Muslim Community
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New Zealand Muslims condemn Nice terror attack and rising escalations
The Muslim Community of New Zealand condemns in the strongest possible terms Thursday’s terror act in Nice and the murder of Samuel Paty earlier in the month.
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Arabs condemn French insults of Islam, Prophet Muhammad
Several Arab countries have condemned the French incitement against the Islamic religion and the Holy Prophet Muhammad, warning that these repeated insults fuel hatred among the peoples.
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Toronto mosque remains closed after it receives violent threats
A downtown Toronto mosque remained closed on Monday night after it received several violent and offensive threats by email early Saturday. Toronto police are investigating.
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Lucknow University staffer first to donate for building of Ayodhya Mosque
The donation of 21,000 - by one Rohit Shrivastava - was made to the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, which oversees the construction of the mosque complex.
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Birmingham mosques urge Muslims to join NHS plasma appeal to help Covid patients
They are asking people who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate blood plasma because it contains antibodies that can be used to treat others who develop the disease.
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Myanmar: Deep reforms must end vicious violence against Rohingya minority
Ethnicity and conflict are inextricably linked in Myanmar, creating a vicious cycle of violence that continues to escalate, the Brussels-based organization said in a report published on Friday.
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Myanmar Muslims struggle to avoid another Muslim-free parliament
The Union Election Commission announced the election date on July 1, inviting candidate registration from the 96 registered political parties from July 20 to Aug. 7.
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Islam for non-Muslims – Chinese Imam in Hong Kong on a mission to explain his religion
The result is a book in Chinese, Understanding Islam. Yang says what sets Islam apart from other religions is the fact it touches all parts of a believer’s life.
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Museum of London gathers lockdown Ramadan experiences as part of Collecting Covid project
This year Ramadan took place between 23rd April and 23rd May, coinciding with some of the most stringent lockdown measures. To understand how the city’s Muslim community experienced this time, the Museum of London is eager to build a segment of its Covid collection dedicated specifically to a socially distant Ramadan.
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Melbourne Imam helps spread COVID message
Dr Bekim Hasani is the former Imam at the Albanian Mosque in Carlton North and works closely with Muslim communities across the state.
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The Muslim community in Australia are marking Eid, the breaking of the Ramadan fast
This year Eid, like most aspects of our daily life, has moved into the intimate setting of private homes. The Dalati family in Georges Hall try their best to inject the Eid celebratory spark by decorating their home, setting up prayer mats, hook-up to relatives via zoom, open their presents, and prepare the feast. I
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Former footballer raises $1M to build mosque in Spain
Starting more than one year ago, the French-born Malian player raised $1 million in an online mosque campaign called Kanoute4SevilleMosque.
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COVID ‘harassment’ against Muslims in India unfortunate
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, said this while briefing reporters during a conference call on the impact of COVID-19 on religious minorities throughout the world.
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Celebrate the breaking of the fast with Bedford Muslim community’s virtual Iftar
The Iftar is the meal served at the end of the day during Ramadan, to break the day’s fast. Literally, it means “breakfast.”
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Fort McMurray rallies to support Muslim community during Ramadan
Roughly 1,000 Muslim residents were evacuated and needed extra support as the flooding came in the midst of Ramadan.
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How the Muslim community of Bangor is celebrating the holy month of Ramadan during lockdown
Ayad Mawla, the secretary of the Bangor Islamic Centre, shared what it was like to observe Ramadan during the pandemic.
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Conwy's kind-hearted Muslim community
The Conwy Islamic Society donated two pallets of food to foodbanks in Abergele, Penmaenmawr, Llanfairfechan, Conwy, Colwyn Bay and Kinmel Bay.
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Ruling Indian party lawmaker: Do not buy from Muslims
"Keep one thing in mind. I am telling everyone openly. There is no need to buy vegetables from 'Miyas' [Muslims]," Suresh Tiwari from Deoria town said on the video.
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Myanmar Muslims offer mosques to help fight coronavirus
Tin Maung Than, secretary of Islamic Religious Affairs Council Myanmar, said thousands of mosques across the country could be used in fighting the coronavirus.
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Backtrack on new coronavirus cremation rules in UK
A mosque in Lewisham has thanked MPs after an amendment to the Coronavirus Bill was agreed that would protect faith groups from forced cremations.
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Police responsible for New Delhi violence not Muslim protesters: Indian police admit
In the worst communal violence in decades in New Delhi on February 23, nearly 50 people were killed and over 100 wounded as groups chanting Hindu nationalist slogans torched mosques and dozens of Muslim houses after looting shops and businesses.
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Police won't tolerate extremism towards Muslim community - Stuart Nash
Threatening messages were posted on encrypted messaging app Telegram on Sunday, targeting members of the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch.
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Shia student’s conference scheduled in Massachusetts
According to marifaconference.com, the Harvard College Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH) will host the program.
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Hasan Karolia: A tribute to a mosque pioneer and visionary
Shortly thereafter, the Society purchased and converted a terraced house at 40 Lambeth Street, Blackburn to provide a Masjid (place of worship) and a Madrassa to educate our Muslim children in an Islamic environment.
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Trump use of photoshopped image of Dem leaders in Muslim garb draws outrage
U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire for retweeting a doctored image of Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on Monday.
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Young Hartlepool mosque members start 2020 with community clean-up
The early morning event on New Year’s Day was part of a national community clean up campaign where the members of the Muslim Community throughout the UK do similar clean ups across the country.
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UK mosque gifts Gerard Deulofeu in anti-discrimination event
Hujjat Islamic Centre, in Wood Lane, Stanmore, handed out gifts on December 21 to Watford F.C’s Gerard Deulofeu alongside people from 100 other houses in a movement to eradicate discrimination and racism in Harrow.
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Airdrie Muslim community celebrates new mosque site
The community now owns a lot and two buildings where it plans to build a brand new mosque that will serve the city's growing Muslim population.
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Nigeria clamps down on Muslim massacre anniversary rally
The forces attacking the rally in the capital Abuja on Thursday fired into the air to disperse the protesters, who were commemorating the 2015 bloodletting in the Zaria town of the northern Nigeria Kaduna State.
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Muslim community condemns racially aggravated attack on Sheffield schoolgirl
The teenager was on a single decker bus bound for Ecclesfield when the attack, which was filmed on mobile phones and shared online, took place shortly after 4.30pm.