Sharia Times

Convoy to Greece – Lesbos - Aid for Syrian Children

10am Saturday 23rd July 2016 - Central London The UK government has not done enough to offer safe sanctuary to Syrian Child Refugees. Many UK & EU politicians are trying to demonise these victim’s of war & hunger. Show solidarity by saying Refugees Welcome in UK. UK Government now agreeing to let in a few child refugees, but it’s not going to happen until about Christmas 2016. Meanwhile, these kids live in dreadful conditions exposed to criminal gangs & traffickers. If you can offer financial or material help please do so. Thousands of young children 1,500 miles from London are suffering their 5th year of disenfranchisement and poverty. If you can join in the convoy it makes it a more powerful statement. If you have a Lorry, bus, coach, van, minibus, car, taxi or motorbike please join in. Solidarity Drivers/Riders from London to Dover only welcome - you can join... Read more →

Famous Muslims - IBN BATTUTA (1304 – 1369)

Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, was a Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler. He is known for his travelling and going on excursions called the Rihla. His journeys lasted for a period of almost thirty years. This covered nearly the whole of the known Islamic world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance readily surpassing that of his predecessors. After his travel he returned to Morocco and gave his account of the experience to Ibn Juzay. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on the 24th of February 1304 C.E. (703 Hijra) during the time of the Marinid dynasty. He was commonly known as Shams ad-Din. His family was of Berber origin and had a tradition of service as judges. After receiving... Read more →

1,000-year-old Islamic cemetery found in Spain

Researchers in Spain have unearthed a 1,000-year-old Islamic burial ground which they believe could provide up to two centuries worth of information on the region's Islamic history. After two weeks of digging in the town of Alcázar de San Juan in the Ciudad Real province, researchers from the University of Castilla-La Mancha University have found an ancient Islamic necropolis containing seven bodies. via www.worldbulletin.net Read more →

Spain to consider burqa ban

Spain may be considering a ban on burqas as part of the country's Citizen Security Law, Interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz told a press conference on Wednesday. According to Spain's 20 minutos newspaper, Diaz said that it was a "good moment" to obtain "a level of consensus" to introduce the ban into security reforms. The local government of Catalonia, which later this year plans to hold an independence referendum, has already made steps to ban the burqa and face-veils in the region. via www.worldbulletin.net Read more →

Romanian ambassador mocks MPs and media waiting for immigrants

Ion Jinga compares journalists and politicians at UK airports to characters from Waiting for Godot. Romania's ambassador to Britain has mocked MPs and rightwing newspapers that gathered at airports on New Year's Day to interrogate an expected influx of his countrymen, comparing them to tragicomic characters from Samuel Beckett's masterpiece Waiting for Godot. via www.theguardian.com Read more →

Indian diplomat arrested and strip-searched in US America

The arrest and strip-search of India's deputy consul general in New York triggered an escalating diplomat dispute on Tuesday, as Indian politicians boycotted a visit by US congressmen and Delhi threatened to remove privileges for US diplomats. via www.theguardian.com Read more →

Naked’ Body Scanners at Airports Scrapped

The security scanners failed to receive approval in Europe. Many critics said they were invaders of privacy and pose a health risk. European airports cannot use these devices after the end of October. Many people including Muslim women objected to being scanned. The scanners showed a great deal of detail of the body being scanned. Read more →