Calling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group would make all Muslims scapegoats
The Washington PostTrump administration is pushing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a “foreign terrorist organization,” which would bring the weight of U.S. sanctions against a diverse political movement with millions of members.
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Why Ramadan is called Ramadan: 6 questions answered
Religion News ServiceThe Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islamic Arabia, Ramadan was the name of a scorching hot summer month. In the Islamic calendar, however, the timing of Ramadan varies from year to year.
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Pakistan's Ahmadi community faces growing discrimination, report says
ReutersPakistan’s Ahmadi community faces growing institutionalized discrimination fanned by last year’s election campaign by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the minority movement said in a report issued on Monday.
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Ramadan: ‘It will be a test but the peace you get is beautiful’
The GuardianFasting to Muslims represent a combination of test and rewards where they work to combine both their spirituality and their busy lives.
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A look at the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan
AP NewsMany Muslims around the world began fasting Monday to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Gaza laments deadly start to Ramadan, amid funerals and debris
ReutersAfter two sleepless days and nights of Israeli shelling and Palestinian rocket fire, Gazans on Monday faced the first day of Ramadan overshadowed by funerals and the grim task of pulling bodies from collapsed buildings.
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For Western leaders, Ramadan is a time to reassure the world of Islam
The EconomistIn more recent times, leaders of the democratic world have taken the period of daybreak-to-dusk abstinence, the latest enactment of which began at sunset on May 5th, as a cue to salute and reassure Muslims everywhere, in their own countries and around the world.
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The implications of a Trump war on political Islam
Al JazeeraThe White House announced it was intending to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation soon after Trump met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi last month and praised him as a “great president” despite his dark human rights record.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters freed from prison in Myanmar
The Washington PostTwo Pulitzer-winning Reuters journalists held in Myanmar were freed after their coverage of the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
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'Beautiful Ramadan': Prayers, celebrations, and determination at Sudan's protest sit-in
Middle East EyeProtesters gathered outside military headquarters in Khartoum hoping that Ramadan will bring renewed energy and recruits to their cause.
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How Iran's hard-liners aim to sideline traditionalist clerics
Al-MonitorThe relationship between the state and the clerical establishment in Iran has been unsteady over the last four decades. The state has often criticized the Qom seminary for its lackluster support for the Islamic Revolution and for its lack of involvement in everyday matters of government, as it limits itself to religious issues.
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Revealed: new evidence of China's mission to raze the mosques of Xinjiang
The GuardianMore than two dozen Islamic religious sites have been partly or completely demolished in Xinjiang since 2016, according to an investigation by the Guardian and open-source journalism site Bellingcat.
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Mainstream Charities Are Unwittingly Funding Anti-Muslim Hate Groups, Report Says
NPRThe Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, says that charitable foundations, mostly mainstream, are directly and indirectly giving millions of dollars to anti-Muslim hate groups.
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The Saudi Shia: Between an Iranian rock and a Saudi hard place
Al JazeeraThe Saudi Shia community has been caught in the struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for regional hegemony.
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Curfew imposed after religious tension rises in Negombo
Al JazeeraState schools reopened amid tight security after fighting broke out on Sunday between ethnic Sinhalese people and Muslims.
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Yemen war: Civilians struggle to buy food to break their fast
Al JazeeraIn the last four years, Yemen’s currency has sunk and the cost of food soared, becoming a major driver behind the current food crisis.
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Harsh punishments under Sharia are modern interpretations of an ancient tradition
The ConversationAccording to Jessica Marglin, Sharia is a complex tradition with multiple interpretations – one that accommodates the celebration of same-sex attraction alongside rulings condemning homosexual intercourse.
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Britain used to ask Muslims to move here. What happened to us?
The GuardianArabic-speaking ‘recruitment’ videos the British government made in the 1960s show a more tolerant nation than today’s hostile environment.
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Muslims afraid, resentful as ethnic divide deepens in Sri Lanka
ReutersMuslim groups say they have received dozens of complaints from across Sri Lanka about people from the community being harassed at workplaces, including government offices, hospitals and in public transport since the Easter Sunday attacks.
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Muslims gather in Jerusalem for first Ramadan Friday prayers
AP NewsIsraeli police said more than 135,000 worshippers prayed at al-Aqsa mosque in the sacred compound, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount.
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The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden
The ConversationMedia reports have celebrated Halima Aden becoming the first woman to be featured in the Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit edition wearing a hijab or a burkini.
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Rooh Afza off shelves: India's Muslims have a Ramadan crisis
Al JazeeraSince the holy month of Ramadan began this week, millions of Muslims in India have been greeted with a rude shock: a shortage of Rooh Afza, a staple in “iftar” (breaking of the fast at sunset), especially during the summers.
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In Largely Catholic Philippines, A Muslim Woman Shakes Up Senate Campaign
NPR Samira Gutoc cannot help but stand out from the crowded roster of candidates in the Philippines’ midterm elections. The ebullient 44-year-old is a Muslim and the only woman among the opposition’s slate of eight candidates running for the Senate.
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