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Usman Khawaja: ‘I would not be where I am now without my faith’

‘I have no issue in dealing with conflict, because I’ve done it all my life,’ the Australia batter tells Andy Bull as he prepares for the Ashes

The Guardian - UK

Pat Robertson, who brought religion into US politics, dies at 93

Roberston, a conservative Christian, hosted The 700 Club on TV and supported a number of Republican presidents.

Al Jazeera

Christian media mogul, ‘700 Club’ host and presidential candidate Pat Robertson dies at 93

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

The Independent UK

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Why you might notice more religious groups at Pride celebrations this year

Some people of faith are organizing a pushback against the wave of anti-LGBTQ rights legislation making its way through state houses this year. They're calling it Faith for Pride.

WEKU

Q&A: Canada’s anti-Islamophobia representative vows to fight hate

In interview with Al Jazeera, Amira Elghawaby stresses need to combat Islamophobia as Muslims face ‘anxiety and fear’.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan backs Kurdish Islamist party – and women pay the price

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s alliance with Huda-Par, a hardline Kurdish Islamist party with a shadowy past, for the 2023 vote sparked howls of condemnations. It was part of a strategy to win the Kurdish vote, but women fear that they will pay the price.

France 24

Teenage terrorist jailed for life over plot to attack soldiers and police - OLD

Muslim convert Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to kill military personnel.

The Independent UK

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Teenager jailed for life over ISIS plot to murder police officers or soldiers

A teenager from Essex who plotted an Islamist terror attack on police officers or UK soldiers and boasted about his murderous plans on SnapChat has been jailed for life.

Evening Standard

Teenager who became radicalised online during Covid pandemic jailed for planning terror attack

Isis supporter Matthew King carried out ‘hostile reconnaissance’ on police and soliders in London

The Independent UK

Defying taboos, Shiite cleric in Iran takes in street dogs and nurses them back to health

A Muslim cleric in Iran is defying a local taboo against dogs by rescuing and nursing them back to health

The Independent UK

Controversial Indian film 'The Kerala Story' blurs boundaries between fact and fiction

In India, a low-budget film has sparked huge controversy. "The Kerala Story" tells the fictional tale of three Hindu and Christian women from the southern Indian state, who are lured into the Islamic State group after converting to Islam. Indian PM Narendra Modi praised the film, saying it "exposed the…

France 24

Abdellah Taïa is Morocco's first openly gay writer – his work reimagines being Muslim, queer and African

Abdellah Taïa was born in 1973 in Rabat, Morocco. He currently lives in Paris. He is the first writer from north Africa – and in fact the Arab world – to openly declare that he is gay. In 2006, he came out in a highly publicised article in the Moroccan…

The Conversation

Defence says Malian rebel in ICC trial was 'small fry'

Lawyers for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of war crimes told his trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday that their client was a just a small fish within the rebel group that took over Timbuktu.

Reuters

Tariq Ramadan acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion by Swiss court

Judges clear academic and Islam scholar of all charges in case brought by Swiss woman

The Guardian - UK

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Muslims in South Korea want to build a mosque. Neighbors protest and send pig heads

The tensions are a test of the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity, when South Korea is looking to immigration to bolster its aging and shrinking workforce.

Reuters

ICC prosecutors say Malian rebel was 'enthusiastic' war crimes perpetrator

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said a Malian Islamist rebel was a key figure in "blatant persecution" of the residents of Timbuktu and was an enthusiastic participant in war crimes.

Al Jazeera

Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism?

While Turkish nationalism has traditionally been tied to secular symbols of the republic, the mosque reflects change.

The Independent UK

Martin Amis, literary ‘enfant terrible’, dies aged 73

Author of ‘London Fields’ and ‘The Information’, who divided opinion over his writing style and personal views, died of oesophageal cancer at his home in Florida

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The Hindu

Theatres in Bengal continue to shun showing The Kerala Story

On Friday the movie’s director Sudipta Sen had speculated that movie hall owners here were perhaps afraid of showing the controversial film, which the State had earlier banned fearing it may cause “communal disturbances”.

Daily Mirror

'My dad's the UK's richest Gypsy - I'm following in his footsteps to make millions'

Elizabeth Best is the daughter of billionaire Alfie Best - the 'UK's richest Gypsy' - and says she wants to follow in her dad's footsteps to make her own millions

Al Jazeera

Palestinians brace as far-right Israelis march in East Jerusalem

Security beefed up as thousands of Israeli nationalists participate in the march amid fears of violence.

Al Jazeera

Before Flag Day, Hamas warns tensions turning more religious

Hamas says current Israeli leadership is turning the conflict into a religious one that is more difficult to resolve.

Al Jazeera

Pig heads, BBQs: Mosque backlash tests S Korea religious freedom

Plan to rebuild small mosque for Daegu university students has come up against a powerful conservative Christian lobby.

The Conversation

The Nation of Islam: A brief history

May 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little.

France 24

Turning away from the West, Russia seeks to strengthen economic ties with the Muslim world

The Russia-Islamic World Forum will begin in Kazan, southwest Russia, on Thursday. The two-day event was first held in 2009 and aims to strengthen economic ties between Russia and Muslim countries. In the wake of a rupture between Russia and the West, these ties are now part of a shifting…

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