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Edit Topix 16 Apr 2016
An apology should be made to the public by western media outlets, said Prime Minister Najib Razak's press secretary after a Saudi minister confirmed that donations made to Mr Najib were genuine. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak is pictured during the 19th Annual Leaders Consultation at Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, in this August 11, 2015 file photo ... ....

Manirul

Edit Indian Express 16 Apr 2016
Islam countered allegations that he had unleashed terror on Opposition parties ... I will win for sure, and if the margin is below 50,000, I will resign,” said Manirul Islam ... Countering the allegation that he had unleashed a reign of terror on Opposition parties, Islam said that after the election results on May 19, the Opposition parties would “vanish” from Labhpur ... Islam does not have a presence on social networking websites....

Past imperfect

Edit Indian Express 16 Apr 2016
How America’s War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam (2013), pointed out that the wave of terrorism striking the Muslim world was essentially “a clash, not between civilisations based on religion, but between central governments and the tribal communities on the periphery”. He thinks America is waging a global war, not against terrorism, but against the tribal societies of Islam ... Islamic Movements in America and Europe....

US urges Russia to halt Assad Aleppo offensive as truce frays

Edit Stars and Stripes 16 Apr 2016
The five-year conflict, which has killed 250,000 people and forced millions from their homes, has sparked Europe’s biggest migrant crisis since World War II and allowed the Islamic State to plot the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels. Assad’s forces have started a major offensive south of Aleppo in violation of the cease-fire, rebel Army of Islam commander Major Abu Osama al-Jolani told reporters in Geneva on Friday....

Afghan air strike against Islamic State kills 40

Edit Deccan Chronicle 16 Apr 2016
Afghan aircraft killed more than 40 fighters loyal to Islamic State in a raid in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Friday ... “Based on our intelligence, the Afghan air force carried out the strike and killed more than 40 Daesh fighters,” Khogyani told Reuters, using a common Arabic acronym for Islamic State....

Video game developers too quick to stereotype Muslims

Edit The National 16 Apr 2016
When some people in the West think of Islam in the post-September 11 era, they often equate it with violence, fanaticism, extremism and intolerance ... What people forget is that Islam and its followers - all 1.6 billion of them - are geographically, racially, linguistically and culturally diverse ... Games should not legitimise the ideologies of terrorist groups that want us to see the world as "Islam versus the West"....

EU foreign policy chief arrives in Iran's capital for talks

Edit Press TV 16 Apr 2016
This is the second time the EU foreign policy chief visits the Islamic Republic following the conclusion in Vienna of a nuclear agreement between the country and the P5+1 group of countries -- five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany – last July....

Anti-Iran communiqué against founding goals of OIC: Pundit

Edit Press TV 16 Apr 2016
Press TV has conducted an interview with Kevin Barrett, editor at the Veterans Today from Madison, and political analyst Jihad Mouracadeh from Beirut to discuss the anti-Iran articles of a final statement issued by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) following a two-day meeting in Istanbul....

In western town, Iraqi forces uncover remnants of IS rule

Edit Topix 16 Apr 2016
Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces fire towards extremist positions during fights between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group during a military operation to regain control of Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 13, 2016....

U.S. attorney for Utah promises to protect Muslims' civil rights

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 16 Apr 2016
West Valley City • A week after anti-Muslim graffiti was discovered on posters in a University of Utah building, U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber assured members of the Islamic community that his office is looking out for them. “I promise to do our very best to protect your civil liberties,” Huber said Friday to participants in prayers at Khadeeja Islamic Center, Utah’s largest mosque ... ....

The Muslim Council of Britain has officially decided I'm not Islamic enough - but I ...

Edit The Independent 16 Apr 2016
Ahmadiyya Muslims believe their founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was Islam’s Messiah and Mahdi, who came to revive Islam, reform Muslims and bring humanity back to God ... Read more ....

Kashmir’s politics of rage

Edit Indian Express 16 Apr 2016
He denounced key practices of mainstream Islam linked to Hinduism, such as worship of shrines, the veneration of relics, and the recitation of litanies ... From the 1950s on, Jama’at-run schools entrenched a worldview that cast secular democracy as an onslaught on Kashmir and Islam ... Islamism, to this once-powerful class, offers the dream of redemption....

Delhi questions OIC on Kashmir position

Edit The Times of India 16 Apr 2016
India on Friday asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to stop making "factually incorrect" and "misleading" references to J&K; after it expressed support, according to Pakistan, for "Kashmiris' right to self-determination in accordance with UNSC resolutions"....
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