Which way will Pakistan tilt? (Comment)
September 20th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
The publication of satirical cartoons relating to the Prophet Muhammad by a French magazine (Charles Hebdo) adds to the anger and widespread protests already simmering across many countries and societies that ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabia’s version of the ‘Got Talent’ bans women from taking part
June 18th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Riyadh, June 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Buraidah's Got Talent, Saudi Arabia’s version of the Got Talent TV format has been launched. The program bans women from taking part.
The program’s contestants are ... Read more...
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When court named girl of a separated couple
July 15th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 15 (IANS) An Australian court's intervention was required in a case in which parents of a two-year-old girl separated before her birth and could never agree over naming ... Read more...
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Nigerian Man Has 107 Wives
May 13th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Abuja, May 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Nigerian man has called it a day after marrying 107 wives. The man, Bello Maasaba, is father to 185 children; the youngest of the children was ... Read more...
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US says it showed “far greater” respect to Osama’s body than he showed to 9/11 victims
May 5th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5(ANI): The respect shown to Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his body was "far greater" than that shown by the most wanted terrorist to the 9/11 and ... Read more...
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Afghan insurgent believed to be ringleader of attack on U.N. Office over Koran burning issue
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Apr 2 (ANI): An Afghan insurgent from one of the militants' strongholds in the country is believed to be the ringleader of a bloody attack at a United Nations compound that ... Read more...
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US pastor who burned Koran says violent attack in Afghanistan ‘proves his point’ about Islam
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who oversaw the burning of a Koran last month, has said that he does not feel responsible for a violent protest at a ... Read more...
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UK Muslim schools’ pupils taught Hindus have ‘no intellect’, they ‘drink cow p***’
February 13th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 13 (ANI): Secret filming at Islamic schools in Birmingham and Yorkshire has revealed that Muslim pupils as young as 11 years are taught an intolerant and highly anti-social version of ... Read more...
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Vatican releases Papal book
November 24th, 2010 - 10:38 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 24 (IANS/AKI) A book consisting of the first series of exclusive interviews ever granted to a reporter by a pope was presented Tuesday at the Vatican."Light of the World. The ... Read more...
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Roman Catholic school could be handed over to a mosque in UK
September 25th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.25 (ANI): A Roman Catholic primary school could become the first in England to be run by a mosque after a dramatic rise in the number of Muslim pupils.According to a ... Read more...
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Progress in Afghanistan like watching ‘Paint Dry’: General Petraeus
September 15th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 15 (ANI): General David Petraeus, who was appointed to replace former General Stanley McChrystal as the top US Commander in Afghanistan in June, has conceded that a successful counterinsurgency ... Read more...
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Oz judge orders Muslim witness to remove burqa in front of jury
August 19th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Perth, Aug 19(ANI): An Australian judge has ordered that a 36-year-old Muslim woman must remove her traditional face-covering burqa while giving evidence before a jury in a fraud case.The woman is due ... Read more...
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Muslims protest blasphemy against ‘Quran’ by American Church
August 7th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, Aug 7 (ANI): Stung by the blasphemous statements made by an US-based church against their holy text 'Quran', scores of Muslims vented their fury by staging a mass demonstration on ... Read more...
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Woman should remove burqa, Australian court told
August 5th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 5 (IANS) A lawyer in an Australian court has argued that a Muslim woman should remove her burqa while giving evidence, just as she would have to while appearing in ... Read more...
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Mosque Likely To Be Constructed Near Ground Zero
May 10th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 10, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The campaign to construct a mosque two blocks away from the devastated Ground Zero has set in motion a poignant discussion among the inhabitants ... Read more...
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American Muslim groups protest use of unIslamic full body scanners at airports
March 16th, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.16 (ANI): Two American Muslim groups have objected to the us of full body scanners at airports in the United States, stating that the devices are inconsistent with the tenets of ... Read more...
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Australian jihadists found guilty of terror plot
October 16th, 2009 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 16 (DPA) Five Australians face the prospect of life in prison after being convicted in a Sydney court Friday of plotting a terrorist attack.
The five Muslim men, aged 25 to ... Read more...
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Mainstream Hinduism wiping out local faiths: William Dalrymple
October 15th, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Writer William Dalrymple says "smaller and indigenous religions in villages across India are dwindling because of the spread of an urban and refined form of ... Read more...
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British PM greets Muslims with Ramadan Mubarak
August 20th, 2009 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 20 (IANS) The "message of compassion and justice is strong in Islamic faith", British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said in his Ramadan greetings to Muslims, WAM ... Read more...
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Pak PM Gilani says terrorism and extremism are the nation’s biggest worries
August 14th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.14 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that the nation's biggest worries were terrorism and extremism, but reiterated that his government is resolute in its ... Read more...
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Erik Prince Murder Charge: In Troubled ‘Blackwater’s?
August 5th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by GD
The CEO and founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince, who happens to be a native of Holland, has found himself faced with the a lawsuit in a federal court, which implicates him of ... Read more...
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Australian radio presenter reprimanded for racist remarks
July 2nd, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 2 (ANI): A presenter for a New South Wales community radio station has been reprimanded for several racist remarks, which included one statement where she urged attacked Indian students ... Read more...
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US will never be at war with Islam, says Obama
April 6th, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, April 6 (Xinhua) US President Barack Obama said Monday in the Turkish parliament that the US would never be at war with the Islamic world.
"Let me say this as clearly ... Read more...
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British police admit abuse of Pakistani terror suspect
March 18th, 2009 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 18 (DPA) British police Wednesday agreed to pay 60,000 pounds ($83,850) in compensation to a terrorism suspect after admitting that the man was subjected to violent assault and religious abuse ... Read more...
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Pope to visit mosque during trip to Jordan in May
February 19th, 2009 - 4:15 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Feb 19 (DPA) The Pope will visit Jordan's largest mosque as a gesture of goodwill to the Arab and Islamic worlds during his trip to the country later this year, a ... Read more...
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Johors Religious Department urges Muslims to boycott Valentines Day
February 6th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Johor Baru, Feb. 6 (ANI): The religious Department in Malaysia''s Johar state has reminded Muslims that St. Valentine''s Day was haram (prohibited) in Islam.
The fatwa had been declared in 2005 ... Read more...
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Indonesia bans yoga for Muslims
January 26th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
Jakarta , Jan.26 (ANI): Muslims in Indonesia have been banned from doing yoga if they engage in Hindu religious rituals during the exercise, the chairman of the country''s top Islamic body ... Read more...
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Indonesia bans Muslims from practising Hindu rituals during yoga
January 26th, 2009 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Jan 26 (DPA) Indonesia's top Islamic body has issued a ruling banning Muslims from practising yoga if they engage in Hindu religious rituals during the exercise, the chairman of the group ... Read more...
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Dutch politician to be tried in court for publicly criticizing Islam
January 22nd, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Jan.22 (ANI): A far-right Dutch politician who gained global notoriety with a film claiming links between the Koran and terrorism is to be put on trial for his ... Read more...
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American airline apologises for booting nine Muslim passengers
January 3rd, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 3 (ANI): A US airline has apologized to nine Muslim American passengers from the Washington area who were removed from a flight out of Reagan National Airport.But a Muslim ... Read more...
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First batch of Indian Haj pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia
October 30th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Oct 30 (ANI): The first batch of Haj pilgrims left for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia here today.
The pilgrims reported at the Baitul Hujjaj (Haj House) Bemina in Srinagar at around ... Read more...
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Guide dog to be allowed in mosque
September 25th, 2008 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.25 (ANI): A Muslim student has become the first person to be allowed to take a guide dog into a British mosque.
Mahomed-Abraar Khatri, 18, can now enter the Bilal ... Read more...
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Abu Hamza says giving him rum ice cream violated his rights
September 22nd, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.22 (ANI): Hate preacher Abu Hamza has claimed that his human rights were breached when he was served rum ice cream in prison.
The hook-handed cleric, 50, said the sweet ... Read more...
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UK charity funds may have been used to fund 7/7 propaganda
August 20th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.20 (ANI): Funds collected by the BBCs Children in Need charity could have been used to recruit and train homegrown terrorists involved in the 7/7 terror attacks on London.
Children ... Read more...
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US condemns Charsadda suicide bomb attack
December 22nd, 2007 - 1:42 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): The US has condemned the suicide attack at a mosque in Pakistans North West Frontier Province that was targeted at former Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao, and killed at ... Read more...
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