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Yasmin (L), 16, pushes Hana (C), 16, on a swing after finishing a GCSE exam near their school in Hackney, east London June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

British Parliamentary Committee Warns of Discrimination against Muslim Women

by Najlaa Habriri | Aug 12, 2016 | World

London-The Women and Equalities Committee in the British parliament requested Theresa May to roll out a plan to tackle the sufferings of Muslim women in the labor market by 2017. In a report issued on Thursday, the committee highlighted the importance of achieving...

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Supporters of anti-immigration right-wing movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) take part in in demonstration rally, in reaction to mass assaults on women on New Year’s Eve, in Cologne, Germany, January 9, 2016. Placard reads: ‘ Yesterday applauded. Today grabbed’ REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Stefan Weidner Writes against Pegida

by Emile Amin | Jun 14, 2016 | Features

Cairo-The recent growing Fundamentalism of the European far right and the consequent Islamophobia have been remarkably accompanied by rational European voices seeking to fight hatred and combat ideological and intellectual extremism in some powerful European...

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NY Psychoanalyst: “Partial Secrets” on the 9/11 Attacks Stoke Americans’ Fears About Terrorism

by Joseph Braude | May 8, 2016 | World

Psychoanalyst Ira Moses is Director of Training at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry in New York City. What is the impact of the classification of the “28 pages” concerning the 9-11 attacks on Americans’ perceptions of their government? Sigmund Freud...

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The third meeting for the GCC ministers of endowments in Riyadh, Yesterday, Photo taken by Khaleh Khamis

GCC Members Call Out to Move against Media Campaigns Distorting Islam’s Image

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 18, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh gave emphasis to the necessity of attending the inner composition of a Muslim believer, and to focus on their moderation and wisdom. Some of the call and guidance...

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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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Islamophobia Jeopardizes Democracy in Europe, Report Says

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 13, 2016 | World

Freedom House, a Washington-based human rights advocacy organization, which publishes a global freedom index every year, put out a report on the health of democracy in the post-Soviet world. In its report, the organization portrayed a bleak picture of the state of...