Syria bans the Islamic veil and bangladesh bans radical Islamic author

This is wonderful news for women everywhere . Of course there
is no such thing as 'moderate Islam' as the Quran itself is
fundamentalist , so its time for Muslims to become Hindu polytheist
again.

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria has forbidden the country's students and
teachers from wearing the niqab — the full Islamic veil that reveals
only a woman's eyes — taking aim at a garment many see as political.

The ban shows a rare point of agreement between Syria's secular,
authoritarian government and the democracies of Europe: Both view the
niqab as a potentially destabilizing threat.

"We have given directives to all universities to ban niqab-wearing
women from registering," a government official in Damascus told The
Associated Press on Monday.

The order affects both public and private universities and aims to
protect Syria's secular identity, said the official, who spoke on
condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly
about the issue. Hundreds of primary school teachers who were wearing
the niqab at government-run schools were transferred last month to
administrative jobs, he added.


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2 Pakistani Christians killed at courthouse
By CHRIS BRUMMITT (AP) – 8 hours ago

ISLAMABAD — Gunmen killed two Pakistani Christian brothers accused of
blasphemy against Islam as they left court on Monday, a government
minister and police said.

The men were chained together when the attack took place in the
eastern city of Faislabad as they were being taken back into custody
after their court appearance.

They were arrested a month ago after leaflets allegedly bearing their
names and featuring derogatory remarks against the Prophet Muhammad
were found in the town, said Shahbaz Bhatti, the minister for minority
affairs. He said mosques in Faislabad had called for the men to be
attacked.

Bhatti said he suspected the men were falsely accused of blasphemy by
people with a grudge against them. Their families had maintained their
innocence, he said.

The brothers were killed by two gunmen as they left court, said police
officer Rana Ahmed Hasan. A police officer accompanying the men was
wounded, he said, adding the killers escaped.
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The Bangladeshi government has ordered mosques and libraries across
the country to remove all books written by a controversial Islamic
scholar.

The chief of the government-funded Islamic Foundation told the BBC
that the books by Syed Abul Ala Maududi encouraged "militancy and
terrorism".

Mr Maududi - who died in 1979 - is the founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami
party.

His works are essential reading for supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami
party in the region.

Born in India, the Pakistani scholar is considered the most prominent
theorist of radical Islam in modern South Asian history.

But Bangladeshi officials say Mr Maududi's writings promote radicalism
and his ideological goal was to capture power in the name of Islam.

"His writings are against the peaceful ideology of Islam. So, it is
not correct to keep books of Mr Maududi in mosques," Islamic
Foundation Director-General Shamim Mohammad Afjal told the BBC