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Jews leave Swedish city after sharp rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes - Telegraph

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SAHIL SAEED- HOME AT LAST!

The Revival - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:31pm

Kidnapped British Boy Back Home At Last The five-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan and held for almost two weeks is back with ...

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The Man in the Mirror

The Revival - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 9:33pm

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place Take A Look At Yourself, And Then ...

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‘Equal but different.’

The Revival - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 8:22pm

Discuss how adequately this sums up the relationship between males and females in Islam. Many people believe that because of the similarities between men and women, they should be, and are, ...

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(Essay) Explain why there are different understandings of the role of women in Islam.

The Revival - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 8:19pm

There are many ‘misconceptions’, all over the world, about the Islamic understanding of women. Misconceptions is emphasised because the nature of the Qur’an and Sunnah is such that it is so ...

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Egyptian writer's call for new Ka'bah shrine causes international uproar

CommentIsFree - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 7:36pm

Mount Sinai building could be affordable alternative to Mecca, says controversial thinkerAn award-winning Egyptian writer has caused an international row after he appeared to propose the ...

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Why we're on strike at IslamOnline | Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla

CommentIsFree - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 4:30pm

New management in Qatar has hijacked our pluralist site in an attempt to make us follow a hardline agenda. We will not do soOn Monday, there were many on Facebook and Twitter who posted a ...

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Ramadan: Slow not fast justice

Tabsir - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 4:02pm

Mirror, mirror on the terrorist list wall, Whose the most likely terrorist of them all? In the post 9/11 world it is not easy to have a Muslim name. Just because your name is Khan, does not ...

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Opinion piece: "Universities must take action on Muslim extremism"

Islam in Britain - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:19am

Independent, Opinion piece: Rosie Waterhouse: Universities must take action on Muslim extremism, 18 Mar 2010 "I think the niqab should be banned at university. Some of my colleagues agree with me; ...

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'Sisters' play

Islam in Britain - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:10am

Michael Billington, Guardian, Theatre Review: Sisters, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 16 Mar 2010 "What I like about the play is that it scuppers windy generalisations and opens our eyes to the ...

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Obama’s boyhood Jakarta home district sees shift to stricter Islam

FaithWorld - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:04am

Indonesian Muslims pray at the Istiqlal Grand Mosque in Jakarta 9 March/Supri Some things in the central Jakarta district of Matraman have barely changed since the late 1960s, when United ...

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Irish cardinal ashamed over abuse cases — will he resign or not?

FaithWorld - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:41am

Cardinal Seán Brady after Mass in Armagh, 17 March 2010/Cathal McNaughton Cardinal Seán Brady, the Patriarch of Ireland, said at his St Patrick’s Day Mass that he was “ashamed that I ...

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2010

Islam in Britain - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:22am

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2010

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Le Pen's back, and winning again | Nabila Ramdani

CommentIsFree - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:00am

Fuelled by Nicolas Sarkozy's anti-Muslim 'identity' debate, the Front National is punching above its weight in regional electionsDuring the French presidential campaign of 2007, I trailed ...

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'Jihad Jane': not the usual suspect | Wajahat Ali

CommentIsFree - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:00am

Terrorism comes in all shapes and colours, but it is apparently easier to label it as such when it's wrapped in a Muslim packageThe assumption that terrorism and radicalisation is specific to a ...

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21 Shots and the Pursuit of Justice: An Imam (Luqman Ameen Abdullah) Dies in Michigan

Muslim Matters - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 7:02am

By Hamdan Azhar The article below has been reproduced with the author’s permission, for which we are thankful: DETROIT — It is a cold Sunday afternoon in February and ...

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Yes...so here I am at 4.49am...

The Revival - Thu, 18/03/2010 - 5:05am

...writing this blog when I should be quite rightfully fast asleep. I envy all of you who are now zzz-ing away in your comfy beds. Becoming an insomniac is one of my worst fears. Yet, here I am ...

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African Jews may have the lost Ark of the Covenant – video

FaithWorld - Wed, 17/03/2010 - 11:52pm

Reuters Video Report — DNA confirms that a secretive African tribe are direct descendants of Jews who fled the Holy Land 2,500 years ago, and one their religious artifacts might be linked ...

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U.S. Muslim group calls textbooks discriminatory

FaithWorld - Wed, 17/03/2010 - 11:36pm

U.S. Muslim activists launched a campaign on Wednesday against a series of educational books that they say promote anti-Islamic sentiment among American school children. “The World of ...

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Muslim women hail India vote to reserve parliament seats for women

FaithWorld - Wed, 17/03/2010 - 11:24pm

Indian Muslim women reacted positively to a bill passed by the upper house of parliament last week that would reserve one-third of seats in the directly elected lower house of parliament and the ...

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