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Millions of devotees marching towards Karbala for Arba’een rituals
Nov 18, 2016 10:53Millions of Muslims from across the world are marching towards the holy city of Karbala to perform the rituals of Arba’een, one of the most revered religious occasions on the Islamic calendar.
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Police raid mosques across Germany
Nov 15, 2016 13:02German police have carried out more than 200 raids against mosques, apartments and offices across 10 federal states in search for suspected members of an alleged extremist group, officials say.
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Arbaeen, Journey of Zealous Hearts (1)
Nov 15, 2016 06:42Here it seems that your mind is soaring and growing; like your heart that has become vast and kind. As if your heart has accommodated all of Imam Hussein’s pilgrims. Black and white, race and language don’t matter for you and you love every pilgrim with no reason; and you like to express this love. How pure you have become o pilgrim! Little by little you resemble Hussein!
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Woman fined €30k in Italy for wearing niqab
Nov 12, 2016 12:04A Muslim woman of Albanian origin has been fined 30,000 euros in Italy for refusing to remove a veil covering the face known as niqab at a town hall meeting.
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Swiss court rules against employer for firing Muslim woman over headscarf
Oct 25, 2016 11:05A Swiss court has made a ruling in favor of a Muslim woman who was fired by a company that she worked for a longtime after she started wearing the Islamic headscarf, also known as hijab, setting the first precedent of its kind in the country.
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Brussels hosting int’l halal conference
Oct 25, 2016 11:03The 7th international conference on halal food and products began in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Monday.
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Thousands protest against PEGIDA in Germany on group’s second anniversary
Oct 18, 2016 11:24About 8,000 opponents of the anti-Muslim and anti-refugee PEGIDA movement have taken to the streets in eastern Germany to protest against the formation of the far-right group.
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Three men arrested and charged in plot to bomb Kansas mosque
Oct 15, 2016 08:19Three men have been arrested and charged in federal court for conspiring to bomb an apartment building that serves as a mosque for many local Somali immigrants in the US state of Kansas.
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Mourning Ceremonies for Imam Hussain (PBUH) in Iran
Oct 12, 2016 04:15Iranians as every year, attend Muharram mourning ceremonies which commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH) and his companions in the Battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D.
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Millions of Shia Muslims observe Ashura worldwide
Oct 12, 2016 03:32Millions of Shia Muslims in Iran and other parts of the world are commemorating Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.