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Kashmir police kill suspected rebels in shootout - The Associated Press

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:20:52 GMT -

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Kashmir police kill suspected rebels in shootout The Associated Press - 49 minutes ago ... but the Muslim protests have continue to snowball into a broader anti-India movement. Indian officials have voiced fears that Islamic militants based in ... Kashmir on brink as Islamic militants take family hostage Times Online Kashmir Hostage Crisis Ends; All 3 Militants Killed Voice of

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Astonishingly, 15 pc Karachites support suicide bombings

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:54 GMT - Karachi, Aug 28 : In a startling revelation, two separate studies conducted by faculty and students at the Aga Khan University in Karachi have found that around 15 percent of the people supported suicide bombing, and said that Islam and other religions supported it.

362000 now displaced by Philippines rebel conflict - ReliefWeb (press release)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:56:12 GMT -

TopNews

362000 now displaced by Philippines rebel conflict ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 2 hours ago ... stopped the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from signing an agreement that would have expanded a Muslim homeland in the south, ... More than 180 killed in Philippine fighting-army Reuters South Africa Rising civilian casualties alarm CHR, OIC Inquirer.net

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Dates a Culinary Tradition for Muslims During Ramadan

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:36:18 GMT - The holy month, starting Tuesday, calls for fasting from sunrise to sunset.LARRY CROWE | THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAHYOOSA, which are date-paste cookies, are a tasty way to break the daily fast that is par...

Muslim Rep. Ellison stresses foreign outreach

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:26:50 GMT - The first Muslim member of the U.S. Congress has become a de facto American emissary, meeting with foreign policy makers both here and abroad to preach peace and democracy.Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democr...

Muslim community in Guyana plans to take cultural display beyond CARIFESTA

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:22:37 GMT - GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Hundreds of Muslims from various Islamic Organisations in Guyana gathered at the National Park on Sunday for an evening of Islamic cultural display as part of the Caribbean ...

Museum director apologises in Muslim veil row

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:20:57 GMT - The head of one of Venice’s most prestigious museums has apologised to a Muslim woman from the Gulf region after she was asked to leave the building by a guard because she was wearing a veil over he...

Muslim youths ordered to protest Avril Lavigne Malaysia show - NME.com

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:49:25 GMT -

AFP

Muslim youths ordered to protest Avril Lavigne Malaysia show NME.com, UK - 1 hour ago Muslim youths in Malaysia will be ordered by the conservative Islamic party to protest outside an Avril Lavigne concert scheduled for this Friday (August ... Lavigne Faces Protest at Malaysian Concert San Francisco Chronicle all 56 news articles

Understanding Islam: A challenge - Jakarta Post

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:15:50 GMT -

Understanding Islam: A challenge Jakarta Post, Indonesia - 1 hour ago ... a listserv of graduate students in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies learned of the still-unpublished novel. They heard about it through a Muslim ...

Man convicted for child cruely in Muslim ceremony

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:36:51 GMT - By RAPHAEL G. SATTERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LONDON -- A man accused of involving two teenage boys in self-flagellation as part of a Muslim religious ritual was convicted of child cruelty Wednesday....

Muslim made boys beat themselves with blades till they bled

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:28:49 GMT - In a British legal first, the jury at Manchester Crown Court found Syed Mustafa Zaidi guilty of two counts of child cruelty.The boys, aged 13 and 15, were forced to beat themselves with a zanjeer zani...

TN Muslim leader seeks scholarships

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:52:15 GMT - K.S. Ramkumar I Arab News JEDDAH: Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam President professor M.H. Jawahirullah has urged the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for extending its scholarship program for highe...

Muslim man convicted over teen floggings

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:41:30 GMT - A British court has found a devout Muslim guilty of cruelty for forcing two teenagers to flog themselves until their backs bled during a Shia religious ceremony.A jury at Manchester Crown Court convic...

Muslim Rep. Ellison preaches peace, democracy, here and abroad

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:29:01 GMT - This photo, taken July 4, 2008, provided by Rep. Keith Ellison's office, show Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., right, posing with children from a school near Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya. Freshman Rep. Ellis...

A Muslim community leader who sexually abusedgirls aged 14 and 15 has been jailed for nearly four years.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:27:27 GMT - A Muslim community leader who sexually abused girls aged 14 and 15 has been jailed for nearly four years. Farooq Hussain was jailed for 45 months after a jury found him guilty at Perth Sheriff Court...