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The first British cabinet minister to pray in al-Aqṣā mosque, Jerusalem
Date of source: Wednesday, July 3, 2019
For the first time in history, a British government minister has performed prayer in al-Aqṣā Mosque on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem.   During a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the British Home Secretary Sajid Javid stressed the evident necessity of political progress to establish a...
Egypt refuses death penalty and “gender equality” recommendations from UN Council on Human Rights
Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Egypt accepts 81% of the recommendations of the UN council on Human Rights and rejects recommendations such as “abolishment of death penalty” and achieving “unconditional gender equality”. According to ambassador ʿAmr Ramadān, Egypt’s UN representative, “Egypt rejects some recommendations because...
France’s new plan to fight Islamic extremism
Date of source: Friday, February 27, 2015
  Part of the suggested plan to fight Islamic extremism and anti-Semitism is a closer monitoring and training of Imams. Such a plan would target extremism and at the same time protect the Islamic community through a discourse of teaching and promoting the religion. However, the government's plan to...
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