http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/koran/ en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:24:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2101994/posts Barack Obama is lying when he insists that he has never prayed in a mosque and was never a Muslim, a prominent Middle East expert and journalist says. Daniel Pipes, founder of the Middle East Forum think tank, says he fully accepts that Obama is a Christian now. But there is strong evidence that Obama received a Muslim upbringing during his years in Indonesia, Pipes said. It's fine with me that he was a Muslim and a convert to Christianity, Pipes told Newsmax. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is a convert from Hinduism. I have no problem with his conversion. What... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2101994/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:24:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097635/posts When Barack Obama was seeking to get into Harvard Law School (he entered in the fall of 1988) he had the assistance of Khalid Al-Mansour, a Black Muslim and Black Nationalist who was a “mentor” to the founders of the Black Panther party at the time the party was founded in the early 1960s. There is some suggestion that Mansour had provided financial assistance to Obama for Harvard Law School, though the Obama campaign denies this. Obama has refused all requests that Harvard and Columbia open up his records for examination, as he has refused requests to have the official... CHatham Republican Town Committee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097635/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094992/posts Allow me to give you a brief Islam 101. The first thing you need to know about Islam is the importance of the book of the Quran. The Quran is Allah’s personal word, revealed by an angel to Mohammed, the prophet. This is where the trouble starts. Every word in the Quran is Allah’s word and therefore not open to discussion or interpretation. It is valid for every Muslim and for all times. Therefore, there is no such a thing as moderate Islam. Sure, there are a lot of moderate Muslims. But a moderate Islam is non-existent. The Quran calls... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094992/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:58:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092765/posts In London's historic "Inns of Court", barristers practise law in the shadow of the distinctive medieval Temple Church. But does English law really owe a debt to Muslim law? For some scholars, a historical connection to Islam is a "missing link" that explains why English common law is so different from classical Roman legal systems that hold sway across much of the rest of Europe. It's a controversial idea. Common law has inspired legal systems across the world. What's more, calls for the UK to accommodate Islamic Sharia law have caused public outcry. The BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092765/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:46:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092396/posts He's a gentle man, lean and soft-spoken, careful to begin his lecture with an explanation of principles like the right to counsel. The passion in Frank Lindh builds only when he describes the details of what happened to his son, John Walker Lindh, the bearded young man who was tagged as the American Taliban. In the waning days of George Bush's administration, the senior Lindh is asking the president to commute the rest of his son's 20-year sentence, now seven years along. It's almost certainly a hopeless quest. Bush is not a man prone to second-guess himself. ... In retrospect,... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092396/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:40:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089629/posts forty-year old homeless man almost died when he was beaten up in Brussels by a man and his father, both Muslims, because he was drinking beer during the Ramadan. Rachid, the 19-year old culprit, beat his victim Serge with an iron bar with nails. A few days ago Serge had an appointment with a doctor in a policlinic in Blaes Street. He arrived early and, since he had to wait, Serge opened a can of beer. At that moment an elderly Muslim who lives above the policlinic came downstairs. He objected to Serge drinking a beer in public during Ramadan,... The Brussels Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089629/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:19:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088564/posts Muhammad Sven Kalisch is an Islamic researcher at the University of Münster. He is also the first person in Germany to hold a Chair of Islamic Religion. Kalisch's recent public admission that he is unsure whether the Prophet Muhammad was actually a historical person has got him into hot water. The plan to train teachers to teach Islamic religious education at German schools has suffered a major setback in recent days. The Co-ordination Council of Muslims in Germany (KRM), to which the four largest Muslim organisations in Germany belong, has discontinued its co-operation with the Centre for Religious Studies at... Qantara.de http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088564/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:17:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080468/posts The Sayyid Qutb Reader Selected Writings on Politics, Religion, and Society Edited by Albert J. Bergesen Routledge, 2008 0415954258 (paperback; $34.95) 041595424X (hardback; $135.00) Preface It has been said that perhaps no writer has occupied so central a place within the universe of political Islam in the second half of the twentieth century as Egypt's Sayyid Qutb, and if one wants to understand the mind of radical Muslims, one needs to know what they read, or have read, and they read Sayyid Qutb. In general, his work has been divided into three periods. The earliest (1920-1947) centers on more literary... Routledge Publishing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080468/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:06:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1114994/posts Each day that dawns in Iraq, as well as Afghanistan, brings more of the same — mayhem, murderous attacks, bombings, killings, destruction, and many other covert actions — all of which are performed with one end in mind, to rid the country of America's presence, to eradicate her loyal and brave fighting men, the guardians of law and order, peace and stability the world over. For Muslim despots and zealots alike quake in their boots at having to deal with the reality that America and her coalition forces have conquered two Islamic nations and, at the same time, dethroned infamous... Albany (Georgia) Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1114994/posts#comment Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057427/posts There are those who still delude themselves by preferring to believe that Islam has not made as many inroads into the United States as it has in other parts of the world, such as Europe. Facts prove otherwise. According to a National Portrait, a survey released in April 2001, there were at least 1,209 mosques in the US. According to the latest report, this number has sky-rocketed to as many as 6,000 mosques in 2008 Two years ago, the Islamobil debuted in Germany to teach the German people what a peaceful religion Islam really is. The concept of Islamobil appears... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057427/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:30:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057267/posts Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled weekends on a racy historical novel about Aisha, the young wife of the prophet Muhammad. Ms. Jones learned Arabic, studied scholarly works about Aisha's life, and came to admire her protagonist as a woman of courage. When Random House bought her novel last year in a $100,000, two-book deal, she was ecstatic. This past spring, she began plans for an eight-city book tour after the Aug. 12 publication date of "The Jewel of Medina" -- a tale of lust, love and intrigue in the prophet's harem. It's not going to happen:... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057267/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2056768/posts Arab media around the Middle East this week reacted hysterically after learning that a Jewish professor at Haifa University is using verses from the Koran to teach Arab Muslim psychology students how to treat their future Muslim patients. Professor Ofer Grosbard developed the Quranet course using specially chosen verses from the Muslim holy book to help students reinforce in their patients concepts like respect, responsibility, honesty, dignity and kindness. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2056768/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052363/posts It was described as an "exemplary piece of programme making" by an award winning film-maker which launched a week of television coverage of Islam. But a Channel 4 documentary on the Qur'an has angered a group of leading Shia Muslim scholars, who have criticised it for making "seriously inaccurate statements" about their branch of the faith. In a letter to Channel 4, they said that the depiction of Shia beliefs in The Qur'an, broadcast earlier this month, was "disappointing, misleading, even defamatory". The signatories to the letter were also angered by the apparent links made between Shiaism and violence, with... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052363/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:05:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052081/posts Almost third of Muslim students on Britain's campuses believe killing in the name of religion can be justified, according to a controversial survey described as the most comprehensive of its kind. The poll, conducted for Islam on Campus, a new report from the Centre for Social Cohesion think-tank, also found that 40 percent of those interviewed supported the introduction of sharia law for British Muslims... The Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052081/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:43:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051223/posts Jimmy Akin Sez: P.Z. Myers Must Be Fired I agree. The man was free to say whatever demented stuff he liked on his blog. Solicitation for readers to steal and desecrate the Eucharist has crossed the line. Jimmy writes: Although he carried out his action. in his words, to support the idea that "Nothing must be held sacred" (also trashing a few pages of The God Delusion, a book with which he is in sympathy), he did not merely tell people that nothing must be held sacred. Nor did he argue for it. Claiming that nothing must be held... Catholic and Enjoying It http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051223/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051117/posts It is finished. I wonder how many of our Catholic friends have heard of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215? This is the event where many of their important dogmas were codified, including the ideas of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, that the Eucharist was the sacrament that only properly ordained priests of the Catholic church could give, and that the Jews were a pariah people, who could hold no public office, had to pay a special Jew tax for their right to exist, and were required to wear special clothing to distinguish them from Christians. The yellow badge marking the... Pharyngula http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051117/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:09:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050749/posts University of Minnesota professor Paul Z. Myers made good on his pledge to desecrate the Eucharist today. According to his statement on the subject, “I pierced it [the Host] with a rusty nail (I hope Jesus’s tetanus shots are up to date). And then I simply threw it in the trash.” Saying he did not want to “single out just the cracker,” Myers also tore pages from the Koran along with a few pages from Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion and nailed them to the Host. He then said, “They are just paper. Nothing must be held sacred. (His emphasis.)... Catholic League http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050749/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:26:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047791/posts War On Terror: After 9/11, Pakistan promised to close its radical madrassas as part of anti-terror reforms. Now we learn they're not only still open, but also recruiting and brainwashing American boys.All told, 600 American children are being indoctrinated into jihad in 22 madrassas across Pakistan. A U.S. filmmaker stumbled on them while tracing the path of the London suicide bombers. He discovered they attended the same radical Islamic schools. A congressional delegation has confirmed his findings. One particularly radical school in Karachi freely displays a banner at its main gate urging Muslims to join the Taliban. At least 80... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047791/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036457/posts An imam in Morocco's eastern city of Fez has said that marriages between Moroccan women and European men who are not Muslims are forbidden under Islam. Each summer in Morocco, a growing number of local women are reportedly marrying young European men. "This kind of marriage, between Moroccan women and European men, is forbidden by the Koran (the Muslim holy book) and the Sunna (the way or deeds of the Prophet Mohammed)," Sheikh Mohammed al-Tawil said in a TV interview. "A Muslim woman may not marry an unbeliever while a Muslim man may marry Christian and Jewish women," he told... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036457/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:04:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045793/posts Koranic verses on the duty to kill We've learned a lot since Antony Thomas's drama-documentary Death of a Princess set Saudi Arabian blood boiling in 1980, but the director's latest television film The Qur'an (for Channel 4) will certainly cause anger among many Muslims when it is screened on Monday. Only a fool supposes that what you see on television is what you get. The scene that amused me was shot at the lovely, ancient convent of Saydnaya in Syria. Over a background of chanting, the narrator says in a hushed tone... The film The Qur'an asks a serious question,... telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045793/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:28:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045524/posts It is increasingly hard to draw a line between the agendas of the violent and non-violent -- Who says that Islamists can't learn a trick or two from the West when they have to? Take a glance at the glossy brochure of Islam Expo - billed as Europe's “biggest Islamic cultural festival” - which ended at Olympia yesterday. You could be forgiven for thinking that you were looking at the catalogue for the forthcoming Boden sale that comes to the venerable London exhibition centre in a few weeks' time. Visitors to Islam Expo would have witnessed such innocent activities as... timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045524/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043396/posts There is a curse upon the White House. God speaks in the Bible about curses and blessings. Those who obey Him, putting Him first, are blessed. Those who disobey Him come under His curse. It is a matter of free will action. Being obedient is a conscious decision to do what God wants. Being disobedient is consciously deciding to go against God. We are accountable for our free will actions. The White House has a curse upon it. It is real. It is powerful. It will not go away until a particular act takes place. The curse came upon the... Magic City Morning Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043396/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:25:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043077/posts Contrary to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline, he didn’t actually say he was innocent. He said he had done nothing wrong. That’s not the same thing. According to an earlier story on this case, he confessed to killing his daughter, and explained that he had done it to cleanse his family’s honor. When he appeared before the judge, it is unlikely that he changed this story. He just said he didn’t do anything wrong. And by the lights of the Islamic culture from which he comes, which thinks that a father killing a daughter who has sullied his family’s honor is... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043077/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:59:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042290/posts Muslim B. Hussein Obama is being highly favored by Islamics in the United States. Per MosqueWatch.com: Muslim Congressman Keith Ellision endorsed the 2008 presidential campaign of Sen. Obama saying "He speaks with a unifying spirit." He said he supports "Obama's message of an open and fair economy, a balanced prosperity and clear opposition to the war in Iraq." National and International Muslim American Leader Imam W.D. Mohammed endorsed Sen. Barack Obama saying "He is the best candidate for the Presidency." All the more, Muslims worldwide are giving their applause to B. Hussein Obama. In addition, the Nation of Islam with... Magic City Morning Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042290/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042062/posts Syria's government has blamed prisoners serving sentences for extremism and terror for clashes with jail guards that left several inmates dead. Prisoners say the unrest began early on Saturday when guards began beating the mainly Islamist inmates in their cells. The government has denied this, saying the guards intervened to stop violence begun by inmates during an inspection. It remains unclear how many detainees were killed and injured in the unrest. A human rights group said 25 were dead. The Islamist prisoners were also reported to have taken a large number of other inmates hostage but it is not clear... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042062/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:05:23 GMT