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| Jun.6 |
Turkey |
Headscarf ruling attacked
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| Jun.5 |
Turkey |
Court annuls Turkish scarf reform| Highest court has annulled a parliamentary reform allowing college students to wear Muslim headscarves | |
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| May.17 |
Baghdad |
U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice
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| Mar.31 |
Turkey |
Rulers face trial over Islamic policies
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| Mar.28 |
UN |
UN chief condemns anti-Islam film
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Netherlands |
EU condemns Dutch anti-Islam film
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| Mar.27 |
Netherlands |
Dutch MP posts Islam film on web| Right-wing politician Geert Wilders has posted a controversial 17-minute film critical of the Koran, on video-sharing website LiveLeak | | |
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| Mar.20 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudis to retrain 40,000 clerics |
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| Mar.4 |
Boston |
Harvard gym adapts to Muslim women |
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| Feb.8 |
Turkey |
Turks set to ease headscarf ban The parliament is expected to amend the constitution to ease the ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in universities
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London |
PM rejects special laws for Muslims
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| Feb.7 |
London |
Radical cleric to be extradited to U.S. |
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Pro-Western Tadic wins new term
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| Dec.29 |
Egypt |
Gaza pilgrims stranded in Red Sea |
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| Dec.20 |
Saudi Arabia |
Millions stone the devil
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| Dec.16 |
Saudi Arabia |
Muslims gather for Hajj pilgrimage
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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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Vatican bars prelate in gay row
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| Oct.11 |
Vatican |
Muslim scholars reach out to Pope |
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| Aug.7 |
Baghdad |
Pilgrimage's history prompts to ban traffic
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Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims
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| Jul.10 |
Pakistan |
Red Mosque rebel cleric killed in crossfire
Map of ISLAMABAD Pakistan Cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the leader at the center of the week-long siege in Islamabad, has been killed
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| Jul.8 |
Pakistan |
Wanted men 'control Red Mosque'
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| Jul.4 |
Pakistan |
Mosque leader's burqa plan fails
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Pope lays down law on abortion
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| May.1 |
Baghdad |
Office having sectarian agenda
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| Apr.29 |
Istanbul |
Huge rally for Turkish secularism
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| Feb.9 |
Jerusalem |
Israeli police, Muslims clash at holy site
Police stormed Islam's 3rd-holiest shrine, firing stun grenades and tear gas to disperse hundreds of worshippers
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| Dec.27 |
Saudi Arabia |
Muslims begin the Hajj pilgrimage
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| Nov.30 |
Istanbul |
Pope visits mosque| Benedict XVI is visiting the Blue Mosque in what is being seen as an attempt to mend relations with the Muslim community. During the tour the pontiff paused in silent prayer alongside Muslim clerics in the second papal visit in history to a mosque.
Earlier the Pope spent half an hour in Hagia Sophia, that was once a Christia... | |
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| Nov.28 |
Turkey |
Pope calls for Christian-Muslim dialogue
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| Nov.17 |
Netherlands |
Netherlands to propose burqa ban The cabinet has backed a proposal by the immigration minister to ban women from wearing the burqa in public places
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| Oct.25 |
Australia |
Cleric in dress furore Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali was saying that some women are attracting sexual assault by the way they dress
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| Sep.25 |
Italy |
Pope: My respect for Muslims
Benedict XVI expressed 'total and profound respect for all Muslims' at a meeting with Muslim ambassadors
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| Sep.24 |
Baghdad |
PM calls for Ramadan unity |
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| Sep.16 |
Vatican |
Pope 'sorry' for offence to Islam Benedict XVI and expressed his respect for Muslims faith and 'sorry' for offence to Islam
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| Sep.15 |
Vatican |
Pope 'meant no offence' to Islam
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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
, 'such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'
Muslim Brotherhood called on Islamic countries to threaten to break off relations with the Vatican.
And a top Turkey religious figure suggested the pope should reconsider a trip to Turkey.
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| Aug.19 |
Baghdad |
Security tight for pilgrimage |
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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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| Feb.22 |
Iraq |
Shrine blast sparks protests Protests across Iraq after a bomb attack heavily damaged one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam
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Cartoon protests turn deadly
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| Feb.2 |
Denmark |
Danish plea for calm on cartoons |
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France |
Anger grows over Muhammad cartoon |
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| Feb.1 |
Paris |
Papers reprint Islam row cartoons |
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| Jan.7 |
Saudi Arabia |
Pilgrims descend on Mecca for Hajj
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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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Pope leads his first Christmas service
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| Dec.4 |
Iraq |
Allawi chased from mosque
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| Aug.20 |
Germany |
Pope meets German Muslim leaders |
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Rapturous German welcome for Pope
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| Jul.29 |
Pakistan |
Madrassa foreigners 'must leave'
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| Jul.15 |
London |
Muslim leaders in call for action |
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| Jun.3 |
Guantanamo |
Detainees, not soldiers, flushed Quran A U.S. military investigation at the Guantanamo has determined that detainees attempted to flush the Quran
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| May.25 |
FBI |
FBI records detail Koran claims
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| May.20 |
England |
UK Quran protests at U.S. Embassy |
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| May.15 |
Washington |
Newsweek backs off Quran story| The report that U.S. interrogators desecrated copies of the Quran blamed for sparking violent riots in Afghanistan | |
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New Pope delivers first blessing
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Ratzinger elected as new Pope
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Pope John Paul II dies at 84
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| Sep.2 |
France |
Scarf ban comes into force A law banning headscarves and other religious symbols from state schools came into effec
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| Aug.26 |
Iraq |
Shiites stream into Najaf mosque
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| Aug.25 |
Iraq |
Al-Sistani returns, urges march on Najaf Grand Ayatollah called on Iraqis to march to help rescue the holy city. Some of al-Sadr's top aides have been captured
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| Jul.5 |
Pakistan |
Iron Curtain Between West, Muslims |
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| Apr.13 |
Iraq |
Al-Sadr 'ready to sacrifice' |
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| Feb.10 |
Paris |
MPs back headscarf ban The bill, passed by 494 votes to 36, to banned all overt religious symbols from state schools
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| Feb.1 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hajj stampede: 244 pilgrims dead
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| Jan.30 |
Saudi Arabia |
Muslim pilgrimage nears its climax |
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| Dec.17 |
Paris |
Chirac: Ban headscarves in schools
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| Dec.11 |
Paris |
Headscarf ban recommended An expert commission recommended a ban on 'conspicuous' religious signs
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| Oct.8 |
Iraq |
2,000 Shiites protest cleric's arrest
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| Sep.1 |
Iraq |
Cleric's cortege approaches Najaf |
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| Aug.30 |
Iraq |
Thousands mourn cleric |
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| Jul.2 |
Algeria |
Islamist leaders freed |
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| Apr.23 |
Iraq |
Pilgrims flood Karbala on final holy day |
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| Apr.22 |
Iraq |
Shiite pilgrims flock to Karbala Exuberant Shiite Muslims are reviving a religious tradition that was not allowed under Saddam Hussein
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| Apr.21 |
Iraq |
Clerics challenge US rule
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| Feb.22 |
Karachi |
9 Shia worshippers killed |
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| Nov.26 |
Nigeria |
Miss World reporter faces fatwa |
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| Nov.6 |
Arab Countries |
Ramadan overshadowed by war threat |
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| Oct.18 |
Indonesia |
Cleric arrested in terror probe |
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| Oct.10 |
Pakistan |
Islamic parties surge in poll |
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| Sep.19 |
Germany |
16 Islamic groups banned |
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| Nov.7 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf: Ramadan warning |
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| Nov.3 |
Afghanistan |
Bin Laden hits out at UN infidels |
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| Nov.1 |
Afghanistan |
Bombing to go on during Ramadan |
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Afghanistan |
Bin Laden calls Pakistanis to arms |
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| Oct.12 |
Afghanistan |
Attacks on hold for holy day |
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| Sep.20 |
Kabul |
Clerics ask Bin Laden to leave The resolution is represent a compromise agreed at a meeting in Kabul. The U.S. has dismissed as inadequate
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| Sep.14 |
Afghanistan |
Taliban prepares for holy war |
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America mourns its dead
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| May.22 |
Afghanistan |
Taleban to mark Hindus |
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| May.6 |
Syria |
Pope enters a mosque
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| Apr.20 |
Jerusalem |
Israeli police enter Muslim compound |
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| Mar.11 |
Afghanistan |
Giant Buddhas destroyed |
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| Mar.6 |
Afghanistan |
Statues demolition suspended |
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| Mar.5 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hajj crush kills pilgrims |
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| Mar.2 |
Northern Afghanistan |
Taleban starting to wreck Buddhas
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Visit by Pope John Paul II