Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, known for its trigger finger on “fatwas”, has said that “body scanning” is “haram” (illegal) in the eye of Islam and the Muslims should refuse to allow themselves to be scanned and strive to secure legal exemption from such screening.  read more »

Pakistan
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Faisalabad yesterday acquitted all the Muslims said to be responsible for attacking Christians in Gojra and a nearby village that left 10 Christians dead. The Fundamentalists were among a mob of more than 800 people who raided the Christian colony in Gojra on Aug. 1 2009 after setting fire to Korian village on July 30.Ten Christians were killed, seven of them burned alive, while four Churches were destroyed in the carnage following a blasphemy allegation. Some Christians were also imprisoned for attacking “the other group” and released after a few months.  read more »

Mumbai, Nov 19 - Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his companions were instructed by their Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers on telephone to hold as many hostages as possible during the 26/11 terror attacks to demand from the Indian government the creation of a "separate state for Muslims".This was stated today by Government counsel Ujjwal Nikam to the Bombay High Court which is hearing confirmation of death sentence awarded to Kasab, who was captured alive after the terror attacks on the night of November 26-27, 2008.To fulfil the demands for a separate state for Muslims in India and liberation of Kashmir  read more »

A mysterious blogger who set off an uproar in the Arab world by claiming he was God and hurling insults at the Prophet Muhammad is now behind bars, caught in a sting that used Facebook to track him down.
The case of the unlikely apostate, a shy barber from this backwater West Bank town, is highlighting the limits of tolerance in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, and illustrating a new trend by authorities in the Arab world to mine social media for evidence.Residents of Qalqilya say they had no idea that Walid Husayin, the 26-year-old son of a Muslim scholar, was leading a double life. Known as a quiet man who prayed with his family each Friday and spent his evenings working in his father's barbershop, Husayin was secretly posting anti-religion rants on the Internet during his free time.  read more »