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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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12 February 2012 This week, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has invited Professor Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of th ...

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28 January 2012 A Saudi-based Muslim scholar tops a brand new list of the 100 most influential Arabs on Twitter, as Arabic twee ...

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28 February 2012 Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashed Al Maktoum has launched the world's ...

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13 February 2012 The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is to hold a media workshop in Brussels on Feb 15 to 16 pertaini ...

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22 March 2012 Hundreds of young people formed human chains around Rome's Colosseum and Milan's cathedral on Wednesday in a demo ...

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22 March 2012 The Italian Islamic community has taken a step forward in organizing its presence on a national level. This move ...

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22 March 2012 French president Nicolas Sarkozy proposed a sweeping new law Thursday that would jail those who visit extremist w ...

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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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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - With rallies staged across the occupied lands, thousands of Palestinians marked Land Day on Friday, March 30, as Israeli troops used force to disperse the demonstrators. We are determined to march toge ...