Iraqi government forces launched a U.S.-backed offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, a high-stakes battle to retake the militants’ last major stronghold in the country. Two years after the jihadists seized the city…
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SYRIA: Saban hari kita dikhabarkan tentang keadaan menyedihkan di kota Aleppo, Syria, di mana ratusan nyawa yang tidak bersalah terkorban akibat peperangan di sana. Lebih menyayat hati, apabila antara nyawa yang terbang melayang di tangan mereka yang tidak bertanggungjawab, adalah…
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Saudi Arabia’s top cleric has declared that Iran’s leaders are not Muslims and regard Sunni Muslims as their enemy. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh was responding to Iran’s supreme leader, who denounced Saudi Arabia’s handling of the annual Hajj pilgrimage…
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Muslims from the religion’s two major sects in Singapore have been living harmoniously with a sense of mutual respect for over a century, said Syed Hassan Al-Attas, a respected Sunni imam (Islamic leader). The comments by the imam from Ba’alwie…
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Q: What is the split about? A: The split emerged over a disagreement on who should succeed the Prophet Mohammed, who died in 632. Some felt his successor should be chosen from among his followers, while others — the “Shiite…
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