Muslim MP condemns Muslims for being pre-occupied by foreign policy

UK MP Mr Sadiq Khan claimed that Muslims in Britain are pre-occupied by foreign policy and not concerned enough about day-to-day political issues. "Muslims need to recognise childcare is as important as Kashmir ," he said.   He said there was no question that people coming to live in Britain should learn English and he criticised "liberal anxiety" about the issue. "The requirement to learn English is not colonial. English is a passport to participation in mainstream society - jobs, education and even being able to use health services," he said.  Rather than stand up for the Muslim community, Mr. Khan has turned on them and cannot wait to see his fellow Muslims secularised and de-politicised.

 A new US report calls for greater engagement with the Muslim World

After 18 months spent examining the deteriorating relations between the United States and the Muslim world during the Bush administration, a diverse group of American leaders release a report entitled "Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World,". The report calls for an overhaul of American strategy to reverse the spread of terrorism and extremism. It recommends more diplomatic engagement, even with Iran and other adversaries, and a major investment in economic development in Muslim countries to create jobs for alienated youth. It calls on the next president to use his Inaugural Address to signal a shift in approach, to immediately renounce the use of torture, and to appoint a special envoy within the first three months to jump-start negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The report was produced by 34 leaders drawn from religious, business, military, foreign policy, academic, foundation and non- profit circles. The group included Democrats like Madeleine K. Albright, who was secretary of state under President Bill Clinton, and two former Republican congressmen, Vin Weber and Steve Bartlett.

 Islam on the rise in Germany

Some 90 percent of Muslims in Germany are religious of which 41 percent are very religious, according to a special case study released by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Monday 22^nd of September. There are 3.5 million Muslims living in Germany of which 2.5 million are Turks. Most of Muslims reside in what used to be traditional blue-collar cities like Cologne , Duisburg , Essen , Berlin , Frankfurt and Mannheim .

Islam has also become one of the fastest growing religions in Germany , as some 4,000 Germans converted to Islam between July 2004 and June 2005 which is four times as many as in the prior space of time. Some 14,352 out of 3.5 million Muslims in the country are of German-origin, according to figures released by the Islam-Archive Central Institute.

US Missiles reign on Pakistanis; its leaders admire Palin's beauty

On 25/9/2008 during the UN meeting   Pakistan 's information minister Sherry Rehman, greeted Palin as she entered and said. ''And how does one keep looking that good when one is that busy?'' ''Oh, thank you,'' Palin, McCain's Vice Presidential nominee said. When Zardari walked in, he he told Palin that she was ''even more gorgeous'' than he had expected. ''You are so nice. Thank you,'' Palin responded, seeming to change the subject, but Zardari continued. ''Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you.''

Indian panel absolves BJP of the Gujarat massacres in India

On 25/9/2008 a controversial panel probing one of India 's worst spates of communal attacks in the western state of Gujarat in 2002 submitted its report absolving the Hindu nationalist government that was believed to be behind the slaughter of innocent Muslims. The report, which was tabled in the Gujarat state assembly, also gave a absolved the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying there was no evidence to incriminate him or any member of his cabinet. The Supreme Court of India had earlier indicted Modi in an unprecedented manner calling him a "Modern day Nero" for failing to protect the lives of Muslims. It is widely believed that the 2002 violence was organised and carried out by Hindu nationalist groups.