إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ لِيَصُدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ فَسَيُنْفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ يُحْشَرُونَ

“Those who disbelieve spend their wealth barring access to the Way of Allah. They will spend it; then they will regret it; then they will be overthrown. Those who are disbelievers will be gathered into Hell.”

(Al-Anfaal, 8:36)

Reuters

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats made clear on Wednesday they have serious concerns about President Barack Obama’s war authorization request for his campaign against Islamic State, despite appeals from top administration officials for bipartisan support for the plan.

“Democrats are not willing to … give this or any other president an open-ended authorization for war, a blank check,” Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said at a hearing as senators begin considering Obama’s request for a formal authorization for the seven-month-old campaign against Islamic State.

Democrats on the panel said they were concerned that Obama’s proposal does not set geographic restrictions on the campaign against the militant fighters. They also worry that it does not include strict enough limits on the use of ground troops.

اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

“Allah is the Protector of those who have iman. He brings them out of the darkness into the light. But those who are kafir have false gods as protectors. They take them from the light into the darkness. Those are the Companions of the Fire remaining in it timelessly, for ever.”

(Al-Baqara, 257)

BBC

The murder of an Iraqi migrant has Muslims in Texas looking for answers just weeks after three Muslim students were killed in North Carolina.

Dallas police said that Ahmed Al-Jumaili, 36, was shot and killed outside his apartment last week as he watched his first snowfall.

Al-Arabiya

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden lashed out at Republican lawmakers for their “highly misleading” letter Monday to Iran’s leaders cautioning against a nuclear deal with the United States.

“The letter sent on March 9th by 47 Republican Senators to the Islamic Republic of Iran, expressly designed to undercut a sitting president in the midst of sensitive international negotiations, is beneath the dignity of an institution I revere,” Biden said in a statement.

At the Battle of Uhud when the Mushriks were exposed to defeat, Hanzalah bin Abu ‘Aamir struck the horse of Abu Sufyaan bin Harb, and he fell down on the ground. Hanzalah rushed, intending to slay him, but Al-Aswad bin Shaddaad, also known as Ibn Sha’oob, caught him. He attacked Hanzalah with his lance and struck him a fatal blow. Seriously wounded, Hanzalah walked towards him while holding his lance, but he gave him another strike which killed him.

When this was mentioned to the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم he said: “I have seen the angels making Ghusl on him between the heaven and the earth with rainwater in a silver bowl.”

The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم then said: “Ask his family about that.” When his wife was asked about him she said, “He set out while being in the state of Janaabah [ritual impurity] once he heard the call for battle.”

The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “This is why the angels performed Ghusl on him.”

Mirror

An American inventor has unveiled an offensive “anti-terror” system designed to spray Muslims with pig blood.

The highly controversial device is the work of tinpot tinkerer Franklin R Lacy, who works in Tampa, Florida.

Daily Mail

Deyab-Houssein Wardani said his French teacher, Maria Valdes, 64, called him ‘Taliban’ when he walked into class at Cypress Bay High last month

She called him the name repeatedly, inciting laughter from other students

When he asked his parents what the word meant, they contacted the school who said the boy could switch classes

But the parents called for the teacher to be fired or suspended and an investigation has been launched

The school has told them Mrs Valdes could be fired for five days but the issue will be heard at a district board meeting later this month

Daily Mail

Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were devout Muslims

Both Yusor and Razan wore head scarves

Police say that killings were not about the victims’ faith but a dispute over parking

All of the victims’ cars were parked properly when they were killed – despite claims a parking dispute was to blame