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New Canadian citizens can wear face veils at their citizenship ceremonies, a Canadian court ruled Tuesday, overturning a ban the ruling...More
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani sent greetings to the Jewish people on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Early Monday...More
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned on Thursday that the wave of refugees and migrants coming to Europe and the EU's "failed...More
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King Abdullah of Jordan told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that Moscow had a vital role to play bringing together rival...More
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government spoke out on Monday against violent protests against asylum seekers in the eastern...More
Former Defence Minister Ehud Barak's comments that Israel nearly attacked Iran's nuclear facilities but that the plan was scuttled by...More
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In the week preceding Germany's general election, we take a look at how integrated Muslims are in Europe. By Aasim Saleem
The German Islam Scholar Lamya Kaddor
Why I as a Muslim Woman Don't Wear a Headscarf
Jordan and the influx of refugees
The true Samaritans
Muslims in Liberal Democracies
Why the West Fears Islam
The Decline of Islamic Scientific Thought
Don't Blame It on al-Ghazali
The Media and ''The Innocence of Muslims''
Against the Islamisation of Muslims
Junaid Jamshed
"I Was a Sinner for Years"