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Turkish President Wants Population to Grow, Instructs Muslim Women Not to Use Birth Control

05 Jun 2016
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Alison Lesley

“Not pregnant” by blmurch is licensed under CC BY 2.0 To grow the Muslim population in Turkey, the president has warned against using birth control and suggested women have at least three children. Recep...

Muslims Sharply Divided Over Qur’an’s Influence on Laws

02 May 2016
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Nathan Glover

Should the Quran influence laws in Muslim countries? A survey by the Pew Research Center has revealed that there are prominent fissures in the Muslim world when it comes to establishing the relationship...

British Parliament Declares ISIS Acts of Terror Genocide

26 Apr 2016
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Gary Nguyen

British Parliament declares Christian and Yazidi victims of ISIS as targets of genocide. The backbench members of the British Parliament have voted, by a margin of 278 to 0, to pass a motion declaring...

Is the Muslim Culture Being Embraced in Europe? [Interview]

12 Feb 2016
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Joseph Preville

Peter O’Brien dissects the debated topics of headscarves, terrorism, secularism and intra-European tensions in his new book The Muslim Question in Europe. Written by Joseph Preville and Julie Poucher...

Archaeologist Discover Underground Church in Turkey

06 Feb 2016
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Gary Nguyen

5th century Underground Church Unearthed in Cappadocia, Turkey A team of archaeologists working for the Nevşehir Castle Urban Transformation Project in Turkey recently unearthed a church in the underground...

12 Aug 2015
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Alison Lesley

A Turkish couple inspired by a modern Islam movement spends their wedding day helping Syrian refugees in need. Instead of hosting a lavish party for family and friends, a Turkish couple in Kilis...

U.K. PM David Cameron Announces Plan to Counter Islamic Extremism

05 Aug 2015
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Hayli Harding

David Cameron announced one phase of the Islamic extremism plan which includes allowing parents to cancel their children’s passports if they think they may be a flight risk. On Monday, July...

Masturbating will Knock Your Hand Up, Claims Televangelist

27 May 2015
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Hayli Harding

A Muslim televangelist made an unusual statement to one of his followers regarding the consequences of self-pleasure. Mücahid Cihad Han, an Istanbul-based televangelist, has made a fool...

Great Synagogue Of Edirne In Turkey Reopens After 20 Years of Neglect

21 Apr 2015
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Alison Lesley

It was all smiles as the sonorous sounds and echoes of the 500-year old "Adio Kerida (Goodbye my Beloved)" song played throughout the newly opened Synagogue of Edirne, Turkey. Unlike what it would normally...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Baptize Daughter in Jerusalem

15 Apr 2015
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Alison Lesley

U.S rapper, Kanye West, and his reality TV star wife, Kim Kardashian, recently had their 22-month-old daughter, North, baptized in Jerusalem on Monday. In a confirmation from a close family source...