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OPINION - Brave Sir Salman Rushdie has challenged his own side

The old warhorse has come out for another battle. Sir Salman Rushdie, his eye covered with a patch from a terrifying attack last year by a young man who said he disliked his views on Islam, appeared last week at the National First Amendment conference in Philadelphia to discuss threats…

Evening Standard

Muslim Law Board’s stand sought on nikah halala

Law Commission seeks AIMPLB's position on nikah halala, muta and minimum age for marriage. Board opposes halala, views muta as "non-issue". Reiterates opposition to UCC, asks why only Muslims targeted

The Hindu

A woman interrupts a Quran-burning protest in Sweden by spraying activist with a fire extinguisher

Swedish police have detained a woman who sprayed an anti-Islam activist with a fire extinguisher as he staged a Quran-burning protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm

The Independent UK

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May trial set for Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary accused of terror offences

The 56-year-old from east London has been charged with directing a terrorist organisation

Evening Standard

Nothing compares to you, Sinéad

Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023), with her buzz cut, spare music and strident voice against authority, was received differently by all those who knew and loved her

The Hindu

Sinead O’Connor: the angelic skinhead for whom love, intelligence and madness were inseparable

I interviewed Sinéad twice. She was supremely gifted, terrifyingly vulnerable and hilarious – even at her bleakest she’d make you laugh

The Guardian - AU

Technology remains at the heart of the hajj

The hajj – the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which Muslims are expected to make once in their lives if they are able – is expected to begin June 26 and last for five days. In 2023, approximately 2 million pilgrims will participate, close to the annual numbers…

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‌Hamas Delegation In Iran For Talks On ‘Political & Field Issues Related To Palestinian Cause’‌

On Sunday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhala met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran.

Zenger

The Afghan valley proud of its young suicide bombers

TANGI VALLEY (AFGHANISTAN): Taliban-trained suicide bomber Ismail Ashuqullah regrets missing the chance to blow himself up at the height of the Afghan war -- like many other young men from the lush green Tangi Valley.

Bangkok Post

‘I’m Only Alive Because My Dad Failed A Chemistry Exam,’ Says London Grassroots Leader

UK Grassroots Leader Influence Spans Years and is Alive Today Because His Father Failed a Chemistry Test

Zenger

Swiss court acquits Tariq Ramadan of rape, but he still faces charges in France

The prominent Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion filed in Switzerland. He remains on probation in France, facing trial for other rape charges.

Radio France Internationale

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan acquitted in Swiss rape trial -court

Swiss academic and Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion against a woman, under a Geneva court ruling announced on Wednesday.

Reuters

Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize

The Templeton Prize — one of the world's largest annual individual awards — is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa

The Independent UK

Iran hangs two men for blasphemy

Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, the judiciary's news website Mizan reported on Monday, drawing an angry reaction from human rights group Amnesty International.

Reuters

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Tunisian authorities ban meetings at opposition Ennahda party offices

Tunisian authorities on Tuesday banned meetings at all offices of the opposition Ennahda Islamist party and police closed the headquarters of the Salvation Front main opposition coalition, party and official sources said.

The Guardian - UK

Cairo Conspiracy review – taut, textured political thriller

A fisherman’s son is awarded a scholarship to Al-Azhar University, a ‘beacon of Islam’, only to be recruited as a government informant

Reuters

Factbox-Where is Al Aqsa mosque and why is it so important in Islam?

A Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday has triggered a furious reaction from Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and the wider Arab and Muslim world.

Dynamite News

Ramzan 2023: Food items to relish during Iftar

Ramzan, which is considered to be the holiest month in the religion of Islam, has finally arrived. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Al Jazeera

When is Ramadan 2023 and how is the moon sighted?

Ramadan is determined by the Islamic lunar calendar, which begins with the sighting of the crescent moon.

The Independent UK

Former Irish soldier loses appeal against severity of sentence for IS membership

Lisa Smith, a convert to Islam, went to Syria in 2015 after terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to travel to the country.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester Arena bomber's schools and colleges were not at fault in failing to identify radicalisation risk, inquiry finds

The inquiry's chairman said he found no one single institution knew enough about Abedi or his family to 'recognise his descent into violent Islamist extremism

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian Opposition Parties Avoid Alliance with Ennahda

The Tunisian opposition - consisting mainly of a group of leftist parties, the Free Constitutional Party and the National Salvation Front, in addition to the Tunisian General Labor Union - continues to engage in a sharp confrontation with President Kais Saied’s political path, but without uniting on one front, or…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Sentences Algerian-French dissident to Jail in Absentia

French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, whose "exfiltration" via Tunisia sparked a diplomatic incident with Paris, was sentenced in absentia on Friday to three years in prison for illegally entering Tunisia, her lawyer said. Bouraoui had been banned from leaving Algeria after being sentenced to two years in jail for "offending Islam"…

Reuters

Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas

In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over Islamic texts as the disembodied voice of a male scholar emanates from a loud speaker.

Radio France Internationale

Algeria recalls ambassador to France over wanted dissident

Algeria has recalled its envoy to France "for consultations" after Paris intervened to help Amira Bouraoui, an activist and journalist who is wanted by Algiers, avoid deportation and detention.

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