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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 ...

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Muslim conversion is growing in among Australia's indigenous (aboriginal) communities. In the 2001 nation ...

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

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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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Some of us celebrate it with great devotion and diligence, while some of us are against it with an equally great vengeance. Some say it is our religious duty while others say it is nothing but bid’ah.

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CAIRO - A court ruling striking down a ban on same-sex marriages in America's most populous state of California is drawing fire for running counter to religious teachings. I have to go biblical on that, Marvin Ellis, 51, ...

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ABUJA - As their country is ravaged by deadly unrest, Nigeria's Muslims have marked the birth of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) with prayers for peace in Africa's most populous nation.“We mark this occas ...

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CAIRO - Egypt's Islamists have rejected calls by revolutionary groups for civil disobedience next week on the first anniversary of the fall of president Hosni Mubarak.“Civil disobedience and general strike would worsen the ...

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KARACHI - The deaths of scores of people in the north-eastern city of Lahore after taking counterfeit medicine have jolted Pakistan's pharmaceutical industry.“This (scandal) will have a bad impact on local pharmaceutical i ...

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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 facto ba ...

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07 February 2012 The German bank WestLB has introduced a new Islam-compliant investment product named the Islamic Strategy Index ...

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07 February 2012 France's eastern city of Strasbourg on Monday opened the first-ever public cemetery exclusively for Muslim-only bu ...

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PARIS - French interior minister Claude Gueant has sparked a heated controversy by stating that not all civilizations had equal values, a statement believed to be targeting Muslims.“Many of our citizens of Muslim faith fel ...