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PARIS - Defying political debates raged by Elysee hopefuls, producers at Paris annual Muslim food fair are confident that the anti-Muslim rhetoric would bring nothing to their businesses but more profits.   It was a l ...

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CAIRO - A new survey has found that more than half of Canadians distrust Muslims, the lowest level of trustworthiness of religious groups in the country, The Washington Post reported.Nearly 52 percent of Canadians ...

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TIMBUKTU - Known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, world fears are growing over attacks on Mali's northern city of Timbuktu, which holds thousands of ancient manuscripts and architectural treasures, by nomadic rebels, w ...

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PARIS - Defying political debates raged by Elysee hopefuls, producers at Paris annual Muslim food fare are confident that these debates would bring nothing to their businesses but more profits.   It was a lot of noise ...

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TIMBUKTU - As nomadic rebels swept into Timbuktu last Sunday to plant the flag of their northern Mali homeland, the world raised fears about the fate of the legendary city, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning which h ...

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CAIRO - Prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has appealed to Egypt's political rivals to close ranks to resolve a lingering crisis over drafting the country's new constitution. I call on all political trends i ...

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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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RABAT - A government decision to ban live transmission of gambling in Morocco is sparking a heated debate among religious authorities in the country. This decision could have been significant had it been accompanied by a s ...

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PARIS - France deported five Muslims, including three imams, on Monday, April 2, in the latest crackdown on people accused of preaching hatred in the European country. We do not accept Islamic extremism,” Interior Minister ...

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CAIRO - Celebrating the rich Islamic heritage of Uzbekistan, a new cultural exhibition has been opened in Dubai to show the lofty contribution of the Central Asian Muslim country to Islamic civilization and its pivotal role i ...

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CAIRO - The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams believes that hijab is a personal choice for Muslim women that can help them “assert themselves” in communities with different cultures, The Week reported. She told ...

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CAIRO - As the Australian government plans to strengthen laws against forced marriages, Muslim leaders stress that the practice has cultural roots and conflicts with the Islamic teachings. I think this matter has been twisted ...

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CAIRO - British government plans to monitor individual communications without a warrant are inviting a storm of criticism for infringing on personal freedoms.“It is not focusing on terrorists or criminals. It is absolutely ...

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SYDNEY - Easing their years-long dilemma, the government of Australia's eastern state of New South Wales has allocated thousands of new burial plots for Muslim and Jewish communities. For us as a Muslim community ... the n ...

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SYDNEY - The Australian government's decision to allocate thousands of new burial plots for Muslim and Jewish communities was welcomed by Muslims who viewed the decision as ending years of concern about space shortages in New ...

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ISLAMABAD - Seeking forgiveness for the killing of a Sikh by Taliban militants, a Pakistani judicial official has gone on a mission to polish shoes of worshippers at Sikh temples in India to compensate for the murder, invokin ...

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CAIRO - Reaching out to their society about their beliefs, a group of Muslim female students in Canada have established a club to clear misconceptions long associated with their faith. It's not only to show our own culture ...

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RABAT - Capitalizing on young talents in the Arab and Muslim world, a pan-Islamic group is planning an education and research network to enhance cooperation between talented Arab and Muslim youth.“A pan-Islamic research an ...

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CAIRO - British government plans to monitor individual communications without a warrant are inviting a storm of criticism for infringing on personal freedoms.“It is not focusing on terrorists or criminals. It is absolutely ...

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07 February 2012 A court in Saudi Arabia has agreed to hear the first lawsuits by Saudi women challenging the kingdom's de fact ...