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Richard Dawkins attempts to shame Twitter after Bin Laden honey criticism
November 5, 2013 Richard Dawkins has responded to Twitter derision after his honey was confiscated at Edinburgh airport, condemning his critics for their unwillingness to believe his public-spiritedness. He had pointed to the restriction as proof “Bin Laden has won”, slamming the “inflexible rule-bound airport security.” He tweeted “Of course I know the airport…
Mosque bomber Pavlo Lapshyn’s police interview – video
The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2013/oct/25/ukranian-white-supremacist-murder-pavlo-lapshyn-interview-video
Student gets 40 years for terror campaign against Muslims
October 25, 2013 A white supremacist terrorist who stabbed a grandfather to death and bombed mosques in an effort to trigger a racial war on Britain’s streets has been jailed for life. Ukrainian student Pavlo Lapshyn, 25, was told he would not even be considered for release until his minimum tariff of 40 years was…
A Muslim daughter’s role in preparing her mother for burial – by Momtaz Begum-Hossain
October 25, 2013 I saw a wooden coffin, I answered the phone call to tell us that Umma, as we called our mother in Bengali, had left us, and later that same night saw her lying still like a ragdoll in the hospital ward. The burial was almost immediate. Within hours I was at the…
What is Eid al-Adha?
October 16, 2013 Eid al-Adha, or “Festival of Sacrifice”, is celebrated by Muslims to mark the occasion when Allah appeared to Ibrahim in a dream and asked him to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, to demonstrate his devotion to the Almighty. Ignoring the advice of the Devil, who tried to tempt Ibrahim into disobeying God…