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  • More than 275 die in month of bombings in Iraq

    Market bombings and other attacks across Iraq killed at least 40 people today, and one senior intelligence figure said he could not rule out that guards may have taken bribes to allow terrorists to penetrate security during a Shiite pilgrimage. The latest

  • Hull KR sign Muslim Aussie Rugby league Star

    Hull KR has signed North Queensland Cowboys back-row forward Cory Paterson on a two-year deal from 2013. Twenty-four year old Paterson, who converted to Islam when he transferred from Newcastle Knights to the Cowboys after hiring new manager Khoder Nasser

  • My Travels: Journey to Palestine

    Moulana Hanif Dudhwala, recently travelled to Palestine. Here, he shares his thoughts on this eye-opening journey. Myself and eight other colleagues embarked on a journey a journey to visit The Holy Lands of Palestine & Jordan. Upon our arrival at

  • Gunman 'talked of murder in call'

    A gunman who shot dead an Indian student in Salford told his brother he murdered the victim in a taped phone call from prison, a jury has heard. Kiaran Stapleton, 21, smirked or laughed after shooting “random stranger” Anuj Bidve, 23, in the head at

  • School children visit Rochdale mosque

    Almost 700 children from 19 schools visited Neeli Mosque's of Annual ‘Primary School Programme’. The primary School programme started in 2008 and this year was the 5th year it had taken place. Each School visit went through some basic fundamental

  • Picture of the day: Tobacco protest

    Tobacco farmers display a giant homemade cigarette during a protest against a bill on stricter tobacco control in Jakarta, Indonesia. Thousands of farmers staged the protest claiming that the bill that would ban cigarette advertising and sponsorship,

  • Champions League Twenty20 returns to South Africa

    South Africa will host this year's Champions League Twenty20 in October. Fourteen teams from eight countries, including the winners of England's FriendsLife t20 competition and, for the first time, Pakistan's T20 champions, will play in the tournament

  • 600-year-old mosque is targeted

    Muslim extremists have continued to destroy the heritage of the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu razing tombs and attacking the gate of a 600-year-old mosque, despite growing international outcry. The International Criminal Court has described the destruction