Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Washingtonpost.com, Guantanamo Bay Prison Interpreter Arrested for False Statements : "Federal agents at Boston Logan Airport arrested an interpreter from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for making false statements earlier this week after finding classified computer discs about the jail's operations in his baggage as he returned from a foreign trip, U.S. officials "
Beliefnet: A Joke Becomes a Muslim's Chance to Proselytize Jews"Unlike Jews for Jesus, Ghounem has no sponsors and no missionaries; he relies solely on the Internet for outreach. His Web site, which has had more than one million visitors since it was launched three years ago, has attracted about 200 "converts" who use it as a support group. It also provides a forum for Ghounem to address misconceptions about Islam, like the idea that Islam was spread by the sword, that the Quran is anti-Semitic and that Jews and Muslims worship different gods." Discussion on jewsforallah.com
Yahoo! News - Canada Author Causes Stir with 'Trouble with Islam'The application of the term "Islamo-fetishist" caught my attention here, as well as the author's interest in 'ijtihad' - something I write about in Islam in the Digital Age.
BBC NEWS | England | London | UK Muslims condemn honour killings, 30 September 2003 I included this article in relation to this blog because of the email feedback it received.
Sunday, September 28, 2003
albawaba.com: On intifada's third anniversary: Palestinian factions vow to continue resistance "The intifada started on September 29, 2000 when bloody clashes broke out at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site. At least 3,497 people have been killed during the uprising, including 2,612 Palestinians and 822 Israelis."
albawaba.com: Qatar leads IT connectivity in the Middle East, 26 September 2003 as discussed in Islam in the Digital Age
albawaba.com: Qatar leads IT connectivity in the Middle East, 26 September 2003 as discussed in Islam in the Digital Age
Cyberdissent: The Internet in Revolutionary Iran Paper by Babak Rahmi, originally published by the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal: "Abstract: This paper argues that the internet, as an advancing new means of communication, has played an important role in the ongoing struggle for democracy in Iran. While outlining its history in Iran amidst an ambiguous state response to its rapid development since 1993, the paper also attempts to show how the internet has opened a new virtual space for political dissent. The paper claims that the internet is an innovative method for resistance in that it essentially defies control and supervision of speech by authoritarian rule seeking to undermine resistance."
AP/NJ.com, Suspected al Qaeda members nabbed in Pakistani Internet cafe, 27 September 2003 "Intelligence agents arrested two suspected al Qaeda militants in a Pakistan Internet cafe after catching them sending e-mails to fellow terrorists, officials said yesterday."
CBS 2: World Wire: CBS, Al-Jazeera broadcasts tape said to be al-Qaida deputy saying America targeting Islam, 28 September 2003. "An audiotape attributed to al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahri and broadcast on Al-Jazeera satellite television Sunday accused the United States of trying to abolish Islam."
HindustanTimes.com, Women muftis issue fatwa on parlours, 28 September 2003 : "Dar-ul-Iftah, a collegium of muftias (women muftis or religious teachers) formed for the first time in the country in Hyderabad this week, has issued a fatwa, declaring that patronising beauty parlours is unIslamic."
Saturday, September 27, 2003
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