officials.
The
targeting of the defector was first reported by the McClatchy news service.
According
to the reports, European intelligence sources describe the former agent -- who
allegedly defected from either French military intelligence services or the
country's foreign spy agency the DGSE -- as the "highest ranking defector
ever to go over to the terrorist group."
Full
report at:
http://news.yahoo.com/ex-french-agent-syria-jihadist-report-says-paris-211850384.html
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Crime
and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals
October
7, 2014
SYDNEY
(Reuters) - The children of refugees who fled Lebanon's civil war for peaceful
Australia in the 1970s form a majority of Australian militants fighting in the
Middle East, according to about a dozen counter-terrorism officials, security
experts and Muslim community members.
Of the
160 or so Australian jihadists believed to be in Iraq or Syria, several are in
senior leadership positions, they say.
But
unlike fighters from Britain, France or Germany, who experts say are mostly
jobless and alienated, a number of the Australian fighters grew up in a
tight-knit criminal gang culture, dominated by men with family ties to the
region around the Lebanese city of Tripoli, near the border with Syria.
Not
every gang member becomes an Islamic radical and the vast majority of Lebanese
Australians are not involved in crime or in radicalism of any sort. Australian
Muslims say they are unfairly targeted by law enforcement, especially after the
surge in fighting in Iraq and Syria, and that racial tensions are on the verge
of spiralling out of control.
Still,
there is a clear nexus between criminals and radicals within the immigrant
Lebanese Muslim community, New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Nick
Kaldas told Reuters.
"It
is good training," said Kaldas, himself an immigrant from Egypt and a
native Arabic speaker.
Full
report at:
http://news.yahoo.com/crime-gangs-path-battle-australias-islamist-radicals-032523137.html
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Egypt's
Sisi demands Turkish Cypriots removed from OIC
World
Bulletin / News Desk
07 Oct,
2014
Egypt's
post-coup president Abdal-Fattah al-Sisi has demaned that the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) remove the term 'Turkish Cypriot State' in reference
to the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which has
observer status within the organization.
Speaking
at an OIC meeting in New York, al-Sisi insisted that any reference to the
“Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus or Turkish Cypriot State” was unacceptable
and was ultimately the reason for not adopting any resolutions or conclusions.
His
comments were supported by the United Arab Emirates and Iran, who along with
Egypt were thanked by the Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides for
expressing their opposition to what the Greek Cypriot administration deems to
be an illegal occupation of the northern half of the island.
However,
Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus wasted no time in rebuffing
his argument, as Turkey's representative to the UN Yasar Halit Cevik said: “Any
nation that has a problem with Turkey should resolve it with Turkey. An attack
on the Turkish Cypriot people is not acceptable.“
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/headlines/145743/egypts-sisi-demands-turkish-cypriots-removed-from-oic
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Qaeda-linked
rebels seize priest in Syria: Franciscan Order
07 Oct,
2014
A
Franciscan priest and several Christians have been seized by Al-Qaeda affiliate
Al-Nusra Front in a village in northwestern Syria, the Franciscan mission to
the Holy Land said on Tuesday.
"On
the night of October 5th, Father Hanna Jallouf of the Custody of the Holy Land,
parish priest at Qunyeh, Syria, was taken by some brigades linked to Jabhat
Al-Nusra," a statement from the Custody of the Holy Land said.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/112510/World/Region/Qaedalinked-rebels-seize-priest-in-Syria-Francisca.aspx
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Syrians,
Lebanese produce wine in ferment of war
07 Oct,
2014
In his
high-rise office in Beirut, Sandro Saade carefully chews a merlot grape from a
vineyard hundreds of miles away in war-ravaged Syria, trying to determine if it
is ripe enough to order the start of the harvest.
It's too
dangerous for him to travel to the vineyards of Domaine de Bargylus, which is
nestled in verdant hills where wine has been produced since ancient times. But
despite the bloody conflict and the threat of Islamic extremists, he is
determined to produce world-class wines, and to help preserve a Levantine
cosmopolitanism imperiled by decades of war.
In Syria
and Lebanon, boutique wineries mainly run by Christians have endured despite
decades of unrest and the fact that Islam - the majority faith in the region -
forbids both the production and consumption of alcohol. The challenges have
mounted since the eruption of Syria's conflict in 2011 and the rise of the
Islamic State extremist group and other jihadist organizations.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrians-lebanese-produce-wine-in-ferment-of-war.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72591&NewsCatID=344
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Mideast
ISIL
Raises Flag In Eastern Kobane; Kurds Say Town Has Not Fallen
Oct 07
2014
Militants
of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) raised their flag on a building
on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian border town of Kobane on Oct. 6 after an
assault of almost three weeks, but the town's Kurdish defenders said they had
not reached the city centre.
A black
flag belonging to ISIL was visible from across the Turkish border atop a
four-storey building close to the scene of some of the most intense clashes in
recent days.
Another
flag was also seen being planted by a man on the crest of a hill on the eastern
edge of the town.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/isil-raises-flag-in-eastern-kobane-kurds-say-town-has-not-fallen.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72608&NewsCatID=352
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Turkey
cracks down on oil smuggling linked to ISIS
07 Oct,
2014
Sevda, a
22-year-old waitress in a brown apron, recounts how she made a small fortune
running smuggled diesel from a village on Turkey’s wild and dangerous border
with Syria. But the days when she could earn 20 times her salary waiting tables
came to an abrupt end several months ago when police arrested her and slapped
her employers with a massive fine.
The
smuggled fuel came from oil wells in Iraq or Syria controlled by militants,
including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and was sold to middlemen
who smuggled it across the Turkish-Syrian border. Western intelligence officials
have alleged that Turkey is turning a blind eye to a flourishing trade that
strengthens ISIS, and Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Turkey to do
more to stem the trade. Analysts estimate that ISIS gets up to $3 million a day
in revenue from oil fields seized in Iraq and Syria.
But in
about two dozen interviews, Turkish authorities, smugglers and vendors along
Turkey’s 900-kilometer border with Syria paint a remarkably similar picture:
Oil smuggling was a booming business until about six months ago, when Turkish
authorities ramped up a multi-layered crackdown that has significantly
disrupted the illicit trade. Many of those interviewed, including Sevda, gave
only their first name or asked for anonymity out of fear of reprisals by
authorities or smugglers, who believe that reports in the Turkish news media
led to the crackdown.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/energy/2014/10/06/Turkey-cracks-down-on-oil-smuggling-linked-to-ISIS.html
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Israel
leaders say Jerusalem to remain 'state capital'
World
Bulletin / News Desk
Oct 07
2014
Israeli
leaders have asserted that Jerusalem would remain as their state's capital,
despite international criticism over recent plans to build more Jewish-only
settlement units in the occupied holy city.
"One
of the more significant elements of our national unity, is the general
agreement on Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the world needs to
understand that," Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said on Monday evening
during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Jerusalem
is our capital and as our capital, we need to allow the residents of the city
to live and reside in it,” Rivlin was quoted as saying by a statement from the
premier's office.
According
to the release, Netanyahu added: "When this [settlement building] happens
in the capital of Israel, do we have to apologize? Or to cancel it? Not in my
opinion, not in your opinion, and not in the opinion of any sensible Jew or
indeed any reasoned and fair-minded person.”
Full report
at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/headlines/145729/israel-leaders-say-jerusalem-to-remain-state-capital
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Kobane
is about to fall, says Erdoğan, calls for no-fly zone and safe havens
Oct 07
2014
Turkey’s
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the northern Syrian town of Kobane on
the Turkish border, which has been under the siege of jihadists for three
weeks, is about to fall and air strikes are not enough to fight off the attack.
“Kobane
is about to fall,” Erdoğan told Syrian refugees on Oct. 7 during a visit to a
refugee camp in Gaziantep.
“The air
strikes will not stop the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
[ISIL]. We need a no-fly zone, safe havens and to train and equip the moderate
opposition in Syria,” Erdoğan said.
ISIL
jihadists began advancing on Kobane three weeks ago, quickly capturing a string
of villages surrounding the town and prompting some 186,000 Syrian Kurds to
flee across the Turkish border.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kobane-is-about-to-fall-says-erdogan-calls-for-no-fly-zone-and-safe-havens.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72650&NewsCatID=510
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North America
Haj: I
Was With God Alone, Crowds Did Not Bother Me
07 Oct,
2014
MINA —
Maria Luiz Calfo Liva is one of the pilgrims who has performed Haj from Cuba.
She is 50 years old and had become a Muslim only seven months ago.
"I
represent the entire Cuban Haj mission. I am one of the pilgrims who have come
from the Republic of Cuba for the pilgrimage this year," she told local
daily Al-Watan on Monday.
Liva is
accommodated at the camp number 27 in Mina, which belongs to the Tawafa
Establishment of the Turkish, European and Australian pilgrims. She has
maintained very close ties with her camp mates. She has become exceptionally
close to the supervisor of the camp Hussam Al-Miski whom she calls "my
son" and he calls her "my mother".
Liva,
who is a schoolteacher, said it took her three days of flying to arrive at the
Kingdom. "It took me 12 hours to arrive in Moscow from Havana and then
more than seven hours to reach Dubai. The flight from Dubai to Jeddah was two
and a half hours. This is in addition to the long hours I spent at the transit
lounges," she said.
Full
report at:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20141007220471
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Ben
Affleck Defends Muslims on US TV Talk Show
07 Oct,
2014
Hollywood
Alister Ben Affleck has delivered a spirited defence of Muslims worldwide on a
TV talk show hosted by a fellow liberal with little time for the Islamic faith.
Affleck,
well known for his progressive views, was promoting his latest film "Gone
Girl" on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" when the conversation
turned towards Islam.
"Islam
at the moment is the mother lode of bad ideas," said fellow guest Sam
Harris, a philosopher who claimed that 20 percent of the world's Muslims are
either jihadists or Islamists, according to "a bunch of poll
results."
Oscar-winner
Affleck recoiled at the broad-brush portrayal of the world's second-biggest
faith.
"So
you're saying that Islamophobia is not a real thing," snapped the actor,
who tackled the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis in his 2012 political-thriller
"Argo."
"But
why are you so hostile about this?" said Maher, a left-wing comedian and
atheist who shared Harris's contempt for Islam.
"It's
gross, it's racist," a visibly frustrated Affleck said, likening it to
calling someone "a shifty Jew."
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/112485/Arts--Culture/Film/Ben-Affleck-defends-Muslims-on-US-TV-talk-show.aspx
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FBI:
Militants may be working on plan to strike U.S.
07 Oct,
2014
An
al-Qaeda cell in Syria that was targeted in American military airstrikes last
month could still be working on a plan to attack the United States or its
allies and is “looking to do it very, very soon,” the head of the FBI says.
“Given
our visibility we know they're serious people, bent on destruction,” FBI
Director James Comey said.
The
Khorasan Group, a small but battle-hardened band of al-Qaida veterans from
Afghanistan and Pakistan, was the target of U.S. strikes near Aleppo, Syria.
In an
interview broadcast Sunday on CBS' “60 Minutes,” Comey said the militants were
“working and, you know, may still be working on an effort to attack the United
States or our allies, and looking to do it very, very soon.”
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/06/FBI-Militants-may-be-working-on-plan-to-strike-U-S-.html
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Canada
pledges Can$10 million for IS victims
07 Oct,
2014
Ottawa
(AFP) - Canada's foreign minister pledged Can$10 million (US$9 million) on
Monday to help victims of sexual violence and human rights abuses that he said
were perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Minister
John Baird told parliament the organization's "brutality is matched only
by its depravity.
"In
one case over the summer it herded up 150 women and girls, mostly Christians
and Yazidis, and sent them to Syria to be given to (IS) fighters either as a
reward or to be sold as sex slaves," he said.
"Iraqi
forces capturing towns from (IS fighters) have reported finding naked women
tied to trees."
Full
report at:
http://news.yahoo.com/canada-pledges-10-million-victims-222413040.html
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US
concerned over Pakistan, India border skirmishes
07 Oct,
2014
WASHINGTON:
The United States on Monday expressed concerns over border skirmishes between
Pakistan and India along the Line of Control.
A State
Department Spokesperson told a press conference US is concerned over exchange
of shelling between the armies of India and Pakistan.
She said
that Washington’s policy on Kashmir had not changed as it wanted a solution
through talks between Pakistan and Indian.
http://www.thefrontierpost.com/us-concerned-over-pakistan-india-border-skirmishes/
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Southeast Asia
Datuk
Zaid: Malaysia’s Islam Just as Violent as IS Beheadings
07 Oct,
2014
KUALA
LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Malaysia’s brand of Islam is just as violent as that propagated
by the Islamic State (IS) militant movement, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said today,
claiming that while the latter beheads dissenters, the authorities here punish
unconventional Muslims.
In
Malaysia, the former de facto law minister pointed out in his blog, so-called
“deviant” Muslims are jailed, abandoned babies are automatically classified as
Muslims if they remain unclaimed after several weeks, and Muslim children born
out of wedlock are prohibited from using their father’s names.
These
policies, Zaid said, are just as violent, if not more so, than chopping
someone’s head off.
“Cutting
someone’s head off may be unacceptable but isn’t it fair to ask how Malaysia is
any different?” Zaid wrote in the blog post today titled “The story of Muslim
leaders”.
“IS
leaders say those who don’t accept their decisions violate religious tenets and
commit the offence of insulting the religion, which means their position is no
different from religious leaders in Malaysia,” he added.
The
outspoken former politician said prohibiting one from practising their
religious beliefs is the “worst” kind of violence, citing the case of Kamariah
Ali, the Ayah Pin sect follower who was sent to jail.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/zaid-malaysias-islam-just-as-violent-as-is-beheadings#sthash.BMv4YemL.dpuf
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PAS MP
says Muslims can’t dictate what non-Muslims consume
07 Oct,
2014
KUALA
LUMPUR, Oct 7 — PAS lawmaker Khalid Samad today insisted that Muslims have no
right to impose their religious restrictions on food and drink on non-Muslims,
despite the flurry of criticism by party colleagues and religious conservatives
over his defense of the month-long Oktoberfest beer festival in the country.
The Shah
Alam MP said Muslims would be mistaken if they argue against the widespread
advertising and promotion of the annual festival on grounds of Islamic
supremacy in Malaysia, as the Islamic syariat, or code, clearly allows
non-Muslims the freedom to practice their own norms.
"This
freedom that is guaranteed by the Islamic code for non-Muslims living under its
administration is proof of the truth and glory of Islam.It is also proof that
Islam can rule a plural country," he said in a post on his blog,
khalidsamad.com.
The
vocal politician was recently slammed by party colleagues and religious groups
over his stance in favour of Oktoberfest, with critics arguing that religious
authorities are duty bound to shut down the event and that non-Muslims' right
to their own festivals must be tempered with the fact that Malaysia is an "Islamic"
country.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/defending-oktoberfest-pas-mp-says-muslims-cant-dictate-what-non-muslims-con#sthash.l0iWfKE0.dpuf
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Isma
says Jewish, Christian interests will lead ‘new government’ if Sedition Act
goes
07 Oct,
2014
Repealing
laws like the edition Act "in a package" will give rise to liberalism
and expose the nation to foreign intervention, allowing Jewish and Christian
capitalists to determine and shape the country's policies, said Islamic
non-governmental organisation Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma).
Its
president Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman (pic) said the repeal of certain laws could
also lead to the downfall of the government and be replaced by a government
that supports these capitalists.
He said
the Sedition Act was a man-made law, which was not based on Islam, so it could
be reviewed from time to time, changed or even abolished.
"For
the context of this discussion, is it good to abolish or keep it?" he said
in a statement on Isma's website today.
Abdullah
Zaik said the repeal would allow certain quarters to debate core issues that
cannot be challenged such as the position of Islam, the sovereignty of the
Malay rulers, the privileges of the Malays and Bumiputeras, and matters concerning
the Malay language.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/isma-says-jewish-christian-interests-will-lead-new-government-if-sedition-a#sthash.DpJrX58Z.dpuf
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Don’t
deport, international law protects Uighurs, lawyer group tells Putrajaya
07 Oct,
2014
Putrajaya
is bound by international law not to forcibly deport the 155 detained Uighurs
back to China until it has more information on why the migrants left the
country and whether they were eligible to seek international protection, said a
human rights and law reform group said.
Lawyers
for Liberty (LFL) in a statement today said the government should not act
hastily in deporting the Uighurs as they could face severe persecution,
including arrest, disappearance and torture.
"Even
though Malaysia is not a signatory to the convention relating to the status of
refugees, Malaysia is still bound by international law not to forcibly deport
the Uighurs back to China, said LFL executive director Eric Paulsen.
"Further,
as a signatory to the convention on the rights of the child and the convention
on the elimination of all forms of dscrimination against women, there are added
international obligations to ensure the safety and well-being of the women and
children.
"By
forcibly deporting them, Malaysia would certainly be in breach of both
conventions," he said in a statement.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dont-deport-international-law-protects-uighurs-lawyer-group-tells-putrajaya#sthash.iIzKk3I5.dpuf
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India
Boycott
Chinese Products, Says Prominent Cleric in Eid Sermon
Oct 7,
2014
People
in India should boycott Chinese products to protest the border intrusion
incidents and save the domestic cottage industries, prominent Muslim cleric
Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali today said.
In his
address before Eid-ul-Azha prayers, Mahali, who is the 'Shahr Qazi' and head
cleric of Aishbagh Eidgah, said Muslims should work to remove misconceptions
about Islam through social media.
He said
that the manner in which China was "attacking" Indian borders,
through intrusion, it was posing a serious threat to the national security.
He
appealed to all the Indians, especially Muslims, to shun Chinese products. The
Maulana said that Chinese products like toys were also posing a threat to small
and cottage industries in the country, many of which had already closed.
"It
is posing a threat to livelihood of many Indians engaged in small and cottage
industries," he said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/top-stories/boycott-chinese-products-says-prominent-cleric-in-eid-sermon.html
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Police
book two dozen people for raising anti-India and pro-ISISI slogans in J&K
Oct 7,
2014
The
Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday booked nearly two dozen people for raising
anti-India slogans at Kishtwar.
Two of
the people have been arrested, sources said, identifying them as Saqib Shah
resident of Puhie and Muddasir of Baghwan area.
Giving
details, sources said that trouble erupted in the town soon after the Eid
prayers at Chowghan Maidan when some local Muslim youth tried to take out a
procession. Some of the processionists raised anti-India and pro-ISISI slogans.
As
provocative slogans had led to communal tension in the town leading to wide
spread violence and arson on Eid last year, the police immediately swung into
action and registered a case. While two people have been arrested, more are
likely as police are looking for others raising provocative slogans during Eid
procession.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/police-book-two-dozen-people-for-raising-anti-india-slogans-in-jk/#sthash.nTjz56U2.dpuf
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Ceasefire
violation: Times have changed, Rajnath warns Pakistan
TNN |
Oct 7, 2014
NEW
DELHI: In a grave ceasefire violation coinciding with Eid, Pakistani border
forces early on Monday killed five Indian civilians and injured 34 others in
firing from across the international border in Jammu sector. The violation drew
strong reactions from India, with both defence minister Arun Jaitley and home
minister Rajnath Singh condemning the "continuous" border
provocations by Pakistan and warning it of a befitting reply by
"fully-ready" Indian troops.
The
heavy and unprovoked firing/shelling by Pakistani troops on border outposts
(BoPs) and civilian areas in Arnia belt of Jammu district since 10pm on Sunday
resulted in the highest civilian casualty along the Indo-Pakistan border since
2003. BSF troops are said to have retaliated effectively, leading to
intermittent firing exchanges through Monday.
Meanwhile,
Islamabad summoned India's deputy high commissioner JP Singh to lodge a strong
protest against what it in turn called unprovoked firing by the Indian side. In
a statement, the Pakistan foreign office said, "The Government of Pakistan
has lodged strong protest with the Government of India through diplomatic
channels and called for restraining its forces from constant violation of the
ceasefire. This was the sixth violation, occurring on daily basis since 1st
October. Indian Forces violated from Akhnur, Dawar, Gulmerg, Jammu, Dawar and
lastly, from Charwah Sectors." According to the Pakistan government, four
Pakistanis were killed and three injured in the firing.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ceasefire-violation-Times-have-changed-Rajnath-warns-Pakistan/articleshow/44540834.cms
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South Asia
19
Taliban militants killed during clearing operations, MoI says
Oct 07
2014
At least
19 Taliban militants were killed and 3 others were injured following joint
military operations led by Afghan national police, the Ministry of Interior
(MoI) said Tuesday.
A
statement released by MoI said, “In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police
conducted several anti-terrorism joint operations with Afghan National Army and
NDS to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and
stability of Afghanistan.”
The
statement further added that the operations were conducted in Paktika, Paktiya
and Kunar provinces, as a result 19 armed Taliban members were killed and three
others were wounded.
“Also,
during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated
light and heavy rounds ammunition,” the statement added.
The
statement also added that the duringthe same 24 hour period, Afghan National
Police discovered and defused three different types of IEDs placed by enemies
of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces.
The
Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
http://www.khaama.com/19-taliban-militants-killed-during-clearing-operations-moi-says-8766
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Japan
student suspected of trying to join ISIS
7
October 2014
Tokyo
police are investigating the possibility that a Japanese student tried to
travel to Syria to join Islamic State, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga
said on Tuesday, as the United States carries out air strikes on militant
targets.
Suga did
not elaborate, but the Asahi Shimbun daily said police questioned a 26-year-old
man, taking leave of absence from Hokkaido University in north Japan, about
plans to go to Syria to join Islamic State as a fighter.
“I am
aware police conducted a search based on the criminal law. But I would like to
refrain from going into details because the matter is under investigation,”
Suga told a news conference.
“As a
member of the international community, our country has a policy of actively
taking steps to prevent terrorism.”
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/asia/2014/10/07/Japan-student-suspected-of-trying-to-join-ISIS.html
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Taliban
spokesman accidentally reveals his location on Twitter
7
October 2014
The
Taliban’s spokesman in Afghanistan earlier this week accidentally revealed his
whereabouts on microblogging site Twitter, later claiming that the location
leak was an “enemy plot.”
On
Friday, Zabihullah Mujahid, 42, was attempting to use Twitter to claim an
attack by the group – whose Pakistani branch on Sunday declared allegiance to
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The
location embedded in the tweet - a feature which allows Twitter users to opt-in
to - showed that Mujahid was in the Sindh region in southwestern Pakistan - far
from the Afghan border.
Twitter
urges its users to be careful about sharing their locations. “There may be some
updates where you want to keep your location private,” according to company
literature.
In late
August, Mujahid claimed to have now have accounts on mobile texting
applications: Viber, WhatsApp, and WeChat, and distributed the details - with a
phone number - to a handful of journalists.
The
group’s transparency “is a one-off with regards to the Middle East,” Eliot
Higgins, a blogger who frequently analyzes photos and videos posted from
conflict zones told the Washington Post.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2014/10/07/Taliban-spokesman-accidentally-reveals-his-location-on-Twitter.html
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PM
Sheikh Hasin: Ongoing peace brightens Bangladesh's image
07 Oct,
2014
Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina has said ongoing peace and progress during the tenure of
the present government has brightened the image of Bangladesh and Bangalee
nation in the global arena.
The
premier made the statement after exchanging Eid greetings with party leaders
and workers and a cross section of people at her official residence Gonobhabn
on Monday morning.
"BNP-Jamaat
labeled Bangladesh as a land of militancy and corruption. We have eased the bad
name branding Bangladesh as a role model of development," she said.
Sheikh
Hasina said people of Bangladesh are enjoying the benefit of good governance of
present government under the leadership of Awami League.
"The
important feature of this year's Eid was the tolerable price of commodities and
sacrificial animals and other related items," she said.
The
prime minister said a good market of sacrificial animals during this year's
Eid-ul-Azha reflects economic prosperity of the people.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/oct/06/pm-ongoing-peace-brightens-bangladeshs-image#sthash.SHZpGcEh.dpuf
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Europe
Uzbek
militants declare support for Islamic State
07 Oct,
2014
MOSCOW:
Uzbek fighters from an Al-Qaeda-linked militant organisation have thrown their
support behind the militant Islamic State (IS) group controlling swathes of
territory in Syria and Iraq.
A top
leader for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), an ally of the Taliban
that has been mainly based in Pakistan's tribal belt since the US-led invasion
of Afghanistan in 2001, announced its backing for IS.
“Hereby,
on behalf of all members of our movement, in line with our sacred duties, I
declare that we are in the same ranks with the Islamic State in this continued
war between Islam and [non-Muslims],” Usman Gazi wrote in an online statement
on Sept 26.
Gazi
praised the Islamic State for its refusal to recognise state borders and said
he hoped the group would soon take control of Palestine and the Muslim holy
cities of Makkah and Madina.
“Islamic
State is free from the patriotic or nationalist agenda ... you can see Arabs,
Chechens, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Kyrgyz, Russians and many English-speaking Muslim mujahidin
(fighters) in its ranks,” Gazi said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136578/uzbek-militants-declare-support-for-islamic-state
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Former
French FM Criticizes West's Wrong Policies in Middle-East
07 Oct,
2014
Former
French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dominique De Villepin lashed out at
certain western powers for their role in the creation and expansion of
terrorist groups in the Middle-Eastern region, warning that the evil phenomenon
will have dire repercussion for its creators.
Speaking
in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday, the
French veteran politician stressed that West has made many mistakes in
expansion of radicalism in the Middle-East and now it is very worried about
presence of the western youth in battlefields fighting for terrorist groups,
specially for the ISIL.
The
ISIL, an offshoot of Al-Qaeda terrorist group, has taken control over large
areas in Western and Northwestern parts of Iraq and the Eastern regions in
Syria in recent two months.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930715000445
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IS,
Al-Qaeda tarnishing image of Islam, says Belgian convert
07 Oct,
2014
A
Belgian convert to Islam who performed Haj this year for the first time as a
guest of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) said that it was the
prohibition of alcohol that encouraged him to embrace the Islamic faith.
“When I
saw the Holy Kaaba for the first time, it gave me an inexplicable happy
feeling. My heart was beating fast, giving me a new spiritual enthusiasm and
awakening,” said Mario Cools, who is president of “4 New Muslims,” an
organization based in Wommelgem.
Cools
said his organization promotes the true message of Islam of peace and
tolerance. “If you learn about Islam, it is not about killing and violence.
Rather, it is all about caring for and helping people. It is a message of
peace,” said Cools.
He said
terrorist groups like IS and Al-Qaeda were tarnishing the image of Islam.
“Their
criminal activities irritate me,” he said, adding that his organization was
producing a film to project the correct picture of Islam to non-Muslims in
Belgium.
He said
it was his visit to Egypt with his wife, Pascale, that changed his life
forever.
“There,
we met a Muslim family whose life and behavior impressed us and inspired us to
learn more about Islam and Muslims.”
Full
report at:
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/640716
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Germany
Wants To End Borderless Travel in Europe to Stop Islamic Fighters
07 Oct,
2014
Germany
calls for a relook at the current system of passport-free travel within
European Union. This is helping terrorists and ISIS fighters to cross borders
undetected. Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in Berlin that
an alarm must trigger, when someone is joining the extremist groups in Syria or
Iraq should trigger an alarm as and when they travel in and out of the Schengen
Area.
The area
covers 26 countries and stretches from Arctic to the Mediterranean, reported
Yahoo News. "Also the information
to identify someone as a foreign fighter needs provided to the for border
authorities," de Maiziere told in Berlin.
European
Fighters
The
Europe as a whole is concerned about the 2,000 plus natives including 450
Germans, who have joined the Islamic State and other extremists outfits, in
recent years. The authorities are taking steps to crack down on them, but they
are hampered by the lack of border controls throughout the continent.
Full
report at:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/568696/20141007/germany-isis-eu-schengen-areas-travel-syria.htm#.VDOmBWddU4U
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Counter-terror
police raid Islamic academy in London with links to extremists
07 Oct,
2014
An
Islamic tuition centre in East London was raided by police as part of a
counter-terrorism investigation after it was linked to a convicted extremist.
Mizanur
Rahman, who was jailed for six years in 2007 after calling for British soldiers
to be brought back from Iraq in body bags, manages the Siddeeq Academy in Tower
Hamlets.
The
'Islamic education and tuition centre' was among a number of residential and
business addresses raided in an operation targeting leadership of the
proscribed group once known as Al-Muhajiroun.
Police
moved against the organisation, banned under anti-terror laws, on the eve of
the first British airstrikes against Islamic State militants waging war in Iraq
and Syria.
Rahman
was arrested alongside prominent radical Islamists including Anjem Choudary,
Trevor Brooks - who goes by the Arabic name Abu Izzadeen - and Abdul Muhid.
Brooks
was charged with two counts of breaching his notification requirement and the
rest were released on police bail.
The
private Siddeeq academy, one of around 18 premises searched, provides courses
in Arabic, the Koran and Islamic law, as well as national curriculum subjects
including English, maths and science.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2781232/Counter-terror-police-raid-Islam-academy-London-links-extremists-offers-lessons-home-schooled-Muslim-children.html#ixzz3FRmEB9C6
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Kurds in
Netherlands storm parliament in protest against fighters of IS attacking Kobane
Oct 07
2014
Dozens
of Kurds stormed the national parliament building in The Hague on Oct. 6 night
in a protest against fighters of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
who are attacking the Kurdish town of Kobane in northern Syria, Kurdish
officials in the Netherlands said.
Riot
squads and hundreds of officers were deployed and helicopters were flying
overhead, said a demonstrator at the scene.
Around
100 protesters forced their way through to the main hall of the building and
were sitting on the floor with banners, one of which read "Stop
Kobane."
"The
situation in Kobane is getting of control. ISIL has stormed the town and a lot
of civilians are being killed. We want the West to do more to stop the
situation in Syria," said the protester, who asked not to be named.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kurds-in-netherlands-storm-parliament-in-protest-against-isil.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72634&NewsCatID=351
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Pakistan
TTP says
backs all Syria militants, not just Islamic State
07 Oct,
2014
DERA
KHAN: The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied reports that it had pledged
allegiance to the Islamic State movement fighting in Syria and Iraq, saying
that its statement to the media had been misinterpreted.
Tehreek-i-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahid Shahidullah said that a statement on Saturday
had been intended as an expression of support for all Islamist militants
fighting in Syria and Iraq and struggling against Western interests.
“Some
media did not publish our statement correctly,” Shahidullah told Reuters by
telephone from an undisclosed location. “We are not supporting any specific
group in Syria or Iraq; all groups there are noble and they are our brothers.”
On
Saturday, Shahidullah said the Taliban would offer “every possible support” to
Islamic State, a statement which several media outlets, including Reuters,
reported as a declaration of allegiance to the group.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136584/ttp-says-backs-all-syria-militants-not-just-islamic-state
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Seven
suspected militants killed in North Waziristan drone attack
07 Oct,
2014
PESHAWAR:
At least seven suspected militants were killed and five others injured on
Tuesday in a US drone strike on a compound and a vehicle in the Shawal tehsil
of North Waziristan tribal region.
Official
sources said the US drone fired two missiles at the house and the car in Shawal
tehsil's Kund Ghar area, killing at least seven suspected militants and
injuring five others.
Sources
added that the compound of militant commander Mustaqeem was targeted in the
strike, adding that the identity of the deceased militants is yet to
ascertained.
This the
third consecutive strike in three days. Earlier on Monday, an unmanned drone
killed eight persons and wounded six others in Shawal district of North
Waziristan tribal region.
Intelligence
sources said the drone targeted the residence of Taliban commander Habib.
Also
read: Drone strike kills eight, wounds six in North Waziristan
Meanwhile,
a US drone strike in South Waziristan tribal region's Shawal area on Sunday
killed at least five persons.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136601/seven-suspected-militants-killed-in-north-waziristan-drone-attack
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Editor-in-Chief
The Frontier Post Rehmat Shah Afridi Arrested
October
7, 2014
President
PFUJ Rana Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousuf has condemned the killing of
another journalist Yaqoob Shahid (correspondent of Daily Express) in Hafizabad
and arrest of Chief Editor a national Daily "Frontier Post"on Sunday.
This
seemed to be a new wave of target killing of journalists in Pakistan that
resulted into second incident of target killing of correspondent in a week.
Earlier, a correspondent of Dunya News Nadeem Hayder from a suburb area of
Hafizabad was killed couple of days ago. Local police has registered case
against unknown people but yet to find any clue.
The
police has also registered a case against unknown killers of Yaqoob Shahid.
The PFUJ
has shown its concerns over the the current wave of killings and demanded the
government to provide protection to the working journalists.
"We
have been demanding the government to provide security to the media men but no
attention is being paid and the issue is getting more and more serious, the
PFUJ officials said.
Furthermore,
the Chief Editor of a national Daily "Frontier Post" Mr. Rehmat Shah
Afridi has also been arrested in Lahore. The PFUJ is following him and a
detailed statement would be released after having details.
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Attacks
on mosque, seminary leave two dead in Quetta
07 Oct,
2014
QUETTA:
Unidentified gunmen attacked a seminary and a mosque in the Multani Mohalla
area of Quetta, killing at least two persons and wounding three others on
Monday night.
Police
sources told Dawn that unknown assailants opened fire at a seminary situated in
Multani Mohalla area killing one person and wounding two others.
Shortly
after the attack, gunmen opened fire on Bilal Masjid, situated in the vicinity.
killing one and wounding another.
The
attackers managed to escape unhurt from both attack sites.
Police
and FC personnel reached the spot and cordoned off the area as a probe into the
incident went underway.
Fear and
panic gripped the area after the incident.
Quetta
is the provincial capital city of Balochistan. Despite having large reserves of
oil and gas, Balochistan remains one of Pakistan's most impoverished provinces,
and bomb blasts and attacks are common in the region
In 2004
Baloch rebels rose up, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of
profits from the region's mineral resources.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136588/attacks-on-mosque-seminary-leave-two-dead-in-quetta
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'14,000
Fata men to join Pakistan Army'
07 Oct,
2014
RAWALPINDI:
The military chief on Monday announced an uplift scheme for the residents of
the volatile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), promising induction in
army ranks as well as education and employment opportunities.
An
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement issued today quoted the Chief
of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif as saying that the policy titled
'Fata Youth Package' will induct into the army 14,000 men from the region over
the course of next five years. The total strength of the military's active
troops is over 500,000.
According
to the ISPR, the package also entails free education to 1,500 Fata children
through army public schools and colleges in all cantonments, with reserved
seats for Fata students in military cadet colleges on a yearly basis.
The army
will also work to enhance technical skills among the Fata youth through
technical training institutes, adding that arrangements are already being
worked upon for their overseas employment, the statement said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136577/14000-fata-men-to-join-pakistan-army
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Negotiation
with govt useless if Nawaz refuses to step down: Imran
07 Oct, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
In clear and strong words, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said negotiations
with the government are meaningless if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refuses to
step down.
Imran
was speaking to Express News from Islamabad’s D-Chowk where he – along with his
supporters – is staging sit-ins against PM Nawaz.
“We
don’t believe there can be a fair investigation into rigging if Nawaz remains
at the helm,” he reiterated.
Imran
said PTI does not accept last year’s general elections and that their struggle
will continue until the goal of true democracy is achieved. “PTI wants
re-election, not mid-term elections,” he said.
“Initially,
I wanted Nawaz to resign immediately but now I want him to delay it further
because our movement has awakened this nation and our message is spreading
everywhere,” Imran said, adding that no one can usurp the rights of a nation
which is well aware.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/772085/negotiation-with-govt-useless-if-nawaz-refuses-to-step-down-imran/
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Pakistani
Talban’s support to ISIS spreads fear among religious minorities
07 Oct,
2014
LAHORE:
October 6, 2014. (PCP) The Tehrik-E-Taliban Pakistan has vowed and declared its
support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and ordered its Islamists across
the region to unite against the "Enemy" and to forget their own
rivalries.
Recently
reportedly the supporters of IS have wall-chalked with the praising slogan in
the favour of this group and against the Founder of Pakistan-Qauid-E-Azam Mr.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah and they also distributed the pamphlets with the same
praising slogans in the favour of the group in the region of Northwestern
Pakistani city Peshawar.
"It
is very common slogan and wish of every Muslim that Islam should dominate the
whole world and they wish to act and to support those who have same vision to
act for fulfilling their this vision.It is considerable that this slogan is the
worst and main cause of threat to religious liberty mission for which we, Human
Rights Activists, are working tirelessly," said Advocate Sardar Mushtaq
Gill,Human Rights Defender, who heads LEAD.
That's
why they reportedly said in the statement that the Global Muslim Community
would stand with the IS in these tough times and they help them with what they
can, he further added.
Full
report at:
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=4984
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