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CAIRO - Egypt marked on Saturday, February 11, the first anniversary of the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak, as poor turnout for a strike called b ...

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CAIRO - Three Democratic senators have proposed a bill calling for appointing an independent inspector to oversee the New York City Police Department t ...

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CAIRO - Canadian Public Safety Minister has unveiled his country's first comprehensive counterterrorism strategy that identifies both domestic and inte ...

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10 February 2012 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has made a decision to introduce religious to Russian public schools.

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CARDIFF - The conviction of two radicals for plotting attacks in UK has triggered calls from a Welsh Muslim think-tank to the Muslim community to play ...

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MEDAN, Indonesia - Sensing the increasing ecological fears in Indonesia, new couples in the south Asian country will have to plant a tree before they a ...

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SINGAPORE - FIFA vice-president has warned that Muslim women would be driven away from soccer fields if the football's governing body decided to ban th ...

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CAIRO - Concerns of potential threats from American Muslim community have been highly exaggerated, a new academic study has concluded, affirming that o ...

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09 February 2012 The two main Muslim organizations in Switzerland are seeking to develop a comprehensive umbrella organization for ...

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09 February 2012 Being exhibited in the Whitworth Art gallery's award-winning Mezzanine Court are three new sculptures and a serie ...

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KUWAIT CITY - Kuwaitis were voting Thursday, February 2, to elect a new parliament, their fourth in six years, with Islamists are predicted to emerge the winners. We are very optimistic that the opposition will achieve a m ...

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DAMASCUS - The world's largest Islamic body urged the international community on Monday, January 30, to take necessary measures to stop bloodshed in ...

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NEW YORK - A leading human rights group has urged Western countries to overcome their anti-Islamists' sentiments and respect the people's choice for ne ...

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LONDON - A major exhibition on the Muslim hajj will open at the British Museum on Thursday, January 26, in an effort to educate non-Muslims about one of the five pillars of Islam. In terms of the mystery surrounding the ha ...

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TORONTO - Experts have agreed that honor killings, which dominated headlines after the grisly family murder in Canada, are driven by cultural and tribal reasons and are not sanctioned by Islamic teachings. There is nothing ...

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CAIRO - Malaysia's main Islamic opposition party has called on Malaysians not to celebrate the Valentine's Day, warning that the event leads to immoral ...

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WASHINGTON - A political firestorm is raging in the United States over a proposal by President Barack Obama to offer birth control to women and faith-based groups, sparking accusations against the Democratic leader of assault ...

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CAIRO - The highest Muslim and Christian religious bodies in Egypt have rejected calls for civil disobedience in the crisis-hit country. The sincere patriot has to shun the calls of some political trends which aim to bring ...

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HOMS - In a new escalation of its deadly crackdown on anti-regime opponents, Syrian forces pounded opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs with rockets and mortar fire on Thursday, February 9. I fear that the app ...

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CAIRO - Taking a share of the booming Islamic finance industry, Indonesia is becoming a magnet of Shari`ah-compliant assets from all around the globe.“We are on the lookout for any good Indonesian acquisition, if the price ...