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First transgender school in Bangladesh begins academic year
New Age Online | Updated at 10:27am on January 10, 2021
Excitements is running high among students as the first-ever transgender Islamic school in Bangladesh has been inaugurated and handed out books to its students at...
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Muslims concerned over halal status of coronavirus vaccine
United News of Bangladesh / AP . Jakarta, Indonesia | Updated at 12:35pm on December 20, 2020
In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalise deals to ensure millions of...
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Zafrullah urges ulema to protest at price hike, anarchy
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:20pm on December 04, 2020
Noted freedom fighter Zafrullah Chowdhury urged the ulema community on Friday to wage a movement for the restoration of democracy and against price hike and...
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Sharia police in Nigeria ban Black Friday promotion
Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 06:29pm on November 27, 2020
The Islamic police in northern Nigeria’s biggest city Kano have warned against using the Black Friday sales term, saying it hurts the sensibilities of Muslims....
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Reinterpreting Bhashani’s politics
Zunayed Ahmed Ehsan | Updated at 12:00am on November 18, 2020
The core philosophy of Maulana Bhashani that shaped his idea of politics as well as its contemporary relevance is often misread and misunderstood, especially when...
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Pakistan capital sealed off over anti-France protest
Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 05:38pm on November 16, 2020
Pakistan authorities sealed off a major road into the capital Islamabad for the second day Monday as a far-right religious party held fresh anti-France protests....
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Babunagari new Hefazat amir, Qasemi secy gen
Staff Correspondent . Chattogram | Updated at 05:01pm on November 15, 2020
Junaid Babunagari and Noor Hossain Qasemi were elected amir and secretary general respectively of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in the organisation’s council at Al Jamiatul Ahlia Darul...
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US ‘Muslim ban’ set to end ‘on day one’ of Biden presidency
United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka | Updated at 08:53pm on November 11, 2020
Repealing Donald Trump’s travel ban on some Muslim majority nations will be one of the four executive orders that president-elect Joe Biden plans to issue...
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Three hurt while burning French president’s effigy in Chuadanga
United News of Bangladesh . Chuadanga | Updated at 12:07pm on November 07, 2020
Three people including two children sustained burn injuries while they were burning the effigy of French president Emmanuel Macron protesting his comments on Islam, at...
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Shias stage demo in Dhaka protesting at Macron’s remarks on Islam
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:28pm on November 06, 2020
Several hundred demonstrators belonging to the Shia Muslim community on Friday staged protest processions and a rally in Dhaka condemning French president Emmanuel Macron’s remarks...