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Lifting of hijab ban in southern Belgium offers hope for Muslim women
Activists, anti-Islamophobia organisations welcome the announcement regarding universities, and look forward to the lifting of bans in other institutions.
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Qalibaf: US-Zionist axis trying to degenerate Islamic nations
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said the American-Zionist axis pursues the scenario of disintegrating Islamic countries, parallel with the expulsion of the Palestinians from their ancestral land.
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Will France face UN human rights body over anti-Muslim discrimination?
Human rights organizations from around the world call upon the United Nations to investigate France’s treatment of its Muslim citizens.
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Meet the South Asian and Muslim Americans in Biden’s cabinet
They include a number of Indian-American appointments and for the first time ever two Kashmiri women, in what has been touted as the ‘most diverse’ cabinet in US history.
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500 years old mosque discovered near Islamabad Lotus lake: report
According to the details, the Environment Wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) recently found ruins of the old abandoned mosque while carrying out development work at the Lotus Lake.
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Western rulers afraid of Islam’s power: Al Najim
A Canada-based analyst says the Western governments are afraid of Islam’s spread in their countries as it will disrupt their control over puppet regimes in the West Asia.
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Greek archbishop insults Islam, says it is not a religion
Ieronymos II’s remarks come at a time when Turkey and Greece are preparing to hold talks on January 25.
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Under pressure from rights groups, Israel to vaccinate Palestinian prisoners against COVID-19
The Israeli regime says it will begin vaccinating Palestinian prisoners against the COVID-19 as pressure mounts on Tel Aviv from human rights groups.
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Muslim Welfare Institute donates ipads to four Blackburn schools
The Muslim Welfare Institute (MWI) has helped to provide 20 ipads for school pupils in Blackburn.
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French Muslim body agree on ‘republican values’ rules
Agreement will lead to restructuring Islam in compatibility with Republican values.
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Biden administration will reverse Muslim ban on Wednesday
The move will end the restriction Donald Trump imposed on immigration to the US from some Muslim-majority countries while he was in office.
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Iran frontline of fight against terrorism: Russian FM spoke woman
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Islamic Republic of Iran is pioneer in the fight against terrorism and terrorist activities.
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Quebec to seek leave to appeal mosque shooter sentence at Supreme Court
In a joint statement Friday, Quebec’s attorney general and the director of criminal prosecutions announced their decision to appeal, adding they wouldn’t make any further comments “out of respect for the ongoing legal process.”
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Muslim scholars offer support to quake-hit Indonesia
At least 42 people killed as 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island.
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Hamas: US decision to include ‘Israel’ in CENTCOM “fruit of recent normalization deals”
Qassem added that the US decision is a new piece of evidence that the normalization deals were concluded to serve the Israeli interests.
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US-Based Washington Institute:
al-Nujaba strikes at the US under guise of newly formed groups | Expect revenge after Biden’s inauguration
In a statement, the Washington Institute, an American think tank, said that Iran and Iraqi Islamic Resistance groups were likely to retaliate after the inauguration of the new president in the United States and noted that the Islamic Resistance movement was attacking American forces in Iraq under the guise of emerging and unknown groups.
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Peterborough mosques suspend public worship amid Covid concerns
Mosques across Peterborough have suspended public worship amid concerns at the rate of Covid-19 transmission in the city.
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Tatarstan Muslims plan to build a new mosque in Vladivostok
Olga Ivchenko, deputy director of the Primorye Department of Internal Policy, told the agency that the new mosque is to be placed at Street Proselochnaya, 30.
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Hezbollah: US’ foolish sanctions against Astan Quds Razavi desecration to Islam
“It seems that US Secretary of state’s level of madness and hatred have been considerably increasing as the presidential term (of Donald Trump) is coming to an end
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Israel blocks worshipers from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque
Hamas, Islamic Jihad movement decry exclusion of Palestinians from Haram al-Sharif for Friday prayers.
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Today in Mumbai:
The Kisan Alliance Morcha organized a grand front on Azad Maidan
"Jai Kisan Jai Jawan" slogans echo on Mumbai's land today in support of farmers. Thousands of protesters marched on foot from Mumbai's Islam Gymkhana to Azad Maidan.
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US: New York Jets hiring first Muslim coach
Robert Saleh to be first Muslim to lead an American football team.
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Muslim girl is changing the game and the conversation around Muslim women in sports
Fitriya Mohamed came to Toronto from Ethiopia at age 10, attended school for the first time and fell in love with basketball. Now she wants to create space for other Muslim women to fulfill their own hoop dreams.
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Jakarta Islamic center chief addressed role of Gen. Soleimani, Al-Muhandis in Iraq, Syria successes
The head of the Islamic Center of Jakarta said the Ikhlas (pure intention) of Lt. General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in the victories of the Front of Truth against the Front of Falsehood in Iraq and Syria.
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Iran seeks Interpol notices for 4 suspects in Fakhrizadeh assassination
A request for red notice issuance has been filed with Interpol concerning four of the perpetrators of martyr Fakhrizadeh’s assassination,” Hajian said at a press conference.
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Houthis say reserve right to respond to US terrorist designation
Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement said the group is entitled to respond to any US move to designate them as a terrorist organization, hitting back at the US administration of Donald Trump as “terrorist”.
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Hamas slams UAE for importing illegal Israeli settlement goods
In a statement, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the move “is tantamount to encouraging Zionist settlement building on the occupied Palestinian lands”.
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TV series to show Asian Muslims' role in Balkan wars
Kemal Tekden says role of sub-continent Muslims will be highlighted in series about Turkish war for independence.
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Twitter bans President Trump permanently
Social media companies have temporarily suspended Trump’s accounts after he posted messages on the social media platforms to support violent protesters at the US Capitol.
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Hezbollah: US sanctions on Iraq’s Fayyad ‘Medal of Honor’
The Lebanese Resistance group lashed out at the US, describing claims by the US Treasury to justify the sanctions as “ridiculous,” especially after the “scandalous killing of US protesters” near the US Capitol last Wednesday.