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DHAKA — Troubled by images of police violently attacking peaceful protesters, an international human rights body has urged the Bangladeshi government to set up an independent commission to investigate deaths and injuries to p ...

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COLOMBO - After days of unjustified arrest, Sri Lanka has freed a prominent Sri Lankan Muslim politician from police custody without charge after detaining him last week under a tough anti-terrorism law.“No charges have be ...

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LAUSANNE - A Swiss federal court has rejected a request from a Muslim girl to be excused from swimming lessons because the teacher was male, saying that integration was more important than religion, Swiss Info news agency rep ...

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DHAKA — Troubled by images of violent police crackdown on peaceful protesters last week, a global human rights body urged the Bangladeshi government to set up an independent commission to investigate the large numbers of deat ...

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LAUSANNE - A Swiss federal court has rejected a request from a Muslim girl to be excused from swimming lessons because the teacher was male, saying that integration was more important than religion, Swiss Info news agency rep ...

Last Modified:  11 May 2013 12:21  GMT

LONDON - In a bid to dispel myths about Islam, an international Islamic organization is holding an exhibition at Wimbledon Library to spread the word about the true peaceful nature of Islam.“We are the true Islam,” Ehsan U ...

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CAIRO - After long days of search for a cemetery, the body of Boston dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was laid to rest in a Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Virginia, ending speculation about his burial.“What Tsarnaev did is betw ...

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CAIRO - Facing repeated closures of Islamic Qur'an schools, Uganda Muslims have complained about arbitrary decisions by the government, accusing it of targeting the religious minority under the pretext of fighting terrorism. ...

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CAIRO - Shaking Muslims' confidence in school catering, traces of pork have been found in halal burgers served in schools in Leicester, prompting Muslim groups in the UK to consider legal action.“This is a shocking and una ...

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CAIRO - In a bid to build better relations with the Muslim community in Edmonton in the southern Canadian province of Alberta, two young women have led a series of visits to Al Rashid mosque, getting a warm welcome that start ...

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PARIS - Differing on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, French Muslim leaders have agreed to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition, turning to modern astronomy to help determine the first day of the fasting mon ...

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08 April 2012 Muslims in Australia were reinforcing their faith at a Twins of Faith conference. The Melbourne conf ...

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12 May 2012 Work on Australia's first Islamic Museum, to be built in Melbourne, will begin in August after a $1.5 million grant ...

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14 March 2012 A bitter dispute between siblings came before the ACT Supreme Court in Canberra last week, when a daughter of a d ...

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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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10 May 2013 The 2nd International Conference on the Arabic Language is being convened in Dubai under the provocative theme: Ar ...

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March 9, 2013 To mark International Women's Day, the International Museum of Women (IMOW) launched Muslima: Muslim Women's Art ...

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16 April 2013 Numerous Muslim organizations across the United States have condemned the heinous bombing attacks that took place ...

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Lord Headley Al-Farooq (Rt. Hon. Sir Rowland George Allanson) was born in 1855 CE and was a leading British peer, statesman and author. Educated in Cambridge, he became a peer in 1877, served in the army as a captain ...

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A person by the name of Ehud Goldsmith once asked me: “I am really thinking about converting to Islam but I would like to ask you a few questions, and I would like to hear your advice: Why should I revert to Isl ...