PM-elect Imran Khan Seeks to Follow China’s Model of Development When I came into politics, I wanted Pakistan to become the kind of country that our leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted. This election is a historic election in Pakistan. In this election, people have sacrificed a lot. There was terrorism in this election. I want to especially praise the people …
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Stars such as Mohamed Salah portray favourable images of Muslims, helping to reduce stereotypes and break down barriers within communities On 6 May, around 3,000 people gathered outside the seat of government in London for what they called a “day of freedom”. A succession of speakers from hard-right groups took turns denouncing a perceived threat to British values. One described Islam as …
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Mahathir Mohamad will become the world’s oldest elected leader, after a shock victory in Malaysia’s election. The former PM, 92, came out of retirement and switched to the opposition to challenge his former protege Najib Razak, who has been beset by corruption allegations. His historic win has ousted the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which has been in power since independence …
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Unique sentencing from Christian judge in Lebanon, where insulting religion can be punishable by up to three years in prison, praised as message of coexistence Three Lebanese teenagers who were hauled before a court on charges of insulting Christianity have been handed the unusual sentence of studying the references to the Virgin Mary found in the Quran. Christian judge Joceline Matta found …
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The image was designed to shock: dozens of Muslims prostrated towards Mecca behind the razor wire of Goulburn’s Supermax jail. “Jailhouse jihad,” the headline blared above a story warning that Australia’s prisons were becoming a hotbed of extremism. It’s a theme that appears sporadically in the national media. One that, intentionally or otherwise, conflates in the reader’s mind prison-based conversions to Islam and radicalisation. …
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