News tagged with 'islam'. Found 202 tagged news.

Mumbai attacks chill India economic prospects: analysts (AFP)

Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago

The deadly Islamist militant strike on India's financial nerve centre clouds the future of Asia's third-largest economy at a time when it already faces a significant slowdown, analysts say. Ruthless gunmen stormed luxury hotels, including the iconic Taj...

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Bin Laden-inspired group wants Asian caliphate

Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago

Lashkar-e-Taiba is a Pakistan-based movement which wants the removal of Indian forces from the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region. Set up in about 1990 with aid, it is claimed, from the Pakistan authorities, its overall objective is the establishment of...

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Guns and bombs in booming India

New Delhi :: India | 2 days ago

That man whose image was beamed across the world could have been one of the victims. "They were very young, like boys really, wearing jeans and T-shirts," a British tourist told The Times ...A uniform that allowed them access into the sanctum santorum...

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Counter bad perception of Islam, says Ghapur

Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 4 days ago

A Malaysian MP has called on Muslim countries to counter the negative perception of Islam as the world remains transfixed on the Mumbai attacks. “We need to counter the negative propaganda by explaining what Islam is all about, and that what is happening...

Tags: malaysia, islam, muslim, Malaysian Islamic, Parti Islam SeMalaysia, yoga, Muslims

Updates on terrorist attacks in Mumbai

Mumbai :: India | 4 days ago

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BARENAKEDISLAM It isn't Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you. http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/updates-on-india-terror-attack/  

Tags: Islam, terrorism, terrorist, jihad, CAIR, 9/11, beheadings, religion, child brides, Muslims, wife beatings

Britain: India attack had some al-Qaida hallmarks

Mumbai :: India | 4 days ago

Britain's spy agencies had little warning of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, which bore some al-Qaida hallmarks but appears unlikely to be linked to the group's core leadership, officials said Thursday...But the Indian attack was carried out by gunmen...

Tags: terrorist attack, terror, terrorist, gunmen, islam, bomb, India, Pakistan, al-Qaida

Indonesia's top Islamic body considers yoga ban

Jakarta :: Indonesia | 4 days ago

Indonesia's top Islamic body says it will consider banning Muslims from practicing yoga. Cleric Ma'ruf Amin said Thursday the Ulema Council was trying to determine if the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt the faith of believers. If the answer is yes,...

Tags: islam, yoga, muslim, Indonesia, Islamic, MUI

The Saudi Arabian Enigma

Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 6 days ago

The following article is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. US government and other terrorism experts continue to report that Islamic extremism is on the rise and that the spread of Islamic extremism is the preeminent...

Tags: islam

Legislation according to teachings of Islam: Naek

Islamabad :: Pakistan | 7 days ago

Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek on Monday said the government was determined to make legislation for the welfare and protection of women and children according to the teaching and spirit of Islam. Talking to newsmen after presiding...

Tags: islam, women

UN Bans "Defamation of Religion"

Geneva :: Switzerland | 7 days ago

The decision, sponsored by Islamic states with the support of Venezuela and Belarus, drew immediate protests from human rights activists and legal experts. "This is just the latest shot in an intensifying campaign of UN resolutions that dangerously seek...

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