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With the Name of Allah, The Merciful Benefactor, The Merciful Redeemer Muslim News Center Digest for: Wednesday, 21st of Jumaada Thani 1421 / 20 September 2000 To read the entire articles and to read future articles daily as they are posted, point your web browser to: http://www.oneummah.net/news/ --------------------------------- Afghan refugees pray for rain and aid --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2000 by oneummah: By Pamela Constable LORALAI: Afghan refugee women swarmed in close, clutching veils over their faces but determined to be heard. One after another, they thrust forward leathery hands holding crumpled notes on school notebook paper. "Respectfully, I am widow and life is very poor and (I) have no food for eating. Please provide aid to me and I will be very grateful," read one. --------------------------------- Iran Marks Birthday of Prophet's Daughter as Women's Day --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday September 19, 2000 - 06:48:11 PM EDT TEHRAN - Yesterday's birth anniversary of lady Fatimah Az-Zahra (S.A.), noble daughter of Prophet Mohammad (S), is marked as 'Mothers' Day' or 'Women's Day' in the Islamic Republic of Iran. --------------------------------- Islamic Movements in Yemen, Relationship with Authority --------------------------------- Posted Monday September 18, 2000 - 02:56:37 PM EDT Sana'a - Islam is the religion that renounces violence, disparity among Muslims. It rejects infidelity and calls for unity. It is a growing concern to see disparity and conflicts among the Islamic nation which have resulted from the Islamic movements. These movements are considered to be upcoming danger Muslims have to face and deal with. In Yemen there are many of these movements which used to be clandestine before the unity. --------------------------------- Italian Schools Teaching Qur’an --------------------------------- Posted Monday, September 18, 2000 by oneummah: Rome, Jumad Alakhar 20/Sept 18 (IINA) - Italy’s Ministry of Education has decided to teach the Holy Qur’an as a subject in its schools, making the country a pioneer in this type of action in Europe. --------------------------------- USA/Nation-wide registration of Muslim voters --------------------------------- Posted Sunday, September 17, 2000 by oneummah: IINA - 09 Washington, Jumad Alakhar 19/Sept 17 - Muslims in the US were expected Friday to register to vote at mosques nationwide during American Muslim Voter Registration Day. That effort is the culmination of a month-long campaign by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based Islamic advocacy group. --------------------------------- $2m placed on Putin's head --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, September 16, 2000 by oneummah: MOSCOW, Sept 15: A Chechen website published a price-list on Friday for the documented capture or murder of Russian leaders including President Vladimir Putin, whose bounty was set at two million dollars. "The Mujahideen military command has decided to issue financial rewards for the punishment of the highest degree of criminals in the leadership of the Russian Federation," the statement read. --------------------------------- Sheikh Al-Sudeis Tours U.S. --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2000 by oneummah: New York, Jumad Althani 14/Sep 12 (IINA) - Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Sudeis, the Imam and Khateeb of the Makkah Grand Mosque, is continuing with his tour of a number of cities in the state of Ohio, US. --------------------------------- Iran/Presidential adviser speaks on Jerusalem --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, September 9, 2000 by oneummah: Tehran, Jumad Akhar 11/Sept 9 (IINA) - Dr. Kazim Al-Musawi, Adviser to Iran’s President, has stressed that the Palestinian issue, and particularly Jerusalem, concerns every Muslim wherever they may be, and does not concern any particular country. --------------------------------- India/Former Hindu leader embraces Islam --------------------------------- Posted Sunday, September 3, 2000 by oneummah: Delhi, Jumad Al-Thani 5/Sept 3 (IINA) - Shiv Prasad, who was a leading Hindu extremist activist and one of those involved in the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya in 1992, has embraced Islam, and he now constantly prays to Allah to forgive him his sins and trespasses. _____________________________ The Muslim News Center http://www.oneummah.net/news/ A Member of One Ummah Network _____________________________