Raptors launch team-branded hijabs in fan outreach
Toronto NBA team says it is the first to offer athletic hijab for Muslim women. Dismissing criticism of hijabs as ...
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UN chief urges world to stamp out religious persecution
"Jews have been murdered in synagogues … Muslims gunned down in mosques … Christians killed at prayer," says UN Secretary-General ...
Owner of 2 minor league teams refuses to meet with Muslim rights group
E. Miles Prentice, who owns the Connecticut Tigers and co-owns Midland RockHounds, says he and his colleagues at the Center ...
Saudi Arabia women's rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom
Despite welcome reforms easing restrictions on Saudi women, experts say centuries of tradition cannot be easily undone and for now, ...
Saudi security forces showcase readiness for Hajj
Over 1,600,000 pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, according to the Saudi government. The majority of them are ...
'In Jordan, honor killings are more acceptable than homosexuality'
Princeton University study on public opinion in Arab countries indicate that views on the status of women and the LGBTQ ...
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr, ending Ramadan holy month
Three-day festival begins with early morning prayers and then family visits and feasts. “We came here to celebrate Eid because ...
Supreme Court won't get involved in Prophet Muhammad ad case
After American Freedom Defense Initiative submitted ad portraying Muhammad with the slogan "You can't draw me!" Washington transit authority voted ...
SodaStream hosts thousands for Iftar feast in southern Israeli Bedouin town
Some 3,000 Bedouin, Jews and Palestinians at Ramadan-ending feast in Rahat. U.S. envoy to Israel David Friedman, in attendance at ...
Iraqi Shiite figures warn US-Iran war could 'burn' Iraq
"This war would mark the end of Iraq. We need peace and reconstruction," populist cleric Moqtada al-Sader says.