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A fraternal project: one Common Home to protect
The Islamic community is increasingly committed to environmental protection. Many initiatives have been launched to prevent the world from turning into a huge wastebasket: from campaigns to raise awareness about the fragility of the environment, to organizing a Green Mosque Day...
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Mindanao Muslim nationalists to work with the authorities to curb violence
Manila (AsiaNews) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which formerly sought to set up an independent Muslim state in Mindanao, has offered to work with police in Cotabato, a province on Mindanao Island, to curb violence in the Municipality of Pikit, scene of a string of gun attacks.
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Tougher challenges ahead for Indonesia’s moderate Islam
Increasing signs of radicalization are not only a threat to ‘Islam of the archipelago’ but also to other religions.
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Philippine Muslim women call for laws in local languages
Group says women are not participating in local affairs because bills are in English, a language they do not understand
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More than 30 people die in a suicide bombing against a Peshawar mosque
A suicide bombing killed at least 32 people, wounding more than 145, in a mosque in Peshawar, north-western Pakistan, in a suicide attack
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A 1000 Years Amnesia: Sports in Muslim Heritage
There is an amnesia in the minds of people about 1,000 years of Muslim
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi, shadow guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has died
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, shadow guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has died
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Muslim family of 23 plays for Pope Francis in Kazakhstan
As Pope Francis arrived to meet with clergy, he was greeted by a family of 21 children playing traditional Kazakh music, who told Vatican News that all faiths are united despite different beliefs.
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MJC (SA) Welcomes the Constitutional Court Ruling on The Recognition of Muslim Marriages
The MJC (SA) welcomes the Constitutional Court judgment handed down on 28 June 2022, where it inter alia declared the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 and the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 to be inconsistent with the South African Constitution as it fails to recognize marriages solemnized in accordance with Sharia law (Muslim marriages) as valid marriages for all purposes in South Africa, and it fails to regulate the consequences of such recognition.