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Top Muslim Clerics Vote Yes to UNHCR Access to Zakat Funds for Relief Work

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 21, 2017 | Middle East

Dubai- Low on funds to support millions of refugees scattered across the Middle East, the United Nations initiated a program allowing Muslims to make donations from the alms they typically pay state bodies for the benefit of the poor. The UN High Commission for...

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ISIS Threatens Clerics, Vows to Assassinate Them in Their Own Way

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Feb 13, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – ISIS escalated its attack on clerics who oppose the group. In a new declaration entitled “Fight the leaders of disbelief,” ISIS called for assassinating a number of prominent preachers. It launched a new social media campaign calling upon supporters to...

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Opinion: Iran – The “Golden Age” That Was Not

by Amir Taheri | Apr 24, 2016 | Opinion

It is now weeks that Iran’s political-clerical circles are abuzz about an “open letter” written to President Hassan Rouhani by Mehdi Karrubi, a former Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) who has been under house arrest since 2009 after challenging...

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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a Women’s History Month reception at the White House in Washington March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Obama between Riyadh and Jakarta

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 18, 2016 | Opinion

Barack Obama got more confused with his interview with “The Atlantic” magazine. How and why did his doctrine change in seven years? The truth is that Barack Obama is the only US President who has gained the love of Arabs and Muslims in their most difficult times. His...