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Gunmen abduct students, teachers from school in SW Nigeria
January 17, 2017
Gunmen abduct students, teachers from school in SW Nigeria
Unknown gunmen have abducted five students and two teachers, including a Turkish national, from an international school in southwestern Nigeria, police say. The incident occurred on Friday evening when some unidentified gunmen gained entrance through the back fence of…
21 killed, dozens hurt as multiple bomb attacks hit Iraq
January 17, 2017
21 killed, dozens hurt as multiple bomb attacks hit Iraq
Three bomb attacks have struck several areas across Iraq, leaving nearly two dozen people dead and 46 more wounded. Three bomb attacks have struck several areas across Iraq, leaving nearly two dozen people dead and 46 more wounded. No…
Free Muslim condemns Kabul and Kandahar terrorist attacks
January 17, 2017
Free Muslim condemns Kabul and Kandahar terrorist attacks
Non-Violence International Organization, Free Muslim, condemns the terrorist attacks in Kabul and Kandahar, and announces solidarity with the victims’ families. Non-Violence International Organization, Free Muslim, condemns the terrorist attacks in Kabul and Kandahar, and announces solidarity with the victims’…
Shia Rights Watch urges the UN to stop political activists’ executions in Middle East
January 17, 2017
Shia Rights Watch urges the UN to stop political activists’ executions in Middle East
Shia Rights Watch called on Saturday Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, to move quickly to put an end to the deteriorating situation in various Middle East countries, and Bahrain in particular through an effort to stop the…
Bahrain executes three activists amid public rage
January 17, 2017
Bahrain executes three activists amid public rage
Bahrain has executed three anti-regime Shia activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bomb attack, amid widespread public anger against the death verdicts. Bahrain has executed three anti-regime Shia activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bomb…
Islamophobic attack targets Muslims in eastern France
January 14, 2017
Islamophobic attack targets Muslims in eastern France
Muslim community in Dijon town eastern French was targeted by an Islamophobic attack, local media reported on Friday. Muslim community in Dijon town eastern French was targeted by an Islamophobic attack, local media reported on Friday. The France…
ISIS loyalists torch 65 houses in East of Afghanistan
January 14, 2017
ISIS loyalists torch 65 houses in East of Afghanistan
The loyalists of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group have torched at least 65 houses in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The loyalists of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group have torched at least 65 houses…
Visitors to New Delhi book fair receive free Quran copies
January 14, 2017
Visitors to New Delhi book fair receive free Quran copies
Several stalls at the ongoing World Book Fair in New Delhi have books on Islam to communicate the true meaning of the religion and in a bid to spread peace. Several stalls at the ongoing World Book Fair in…
Italian lady converts to Shia Islam in Holy Shrine of Imam Redha
January 14, 2017
Italian lady converts to Shia Islam in Holy Shrine of Imam Redha
An Italian lady converted to Islam in the Holy Shrine of Imam Redha, peace be upon him. An Italian lady converted to Islam in the Holy Shrine of Imam Redha, peace be upon him. Regarding her conversion to…
Human Rights Watch calls for Saudi weapons sale halt for war crimes in Yemen
January 14, 2017
Human Rights Watch calls for Saudi weapons sale halt for war crimes in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition has violated laws of war with impunity in 2016, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. The Saudi-led coalition has violated laws of war with impunity in 2016, Human Rights Watch said…