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Muslim Call to Prayer Allowed for New York City Mosques on Fridays Without Permit
Mosques in New York City will no longer be required to obtain a special permit for the public broadcasting of the Islamic call to prayer on…
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U.S. City Led by Muslims Bans Pride Flags, Sparking ‘a Sense of Betrayal’
A multicultural enclave of Detroit, Michigan, that attracted international attention in 2015 for becoming the first in the U.S. to elect a Muslim-majority city council, has…
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Iran Launches New Crackdown, Targeting E-commerce Giant for Photos of Female Employees Without Headscarves
A week after authorities in Iran threatened to renew a crackdown on women not wearing the hijab, the country’s morality police has shut down an office…
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Protestors Storm Swedish Embassy in Iraq Following Quran Desecration in Stockholm
Outraged by the scheduled act of burning a Quran by an Iraqi man in Sweden, scores of demonstrators forcefully entered the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on…
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Muslim Billionaire Plans to Construct Mosque in London’s Entertainment District
To advance religious diversity and inclusiveness, a Muslim billionaire plans to construct a three-story mosque in a bustling entertainment district in the heart of London. After…
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Mob Kills Cleric Accused of Blasphemy During Political Rally in Pakistan
Less than three months after an irate mob stormed a police station in Pakistan and killed a man accused of blasphemy, a cleric became the latest…
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Pakistan Higher Education Commission Reverses Restriction on Hindu Festival
In the face of stiff public criticism, an education body in Pakistan that prohibited a Hindu religious festival on college campuses has done an about turn…
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Preparing for the Hajj
Saudi Arabian Minister Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiah announced on January 9 that pandemic restrictions on pilgrimage have been lifted. Fawzan al-Rabiah is the Hajj and Umrah…
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Houses of Worship: Qatar State Grand Mosque
Qatar sits on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf with Saudi Arabia to the west as their only neighboring country. Over the past 30 years, Qatar’s…
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Religious Intolerance in Myanmar
Along the Bay of Bengal and wrapping around the Andaman Sea is the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It is home to 54 million, with…
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The Fight of the Hazaras
The Hazaras have been subject to discrimination and oppression at least since the 19th century. As an ethnic minority within Afghanistan whose population largely belongs to…
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What is a Fatwa? A Scholar of Religion Strips the Word of its Stereotypes
When the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued an Islamic edict against Salman Rushdie on February 14, 1989, an Arabic word the cleric…