Responding to David J. Baldovin, Lynchburg “In their own words” – Quoting the Quran.
Dear Mr. David J. Baldovin, Thank you for sharing your thoughts on your article that is shown on tullahomanews.com. I would like to take a moment to respond to your comments in the hope you we can build a better understanding between us. I am not representing CAIR, they can represent themselves. I will, however, […]
Russian trolls used Twitter to stir division over Islam in the UK, study finds
Demos found tweets addressing Islam during a period of terror attacks between March and June 2017 had been retweeted 25 times more often than other posts. Accounts engaged in the operation were affiliated with Russia’s Internet Research Agency, a group the U.S. Intelligence Community has labeled a troll farm. Social media giants including Twitter and […]
PAS is tarnishing image of Islam
Terengganu, under PAS rule, is again in the limelight for the wrong reasons. The recent public caning meted out to two women accused of attempting to commit a lesbian sexual activity (sihaq in Arabic) is uncalled for, and has brought criticism and caused ripples of unease across the country. This caning has given a bad […]
Indonesian Woman’s Jailing Over Mosque Noise Sparks Backlash
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s jailing of a woman for complaining about the volume of a mosque loudspeaker has sparked a wave of criticism, with a petition calling for her release gaining more than 100,000 supporters. Rights groups and the Muslim-majority country’s biggest religious organization slammed the 18-month blasphemy sentence handed out Tuesday to the defendant, an […]
Recruiting for Jihad, an Expose on Islamic Extremist Groups in Europe
Recruiting for Jihad is a Norwegian expose on the practices extremist Jihadists follow to recruit young men to fight for ISIS. During filming, Adel Khan Farooq, one of the two filmmakers, had unprecedented access to a radicalized network of Islamists in Europe. He met them through Norwegian-born Ubaydullah Hussain, a notorious recruiter, currently serving a […]
Mike Jones: The misconceptions (lies) about Islam
By Mike Jones Associate Editor I’m dipping into the old mail bag (actually it’s the old email bag) this week to address some concerns of a reader. I don’t expect my answers to change anyone’s mind, but this reader brings up a subject that I see in other missives to me and on social media. […]
Erdogan Warns of Crusade Against Islam
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Europe of starting a new battle between Islam and Christianity following a ruling permitting employers to ban headscarves. Prompted by the case of a Muslim receptionist fired for wearing a headscarf to work in Belgium, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that bans on the wearing […]
Why is Hate Towards Islam Growing?
Islam To Become Most Popular Religion
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and will overtake Christianity as the most popular before the end of this century, according to an analysis of religious surveys published Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. With 1.6 billion, Muslims made up 23 percent of the world’s population, according to a 2010 Pew estimate.
Politics, not theology, at root of Islamism, says French scholar
“Never in our recent history [has] the gap between the politically correct discourse about political Islam in France and in the Arab world been so profound,” said . A French political scientist, Arabist and senior researcher at the French Institute for Scientific…