Islamic World News: Egyptian Cleric explains Wife-Beating in Islam 2. Indonesians ignore religious edicts against smoking, yoga
3. Shining a light on Islam's hidden scientific treasure 4. Most wanted Nazi converted to Islam, died in Egypt 5. World Muslim Scholars to Meet In Kuala Lumpur 6. Islam, democracy, human rights compatible – Shirin Ebadi 7. German, Tunisian sentenced in synagogue attack 8. Austria debates democratic credentials of its Islam teachers 9. CAIR Welcomes Obams's Islamic Reference 10. Iraq's Maliki emerges as forceful nationalist 11. Terror suspects maintain contact with terrorist groups 12. Editor Upholds Ideology of Iran's Islamic Revolution 13. Hamas are Sunnis! - Tariq Alhomayed 14. Anti-Islam UK teacher sues bosses for 100 K pounds 15. Fearful erosion of liberties -- Andrew Shaw Compiled by Syed Asadullah More.. http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1179 War on Terror The War on Terror is a Hoax If America were infected with terrorists, we would not need the government to tell us. We would know it from events. As there are no events, the US government substitutes warnings in order to keep alive the fear that causes the public to accept pointless wars, the infringement of civil liberty, national ID cards, and inconveniences and harassments when they fly. The most obvious indication that there are no terrorist cells is that not a single neocon has been assassinated. I do not approve of assassinations, and am ashamed of my country's government for engaging in political assassination. The US and Israel have set a very bad example for al Qaeda to follow. The US deals with al Qaeda and Taliban by assassinating their leaders, and Israel deals with Hamas by assassinating its leaders. It is reasonable to assume that al Qaeda would deal with the instigators and leaders of America's wars in the Middle East in the same way. -- PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, Author of The Tyranny of Good Intentions who was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. More... http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1182 Islam and the West TURKEY: Goodbye to Long Friendship with Israel? Hilmi Toros: ISTANBUL, Feb 5 (IPS) - For decades, isolated Israel could count on Turkey as its only Muslim friend, if not ally, in the tumultuous Middle East. After Israel's assault on Gaza, that friendship is in doubt. M.K. Bhadrakumar: Turkey wades into Middle Eastern great game Turkey's Middle East Policies: Between Neo-Ottomanism and Kemalism Omer Taspinar, Carnegie Paper, September 2008: "The stakes for Turkey and the future of the Middle East are high. Home to more than 70 million Muslims, Turkey is the most advanced democracy in the Islamic world. A stable, western-oriented, liberal Turkey on a clear path toward the EU would serve as a growing market for western goods, a contributor to the labour force Europe will desperately need in the coming decades, a democratic example for the rest of the Muslim world, a stabilizing influence on Iraq, and a partner in Afghanistan. An authoritarian, resentful, and isolated Turkey, on the other hand, would be the opposite in every case. If its domestic politics were to go wrong, Turkey would not only cease being a democratic success story but also could become a destabilizing factor in the Middle East." More.. http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1176 Islam and Sectarianism The "Hidden Imam" of the Shiites – myth or reality? The existence of the Hidden Imam rests upon nothing other than acceptance of the words of those who claim to be his representatives. If this is not mythology what different name one can give it, According to their part of the story, the Hidden Imam even used to read, write, and edit books. This is an unbelievable story, that too coming from a sect claiming to be Muslim, whose beliefs stem from the recorded history of the existence of Prophet (PBUH) and the Book of Allah, the Holy Qur'an. These events of history and records are certainly not a myth like the myth of hidden Imam. Mainstream Islam is renowned for its rationalism and proud of its sustained struggle against superstition of all sorts…. Issues of faith, in a rationalist religion like Islam at least, can never be based upon this kind of flimsy evidence. -- A.M. Jamsheed Basha 4 Comments More. http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1178 -- Syed M. 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