Iran
Wailing in Grief, Iranians Flock to Mourn Slain Commander
ReutersSoleimani’s body was returned home on Sunday – given a hero’s welcome as it arrived in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and then flown to the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Mashhad.
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Iran Unfurls Red Flag to Show They Are Ready for War After US Airstrike
Metro UKIranian state television aired the image from a mosque in the Shiite holy city of Qom, showing the flag flying above the minarets. Red flags in Shiite tradition symbolise both blood spilled unjustly and serve as a call to avenge a person who is slain.
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Israel/Palestine
Muslim Women Spread Christmas Cheer in Gaza
ReutersMuslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a project to empower a traditional community.
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Archaeologists Find Hoard of Islamic Coins in Israel: 'It's Like a Hanukkah Present'
HaaretzCoins placed in a clay juglet 1,200 years ago included rare specimens from North Africa and one issued by Caliph Haroun A-Rashid, on whom ‘One Thousand and One Nights,’ was based.
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Canada
What Muslims Expect From the Liberal Government in 2020
The StarThe Canadian Muslim community is an engaged member of the Canadian family, consistently turning out at higher than average rates in both federal and provincial elections. Community leaders, organizations, mosques and Imams across the nation are actively engaging with the community and the government at all levels on issues affecting Canadian Muslims.
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'Foolish': Muslim Convention Criticised for Hosting Anti-Palestinian Politician
Middle East EyeAttendees criticise decision to host Ontario Premier Doug Ford whose political party has been accused of Islamophobia.
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United States
US Detains More Than 60 Iranian-Americans at Canadian Border
Middle East EyeIranian-Americans detained by US Customs and Border Control as they return from a concert in Canada.
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Can Muslims Become Strong Voice in American Politics?
Middle East EyeMuslim-American organisers want to build on political momentum gained over past three years.
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MAS-ICNA Convention Turned to the Largest Islamic Convention
PatchThe annual MAS-ICNA Convention was held from December 27-29, 2019. The convention takes place in Chicago, every year during the holiday season.
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United Kingdom
What It's Like to Convert to Islam as an Adult in Wales
Wales Online‘I am British Muslim and happy to be. Islam explains things to me. The answers are all there.’
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Under Boris Johnson, Islamophobia Will Reach a Sinister New Level
The GuardianWith the government’s plans – from immigration to counter-extremism – pandering to prejudice, Muslims will be unsafe.
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Croatia
Nationalism Tops Agenda for Croatia Presidential Hopefuls: Report
Al JazeeraHDZ seeks adversaries in Serbs, Serbia, Bosnia, Yugoslavs, migrants and refugees and of a so-called “Islamic threat” due to a “somewhat schizophrenic policy” led by Grabar-Kitarovic, IFIMES noted.
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Czech Republic
Czech Mosque Vandalised With Death Threats
France 24A mosque in the Czech Republic’s second city of Brno has been vandalised with graffiti threatening to kill Muslims, police said on Saturday.
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China
Satellite Images Show China’s Destruction of Muslim Cemeteries
Washington ExaminerSatellite images compiled by CNN revealed that more than 100 cemeteries have been flattened by the Chinese government as part of its campaign against Uighurs Muslims. Nearly 1 million Muslims have been targeted by the Chinese government as it works to abolish the Islamic faith within its borders.
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India
To Invoke Allah or to Not: Secular Islamophobia and the Protesting Indian Muslim
Caravan MagazineSolidarity from liberals is conditional because of their understanding of Muslims as quintessentially illiberal.
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(Dis)integrating Muslims, Dismantling India
The DiplomatIndia, where Muslims have been at home for more than a millennium, is trying its hardest to alienate, disenfranchise, and disintegrate them.
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Many Indian States 'Will Not Implement' Modi's Citizenship Law
Al JazeeraKerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan writes to 11 of his counterparts, urging them to unite and coordinate efforts against the law.
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'We Are Not Safe': India's Muslims Tell of Wave of Police Brutality
The GuardianPolice in Uttar Pradesh state have embarked on ‘reign of terror’ against Muslims in wake of new citizenship law.
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Australia
Australian Muslims Join Christians in a Public Prayer for Rain in Bushfire and Drought-Ravaged Areas
Daily MailA group of Muslim worshipers have come together in a park to pray for rain amid the worsening drought and bushfire crisis.
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Nigeria
IMN in Nigeria: Life as a Member of the Banned Shia Group
BBCJummai Karofi, a member of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a Shia organisation, says her children have been missing since a crackdown on its followers in Zaria, northern Nigeria, in 2015.
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International
2010-2019 The Decade ISIS Overtook Al-Qaida and Changed the Face of Radical Islam
HaaretzThe head rush from the Arab Spring protests turned to panic as ISIS took radical Islam where no terror group had gone before: Establishing a caliphate which, at its height, spanned the size of Britain.
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The World’s Indifference to Muslim Woes
Financial TimesDonald Trump and Boris Johnson jeopardise what remains of the west’s human rights credibility.
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Islam, Reform and the Battle of Narratives
The SpectatorThere is no religious, cultural or doctrinal reason why Jews should not be the allies of Muslims.
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