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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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'Absolutely sickening': US military buys location data harvested from apps, including one for Muslim prayers
Nov 19, 2020 11:58"The US military industrial complex and the surveillance state have always had a cozy relationship with tech. Buying bulk data in order to profile Muslims is par for the course for them—and is absolutely sickening. It should be illegal!" tweeted Rep. Ilhan Omar in reaction to the recent revelation that the U.S. military is attaining data from mobile phone applications.
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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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France's 'crisis' with Islam: A legacy of 200 years of colonial brutality
Nov 10, 2020 17:39In fact, the normalization of hate speech against Muslims not only legitimizes the institutionalized discrimination to which French Muslims are subjected, but also incites violence against them inside and outside France.
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Macron’s defiant support for Charlie Hebdo is tantamount to a declaration of war on Islam
Nov 08, 2020 07:07In a display of traditional Eurocentric hypocrisy whenever hostile elements within Europe find the need to justify their aggressive behavior towards Muslims who are either citizens or refugees, leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron invoke false narratives.
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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.