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| Feb. 19 |
 Morocco |
Minaret collapse kills 41  Map of Meknes Morocco A 400-year-old minaret in Bab Berdieyinn mosque collapsed on worshipers, killing 36 and injuring 71 in the middle of prayers
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King Mohammed VI has ordered that the mosque be rebuilt as soon as possible
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| Jan.6 |
 Egypt |
Attack on Egyptian Coptics kills six Shooters opened fire at a gathering outside an eastern Egyptian church, during the celebration of a Christian sect's Christmas Eve
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| Sep.20 |
Arab Countries |
Muslims around the world end fast Muslims around the world woke up and welcomed the end of a long month of fasting with hearty greetings of 'Eid Mubarak'
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| Jul.28 |
 Nigeria |
Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect Map of Maiduguri Nigeria Nigerian troops are tracking down members of a sect who went on a killing spree in northern cities
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| Jun.4 |
Egypt |
 Obama speaks of tensions with Muslims  | President Obama is offering a hand of friendship to Islam and addressing an array of quandaries and conflicts dividing the two cultures. At Cairo University, Obama delivered his long-awaited and wide-ranging speech on American and Muslim relations, the rights of Israel and the Pal... | |
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| Mar.22 |
 Angola |
 Pope Mass draws big crowds Map of Luanda Angola| Hundreds of thousands gathered to hear to Benedict XVI give an open-air Mass, a day after a deadly stampede at another event. Pope urged Angolans to disperse the 'clou... | |
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| Mar.20 |
Angola |
Pope urges more for poor Pope Benedict XVI arrived as part of his week-long visit to Africa. Pontiff drew attention to the Angola's lingering economic disparity
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| Mar.17 |
 Cameroon |
Pope visits Africa, reaffirms condom ban| Benedict XVI refused to soften the Vatican's ban on condom use as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope | |
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| Feb.28 |
 Somalia |
President bends to demand for sharia law Sharif Sheikh Hassan will give in to a rebel demand that he impose Islamic law in an effort to halt fighting between Somali forces and insur...
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| Dec.23 |
 South Africa |
 Tutu accuses S Africa over Mugabe Archbishop Tutu has accused South Africa of losing the moral high ground by failing to stand up to Zimbabwe's president
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| Oct.11 |
 Mosul |
Threatened Christians flee Mosul Map of Mosul Northern Iraq At least 900 Christian families have fled the city in the past week, terrified by a series of killings and threats by Muslim extremists
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| Sep.30 |
Somalia |
Insurgents want to raze churches Islamists began demolishing an old Roman Catholic church to replace it with a mosque
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| Apr.22 |
 Zimbabwe |
Churches: Stop the murder, torture The coalition of Christian churches have called for international help to stop the political and humanitarian crisis
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| Feb.26 |
 Sudan |
  Sudan says Danish products banned Sudan has enacted a ban on Danish imports in reaction to the reprinting of a cartoon that satirizes Prophet Muhammad
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| Dec.29 |
Egypt |
Gaza pilgrims stranded in Red Sea Egypt is insisting that they must re-enter Gaza through Aouja. 2,000 Palestinians returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca are stranded on 2 boa...
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| Nov.30 |
Sudan |
 Protesters: Execute teacher Hundreds brandishing ceremonial swords and sticks gathered outside presidential palace to vent their anger against Gillian Gibbons, 54
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| Nov.28 |
Sudan |
Teacher charged over teddy row A British teacher Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been charged with insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs
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| Sep.11 |
Zimbabwe |
Mugabe critic quits as archbishop Bishop Ncube has resigned as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, after an adultery scandal
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| Nov.2 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria gets new Islamic leader
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| Sep.14 |
Arab Countries |
  Muslims blast pope's Islam speech| Muslim leaders have condemned Benedict over comments he made about Islam in Germany and demanded he apologize. In his speech at the University of Regensburg, Benedict quoted criticism of Islam by Byzantine Emperor,
who wrote that everything Mohammad brought was evil
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| Aug.31 |
Tanzania |
Muslim leader: Ban Freddie Mercury party
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| Mar.4 |
Arab Countries |
 al-Zawahiri condemns cartoons In a videotape broadcast, Osama bin Laden's No. 2 condemned published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed
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| Dec.29 |
Arab Countries |
Row deepens over Danish cartoons Arab foreign ministers have condemned the failing to act against a newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet
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| Nov.26 |
Nigeria |
Miss World reporter faces fatwa Nigerian state issued an Islamic fatwa that calls for the death of a journalist who wrote an article that sparked riots
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| Nov.22 |
Nigeria |
 Miss World leaves Nigeria for London Organizers of the pageant will move the pageant in the wake of violent pageant-related protests
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