Men Shaving Beard To Avoid Jihadist Stigma in Southeast Turkey
New Age Islam News Bureau
14
Oct 2014
Photo: ISIS Training Video Promises Recruits They Will Leave Iraq’s Battlefields As ‘Martyrs’
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Mideast
• Men
Shaving Beard To Avoid Jihadist Stigma in Southeast Turkey
• Rebels
Seize Major Yemen Port City: Security Source
• Turkish
cleric links objections to infant rape to pre-marital sex
• Palestinian
Mosque in West Bank Torched In Suspected Arson
• Iran
hits back at Saudi claims of 'occupying' Syria
Arab World
• ISIS
Training Video Promises Recruits They Will Leave Iraq’s Battlefields As
‘Martyrs’
• Over 50
ISIL Terrorists Killed in Samarra by Iraq's Warplanes
• Nasrallah:
Hezbollah Determined to Defeat Terrorists, Takfiri Militants
• Four
Egyptians behind ISIS Takfirist Ideology: Sources
• Syrian
Kurds get arms from Iraq, but cannot send them to Kobane
• Iraqi
Bombers Kill Several ISIL Terrorists in Dhuluiya
• Iraqi
Airstrike Kills Dozens of ISIL Terrorists in Southern Tikrit
Europe
• Rise Of
IS Exacerbates Islamophobia in Europe
• State-Backed
Iraq Shiite Militias Commit 'War Crimes': Amnesty
• Peace
Prize Winners’ Religion Not A ‘Big’ Issue: Norway PM
• Child
abuse policy at school run by Muslim hardliner was based on Sharia
• UK
anti-terrorism police arrest six in Syria-linked operation
• More
than 10,000 UK jihad suspects on security services radar, claims MP
Pakistan
• Six Top
TTP Commanders Announce Allegiance to Islamic State's Baghdadi
• Islamabad
Briefs P-5 to Internationalize Kashmir Issue
• Dialogue
only option for India, Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif
• Elimination
of terrorism will make Pakistan ideal market: Moody’s
• Musharraf
for tit for tat response to India
• Tunnel
in Karachi Central Jail ‘to spring 100 jailed militants’ found
Africa
• ISIS to
Launch TV Station Based In Sirte: Report
• No
Justice, No Peace for Northern Mali
• Cameroon
vows to 'totally wipe out' Boko Haram after hostages' release
India
• UN
ignores Pakistan's bid to seek intervention on Kashmir
• India
offers $4 million for Gaza reconstruction
• Bangladeshi
terror link keeps Bengal on its toes
• Nobel
Peace Prize brings little impetus for peace in India and Pakistan
• 22,000
'Nitaqat' Returnees Seek Government Assistance
South Asia
• Taliban
ambush kills 22 Afghan soldiers, police in north
• 26
Taliban militants killed in clearing operations, MoI says
• Around
3,000 Afghans may be fighting in Syria
• The WUC
Condemns China’s Sentencing of 12 Uyghurs to Death
• Bangladeshi
Nobel laureate Yunus gets Global Entrepreneurship Award
• Bangladesh:
30% rape cases ‘settled’ before trial
North America
• Shariah
financing growing popular in the West
• Obama,
foreign military chiefs, to thrash out Islamic State plans
• Violent
jihad a 'duty' for Ottawa terror plotter: Judge
• IEA:
ISIS oil production reduced by air strikes
Southeast Asia
• Indonesian
scholar is against Malaysia’s Islam
• I
suggested Bible-burning only to Muslim parents, says Perkasa chief
• Report
militant sites, Malaysians told
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Mideast
Men Shaving
Beard To Avoid Jihadist Stigma in Southeast Turkey
October
14, 2014
Barbers
in a south-eastern Turkish city are doing a roaring trade shaving off the
beards of men worried about being labelled jihadists, the İhlas News Agency
(İHA) reported on Oct. 13.
Last
week’s violent protests against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
left 37 people dead and many wounded throughout the country. The highest death
toll was in the south-eastern province of Diyarbakır, where supporters of the
outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) clashed with Hizbullah members, who
allegedly sympathize with ISIL.
After
several people were reportedly targeted by a mob that accused them of being
ISIL sympathizers due to their beards, hundreds started rushing to barbers in
Diyarbakır as the protests died down.
Barbers
who spoke to İHA said on some days up to 15 customers were coming to get rid of
their potentially trouble-making beards.
“Some
citizens who have nothing to do with ISIL or Hizbullah were victimized during
the protests because of their beards. We saw a similar trend in the 1990s,”
said İsmail Kazak, a barber in the city's Sur neighbourhood. “Citizens now come
to us either to shave their beards off or redesign its shape.”
Yakup
Bahadır, another barber from the Yenişehir neighborhood, said the average
number of beard shavings had been just three or four per day. “I’ve been doing
this job for 15 years and I’ve never before shaved so many beards,” Bahadır
said.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-farewell-to-beards-men-shaving-to-avoid-jihadist-stigma-in-southeast-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72930&NewsCatID=341
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Rebels
seize major Yemen port city: Security source
14
October 2014
Yemeni
rebels have captured the Red Sea city of Hudeida, home to the country's second
most important port, just weeks after seizing the capital, a security official
said Tuesday.
The
Huthi Shiite rebels met little resistance as they swept into Hudeida, located
226 kilometres (140 miles) west of Sanaa, taking over its air and sea ports,
the official said.
It came
hours after President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi named a new prime minister Monday in
a fresh bid to end the impoverished country's crippling political crisis.
"Huthi
militants are deployed across vital installations, including the airport and
the port," said the security official.
He said
a security guard was killed when the rebels seized a court in the city, which
is home to more than two million people.
Military
and rebel sources confirmed that Huthi militants were seen deployed across main
roads in Hudeida.
Huthi
militiamen stormed into Sanaa on September 21, easily seizing key government
installations, and they now man checkpoints and run patrols across the capital
in almost total absence of the security forces.
Military
sources had warned that the rebels were looking to take control of Hudeida and
to extend their presence to the narrow Bab al-Mandab strait, which leads to the
Suez canal.
The
rebels, who are also known as Ansarullah and have fought the central government
for more than a decade, already had thousands of armed men in Hudeida.
Yemen
has been wracked by political turmoil and sporadic violence since the 2012
toppling of strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, with rebels and militants battling to
exploit a power vacuum and seize control of territory.
Hadi on
Monday named an envoy to the UN, Khalid Bahah, as the new premier, after the
rebels rejected an earlier choice.
Bahah's
nomination appeared to have the support of Huthi rebels, and the appointment of
a neutral prime minister was seen as a key step in persuading them to withdraw
from Sanaa.
Yemen,
located next to oil-rich Saudi Arabia and key shipping routes in the Gulf of
Aden, is a key US ally in the fight against Al-Qaeda.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/113050/World/Region/Rebels-seize-major-Yemen-port-city-Security-source.aspx
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Turkish
cleric links objections to infant rape to pre-marital sex
October
14, 2014
The mufti
of the Black Sea province of Samsun has raised eyebrows after questioning the
sincerity of those who object to the rape of infants, saying they should also
display the same reaction to youngsters engaging in pre-marital sex.
“If you
cannot object to a 18-year-old’s pre-marital sex, your objections to
seven-month-old babies being raped are just crocodile tears … Chastity can be
lost with very attractive offers following puberty. A relationship that starts
with good intentions can end up badly. A youngster loses their chastity while
in the bloom. Unchastity begins with the eyes, ears and hands,” mufti Hayrettin
Öztürk said in a speech in Samsun on Oct. 13.
“Passion
is such a thing that if you don’t draw a line, there is no place to stop you.
Allah tells us ‘do not show [yourself] like women of ignorance,’” he added.
His
statement has prompted the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) to launch
an internal investigation on the case.
“We have
invited our cleric to Ankara, we will meet and listen to him,” said Mehmet Emin
Özafşar, the vice head of the Diyanet.
Öztürk
previously made headlines after warning people against performing the “horon,”
a Black Sea folk dance, with other members of the opposite sex. Men and women
dancing together was religiously impermissible, he warned.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-cleric-links-objections-to-infant-rape-to-pre-marital-sex.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72949&NewsCatID=341
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Palestinian
Mosque In West Bank Torched In Suspected Arson
14
October 2014
A mosque
was set alight in a suspected arson attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday
and the name of an Israeli vigilante group called "price tag" was
found scribbled on an outside wall, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.
Israeli
police said they were investigating the incident, which took place in Aqraba, a
village east of Nablus.
Residents
told Reuters they noticed smoke coming from the building before dawn and rushed
to douse the flames, which damaged a carpet and blackened one of the walls.
"If
we hadn't rushed to put out the fire the entire building could have gone up in
flames," said Maher Fares, a villager.
Ghassan
Daghlas, a Palestinian official from the Nablus area, said he suspected Jewish
settlers in the area had carried out the attack. The settlement of Itamar is
about 4 km (2.2 miles) north of Aqraba.
"They
broke a window and threw a firebomb into the mosque which burned the
carpet," Daghlas said.
Hebrew
script reading "price tag" had been scrawled on the outside of the
mosque, a Reuters cameraman said.
The
"price tag" group has carried out scores of attacks on Palestinian,
Israeli Arab, and church property in the West Bank and inside Israel since
2008. The group says it aims to exact a price for any opposition to settlement
building.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/113045/World/Region/Palestinian-mosque-in-West-Bank-torched-in-suspect.aspx
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Iran
hits back at Saudi claims of 'occupying' Syria
October
14, 2014
Iran hit
back Oct. 14 at demands from Saudi Arabia that Tehran withdraw its
"occupying" forces from Syria and insisted no country was more
committed to confronting jihadists in the region.
The two
regional powers have been at odds over Syria since unrest broke out in 2011,
but the unusually high-profile exchange threatens to undermine a recent
diplomatic push to patch up their differences.
Responding
to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal's comments that Iran was
"part of the problem, not the solution" in Syria, Tehran rejected the
claim.
"The
Islamic Republic of Iran is the most important country in the region committed
to the fight against terrorism," Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein
Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying on the website of state television.
"Iran
has helped the governments of Iraq and Syria fight against terrorism within the
framework of international law."
Iran
supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with financial and military aid,
while Saudi Arabia has backed armed rebels trying to overthrow him.
The
threat to Iran and Saudi from Islamic State (IS) jihadists prompted them to try
to improve relations this summer but the angry exchange of the past 24 hours on
Syria laid bare their differences.
"We
recommend that Saudi Arabia pay attention to the plots of the enemies of the
region... and play a positive role," Amir-Abdollahian said, without
elaborating.
Iran
denies having fighters on the ground in Syria. Assad, however, is backed by
fighters from Lebanon's pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah.
Iran has
accused Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries of aiding the jihadists' initial
rise in Syria.
However,
Saudi and four other Arab nations are now taking part in or giving support to
air strikes by the US-led coalition against IS militants in Syria.
The
Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers met in New York before the UN General
Assembly last month to agree on what was billed as "a new page in
relations between the two countries." The encounter was the first between the
top diplomats since Iranian President Hassan Rouhani came to power in August
2013.
However,
Prince Saud on Monday hit out at Tehran, saying that "in many conflicts,
Iran is part of the problem, not the solution."
In this
case, we can say that Iranian forces in Syria are occupying forces," he
said.
"If
Iran wants to be part of the solution in Syria, it has to pull its forces from
Syria. The same applies elsewhere, whether in Yemen or Iraq."
Iran is
accused of backing Shiite rebels in Yemen who overran the capital Sanaa on
September 21 and of supporting the Shiite-led government in Iraq.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iran-hits-back-at-saudi-claims-of-occupying-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72945&NewsCatID=352
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Arab World
ISIS
training video promises recruits they will leave Iraq’s battlefields as
‘martyrs’
14 Oct,
2014
A slick
promotional video has been released showing Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham
recruits at a so-called desert “graduation ceremony.”
The
three-minute film, called “Blood of Jihad,” shows the terror group’s latest
members doing kung-fu style martial arts routines and learning how to strip
down Kalashnikov machineguns.
Apparently
shot in Nineveh province, northern Iraq, it features about 100 young men being
trained in the ways of insurgent warfare.
It is
the latest promotional video produced by ISIS, which has been at pains to
burnish its global image in the minds of disenchanted Muslims.
Last
week another jihadi film was released, produced in a training camp in Kirkuk.
The
group has even published an online propaganda magazine called “Dabiq” – named
after a key site in Muslim apocalypse theology where the “final hour” of
humanity will occur.
Introducing
the latest ISIS video, an on-screen narrator wearing a baseball cap explains
that “the first group of volunteers for jihad in the path of Allah has
graduated.”
Standing
in front of a young boy holding the group’s notorious black flag, the narrator
explains that there are three stages of the training process.
Full
report at:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/10/12/blood-of-jihad-isis-training-video-promises-recruits-they-will-leave-iraqs-battlefields-as-martyrs/
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Over 50
ISIL Terrorists Killed in Samarra by Iraq's Warplanes
14
October 2014
Iraqi
bombers launched massive strikes against the positions of the ISIL terrorists
in the city of Samarra, Salahuddin province, on Tuesday and killed more than 50
Takfiri terrorists.
A
military source told state news agency that Iraq's attack aircraft targeted the
hideouts and convoys of the terrorists in the Aziz Balad area, Samarra city,
and killed a huge number of them.
The ISIL
Takfiri terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have
threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi
Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.
Senior
Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab
states for the growing terrorism in their country.
The ISIL
has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by
the Israeli regime.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930722000561
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Nasrallah:
Hezbollah Determined to Defeat Terrorists, Takfiri Militants
14
October 2014
Hezbollah
Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said the Lebanese Resistance Movement
is determined to defeat terrorists and Takfiri militants.
"The
resistance movement is strong and will be victorious in its fight against the
terrorists," Hezbollah chief said during a visit to Lebanon’s Eastern
Bekaa Valley region, press tv reported.
He gave
assurances that the movement is ready to confront and stop any aggression
against Lebanon and its people.
"Rather,
the resistance is present, strong and ready to confront and repel any
aggression," he added.
Full
report at:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930722000888
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Four
Egyptians behind ISIS takfirist ideology: sources
14 Oct,
2014
London,
Asharq Al-Awsat—Four Egyptian men are at the heart of attempts by the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to find religious justification for its bloody
attempts to forge a new “caliphate,” a number of experts on fundamentalist
movements told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday.
The
sources said the four men formed the “core” of the group’s ideological
leadership, and oversaw its attempts to administer its own brand of Islamic
justice in areas under its control, despite having little education in
mainstream Islamic scholarship.
They are
Helmi Hashim (known as “Abdul Rahman Shakir Naamallah”), who hails from Upper
Egypt and is the group’s main jurisprudential authority; ISIS’s head Shari’a
judge Abu Muslim Al-Masri; another man bearing the same name, who is now
believed to have been killed and who was the group’s main Shari’a judge in
Aleppo; and Aboul Harith Al-Masri.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/13/Analysts-ISIS-s-extremist-ideology-stems-from-four-Egyptian-men.html
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Syrian
Kurds get arms from Iraq, but cannot send them to Kobane
October
14, 2014
Syrian
Kurds have received a "symbolic" amount of military aid from Iraq's
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that is meant for Kobane but is stuck in
northeastern Syria because Turkey will not open an aid corridor, a Syrian
Kurdish official said.
The aid
designed to help in the Kurdish fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant’s (ISIL) in Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab, includes ammunition for
light weapons and mortar shells, said Alan Othman, media official in the Syrian
Kurdish military council in the northeastern Syria, speaking to Reuters via
Skype.
"It
is a symbolic shipment that has remained in the Jazeera canton," he said,
using the Kurdish name for northeastern Syria.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-kurds-get-arms-from-iraq-but-cannot-send-them-to-kobane.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72947&NewsCatID=352
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Iraqi
Bombers Kill Several ISIL Terrorists in Dhuluiya
14
October 2014
Iraqi
warplanes fired several rockets at the positions of the ISIL terrorists in
Dhuluiya, and claimed the lives of too many of them.
A
military source told National Iraqi news agency that the fighter jets targeted
the convoys of the terrorists in Salahuddin province on Monday, and killed more
than 10 members of the Takfiri group.
The ISIL
Takfiri terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have
threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi
Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.
Senior
Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab
states for the growing terrorism in their country.
The ISIL
has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by
the Israeli regime.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930722000159
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Iraqi
Airstrike Kills Dozens of ISIL Terrorists in Southern Tikrit
14
October 2014
Iraqi air force fighter jets killed dozens of
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists in Southern Tikrit.
The
Iraqi air force killed dozens of ISIL fighters and destroyed 4 armored vehicles
belonging to the terrorists in Southern Tikrit, a security source in Salahuddin
province said Monday.
Earlier
Monday, ISIL terrorists blew up the house of Salahuddin governor and other
residential buildings, located in central and Northern Tikrit.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930722000394
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Europe
Rise of
IS exacerbates Islamophobia in Europe
14 Oct,
2014
Despite
the personal sensitivity of her story, Yusra did not hesitate to answer when
asked if she would like to see it published. She immediately said, “Yes,
certainly. We want the world to know that what the Islamic State (IS) is doing
thousands of kilometers away from us has become a story that aggravates our
daily lives.”
This
effect has exceeded all limits. Yusra was walking with her sister, Amal, in a
big amusement park in Belgium. The cheers and clamor did not prevent the
hurtful comments from reaching the two young women’s ears. The comments were
hurtful with premeditation: “Look, a terrorist,” one said to his companions.
The
trauma left by repeatedly hearing those words made the holiday miserable for
the two girls. Yusra started crying, while her sister consoled her even though
she was the one targeted. “Do not be sad,” said Amal. “This is not a personal
comment, because these people do not know me. If they knew me, they would not
have said that.”
Full
report at:
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2014/10/httpwwwassafircomarticle1377040.html#ixzz3G6m2KAQ4
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State-backed
Iraq Shiite militias commit 'war crimes': Amnesty
October
14, 2014
Shiite
militias backed by the Iraqi army are committing war crimes against civilians
in their fightback against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL),
rights watchdog Amnesty International said Oct. 14.
It
accused the Baghdad government of supporting and arming groups of Shiite
fighters who have carried out a string of kidnappings and killings against
Sunni civilians in response to ISIL's lightning capture of swathes of Iraqi
territory in June.
Amnesty
said it had seen evidence of "scores" of "deliberate execution
style killings" against Sunnis across Iraq as well as Sunni families
having to pay tens of thousands of dollars to free abducted relatives.
Many of
those kidnapped are still missing and some were killed even after their
families paid hefty ransoms to secure their release, the group said in a
report.
The
watchdog called on the government of newly-installed Prime Minister Haidar
al-Abadi to rein in the scores of militias targeting civilians across
Iraq.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/state-backed-iraq-shiite-militias-commit-war-crimes-amnesty.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72935&NewsCatID=352
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Peace
Prize winners religion not a ‘big’ issue: Norway PM
AMIT
BARUAH
Oct 14,
2014
Norwegian
Prime Minister Erna Solberg said religious or national background was not such
a big issue when asked whether it was appropriate to mention the religious
affiliation of Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai in their Nobel Peace
Prize Citation.
Ms.
Solberg was responding to a specific question from The Hindu whether it was
appropriate to mention their religious background when millions of Muslims and
Hindus lived together in India.
“The
[Norwegian] Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a
Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education
and against extremism,” the citation for the Prize said.
Full
report at:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/peace-prize-winners-religion-not-a-big-issue-norway-pm/article6500587.ece
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Child
abuse policy at school run by Muslim hardliner was based on Sharia
14 Oct,
2014
A school
run by a Muslim hardliner was citing Sharia in its child protection policies,
it emerged yesterday.
Ofsted
inspectors found that Al-Aqsa school in Leicester operated on the basis that
‘Ulema’ – Islamic scholars – should be consulted in child abuse and welfare
cases, as well as ‘relevant outside agencies’.
The
school – founded by Ibrahim Hewitt, an Islamist fundamentalist who says
homosexuals should be lashed – declared ‘Sharia and the law of the land will be
the prime arbiters in child protection concerns’.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2789447/child-abuse-policy-school-run-muslim-hardliner-based-sharia-islamic-scholars-consulted-welfare-cases.html#ixzz3G6j9a0ju
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UK
anti-terrorism police arrest six in Syria-linked operation
14
October 2014
British
police arrested three men and three women on Tuesday in a counter-terrorism
operation linked to the civil war in Syria.
Counter
terrorism officers detained the suspects in London, Portsmouth, on England's
south coast, and in Farnborough, west of the British capital.
The
group, aged between 23 and 57, were being held on suspicion of range of
terrorism offences.
"Officers
would like to reassure residents that the police activity today is in relation
to conflicts overseas and is not linked to any immediate threat to local
communities or anywhere else in the UK," the South East Counter Terrorism
Unit (SECTU) said in a statement.
Britain
raised its international threat level to the second-highest classification of
"severe" in August, meaning an attack was considered highly likely.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/113040/World/Region/UK-antiterrorism-police-arrest-six-in-Syrialinked-.aspx
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More
than 10,000 UK jihad suspects on security services radar, claims MP
14 Oct,
2014
More
than 10,000 suspected Islamic extremists are being monitored by the security
services in the UK, an MP has warned.
He
claimed that nearly 2,000 had already travelled to the battefields of Syria and
Iraq.
Khalid
Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, said the numbers were growing and
putting the British authorities under strain.
London
mayor Boris Johnson revealed last week that “low thousands” of terror suspects
were being monitored in the capital.
Mr
Mahmood told the Mirror: “I am not surprised by the numbers.
“There
are certainly over 10,000 people being monitored nationally. Overall you are
talking about a significant number and it is growing.
“There
are a fair amount of people who are out in the community who are acting as
recruiting sergeants.
Full
report at:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/more-10000-uk-jihad-suspects-4428658#ixzz3G6kgB3o7
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Pakistan
Six top
TTP commanders announce allegiance to Islamic State's Baghdadi
October
14, 2014
PESHAWAR:
Six top commanders of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, including
spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, have announced their allegiance to Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi
of the Islamic State and an allegiance statement was also issued in this
regard.
Shahidullah
Shahid in the statement said he along with five TTP district chiefs have
announced their allegiance to IS, also known as Daish, and would be their lead
fighters in Pakistan.
The
statement did not elaborate on the stance of the six on Mullah Omar, chief of
the Afghan Taliban widely regarded by militant groups in Afghanistan and
Pakistan as the Amirul Momineen (leader of the faithful).
“I am
confirming my allegiance to Amirul Momineen Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi and would
abide by all his decisions, whatever is the order, and whatsoever the
circumstances, I shall be loyal to him and obey his orders,” Shaidullah Shahid
said in a statement issued in Arabic and Urdu.
Shahidullah
said he along with TTP amir for Orakzai Agency Saeed Khan, TTP’s Kurram Agency
chapter chief Daulat Khan, Fateh Gul Zaman, who heads TTP in Khyber Agency,
TTP’s Peshawar amir Mufti Hassan and TTP’s Hangu chief Khalid Mansoor, was
announcing allegiance to Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi Al Qureshi Al-Hussaini.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137908/six-top-ttp-commanders-announce-allegiance-to-islamic-states-baghdadi
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Islamabad
briefs P-5 to internationalize Kashmir issue
TNN
& Agencies | Oct 14, 2014
NEW
DELHI: Seeking to further internationalize the J&K issue, Pakistan on
Monday briefed the envoys of P-5 countries on the LoC situation asking them to
urge India to respect the ceasefire.
Sartaz
Aziz, foreign affairs adviser to PM Nawaz Sharif, expressed concern that
"ceasefire violations by India and the provocative statements by Indian
leadership" were not only a setback to peace efforts but also a
distraction from Pakistan's counterterrorism commitments in the ongoing Operation
Zarb-e-Azb.
Sharif
himself told a visiting delegation of US Senators that UN resolutions must form
the basis of any solution of J&K issue and that the solution must be
acceptable to Pakistanis, Indians and Kashmiris.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Islamabad-briefs-P-5-to-internationalize-Kashmir-issue/articleshow/44808590.cms
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Dialogue
only option for India, Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif
October
14, 2014
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that relations between Pakistan and India can
only gain through dialogue.
Nawaz
said the United Nations resolutions must form the basis for any solution for
Kashmir dispute and the people of Kashmir be made part of it. He was talking to
US Senators Tim Kaine, Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Angus
King, Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who called on him at the
PM House. He asked the UN to honour its own resolutions on this matter. Talking
about Pakistan-India ties, the prime minister expressed his disappointment on
the cancellation of foreign secretary level talks. He said the only acceptable
solution of Kashmir will be the one which is endorsed by all parties, including
Pakistan, India and Kashmiris.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/14-Oct-2014/dialogue-only-option-for-india-pakistan-nawaz
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Elimination
of terrorism will make Pakistan ideal market: Moody’s
October
14, 2014
WASHINGTON:
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held separate meetings with the representatives of
Moody’s, Standard & Poors and Fitch Rating agencies in Washington.
Moody’s
and S & P have been declaring their sovereign ratings on Pakistan while
Fitch Ratings has recently shown its interest in sovereign ratings on Pakistan
and requested for discussions with the Finance Ministry during World Bank and
IMF Meetings. The finance minister highlighted the turnaround in Pakistan’s
economy during the last fifteen months. He said that Pakistan did not entirely
bank upon the EFF but broad spectrum of reforms, enhancement in tax to GDP
ratio, curtailment of inflation to single digit, subsidies, privatisation of
public sector enterprises and incentives in oil & gas sectors have been
pursued side by side in addition to the comprehensive agenda of initiatives in
the financial sector without any compromise on the development and social
safety programmes.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/business/14-Oct-2014/elimination-of-terrorism-will-make-pakistan-ideal-market-moody-s
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Musharraf
for tit for tat response to India
October
14, 2014
KARACHI:
Pervez Musharraf said that Pakistan should respond tit for tat for ceasefire
violations by India along the Working Boundary and Line of Control (LoC).
In an
interview with a private news channel, the former military ruler spoke his
heart about ongoing skirmishes with India. He said Pakistan has limitations as
it knows that if it responded with shelling, the Kashmiri brethren on the other
side of the LoC would be the ultimate sufferers. Musharraf said the Indian
government and the army has no concern for the sufferings of the Kashmiri
people. “Mr Modi is an anti-Muslim and an anti-Pakistan politician. While
negotiating with him one must hold cards close,” Musharraf said. “Instead of
running to attend his (Modi) inauguration like we used to do in British Raj, we
should keep our dignity,” the former president said.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/14-Oct-2014/musharraf-for-tit-for-tat-response-to-india
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Tunnel
in Karachi Central Jail ‘to spring 100 jailed militants’ found
October
14, 2014
KARACHI:
A 45-metre-long and 10-metre-deep tunnel being built just a few meters from the
Karachi Central Jail to spring 100 ‘dangerous militants’ was discovered in a
house situated in a neighbouring locality, an officer disclosed on Monday.
Several
suspects belonging to a banned outfit were arrested when the house was raided
this weekend, while five more suspects were later picked up on information
provided by them during interrogation. The move was followed by a jail operation
during which all prisoners were searched physically that led to the recovery of
electric wires, scissors, radios, jihadi literature, knives, party flags and a
modified ladder, said a Rangers spokesperson.
The
house situated in Ghausia Colony, a shanty town close to the main penitentiary
in Karachi, had been bought by the suspects some five months ago, said Col
Tahir Mehmood of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, while speaking at a press conference
at the Rangers Headquarters.
“They
were only 10 metres from their target when the raid was conducted,” the colonel
said.
80pc
digging work had been done when suspects caught
There’s
an underground water tank in the house where the suspects had started
tunnelling their way to the jail, the officer said. He explained that they were
using ‘sophisticated equipment’ for digging, besides having arranged lights and
some wooden stuff to keep the tunnel dry.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1137743/tunnel-being-built-to-spring-100-jailed-militants-found
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Africa
ISIS to
launch TV station based in Sirte: report
14
October 2014
ISIS,
also know as the Islamic State and Daash, is to launch a satellite TV station
called Tawheed, broadcasting propaganda from Sirte.
An
official page for the new station which has appeared on social media says that
it will be transmitting a “call for uniformity to all parts of the world”.
The page
claims that Tawheed will broadcast messages from various religious figures.
Mustafa
Zand, a leader of the Libyan Popular National Movement, a group with strong
ties to the former regime and which was banned from taking part in elections in
2012, has claimed two other television channels are under the direction of the
co-called Islamic State.
Speaking
on the Egyptian programme Cairo Today, Zand alleged that stations in Sabratha
and Derna as well as Sirte were already controlled by the Takfiri group.
With
Takfiri camps near both Sabratha and Sirte, the two towns are viewed as
increasingly Islamist strongholds. However, extremist groups in the towns have
not publicly declared their allegiance to ISIS or its leader Abu Bakr
Al-Baghdadi.
Full
report at:
http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/10/12/isis-to-launch-tv-station-based-in-sirte/#ixzz3G7hJbCho
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No
Justice, No Peace for Northern Mali
14 October
2014
Bamako —
Thousands of northerners who experienced human rights abuses during the
occupation of Mali's north are struggling to find redress amidst concerns that
a climate of impunity is continuing and the government's control in many areas
of the north is at best shaky.
People
in the north were exposed to forced disappearances, torture, summary executions
and sexual abuse, with most of the offences committed after March 2012 when
Islamist extremists occupied large parts of territory.
Investigations
begin, but hesitantly
"Investigations
into crimes committed during the occupation and its aftermath have just
started," said Guillaume Ngefa, head of the human rights division within
MINUSMA, the UN's Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali.
"While judges and prosecutors are stalled by an instable security
situation in the north many victims have not been given adequate legal
assistance or access to the judiciary," Ngefa continued.
Full
report at:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201410133032.html?viewall=1
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Cameroon
vows to 'totally wipe out' Boko Haram after hostages' release
14
October 2014
Cameroon's
President Paul Biya on Monday vowed his government would go after the Islamist
group Boko Haram "until it's totally wiped out".
He made
the promise as he received 10 Chinese and 17 Cameroonians freed last week after
spending months as hostages of armed men thought to belong to Boko Haram, an
anti-Western rebel group in Nigeria which has been increasingly making
incursions into Cameroon.
"The
Cameroonian government assures you that it will ceaselessly continue to fight
Boko Haram until it's totally wiped out," Biya said.
The 27
Cameroonians and Chinese were delivered to authorities on Friday night.
The
government has not said how they were freed, but a security source said that
"a ransom" was paid and around 20 imprisoned Islamists were freed in
exchange.
The
Chinese were seized in May from a construction camp in Waza near the border
with Nigeria in an attack that left one Cameroonian soldier dead.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/113024/World/International/Cameroon-vows-to-totally-wipe-out-Boko-Haram-after.aspx
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India
UN
ignores Pakistan's bid to seek intervention on Kashmir
PTI |
Oct 14, 2014
UNITED NATIONS:
Pakistan's latest efforts seeking UN intervention on the Kashmir issue have
failed to draw any new response from the world body which reiterated that India
and Pakistan need to resolve all differences through dialogue to find a
long-term solution to the dispute.
Sartaj
Aziz, adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on national security and
foreign affairs, had written to UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on the recent
border tension with India and sought the UN's intervention, stepping up its
attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue.
In the
letter to Ban, Aziz said Pakistan believes the UN has an important role to play
in promoting the objective of peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue,
including through his "good offices".
Ban's deputy
spokesperson Farhan Haq, when asked to comment on the letter seeking Ban's
intervention and his viewpoint on the issue, told reporters on Monday he would
refer to a statement that was issued last week by Ban's spokesperson in which
the UN chief encouraged India and Pakistan to resolve all differences through
dialogue and engage constructively to find a long-term solution for peace and
stability in Kashmir.
The
secretary general is "concerned about the recent escalation of violence
along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan. He deplores the loss of
lives and the displacement of civilians on both sides," said the
statement.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UN-ignores-Pakistans-bid-to-seek-intervention-on-Kashmir/articleshow/44809464.cms
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India
offers $4 million for Gaza reconstruction
Oct 14,
2014
NEW
DELHI: India has committed $4 million for Gaza reconstruction in response to
the recovery plan presented by Palestinian Authority at Cairo International
Conference as the international community pledged a total of $5.4 billion for
the cause.
Observing
that the early realization of the objectives of the Cairo Conference will be an
important element in the consolidation of the current ceasefire understanding
between Palestine and Israel, India welcomed the mediating role played by Egypt
in the current ceasefire in Gaza.
Represented
by Sandeep Kumar, joint secretary (west Asia and north Africa) in ministry of
external affairs, India participated in the Conference on the Reconstruction of
Gaza yesterday and pledged $4 million, in response to the National Early
Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza, presented by the Palestinian
Authority, an official release said here.
Maintaining
that an early and sustainable resolution of the root cause of the conflict was
an imperative, Kumar said India firmly believed that a comprehensive dialogue
remained the best guarantee of a durable peace for effectively addressing the
issues confronting the region and its people.
Full report
at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-offers-4-million-for-Gaza-reconstruction/articleshow/44802480.cms
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Bangladeshi
terror link terror link keeps Bengal on its toes
TNN |
Oct 14, 2014
KOLKATA:
The Bangladeshi terror link has kept police across Bengal on tenterhooks. A man
arrested from Bangaon recently turned out to be a wanted murderer in
Bangladesh, who had murdered a popular Awami League activist there.
Javed
Jahangir, the prime suspect in the murder of Jubo League leader Abdul Jabbar of
Satkania, was arrested by North 24-Parganas police on October 9. According to
Satkania police, Javed, a cadre of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of
Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami, is an accused in eight cases.
Javed
was absconding since July 10 when he was granted bail by Bangladesh high court.
He crossed the border on September 12.
Adding
to the panic created by the Khagragarh blast, two blasts at Durgapur and Malda
left police wondering if there was a terror angle in it that went beyond
rivalries.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bangladeshi-terror-link-terror-link-keeps-Bengal-on-its-toes/articleshow/44806032.cms
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Nobel
Peace Prize brings little impetus for peace in India and Pakistan
AFP |
Oct 14, 2014
NEW
DELHI: New Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai wasted little time living up
to the accolade last week, inviting the leaders of India and Pakistan to
accompany her and fellow winner Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights
activist, to the award ceremony.
But,
just hours later, a fresh exchange of fire between troops in Kashmir provided a
stark reminder that the prospect of lasting peace remains as distant as ever.
The
offices of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif
both declined this week to say whether they would accept Malala's overture.
It is a
diplomatic hot potato, given the fractious relationship between the
nuclear-armed neighbours, who have fought three wars since partition in 1947.
Senior
Pakistani analyst Hasan Askari said the joint Nobel award was a clear signal
that the international community wanted to see India and Pakistan working
together more to promote peace in the region, but that outside pressure would
only go so far.
"The
issue of improvement of relations between the two countries is a political
issue and in the past sometimes the two countries have listened to the
international community and sometimes ignored it," he said.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nobel-Peace-Prize-brings-little-impetus-for-peace-in-India-and-Pakistan/articleshow/44811468.cms
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22,000
'Nitaqat' Returnees Seek Government Assistance
14 Oct,
2014
About
22,000 people, who have returned from Saudi Arabia, have registered with the
state government seeking assistance for starting self-employment programmes, an
official said.
These
people, who have come back after the Saudi government applied stricter labour
laws called the "Nitaqat", have registered with the Norka
(Non-resident Keralites affairs) department that looks after the welfare of the
Kerala diaspora and also those who have returned from abroad.
Last
year when there was a talk about a mass exodus from Saudi Arabia on account of
the "Nitaqat" law which made it mandatory for local companies to hire
one Saudi national for every 10 migrant workers, the state government announced
it would come out with a rehabilitation scheme for such people to start their
own business. It also promised to provide subsidy in both capital and interest
on short- and long-term loans.
Full
report at:
http://www.ndtv.com/article/diaspora/22-000-nitaqat-returnees-seek-government-assistance-605779
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South Asia
Taliban
ambush kills 22 Afghan soldiers, police in north
Oct 14,
2014
Taliban
insurgents ambushed a convoy of Afghan security forces in a mountainous area of
northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 22 soldiers and police, an official
said.
The
Taliban fighters attacked from the mountains as the convoy was travelling
through Laghman Valley in Sar-e-Pul province, Gov. Abdul Jabar Haqbeen said.
Eight
security forces were wounded and seven were taken captive by the insurgents.
“Twelve
army and police vehicles are totally destroyed,” Haqbeen said.
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-others/taliban-ambush-kills-22-afghan-soldiers-police-in-north/#sthash.jy5dcZvd.dpuf
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26
Taliban militants killed in clearing operations, MoI says
Oct 14
2014
At least
26 Taliban militants were killed following military operations conducted by
Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours.
The
Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Tuesday that the operations were conducted by
Afghan National Police in cooperation with Afghan National Army and NDS to
clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability of
Afghanistan.
MoI
following a statement said the operations were conducted in Kunar, Kandahar and
Paktiya provinces, as a result 26 armed Taliban members were killed, seven
wounded and six others were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces.
Afghan
National Police discovered and confiscated light and heavy rounds ammunition
during the operations, the statement added.
MoI said
Afghan National Police discovered and defused nine different types of IEDs
placed by enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Kandahar and
Uruzgan provinces.
Taliban
militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
http://www.khaama.com/26-taliban-militants-killed-in-clearing-operations-moi-says-8805
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Around
3,000 Afghans may be fighting in Syria
Oct 14
2014
According
to reports, around 3,000 Afghan nationals have been deployed to take part in
the ongoing Syria conflict.
The
Afghan militants are fighting fighting on both sides of the Syrian war, in
support of the Syria Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) militants.
Informed
sources in the Afghan government have told The Wall Street Journal that the
number includes Iranian-backed Shiites fighting a proxy war in support of
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and against Islamic State and other rebel
groups.
The
participation of Afghan militants in Syria war has sparked concerns among the
Afghan officials some will return to fight in Afghanistan under Islamic State’s
banner.
Although,
there have been no evidence to show the return of the militants to Afghanistan
in large numbers. However, certain media reports recently suggested that the
Islamic State has started distribution of pamphlets in bordering regions of
Afghanistan and Pakistan, in a bid to increase it’s influence in South Asian
region.
Full
report at:
http://www.khaama.com/around-3000-afghans-may-be-fighting-in-syria-8808
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The WUC
Condemns China’s Sentencing of 12 Uyghurs to Death
Oct 14,
2014
The
World Uyghur Congress (WUC) condemns the recent death sentences given to 12
Uyghurs in relation to an incident that left scores of innocent civilians dead
many other injured back on July 28 of this year. Death sentences have become
increasingly common in the region with scores of others suffering the same fate
in the past few months. The increase in frequency of these trials and sentences
signals that the state has stepped up its one-year anti-terror campaign by
exhibiting excessive force against its population. Such an approach will
invariably exacerbate an already tense situation in East Turkestan and prove
that the Chinese government has no intention to ease such tension, address root
causes of the problems and resolve the long-standing conflict.
The
initial mass protests were in response to the arrest and brutal beating of a
number of women who had gathered to pray to celebrate the end of Ramadan as
well as the extra-judicial killing of a family of five in a dispute over the
wearing of the traditional headscarf in a house to house search by security
forces. The subsequent march of Uyghur protesters to a police station and
government office triggered the mass shootings. The protesters merely looked to
ensure that those arrested were released and that those involved in the
killings could be held to account.
Full
report at:
http://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/?p=23854
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Bangladeshi
Nobel laureate Yunus gets Global Entrepreneurship Award
Oct 14
2014
The only
Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, has been selected for the 2nd
Global Entrepreneurship Award (GEA-2014).
He was
selected for the award under the umbrella of the Centennial Fund (CF) chaired
by Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, deputy minister of foreign affairs in the
Kingdom Saudi Arabia, reports Arab News.
Abdulaziz
Al-Mutairi, the secretary-general of the award, made the announcement on
Tuesday.
Yunus
won the award for the best leading figure category.
He said
the GEA-Award committee's decision was based on Yunus' distinguished efforts at
highlighting the culture of entrepreneurship.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/oct/14/yunus-gets-global-entrepreneurship-award#sthash.7uLUVmYy.dpuf
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Bangladesh:
30% rape cases ‘settled’ before trial
Oct 14
2014
To avoid
social stigmatisation or fearing further reprisal, most families of rape
victims tend to settle the cases with the perpetrators outside the court in
mediation of socially influential people or police.
Therefore,
police have to give final report discharging the accused instead of pressing
charge sheets in the cases. Such cases would be 30% of the total rape cases
registered with police stations, according to data available with the police
headquarters.
The
other cases usually stumble during the trial proceedings for many different
reasons including unavailability of witnesses.
Police
say around 18,000 cases were filed under the Women and Children Repression
(prevention) Act across the country last year. Of those, 4,000 are related to
rape of women and children when 23 including 18 children were killed.
Police
and prosecution say charge sheets were submitted to the court in around 13,000
cases while final report in the others.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2014/oct/14/30-rape-cases-%E2%80%98settled%E2%80%99-trial#sthash.EGtX5mDQ.dpuf
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North America
Shariah
financing growing popular in the West
14 Oct,
2014
CHICAGO
-- Ahmed Irfan Khan was poised to transform his family's small but successful
slaughterhouse into a specialty-meat selling juggernaut.
Just one
thing stood in his way: His faith.
Khan's
thriving business in Chicago's old stockyards -- which sells halal meat --
protein slaughtered in a way prescribed by Islamic law -- might have made him
attractive to Main Street investors. But his strict adherence to his Muslim faith
made going down that path complicated.
Under
Islamic law, collecting or paying interest is prohibited, making it difficult
for Khan to borrow the roughly $2 million needed to expand his company, Barkaat
Foods.
But Khan
was ultimately able to get the capital for his business — and stay true to his
faith -- with the help of a traditional bank and a boutique venture capital
firm willing to hammer out arrangement that Khan said was "Shariah
compliant."
"This
shows there are ways to follow your principles," said Khan, who plans to
use the money to double the size of his 40-person operation. "Other
entrepreneurs are going to be inspired by this."
Full
report at:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/11/shariah-compliant-islamic-financing-usa-europe/16828599/
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Obama,
foreign military chiefs, to thrash out Islamic State plans
14
October 2014
President
Barack Obama will hash out a strategy to counter Islamic State on Tuesday with
military leaders from some 20 countries including Turkey and Saudi Arabia amid
growing pressure for the U.S.-led coalition to do more to stop the militants'
advance.
Some
three weeks before U.S. congressional elections viewed largely as a referendum
on Obama's leadership, the president will aim to show the U.S. public and
allies abroad that he is committed to a plan to "degrade" and
"destroy" the group that has taken over large swaths of Iraq and
Syria.
Obama
will attend a meeting led by General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, with foreign defense chiefs at Andrews Air Force Base outside
Washington at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) to discuss the coalition's work.
"It
is part of ongoing efforts to build the coalition and integrate the
capabilities of each country into the broader strategy," said Alistair
Baskey, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/113046/World/Region/Obama,-foreign-military-chiefs,-to-thrash-out-Isla.aspx
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Violent
jihad a 'duty' for Ottawa terror plotter: Judge
14 Oct,
2014
A
convicted homegrown terrorist believed violent jihad was a "duty" and
yearned to see the malignant spread of Taliban-style theocratic government,
according to the judge who will sentence him.
Misbahuddin
Ahmed, a married father of three, faces a maximum sentence of 24 years after a
jury convicted him in July of conspiring to facilitate terror and of financing
terror, setting the stage for a sentencing hearing slated to start Tuesday.
The
jury, however, acquitted him of the most serious charge -- possessing
explosives with intent to endanger life or property for the benefit of a terror
group -- which carries a maximum sentence of life.
Because
juries don't give reasons for their decisions, Crown and defence lawyers argued
last month over the verdict's factual underpinning.
Judge
Colin McKinnon then issued a series of damning factual findings that will
greatly affect Tuesday's sentencing hearing.
"Mr.
Ahmed believed it was his duty to assist violent Jihadist causes,"
McKinnon wrote in a ruling obtained by the Sun.
Full
report at:
http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/10/12/violent-jihad-a-duty-for-ottawa-terror-plotter-judge
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IEA:
ISIS oil production reduced by air strikes
14
October 2014
U.S.-led
air strikes have significantly reduced Islamic State of Syria and Iraq’s ISIS)
ability to produce, smuggle and refine oil, the International Energy Agency
said in its monthly report on Tuesday, citing Western and Iraqi officials.
The
coalition’s targeting of ISIS-held oil infrastructure has knocked crude
production down to around 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) from a high of about
70,000 bpd achieved after the group expanded its territory over the summer, the
report said.
The
United States and its allies, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, began launching air strikes against ISIS in Iraq in August, and in
Syria in September, including targeted strikes against oilfields and refineries
controlled by the group.
In
parallel, the governments of Turkey and Iraq’s Kurdistan Region have cracked
down on ISIS’s smuggling of crude oil, which had brought in revenue estimated
at $1 million to $3 million for the radical Sunni Islamist group.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/energy/2014/10/14/IEA-ISIS-oil-production-reduced-by-air-strikes.html
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Southeast Asia
Indonesian
scholar is against Malaysia’s Islam
October
14, 2014
Putrajaya
today upheld its ban on Indonesian Muslim scholar Dr Ulil Abshar Abdalla,
calling him an opponent of Malaysia's Islamic stand, despite the fact that he
had been the government's guest at a conference in 2002.
The
minister in charge of religion Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said Ulil's
teachings contradicted the Sunni Wal Jamaah or Shafie school of thought, which
Malaysia follows.
"Jakim
and Jawi ordered that he be barred from entering.
"In
Malaysia, we are followers of Sunnah Wal Jamaah… so we don't want to admit a
person who would be against the stand of the government," the minister in
the Prime Minister's department told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.
Ulil
told The Malaysian Insider in a phone interview yesterday that he had been to
Kuala Lumpur in July 2002 to attend the International Forum on Islam (Kalif) on
"Islam and Politics" when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the prime
minister.
"I
was invited by Pak Abdullah Badawi to Malaysia to attend an international
conference called Kalif in 2002.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/indonesian-scholar-is-against-malaysias-islam-putrajaya-says-in-upholding-b#sthash.cQjjNDUW.dpuf
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I
suggested Bible-burning only to Muslim parents, says Perkasa chief
October
14, 2014
Datuk
Ibrahim Ali has broken his silence on the issue of his controversial statement
last year calling for the burning of Bibles.
In an
interview with Utusan Malaysia today, he defended his statement by saying it
was only meant for the Muslim parents of students who were allegedly given the
holy book outside their school last year, news portal Malaysiakini reported.
"A
reporter asked me what was Perkasa's view on the alleged distribution of Bibles
and I replied that the parents should just seize the books from their children
and burn it. This is so that the children would not be confused.
"I
was only referring to the Bahasa Malaysia Bible which has the word 'Allah' in
it, which was distributed at the school. I was not referring to all
Bibles," Ibrahim said, according to Utusan Malaysia.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/i-suggested-bible-burning-only-to-muslim-parents-says-perkasa-chief#sthash.ZyEZJVa5.dpuf
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Report
militant sites, Malaysians told
October
14, 2014
The
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) wants the public to
report any social site accounts that spread militancy or terrorism in this
country to the authorities.
Its
strategic communications senior director, Sheikh Raffie Abd Rahman said besides
reporting to the agency, the public, especially parents also needed to be alert
and monitor any changes in their children's behaviour and activities
online.
"MCMC
always cooperate with police in cases such as this (militancy) to help investigations."
Yesterday,
it was reported that militant groups in Syria were not only recruiting
Malaysian girls but also tried to recruit students in the name of jihad.
Principal
assistant director of the Counter Terrorism Division of the Special Branch at
Bukit Aman, SAC Datuk Ayub Khan Mydin Pitchay had said they conducted their
recruitment drive through Facebook and targeted students and teenage girls.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/report-militant-sites-malaysians-told-bernama#sthash.DRALyEfz.dpuf
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URL: https://newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/men-shaving-beard-avoid-jihadist/d/99512