December 12, 2012 at 3:00 am
Saudi plans indicate that commercial ambitions outweigh the protection of the spiritual and cultural history of Islam.
Saudi Wahhabis Continue Assault on Islamic Heritage by Irfan Al-Alawi December 12, 2012 at 3:00 am Saudi plans indicate that commercial ambitions outweigh the protection of the spiritual and cultural history of Islam. Wahhabi extremists and property developers affiliated with the Saudi authorities are furthering plans to demolish the oldest sections of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the location to which all the world's Muslims turn in prayer. They apparently intend to remove features of the site dating back many centuries, such as columns placed in the Grand Mosque during the eighth century CE. Also, porticos designed by the legendary Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan (c. 1489/1490-1588 CE), whose achievements, and those of his personal disciples, are found at many places in the Islamic culture area, from Bosnia-Hercegovina to India, are slated for destruction. Public dismay about the proposed wrecking, to be done under the pretext of renovation and modernization, has been notable. In response, the Imam and Friday preacher of the Grand Mosque, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, a prominent Wahhabi fanatic and hatemonger, has promised that the areas of the Grand Mosque originating in the Abbasid Arab caliphate (750-1258 CE) and the Ottoman period of rule in Mecca and Medina would not be touched.
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by Sheila Musaji from The American Muslim Posted on 10 December 2012 A recent appearance by Pamela Geller on Russell Brand’s “BrandX” television program is an interesting and humorous example of just how the Islamophobes work. Geller appeared on the program and posted her version of what happened in a WND article Russell Brand’s ugly jihad. The article was subtitled “Pamela Geller shares horror of appearing as ‘guest’ on actor’s talk show”. In the course of Geller’s lament she says: “I was prepared for a snake pit. I was prepared for a circus. But I wasn’t prepared for the pure evil that I was confronted with.” Geller expressed surprise that Brand was “obscene and profane”. She insinuates that the program set up an audience member with a sign, and called that person “a Muslim” who she said she “half expected to pull out a knife and try to behead me.” About Charles Davis she says: I learned after the fact that Charles Davis is an employee of Code Pink and writes for Al-Jazeera. If I had known that going in, I would have been more circumspect. As to Geller’s reference to Russell Brand as a “jihadist”, I’ll have to add this to our list of ridiculous “jihad plots”, she and her fellow Islamophobes turn up daily. By Julienne Gage Saturday, 24 November 2012
Washington For most Muslims, what happens to the body of a deceased person is not quite as important as what happens to that person’s soul. Still, historians of all backgrounds are scrambling to locate the body and belongings of a Muslim buried in Washington, DC nearly 200 years ago, for it touches the soul of early American history. The deceased, Yarrow Mamout, was among tens of thousands – if not millions - of Muslims brought to America during the slave trade, but one of few for which historians have much information. |
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