Suspect in stabbing of Americans believes Dutch insult Islam
AP News An Afghan asylum-seeker accused of stabbing two Americans in Amsterdam believes that Islam is insulted in the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said Monday, giving the first indication of why they think a “terrorist motive” was behind the attack.
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Muslim Court Canes Malaysian Women for Same-Sex Relationship
NY TimesA Shariah High Court in Malaysia’s Terengganu State caned two women convicted of pursuing a sexual relationship on Monday. Rights groups have raised questions about the direction the new government is taking the country.
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Islamophobia is preventing the empowerment of Muslim women repressed by political agendas
The ConversationThe contrasting case studies of Saudi Arabia and Turkey highlight the impact of Islamophobic attitudes toward the hijab on women’s empowerment.
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China's Jaw-Dropping Family Separation Policy
The AtlanticChildren and parents are being ripped apart on a massive scale. It may rob an entire generation of their Muslim identities.
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German far right fuels Muslim ‘takeover’ fears
PoliticoA series of violent crimes committed by refugees is giving rise to protests in eastern Germany.
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European Muslims on identity, bereavement and loss
Al JazeeraMuslims who lost relatives in attacks, stress the difference between their faith and the fighters.
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Aceh region bans unmarried couples at same table in cafes
AP NewsA district in Indonesia’s deeply conservative Aceh province has banned unmarried couples from sitting at the same table in restaurants, cafes or coffee shops.
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We need a ‘German Islam,’ says interior ministry
PoliticoGermany will tighten control over foreign influence of its Muslim community, State Secretary for the Interior Ministry Markus Kerber said Monday, after a week of violent far-right clashes.
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Islam shows its female face with rise of women mosques
ReutersMuslim women in Denmark who have had enough of male domination at the mosque are setting up their own.
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Young cleric names and shames Iran's luxury-loving elite
Al MonitorIran’s high-living aghazadehs — a satirical moniker for the offsprings of the Iranian ruling class — have an outspoken critic in a young cleric from Qom who uses their favorite medium — Instagram — to name and shame those who flaunt their luxurious lifestyles or land cushy jobs.
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China Has Detained Up to a Million Muslims. Here’s What You Need to Know
Washington PostThe Uighurs, a Muslim minority in China, have been subjected to mass surveillance and government sponsored reeducation in a process described as counter-terrorism by the Chinese authorities.
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Saudi 'seeks death penalty' for Muslim scholar Salman al-Awdah
Al JazeeraThe family of a 61 year old “reformist” cleric says he has been charged with 37 counts of “spreading discord” and “incitement” against the royal family. Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.
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Malaysian PM says caning of lesbians counter to 'compassion of Islam'
ReutersNew Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has denounced the caning of two women accused of having a same-sex relationship.
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Shiite split heats up as Iraqi lawmakers fail to elect speaker
Al MonitorNewly elected Iraqi legislators, unable to even determine which alliance of parties holds the most seats, on Sept. 4 postponed their vote on a new speaker until Sept. 15. The constitution calls for electing a speaker before a new government can be formed.
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Will Saudi Arabia Cease to Be the Center of Islam?
NY TimesSaudi Arabia, or the Arabian Peninsula before the formation of the modern kingdom, has been and remains a place both central and marginal to Muslims around the world.
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Turkish military’s tradition of secularism facing tough test
Al MonitorTurkey’s armed forces — known as the ultimate guardian of secularism since the foundation of the modern Turkish republic almost a century ago — are now trying to strike a balance between religious freedom and freedom from religion.
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Bowing to far-right pressure, Pakistan removes Ahmadi adviser
Al JazeeraPakistan’s government says decision to relieve leading academic from economic advisory council was made to ‘maintain unity’.
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Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric demands end to violence as deadly protests rage
ReutersThe revered Ayatollah Ali Sistani called for a political shakeup in Baghdad and a halt to violence against demonstrators on Friday, after days of deadly protests tore through the main city in the south and shut the country’s main sea port.
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For A Lot Of Muslim Republicans, Their Party's Over
BuzzFeed NewsMuslim voters in the GOP are wondering how, or whether, to cast ballots at a time of anti-Muslim rhetoric from politicians in their own party.
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Egypt sentences 75 to death over Rabaa protests
Al JazeeraSenior Muslim Brotherhood leaders are among 75 people sentenced to death over 2013 Rabaa protests, but prominent photojournalist Shawkan is to be freed.
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Shaken Dutch lawmaker Wilders says no more Prophet cartoons, for now
ReutersDutch lawmaker and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders has said he has no plans, for now, to revive a competition of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed after it emerged as a motive for a stabbing in Amsterdam last week.
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China Is Detaining Muslims in Vast Numbers. The Goal: ‘Transformation.’
NY TimesHundreds of Uighur Muslims in a Western Chinese desert internment camp are being indoctrinated to conform to a Chinese ideal and rid themselves of their devotion to Islam.
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Study questions Iran-al Qaeda ties, despite U.S. allegations
ReutersThere is no evidence that Iran and al Qaeda cooperated in carrying out terrorist attacks, according to a study published on Friday that casts doubt on Trump administration statements about close ties between the two.
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