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Footage emerges showing Myanmar police beating Rohingya Muslims
Jan 02, 2017 15:02A new video has emerged showing Myanmar’s police using excessive force against Rohingya Muslims in the western state of Rakhine.
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Rohingya Muslims: World's most persecuted minority
Dec 27, 2016 09:18Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. They have faced torture, neglect and repression since Myanmar’s independence in 1948. The Muslim minority group has witnessed attacks by extremist Buddhists in Myanmar. The violence has forced nearly 100,000 of them to flee the country.
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Headless body of Muslim man found in Myanmar's Rakhine
Dec 23, 2016 15:20The decapitated body of a Muslim villager has been discovered in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.
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Islamic finance set for big lift from Iran
Dec 21, 2016 12:12The Islamic finance industry is expected to get a significant lease of life from the opening of Iran’s economy which has assets of around $448 billion to its name.
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Malaysia hosts forum for Muslim science award
Dec 21, 2016 08:08Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is hosting a forum of the Science and Technology Exchange Program among Muslim Countries (STEP).
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Pressure mounts on Myanmar as state crimes against Muslims documented
Dec 19, 2016 10:36An international rights group has warned Myanmar that its widespread military crackdown on the Rohingya community may amount to crimes against humanity, as a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers convenes in the country to discuss means of ending the plight of the ethnic Muslims.
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Scottish mosque defaced with hateful graffiti
Dec 19, 2016 06:03A mosque in Scotland’s North Lanarkshire council area has been spray painted with racist remarks, marking yet another instance of hate crime against Muslims living in the UK.
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'Standing against Takfirism, key to Muslim Ummah unity'
Dec 15, 2016 07:43The 30th International Islamic Unity Conference kicked off in Tehran on Thursday, while Muslims are celebrating the Unity Week, an annual occasion as a sign of solidarity among different Islamic schools of thought. Following is an Interview by IRIB English Radio correspondent Maryam Geshani with Mr. Mohammad Hani, a religious thinker from Denmark as one of the participants of this forum.
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'Unity of Muslims and dialogue within the religion is important '
Dec 15, 2016 07:24The 30th International Islamic Unity Conference kicked off in Tehran on Thursday. The conference participants include Muslim figures, ministers of Islamic countries, clerics, scholars and representatives of scientific and cultural circles from Iran and some 50 other countries. In this regard, IRIB English Radio correspondent Maryam Geshani has interviewed Mr. Atik Ali, the president of the National Forum for Cooperation of religions in Finland (CORE) as one of the participants of this event.
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Distributing knowledge on the roots of Takfirism very important: Mottaki
Dec 17, 2016 05:56The 30th International Islamic Unity Conference is going on in the Iranian capital with the participation of hundreds of domestic and foreign guests, prominent scholars and religious figures from various Muslims countries. In this regard, IRIB English Radio correspondent Arezou Raufi has interviewed Iran's former foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki.