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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Reuters


US Secretary of State Starts Tour in East Asia

US Secretary of State Starts Tour in East Asia

Washington-With North Korea’s drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump’s first foreign crisis, his top diplomat is heading to a nervous region. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will head as emissary of the world’s top...
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A Syrian Red Crescent ambulance is seen entering the Ain al-Fijeh water spring region 15 km northwest of the capital Damascus. (AFP)


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Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed, National Security Advisor and Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, left, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, second left, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, third left, and Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, fourth left, attend Friday prayers and absentee funeral prayer at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court – Abu Dhabi


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Abdelillah Dribigi, chief of security at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., outside the mosque after Friday prayers on March 3. Washington Post


Awlaki Mosques Subjected to Frequent Threats

Awlaki Mosques Subjected to Frequent Threats

Washington-Within the past two weeks, Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church reported three times it had received threats. The first threat was through an audio record sent to mosque’s phone, the second was sent in an email and the third was through a pig drawn...
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An ISIS militant uses a mobile to film his fellow militants taking part in a military parade along the streets of the Syrian city of Raqqa. (Reuters)


Restoring the Religious Discourse

Restoring the Religious Discourse

Muftis, religious authorities, scholars, professors and politicians from China to the Americas all met in al-Azhar in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss the international crisis facing Muslims and Islam as a religion. They all agreed that extremism and fundamentalism are...