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You Are A Muslim A man fell in a pit and could not get himself out. A self-pitying person came along and said: You have not seen anything until you have seen my pit. An optimist said: Things could have been worse A pessimist said: Things will get worse! A philosopher came along and said: You only think that you are in the pit. A [...]
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What Did Islam Do for the World? For decades many have discussed whether the Islamic ideology can return as a leading civilization, one that can bring nations out of illiteracy, war, poverty to advancement in education, peace, and economic prosperity as in the past. A civilization that can stand as an example [...]
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Wishing Non-Muslims "Happy Holidays"
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Scottish Defence League flop in Edinburgh
Hundreds of police took to the streets of Edinburgh amid concerns that large numbers of SDL supporters would converge on the city at the same time as a rally by Scotland United, a loose coalition of politicians, Christian and Islamic faith groups, and trade unionists.
But only about 40 supporters of the SDL turned up, and they found themselves corralled into a pub at the bottom of the Royal Mile for several hours. There were five arrests for public order offences but the Scotland United rally, attended by about 2,000 people, passed off peacefully in Princes Street Gardens, about half a mile away.
The SDL members congregated in Jenny Ha's opposite the Scottish Parliament at about 11am yesterday, forcing police to erect two cordons on the Royal Mile, separating them from members of the Edinburgh Anti-Fascist Alliance.
While the majority of those in attendance – among them teenagers and women – said they refused to speak to the press for fear of being misquoted, others said they expected a considerable turnout from SDL supporters. "There's people up from Leeds, Stockport, Wolverhampton, London, all over. We're getting 3,000 bodies here," said a member of the English Defence League. We're coming in from everywhere – Spain, Gilbraltar, Bulgaria."
The group unfurled banners with slogans such as "Say no to fundamentalist Muslims" and sporadically raised chants, including "We want our country back" and "Muslim bombers off our streets". Despite attempts to break through the police cordon, they were contained in the pub, until two double-decker buses took them out of the city centre at about 4pm.
At the formal Scotland United rally, which included a march from Princes Street Gardens to the Meadows, speakers said the SDL had failed to gain support, but warned against complacency. Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said: "Today is about making a stand against those who would seek to divide and saying to them that their views are not welcome."
Osama Saeed, of the Scottish Islamic Foundation and an SNP candidate for Glasgow Central, said it was a "further humiliation" for the SDL. "They only got ten minutes in the rain last November in Glasgow. They didn't even get that today."
Scotland on Sunday, 21 February 2010
See also News of the World, 21 February 2010
Update: The EDL reports that its "leadership team" were arrested on their way to the Edinburgh demonstration and their homes have been raided by the police. As a result, the planned EDL demonstration in Bradford on 30 May has been cancelled.
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Muslims in China However, it is certain that the advocating and spread of Islam was done by Iranian merchants and mainly through the Silk Road. This claim is supported by the fact that most Chinese Muslims are familiar with Farsi (Persian) words and use them in their everyday Chinese conversations. Even today, [...]
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