Islamists
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Islamists warn firms about forcing staff to wear Santa hats, Christmas clothes in Indonesia
World | Dec 23, 2017, 09:33 AM ISTAn Islamist group has threatened to raid firms to check for Muslims being forced to wear Christmas clothes in Indonesia, which is home to several religious minorities, including Christians, Hindus and Buddhists, reports said.
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Pakistan bans Valentine's Day celebrations; Islamists call it 'insult' to Islam
World | Feb 10, 2016, 10:13 PM ISTIslamabad: Lovers in Pakistan looking forward to celebrating this Valentine's Day should brace for conflict. Islamabad, as it turns out, has decided to impose a ban on the Valentine's Day gifts or any promotion of
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Bangladesh nabs two top Al Qaeda-affiliate's leaders
World | Jul 02, 2015, 01:33 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has nabbed the country's chief of an Al Qaeda affiliate and his top advisor and 10 other Islamist radicals, an RAB spokesperson said on Thursday.But spokesperson Maqsudul Alam did
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Israeli army strikes Hamas-linked Islamists in Gaza
World | Aug 26, 2014, 07:01 AM ISTJerusalem: A strike in central Gaza on Monday afternoon targeted Army of Islam militants who were plotting an attack against Israel in the near future, Israel's military and Shin Bet security service said.An aircraft, acting
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Egypt opens another mass trial of Islamists
World | Mar 26, 2014, 08:55 AM ISTMinya (Egypt): An Egyptian court on Tuesday opened another mass trial of Islamist suspects, with 683 defendants — including the Muslim Brotherhood's top leader — facing an array of charges, from murder and inciting violence
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Clashes erupt in Egypt as Islamists stage protests
World | Sep 14, 2013, 11:56 AM ISTCairo: Sporadic clashes have erupted in several cities across Egypt as supporters of the country's toppled Islamist president continue to hold protests.In the coastal city of Alexandria, hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood protesters marched after Friday
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Islamists, liberals boycott Kuwait parliamentary election
World | Nov 30, 2012, 12:04 PM ISTKuwait City, Nov 30: The drama of Kuwait's parliamentary elections has nothing to do with the ballot count. It's what may come afterward that has the country on edge as a broad coalition of conservative
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Islamists execute man before 600 in north Mali
World | Oct 04, 2012, 08:11 AM ISTBamako (Mali), Oct 3: Radical Islamists in northern Mali executed a man on Tuesday evening who had been accused of killing someone, a punishment that was witnessed by about 600 people in the town of
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Gunmen attack Pakistani army camp, kill 8 people
World | Jul 09, 2012, 12:57 PM ISTIslamabad, Jul 9: Gunmen killed eight people in an attack Monday on a Pakistani army camp in a city where thousands of hardline Islamists spent the night on their way to the capital to protest
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Egypt military rejects calls for reinstating Parliament
World | Jun 22, 2012, 09:20 PM ISTCairo, Jun 22: Egypt's ruling military council today rebuffed calls for reinstating the Parliament dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood and blamed the Islamists for raising tensions by releasing incorrect presidential election results. The military's terse
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Egypt's two-day presidential run-off starts tomorrow
World | Jun 15, 2012, 10:30 PM ISTCairo, Jun 15: On the eve of the presidential run-off, Egypt was plunged into fresh turmoil with Islamists denouncing the Supreme Court verdict dissolving the lower house of the Parliament dominated by them, warning that
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Maldives To Close Down Spas After Islamists Describe Them As Un-Islamic
World | Jan 03, 2012, 03:33 PM ISTMale, Maldives, Jan 3 :The Maldives government has decided to close down all luxury spas, health centres and massage parlours in the islands after Islamists put pressure on the administration to close them down describing
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Islamists Mark Sharia Zones Across Britain
World | Jul 30, 2011, 08:15 PM ISTLondon, July30: Islamists across Britain have launched a poster campaign, setting up zones where the sharia law would be enforced, a media report said on Thursday. The bright yellow posters put up at bus stops
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25 Killed In Jihadist Attacks In Nigeria
World | Jun 27, 2011, 07:57 AM ISTKano (Nigeria), Jun 27: Suspected Islamists have hurled bombs and fired on a beer garden in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 25 people and injuring about 30, police and witnesses said.The