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NASHVILLE - Opposition to the building of mosques and the application of Islamic Shari`ah in courts are the latest tools by Republican candidates to win congressional primary in the US state of Tennessee. I will work to st ...

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09 July 2012 More than 100 young Jewish and Muslim leaders are meeting for the third annual Muslim Jewish Conference (MJC) in B ...

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July 2, 2012 After protests by Jewish and Muslim groups, the Dutch Parliament's Upper House (the Senate, pictured) has voted no ...

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02 August 2012 The work of a master Chinese calligrapher is wowing Harvard in an exhibit titled “Arabic Isl ...

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MONTAUBAN, France - In the latest sign of growing Islamophobia in the European country, two pig heads were dumped at a mosque in southern France, to the outrage of Muslim and Jewish groups. It is contemptible, Hajii Moham ...

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Timbuktu: The huge area of northern Mali has become a stronghold of Islamic extremists who introduce themselves as Islamic Jihadists and have imposed strict Islamic rules which has caused thousands of people to migrate from these areas. By Farhan Iqbal

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LONDON - Top female judo fighters have thrown their weight behind a decision to allow a Saudi athlete to compete at the London Olympic Games wearing hijab (Islamic headscarf). I think it's no problem for us,” Slovenia's Ur ...

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BEIJING - In new stifling restrictions on China's Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan, Muslim officials and students in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have been banned from fasting during the dawn-to-dusk month. The ...

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CAIRO - Roaming the dark alleys of the disputed province, Kashmiri volunteers are beating drums to wake people up for their last meal before another dawn-to dusk fast during Ramadan. After 13 years … I ...

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JEDDAH - As state-sponsored persecution of Burmese Muslims continues unabated, a global Muslim body has called for rallying efforts to provide political, humanitarian and financial aid Rohingya Muslims. This is a large hum ...

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

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31 July 2012 The OIC-founded Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) has granted admission to Christian students from Nigeria to st ...

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CAIRO - Four French Muslim trainers have been sacked from a children's summer camp in France for fasting during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, sparking a heated debate about religious freedoms in the European country.“ ...

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ISLAMABAD - Fears of attacks by US drones are scaring away many Pakistani Muslims in the restive tribal belt from performing the Tarawih (nightly prayers) during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.“This is unfortunate, but ...

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CAIRO - A US government report on religious freedom has criticized Europe for failing to keep pace with its growing ethnic and religious diversity and imposing restrictions on Muslim minorities to practice their religion. ...

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CAIRO - In the latest Islamophobic campaigns against the sizable minority, an American populist, conservative movement believes that all Muslims poses a threat to the United States because they abide by the teachings of Islam ...

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - The decision of a Mindanao high school to ban students from donning hijab bas motivated angry reactions from human rights and Muslim groups, saying the school's policy violates a student's basic ...

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CAIRO - Carrying a message of mercy to their community, Ohio Muslims have gathered this week to offer free food, medical checks and clothing to the poor and needy during the holy month of Ramadan in the Over-the-Rhine neighbo ...

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CAIRO - Coping with the changing atmosphere in post-revolution Egypt, an Egyptian travel operator has launched a new initiative encouraging Egyptians to arrange their vacation in halal way, hoping to tap into the expected glo ...

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July 15, 2012 A new program to bring Muslims, Jews, and Christians together has achieved the first-ever enrollment of Jewish se ...