Baghdad beats: Meet the Shia rappers raising the roof
Middle East EyeAn Iraqi cleric, Mahmoud al-Sarkhi, is creating a storm by urging his followers to rap for their religion.
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Fears over Muslim parents withdrawing children from 'non-halal' flu vaccine
The TelegraphMuslim parents are refusing to allow their children to take part in a nationwide flu vaccine drive after the Muslim Council of Britain ruled the treatment was forbidden by Islam.
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Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps
The New York TimesChinese officials said Tuesday that most of the inmates in re-education camps for Muslim minorities — a vast network of detention centers estimated to have held one million people or more — have been released. But the United States, experts on Chinese policies, and ethnic Uighur Muslims abroad quickly contested the claim.
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Triple talaq: India criminalizes Muslim 'instant divorce'
BBC NewsIndia’s parliament has approved a bill that makes the Muslim practice of “instant divorce” a criminal offense.
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Egyptian women speak freely about choice to veil at hijab summit Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/07/surviving-hijab-community-holds-first-ever-summit-in-egypt.html#ixzz5vjqD5HNd
Al MonitorOn July 19, Surviving Hijab — a closed Facebook group — held its first summit at the Greek Campus in Cairo, where 400 attendees and 12 speakers — veiled, unveiled or de-veiled — shared their experiences.
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Renewed unrest grips Bahrain after authorities execute activists
ReutersProtests broke out in Bahrain after the execution of two Shi’ite Muslim activists on terrorism-related charges revived tension over the weekend in the Sunni-led kingdom, a Western ally that has cracked down on dissent since a failed 2011 uprising.
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Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque: 'The side you've never seen before'
Middle East EyeThe documentary One Night In Al Aqsa, which has its world premiere in London on 2 August, takes audiences on a journey into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque through the people who live and work there.
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After the fall of ISIL, a sectarian battle over property in Mosul
Al JazeeraAs residents struggle to rebuild Mosul following a fierce nine-month military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group in 2017, Sunni authorities are struggling to control properties which have been managed by the community for centuries.
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Resigned Sri Lankan Muslim politicians return to government
APFour Sri Lankan Muslim ministers who resigned from their Cabinet portfolios after the Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people have rejoined the government after an investigation cleared them of having any links with the local Islamic militant group that carried out the bombings.
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Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
ReutersAuthorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to “Sinicize” its Muslim population.
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Teen set to be the first jockey wearing hijab at a British racecourse
CNNThursday’s Magnolia Cup — the annual ladies-only charity race at “Glorious Goodwood” — will be a momentous occasion for Khadijah Mellah. On top of marking her competitive racing debut, it will also make her the Cup’s first Muslim rider, as well as the first jockey to wear a hijab at a British racecourse.
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Khadijah Mellah becomes first UK jockey to wear hijab – and wins race
The GuardianThe 18 year old Peckham native won her Magnolia Cup race, besting a field that included British Olympian Victoria Pendleton.
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Tory Islamophobia: Johnson faces calls to honor pledge on inquiry
The GuardianBoris Johnson is facing calls to honor his commitment to an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative party, after a senior minister refused to say that one would go ahead under his premiership.
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There will be two Ramadans in a year in 2030
Esquire Middle EastThe lunar month moves forwards by 10 or 11 days each year. What this means is that in 2030, Ramadan will fall both in January and then again in December.
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Muslim Virginia lawmaker heckles Trump at Jamestown speech
APVirginia House Delegate Ibraheem Samirah, a 27-year-old Democrat, held up three laminated protest signs at Trump’s appearance in Jamestown that said: “Deport Hate,” ″Reunite My Family” and “Go Back to Your Corrupted Home.”
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Opinion 'Pro-Palestinian' Jeremy Corbyn Has Never Really Cared About Muslim Suffering
HaaretzFiyaz Mughal questions Jeremy Corbyn’s “carefully cultured image” that he is a political friend of Muslims and a supporter of Palestine.
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Iranian women defy prison threats by sending veil videos: activist
ReutersIranian women are sharing videos of themselves flouting laws forcing them to wear headscarves in public, despite a ruling they could face up to ten years in jail for doing so.
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A blessing in disguise? Bendigo at peace with its mosque after years of far-right protest
The GuardianLocals lament how a mosque saga dented Bendigo’s pride as it became an ‘unfortunate backdrop’ to right-wing extremism.
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The Muslim Hajj: A spiritual pilgrimage with political overtones
The ConversationThis year, concerns over Saudi human rights abuses have cast a cloud over the pilgrimage. Between the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Yemeni civil war, some pilgrims are debating whether travel to the country is morally acceptable.
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Banana Republic is selling hijabs. Muslim shoppers wonder: Is it inclusion or appropriation?
The Washington PostSome shoppers are wondering whether major retailers’ getting into the hijab business is inclusion or the appropriation of a religious symbol for the sake of their bottom line.
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As the Netherlands' burqa ban takes effect, police and transport officials refuse to enforce it
The Washington PostProblems emerged immediately after a long-awaited ban on burqas officially went into effect in the Netherlands on Thursday. The biggest issue: whether security officials will bother to enforce it.
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The Massive Mosque Built Once a Year
BBC TravelThe walls of Djenné’s Great Mosque are reconstructed with mud each April in an epic one-day event called La Crépissage (The Plastering).
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Almost half of Britons think Islam is incompatible with British values, shock poll reveals
Yahoo NewsA survey conducted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and ComRes suggests Islam is widely misunderstood by non-Muslims.
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