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CAIRO - Sharing the feelings of the poor and disadvantaged for thirty days, California Muslims started Ramadan fasting by abstaining from food and water from dawn to dusk, emphasizing their empathy for the less fortunate. ...

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WASHINGTON - Appalled by the massive crackdown on Uighurs in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, a US government panel on religious freedom has urged Chinese authorities to end restrictions imposed on Uighur Muslims during ...

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CAIRO - As Muslims worldwide are charging batteries to welcome the holy month of Ramadan, OnIslam.net is championing a special campaign to cater to the spiritual, social and health needs of Muslims during the dawn-to-dusk mon ...

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VIENNA — As the debate on religious circumcision is raging in Germany, Austria's faith leaders united on Friday, July 27, to condemn calls from two provincial leaders to limit the practice as an attack on religion. We are ...

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MUMBAI - A group of Muslim NGOs have condemned the recent violence in Assam and Uttar Pradesh in a meeting in Mumbai, terming the ongoing killing of Muslims in Assam as “planned ethnic cleansing.”The state government of Ta ...

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CAIRO - Muslims in Sacramento area in California will gather tonight at the Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims Center for a special iftar served by members of the local church amid efforts to foster interfaith relat ...

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ISTANBUL - Sharing the spiritual experience of Ramadan fasting, Turkey non-Muslims are celebrating the holy month's customs with their Muslim counterparts like one family.“Ramadan, to me, is a time of celebration like Amer ...

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11 June 2012 Australia has gone from the second most hated country among Indonesians to the second most loved, according to ann ...

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17 April 2012 The United Nations expressed alarm on Monday after reports saying that rebels had pillaged and looted the Ahmad B ...

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10 April 2012 To address some of the pressing issues in the country, a coalition of Muslims organizations in Nigeria is organiz ...

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CAIRO - Millions of Muslims around the globe will celebrate the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Friday, July 20, while some countries will welcome the dawn-to-dusk month a day later.Egypt's Darul Iftaa (I ...

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GAZA CITY - The recent reversion of two Christians to Islam is straining religious tension in Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip. We are increasingly worried about our sons and daughters,” Fatin Ayyad, the aunt of Hiba Daoud, who ...

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LONDON - As all eyes are turning to London to watch the Olympic Games on Friday, July 27, many Olympians are citing religion as the driving force for their success in the world tournament. I think God has a big role to pla ...

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ABUJA - Fears of attacks by the militant group Boko Haram on worshippers have prompted some Nigerian states in the Muslims-majority North to cancel I'tikaf (spiritual retreat in mosques) during the holy fasting month of Ramad ...

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CAIRO - Adding to the decades-long suffering of the Muslim minority, Burmese monks are seen fueling hatred against Rohingya Muslims, blocking international aid to the persecuted community, The Independent reported.

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12 May 2012 Work on Australia's first Islamic Museum, to be built in Melbourne, will begin in August after a $1.5 million grant ...

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25 June 2012 The Dutch Muslim Party (NMP) has folded because the time is not ripe for a Muslim party in parliament.

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03 April 2012 Google has just announced a massive expansion of its Art Project, adding collections from a number of museums aro ...

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Riyadh: Leaders of the Muslim world across the globe have been asked by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend a summit next month in order to curtail the risk of agitation currently prevailing in the Islamic world. By Farhan Iqbal

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DUBAI - An article by an English-speaking magazine in Dubai about bars offering alcohol during the holy fasting month of Ramadan has sparked fury among Muslims in the United Arab Emirates.The article showed how some peopl ...