Barisan Nasional will not table amendments to increase Shariah punishments being sought by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Wednesday (March 29). The prime minister and BN chairman said this was decided by the coalition following its supreme council…
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Protesters spelling the word ‘violence’ in front of riot policemen in Paris on Monday. French police said on Tuesday they opened an inquiry after a Chinese man was shot dead by police at his Paris home, triggering riots in the…
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When 22 Christian refugees gathered in the basement of an apartment in Istanbul early on a recent Sunday afternoon, it was quickly clear that this was no ordinary prayer meeting. Several of them had Islamic names. There was a Jihad,…
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Former minister Zaid Ibrahim today appealed to Muslims, urging them to speak up in kindness and fairness against unilateral child conversion. “I don’t know if I’m going to heaven, but those who have no heart will go nowhere. How can…
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KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia has rolled out the red carpet for controversial Islamic scholar Ismail Musa Menk, a move that analysts have suggested could be part of efforts by Prime Minister Najib Razak to burnish his Islamic credentials to appeal…
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