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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 ...

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08 February 2012 A joint declaration on Syria has been issued by 107 leading muslim scholars and intellectuals from nearly ever ...

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17 March 2012 A unique academic conference was held yesterday at the University of Rome with the purpose of comparing Roman Law ...

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02 March 2012 Turkish claims to art works held by the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, and New York's ...

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01 April 2012 A delegation of Muslim and Jewish leaders representing five Latin American countries and two Caribbean islands en ...

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BAGSHOT, England - The world football's lawmakers approved in principle on Saturday, March 3, to overturn a ban on the wearing of Islamic headscarf (hi ...

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EL CAJON, San Diego - The murder of a young Iraqi-American mother on the outskirts of San Diego has shed light on a rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the United States, The Daily Beast reported on Sunday, April 1.“We' ...

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CAIRO - A threat by a top police official in the United Arab Emirates to arrest prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi over his criticism of the Arab state has sparked tension between the main Gulf bloc and Egypt's ...

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DHAKA - Bangladesh has arrested two school teachers over a drama that contained blasphemous remarks about Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him).“The drama contained blasphemous remarks about the Prophet, which ...

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CALIFORNIA - Immersed in American culture, US-born Muslims are increasingly taking leadership roles in mosques, presenting a new generation of imams entitled to guiding youths through the post-9/11 era.“These are the peopl ...

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EL CAJON, San Diego - The murder of a young Iraqi-American mother on the outskirts of San Diego has shed light on a rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the United States, The Daily Beast reported on Sunday, April 1.“We' ...

Last Modified:  01 Apr 2012 12:18  GMT

DHAKA - Bangladesh has arrested two school teachers over a drama that contained blasphemous remarks about Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him).“The drama contained blasphemous remarks about the Prophet, which ...

Last Modified:  01 Apr 2012 12:18  GMT

CALIFORNIA - Immersed in American culture, US-born Muslims are increasingly taking leadership roles in mosques, presenting a new generation of imams entitled to guiding youths through the post-9/11 era.“These are the peopl ...

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31 March 2012 Between 2,500 to 4000 ant-fascist counter-demonstrators from across Europe faced off with a few hundred people at ...

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16 March 2012 A spouse in an Islamic marriage is entitled to a share of the partner's pension fund after an Islamic divorce, th ...

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CAIRO - In a policy U-turn, the Muslim Brotherhood has named its deputy leader Khairat Al-Shater to run for Egypt's presidency, a move seen by analysts as dangerous for the influential group. Egypt now needs a candidate fr ...

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DAMASCUS - Syria said that the year-long revolt to topple President Bashar Al-Assad's regime, that left thousands of people dead, is now over. The battle to topple the state is over, Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiha ...

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COPENHAGEN - Far-right groups from across Europe are staging a mass rally in Denmark on Saturday, March 31, to stop what they said Islamification of the European continent. We are committed to countering extremism, where ...

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ABUJA - Attacks by the militant Boko Haram is prompting the Nigerian government to place Muslim groups in the country under security scrutiny, a move seen by analysts as counterproductive. As part of the measures to forest ...

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SANAA - Yemenis are marrying off their daughters at a very early age, a practice seen by Muslim imams as rooted in tribal traditions, rather than in Islamic teachings. Much of child marriages are rooted in tribal tradition ...