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French Muslim girl banned from class for wearing long skirt
Life & Style
April 29, 2015
French Muslim girl banned from class for wearing long skirt
The case of a 15-year-old Muslim girl who was banned from class twice for wearing a long black skirt seen…
Yusuf/Cat Stevens tells AFP Muslims sceptical about comeback tour
Life & Style
November 7, 2014
Yusuf/Cat Stevens tells AFP Muslims sceptical about comeback tour
Four decades ago, folk legend Cat Stevens converted to Islam, changed his name to Yusuf Islam and all-but-vanished from the…
Over two million pilgrims perform Jamarat rituals Sunday
Egypt
October 5, 2014
Over two million pilgrims perform Jamarat rituals Sunday
More than two million pilgrims, according to official statistics of Saudi authorities, performed the Jamarat ritual in Mina on Sunday,…
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh speaks about tolerance in Islam at World Cup opening
Egypt
June 11, 2014
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh speaks about tolerance in Islam at World Cup opening
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb will speak about the concept of tolerance in Islam at the opening of the World…
Egypt’s Sisi turns Islam on the Islamists
Egypt
May 9, 2014
Egypt’s Sisi turns Islam on the Islamists
As the Egyptian state presses its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the man expected to become president has deployed a…
Rights group says Muslims massacred in Myanmar amid official denials
World
January 23, 2014
Rights group says Muslims massacred in Myanmar amid official denials
Security forces in western Myanmar massacred at least 40 Rohingya Muslims last week, including women and children, a human rights…
The ‘good Muslim’ and the ‘bad Muslim’ in the African Sahara
Opinion
March 5, 2013
The ‘good Muslim’ and the ‘bad Muslim’ in the African Sahara
Mungo Park, the famous 18th century Scottish explorer, had few good things to say about the Muslims he encountered on…
US religious envoy meets with Egyptian leaders
Egypt
August 8, 2012
US religious envoy meets with Egyptian leaders
After meeting with government, civil society and religious leaders, American religious envoy Rashad Hussain wrapped up his five-day visit to…
Police presence high around Dahshur, five arrested in sectarian strife
Egypt
July 28, 2012
Police presence high around Dahshur, five arrested in sectarian strife
Police imposed tight security measures in the village of Dahshur, Badrasheen, on Saturday in after sectarian clashes between Muslims and…
Four people arrested in Sohag after sectarian clashes
Egypt
September 19, 2011
Four people arrested in Sohag after sectarian clashes
The public prosecutor in Sogah, Upper Egypt, has ordered the detention of four people after a fight between two familes,…