Islam and the West *Islam’s return to Europe: Assimilation or confrontation<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1611> *
It hadn’t taken long for Islam to make its new claim on Europe. Caldwell’s numbers give away the problem: “In the middle of the 20th century,” he tells us, “there were virtually no Muslims in Western Europe.” Now there are more than 15 million, including 5 million in France, 4 million in Germany and 2 million in Britain. A study by Britain’s House of Commons of the July 7, 2005, bombings against London’s Underground caught the hostility of the new Islamism to the idea of assimilation, to the principle of nationality itself. Three of the four bombers were second-generation British citizens born in West Yorkshire. The fourth, who was born in Jamaica and brought to England as an infant, was a convert to Islam. -- *Fouad Ajami* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1611> Islam and the West *Fear of offending minorities keeps the West shamefully quiet<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1610> * According to figures released by the United Nations, Fadia is one of 5,000 women who will die this year in so-called honour killings. The Jerusalem Post notes she is the 10th woman to lose her life in 2009 in honour killings in Palestinian areas and in Arab communities within Israel. After writing about honour killings on Wednesday, I received a number of e-mails from people who object to the term and want to lump these incidents in the category of domestic abuse, to avoid casting the faintest shadow of aspersion on a non-western culture. -- *Naomi Lakritz, & Calgary Herald* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1610> Islamic Society *The changing face of Islam in Egypt<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1609> * 4 Comments More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1609> Books and Documents *Why democracy isn’t about vote margins<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1608> * “What have we done to democracy?” asks Roy. “What have we turned it into? What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning? What happens when each of its institutions has metastasised into something dangerous? Could it be that democracy, the sacred answer to our short- term hopes and prayers, the protector of our individual freedoms and nurturer of our avaricious dreams, will turn out to be the endgame for the human race?” Roy, of course, doesn’t talk of a return to authoritarianism. She X- rays the symbiotic relationship between democratic governance, the growth of fascism and the free market, and exposes how they all feed off one another. The ascent of the “fascist BJP” began around the same time as economic liberalisation, the book points out. Today, the Sangh Parivar’s biggest project is “Hinduising” Dalits and Adivasis, and pitting them against each other and against the minorities and Maoists. This has been visible in the way Dalits and Adivasis were unleashed on Muslims in Gujarat, the killings of Christians in Orissa, and in the creation of the anti- Maoist Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh, Roy argues. -- *Saif Shahin* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1608> Islamic World News *Islamic law is law made by Muslim men for the benefit of Muslim men<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1607> * Somalia to Sydney, jihad does not rest *Is al-Qaeda working in Nigeria? * Pakistan: Deadly Rioting Was Planned *Pak clerics say suicide bombings against Islam* Expansion of Islamic Saudi Academy outrages opponents Kuala Lumpur: Islamic councils allowed fighting Catholic Church *Malaysia A Good Example of an Islamic Nation, Says PM* Patna (India): Muslims refute terror allegations against madrasas *Muslim families call for tolerance, understanding * Rebuilding Swat’s shattered infrastructure ‘Muslims in Gujarat should strengthen rapport with Hindus’ *Muslim history vs. Islamic history* **Compiled by *Syed Asadullah* 2 Comments More<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1607> -- Asadullah Syed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. 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