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TEHRAN - Iranian went to polling stations on Friday, March 2, to elect a new parliament, a vote likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over rival conservatives led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Whene ...

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CAIRO - A new study has issued a stark warning about the potential threat posed by far-right extremists in the UK, revealing that a hardcore of far-rig ...

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PORTLAND - Feeling stigmatized in airports, Portland Muslim leaders met on Thursday night, March 8, with US Department of Homeland Security representat ...

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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - The number of anti-Muslim and anti-government hate groups in the United States have grown sharply over the past 11 year ...

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PARIS - Contradicting rhetoric about Muslim influx into Europe usually played by far-right parties, a new study has revealed that Christian immigrants ...

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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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21 December 2011 A new Islamic TV channel in the Spanish language starts broadcasting today in Spain with a second Islamic stat ...

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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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28 January 2012 The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) on Friday bowed to mounting public pressure by publishing its Halaal Trust fi ...

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TUNIS - Seeking to finance its budget deficit following last year's uprising, Tunisia's Islamist government is planning to issue the country's first Islamic bonds (sukuk) this year. The Tunisian government is planning to i ...

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LONDON - Despite the boom of Islamic finance in recent years, the shortage of experienced scholars in applying Shari`ah principles is hindering the progress of the industry. The big problem is that there just aren't enough ...

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NEW YORK - The United Nations has joined a chorus of calls for the football's governing body to overturn a ban on the wearing of the Muslim headscarf (hijab) on pitch. It would give the opportunity for remarkable female at ...

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CAIRO - The Singaporean government is planning an endowment fund to promote Islamic education in the south-eastern Asian country, TheStraits Times newspaper reported.“I am confident that MUIS's move to c ...

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CAIRO - Seeking to avoid new desecrations of the Noble Qur'an, the US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan are being trained on how to respect the Muslim holy book. It's probably a little too simplistic to suggest that it's a si ...

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ISLAMABAD - Being used as meeting places for bigwigs and chieftains and for drug addiction, thousands of schools have been built in Pakistan for purposes other than education.“The numbers of these schools are in thousands ...

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TORONTO - Excitement is building among high-schoolers across Canada's largest city of Toronto for an annual Muslim interscholastic tournament. This weekend prepares to get Mistified! Farah Khan, spokesperson for MIST Toro ...

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25 January 2012 David Irvine (pictured), chief of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), said during a rare ...

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05 February 2012 Canberra's Muslims have decided to continue pursuing the construction of an Islamic Museum, in spite of their ...

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27 January 2012 Adelaiede's mosques will open their doors to the public for the first time in two family-friendly open days thi ...