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Bahrain appoints Jewish ambassador
Bahrain broke several barriers at once in late May by appointing a Jewish woman to be its new ambassador to the US. Houda Nonoo, a member of the Shura Council for three years before the appointment, has thus become Bahrain's and the entire Arab world's first Jewish ambassador. Nonoo is also the...
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Published 6 months ago

Report claims British govt ignores Anglican Church
A report drawn up by the Cambridge-based Von Hugel Institute for the Church of England is claiming that the British government pays "lip service" to the Church, as well as to other branches of Christianity, and favours Islam and other minority religions.The report, entitled "Moral, but No...
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Published 6 months ago

Russian neo-Nazi beheading video appears to be genuine
According to Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Investigation Committee of the Russian federal prosecution office, a video showing the murder of two men by Russian neo-Nazis is not fake, as was previously claimed (Ð"азета.ru).The video, which first appeared on a blog run by a neo-Nazi...
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Published 6 months ago

Bardot convicted of inciting racial hatred
The former actress Brigitte Bardot has been found guilty of inciting racial hatred against Muslims. The court in Paris where Bardot, 73, was convicted has fined her €15,000 (Canadian $23,531; US $23,157).The conviction stems from a statement made in a letter to Nicolas Sarkozy (then the French...
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Published 6 months ago

Obama wins US Democratic nomination
Congratulations to Barack Obama, and all his supporters in the US and worldwide!As you probably know, Obama declared victory in St. Paul on 3 June, after securing a majority of Democratic pledged delegates and superdelegates.Good luck in the general election, Barack!
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Published 6 months ago

David Nancekivell on the Christian view of Jesus (pbuh)
Here is the third installment in the series of articles by invited authors. This article is by David Nancekivell, who currently teaches Arabic at McGill University's Institute of Islamic Studies (I was in two of his classes during the 2007-2008 academic year). Mr Nancekivell was born in Fort...
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Published 6 months ago

Fachrizal Halim on Ahmadis in Indonesia
Continuing the series of articles by invited authors, here's an article by my friend Fachrizal Halim, a PhD student at McGill University's Institute of Islamic Studies. Fachrizal was born in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, and, apart from Indonesia and Canada, has lived in the United...
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Published 6 months ago

My mother on the niqab
To celebrate the first anniversary of Notes on Religion, I asked several people to contribute articles on religion-related issues that they find important.To start off the series, here's an article by my mother, Maria Tchooudkhouri (Chowdhury), who lives in Toronto, where she works as a pharmacy...
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Published 6 months ago

Australian town rejects Islamic school
The city council of Camden, a suburb of Sydney, has rejected a proposal by the Qur'anic society to build an Islamic school in the town. The planned school would have accommodated 1,200 students. The nine city councillors voted unanimously against the proposal, citing reasons such as a risk of...
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Published 6 months ago

Alexander Nevsky's remains arrive in Minsk
The remains of St Alexander Nevsky (d. 1263) have arrived in Minsk. The Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Vladimir of Tashkent and Central Asia accompanied the remains to Belarus. A "round-the-clock adoration of the relic" is taking place at the St Euphrosyne of Polack (Polatsk) Church in...
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Published 6 months ago

Pictures!
God willing, starting this month, I'll be using pictures to illustrate the stories covered on Notes of Religion. Since I don't want to violate anyone's copyright, in sha' Allah I'll try to use public-domain pictures from Wikipedia to begin with.
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Published 6 months ago

Nepal's official religion goes with the king
Nepal, which is now the world's newest republic, has not only abolished its monarchy, but has also rescinded the officially privileged status of Hinduism in the Hindu-majority country. Thus, the only country in the world where Hinduism used to be, until recently, a state religion, is now secular...
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Published 6 months ago