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• Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize

  Created: Thursday, 10 December 2009 23:29 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Al-Jazeera Barack Obama, the US president, has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize while acknowledging his role as commander in chief of a country involved in two wars. Speaking at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway's capital, on Thursday, Obama said he r...

• Jewish settlers in West Bank building curb protest

  Created: Thursday, 10 December 2009 02:33 Author: Ziadh

  Source: BBC Thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters have staged a rally in Jerusalem in protest at a curb on settlement building in the West Bank. Demonstrators gathered outside the residence of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, days after he ordered a 1...

• Clashes erupt at Aqsa compound

  Created: Monday, 26 October 2009 01:13 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Al-Jazeera Dozens of people have been wounded in clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in and around the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a flashpoint site holy to Muslims and Jews. The Red Crescent emergency service said at lea...

• Far-right BBC Debut Shakes Britain

  Created: Saturday, 24 October 2009 07:22 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Islamonline The controversial debut of Nick Griffin, the leader of the far-right British National Party (BNP), on the BBC television and his attacks on Islam are stirring outrage across Britain. "He does not have any political views other than a...

• Koran passages 'appear on baby's skin'

  Created: Thursday, 22 October 2009 09:08 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Ninemsn A baby is being hailed a "sign of God" in Russia after passages from the Koran allegedly began appearing on his skin, reports claim. The parents of nine-month-old Ali Yakubov claim the phenomenon began when the word Allah showed up on th...

• Sydney jihadists guilty of terrorism plot

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2009 04:15 Author: Ziadh

  Source: ABC Five Sydney men who embraced violent jihad have been found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack on Australian soil, after the longest trial in the country's history. The men, aged between 25 and 44, have been in custody for nearly four year...

• Palestinian Film Festival

  Created: Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:14 Author: Administrator

  Brisbane’s inaugural Palestinian Film Festival will screen prize-winning films films not readily available at cinemas or through video stores. Opening night films are Hicham Kayed’s Lemonade and Arna’s Children written and directed by Juliano Mer...

• Muslims 1/4 of World Population: US Survey

  Created: Friday, 09 October 2009 08:02 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Islamonline Muslims make up around one fourth of the world’s population and are mostly concentrated in Asia, according to a new study by an American fact tank that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the wor...

• Azhar Imam Orders Niqab off, Wants Ban

  Created: Tuesday, 06 October 2009 05:03 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Islamonline The head of Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni world, has ordered a school girl to remove her niqab during a visit to an Al-Azhar school, saying he would seek an official ban for the face veil in schools, Al-Masri A...

• Clashes as Israel shuts off al-Aqsa

  Created: Monday, 05 October 2009 00:00 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Al-Jazeera Israeli security forces have closed off the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jersualem as more than 200 Palestinians stage a sit-in at the site.Sporadic clashes broke out on Sunday as military and police checkpoints were set up around th...

• 'Thousands dead' in Indonesia quake

  Created: Thursday, 01 October 2009 08:28 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Al-Jazeera Rescue teams are racing to reach thousands of people trapped under collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Officials said up to 200 bodies had been found but the health ministry's...

• Palestinians injured in Aqsa clash

  Created: Sunday, 27 September 2009 13:03 Author: Administrator

  source: AJE Four Palestinians have been injured and another seven detained after Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli security forces on Sunday fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at Palestinians w...

• Terror book detailed assassination methods

  Created: Sunday, 27 September 2009 06:12 Author: Ziadh

  Source: ABC A Sydney man's do-it-yourself terrorism book included methods of assassination and violent acts in the name of restoring Islam. Belal Khazaal of Lakemba, in New South Wales, has been sentenced to at least nine years in jail for putting the t...

• Gaddafi attacks major powers

  Created: Friday, 25 September 2009 00:04 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Al-Jazeera Libya's president has attacked the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council during his first ever address to the UN General Assembly.   In a one-and-a-half hour speech in New York on Wednesday, Muammar Gaddafi s...

• Eid Missing in Kashmir

  Created: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 23:07 Author: Administrator

  source: Islam Online SRINAGAR — For children across the world, `Eid Al-Fitr is the time of happiness, festivities and family gatherings, but not for Rabia, whose `Eid has become something of a misnomer since her father disappeared. "For me `Eid has n...

• Eid Al-Fitr Sunday in Most Countries

  Created: Sunday, 20 September 2009 14:41 Author: Administrator

  source: Islam Online WORLD CAPITALS — `Eid Al-Fitr, which crowns a month of fasting, prayers and Qur’an recitation, will start on Sunday, September 20, in most Arab and Muslim countries as well as in North America and Europe. Saudi religious authori...

• CIA Pleads for Muslim Help

  Created: Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:37 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Islamonline Vowing to re-examine security measures that excluded Muslim and Arab candidates from his agency, CIA chief Leon Panetta has called for Muslim help in the fight against terrorism, reported The Detroit News on Thursday, September 17. �...

• Jury out in Sydney terrorism trial

  Created: Tuesday, 15 September 2009 05:14 Author: Ziadh

  Source: ABC The jury has gone out to consider its verdict in Australia's longest running terrorism trial.   The five Sydney men have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit a terrorist act or acts on Australian soil. ...

• Muslims want Islamic holidays recognised

  Created: Sunday, 13 September 2009 06:46 Author: Ziadh

  Source: Nine News A leading Muslim spokesman has criticised new NSW laws that enshrine the rights of staff to refuse to work on Christian-orientated public holidays.   The state government is banning most shops from opening on Christmas Day, Boxing Da...

• Ramadan Raids Fuel Sydney Tension

  Created: Friday, 11 September 2009 09:35 Author: Administrator

  source: IslamOnline Police raids at several houses in the western Sydney suburb of Auburn at the time of breaking fast during the holy month of Ramadan is fuelling racial tension in the neighbourhood. “They’ve got no respect,” a Lebanese local tol...