December 2007 British Islam Newslinks
December 19, 2007
UK and Islamic finance
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b7800bea-ad5f-11dc-9386-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F1%2Fb7800bea-ad5f-11dc-9386-0000779fd2ac.html&_i_referer=
(UK) Farmers warned not to sell lambs to Muslims who want them for religious sacrifice
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=503410&in_page_id=1770
December 17, 2007
(UK) Reality television lifts veil on life as a temporary Muslim
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Reality-television-lifts-veil-on.3594052.jp
December 14, 2007
(UK) Guilding the Lily and Policy Exchange Report
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2007/12/13/guilding_the_lily.php
(UK) Muslim bookshop considering legal action against think tank
http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/display.var.1904043.0.muslim_bookshop_considering_legal_action_against_think_tank.php
(UK) Report: "Evidence of extremism in mosques 'fabricated'" -- BBC2 Newsight report on report by Policy Exchange
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2226704,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_4670000/newsid_4679900/4679986.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1
(UK) 'We've become a global village'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/12/13/do1303.xml
December 12, 2007
(UK) Britain's Lessons in Cultural Suicide -- by Adrian Morgan
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/global.php?id=1385864
(UK) Mohammed to beat Jack as top UK boys' name
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/11/nforeigner211.xml
(UK) One in five babies born to migrants in UK
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/12/nboom112.xml
(UK) Study finds foreigners in 80pc of new jobs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/11/nforeigner111.xml
(Scotland) Half of Scots see Muslims as 'cultural threat' in wake of terrorist attacks
http://beta.thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Half-of-Scots-see-Muslims.3577137.jp
December 11, 2007
(UK) Barclays fund arm launches Shariah-compliant exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
-- Barclay's shariah panel includes Islamic scholar Dr Abu Ghuddah
http://uk.reuters.com/article/managerViews/idUKNOA05218920071210?rpc=401&
-- Abu Ghuddah also on the Shari'a Board of Al Baraka Investment and Development Corporation
http://www.meezanbank.com/en/Shariah_Board.aspx#ABU
-- Per Rachel Ehrenfeld: "The victims of 9/11 allege that this bank financed al Qaeda; although charges against the bank were dismissed, the victims contend that the bank, together with Saudi officials and businessmen, facilitated the attacks on America."
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=9235
-- Abu Ghuddah also on Dow Jones Shariah Board
http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/index.cfm?event=showIslamicOverView#board
(UK) Teddy bear peer attacks fellow Muslims for 'victim culture' and failing to condemn terrorism
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23426873-details/Teddy+bear+peer+attacks+fellow+Muslims+for+%27victim+culture%27+and+failing+to+condemn+terrorism/article.do?ito=newsnow&
December 9, 2007
(UK) Muslim apostates threatened over Christianity
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/09/nmuslim109.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
(UK) British teacher jailed in Sudan for naming a teddy bear Muhammad says she blames herself
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/09/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Sudan-Teacher.php
December 8, 2007
(UK) Comment on BBC Position regarding blasphemy -- "Hell will freeze before a BBC Mohammed film"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=KDVTPW2XF54Y3QFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?xml=/opinion/2007/12/08/do0805.xml
December 7, 2007
UK: Cheese company enters halal market
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/12/uk-cheese-company-enters-halal-market.html
December 6, 2007
(UK) Hospital chiefs make U-turn over NHS Muslim prayer beds
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23425588-details/Hospital+chiefs+make+U-turn+over+NHS+Muslim+prayer+beds/article.do?ito=newsnow&
December 5, 2007
(UK) British imam's daughter under police protection after converting to Christianity - due to death threats, woman using pseudonym Hannah
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3006561.ece
(UK) British Nurses Told to Turn Muslims' Beds to Mecca
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315103,00.html
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/27213/Nurses-told-to-turn-Muslims-beds-to-Mecca
December 4, 2007
(UK) London: Female Muslim brokers allege bias in client allocation
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/12/london-female-muslim-brokers-allege.html