Welcome Gesture, Says Gurgaon Muslim Council; More Support Pours In For Jumma Namaz In Gurugram
New
Age Islam News Bureau
19
November 2021
Devotees at the Gurudwara
Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Gurugram, on November 18, 2021. The Gurudwara committee
has decided to offer its premises to the Muslim community for offering Friday
prayers following objections over the offering of namaz in public and open
places. | Photo Credit: PTI
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• Welcome Gesture, Says Gurgaon Muslim Council; More
Support Pours In For Jumma Namaz In Gurugram
• Attacks On Shia Minorities Increase In Afghanistan:
Shia Community Says We Were Never Asked Which Sect – Sunni Or Shia – We
Followed
• Pakistan Frees Hardline Islamist Leader Saad Hussain
Rizvi Chief Of Sunni Militant Group- Tehreek-e-Labbaik
Pakistan Under Deal To End Violence
• Muqatada al-Sadr, Iraqi Shia Cleric Calls On
Country’s Myriad Pro-Iran Shia Armed Factions To Disband
• To Tout Jewish-Muslim Coexistence, Israel Steals
Photo From US Depicting Women With Islamic Headscarf And A Jewish Head Covering
India
• Shutdown in Kashmir, Gupkar alliance writes to
President
• Six Bangladeshi Patients Of Psychiatry Hospital In
Agartala Repatriated
• India slams Pak law on Kulbhushan Jadhav, says no
consular access yet
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South Asia
• Fitch Ratings: Policies Ripe For Islamic Finance
Growth In Bangladesh
• Over 28,000 Afghans applied for temporary US visa
• Senate approves medals for troops killed in Hamid
Karzai Airport
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Pakistan
• Council Of Islamic Ideology And Other Islamic
Scholars Rule Smoking ‘Unlawful, Impermissible’
• Islamic banking is adapting to digitalization
• Global Islamic Finance Report 2021 launched
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Arab world
• Saudi Arabia celebrates International Day of Islamic
Art
• Al-Azhar keen to foster ties with UK, Anglican
Church: Grand imam tells Prince Charles
• Saudi Modern exhibition explores early architecture,
urbanization in Jeddah
• Arab coalition destroys Houthi missile, says Sanaa
airport Launchpad for hostile acts
• Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization signs deal with British Islamic centre
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Mideast
• Israel wages war even on Muslim cemeteries in
Jerusalem
• Turkish Islamic preacher’s organization denies
reports of his death
• Al-Jaafari, Khair Allah: Challenges require
intensifying cooperation between Syria and Iraq
• US sanctions Iranian nationals, company for alleged
vote meddling
• Israel defence minister's cleaner charged with
spying for Iran
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Europe
• Far-Right Ideology Overtaking Islamist Extremism,
The Biggest Cause Of Referrals To The UK
• Xenophobia And Islamophobia: As A Muslim Youth,
Encountering Islamophobic Insults Is Not Unusual In UK
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North America
• Judge Exonerates Muhammad Aziz And Kahlil Islam, Who
Were Convicted Of Assassinating Malcolm X In 1965
• City of Horn Lake working to settle lawsuit over
proposed mosque
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Africa
• Libya: Béchir Saleh Is Officially Running For
President Against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi
• We Are Apolitical, Says Oyo Muslim Community
• Uganda police kill five men after suicide bombings,
including Muslim cleric
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Southeast Asia
• Najib Warns ‘No Room For Arrogance’ In Umno Leaders,
Especially Towards Chinese Community; Claims MCA Still Relevant
• Malaysia logs another 55 deaths, nine
brought-in-dead
• PM announces plans for Bumi quotas in malls and
‘strategic locations’, says in line with ‘Keluarga Malaysia’
• Dr Noor Hisham: Do not speculate on death of MoH
senior principal assistant director Dr Chai
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Welcome Gesture, Says Gurgaon Muslim Council; More
Support Pours In For Jumma Namaz In Gurugram
Devotees at the Gurudwara
Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Gurugram, on November 18, 2021. The Gurudwara committee
has decided to offer its premises to the Muslim community for offering Friday
prayers following objections over the offering of namaz in public and open
places. | Photo Credit: PTI
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By: DNA Web Team
Nov 18, 2021
Several right-wing outfits and a Hindu group objected
to Muslims offering namaz in open spaces in several locations across Gurugram,
after which the local Gurdwara body decided to open its doors and offer a space
for Namaz to all the Muslims in these localities.
The Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti (SHSS), a Hindu
group comprising several right-wing outfits such as Bajrang Dal, the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad, and Durga Vahini, objected to Muslims offering namaz in public
spaces, sparking a row in this regard.
After this conflict, the Gurdwara association of Sadar
Bazar in Gurugram has made an announcement that all Muslims are welcome to use
their premises to offer namaz. The Gurdwara said that “Muslim brothers” are
welcome to offer their daily namaz, keeping in mind the recent events.
The row against offering namaz was sparked in a total
of eight locations- Bengali Basti Sector-49, V-Block DLF-III, Surat Nagar
Phase-1, Outside Khedi Majra village, on Dwarka Expressway near Daulatabad
village, Sector-68 near village Ramgarh, Near DLF Square Tower and village
Rampur to Nakhdola Road.
Sherdil Singh Sidhu, President, Gurudwara Guru Singh
Sabha, Sadar Bazar said, “It’s ‘Guru Ghar’, open for all communities with no
discrimination. There shouldn’t be any politics here. Basement is now open for
Muslim brothers who want to offer ‘Jumme ki namaz’.”
After several objections were raised by local people
and the RWA, the local administration in Gurugram released a notice, cancelling
the permission for Muslims to offer namaz in public places in eight out of the
37 designated locations in the districts.
Sidhu further said, “If there’s an open space, Muslims
should be allowed to offer namaz. We shouldn’t fight over such petty issues.
People who were offering namaz in open sought administration’s permission and
those who had problems should have approached the administration before
attacking them.”
Row against the decision erupted after the
cancellation of the permissions from the local body, as well as some of the
actions of Hindu outfits. SHSS has also organized a ritual for Govardhan Puja
two weeks ago in a piece of land in Sector 12 where namaz gatherings used to
take place. The ritual was also attended by BJP leader Kapil Mishra.
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Attacks On Shia Minorities Increase In Afghanistan:
Shia Community Says We Were Never Asked Which Sect – Sunni Or Shia – We
Followed
File photo: Afghan Shia
women wearing Iranian chador walk in Mirza Khan, a Shia shrine in Herat.
Photograph:( AFP )
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FMF Staff
November 18, 2021
The Taliban intelligence directorate asked school
teachers in the Herat province to fill out a form to specify their religious
identity, as well as their home address, duty station, and contact information
last week. This religious identification
requirement caused panic among the Shia minorities living in the Herat
province, some of whom strongly opposed the action.
A teacher told Kabul Now news that “we were never
asked under the former government which Madhhab (school of Islam) – Sunni or
Shia – we followed. We don’t know why they ask for specification of our
religious identity.” Teachers in Herat
also expressed concern over the action and said that it would harm the unity between
Sunni and Shia Muslims.
Attacks on Shia minorities have increased in recent
years. On August 1, 2017, the Islamic State took responsibility for the attack
on Jawadia mosque, the largest Shia mosque in Herat, which killed 33 people and
injured 66 others.
On October 20, 2017, the Islamic State bombed the Imam
Zaman Shia mosque in Kabul, killing at least 58 people and injuring 45 more. On
October 8, 2021, an explosion at a Shia mosque in Kunduz province killed 150
and injured 300 people. A week later, on October 15, 2021, there was another
attack on a Shia mosque in Kandahar that killed and injured over 100 Shia
minorities. The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) took the
responsibility for the attacks.
Shia minorities’ schools, hospitals, and universities
have also been attacked. This week, there were two separate attacks on public
busses located in the Dasht-e Barchi neighborhood of western Kabul, an area
where the Hazara Shia minorities live. During the previous government, Shias
were allowed to have guards to protect their mosques, but since the Taliban
returned in mid-August, they took away the guns and left the Shia’s mosques
without guards or protection.
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Pakistan Frees Hardline Islamist Leader Saad Hussain
Rizvi Chief Of Sunni Militant Group-
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Under Deal To End Violence
Saad Hussain Rizvi, chief of
Islamist political party Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), gestures to his
supporters after being released from jail in Lahore, Pakistan, November 18,
2021. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
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November 19, 2021
Pakistan freed a hardline Islamist leader on Thursday,
a week after removing his name from a terrorism watch list under a deal to end
weeks of deadly protests by his followers, the government and his lawyer said.
Saad Hussain Rizvi, the chief of a Sunni militant
group - Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) - was released from a jail in Lahore
city, a government spokesman, Hasaan Khawar, told Reuters. His lawyer Muhammad
Rizwan confirmed the release.
"By the grace of God, he is a free man now,"
he said.
The release came two weeks after the government of
Prime Minister Imran Khan agreed to free over 2,000 detained members of the TLP
movement, lifted a ban on the group and agreed to let it contest elections.
In return, the TLP would shun the politics of violence
and withdraw a demand to have France's ambassador expelled over the publication
of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad by a French magazine, negotiators have
said.
The TLP took to the streets in mid-October, kicking
off weeks of protests and clashes that killed at least seven policemen, injured
scores on both sides and blocked the country's busiest highway.
Khan's government had designated the TLP a terrorist
group and arrested Rizvi amid similar violent protests earlier this year.
The TLP, which can mobilise thousands of supporters, was
born in 2015 out of a protest campaign to seek the release of a police guard
who assassinated a provincial governor in 2011 over his calls to reform
blasphemy legislation.
It entered politics in 2017 and surprised the
political elite by securing more than 2 million votes in the 2018 election.
The next national election is scheduled for 2023, and
analysts expect political groups to start gearing up from early next year.
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Muqatada al-Sadr, Iraqi Shia Cleric Calls On Country’s
Myriad Pro-Iran Shia Armed Factions To Disband
Al-Sadr won in last month's
general election, the results of which were rejected by pro-Iran factions
[Getty- file photo]
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The New Arab Staff
18 November, 2021
Iraq’s influential Shia cleric who emerged as a winner
in last month’s general elections on Thursday called on the country’s myriad
pro-Iran Shia armed factions to disband if they want to join his upcoming
government.
Muqatada al-Sadr also asked the factions to hand over
their weapons to the government-sanctioned umbrella known as Popular Mobilization
Forces, or Hash al-Shaabi in Arabic. In turn, he also asked the PMF to
"purify" its ranks from "undisciplined elements" and
surrender "corrupt individuals" to the judiciary.
The militias are certain to reject the demands, which
in turn could complicate al-Sadr’s efforts to form a government after the vote.
It could also increase tensions between Shiites who support the pro-Iran
factions and al-Sadr’s own followers.
The pro-Iran factions lost a significant number of
parliament seats in the October 10 elections and have called the vote
fraudulent, rejecting the results. Their supporters have held protests outside
Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to government offices and foreign
embassies.
The protests turned deadly earlier this month, when demonstrators
tried to enter the Green Zone, demanding a ballot recount. One protester
affiliated with the militias was killed in an exchange of fire, for which the
militias blamed Iraq's incumbent Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
Tensions were further ratcheted up after a failed
assassination attempt against al-Kadhimi at his residence the next day. The
prime minister suffered a light cut and several of his guards were injured in
the November 7 attack by armed drones on his Green Zone residence. There was no
responsibility claim for the attack, although suspicion immediately fell on the
armed factions.
"Your losses can’t be a pretext for ruining the
democratic process," al-Sadr said at a rare press conference Thursday,
addressing the factions.
As the winner, al-Sadr’s bloc will seek coalition
partners and name the next prime minister. The protests staged by supporters of
hard-line Iran-aligned militias appeared to be aimed at pressuring al-Sadr to
ensure that they are part of the next Cabinet.
But al-Sadr's call on Thursday practically ruled that
out, instead asking the armed factions who function outside the PMF to disband.
The PMF is an umbrella group of mostly Shiite groups
officially under the prime minister’s command. It was created during the war
against the Sunni extremist Islamic State group, which in 2014 seized large
swaths of western and northern Iraq. IS was eventually defeated but the
thousands of mainly Shiite paramilitary fighters who fought against it never
disbanded or surrendered their arms.
Some of the most Iran-friendly militias under the PMF
have shown signs of splintering into new, previously unknown groups, allowing
them to claim attacks targeting U.S. interests under different names to mask
the extent of their involvement.
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To Tout Jewish-Muslim Coexistence, Israel Steals Photo
From US Depicting Women With Islamic Headscarf And A Jewish Head Covering
Maharat Rori Picker Neiss (left) takes a selfie with a
friend in St. Charles, Missouri, on May 6, 2019. (Maharat Rori Picker
Neiss/Courtesy)
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By Judah Ari Gross
18 November 2021
As part of a social media effort to hail the
importance of coexistence and tolerance, Israel’s Foreign Ministry earlier this
week stole a photograph of a religious Jewish woman and Muslim woman that was
taken in the United States.
The photograph was shared on the Foreign Ministry’s
Arabic-language Twitter account, along with the caption: “On the International
Day for Tolerance. With an Islamic headscarf and a Jewish head covering, a
Muslim and a Jew in a souvenir photo. How beautiful is coexistence and the
spirit of tolerance.”
However, the picture was used without the permission
of the Jewish photographer, who also appears in it, and without the approval of
the Muslim woman featured in it — and without even informing the subjects that
their images would be shared by the State of Israel to the nearly half a
million followers of the Israel in Arabic account. The photograph was also
shared by the Facebook page of the Israeli Embassy in Uzbekistan to its nearly
6,000 followers in September.
The tweet with the purloined picture was deleted on
Thursday afternoon after The Times of Israel contacted the Foreign Ministry
about the case, though it remained on the Facebook page of the Israeli Embassy
in Uzbekistan as of publication.
The photograph was taken in St. Charles, Missouri, in
2019 by Maharat Rori Picker Neiss, executive director of the St. Louis Jewish
Community Relations Council, and posted on her personal Twitter page.
When Picker Neiss saw that her photograph had been
taken and used without her permission this week, she reached out to her local
Israeli consulate, but received no response. (The Times of Israel requested and
received permission from her to use the photograph in question for this story
on condition we blur the face of the other woman in the photo.)
A screenshot of a since-deleted tweet featuring a
stolen photograph that was shared by Israel’s Arabic-language Twitter account
on November 16, 2021.
The Times of Israel contacted the Foreign Ministry for
comment. A spokesperson said he was looking into the matter, but did not
respond further.
Under Israeli law, it is illegal to use a photograph
or any other creative work without permission, with a potential penalty of up
to NIS 100,000 ($32,460).
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India
Shutdown in Kashmir, Gupkar alliance writes to
President
Peerzada Ashiq
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
A security personnel stands guard during a strike
called by the Hurriyat Conference to express solidarity with the families of
civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter earlier this week, in Srinagar,
Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. | Photo Credit:
PTI
J&K government on Thursday night handed over two
bodies to their families for burial following three days of street protests
A shutdown was observed in Kashmir valley on Friday in
protest against the recent killings of “civilians” during an anti-militancy
operation in Srinagar’s Hyderpora area, even as the J&K government on
Thursday night handed over two bodies to their families for burial following
three days of street protests.
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Six Bangladeshi patients of psychiatry hospital in
Agartala repatriated
Syed Sajjad Ali
AGARTALA, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
The Border Security Force and the police annually
detain hundreds of persons who enter Tripura from Bangladesh
Six Bangladeshis lodged at a psychiatry hospital here
were repatriated on Thursday. The Indian High Commission at Dhaka and the
Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala facilitated their return.
Earlier, two Bangladeshis, a man and a woman, were
repatriated on March 13. Both had been lodged for some years at the Modern
Psychiatry Hospital (MPH) located near the airport.
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India slams Pak law on Kulbhushan Jadhav, says no
consular access yet
By Shubhajit Roy
November 19, 2021
A day after Pakistan’s Parliament passed a Bill to
provide the right of review and reconsideration in the case of Kulbhushan
Jadhav, the former Indian Navy officer who is on death row over spying and
terror charges, India on Thursday said that “nothing could have been further
from the truth”.
“As stated earlier, the ordinance did not create the
machinery for an effective review and reconsideration of Shri Jadhav’s case as
mandated by the judgment of the ICJ (International Court of Justice). The law
simply codifies the shortcomings of the previous ordinance,” the Ministry of
External Affairs’ official spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said on Thursday.
Source: Indian Express
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South Asia
Fitch Ratings: Policies Ripe For Islamic Finance Growth
In Bangladesh
By News desk
November 19, 2021
A recent policy push by the Bangladesh government to
develop Islamic finance could, if sustained, spur the industry’s growth, said
American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings.
“We believe the Islamic finance sector has the
potential for significant growth over the medium term, supported by strong
bottom-up public demand for Islamic products and the country’s robust economic
prospects,” they mentioned in a report published recently.
Source: Pak Observer
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Over 28,000 Afghans applied for temporary US visa
By Najibullah Lalzoy
19 Nov 2021
Federal officials have said that more than 28,000
Afghans have been applied for temporary visas into the US but added that only
100 of them have been approved so far.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services have struggled
to keep up with the surge in applicants but they have promised to be increasing
the number of staff to expedite the approval process.
Source: khaama Press
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Senate approves medals for troops killed in Hamid
Karzai Airport
By Najibullah Lalzoy
19 Nov 2021
The US Senate has unanimously approved to award
Congressional Gold medals for the 11 Marines, a soldier, and a navy corpsman
killed in an outside bomb explosion in Hamid Karzai International Airport on
the final days of the chaotic evacuation.
Source: khaama Press
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Pakistan
Council Of Islamic Ideology And Other Islamic Scholars
Rule Smoking ‘Unlawful, Impermissible’
Ikram Junaidi
November 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on
Thursday gathered various Islamic scholars who gave a ruling (fatwa) that
smoking is impermissible, undesirable and unlawful, due to its negative impact
on the human health.
They were gathered at a conference organised by the
Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) along with CII.
Source: Dawn
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Islamic banking is adapting to digitalization
By News desk
November 19, 2021
From protection of cyber data breaches to ease of
banking services, Islamic banking is adapting to the digital transformation
without compromising on Sharia principles, one of the region’s leading
financial figures has told Arab News.
Bello Danbatta, Secretary-General of the Islamic
Financial Services Board (IFSB), said digitalization is key if the sector wants
to reach out to those who have been left behind by traditional ways of banking.
Danbetta was speaking at the 15th IFSB summit, held at
Jeddah’s Ritz Carlton Hotel and attended by governors of central banks from
across the region, as well as other leading financial figures.
Source: Pak Observer
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Global Islamic Finance Report 2021 launched
By News desk
November 19, 2021
Amidst the pandemic, Cambridge Institute of Islamic
Finance (Cambridge-IIF), together with Ajman University Center for Excellence
in Islamic Finance (AU-CEIF), has once again successfully managed to launch the
Cambridge Global Islamic Finance Report (GIFR) in Jakarta, Indonesia – the
oldest yearbook in Islamic banking and finance.
“Bringing out the 12th edition of the oldest yearbook
in Islamic finance while we are still facing a number of logistic restrictions
is a huge achievement on part of all those whose contributions have made it
possible to continue to publish the Global Islamic Finance Report,” said
Professor Humayon Dar, Managing Editor of GIFR 2021 and the Director General,
Cambridge Institute of Islamic Finance.
Source: Pak Observer
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Arab world
Saudi Arabia celebrates International Day of Islamic
Art
SPA
November 18, 2021
JEDDAH: Saudi Ministry of Culture on Thursday hosted
the first Islamic Art Biennale at the Islamic Museum in Riyadh to mark UNESCO’s
International Day of Islamic Art.
The day aims to raise awareness about the art of Islam
and its contribution to culture and civilization. The ministry is working with
the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to produce
the Biennale.
Source: Arab News
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Al-Azhar keen to foster ties with UK, Anglican Church:
Grand imam tells Prince Charles
Ahram Online
18 Nov 2021
El-Tayyeb, the head of the world's leading Sunni
Muslim institution, received the royal couple on Thursday in Al-Azhar Mosque in
Islamic Cairo.
The meeting sought to discuss means of enhancing
dialogue among religions and to review ongoing social crises across the world,
at the top of which is climate change, Al-Azhar said in a statement.
Prince Charles hailed the El-Tayyeb's efforts over the
past years in countering extremism and promoting a culture of dialogue among
religions.
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Saudi Modern exhibition explores early architecture,
urbanization in Jeddah
SALEH FAREED
November 19, 2021
JEDDAH: Contemporary artists and architects are
flocking to the heart of Jeddah’s historical downtown to showcase works that
depict the city’s first major urban development phase in a new exhibition,
going back to “where and when” it all started.
The exhibition titled “Saudi Modern” tackles the
narrative of architecture and urban development in the coastal city between
1938 and 1962 by contemporary artists and architects. It was launched at the
newly renovated iconic Tamer house, owned by one of the families that lived in
the old town.
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Arab coalition destroys Houthi missile, says Sanaa
airport launchpad for hostile acts
ARAB NEWS
November 19, 2021
RIYADH: The Arab coalition on Friday said it had shot
down a Houthi missile targeting Jazan, in southern Saudi Arabia.
Source: Arab News
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Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization signs deal with British islamic center
SPA
November 18, 2021
RABAT: The director general of the Islamic World
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Dr. Salem bin Mohammed
Al-Malik, and the director of the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies in Britain,
Dr. Farhan Nizami, signed a memorandum of understanding to promote and develop
cooperation in the fields of education, science and culture.
Source: Arab News
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Mideast
Israel wages war even on Muslim cemeteries in
Jerusalem
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN
NOV 19, 2021
It's sad but seems true that Palestinians have no
respite from Tel Aviv's attempts to strip them of their dignity and humanity,
even when it comes to death. The sordid violation triggered understandable
panic among Palestinians that their interred loved ones would suffer the same
obscene fate. Since 1948, Israel’s colonial project has been to change
Jerusalem’s historical identity and transform its character and its nature into
a modern-ancient Jewish city based on the Bible and the Old Testament. To build
a story of a new Jerusalem, the Israeli authorities have always tried their
best to erase the history of the Arab, Islamic and Palestinian identity in the
holy city.
In this context, ancient Muslim cemeteries have become
a target in particular. Last month the Israeli occupation authority started the
destruction of the historic Muslim cemetery, Al-Yusufiya, near the walls of the
Old City of East Jerusalem. An Israeli municipal crew escorted by police forces
stormed the cemetery and began bulldozing, digging up and destroying
Palestinian and Jordanian martyrs’ graves. Several local residents intervened
to protect the graves of their relatives, but police forces expelled them from
the yard and prevented them from entering.
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Turkish Islamic preacher’s organization denies reports
of his death
19.11.2021
The news disseminated in the Turkish media about the
death of Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by Ankara of
plotting the coup attempt in July 2016, does not correspond to reality. A
source close to the leadership of the Golden Generation organization created by
Gulen in the US State of Pennsylvania told about this to TASS on Thursday.
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Al-Jaafari, Khair Allah: Challenges require
intensifying cooperation between Syria and Iraq
18 November، 2021
Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Bashar
al-Jaafari, discussed on Thursday with senior Undersecretary of the Iraqi
Foreign Affairs’ Ministry, Nizar al-Khair Allah and an accompanying delegation
issues of common interest between the two brotherly countries and ways to boost
bilateral relations and push them forward.
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US sanctions Iranian nationals, company for alleged
vote meddling
18 Nov 2021
The United States has sanctioned six Iranian nationals
and an Iranian cybercompany for “attempting to influence” last year’s US
presidential elections.
In a statement on Thursday, the US Treasury Department
said “state-sponsored Iranian cyber actors” between August and November 2020
“executed an online operation to intimidate and influence American voters, and
to undermine voter confidence and sow discord”.
Source: Aljazeera
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Israel defence minister's cleaner charged with spying
for Iran
Nov 18, 2021
A man employed in the home of Israeli Defence Minister
Benny Gantz was charged Thursday with attempting to spy for the Black Shadow
hackers, who are purportedly linked to Iran.
According to the indictment published by Israel's
justice ministry, Omri Goren Gorochovsky, a 37-year-old resident of the central
city of Lod, was arrested on November 4.
Source: Hindustan Times
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Europe
Far-Right Ideology Overtaking Islamist Extremism, The
Biggest Cause Of Referrals To The UK
Simon Rushton
Nov 19, 2021
Far-right ideology has overtaken Islamist extremism as
the biggest cause of referrals to the UK Government's anti-radicalisation
programme for the first time, figures show.
About 25 per cent of cases, or 1,229 reports, sent to
Prevent raised the alarm on suspected far-right radicalisation in the year from
April 2020 to March 2021, the Home Office said.
Source: The National News
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Xenophobia And Islamophobia: As A Muslim Youth,
Encountering Islamophobic Insults Is Not Unusual In UK
Nadra Nittle
November 18, 2021
On social media, Salma Rashad routinely sees the same
xenophobic and Islamophobic question: “Are your parents 9/11 brown or 7/11
brown?”
“I’ve seen that phrase all over TikTok, all over
Instagram,” said Rashad, an 18-year-old Egyptian-American Muslim. “In the past
two days, I’ve seen it maybe eight to 10 times on social media.”
Source: 19thnews
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North America
Judge Exonerates Muhammad Aziz And Kahlil Islam, Who
Were Convicted Of Assassinating Malcolm X In 1965
By Alice Gainer
November 18, 2021
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Applause erupted Thursday when
a judge exonerated Muhammad Aziz and Kahlil Islam, two of the three men
convicted of murdering civil rights activist Malcolm X in Washington Heights in
1965.
Aziz and Islam served more than two decades in prison
for a crime they did not commit. The Manhattan District Attorney formally asked
the court to vacate their convictions after a 22-month investigation, CBS2’s
Alice Gainer reported.
Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. apologized to the men, their
families and the family of Malcolm X. He acknowledged the FBI and NYPD withheld
evidence that would have exonerated the men.
Source: New York
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City of Horn Lake working to settle lawsuit over
proposed mosque
By Tom Dees
November 18, 2021
HORN LAKE, Miss. — Legal pressure may have a north
Mississippi town reconsidering plans for a house of worship.
A number of people who live near the proposed site for
the mosque told FOX13 they don’t want it. They wouldn’t go on camera but said
they are concerned about noise and traffic.
Source: Ocregister
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Africa
Libya: Béchir Saleh Is Officially Running For
President Against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi
By Jihâd Gillon
19 November 2021
Some thought that he would be back in Libya rallying
behind Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who registered as a candidate for Libya’s
upcoming presidential election on 14 November. However, Saleh, the former
regime’s big money man and previous head of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund,
has other plans. Following his arrival in Sebha, he filed his own candidacy in
the same city as the former Guide’s son.
As a matter of fact, relations between the two men
have been reduced to a minimum in recent years. Gaddafi’s entourage coldly
received the news, which minimises the event’s significance. “His candidacy was
planned, but he does not carry much weight in public opinion.”
Source: New York
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We Are Apolitical, Says Oyo Muslim Community
By Saheed Salawu
Nov 19, 2021
THE Muslim Community of Oyo State (MUSCOYS) is not
concerned with politics. Its interest lies in the protection of the interest of
Muslims and fighting for their rights.
The chairman, Alhaji Kunle Sanni, stated this in
Ibadan at a reception organised by the state chapter of the National Council of
Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) for new Muslim commissioners, local
government chairmen, the National Amirah of the Federation of Muslim Women’s
Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Source: Tribune Onlineng
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Uganda police kill five men after suicide bombings,
including Muslim cleric
Associated Press
19 Nov 2021
Ugandan authorities have killed at least five people,
including a Muslim cleric, accused of having ties to the extremist group
responsible for Tuesday’s suicide bombings in the capital.
Four men were killed in a shootout in a frontier town
near the western border with Congo as they tried to cross back into Uganda,
police said on Thursday. A fifth man, a cleric named Muhammad Kirevu, was
killed in “a violent confrontation” when security forces raided his home
outside Kampala, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said.
A second cleric, Suleiman Nsubuga, is the subject of a
manhunt, he said, accusing the two clerics of radicalising young Muslim men and
encouraging them to join underground cells to carry out violent attacks.
Source: The Guardian
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Southeast Asia
Najib warns ‘no room for arrogance’ in Umno leaders,
especially towards Chinese community; claims MCA still relevant
BY KENNETH TEE
19 Nov 2021
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Malay leaders from Umno who
display arrogance towards the Malaysian Chinese community will be sternly
disciplined, with swift action taken against them, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said
today.
Najib, who is also Barisan Nasional advisor,
acknowledged that there was such arrogance on display by Umno leaders prior to
the 14th General Election in 2018, which contributed to the loss of Chinese
votes that persisted even after the election had concluded.
He was earlier responding to whether it was the
arrogance of Malay leaders, including policies introduced by BN that had led to
the loss of Chinese votes in consecutive general elections held since 2008.
Source: Malay Mail
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Malaysia logs another 55 deaths, nine brought-in-dead
BY EMMANUEL SANTA MARIA CHIN
19 Nov 2021
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Malaysia reported another 55
Covid-19 deaths over the last 24-hours, as the death toll inches closer to
30,000 confirmed fatalities.
Data on the
Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal showed that nine out of the newly
reported deaths involved individuals brought-in-dead, with the cumulative death
toll now at 29,892.
Source: Malay Mail
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PM announces plans for Bumi quotas in malls and
‘strategic locations’, says in line with ‘Keluarga Malaysia’
BY ASHMAN ADAM
18 Nov 2021
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The government has proposed
quotas for Bumiputera-owned businesses in strategic locations such as shopping
malls as part of efforts to increase the community’s participation in the
economy, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Ismail Sabri, who is also the chairman of the
Bumiputera Prosperity Council (MKB), said the quotas would be managed
transparently and fairly so that its ultimate goal can be achieved, in line
with the aspirations of Keluarga Malaysia.
Source: Malay Mail
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Dr Noor Hisham: Do not speculate on death of MoH
senior principal assistant director Dr Chai
18 Nov 2021
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Members of the public have been
told to refrain from making any speculations over the death of Health Ministry
(MOH) senior principal assistant director Dr Chai Koh Meow yesterday until the
official result of the post-mortem is out.
Source: Malay Mail
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