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The Guard Who Found Islam

Terry Holdbrooks stood watch over prisoners at Gitmo. What he saw made him adopt their faith

http://www.newsweek.com/id/190357?digg=1

A Nice Site for Da`wah

http://www.islamic-invitation.com/index.php

Madinah Hotels

May Allah Take us all there!

http://www.haraj.net/madinah/

The ‘first true scientist’ (Ibn al-Haytham)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7810846.stm

Israel’s fait accompli in Gaza

By Eric S. Margolis

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/2009/01/200914102257130539.html

Mistreated by airlines

Muslim passengers draw scrutiny

An innocent remark, profiling and American post-9-11 fears combined to cause some Muslim air travelers unnecessary aggravation on New Year’s Day.

An AirTran flight was delayed about two hours after a Muslim passenger was overheard talking about the safest place to sit on an airplane when one commented, “Wow, the jets are right next to my window.”

Hardly alarming. Just what any passenger might say looking out over the aircraft. But it was who said it or rather what the man looked like that alarmed passengers and sent everyone back to the terminal.

The man was one of nine Muslims readily identified by their appearance. The men had beards; the women wore traditional Muslim headscarves.

So the pilot was alerted, and in turn notified federal air marshals aboard the flight. The Transportation Security Administration and FBI were then notified. The passengers were checked again and allowed to re-board the flight. Except for the Muslims. AirTran would not allow them back on the plane even after the FBI cleared them. They completed their flight on another airline.

Airline and TSA officials defend how the situation was handled. An AirTran spokesman said that people “made comments they shouldn’t have made on the airplane and other people overheard them.”

But the profiling was disturbing. It is doubtful that such harmless comments would have drawn a second thought if the passengers had not been Muslims.

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090104/OPINION01/301049934

Virtual Walking Tours of the Al-Hambra and the Suleymaniye Mosque

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200806/

Virtual Walking Tours of the Al-Hambra and the Suleymaniye Mosque

Boycott Israeli Dates

In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the Israeli settlements are illegal – they are built on stolen Palestinian land. Growing dates is one of the major agricultural activities carried out by nearly half of the illegal Israeli settlements located in the Jordan Valley – it’s their most profitable crop , and contributes significantly to their economic viability. Picking of the dates is hard work, so the Israeli settlers bring in Palestinian labourers to do this back breaking work.

See here: http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israeli-dates.php

Muslim radiographer loses job after refusing to bare her arms

A Muslim woman was forced out of her job at a hospital after refusing to bare her arms in order to comply with new hygiene rules.

The radiographer was told by managers at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading that she must either follow the national dress code designed to combat superbugs and roll her sleeves up, or leave.

She refused to abide by the rules and left her job, claiming she was discriminated against and forced to choose between her religious beliefs and her livelihood. Islam teaches that women should dress modestly and cover their bodies while in public.

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