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A man returns home from work in Malaysia after Covid-19 struck, then gets lost in a bureaucratic labyrinth trying to get government handouts. Another woman finds a job at a factory, but the rules require her to compromise her faith. In Yala, a skater boy sets out in search of…

Bangkok Post

Calling time on caretakers of J&K’s Sufi shrines

The Waqf Board, in a bid to promote transparency and set its finances in order, has banned donations to caretakers of shrines and ousted them. The move threatens to consign ancient rituals to obscurity and push into penury families that have looked after the upkeep of the spiritual centres for…

The Hindu

Taliban official says Islam grants women right to education, work

A Taliban official says group is working to create a ‘safe environment’ for girls in schools and workplace.

Al Jazeera

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Belfast Islamic Centre opening its doors for Visit My Mosque Day

"Come along and meet your local Muslim community"

Belfast Live

Easton Jamia Mosque opens its doors as part of national 'Visit My Mosque' day

'No question is offensive to me, I think it’s really important to be open and honest and allow people to express themselves'

Bristol Post

Gujarat man attempts suicide over conversion bid on family members

The man was depressed over his wife and two children converting to Islam and living separately from him

The Hindu

Islamophobia isn't going away: But why?

By any measure, Muslims in America are doing great. Two decades after 9/11, why is there so much bigotry?

Salon

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Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses Enraged the Muslim World

In 1989, Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini called for the author and those involved in the book's publication to be put to death.

Reason

Türkiye Hits Back at Macron's 'Unacceptable' Criticism

Türkiye on Saturday lashed out at what it described as French President Emmanuel Macron's "unacceptable" comments in Algeria on foreign powers spreading anti-French propaganda in Africa. On a visit to France's former colony aimed at mending troubled ties, Macron on Friday appeared to warn young Algerians and Africans against manipulation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

HC grants bail to Muslim youth, holding that the charge against him cannot be termed a ‘terrorist act’

The Coimbatore police had booked him on the charge of planning to murder an elderly man who objected to his son’s conversion to Islam

The Hindu

'From haram to halal': How a bar became a shelter for Muslim migrants in Mexico

A new shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, has become a beacon for Muslim migrants. For the first time, they have a dedicated space where they can practice their faith while searching for a better life beyond.

WEKU

Oz's Senate bid could be a Muslim first but is 'complicated'

If Dr. Mehmet Oz is elected to the U.S. Senate this fall, he'll be the first Muslim to serve in the chamber

The Independent UK

Taliban impose 'harsh' limits on Afghans' religious freedom -U.S. panel

Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have "drastically deteriorated" since the Taliban seized power last year as the last U.S.-led foreign troops pulled out after 20 years of war, a bipartisan U.S. commission said on Tuesday.

Reuters

‘Free in speech but imprisoned when moving’: A look at writers facing death threats

The attack on Salman Rushdie in New York state on August 12 highlights the plight of other writers threatened with death, who are forced to live every moment in a state of fear. FRANCE 24 takes a look at numerous writers around the world who have received death threats.

France 24

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The Independent UK

Who were the four British terrorists dubbed ‘The Beatles’?

Here is a little of what is known about each of the four alleged members of the Islamic State terrorist cell.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doug Mastriano’s comments on Islam and climate change resurface, the latest hit for his campaign

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano is trying to appeal to a wider audience. He wants to steer the conversation toward inflation, taxes, parental rights, energy independence, and crime.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: An attack on Rushdie — and free society

In 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then the supreme leader of Iran, issued a fatwa that called for the killing of author Salman Rushdie for his portrayal of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in his novel "The Satanic Verses."

The Guardian - UK

Sacred ground: the ancient grove where Yoruba traditions are reborn

A centuries-old festival on the banks of the Osun River in Nigeria has seen prayers answered down the ages. Now it faces a modern challenge – pollution

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The Conversation

Salman Rushdie: where to start with this pioneering and controversial author

On the eve of India’s 75th anniversary of independence (August 15), the 75-year-old Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times on stage in New York. Thankfully, the author survived the attack. But you might be wondering how a writer came to be the target of such violence.

The Conversation

What is a fatwa? A religious studies professor explains

When news broke on August 12, 2022, that the writer Salman Rushdie had been attacked, many people immediately recalled the fatwa, or edict, calling on all Muslims to take his life, issued in 1989 by the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s Supreme Leader at the time. Khomeini accused Rushdie’s 1988…

The Conversation

Salman Rushdie attack: the legacy of the decades-old fatwa on the author, explained

In 1989, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic revolution in Iran ten years earlier, issued a fatwa – a religious edict – calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie. More than three decades later, at a literary event in New York state, a man who was…

Evening Standard

The 7 defining moments of Salman Rushdie’s life

As the author lies in hospital with life-changing injuries, Amy Francombe looks back at his controversial career and how he came to have a fatwa on his head

Reuters

Explainer: Rushdie attack shows the enduring impact of fatwas

The 1989 fatwa imposed by Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie for his novel “the Satanic Verses” has haunted many liberal novelists and thinkers whose writings were also seen as insulting to Islam and the Prophet Mohammad.

The Guardian - UK

Iran denies role in Salman Rushdie attack but claims author is to blame

Foreign ministry spokesperson blames author and supporters after stabbing that left him with ‘life-changing’ injuries

The Independent UK

Iran squirms over Rushdie attack, praising perpetrator while denying blame

In first official remarks, Tehran rejects responsibility for attack on author even as it heaps scorn on him

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