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A gunman has killed at least eight people at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say.The assailant walked on to the campus on Monday morning and started shooting.Students and teachers barricaded themselves inside the university building; others…

MEPs demanded the immediate release of all human rights defenders, political activists and peaceful dissidents in the UAE.The European website highlighted the decisions adopted by the European Parliament, last Thursday, regarding the human rights situation in the UAE, Kenya and…

The Islamic Center in Manchester, England, announced the organization of the largest walk in honor of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, on Arbaeen.The center said in a press statement on its website, followed by Shia Waves, that “the walk…

France’s president announced late Wednesday that the leader of ISIS terrorist group in the Greater Sahara had been killed, describing Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s death as “a major success” for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists…

The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced Monday to 53 years in prison for an attack that terrified the mosque’s community.Emily Claire Hari, who was charged,…

Sunni scholars and clerics in India have described the occupied Jammu and Kashmir region as Karbala, as a result of the policies of the Narendra Modi government aimed at attacking the religion, Islamic identity and Kashmiri culture and pushing it…

A brazen burglary at a mosque in Canada’s Calgary that left a trail of damage has made worshippers nervous, said one of its leaders.Between 7:30 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, a man in a pickup truck pulled up to the…

Police are investigating an arson attack on a mosque in Greater Manchester, Britain, as a hate crime.Officers were called to a report of a fire at Didsbury mosque, which is on the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Burton Road,…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the Taliban terrorist movement is lying, and that his country will not establish any relations with its recently declared government.“They said they would allow some foreigners and Afghans to leave freely and…

Uzbekistan will allow girls to wear headscarves in schools in a bid to ensure devout Muslim families send their daughters to school, the Central Asian country’s Education Ministry said.Islam is the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, but the authoritarian government is…