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Kidnapped journalist freed in Pakistan
11:46am Thursday 9th September 2010
A British journalist held captive by militants in Pakistan has been freed.
Extremists refuse to cancel Quran burning plan
4:16pm Wednesday 8th September 2010
The leader of a tiny US church said he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, despite pleas from the White House, the military, the Vatican and Angelina Jolie.
US troops in Baghdad battle
2:19pm Monday 6th September 2010
American troops found themselves battling heavily-armed militants attacking Iraqi military headquarters in the centre of Baghdad, days after the US officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq’s ability to defend itself.
Internet photo's slammed by democracy campaigner
4:07pm Saturday 4th September 2010
Egypt’s most prominent democracy advocate accused President Hosni Mubarak’s government of posting Facebook photos of his daughter in swimsuits and at events where alcohol was served in an attempt to discredit him.
Forty dead in bomb blasts
4:18pm Friday 3rd September 2010
More than 40 people were killed in suicide bombings targeting religious minorities in Pakistan today.
Bomb victims mourned in Pakistan
11:31am Thursday 2nd September 2010
Thousands of Shiite Muslims, thumping their chests and crying, began mourning today at funeral prayers after a triple bombing killed at least 35 people in the city of Lahore.
Bollywood movie about childhood of Jesus
2:10pm Wednesday 1st September 2010
A Bollywood movie about the childhood of Jesus is to be shot in the Holy Land, Indian have filmmakers announced.
Goa beaches polluted after ship dumps oil
1:00pm Wednesday 1st September 2010
An unidentified ship dumped tons of waste oil into the sea off western India, creating tar balls that were washing up on Goa’s popular beaches today, officials said.
'Women and children among dead'
11:07am Wednesday 1st September 2010
Pakistan army jets and helicopters targeted militant hideouts near the Afghan border, killing 45 people identified as insurgents or members of their families, including women and children, security officials said today.
India postpones BlackBerry ban
3:16pm Monday 30th August 2010
India postponed a ban on BlackBerry mobiles today after threatening to shut the service down in a dispute over access to the encoded emails of users.
Can you change a million dollar note?
1:40pm Sunday 29th August 2010
A man from the Ivory Coast is in police custody in Abu Dhabi after allegedly persuading a woman to try to exchange two phoney 1 million dollar notes at the UAE’s Central Bank.
Saudi Arabia sends eight aid planes to Pakistan
1:39pm Saturday 28th August 2010
Saudi Arabia has sent eight planes loads of relief goods for flood victims that arrived at Chaklala Airbase on Saturday.
Prayer leader dies during Taraveeh
1:37pm Saturday 28th August 2010
A Prayer leader died of heart stroke during namaz e Taraveeh in Jamia Masjid Mawah, Islamgarh area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Faith leaders unite against planned Quran burning
11:01pm Thursday 26th August 2010
We as people of faith from a great variety of religious congregations in Gainesville stand together in affirmation of one another, especially our Muslim sisters and brothers in this time when threats against their holy scripture and their faith itself are made by The Dove World Outreach Center in this town.
Student charged with hate attack on Muslim cabbie
11:33am Thursday 26th August 2010
A US college student who did volunteer work in Afghanistan was charged with slashing a Bangladeshi taxi driver’s neck and face in New York after the driver said he was a Muslim.
Muslim hostess hits out at Disney insult
4:46pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
A Muslim woman who sued Disney last week for refusing to let her wear a religious headscarf at her job as a Disneyland Resort restaurant hostess says she has been suspended without pay for turning down the company's alternatives - including a large hat and bow-tie bonnet she called "humiliating" and "embarrassing."
Court urges victim to forego paralysis punishment
12:20pm Tuesday 24th August 2010
A Saudi court is trying to persuade a man paralysed in a fight to drop his demand to inflict a similar injury on his attacker by having his spinal cord surgically damaged, a judiciary spokesman said.
Israel not co-operating with UN
11:25am Tuesday 24th August 2010
Israel is not co-operating with the UN Human Rights Council’s probe of May’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a UN official said today.
Investigation into civilian killings
11:28am Tuesday 24th August 2010
Nato is investigating allegations that eight civilians were killed and 12 injured in a coalition raid on a remote mountain village in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan.
Country in uproar as crowd watches street murders
12:03pm Monday 23rd August 2010
Two innocent teenagers carrying a cricket bag were beaten to death by a mob in Pakistan who mistook them for thieves.
Protests at ground-zero mosque rally
11:15am Monday 23rd August 2010
The proposed mosque near New York’s ground zero site drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting “Say no to racist fear!” and American flags waving on both sides.
Flood defences strengthened in Pakistan
11:13am Monday 23rd August 2010
Authorities piled stones and sandbags to strengthen embankments protecting a city from rising waters in Pakistan today as the floods moved slowly south after leaving thousands of square miles of destruction in their wake.
VIDEO BLOG: Pakistan Floods
4:49pm Saturday 21st August 2010
Watch the latest Islamic Relief video blog from the flood affected area of Pakistan.
World needs to do more for flood victims
3:54pm Saturday 21st August 2010
Pakistan thanked the world for opening its wallets and said more than 20 million flood victims now knew that nations and people around the globe were standing with them during the worst disaster the country has ever faced.
Fifth of Americans think Obama is Muslim
4:40pm Thursday 19th August 2010
Nearly a fifth of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to a US poll out today.
Judge says veil must be removed in court
12:52pm Thursday 19th August 2010
An Australian Muslim woman who sought permission to keep her face and head covered while she gives evidence at a trial was told by a judge she would have to remove her veil.
38 partygoers killed in truck crash
11:29am Thursday 19th August 2010
A truck crowded with people returning from a party swerved off a mountain road into a gorge in northern India, killing 38 people and injuring 37 others, police said today.
17 die as Indian school collapses
2:26pm Wednesday 18th August 2010
At least 17 children were killed when their school collapsed under heavy rains in India today.
Flood victims yet to be reached by aid
11:23am Wednesday 18th August 2010
Victims of Pakistan’s deadly floods mobbed relief lorries carrying food and authorities in the north west warned of famine unless the region’s farmers received immediate help to plant new crops.
Suicide bomber kills 61 in Iraq
6:06pm Tuesday 17th August 2010
A suicide bomber sat for hours among hundreds of unprotected army recruits today before detonating nail-packed explosives strapped to his body, killing 61 people and casting new doubt on the ability of Iraqi forces as US troops head home.
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