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Toyin Falola: 3 recent books that explain the work of Nigeria's famous decolonial scholar

Toyin Falola, distinguished professor of history, is one of Africa’s most accomplished intellectuals. Born Oloruntoyin Falola in 1953 in the Nigerian city of Ibadan, he grew up in a sprawling, polygamous household that practised Islam, Christianity and ancient Yoruba spirituality.

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NIA files first charge sheet in PFI case, names two from Rajasthan

The NIA has filed its first chargesheet in one of its cases against the banned outfit Popular Front of India naming two accused from Rajasthan for driving a wedge between different communities in India through radicalisation and arms-training of gullible Muslim youth, training them in handling weapons and explosives and…

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Director Joslyn Lyons on Former NBA Star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s Long, Strange Journey

The Showtime documentary 'Stand' chronicles the life and controversial career of the former Denver Nuggets guard.

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The world's first Islamic art biennale shines a light on Muslim African artists

The inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale is underway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Biennales are large and prestigious international art exhibitions held every two years.) This important new event for the Muslim world features numerous African artists. And the biennale’s artistic director is Sumayya Vally, a South African architecture professor and principal…

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German woman risks tougher sentence over Yazidi girl's death

A German appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a German convert to Islam who was given 10 years in prison on charges that as a member of the Islamic State group in Iraq she allowed a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave…

The Independent UK

Can religion save us from Artificial Intelligence?

Sometimes Rabbi Joshua Franklin knows exactly what he wants to talk about in his weekly Shabbat sermons — other times, not so much. It was on one of those not-so-much days on a cold afternoon in late December that the spiritual leader of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons decided…

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Police try to stop International Women's Day protests in Pakistan. Protesters persist

Women marched on International Women's Day to demand equal rights in Pakistan. But their slogans, like "my body, my choice," are red meat for conservatives who see the protesters as un-Islamic.

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Terror suspect used Twitter account to glorify terrorist beheadings, court told

Ajmal Shahpal, from Nottingham, is alleged to have encouraged others to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism.

The Independent UK

'Stranger at the Gate,' an Oscar nominee on love after hate

Angry and filled with hate for Muslims, Richard McKinney once wanted to plant an explosive device outside the Islamic Center of Muncie in Indiana

The Independent UK

Islam and box-office a match made in heaven

Islamic films have found a devoted market in Indonesia. Commercial success will prolong the trend.

360info

When will Muslims in the UK observe Shab e Barat 2023?

One of the holiest events in the Islamic calendar is marked this month

Evening Standard

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred

KABUL: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.

Bangkok Post

When liberal institutions screw up

A small college panicked and fired a professor — but the real lessons aren't the ones the right wants to teach

Salon

Archbishop of Vienna Stresses Importance of Makkah Document in Confronting Hatred

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna, praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to dissociate the Islamic religion from the phenomena of terrorism and isolation, stressing the importance of the Makkah Document in confronting hatred and extremist ideas and spreading tolerance and coexistence. During an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Riyadh,…

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Prevent review: why we need a new -- and clearer -- definition of Islamist extremism

An independent review of the UK counter-terrorism strategy, Prevent, has recommended that the government increase its efforts to tackle Islamist extremism.

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Where this doctor finds hope amid her country's record cholera outbreak

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera's scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.

The Guardian - UK

Secret House of Lords circle ‘shown to have worked with far right’

Email blunder sparks inquiry into New Issues Group’s ‘collaboration with Islamophobes’

Daily Record

Marco Pierre White's son turns to Islam after being jailed for heroin possession

Marco Pierre White Jr, 28, was recently released from prison and has converted to a new faith to keep him off the drugs.

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Marco Pierre White's troubled son converts to Islam to stay off heroin after prison release

Former reality star Marco Pierre White Junior, 28, was released from HMP Bristol last week and he’s claimed to have vowed to never touch drugs again after his famous chef dad reportedly spent more than £1million on his rehabilitation

The Guardian - UK

Saim Sadiq on his banned trans love story, Joyland: ‘We spend our lives trying to hide our desires’

The director’s debut won the Cannes Jury prize, yet was denounced in his native Pakistan. He discusses masculinity, religious censorship and challenging the patriarchy

The Conversation

CSIS targeting of Canadian Muslims reveals the importance of addressing institutional Islamophobia

There has been an uproar recently among politicians who have called for the resignation of Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia.

Evening Standard

Shamima Begum: timeline of events as Isis bride launches appeal to regain UK citizenship

The straight-A student fled east London as a teenager in 2015 to join the terrorist group

Evening Standard

Nadiya Hussain and Chunkz to speak at Islamophobia-tackling event in London next month

The Aziz Foundation is calling for the International Day to Combat Islamophobia to be enshrined into UK law

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Malcolm X was way ahead of his time

Tuesday marked the 58th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, arguably the greatest U.S. leader of any color in the 20th century. He was 39 when he died on Feb. 21, 1965, the same age as Martin Luther King Jr. when he was assassinated in 1968. Without reaching 40,…

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Logan's harmony of faiths demonstrates Australia's changing face of religion

The 2021 census revealed more Australians are now Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus than ever before. In Logan, south of Brisbane, these faiths intermingle.

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