1. Today, January 23, of 638 is recognized as the first that the Islamic calendar was used.
"The Islamic calendar is created and first used. The start of this lunar calendar is the year 622 of the western Christian calendar and is based on the year which Muhammad, the founder of Islam, emigrated from Mecca to Medina."
Today in History 23 January 638 Islamic Calendar Created
a. "The starting point of the calendar however was set to about sixteen years earlier, to mark the Hijrah — i.e. the time of emigration of the prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. The word hijrah means to leave a place to seek sancturary or freedom from persecution or freedom of religion (or any other purpose). The emigration to Medina was a historic event, as it marked the turning point from persecution to freedom and acceptance of Submission (Islam in Arabic)."
Submission Islam
2. As is the wont of certain defenders of said religion, quite a fuss was kicked up when Steven Emerson mistakenly named Britain's second largest city, Birmingham, as 'totally Muslim.'
"There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in."
— Steven Emerson on Saturday, January 10th, 2015 in an interview on Fox News
"In Britain, it’s not just no-go zones," Emerson said. "There are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim, where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in. And parts of London, there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound seriously anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire."
Western Europe is just not dealing with the situation, he said."
Fox News guest Steven Emerson says Birmingham is totally Muslim PunditFact
Oh, my....what a terrible mistake! Emerson should be behea.....never mind.
a. "No doubt, Islam is a growing and popular faith in Birmingham, up 7.5 percentage points from 2001 to 2011. Three Birmingham wards, Heath, Bordesley Green and Sparkbrook, had Muslim populations that exceeded half of the population, all ranging from 70 percent to about 77 percent."
Ibid.
OK...maybe Emerson should only be lashed.
3. "It’s possible Emerson was actually thinking of Bradford, where Muslims exercise cultural dominance and there have been controversies involving sharia law.....Last summer, the BBC published an investigative report on “Trojan Horse” claims that Islamic law and custom were being insinuated into Bradford schools.
The network discovered Islamic practices such as workshops segregated by sex, boys-only school trips, and alterations to the curriculum. There were allegations that a head teacher was forced out of her position in 2012 because she wasn’t on board with this agenda;....
The measures were defended as important elements of cultural outreach to Muslim students, with an eye toward improving their academic performance. Similar complaints were lodged against schools in Birmingham, which might be one of the reasons Emerson thought of that town."
Emerson Bradford and Birmingham The No-Go Zone Controversy
Hmmmm.......
OK...maybe only one lash for Emerson.
But.....is there a problem of certain cities and a certain religion on which Emerson was focusing the spotlight?
Could be?
"The Islamic calendar is created and first used. The start of this lunar calendar is the year 622 of the western Christian calendar and is based on the year which Muhammad, the founder of Islam, emigrated from Mecca to Medina."
Today in History 23 January 638 Islamic Calendar Created
a. "The starting point of the calendar however was set to about sixteen years earlier, to mark the Hijrah — i.e. the time of emigration of the prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. The word hijrah means to leave a place to seek sancturary or freedom from persecution or freedom of religion (or any other purpose). The emigration to Medina was a historic event, as it marked the turning point from persecution to freedom and acceptance of Submission (Islam in Arabic)."
Submission Islam
2. As is the wont of certain defenders of said religion, quite a fuss was kicked up when Steven Emerson mistakenly named Britain's second largest city, Birmingham, as 'totally Muslim.'
"There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in."
— Steven Emerson on Saturday, January 10th, 2015 in an interview on Fox News
"In Britain, it’s not just no-go zones," Emerson said. "There are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim, where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in. And parts of London, there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound seriously anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire."
Western Europe is just not dealing with the situation, he said."
Fox News guest Steven Emerson says Birmingham is totally Muslim PunditFact
Oh, my....what a terrible mistake! Emerson should be behea.....never mind.
a. "No doubt, Islam is a growing and popular faith in Birmingham, up 7.5 percentage points from 2001 to 2011. Three Birmingham wards, Heath, Bordesley Green and Sparkbrook, had Muslim populations that exceeded half of the population, all ranging from 70 percent to about 77 percent."
Ibid.
OK...maybe Emerson should only be lashed.
3. "It’s possible Emerson was actually thinking of Bradford, where Muslims exercise cultural dominance and there have been controversies involving sharia law.....Last summer, the BBC published an investigative report on “Trojan Horse” claims that Islamic law and custom were being insinuated into Bradford schools.
The network discovered Islamic practices such as workshops segregated by sex, boys-only school trips, and alterations to the curriculum. There were allegations that a head teacher was forced out of her position in 2012 because she wasn’t on board with this agenda;....
The measures were defended as important elements of cultural outreach to Muslim students, with an eye toward improving their academic performance. Similar complaints were lodged against schools in Birmingham, which might be one of the reasons Emerson thought of that town."
Emerson Bradford and Birmingham The No-Go Zone Controversy
Hmmmm.......
OK...maybe only one lash for Emerson.
But.....is there a problem of certain cities and a certain religion on which Emerson was focusing the spotlight?
Could be?