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CAPETOWN - Almost two years in captivity, the family of two South Africans kidnapped by Somali pirates are seeking mosque help to win their release.Vera Hecht, a sister of Bruno Pelizzari who is held by Somali pirates, tol ...

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CAIRO - Strongly condemning the Syrian bloodshed, more than 100 Muslim scholars from around the world have issued a fatwa urging defections to the Free ...DUBAI - Sean Stone, the son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, hopes his conversion to Islam earlier this week would help better understanding abo ...TEHRAN - The son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone reverted to Islam on Tuesday, February 14, in Iran. The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I w ...

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KASHGAR - In a new sign of growing ethnic tension in Western China, at least 20 people were killed in a new outburst of violence in the country's Muslims-majority region of Xinjiang. Nine violent terrorists suddenly surged ...

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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 this we ...

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

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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 bid ...

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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 lar ...

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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 tweets h ...

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23 December 2011 The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) hosted a conference Friday on Change in Muslim Societies and the ...

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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 pertaining t ...

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28 January 2012 The First Conference of Muslim Women Parliamentarians was held at the Hotel Aryaduta Convention Center in Palembang ...

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15 January 2012 A fire has swept through the largest mosque in Kazakhstan's capitol on Sunday and at least one person is known to h ...

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02 February 2012 The Muslim community in nepal has demanded that they be recognised as a separate minority group — ...

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21 February 2012 Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, performed at a concert in Beirut Lebanon last Saturday as part of his ...

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PARIS - As the race heats up among Elysee hopefuls, halal meat has become a political issue for France's presidential candidates for getting support for the country's top post. There is no controversy here,” French Preside ...

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ISLAMABAD - Analysts have cast doubts on the effectiveness of Pakistan's demolition of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's compound in erasing his militant ideology. Ideologies cannot be erased or developed on the basis of b ...

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KUALA LUMPUR - Muslims-majority Malaysia on Tuesday, February 28, banned a concert by an American singer for drawing a tattoo on her body with the Arabic word for Allah. Our religion does not even permit the name of Allah ...

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Ontario - Celebrating a growing market of Shari`ah-compliant funds, Canadian Muslims are resorting to products that comply with Islamic principles for ...

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WASHINGTON - Two leading US Muslim civil rights groups are calling for full investigation into the alleged White House funding of police programs to sp ...

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WASHINGTON - The majority of Nigerian Muslims reject the anti-Western rhetoric of the militant group Boko Haram that has carried out deadly attacks in ...