Funding the anti-terror drive
Netherlands: Dutch government to spend €28 million combating “radicalization” AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: The Dutch government will spend €28 million (US$38 million) over the next four years to prevent the growth of Islamic fundamentalism and right-wing nationalism, the interior affairs minister said Monday.
Guusje ter Horst said the emphasis would be on funding existing programs at the neighborhood and [...]
Salafist crime-busters
Muslim Patrol quiets crime in Shaw On a sidewalk in Shaw, a dozen Muslim men wearing red T-shirts gather an hour before sundown.
Half line up quietly behind an imam. Facing southeast toward Mecca, they bow their heads and read aloud verses from the Koran. The other half spread themselves out and look up and down the [...]
Proper behaviour with the Quran
The basics of proper behaviour with the Quran Anyone whose teaches Sacred Knowledge or possesses such knowledge should have sincerity; be in the best states and most excellent character; be wary of using the knowledge as a source of income or worldly benefit; give advice to students; and take on the bearing of dignity and respect.
In [...]
Baghdad Jews must run for their lives
Baghdad Jews must run for their lives Eight Baghdad Jews who represent the remnants of that city’s Jewish community are facing security threats so grave that they need to flee the country, the community’s caretaker, Canon Andrew White, told The Jerusalem Post from London on Tuesday.
According to White, who himself has fled from Baghdad due [...]
Iraqi sheikh killed by al-Qaeda
Iraqi sheikh ‘killed by al-Qaeda’ A Sunni leader in the Iraqi province of Diyala, who encouraged his community to confront al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been killed by the group, police say.
The militants exploded a bomb in his house in the town of Kanaan, and fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades at other houses and a Sunni mosque. … Until [...]
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