May - islam in the news 2022

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'Attacking Prophet Mohammed means death, Kamlesh Tiwari was killed after 5 years’: Islamic cleric issues threat over alleged blasphemy
16 June, 2022

Amid the political turmoil in the country over Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Islamic fundamentalists are constantly issuing death threats to her. A video has recently appeared on social media in which an Islamic cleric is seen openly issuing death threats to former BJP leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal at a press conference.

An Islamic cleric named Hamid Engineer was openly threatening Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal in a press conference, saying that ‘insulting Islam means signing own suicide note’. The video was shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute. According to the report, Minorities Democratic Party held a press conference in Nagpur on 5th June 2022. Hamid Engineer, President of Iman Tanzim Islamic, was present at this press conference. In this press conference, he reacted to the allegedly derogatory remarks about the prophet Muhammad given by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and former Delhi BJP leaeder Naveen Jindal

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https://www.opindia.com/2022/06/maharashtra-islamist-cleric-issue-death-threats-over-alleged-blasphemy/

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India Cowers Under Islamist Threats, Again
De-escalating a diplomatic bonfire sparked by "blasphemy."
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Saurav Dutt

India has been thrust into a diplomatic firefight with Islamic nations due to a controversy ignited by BJP spokespersons’ remarks on the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The furor began after two spokespersons of the ruling party, the BJP, made derogatory references to Islam and Muhammad, forcing New Delhi into urgently trying to appease neighborhood Islamic nations and hardline Islamists that demanded nothing less than punishment for both, particularly whom they deemed to be the serial offender, one Nupur Sharma. The fact that it was a Hindu woman insulting Islam must have come as particularly galling. Responding to blatantly offensive and Hindu-phobic insults against a Hindu deity during a television debate on the flagship Times Now television channel, Sharma made the cardinal mistake of rebutting said insult by referring to the deemed inappropriateness of the Muslim prophet’s relationship with six-year-old Aisha.

Predictably, on Sunday, Qatar, Iran and Kuwait summoned India’s Ambassadors and expressed their strong protest and condemnation of the allegedly controversial remarks. On Monday, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the Maldives, the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman and Afghanistan had also joined in. As Indian Express reported, “the BJP suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled Delhi media head Naveen Kumar and amid protests by Muslim groups, the party also issued a statement aimed at assuaging the concerns of minorities and distancing itself from these members.”

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https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/india-cowers-under-islamist-threats-again-saurav-dutt/

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Italian parliament opens investigation after hundreds of migrants blamed for ‘unleashing hell’ at lakeside towns with rioting and sexual assaults
author: JOHN CODY
June 16, 2022

After last week saw widespread chaos breakout at parties in Italian lakeside towns near Lake Garda involving up to 2,000 migrants, the Italian public prosecutor’s office and the Italian Parliament have opened a number of investigations, including into one case where 30 migrant men allegedly sexually assaulted six teen girls on a train from Lake Garda to Milan.

The investigation also deals with violent incidents committed by some participants in a previous event in the town of Peschiera, a popular tourist destination. The Italian parliament will also be concurrently investigating the case and debating the incident that generated national headlines in the country.

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https://rmx.news/article/italian-parliament-opens-investigation-after-hundreds-of-migrants-blamed-for-unleashing-hell-in-italian-lakeside-towns-with-mass-sexual-assaults-and-violence/

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Pakistan: Two minor Hindu sisters raped at gunpoint; police delayed filing an FIR due to the accused’s influential background
17 June, 2022

The atrocities on minority Hindus continue unabated in Pakistan. On June 16, Thursday, it has been reported that two minor Hindu sisters were raped at gunpoint in the Islamic country’s Punjab province. One of the accused belongs to an influential family in Pakistan.

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa took to Twitter Thursday to share a report by DNA on the crime. He Tweeted, “Minorities continue to suffer in Pak: 2 Hindu teenage sisters raped at gunpoint in Punjab province of Pakistan. Pak Police registered a case after a 3-day delay as some influential people of the area reportedly wanted to settle the matter with the victims’ family.”

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https://www.opindia.com/2022/06/pakistan-two-minor-hindu-sisters-raped-at-gunpoint-in-punjab-province/

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Beheadings Show Islamist Peril Persists for Total in Mozambique
Matthew Hill and Borges Nhamire

A fresh wave of attacks by an Islamic State affiliate in northern Mozambique has prompted the evacuation of the nation’s biggest solar power plant and threatens to further delay TotalEnergies SE’s $20 billion liquefied natural gas project.

Forces from Rwanda and a southern African regional bloc have helped retake towns from insurgents who’ve been wreaking havoc since 2017, largely securing a coastal stretch around Total’s project. But violence has recently spiked, spreading to new areas near Pemba, the Cabo Delgado province’s capital, and causing panic as IS disseminates photos of bodies it says were beheaded by its fighters.

All workers at a solar power plant situated in Metoro, about 70 kilometers (44 miles) inland from Pemba, and operated by Neoen SA and local partner Electricidade de Moçambique, were evacuated at the weekend following a nearby raid.

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https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/beheadings-show-islamist-peril-persists-for-total-in-mozambique-1.1779598

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PA: World War III if Jews are allowed to pray on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site
Nan Jacques Zilberdik 
 Jun 16, 2022

Israel's actions in Jerusalem will lead to a “religious war… [that] will reach the US, Europe, and the entire world,” and “will exterminate everything.” These are threats coming from PA Chairman Abbas’ official spokesmen and advisors. However, all these PA warnings and threats are based on libels and lies.

The libel that Israel is planning the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to build a Jewish Temple in its place is one of the most potent and long-standing PA libels. As a prelude to this alleged Israeli plan, the PA claims Israel is also preparing a “division according to areas and times” of the Temple Mount – what the PA refers to as the Al-Aqsa Mosque plaza and defines as “belonging only to Muslims.” The alleged division would allow Jews and Muslims to pray at the site in separate places and at separate times. This would constitute a change in what is perceived to be the so-called “status quo” at the site, which de facto is interpreted to mean Jews are only allowed to enter the Temple Mount, but not to conduct individual or communal prayers there.

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https://palwatch.org/page/31763

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Ilhan Omar's Pakistan Trip Raises Questions of Foreign Islamist Influence in the US
by Isabella Meibauer
June 3, 2022

In May, former US Ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates Richard Olson pleaded guilty to violating lobbying laws. He had received monthly payments of $20,000 from a Pakistani American businessman and "political fixer," Imaad Zuberi, within one year of leaving his post. Zuberi was operating on behalf of Qatar and paid Olson to lobby for the Gulf state's interests in a 2017 dispute with its neighbors.

The courts sentenced Zuberi to 12 years in prison and ordered him to pay $16 million in restitution and $2 million in fines for illegally sending millions of dollars from foreign sources to whichever political campaigns they believed would benefit them. In addition to Qatar, Zuberi's clients included "the governments of Libya, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Turkey, and a Ukrainian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin," according to the Daily Mail.

The considerable power that foreign agents with such connections can easily exert is troubling, and connections between these agents and elected officials warrant deeper investigation.

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https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/63325/ilhan-omar-pakistan-trip-raises-questions

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Switzerland: Illegal immigrant attacks massive church organ recently restored for €530,000 in Neuchâtel
June 16, 2022
editor: REMIX NEWS
author: JOHN CODY

Police say an illegal immigrant caused tens of thousands of euros worth of damage to a recently restored church organ inside the Collegiate Church of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

On Tuesday, the man broke into the church with the intention of spending the night inside. While on the premises, the man committed “significant” damage to the church organ, which had recently been restored for 550,000 Swiss francs (€530,000). He was immediately arrested on scene.

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https://rmx.news/article/switzerland-illegal-immigrant-attacks-massive-church-organ-recently-restored-for-e530000-in-neuchatel/

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Viral Revenge Porn in Islamic Pakistan
Aliya Anjum
JUNE 16, 2022

Dr Aamir Liaquat was the newscaster on Geo Television’s very first news bulletin, after the liberalization of the electronic media in the Musharraf era.

Sporting a middle-class nerdy look, he instantly appealed to audiences.  Alim Online, shot him to fame, with Pakistanis at home and abroad.  He was also seen cooking Nihari on live television, and reviving the popular game show Neelam Ghar, during Ramadan.

Dr Aamir Liaquat possessed tremendous energy when he anchored shows with a live audience for hours on end.  He became extremely popular as a self-taught Islamic scholar, who was eloquent and gentlemanly. Fame is a slippery slope and a double-edged sword.  With fame come fake friends and real enemies.

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https://dailytimes.com.pk/952561/viral-revenge-porn-in-islamic-pakistan/

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Indore: Maulvi, five others booked for performing 'nikah' of 14-year-old girl in city
6/16/22

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A case has been registered against a Muslim cleric and five others for allegedly forcibly performing nikah (marriage) of a 14-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, police said on Thursday.

An FIR was registered on Wednesday for the ceremony that took place on July 4 2021 between a girl who was 14 at the time and a 19-year-old man, said Dinesh Verma, the in-charge of Khajrana police station.

According to the FIR, the man had not only forcibly confined the girl in his house, but had also raped her.

Apart from the maulvi (Muslim cleric), the FIR registered for violation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 also named the groom's mother and three witnesses present at the time of solemnising the nikah, the official said.

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/indore-maulvi-five-others-booked-for-performing-nikah-of-14-year-old-girl-in-city/ar-AAYxBAE?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=b9a2aaefbaad4ad5940d859ffe0ab9de

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Women not wearing hijab 'trying to look like animals', say Taliban posters
By AFP
Thursday Jun 16, 2022

KANDAHAR: The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying that Muslim women who do not wear an Islamic hijab that fully covers their bodies are “trying to look like animals”, an official confirmed on Thursday.

Since seizing power in August, the Taliban have imposed harsh restrictions on Afghan women, rolling back the marginal gains they made during the two decades since the US invaded the country and ousted the group’s previous regime.

In May, the country’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada approved a decree saying women should generally stay at home.

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https://www.geo.tv/latest/422769-women-not-wearing-hijab-trying-to-look-like-animals-say-taliban-posters

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Kowtowing to Islamists: Statue of Voltaire goes behind bars in France
June 16 2022

François-Marie Arouet fought for freedom of expression. Voltaire, as he later called himself, took great risks to do so. Undaunted, he criticised the fanaticism of religions – 244 years after his death, he is now an example of kowtowing to Islamism.

A poem about the rumour that Philippe of Orléans, the short-term reigning brother of the late Sun King, had fathered a child with his daughter put Voltaire behind bars. As punishment, he was sent into exile. During his imprisonment he wrote “Oedipus”. In it, he also processed the doubts about his own origins.

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https://medforthgotcha100/kowtowing-to-islamists-statue-of-voltaire-goes-behind-bars-in-france/

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Saudi authorities seize rainbow toys for promoting homosexuality
By David Gritten
BBC News
June 15 2022

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have been seizing rainbow-coloured toys and children's clothing, which they claim encourage homosexuality, state TV says.

An Al-Ekhbariya report showed commerce ministry officials removing a range of items from shops in the capital Riyadh.

They included hair clips, pop-its, t-shirts, hats and pencil cases.

One official said the items "contradict the Islamic faith and public morals, and promote homosexual colours targeting the younger generation".

The commerce ministry tweeted separately that its teams were confiscating "products that contain symbols and signs calling for deviation and contradicting common sense".

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61813390

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Bhim Sena Chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar arrested for issuing bounty to cut Nupur Sharma’s tongue, had said he would make her do ‘mujra’
17 June, 2022

The Delhi Police has arrested Bhim Sena Chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar after he announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore and threatened former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her innocuous comments on Prophet Muhammad. The Special Cell’s Cyber Cell unit arrested Tanwar from his residence on Thursday.

The arrest of Tanwar comes days after the Gurgaon Police had booked him for his threats and comments against Nupur Sharma. He was booked for promoting enmity between different groups, abetment, intentional insult and criminal intimidation.

The Delhi Police said that Tanwar had earlier too issued bounties and made threats. “We took cognisance of the video. The man is heard making life-threatening remarks and is trying to spread hatred. We arrested Tanwar from Gurgaon. He has been booked under IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (insult modesty of a woman) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups)”, Cyber Cell police said to Indian Express.

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https://www.opindia.com/2022/06/bhim-sena-chief-nawab-satpal-tanwar-arrested-bounty-threats-nupur-sharma/

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Pilgrimage to Mecca is never easy. Saudi Arabia just made it a lot harder.
June 17, 2022
By Dilshad Ali

For two years as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, Sumaira Malik and her husband, Nauman Chaudary, left their deposit with Dar El Salam Travel for their planned ubgone86, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, from their Virginia home. In April, when the Saudi Ministry of ubgone86 and ubgone85 announced it would permit 1 million international and domestic pilgrims to perform ubgone86, Malik allowed herself to become hopeful.

“(Our travel agency) said they would start with those who had registered in 2019, and so we got in. Everything was settled,” said Malik. The couple made sure their vaccinations were in order and took time off from their work as physicians. Their three kids would be cared for by their babysitter and Malik’s mother, who would fly over from Pakistan.

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https://religionnews.com/2022/06/17/pilgrimage-to-mecca-is-never-easy-saudi-arabia-just-made-it-a-lot-harder/