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Saudi Women

Cinemas Could Lead to 'Rotten or Atheistic' Foreign Films, Mixing of Sexes: Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti

In a move that could potentially complicate government efforts to introduce cultural reforms to the conservative kingdom, Saudi Arabia's top religious authority on Saturday said that cinemas and singing concerts are harmful and corrupting.

Muslims pray in Beijing

China Shuts Down Muslim Website After Posting Stinging Letter to President Xi Jinping

A popular online community for Chinese Muslims has been closed after posting a petition asking President Xi Jinping to quit his "brutal suppression of activists."

Muslim communist theme park set for China to bolster ties with Middle East

China is Building Islam Theme Park to Improve Sino-Arab Ties

China is allocating $4 billion to build an Islam theme park, an effort to establish a Chinese-accepted version of Islam and to improve Sino-Arab ties.

Indonesia faces new threat in terrorism

Chinese Authorities Enforce Ban on Religious Activities in Schools after Seeing Video of Girl Reciting Muslim Passages

A video that featured a little Chinese girl reciting scriptures from the Muslim Quran has prompted education authorities in a certain province in China to enforce a ban on any religious activity inside schools.

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan Converting to Islam? Rep Says She's 'Exploring' The Religion

Catholic-born actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly planning to convert to Islam.

ISIS Fighters

ISIS Ideology Attracts Islamist Groups in South East Asia, Singapore's Defense Minister Says

Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen has warned that the return of the Islamic State fighters is a "clear and present danger" to south-east Asian countries. Following the terror attacks in Paris, authorities in Asian countries have highlighted the threat that the region is under from battle-hardened locals in the Middle East, who could return to their home countries to plot terror attacks

Lindsay Lohan Spotted With Quran --- Is She Converting To Islam?

Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan was snapped Wednesday holding a copy of the Quran after her first day of court-ordered community service in Brooklyn, New York.

Viking Era Ring with

Viking Era Ring with "For Allah" Inscription Reveals Norse and Islamic Contact

The artifact was unearthed along with other pieces of jewelry, clothing ornaments and remains of clothes.

Uighurs

300 Uighurs from China’s Xinjiang Province Join ISIS

It is not just British female teens who are fleeing their homeland to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Three hundred Uighurs from China's Xinjiang Province likewise made the same journey to the Middle East to become a part of the caliphate known for its extreme terrorist views.

Charlie Hebdo

Hollande Assures Muslims That France Respects Islam

French President Francois Hollande on Thursday gave a statement assuring Muslims that France respects both their community and their religion but said the country remains firm on its commitment to free speech.

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson On Coverting To Islam and Supporting Gun Control

After doing a movie in Turkey, rumors have sparked that actor Liam Neeson is thinking of leaving his Roman Catholic faith to convert to Islam. The Taken 3 actor confirms that he is not changing his religion.

Saudi Arabia Whips Blogger in Public For Anti-Islam Views

The Saudi Arabian government carried out on Friday the initial installment of a 1,000-lash punishment it meted in May on Raif Badawi who wrote anti-Islam articles in his blog. Besides the flogging, at 50 each week for 20 weeks, he was also given a 10-year prison term.

Terrorist Attack in China Kills 15, Injures 14

A terrorist attack at a food market in western China's Xinjiang region has left 15 people dead and another 14 injured, according to Chinese state media reports. China blames Muslim Uighur separatists for the violence.

La Plata High School

Former Marine Banned from High School due to Argument over Islam Homework

An ex-Marine officer, who has a child studying in a Maryland high school, has been barred from the institution following an intense argument with the school authorities over an assignment on Islam.

Nidal Hasan

Fort Hood Shooter Wrote Letter For Pope Francis

Fort Hood massacre shooter Nidal Hasan wrote a six-pages letter addressed to Pope Francis and asked his lawyer to send it.

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