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Latest issue of The Muslim News Newspaper includes exclusive interview with Business Sec Vince Cable who recognises that Muslims are among the worst hit from economic crisis; Editorial on damages to human liberty ten years since declaration by Bush and Blair that they will be pursuing 'war on terror' and now its about time to 'turn a new leaf'; story on young brothers achieving A in ALevels at the age of 13; also list on high achiever Muslim students in GCSE/ALevels; wrongful arrest of a researcher at Nottingham Univ under draconian anti terror laws – Muslims targeted by intelligence officers – not only at univ but in schools too; huge number of Islamophobia stories from various parts of the world including recommendation by the BBC Pork vindaloo for Muslims during Eid…. And lot of other stories… read on….

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Editorial

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5470

Ten years on, time to reflect on 'war on terror'

This month marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US and the launch of the so-called 'war on terror' which is still being pursued in various guises. In response to the September 11 attacks, the US, UK and other Western countries carried out illegal wars against Muslim countries and enacted anti terror legislations targeting the Muslim communities. We need to reflect on these aberrations on our human liberty and what we used to stand for and see how we can begin to turn a new leaf.

UK's cleverest brothers

By Ali-Abbas Datoo

Wajih and Zohaib Ahmed, who live in Chandler's Ford near Southampton, are truly on their way to securing the mantle of the UK's cleverest brothers. Thirteen-year-old Wajih Ahmed gained an A in A-Level Chemistry and an A in AS-Level Physics, an A* in his Religious Studies GCSE and a B in Economics adding to the A*'s he bagged in A-Level Mathematics and A-Level Further Mathematics last year. Not to be outdone 11-year-old Zohaib scored an A* in Statistics GCSE this year.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5469

Police pay Muslim student £20k over wrongful terror arrest

By Elham Asaad Buaras

A student who was arrested and held for seven days after downloading an edited version of terrorism manual from a US Government website as part of his research has received £20,000 in an out of court settlement with the police on September 15.

Home news

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5514

Coalition aware of economic fallout on Muslims, says Cable

By Ahmed J Versi

The Coalition Government recognises that Muslims are among the worst hit from the economic crisis but is seeking to alleviate the situation, according to Business Secretary Vince Cable. "We know that people's living standards have been affected and…some groups have been particularly affected," Cable told The Muslim News in an exclusive interview on September 15. "The Muslim communities in the UK are among them."

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5488

Police officers feed the homeless

By Elham Asaad Buaras

Muslim police officers took to the streets of Manchester during Ramadan to offer support to the homeless.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5477

Anti-racist campaigners call for Deputy Mayor's sacking

By Elham Asaad Buaras

Anti-racist campaigners have urged the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to sack his Deputy who is being investigated for racist comments in the wake of the riots last month.

Richard Barnes, who ironically has responsibility for equality, is reported to have said: "Why did police put Persil in the water cannons? To stop the colours running?"

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5489

Algerian artist wins Victoria and Albert Museum £25k Prize

By Elham Asaad Buaras

Algerian born artist Rachid Koraichi has won the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), £25,000 Jameel Prize for a selection of embroidered cloth banners from a series entitled Les Maitres invisibles.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5490

Founder of Asians Rugby Association honoured

By Aliya Al-Yassin

Founder of the British Asians Rugby Association, Ikram Butt, was presented an honorary doctorate in Sports Science at the Leeds Metropolitan University's graduation ceremony, on July 22. He was awarded in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sport and the community, in the UK and abroad.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5511

11 arrested for killing Muslims in Birmingham

By Aishah Ali

Police investigating the murders of 3 men struck by a car in Winson Green Birmingham, on August 10, during the riots, have now made a total of 11 arrests in connection to the murders.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5515

Man held after blind imam found dead in mosque

By Sara Asaria

"I am the Messiah, I killed the Dajjal", a haunting admission of murder was made two hours after the death of a blind imam. 39-year-old Maimoun Zarzour was found dead in his office at the Muslim Welfare Centre (MWC), north London, on Friday morning [September 2].

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5516

First Sikh in Parliament to wear a turban

By Sara Asaria

On September 5, Dr Indargit Singh was announced as a new, non-party-political peer of the House of Lords. The recommendation, by the House of Lords Appointments Commission, makes him the first Sikh in Parliament to wear a turban.

Islamophobia

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5491

Pork vindaloo for Eid, suggests BBC

By Elham Asaad Buaras

The BBC has apologised for an embossing "automated" blunder which had its website promoting a pork curry dish for Eid al-Fitr.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5476

'Islamicism' a 'major threat' to our nation, says Canada's PM

By Sara Asaria

Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has met with mass condemnation for describing 'Islamism' as one of the greatest dangers facing Canada. The offended include several Muslim organisations and human rights lawyer, Paul Champ.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5500

Hartlepool mosque vandalised

By Aishah Ali

The doors of the Nasir Mosque, Hartlepool, Brougham Terrace, were vandalised with Islamophobic graffiti on November 16, last year, the night before Eid al-Adha.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5502

Assault on Algerian racially motivated

By Sara Asaria

Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray has strongly condemned the attack of a 40-year old Algerian man, claiming, "This is a disgraceful act that was racially motivated. The local community in the south of Edinburgh is very multi-cultural and we need to stamp out any behaviour of this kind."

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5503

Ex-soldier guilty of racism

By Aishah Ali

Aaron Mckenzie, 22, ex-soldier from Brierfield, appeared before Burnley Crown Court on August 16 and pleaded guilty for his racially aggravated behaviour towards two Muslim girls on Colne Road, Burnley, Lancashire.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5498

Palestine: Israeli settlers suspected of graffiti on mosque

Vandals sprayed Islamophobic and racist graffiti on the walls of a mosque and a university in the West Bank town of Birzeit near Ramallah on September 9 in attacks by suspected Israeli settlers.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5499

Palestine: Settlers set fire to Qusra mosque

A mosque in the West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, was set on fire on September 5 morning, hours after Israeli police officers destroyed three illegal structures in the settlement outpost of Migron

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5501

Ex-Labour Birmingham Cllr gets deselection payout

By Elham Asaad Buaras

An ex-Birmingham Councillor has been awarded £122,000 after claiming he was deselected by Labour for being Asian.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5492

USA: US Muslims loyal but facing discrimination

By Hassan Joudi

Muslim-Americans are loyal to their country, but are the most likely faith group to face discrimination, according to a Gallup poll report published on August 2.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5493

USA: CAIR defends prayer rights of Muslim employees

More than a dozen Muslim employees have won a ruling by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) in a complaint against H Heinz Co Subsidiary, Dianne's Gourmet Desserts, in Le Centre, Minn.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5494

USA: Minneapolis man pleads guilty to assaulting Somali

On August 10 George Thompson, 64, pleaded guilty to committing a hate crime in a federal court. Thompson assaulted an 83-year-old Somali man on May 4, 2010.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5495

USA: Muslim woman threatened by gun-wielding bigot

A 21-year-old Muslim woman said she was the victim of a hate crime as she drove along State Street, Michigan, on August 14.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5496

USA: Caller threatened to bomb Tenn mosque

Authorities in Mufreesboro, Tennessee, say an anonymous caller threatened to detonate a bomb inside a mosque in Tennessee on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5497

USA: Woman hauled out of flight, handcuffed for using toilet

By Elham Asaad Buaras

A 35-year-old woman from Ohio has criticised the behaviour of Frontier Airlines, the FBI and the US Homeland Security after she was hauled out of her plane seat, handcuffed, strip-searched and detained for hours along with her seatmates, because a passenger thought she looked suspicious and it was the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5508

USA: American Muslims seeking integration are met with discrimination

By Sara Asaria

In a survey conducted earlier this year, a large majority of Muslims demonstrated their affiliation with the American way of life. However, the value of these findings, which were published on August 30, is somewhat diminished by the treatment and perception of American Muslims by the general public.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5509

USA: Number of informants used by the FBI soars

By Ali-Abbas Datoo

There has been threefold increase in the number informants working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 9/11, according to a report by the National Public Radio (NPR).

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5510

USA: Post 9/11 prejudices prevail for Muslims in US

By Sara Asaria

A report commissioned by Governance Studies at Brookings and Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), reveals a host of negative attitudes concerning Islam and Muslim integration in the US, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5523

Brief Islamophobia

World News

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5478

Turkey to escort Gaza aid ships amid row with Israel

By Elham Asaad Buaras

Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said his country will in future escort aid ships travelling to the Gaza Strip.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5479

Wikileaks cable reopens inquiry into massacre of Iraqi family

By Sara Asaria

A Wikileaks diplomatic cable has forced the Iraqi Government to re-launch an investigation into the allegation that US troops executed a family of 10 including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an air strike to destroy the evidence, during the 2006 incident in the central Iraqi town of Ishaqi.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5481

Protests continue in Bahrain despite brutal clampdown

By Aliya Al-Yassin

Thousands of pro-democracy protestors took to the streets, again, on September 22 in Tubli and Sitra, Bahrain, to protest against the Government's crackdown on protestors, in a gathering organised by opposition societies (parties are banned in the country). The protestors are demanding democracy and an end to the Al-Khalifa family's rule in Bahrain.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5482

Al-Jazeera calls on Israel to free its journalist ‎

By Elham Asaad Buaras

Al-Jazeera satellite news channel has called on Israel to release its former Kabul bureau chief ahead of the journalist's appearance before a court on September 7.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5483

Deaths at funeral in Sana'a

By A Correspondent

Several protestors were been killed by Government troops as thousands of mourners gathered for a mass funeral in Yemen's capital Sana'a on September 21.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5484

Two French women become the first to receive niqab fines

By Elham Asaad Buaras

Two women who continued to wear the niqab in defiance of a new law banning it in France became the first to receive fines on September 22.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5485

EU places new sanctions on Syria

By Elham Asaad Buaras

The EU has placed new sanctions against Syria including a ban on investments in the oil sector and on delivering cash made in Europe.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5524

Brief World

Education

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5480

2011 Roll of Honour: Academic High Achievers

Human Rights

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5519

Soldiers committed gratuitous violence against Iraqis, inquiry finds

By Hamed Chapman

British soldiers responsible for the death of Basra hotel worker Baha Mousa should face charges ranging from murder to war crimes, says the victim's family and lawyers.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5486

Tortured suspect looses appeal, to sue Government

By Sara Asaria

A suspect accused of collusion in the July 2010 Kampala, Uganda, bombings lost the appeal to take legal action against the British Government. In the first case of British alleged complicity in torture since the forming of the Coalition Government, Public Interest lawyers maintain that their client, Omar Adadh Omar, is innocent of all charges.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5487

US citizen on no-fly list arrested in Southampton

By Elham Asaad Buaras

A 23-year-old Muslim convert who travelled by train and boat from the West Coast to Southampton, England, because of his apparent placement on the no-fly list has been detained in the UK.

Comment

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5517

Muslims banned from praying in streets of France

By Siraj Datoo

Hands up if you were shocked when you heard that Muslims have been banned from praying in the streets of Paris? In the past few years, under the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, Muslims have often found themselves the target of, sinister and entirely political, Government discussion.

Regular columns

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5518

Legal Corner: Did a requirement to join the fridge-cleaning rota discriminate against Sikhs?

By Sharmin Pirbhai (Employment Law Specialist)

In Chatwal v Wandsworth Borough Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that a Sikh council worker who refused to join an office fridge-cleaning rota because his religious beliefs banned him from touching or handling meat products could be the victim of discrimination, and has accordingly remitted the case to the same tribunal for further consideration.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5504

Book Review: Promoting understanding of Islam and Muslims

By Muhammad Khan

What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam (Second Edition) by John L Esposito, New York: Oxford University Press, pp268, 2011, HB, £13.99

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5505

Obituary: Mirza Michael John Bukht

By Elham Asaad Buaras

TV chef and a co-founder of the radio station Classic FM, Mirza Michael John Bukht died on August 4, aged 69 after a period of ill health.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5506

Obituary: Ayman Ahwal, Journalist, Environmental campaigner, Green activist

By Sara Asaria

Ayman Ahwal passed away on August 16, at 7.20 pm, Birmingham, at the age of 71.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5507

Poets' Corner: Thank You

Dr Joel Hayward

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5512

Health and Science

By Rachel Kayani

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5513

Environment: Hydraulic fracturing: Newest energy debate

By Sarah Marshall, University of South Florida

An increasingly common form of energy extraction being practiced worldwide is hydraulic fracturing; commonly called "fracking."

Sport

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5520

Clinical United dispatch Chelsea to make it five in a row

By Zeeshan Akhtar

Manchester United went two points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Chelsea in a highly eventful encounter at Old Trafford.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5522

Farah takes gold in world Athletics

By Elham Asaad Buaras

GB athlete Mohamed Farah admits he had never heard of Ibrahim Jeilan before the Ethiopian snatched gold from him in the 10,000m.

However, Farah disappointment of just missing the 10,000m title was short-lived when he won a thrilling battle down the home stretch to take gold in the men's 5000m.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5521

Sport in Brief

By Elham Asaad Buaras

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