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Swiss MP converts to Islam amid his party’s anti-Minaret stance

Swiss MP converts to Islam amid his party’s anti-Minaret stance

Daniel Streich once a devout Christian and who was a member of the The Swiss People’s Party, noted for their anti-Islam and anti-Minaret stance, converted to Islam over two years ago but kept his conversion secret. The story was picked up by Pakistan’s “The Nation” newspaper but weaved fact with fiction, which seems to be typical Pakistani journalism, either they over-embellish the truth or they have a slap-dash and lazy approach to journalism. A generalisation? Perhaps, but as someone from…

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Schwartz Again with Dr. Irfan this time!

Schwartz Again with Dr. Irfan this time!

Everyone’s “favourite” neo-con Muslim and self-styled sufi and protector of Muslims against “radicalism”, Stephen Schwartz is at it again in another attack on Shaykh Hamza and Zaytuna College with a swipe at Imam Zaid.  This is becoming tiresome and boring. Disappointingly, he is joined this time by Dr. Irfan Alawi (not the same as the Marifa.net webmaster who is a different person entirely) who had previously denied, on a number of occasions, any slandering and maligning of Shaykh Hamza and…

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Dumb “Islamic” Riddle

Dumb “Islamic” Riddle

You must have come across this riddle as it usually does the rounds like all the other “Islamic” junk mail and junk SMS messages… What is brighter than day darker than night, haram if eaten, halal if drunk, man uses thrice in a day, woman uses once in life, it is mentioned 5 times in Quran and starts with meem having 5 letters?