Turkish scholars are researching the traditional stories passed down through the ages about the Prophet Muhammad. Will their conclusions have a practical message for Muslims searching for God?
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Geert Wilders' anti-Islam movie has gone online. The film, titled Fitna or ‘Ordeal' or 'Strife' in Arabic, shows verses of the Qur'an alternating with graphic scenes of recent acts of terror: the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York, the charred bodies of train passengers in Madrid, gruesome images from atrocities in London and Somalia.
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The United States internet provider Network Solutions says it first wants to view the anti-Qur'an film Fitna produced by Dutch populist MP Geert Wilders before deciding whether to allow him to post the film.
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A new research project will see Exeter and Cornwall-based academics find clues to Islamic radicalisation. Focusing on North Africans living in the UK, France and Spain three political scientists and a historian will trace the historical roots of radicalisation, by assessing the impact how the legacies of colonial repression and current political, social and economic marginalisation affect perceptions of terrorism and the West.
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Iranian lawmakers have condemned Danish and Dutch newspapers for reprinting a satirical cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A major row has erupted in Britain over a plan by Muslims of East Oxford to summon believers for prayers over a loudspeaker from a mosque with local residents terming the practice an attempt to turn the area into a "Muslim ghetto".
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A group of leading Muslim scholars has sent holiday greetings to Christians worldwide.
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More than two million Muslims from across the world, including Indians, on Wednesday marked the climax of the annual Haj pilgrimage by participating in the symbolic stoning of the devil in the Saudi holy city of Mina.
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Israel agreed to let about 900 Gaza pilgrims travel through Israeli territory en route to a Muslim pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.
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A Canadian man has appeared in court in Toronto accused of killing his 16-year-old daughter, reportedly over her refusal to wear a traditional Islamic head scarf, national media said on Wednesday.
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A British school teacher in Sudan was arrested today after allowing her students to name a teddy bear after the Islam prophet Muhammad, a charge that carries 40 lashes and up to six months in prison.
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Muslims around the world are ready to celebrate one of the most important holidays on the Islamic calendar, Eid-al Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. In Indonesia, which has the world's largest population of Muslims, the celebration centers around family, food, and home.
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