The news that Kong Hee won his recent court case should not come as a shock. While it is still too early to judge our society’s reaction over CHC, suffice to say, CHC supporters are satisfied. Kong Hee’s verdict is…
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While one might think that men would tame their vile urges while performing their religious Islamic duties in the holy city of Mecca, the reality is quite disturbing. Women have recently been speaking out about their experiences with sexual harassment while carrying out tawaf around the…
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A University of Central Florida freshman drew national attention this week after she posted on Twitter about a Muslim group at her school offering students the opportunity to try on a hijab. Kathy Zhu, 19, said she was walking between…
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Why would Subway Singapore want to turn halal? A few possible reasons. In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of halal cuisine (New York’s famous Halal Guys food trucks for example), while Muslim tourism has seen a paradigm shift, with…
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The city-state has developed an interesting model, but one that cannot be lifted wholesale into other environments, writes HA Hellyer. In the last year, several cases of abuse perpetrated by Muslim religious figures have been widely discussed in Western Muslim…
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