Islam
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Asia
Should religious leaders reveal political leanings or join protests? Yes, say most respondents polled in Malaysia, Indonesia
The survey by the American think-tank also touched on a wide range of areas, including how respondents view the importance…
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Singapore tops Southeast Asia in seeing different religions as compatible with society: Survey
“This ‘religious switching’ has led to declines especially in the share of Singaporeans who identify as Buddhist or as followers…
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Islamist factions in a troubled Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon say they will honor a cease-fire
SIDON, Lebanon — Islamist factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp said Sunday they will abide by a cease-fire after…
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Europe
Top French court upholds ban on Muslim abayas in schools
France’s highest administrative court ruled Thursday that a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, was…
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French schools refuse dozens of girls wearing Muslim dress
PARIS: French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas – an over-garment from the shoulders…
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France imposes abaya ban on first day of school
PARIS: French authorities were on Monday (Sep 4) imposing a newly-announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women in…
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Clashes erupt in Sweden’s third largest city after another Quran burning and at least 3 are detained
STOCKHOLM — Clashes erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to…
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Europe
Macron says schools will be ‘intractable’ in enforcing abaya ban
French students won’t get past the door if they show up for school wearing long robes, President Emmanuel Macron made…
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French school abaya ban opens fresh secularism row
PARIS: The French government’s decision to ban schoolgirls wearing abayas – long, flowing dresses of Middle Eastern origin – has…
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