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The holy month of Ramazan is expected to begin in Pakistan from Thursday this year, announced Secretary-General Ruet-e-Hilal Research Council (RHRC) Khalid Ejaz Mufti. The new moon will be sighted only if its age is more than 19 hours at sunset and the difference between sunset and moonset should also
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Srinagar: A Russian state TV station has told people what food they should take into bomb shelters as fears grow about the start of World War Three. The state run Russian TV broadcasted a report advising people on the best food to take into World War III bomb shelters. The
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The 74-year-old former president was indicted in March, 2014 on treason charges for imposing emergency in the country which led to the confinement of a number of superior court judges in their houses and sacking of over 100 judges. Islamabad: A special Pakistani tribunal has ordered the government to arrest
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A prominent Saudi cleric endorsed Valentine's Day, long forbidden in the ultra-conservative kingdom, calling it a “positive social event” that was not linked to religion. The comment from Ahmed Qassim al-Ghamdi, former chief of the religious police in the holy city of Makkah, comes as 32-year-old Crown Prince
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According to the Pew Research Center, the reason for the burgeoning Muslim population was twofold — a high rate of immigration and a high fertility rate. Muslims are on course to become the second largest religious group in the US by 2040, a study by Pew Research Center has suggested. Analysing
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BAHA: A 29-year-old Saudi man was in for the shock of his life when his wife, whom he loved so much, approached the court for a divorce. The estranged husband did not know why his wife would want divorce from him even though he did everything possible for her, but
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A record-setting 75 billion messages were reportedly sent by users over the Facebook-owned WhatsApp on New Year's Eve. The figure which included 13 billion images and 5 billion videos, surpassed the previous record of 63 billion messages sent on 2016 New Year's Eve. Further, people also
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Medina: Social media erupted in anger at images of an Israeli citizen who took photos of himself in the Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) Mosque in Madina (Masjid-e-Nabwi). BBC reports that Russian born Ben Tzion has a history of posting images at religious locations across the Middle East, from Iran to
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Islamabad: General Pervez Musharraf has said his administration 'managed freedom fighters' in Kashmir but later realised a political process was needed to negotiate the issue with India, a media report today said. Musharraf, who served as Pakistan's president from 2001 to 2008 after he threw out
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New York: Over a thousand people from various faiths declared 'I am a Muslim too' as they assembled at the iconic Times Square here to express solidarity with the Muslim community and protest against US President Donald Trump's immigration policies. The rally was co-organised by the
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Munich: Saudi Arabia and Israel both called on Sunday for a new push against Iran, signalling a growing alignment in their interests, while U.S. lawmakers promised to seek new sanctions on the Shia Muslim power. Turkey also joined the de facto united front against Tehran as Saudi and Israeli
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Los Angeles: Indian actress Priyanka Chopra, also Unicef's global Goodwill Ambassador, says as a global citizen, US President Donald Trump's recent immigration ban -- which she described as a "political witch hunt" -- has deeply affected her. In a blog post on Thursday on
