Sweet, lovely, brutal intolerance. From the Telegraph: The Dutch government is to extend a ban on the burka to all schools, a measure that includes a prohibition on Muslim mothers from picking their children while wearing face-covering Islamic dress. By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Last Updated: 3:55PM BST 09 Sep 2008 Ronald […]
Sharia law at Muslim college in Nuneaton http://tinyurl.com/5rf6e7 Sep 8 2008 The head of a Muslim college in Warwickshire which houses the UK’s first official sharia law court has spoke of the advantages of using the ancient system. Faisal Aqtab Siddiqi said despite misconceptions, the system would work with British law to solve disputes and […]
Global Economics and America Back to Opinion Understanding Shariah Finance and Islamic Banking in American Finance Allyson Taylor Rowen September 8th 2008 http://www.nbp.com.pk/Islamic/images/IslamicTitle.jpg The Middle East, with its exotic tropical sirocco winds, is also now the haven and leader of a new form of finance that is enticing the world with the alluring […]
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation gains exclusive rights to translate Noble Laureate Doris Lessing’s books http://tinyurl.com/6hn394 Saturday, 6 September 2008 Industry Sector Education Services Country United Arab Emirates Client(s) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation Press Release Content The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation today announced it has acquired exclusive rights for […]
Quebec schools to celebrate diverse holidays A new course on ethics and religious culture has at least one private school protesting the curriculum By INGRID PERITZ Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Page A11 MONTREAL — Quebec schools won’t be marking the arrival of just Christmas any more – now they will be required to note […]
http://tinyurl.com/5gn2xg Continuing yesterday’s discussion on the role of Saudi funding in British mosques, Nina Shea of the Center for Religious Freedom sets Saudi Arabia’s program of Wahhabi indoctrination into a global context following the Center’s pioneering work examining the Kingdom’s textbooks. Among the tens of thousands of schools using these textbooks worldwide is the […]
Project Finance Yearbook 2008/2009 with Contributors from World’s Top Banks Last update: 2:00 a.m. EDT Sept. 4, 2008 DUBLIN, Ireland, Sep 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c03683/project_finance_ye) has announced the addition of the “Project Finance Yearbook 2008/2009” report to their offering. The Project Finance Yearbook has been illustrating trends within the […]
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m472/reformislam/MSA-1.gif Deleted site causes stir for Muslim organization Provost Nikias takes down posted documents calling on Muslims to kill Jews. Ashley Archibald Issue date: 9/5/08 Section: NewsPage 1 of 2 next > Provost C. L. Max Nikias has approved the deletion of part of a Muslim student group website that hosted religious documents urging […]
Islamic banking course dubbed ‘exciting’ Wednesday September 3 2008 Melbourne- The first ever masters degree in Islamic commerce to be offered at an Australian university has some overseas Indian students excited about prospects in this segment of global finance.”I am very excited that La Trobe University will be offering a course in Islamic banking and […]
http://sheikyermami.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/saudi004.png Saudi-Backed Hate Propaganda, Exposed Why have many Muslims in the UK resisted full integration into British society? The British government has been trying to address this issue for the last decade, mostly by using the discourse of “multiculturalism.” According to that line of thinking, solutions to alienation among Muslims include […]
September 1, 2008 – by Patrick Poole ( Yesterday, a WIBG radio panel show, organized by the Center for Security Policy (CSP), had a segment that dealt with Saudi and Muslim Brotherhood front group influence in private Muslim and public charter schools.) hat tip Jerry Gordon The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) released their annual school […]
Islamic finance & microfinance, law firms see need for Islamic finance expertise John Foster comments regarding Ramadan touch on the idea that GCC-based Islamic financial institutions could make a huge difference in reducing poverty if they devoted a fraction of their resources to helping provide financial services to the poor in nearby countries in Asia […]
By Supna Zaidi Kudos and Hat to Muslims Against Shariah for the Image and the post By Supna Zaidi In an election year, no one wants to discuss the nuances of difficult topics like the “war on terror.” Sound bites and bipartisan attacks are used to vilify honest work and gloss over real issues that […]
Buffalo: Principal of Islamic school ousted after taking student as second “wife” Many aspects of this story raise an eyebrow, but one item in particular is that “Interviews with several Muslims reveal a mixed view on additional marriages under Islamic law. Some said it is not allowed under United States law and therefore is forbidden; […]
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hat tip UP Pompeii ISLAM IN THE Classroom WHAT THE TEXTBOOKS TELL US GILBERT T. SEWALL AMERICAN TEXTBOOK COUNCIL 2008 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The American Textbook Council was established in 1989 as an independent national research organization to review social studies textbooks and advance the quality of instructional materials in history. The council endorses the production […]
If works of art are withdrawn because of fear of reprisal, we lose the chance for open debate http://esinophile.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/censorship.jpg Mick Hume http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mick_hume/article4509698.ece Have you heard about the first novel by a young American woman that has become the “new Satanic Verses”, sparking terrorist attacks on the publishers and riots by […]
Child beggar’s father fights abusive teacher By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI http://www.ovimagazine.com/logos/art_2326.jpg KAOLACK, Senegal (AP) — It hurts too much to lie on his back, so the 7-year-old has spent the past month stretched out on his stomach. His two grandmothers sit on the hospital bed beside him, fanning the pink flesh left exposed by his teacher’s […]
UC provost headed to Middle East university By the Associated Press Article Launched: 08/13/2008 01:59:40 PM PDT The University of California’s top academic officer, who announced his resignation in June, is taking a job in the Middle East. UC announced today that Wyatt “Rory” Hume is set to start as provost of the United […]
More about Dhimmitude, Stupidity, and the threat of Multiculturalism run amok. Here is how our children will become our enemies, as the schools play into the hands of innocents, and teach them that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the west is to blame for terror. comments by Allyson Rowen Taylor blog.camera.org World Net Daily informs […]
BNP Exclusive – Government Grovelling to Muslims Opens School Doors to Extremists New government policy which was ostensibly aimed at allowing “moderate” Muslims into all British schools to counter “Islamophobia” has been revealed to be a hoax by a BNP investigation. After promises to ensure that only “moderate” imams would be send to British schools, […]
http://tinyurl.com/5v9dt3 This is the influx of Saudi petro dollars buying out private and state Universities. This is a big problem,and one that will need to stop. Economics and Islam photo courtesy of http://tinyurl.com/5v9dt3 Introduction to the Principles Of Islamic Banking Research Report on Islamic Banking Islamic Funding Structures And Financing Vehicles Islamic Investment […]
www.primenewire.com Wharton School delegation visits DP World – UAE, Jebel Ali Port Students briefed on port operations, management A student delegation from the Lauder Institute at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania recently visited the DP World’s UAE Region headquarters and the Jebel Ali Port as part of its […]
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12858&geo=1&size=A The campaign of intimidation has begun in conjunction with the anniversary of the 1999 protest. There are special concerns over the fact that some of those imprisoned are accused of actions “against national security”. Tehran (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Iranian students continue to be a concern for the regime of the mullahs. This […]
http://tinyurl.com/5q3qmo Mile End’s Queen Mary Collage has been strongly highlighted in a You Gov survey examining Muslim student extremism. Researchers found a “ghettoised mentality” according to James Brandon, deputy director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, who commissioned the study. Radical views ‘widespread’ Radical views were ‘wide spread’ amongst students at the collage, part of […]
www.cbc.ca Islamic Democracy Two law professors offer very different assessments of sharia. Reviewed by Geneive Abdo Sunday, July 27, 2008; BW11 THE FALL AND RISE OF THE ISLAMIC STATE By Noah Feldman | Princeton Univ. 189 pp. $22.95 ISLAM AND THE SECULAR STATE Negotiating the Future of Shari’a By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im | Harvard […]
students in a UK Madrassa www.bbc.uk.com The opening of more Islamic faith schools should be stopped amid fears they will fuel social segregation, according to teachers. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Government plans to create more state-funded Muslim schools will divide communities along racial and religious lines, it is claimed. They risk creating a […]
http://www.cicu.org/CMT/BioImages/sexton.jpg John E. Sexton, president of New York University, will become NYU’s first faculty member to teach in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, where the university is developing an ambitious branch campus. Every other week starting this fall, Mr. Sexton will take a 14-hour flight from New York to Abu Dhabi […]
http://www.staugustine.com/images/100503/th7.jpg POST REPORTERS <!– <!– –> The government will increase tuition on Islamic studies in public schools in the southern border provinces under a project to attract more Muslim students to state-run schools. The number of hours for Islamic studies will increase from two to 10 a week in state-run primary schools, and to […]
New Delhi; India, July 22, 2008 – Islamic finance is no longer an alien concept for Indian bankers, finance professionals, regulators and policy makers. Indeed we are now witnessing a softening of attitude towards Islamic finance at various levels, especially in the field of Islamic equity investments. A number of Shariah compliant brokerage services have appeared on […]
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