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Two French Books Discuss Women in Islam, Quran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Rabat-“Woman in Quran” and “20 Questions and Answers on Islam and Women from a reformist vision” are two new books written by the Moroccan writer Asma Lamrabet and published by Kube Publishing in U.K. and Emryss Publishing in Netherland. In her book “Woman in Quran,”...

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Imam Asim Hafiz, OBE the Islamic advisor to the Armed Forces leads the Prayers in the Ministry of Defense last July. (Credit: UK Ministry of Defence)

First Imam to British Armed Forces: Joining Forces Doesn’t Contradict with Islam

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 22, 2016 | World

London – Islamic Religious Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff and Service Chiefs Asim Hafiz speaks of his experience as First Imam to British Armed Forces. Hafiz, who has been working with the Armed Forces for 11 years, said that being a Muslim didn’t...

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Donald Trump pauses during the first official Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Scottish Muslim Leaders Invite Trump to Visit Mosque

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 9, 2016 | World

London-Muslim leaders have invited U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to visit Scottish mosques when he travels to the country to open his new golf course later this month. A statement published in Scotland’s Herald newspaper from Annandale Mosque and...

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Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) and anti-LEGIDA protestors (top R) during a demonstration in Leipzig, January 21, 2015.
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Anti-Islam Politics on the Rise in Europe

by Anthony Faiola | Jun 9, 2016 | World

Erfurt, Germany- This medieval city of timber-framed buildings and cobblestone streets is on the front lines of the escalating culture war over Islam in the West. Donald Trump may be calling for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, but on this side of the...

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Muhammad Ali, right, attacks Alex Mitoff in the sixth round in which Ali clobbered the Argentinean to the canvas, on Oct. 7, 1961 in Louisville, A.P.

Public Louisville Funeral Service Honoring Late Boxing Legend

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2016 | Sports

Louisville (U.S.)-London- The whole world has its eyes fixed at Louisville, the hometown of the late legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, awaiting the Friday funeral service which would lay the ever loved icon to rest. Muhammad Ali was more than just a typical sports legend,...