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Kashmir local political parties win over Hindu nationalist BJP
Dec 23, 2020 05:02An alliance of local parties has emerged victorious in Indian-controlled Kashmir elections. The elections come after India stripped Kashmir's semi-autonomous status last year.
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EU top court rules countries can ban halal slaughter
Dec 18, 2020 11:00The European Union's top court has upheld curbs on ritual animal slaughter in Belgium, in a move that targets Muslim religious rites.
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Six followers of Indonesian Muslim cleric killed in gun battle with police
Dec 07, 2020 12:11Indonesian police have clashed with supporters of a widely popular Muslim cleric, killing at least six of them in a gun battle in the capital Jakarta, raising fears of triggering tensions between authorities and his followers.
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Erdogan hopes France will 'get rid of' Macron soon
Dec 04, 2020 13:52Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he hopes France will "get rid of" President Emmanuel Macron in the shortest possible time, in his harshest remark against the French leader yet.
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Rohingya refugees coerced into going to remote Bay of Bengal island: Aid workers
Dec 04, 2020 05:18Rights groups and humanitarian workers say some of the thousands of Rohingya refugees being shipped to a Bangladeshi island have been coerced into going to the remote, flood-prone place.
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Rights groups urge Bangladesh to halt relocation of Rohingya
Dec 03, 2020 08:56Human rights groups have urged Bangladesh to immediately stop its plan to relocate thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees to a remote, flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Iran’s FM attends ceremony to commemorate Allama Iqbal
Nov 12, 2020 03:11Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a ceremony held in Pakistan to commemorate the 143rd birthday anniversary of renowned Persian-speaking poet Allama Iqbal Lahori.
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Putin backs idea of urging countries to pass laws to protect sentiments of believers
Nov 05, 2020 14:23Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his support for a proposal by a leading mufti from the country’s North Caucasus region to call on other United Nations (UN) member states to pass laws protecting the feelings of religious believers.
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France hasn’t learned from dark past: Iranian intellectuals
Nov 05, 2020 02:08A group of Iranian intellectuals strongly refute Emanuel Macron’s claim that support for sacrilege amounts to protection of free speech, saying the French president’s stance shows that his country is back on its decades-long abusive path.
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Leader: Iran will maintain unfaltering stance whoever takes helm of US
Nov 03, 2020 04:29Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran will not be concerned about who emerges the winner of the US race for presidency and that the Islamic Republic’s stance towards the US hegemony will remain unaltered whatever the result of the election.