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SANAA - Believing that some people have extraordinary powers, Yemenis are turning to witchcraft to solve medical and personal problems, amid chaos in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation.“I read the Qur'an to them and ...

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ISLAMABAD - A last-minute increase in hajj fare by Pakistan's flag carrier airline has angered thousands of would-be Muslim pilgrims seeking to fulfil the soul-searching journey to the holy lands.“This is totally unfair an ...

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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee - A US judge has halted the construction of a mosque in the southeastern state of Tennessee, casting doubts on the future of the Muslim worship place that has been the center of hostile campaigns by Is ...

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WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney clinched the nomination of the Republican Party on Tuesday, May 29, with a resounding victory of Texas primary to face Democratic President Barack Obama in this year's election. Our party has come ...

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29 May 2012 A substantial collection of books that belonged to an Arab scholar who was a highly influential figure within Briti ...

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29 May 2012 A judge in Tennessee has ruled that the public wasn't properly notified about a meeting on a proposed mosque, meani ...

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29 May 2012 The Muslim Women Organisation (MWO) in Malawi has asked President Joyce Banda to ensure her government allows Musli ...

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22 May 2012 Workers in Algiers started laying foundations Sunday for what should become the world's tallest mosque, as well as ...

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Jakarta: The Muslim hardliners in Indonesia forced the pop singing icon and one of the most popular singers ever in the history of pop music, Lady Gaga, to announce the cancellation of her concert in the country. By Farhan Iqbal

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BAMAKO - An agreement between rebels in northern Mali to create an Islamic state hit trouble on Tuesday, May 28, over plans to implement Islamic Shari`ah. We want Shari`ah similar to that in Mauritania or even Egypt,” Ibra ...

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CAIRO - The slaughter of scores of Syrian civilians, including children, has sparked a storm of outrage from Muslims worldwide, amid calls for an urgent action to stop ongoing bloodshed in the pivotal Arab country.“Those c ...

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CAIRO - Likening abortion to murder, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sparked a heated controversy by criticizing a growing tendency in the country to terminate pregnancy, sparking the fury of feminists.“Abo ...

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LONDON - Standing firm for the true definition of marriage, British Muslims have issued a new petition opposing government plans to legalize same-sex marriage, gathering more than half a million signatures.“We have launche ...

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KUALA LUMPUR - Prominent Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was charged Tuesday, May 22, for his role in protests demanding electoral reforms, a move that is seen as aiming to strip the firebrand opponent from his righ ...

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CAIRO - Allaying fears of Islamist domination of Egypt's political landscape, Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Mursi has vowed full rights for Christians and women under his presidency. I am committed to ...

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CAIRO - Two months before the holy fasting month, expatriate Filipino Muslims in the United Arab Emirates are stocking up food to ship to poor families in the Philippines for Ramadan. During the holy month, they are focuse ...

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CAIRO - Amid opposition to building Muslim worship places, Muslims in the US city of DeKalb, Illinois, are struggling to get official permission to build a mosque to serve their community, assuring neighbors and officials on ...

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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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06 May 2012 Hussein al-Kharsan, a 25-year-old Iraqi, aims to writie the longest copy of the Qur'an in the world. Kharsan says t ...

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28 March 2012 Islamic bonds (sukuk) have staged a massive comeback since 2011, after several gloomy years in which even Muslim ...