Tag: Muslims
Manila proposes autonomous zone for Muslims
New region will also get larger revenue shares, including 75 per cent of national taxes, fees and charges collected by the government in the...
Hate attacks against Muslims after beheadings of US journalists
Since the beheadings of two American journalists by the Islamic State (IS), Muslims living in Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn have been threatened by...
More Muslim women in Britain opting for veil to assert religious...
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When youth worker Sumreen Farooq was abused in a London street, the 18-year-old decided it was time to take a stand - and she...
Muslims pray in Gaza church as bombs fall ahead of Eid
For Gaza resident Mahmud Khalaf, it was a bizarre new experience, prostrating himself for his daily Muslim prayers beneath the gaze of an icon...
Philippines urges its Muslims to abort Haj over MERS outbreak
The Philippines urged its large Muslim minority on Thursday to reconsider plans to join pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia this year due to a deadly...
Muslims, Jews, Christians to pray together at the Vatican
Pope Francis hopes an unprecedented meeting of the Israeli and Palestinian presidents at the Vatican on Sunday can help end “eternal negotiations” and lead...
Major Indian papers urge Modi to reach out to Muslims
Indian newspapers on Sunday urged prime minister-elect Narendra Modi to reach out to Muslims and avoid the temptation of triumphalism after the Hindu nationalist...
Eleven Muslims killed in sectarian attacks in India’s Assam
uspected tribal rebels in India shot dead 11 Muslims, including two women, in attacks in the northeastern state of Assam where tension has run...
Indian Supreme Court gives Muslims right to adopt a child
In a landmark judgment, Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday gave Muslims the right to adopt a child despite their personal law prohibiting it.
The apex...
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President calls upon the ‘Islamic world’ to stand by Pakistan
President Mamnoon Hussain has called upon the “Islamic world” to support and stand by Pakistan...
Muslims converge on Mina for final stage of Haj
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims converged on Mina valley in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to join a symbolic stoning of the devil, the final stage...
Muslims throng mosques for Aitekaf
Thousands of devout Muslims will observe Aitekaf from Tuesday at various mosques in the city to spend the last ten days of Ramadan in...
Civil rights groups sue NY police over spying of Muslims
Civil rights lawyers urged a US judge to declare the New York Police Department's widespread spying programmes directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional, order...
Myanmar urges calm after religious violence
Myanmar's government has called for calm after mobs burned down a Muslim orphanage, a mosque and shops during a new eruption of religious violence...
Most Muslims want Sharia law: study
A majority of Muslims around the world want Sharia law to be implemented in their countries but are split on how it should be...
Olympics 2020 bid: Tokyo governor apologizes for remarks against Muslims, Istanbul
Tokyo's outspoken governor, Naoki Inose, who heads the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, apologized on Tuesday for "inappropriate" comments he made about rival...
Boston mosque refuses to host funeral for Tamerlan Tsarnaev
A Boston mosque attended by the Tsarnaev family has refused to provide funeral services for the killed Boston bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his aunt...
