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Israeli troops abduct fourteen Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli troops abducted, at least fourteen Palestinians, including siblings, a female journalist, and former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
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People should be transparently kept abreast of AQR’s measures and performance
Public trust is the most valuable asset for Astan Quds Razavi, says chief custodian Hoj. Ahmad Marvi while underscoring the need for transparency in publicizing the organization’s measures, performance and financial matters.
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Farewell to Gli, famed feline of Hagia Sophia mosque
The world-famous feline who made Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia her own is now part of the history of the iconic mosque.
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Sayyed Nasrallah delivers Wednesday televised speech on Hezbollah Marty day
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has scheduled a speech to mark the Martyr Day.
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Biden plans to end US Muslim ban
On the first day of his presidency, president-elect Joe Biden intends to rescind Donald Trump’s travel bans on travelers from 13 countries, most either majority-Muslim or African nations.
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US’ Jamestown Foundation:
al-Kaabi has a new mission after the martyrdom of Major General Soleymani
The Jamestown Foundation for Global Research and Terrorism Analysis has published an analytical report describing the meetings and positions of the secretary-general of al-Nujaba during his visit to Iran in which they explained the period after the assassination of Major General Soleymani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as a new chapter in the role of Hujjat al-Islam al-Kaabi.
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Ayatollah Khamenei: Political, civil, decline of US regime definite
Leader of Islamic Revolution said that the situation in the US and what they themselves say about their elections is a spectacle.
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Austria shuts two mosques attended by Vienna attacker
The Austrian government ordered the closure on Friday of two mosques in the capital, Vienna, frequented by the gunman who shot dead four people in the city centre earlier in the week.
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AQR releases six books on Prophetic tradition
AQR has announced the publication of six books focusing on the Prophetic tradition in different languages of the world.
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Jammu massacre being repeated in Kashmir to change its Muslim-majority status
Shehryar-Khan-Afridi Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi on Friday warned that Indian regime is replicating the Jammu massacre in Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley to bring about a demographic change in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir but Pakistan would never allow this sinister plan to be executed.
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Groups say over half of Muslim candidates win US office
Seven of 110 Muslim candidates make history as first Muslim officials elected to respective state office.
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Turkish Parliament speaker calls French detention of Muslim children 'banditry'
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop has criticized the French police’s arbitrary detention of Muslim students, calling it “banditry.”
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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.