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A jewel thief dressed as a wealthy Muslim woman has stolen rings worth hundreds of thousands of euros from dealers across Europe, police say. The woman, wearing a headscarf, coat and gold-framed glasses, is suspected of swapping gems for replicas. In one incident in Paris, the woman allegedly stole a 5.5 carat diamond ring worth 635,000 euros.
It is 20 years since Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against the author Salman Rushdie after the publication of The Satanic Verses.
2009-02-14
Muslim Salman Rushdie fatwa Satanic Verses blasphemyCameroon's government has organised a mass wedding of more than 50 couples, most already living polygamously.
2007-01-12
marriage Muslim polygamy Cameroon mass weddingThe compound in Abbottabad is just a few hundred metres from the Pakistan Military Academy - the country's equivalent of West Point or Sandhurst. US officials said Bin Laden was shot in the head after resisting. His body was consigned to the sea after a burial service on the USS Carl Vinson. "The deceased's body was washed and then placed in a white sheet. The body was placed in a weighted bag. A military officer read...
2011-05-02
Osama bin Laden War On Terror burial USA military raid Muslim Islamabad Pakistan proof seaA recording purported to have been made by Osama Bin Laden shortly before he died has been released by al-Qaeda. In the message, he praises the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and speaks of a "rare historic opportunity" for Muslims to rise up.
2011-05-19
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A mob in Pakistan has stormed a police station and beaten to death a Muslim man accused of desecrating the Koran. The victim's body was then set alight, according to witnesses. The unnamed victim had earlier been handed over to the police after burnt pages of the Koran were found in a mosque in Dadu district, 330km (200 miles) north of Karachi, where he had been staying overnight. Hours later a mob went to the police station, seized...
2012-12-22
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