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Why Muslim votes matter the most in Florida — the largest US swing state
“Democratic Party’s ground game is much stronger, I think we’ve learned from the past and we’re not leaving anything to chance” co-founder of Muslim Delegates Nadia Ahmed says.
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Palestinian worshipers at Al-Aqsa mosque expel Emirati delegation
The Palestinian worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque expelled an Emirati delegation visiting the Holy Shrine in coordination with the Zionist occupation authorities.
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Salma Lakhani: Alberta’s 19th lieutenant governor also ‘happens to be Muslim’
Salma Lakhani may be the first Muslim and South Asian lieutenant-governor in Canada, but that’s not what she wants to be known for.
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Wife whose husband was killed in Christchurch mosque shootings recalls watching him tackle the terrorist
The wife of a man who was killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks has recalled watching her husband tackle the shooter in the harrowing livestream he posted to Facebook.
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Islamic center in Africa to hold international poetry Shia Imam Hussein (A.S) competition
The Islamic Center for Africa in Johannesburg will hold an international poetry competition in Persian and English languages on the third Imam of Shia, Imam Hossein (AS), and issues related to his uprising 14 centuries ago.
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Ozone sterilization device installed at Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia
Head of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais inaugurated on Saturday the disinfection and sterilization device with ozone technology to sanitize the Two Holy Mosques.
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University announces launch of UK’s first Islamic finance undergraduate degree
Birmingham City University has announced the launch of the first Accounting and Islamic Finance undergraduate course in the UK.
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Muslim man denied citizenship in Germany after refusing to shake woman's hand
A 40-year-old Lebanese doctor, who has lived in Germany since 2002, applied for the country's citizenship through naturalization in 2012, thus agreeing to sign a declaration of loyalty to the German constitution and denouncing extremism.
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Congregational prayers resume at Grand Mosque in Mecca
Congregational prayers resumed Sunday at the Masjid al-Haram, or the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia after a 7-month hiatus due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Mosques reopen in virus-hit Gaza Strip
Palestinian authorities reopened mosques in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after weeks of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Twitter suspends fake black pro-Trump accounts
Twitter said Tuesday it had suspended several fake accounts purporting to be African Americans who support President Donald Trump and which had succeeded in garnering several thousand followers in just a few days.
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Hezbollah, Amal movement reject composition of Lebanon’s delegation tasked to negotiate border
Hezbollah and Amal Movement issued early Wednesday a statement in which they voiced rejection of the composition of the Lebanese delegation tasked to negotiate the southern border demarcation, calling for reforming it immediately.
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Palestinian prisoner’s stage hunger strike as Hamas warns occupation will ‘Pay Price’
Thirty-two prisoners at the Ofer Prison have begun an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with a striking inmate, as Hamas warned that the Resistance was fully ready to retaliate for Israeli attacks on Palestinian prisoners at Eshel Prison.
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Imam Reza Guesthouse receives Naeem Rezvan pilgrims
In the last 15 days of the month of Safar, the daily capacity and the number of lotteries under Naeem Rezvan project have increased, and in total, these days, more than 230,000 meals will be distributed among pilgrims.
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Saudi Arabia fails in bid to join UN rights council
Saudi Arabia has failed to join the United Nations Human Rights Council after an international non-governmental organization called on the United Nations (UN) to refuse Riyadh’s bid.
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French police arrest Muslim NGO head in raid
French police raided Wednesday the home of Muslim NGO BarakaCity’s founder and arrested him, the organization, which broadcast the raid live on its social channels, said.
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Indonesia establishing country's biggest Islamic bank
A global scale Islamic bank will soon be able to host a large Muslim population in Indonesia as the country has started merging sharia subsidiaries of three state-owned banks.
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Holy shrine’s female foreign pilgrims hold Safar mourning ceremony
Observing all possible health protocols, female foreign pilgrims of Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine have held their special mourning ceremony for the last ten days of Safar in the holy shrine’s Kheirat Khan School.
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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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London knife crime: Man smiles after admitting to stabbing prayer leader in mosque
A man has admitted to stabbing a prayer leader in the neck during an unprovoked attack in a Central London mosque, smiling as he did so.
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Investigation underway after Toronto mosque receives death threats
Police are investigating after a Toronto mosque received violent messages on Saturday threatening the lives of its members.
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Arbaeen commemoration ceremony in New Delhi
The sad occasion of the 40th of Martyrdom of the Lord of the Martyrs, Imam Hussein (AS) was commemorated for two consecutive nights at the Iranian Cultural House in Indian capital New Delhi, attended by Iranian Ambassador, embassy staff and other Iranians working in various institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India.
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Germany: 188 Islamophobic crimes in 3 months, 15 mosques attacked
German police recorded 188 Islamophobic crimes in the second quarter of this year, the country’s Interior Ministry has said.
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Hezbollah Officer to Israelis: Gate of Khaybar will be uprooted again, Marhab will be killed again
In the context of Al-Manar TV’s episodic documentary, Second Liberation Secrets, which highlights the military victories achieved by Hezbollah during its fight against the terrorist groups in Syria, one of the Resistance officers threatened to defeat the Israelis in a way similar to that inflicted by the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (P) in the Battle of Khaybar.
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HRW calls on UN states to vote against Saudi Arabia's bid for rights council
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged world states to vote against Saudi Arabia’s bid to take a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, stating that the ultra-conservative kingdom has committed “massive rights violations” both at home and abroad.
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COVID-19: Libya reopens Mosques after seven months
Libya's General Authority of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs said mosques “will reopen for all prayers starting next Friday” after over seven months of closure due to coronavirus pandemic.
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US forces must leave Iraq or will be forcibly expelled: Kata'ib Hezbollah
Iraq's anti-terror Kata'ib Hezbollah group, which is part of the country's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), has warned American forces against remaining in the Arab country, saying they will be forcibly expelled by means of resistance if they insist on maintaining their presence much to the dismay of Iraqis.
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Muslim Scholars call for dialogue in Kyrgyzstan crisis
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called upon the parties of the crisis in Kyrgyzstan to engage in a serious dialogue to reach a settlement that protect the sovereignty of the country.
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Arbaeen specialized database launches in AQR digital library
Astan Quds Razavi announced the launch of Arbaeen specialized base in order to publish teachings attributed to Imam Hussein (AS) in cyberspace and to help researchers in retrieving information resources related to this subject.
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Black Muslims are almost invisible in Britain, but now we're carving out a space
Ask most people to visualise a Muslim and they will likely picture someone of Asian or Arab descent, with a beard, perhaps, or some sort of head covering. Certainly, this is typically the image that is portrayed across our social media feeds, front pages and TV screens.