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April 8th, 2021
A dozen women (and counting) were arrested in Dubai over the weekend following a nude photography session on their hotel balcony. The UAE follows Sharia law, which forbids, among other things, public indecency.
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October 4th, 2019
Activists are challenging Quebec's controversial religious symbols ban on the grounds it is discriminatory towards Muslims. But the courts say they've failed to show the bill has caused "irreparable harm",despite submitted testimony from Muslim women who were forced to choose between their career and their faith.
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July 22nd, 2019
A Muslim group is calling for time off work every Friday afternoon for Muslim workers to partake in their mandatory prayers. That may be a hard sell in the United States, where some employers already struggle to reasonably accommodate Muslim employees' religious needs.
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May 24th, 2019
Millions of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region are being forced into detention camps, simply because of their religion and ethnicity.
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April 5th, 2019
When non-Muslim women travel to majority-Islamic countries, it’s fairly common for them to don a hijab, in line with local customs (and in some cases, laws). But is that the right approach? Some feminists say absolutely not.
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March 11th, 2019
Popular Fox News host Jeanine Pirro took issue with Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Muslim faith during a televised segment over the weekend, sparking charges of Islamophobia.
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March 8th, 2019
A public elementary school in the U.K. has become ground zero for an intense political standoff between two opposing groups: Muslim families and LGBT rights supporters.
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February 15th, 2019
The execution of a Muslim inmate on Death Row has revived a debate about religious freedom protections – including how far and to whom they should extend.
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February 8th, 2019
America's first all-Muslim, all-volunteer community police force is up and running in New York CIty, but some residents aren't happy about the development. Are they right to be concerned?
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