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Montreal Gazette

Heavy Tunisian security crackdown blocks hardline Muslim rally
Washington Post
Security checkpoints were in place and patrols conducted throughout Kairouan after authorities declared the conference by ultraconservative Muslim group Ansar al-Shariah a threat “to security and public order.” epa03704474 A Muslim woman at the ...
Heavy Tunisian security crackdown blocks hardline Muslim rally - Montreal GazetteMontreal Gazette
Tunisians Fear Growing Threat of Radical Islamists - VOAVoice of America

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Arab News

Leading Muslim architect tapped for metro project
Arab News
The ArRiyadh Development Authority has tapped the world's leading Muslim architect Zaha Hadid to design its metro station at the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh. Completion is expected in four years. The 20,434-square-meter metro station ...

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Virginia's GOP Lt. Gov. Nominee: Obama Has 'Muslim Perspective' Toward The ...
Mediaite
Those who are paying attention and thinking about these issues do not find it unreasonable to consider that President Obama is influenced by a strain of anti-Semitism picked up from the black community, his leftist friends and colleagues, his Muslim ...



Last Link in Muslim Terrorist Murder of Jewish Student in '94 Arrested
FrontPage Magazine
Drive from Brooklyn to Manhattan and you're likely to pass under a green sign that reads, “Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp” just as you get off the Brooklyn Bridge. That was where Rashid Baz opened fire on a van of Jewish students, killing 16-year-old Ari ...



Seminar on education of Muslim girls held at Imphal
TwoCircles.net
Imphal: All Manipur Muslim Girl Students' Union (AMMGSU) organized a one-day seminar cum interaction session on the theme “Education of Muslim Girls: Opportunities and Challenges” at Kuki Inn at Imphal on 18 May 2013. The seminar was attended by ...
Deliberation on education of Muslim girls heldE-Pao.net

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Muslim Brotherhood Thugs in Libya Attack Democracy Protesters
FrontPage Magazine
Print This Post. The Emir of Qatar, Master of Al Jazeera and Brotherhood backer is burned in effigy. The Muslim Brotherhood is predictable in the sense that a serial killer outside your house is predictable. You may not be able to predict how he will ...

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Is There an Interfaith Movement in the Muslim World?
American Thinker (blog)
In the UK, non-Muslims have created a massive "interfaith movement" which a small number of media-savvy Muslims have taken full advantage of. We're always hearing about "community cohesion" and the necessity of "embracing diversity" from this ...



euronews

Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
Al-Arabiya
Officials say the clashes in the city's el-Dekheila suburb erupted when a Coptic man allegedly sexually harassed a Muslim woman. Residents of the area fired birdshot and threw Molotov cocktails at one another during the Friday night fighting. Police ...
Two Christian Churches in Egypt Attacked By Muslims This WeekAINA (press release)
Muslims, Christians clash in Alexandria, one deadummid.com
One dead, dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in EgyptYahoo! News

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The Land without Muslims
The Jewish Press
The Japanese approach to Muslims is also evidenced by the numbers: in Japan there are 127 million residents, but only ten thousand Muslims, less than one hundredth of a percent. The number of Japanese who have converted is thought to be few. In Japan ...



Muslim bodies, civil rights groups condemn custodial murder of Khalid Mujhaid
TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Several Muslim originations and rights bodies have condemned the 'custodial murder' of Khalid Mujhaid and demanded fair CBI probe. All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations and eminent ...
Mushawarat condemns the custodial murder of Khalid Mujahid - Milli GazetteMilli Gazette
Mushawarat condemns the custodial death of terror accused Khalid MujahidTimes of India

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Town Hall

Confessions of an ex-Muslim - New Statesman
New Statesman
Pepe, 39, is an ex-Muslim who was born in London but now lives in Canada with his Muslim wife and two children. He converted at 20, after discovering the religion through Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam. He remained a fairly practising Muslim ...
Muslim Women Converts Tell Of Hijab Dilemmas, Family Rows And Negative ...Huffington Post UK
A British strand of Islam is emerging as more people become convertsThe Economist
Muslim-West relations as crucial today as everArab News
Arab American News -Huffington Post -The Jewish Voice
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Haaretz

Egypt's opposition attacks Muslim Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law
Haaretz
Egypt's opposition attacks Muslim Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law. NSF, an alliance of liberal and leftist opposition parties, says the draft law submitted to the Shura Council, which for now has legislative powers, was more restrictive than laws ...

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Thailand to host Muslim conference
The Nation
The first day will be allocated to the three pillars of the Asean community (security, socio-cultural integration and economic integration), while the second day will focus on research carried out by the Asean Muslim Research Organisation Network.



Muslim organizations oppose timing of WB Panchayet elections due to clash ...
TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: Several Muslim organizations have opposed the timing of the Panchayet elections in West Bengal as it may fall in the holy month of Ramzan. The government has proposed the dates for the coming local bodies' election on July 2 and 6 and 10.



CTV News

BC's Ahmadiyya Muslim community finally has its own mosque
Vancouver Desi
The local and Canada-wide community raised $8 million for their new mosque on Delta's River Rd. and nearly 5,000 people — including Ahmadiyya Muslim leader from the U.K., Mirza Masroor Ahmed — came out Saturday for the grand opening of one of the ...
BC's largest Ahmadiyya mosque opens in DeltaCBC.ca
B.C.'s Largest Ahmadiyya Mosque Opens In Delta - Huffington PostHuffington Post Canada

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Ahram Online

Salafists launch attack on Egypt's 'ruling' Muslim Brotherhood
Ahram Online
Prominent preachers from Egypt's ultra-conservative Salafist Call have again lambasted the "ruling" Muslim Brotherhood for their policies that they say contradict with Islamic teachings. Speaking at a news conference held in the coastal city of ...
Egypt Muslim Brotherhood: Iraq Bombings, Brutality and Criminality Must StopikhwanWeb.com
Love it or leave it: new documentary sheds light on Egyptian Muslim BrotherhoodAl-Bawaba
Egypt: Conflict With Brotherhood Could Play Out in Salafists' FavorAl-Monitor

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IrishCentral

Irish footballer under investigation after pig's head is left in Muslim's ...
IrishCentral
Muslim striker Kenwyne Jones was said to have taken offence after the pig's head was left in his locker. Reports in the Irish Sun newspaper say Jones went on a 'rampage' after the end of season prank caused him hurt. The paper claims that Jones is ...
Pig Head Offends Irish League Muslim PlayerOnislam.net
Stoke City Player Puts Bloody Pig Head In Muslim Teammate's Locker ...SportsGrid

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Gay Star News

Gay marriage will 'rob' parents of their rights, say UK Muslim leaders
Gay Star News
Muslim leaders representing tens of thousands worshippers in the UK have banded together against gay marriage. In what British newspaper The Telegraph calls 'an unprecedented intervention from the British Muslim community,' over 500 imams have ...
UK imams and Muslim leaders speak out against Marriage (Same Sex Couples ...Virtue Online
UK Imams Rise Against Gay MarriageOnislam.net
More than 500 imams in landmark gay marriage protestTelegraph.co.uk

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Hurriyet Daily News

Muslim religious leaders to visit Auschwitz
Hurriyet Daily News
Meeting are also planned with local Catholic, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders. "If we want the world to remember the horrors of the Holocaust so that neither genocide against the Jews, nor anyone else should ever happen again, then we have an ...
Muslims Visit Holocaust Camp for AwarenessOnislam.net

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PRI's The World

Muslim Community in Britain Reacts to Child Sex Scandal
PRI's The World
Along with the police chief, members of Oxford's Muslim community are doing some some soul searching of their own wondering how the abusers were able to commit their crimes for so long. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Talat Ahmed, chair of the ...



FRANCE 24

Holocaust: Muslim Schindlers in focus
Arab News
In mid-April, an unusual exhibition was held in London, showcasing pictures of Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust. During the exhibition people saw love and harmony between people from different faiths, mainly Muslims and Jews. One month ...
Israel police limit non-Muslim visits to Jerusalem mosqueFRANCE 24
Abbas urges Muslims, Christians to visit PalestineMa'an News Agency
Zionist Entity Limits non-Muslim Visits to al-Aqsa MosqueAl-Manar TV
American Muslim -Radiance Viewsweekly -MuslimVillage.com
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Telegraph.co.uk

'Imams promote grooming rings', Muslim leader claims
Telegraph.co.uk
The activities of the Oxford sex ring are “bound up with religion and race” because all the men - though of different nationalities - were Muslim and they “deliberately targeted vulnerable white girls, whom they appeared to regard as 'easy meat', to ...
UK Imam Blasts Muslim Racism Behind Sex Abuse of British GirlsFrontPage Magazine
Oxford Sex Grooming: A Muslim Problem or a White One?IBTimes.co.uk
The Oxford 'Asian grooming gang' were not in fact all Asian. But they were all ...Catholic Herald Online (blog)
The Independent -Asian Image
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Muslim prayer centre should build bridges
shropshirestar.com (blog)
An application to turn a former register office building into a Muslim prayer centre has revealed an ugly underbelly to our picturesque little town. No sooner was the application revealed than a Facebook page was set up to object to it. The objections ...
Man cautioned over comments about Muslim prayer centre planAsian Image

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Bayern Munich to build mosque for muslim players and fans
360Nobs.com
Following a request by star winger Franck Ribery, Bayern Munich FC have decided to build a mosque in the Allianz Arena for the Muslim players and fans. The German football club agreed to a request to build a mosque in the Allianz Arena stadium to serve ...



Fars News Agency

Islamic Jihad Urges Muslim Confrontation with Israeli Aggressions
Fars News Agency
"Arab and Islamic nations could counter this Zionist enemy through unity and solidarity and prevent it from repeating its aggressions against Muslim territories," the Palestinian figure stated. "It is the time for the Islamic Ummah (community) to ...



Press TV

Bahrain in breach of Muslim world's red lines: Iran diplomat
Press TV
The Iranian diplomat condemned the insulting act, noting that the issue is beyond Bahrain's internal affairs and concerns the entire Muslim world. Born in 1937, Sheikh Issa Qassem is often referred to as the spiritual leader of Bahrain's main ...

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Ahram Online

Muslim Brotherhood hosts former Malaysian PM
Daily News Egypt
Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad held a press conference to compare the transition Malaysia saw under Mohamad's tenure to Egypt's current phase. (Photo By ...
All nations should peacefully resolve conflicts: Mahathir MohamadAhram Online

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Press TV

Muslim unity threatens Arab monarchies
Press TV
"You've got the Wahhabi-led Saudi Arabia and Qatar in particular and other monarchies that don't seem to really want Muslim unity; they seem to want their small percentage to continue to have a disproportionate amount of money." Related Viewpoints: ...
A short history of WahhabismNOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS (blog)

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Arab News

IDB chief: Islamic banking not confined to Muslim communities
Arab News
"Islamic banking is a fast-growing global industry. This is due to the integration with the real activity," he said. "It is to be noted that Islamic banking is not confined to Muslim communities. Many social sectors participate in it," the president ...

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Bloomberg's Cigarette Taxes Helping Fund Muslim Terror
FrontPage Magazine
New York has the highest cigarette tax rate of any state, and nearly two-thirds of the state's cigarette market is illegal. In New York City, it's not uncommon for smokers to pay $12 for a pack. As a result 60% of cigarettes sold in New York are smuggled.

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'Muslim' vs 'Islamic'
DAWN.com
WHEN writing about the history of Muslims or history of issues related to Muslim societies, there is nowadays a tendency to call this entire area of study 'Islamic' without much thought as to the use of this important epithet. For example, in modern ...



Khabar Southeast Asia

Malaysia Taps Into Muslim Tourism Market
Khabar Southeast Asia
"At that time, the restaurants in Asia knew little about catering to the Muslim tourist. Many times, I saw veiled women eating by slipping spoons of food under their coverings. I understood how uncomfortable this must be for them. So, when I started my ...

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'US wars on Muslim states fueled Boston attack'
Jerusalem Post
WASHINGTON - Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for US wars in Muslim countries, CBS News reported on Thursday.



In a generation, everything has changed for British Muslim women
New Statesman
Since Islam regards marriage as a contractual relationship, a Muslim woman may also protect herself with the equivalent of a prenuptial agreement. She may seek a divorce if any of the agreed conditions are violated. In practice however, attaining such ...

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Times of India

When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims: Boston bombing suspect
Times of India
"When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," Tsarnaev also scribbled on the inside wall of the boat where he hid from police during a massive manhunt in the days after the April 15 blasts, according to CBS News. The twin explosions near the ...
'You attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims' - Dzhokar Tsarnaev leaves note ...IrishCentral
Boston Muslim Bomber: “Praise Allah” and “F___ America”FrontPage Magazine
Tsarnaev: Bombings Retaliation for Muslim DeathsChristian Broadcasting Network
The Hollywood Gossip -InSerbia News -CBS News
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Christian, Muslim leaders have friendly disagreement - Reading Eagle
Reading Eagle
Representatives from Berks' Christian and Muslim communities squared off before about 150 people in a friendly debate on why each group believes theirs to be the true religion. "I'd like to call it more of a friendly discussion," Erich Scherfen, an ...



Mainstream

Home page > 2013 > Dalit-Muslim Relations in Pre-Partition Bengal: Paradigm ...
Mainstream
The existing studies on partition, mostly on Northern India, presented the problem as communal in terms of Muslim-Hindu relations. But, the scholar believes that this was possible because the Dalits of UP and Punjab did not identify with Hindu ...



The Hindu (blog)

Playing Muslim in Bhopal
The Hindu (blog)
In many cities in India it is hard to find a house if you are a Muslim. It is best not to get your hopes up of finding a house in most of the nicer looking neighbourhoods — with dependable water supply, motorable roads and regular garbage collection ...



Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir

Muslim Group Condemns Ban on Hijab in Lagos Schools
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In a statement signed by its National President, Prof. Wahab Egbewole and Abdur-Rahman Balogun, National Public Relations officer, the group said such ban was a breach of the fundamental rights of the students to practice ...



Washington Times

Muslim Brotherhood infiltrating US college campuses
Washington Times
CHARLOTTE, May 17, 2013 – The infiltration of Amerca by the Muslim Brotherhood goes to the very heart of what we are witnessing in the realm of global terrorism, even before 9/11/01. It has only been a few weeks since the media frenzy over the concept ...



Telegraph.co.uk

Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a ...
Telegraph.co.uk
While almost half of British Muslims are under the age of 25, almost a quarter of Christians are over 65. The average age of a British Muslim is just 25, not far off half that of a British Christian. Younger people also drove a shift away from religion ...
Census analysis shows Christianity in dramatic decline, and a youthful Muslim ...National Secular Society
Middle Eastern Christians struggle due to American foreign policy, Jewish ...Catholic World Report (blog)
Don't be misled by non-Christians: Allah is not an exclusive Muslim term - CFMMalaysia Chronicle
Algemeiner -RT
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Second man arrested over Muslim prayer centre Facebook comments
shropshirestar.com
Second man arrested over Muslim prayer centre Facebook comments. A second man has been arrested for alleged race hate comments made on the internet over the proposed Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, it was revealed today. The former register ...

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Harsh Sentence a Warning to Australia's Youthful Muslim Zealots
TIME
Known as the go-to lawyer for Muslims charged under Australia's controversial counterterrorism laws, including former Guantánamo Bay inmate turned serial litigator Mamdouh Habib, Houda visited Eid in detention this weekend to set in motion an appeal.

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ikhwanWeb.com

Muslim Brotherhood Denies Intervention or Mediation in Kidnapped Sinai ...
ikhwanWeb.com
Dr. Ahmed Aref, Muslim Brotherhood Media spokesman, denied news reports circulating in Egyptian media that claim Egyptian President Morsi asked some members of the Brotherhood to negotiate with the kidnappers of seven security operatives in Sinai, ...
US adjusting to Egypt's Muslim brotherhoodMuslimVillage.com
Poll Shows Muslim Brotherhood Maintaining Support Despite Egypt's TravailsWall Street Journal
Egypt security forces clash with Cairo protestersU-T San Diego
CRIENGLISH.com -Yahoo! News -Ahram Online
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Calgary Herald

Ahmadiyya Muslim worldwide leader coming to Calgary - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama community, has a number of activities planned including a Friday sermon at the Baitun Nur mosque and a meeting next Saturday with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.



Muslim banking in Canada: A paradigm shift - Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton Spectator
Many emerging markets around the world with relatively large Muslim populations already have significant Islamic banking institutions. Needless to say, Islamic finance still remains a mystery to many in the Western world. One of the fundamental tenets ...



Munson: Jewish family adds Muslim teen to their home
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
Adam and Mara Egherman offered refuge to this Muslim kid from the other side of the globe. They're educators; he teaches elementary at Cowles Montessori, and she's a librarian at Central College in Pella. They have two children: Cora, 15, and Zeke, 10.



City's Muslim community to celebrate faith
Toowoomba Chronicle
SHARING FAITH: Professor Shahjahan Khan of USQ with fellow Muslim Syed Ghazaly leads a seminar about the annual ritual of Ramadan. Nev Madsen. AT THIS time of the year, the city's Muslims calm their minds and prepare for the fasting month of ...

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Muslim Americans must take lead
The Star Democrat
Muslim Americans must take lead. All Americans have a responsibility to defend and protect our country. Young men and women are uniquely qualified physically for the rigors of active military or police service. Many more of us toil to build a strong ...

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Muslim Brotherhood decay: the logic of imperative Laxity
Daily News Egypt
On 10 May 2011, I interviewed Khairat El-Shater, the Muslim Brotherhood's third man at the time, and asked about the rumors around Mohamed Habib's, the MB's second man at the time, expected resignation. His immediate response was: ”impossible!



Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Bana Gora is new chief executive of Muslim Women's Council
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
A woman who has led a charity's ten-year commitment to improve lives in Bradford is to take up a new post as chief executive of the Muslim Women's Council. Bana Gora, who was programme manager for The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's work in the city, ...



Fars News Agency

Iran Hosts Gathering of Muslim Scholars in Lebanese Capital
Fars News Agency
He blasted the crimes committed by Takfiri groups in Syria, and called on the regional nations and Muslim scholars to prevent terrorist groups from distorting the face of real Islam and do their best to help end violence in Syria, which the rebel and ...
Islam: claims to liberation theology and Revolution in the Arab worldMuslimVillage.com

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Muslim representatives meet Mulayam, promise poll support - Zee News - India
Zee News
Muslim representatives meet Mulayam, promise poll support Lucknow: Representatives of the Muslim community on Friday met Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and assured support in the coming Lok Sabha elections in response to the steps ...

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blogTO (blog)

Muslim-Catholic Student Dialogue Pot Luck Meeting - blogTO
blogTO (blog)
The Muslim-Catholic Student Dialogue, supported by the Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto and the Canadian Council of Imams, strives to foster mutual and deeper understandings of the Islamic and ...



The Mass Exodus of Christians From the Muslim World
Algemeiner
But even in “black” African and “white” European nations with Muslim majorities, Christians are fleeing. In Mali, after a 2012 Islamic coup, as many as 200,000 Christians fled. According to reports, “the church in Mali faces being eradicated ...

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DHS memo advises deference to Muslim extremists - WND
WND.com
(DAILY CALLER) The Department of Homeland Security, which under Secretary Janet Napolitano has shown a keen interest in monitoring and warning about outspoken conservatives, takes a very different approach in monitoring political Islamists, according ...

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The Daily Star

The Muslim Brotherhood Prepares for a Comeback in Syria
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Muslim Brotherhood is the most powerful group in Syria's exiled political opposition network. It is also emerging as a significant presence in rebel-held territory in northern Syria, where it is rebuilding its grassroots movement after thirty years ...
The Muslim Brotherhood and Saudi ArabiaAhram Online
Egypt's Black BlocArutz Sheva

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IBTimes.co.uk

'A Gift for the EDL': Muslims React to 'Racist' St George's Flag Ban in Somerset
IBTimes.co.uk
She told a local council meeting: "My big problem is that it is offensive to some Muslims, but even more so that it has been hijacked by the far right." However a local Muslim group has said Jackson's claim has no basis in fact at all. The Bristol ...
Council vetoes flag of St George after concerns raised about links to CrusadesTelegraph.co.uk
British Village Bans St. George's Flag Fearing It Would Upset MuslimsInternational Business Times

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Press TV

UK Muslim Peer Quits Labour Party
Press TV
Lord Ahmed started his political career as a local labour councilor in 1990 and later, under labour, he became one of only four muslim peers at the house of lords. But he was suspended from the labour party in March over the allegations. Lord Ahmed has ...



'Muslim Journeys' Discussion Series Begins May 30
Patch.com
The Somerville Public Library is launching a new book discussion series called "Muslim Journeys," according to an announcement from the city of Somerville. The discussion series is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American ...



The Guardian

On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review
The Guardian
Anne Norton thinks that the "Muslim question" is, if anything, a question about non-Muslims. She is straightforward in denying the claim that Islam and the west are involved in a "clash of civilisations", castigating writers of various political ...
Being Muslim does not equate with being violentThe Australian
Do All Muslims Want to Kill Us? - Charisma NewsCharisma News
us muslim converts: we're not brainwashedRadiance Viewsweekly

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15 Muslim orgns in WB warn Bangladesh to stop atrocities on religious people
TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: About 15 'Muslim & Civic Rights Organizations' organized a protest convention against Bangladesh Government on 16 May, 2013 at Qader Nawaz Hall of Muslim Institute in Kolkata. “In the name of secularism and democracy the so called ...



Daily Mail

Muslim footballer Franck Ribery gets a soaking from his Bayern Munich team ...
Daily Mail
Muslim footballer Franck Ribery raced around the pitch but could not escape from his Bayern Munich team mates who were set on chucking beer over him as they celebrated their title win. The Frenchman had reportedly told players to keep the alcohol ...



A dazzling documentary about pop music in China's Muslim-majority province
Washington Post (blog)
Life can get complicated in Xinjiang, the far-western Chinese province perhaps best known as the home of ethnic Uighurs, who are majority Muslim. As in neighboring Tibet, Beijing restricts traditional religious practice there and keeps the province ...



Daily Mail

Welcome to the MILF army: The unfortunately named Muslim rebel group ...
Daily Mail
But this didn't stop members of the former Muslim rebel group from patrolling the jungles of the Philippines today ahead of the country's contentious general elections. MILF joins countless other organisations with unfortunate acronyms - such as BAAPS ...



World Magazine

Muslim Journeys: Let's talk about it … again
World Magazine
Mehnaz Afridi, professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in New York, is one of the many librarians and humanities council directors preparing to promote the pro-Islam “Muslim Journeys bookshelf” from the National Endowment for the Humanities ...

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Metro

Ukip councillor Eric Kitson quits after posting anti-Muslim jokes on Facebook
Metro
A Ukip councillor is quitting his seat just two weeks after the local elections, after admitting to sharing offensive material about Muslims on his Facebook page. Eric Kitson also faces being kicked out of his party following the incident. The 59-year ...
Ukip man faces axe for Muslim jokesExpress.co.uk
'Racism' probe UKIP councillor questioned by policeBBC News
He shared series of controversial anti-Muslim and anti-Semetic messagesDaily Mail
The Independent
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Onislam.net

Hijab Ban Troubles Nigeria Muslims
Onislam.net
CAIRO – A leading Nigerian Muslim group has condemned the ban on the use of hijab by Muslim student across all Lagos public schools, calling it a breach of the fundamental rights of the students to practice their religion. “As a Muslim alumni body ...

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IBNLive

Iraq: Two blasts outside Sunni Muslim mosque kill 76 - IBNLive
IBNLive
Baghdad: Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas on Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said, as a spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to ...
Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43Irish Independent
Iraq: Explosives-laden cars kill 15, wounds 40 across IraqThe Muslim News
8 killed 10 cops kidnapped in IraqEyewitness News

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Daily Mail

Muslim footballer Franck Ribery apoplectic after Bayern Munich team-mate ...
Daily Mail
Bayern Munich players were understandably in party mood after their final home game of the season, but the reaction of winger Franck Ribery suggests some of his team-mates took it too far. Ribery, a Muslim, had told players to keep the alcohol away ...



Religion & Politics

Welcome to Zaytuna, the Nation's First Muslim Liberal Arts College
Religion & Politics
On November 15, 2010, the morning I first visited Hamza Yusuf's theology class at Zaytuna College, the nation's first Muslim school of liberal arts, the room was overstuffed, even bursting, a fact made all the more obvious by some unseasonable fall ...



Muslim Students' Anger At Student Rights' Extremism On Campus Claims
Huffington Post UK
Muslim students have lashed out at claims in a study that extremists are segregating and denigrating women, saying they are being "increasingly demonised", while the NUS has condemned it as a "witch hunt". The study by Student Rights, which links ...



Daily News & Analysis

WATCH: Muslim Franck Ribery won't talk to Jerome Boateng again after being ...
Express.co.uk
WATCH: Muslim Franck Ribery won't talk to Jerome Boateng again after being covered in beer. BAYERN MUNICH star Franck Ribery has claimed he will never speak to team-mate Jerome Boateng again after the former Manchester City defender drenched ...
Bayern Munich teammates anger Muslim footballer Franck Ribery as they ...Daily News & Analysis
Franck Ribery, Muslim midfielder for Bayern Munich, furious after getting ...New York Daily News
Franck Ribery Furious At Teammate Over Celebratory Beer Dousing: 'He Knows ...SportsGrid
Daily Bhaskar -Onislam.net
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Competition between Russian Muslim communities attracts extremists
Pravda
Special services tightly and rigidly control Muslim centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg, conducting raids to prevent religious extremism. However, the hidden struggle between various official Muslim organizations to increase their administrative and ...



Man held over "racist" comments on Muslim prayer centre
shropshirestar.com
Man held over "racist" comments on Muslim prayer centre. A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with alleged racist comments made on the internet about the planned Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, police revealed this afternoon. Tweet ...



NDTV

Sushil Kumar Shinde for fast track courts for jailed Muslim youths
NDTV
Responding to a query on the need to set up fast track courts to deal with cases of Muslim youths held on terror charges, Mr Shinde said his ministry has sent an advisory to states to find out how many such inmates were in prison and for how many years ...
Shinde for fast track courts for jailed Muslim youths - Zee News - IndiaZee News
Shinde asks states to set up courts to expedite terror cases involving Muslim ...Hindustan Times

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SRI LANKA AHMADIYYA MUSLIM ANNUAL CONVENTION
Lankaweb
The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at was held on last Sunday the 12th May 2013 at Ahmadiyya Jubilee Hall, Periyamulla, Negombo. The Markaz Representative Mr. Khalid Mahmoodul Hassan Bhatti was the ...

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First Muslim girl from NE who qualified for UPSC honoured
TwoCircles.net
Guwahati: Umme Fardina Adil, a resident of Hatigaon, Guwahati, Assam, was felicitated by ERD Foundation and other organizations for her success in the IAS examination the results of which was announced recently. Speaking at the function organized at ...



The Guardian

Global Muslim report reveals opposition to suicide bombing in US
The Guardian
"Muslims around the world strongly reject violence in the name of Islam. Asked specifically about suicide bombing, clear majorities in most countries say such acts are rarely or never justified as a means of defending Islam from its enemies," the ...
Muslim Leaders Need to Stand UpHuffington Post
Many in Muslim world want sharia as law of the land – Pew Forum surveyReuters Blogs (blog)
Commentary: Is Pew really saying most Indonesians are Muslim radicals?Jakarta Post
MuslimMatters -Voice of America -Washington Post (blog)
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ThinkProgress

Report: Anti-Muslim State Level Foreign Law Bans Create Unintended Legal ...
ThinkProgress
A new report from the Center for American Progress and NYU's Brennan School for Justice says that the anti-foreign law campaigns being waged in state legislatures throughout the United States are actually meant to target Muslims and may actually have ...

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Lawrence Solomon: Immigration backlash
Financial Post
Anti-Muslim sentiment has become commonplace in the West, according to a 2006 Pew Poll that found 63% of Germans, 60% of Spaniards, 56% of the French and 40% of Britons judged their fellow Europeans to be hostile to Muslims. This anti-Muslim ...



Tijaniyya Muslim Movement to site university complex in Brong Ahafo
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Khalifa Abul Faidi expressed worry about the high rate of Muslim drop-outs from school due to poverty. He encouraged Muslim parents to support their children to acquire both secular and Arabic education, saying, that is the best legacy they can ...



Now, Super-30-like coaching centres for Muslim students on the anvil
Times of India
Jitin Prasada, minister of state for HRD, told TOI, "The idea is to train Muslim students for higher education. About 100 to 200 students would be selected after entrance test and then comprehensively prepared for tough engineering and medical entrance ...



Haaretz

Sydney's Muslim, Jewish communities to share burial space in local cemetery
Haaretz
Sydney's Muslim, Jewish communities to share burial space in local cemetery. New 3.3-hectare site will have enough burial space for both communities for the next decade or more. By Dan Goldberg | May.14, 2013 | 9:18 AM | 1 ...
Aussie Muslims, Jews Share BurialOnislam.net

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The Daily Star

Hezbollah's Qassem calls for end to Muslim rifts
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem called Thursday for an intensive dialogue between Sunni and Shiite scholars in Muslim countries in an attempt to end political and sectarian rifts between the two sects. Addressing a conference on ...



The National

Ajman: the next destination for Muslim travellers?
The National
AJMAN // Ajman tourism authorities are hoping to take advantage of the recent turmoil in the region to appeal to Muslim travellers. After the Arab Spring, tourists have shied away from countries in the Middle East that previously were popular, such as ...

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French Priest Assaulted, Archbishop Warns of Muslim Takeover
AINA (press release)
The day after the attack on Father Grégoire, Monsignor Cattenoz has spoken out strongly and denounced “people of the Muslim faith taking control of the district”. On Monday at around 8 pm, Father Grégoire from the parish of Saint-Jean was attacked by ...

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What Muslim parents tell their kids
Huffington Post
Chicago - Like all parents, Muslim parents have their fair share of do's and don'ts for their children. Unlike most parents though, terrorism and how to handle its misguided association with Islam figures in some of our talks. In the wake of the Boston ...

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Bangalore blast: Muslim outfits seek CBI inquiry - Zee News - India
Zee News
Bangalore blast: Muslim outfits seek CBI inquiry Coimbatore: Federation of All Muslim organisations and political parties on Thursday sought a CBI probe into the April 17 blast in front of the BJP office in Bangalore and release of all six persons ...

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Muslim groups plan protests on Mecca blasts' anniversary
Times of India
HYDERABAD: Amid high security in run-up to the sixth anniversary of the Mecca Masjid blasts on May 18, Muslim groups are gearing up to organise public meetings and stage protests to demand the implementation of the recommendations of the AP State ...



Muslim Women Like Having Sex, and Halal Lube Is a Thing That Exists - Jezebel
Jezebel
What's your image of a devoutly Muslim woman? Pious and shy? Virginal and unwilling to experiment? Well, if this devoutly Muslim woman is married, you're probably wrong. Islam is surprisingly (surprising, that is, depending on how much you know about ...



Muslim Brotherhood Party to Host Former Malaysian Premier
AllAfrica.com
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) will host former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad next Saturday in Cairo, the party has said. In a statement, the FJP said that Mohamad will arrive in Cairo on Saturday to take part in a ...

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Obama to Fund Muslim Groups… in Canada
FrontPage Magazine
Subsequently Ambassador Jacobson was invited to visit the Ottawa Main Mosque by the Ottawa Muslim Women's Organization, the Ottawa Muslim Association (which runs the mosque), and the Council of American Islamic Relations-Canada (CAIR-CAN), ...



Tatarstan's Supreme Court Disbands Muslim Group
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Supreme Court of Russia's republic of Tatarstan has ordered that the Al-Ikhlas Muslim religious group be disbanded for what it called "extremist activities." About 50 Al-Ikhlas members were present at the May 15 hearing in the republic's capital ...



Michigan Muslim Capitol Day, May 28
Arab American News
LANSING — Muslim Americans from across the State are expected to gather at the capitol in honor of Michigan Muslim Capitol Day on May 29, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year's event will take place on the State's capitol lawn. Officials from Governor ...



The Muslim Brotherhood's silence
Al-Arabiya
Have the features of the society around us changed? Have we found out that a person we thought we knew turned out to be different than what we thought he/ she is? Has a wife awakened one day to realize that the father of her children is not the man she ...

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Big News Network.com

Cyclone Mahasen: Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim Minority Refuses To Evacuate
Huffington Post
Around 140,000 people – mostly Rohingya – have been living in cramped tents and makeshift shelters in Rakhine state since last year, when two outbreaks of sectarian violence between the Muslim minority and ethnic Rahkine Buddhists forced many ...
Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority MuslimsReuters
As storm moves in, NGOs urge Myanmar to move Muslim IDPs outTrustLaw
Cyclone slams into Bangladesh after mass evacuationsThe Express Tribune
Big News Network.com -Eurasia Review -Onislam.net
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BBC News

Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?
BBC News
Of all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is arguably more central to Buddhism than any other major religion. So why have monks been using hate speech against Muslims ...
Myanmar must look beyond 'flawed' report to stop cycle of Buddhist-Muslim ...Amnesty International
Burma: one dead after fresh anti-Muslim riotsTelegraph.co.uk
Anti-Muslim violence reignites in MyanmarFinancial Times
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Onislam.net

Muslim-friendly Hospital Sparks US Uproar
Onislam.net
CAIRO – Plans to build a Muslim-friendly surgery center to allow women patients to be diagnosed without being worried about being seen by male doctors are sparking controversy in the US city of Chicago. “I should not have to leave my religion at the ...

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Muslim men 'wed teen converts by phone'
The Local.fr
Updated: 15 May 2013 15:55 GMT+02:00. French police have charged seven men with removing a child from her parents' care, after a 15-year-old convert to Islam, whose father is British, left home after "marrying" a 28-year-old Muslim man “over the phone".



Muslim men 'wed teen converts by phone'
The Local.fr
Updated: 15 May 2013 15:55 GMT+02:00. French police have charged seven men with removing a child from her parents' care, after a 15-year-old convert to Islam, whose father is British, left home after "marrying" a 28-year-old Muslim man “over the phone".