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Afghan-Australian 'Kardashians' threatened by the Taliban to pull reality TV show

The Australian star of an Afghan reality TV show — that has been likened to Keeping up with the Kardashians — says he's been threatened by the Taliban to pull the show as the hardline Islamist regime cracks down on Afghanistan's media.

ABC News

Hijab not an essential religious practice of Islam: Karnataka govt to HC

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Friday contended before the high court that the hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam.

The Times of India

Trojan Horse Affair: podcast reignites questions about the place of religion in English and Welsh schools

A recent podcast series on the 2013-14 Trojan Horse affair – an alleged but unproven plot to implement a strict Islamic ethos in some schools in Birmingham – has drawn attention to the place that religion occupies in state-funded education in England and Wales.

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Maldives President Awards MWL Chief ‘Order of Honor of the Republic’

President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih met at the presidential palace on Monday with a Muslim World League (MWL) delegation, led by its Secretary-General Dr. Mohammad al-Issa. The visiting delegation arrived in Male in response to an official invitation by the president. During the meeting, Solih awarded Issa the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

OIC Chief: Consultations to Unfreeze Afghan Funds

Secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha has revealed that the 57-member body and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) are negotiating with international parties to unfreeze Afghan assets. This push is meant to help resolve Afghanistan’s economic crisis. Meanwhile, Taha said the OIC is urging the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two reasons behind the dwindling roles of Indonesia's two largest Muslim organisations in urban communities

The world’s most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia, has two large Islamic organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah. They have more than 100 million followers between them.

The Conversation

Adrift after enslavement, Yazidi teen says she can't go home

Many Yazidi women who were abducted and enslaved by the Islamic State group as children have come of age during wartime

The Independent UK

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School hijab ban targets India’s Muslims as Hindu hardliners eye key vote

A ban on Islamic veils in schools in a southern Indian state has sparked protests and counter-protests between Muslim and Hindu, raising religious identity issues that have long served the ruling Hindu nationalist party’s electoral agenda as the country’s most populous state holds a critical election.

France 24

Christian worker to sue North Bristol NHS Trust in row over 'conservative beliefs'

Brian Walker is opposed to 'the growing influence of Islam' and same-sex marriage, according to a tribunal judgment

Bristol Post

Ramadan 2022: When does this year's holy month begin and end?

Ramadan is a hugely important part of the Islamic calendar.

Daily Record

Two suspected British Islamic State recruits seized by Taliban at border

Exclusive: first reported case of attempted international recruitment to IS since US left Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Islamophobia and the insurrection

For two decades, the FBI ignored white supremacist radicals while spying 24/7 on largely innocuous Muslim Americans

Salon

MWL Holds 45th Session, Calls for Overcoming Differences

The Supreme Council of the Muslim World League has highly appreciated the efforts of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which call for the unity of the Islamic conscience and spreading cooperation and solidarity among Muslims. The council also praised…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Dad, look what I've done now': The hunt for the people who poisoned the mind of the Manchester Arena bomber

His parents, brothers and Islamist associates - at least six of whom are convicted terrorists - are alleged to have been potential radicalisers

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The Independent UK

Macron's government seeks to give Islam a French makeover

The French government on Saturday is introducing a new body meant to reshape Islam in France and rid it of extremism

The Conversation

God's guardians on earth: how young Muslims in Indonesia turn to faith for environmental activism

Our study of young environmental activists in Indonesia found that Muslim youth activists based their environmentalism firmly on their knowledge of Islam. They see themselves as khalifahs – or God’s lieutenants on earth – undertaking the sacred task of guarding the natural world.

The Independent UK

IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure

The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia moves to redefine Islam-bearing green flag

Saudi Arabia is inching towards changes that govern its national anthem and green flag, which is emblazoned with a sword and inscribed with Islam’s creed

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France dumps Muslim advisory council that is 'under foreign influence'

In what’s being described as a decisive period for Islam in France, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (Cfcm) – an official interlocutor between the government and religious leaders – is to be dissolved and replaced with a grassroots-style “forum”.

The Times of India

Delhi cleric held for plotting Gujarat youth’s murder

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday arrested a cleric Maulana Qamar Gani Islami from Old Delhi in connection with the murder of Kishan Bharwad, 27.

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith was proposed to by Islamic State propagandist in Syria, court hears

The Co Louth woman, 39, has pleaded not guilty to terror-related charges at the Special Criminal Court.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rare Snowfall Carpets Jerusalem

Snow carpeted Jerusalem and its holy places Thursday as a rare wintry storm swept across Israel and the Palestinian territories as well as the wider Middle East. The cold snap, which has already caused major disruption in Athens and Istanbul, saw heavy snowfall in areas better known for their summer…

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith tried to justify suicide bombings, trial told

The former Defence Forces soldier, 39, has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith ‘enveloped herself in the black flag of Islamic State’, court hears

The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to charges of being a member of the terror group and financing terrorism.

The Guardian - UK

Middle-class Britons more likely to be biased about Islam, finds survey

Nearly 25% in higher social groups found to be prejudiced about Muslims compared with less than a fifth of working-class people

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