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Germany's first Islamic college starts training imams| Oneindia News

Germany's first Islamic college has started training imams. Instruction is held in German and partly financed by the German government, in an effort to gain independence from Muslim-majority countries..

Kerala CM on IS widows' return: Vijayan says it is a national issue | Oneindia News

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said the state has no role to play in bringing back widows of Islamic State fighters to India. A Delhi-based website had on March 15 last year released a video showing 4..

Malaysian truck driver uses prayer cloth to rescue goat trapped in canal

A kind truck driver used his sentimental prayer cloth to save a goat that was trapped under a canal in Malaysia.

Pakistan civilisation divide: Arabic or Indus Valley? Pre-Islamic past | Oneindia News

It seems Pakistan is divided over a big question, whether its civilisation, which it shares with India, is of Arabic origin or from the Indus Valley. Pakistan had made the learning of Arabic language..

Israel Antiquities Authority unveils 1000-year old chicken egg in excavations

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists in Yavne find an unbroken chicken’s egg while excavating an ancient cesspit dating from the Islamic period roughly 1,000 years ago

Hijab-wearing candidate sparks debate in France

A hijab-wearing candidate dropped by President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party has sparked a national row in France over identity. Emily Wither has her story.

Walk-up vaccine clinic held at Islamic Center in Henrico

Walk-up vaccine clinic held at Islamic Center in Henrico

Gunmen kidnapped 136 from Islamic school in Nigeria

Iran: Women’s rights activist enters Iran presidential race | Oneindia News

Zahra Shojaei, a political scientist, has been fighting for women's rights in the Islamic Republic for decades. Now she thinks it's time to turn to frontline politics - to become the country's first..

Mali's military detains President Bah Ndaw

Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the..

HMS Queen Elizabeth departs HMNB Portsmouth ahead of its maiden operational deployment

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed HMNB Portsmouth ahead of its first operational deployment after an unscheduled stop. The 65,000 tonne ship was forced to return to its naval base..

Chaotic scenes outside US Embassy in Jakarta as Indonesia Muslims protest over Israel air strikes

More than 1,000 Muslims have rallied outside the US Embassy in Indonesia’s capital denouncing American support for Israel.

Communities Rally Against Hate After Vandals Target Brentwood Islamic Center

Long Island communities came together Thursday night to rally against hate.

Israeli-Palestinian Fighting Becomes 'War'

GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP — On Monday, the Israeli military continued to release waves of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip as Palestinian militants continued to fire rockets at southern Israeli cities,..

Three buildings flattened in Gaza as Islamic leaders hold crisis talks

At least 42 people including eight children have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Sunday in the deadliest single incident since violence broke out last week.

Muslims in Myanmar's Yangon celebrate Eid against coup backdrop

Muslims across the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr with masks and prayers, as conflicts and coronavirus restrictions cast shadows over the festival's mass gatherings and family reunions.

Message Of Hate Left Outside Brooklyn Islamic Center

Police are looking for the vandals who spray-painted hateful messages outside an Islamic center in Brooklyn.

US Navy releases video of altercation with Iran in Strait of Hormuz

A US Coast Guard ship fired approximately 30 warning shots as a “large group” of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast boats conducted “unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers” near..

Thousands join funeral procession of religious leader despite India's COVID-19 crisis

Thousands joined the funeral procession of a religious leader in northern India despite the country's COVID-19 crisis.

Downtown Islamic Center Prepares To Bring In Socially-Distant Crowd For Celebration Of Eid

The Muslim celebration of Eid is just days away. CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas showed us Monday how one downtown mosque will welcome hundreds of congregants.

Fareed compares Islamic terrorism to rise in far-right attacks

Ten years after Osama bin Laden’s death, Fareed gives his take on why the terrorism bin Laden symbolized is no longer the global threat it once was.

Former secretary of Indonesian extremist group arrested on suspicion of links to terrorism

The former secretary of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Munarman, has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the pledge of terrorists in three cities.

Iran's Zarif criticizes Guards in leaked audio

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif used language rarely heard inside Iran to criticize the influence of the country's Revolutionary Guards Corp commanded over foreign affairs. This report produced by..

Chinese Ambassador Survives Pakistan Bombing

QUETTA, PAKISTAN — The BBC reports that the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan escaped injury when a car bomb devastated part of a luxury hotel in Quetta, a city near Pakistan's border with..

Judge Refuses To Extradite Sacramento Man Back To Iraq In Murder Case

A federal judge in Sacramento refused Wednesday to allow the extradition to Iraq of a man accused of committing a killing for the Islamic State, saying cellphone evidence shows he was in Turkey at the..