Baptist College In Australia Changes Dress Code To Accommodate Their Hijabi Student

Sat 21 September 2019: For parents working in a foreign country, choosing the right schools for their kids can be a challenge, especially for a Muslim family living in a community with where Muslims are the minority. Apart from hoping to get a good quality education, the family would also hope for the tolerance and […]

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Aligarh college issues notice banning burqa, skullcaps after students protest

Wed 18 September 2019: After student leaders at the Dharam Samaj (DS) college ‘warned’ Muslim students to not wear burqas and skullcaps to the facility, in support of Muslims at the institute, students from another college demanded action. However, DS college issued a notice banning the clothing items following the issue. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in […]

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Turkish televangelist begins trial for blackmail, sexual abuse

Wed 18 September 2019: A controversial Turkish Islamic televangelist and cult leader has gone on trial on more than a dozen charges, including forming a criminal gang, blackmail and sexual abuse of minors. The trial against Adnan Oktar and 225 of his followers or associates opened in Istanbul on Tuesday. They were arrested last year […]

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Man accidentally beheads himself during Muharram procession

Tue 17 September 2019: A religious celebration was marred by tragedy this week as a man participating in a traditional Shiite mourning ritual accidentally beheaded himself. Mohammed Sayum was displaying his prowess at swordsmanship in the Nalanda district of Bihar, in east India, as part of a ritual procession known as the Mourning of Muharram. […]

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Lifestyle website for Muslim teens is covertly funded by the UK government

 SuperSisters is promoted as ‘a global platform for young Muslimahs in east London to share and create inspiring and empowering content’. Photograph: https://www.supersisters.co.uk/ Sun 15 September 2019: A Muslim online lifestyle platform targeting British teenagers is covertly funded by the Home Office’s counter-extremism programme, the Observer has learned. The SuperSisters platform, a blog with supporting social media […]

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Pakistan’s cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri announces retirement from politics

Sun 15 September 2019: In video message, Canada-based Tahir-ul-Qadri announces retirement from politics A firebrand Pakistani political leader and religious scholar Tahir-ul-Qadri on Saturday announced his retirement from politics. In a video message from Canada, where he has been settled for several years, Qadri also announced to resign from the leadership of his Pakistan Awami […]

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‘Save Kashmir From Becoming Next Palestine’: Zakir Naik

As the Kashmir siege enters 38 days of total lockdown, the Indian government does not seem anywhere near normalising the Kashmir situation as it has repeatedly claimed. On the contrary, news reports trickling out of the state are reporting horrific incidents of torture and death of hundreds of innocent Kashmiris. Several international media outlets, and […]

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