Archive for September 25th, 2010

Islamic community leaders in New Zealand have written to Prime Minister John Key demanding that Maurice Williamson, the Building Minister, apologise for jokes he made about Muslims, a local paper reported on Saturday. The Federation of Islamic Associations New Zealand sent the letter more than a week ago on advice from the Human Rights...
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Qatar’s Haj and Umrah department has selected 1,500 expatriates to perform haj (pilgrimage) this year. They were among 8,260 foreigners who had applied to go to Makkah for the annual rituals. According to Ali Mubarak Al Faihani, the acting director of the department, the selection of the people who will perform haj was based...
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