Radical Muslim Cleric Tells Supporters a New World Order Is Coming
New Age Islam News Bureau
12
Oct 2014
The clashes on Saturday and Sunday left 21 people dead and more than 60 wounded, officials at a local hospital said. (File Photo: AFP)
Australia
• Radical
Muslim Cleric Tells Supporters a New World Order Is Coming
Arab World
• ISIS
Rallies ‘10,000 Militants’ At Gates of Baghdad
• Three
Car Bombs Kill 25 North of Iraq’s Baquba
• 22 ISIL
Terrorists Killed in Anbar Province
• Kurds
thwart IS in Syria town but Iraq forces on back foot
• Saudi Scholarship
Students ‘Who Travel for Jihad Are Traitors’
• GCC
Islamic finance prospects bright in spite of growth hiccups
• Resolution
of Israel-Palestine conflict 'duty to next generation', says El-Sisi
• ISIS
‘misleads’ Iraqi jets with smokescreens
• Saudi
Grand mufti slams nasty tweets on Haj
Africa
• Kenyan
Airstrike Kills 60 Militants in Somalia
• Libya
Tribal Clashes Kill At Least 21
• Ministry:
Algerian army kills 5 Islamist gunmen
• Boko
Haram still controls Nigeria's Bama: Senator
India
• Kanchi Seer
Meets Muslim Cleric, Discusses Ayodhya
• New Video
Surfaces of Indian Jihadist Killed In Afghanistan
• In Azamgarh
Madrasa, Talk Revolves Around TV, WhatsApp, Higher Studies
• Pakistan
continues ceasefire violations; 3 injured
• India-Pakistan
diplomacy: Border barriers broken on Skype
Pakistan
• Pakistan
Writes to UN Chief, Seeks Intervention on Kashmir
• 21
Killed In N Waziristan, Khyber Agency Airstrikes
• Three Suspected
Militants Killed In Swat Encounter
• Exit
Islamabad: Qadri hints at taking 'Inqilab' across Pakistan
• ‘Age
factor behind Imran’s demand for early poll’: Asif Ali Zardari
• Bilawal
invites Malala to join hands for Sindh education cause
• Pakistan
on the verge of bankruptcy, says Imran
• Rangers,
police kill five Lyari ‘gangsters’ in Karachi
South Asia
• 4
Taliban militants killed while planting IEDs in Ghazni
• President’s
Yameen’s administration has failed, contends Nasheed
• Survey:
Bangladeshis optimistic about next generation’s prospects
Mideast
• Iranian
Speaker: US, Zionists, ISIL Collaborating to Undermine Islamic Awakening
• Turkey’s
Erdoğan, Russia’s Putin discuss ISIL threat
• Abbas
urges support for UN resolution to end occupation
• Iran
wants serious cooperation from Pakistan in preventing infiltration: ministry
• Gaza
reconstruction needs Israel consent: FM minister Lieberman
Europe
• Britain
Sends Army Trainers to Iraq to Help Kurdish Peshmerga Fighters
• UK
Muslims Set Up Funds For Family of Hostage Killed By IS
• 'Jihadi-cool'
language luring young British Muslims to IS: Salman Rushdie
• 20,000
Kurds protest against ISIL in Germany
• In
surprise Libya trip, U.N. chief calls for halt to fighting
• AFP, BBC
win awards for Syria war coverage
• Germany
regrets 'mistakes' in Afghanistan mission
North America
• Egypt,
U.S. urge Israel to consider Arab peace initiative
• Hagel
cites progress in Turkey talks about Syria
• Majority
of Muslims think alcohol consumption morally wrong
Southeast Asia
• Stay
away from PasMa faction, PAS clerics warn members
• After
backlash, Isma retracts article titled ‘Islam on top, infidels below’
• Utusan
forced to say sorry after running fake story of Catholic priest’s conversion to
Islam
• In
Dealing With Past Abuses, New President Needs to Show Courage
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Australia
Radical
Muslim Cleric Tells Supporters a New World Order Is Coming
Oct 12,
2014
RADICAL
Muslim cleric Ismail al-Wahwah told supporters at the Hizb ut-Tahrir
headquarters in Lakemba last night that if the West sent troops into Iraq
troops would be sent to Australia and elsewhere.
The
Hebron-born preacher addressed more than 50 supporters with three of the Muslim
flags that have become the symbol of IS behind him.
Mr
al-Wahwah, known in the Muslim community as Abu Anas, is the Australian leader
of pan-Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir.
The
group supports the establishment of an Islamic state, or caliphate.
“They
send their troops to Iraq to bomb Iraq to spread democracy. We will send our
troops to Australia, to France to Germany,” he said and the crowd roared
loudly.
“We
believe the world deserves another world order. We are ready to sacrifice
everything for our concept.
“I am
not a terrorist, I never will be.”
Mr
al-Wahwah said his movement would help bring a “new civilisation this world
deserves”.
“We will
expose the true face of capitalism, a dictatorship in the name of freedom,” he
said.
“To do a
change you have to pay price. Politics is lying, Your politicians are
criminals, your government is criminal. Your civilisation will pay the price.”
Al-Wahwah
singled out the recent anti-terror raids for “humiliating” Muslim women by
pulling them out of bed at 4am in the morning.
He said
Muslims were not weak and had a “good memory”.
In a
Facebook post, the Muslim cleric also accused politicians, media and police of
being part of a conspiracy to “cover up crimes” and “portray themselves as
being saviours”.
The
preacher suggested the Abbott government was part of a “crusader invasion” led
by the US.
“The
current crusader invasion led by America and the previous onslaughts target
Islam and Muslims,” Mr al-Wahwah’s Facebook post said.
“And
America fabricates narratives and seeks justifications to cover up its crimes
and real motives.”
Mr
al-Wahwah defended his extremist frontmen Uthman Badar and Wassim Doureihi,
suggesting anyone who did not publicly support Muslims were “enemies” and
“traitors”. Mr al-Wahwah told supporters at Sefton mosque it was the job of
police to “convince people that politicians do things well”.
“My
position, my role, my duty is to tell people the truth that your politicians
are criminals — they are going to kill hundreds of thousands of people,” he
said.
Mr
Abbott has called Hizb ut-Tahrir “un-Australian”.
HIZB
UT-TAHRIR
Ideology:
Pan-Islamic political party supports establishment of an Islamic State or
Caliphate
Founded:
1953
Membership:
Exact numbers unknown but has been estimated up to one million across more than
40 countries, including Australia, UK and US.
Background:
Established by Palestinian Islamic scholar Taqiuddin al-Nabhani as a Sunni
organisation. The “Liberation Party” was created to impose Islamic law through
the creation of an Islamic Caliphate.
Global
Leader: Ata Abu Rashta (Palestinian civil engineer)
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/radical-muslim-cleric-ismail-alwahwah-tells-supporters-a-new-world-order-is-coming/story-fni0cx12-1227086878686
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Arab World
ISIS
rallies ‘10,000 militants’ at gates of Baghdad
12
October 2014
An Iraqi
senior government official claimed that up to 10,000 Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) fighters are on the outskirts of Baghdad ready to attack the
capital, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
As Iraqi
officials continue to urge the United States to deploy ground troops into the
war-stricken country, a roadside bomb killed the police chief of Iraq's
battleground province of Anbar on Sunday, officials were quoted by Agence
France-Presse as saying.
“Major
General Ahmed Saddag was killed by an IED (improvised explosive device) blast
targeting his convoy this morning,” Faleh al-Issawi, the deputy head of the
provincial council, told AFP.
“The
police chief was leading forces involved in an operation to retake Twei” from
ISIS, Colonel Abdulrahman al-Janabi said.
He said
clashes between government forces and the militants had erupted in the area on
Saturday evening.
Anbar in
crisis
Sabah
al-Karhout, president of the provisional council of Anbar Province, said most
of his province, adjacent to Baghdad, is now under ISIS control.
Two of
Anbar’s largest cities, Ramadi and Falluja are known as the “graveyard of the
Americans,” making it unlikely that the Pentagon would authorize the
redeployment of ground forces, the British daily reported.
However,
should the entirety of the province fall under ISIS control, it would
facilitate an advancement by the militants into Baghdad where a team of almost
1,500 U.S. troops are mentoring a stressed Iraqi army.
As
fighting rages between Syrian Kurds and ISIS militants over control of the
Syrian border town of Kobane, Iraqi officials claim the Anbar province is on
the verge of collapse.
Government
forces in the provincial capital of Ramadi fought back an ISIS offensive on
Saturday, but U.S. officials warned that the city remains in a “tenuous”
position.
“I think
it’s fragile there now,” one senior U.S. defense official told Agence
France-Presse.
“They
are being resupplied and they’re holding their own, but it’s tough and
challenging,” the official explained.
ISIS’s
heightened activity led to speculation that the group’s offensive to control
Kobane was only a decoy architectured by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the
self-proclaimed ISIS “caliph.”
Observers,
the Telegraph reported, say that while an ISIS-controlled Kobane would not
greatly benefit the group strategically, the capture of Ramadi and other cities
in Anbar would, as it would be catastrophic for both the Iraqi government and
the U.S.-led coalition hoping to contain the group.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/12/10-000-ISIS-militants-near-Baghdad-Report.html
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Three
car bombs kill 25 north of Iraq’s Baquba
12
October 2014
Three
car bombs killed 25 people at a government compound near Baquba city in Iraq on
Sunday and the Anbar province police chief died on patrol when suspected
Islamic State militants blew up his convoy, hospital and security sources said.
Insurgents
have been carrying out a wave of bombings as the government continues to fight
against IS jihadists who four months ago seized major cities in northern Iraq.
The
death toll at the compound in Qara Qubah, 80 km north of Baquba, included both
civilians and soldiers, hospital sources said. Another 60 people were wounded.
In a
separate incident, two improvised explosive devices detonated at a local market
in the Dur al-Dhubat district in southern Baquba, killing six civilians and
wounding 10, a police source said.
In the
village of al-Bu Risha, 15 km west of the city of Ramadi, Anbar police
commander General Ahmad Sadak al-Dulaymi was killed when suspected IS fighters
targeted his convoy with two improvised explosive devices on Sunday, a security
source said.
"The
general was out on patrol in the military parameter of al-Bu Risha, checking on
the sectors where the confrontations with Islamic State insurgents are taking
place. His convoy was targeted by two IEDs," the source told Reuters.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/12/Three-car-bombs-kill-25-north-of-Iraq-s-Baquba.html
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22 ISIL
Terrorists Killed in Anbar Province
October
12, 2014
Iraqi
troops inflicted heavy losses on the ISIL terrorists, as the Iraqi Army killed
22 members of the Takfiri group in Anbar province.
A
military source told National Iraqi news agency that the army soldiers claimed
the lives of large numbers of the terrorists in a series of operation carried
out in the western province on Saturday.
The ISIL
Takfiri terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have
threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi
Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.
Senior
Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab
states for the growing terrorism in their country.
The ISIL
has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by
the Israeli regime.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930720000618
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Kurds
thwart IS in Syria town but Iraq forces on back foot
October
12, 2014
Islamic
State jihadists met dogged Kurdish resistance in the high-profile Syrian
battleground town of Kobane Sunday but they put Iraqi forces under heavy
pressure, prompting the first US-led relief drops.
A
roadside bomb killed the police chief of the Iraqi province of Anbar, between
Baghdad and the Syrian border, where Pentagon officials have voiced concern
about the vulnerability of government troops to a renewed offensive by the
jihadists.
And
further north, around the key oil refinery town of Baiji, the Iraqi army and
its Sunni Arab tribal allies came under fresh attack by the Islamic State (IS)
group, prompting a maiden resupply operation by US-led coalition aircraft.
In
Kobane, where IS is battling Kurdish fighters under the gaze of the
international media massed just across the border with Turkey, the jihadists
were taking heavy losses, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
On
Saturday alone, the jihadists lost at least 36 fighters in the battle with
Kurdish militiamen for the town, said the Britain-based monitoring group, which
has a wide network of sources inside Syria.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/112886/World/Region/Kurds-thwart-IS-in-Syria-town-but-Iraq-forces-on-b.aspx
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Saudi Scholarship
Students ‘Who Travel For Jihad Are Traitors’
October
12, 2014
RIYADH —
Member of the Senior Scholars Commission and consultant at the Royal Court
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Menaie said Saudi scholarship students who travelled to
Syria for jihad are traitors, Al-Eqtasadiah business daily reported.
Sheikh
Menaie said the Saudi government sends students abroad so they can continue
their education and they betray their government’s trust in them if they give
up their studies and travel to Syria for jihad.
He said
he considers anyone fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya or Yemen as “followers of
Satan”.
“If they
want to wage jihad, they should do so in Palestine, which has been occupied for
more than 100 years,” he said.
He
explained that the events in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen are not considered
jihad, but are the work of evil, and the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
has said that if two Muslims fight each other, they will both end up in hell.
Menaie
also said using Zakat funds to pay for blood money is impermissible, especially
in cases where murder is premeditated.
Full
report at:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20141012220878
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GCC
Islamic finance prospects bright in spite of growth hiccups
October
12, 2014
JEDDAH –
The GCC Islamic Finance industry is expected to maintain its rapid growth over
the coming years despite mixed results across sectors in 2014, according to
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P).
The
industry’s expansion is expected to be driven by the GCC’s robust economic prospects,
continued infrastructure needs and rising issuance from governments and
government-related entities. Current and expected trends in Islamic finance,
especially the increasing role of regulation in shaping market development will
be key themes of a conference to be hosted by S&P in Dubai on Oct. 14,
2014.
Stuart
Anderson, Managing Director & Regional Head, Middle East, Standard &
Poor's, said: “We remain upbeat on the outlook for the GCC Islamic Finance
industry, but we have seen mixed fortunes across sectors this year and a broad
spectrum of structural issues continuing to pose challenges. Despite growth,
the industry remains a demand-driven market, with limited supply. The expansion
and enhancement of existing Islamic Finance centers in the GCC, and a more
transparent regulatory environment are critical to accelerate growth. S&P’s
3rd Annual Islamic Finance Conference will discuss the outlook for the industry
with a focus on the role of regulation in facilitating its development.”
Full
report at:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20141012220943
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Resolution
of Israel-Palestine conflict 'duty to next generation', says El-Sisi at Gaza
aid conference
October
12, 2014
Egyptian
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has opened the Gaza aid conference by
emphasising that ending the Israel-Palestine conflict is a duty to the next
generation.
El-Sisi
described the conference in Cairo as "an inevitable step,'' and praised
international leaders for "accepting the invitation" and attending
such a gathering in order to "assert our solidarity with the Palestinian
people in its crisis."
"We
assert at today's conference our support for the Palestinians and their
legitimate government so they can rebuild the Gaza Strip, which represents a
crucial part of Palestine," he added.
Egypt
made "tireless efforts" to conclude a Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire
agreement during the recent Israeli offensive.
The
president said these endeavours had continued even after the announcement of an
armistice deal as Egypt had backed the implementation of the agreed terms and
conditions.
He also
stated that Cairo had worked to end inter-Palestinian divisions and return the
Palestinian Authority (PA) to Gaza in order to "emphasise the unity of the
Palestinian territories."
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/112856/Egypt/UPDATED-Resolution-of-IsraelPalestine-conflict-dut.aspx
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ISIS
‘misleads’ Iraqi jets with smokescreens
12
October 2014
Militants
of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have recently adopted a tactic that
involves burning dozens of old tires in order to create a smokescreen to
“mislead” warplanes targeting their positions, a military official told Al
Arabiya News.
“Apparently,
this idea came to ISIS militants through some former Iraqi army officers,
because it resembles one of the ways used by Saddam Hussein,” said Army General
Mohamed al-Askary , spokesman for the Iraqi Defense ministry, said Saturday.
“This
trick has not worked back in the old days,” he said, referring to a tactic
employed by the deposed former Iraqi leader in the 2003-U.S. invasion.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/12/ISIS-uses-smokescreens-to-mislead-Iraqi-warplanes-.html
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Saudi
Grand mufti slams nasty tweets on Haj
October
12, 2014
Grand
Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh, chairman of the Council of Senior Ulema and
the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta, criticized tweeters who
are focusing only on the negative issues of Haj 2014 without seeing the pluses,
describing such social network users as "
mean and
ill-mannered."
During
his sermon on Friday at Imam Turki bin AbdulLah Mosque, the grand mufti said
humans are not perfect and mistakes are bound to happen. “The human mind has
its limitations and it is wrong to assume that it has full knowledge of
everything,” he said, adding that owing to this limitation, humans can be right
about something while at other times they may totally miss the point.
He
stressed that true believers and those who have faith in Islam are able to see
both sides of a picture: the positive and the negative.
“It is
unfair to point to a small error and overlook the great efforts having been
made for a successful Haj season,” he said, adding that tweeting using bad
language is wrong and shows that the tweeter has no ethics or principles.
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/642981
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Africa
Kenyan
airstrike kills 60 militants in Somalia
World
Bulletin/News Desk
October
12, 2014
At least
60 militants from Al-Shabaab group were killed Saturday in a Kenyan airstrike
on Gulagadud in Somalia's Jubba region, south-west of the capital Mogadishu,
the Kenyan army said.
"Initial
battle assessment indicates that 60 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed in the
attack," the Kenya Defense Force said in a statement.
According
to the statement, several militants were injured in the attack, while others
retreated to Jilib, 100km north of Somalia's Indian Ocean port town of Kismayu,
which is controlled by African peacekeepers.
Saturday's
airstrike came less than four months after Kenya forces launched airstrikes on
Anole and Kuday towns in Lower Jubba region, south of Middle Jubba, killing at
least 80 Al-Shabaab militants.
Kenya
first deployed its troops in Somalia in 2011 following the kidnapping of
foreign tourists by Al-Shabaab militants.
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/146014/kenyan-airstrike-kills-60-militants-in-somalia
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Libya
tribal clashes kill at least 21
12 October 2014
At least
21 people were killed and more than 60 wounded in tribal clashes west of the
Libyan capital over the weekend, hospital sources said on Sunday.
Witnesses
said nationalist militia from the hill town of Zintan, southwest of Tripoli,
attacked the neighboring town of Kekla which supports their Islamist-led Libya
Dawn rivals.
The
clashes on Saturday and Sunday left 21 people dead and more than 60 wounded,
officials at a local hospital said.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/12/Libya-tribal-clashes-kill-at-least-21-.html
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Ministry:
Algerian army kills 5 Islamist gunmen
2
October 2014
Algerian
soldiers killed five Islamist gunmen Saturday not far from where the suspected
hideout of extremists who beheaded a French hostage was destroyed two days
earlier, the defence ministry said.
“A
detachment of soldiers on Saturday eliminated five terrorists in the Mount
Mokrani area,” a statement said.
Two
Kalashnikov assault rifles, a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition were
recovered, the ministry said.
On
Thursday, the army announced it had destroyed a camp in the Djurdjura
mountains, 150 kilometres southeast of the capital, believed to have been used
by militants who beheaded 55-year-old French hiker Herve Gourdel last month.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/12/Ministry-Algerian-army-kills-5-Islamist-gunmen-.html
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Boko
Haram still controls Nigeria's Bama: Senator
World
Bulletin/News Desk
October
12, 2014
Nigeria's
northeastern Bama town remains in the grip of Boko Haram militants with several
locals still trapped in the enclave, a federal lawmaker from other area has
said.
"Nothing
has changed. Bama remains effectively in the hands of the militants and our
people are dying of hunger and diseases," Senator Ahmed Zannah, who hails
from Bama town, told Anadolu Agency on Sunday morning.
"The
military has refused to liberate Bama months after the terrorists had taken it
over," he said.
Boko
Haram seized Bama in the first week of September reportedly after a fierce
battle with soldiers that lasted days and claimed many lives on both sides.
But the
army has always disputed the claim, insisting that soldiers are in charge of
the commercial town located nearly 60km from Maiduguri, the provincial capital
of the Borno State.
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/146066/boko-haram-still-controls-nigerias-bama-senator
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India
Kanchi
seer meets Muslim cleric, discusses Ayodhya
Ashish
Tripathi & Arshad Afzal Khan,TNN | Oct 12, 2014
LUCKNOW:
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati on Saturday met
All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) general secretary Khalid Rashid
Firangi Mahali and sought his help for initiating fresh dialogue between Muslim
and Hindu leaders for a possible out-of-court settlement of the Ram
Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.
The seer
had unsuccessfully held talks with AIMPLB to resolve the dispute in 2002 and
2003 on then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's request.
He told
Mahali that courts would be unable to sort out the dispute as it involves faith
and that the solution can be reached only through dialogue between the two
communities.
Mahali
said the seer had come with a request to begin a fresh dialogue. He said he
assured him of all help for a peaceful settlement of the dispute.
The
Muslim cleric called on the need for confidence building measures to bring
Hindus and Muslim closer before the dialogue. "Please talk to people, who
are vitiating atmosphere through misinformation campaign on issues like love
jihad, cow slaughter and madarsas. You are highly respected and tall religious
figure, I am sure such people will listen to you," Mahali told the seer.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kanchi-seer-meets-Muslim-cleric-discusses-Ayodhya/articleshow/44787593.cms
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New
video surfaces of Indian jihadist killed in Afghanistan
Praveen
Swami, October 12, 2014
New
video footage has emerged of the last message of Anwar Husain ‘Bhatkal’, an
Indian jihadist killed in combat while attacking an Afghan military outpost
earlier this year. The video was released online on Saturday by the
Tauheed-ul-Ansar, a group of Indian jihadists operating from the
Afghan-Pakistan border in alliance with the Taliban.
Flanked
by two unidentified men, one with his face digitally-masked, Husain cradles a
Kalashnikov assault rifle as he tells his parents: “I am here because jihad is
an obligation on all of us, (but) I must seek permission for it from my
parents, not my wife or children.”
“I want
you to know,” he continues, “that I have come here of my own free will, not
because anyone either incited me to do so or forced me. I am here because I
want God to accept me, not because I seek money or fame or power.”
The
narrator in the videotape briefly describes Husain’s journey from the coastal
Karnataka town of Bhatkal to Dubai and on to the jihad in Afghanistan. The
video quotes a masked commander he served with as saying: “The mujahideen are
almost all very pious people but brother Husain was ahead of all in piety,
character and courage.
Full
report at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/new-video-surfaces-of-indian-jihadist-killed-in-afghanistan/99/#sthash.CoNtzNdg.dpuf
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In
Azamgarh Madrasa, Talk Revolves Around TV, WhatsApp, Higher Studies
Written
by Seema Chishti
October
12, 2014
Only 4
per cent of Muslim children go to madrasas in India, as per the Sachar
committee report. That was a fact BJP’s Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj didn’t mention
when, addressing a meeting in Kannauj last month, he alleged that madrasas
across the country are imparting “education of terror” and “love jihad”.
Deep in
Saraimeer, a much-talked-about part of Azamgarh since many alleged Indian
Mujahideen activists were traced to it, is Madrasatul Islah, the oldest and one
of the largest madrasas in the area, with about 1,500 students. Set up in 1908,
it once had on its rolls leading Islamic scholars such as Shibli Nomani and
Hamiduddin Farahi.
This
day, its senior-most class is attempting to answer a more basic question on the
blackboard — “Who was the first Indian to use the mobile phone?” Several
students spring to their feet with the answer to that little-known fact: “Jyoti
Basu, in March 1995”.
Full
report at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-azamgarh-madrasa-talk-revolves-around-tv-whatsapp-higher-studies/99/#sthash.2LVEF5a7.dpuf
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India-Pakistan
diplomacy: Border barriers broken on Skype
Reuters
| Oct 12, 2014
BANGALORE:
It's India-Pakistan diplomacy with a difference: two groups of students, one in
Bangalore and one in Islamabad, talking fashion, film and politics over
homemade curry and steaks.
By
dining together over Skype calls, the students might knock down the cultural
and political barriers that divide them. That's the dream of Eric Maddox,
founder of the Virtual Dinner Guest initiative. "It is harder to ignore,
vilify or harm those with whom we have broken bread," said the 36-year-old
American, who has spent the last three months in the tech hub of Bangalore.
Maddox
came up with the idea of Virtual Dinner Guest during field research in the West
Bank as part of his degree in international conflict resolution. Typically, the
groups share a 60- to 90-minute dinner and ask questions, inspired by newspaper
articles selected as source material.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/India-Pakistan-diplomacy-Border-barriers-broken-on-Skype/articleshow/44788132.cms
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Pakistan
Pakistan
writes to UN chief, seeks intervention on Kashmir
PTI |
Oct 12, 2014,
ISLAMABAD:
Stepping up its attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan has
written to UN chief Ban ki-moon on the security situation along the LoC and the
International Border with India and sought the world body's intervention in
resolving the issue.
In a
letter to UN chief Ban ki-moon, adviser to the Pakistan prime minister on
national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz accused India of
"deliberate and unprovoked violations of the ceasefire agreement and cross-border
firing" over the past weeks.
"I
write to bring to your urgent attention the deteriorating security situation
along the line of control in Jammu & Kashmir, as well as along the
International Border between Pakistan and India...
"As
you are aware, the Jammu & Kashmir dispute is one of the long outstanding
issues on the agenda of the UN security council, whose resolutions promising
the holding of a plebiscite, under the auspices of the United Nations, for
self-determination of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, remain valid though
unimplemented to date," Aziz wrote in the letter which was released by
Pakistan foreign office here.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistan-writes-to-UN-chief-seeks-intervention-on-Kashmir/articleshow/44789940.cms
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21
killed in N Waziristan, Khyber Agency airstrikes
October
12, 2014
RAWALPINDI:
At least 11 suspected militants were killed in military airstrikes on Sunday in
the restive North Waziristan tribal region, a statement said.
According
to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), two militant hideouts were also
destroyed. These claims, however, could not be independently verified as
journalists have limited access to the tribal agency.
Earlier
on August 30, at least 32 suspected militants had been killed and three
militant hideouts were destroyed by army aviation’s gunship helicopters in a
remote area of Bangidar in North Waziristan.
In
separate airstrikes in the Khyber Agency's Kuki Khel area, at least 10
suspected militants were killed, an ISPR statement said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137498/21-killed-in-n-waziristan-khyber-agency-airstrikes
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Three
suspected militants killed in Swat encounter
October
12, 2014
PESHAWAR:
At least three suspected militants were killed in a clash with security forces
on Sunday in Charbagh area of Swat district.
Official
sources said that armed militants had attacked the house of Village Defence
Committee member Ayub Khan and shot him dead late Saturday.
Security
forces launched a search operation soon after the incident and traced the
attackers, following which a gunbattle took place in Mangal Tan area of
Charbagh, leaving three of the attackers dead, sources said.
The army
declared Swat, once known as the “Switzerland of Pakistan”, back under control
in July 2009, after defeating radical cleric Fazlullah and his Taliban fighters
who waged a two-year campaign of terror in the region.
The
operation was arguably Pakistan's most successful offensive to date against the
homegrown insurgents who have bombed and killed thousands across the country
for the last seven years.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137496/three-suspected-militants-killed-in-swat-encounter
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Exit
Islamabad: Qadri hints at taking 'Inqilab' across Pakistan
October
12, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
Following Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) drift from the red zone, Pakistan
Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri on Sunday hinted at taking his party's
'Inqilab March' to other parts of the country, saying that his party
"never believed in protests sitting at one place".
"A
revolution has different phases," Qadri said adding, "It is a
continuing process. Our first stop is Faislabad."
Giving
today's rally the title of 'Inquilab in Faisalabad', Qadri said the day would
prove that the Islamabad sit-in has been successful. He did not elaborate as to
how this success would be proven.
"We
want to change the system, we had been suffering atrocities for more than 65
years," he said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137497/exit-islamabad-qadri-hints-at-taking-inqilab-across-pakistan
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‘Age
factor behind Imran’s demand for early poll’: Asif Ali Zardari
October
12, 2014
LAHORE:
PPP co-chairperson and former president Asif Ali Zardari says PTI Chief Imran
Khan is in a hurry as he thinks he is getting older and may not be able to
become premier if elections are not held now.
“Actually
Imran Khan is getting older. That is why he wants elections now to become prime
minister. Time. Though the current political actor desires to create a
political vacuum in the country through resigning from assemblies and other
tactics, we will participate in every by-election,” Mr Zardari told the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa PPP office-bearers, leaders and activists here at Bilawal House on
Saturday.
He said
the PPP could easily do Imran Khan-like politics, but it didn’t want anarchy in
the country for the sake of strengthening democracy and revival of Pakistan’s
economic situation.
In an
obvious reference to Imran Khan and Shahbaz Sharif he said: “I am surprised
that one leader wears dupatta (scarf) and another breaks mike just to become
Bhuttoo. So I just want to tell them to learn well about politics of Bhuttoo
that was based on ideology. And that was without any (outside) support,” he
deplored.
Full report
at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137442/age-factor-behind-imrans-demand-for-early-poll
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Bilawal
invites Malala to join hands for Sindh education cause
October
12, 2014
KARACHI:
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday
congratulated Malala Yousafzai over telephone on winning the prestigious Nobel
Peace Prize and invited her to work with him for transformation of education
system in Sindh.
In a
telephonic conversation, he said his late mother Benazir Bhutto was alive in
the shape of Malala, adding that every girl of Pakistan had the potential to
become Benazir.
After
winning the prestigious global award, the teen education rights campaigner had
dedicated her Nobel peace prize to “voiceless” children around the world on
Friday.
Malala
moved to Britain for medical treatment after being shot in the head by a
Taliban fighter in October 2012, an attempt to silence her vocal advocacy of
the right of girls to go to school.
Bilawal
said that education was the best tool to eradicate extremism from the society
and Malala could play a pivotal role in this regard as a torch-bearer.
The
young PPP leader said Malala has given hope to him and the entire country and
she is the voice of ‘real youth’ of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan.
“This
daughter of Pakistan is the ambassador of peace and our national heroine,” he
concluded.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137323/bilawal-invites-malala-to-join-hands-for-sindh-education-cause
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Pakistan
on the verge of bankruptcy, says Imran
October
12, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said the country
is at the verge of bankruptcy while the prime minister is busy with his foreign
tours.
“The
government has crippled the country’s economy by borrowing loans in huge
amounts unprecedented in Pakistan’s history and the country has gone nearly
bankrupt,” Kaptaan said while addressing his supporters at D-Chowk.
The
skipper said Nawaz Sharif paid 14 foreign visits after assuming power last
year. “Nawaz Sharif said he went abroad frequently to bring foreign investment.
Where’s foreign investment? The country’s economy has collapsed. Where are all
those tall claims?” asked Kaptaan whose protest movement against Nawaz Sharif
has been participated by a huge number of people for nearly two months.
The PTI
chairman said the government’s overwhelming reliance on foreign debts with no
emphasis to facilitate and strengthen Pakistan’s indigenous industry was the
prime reason of the crippled economy.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/12-Oct-2014/pakistan-on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy-says-imran
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Rangers,
police kill five Lyari ‘gangsters’ in Karachi
October
12, 2014
KARACHI:
Five alleged members of a Lyari gang were killed in joint action by police and
the Rangers in Malir and Lyari, Geo News reported Sunday.
According
to a report, four suspects associated with Baba Ladla group were killed near
the shrine of Bhawan Shah in Malir.
Sources
said that ringleader of the notorious Lyari gang doctor Shoib was also killed
in the shootout.
The
bodies were moved to Jinnah Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
A member
of Uzair Baloch faction was killed in exchange of firing with Rangers in Lyari
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-162301-Rangers,-police-kill-five-Lyari-gangsters-in-Karachi-
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South Asia
4
Taliban militants killed while planting IEDs in Ghazni
Oct 12
2014
At least
four Taliban militants were killed while they were planting improvised
explosive device (IED) in southeastern Ghazni province.
Sediq
Sediqi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Sunday that the
militants were killed in Giro district.
Sediqi
further added that a Taliban militant was killed by police fores while he was
planting an IED on roadside.
He said
three more Taliban militants were blown up while they were trying to remove the
dead body of the Taliban militant from the area.
The
Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
Taliban
militants frequently use improvised explosive device (IED) to target Afghan and
coalition security forces, but the civilians are mostly targeted in IED
attacks.
At least
5 civilians were killed and 14 others were injured following an IED attack in
central Uruzgan province on Friday afternoon.
http://www.khaama.com/4-taliban-militants-killed-while-planting-ieds-in-ghazni-8792
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President’s
Yameen’s administration has failed, contends Nasheed
By Ahmed
Naish | October 12th, 2014
President
Abdulla Yameen’s administration has failed to deliver on campaign pledges to
improve the economy and ensure public safety, former President Mohamed Nasheed
contended last night (October 11).
Speaking
at a Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) rally in Fuvahmulah, Nasheed said the
government was unable to explain or show how it would create the promised
94,000 new jobs after almost one year in office.
“One of
the most important reasons for the bleakness we are seeing is the lack of
employment opportunities. And we cannot see a plan or project from this failed
government to increase employment opportunities,” the opposition leader said.
Referring
to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act, Nasheed claimed foreign multi-national
companies were reluctant to invest in the Maldives.
President
Yameen has hailed the SEZ Act as a “landmark law” that will “transform” the
economy through diversification and mitigate the reliance on the tourism
industry.
The
government maintained that SEZs with relaxed regulations and tax concessions
were necessary to attract foreign investors and launch ‘mega projects’ for
economic diversification, which would create jobs and elevate the economy to a
“new production frontier.”
Full
report at:
http://minivannews.com/politics/presidents-yameens-administration-has-failed-contends-nasheed-90403
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Survey:
Bangladeshis optimistic about next generation’s prospects
October
12, 2014
More
than two-thirds of Bangladeshis believe their children will be better off than
they are, according to a survey carried out by a US-based think tank.
Seventy-one
percent of Bangladeshis are optimistic that the next generation will have a
higher standard of living than they have, according to research conducted by
the Pew Research Centre released on Thursday. Nineteen percent believe their
children will be worse off.
The
survey, conducted from March 17 to June 5 this year, involved 48,643
respondents in 44 countries.
In
Bangladesh the organisation took face-to-face interviews of 1,000 adults
between April 14 and May 11.
Researchers
said optimism was linked with recent national economic performance.
“Countries
that have enjoyed relatively high levels of growth in recent years also
register some of the highest levels of confidence in their children’s economic
futures,” the report said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/oct/12/survey-bangladeshis-optimistic-about-next-generation%E2%80%99s-prospects#sthash.Shf0gvCZ.dpuf
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Mideast
Iranian
Speaker: US, Zionists, ISIL Collaborating to Undermine Islamic Awakening
October
12, 2014
Iranian
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned that the US, the Zionists and the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group are making joint
efforts to push back the waves of Islamic Awakening in the Muslim world.
"Today
the international stream of Zionism, the extremist ISIL stream and the US are
all moving on one path towards their shared goal of the annihilation of the
Islamic Awakening," Larijani said, addressing the inauguration ceremony of
the first 'Islamic Awakening House' in the Central city of Isfahan on Saturday
evening.
Stressing
that the US and other western states aren’t seriously fighting the ISIL, he
said Muslims should rely on their own capabilities to continue the Islamic
Awakening movement.
Also,
addressing another ceremony in Isfahan city on Sunday, Larijani underlined that
in addition to collaboration among the US, Zionists and the ISIL to stop or
divert the Islamic Awakening movement, the West-led wars in the region,
specially in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, are the results of the world powers'
political desire games in the region and the spread of a fanatic terrorist
culture.
In
relevant remarks in September, Vice-Chairman of Iran's Experts Assembly
underlined that the US and its protégés in the region have supported the
Takfiri and extremist movements after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to counter
Iran's Islamic Revolution and the tidal waves of Islamic Awakening.
Full
report at:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930720000611
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Turkey’s
Erdoğan, Russia’s Putin discuss ISIL threat
October
12, 2014
Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
discussed threats posed by jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL), while Erdoğan also voiced his concerns over troubles faced by
Crimean Tatars.
Erdoğan
initiated a telephone conversation with Putin late on Oct. 11, sources from his
office told the state-run Anadolu Agency, noting the main motive of the phone
call was extending condolences to the Russian head of state for the recent
suicide bombing in Grozny.
Contact
between Erdoğan and Putin came within days after Moscow warned Ankara that any
plan to set up a buffer-zone in Syria, as Turkey has urged, would need to be
approved by the United Nations Security Council.
“The
discussion covered bilateral issues in view of the fifth High-Level
Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council summit, to be held at the end of the year
in Turkey. The two presidents spoke out for the further development of trade
and economic ties between Russia and Turkey, including in agriculture and high
technologies,” the Kremlin said in a statement. “The discussion of
international affairs focused on the threat posed by the ISIL terrorist group,”
the Kremlin added.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-erdogan-russias-putin-discuss-isil-threat.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72848&NewsCatID=510
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Abbas
urges support for UN resolution to end occupation
World
Bulletin/News Desk
October
12, 2014
Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday has urged international support for a U.N.
resolution on a timetable to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
"There
must be a new approach to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, end the Israeli
occupation and produce a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its
capital," Abbas said at the opening of an international conference for
Gaza reconstruction in Cairo.
"The
international community is now required - now more than ever – to support our
request for a U.N. resolution that would put in place a timetable for the end
of Israeli occupation," he added.
Abbas
said that the Israeli occupation is preventing Palestinians from benefiting
from 60 percent of the West Bank lands and inflicting $3 billion in annual loss
to the Palestinian economy.
He also
warned of the consequences of Israel's failure to abide by the international
resolutions and the two-state solution, saying it could drive the region into a
cycle of violence and conflict.
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/headlines/146064/abbas-urges-support-for-un-resolution-to-end-occupation
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Iran
wants serious cooperation from Pakistan in preventing infiltration: ministry
October
12, 2014
TEHRAN –
Iran’s Ministry of Interior Affairs on Sunday held Pakistan accountable for the
terrorist attacks that claimed lives of several policemen in southeastern parts
of the Islamic Republic recently.
“We
don’t expect from Pakistan to allow terrorist operations against Iran from its
soil," ministry’s spokesman Hossein Ali Amiri told journalists here in the
Iranian capital. He called on Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take active
measures in contacts with Pakistan in order not to allow their country become a
launch pad for terrorist operations against Iran.
He said
the terrorist attacks did not have any military value as they were only some
hit-and-run operations by the terrorists who sneak into Iran from a
neighbouring state, carry out terrorist operations and then escape to the same
country. He called for serious cooperation from Pakistan in preventing
terrorists' infiltration into the Iranian soil, and said that Pakistani should
be held accountable for the terrorist operations.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/12-Oct-2014/iran-wants-serious-cooperation-from-pakistan-in-preventing-infiltration-ministry
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Gaza
reconstruction needs Israel consent: FM minister Lieberman
October
12, 2014
The
foreign minister of Israel, which was not invited to an international
conference Sunday in Cairo on rebuilding Gaza, said any such effort would need
his country's consent.
"Gaza
cannot be rebuilt without the cooperation and participation of Israel,"
Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview with news website Ynet.
Israel,
which has enforced a strict blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2006, can block
the entry of construction materials or funds into the Palestinian territory.
The
Jewish state insists on guarantees that international aid will not be diverted
to military ends by the Islamist movement Hamas, against which it fought a
devastating 50-day war in July and August.
However,
Lieberman said Israel would be "receptive" to plans for "the
reconstruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza".
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/112872/World/Region/Gaza-reconstruction-needs-Israel-consent-FM-minist.aspx
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Europe
Britain
sends army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish peshmerga fighters
October
12, 2014
LONDON:
Britain said it had deployed a team of army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish
peshmerga fighters maintain and use heavy machine guns against Islamic State
(IS) militants.
Britain
announced the move as Kurdish fighters battling IS militants in the besieged
Syrian town of Kobani called on Turkey to open up corridors to allow volunteer
fighters and weapons to enter to reinforce their out-gunned forces.
Britain’s
Ministry of Defense said the team, which local media reports said was
12-strong, had deployed to Erbil for around a week to help Kurdish fighters
operate the guns which Britain gifted to them last month.
“We are
continuing to scope assistance to the Iraqi security forces, further training
teams addressing soldiering skills, medical and counter-explosive device
knowledge will follow,” the ministry said in a statement.
A
spokeswoman stressed the army trainers were fulfilling a non-combat role.
Although
Britain’s parliament has sanctioned the Royal Air Force taking part in air
strikes on IS militants inside Iraq, Prime Minister David Cameron has
repeatedly said there was no question for now of deploying ground forces.
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/643036
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UK
Muslims set up funds for family of hostage killed by IS
October
12, 2014
WASHINGTON:
The killing of Alan Henning, a British hostage held by Islamic State (IS)
militant group, has caused anger and turmoil for many who knew him, and many
who didn’t. Notably, many of the most prominent voices of anguish have come
from Britain’s Islamic community.
That’s
largely because Henning was not a Muslim, yet was working with a charity when
he traveled to Syria. The IS appears to have targeted him over his colleagues
because of this. A number of British Muslims had written a letter asking for
Henning’s release, and the organizer of the trip on which Henning was kidnapped
released an emotional plea for clemency to the IS.
The
calls for Henning’s release apparently fell on deaf ears: Video of Henning’s
killing was released last Friday. Now Muslims in Britain have declared their
support for fundraising efforts that would go to Henning’s wife and two
children as well as the causes he has supported.
According
to the Bolton Record, on Tuesday, a Muslim group from Henning’s home town
released a statement announcing their support for the fundraising projects. “We
would now like to support the funds set up to help provide financial support
for Alan’s family and other ongoing projects to benefit those in need to ensure
his legacy continues,” a statement from the Bolton Council of Mosques read.
Full
report at:
http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/642701
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'Jihadi-cool'
language luring young British Muslims to IS: Salman Rushdie
PTI |
Oct 12, 2014,
LONDON:
Eminent British Indian author Salman Rushdie has attacked the
"mangled" language of religion which is turning British Muslims
towards extremism.
"The
language of religion has been horribly mangled in our time, by Christian
extremists in America and by Hindu extremists in India but the overwhelming
weight of the problem lies in the world of Islam, and much of it has its roots
in the ideological language of blood and war emanating from the Salafist
movement within Islam, globally backed by Saudi Arabia," the Booker Prize
winner said while accepting the PEN/Pinter prize this week.
Mumbai-born
Rushdie said he fears that the language of "jihadi-cool" is seducing
young British Muslims, many via Twitter and YouTube, into joining the
"decapitating barbarianism" of IS.
Rushdie
defined "jihadi-cool" as "the deformed medievalist language of
fanaticism, backed up by modern weaponry", saying, "It's hard not to
conclude that this hate-filled religious rhetoric, pouring from the mouths of
ruthless fanatics into the ears of angry young men, has become the most
dangerous new weapon in the world today".
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Jihadi-cool-language-luring-young-British-Muslims-to-Islamic-State-Salman-Rushdie-says/articleshow/44791862.cms
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20,000
Kurds protest against ISIL in Germany
October
12, 2014
More
than 20,000 Kurdish immigrants have protested in Germany against the Islamic
State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to condemn the jihadists onslaught against
the Kurdish town of Kobane in northern Syria.
Police
said the demonstration Oct. 11 in the western German city of Düsseldorf was
peaceful with people marching through the city's downtown area and waving large
Kurdish flags.
Meanwhile,
two people were seriously hurt after radical Muslims attacked a Kurdish
demonstration in the west Austrian city of Bregenz, according to a police
spokesman.
The
attack came a few days after clashes between Kurds and radical Muslim groups in
the northern German cities of Hamburg and Celle left more than 20 people
injured earlier this week.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/20000-kurds-protest-against-isil-in-germany.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72843&NewsCatID=351
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In
surprise Libya trip, U.N. chief calls for halt to fighting
October
12, 2014
U.N.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon landed Libya's capital of Tripoli and is due to
meet political parties in a bid to bolster talks aimed at ending spiraling
unrest in the North African nation.
Shortly
after his arrival, he called for all sides in the conflict-plagued country to
stop fighting.
"Let
me be clear: if violent confrontations do not cease immediately, if sustainable
peace is not restored, prosperity and a better life will be a distant
dream," Ban said according to an official transcript of his remarks.
Ban's
visit Saturday is his first to Libya - the highest-level visit of a foreign
diplomat for three months - and comes after the U.N. launched a dialogue late
last month to mediate between the warring Libyan groups.
He
called on “all groups to stop fighting”, referring specifically to forces loyal
to retired general Khalifa Haftar and the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia militia
group that he has been battling in the eastern city of Benghazi since May,
Agence France-Presse reported.
Disputed
legitimacy
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/11/U-N-chief-arrives-in-Libya-amid-militia-violence.html
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AFP, BBC
win awards for Syria war coverage
12
October 2014
AFP
photographer Mohammad Al-Shaikh and the BBC’s Lyse Doucet were among the
winners at the annual Bayeux-Calvados awards for war correspondents announced
on Saturday in Bayeux, northwestern France.
Three of
the seven prizes went to coverage of the conflict in Syria, where a devastating
civil war has raged for the past three and a half years.
The
international jury, chaired by U.S. veteran foreign correspondent Jon Randal,
awarded the first prize in the photo category to AFP's Al-Shaikh for a series
of striking images covering violent demonstrations in Bahrain, which began in
2011.
In the
written press category, The Times' Anthony Loyd – who was beaten and shot at by
rebels in Syria – won top honors for his work highlighting the dangers of
reporting from the country.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/print/2014/10/12/AFP-BBC-win-awards-for-Syria-war-coverage-.html
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Germany
regrets 'mistakes' in Afghanistan mission
October
12, 2014
Germany's
foreign minister said Sunday that Berlin had made serious mistakes in its
military engagement in Afghanistan since 2001 and warned against a hasty
withdrawal.
Ahead of
the end of US-led NATO combat operations in the war-ravaged country this year,
Frank-Walter Steinmeier offered a sobering assessment of the 13-year mission.
"There
is a lot to indicate that our biggest mistake was to create expectations that
were too high," he wrote in a column for the weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine
Sonntagszeitung.
"We
not only wanted to snuff out the security threat that Afghanistan represented
but also lead the country at high speed into a future according to our own
vision."
He said
that despite progress in Afghanistan, the country was still plagued by a
thriving drug trade and rampant corruption.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/112889/World/International/Germany-regrets-mistakes-in-Afghanistan-mission.aspx
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North America
Egypt,
U.S. urge Israel to consider Arab peace initiative
World
Bulletin/News Desk
October
12, 2014
Egypt,
which brokered a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza after a
50-day war, used a reconstruction conference in Cairo on Sunday to call for a
wider peace deal based on a 2002 Arab initiative.
Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi opened the meeting by calling for peace and
putting the biggest Arab nation's weight behind the plan, put forward by Saudi
Arabia at an Arab League summit in Beirut in 2002.
"We
should turn this moment into a real starting point to achieve a peace that
secures stability and flourishing and renders the dream of coexistence a
reality, and this is the vision of the Arab peace initiative," said Sisi.
The
plan, rejected by Israel, offered full recognition of the Jewish state but only
if it gave up all land seized in the 1967 Middle East war and agreed to a
"just solution" for Palestinian refugees.
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/headlines/146057/egypt-us-urge-israel-to-consider-arab-peace-initiative
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Hagel
cites progress in Turkey talks about Syria
October
12, 2014
U.S.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Oct. 11 the U.S. is making
"considerable progress" in its negotiations with Turkey over the plan
to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels in their fight against militants of
the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
A senior
U.S. official confirmed that Turkey has agreed to train the Syrian moderates
inside Turkey. The official was not authorized to discuss the negotiations
publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Hagel
said he spoke at length Saturday with the U.S. envoy for the Syria and Iraq
mission, retired Gen. John Allen. He said that Allen continues to work to get
other international partners, including those in the Middle East, involved in
the training program.
Hagel,
who is in Santiago for meetings with leaders, also said the U.S. continues to
use airstrikes to go after Islamic State militants in the Syrian border town of
Kobane. But he said extremists are still threatening the town and are occupying
part of the outskirts.
"It's
a dangerous situation," he said, adding that the U.S. is doing what it can
from the air and, "in fact, there has been some progress made in that
area."
He gave
a more upbeat assessment of the security situation in Baghdad. He said Iraqi
security forces are "in full control" of the capital and that the
U.S. continues to add military support to that region
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hagel-cites-progress-in-turkey-talks-about-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72838&NewsCatID=510
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Majority
of Muslims think alcohol consumption morally wrong
World
Bulletin / News Desk
October
12, 2014
In April
2013, The Pew Research Center, in Washington, published a well-rounded report
on religion and public life as part of The Pew Forum. The report, consisted of
five chapters pursuant to the world's Muslims within the scope of religion,
politics and society. It's trying to answer to the questions of what the Muslim
world believes, on everything from alcohol to honor killings, in 8 maps, 5
charts.
The
report gives a sum of information connected with the beliefs about Sharia, such
as introducing some comparisons between views on current laws and their
realtion to Sharia. Within the fraim of religion and politics, some concepts
are pointed out such as democracy, religious freedom, religious leader's role
in politics and Islamic parties.
The
report also exclusively points out beliefs, marriage, the family and beliefs
about family honor within the context of
morality. In report's fourth chapter, research focuses on some
sociological and religious concepts such as women and veiling, wives role,
women and divorce, inheritance rights for women (by referring women's views),
sharia and women rights women in society.
Full
report at:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/146060/majority-of-muslims-think-alcohol-consumption-morally-wrong
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Southeast Asia
Stay
away from PasMa faction, PAS clerics warn members
OCTOBER
12, 2014
KUALA
LUMPUR, Oct 12 — PAS’s powerful decision-making Syura Council warned party
members today against joining Persatuan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia (PasMa) — a
critical pressure group within the Islamist party causing rumblings among the
rank-and-file.
Viewing
the group as a threat towards the party’s unity, the council of Islamic clerics
also urged members to report those involved with PasMa to either itself or the
party’s equally powerful central committee.
“In line
with the PAS president’s reminder during the winding up of 2014’s annual congress
against a congregation within a congregation, a party within a party, the Syura
Council advises members to not involve themselves in any PasMa’s activity,” it
said in a statement.
“Division
and state liaison bodies are also advised to lodge written reports to the PAS
central committee and Ulama Syura Council if such behaviours happen as well as
at their respective levels, so further action can be taken.”
The
council also reminded PAS members of a so-called international movement
allegedly trying to weaken Islamic movement by removing Islamic elements from
Islamic parties.
Central
committee member Nik Abduh Nik Abd Aziz claimed last week that there is an
“international conspiracy” trying to topple president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi
Awang and undermine the Syura Council.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/stay-away-from-pasma-faction-pas-clerics-warn-members#sthash.a1rnUlAs.dpuf
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After
backlash, Isma retracts article titled ‘Islam on top, infidels below’
OCTOBER
12, 2014
KUALA
LUMPUR, Oct 12 — Faced with scrutiny, Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia
(Isma) took down today an article published yesterday on its website, which had
argued that “infidels” are to always remain below Muslims.
The
group initially posted a correction to the article after wrongly attributing it
to Isma central committee member Abdul Halim Abdullah, but later deleted the
article from its website after it was picked up by news portals The Malaysian
Insider and Malaysiakini.
“On
October 11, ISMAweb has published the article and now ISMAweb has retracted the
article,” said the group’s statement today, referring to its portal
“ISMAweb
apologises for what happened,” it added without further explanation.
The
article titled “Islam di atas, kafir di bawah” [translated: Islam on top,
infidels below] was penned by a self-styled “Isma fighter” identified only as
“Rijal”, and claimed that the world had only been in peace when Islam reigned
1,300 years ago.
“That
was why our ancestors martyred themselves to chase Christian Invaders away from
Tanah Melayu. They were not willing for Christian Invaders to be on top or to
have supremacy on this blessed land,” the article had said.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/after-backlash-isma-retracts-article-titled-islam-on-top-infidels-below#sthash.EvCm62yi.dpuf
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Utusan
forced to say sorry after running fake story of Catholic priest’s conversion to
Islam
OCTOBER
12, 2014
LUMPUR,
Oct 12 — Umno-owned daily Utusan Malaysia published a public apology on its
website today after it ran a fake news story from satirical website World News
Daily Report (WNDR) of a Catholic priest who converted to Islam.
The
story ran by the Malay daily alleged that the Christian clergyman from Muslim-majority
Java, Indonesia changed his religion after waking up from a 17-month long coma.
“Utusan
apologises for any difficulties and confusion which resulted from the news
based on that website,” the Malay-language paper published on its website.
The fake
news story however has since spread, resulting in ridicule for Utusan from some
astute online readers who pointed out that WNDR has repeatedly published hoaxes
and fake news involving Malaysia.
WNDR
describes itself as “an American Jewish Zionist newspaper based in Tel Aviv and
dedicated on covering biblical archeology news and other mysteries around the
Globe.”
But WNDR
also publishes a disclaimer on its website stating that it is “a news and
political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in
semi-real or mostly fictitious ways.”
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/utusan-forced-to-say-sorry-after-running-fake-story-of-catholic-priests-con#sthash.lQfGrXD1.dpuf
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In
Dealing With Past Abuses, New President Needs to Show Courage
October
12, 2014
My
father, Hersri Setiawan, was imprisoned without formal charge or trial, let
alone conviction, for ten years. Between 1969 and 1979 he was held at various
places in Indonesia, including on the infamous Buru Island. After his release,
he married my mother, Jitske Mulder — who would later publish a book,
“Quartering” (“Selamat Tinggal Indonesia” in Indonesian) — on her experiences
being married to a former political prisoner.
To put
it differently: 1965 — or more accurately, the story of what happened to my
father in the years that followed — was never kept secret from me. In fact, I
cannot imagine my childhood without these stories.
My
father recalled his ordeal in a matter-of-fact way, and often with humor. I
laughed about his stories about nasi kepala (‘head rice’): rice which was
cooked with so much water (or with very little rice) that you could see your
own face reflecting in the bowl; and was fascinated by a request my father
received from a military officer to write the officer’s thesis, which my father
did, just so he could read books and write, instead of doing hard labor.
Full
report at:
http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/opinion/dealing-past-abuses-new-president-needs-show-courage/
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URL: https://newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/radical-muslim-cleric-tells-supporters/d/99482