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How Jordan uses Islam against the Islamic State - 0 views
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Many people in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan fear the ideological appeal of the Islamic State could create a homegrown threat from the militant group. To counter this potential threat, Jordan has imposed new rules on its Muslim clerics. Such an interesting tactic, but also very important. These effort should be completely supported to both distance the link between Islam and the foolishness/heresy/violence of the Islamic State, but also illegitimatize ISIS' influence on Middle East persons.
Beyond Authenticity: ISIS and the Islamic Legal Tradition - 0 views
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From the online magazine, Jadaliyya, author of Beyond Authenticity: ISIS and the Islamic Legal Tradition, Sohaira Saddiqui, discusses her interoperation of what is Islamic and un-Islamic and why violence and brutality are ISIS's main operating principle.
Is ISIS Islamic? - 0 views
Eighty-Eight Year On, Muslim Brotherhood Stand Steadfast As Ever - for Freedom, Reform ... - 0 views
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Eighty-eight years have passed since the founding of the Muslim Brotherhood on March 22, 1928 at the hands of Imam Hassan Al-Banna. They expand on the importance of a religiously led government in the region and importance of keeping their mission in mind and reforming to democratic legitimacy they say.
ISIS Video Claims To Show Beheading Of British Aid Worker David Haines - 0 views
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Another IS hostage has been beheaded. The hostage was British aid worker was David Haines. According to The Huffington Post, the video showed how IS addressed British PM David Cameron and his policies against the group. Haines had been abducted last year in Syria.
Islamic State fighters number far more than first thought, says CIA | Al Jazeera America - 1 views
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This article talks about how the number of IS fighters is actually more than what the CIA had anticipated. There are around 20,000 to 31,500, which is 10,000 less than what the CIA had stated. There are approximately 15,000 foreign fighters, so this is concerns to the Western countries in the fact that these foreign fighters can carry attacks in their home countries.
Egypt court bans another Islamist party - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online - 0 views
Fashion, faith clash at Abercrombie - Chicago Tribune - 0 views
Richard Dawkins' tweets on Islam are as rational as the rants of an extremist Muslim cl... - 0 views
ISIS executes Syrian youth after anti-jihadist protest - 1 views
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ISIS fighters executed innocents in a Syrian town Friday, after hundreds of residents demanded they leave following regime airstrikes that targeted the jihadists but also incidently killed civilians as well- the Islamic State executed the innocents publicly
US hostage now 'a very dedicated Muslim' - 0 views
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Abdul-Rahman Kassig was an American aid worker that was kidnapped in Syria By ISIS. To many people's surprise, the American converted to Islam after being captured.
The Diversity of Islam - NYTimes.com - 0 views
In Saudi Arabia, Shiite Muslims Challenge Ban On Protests - 0 views
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When Arab Spring protests broke out in Saudi Arabia in 2011, the government reacted quickly, pumping $130 billion into the economy and cracking down on dissent. While this approach has worked in some cities, the Shiite Muslims in the Eastern Province continued to demonstrate.
Nuclear weapons are a sin, says Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - 1 views
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In 2012, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisted that Iran was not seeking nuclear weapons, claiming that "holding these arms is a sin as well as useless, harmful and dangerous". Why atomic weaponry is considered a religious sin in the Islamic culture.