Senegal Inaugurates Largest Mosque in West Africa
Daily SabahThe mosque has been built by the Mouride Brotherhood — part of the Sufi strand of Islam that predominates in Senegal, a country with a long tradition of religious tolerance.
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The Promise of Reconciling Political Islam and Democracy
Washington Post This piece is not about his decency, his integrity or his chilling murder. It is simply a reminder of the promise that Jamal offered: the chance to reconcile political Islam and liberal democracy.
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'Large Increase in anti-Bosnian, anti-Muslim bigotry': Report
Al JazeeeraSerb and Croat politicians are increasingly using Islamophobic rhetoric with aim of dividing Bosnia, says new report.
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The Imam who Died Fighting Racism in South Africa
BBCImam Haron was the first cleric of any faith to die in custody under the apartheid regime. His death signalled that even men of God were not safe from an increasingly repressive, white-supremacist state.
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Challenging Islamophobia? An Event at Conference Tells me the Tories don’t Care
The GuardianThe party I chaired worked to improve diversity but a divisive meeting at the weekend shows how much it has deteriorated.
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'Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang': China's Hui Muslims Face Crackdown
NPRThe same restrictions that preceded the Xinjiang crackdown on Uighur Muslims are now appearing in Hui-dominated regions. NPR has learned that since April 2018, Hui mosques have been forcibly renovated or shuttered, schools demolished, and religious community leaders imprisoned.
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Anti-Muslim Racism in Europe on Rise in 2018: Report
Andalou AgencyAnkara-based think tank releases report, underlines dynamics that support Islamophobia in Europe.
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Muslim Teen Who Was Hit And Smeared As ‘ISIS’ Wasn’t Protected By School, Mom Says
Huffington PostFor months, Safadi’s son not only endured physical violence by bullies at his school but abuse of a more specific kind, based on his religion and ethnicity.
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A Broken Muslim Brotherhood Struggles for Relevance
Financial TimesCairo blames the Islamist group for inciting protests across Egypt, but few believe the divided movement still wields such influence.
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Modi’s Mass Muslim Detention Scheme
JacobinNarendra Modi’s hard-right agenda is rolling on, unimpeded by significant opposition in India. His latest attack: on 1.9 million undocumented people, with the intention of displacing Bengali Muslims from northeastern India.
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Bosnia Ordered To Remove Church From Muslim Woman’s Property
Radio Free EuropeThe ruling, announced by the ECHR on October 1, likely will end a long legal battle initiated by Fata Orlovic and 13 members of her family who escaped the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, only to find a large church built just meters from their front door.
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Dutch Laws Increasingly Target Muslims’ Rights
Daily SabahA series of laws recently enacted in the Netherlands have increased discrimination against Muslims and the violation of their rights, Dutch academics are warning.
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Muslim Community Backs Plans to Retrospectively Give Planning Permission to Part of Cemetery
Worchester NewsMore than 135 supportive comments have been submitted to the council from the city’s Muslim community backing the plan, calling it much-needed as the cemetery is quickly running out of space.
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Identity and Islam
University of DelawareIn the days, months and years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Muqtedar Khan found himself grappling with an unrelenting question of faith and identity: “If al-Qaeda, ISIS, and all the human rights violations committed in the name of Islam are not my faith,” he would ask himself, “then what is?”
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Anti-Semitism vs. Islamophobia: How Language Creates Hierarchies of Discrimination and Whitewashes Bigotry
MondoweissSo my question is: why is an anti-Semite not called a “Semitophobe?” And an Islamophobe not an “anti-Muslim?” And what is that even supposed to mean, “afraid of Islam?”
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New Revelations about Islamic Reform Schools in Nigeria Paint Horrifying Picture of Physical, Sexual Abuse
CBS NewsHorrific revelations of torture and abuse at a compound billing itself as a Koranic reform school in northern Nigeria have shone a spotlight on Islamic institutes unregulated by the authorities.
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Muslim Women Attacked at anti-Hate Event in Germany
Daily SabahThe event was meant to raise awareness on increasing anti-Muslim sentiments in the country and was organized by the Turkish-Muslim association (IGMG).
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US Military Shows Appalling Disregard for Civilians Killed in Somalia Air Strike
Amnesty InternationalAn investigation by Amnesty International has revealed that three men killed in a US military air strike in March after being targeted as “Al-Shabaab terrorists” were in fact civilian farmers with no evidence of links to the armed group.
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International Criminal Court puts Mali War Crimes Suspect to Trial
ReutersThe judges confirmed the charges against Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz and said there were substantial grounds to believe that he was responsible for crimes including rape, torture, sexual slavery and the directing of attacks against religious and historical buildings.
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Lebanon Slammed for Deporting Undocumented Syrian Refugees
Al JazeeraLebanon is being criticised for its decision to send back Syrian refugees who arrived after April without proper documentation as another way of pressuring Syrians to return home.
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Uncovering Secrets of Mystery Civilization in Saudi Arabia
BBCA team of researchers is carrying out the first in-depth archaeological survey of part of Saudi Arabia, in a bid to shed light on a mysterious civilisation that once lived there. The Nabataean culture left behind sophisticated stone monuments, but many sites remain unexplored.
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Bangladesh: March in Solidarity with Kashmir
Andalou AgencyProtesters gathered in Dhaka after Friday prayer, demanding restoration of special status of Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Darwin, Islam: Kosovo imam Expelled for Accepting Both
Channel News AsiaWhen not leading prayers in his village mosque in western Kosovo, imam Drilon Gashi was scribbling some unorthodox thoughts on social media – like his belief in the theory of evolution. Eventually, the embrace of both Islam and Darwinism cost him his job.
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How Mohamed Salah Inspired me to Become a Muslim
The GuardianI have gone from hating Islam to becoming a Muslim – and the Liverpool forward is the principal reason for that.
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'Islamic State' Returnees in Kosovo Guided Back into Society
Deutsche WelleThousands of foreign ‘IS’ supporters are held in Kurdish camps in Syria. Most European countries refuse to repatriate them, but Kosovo is bringing its citizens home. DW met with one female returnee under house arrest.
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Research on Black Art and Civil Rights in US Shouldn't Forget Islam’s role, Prof. Argues
Duke ChronicleIn a Wednesday talk, a Duke professor spoke about how new scholarship on black power and the black arts movement should explore more why Islam was a powerful force in racial justice challenges in the United States during the 1960s.
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He Applied for a Green Card. Then the FBI Came Calling
CNNThere have been nights when Ostadhassan’s frustrations overflowed and he’s chucked his binder of immigration papers into the trash. But then he thinks of his thriving career, the American family he loves and his desire to raise his children in the country that has given him everything.
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Muslim Americans and their affinity towards the Left
The Muslim VibeIf you have been following American news concerning the Muslim community, you could probably tell that Muslim Americans have a strong affinity towards Left-wing causes and politicians.
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Twin Cities Mosque on Edge after Opponents Start Pointing the Cameras at Children
MPR NewsThe Dar Al Farooq Youth and Family Center has been the subject of online videos targeting Muslims. Police are investigating reports of harassment.
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