Muslims News
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France, where police ended two hostage dramas Friday killing Islamist brothers wanted for the Charlie Hebdo massacre and a third suspected extremist who attacked a Jewish supermarket, has the biggest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe.
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Paris -
French imams condemned violence committed in the name of Islam during Friday prayers as the country reeled from the double hostage dramas that followed the massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine.
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Paris -
France's main Islamic groups urged Muslims across the country to observe a minute of silence on Thursday and for imams to condemn terrorism in the wake of the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.
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Sydney -
One of the bouquets left on Tuesday in a sea of flowers at the site of the Sydney siege read "I will ride with you." It was as much a wholehearted message to Australia's Muslim community as to the incident's victims.
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Sydney -
Australian authorities are restricting some information on the latest terrorist hostage-taking, and getting cooperation from the media. The Sydney event ended after 17 hours with the gunman and at least two hostages dead.
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Sydney -
More than 40 Australian Muslim groups on Monday jointly condemned a siege at a Sydney cafe in which hostages were taken by an armed man and an Islamic flag displayed.
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New Delhi -
One day after an Islamic extremist group pledged to support IS, officials at a New Delhi mosque announce as many as 200,000 Indians have registered to volunteer against the jihadist terror group in Iraq.
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Perched up an Albanian mountain, the mediaeval church of St Nicolas was rebuilt from a crumbling ruin with help from local Muslims after the fall of communism, a symbol of the religious tolerance Pope Francis will be celebrating here on Sunday.
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Berlin -
Muslims across Germany held a day of prayer and rallies Friday to condemn both Islamic extremism and a backlash against their faith that has seen arson attacks on mosques.
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Denver -
No story is worth a journalist’s life. We are not Navy Seals who can burst into a room and stop a massacre.
Writing about genocide has won many awards, but rarely stopped killings.
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Ferguson -
The St. Louis County police officer who pushed CNN's Don Lemon during live coverage of protests in Ferguson, MO. is now suspended from duty after an online video surfaced showing the officer launching into an hour-long racist rant.
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City Of London -
Authorities with HSBC Holdings have shut down multiple bank accounts citing that they were "outside of our risk appetite". Activists are responding by calling the practice "Islamaphobic" and demanding an explanation.
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In a post on the website for his new play, Allegiance, the openly gay, former Star Trek actor George Takei commented on last week's Hobby Lobby decision by the United States Supreme Court.
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Washington, D. C. -
Unfortunately, it's far too early to tell whether U.S. President Barack Obama's recent proposal to spend $500 million in support of Syrian rebels will accomplish anything.
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Rome -
Either it’s Catholic nuns are really devote Muslim women or devote Muslim women are Catholic nuns – they are too similar to be separate. More on that later, or is it later on that more? Time to find out.
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The United States Department of Defense today changed its policy dealing with religious apparel and hair grooming to allow those in the military greater freedom in both areas.
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When it comes to politics and to parties with members behaving in shameful ways, the GOP leads the way. Recent examples include an attack on Muslims and a congressman freeloading food yet insisting impoverished school kids should work for lunch.
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Human rights groups are seeing first-hand the ravages of war in the Central African Republic (CAR), as gangs of Christians and Muslims rampage through the streets, ignoring peacekeeping forces, mutilating, killing and committing other atrocities.
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Recently, the Muslim Brotherhood has made news with their actions in Egypt. However, this is only another attempt in a long line of attempts to conquer.
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The U.N. deputy secretary general is warning that the Central African Republic (CAR) is descending into chaos, and urgent help is needed. Strengthening of the African Union-led forces is called for, turning the crisis into a peacekeeping mission.
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Former Arkansas governor and current Fox News host Mike Huckabee raised eyebrows and ire after he called Muslims 'uncorked animals' on his radio show earlier this week.
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Myanmar is set to revive a two-child limit policy for Muslim families in Western Myanmar which was in effect and enforced by military authorities during the country's martial law regime.
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London -
According to a new analysis of 2011 UK census, one in 10 people under 25 are Muslim, Christianity is declining 50 percent faster than previously thought and in 10 years Islam may become the dominant religion with only a minority identifying as Christian.
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A Pew Research survey of 38,000 Muslims across 39 countries shows the majority favour the implementation of sharia law - though interpretations of the Islamic law vary widely.
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Lahore -
After a Christian man was accused of blasphemy, a mob of angry Muslims attacked a Christian neighborhood in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday and Saturday. Families fled for their lives, and 175 homes, 18 businesses, and 2 churches were torched.
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A comic tragedy on barely known islands in the South Pacific continues with fears of a wider conflict. That story with a map is contained here.
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Istanbul -
Last week a plot to assassinate a Turkish Christian pastor near Istanbul was foiled by the Turkish anti-terrorist police.
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The Middle East crisis continues as the Arab spring has given way to a Christian winter, Muslims demolish Church building in Egypt, and an Egyptian court sentences a Christian family to 15 years for converting from Islam.
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London -
In London - Ontario, Canada, members of both the Catholic and Muslim faiths gathered together for a food drive to help the needy during the holiday season.
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Brooklyn -
In the 2012 US Elections, Arab-American activists were hard at work getting out the vote from both Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans.
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Students of Cairo University, who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, shout slogans against the military during a demonstration in front of the university in Cairo With permission by Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Iraqi forces and mainly Shiite Muslim volunteers arrive in the predominantly-Sunni Muslim city of Samarra, 124 kms from Baghdad, on July 2, 2014, to protect the Shiite Muslim Al-Askari shrine , AFP
A young girl watches as Muslim women offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the national mosque in Kuala Lumpur on July 28, 2014 Manan Vatsyayana, AFP
Students of Cairo University, who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, shout slogans against the military and interior ministry With permission by Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Foon for sale during Ramadan break Wikicommons
Muslim National School in Clonskeagh in Dublin - one of only two state funded schools for Muslim children in Ireland . RTENewsNow
Extent of Islamic beliefs (shades of green) from North Africa into the Pacific -- a 'ring of fire.' Wikipedia
Students of Cairo University, who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, shout slogans against the military and interior ministry during a demonstration in front of riot police at the main gate of the university around Al Nahda square in Cairo November 24, 2013, to commemorate the passing of 100 days since security forces cleared the vigils in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi at Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares With permission by Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Newt Gingrich explained to CBN's David Brody that his many affairs have made him seem "more normal" to the average joe. Christian Broadcasting Network
Muslims refugee in Buddhist monastery newsonline
Screen shot capture of Erik Rush's twitter account Kyle Mantyla
Nigerians are seen to be deeply religiuos, even at night. This photo show Muslims in a prayer mood in an open space.
Pilgrims perform sunset prayers at the Great Mosque, Islam's holiest shrine, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, two days before Muslim's annual Hajj pilgrimage. menj
Take a look at this group and tell me, are they Catholic nuns or are they devote Muslim women? Wikimedia
People and children learn CPR differently around the world. Now there is some discussion on what the best method is for North America. ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd.
Buddhist monks welcoming Muslims refugee newsonline
Muslims getting ready for a prayer session durring Ramadan
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