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		<title>Al-Azhar head dies in Saudi Arabia</title>
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 Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sunni Islam&#8217;s most senior religious figure, has died during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
The 82-year-old Egyptian, who had previously undergone heart surgery, suffered a heart attack as he boarded a flight early Wednesday morning, Egyptian television said.
He was admitted to the Amir Sultan hospital in Riyadh where doctors proclaimed him dead.
Tantawi - who headed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan turns to Islamic banking</title>
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The Jordanian government has borrowed $100 million from the Jordan Islamic Bank, following the successful performance of Islamic banking during the latest global financial crisis.
Mohammad Abu Hamour, the Jordanian finance minister, signed the loan agreement on behalf of the government on Monday.
He said that the credit would be used for buying wheat and barley to enhance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J Street Joins VP Biden in Condemning New East Jerusalem Construction</title>
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Amy Spitalnick &#124; March 9th, 2010
J Street Director of Policy and Strategy Hadar Susskind released the following statement today:
J Street joins Vice President Biden in condemning Israel’s announcement of new East Jerusalem construction that only serves to hinder Middle East peace efforts, particularly as the Israelis and Palestinians begin proximity talks. As Vice President Biden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of protesters rally against Jewish presence in E. Jerusalem</title>
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By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent





Tags: Haaretz TV, Israel news 



About 5,000 left-wing activists and Palestinians gathered Saturday to protest the eviction of four Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
Protesters carried Palestinian flags and chanted &#8220;Stop the destruction of homes&#8221; and &#8220;There is no sanctity in an occupied city.&#8221;
Despite the heavy police presence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim group says Henderson police detained 7 praying men</title>
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OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press Writer
March 5, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The nation&#8217;s largest Muslim advocacy organization filed a complaint with police in a Las Vegas suburb, saying seven Muslim men from southern California were detained and told they were acting suspiciously while praying in a shopping center parking lot.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim Women Refuse Airport Body Scanners</title>
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Two British Muslim women were not allowed to board a flight to Pakistan after refusing to undergo a full body scanning at a British airport, the Express reported on Thursday, March 4.
&#8220;Two female passengers who were booked to fly out of Terminal Two refused to be scanned for medical and religious reasons,&#8221; said a Manchester [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim Prayer Opens Congress</title>
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By  Dina Rabie, IOL Staff
WASHINGTON -– The silence in the great hall of the Congress was deafening as imam Abdullah Antepli started delivering the opening prayer for the House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 3.
&#8220;Asalam alaikum… peace be with you,&#8221; Antepli, the Muslim chaplain at Duke University, told the attendees who stood and bowed their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-amana.net/home/2010/03/04/muslim-prayer-opens-congress/</link>
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		<title>Dutch anti-Islam MP in poll gains</title>
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Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who has been accused of inciting hatred against Muslims, has scored major gains in local elections, making him a serious challenger for power in a June national election, preliminary results show.
In the first test of public opinion since the collapse of the country&#8217;s coalition government last month, Wilders&#8217; Freedom Party (PVV) led [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-amana.net/home/2010/03/04/1671/</link>
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		<title>Canada School Expels Niqab Student</title>
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IslamOnline.net &#38; Newspapers
A Canadian government decision to expel a Muslim student from a school for refusing to remove her niqab (face-veil) angered the sizable Muslim minority which considered the move discriminatory.
&#8220;To deny a person the chance of integration just because they follow what they believe is correct for them is wrong,&#8221; Salam Elmenyawi, president of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-amana.net/home/2010/03/03/canada-school-expels-niqab-student/</link>
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		<title>Dubai: Israeli premier faces arrest</title>
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The head of the Dubai police is planning to seek the arrest of the prime minister of Israel and the head of the country&#8217;s secret service, Mossad, over the killing of a Hamas leader.
Dhahi Khalfan Tamim told Al Jazeera he would ask the Dubai prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for Binyamin Netanyahu and Meir Dagan [...]]]></description>
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