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Ban Muslim veil in public places, says UKIP leadership hopeful

UKIP leadership candidate Lisa Duffy is calling for Muslim veils to be banned in public places, in a bid to make women who wear them feel more “British.” More

Ban Muslim veil in public places, says UKIP leadership hopeful

Muslim Minority

Muslim woman fired from work for wearing hijab in US

Najaf Khan, who was hired as a dental assistant at Fair Oaks Dental Care in Fairfax County, Virginia, said she was fired from the new job because she wore a Muslim head scarf to work. More

Muslim woman fired from work for wearing hijab in US

Muslim Minority

Donald reiterates anti-Muslim sentiment

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has reiterated his proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the US. His remarks have caused grave concern among Muslim families who have legally immigrated to America, some from war-torn countries like Iraq and Syria. More

Donald reiterates anti-Muslim sentiment

Muslim Minority

Hundreds gather in East London to denounce racism and Islamophobia

Hundreds of people gathered at the historic Altab Ali park in East London yesterday, as part of a series of demonstrations led by the Black Lives Matter movement across the country, writes Khadiza Shahid. More

Hundreds gather in East London to denounce racism and Islamophobia

World News

A third of Danes believe they are at war with Islam

A new survey has found that one in three Danes believe that the country is at war with Islam and its adherents. More

A third of Danes believe they are at war with Islam

Muslim Minority

French town tells halal supermarket to sell pork and alcohol or get shut down

A halal supermarket in Paris has been told by local authorities it must start selling pork and alcohol or else it will be shut down, The Telegraph reports. More

French town tells halal supermarket to sell pork and alcohol or get shut down

Muslim Minority

Parliament to vote for construction of Mosque in Athens

The Ministry of Environment has submitted a bill which includes provisions to resolve a series of administrative issues that are delaying the construction of a Mosque in Athens. More

Parliament to vote for construction of Mosque in Athens

Islamic World

Egyptian Muslim Nobel laureate Zewail dies

Egyptian Muslim chemist Ahmed Zewail, who won the Nobel Prize for his trailblazing contribution to chemistry, has died in the United States at the age of 70. More

Egyptian Muslim Nobel laureate Zewail dies

World News

8 killed in blasts on security building in Mogadishu

At least eight people were killed Sunday morning in a twin car bombing at a police headquarters in Somali capital Mogadishu, a security source said. More

8 killed in blasts on security building in Mogadishu

World News

Muslims Attend Mass after Murder of French Priest

Saint Etienne du Rouvray – Muslims of Europe participated in mass five days after Father Jacques Hamel was killed by terrorists in a church in Saint Etienne du Rouvary, west of France. More

Muslims Attend Mass after Murder of French Priest

World News

Pope Francis: ‘If I Speak of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak of Catholic Violence’

When asked by a journalist about the “barbarous assassination of Fr. Jacques Hamel” in northern France who was clearly “killed in the name of Islam” last Tuesday, the Pope replied that he doesn’t like speaking about Islamic violence because there is plenty of Christian violence as well. More

Pope Francis: ‘If I Speak of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak of Catholic Violence’

Islamic World

Erdogan withdraws and forgives all cases of insults to him

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday the country had not compromised its laws in the coup’s wake, and furthermore made the gesture of withdrawing various court cases filed over insults to the president. More

Erdogan withdraws and forgives all cases of insults to him