CAIR Asks Tenn. Tea Party to Drop Anti-Islam Speaker Speaker claims Islam ‘inspired’ Nazis, posts images depicting Islam’s prophet as a pig WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the organizers of the inaugural Tennessee Tea Party Convention to be held this weekend in Gatlinburg to drop an anti-Islam speaker who claims that “Hitler and the Nazis were inspired by Islam” and that Islam “mandates” lies and deception. SEE: Tennessee Tea Party Convention Speakers http://tennesseeteapartycoalition.com/speakers/ The extremist anti-Islam speaker, far-right blogger Pamela Geller, is also head of the hate group Stop the Islamization … Continue reading Is the Tea Party Americans version of the Nazi Movement?

RITE FOR EXORCISM The priest delegated by the Ordinary to perform this office should first go to confession or at least elicit an act of contrition, and, if convenient, offer the holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and implore God’s help in other fervent prayers. He vests in surplice and purple stole. Having before him the person possessed (who should be bound if there is any danger), he traces the sign of the cross over him, over himself, and the bystanders, and then sprinkles all of them with holy water. After this he kneels and says the Litany of the Saints, … Continue reading RITE FOR EXORCISM (Warning: This is for information only and not messing about with)

Pink Hitler posters provoke fury Giant posters of Hitler dressed in bright pink, with a love heart in place of a swastika, have provoked a furious debate in Italy. By Nick Squires in Rome telegraph.co.uk Hitler poster in Palermo The 18ft high posters of the Nazi leader advertise a line of clothing for young people and adorn street corners and bus stops in Palermo, Sicily’s biggest city. The ads show the Fuhrer in a lurid pink uniform, with his swastika armband replaced with one bearing a bright red heart, above the slogan “Change Style – Don’t Follow Your Leader”. Many … Continue reading Pink Hitler posters provoke calls of blasphemy!

VIEW: PPP-MQM relations –Ali K Chishti The PPP and the MQM formed an alliance at the Centre and in Sindh. At least at the provincial level, the coalition had been a victim of active sabotage by certain spoilers within the PPP and MQM The crisis in Sindh is, no doubt, a very complex one. Historically, the Mohajirs have throughout kept themselves apart from the native Sindh populace — politically, socially and culturally. The powerful feudals of the PPP had never made common cause with the common man’s Jiye Sindh factions, which had traditionally opposed the settlement of ‘non-Sindhis’. There have … Continue reading PPP-MQM relations

VIEW: Kital and jihad – Gulmina Bilal Ahmad Jihad, as is well known, is a constant struggle against one’s will or, in the terms of psychology, against one’s own id, i.e. the part of the self that is wilful and without any restraint What motivates a militant Taliban who is not fraught with poverty? The answer to this question is complex. There is no easy answer. However, at a dialogue organised to discuss the possibilities of peace, an interesting answer was given by a psychiatrist-turned-religious-scholar, Dr Muhammad Farooq. This gentleman is involved in the army-supported and led Swat Taliban children … Continue reading Kital and jihad

VIEW: Revisiting the Friday sermon –Dr Mahjabeen Islam The best and the brightest with an interest in Islam should be given scholarships in Islamic universities and then incentivised financially to take up spiritual leadership as a profession It is important to be solution oriented, I know. ‘The power of the Friday sermon’ (Daily Times, May 14, 2010) took the entire article to detail the golden opportunity that is missed by imams the world over to inhibit the start of disenchantment and the development of extremism. Now we can springboard for solutions. The situation with mosques in Pakistan is very different … Continue reading Revisiting the Friday sermon

COMMENT: Coming to grips with the past–Zafar Hilaly There are two obstacles that civil servants face when writing of the past. The first is the ban on passing on ‘secrets’ and the cumbersome vetting process. And second, the fear of jeopardising one’s life Apart from the past nothing else is secure in Pakistan. But is the past really worth knowing? Does it really matter? An English poet, Edward Thomas, once said that the past is the only dead thing that smells sweet. But here even the past stinks. German philosopher Friedrich Hegel thought that the past matters because events and … Continue reading Coming to grips with the past

HUM HINDUSTANI: Taming the teams –J Sri Raman Both Pawar and Patel belong to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), an important ally and partner-in-power of the Congress in New Delhi as well as the state of Maharashtra. Critics have castigated the Congress leadership for sacrificing principle at the altar of power and avoiding any action against either We cannot yet call it a season of show cause notices. But, in India, it is certainly already a time of threats of disciplinary actions and demands for them. If you are trying to gauge the country’s mood anytime, you will do well … Continue reading Taming the teams

Testimonies of ex Muslims who have embraced Christianity have become widespread on the television as well as on the internet. Some of these conversion stories may well be true, whilst most of them can easily be disproven. These false testimonies are being utilised as a means to indoctrinate the minds of non-Muslims with false information about Islam, with the main aim of generating a hatred towards Islam amongst the masses. This site will shed some light upon this subject with the main focus being on Ergun and Emir Caner. Ergun Mehmet Caner is a popular Christian speaker based in the … Continue reading THE REAL BIOGRAPHY OF ERGUN CANER

The madressah thenews.com.pk Ikram Sehgal Established at first as an institution of higher studies, a madressah (Arabic plural “madaris”) initially taught law, Islamic sciences and philosophy. During the 11th and 12th centuries, madaris specialised in law and jurisprudence. Today’s madressah is an Islamic religious school (seminary) where students, as young as nine or ten, at times even younger, learn religious education, schooled first of all in reading and then in religious studies. Initially a part of a mosque, madaris only later became separate institutions. With the introduction of Western education under colonial rule their curriculum underwent a change. A madressah … Continue reading The madressah – battery hen mullahs?