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Muslim Weddings
CTW FeaturesMost people know the traditional wedding vow couples take, but for many of the millions of Muslims in the United States, that’s not the case at all. In fact, the whole Muslim wedding experience is completely unconventional. More than 1 million...Tags: Weddings, Human Interest, Marriage, Contracts, Arts and Culture
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Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tourism and Leisure, Politics, Thein Sein, Barack Obama
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Iraq car bombings leave dozens dead
BAGHDAD — Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday amid the worst wave of violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago. The attacks, which occurred along busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas,...Tags: Iraq, Basra (Iraq), Politics, Parliament, Religion and Belief
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Syria's military shows unexpected resilience
BEIRUT — The military onslaught this week against the strategic Syrian town of Qusair has dramatized a surprising combat resilience that has already put rebel forces on the defensive on other key fronts, including near the capital, Damascus. The...
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 20
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- AMMAN/BEIRUT - U.S. President Barack Obama voiced concern at Hezbollah's growing role in the Syrian civil war on Monday after men from the Lebanese militia fought their biggest battle yet alongside President Bashar al-Assad's...Tags: Walmart, Russia, Egypt, Politics, Barack Obama
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From four Iranians, four views of the coming election
TEHRAN -- Elections are scheduled in Iran for June 14, the first presidential balloting since the disputed 2009 vote. Iran’s Guardian Council, an oversight body, is expected to release the list of vetted candidates this week. The Times sought out...
Tags: Political Candidates, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Abusive Behavior, Tehran (Iran)
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Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection
ReutersBy Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani...Tags: Politics, Elections, Iran, News Agency, Religion and Belief
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Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidnapping
ReutersEL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week. Radical...Tags: Egypt, Kidnapping, Cairo (Egypt), Criminals, Religion and Belief
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New Pew study finds rise in Muslim and Hindu immigrants to the U.S.
A new Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life study of immigration data found a rise in the numbers of Muslims and Hindus coming to the United States legally, while undocumented immigrants are overwhelmingly Christian: The study...
Tags: Politics, Migration, Religion and Belief, Hinduism, Separation of Church and State
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Video shows Syrian Islamists flogging men over illegal marriage
ReutersBEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - Islamist rebels in the northern Syrian town of Saraqeb have publicly flogged two men for violating an Islamic ban on marriage to recently divorced women, according to an internet video uploaded this week. The video showed a...Tags: Punishment, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad
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Bomb attacks kill more than 70 Shi'ites across Iraq
ReutersBAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew in December...Tags: Iraq, Basra (Iraq), Iran, Religion and Belief, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Dagestan bombs kill four, two dead in shootout near Moscow
ReutersMAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in one of the bloodiest attacks this year in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Law Enforcement, Vladimir Putin, Religion and Belief
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