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Interesting Reads

Interesting Reads simply are interesting reads.  They do not require responses in the same way as 'SaQ Alerts'.  If any member has an interesting read please email majlisansarsultanulqalam@khuddam.org.uk and we shall attempt to add it to the next edition.

  • 29 graves of Ahmadi community desecrated

    Express Tribune 

    A group of miscreants desecrated at least 29 graves belonging to the Ahmadiyya Community in Dunyapur district Lodhran in a late-night raid.

    http://tribune.com.pk/story/302105/29-graves-of-ahmadi-community-desecrated/

  • Islam, Charles Darwin and the denial of science

    Telegraph 

    At University College London we have numbers of Islamic students, almost all dedicated, hard-working and able. Some, unfortunately, refuse to accept Darwin’s theory on faith grounds, as do some of their Christian fellows; and just a couple of years ago a Turkish anti-evolution speaker (a Dr Babuna, as I remember) was invited on to campus to give an account of why The Origin is wrong. He was the scion of an extraordinary – and very rich – anti-evolution organisation based in his native land that has sent out thousands of lavishly illustrated creationist books and has linked Darwinism to Nazism and worse.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8931518/Islam-Charles-Darwin-and-the-denial-of-science.html

  • Alarming rise of Muslim 'honour attacks' in the UK as police reveal thousands were carried out last year

    Mail 

    London sees the highest number of honour crimes, with West Midlands second. Call for more support for victims as cases rise by more than 300 per cent in some areas. Culprits hailed 'heroes' in the community for carrying out the attacks

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069459/Alarming-rise-Muslim-honour-killings-thousands-cases-reported-police-year.html?ITO=google_news_rss_feed

  • Dr Abdus Salam who?

    Express Tribune 

    Recently the 15th death anniversary of one of Pakistan’s greatest sons, the Nobel Laureate Dr Abdus Salam, passed away unnoticed. One often hears well-meaning voices and laments in the national media about how Pakistan cruelly and ungratefully refused to honour its only Nobel Prize recipient, just because he was from the Ahmadiyya community.

    http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/9138/dr-abdus-salam-who/

  • Leveson Inquiry: 'Daily Star had anti-Muslim agenda'

    Telegraph 

    A former journalist at the Daily Star told the Leveson Inquiry into press standards that he received threats and may have had his phone hacked after he quit the paper in protest at what he claimed was its anti-Muslim propaganda.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/8923362/Leveson-Inquiry-Daily-Star-had-anti-Muslim-agenda.html

  • Muslim medical students boycotting lectures on evolution... because it 'clashes with the Koran'

    Mail 

    Muslim students, including trainee doctors on one of Britain's leading medical courses, are walking out of lectures on evolution claiming it conflicts with creationist ideas established in the Koran. Professors at University College London have expressed concern over the increasing number of biology students boycotting lectures on Darwinist theory, which form an important part of the syllabus, citing their religion. Similar to the beliefs expressed by fundamentalist Christians, Muslim opponents to Darwinism maintain that Allah created the world, mankind and all known species in a single act. Steve Jones emeritus professor of human genetics at university college London has questioned why such students would want to study biology at all when it obviously conflicts with their beliefs.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066795/Muslim-students-walking-lectures-Darwinism-clashes-Koran.html

  • Tackling poverty from grassroots

    Lep 

    “So, what is the one thing that is affecting so many people? “We believe the answer is debt. Whether you are an 18-year-old with £9,000 student loan, a first-time buyer of a property with a mortgage of £100,000 or a pensioner with rocketing utility and credit card bills, debt is affecting so many of us. “Having a major focus on debt reduction will ensue in secure and happier lives and we are focusing on debt reduction from the grassroots level up. “The campaign is known as ‘Living Halal’ and encourages earning an honest day’s pay, avoiding excessive debt, budgeting wisely and ensuring money is spent properly.”

    http://www.lep.co.uk/community/tackling_poverty_from_grassroots_1_4015100

  • Christian worker loses her job after being 'targeted' by Islamic extremists

    Mail 

    A Christian worker has launched a landmark legal action after she lost her job when she blew the whistle on what she says was a campaign of "race hate" by fundmentalist Muslims.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066796/Christian-mother-forced-Heathrow-job-hate-campaign-Muslim-fundamentalists.html

  • Pakistan's blasphemy laws have left even judges in fear of their lives

    Guardian 

    In theory, Pakistan is a country that welcomes all creeds and castes. But in practice it is proving to be anything but. Ask Faryal Bhatti, a teenage girl recently expelled from school for the crime of bad spelling. A week ago last Thursday, the 13-year-old Christian girl was sitting an Urdu exam which involved a poem about the prophet Muhammad when she dropped a dot on the Urdu word naat (a devotional hymn to the prophet), accidentally turning it into lanaat, or damnation. Spotting the error, her teacher scolded her, beat her and reported the matter to the principal. The news soon flamed through her community in Havelian, 30 miles north of Islamabad. Mullahs raged against Bhatti in their sermons; a school inquiry was hastily convened to examine the matter. Bhatti was expelled; her mother, a government nurse, was banished to another town, and the family has since fled Havelian in fear of their lives. All over a missing dot.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/oct/03/pakistan-blasphemy-laws

  • 'Heretical' Ahmadiyya sect raises Muslim hackles

    Hindustan Times 

    They proudly claim to be Muslims but are laughed off by mainstream Islam as "fakes". The dispute goes beyond mere ridicule. From Pakistan to Indonesia, the Ahmadiyyas are often killed for believing in their own line of subordinate prophets after Mohammed. Now, as they try to assert themselves in India, the sect's very birthplace, a conflict looks likely. In Delhi's Constitution Club last month, a Quran exhibition held by the Ahmadiyyas had to be called off because of shrill protests from Jama Masjid Imam Ahmed Bukhari and an All-India Muslim Personal Law Board member.

    http://live-cricket.hindustantimes.com/cricket-score/scorecard/homewidget.html