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2 liberal Muslim women encourage everyone not to wear headscarves in solidarity

Hala Arafa and Asra Q. Nomani were two journalists writing in Washingtong Post who wants everyone no...

Dec 22, 2015 01:07 AM EST

Judge sentences 11 Afghan police over lynching of woman in Kabul

An Afghan judge sentenced 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob ki...

May 19, 2015 08:11 AM EDT

Anti-Islam group PEGIDA holds first Austria march

PEGIDA, the anti-Islam movement born in Germany, drew hundreds of supporters and counter-demonstrato...

Feb 03, 2015 06:32 AM EST

In Los Angeles, Muslim women find empowerment in female-only Friday prayers

After the traditional call to prayer, Edina Lekovic stood in front of some 150 women seated on the f...

Jan 31, 2015 08:58 AM EST

French Muslims denounce “cowardly murder” of tour guide in Algeria

Thousands of Muslims gathered across France on Friday to denounce the beheading of tourist Herve Gou...

Sep 28, 2014 01:34 AM EDT

Bin Laden son-in-law sentenced to life in U.S. prison

A seemingly unrepentant Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life ...

Sep 23, 2014 07:37 PM EDT