April, 2016

• 12 April

  Ask a Muslim: Students encourage questions to promote understanding

  

  By Oona Goodin-Smith, Oakland University  “Free chocolate!” echoed through the lobby of Oakland University’s South Foundation Hall late last week. “We started with donuts, but so many people came that we ran out,” explained Muslim Student Association President Sumayya Master. “Sometimes people are shy, but we thought if there was food they’d come — and they did.” The table’s handmade …

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• 12 April

  Islamic Finance Today Special Issue

  

  Islamic Finance Today, the exclusive Islamic Banking and Finance Magazine has released its latest April 2016 issue focused on Islamic Microfinance. The magazine which is available for free downloading features articles by Professor Malcolm Harper, Charles Selestine, Abbas Mirakhor, Joy Abdullah and Abdelilah Belatik as well as some exclusive interviews with some well known microfinance specialists including Amjad Saqib, Founder …

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• 7 April

  Grand Paris Mosque saving Jews in World War II

  

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• 6 April

  Islam Betrayed By Unholy Extremists

  

  The second chapter of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, says believing in the previous scriptures is an essential feature of God-consciousness. Commentators say the verse refers to scriptures such as the Torah, the Psalms, and the Gospels; the Arabic names of these being Thourath, Zaboor and Injeel. The Quran also says, “and nearest among them in love to the …

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• 5 April

  RESETTLEMENT OFINTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE – JAFFNA REFUGEES

  

  Dear Friends, The LTTE evicted the Jaffna Muslims in October 1990. After the war ended in May 2009, many were hopeful of returning to Jaffna. However, the Government has not addressed their resettlement, and the Jaffna Muslims are scattered all over. Those who have returned are without housing facilities, although the Government had promised relief in many ways. Most of …

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• 2 April

  Palestine Land Day: Here we shall stay

  

  The Judaisation strategy did not only aim at confiscating lands, but also to undermine the rise of Palestinian leaders. On March 30, 1976, Palestinians marched against an Israeli decision to expropriate 2,000 hectares of land around the Arab villages of Araba and Sakhnin as a part of a plan to "Judaise the Galilee". The Palestinian "Land Day" marked the first …

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• 1 April

  Mr. President, Its Outright Racism

  

  President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decade long era of governance saw unprecedented racism and hate against the minority communities in Sri Lanka.  The Bodu Bala Sena and other Buddhist extremist groups were blamed for this bigotry. It is a well-known fact that the regime change in January 2015 was mainly due to the minority communities voting en-bloc against the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, …

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