Month: July 2009

(AP) – 7 hours ago GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s top judge says he has ordered female lawyers to wear Muslim headscarves when they appear in court. The move is the latest sign that Gaza’s Islamic militant rulers are increasingly imposing on residents of the coastal strip their strict interpretation of Islamic law. Supreme…
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(AP) – 7 hours ago GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s top judge says he has ordered female lawyers to wear Muslim headscarves when they appear in court. The move is the latest sign that Gaza’s Islamic militant rulers are increasingly imposing on residents of the coastal strip their strict interpretation of Islamic law. Supreme…
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By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU (AP) – 22 hours ago RABAT, Morocco — From the western edge of the Muslim world, the King of Morocco has dared to tackle one of the most inflammatory issues in the Middle East conflict — the Holocaust. At a time when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s dismissal of the Holocaust has…
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China, Uighur Groups Give Conflicting Riot Accounts Gallery Ethnic Clashes in China Lead to Riots More than 150 people have been killed in rioting in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, with the government blaming exiled separatists for the traditionally Muslim area’s worst case of unrest in years. » LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington…
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Fence not done and never will be, it seems – Haaretz – Israel News Fence not done and never will be, it seemsBy Amos HarelTags: Ariel Sharon Seven years after construction work began on the West Bank separation fence, the project seems to have run aground. Work has slowed significantly since September 2007, and today,…
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Mysore police attack on peaceful PFI demonstrators, scores injured, hundreds arrested Submitted by admin4 on 11 July 2009 – 3:00pm.  Indian Muslim By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Kochi: Showing their loyalty to the BJP government of Karnataka, the Mysore city police on July 9 attacked on and arrested hundreds of peaceful demonstrators of the Popular Front…
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