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French Muslim shopowner fined over sexist opening hours
Uproar was created when he pasted a notice outside his store indicating different shopping hours for men and women
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Men should beat wives with 'meswak' or handkerchief, says Muslim family therapist
Saudi family therapist releases video on how to 'discipline' wives
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Lindsay Lohan considering converting to Islam
Actor says she is still reading the Holy Quran
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Muslims 'annoyed' by support for Trump: Islamic scholar
Trump exploits attacks on Islam in order to gain access to power, says Qara Daghi
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Former equalities watchdog warns of growing 'Muslim ghettos' in UK
'Muslims may hold very different values from the rest of society and want to lead separate lives'
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Saudis act against anti-Islamic footballer haircuts
Footballer Waleed Abdullah is seen getting his mohawk trimmed before he is allowed to play
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No concept of secret balloting in Islam: CJ
Justice Jamali says laws should be amended for betterment not to safeguard govt’s interests
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Outrage as Muslim pupils exempt from shaking female teachers' hands in Swiss district
They argued that Islam does not permit physical contact with a person of the opposite sex
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Woman wearing veil shares footage of ‘racist shopper calling her Batman’ in London
Christian man incites racism when telling his kids to look at 'Batman'
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SHC directs police to provide protection to Muslim convert
She had sought direction for police to not arrest her husband in alleged kidnapping case
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Petition calls for resignation of hijab-shaming French minister
Laurence Rossignol compared veiled women to 'negroes who supported slavery'
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Tajikistan to install metal detectors, cameras in mosques
The equipment will be installed at the expense of the mosques and their congregations
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Bangladesh court rejects petition to scrap Islam as state religion
Bangladesh's high court on Monday rejected the petition by secular activists
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Bangladesh Muslims protest call to scrap state religion
Bangladesh was declared officially secular after the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan
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A disco maulvi and liberal fascist go for sheesha
When you stopped talking to girls on campus after Hajj, I knew it was a phase which wouldn’t last long
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Why I call myself a feminist
Feminism is simply a branch of egalitarianism that focuses on the promotion of gender equality
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Trump already a tainted name in Indonesia after Muslim ban remarks
Indonesia, whose more than 200 million Muslims largely practice a moderate Islam, has close relations with the US
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700-strong lawyers' alliance remains defiant after Qadri's execution
Khatm-e-Nubuwwat Lawyers' Forum's mission is to ensure anyone insulting Islam is charged, tried and executed
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Bangladesh may drop Islam as country's official religion
The country’s Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in favour of removing Islam as the official religion
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Muslim enclave forged in apartheid now faces gentrification
Places in Cape Town are losing character, with wealthy people coming in from abroad and buying properties
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Beyond rituals: the deeper teachings of Islam
The way we practice religion now revolves around the ‘actions’ associated with piety or religious practice
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Harvard launches free online course to promote religious literacy
Goal of the course is not to 'champion one religion over another' but to increase the study of religion, says lecturer
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‘Ishq Forever’ banned in Pakistan
CBFC deems film’s content detrimental to image of Islam
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University of Arizona students hurl insults, and litter, at mosque in Tucson
When classes resumed last month, the cans and bottles started crashing onto the Arizona mosque’s parking lot again
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Belgian photographer challenges mindsets about Islam
Struzik takes us on a journey through, Kosovo, Morocco, India, Kashmir, Bangladesh and Pakistan
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Nike refuses to customise sneakers with 'Muslim' and 'Islam'
Nike spokesperson says athletics giant will take Muslim and Islam off banned words list for user customisation
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First Muslim woman leads prayer on floor of Wisconsin Assembly
Najeeb offered a general prayer as well as two citations from the Holy Quran that speak about the value of diversity
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Meet the Scottish man who converted to Islam without ever meeting a Muslim
After 18 months of conversion, I went to my first mosque and met other Muslims, writes Alan Rooney
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Non-Muslim women don hijab to express solidarity
As more women don scarf to show support, the reaction is divided
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Dispelling myths about Islam through speed-dating
Assafiri’s Muslim speed-dating event is more informal than the conventional one
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How politics has poisoned Islam
Religion is not actually at the heart of these conflicts — invariably, politics is to blame
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Online Quran lessons become booming business in Pakistan
Business is booming because there are not enough mosques and Muslim seminaries in the West to meet demand
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80 UK mosques to open doors to non-Muslims in bid to tackle Islamophobia
Some 80 mosques will invite the public in to counter negative stereotypes about Britain's Muslim minority
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Indonesian city reprimands Muslim hardliners for harassing gays
The FPI is also known for harassing religious minorities like Christians and Ahmadis
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Muslim school in UK denies claims it suspended pupil for speaking to member of opposite sex
Report alleged Al-Khair School in Croydon had suspended a pupil for breaking its behaviour policy
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Mosques across England should be built without minarets, says Britain's first female Muslim minister
Baroness Warsi says mosques across England are ugly and should be built to look 'quintessentially English'
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Protection of non-Muslims summit to be held in Morocco
Conference is expected to gather more than 300 Islamic leaders from Muslim countries, and others
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Hamtramck, a 12-mosque town in the heart of America
Amid heated rhetoric on Muslims across the county during the presidential campaign season, Hamtramck has embraced them
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US company changes policy to cancel Muslim prayer breaks
New rules do not allow unscheduled breaks during production
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In US, Muslims will outnumber Jews by 2040: study
With approximately 3.3 million Muslims currently residing in US, the number is set to increase
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Reforms to protect New York Muslims from surveillance
Civil liberty campaigners welcomed the changes, which settle two lawsuits
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Australian Navy's Islamic Twitter account shut down after complains from anti-Islam group
Move comes after navy adviser on Muslim affairs criticised a political party
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US college moves to fire professor who said Muslims, Christians worship same God
Hawkins was placed on administrative leave after her Facebook comments drew criticism
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What if the Oregon protesters were black or Muslim? Debate ensues
Social media predicted the authorities would have been more forceful, if they were Muslim or black
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Latinos emerge as fastest-growing group of Muslims in US: report
There are an estimated 150,000 converts to Islam among the Latino community in the US
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Muslims need to relearn faith, says American imam
Solimon says the Ottomans, Umayyads and Abbasids were not angels
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Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam
Behairy often questioned ancient Islamic preachings and centuries-old interpretations of the faith
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Hundreds march in Corsica after violent anti-Arab protests
Earlier, two people were detained over days of rioting on the French Mediterranean island
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Australian woman charged over Facebook post encouraging violence against Muslims
Woman wrote that mosques should be burnt down with the doors locked at prayer time
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Terrorism & responsibility of religious leadership
The literal meaning of Islam is ‘religion of peace and security’