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Earlier this month, FIFA lifted its ban on headscarves, allowing female Muslim players to wear hijabs while playing soccer. But that didn’t stop high school soccer referees in Aurora, Colo. from prohibiting Samah Aidah to play with her head covered. Last week in response, the Overland High School girls soccer team took …

As a charity bids to boost feminism among Muslim women,  Shelina Janmohamed asks why British female Muslims would want to join a feminist movement born in the West, which asks women of faith to leave their religion at the door. Everyone loves Malala Yousufzai, right? Fearless, inspiring and courageous, she is the …

Shia Muslims expressed their mass strength and political power by holding a successful Labbaik Ya Rasoolullah (PBUH) Conference in Khairpur on Sunday. Shia and Sunni leaders called it a referendum against the Taliban terrorists. Shiite News Correspondent reported here that Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, head of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, Sahibzada Hamid …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has congratulated the national Iranian team on winning the championship title at the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in the US. In a message on Monday, the Leader thanked Iranian wrestlers for bringing joy to the nation through their efforts. Other …

Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has banned 50 given names including “foreign” names, names related to royalty and those it considers to be blasphemous. Saudis will no longer be able to give their children names such as Amir (prince), Linda or Abdul Nabi (Slave of the Prophet) after the civil …

It was Turkey’s Shia (Jaafari) community’s turn to be offended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he criticized the Gulen faith movement, which he holds responsible for revealing the corruption files. Talking about Gulenists on a TV program, Erdogan said, “These people have three major characteristics. They practice taqiyya [religiously sanctioned dissimulation], they lie, they slander. As a result …

An alleged plot by Qatar to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has been the main reason behind Riyadh’s withdrawal of its ambassador from Doha, a political analyst says. Citing diplomatic sources, Egyptian newspaper al-Shorouk‘s Editor-in-Chief Emad El-Din Hussein said in a recent interview that Saudi Arabia is in possession of authentic …

The Lebanese army fortified its posts and deployed heavily Friday in various areas in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, mainly in Syria Street that separates the rival districts of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, the state-run National News Agency reported. On Thursday, a child was killed and several people …

The Syrian army has taken full control of the southwestern town of Yabroud, the last major stronghold of foreign-backed militants near the Lebanese border.  Syrian forces carried out mop-up operations pushing back the militants from the strategic town in the mountainous region of Qalamoun. In their latest drive to clear …

A young Muslim girl has received the new Respectful Citizenship Award from the governor of Wolfville in eastern Canadian maritime province of Nova Scotia in recognition of her efforts in building interfaith relations and collecting charity for those in need. “She is kind, conscientious and mature beyond her years,” Angie …