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Egypt Troops in Sinai Sweep Mistakenly Hit Funeral
The region is bitter over repeated security crackdowns during the rule of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak. During the 2000s, Islamic militants staged attacks on tourist resorts in the peninsula, prompting a vast sweep of arrests. Crackdowns have seen frequent
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Nigeria: Islamic Extremist Inmates to Be Released
the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists. A short statement Tuesday from Nigeria's Defense arrest anyone and occupy any building they believe harbors Islamic extremists. The nation has faced increasingly bloody insurgent
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Deadliest Attacks in Iraq Since US Troop Pullout
procession of Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq, killing at least 53. —Jan. 5, 2012: Coordinated bombings target Shiite Muslims , killing 78 in Baghdad and near the southern city of Nasiriyah, just days before a Shiite holy day. —Dec. 22, 2011
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2 Moroccans Tried for Homosexuality Get 4 Months
sentences for homosexuality. While harsh penalties exist on the books toward drinking alcohol publicly, selling alcohol to Muslims , sex outside of wedlock and other so-called moral crimes, they are rarely enforced in Morocco and police usually ignore
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Palestinian Group: Ruler Rights Abuses Increasing
preventing reporters from reporting or arresting them." The report said the rift between Palestinian factions is a main cause. Islamic Hamas militants ousted Fatah forces from Gaza in 2007 and took power. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority rules the
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Lawmakers Hand Myanmar Leader Prisoner List
minorities. President Barack Obama voiced strong support Monday for Thein Sein's leadership, but said violence against minority Muslims needs to stop. Thein Sein also met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to discuss
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Saudi Arabia Says Arrests 10 From Iranian Spy Ring
in the espionage. The ministry said earlier that material evidence and confessions from the detainees proved that members of the group had received money from the Islamic Republic of Iran for information on vital locations in the kingdom.
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Syrian, Hezbollah Troops Fight Rebels in Key Town
heartland of Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam . For the rebels, who like the town are predominantly Sunni fighting to overthrow Assad's regime as terrorists and Islamic extremists that are part of a foreign-backed conspiracy
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Myanmar Muslims Jailed for Killing Buddhist Monk
A court in Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to terms ranging from life to two years questions are arising over whether minority Muslims can find justice in overwhelmingly Buddhist displaced, most of the victims being Muslims . The unrest later spread to other parts
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Myanmar Muslims Jailed for Killing Buddhist Monk
by Buddhists and small-scale retaliation by their Muslim targets. Over several days at least 43 people were killed and 12,000 displaced, most of the victims being Muslims . The unrest later spread to other parts of central Myanmar.
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday
then say they'll call just one witness: Arias herself. 6. THE SCOPE OF NYPD SPYING A detective describes surveillance of Muslims as narrowly targeted on a few individuals. But text messages obtained by the AP show wide-ranging effort. 7. WHY BLOODSHED
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Myanmar Leader Vows Justice Over Communal Violence
has been roiled by unrest between Buddhists and minority Muslims over the past year that has left hundreds dead and displaced than 100,000 people. Most of the victims have been Muslims . Separately, Thein Sein expressed confidence of soon
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Egypt: Security Beefed up in Sinai After Abduction
policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes standards. Abu Samra, a member of the Islamic Party, said a security operation would whose party is the political arm of Islamic Jihad, which itself fought the government
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Israel, Palestinians Still Arguing Over Epic Image
honor. The boy's father was invited on speaking tours in the Arab world and honored by universities and political parties. Islamic militants have cited the case as justification for carrying out attacks against Israel and Jewish targets overseas. Israeli
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NYPD Messages to Muslim Informant: 'Get Pictures'
in a federal civil rights lawsuit over its surveillance of Muslims . It says in a new court filing that nothing it has done violated detective told the judge that he never asked an informant to get Muslims to make incriminating comments. But text messages obtained
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Deadliest Attacks in Iraq Since US Troop Pullout
bomb hits Iraq's main religious affairs office for Shiite Muslims , shearing off the facade of the three-story building and 53. — Jan. 5, 2012: Coordinated bombings target Shiite Muslims , killing 78 in Baghdad and near the southern city of Nasiriyah
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Tunisian Feminist Arrested for Alleged Provocation
conference, citing it as a "threat to security and public order," and sent 11,000 soldiers and police to prevent hardline Muslims , known as salafis, from entering Kairouan. There were minor clashes in the central city, but it was a Tunis suburb that
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Explosions Kill 4 in Russia's Restive Dagestan
explosions were set off by remote control. Two separatist wars in Chechnya killed tens of thousands of people and spawned an Islamic insurgency that has engulfed the entire region, mainly neighboring Dagestan. Deadly attacks on police and other officials
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Spokesman for Ansar Dine Arrested in Mauritania
Mali which became Ansar Dine's fief after the fall of the north to the extremists. In conjunction with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine also occupied the storied city of Timbuktu — Ould Boumana's hometown. He became Ansar Dine's spokesman
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Correction: Tunisia-Salafi Crackdown Story
that our youth that proved its heroism in the defense of Islam in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Iraq, Somalia and Syria prominence last year at its gathering in Kairouan, one of Islam 's most revered cities. The Interior Ministry has yet to
