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		<title>Jilbab Bergo Types in your area</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jilbab Bergo Bergo &#105;&#115; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; things &#119;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; the &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#097;&#108;&#108; influence it &#104;&#097;&#115; mainly rests &#111;&#110; &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; factors. &#115;&#111; it &#105;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; unusual &#116;&#111; &#102;&#105;&#110;&#100; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#115;&#101;&#108;&#102; doing &#097; lot &#111;&#102; investigation &#097;&#110;&#100; &#100;&#101;&#099;&#105;&#115;&#105;&#111;&#110; making. &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; really &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#099;&#097;&#110; occur should &#121;&#111;&#117; neglect certain details, criteria &#097;&#110;&#100; &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; aspects. &#121;&#111;&#117; will have the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Jilbab Bergo Bergo &#105;&#115; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; things &#119;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; the &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#097;&#108;&#108; influence it &#104;&#097;&#115; mainly rests &#111;&#110; &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; factors. &#115;&#111; it &#105;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; unusual &#116;&#111; &#102;&#105;&#110;&#100; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#115;&#101;&#108;&#102; doing &#097; lot &#111;&#102; investigation &#097;&#110;&#100; &#100;&#101;&#099;&#105;&#115;&#105;&#111;&#110; making. &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; really &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#099;&#097;&#110; occur should &#121;&#111;&#117; neglect certain details, criteria &#097;&#110;&#100; &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; aspects. &#121;&#111;&#117; will have the ability &#116;&#111; make the &#098;&#101;&#115;&#116; judgements &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#097;&#114;&#101; confident &#121;&#111;&#117; have &#097;&#108;&#108; &#121;&#111;&#117; need &#116;&#111; &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119;. &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; follows &#110;&#101;&#120;&#116; &#097;&#114;&#101; &#097; few matters about Jilbab Bergo Bergo &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; will &#119;&#097;&#110;&#116; &#116;&#111; &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#115;&#111; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; choose the &#098;&#101;&#115;&#116; options.</p>
<p>Islamic clothing for &#101;&#120;&#097;&#109;&#112;&#108;&#101; jilbabs along with abayas &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; cover &#097;&#103;&#097;&#105;&#110;&#115;&#116; head &#116;&#111; feet &#097;&#114;&#101; &#117;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#114; constant analysis &#098;&#121; feminine activists along with women&#039;s rights spokespersons. No matter the fact &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; most Islamic women choose &#116;&#111; &#112;&#117;&#116; &#111;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; jilbabs &#097;&#110;&#100; hijabs, the actual discussions &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; quit. Since, it &#105;&#115; &#097; significantly debated topic &#111;&#110; tv the question &#121;&#111;&#117; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; &#111;&#102;, &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#105;&#115; the Jilbab Bergo? &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; requires &#097;&#110; &#101;&#110;&#116;&#105;&#114;&#101;&#108;&#121; article &#116;&#111; simply response &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; below &#105;&#115; &#100;&#101;&#102;&#105;&#110;&#105;&#116;&#101;&#108;&#121; &#097;&#110; short make &#097;&#110; effort &#116;&#111; reply the question. The &#112;&#097;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#099;&#117;&#108;&#097;&#114; Jilbab Bergo &#105;&#115; &#097; long hide dress based &#111;&#110; the passages &#111;&#102; the Holy Qur&#039;&#097;&#110; passage (333:59) instructed &#116;&#111; Islamic women. It &#105;&#115; token &#111;&#102; modesty, Islamic status &#112;&#108;&#117;&#115; &#097; defensive measure in opposition &#116;&#111; unwarranted sexual advances &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; clients&#039; needs self respect, self-esteem &#097;&#110;&#100; honour for girls.</p>
<p>As we have just stated, Jilbab Bergo Bergo &#105;&#115; something &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; cannot be &#105;&#103;&#110;&#111;&#114;&#101;&#100; &#8211; &#111;&#114; at &#108;&#101;&#097;&#115;&#116; should &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; be &#105;&#103;&#110;&#111;&#114;&#101;&#100;. We do understand very &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; situation &#105;&#115; really important &#097;&#110;&#100; matters &#097; &#103;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#116; deal. There &#105;&#115; &#097; lot, we &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119;, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#105;&#115; why we &#097;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#097;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097; very short &#098;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#107; &#116;&#111; state &#097; few words about &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115;. We &#097;&#114;&#101; highly confident about the ability &#111;&#102; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; we offer, today, &#116;&#111; &#099;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#116;&#101; &#097; &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#099;&#101;. &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; proceed, we &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#121;&#111;&#117; will &#110;&#111;&#116; be disappointed with &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; we have &#116;&#111; offer in &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; article.</p>
<p>So you&#039;ve &#097; business presentation coming &#117;&#112; &#111;&#114; possibly &#097; &#101;&#110;&#106;&#111;&#121; production &#111;&#114; &#109;&#097;&#121;&#098;&#101; &#121;&#111;&#117; might be &#097; Muslim immigrant bringing &#104;&#105;&#115; &#111;&#114; her religion with &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; &#115;&#111; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#119;&#097;&#110;&#116; &#116;&#111; be capable &#111;&#102; get &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; clothing similar &#116;&#111; in college back home. &#111;&#102; &#099;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#115;&#101;, there isn&#039;t really numerous avenues in which sell the jilbab-so &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#105;&#115; &#097;&#110; immigrant &#116;&#111; &#116;&#114;&#121; &#116;&#111; to? Exactly &#104;&#111;&#119; would &#121;&#111;&#117; &#115;&#116;&#097;&#114;&#116; holding onto &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; religious beliefs but &#115;&#116;&#105;&#108;&#108; time wearing the garments which &#121;&#111;&#117; always have? Even &#115;&#111;, the definition &#111;&#102; &#105;&#115; &#102;&#097;&#114; more &#111;&#102; the generalized &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;. &#097; lot like hat &#105;&#115; within just about &#097;&#110;&#121; country-hat could &#109;&#101;&#097;&#110; &#097;&#110;&#121;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; at &#097;&#108;&#108; &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; fedora with &#097; hat &#116;&#111; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; skullcap. &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; the &#115;&#097;&#109;&#101; &#116;&#111; the jilbab-it could &#109;&#101;&#097;&#110; almost &#097;&#110;&#121; head-covering for &#097;&#110;&#121; Muslim lady.</p>
<p>Within the &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; number &#111;&#102; years, there&#039;s &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#097; lot &#111;&#102; change in Islamic apparel. Due &#116;&#111; lack &#111;&#102; printed clothing for Islamic women, &#097; variety &#111;&#102; Midsection Eastern designers have fallen &#111;&#110; top &#111;&#102; branded developer clothing for Islamic women. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; developer Islamic jilbabs have gained &#097; &#103;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#116; deal &#111;&#102; popularity among affluent Muslim socialites. The jilbabs &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; kinds &#111;&#102; designers &#099;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#116;&#101; aren&#039;t just unique inside their style but &#097;&#114;&#101; &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; equivalent in quality along with value &#116;&#111; Traditional western designer apparel. Despite the fact &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; designer brand names &#111;&#102; Islamic jilbabs &#097;&#114;&#101; perfectly located at the Middle Eastern along with Most &#111;&#102; asia, the design &#097;&#110;&#100; style properties &#097;&#114;&#101; gaining &#097; lot &#111;&#102; popularity in the western world &#097;&#115; &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; &#097;&#115; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; the &#110;&#111;&#110; citizen communities. &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#111;&#102; the well-known design houses for &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; branded jilbabs &#097;&#114;&#101; Amal Murad&#039;s &#8220;REDAA&#8221;, Lina Feghali Maalouf&#039;s &#8220;Prestige Libaan&#8221; along with Badar Al Badoor&#039;s &#8220;Abaya Couture&#8221;. The basic basic principle &#098;&#101;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#100; their type &#111;&#102; Islamic jilbabs &#119;&#097;&#115; &#116;&#111; blend convention, culture &#097;&#110;&#100; religious beliefs with fashion. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; kinds &#111;&#102; exquisitely designed jilbabs could be worn for &#097;&#110;&#121; kind &#111;&#102; situation, formal &#097;&#110;&#100; everyday. &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; designers have &#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#097;&#121;&#101;&#100; their jilbabs inside fashion capitals &#111;&#102; the world, including Paris, Milan, London &#097;&#115; &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; &#097;&#115; &#110;&#101;&#119; York.&nbsp; Personifying modesty &#097;&#110;&#100; magnificence, the actual Islamic jilbab celebrates the woman &#114;&#101;&#103;&#097;&#114;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103; substance. &#105;&#102; you&#039;re &#108;&#111;&#111;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#114;&#101;&#103;&#097;&#114;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103; Islamic jilbabs &#111;&#114; &#097;&#110;&#121; type &#111;&#102; conventional Islamic wear, visit ranti.corp.id. ranti.co.identity &#105;&#115; &#097; leading web store for traditional indonesian wear &#097;&#110;&#100; possesses lots &#111;&#102; apparel for men, females &#097;&#110;&#100; children.</p>
<p>Jilbab Bergo &#105;&#115; &#111;&#110;&#101; kind &#111;&#102; traditional apparel in Middle Japanese then &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; the very well-known clothing for Islamic women. Jilbab Bergo &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; for ages &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#097; source appealing for folks in western world. &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; source will be the distinction &#111;&#102; &#8220;freedom for women&#8221; the &#112;&#108;&#097;&#099;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; the western women feel &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; jilbab means dictate the lady freedom. Lay &#097;&#119;&#097;&#121; &#111;&#102; arguments &#118;&#105;&#097; either &#115;&#105;&#100;&#101;, there &#097;&#114;&#101; numerous research in Quran &#097;&#110; Sunnah concerning the obligatory &#111;&#102; veiling &#111;&#102; girls. &#104;&#111;&#119;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;, in Quran &#098;&#121; &#105;&#116;&#115;&#101;&#108;&#102; doesn&#039;t stated &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; will jilbab &#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;&#116; &#116;&#111; be long, free flowing robe. In reality, Islam just stated &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; ladies should covers themselves &#112;&#108;&#117;&#115; the veiling process &#114;&#097;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;.They can&#039;t &#098;&#101;&#108;&#105;&#101;&#118;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; the phrase only refers &#116;&#111; the gowns instead could be combined for &#097;&#108;&#108; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; types &#111;&#102; Islamic clothing &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#105;&#115; reasonable &#097;&#110;&#100; modest.</p>
<p>Jilbab Bergos &#097;&#110;&#100; abayas &#097;&#114;&#101; routine Islamic garments for females. Though &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; &#097;&#114;&#101; &#112;&#111;&#112;&#117;&#108;&#097;&#114; in the centre &#102;&#097;&#114; east countries &#097;&#110;&#100; various Islamic world, the concept &#111;&#102; sporting jilbabs &#097;&#110;&#100; abayas &#105;&#115; &#102;&#097;&#114; discussed in the Western World. &#104;&#111;&#119;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;, it does &#110;&#111;&#116; &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; strong influx with the Muslim leaders which &#104;&#097;&#115; &#109;&#097;&#100;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; clothing common &#116;&#111; the roadways &#111;&#102; various western metropolitan areas. Jilbab Bergos &#097;&#114;&#101; long gowns &#097;&#110;&#100; &#115;&#111; &#097;&#114;&#101; used because outer garment. They support separate arms which might be stitched &#116;&#111; the system in the cloth. The actual over garments &#099;&#097;&#110; be &#098;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;&#116; in various styles &#097;&#110;&#100; colors. You&#039;ll have black outer clothes &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#097;&#114;&#101; pinstriped with &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#116; shade. They &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; appear in refined colors with depth pinstripe focus &#111;&#110; the cuffs. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; kind &#111;&#102; Islamic garments come &#116;&#111;&#103;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; with hoods. In fact, the hooded Jilbab Bergos seem smart enough with regard &#116;&#111; both office &#097;&#110;&#100; &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; casual wear. Furthermore, &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; incorporate &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; styles into &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; kind &#111;&#102; cloth &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; &#097;&#115; ruffles, extras, pleats, cuffed sleeves, flares &#097;&#115; &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; &#097;&#115; laces. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; clothing &#105;&#115; &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; accessible in daring colors which search very trendy. &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; kind &#111;&#102; colors include lilac, green, burgundy, shades &#114;&#101;&#103;&#097;&#114;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103; green &#097;&#110;&#100; teal. &#097; few &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; outer garments &#097;&#114;&#101; &#117;&#115;&#117;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; have ruffles &#111;&#110; their &#111;&#119;&#110; fleshlight sleeves &#097;&#110;&#100; neckline. &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; get jilbabs with bell designed arms. The gypsy design jilbabs have grown much award for feel &#097;&#110;&#100; appear. They&#039;ve got frills &#111;&#110; their &#111;&#119;&#110; starting hem &#097;&#115; &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; &#097;&#115; &#111;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; sleeves &#097;&#114;&#101; &#097;&#118;&#097;&#105;&#108;&#097;&#098;&#108;&#101; &#116;&#111;&#103;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; with warm color styles &#097;&#110;&#100; contemporary design patterns printed. Even &#115;&#111;, it &#105;&#115; &#098;&#101;&#115;&#116; &#116;&#111; get darker colored over outfits for daily don. Alternatively, abayas &#097;&#114;&#101; prolonged black clocks &#097;&#115; &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; &#097;&#115; cover &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; using &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; shoulder &#097;&#115;&#105;&#100;&#101; &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; feet &#097;&#110;&#100; hands</p>
<p>We only wanted &#116;&#111; give &#121;&#111;&#117; &#097; taste &#111;&#102; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#099;&#097;&#110; be &#102;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; &#111;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; subject. &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; simply spend weeks researching Jilbab Bergo Bergo &#097;&#110;&#100; &#115;&#116;&#105;&#108;&#108; &#110;&#111;&#116; include &#097;&#108;&#108; the ground work. &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; &#105;&#115; just like &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; areas in which &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; have &#097; real edge &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117; have the right kind &#111;&#102; information. It really does &#110;&#111;&#116; have &#116;&#111; be torture &#116;&#111; get the &#098;&#101;&#115;&#116; readily &#097;&#118;&#097;&#105;&#108;&#097;&#098;&#108;&#101; knowledge, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117; do then &#121;&#111;&#117; will realize &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; we &#109;&#101;&#097;&#110;.</p>
<p>You &#116;&#114;&#121; out, but just fall flat with sarimbit &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; day &#116;&#111; day? There &#105;&#115; &#097; little something about kaos muslim &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#104;&#097;&#115; people thinking. Make sure &#121;&#111;&#117; looked about my &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#115; article in Cigarette &eacute;Lectronique Bel Air.</p>
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		<title>Radical Critics of Islam and Islamophobia &#8211; Denying the Individuality of Minority Members</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Qantara.de At a recent conference &#105;&#110; Germany &#108;&#111;&#111;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097;&#116; radical critics of Islam, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; &#119;&#097;&#115; consensus that &#105;&#116; &#119;&#097;&#115; about time that politicians &#097;&#110;&#100; society looked more seriously &#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; growing defamation of Muslims. &#098;&#121; Claudia Mende For a long time, &#110;&#111;&#098;&#111;&#100;&#121; took &#104;&#097;&#116;&#101; propaganda against Muslims &#118;&#101;&#114;&#121; seriously as a &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; threat to [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Source: Qantara.de</strong></p>
<p><strong>At a recent conference &#105;&#110; Germany &#108;&#111;&#111;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097;&#116; radical critics of Islam, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; &#119;&#097;&#115; consensus that &#105;&#116; &#119;&#097;&#115; about time that politicians &#097;&#110;&#100; society looked more seriously &#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; growing defamation of Muslims. &#098;&#121; Claudia Mende</strong></p>
<p>For a long time, &#110;&#111;&#098;&#111;&#100;&#121; took &#104;&#097;&#116;&#101; propaganda against Muslims &#118;&#101;&#114;&#121; seriously as a &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; threat to democracy. That has changed, &#102;&#111;&#108;&#108;&#111;&#119;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#116;&#104;&#101; massacre &#105;&#110; Norway &#098;&#121; Anders Behring Breivik &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; series of murders &#098;&#121; &#116;&#104;&#101; Zwickau NSU terrorist cell &#105;&#110; Germany.</p>
<p>Breivik&#8217;s shooting spree, &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; he justified on &#116;&#104;&#101; basis of Islamophobic fantasies, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; far-right killings of immigrants &#105;&#110; Germany both &#115;&#104;&#111;&#119; &#116;&#104;&#101; explosive potential of racism &#097;&#110;&#100; anti-Islamic feeling &#105;&#110; destroying social cohesion. Parties &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; as &#8220;Die Freiheit&#8221; (&#8220;Freedom&#8221;), &#116;&#104;&#101; &#8220;Pro-&#8221; movement, &#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; citizens&#8217; initiative &#8220;Pax Europa&#8221; work to paint a frightening picture of &#116;&#104;&#101; alleged &#8220;Islamisation&#8221; of Europe: they refuse to &#115;&#101;&#101; Islam as a religion &#097;&#110;&#100; insist that &#105;&#116; is a totalitarian &#097;&#110;&#100; violent ideology.</p>
<p>Websites &#105;&#110; Germany &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; &#8220;Politically Incorrect&#8221; &#111;&#114; &#8220;Nürnberg 2.0&#8243; offer a home for unfiltered &#097;&#110;&#100; generally anonymous defamation. &#097;&#109;&#111;&#110;&#103; &#116;&#104;&#101; range of activities undertaken &#098;&#121; those &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; anti-Islamic movement is &#116;&#104;&#101; deliberate disruption of events giving information about Islam, integration &#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; dialogue between religions.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Koran, &#097;&#110;&#100; Free Speech, In Flames   Robert Spencer 5 April 2011 Enraged over &#116;&#104;&#101; burning &#111;&#102; a Koran in Florida, Muslims &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; murdered about 20 people in Afghanistan &#097;&#110;&#100; five in Pakistan—none &#111;&#102; &#119;&#104;&#111;&#109; ever burned a Koran &#111;&#114; &#104;&#097;&#100; &#097;&#110;&#121; acquaintance &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101; men who &#100;&#105;&#100;. These killers &#097;&#114;&#101; monstrous.  &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; assassinated [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>A Koran, &#097;&#110;&#100; Free Speech, In Flames</strong>   Robert Spencer 5 April 2011</p>
<p>Enraged over &#116;&#104;&#101; burning &#111;&#102; a Koran in Florida, Muslims &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; murdered about 20 people in Afghanistan &#097;&#110;&#100; five in Pakistan—none &#111;&#102; &#119;&#104;&#111;&#109; ever burned a Koran &#111;&#114; &#104;&#097;&#100; &#097;&#110;&#121; acquaintance &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101; men who &#100;&#105;&#100;.</p>
<p>These killers &#097;&#114;&#101; monstrous.  &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; assassinated innocent people &#102;&#111;&#114; something that &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; couldn&#8217;t conceivably &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#104;&#097;&#100; anything &#116;&#111; &#100;&#111; &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;.  &#097;&#110;&#100; yet instead &#111;&#102; calling them monstrous &#097;&#110;&#100; demanding that Islamic leaders stop inciting &#097;&#110;&#100; approving &#111;&#102; &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; behavior, Western government &#097;&#110;&#100; media elites &#097;&#114;&#101; blaming &#110;&#111;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; murderers &#097;&#110;&#100; rioters, &#098;&#117;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; man behind &#116;&#104;&#101; Koran-burning, &#116;&#104;&#101; notorious Christian fundamentalist pastor Terry Jones.</p>
<p>Thus Guardian editor Matt Seaton &#101;&#120;&#112;&#108;&#097;&#105;&#110;&#101;&#100; that Jones &#119;&#097;&#115; &#116;&#111; blame &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; his Koran-burning &#119;&#097;&#115; “done knowingly involving reckless endangerment, &#097;&#110;&#100; quite possibly wishing &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; kind &#111;&#102; bad result.”  &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; assumed that &#116;&#104;&#101; Muslims who &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; rioting &#097;&#110;&#100; &#107;&#105;&#108;&#108;&#105;&#110;&#103; over &#116;&#104;&#101; burning &#111;&#102; a book half a world away &#104;&#097;&#100; no control over &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; reactions, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#117;&#115; could &#110;&#111;&#116; be held accountable &#102;&#111;&#114; them:  &#102;&#111;&#114; enlightened leftists &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; as Seaton, &#105;&#116; is &#116;&#104;&#101; West&#8217;s responsibility &#116;&#111; make &#115;&#117;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; Islamic world behaves in a civilized manner.  &#104;&#111;&#119; paternalistic &#097;&#110;&#100; ethnocentric &#111;&#102; those most committed &#116;&#111; multiculturalism.</p>
<p>Barack Obama reacted &#116;&#104;&#101; &#115;&#097;&#109;&#101; way &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; Jones first threatened &#116;&#111; burn a Koran last year.  He &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100; that &#8220;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; stunt that he is talking about pulling could greatly endanger our young men &#097;&#110;&#100; women who &#097;&#114;&#101; in uniform.  Look, &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; is a recruitment bonanza &#102;&#111;&#114; al-Qaeda.  You could &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; serious violence in places like Pakistan &#097;&#110;&#100; Afghanistan.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama found &#116;&#104;&#101; burning &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; Koran, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; burning &#111;&#102; &#097;&#110;&#121; book, distasteful, as &#100;&#111; I.  &#098;&#117;&#116; that &#119;&#097;&#115; &#119;&#104;&#121; he &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; stood up &#102;&#111;&#114; Terry Jones.  Speech that is inoffensive needs no protection, &#097;&#110;&#100; those in power can &#097;&#108;&#108; too easily &#117;&#115;&#101; “hate speech” codes &#116;&#111; restrict speech &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; find politically inconvenient &#111;&#114; challenging.  Obama could &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100;:  &#8220;While I disapprove &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; Koran-burning, in America we believe that freedom &#111;&#102; expression is a fundamental bulwark against tyranny &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; hallmark &#111;&#102; a &#116;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#121; free society, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#105;&#116; requires &#117;&#115; &#116;&#111; put up &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115; we don&#8217;t like without responding &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; violence.&#8221;</p>
<p>Read entire article <strong>here</strong>.</p>
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		<title>Canadian imam bans honor killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Feb. 4 (UPI) &#8212; A senior Muslim leader &#105;&#110; Canada Saturday ordered an end &#116;&#111; so-called honor killings and domestic abuse, &#115;&#097;&#121;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#116;&#104;&#101; Koran &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; not endorse such violence. Imam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary, Alberta, founder of &#116;&#104;&#101; Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, issued &#116;&#104;&#101; fatwa, &#111;&#114; official religious edict, &#105;&#110; Mississauga, Ontario, [...]]]></description>
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<p>MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Feb. 4 (UPI) &#8212; A senior Muslim leader &#105;&#110; Canada Saturday ordered an end &#116;&#111; so-called honor killings and domestic abuse, &#115;&#097;&#121;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#116;&#104;&#101; Koran &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; not endorse such violence.</p>
<p>Imam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary, Alberta, founder of &#116;&#104;&#101; Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, issued &#116;&#104;&#101; fatwa, &#111;&#114; official religious edict, &#105;&#110; Mississauga, Ontario, &#102;&#111;&#108;&#108;&#111;&#119;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#116;&#104;&#101; convictions &#105;&#110; Kingston, Ontario, this week &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; deaths of four Muslim women &#107;&#105;&#108;&#108;&#101;&#100; &#098;&#121; relatives &#119;&#104;&#111; felt &#116;&#104;&#101; family&#8217;s honor had been besmirched &#098;&#121; their lifestyle.</p>
<p>&#8220;Those &#119;&#104;&#111; think honor killing &#105;&#115; OK &#097;&#114;&#101; dead &#119;&#114;&#111;&#110;&#103;,&#8221; &#116;&#104;&#101; Toronto Sun quoted Soharwardy &#097;&#115; &#115;&#097;&#121;&#105;&#110;&#103;. &#8220;There &#105;&#115; &#110;&#111; &#112;&#108;&#097;&#099;&#101; &#102;&#111;&#114; violence &#105;&#110; Islam.</p>
<p>&#8220;A very small minority&#8221; of Muslims adhere &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; concept and &#8220;need &#116;&#111; &#098;&#101; corrected.&#8221;</p>
<p>Postmedia News reported Soharwardy, &#119;&#104;&#111; &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; spiritual leader at &#116;&#104;&#101; Al-Madinah Calgary Islamic Center, said earlier &#116;&#104;&#101; fatwa, backed &#098;&#121; dozens of other imams and Muslim scholars from &#097;&#099;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#115; North America, &#105;&#115; meant &#116;&#111; drive home &#116;&#104;&#101; point that abuse and killing &#105;&#115; not proscribed &#098;&#121; &#116;&#104;&#101; Koran.</p>
<p>&#8220;That kind of mentality has &#116;&#111; &#098;&#101; changed, and has &#116;&#111; &#098;&#101; confronted,&#8221; &#104;&#101; said.</p>
<p>Soharwardy said &#104;&#101; had been researching &#116;&#104;&#101; issue &#102;&#111;&#114; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; time &#098;&#117;&#116; it &#119;&#097;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#114;&#101;&#099;&#101;&#110;&#116; murder trial that led him &#116;&#111; act.</p>
<p>The imam said &#104;&#101; and other scholars &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; want non-Muslims &#116;&#111; understand that anti-female sentiment &#105;&#115; not sanctioned &#098;&#121; Islam.</p>
<p>Soharwardy noted while a fatwa &#105;&#115; &#8220;not legally binding&#8221; it &#105;&#115; &#8220;morally binding.&#8221;</p>
<p>Postmedia News said it &#105;&#115; &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#114;&#100; fatwa Canadian organization has issued &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#112;&#097;&#115;&#116; decade. &#116;&#104;&#101; &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; &#114;&#101;&#099;&#101;&#110;&#116; one &#119;&#097;&#115; &#105;&#110; January 2010 when &#116;&#104;&#101; council said Muslims &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; not &#116;&#111; commit acts of terrorism &#097;&#103;&#097;&#105;&#110;&#115;&#116; Canada &#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; United States.</p>
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		<title>Church set on fire after carnival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons &#119;&#097;&#115; set alight in southern Macedonia overnight amid religious tension between Christians and minority Muslims over &#097; carnival in which Orthodox Christian men dressed &#097;&#115; women in burkas and mocked &#116;&#104;&#101; Koran. Firefighters extinguished &#116;&#104;&#101; fire on Monday night in &#116;&#104;&#101; two century-old Sveti Nikola church, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Firefighters extinguished &#116;&#104;&#101; fire on Monday night in &#116;&#104;&#101; two century-old Sveti Nikola church, near &#116;&#104;&#101; town of Struga. &#116;&#104;&#101; church&#8217;s roof &#119;&#097;&#115; destroyed but its icons &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; &#110;&#111;&#116; damaged, &#116;&#104;&#101; fire service &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100;.</p>
<p>Hours &#098;&#101;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; fire, Muslim leaders had appealed for &#099;&#097;&#108;&#109; &#097;&#109;&#111;&#110;&#103; community members.</p>
<p>The January 13 Vevcani festival prompted angry, &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101;&#116;&#105;&#109;&#101;&#115; violent demonstrations by Muslims, who &#097;&#114;&#101; nearly &#097;&#108;&#108; ethnic Albanian and make up 33% of &#116;&#104;&#101; country&#8217;s 2.1 million population and accuse &#116;&#104;&#101; majority of stoking hatred &#097;&#103;&#097;&#105;&#110;&#115;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109;.</p>
<p>Ethnic tension has &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; simmering in &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; small Balkan country &#115;&#105;&#110;&#099;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#101;&#110;&#100; of &#097;&#110; armed rebellion in 2001, &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; ethnic Albanian rebels fought government forces for about eight months, seeking greater rights for &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; community. &#116;&#104;&#101; conflict left 80 people dead, and &#101;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#100; with &#116;&#104;&#101; intervention of Nato peacekeepers.</p>
<p>The Vevcani carnival, &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100; to &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; held for some 1,400 years, attracts thousands of visitors. Local residents traditionally wear elaborate, frequently sarcastic masks, with some of &#116;&#104;&#101; most common costumes including devils and demons.</p>
<p>But &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; year&#8217;s perceived mockery of &#116;&#104;&#101; Koran and &#116;&#104;&#101; burka costumes caused outrage.</p>
<p>On Saturday, protesters attacked &#097;&#110; inter-city bus heading from Struga to Vevcani, throwing rocks at &#116;&#104;&#101; vehicle but injuring &#110;&#111;&#098;&#111;&#100;&#121;. They also defaced &#097; Macedonian flag &#111;&#117;&#116;&#115;&#105;&#100;&#101; Struga&#8217;s municipal building, replacing &#105;&#116; with &#097; green flag representing Islam. On &#116;&#104;&#101; same day, perpetrators attacked &#097; church in &#116;&#104;&#101; nearby village of Labunista, destroying &#097; cross standing &#111;&#117;&#116;&#115;&#105;&#100;&#101;.</p>
<p>Macedonian Muslim leaders called for restraint but also accused &#116;&#104;&#101; government of promoting Islamophobia.</p>
<p>Deputy Prime Minister Musa Xhaferi &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100; &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; incidents &#8220;create discord&#8221; and &#8220;violate mutual respect and trust.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>&#8216;What I&#8217;ll Miss About Islam&#8217;: A Dubai Expat&#8217;s View</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted towards &#116;&#104;&#101; &#101;&#110;&#100; &#111;&#102; &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; year &#114;&#101;&#103;&#097;&#114;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; expats might &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; &#111;&#114; &#110;&#111;&#116; &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; when &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#109;&#111;&#118;&#101; &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; UAE. There&#8217;s another post I &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#100;&#111; &#8211; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; I &#119;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; about &#116;&#104;&#101; UAE &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; I &#116;&#111; &#109;&#111;&#118;&#101; &#098;&#097;&#099;&#107;. &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115; I will &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116;, when that day finally comes [...]]]></description>
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<p>I posted towards &#116;&#104;&#101; &#101;&#110;&#100; &#111;&#102; &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; year &#114;&#101;&#103;&#097;&#114;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; expats might &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; &#111;&#114; &#110;&#111;&#116; &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; when &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#109;&#111;&#118;&#101; &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; UAE. There&#8217;s another post I &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#100;&#111; &#8211; &#119;&#104;&#097;&#116; I &#119;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; about &#116;&#104;&#101; UAE &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; I &#116;&#111; &#109;&#111;&#118;&#101; &#098;&#097;&#099;&#107;. &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115; I will &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116;, when that day finally comes &#105;&#115; Islam.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m &#110;&#111;&#116; &#097; Muslim. I doubt I &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; will &#098;&#101;. So why has &#105;&#116; &#098;&#101;&#099;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#097; part &#111;&#102; my life that I will &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115;?</p>
<p>Firstly there &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; Adhan. &#097; part &#111;&#102; Islam we cannot see, but hear, &#105;&#102; we &#097;&#114;&#101; lucky, five times &#097; day. At &#116;&#104;&#101; &#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; time &#111;&#102; year, &#105;&#116; &#098;&#111;&#116;&#104; wakes me and sends me &#116;&#111; sleep. It&#8217;s &#097; fantasy call &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#116;&#104;&#101; minaret &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; nearest mosque, calling those who must &#116;&#111; pray. &#116;&#104;&#101; earliest &#105;&#115; at &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; light, and eases me out &#111;&#102; sleep &#098;&#101;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; shrill tone &#111;&#102; my alarm does. I &#099;&#097;&#110; hear two local Muezzins &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; my bed, &#098;&#111;&#116;&#104; &#098;&#101;&#097;&#117;&#116;&#105;&#102;&#117;&#108;&#108;&#121; in tune, starting only seconds &#097;&#112;&#097;&#114;&#116;. I &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; daytime calls in &#116;&#104;&#101; hubbub &#111;&#102; day &#117;&#110;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#115; I &#097;&#109; strolling &#097;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; &#097; sleepy mall where &#105;&#116; echos &#116;&#104;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101; marble corridors &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; &#097; ghost retrieving &#116;&#104;&#101; chosen. At night, I sway in my hammock, &#116;&#104;&#101; children in bed, and wait &#102;&#111;&#114; them &#116;&#111; &#102;&#105;&#110;&#105;&#115;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101; day &#102;&#111;&#114; me. An eerie serpentine song that reminds me every day that I live in &#116;&#104;&#101; Middle East.</p>
<p>Secondly, it&#8217;s Ramadan. Some people &#104;&#097;&#116;&#101; &#105;&#116;. All &#116;&#104;&#101; cafes &#097;&#114;&#101; closed &#100;&#117;&#114;&#105;&#110;&#103; sunlight hours, and there &#097;&#114;&#101; strict rules on eating in public, even &#102;&#111;&#114; non-Muslims. But &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; &#112;&#117;&#116; &#097;&#115;&#105;&#100;&#101; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; own small sacrifice, &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; watch an entire community &#111;&#102; people committing &#116;&#111; &#097; task that &#105;&#115; actually very, very hard. &#116;&#104;&#101; dedication &#105;&#115; remarkable, and &#097;&#108;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; I have met those who &#097;&#114;&#101; Muslim and &#121;&#101;&#116; also &#115;&#097;&#121; &#8220;I&#8217;m &#110;&#111;&#116; such &#097; good Muslim&#8221;, &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; &#097;&#114;&#101; vigilant.</p>
<p>Not only &#100;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; fast, but &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; donate &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; billionaire philanthropists. Waiters will receive &#097; 100AED tip &#102;&#111;&#114; &#097; cup &#111;&#102; coffee, people erect Iftar tents outside their homes and feed passing strangers at sundown, housewives have their drivers take them &#116;&#111; labour camps &#116;&#111; distribute food parcels. &#116;&#104;&#101; town &#105;&#115; adorned with coloured glass lamps, and &#097;&#108;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101; days &#097;&#114;&#101; &#113;&#117;&#105;&#101;&#116;, &#116;&#104;&#101; night explodes in vibrant hues and revellers. Random acts &#111;&#102; kindness abound, and everyone joins in &#116;&#104;&#101; Iftar feast, Muslim &#111;&#114; &#110;&#111;&#116;.</p>
<p>Thirdly, it&#8217;s &#116;&#104;&#101; physical presence &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; religion, and &#116;&#104;&#101; beauty carried with &#105;&#116;. &#104;&#111;&#119; &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#111;&#116; &#108;&#111;&#118;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; architecture &#111;&#102; &#097; mosque? &#101;&#097;&#099;&#104; and every &#111;&#110;&#101; &#105;&#115; &#097; fairytale. Yesterday I travelled &#116;&#111; Abu Dhabi &#116;&#111; photograph &#116;&#104;&#101; Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. I &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; list all its qualities, but &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; read them &#102;&#111;&#114; yourself on &#116;&#104;&#101; links. Instead, just visit my gallery here, and see &#116;&#104;&#101; beauty &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; place.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s magical, regal, bold, delicate, brash, refined, symmetrical, contemporary and classic. It&#8217;s &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; those places where &#097; photographer will &#098;&#101;&#099;&#111;&#109;&#101; rooted &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; spot and &#117;&#115;&#101; an entire memory card &#098;&#101;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#101; taking &#097; step and finding 100 more views &#116;&#111; capture. &#112;&#101;&#114;&#104;&#097;&#112;&#115; &#105;&#116; does &#110;&#111;&#116; have &#116;&#104;&#101; whispers &#111;&#102; history in its walls &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; Hagia Sophia, &#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; Alabaster Mosque, but &#105;&#116; will, in time.</p>
<p>Islam &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; &#097; beautiful thing &#116;&#111; observe, even &#105;&#102; &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#116;&#104;&#101; outside, particularly in &#097; &#114;&#101;&#097;&#115;&#111;&#110;&#097;&#098;&#108;&#121; religiously tolerant place &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; Dubai. &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#116;&#104;&#101; sounds &#111;&#102; prayer &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; design that &#105;&#115; imprinted on UAE everyday life as &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; as its history, &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; people &#8211; elegant, aloof, and &#121;&#101;&#116; giving and thoughtful. &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; its artistic Arabesque, &#116;&#104;&#101; religion flows &#116;&#104;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; life with great finesse, decorating everything &#097;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; &#105;&#116;. And that, when I finally &#100;&#111; leave, I will &#109;&#105;&#115;&#115;.</p>
<p>The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; found at &#116;&#104;&#101; foot &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; Maqtaa bridge, just out &#111;&#102; downtown Abu Dhabi (map here). Signage &#105;&#115; sparse, and &#121;&#111;&#117; may have &#116;&#111; drive &#097;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; entire block &#117;&#110;&#116;&#105;&#108; &#121;&#111;&#117; find &#116;&#104;&#101; &#111;&#110;&#101; open gate. There &#105;&#115; plenty &#111;&#102; free parking.</p>
<p>Admission &#105;&#115; free, as &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; loan &#111;&#102; suitable dress &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; mosque (abayas and headscarf &#097;&#114;&#101; provided &#102;&#111;&#114; women. Men &#097;&#114;&#101; also asked &#116;&#111; dress conservatively (no shorts &#111;&#114; singlets). There &#105;&#115; &#097; little leeway with children.</p>
<p>You &#099;&#097;&#110; join &#097; tour at 10am, 11am &#111;&#114; 5pm &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; days (not Friday mornings), and also 2pm and 8pm on &#116;&#104;&#101; weekends (Fri/Sat), &#111;&#114; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; simply stroll &#097;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; on &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; own.</p>
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		<title>Muslim democrats at work from Indochina to Tunisia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-separation between religion &#097;&#110;&#100; politics &#105;&#110; Islam is &#098;&#101;&#115;&#116; understood within &#116;&#104;&#101; frame of religious unity but political diversity &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; Muslim world. The Koran, &#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101; offering religious, socio-economic &#097;&#110;&#100; political principles, &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; provide &#097; single model &#102;&#111;&#114; &#105;&#116;. Colonial rulers tried to implement separation between religion &#097;&#110;&#100; politics &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; colonised Muslim world [...]]]></description>
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<p>Non-separation between religion &#097;&#110;&#100; politics &#105;&#110; Islam is &#098;&#101;&#115;&#116; understood within &#116;&#104;&#101; frame of religious unity but political diversity &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; Muslim world.</p>
<p>The Koran, &#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101; offering religious, socio-economic &#097;&#110;&#100; political principles, &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; provide &#097; single model &#102;&#111;&#114; &#105;&#116;. Colonial rulers tried to implement separation between religion &#097;&#110;&#100; politics &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; colonised Muslim world &#098;&#121; placing religion &#117;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; jurisdiction of &#116;&#104;&#101; rajas, kings &#097;&#110;&#100; sultans, or &#098;&#121; establishing ministries of religious affairs &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; office of &#116;&#104;&#101; mufti &#8211; &#097;&#110; official interpreter of Islamic religious law. But &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#100;&#105;&#100; &#110;&#111;&#116; succeed &#105;&#110; separating religion &#097;&#110;&#100; politics &#105;&#110; Muslim societies. &#104;&#101;&#110;&#099;&#101;, today we &#115;&#101;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; diverse roles Islam plays &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; politics of &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#116; Muslim countries.</p>
<p>The post-colonial era &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; saw attempts &#098;&#121; &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#116; Muslim political leaders &#097;&#110;&#100; parties to democratise political practice during &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#116; authoritarian regimes. &#116;&#104;&#101; political roles &#097;&#110;&#100; sacrifices &#109;&#097;&#100;&#101; &#098;&#121; Nurcholish Madjid &#097;&#110;&#100; Gus Dur (Indonesia), Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia) &#097;&#110;&#100; Rachid Ghannouchi (Tunisia) &#105;&#110; this endeavour are significant examples.</p>
<p>Nurcholish Madjid (d. 2005) was &#097;&#110; Indonesian Muslim modernist whose career &#097;&#115; &#097; scholar &#097;&#110;&#100; activist &#115;&#116;&#097;&#114;&#116;&#101;&#100; &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#104;&#105;&#115; role &#105;&#110; HMI &#8211; &#116;&#104;&#101; Islamic Association of University Students &#105;&#110; Indonesia. &#097;&#115; &#097; young Muslim activist during &#116;&#104;&#101; authoritarian rules of Sukarno &#097;&#110;&#100; Suharto, he realised &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#110;&#111;&#116; much &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#098;&#101; gained &#116;&#104;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; Islamising &#116;&#104;&#101; political system; rather, &#105;&#116; would prove to &#098;&#101; &#097;&#110; obstacle. &#104;&#101;&#110;&#099;&#101;, he proposed &#097;&#110; &#8220;Islam &#121;&#101;&#115;, Islamic party no&#8221; strategy. &#102;&#111;&#114; Madjid, Islam was &#110;&#111;&#116; merely &#097; political campaign but &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; &#097; civilisational mission &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; is educational &#097;&#110;&#100; cultural, embodying religious pluralism &#097;&#110;&#100; democracy. &#097;&#115; &#097; leader of &#116;&#104;&#101; reformasi movement &#105;&#110; 1998, Madjid personally asked Suharto to step down, thus &#101;&#110;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#104;&#105;&#115; 27 years of dictatorship.</p>
<p>Gus Dur or Abdurrahman Wahid (d. 2009) was &#097; democrat &#097;&#110;&#100; pluralist &#119;&#104;&#111; offered &#097;&#110; alternative model of Islamist political activity. He modernised &#116;&#104;&#101; traditional Indonesian Muslim organisation, &#116;&#104;&#101; Nahdatul Ulama (NU), &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; areas of education &#097;&#110;&#100; political theology. He contributed towards &#116;&#104;&#101; formation of &#8220;Civil Islam&#8221; &#105;&#110; Indonesia. Wahid was elected &#097;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; president of post-Suharto Indonesia. &#116;&#104;&#101; &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; &#105;&#109;&#112;&#111;&#114;&#116;&#097;&#110;&#116; legacy of Gus Dur today is &#104;&#105;&#115; commitment to reform, modernisation &#097;&#110;&#100; democracy.</p>
<p>Wahid held &#116;&#104;&#101; conviction &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; Indonesia’s stability should &#098;&#101; rooted &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; principle of unity &#105;&#110; diversity &#097;&#110;&#100; open politics, leading to &#116;&#104;&#101; success of democracy &#105;&#110; &#097; Muslim majority country. He once remarked, &#8220;I &#097;&#109; &#102;&#111;&#114; &#097;&#110; Indonesian society, &#110;&#111;&#116; &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; &#097;&#110; Islamic &#111;&#110;&#101;.&#8221; He believed &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; what mattered was &#110;&#111;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#113;&#117;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110; of whether &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is scriptural compatibility between Islam &#097;&#110;&#100; democracy, but whether Muslims have &#097; political intent, ambition &#097;&#110;&#100; capacity &#102;&#111;&#114; democracy. He partnered Nurcholish Madjid &#105;&#110; opposing &#116;&#104;&#101; autocratic regime of Suharto. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono &#104;&#097;&#115; called Wahid &#097; &#8220;father of multiculturalism &#097;&#110;&#100; pluralism&#8221;.</p>
<p>As president, Gus Dur lifted &#116;&#104;&#101; ban on &#116;&#104;&#101; public use of &#116;&#104;&#101; Chinese language, &#116;&#104;&#101; practice of Chinese cultural tradition, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#109;&#097;&#100;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; celebration of &#116;&#104;&#101; Chinese &#110;&#101;&#119; Year &#097; national holiday, all of which &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; barred &#098;&#121; Suharto. Wahid guaranteed full citizenship to ethnic Chinese &#105;&#110; Indonesia. He &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; defended &#116;&#104;&#101; religious freedom of Indonesian Christians. &#097;&#115; president of Indonesia, Gus Dur received &#116;&#104;&#101; Ahmaddiyah leader Mirza Tahir Ahmad, &#097;&#115; &#104;&#105;&#115; guest. Wahid defended &#116;&#104;&#101; rights of &#116;&#104;&#101; Ahmaddiyah to exist &#105;&#110; Indonesia on &#116;&#104;&#101; constitutional principle of freedom of religion. &#102;&#111;&#114; Wahid, pluralism is &#110;&#111;&#116; &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; &#097;&#110; intellectual concept but &#097; matter of practice. Wahid held &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; koranic message of insaniyah &#8211; humanity &#8211; represents Islam’s universalism &#097;&#110;&#100; respect &#102;&#111;&#114; human rights &#097;&#110;&#100; equality.</p>
<p>Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, &#116;&#119;&#105;&#099;&#101; acquitted on sodomy charges, is &#097;&#110;&#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; steadfast Muslim democrat. He &#104;&#097;&#115; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; imprisoned several times &#102;&#111;&#114; upholding justice &#097;&#110;&#100; equality. &#097;&#115; &#097;&#110; ardent democrat, he calls &#102;&#111;&#114; religious &#097;&#110;&#100; ethnic pluralism &#105;&#110; Malaysia. He is &#097; naturally evolved Muslim pluralist inspired &#098;&#121; Islamic teaching &#097;&#110;&#100; its humane values.</p>
<p>As &#097; student leader, Anwar founded &#116;&#104;&#101; Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) &#8211; &#116;&#104;&#101; Muslim Youth Movement &#8211; &#105;&#110; 1971. &#097;&#115; deputy prime minister, he proposed &#116;&#104;&#101; philosophy of &#8220;Asian Renaissance&#8221; &#105;&#110; 1996 &#097;&#115; &#097; means &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#8220;development &#097;&#110;&#100; flowering of Asian societies based on &#097; &#099;&#101;&#114;&#116;&#097;&#105;&#110; vision of perfection; societies imbued &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; truth &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#108;&#111;&#118;&#101; of learning, justice &#097;&#110;&#100; compassion; mutual respect &#097;&#110;&#100; forbearance; &#097;&#110;&#100; freedom &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; responsibility. Faith &#097;&#110;&#100; religious practice is &#110;&#111;&#116; confined to &#116;&#104;&#101; individual; &#105;&#116; permeates &#116;&#104;&#101; life of &#116;&#104;&#101; community.&#8221; Based on &#116;&#104;&#101; teachings of Islam, Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism &#097;&#110;&#100; Christianity, &#116;&#104;&#101; Asian Renaissance holds &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#097;&#110; Asian is essentially &#097; persona religiosus.</p>
<p>Anwar is well read &#097;&#110;&#100; &#097;&#110; eloquent orator, &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; creative mind. He is sincere to &#104;&#105;&#115; faith &#097;&#110;&#100; loyal to &#104;&#105;&#115; country. He stands up &#102;&#111;&#114; human rights &#097;&#110;&#100; dignity, gender equality, democracy, good governance, acceptance of cultural diversity &#097;&#110;&#100; sharing of common values. He is &#097; citizen of &#116;&#104;&#101; world.</p>
<p>Today, Anwar heads &#116;&#104;&#101; multi-party opposition &#105;&#110; Malaysia &#097;&#110;&#100; calls &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; equality of all Malaysians. &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; election, he upset &#116;&#104;&#101; ruling UMNO’s dominance &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; Malaysian parliament, &#097;&#110;&#100; continues to pose &#097; formidable challenge to &#105;&#116;.</p>
<p>Rachid Ghannouchi, &#116;&#104;&#101; leader of &#116;&#104;&#101; Ennahdah Party &#105;&#110; Tunisia, is &#097; democrat within Islamism. Imprisoned &#116;&#119;&#105;&#099;&#101; &#102;&#111;&#114; calling &#102;&#111;&#114; political pluralism &#097;&#110;&#100; economic justice during Ben Ali’s authoritarian Tunisia, he lived &#105;&#110; exile &#102;&#111;&#114; 22 years. &#097;&#115; &#097; major party &#105;&#110; Tunisia today, Ennahdah &#104;&#097;&#115; formed &#097; national unity government &#105;&#110;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#097;&#100; of &#111;&#110;&#101; dominated &#098;&#121; itself. &#116;&#104;&#101; aim is to move Tunisia towards democracy &#097;&#110;&#100; development.</p>
<p>As &#097;&#110; original Muslim thinker, Ghannouchi stands &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; guarantee of personal freedoms &#097;&#110;&#100; holds &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; gender equality, democracy &#097;&#110;&#100; pluralism are compatible &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; Islam. He opposes religious extremism. He once remarked, &#8220;Freedom comes &#098;&#101;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#101; Islam &#097;&#110;&#100; is &#116;&#104;&#101; step leading to Islam.&#8221; &#097;&#115; &#097; rationalist philosopher, Ghannouchi represent &#116;&#104;&#101; aqalana &#8211; rationalist tradition &#8211; &#105;&#110; Islamic &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;&#116;, which upholds harmony between human reason &#097;&#110;&#100; revelation.</p>
<p>Ghannouchi believes &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; Tunisia should &#098;&#101; &#097; religiously tolerant &#097;&#110;&#100; pluralist society &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; gender equality. He is banned &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; entering Saudi Arabia &#097;&#110;&#100; Iran &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; of &#104;&#105;&#115; moderate views.</p>
<p>Contemporary Muslim democrats have lived &#117;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#114; repressive regimes &#097;&#110;&#100; have &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; imprisoned, but &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; remained undaunted &#098;&#121; opposition to their convictions. &#116;&#104;&#101; &#8220;Arab Spring&#8221; &#097;&#110;&#100; other &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; events &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; Muslim world are broad democratic &#097;&#110;&#100; non-violent alliances &#109;&#097;&#100;&#101; up of democrats, workers, youth, women &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; subaltern &#119;&#104;&#111; challenge authoritarian regimes. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; seek good governance &#097;&#110;&#100; &#110;&#111;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; establishment of theocratic governments.</p>
<p>Dr Imtiyaz Yusuf is professor of Islamics &#097;&#110;&#100; religion at &#116;&#104;&#101; Graduate School of Philosophy &#097;&#110;&#100; Religion, Assumption University, Bangkok.</p>
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		<title>Quran Jones&#8217; trial postponed to late February  &#8211; The State Hornet: News: murder, trial, quran jones, postponed,</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Sacramento State student Quran Jones&#8217; murder trial startdate has &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; delayed again &#116;&#111; late February. It &#119;&#097;&#115; announced Monday at &#116;&#104;&#101; Sacramento County Courthouse thetrial will begin &#111;&#110; Feb. 22. This will be &#116;&#104;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#114;&#100; official trial start date following thesecond attempt Monday &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; initial Jan. 25 start date. Jones &#105;&#115; still in [...]]]></description>
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<p>Former Sacramento State student Quran Jones&#8217; murder trial startdate has &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; delayed again &#116;&#111; late February.</p>
<p>It &#119;&#097;&#115; announced Monday at &#116;&#104;&#101; Sacramento County Courthouse thetrial will begin &#111;&#110; Feb. 22.</p>
<p>This will be &#116;&#104;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#114;&#100; official trial start date following thesecond attempt Monday &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; initial Jan. 25 start date.</p>
<p>Jones &#105;&#115; still in custody but &#119;&#097;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; present in &#116;&#104;&#101; court forMonday&#8217;s announcement.</p>
<p>Jones &#105;&#115; accused of murdering &#104;&#105;&#115; roommate Scott Hawkins with abaseball bat at &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; American River Courtyard suite at Sac Stateon Oct. 21, 2009.</p>
<p>Jones &#119;&#097;&#115; paralyzed in &#116;&#104;&#101; incident when &#104;&#101; &#119;&#097;&#115; shot &#098;&#121; policeafter &#104;&#101; allegedly attacked &#116;&#104;&#101; officers with a knife.</p>
<p>He &#104;&#097;&#100; agreed &#116;&#111; waive &#104;&#105;&#115; right &#116;&#111; a speedy trial.</p>
<p>In &#116;&#104;&#101; 28 months leading &#117;&#112; &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; start date, Jones has hadmore &#116;&#104;&#097;&#110; 30 hearings.</p>
<p>He &#105;&#115; facing &#115;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#110; felony counts, including attempted murder ofpolice officers at &#116;&#104;&#101; scene &#097;&#110;&#100; assault with a deadly weapon.</p>
<p>Sean Keister can be reached at anews@statehornet.&#099;&#111;&#109;.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to discuss &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; secular persons about Islam. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; had &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; questions &#097;&#110;&#100; objectios. I &#097;&#109; &#116;&#114;&#121;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; to answer &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; questions. Atheist: Islam &#104;&#097;&#115; spread &#098;&#121; the sword. Muslim: This is &#110;&#111;&#116; &#116;&#114;&#117;&#101;. Islam &#104;&#097;&#115; spread &#105;&#110; &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; countries &#105;&#110; Asia &#097;&#110;&#100; Africa without &#097;&#110;&#121; military action. The Islamic civilization is [...]]]></description>
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<p>I used to discuss &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; secular persons about Islam. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; had &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; questions &#097;&#110;&#100; objectios. I &#097;&#109; &#116;&#114;&#121;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; to answer &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; questions.</p>
<p>Atheist: Islam &#104;&#097;&#115; spread &#098;&#121; the sword.</p>
<p>Muslim: This is &#110;&#111;&#116; &#116;&#114;&#117;&#101;. Islam &#104;&#097;&#115; spread &#105;&#110; &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; countries &#105;&#110; Asia &#097;&#110;&#100; Africa without &#097;&#110;&#121; military action. The Islamic civilization is &#097; fact &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; cannot &#098;&#101; denied. Ask Europe about the Islamic civilization &#105;&#110; Spain &#097;&#110;&#100; the darkness &#111;&#102; Europe. Islam is &#110;&#111;&#116; &#097; barbaric religion. But Islam is the &#116;&#114;&#117;&#101; religion. The Islamic civilization used the military actions for defence &#097;&#110;&#100; for attacking &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; enemies. But the muslims did &#110;&#111;&#116; enforce anyone to convert to Islam. The muslims treated non-muslims justly. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; wanted to convince &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109; &#110;&#111;&#116; to enforce &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109; to convert to Islam.</p>
<p>Atheist: I &#100;&#111; &#110;&#111;&#116; need &#097;&#110;&#121; religion.</p>
<p>Muslim: Who &#104;&#097;&#115; created the universe? Who &#104;&#097;&#115; created you? What is the aim &#111;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; life? What will happen to you &#097;&#102;&#116;&#101;&#114; death? &#097;&#108;&#108; these &#097;&#114;&#101; questions &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; you cannot &#102;&#105;&#110;&#100; answers to without Islam. &#098;&#101;&#115;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#115;, you &#101;&#110;&#106;&#111;&#121; materialistic pleasures, but you neglect &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; soul. Islam achieves the balance &#097;&#110;&#100; harmony between the soul &#097;&#110;&#100; the body. Islam &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; forbid materialistic pleasures, but Islam is &#097; unit &#111;&#102; enjoying &#111;&#117;&#114; lives &#097;&#110;&#100; more important obeying &#111;&#117;&#114; God &#097;&#110;&#100; Creator.</p>
<p>Atheist: &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is &#110;&#111; soul.</p>
<p>Muslim: You deny the presence &#111;&#102; the soul because you cannot see &#097;&#110;&#100; cannot touch the soul. We cannot see electricity, but we &#097;&#114;&#101; &#115;&#117;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; called electricity because we &#099;&#097;&#110; see &#105;&#116;&#115; effects -the light &#097;&#110;&#100; the heat for example-. Equally, we cannot see the soul, but we &#099;&#097;&#110; see &#105;&#116;&#115; effects. What is the &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#099;&#101; between two young men: &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109; &#099;&#097;&#110; talk &#097;&#110;&#100; &#109;&#111;&#118;&#101; &#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101; the &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; is dead without &#097;&#110;&#121; reason? &#104;&#101; did &#110;&#111;&#116; suffer &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#097;&#110;&#121; disease. &#104;&#101; &#119;&#097;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; the victim &#111;&#102; &#097;&#110;&#121; accident. The &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#099;&#101; is &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; the soul &#111;&#102; the first &#111;&#110;&#101; is inside &#104;&#105;&#115; body &#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101; the soul &#111;&#102; the second &#111;&#110;&#101; had left &#104;&#105;&#115; body.</p>
<p>Atheist: What is the &#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#099;&#101; between Islam &#097;&#110;&#100; Christianity?</p>
<p>Muslim: The &#116;&#114;&#117;&#101; Christianity invited people to worship &#111;&#110;&#101; Deity, but &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#105;&#116;&#115; followers changed it. The unchanged Bible said &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; will &#098;&#101; &#097; prophet called Muhammad or Ahmed &#097;&#110;&#100; invited christians to follow him.</p>
<p>The untrue christianity &#115;&#097;&#121;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is &#097; God &#097;&#110;&#100; &#104;&#105;&#115; son. This is untrue. &#105;&#102; the God &#100;&#101;&#099;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#100; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097;&#110;&#100; &#104;&#105;&#115; son &#100;&#101;&#099;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#100; another &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;, what will happen? &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; will &#098;&#101; &#097; conflict between the God &#097;&#110;&#100; &#104;&#105;&#115; son. &#105;&#110; Islam, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; &#111;&#110;&#101; God &#097;&#110;&#100; &#104;&#101; &#104;&#097;&#115; &#110;&#111; sons.</p>
<p>Atheist: &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is &#110;&#111; God.</p>
<p>Muslim: The universe is changeable, &#115;&#111; it cannot &#098;&#101; eternal. The God created the universe. The God is eternal. I invite you to rethink about the presence &#111;&#102; the God &#097;&#110;&#100; to read the Holy Quran. I invite you to read about Islam &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; the Islamic point &#111;&#102; view.</p>
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		<title>Egyptian comedian gets jail sentence for insulting Islam</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 2, 2012 &#8211; 19:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net &#8211; &#116;&#104;&#101; Arab world&#039;s &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; famous comic actor, Adel Imam, has received a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays, a court document showed &#111;&#110; Thursday, February 2, according to Reuters. Imam, who has frequently poked fun at authorities and politicians &#111;&#102; all colors &#100;&#117;&#114;&#105;&#110;&#103; [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>PanARMENIAN.Net</strong> &#8211; &#116;&#104;&#101; Arab world&#039;s &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; famous comic actor, <b>Adel Imam</b>, has received a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays, a court document showed &#111;&#110; Thursday, February 2, according to Reuters.</p>
<p> Imam, who has frequently poked fun at authorities and politicians &#111;&#102; all colors &#100;&#117;&#114;&#105;&#110;&#103; a 40-year career, has one month to appeal &#116;&#104;&#101; sentence and will remain &#111;&#117;&#116; &#111;&#102; jail &#117;&#110;&#116;&#105;&#108; &#116;&#104;&#101; appeal process is concluded.</p>
<p> &#116;&#104;&#101; sentence Wednesday evening came weeks after Islamists swept &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; seats in a parliamentary election. &#116;&#104;&#101; case was brought by Asran Mansour, a lawyer &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; ties to Islamist groups, and had languished in court for months, judicial sources &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100;. Mansour accused &#116;&#104;&#101; actor &#111;&#102; offending Islam and its symbols, including beards and &#116;&#104;&#101; Jilbab, a loose-fitting garment worn by some Muslims, &#116;&#104;&#101; Egyptian news portal Ahramonline reported.</p>
<p> Court cases against directors, actors, artists and intellectuals for failing to respect religious authority are common in Egypt. &#098;&#117;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; case against Imam is &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101;&#108;&#121; to draw attention &#100;&#117;&#101; to his high profile and &#116;&#104;&#101; timing &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; verdict. </p>
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