India’s Barelvi Clerics Issued ‘Fatwa’ Against Products ‘Containing Cow Urine’
New Age Islam News Bureau
19 May 2016
Photo: Muslim groups on Wednesday slammed a directive from India's Hindu nationalist government for participants in International Yoga Day to chant "Om", citing religious bias.
• Indian Muslims Angry Over Yoga Day 'Om' Chant Proposal
• Iran’s EC Secretary: Resistance Front to Bury Takfiris in Syria, Iraq
• Islamic State Training 8 Year Old Indonesian Kids with Ak-47
• 12-Year-Old Suicide Bomber Arrested Before Targeting Populated Area of Kabul
India
• India’s Barelvi Clerics Issued ‘Fatwa’ Against Products ‘Containing Cow Urine’
• Indian Muslims Angry Over Yoga Day 'Om' Chant Proposal
• Indian Landlords Discriminate Against Muslims, Study Finds
• How a Hindu-Muslim love story that started in Agra school ended in flames
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Arab World
• Iran’s EC Secretary: Resistance Front to Bury Takfiris in Syria, Iraq
• Libya Forces Recapture Abu Grain from ISIL
• Large Number of ISIL Terrorists Killed in Different Parts of Deir Ezzur
• Taliban Militants Capture District in Northern Afghanistan
• Syrian Army Continues Attempts to Regain Control of Al-Sha'er Oilfield
• Syrian Army Repels ISIL's Nightly Offensive in Deir Ezzur
• ISIL Car Bomb Attack against Al-Seen Airbase Defused by Army Troops
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Southeast Asia
• Islamic State Training 8 Year Old Indonesian Kids with Ak-47
• Jakarta among “most Islamic” cities in Indonesia, below Yogyakarta and Denpasar: Study
• Islam Nusantara: NU’s Bid To Promote ‘Moderate Indonesian Islam’ – Analysis
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South Asia
• 12-Year-Old Suicide Bomber Arrested Before Targeting Populated Area of Kabul
• 27 Killed, 11 Wounded As Clash Erupts Among Taliban and ISIS in Nangarhar
• Taliban Commander Hafiz Saadullah among 10 Killed After Blown By Own Explosives
• Diplomatic row after Bangladesh hangs pro-Pakistan war criminal
• 7 killed as Azerbaijan’s Silk Way cargo plane crash in Helmand province
• NDS arrest 3 Taliban militants tasked to kill govt officials, tribal elders in Helmand
• MoD claims 102 militants killed in Ghazni and Wardak in past 10 days
• Pakistan hosted 5th round of QCG meeting on Afghan peace process
• Noor claims clash between Junbish and Jamiat supporters in Faryab left several dead
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Pakistan
• Cut My Back with Blades, Was Flogged 500 Times in 3 Days: Shahbaz Taseer
• One Policeman Killed, Seven Injured In Quetta IED Blast
• KP govt claims it conveyed terror alert to APS before 2014 attack
• ‘India Might Not Be Able To Defend Itself from Pakistani Missiles’: Nuclear Expert from Moscow
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Europe
• Will Europe Survive the Religious War ISIS Is Waging Against It?
• Five Macedonians Jailed For Joining Islamic State
• Europe's Failed 'Open Door' Policies Must Not Be Repeated In America
• France Hit by Rail Strike, Demo by Weary Police
• Macri Gives Go Ahead to US Military Installations in Argentina
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Africa
• Radical ‘Avengers’ Threaten New Insurgency in Nigeria's Oil-Producing Delta
• African nations back moves to arm Libya govt
• European Union to pay £35million to 8 African countries in secret deal in a bid to quell migration
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North America
• 'US Plan B in Syria Legitimizes ISIL'
• US commander: Islamic State may be reverting to its 'roots'
• Largest US Muslim centre targets spike in Islamophobia
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Mideast
• Israel’s top diplomat to attend UN humanitarian summit in Turkey
• One soldier killed in PKK attack in Turkey’s east
• Obama, Turkey's Erdoğan discuss Syria, fight against ISIL
• Turkish army says chopper may have been downed by PKK
• 'Partial improvement' in Turkish border town targeted by Islamic State: spokesman
• Benjamin Netanyahu Seeks Ultranationalists for Coalition in Israel
• Wake up Muslims, wake up
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India’s Barelvi Clerics Issued ‘Fatwa’ Against Products ‘Containing Cow Urine’
May 19, 2016
Bareilly: A question by Bareilly-based resident Bakhtiyar Khan has made clerics of Dargah Ala Hazrat to passed fatwa against the use of products allegedly containing cow’s urine.
As per HT, Bakhtyar asked the clerics that if the use the products having urine was permitted in Islam.
“The question was discussed among the clerics and they came to a conclusion that it is anti-Islamic to use such products,” said Naseer Quaraishi, media coordinator of Jamat Raza-e-Mustafa, a religious organisation under the Dargah.
“After discussions, Mufti Mohammad Kausar Ali and Mufti Hakim Md Muzaffar Hussain issued the fatwa, a copy of which was sent to Bakhtyar Khan,” he added.
The cleric said that consumption any product containing urine of any animal was ‘Haraam’ according to Shariat and the rule applied to all such products, “including those manufactured by Patanjali” and use of it in any form should be shunned.
Last year, in Tamil Nadu, a similar fatwa was issued against Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali products by Muslim groups following which Patanjali Ayurveda issued a clarification claiming that only 5out of the total 700 products manufactured by the company had cow urine.
siasat.com/news/barelvi-clerics-issued-fatwa-against-products-containing-cow-urine-960227/
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Indian Muslims Angry Over Yoga Day 'Om' Chant Proposal
May 19, 2016
Muslim groups on Wednesday slammed a directive from India's Hindu nationalist government for participants in International Yoga Day to chant "Om", citing religious bias.
The mass outdoor yoga session, to be held in June for its second year, is an initiative spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking to reclaim the practice as an historic part of Indian culture.
"Yogic practise shall start with a prayer or prayerful mood to enhance benefits of the practise," read a note issued by Ayush ministry, which works for the promotion of yoga, as shown by television networks.
The ministry said participants should chant the sacred sound "Om" and Hindu vedic hymns at the start and end of the 45-minute event on June 21.
Muslim groups reacted with anger, saying such chants were against their faith and accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of seeking to impose a hard-line Hindu agenda.
"We are not against yoga but India is a secular country and the state has no religion," Zafaryab Jilani, a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board told AFP.
"If they are imposing a Hindu religious practice on the rest of us, it is unconstitutional."
The government waded into a similar controversy last year after it made the Surya Namaskar pose (sun salutation) part of the event.
Muslim groups say certain yoga poses and chants have clear Hindu overtones and are against Islam.
"They are again and again trying to impose a Hindutva ("Hinduness") agenda. This order should be cancelled immediately," Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, a top Muslim cleric said.
The opposition also weighed in, accusing the government of seeking to impose a narrow vision on the ancient tradition, which commands huge global popularity.
"Yoga has achieved the status of an international art form and by imposing such conditions the government is killing its essence," Manish Tewari, a leader of the main opposition Congress party said.
"People from different religions do it and the practitioner should decide what to chant."
Following the outcry, the Ayush ministry issued a clarification saying the directive was not compulsory.
Indian scholars believe yoga dates back 5,000 years, based on archaeological evidence of poses found inscribed on stones and references to Yogic teachings in the ancient Hindu scriptures of the Vedas.
In 2014 the United Nations accepted India's proposal to declare June 21 as International Yoga Day, highlighting its health benefits.
Thousands gathered in dozens of cities around the world to celebrate the inaugural event last year, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon performing yoga at Times Square in New York.
dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3596595/Indian-Muslims-angry-Yoga-Day-Om-chant-proposal.html
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Iran’s EC Secretary: Resistance Front to Bury Takfiris in Syria, Iraq
May 19, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA) - Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezayee underlined the imminent collapse of Takfiri terrorists in the region, and said the resistance forces will bury them in Syria and Iraq.
"At present, some parts of Syria and Iraq are in the ISIL hands but their advance has fully stopped and limited," said Rezayee, a former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in an interview with the state-run TV on Wednesday night.
"The Takfiris are collapsing and we are determined to bury the Takfiris in Syria and Iraq to save the Muslim world from this catastrophe," he stressed.
Iran has pioneered in helping the regional states' fight against terrorism, specially Iraq and Syria, specially by its military advisory role, and has offered many regional and world states to cooperate in campaign against terrorist groups.
In relevant remarks earlier this month, top advisor to the IRGC Quds Force commander announced that the downfall of the ISIL terrorist group has started.
"The ISIL collapse has started intellectually and doctrinally and in the battlefield," Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi said, addressing a gathering in the Central city of Kashan.
He expressed the hope that the current year would witness the fall of the ISIL and Takfiri terrorism in the region.
Elsewhere, General Masjedi blasted the US and Israel for their warmongering policies in the region, and said, "While the Americans claim that they are fighting against the terrorists, they don’t carry out any operations against the ISIL and instead supply them with equipment and weapons."
en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000199
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Islamic State Training 8 Year Old Indonesian Kids with Ak-47
MAY 19, 2016
According to reports emerging from Jakarta, The Islamic State has continued to target Indonesians for recruitment into the terrorist front.
A video released recently by the terrorist group showed what appears to be dozens of young Indonesian children who were taught their radical ideology being prepared for the war.
The identities of children were confirmed by Ridlwan Habib, an intelligence and terrorism expert at the University of Indonesia. Not all of the children in the video were Indonesian, but by judging the way they spoke Indonesian with fluency, a majority of them were indeed children from Indonesia, he confirmed.
Indonesian children are the New Guinea pigs of Islamic State, as they can be easily brainwashed and the teachings of radical Islam can be planted in their minds with relative ease.
“If you look at the quality of the video, it was definitely made in Syria,” Ridlwan Habib told Tribunnews.
Habib worried that this may pose a serious threat in the future.
“In the full video I counted 23 children, aged 8 to 12 years old. Imagine if in the next 3 years they are grown up and return to Indonesia,” he said.
Habib also added that the immigration office should do a better job.
“To see so many Indonesian children who have managed to get into Syria, this should be a cause for serious re-evaluation by the immigration office,” he said.
Ridlwan feared that the children were the innocent victims of their parents who were recruited to the Islamic State, with the parents forcing their kids to join as well. The video makes it clear that they have fully adopted the teachings of the Islamic state and abandoned any allegiance to the Indonesian government and authorities.
The terrorism expert urged the government to pass the long-discussed laws that would allow Indonesia to block the re-entry of any citizens who had gone abroad to fight with the Islamic State. Ridlwan also said the government has an obligation to try to rescue the Indonesian children who have been forced to join the notorious Jihadist group, though he admitted that would require a tremendously difficult plan with a massive research and planning.
Jakarta coconuts reported that the followers of the Islamic State seem to have a thing for using children to attract more soldiers. Last year, a photo posted by one Islamic State follower tried to recruit Indonesians with a photo of a newborn baby between a gun and grenade.
While in January, the Islamic State claimed credit for the terrorist attack that took place in Central Jakarta that killed eight. Even in polls taken before the attacks, less than 0.5 percent of Indonesians supported the Islamic State.
As an update to their largely open recruitment platform, the Islamic State is now reported to be vetting new recruits. The reason for IS to make a change in the rule is reported to be a suspicion of new recruits as possible western agents.
Once the new recruits arrive at IS-controlled territory, they undergo security checks and attend religious and military training. After their training is complete, the source said, the fighters are assigned to military, security, police, welfare, and propaganda positions.
The change of policy comes in the wake of last month’s reported elimination of Abu Nabil al-Anbari, the leader of IS’s affiliate in Libya, in a coalition airstrike, Breitbart reported.
Islamic State is known for being merciless even when it means harming innocent women and children. Recently, The Inquisitr reported that the extremist group was plotting an attack on Jewish kindergartens. In December of last year, it was reported that the group was responsible for killing a mother for breastfeeding her child in public.
inquisitr.com/3111207/islamic-state-training-kids-for-war/
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12-year-old suicide bomber arrested before targeting populated area of Kabul
Wed May 18 2016
child bomber arrested in Kabul_censoredThe Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) thwarted a twin suicide attack plot in capital Kabul by arresting one of the would-be suicide bombers.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the detained would-be suicide bomber is a 12-year-old boy who was appointed by the Taliban group to carry out the attack.
According to MoI, the boy has been identified as Mohammad Yaqoob son of Sher Mohammad who has confessed that he was trained in Juma Khani training camp in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.
Yaqoob has also added that the training camp was supervised by TAliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghafoor and was appointed by him to carry out the attack 20 days ago.
He was due to detonate a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) in a populated area of the city while another suicide bomber was given the task target the crowd after the first explosion.
MoI said the child managed to flee and was on his way to Kunduz province when he was arrested by the security forces.
This comes as a teenage suicide bomber assigned for a suicide attack by the Taliban group was arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives from Kabul city last month.
The Afghan children have regularly been recruited by the militant groups, the Taliban and the Haqqani network for the terrorist related activities, including suicide attacks.
Madrasas are described as the main recruitment source for the militant groups as poor families in Pakistan and
Afghanistan send their sons to such madrassas for free education and lodging.
khaama.com/12-year-old-suicide-bomber-arrested-before-targeting-populated-area-of-kabul-0985
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India
India’s Barelvi Clerics Issued ‘Fatwa’ Against Products ‘Containing Cow Urine’
May 19, 2016
Bareilly: A question by Bareilly-based resident Bakhtiyar Khan has made clerics of Dargah Ala Hazrat to passed fatwa against the use of products allegedly containing cow’s urine.
As per HT, Bakhtyar asked the clerics that if the use the products having urine was permitted in Islam.
Full report at: siasat.com/news/barelvi-clerics-issued-fatwa-against-products-containing-cow-urine-960227/
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Indian Muslims Angry Over Yoga Day 'Om' Chant Proposal
May 19, 2016
Muslim groups on Wednesday slammed a directive from India's Hindu nationalist government for participants in International Yoga Day to chant "Om", citing religious bias.
The mass outdoor yoga session, to be held in June for its second year, is an initiative spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking to reclaim the practice as an historic part of Indian culture.
Full report at: dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3596595/Indian-Muslims-angry-Yoga-Day-Om-chant-proposal.html
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Indian Landlords Discriminate Against Muslims, Study Finds
May 19, 2016
Researchers who used assumed identities and tried to rent homes in and around the Indian capital say they found evidence of discrimination against Muslims by landlords.
Economists Saugato Datta and Vikram Pathania responded to online real-estate ads using names associated with different religions and castes.
They found landlords were significantly less likely to answer applicants with Muslim names than those with upper-caste names.
Full report at: blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/05/18/indian-landlords-discriminate-against-muslims-study-finds/
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How a Hindu-Muslim love story that started in Agra school ended in flames
May 19, 2016
Neighbours since birth, they first spoke to each other at the Sri Ram Kishan inter-college, the only co-educational school in the neighbourhood of Nainana Jat, five kilometres from the Taj Mahal.
In 2015, Sheelam Kumari, 17, dropped a year and enrolled in Class IX where Sonu Mohammad, also 17, was her senior. They fell in love and kept this secret for a year from friends, family and siblings. Until their charred bodies were found in Sonu’s room in the early hours of May 14.
On March 21, Sheelam’s father Rammu Naayi gave her Rs 800 for an LPG cylinder before heading out to work in the stone quarries. The third of his seven children, Sheelam was alone when her father gave her the money and left.
Without phones, and without anyone to confide in, Sheelam and Sonu met at school and decided to leave Agra.
Full report at: indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/how-a-hindu-muslim-love-story-that-started-in-agra-school-ended-in-flames-2807944/
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Arab World
Iran’s EC Secretary: Resistance Front to Bury Takfiris in Syria, Iraq
May 19, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA) - Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezayee underlined the imminent collapse of Takfiri terrorists in the region, and said the resistance forces will bury them in Syria and Iraq.
"At present, some parts of Syria and Iraq are in the ISIL hands but their advance has fully stopped and limited," said Rezayee, a former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in an interview with the state-run TV on Wednesday night.
"The Takfiris are collapsing and we are determined to bury the Takfiris in Syria and Iraq to save the Muslim world from this catastrophe," he stressed.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000199
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Libya Forces Recapture Abu Grain from ISIL
May 19, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government pushed ISIL terrorists back towards their stronghold of Sirte but lost more than 30 men, including seven killed in a car bombing, officials said.
In a televised statement from the streets of Abu Grain, military spokesman Mohamed al-Gasri said the forces had “liberated” the small town and two nearby villages after heavy fighting, IOL news website reported.
International community is counting on the new government to unify Libya's political and armed factions to take on ISIL.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000618
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Large Number of ISIL Terrorists Killed in Different Parts of Deir Ezzur
May 19, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- Tens of ISIL members were killed in the Syrian army and air force operations in different parts of the Eastern province of Deir Ezzur with the remaining terrorists fleeing the battlefield.
"50 ISIL Takfiri terrorists were killed as their dens were destroyed in the vicinity of Panorama region, al-Tharda Mountain and al-Mayadeen road in Deir Ezzur province," a military commander said on Thursday.
The Syrian army units clashed with the Takfiri terrorist groups affiliated to the ISIL after they infiltrated into the vicinity of al-Mazare’ (farms) in the Southeast of Panorama in the Southwestern outskirts of Deir Ezzur city, the commander added.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000334
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Taliban Militants Capture District in Northern Afghanistan
May/19/2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Taliban militants captured Surkh Kotal in Afghanistan's Northern Baghlan province following days of heavy clashes, local afghan authorities confirmed.
A local security official confirmed that the Afghan forces retreated from the area after they were under siege for several days, Khaama Press reported.
The official further added that the security personnel under the siege of the Taliban insurgents were rescued from the area.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000233
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Syrian Army Continues Attempts to Regain Control of Al-Sha'er Oilfield
May/19/2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The army and its allies continued their advance in the vicinity of the oil-rich region of al-Sha'er in the Eastern parts of Homs province with the support of the Syrian and Russian air backup.
Field sources said that the Syrian troops seized control over more areas near al-Sha'er after heavy clashes with the ISIL terrorists, killing several militants and destroying their vehicles and equipment.
The sources added that concurrent with the land operations, the Syrian and Russian fighter jets pounded the terrorists' positions near al-Sha'er.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000453
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Syrian Army Repels ISIL's Nightly Offensive in Deir Ezzur
May/19/2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army and popular forces repulsed ISIL's attacks against Panorama and the headquarters of Brigade 137 deployed in the region in the Southwestern parts of Deir Ezzur on Wednesday night.
Heavy clashes were reported between the Syrian army and the ISIL terrorists in Panorama during which several terrorists were killed and wounded.
After the clashes, the Syrian and Russian air force launched successive attacks on the ISIL gathering centers near the military centers of the army's Brigade 137, Panorama region and the key oil-rich region of al-Thayyem and in the Southeastern province of Deir Ezzur, leaving tens of militants dead and destroying their equipment.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000384
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ISIL Car Bomb Attack against Al-Seen Airbase Defused by Army Troops
May 19, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian troops repelled an ISIL car bomb attack against al-Seen airbase in Damascus province after heavy clashes with the militants.
The ISIL launched a large-scale assault at al-Seen military airport in Dumayr region in the rural areas of Damascus province.
The Syrian army forces destroyed the ISIL vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) before it could reach the airbase.
A field source said that the heavy clashes between the two sides killed at least 10 Takfiri terrorists and wounded several others.
In a relevant development on Wednesday, the Syrian army units blew up a tunnel dug by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in the suburb of the capital Damascus, killing the entire militants inside.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000497
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Southeast Asia
Islamic State Training 8 Year Old Indonesian Kids with Ak-47
MAY 19, 2016
According to reports emerging from Jakarta, The Islamic State has continued to target Indonesians for recruitment into the terrorist front.
A video released recently by the terrorist group showed what appears to be dozens of young Indonesian children who were taught their radical ideology being prepared for the war.
The identities of children were confirmed by Ridlwan Habib, an intelligence and terrorism expert at the University of Indonesia. Not all of the children in the video were Indonesian, but by judging the way they spoke Indonesian with fluency, a majority of them were indeed children from Indonesia, he confirmed.
Indonesian children are the New Guinea pigs of Islamic State, as they can be easily brainwashed and the teachings of radical Islam can be planted in their minds with relative ease.
Full report at: inquisitr.com/3111207/islamic-state-training-kids-for-war/
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Jakarta among “most Islamic” cities in Indonesia, below Yogyakarta and Denpasar: Study
May 19, 2016
What does it mean to be an Islamic city? From a philosophical perspective, it’s not about how many mosques are contained within a given city or how many of its citizens are Muslim, but rather how the city adheres to Islamic values.
Full report at: jakarta.coconuts.co/2016/05/19/jakarta-among-most-islamic-cities-indonesia-below-yogyakarta-and-denpasar-study
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Islam Nusantara: NU’s Bid To Promote ‘Moderate Indonesian Islam’ – Analysis
MAY 19, 2016
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation, has sponsored an international conference as part of its strategy to promote “Islam Nusantara” worldwide. However, the concept remains deeply contested, even within the NU itself.
By Alexander R Arifianto*
Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has launched a drive to promote what it calls “Islam Nusantara” – or Islam from Indonesia – with an international conference in Jakarta attended by delegates from over 40 countries, including Islamic scholars (ulama) from the Middle East, Europe and the United States. A number of prominent ulama and intellectuals spoke during the conference on 9-10 May 2016, including Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad El-Tayeb, the Grand Mufti of the al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank, and Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College, the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States.
Full report at: eurasiareview.com/19052016-islam-nusantara-nus-bid-to-promote-moderate-indonesian-islam-analysis/
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South Asia
12-year-old suicide bomber arrested before targeting populated area of Kabul
Wed May 18 2016
child bomber arrested in Kabul_censoredThe Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) thwarted a twin suicide attack plot in capital Kabul by arresting one of the would-be suicide bombers.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the detained would-be suicide bomber is a 12-year-old boy who was appointed by the Taliban group to carry out the attack.
According to MoI, the boy has been identified as Mohammad Yaqoob son of Sher Mohammad who has confessed that he was trained in Juma Khani training camp in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.
Full report at: khaama.com/12-year-old-suicide-bomber-arrested-before-targeting-populated-area-of-kabul-0985
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27 killed, 11 wounded as clash erupts among Taliban and ISIS in Nangarhar
Thu May 19 2016
At least 27 militants were killed and 11 others were wounded as a bloody clash erupted among the Taliban fighters and loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
According to the local government officials in Nangarhar, the clash took place in Achin and Khogyani district of Nangarhar.
The officials further added that 15 ISIS loyalists and 3 Taliban militants were killed in Achin district and the remaining were killed in Khogyani.
At least 4 commanders of the Taliban group were also among those killed during the clashes, the officials added.
Full report at: khaama.com/27-killed-11-wounded-as-clash-erupts-among-taliban-and-isis-in-nangarhar-0988
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Taliban commander Hafiz Saadullah among 10 killed after blown by own explosives
Thu May 19 2016
A commander of the Taliban group Hafiz Saadullah was among ten militants killed after blown up by own explosives in southeastern Ghazni and western Herat provinces.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the militants were killed in three separate incidents in Ab Band and Khogyani districts of Gahzni and Shindand district of Herat.
MoD did not mention in which location exactly the Taliban commander was killed but the statement by MoD said another militant was also seriously wounded in the incident.
This comes as an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) expert of the Taliban group was killed in an explosion in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.
Full report at: khaama.com/taliban-commander-hafiz-saadullah-among-10-killed-after-blown-by-own-explosives-0993
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Diplomatic row after Bangladesh hangs pro-Pakistan war criminal
Wed May 18 2016
On May 11 in Dhaka Central Jail, Bangladesh hanged its fifth and most high-profile war criminal, amidst extraordinary security measures.
The execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader or Amir of the Jamaat-e-Islami, triggered both jubilation and anger within the country.
Predictably, it also created a diplomatic kerfuffle between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Both countries have earlier locked horns on the war crimes trials, and executions of convicted war criminals.
However, even distant countries like Qatar and Turkey have reacted adversely, no doubt to burnish their Islamist credentials and to show solidarity for the Islamic brotherhood.
Pakistan and Turkey have a long history of co-operation since the Cold War, when the two countries of CENTO were under US patronage. Qatar, with its vast oil wealth, and Turkey, which has turned increasingly Islamist under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, are relative newcomers in supporting Islamist causes.
Full report at: dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2016/may/19/diplomatic-row-after-bangladesh-hangs-pro-pakistan-war-criminal
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7 killed as Azerbaijan’s Silk Way cargo plane crash in Helmand province
Thu May 19 2016
A cargo plane belonging to Silk Way Airlines crashed in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan leaving at least 7 people dead.
According to Azerbaijan’s civil aviation administration officials, the plane crashed after taking off from Dwyer airport in Helmand province.
The officials further added that the crew of the cargo plane were from Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
No further details have been given regarding the cause of the incident but reports suggest the cargo plane was leased from the Silk Way airlines.
This comes as a military helicopter crashed in Marjah district of Helmand province earlier this year.
Helmand is among the volatile provinces in southern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating and frequently carry out insurgency activities.
A local security official in Helmand said the Dwyer airport is used by the military forces and a number of the US force are also stationed to support the Afghan forces in fight against terrorism.
khaama.com/7-killed-as-azerbaijans-silk-way-cargo-plane-crash-in-helmand-province-0991
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NDS arrest 3 Taliban militants tasked to kill govt officials, tribal elders in Helmand
Thu May 19 2016
At least three Taliban militants assigned by the group to kill local government officials and tribal elders as well as religious clerics were arrested from southern Helmand province.
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the three militants were arrested were assigned by Taliban group leader Mullah Nemat to carry out the assassination of the officials, elders and religious clerics.
A statement by NDS said the militants were planning to carry out the assassinations in Nad-e-Ali district before they were arrested by the security forces.
The intelligence operatives confiscated a pistol with a silencer and 10 hand grenades from the detained militants, NDS said.
NDS said numerous assassination attempts against the local officials, elders and religious clerics were foiled with the arrest of the three militants assigned for the task.
The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
Helmand is among the volatile provinces in southern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating and frequently carry out insurgency activities.
khaama.com/nds-arrest-3-taliban-militants-tasked-to-kill-govt-officials-tribal-elders-in-helmand-0990
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MoD claims 102 militants killed in Ghazni and Wardak in past 10 days
Thu May 19 2016
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has claimed at least 102 militants were killed during the clearance operations in central Maidan Wardak and southeastern Ghazni provinces during the past 10 days.
According to a statement by MoD, the operations were conducted in Zankhan district of Ghazni and Maidan Wardak provinces as part of ‘Sultan Wrath’ operations.
The statement further added that 64 militants were also wounded and 2 others were arrested during the operations.
Full report at: khaama.com/mod-claims-102-militants-killed-in-ghazni-and-wardak-in-past-10-days-0989
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Pakistan hosted 5th round of QCG meeting on Afghan peace process
Thu May 19 2016
Pakistan on Wednesday hosted the 5th round of Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) meeting on Afghan peace process nearly three months after the 4th round of the talks concluded in Kabul.
The last round of QCG meeting in capital Kabul late in the month of February which concluded amid hopes that a direct peace talks would resume between the Afghan government and Taliban early in March.
However, the Taliban rejected direct talks call with the Afghan government and eventually announced its spring offensive earlier last month.
Full report at: khaama.com/pakistan-hosted-5th-round-of-qcg-meeting-on-afghan-peace-process-0987
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Noor claims clash between Junbish and Jamiat supporters in Faryab left several dead
Thu May 19 2016
The acting provincial governor of northern Balkh province and Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami party Ata Mohammad Noor has claimed that several people were left dead in an attack by the supporters of Junbish Milli party which is led by Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum.
Full report at: khaama.com/noor-claims-clash-between-junbish-and-jamiat-supporters-in-faryab-left-several-dead-0986
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Pakistan
Cut My Back with Blades, Was Flogged 500 Times in 3 Days: Shahbaz Taseer
May 18, 2016
Shahbaz Taseer, the son of Pakistan’s slain governor of Punjab province Salmaan Taseer, has given a chilling account of brutal torture during his half a decade-long captivity by ruthless Uzbek militants who flogged him, cut off his flesh and pulled out his nails.
The horrific ordeal was narrated by Shahbaz himself in his first interviews after he recently returned home in March from the clutches of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and later the Afghan Taliban. “They used to flog me. I was flogged about 500 in three days, then they cut my back with blades and removed nails from my hands and feet,” the 33-year-old told BBC Urdu about his captivity by the IMU, an outfit long associated with Al-Qaeda blamed for high-profile terror attacks in Pakistan including the 2014 storming of Karachi airport.
Full report at: siasat.com/news/cut-back-blades-flogged-500-times-3-days-pak-politicians-son-recounts-kidnap-terrorists-959943/
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One policeman killed, seven injured in Quetta IED blast
May 19, 2016
QUETTA: An improvised explosive device (IED) killed one policeman and wounded seven others in a roadside attack in the eastern Bypass area of Quetta Thursday morning, police said.
The injured have been taken to Civil Hospital Quetta, where a state of emergency has been imposed.
The blast also damaged a police mobile van.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack yet. Police and Frontier Corps are investigating the attack.
The attack comes a day after two remote-controlled roadside blasts killed one constable and injured at least 17 others in Peshawar.
dawn.com/news/1259349/one-policeman-killed-seven-injured-in-quetta-ied-blast
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KP govt claims it conveyed terror alert to APS before 2014 attack
May 19, 2016
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and police have informed the Peshawar High Court that after receiving the terror alert from the federal government in Aug 2014 about the possible militant attack on educational institutions run by the military authorities, they had put the managements of all such schools, including that of the Army Public School and College Peshawar, in the picture.
A total of 144 students and staff members were killed in the Dec 16, 2014, militant attack on the APS.
In their joint comments filed in the high court on a petition seeking to make public all information related to the APS carnage, the provincial home secretary and inspector general of police said during that militant attack, the police had performed its duty as per its capacity in the given available resources.
Full report at: dawn.com/news/1259322/kp-govt-claims-it-conveyed-terror-alert-to-aps-before-2014-attack
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‘India Might Not Be Able To Defend Itself from Pakistani Missiles’: Nuclear Expert from Moscow
May 19, 2016
ISLAMABAD: A nuclear expert from Moscow says despite heavy investments in developing anti-ballistic missile systems, India may not be able to fully defend itself in a conflict from strikes by Pakistani missiles.
“Even in 10 years and with the huge budgets that India plans to spend on the development of nuclear weapons and capabilities, it is difficult to imagine it will be able to defend its territory from possible strikes from Pakistan in case of conflict,” said Petr Topychkanov, a senior researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Centre’s Non-Proliferation Programme.
Talking about ‘Non-Proliferation and Strategic Stability in South Asia: A Russian Perspective’ at the Strategic Vision Institute (SIV) which is an Islamabad-based think tank specialising in nuclear issues, Mr Topychkanov said that despite large-scale cooperation between India and Israel for the development of a ballistic missile defence system and Indian efforts for acquiring S-400 defence systems from Russia, “India is very far from developing any system that could effectively defend itself from a Pakistani missile”.
Full report at: dawn.com/news/1259244/india-might-not-be-able-to-defend-itself-from-pakistani-missiles
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Europe
Will Europe Survive the Religious War ISIS Is Waging Against It?
May 19, 2016
ISIS’s recent activities in Europe may be viewed as a part of a larger campaign to polarise Europe’s multicultural society along religious lines. The group, over a span of two years, has not only inspired, but also funded and organised successful attacks in countries such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany as well as Kosovo and Bosnia. The primary impetus behind these attacks seems to be as straightforward as seeking retribution against America’s coalition partners in Iraq and Syria as well as against unallied countries fighting against the ISIS. Attacks on Western European countries have fuelled a rising surge of rightist nationalism across the continent’s multicultural societies. These trends have manifested in the form of social backlash against religious and ethnic minorities, especially Muslims. These growing trends are indicative of the fragile nature of the balance that exists within multicultural societies, no matter how old, and the very thin line that separates co-existence and co-option from disharmony. This balance is what the ISIS seeks to destabilise.
Full report at: youthkiawaaz.com/2016/05/european-union-isis-and-migrant-politics/
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Five Macedonians Jailed For Joining Islamic State
19, 5,201
A Macedonian court has sentenced five militants to up to 4 1/2 years in prison for joining the Islamic State (IS) extremist group and recruiting fighters for the group.
The criminal court in Skopje on May 18 said it found the five men guilty of joining a "foreign army." The men pleaded guilty to the charges.
According to Macedonia's Criminal Code, joining conflicts abroad as well as recruiting citizens to fight in foreign conflicts is punishable by five years in jail.
All five were arrested after they returned from fighting in Syria and Iraq, the court said.
They were among 11 Macedonians arrested in a nationwide police operation in August and accused of having extremist links.
In March, the six others, including Rexhep Memishi, an imam at a Skopje mosque who was considered a militant leader, were given five- to seven-year jail terms.
They also were found guilty of joining IS in Iraq and Syria.
Macedonian authorities have estimated that between 72 and 130 such people who have returned from Syria are considered "potential terrorists."
rferl.org/content/five-macedonian-face-jail-joined-islamic-state-recruited/27744240.html
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Europe's failed 'open door' policies must not be repeated in America
19, 5,2016
There is a real and imminent threat that the United States faces from jihadists infiltrating the refugee program and exploiting the gaps in our immigration policies.
The terrorist attacks in Brussels (Belgium), Paris (France), and San Bernardino (Calif.) — as well as the foiled plot earlier this year by a Houston-area refugee — clearly demonstrate what is at stake. And the United States must look no further than Europe to see the dangerous path we are on.
For the past several decades, Islamic jihadists have capitalized on the generous "open door" immigration and refugee polices of European leaders, which has created a major recruiting ground for thousands of jihadi terrorists and a place from within Europe's borders to advance its terror and radical agenda.
Full report at: washingtonexaminer.com/europes-failed-open-door-policies-must-not-be-repeated-in-america/article/2591714?custom_click=rss
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France Hit by Rail Strike, Demo by Weary Police
May 19, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- Strikes by French railway and port workers halved train services and prompted cancellation of ferry links to Britain as labor unions sought to force President Francois Hollande's government into retreat on labor law reforms.
After weeks of protests in which hundreds of their number have been hurt, police held a rally of their own to vent frustration over the stresses of near daily clashes with violent youths on the fringes of the anti-reform movement, the Channel News Asia reported.
As they did so, a crowd chanting "police everywhere, justice nowhere" surrounded a police patrol car, which went up in flames after the police officers inside fled the scene, a few hundred meters from where their colleagues were rallying.
The public prosecutor's office said after the incident it was opening an inquiry into attempted homicide.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000582
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Macri Gives Go Ahead to US Military Installations in Argentina
May/19/2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- A military delegation sent by Argentine President Mauricio Macri signed an agreement on military cooperation with the United States, which entails the establishment of a US military base in Ushuaia, the Southernmost tip of the South American nation.
Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, whose boundaries extend to Antarctica. The Argentine government has justified the installation by saying scientific work" will be performed there, Telesur reported.
Earlier this week, Vice Defense Minister Angel Tello began a five-day visit to the US aimed at reestablishing bilateral defense relations between the two countries after a freeze in military ties in recent years.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000481
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Africa
Radical ‘Avengers’ threaten new insurgency in Nigeria's oil-producing delta
19, 5,2016
They call themselves the Niger Delta Avengers. Little is known about the new radical group that has claimed a series of pipeline bombings in Nigeria’s oil-producing region this year and evaded gunboats and soldiers trawling swamps and villages.
Their attacks have driven Nigerian oil output to near a 22-year low and, if the violence escalates into another insurgency in the restive area, it could cripple production in a country facing a growing economic crisis.
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will crush the militants, but a wide-scale conflict could stretch security forces already battling a northern rebellion by hardline Sunni Muslim group Boko Haram.
Full report at: scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/1947251/radical-avengers-threaten-new-insurgency-nigerias-oil-producing
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African nations back moves to arm Libya govt
18, 5,2016
Rome - The African Union on Wednesday threw its weight behind Italian and US-led moves to stabilise Libya that include arming a national unity government to fight Islamic State militants.
Western powers are also keen to see Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj's fledgling administration establish its authority over the whole country so it can actively contribute to efforts to stem the flow of mostly African migrants using Libya as a launchpad to get to Europe.
The two issues were at the centre of an Italy-Africa summit in Rome on Thursday and Chad, which currently holds the AU's rotating presidency, welcomed this week's acceleration of international action on Libya.
Full report at: news24.com/Africa/News/african-nations-back-moves-to-arm-libya-govt-20160518-5
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European Union to pay £35million to 8 African countries in secret deal in a bid to quell migration
18, 5,2016
UK Daily Mail has disclosed a secret deal between the EU and the leaders of eight African countries in its bid to stop migration. Under the agreements, the countries get £35million to facilitate the prevention of migration to the EU. Apparently, the EU felt its reputation will be damaged if the deal became know and urged all parties to keep it secret. After the cut is how Daily Mail reports it…
“EU chiefs have hatched a secret plot to work with African dictators to stop migrants reaching Europe, a leaked report has revealed.The plan would see £35million earmarked for eight African countries including Sudan which is ruled by accused war criminal President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Full report at: nigerianblogs.com/european-union-to-pay-35million-to-8-african-countries-in-secret-deal-in-a-bid-to-quell-migration/
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North America
'US Plan B in Syria Legitimizes ISIL'
Thu May 19, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The US Plan B in Syria could broaden the conflict in the middle Eastern country, as some suggesting that the plan is the division of Syria and division of Iraq into ethnic lines that is going to create even further problems in the long run, a leading expert in Middle East affairs said.
"When you look at the interests of Saudi Arabia, who is pouring billions into this conflict, and…Turkey, you see that really they don’t want to have tranquillity and peace in that region," Islamic Human Rights Commission founder Massoud Shadjareh said, Sputnik reported.
"They’d had a commitment from the beginning for regime change."
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950230000428
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US commander: Islamic State may be reverting to its 'roots'
Thu May 19, 2016
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) -- A series of deadly attacks by Islamic State operatives in and around Baghdad may be a sign that the militants are "reverting to their roots" as a terrorist organization, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Wednesday.
Army Gen. Joseph Votel, the head of U.S. Central Command, said this does not mean IS has given up its ambition to create a so-called caliphate. But he said it marks a new turn in tactics aimed at diverting attention from the group's recent battlefield losses.
Speaking to reporters while traveling to the Middle East, Votel said the attacks that have rocked Baghdad over the past week, killing upward of 200 civilians, are an illustration of the dynamic nature of the war.
Full report at: news-sentinel.com/news/us-and-world/US-commander--Islamic-State-may-be-reverting-to-its--roots-
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Largest US Muslim center targets spike in Islamophobia
Thu May 19, 2016
Sitting on a red and green carpet inside a mosque in a suburb of Washington, Nabill Abdulle describes an invisible force. You can’t see it, he says, but “it’s there.”
Islamophobia haunts the Muslims of Lanham, Maryland — 30 minutes north of the US capital — as the country’s divisive election campaign fuels fears already heightened by Islamic State group attacks in Brussels and Paris.
So hopes are riding high on the inauguration of the town’s new Islamic centre, and its ability to help win over Americans’ trust.
The Diyanet Centre of America is the largest such facility in the country, a massive complex surrounding a mosque built in 16th-century Ottoman style.
The Turkish government financed and built the $110 million centre.
Full report at: pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/05/19/foreign/largest-us-muslim-center-targets-spike-in-islamophobia/
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Mideast
Israel’s top diplomat to attend UN humanitarian summit in Turkey
May/19/2016
Dore Gold, the director-general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, will represent his country at next week’s World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, amid expectations that normalization between the two long-estranged countries will have to wait until the next Turkish government stabilizes.
Gold will arrive in Istanbul on May 23, the first day of the two-day long summit, the United Nations’ first-ever world humanitarian summit, a senior Israeli diplomat told the Hürriyet Daily News on May 18.
Gold is not expected to proceed to the capital Ankara, said the Israeli diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/israels-top-diplomat-to-attend-un-humanitarian-summit-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99372&NewsCatID=510
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One soldier killed in PKK attack in Turkey’s east
May/19/2016
One soldier was killed and another was wounded in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attack in the eastern province of Van on May 19.
PKK militants clashed with security forces on the Gürpınar-Edremit motorway after authorities received intelligence that militants would place explosives on the road.
Two soldiers were initially wounded in the fight, but one specialized sergeant subsequently succumbed to his injuries, while the other is currently receiving treatment.
Reinforcements were deployed to the area as the road was closed to traffic.
hurriyetdailynews.com/one-soldier-killed-in-pkk-attack-in-turkeys-east.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99379&NewsCatID=341
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Obama, Turkey's Erdoğan discuss Syria, fight against ISIL
May/19/2016
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone on May 18 with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about the war in Syria and efforts to defeat Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, the White House said in a statement.
Obama noted the importance of international cooperation to maintain the cessation of hostilities in Syria and to make progress on a negotiated political transition in the country, the statement said.
The two leaders agreed on the urgency of continued efforts to degrade and defeat ISIL and to disrupt the militant group's capacity to conduct attacks in Turkey, Europe and elsewhere, the White House said.
hurriyetdailynews.com/obama-turkeys-erdogan-discuss-syria-fight-against-isil.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99378&NewsCatID=510
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Turkish army says chopper may have been downed by PKK
May/19/2016
The Turkish army has admitted that an attack helicopter that crashed on May 13 in a combat in the southeastern province of Hakkari may have been shot down by an air defense system used by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) despite initial statements suggesting the crash occurred due to a technical fault.
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-army-says-chopper-may-have-been-downed-by-pkk-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99376&NewsCatID=341
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'Partial improvement' in Turkish border town targeted by Islamic State: spokesman
Wed May 18, 2016
The security situation in the Turkish border town of Kilis has improved partially, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday, after months of rocket fire from Syria killed 21 people there so far this year.
Islamic State has repeatedly targeted Kilis, which hosts a large Syrian refugee population, since January, but no attacks have been reported in recent weeks.
Kalin was speaking at a news conference.
reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKCN0Y91CL
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Benjamin Netanyahu Seeks Ultranationalists for Coalition in Israel
MAY 18, 2016
JERUSALEM — In a sharp turnaround, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Wednesday to bring the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party into his governing coalition by offering to name its leader, Avigdor Lieberman, defense minister, according to politicians across Israel’s political map.
An Israeli government official confirmed that Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Lieberman had met and formed negotiating teams with the aim of reaching a coalition deal “in the coming days.”
Just hours before meeting Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Netanyahu seemed to have been closing in on a coalition agreement with Isaac Herzog, the leader of the center-left Zionist Union and the head of the opposition in the Knesset, or Israeli parliament. After days of intense back-room negotiations, Mr. Herzog, whose party advocates accommodation with the Palestinians, had been expected to serve as foreign minister, an appointment that was partly intended to ease international pressure on Israel.
Full report at: nytimes.com/2016/05/19/world/middleeast/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-lieberman-nationalism.html?_r=0
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Wake up Muslims, wake up
MAY 18, 2016
The biggest tragedy with Muslims is that people look upon us assuming that Islam is Muslims because we practice that religion. When a crazy Christian does something terrible, everyone knows it’s the actions of a mad man because they’ve some knowledge of the core beliefs and ethics of Christianity. When a mad Muslim does something evil or foolish they assume it’s from the religion of Islam, not because they hate us, but because they’ve never been told by a Muslim what the teachings of Islam are. Western media while producing vile programmes and publishing derogatory cartoons on Islam airs material of the highest quality with a high level of accuracy to scare the world into believing that Muslims are insane. It’s expected of it to do mean things against Muslims. But then conspiracy or not, let us face it, chips are down, that we’re large to blame ourselves for the terrible backlash against the Muslim world. If the machinations have been going against us for so long, the question arises, where’s our media? Where's our leaders and spokespeople? Where's our scholars? Where's our literary figures? The truth is we don’t have any. The upshot is that instead of looking inward and asking painful questions such as why we don’t have such things and such people, we take a simple way out by blaming/attacking others for our problems.
Full report at: greaterkashmir.com/news/opinion/story/217924.html
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