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Iraq Keeps Up Search after Bodies Pulled from Collapsed Shrine

Iraqi rescue workers Sunday were desperately searching for survivors trapped under rubble after a landslide hit a Shiite Muslim shrine, killing at least four people. "We have found four bodies, including of a woman" at the site near Karbala, central Iraq, civil defense official Abdelrahman Jawdat told AFP.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 21, 2022

Alarm over Texas law forcing schools to display ‘In God We Trust’ signs

Civil rights advocates say it ‘imposes religion’ as new law requires public campuses to display donated items bearing that phrase

The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2022

GCC, MWL Condemn Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf has condemned a deadly terrorist attack that targeted a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Al-Hajraf said GCC Member States reject all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism, and offered condolences and sympathy to the families of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 21, 2022

Gujarat riot victim 'numb' after rapists freed from prison

India’s Gujarat has set free 11 men convicted of the gang rape of a Muslim woman and the murder of her relatives during the state's 2002 riots.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 20, 2022

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 Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Discussion should be on gender justice: Basheer

He refuses to respond to Muneer’s statement on POCSO and gender neutrality

The Hindu · Aug 19, 2022

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.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 19, 2022

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."

Tribune News Service · Aug 19, 2022

Uproar in Kashmir as India allows voting rights to non-locals

Any Indian citizen living temporarily in the disputed Muslim-majority federal territory can be enlisted as a voter.

Al Jazeera · Aug 19, 2022

Muslim woman raped by Hindu mob shocked by release of 11 jailed men

Gujarat frees men serving life sentences for rape, and for murder of three-year-old daughter and other relatives

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2022