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Muslims vow to build bigger Toowoomba mosque – despite being firebombed twice
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August 30, 2016
Muslims vow to build bigger Toowoomba mosque – despite being firebombed twice
A new proposal will see the Garden City Mosque receive a $700,000 expansion and renovation after being ravaged by fire…
Protests break out as Mangalore College bans female students from wearing Niqab to class
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August 29, 2016
Protests break out as Mangalore College bans female students from wearing Niqab to class
The Srinivas group of colleges in Mangalore has sent a note to its female students stating that they cannot attend…
Anti-Muslim party making resurgence in Australia
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August 28, 2016
Anti-Muslim party making resurgence in Australia
An anti-Muslim party candidate, Pauline Hanson, wants to ban Muslim immigration, install security cameras in mosques and withdraw from the…
First religious school to open in Nakhchivan
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August 28, 2016
First religious school to open in Nakhchivan
The head of the office for Religious Affairs in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic said the first religious school of the Islamic…
Minnesota church opens doors for Muslim community
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August 28, 2016
Minnesota church opens doors for Muslim community
After an Islamic center burned down in 2013 in one of the largest fires in Winona, the city’s First Congregational…
Royal Canadian Mounted Police allows Muslim officers to wear hijab
World
August 25, 2016
Royal Canadian Mounted Police allows Muslim officers to wear hijab
Muslim women can wear the hijab instead of Mountie headgear, a government spokesman said – a measure to encourage diversity…
Islamophobia in England: Racist attack on Muslim families in Birmingham
World
August 25, 2016
Islamophobia in England: Racist attack on Muslim families in Birmingham
Relatives of a Muslim man murdered by a racist said they have been recent victims of race hate abuse. …
Myanmar names Kofi Annan to head panel on Rohingya Muslims
World
August 25, 2016
Myanmar names Kofi Annan to head panel on Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar’s government has set up an advisory panel headed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to find “lasting solutions”…
Two bombs explode in southern Thailand, killing one and injuring at least 29
World
August 25, 2016
Two bombs explode in southern Thailand, killing one and injuring at least 29
One person was killed and at least 29 were wounded in Thailand after two bombs exploded in Pattani, a Muslim-dominated…
German teachers stand up for Muslim student banned from wearing niqab at school
World
August 24, 2016
German teachers stand up for Muslim student banned from wearing niqab at school
The German Education and Science Workers’ Union (GEW) has criticized a court decision that forbid a student in the city…