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CAIRO - A government-appointed commission has rejected international calls for reforming a controversial citizenship law to accommodate the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma. International organizations are trying to criti ...

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CAIRO - A Muslim teenager in Australia's second-largest state of Queensland is complaining of being denied service and locked at a service station because of her face-veil (niqab).“It's so horrific,” teenager Hafsah Neguss ...

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CAIRO - Muslim scholars from around the world will come together at an international meeting in Turkey this weekend to discuss Ijma (scholarly consensus) and unity among Muslims.“Ijma means issues on which the ummah [Musli ...

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The committee responsible for the football World Cup in Qatar says a new workers' charter will protect labourers.

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CAIRO - A Muslim teenager in Australia's second-largest state of Queensland is complaining of being denied service and locked at a service station because of her face-veil (niqab).“It's so horrific,” teenager Hafsah Neguss ...

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CAIRO - As Christian missionaries harass Muslim visitors, local authorities in the US city of Dearborn have decided to move an annual Arab festival to a closed area to avoid religious tension. Considering everything we've ...

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CAIRO - Seeking to promote modern education among Muslims and reduce stampede for university places, Malawi is planning to open the country's first Islamic university for students interested in studying Islam.“We all have ...

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CAIRO - A Queensland veiled Muslim teenager has filed a case at anti discrimination commission, saying she was held against her will at Brisbane service station after a worker refused to serve her and the attendant locked the ...

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31 July 2012 The National Association and Coalition of Christian Groups along with Individuals for Practical Equality and Prote ...

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30 July 2012 In spite of its small percentage of Muslims, South Africa has emerged as a leader in the halal food industry. Than ...

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29 May 2012 The Muslim Women Organisation (MWO) in Malawi has asked President Joyce Banda to ensure her government allows Musli ...

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CAIRO - Let down by the world to end the two-year conflict, Syrians are putting their faith in Islam to save them from a deadly civil war in their country that has claimed thousands of lives.“What can one feel, to see so m ...

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CAIRO - Prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi is planning to visit the Gaza Strip next month, in a new blow to the years-long Israeli blockade on the seaside enclave.“We are preparing to welcome Sheikh Yusuf Al ...

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ANKARA — Triggering a heated debate on the alcohol consumption, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected the portrayal of the beverage as the country's national drink, inviting the ire of secularists. Beer ...

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SYDNEY - Voicing solidarity with their Muslim brothers in the Asian country, a host of Muslim scholars and figures have joined hands in Australia to raise voice against secular campaigns against Islam in Bangladesh and brutal ...

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VANCOUVER - Fulfilling a long-awaited dream, Canadian Muslims in North Vancouver are preparing for opening their first mosque, breathing a new life in their society and helping their community feel that they are part of the s ...

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ABUJA - Fears have gripped Nigeria's Muslims after threats by militants in the country's oil-rich delta to attack mosques, religious leaders and hajj camps on claims of defending Christianity.“MEND surely has the reputatio ...

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ANKARA — Breaking secularists' taboos, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sparked a heated controversy by  rejecting portrayal of beer and alcohol as the country's national drink, insisting that it is the no ...

Last Modified:  28 Apr 2013 12:18  GMT

VANCOUVER - Fulfilling a long awaited dream, Muslims in North Vancouver are preparing for the inauguration of their first mosque in the city, breathing a new life in their society and help the Muslim community feel that they ...

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31July 2012 The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national Muslim civil rights group that has frequently drawn fire from ...