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190 Muslim workers fired from Colorado meatpacking plant

Around 190 Muslim workers at a meatpacking plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado were fired last month after walking off the job in protest of management’s discriminatory decision to revoke prayer breaks during their shift. More

190 Muslim workers fired from Colorado meatpacking plant

World News

Trump embraces Muslim ban in opening TV ads

Trump spotlighted his plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States - temporarily and with exceptions, he said - and to build a wall along the southern border, AP reported on Tuesday. More

Trump embraces Muslim ban in opening TV ads

Muslim Minority

Muslims Push for Blasphemy Law After Failing To Jail Pastor

Following yesterday’s ruling which found Pastor James McConnell not guilty of a “hate crime” for referring to Islam as “heathen” and “satanic”, the Belfast Islamic Centre, which reported the pastor to the police, has said that they “disagree with the verdict”. More

Muslims Push for Blasphemy Law After Failing To Jail Pastor

World News

Bathily becomes favourite Frenchman for saving lives

Lassana Bathily was an undocumented migrant from Mali until he became an unlikely hero by saving shoppers’ lives during the jihadist attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris last year. More

Bathily becomes favourite Frenchman for saving lives

World News

Wheaton College moving to fire professor who supported Muslims

Wheaton College leaders are taking steps to fire the suspended political science professor for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God. More

Wheaton College moving to fire professor who supported Muslims

World News

Alizz islamic bank announces launch of Ithraa savings account

Continuing its innovation to provide the ultimate banking experience, alizz islamic bank has recently launched “Ithraa” Savings Account. More

Alizz islamic bank announces launch of Ithraa savings account

World News

Belfast preacher acquitted of hate speech against Muslims

A Belfast evangelist charged with hate speech against Muslims has been acquitted after a judge ruled that his sermon had not been sufficiently offensive. More

Belfast preacher acquitted of hate speech against Muslims

World News

MPs to debate calls to ban Donald Trump from Britain

MPs are to debate calls for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from Britain after his controversial comments about Muslims. More

MPs to debate calls to ban Donald Trump from Britain

Islamic World

Egypt: Government targets 10% increase in exports

The Egyptian Ministry of Finance announced the commissioning of a working group composed of representatives across several governmental institutions to draft a plan to increase exports by 10% and push the trade deficit and unemployment rate down by 1.5% annually starting in 2016, according to an official statement Saturday. More

Egypt: Government targets 10% increase in exports

Islamic World

Saudi fatwa bans use of phone while driving

A Saudi Islamic scholar issued a fatwa (religious edict) banning the use of mobile phones while driving, saying this is a great sin in Islam as it may cause disasters. More

Saudi fatwa bans use of phone while driving

Islamic World

160 ‘extremist books’ confiscated from Damietta mosques

A total of 160 books authored by “extremist writers” who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood have been confiscated from mosques in Damietta, Youm7 reported Thursday. More

160 ‘extremist books’ confiscated from Damietta mosques

Muslim Minority

Chicago’s non-Muslim school girls wear hijab

Vernon Hills High School is objecting to Islamophobia and racism with an initiative called “Walk a Mile in Her Hijab.” Over a dozen non-Muslim girls agreed to wear a traditional Islamic head scarf to better understand the Muslim faith and life as a Muslim woman. More

Chicago’s non-Muslim school girls wear hijab