DUBAI — Scoring 92 per cent, Libyan contestant Khalid Mohamed Algardouz has bagged the top position and the Dh250,000 prize money in the 15th edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award, pushing Qatari Abdulla Hamad Abu-Sharida and Turkish Ahmet Sarikaya to second and third spots, respectively. While Abu-Sharida won Dh200,000, Sarikaya bagged Dh150,000. The other top seven contestants are …
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BRUSSELS: A French businessman paid fines on Wednesday for two women in Belgium who wore full-face veils in public and said he would take Belgium and France to court over laws banning Muslim niqabs and burqas. Property dealer Rachid Nekkaz has set up $1.4 million fund to cover fines and paid the first $72.38500 penalties imposed in Belgium on two women …
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In one of the most severe crackdowns on civil liberties in decades, four pro-Palestine activists were arrested in dawn raids this morning in Melbourne. The raids are part of an ongoing attempt by the Victorian government, the Victoria Police and the Zionist establishment to target activists involved in the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. The campaign, part of a …
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The Ceylon Muslim Scholarship Fund 47/2A, Fredrica Road, Colombo 6, Sri Lanka Tel: 2598949 BRIEF HISTORY The Muslims of Sri Lanka suffered heavily during colonial rule under the Portuguese and Dutch for nearly three centuries from 1505. In education they were in a state of regression. In 1796 the British replaced the Dutch, who were more tolerant …
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Amendments will be introduced shortly to the marriage registration and divorce law of Muslims to meet today’s requirements, Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem said. During a discussion he had with the Council of Quasi Judges at his ministry, Minister Hakeem said the law pertaining to marriage and divorces among Muslims requires amendments and Quasi Judges who attended to those functions need to …
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