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Islamic State names new leader, confirming US raid killed predecessor

Audio message names Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi as new leader in first admission of former head’s death

The Guardian - AU

Terror in Peshawar: on Shia mosque attack

Islamist terrorists are seeking to set off a Sunni-Shia sectarian war in Af-Pak region

The Hindu

Senior Scholars: Crown Prince’s Statements Reiterate Saudi Arabia’s Firm Approach Against Extremism

The General Secretariat of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars has hailed the statements of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, during his interview with the US-based The Atlantic magazine. During the interview, the Crown Prince reiterated that the Kingdom is based on Islam,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Israeli Officers Warn against Security Chaos Erupting in Ramadan

Israeli security service officials have joined the warnings issued by Palestinian civil society and political leaders against potential escalation of violence by far-right proponents who are supported by Israeli police officers. The escalation by far-right activists portends a major security explosion in Jerusalem, especially with the advent of Islam’s holy…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Says There’s an Opportunity to Boost Interests with US or Downgrade Them

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the Kingdom has “a long, historical relationship with America” and that there’s “a huge opportunity to boost” all interests. “And there is also a big possibility it could be downgraded in many areas,” he said. “Whether you want to win in Saudi Arabia…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Muslim World League Hosts Tanzania Forum for the Service of Revelations

The Muslim World League (MWL) concluded on Tuesday the Tanzania Regional Forum for the Service of the Two Revelations, which discussed several axes including the role of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document in highlighting the tolerance of Islam and spreading societal awareness in urgent contemporary issues. The three-day forum also discussed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Teacher suspended after picture of Osama Bin Laden used to illustrate Muhammad

The picture was shown in a presentation during an RE lesson labelling Bin Laden 'Last Prophet in Islam'

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School blasted for showing pupils photo of Osama Bin Laden as Prophet Muhammad

A Powerpoint presentation given during a Religious Studies lesson at All Saints Academy in Dunstable showed a picture of Osama Bin Laden with the words written next to it: 'Muhammad, last Prophet in Islam'

Daily Mirror

Tight security as thousands make annual Iraq pilgrimage

Thousands of pilgrims clad in black are making their way on foot towards a gold-domed shrine in northwestern Baghdad, part of a weeklong procession to commemorate the death of a revered figure in Shiite Islam

The Independent UK

Epic Paris terror trial reaches half-way stage with more questions than answers

Despite the ravages provoked by Covid-19, which have already led to three weeks of suspensions, the Paris terror trial has reached the end of its second major stage: the examination of the activities and religious attitudes of the accused up to the summer of 2015, before the detailed planning of…

Radio France Internationale

Podcast: training French Imams, funding women's startups, journalist of the Revolution

Imams-in-training learn about the roots of their religion, and the specific context of an 'Islam of France'. Breaking the glass ceiling as women entrepreneurs push for more startup funding. And the journalist who called on Parisians to rise up for democracy during the French Revolution.

Radio France Internationale

MWL Chief Meets Religious Leaders in Thailand

Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa and an accompanying delegation visited the Kingdom of Thailand upon an official invitation from the Thai government. Religious leaders in Southeast Asia have praised the “fruitful” visit to Thailand by the MWL delegation. During the visit, Fatoni University…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pushing far-right agenda, French news networks shape election debate

In a presidential campaign dominated by talk of far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, some of France's leading news networks stand accused of fostering his Elysée Palace run and plugging his hardline agenda on crime, immigration and Islam.

France 24

Historian Rashid bin Asakir to Asharq Al-Awsat: Religious Dimension in Establishment of 1st Saudi State Is Overstated

Readers of books that chronicle the history of the Arabian Peninsula, specifically its center (Najd or Al-Yamamah), from the early Islamic ages until the past four centuries, notice a reference to, or even an emphasis on the spread of ignorance, heresy and polytheism among the population.

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Reuters

Saudi Arabia for first time marks its founding, downplaying conservative roots

Saudi Arabia held celebrations on Tuesday to commemorate for the first time its foundation nearly 300 years ago, choosing a date that downplays the central role played by clerics from the ultra-conservative Wahhabi school of Islam.

Newslaundry

UP police says Umar Gautam tried to change India’s ‘population demography’. Where’s the evidence?

Days before the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party presented its election manifesto, the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra. In it, the party promised to amend the state’s anti-conversion law to introduce a minimum imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of Rs 1…

Al Jazeera

Malcolm X on racism, capitalism and Islam

On the 57th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, we look at some of the activist’s most memorable quotes.

The Conversation

Islamic State: death of leader is big step towards becoming a different kind of terrorist organisation

A “proto-state”, a “socio-political movement, the ”beast“ – all names given to a single group that, at its height, seemed to embody the west’s worst nightmare.

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Radio France Internationale

Paris Perspective #25: Exile, Islam and the shifting sands of migration - Brigitte Adès

The past decade has witnessed a tsunami of refugees fleeing conflict, making the journey towards Europe in search of a better life. Reaching its peak in 2015, the welcome refugees received was mixed, as fears of Islamist infiltration permeated the anti-migrant debate. The result was a the rise of populist…

The Independent UK

Egypt investigates journalist who questioned miracle attributed to Prophet Mohammed

Ibrahim Issa says ‘Isra and Miraj’, a night journey taken by the Prophet, is a ‘completely delusional story’

The Hindu

A nexus fostering Muslim authoritarianism

The Islam-state relationship must be redesigned to promote intellectual and economic creativity

The Guardian - UK

The Trojan Horse Affair: how Serial podcast got it so wrong

A major series blaming Islamophobia for the 2014 Birmingham schools controversy is one-sided and risks opening old wounds

ABC News

Afghan-Australian 'Kardashians' threatened by the Taliban to pull reality TV show

The Australian star of an Afghan reality TV show — that has been likened to Keeping up with the Kardashians — says he's been threatened by the Taliban to pull the show as the hardline Islamist regime cracks down on Afghanistan's media.

The Times of India

Hijab not an essential religious practice of Islam: Karnataka govt to HC

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Friday contended before the high court that the hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam.

The Conversation

Trojan Horse Affair: podcast reignites questions about the place of religion in English and Welsh schools

A recent podcast series on the 2013-14 Trojan Horse affair – an alleged but unproven plot to implement a strict Islamic ethos in some schools in Birmingham – has drawn attention to the place that religion occupies in state-funded education in England and Wales.

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