May - islam in the news 2022

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Praveen Nettaru murder: Two accused named Zakir and Mohammed Shafiq arrested from Kerala, PFI links suspected
28 July, 2022

The Karnataka Police on Thursday arrested two persons in suspiscion of involvement in the BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Kumar Nettaru’s murder case. The accused have been identified as Zakir and Mohammed Shafiq. The duo was arrested from Kasargod, Kerala. According to the Police, one of the suspects is said to have ties with the Popular Front of India (PFI).

Zakir is 29 years old and is a resident of Savanoor whereas Mohammed Shafiq who is 27 years old belongs to Bellare. According to reports, Shafiq and Zakhir are the conspirators, but the assailants are still to be apprehended. The Police have detained a total of 21 persons in connection to the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Kumar Nettaru.

More at
https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/praveen-nettaru-murder-two-accused-named-zakir-and-mohammed-shafiq-arrested-kerala-pfi-links-suspected/

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IDF reveals Hamas tunnel networks under Gazan civilian neighborhoods
Posted 15 hrs ago at 4: 07 AM

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday exposed a number of Hamas tunnels under civilian sites in the Gaza Strip, including one in the Tafah area of Gaza City located next to a franchised Pepsi factory, and another running next to an UNRWA elementary school that acts as a shelter for some 2,500 people, according to the IDF.

The tunnels pass under “buildings that are essential for civilian life, in the knowledge that a strike on those targets will be provocative. If the tunnels collapse, hospitals, mosques, universities, or factories will collapse with them,” said the IDF.

More at
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/idf-reveals-hamas-tunnel-networks-under-gazan-civilian-neighborhoods/article_e9cde2c8-e7ab-52bf-bf4f-fe6606bc35c4.html

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Numbers of religious minorities decrease further in Islamic Bangladesh.
July 27, 2022

Numbers of religious minorities decrease further in Islamic Bangladesh. The census shows that the ratio of Hindu population and Buddhist population stands at 7.95% and 0.61% of the whole population.

Whereas, Hindus comprised 8.54% of the population and Buddhists 0.61% according to the 2011 census.

So, the Hindu population has decreased by 0.59% in the last 11 years.

The preliminary report of the “Population and Housing Census 2022” done by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) was released on Wednesday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital.

More at
https://hinduexistence.org/2022/07/28/numbers-of-religious-minorities-decrease-further-in-islamic-bangladesh/

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UK regulator finds Muslim TV station guilty of ‘antisemitic hate speech’
Jul 27, 2022, 8:31 PM

British broadcast regulatory authority Ofcom ruled that Shia Muslim TV channel Ahlebait was guilty of “antisemitic hate speech” in response to Community Security Trust (CST) complaints it received.

Ofcom said the Shia Muslim station broadcast material that “amounted to antisemitic hate speech” and was “abusive and derogatory towards Jewish people,” the UK Jewish News reported.

The ruling came after Ofcom looked into complaints made by the CST over a live discussion show that aired in March 2021. During a discussion on “20th Hour” about money and power, one of the guests spoke about Jews, saying: ”Their antisemitism comes from their actions of impoverishing people and they then respond and then they call it antisemitism but we know that it’s because they do and they get punished and as Allah says, you know, he will expel... send them to all corners of the world to be an excoriation and a hissing and a booing to wherever he had sent them.... So antisemitism comes from debt, not cancelling the debt, and usury.”

More at
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357215

*****They are just now noticing this?? It's quite common that islam spews hate speech towards the Jewish people, Christians and anyone else who isn't a muslim*****

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From Praveen Netturu to hand chopping of Kerala professor: Read about PFI’s Taliban-esque Darul Khada, giving orders to kill Hindus
29 July, 2022

Despite India having a predominately Hindu population, hostility against the community has grown over time. The Islamists have attacked innumerable Hindus, their processions amid several Hindu festivals like Ram Navmi and Hanuman Jayanti. The encouragement these fanatics receive from Sharia courts, which have only empowered zealots and fostered religiosity, is one of the main causes of the growth in religious intolerance. The main objective of these Sharia courts is to create a parallel government, which will propagate Islamic law above the constitution.

One such regressive ‘Taliban-model’ Islamic court functioning in India, especially in the southern part of the country is the Darul Khada or Dar-ul-Khada, which means God’s abode or God’s court. According to reports, Darul Khada is an outfit comprising Muslim ‘scholars and advocates’, which was set up in 2009 by SDPI national chief and founder E Abubacker.

Many reports have suggested the link between Darul Khada and the radical Islamic organisation PFI, which has been strongly communalizing the social space in Kerala. Darul Khada is, in fact, one of the PFI units that, on the exterior, claims to be involved in the organization’s ‘social’ activities but has frequently been linked to planning the assassinations of Hindu leaders in the South.

More at
https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/praveen-netturu-hand-chopping-kerala-professor-pfi-darul-khada-fatwas-kill-hindus/

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The UK’s grooming gangs and the Pakistani vote
Giulio Meotti, Italy
Jul 28, 2022, 3:00 PM (GMT+3)

Police dismissed the cases if complaints were filed against Asian families. An investigation found that more than a thousand children were sexually exploited in Telford amid the "shocking" shortcomings of the police and city council, the Times said. The suffering of children could have been avoided if the West Mercia police "had done their most basic work." The investigation found that sexual exploitation of children "flourished" in the Shropshire town due to fears that investigations into Asian men would "inflame racial tensions".

Tom Crowther QC, head of the investigation, said: “Countless children have been sexually assaulted and raped. They have been deliberately humiliated and degraded. They have been shared and trafficked. They were subjected to violence and their families threatened ”. Investigating them would have been "too politically incorrect". Crowther said the exploitation continued "out of control" despite everyone being "aware of it in detail".

More at
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357253

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UK Government conference on religious freedom triggers concern about apostasy hatred in UK
22 July 2022

The UK government hosted a human rights conference to urge increased global action on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all on 5th July. 

The conference brought together governments, parliamentarians, faith and belief representatives, and civil society.

National governments represented at the conference were invited to co-sign 1 or more of a set of written statements. The set includes an overarching statement on the conference itself and thematic statements covering freedom of religion or belief issues.

As with any Government conferences of this nature, the event inspired a number of fringe events and one that was of particular importance to British Asian Christian Association, was the ‘No Penalty for Apostasy & Blasphemy’ Conference at the Emmanuel Centre in London.  The event had a good attendance and was live-streamed across the globe.

More at
https://www.britishasianchristians.org/baca-news/uk-government-conference/

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American Islamists Defend al-Qaida-Tied Asim Ghafoor
By
Susannah Johnston
July 25, 2022

U.S.-based Islamist organizations have expressed outrage over the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) arrest and imprisonment of Islamist Asim Ghafoor, a former spokesperson for three charities — that allegedly supported al-Qaida — and a former defense attorney for Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law.

The Emiratis detained Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen, during a stopover in Dubai on July 14 and sentenced him to three years in prison and $800,000 in fines for money laundering and tax evasion.  His attorney, Faisal Gill, claims Ghafoor knew nothing of the UAE’s charges against him prior to his sentencing.

American Islamist organizations with links to Qatar immediately expressed outrage over the UAE’s actions in an apparent effort to damage the country’s reputation in the eyes of Westerners. The UAE has taken a strong stance against the Muslim Brotherhood, making the criticism from at least some Islamists look like a Qatari-backed effort to smear its enemies.

More at
https://islamism.news/2022/07/25/american-islamists-defend-al-qaida-tied-asim-ghafoor/

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New fatwa reignites hijab controversy in Egypt
July 28, 2022

CAIRO — A veiling fatwa recently issued by Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest religious authority, has sparked outrage and criticism among Egyptians.

On July 8, Al-Azhar's Global Center for Electronic Fatwas published its “Eid Prohibitions,” a series of measures to observe during Eid al-Adha, on Facebook. One forbids women from leaving home without the hijab.

The statement was met with widespread criticism online. The following day, the institution changed the wording to forbid women from attending Eid prayers without the veil.

The change, however, did not put an end to the controversy.

The Arabic hashtag for “Down with Sheikh Al-Azhar,” demanding the ouster of Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, trended on Twitter.

More at
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/new-fatwa-reignites-hijab-controversy-egypt

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Turkey accused of killing Kurdish female commander in Syria
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN   
Published: JULY 28, 2022 18:55

A Kurdish commander in the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US-backed group that helped defeat ISIS, was murdered in a targeted assassination by a drone strike in Syria on July 22.

The attack by Turkey, using an armed drone, appears to be the latest attempt by Ankara to attack US-backed anti-ISIS forces. Turkey has also encouraged extremist groups to shell areas of Syria around Tel Tamr, driving civilians from their homes.

The same groups have targeted churches and have been accused of ethnic cleansing of Kurds and Yazidis, as well as the kidnapping and abuse of women. In addition, Turkish strikes allegedly killed four other members of a Kurdish security force south of Ayn Issa and killed nine tourists in northern Iraq in the last week.

More at
https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-713373

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6-year-old Israeli boy killed, 6 injured in West Bank car crash
By SARA SERFATY
28 July 2022, 9:25 am

A 6-year-old Israeli child was killed and six other people, including four family members, were wounded in a crash Wednesday on Route 60 near the West Bank city of Ariel.

The child, Matan Tsinman, was in his family’s car with his mother and three of his siblings when it underwent a head-on collision with a Palestinian vehicle with two occupants.  The mother, who was driving, said the Palestinian car swerved into her lane.

Magen David Adom paramedics found Matan Tsinman unconscious at the site and took him in critical condition to Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. Despite resuscitation efforts he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

He was set to enter first grade in the fall.

More at
https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-year-old-israeli-boy-killed-6-injured-in-west-bank-car-accident/

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94 % are men: asylum applications in Austria tripled, most of them by Afghans
July 28 2022

Asylum applications in Austria have already tripled compared to the previous year – and the new wave of refugees, mostly Afghan, Syrian and Tunisian men, does not seem to be abating. If the arrival figures remain this high, Austria will reach a similar level this year as in 2015 and 2016.

In the first half of the year, 31,050 persons applied for asylum in Austria. Almost all applicants are men. The Ukrainian war refugees, the majority of whom are female, were not included in the statistics of the Ministry of the Interior.

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https://exxpress.at/94-sind-maenner-asylantraege-in-oesterreich-verdreifacht-die-meisten-afghanen/

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Iran: Ex-child bride among three women executed in one day - report
By Sebastian Usher and Leo Sands
BBC News
29 July 2022, 01:43 BST

According to the Iran Human Rights Group they were among 32 people executed in the past week alone.

A former child bride, convicted of later killing the man she had married at the age of 15, was among them.

Authorities are believed to have substantially stepped up their use of the death penalty, executing twice as many people so far this year than last.

Rights groups report that Iran also executes more women than any other country, the majority of whom are thought to have been found guilty of killing their husbands.

More at
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62342689.amp

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PA set to double the salary of the murderer of the Salomon family
Maurice Hirsch, Adv. 
 Jul 28, 2022

Having now completed 5 years in prison, the PA will raise the salary of the murderer from 2,000 shekels (~$643) per month to 4,000 shekels (~$1,286) per month.

Just days before the attack Fatah, the party of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, rebroadcast Abbas' implicit call to violence from 2014, in which he claimed that Jews “have no right to defile” the Al-Aqsa Mosque and that Palestinians should “prevent” the Jews from doing so: 

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https://palwatch.org/page/31861

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Minor girl allegedly raped at a mosque in Sambhal
Updated on: 28 July 2022, 15:15 IST

In a horrifying incident coming in from Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a religious teacher, police said on Wednesday.

The accused has now been taken into police custoody, they said.

As maintained in the complaint registered by the victim’s mother, the minor girl was raped by Owais, her religious teacher at a mosque.

According to the Superintendent of Police Chakresh Mishra, the accused took the minor girl to his room near the mosque and raped her.

More at
https://www.catchnews.com/india-news/uttar-pradesh-minor-girl-allegedly-raped-at-a-mosque-in-sambhal-237239.html