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The office of the mayor of Los Angeles, USA turned down a $425,000 grant from the federal government for a program intended to counter violent extremism that has been criticized for targeting and vilifying Muslims, the mayor’s office said on…

UN human rights experts say Bahrain’s detention of prominent opposition figures and leading pro-democracy campaigners is unlawful and violates their right to freedom of expression.     UN human rights experts say Bahrain’s detention of prominent opposition figures and leading…

M Sacred texts of the world’s top three religions – Islam, Christianity and Judaism – are on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum in  Los Angeles, USA, and the most distinctive about the medieval manuscripts are the beautiful illuminated…

Islamophobic attacks on Muslim women who wear veils have risen since Boris Johnson compared them to “letterboxes”, a watchdog has found.     Islamophobic attacks on Muslim women who wear veils have risen since Boris Johnson compared them to “letterboxes”,…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says 40 children were among 51 civilians recently killed during a Saudi airstrike on a school bus in northwestern Yemen.     The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says 40…

“It’s not the first time for me to visit shrines in Iraq; but, whenever I visit, I feel as if it is the first time,” said Ali Burnard Jengam – Cameroonian journalist – in a press interview with Imam Hussein…

Bahraini activists are voicing their concerns over the wellbeing of two youths detained by Manama’s security forces last week.      Bahraini activists are voicing their concerns over the wellbeing of two youths detained by Manama’s security forces last week. …

A report published by the United Nations says thousands of Daesh terrorists have maintained presence in Iraq and Syria despite the Takfiri group’s defeat and a halt in the flow of foreign militants joining its ranks.     A report…

A book titled “Imam Ali, peace be upon him,; The Voice of Human Justice” by George Jordac, a Christian author, will be the theme of a seminar to be held at the Imam Ali Islamic Center in Stockholm, Sweden.  …

Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare public pushback to the government’s efforts to rewrite how religions are practiced in the country.     Thousands of Muslims…