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Five members of the European Parliament have launched a signature-collecting campaign to forward a written petition demanding European countries to respect individual freedom to wear what one wants; Muslim hijāb, Sikh turban, Christian crucifix or Jewish yarmulke in schools or government...
The Qur’an says about the kitābis [People of the Book] that “They are not all alike” [The Meaning of The Holy Qur’ān by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall,3:113 ]. I just remembered this Qur’ānic fairness when I read about two court rulings and a political position that recently took the attention of...
With the 100th anniversary of the 1905 law, known as the law of Laïcité, or secularism in France, many French voices have started to call for expanding the ban on all religious symbols, especially the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair]. They want to apply this law within all hospitals,...
The British courts ordered £ 10.000 compensation for a British Muslim called Muhammad Khān after he was sacked from his job for going on a five-week pilgrimage to Mecca
A Muslim girl has managed to beat the ban on hijab [veil covering a woman’s hair] in French schools. The girl took off her hijab in front of the principal who was surprised to find that she shaved off her hair. Cennet Doganay was banned from classes for wearing hijab after a law preventing school...
The BBC fired a Muslim journalist from his job because of his clear inclination towards Islam. The British Islamic Council issued a declaration stating its disgust at the decision to fire a journalist for being a member of an Islamic group.
Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that because he is currently being tried before Egypt’s Higher State Security Court on charges which include his lectures and writings on religious freedom and minority rights, including those of Egyptian Copts, his defense lawyer requested him to decline the invitation to...
... In an international atmosphere that is tense because of the work of some international powers to trample over the concept of sovereignty of some states on their lands, and their work to admit the principle of interference to protect religious minorities from persecution, these religious...
The reader Gamal Moussa Al-Darwi writes in response to two letters by two Coptic brothers who attacked Al-Usboa, accusing it of fanaticism.
Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and expected to soon command the largest following in the country after Christianity. Many employers are unfamiliar with Islam, which is practiced by 1.2 billion people worldwide, and often don’t know how to handle Muslims’ requests.

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