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World
Canada’s Muslims Call For Action Against Islamophobia
After the targeted killing of a Muslim family in London, Ontario, the community is demanding a summit on Islamophobia. By Ian…
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World
Actor Riz Ahmed wants to stop Hollywood’s ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims
British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed has launched a fund to help combat “toxic portrayals” of Muslims in films. (BBC)…
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Crime
Canada truck attack: Loved ones describe family as ‘the best among us’
By Holly HonderichBBC News, Toronto On Saturday, London, Ontario’s Muslim community will lay to rest four members of a family…
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Sports
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Raheem Sterling becomes MBE
(BBC) England and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has become an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services…
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US
Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as first Muslim American federal judge in US history
By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN (CNN)The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Zahid Quraishi to be a US District Judge…
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Politics
U.S. Supreme Court takes up FBI bid to block Muslim civil rights suit
By Lawrence Hurley (REUTERS.COM) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the FBI’s bid to block a civil…
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US
Every day feels like post-9/11 for Muslims of France
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI With the ongoing process of headscarf bans flaring up again following a mosque project in France, it…
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World
Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appeal
BY MIKE CORDER ASSOCIATED PRESS (THE OLYMPIAN) THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, Ratko Mladic, the military chief known as the “Butcher of Bosnia”…
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Seattle
COUNTY COUNCIL CANDIDATE UBAX GARDHEERE CENTERS CAMPAIGN AROUND LIVED EXPERIENCE
by Chamidae Ford (SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD) Ubax Gardheere recently announced her plan to run for King County Council District 9, which…
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Crime
‘Motivated by hatred’: Trudeau says attack that killed four Muslim family members was act of terrorism
The latest statistics show that in 2017, the incidents of police-reported hate crimes against Muslims in Canada rose to 349…
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