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US actress sues anti-Islam filmmaker, YouTubeAn actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world took her legal bid to federal court on Wednesday in a renewed effort to force it off YouTube. More… |
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Pakistan minister puts bounty on anti-Islam film-makerA Pakistani minister has offered $100,000 to anyone who kills the maker of an online video which insults Islam, as sporadic protests rumbled on across parts of the Muslim world. "I announce More… |
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Fury over video simmers on in Muslim worldA wave of furious anti-Western protests against a anti-Islami film abated on Saturday, but US policy in the Muslim world remained overshadowed by 13 minutes of amateurish video on the Internet. More… |
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Norway mass killer wants to explain actionAnders Behring Breivik wants to tell Norway and the world why he killed at least 93 people in a bomb attack and shooting rampage when he appears in court on Monday, his lawyer said. Calling himself a crusader against a tide of Islam More… |
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Obama backs Palestinian stateUS President Barack Obama told Turkey's largely Muslim but secular democracy on Monday the US was not at war with Islam and that it wanted to reinvigorate efforts towards creating a Palestinian state. Obama reiterated the US position after More… |
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Male doctors in Bahrain face clampMale doctors could soon be banned from working in all maternity wards in Bahrain, if parliament has its way. MPs said at their weekly session on Tuesday many women were complaining that they were forced to reveal their 'sensitive parts More… |
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Birthday parties against Islam says top Saudi clericCelebrating anniversaries, birthdays or mother's day is against Muslim 'righteousness', Saudi Arabia's top cleric has said. He was speaking after suggestions by a colleague that Islam permits personal celebrations. More… |
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Muslims 'more in number than Catholics'Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican's newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said Muslims m More… |
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Millions defy bombs to attend Iraqi ritualIraqi officials said on Thursday they had defused three car bombs aimed at some of the 7 million pilgrims visiting Kerbala for one of Shi'ite Islam's most important rituals. Guarded by 40,000 Iraqi police and soldiers backed by tanks, crow More… |
Tunisia starts religious radio stationTunisia's first religious radio station started broadcasting on the first day of Ramadan. This is an attempt by the secular government to give a platform to moderates and to keep extremists at bay. Ezzeitouna (The Olive Tree), spon More… |
