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Verses of Holy Quran read by Putin on Russian national unity day
Russian President Vladimir Putin read verses from the Holy Quran in a ceremony held to mark the Russian National Unity Day earlier this week.
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US Indiana elect first Muslim State Senator of Palestinian descent
Fady Qaddoura, an American citizen of Palestinian origins, won the membership of the Senate of Indiana, becoming the first Arab Muslim in the state legislature, and the third Palestinian to win the US elections 2020, after defeating his rival John Ruckelchaus.
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1st Friday prayer held in Athens' only mosque
The first Friday prayer was held in the only mosque in Athens amid social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mosque in Germany receives Islamophobic letter
Mosque in the German town of Hufingen on Friday received an Islamophobic letter.
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Saudi bans names deemed ‘anti-Sharia’
Saudi authorities have announced bans on names considered to violate Islamic Sharia law. The restrictions come amid Interior Ministry’s Civil Affairs Agency introducing new rules for registering names in the kingdom.
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Trump disappointed Netanyahu declined to publicly endorse him: Report
US President Donald Trump is disappointed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to endorse him ahead of the presidential race with Joe Biden.
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TikTok denies helping Chinese government spy on and persecute Uighur Muslims
Social media giant TikTok has denied allegations that its parent company is supplying the China's authoritarian state with surveillance equipment to persecute Uighur Muslims.
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Man accused in Rexdale mosque stabbing set to make another court appearance
The man accused of killing a man outside a mosque in Etobicoke is scheduled to make another court appearance Thursday.
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Islam Channel slams UK MP for linking it to terror
'To link Islam Channel to acts of terrorism is not only completely unfounded but also grossly offensive,' says UK channel.
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Twelve Palestinian detainee’s contract COVID-19 in Israel prison
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority has announced that 12 Palestinian political prisoners, held in Section 3 of Galboa Israeli detention facility, are infected with the coronavirus.
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Palestine: ‘Israel killed 46 Palestinian journalists since 2000’
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said on Wednesday that Israel has killed more than 46 Palestinian journalists since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000.
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Palestinian prisoner Maher Akhras continues hunger strike for 101st consecutive day
The Palestinian prisoner at the Zionist jails, Maher Al-Akhras, continued his hunger strike for the 101st consecutive day in rejection of the Israeli court’s decision to detain him administratively.
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UK: Muslim leaders join calls to permit public worship during lockdown
Muslim leaders have joined other national faith leaders in calling on the Government to permit public worship during the second national lockdown in England imposed to combat the Covid pandemic.
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Imam Khamenei pardons over 3,700 Iranian prisoners
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted prison terms of a large number of convicts sentenced by various Iranian courts.
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Muslims make their mark on the 2020 US elections
Prominent Muslim lawmakers are returned to the House of Representatives, while some new faces win seats in state legislatures.
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Muslim US voters cast ballots in ‘record numbers’, with exit poll showing nearly 70% voting for Biden
Muslim voters in the US cast their ballots in “record numbers” in Tuesday’s election, with nearly 70 per cent voting for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, an exit poll conducted by The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, has found.
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US: Muslim congresswomen Omar and Tlaib retain seats in election
Muslim-American congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have retained their seats in the US House of Representatives during yesterday’s election.
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Vienna attack: The Muslim heroes who saved lives
A Palestinian McDonald’s manager and two Turkish-origin MMA-fighters risked their lives to save others amid the violence.
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Muslim countries, organizations condemn Vienna attack
Several Muslim countries along with Tunisia’s Ennahda movement and the head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar institution on Tuesday condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack near a synagogue in the Austrian capital Vienna.
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Huddersfield Muslim Youth Group calls for food donations to help feed hungry kids
The Muslim Youth Group in Huddersfield is offering to help supply free school meals after Man Utd and England striker Marcus Rashford's bid to ensure no schoolchildren go hungry.
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Israel bans Palestinian official from Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israel has banned the deputy director of the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Waqf Department from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for six months.
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Online International Conference: “respecting religions and freedom of expression”
The Online international conference of “respecting religions and freedom of expression” will be held, 7th November 2020, with the presence of Islamic and Christians Scholars.
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AQR distributes 30k aid packages on Prophet’s birth anniversary
Astan Quds Razavi has distributed over 30 thousand aid packages among needy people in the suburbs of Mashhad, concurrent with the birth anniversaries of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Imam Sadeq (AS), says Hamed Sadeqi deputy in charge of social affairs at AQR’s Karamat Razavi Foundation.
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'World must keep fighting abuse of Islam'
Turkey is ready for close, sincere cooperation against all approaches that cause terrorism,' says Turkish foreign minister.
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Austria: Turkish man recounts brush with death in Vienna terror attack
A Turkish man who was wounded in Monday’s terrorist attack in the Austrian capital told how he barely escaped death at the hands of one of the gunmen.
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Iranian Speaker's advisor stresses need for more unity among Muslims
Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Advisor for International Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined the need for Islamic countries to strengthen unity amid the recent sacrilegious acts against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
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CAIR-Kansas calls for hate crime charges after Islamophobic incident outside Wichita Mosque
The Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Kansas), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to bring hate crime charges against a man who allegedly brandished a weapon while shouting racist and Islamophobic slurs at a worshipper outside a Wichita, Kan., mosque.
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AQR celebrates Prophet’s birth anniversary at Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine
Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine is replete with joy, light and scents concurrent with the birth anniversaries of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) and Imam Sadeq (AS).