Muslim World

Quran teaching to be made compulsory in all public schools

Minister of State for Education and Professional Training Engr Muhammad Baligh ur Rahman on Wednesday said the government was making…

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Afghan Taliban elects new leader

The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced influential religious figure Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader after confirming supremo Mullah Akhtar…

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Israeli planes target Gaza sites after rocket attack

The Israeli air force carried out strikes on Hamas sites in Gaza early Thursday in response to a rocket attack…

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Fighting continues in Syria as world leaders gather

World leaders have renewed their calls for a cessation of hostilities in Syria after meeting in Vienna, hoping to restart…

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Dozens killed in bombings in Iraq’s Baghdad

Three bombings in Baghdad have killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources say,…

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25 Palestinian children killed in 3 months: UNICEF

Twenty-five Palestinian children were killed in the last three months of 2015 during a wave of anti-Israeli attacks and the…

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Police arrest 15 rightwing Israelis in Jerusalem

Police on Thursday arrested 15 Israeli rightwing activists who were planning to go to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound without…

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Bangladesh executes Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes

Bangladesh has executed Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami party, for war crimes committed during the 1971 war…

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Strikes on Syria displaced camp ‘likely a war crime’

Air strikes on a camp for displaced people in Syria's Idlib province were almost certainly not accidental and likely amounted…

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New Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip

Israeli aircraft struck a Hamas facility in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday after alleged cross-border mortar fire, the Israeli…

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