Muslims
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Rouhani, cabinet renew allegiance with Imam Khomeini
Rouhani and his cabinet commemorated the great founder of the revolution, and the late Chairman of the country’s Expediency Discernment Council Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, reciting fatiha and laying a wreath on their tombs.
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Iraqi cleric relates Quds as Muslims' identity
In his statement which was released on Saturday, Hakim stressed the fact that Quds is regarded as Muslims' humanitarian Islamic Arab issue and it would not be possible to deal it.
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French politics feeds off Muslim bashing and Islamophobia
Abdallah Zekri, president of the National Observatory of Islamophobia, recently issued a written statement saying the years of misinformation and propaganda spread through international media linked Islam with individual or collective acts of terror, leaving Muslims all over the world in a precarious situation and threatening their existence on the planet.
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Researchers in Istanbul discuss Indian legal discrimination against Muslims
The roundtable discussion was organised on Wednesday by the South Asia Strategic Research Center (GASAM), a think tank founded by Ali Şahin, a Turkish Islamic who studied in Pakistan and who now serves as the deputy minister for European Affairs on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s cabinet.
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US ‘Deal of Century’ seeking to humiliate all Muslims: Larijani
“Taking a quick look into US’ measures, one can understand that they have devised a larger plan to humiliate all Muslims by the ‘fraud of the century’,” Larijani said Tuesday at the open session of the Parliament.
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Kentucky Muslims urged to raise their voices on ‘Muslim Day’ at State Capitol
Waheeda Muhammad, chair of the Kentucky Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), said the event aims to familiarize Muslims with government works, to bring them together with their representatives and make their voices heard.
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Pakistan: Hindu custodian of mosque in Karachi
A Hindu custodian of a mosque in a Muslim majority country may sound far-fetched. But Pahlaj Rae, a local businessman has been taking care of this mosque over many years.
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UK police pull 'outrageous' Islamophobic pamphlet
The Metro, a British daily, reported a 12-page document released by counter terrorism police in southeast England was intended to give examples of behavior to look out for that could be considered “extremist.”
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Terror police recall guidance listing ‘standard Muslim beliefs’ as signs of extremism
Human rights groups condemned the 12-page document produced by counter terrorism police in south-east England for undermining ‘free expression and discrimination’.
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A Muslim in Bristol: Almost two decades later, and we’re still living in the shadow of the twin towers
Nearly 20 years later, the effect of that incessant, unforgiving focus on our communities - that woeful ignorance, that unbending finger-pointing – is now agonisingly palpable.
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British Imam says Muslims should 'aspire to be like' Qassem Soleimani in tribute to 'martyred' general
Dozens of Muslims attended a memorial service held at the religious hub in Maida Vale, London.
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Another mosque attack in Germany
A glass door of the Mimar Sinan Mosque, which is managed by the Turkish Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), was broken during the attack.
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Muslims attend community memorial at Islamic Centre in London for the death of General Qassem Soleimani
Crowds squeezed into the religious hub and sat beneath a painting of the Islamic Republic's second-in-command and Iraqi military commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, as they paid their respects to those massacred in the US airstrikes.
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Almost 30,000 Jewish extremist entered Al – Aqsa mosque by force in 2019
Khatib stressed that the Islamic Waqf department insists on confronting all measures and violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque and all its buildings, including Bab al-Rahma, also known as the Golden Gate, which he said is an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque and which Israeli police have been trying to keep Muslim worshippers away from
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New India law aims to disenfranchise Muslims
The Hindu nationalist-backed party has made the rooting out and deportation of foreigners, through the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), one of its central pillars since its inception in 1980.
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Ayatollah Khamenei pays tribute to Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve
In a message on Christmas Eve, Imam Khamenei said: “Following Jesus Christ requires adherence to righteousness and abhorrence of anti-righteous powers, and it is hoped that Christians and Muslims in every part of the world will adhere to this great lesson from Jesus (pbuh) in their lives and deeds.”
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Arabs-Israel normalization of ties amounts to treason, Hamas says
In a press release on Sunday, Abdul-Latif al-Qanua said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to welcome Tel Aviv’s warming relations with Arab countries was “a reflection of how deep these ties have gone, and the level some Arab regimes have sunk to.”
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OIC concerned over issues affecting Muslims in India
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday expressed concerns on the controversial citizenship law affecting the Muslim minority in India.
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India: 15 killed, mainly Muslims in anti-citizenship law protests
Inspector General of Police Praveen Kumar confirmed the death toll to Anadolu Agency saying fresh cases were reported from the northern Uttar Pradesh state.
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Bringing Jews and Muslims together at York University
Recently I decided to step out of my comfort zone to offer a course that would explore both the Jewish and Muslim experiences in Canada. Teaching “anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Canada” was a more rewarding experience than I could have imagined.
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Hindu woman converts to Islam in Pakistan
Mehak Keswani, 22, was seen in footage reciting the Shahadah (Islamic proclamation of faith), announcing her new Muslim name, Mehak Fatimah, and saying that she converted to Islam of her own free will.
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Outrage after racists damage sign outside UK mosque
Last week, representatives of Chesterfield Stand up to Racism and Chesterfield Interfaith Forum visited the mosque to express solidarity.
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Students join rally against new citizenship law on campuses across India
Anger has been growing in India over the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which gives refugees of all of South Asia’s major religions, including Buddhists and Hindus — except Muslims — from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh a clear path to Indian citizenship.
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Boris Johnson remaining prime minister makes me feel I’m Not Welcome’ – Muslims react to Tory win
Zainab Patel woke up feeling sick and on the verge of tears on Friday morning as she grappled with the reality of Boris Johnson’s landslide election victory.
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India: Clerics ask Muslims to recheck records
Feeling Muslims’ status under siege, several mosques in southern India are making announcements to Muslims during Friday prayers urging them to recheck their identity records to make sure they are error free.
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UK charity shocked after being told by football club they can raise money ‘but not for Muslims’
The ILM (International Learning Movement) charity regularly ask sports clubs if they can attend matches and raise money at the ground for the charity.
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Tory candidate insulted Muslim culture
The former BBC journalist Linden Kemkaran, who is standing for the Conservatives in Labour-held Bradford East, retweeted a user on Twitter last week who dismissed Islamophobia as nonsense – describing it as a “crock”.
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Muslims in UK struggle to find decent candidates
The 73 year old non-Muslim politician was dropped by Labour in November 2019, after publicly backing local Muslim parents protesting against forced LGBT teaching in primary schools.
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Hundreds attend Peterborough mosque events
More than 200 people attended, with the star speaker being scholar Ameena Blake who converted to Islam a number of years ago.
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Yusuf Islam's media consultant converts to Islam
Media consultant of a prominent British singer-songwriter and philanthropist Yusuf Islam converted to Islam in Cambridge Central Mosque, newly inaugurated by the Turkish president in Cambridge, England.