Two football fans who ripped up pages of the Koran, the Islamic holy book, "like confetti" at a game have been found guilty of a religiously-aggravated public order offence. Middlesbrough supporters Julie Phillips, 50, and Gemma Parkin, 18, denied knowing the book was a copy of the Koran. Parkin told Birmingham Magistrates' Court she was given the book at a Birmingham market … [Read more...] about Football fans who ripped up the Koran ‘like confetti’ convicted of public order offence
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Mars One encourages Muslims to join red planet mission despite ‘Fatwa’
February 21, 2014 A fatwa issued by Gulf imams has ruled it is un-Islamic to promote or be involved in a one-way trip to the Red Planet. According to reports in the Khaleej Times, a fatwa committee under the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment in the UAE prohibits Muslims from being involved in such a journey as it would pose "a real risk to life" … [Read more...] about Mars One encourages Muslims to join red planet mission despite ‘Fatwa’
Second British pensioner faces blasphemy charges in Pakistan for reading from Koran in public
January 31, 2014 The family of a second British man facing blasphemy charges in Pakistan said yesterday that he is entirely innocent and called for more to be done to allow him to return to the UK. Masud Ahmad, 72, is currently on bail in Lahore after he was allegedly tricked into publicly reading from the Koran – an act which is forbidden for members of the … [Read more...] about Second British pensioner faces blasphemy charges in Pakistan for reading from Koran in public
Mastermind of 9/11 says Koran ‘forbids’ violence to spread Islam
January 10, 2014 The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has released a manifesto claiming that the Koran forbids the use of violence to spread Islam. The document, published Tuesday by The Huffington Post and Britain's Channel 4 News, marks Mohammed's first public communication since 2009, when the US government … [Read more...] about Mastermind of 9/11 says Koran ‘forbids’ violence to spread Islam
Catalan children travel to Gambia to study the Qur’an
January 22, 2014 Hundreds of Catalan children travel each year to Gambia to study the Koran and Arabic. These children between 7 and 17 years old may be between six months to five years in madrasas (Islamic schools). The goal is for their children to maintain the traditions and religious and cultural ties to the home … [Read more...] about Catalan children travel to Gambia to study the Qur’an