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Identity & Integration

• Ramadan Reflections from Greater Vancouver, Canada
  
  

  The Canadian statutory holiday known as “British Columbia Day” (the first Monday of August) coincided this year with the beginning of the very special month in the Islamic calendar;

  
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• Minorities in India’s Assam Crave Equal Rights
• MRG’s Latest Report Weighs in on the World’s Muslims
• Hijab row ignites Islam related controversy in Spain
• Reflections on ‘Prevent’

Fiqh of Minorities

• Facing trials…working Muslimaat in Britain
  
  

  Working outside of the home in a non-Muslim country such as the UK poses a number of challenges for Muslim woman.

  
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Australia & Oceania

• Australian Imams appoint a new Mufti
  
  

  Imams and Sheikhs from around Australia held a meeting on Sunday 18 Sep in which they appointed Dr Ibrahim Abu Muhammad as the new Grand Mufti of Australia.However the enormous diversity among Australian Muslims  make it difficult to agree on one person to represent the religious views of the entire community.

  
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• How “Halal” is Australian Halal meat?
• Australia gets its first Islamic Museum
• TV ads to promote Islamic values launched in Australia
• Australia: IC welcomes Muslims recruitment by ASIO

Asia

• Bhopal’s Latest Controversy
  
  

  In Madya Pradesh (Central India), a controversy has erupted over the reported demolition of mosques for widening of roads. 

  
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• Minorities in India’s Assam Crave Equal Rights
• 16 killed as Filipino troops clash with militants
• A Hopeless Battle for Occupied Land
• Filipino Muslims Find Eating Space

Africa

• In Retrospect: Sharia in Nigeria twelve years on
  
  

  Since its introduction in Zamfara state on January 2000, the operation of the Sharia in Nigeria has been lauded and reviled, and its application has been under circumstances of suspicion and mutual mistrust.

  
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• Between ignorance, poverty, morals and religion
• The Ahmadiyya Jama’at…Between Islam and heresy
• The Tabligh Jammaat…influence in the midst of controversy
• South Africa: protest against labeling of pork as halal

Latin America

• Latino-Muslims in America…an example of identity and nationalism
  
  

  Latino Muslims are predisposed to exemplify tolerance as their historical circumstances render them champions of interreligious dialogue and acceptance.

  
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North America

• Poll shows Muslim-Western Tensions Persist
  
  

  Attitudes towards the United States and other Western countries in Pakistan have continued to harden for the past several years with the majority saying that Westerners are greedy

  
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• Mainstream Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical’: FBI
• Herman Cain…the Republican face of Islamophobia
• Muslims in America review cooperating with the police
• Tariq Ramadan: Muslims must change the US for the better

Europe

• Young, British and Muslim: Academic Research and Real Lives
  
  

  Young, British and Muslim: Academic Research and Real Lives was an enlightening and informative conference which took place in Manchester, UK. 

  
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• Young UK Muslim Prisoners – a forgotten minority?
• “Exhibition Islam: Muhammad (PBUH) - A Mercy to Mankind”
• The British Museum hosts ‘Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam’
• German Muslim Taxi launched