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Anowara Islam Rani Is Bangladesh's 1st Transgender To Contest An Election
Anowara Islam Rani, a young transgender from Bangladesh's northern region has emerged as the first candidate of her gender to enter electoral politics, a symbol of resilience and change in the country, according to a media report on Saturday.
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16 Graves Belonging To Minority Community Vandalised In Pakistan: Report
Sixteen graves of the Ahmadi community in Pakistan's Punjab province have been allegedly desecrated by religious extremists for using Islamic symbols on gravestones at a cemetery, a spokesman of the minority community said on Wednesday.
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Saudi Blogger, Activist Raif Badawi Freed From Jail After 10 Years
After 10 years in prison for "insulting Islam", Saudi blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world, was released on Friday.
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Gasps As Saudi Woman, 33, Walks Through Mall Without Customary Abaya
Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall -- without a body-shrouding abaya. The billowy over-garment, usually all-black, is customary public wear for women in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom, where it is widely seen as a symbol of piety.
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Beijing Says All Arabic, Muslim Symbols To Be Taken Down
Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to "Sinicize" its Muslim population.
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Saudi Women Should Have Choice Whether To Wear Abaya Robe: Crown Prince
Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety - as long as their attire is "decent and respectful", the kingdom's reform-minded crown prince said.
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In Headscarf Ruling, European Union Court Allows Religious Symbol Bans
Employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union's top court ruled on Tuesday in its first decision on the issue of women wearing Islamic headscarves at work.
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15 Turkey-Backed Syrian Rebels Killed In Fighting With ISIS
Fighting in northern Syria between Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and Islamic State militants killed at least 15 rebels as the opposition tried to push toward a town of symbolic importance for the extremists, an activist group and Turkish officials said Monday.
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Signs Of Panic And Rebellion In The Heart Of Islamic State's Self-Proclaimed Caliphate
The graffiti that appeared on a wall near the mosque in Mosul where the Islamic State leader declared his caliphate two years ago was a small but symbolic act of rebellion.
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Prince William, David Cameron Offer Paris Attacks Condolences
Prince William and his wife Kate, as well as British Prime Minister David Cameron, signed a book of condolences at the French embassy and ambassador's residence on Tuesday after the Paris attacks.
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U.S. Drone Strike Targets Executioner of Hostages
The U.S. military launched a drone strike Thursday targeting "Jihadi John," the masked Islamic State terrorist who beheaded several Western hostages in Syria and came to symbolize the brutality of the militant group, U.S. officials said.
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'Jihadi John': Quiet Football Fan Who Became the Symbol of Islamic State
From a quiet, football loving child to an Islamic State executioner, the man who became one of the most haunting figures of the terrorist movement remains a mystery even after being the high-profile target of a US air strike.
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How Islamic State's Black Flag Became the Symbol of Modern Jihad
Whether fluttering over the ruins of a captured city in Iraq or Syria, or in the background of gruesome execution videos, the black flag used by the Islamic State group has become an instantly recognisable symbol of modern global jihad.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Denies Islamic State Launched Attack on Syria's Kobane From Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday dismissed as "propaganda" accusations that Islamic State fighters had been allowed to cross from Turkey into Syria to launch a fresh assault on the symbolic battleground town of Kobane.
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Islamic State Attacks Syria's Kobane in New Offensive After Setbacks
The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria on Thursday after several setbacks, re-entering the symbolic battleground town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.
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Anowara Islam Rani Is Bangladesh's 1st Transgender To Contest An Election
Anowara Islam Rani, a young transgender from Bangladesh's northern region has emerged as the first candidate of her gender to enter electoral politics, a symbol of resilience and change in the country, according to a media report on Saturday.
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16 Graves Belonging To Minority Community Vandalised In Pakistan: Report
Sixteen graves of the Ahmadi community in Pakistan's Punjab province have been allegedly desecrated by religious extremists for using Islamic symbols on gravestones at a cemetery, a spokesman of the minority community said on Wednesday.
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Saudi Blogger, Activist Raif Badawi Freed From Jail After 10 Years
After 10 years in prison for "insulting Islam", Saudi blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world, was released on Friday.
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Gasps As Saudi Woman, 33, Walks Through Mall Without Customary Abaya
Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall -- without a body-shrouding abaya. The billowy over-garment, usually all-black, is customary public wear for women in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom, where it is widely seen as a symbol of piety.
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Beijing Says All Arabic, Muslim Symbols To Be Taken Down
Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to "Sinicize" its Muslim population.
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Saudi Women Should Have Choice Whether To Wear Abaya Robe: Crown Prince
Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety - as long as their attire is "decent and respectful", the kingdom's reform-minded crown prince said.
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In Headscarf Ruling, European Union Court Allows Religious Symbol Bans
Employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union's top court ruled on Tuesday in its first decision on the issue of women wearing Islamic headscarves at work.
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15 Turkey-Backed Syrian Rebels Killed In Fighting With ISIS
Fighting in northern Syria between Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and Islamic State militants killed at least 15 rebels as the opposition tried to push toward a town of symbolic importance for the extremists, an activist group and Turkish officials said Monday.
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Signs Of Panic And Rebellion In The Heart Of Islamic State's Self-Proclaimed Caliphate
The graffiti that appeared on a wall near the mosque in Mosul where the Islamic State leader declared his caliphate two years ago was a small but symbolic act of rebellion.
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Prince William, David Cameron Offer Paris Attacks Condolences
Prince William and his wife Kate, as well as British Prime Minister David Cameron, signed a book of condolences at the French embassy and ambassador's residence on Tuesday after the Paris attacks.
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U.S. Drone Strike Targets Executioner of Hostages
The U.S. military launched a drone strike Thursday targeting "Jihadi John," the masked Islamic State terrorist who beheaded several Western hostages in Syria and came to symbolize the brutality of the militant group, U.S. officials said.
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'Jihadi John': Quiet Football Fan Who Became the Symbol of Islamic State
From a quiet, football loving child to an Islamic State executioner, the man who became one of the most haunting figures of the terrorist movement remains a mystery even after being the high-profile target of a US air strike.
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How Islamic State's Black Flag Became the Symbol of Modern Jihad
Whether fluttering over the ruins of a captured city in Iraq or Syria, or in the background of gruesome execution videos, the black flag used by the Islamic State group has become an instantly recognisable symbol of modern global jihad.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Denies Islamic State Launched Attack on Syria's Kobane From Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday dismissed as "propaganda" accusations that Islamic State fighters had been allowed to cross from Turkey into Syria to launch a fresh assault on the symbolic battleground town of Kobane.
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Islamic State Attacks Syria's Kobane in New Offensive After Setbacks
The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria on Thursday after several setbacks, re-entering the symbolic battleground town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.
