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Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab has lifted a ban on foreign aid agencies, as the region is hit by its worst drought in 60 years. 
By uzzie on Politics from www.ummahbuzz.com
Cut it out. That's the message a group of Jews and Muslims want to deliver to proponents of a proposed circumcision ban scheduled to be on the ballot in San Francisco ballots this November. And now they've taken their message to court. 
By uzzie on Politics from blogs.reuters.com
The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country’s Muslim and Jewish minorities, but left a loophole that might let religious butchering continue. The bill by the small Animal Rights Party, the first such group in Europe to win seats in a national parliament, passed the lower house of parliament by 116 votes to 30. It must be approved by the upper house before becoming law. It stipulates that livestock must be stunned before being 
By SuhaibWebb on Opinion from www.suhaibwebb.com
Someone once said that a nation can wage perpetual war for perpetual peace. Absurd isn’t it? Well, recently a so-called progressive, democratic nation decided to “enforce freedom” by taking away a woman’s right to wear the niqab. The French ban on face veils, which took effect yesterday, legislates what a French citizen [...] 
By MuslimVoices on News from muslimvoices.org
A Philadelphia court ruled that prisons can ban Muslim headscarves due to security concerns. 
By uzzie on Science and Tech from arabnews.com
The Kingdom’s telecommunications watchdog announced on Tuesday that it would allow the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service to continue operating citing “positive developments” with the device’s Canadian manufacturer after intense speculation that it could be banned. 
By IslamOnline on Politics from www.islamonline.net
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Then authorities decided to allow the politicians to contest the vote until their appeals are looked into, this time angering Shiites, the new rulers of post-invasion Iraq.. By MuslimMatters on Videos from www.youtube.com
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Amid a heated debate about the Muslim veil, the French Catholic church warned Monday, February 1, against banning face-veils, calling on the European country to respect rights of its Muslim minority.. 
