- Marzouki Calls for Criminalising ‘Takfir’Â (Maghrebia)
Aurora’s attempt to prevent a mosque being built outside its city limits violate protections to places of assembly in Dupage County law as well as the federal Religious Land Use and Incarcerated Persons Act:
“A comprehensive survey of U.S. mosques released Wednesday by a group of Muslim and non-Muslim scholars found that most American mosques (56%) use a less literal approach to Islamic texts and teachings that form the basis for Islamic law. By comparison, just 11% follow a traditionalist school of thought, and the rest (31%) take a conservative but still “flexible” approach.” An interesting statistic and campaign, although it is unclear what a “literal” approach to Shariah means:
- Muslims Launch Campaign to ‘Understand’ Shariah (USA Today)
“Not only did the drone fail, and not only did it crash, it literally crashed into the police.” Yet, the U.S. Congress “wants to allow hundreds of similar drones to fly over US airspace”:
- Police Drone Crashes into Police (Gizmodo)
- Hamas Rules Out Military Support for Iran in Any War with Israel (The Guardian)
- Eastern Libyan Leaders Declare Semi-Autonomy (CNN)
- Libya’s Jalil Rejects Calls for Cyrenaica Autonomy (BBC)
“[O]nly a handful of people knew that New York City police were secretly gathering intelligence on American citizens who happen to be Muslim. Today, everyone knows, and the value of that intelligence gathering can be freely discussed’ — Kathleen Carroll, AP executive editor:
- 4 AP Reporters Win Harvard Investigative Prize for Stories on NYPD Muslim Surveillance (AP / Washington Post)