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31 July 2012 The National Association and Coalition of Christian Groups along with Individuals for Practical Equality and Prote ...

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DHAKA — Though the Bangladeshi government introduced the war crimes court in 2010 to heal the wounds from the nation's traumatic birth, the first verdicts have plunged the country into its most turbulent chapters with scores ...

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CAIRO - Hoping to reach a common ground, students from Pasadena Muslim and Jewish religious schools have engaged in a new interfaith program of mutual visits and activities to break barriers in the central Californian town.

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CAIRO - Being an example of the tensions surrounding France's growing Muslim minority, the Great Mosque of Strasbourg has become a mixing place for once-wary French to meet their Muslim neighbors.“From the very beginning, ...

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CAIRO - Rejecting growing hijabophobia in Lagos schools, a leading Islamic organization has planned a protest at governor's office, urging him to end victimization against Muslim pupils as an infringement on the constitutiona ...

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CAIRO - Growing fearful of the rise of Buddhist nationalist attacks, Sri Lanka Muslims have written to the United Nations, complaining about the recent anti-Muslim campaign carried out by radical Buddhists with the government ...

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AS early as the 8th century, Islam was introduced into West Africa by Arab merchants, who travelled through the trans-Saharan salt and gold trade routes. Later, Muslim scholars would accompany them, and were ins ...

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THE name Hudaibiyah denotes a grand victory for the Muslim nation. Though the Muslims in 6 AH (which corresponds to 628 AD) were by no means strong militarily, morale remained high at Hudaibiyah. It had been six ...

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DAMASCUS - As more blood is being shed in the pivotal Arab country, Muslims from Chechnya and North Caucasus are leaving for Syria to join the fighting against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's security forces. This is th ...

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CAIRO - Proving more stable during financial crises, Islamic bonds (sukuk) are increasingly luring the interest of investors in the West as an alternative vehicle for investment.“European problems helped fuel demand for al ...

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BRADFORD - Extending their hands to their Jewish neighbors to save their worship place, Muslims in the northern British city of Bradford are rallying efforts to raise funds for preserving the last remaining synagogue in the c ...

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CAIRO - With ads explaining the true meaning of Jihad and rival campaigns linking the term to violence, an advertising war is taking place on American streets between Muslims and Islamophobes about the spiritual concept.“U ...

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KARACHI - Preparing for the coming parliamentary election, Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the mainstream religious parties in Pakistan, is campaigning to turn the Muslim country into an ideal state based on the Islamic principles of ...

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CAIRO - The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is raising high hopes among Muslim scholars for better relations between Muslims and the Vatican after years of tension under the resigning pontiff.“The resumption of ties with ...

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TRIPOLI - Arriving traumatized, without possessions and having lost relatives, the number of Syrian refugees fleeing two years of bloodshed in their country has reached the one-million mark. The situation is very bad for u ...

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CAIRO - The death sentences against Islamists in Bangladesh on alleged war crimes and security assaults on protestors have sparked condemnations from Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world.“Our re ...

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CAIRO - A severe shortage of teachers in Islamic studies and lack of appropriate materials are hindering efforts to provide a proper religious education for Muslims in Germany. But what is the alternative?” Sylvia Lohrmann ...

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MOSCOW - A Russian government decision to hammer out a degree program for Islam study is gaining mixed reactions, with some hail the move for helping better prepare experts on the Islamic faith, while others see it as an atte ...

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IDLIB, North Syria - Feeling cold, hungry and scared, Syrians are seeking refuge in burial undergrounds to escape the raging fighting between President Bashar Al-Assad's forces and opposition fighters. It's bad here, Moha ...

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CAIRO - Iranian plans to produce a film on the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) are inviting opposition from Muslim scholars, amid calls for the Shiite country to stop the screening.“It is the resp ...