Same message, different mufti: the rhetoric of the 1940s in 2012 |

When Sheik Muhammad Hussein, the mufti of Jerusalem, who is the Palestinian Authority's senior religious official, recently recited a traditional Islamic text urging Muslims to “fight and kill the Jews” during a ceremony celebrating the 47th anniversary of Fatah&rsq …

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Boko Haram to continue attacks for sharia

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The Times and the Muslims - By M. Zuhdi Jasser

The NYPD once again finds itself in the crosshairs of the New York Times. On Tuesday, theTimes resurrected a year-old story from the Village Voice about the showing of my documentary film The Third Jihad to officers participating in an NYPD training program.

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Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes Sharia law

The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria, will continue its campaign of violence until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member has told the Guardian.

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Israeli TV ad humor presses Iran's buttons - latimes.com

REPORTING FROM JERUSALEM -- The assassination of  Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan in Tehran this month was one of the latest mysterious deaths and explosions in Iran in recent years, possibly connected to the country's controversial nuclear development plans.  …

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NOW Lebanon -Egyptian Sheikh: Driving a Chevy is Haram

A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because the American brand’s logo looks like the Christian cross.

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Egypt's Islamists win 75 percent of parliament

CAIRO (AP) — Final results on Saturday showed that Islamist parties won nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament in Egypt's first elections since the ouster of authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak, according to election officials and political groups. The Is …

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Attack by Islamic sect kills at least 143 in north Nigeria

KANO, Nigeria — A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city killed at least 143 people, a hospital official said Saturday, representing the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Afr …

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Muslim men accused of hate crime over anti-gay leaflet | guardian.co.uk

Five Muslim men from Derby have gone on trial for allegedly handing out leaflets calling for gay people to be killed in the first ever prosecution under new legislation making such actions a hate crime.

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Indonesian Charged With Blasphemy for Atheist Post

Indonesian police say a civil servant who posted "God does not exist" on Facebook faces a maximum penalty of five years behind bars for blasphemy.

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