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The terror attacks in India as well as abroad has created an impression as if jihad is central to Qur’anic teaching. First of all, as we have asserted repeatedly, jihad does not mean war in Qur’an as there are other words for it like qital and harb for...
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Many European cities are already one-quarter Muslim: just take Amsterdam, Marseille and Malmo in Sweden. In many cities the majority of the under-18 population is...
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ARE you one of those people who rarely touch the Qur’an? Or do you read daily, but don’t find it is having the impact on you that it should? Whatever the...
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A British documentary on the Qur’an has angered leading Muslim scholars for making inaccurate statements about the Shia branch of the faith.
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A 17 year old girl was stoned to death in Iraq because she loved the boy of some other religion. It is not just one such case but there are hundreds, if not thousands,...
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his...
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While Islamic institutions bind women in a burqa, western values confront concealing of women in it as a ‘prison’, which is not dignified for any living human...
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Dutch legislator Geert Wilders will not be prosecuted for inciting hatred of Muslims with his film denouncing the Quran, prosecutor said Monday.Prosecutor said his film...
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The public prosecutor’s office says it will not charge right-wing legislator Geert Wilders with inciting hatred for his film denouncing the Quran.The prosecutor...
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Hundreds of Afghans demonstrated Monday in two different provinces against a U.S. sniper in Iraq who used a Quran, the Muslim holy book, for target...
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Gunfire broke out Thursday at a protest in western Afghanistan against a U.S. sniper in Iraq who used a Quran for target practice and officials said a NATO soldier and...
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Officials say a NATO soldier and two Afghan civilians have been killed in a protest over the shooting of the Quran by a U.S. sniper in Iraq.NATO spokesman Maj. Martin...
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President Bush has apologized to Iraq’s prime minister for an American sniper’s shooting of a Quran, and the Iraqi government called on U.S. military...
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President Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for an American sniper’s use of a copy of the Quran for target practice, Maliki’s...
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The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq apologized to the country’s prime minister and vice president on Monday in an attempt to soothe anger over an American sniper...
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An American sniper was removed from Iraq after he used a copy of the Quran for target practice, the military said Sunday, a day after a U.S. commander held a formal...
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An American soldier has been sent home from Iraq after a copy of the Quran was found pocked with bullet holes at a shooting range near Baghdad, the US military said on...
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An American soldier used a Quran, the Islamic holy book, for target practice in a predominantly Sunni area west of Baghdad, prompting an apology from the U.S. military,...
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A soldier used a Quran, the Islamic holy book, for target practice in a predominantly Sunni area west of Baghdad, prompting an apology from the military, a spokesman...
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Queen Elizabeth II listened to a recital of the Quran at an Ottoman-era mosque Wednesday, the second day of a state visit to Turkey.Her shoes removed and her head...
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In this photo released by LG Electronics Inc., a customer listens to an explanation about a new LG TV that allows users to both read and listen to the Quran at an electronics store in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. LG Electronics...
