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		<title>Egypt: Sunni scholars sanction &#8216;electronic Jihad&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/egypt-sunni-scholars-sanction-electronic-jihad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attacking American and Israeli websites by hacking and sabotage is allowed under Islamic law and is a form of &#8216;Jihad&#8217; or holy war, top Muslim scholars have decreed.
The religious edict (fatwa) issued by a committee from the highest authority in Sunni Islam, Egypt&#8217;s Al-Azhar University in Cairo, was published on the website of the Islamist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8746&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sharia law inevitable in Uganda’s legal system</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Britain, the common law system is available to everybody but to Muslims it is impotent when it comes to civil issues regarding marriage, divorce and other disputes whose dispensation in heaven is perceived as more crucial than any ruling that might be handed down by an English judge in a horsehair wig.
Ugandan Muslims have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8669&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Drinking Shrinking Your Brain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brain volume naturally decreases by nearly 2 percent per decade as people age, but scientists had speculated that moderate alcohol intake could slow this process, by improving heart function and blood flow.
However, U.S. researchers have dealt a blow to that theory, finding a &#8220;significant negative linear relationship&#8221; between the amount of alcohol someone consumes and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8624&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prudent economics &#8211; &#8220;Replace capitalism with Islamic financial system,&#8221; says cleric</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/prudent-economics-replace-capitalism-with-islamic-financial-system-sayscleric/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to: Replace capitalism with Islamic financial system: cleric
&#8220;The collapse of the capitalist system based on usury and paper and not on goods traded on the market is proof that it is in crisis and shows that Islamic economic philosophy is holding up,&#8221; said the Egyptian-born, Qatar-based cleric.
&#8220;The Western system has collapsed and we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8542&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sultan’s permanent leadership of Muslims indisputable &#8211; Arisekola</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/sultan%e2%80%99s-permanent-leadership-of-muslims-indisputable-arisekola/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there was a publication in a national newspaper (not Tribune) about some Nigerians decrying the permanent seat of the Sultan of Sokoto as the leader of all Muslims in Nigeria. In this interview with Qudirat Hakeem-Apanpa, the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola- Alao, speaks on the controversial issue and others. Excerpts:  &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>Distorting the Meaning of Shariah</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tsunami of Islamophobia continues to roll in.  The article by Frosty Woolridge, ”America Must Never Succumb to Islam’s Shariah Law,” in today’s NewswithViews.com is perhaps the clearest distortion yet of Islamic law.  He supports Congressman Tancredo’s “Jihad Prevention Act &#8230; which would deny U.S. visas to advocates of ‘Shari’a’ law and expel Islamists already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8310&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Italy: Muslim fashion store to be launched online</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/italy-muslim-fashion-store-to-be-launched-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The site is being launched by a young Italian Muslim convert who runs her own fashion business near Verona in the country&#8217;s north.
&#8220;I make clothes based on the Islamic model that respects Muslim demands based on the (Islamic) Sharia law and also compatible with Italian fashion,&#8221; said Giorgia Caliari, in an interview with Adnkronos International [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8084&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian Islamic insurer eyes overseas market</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/malaysian-islamic-insurer-eyes-overseas-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under Islamic insurance, members contribute to a pool of funds which is used to indemnify participants who suffer a loss.
The funds are invested according to the sharia which avoids interest-bearing loans and gambling, pork and alcohol-related activities. Profits made are distributed among members.  &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>Conservatives would ban sharia courts, says shadow minister</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/conservatives-would-ban-sharia-courts-says-shadow-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking in response to Lady Neville-Jones&#8217;s comments, Inayat Bunglawala, of    the Muslim Council of Britain, said: &#8220;Sharia courts operate with the    blessing of UK law.&#8221;
He added: &#8220;As for banning organisations, we believe in a democracy it is    far better to allow all organisations to operate freely, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=7629&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Female marriage registrar approved</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/female-marriage-registrar-approved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cairo: Egyptian authorities have approved the appointment of the nation&#8217;s first female marriage registrar, local media reported on Friday.
The approval, made by the Ministry of Justice, comes seven months after a provincial family court upheld an application submitted by Amal Sulaiman Afifi, 34, to be Egypt&#8217;s first female marriage registrar. &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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