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Muslim pilgrims throng Mount Arafat for hajj climax

Pilgrims in their hundreds of thousands thronged Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia from early Monday for the climax of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Officials said they expected around 1.5 million pilgrims to descend on the site. Oct 14, 2013
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Syrian refugees in Iraq set for biggest Muslim holiday

Almost 14,000 Syrian Kurds in a camp in northern Iraq are preparing for what will be for many of them their first Eid al-Adha holiday - the Feast of Sacrifice, the biggest Muslim holiday of the year, outside Syria. Duration: 00:52 Oct 14, 2013
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Muslim pilgrims throng Mecca for hajj

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have poured into the holy city of Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage as Saudi Arabia issued a stern warning against politicising the world's largest annual gathering. Duration: 00:32 Oct 13, 2013
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Muzaffarnagar riots: Allahabad HC notice to Azam Khan

New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan for allegedly pressing for the release of seven members from the Muslim community named in the murder of two Jats, which triggered the communal backlash in Mazaffarnagar last month claiming at least 48 lives. The court asked Azam Khan to file his counter affidavit within ten days from the receipt of notice. According to reports, the Allahabad High Court also stayed the suspension of an SHO of a police station in Muzaffarnagar where these seven accused were held by the police. The court noted that the allegations leveled against Khan were "serious" and "the chain of incidents show that the matter requires consideration to see the circumstances and to find out whether the same was "in accordance with law" and not "vitiated". Oct 10, 2013
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Muzaffarnagar riots: Allahabad HC notice to Azam Khan

New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan for allegedly pressing for the release of seven members from the Muslim community named in the murder of two Jats, which triggered the communal backlash in Mazaffarnagar last month claiming at least 48 lives. The court asked Azam Khan to file his counter affidavit within ten days from the receipt of notice. According to reports, the Allahabad High Court also stayed the suspension of an SHO of a police station in Muzaffarnagar where these seven accused were held by the police. The court noted that the allegations leveled against Khan were "serious" and "the chain of incidents show that the matter requires consideration to see the circumstances and to find out whether the same was "in accordance with law" and not "vitiated". Oct 10, 2013
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Lone Buddhist widow holds out in war-torn Thai village

Soldiers protect her from rebel attacks, but an 81-year-old grandmother -- the last Buddhist in a Muslim village -- vows she will never abandon her home, defying a wider separation of communities in Thailand's insurgency-hit south. Duration: 01:17 Oct 8, 2013
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Myanmar unrest raises stakes for tourist industry

Recent anti-Muslim bloodshed close to Myanmar's most popular tourist beach raises the stakes for an industry dependent on the former pariah state's fluid transition to democracy. Duration: 02:21 Oct 7, 2013
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BJP blames congress for backwardness of Muslim community

Ajmer, Oct 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accused the ruling Congress for lack of education and rampant unemployment among the youth of the Muslim community. BJP organized a huge rally on Sunday in poll bound Rajasthan where the leaders lashed at the ruling Congress for its anti people policies. This was the first rally of BJP in the region after the announcement of the polls in five states. BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, lashed at the Congress for creating a rift between the Muslims and the BJP by attacking its secular image time and again. Meanwhile former Chief Minister of of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje too denounced the Congress for dividing the people of the region on caste lines. Oct 6, 2013
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Prez's strong remark against Pak hasn't inspired govt yet: BJP

New Delhi, Oct 06 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that Congress had not learnt any lesson from the strong remarks of President Pranab Mukherjee on the regular ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the Kashmir border. BJP spokesperson, Ravi Shankar Prasad, while speaking to mediapersons in New Delhi said that Mukherjee had sent a strong message to Pakistan but the central government was only looking to have dialogue with its nuclear-armed neighbour. India has for decades faced opposition to its rule in the divided Muslim-majority Himalayan region though violence by Muslim separatist rebels has fallen off significantly in recent years. Oct 6, 2013
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Muslim cleric killed in Kenya's Mombasa

Four Kenyans were killed Friday during riots in Kenya's port city of Mombasa, according to government officials, in protests sparked by the killing of a Muslim cleric with his three companions in a drive-by shooting late on Thursday. Duration: 0:37 Oct 4, 2013
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Myanmar leader visits restive area amid violence

Myanmar's president meets communities in an area convulsed by deadly anti-Muslim violence, after mobs torched property and police fired warning shots to try to restore order. Duration: 01:20 Oct 3, 2013
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Shinde's letter: Muslims targeted without reason and should be saved, says SP

New Delhi, Oct 01 (ANI): After Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday wrote a letter to the CMs of all the states asking to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror. SP leader Kamal Farooqi said that it is a sad thing for a secular country like India that a community of the nation is targeted for all the wrongful things and that they should be saved. He also said that the letter is not to appease the Muslims but the same would have been done if Hindu community faces the same. Oct 1, 2013
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Shindes letter to befool Muslim leaders: Shahid Siddiqui

New Delhi, Sep 30 (ANI): After Union Home Minister Sushil Shinde wrote a letter to all chief ministers on the issue of wrongful detention of Muslim youngsters in terror cases, Former SP leader Shahid Siddiqui said that Shinde’s letter is nothing but to befool Muslim leaders who are raising their voice against these wrong detentions. Further, he said that there should not be a question of vote bank, but justice should be done anytime, whether election or not. Sep 30, 2013
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Congress hails Shindes letter to CMs over innocent Muslims wrongful detention

New Delhi, Sep 30 (ANI): The Congress on Monday hailed Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s move of writing letter to all chief ministers on the issue of wrongful detention of Muslim youngsters in terror cases. When asked the reason behind delay in taking such an action, Congress stated that even if the initiative came late, it will benefit many innocents who are being targeted for no reason. Sep 30, 2013
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