January 2008 British Islam Newslinks
January 31, 2008
(UK) Muslim schools to conduct own inspections
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=KE3MUQTKEWGPHQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/31/nschools131.xml
January 30, 2008
(UK) Police probe Glasgow bride's death in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/30/wbride130.xml
January 28, 2008
(UK) Muslim police group is set up
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0150swarksnews/tm_headline=muslim-police-group-is-set-up%26method=full%26objectid=20394476%26siteid=50003-name_page.html
January 25, 2008
(UK) Lloyds TSB Bank launches Islamic Nostro account -- designed to comply with the principles of Shariah law
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/article721575.ece
January 24, 2008
(UK) Three Pigs story ruled "offensive to Muslims"
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/children/article3241394.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=15ALLA5BAKNIPQFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/24/ntales124.xml
January 23, 2008
(UK) MEMRI: Islamist Debate: Are Muslim U.K. Visa Holders and Muslim U.K. Citizens Permitted to Carry Out Attacks in Great Britain?
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD182108
(UK) NPR: Many British Muslim Women Embrace Political Islam
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18025998&ft=1&f=3
(UK) Islamic Bank of Britain 'welcomes all ethical investors'
http://www.smartermoney.com/news/uk.aspx?finance=general_financial_news&article=Islamic-Bank-of-Britain-welcomes-all-ethical-investors-18434515
January 22, 2008
(UK) London top western center for Islamic finance: Report
http://mathaba.net/rss/?x=578942
January 21, 2008
(UK) 'We want to offer sharia law to Britain'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/20/nsharia_120.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/01/uk-advocating-sharia-system.html
January 19, 2008
(UK) Jesuits warn against demonizing Muslims
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3212730.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3206732.ece
(UK) Asylum seeker on fake passport worked for immigration service for a year
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509115&in_page_id=1770
(UK) Ministry of Defense loses data of 600,000 would-be recruits
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=0ABMZPL2FAGJHQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2008/01/19/ndata119.xml
January 16, 2008
UK: Shop bans hijab
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/01/uk-shop-bans-hijab.html
January 15, 2008
(UK) Muslim Marks & Spencer worker refuses to sell 'unclean' Bible book to grandmother
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508263&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/15/nms115.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
January 14, 2008
(UK) Loudspeaker plan re-ignites 'call to prayer' row
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=YDZNEYSSVOGTXQFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/14/nchurch214.xml
U.K. Muslim leader decries honor killings
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/01/13/uk_muslim_leader_decries_honor_killings/9265/
January 13, 2008
(UK) Non-Muslim no-go zones: do they exist? 'I feel like an alien in my home town'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/13/nalien113.xml
(UK) Muslims must do more to integrate, says poll
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EAT2UXGMNJSJDQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/13/nalien213.xml
(UK) Bin Laden's son applies for British visa -- to work as "peace activist"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,23046270-401,00.html?from=public_rss
(UK) Bin Laden's son seeks life as UK country gentleman
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59661
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,23046270-401,00.html?from=public_rss
January 12, 2008
(UK) Oxford bishop backs Islamic call to prayer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/12/nislam112.xml
UK steps back from faith-schools plan -- Spread across country shelved over fear of creating new generation of Muslim extremists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3DU0WNDJ14S1QGVQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/11/nschool411.xml
January 11, 2008
(UK) Muslim marriage girl murdered, coroner says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MFUFWARMPRA1TQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/11/ninquest111.xml
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3171311.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3171676.ece
(UK) It's time for Muslims to denounce extremists
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/31146
January 10, 2008
(UK) Whistle-blower cleared over Islamist leaks (update)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3162636.ece
January 9, 2008
(UK) Bishop responds to Muslim 'no-go areas' backlash
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bishop.responds.to.muslim.nogo.areas.backlash/16082.htm
(UK) 'Hypocrite' Straw reprimands magistrate who walked out of court due to veiled Muslim defendant
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506865&in_page_id=1770
(UK) Muslim Girl scared of forced marriage 'was strangled'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=SEGPCNXFFMCJTQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/09/nahmed109.xml
(UK) 'Family turned a blind eye' as teenage bride was beaten to death by arranged husband
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506686&in_page_id=1770
(UK) Civil servant cleared as secrets case dropped
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3159398.ece
January 7, 2008
(UK) Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml;jsessionid=5PWMG115UEDSBQFIQMGCFF4AVCBQUIV0?xml=/global/2008/01/07/noindex/nislam106.xml
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506419&in_page_id=1770&in_poll_id=20308
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320507,00.html
(UK) Muslims call for 'no-go' CoE bishop to resign
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/07/nmuslim107.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
(UK) Foreign Students who overstay visas 'not deported'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=4VAE13GDASLDFQFIQMGCFF4AVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/07/nstudent107.xml
(UK) Report: UK Blogger to be Arrested for Shining the Light on Islamic Jihad
http://blogmeisterusa.mu.nu/archives/251202.php
(UK) Yorkshire: Mayor sparks controversy by saying Muslims "cause mayhem with explosives"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/01/yorkshire-mayor-sparks-controversy-by.html
January 5, 2008
UK Muslim Leaders: 'Protect arranged weddings'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3129374.ece
(UK) 'I was shut in my room for refusing. My family still cross the street to avoid me'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3129014.ece
January 3, 2008
(UK) London: Muslim leaders back Livingstone as mayor
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gla/story/0,,2234453,00.html
UK: Breaking the taboo on female genital mutilation
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/01/uk-breaking-taboo-on-female-genital.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=505796&in_page_id=1879
January 2, 2008
(UK) MP's Fears on Cash for Muslim Schools
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/30066/MPs-fears-on-cash-for-Muslim-schools
