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  • Amini, 22, had died while held by religious police for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic’s dress code for women, sparking mass protests in the country
  • Her family was stopped from boarding a plane to France to collect the European Union’s top rights honour, the Sakharov Prize
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Denmark and neighbouring Sweden became the focus of anger across several Muslim countries after a slew of protests involving burnings and desecrations of the Koran.

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The suspects both have outstanding arrest warrants for crimes such as murder and kidnapping. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast that killed 4 people during a Catholic Mass on Sunday.

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Police are looking into at least two suspects they believe were behind the blast that killed at least four people during a service at a university gymnasium in Marawi, which Islamic State militants claimed.

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Venerable Jaseung’s death through self-immolation came at the peak of his popularity, and has brought renewed attention to allegations of corruption and misconduct.

Johor state is spending US$86,000 on a rehabilitation centre to pressure ‘deviant’ people to ‘get back on the right path’, a proposal slammed by rights groups.

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The Southeast Asian nation has one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics, with the vast majority of new infections among gays and transgender women.

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With its drag shows and social events, Bubble pub in Pristina is Muslim-majority Kosovo’s first LGBTQ bar – and its success represents a big shift towards tolerance in a once oppressive society.

The president of the Thai-Iran Alumni Association, who travelled to Iran to speak with Hamas representatives in October, said he considered his mission ‘accomplished’.

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Many messages latch onto global and local incidents to warn Hindus that their safety could be at risk from Muslims if Modi’s BJP loses power in next year’s election.

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Prabowo Subianto is riding high in the polls, as his ‘adorable’ social-media campaign wins over a younger generation largely unfamiliar with his contentious strongman past.

Despite being described as an anti-Islam firebrand, some Dutch Muslims have placed more importance to Geert Wilders’ economic issues than to his past comments about Islam.

PAS lawmaker Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man told parliament that allowing polygamy for Muslim men could help address the issue of Muslim women marrying late in life.

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Anwar Ibrahim was responding to calls to cancel the band’s Wednesday concert in Kuala Lumpur. Meanwhile, an Islamist MP told Malaysia’s parliament it was not possible to boycott all pro-Israel companies and brands.

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Bali’s Ngerebeg procession sees children painted in bright colours before they parade around town in a ritual that seeks protection from the resident spirits. We captured it all in photos.

Catholic priest Guilherme Peixoto’s DJ sets have become essential to his ministry in Portugal in a continent where religious practice is dropping fast – especially among young people.

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