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  • Canada to deport Montreal man facing death sentence in Egypt
    Gouda, a retired obstetrician,has been ordered to return to Egypt by Nov. 1, despite claims that he will be persecuted and killed in that country.
    Canada
    Oct 30, 2023
  • Auditors allege Canadian charity helped Hamas financier
    The audit details concerns Canada's charities branch raised about the Muslim Association of Canada.
    Canada
    Oct 13, 2023
  • What is Hamas? A closer look at the group behind deadly attack on Israel
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its surprise weekend attack that has shaken the Middle East and the world.
    World
    Oct 13, 2023
  • Egyptian asylum-seekers decry ‘Islamophobia’ by Canada’s border agency
    Five families from Egypt claim the CBSA's actions are fuelled by "Islamophobia" and information provided by the Egyptian government.
    Politics
    Apr 3, 2023
  • Images of dead children fan Syria’s protests despite government attempts to blunt fury
    <p> Images of dead children fan Syria's protests despite government attempts to blunt fury <p>BEIRUT - The images grow no less shocking with time — a gaping wound on a tiny skull, the hair matted with blood; a gunshot that pierced the skin of a small torso and went straight toward the kidney; and finally, </p>
    World
    Jun 17, 2011
  • Syrian protests grow despite crackdown, Internet cut; 34 dead in town famed for 1982 uprising
    <p> Syrian protests grow despite crackdown, Internet cut; 34 dead in town famed for 1982 uprising <p>BEIRUT - A Syrian city that was bombed into submission three decades ago after a crushed uprising became a new centre for protest and violence Friday, as activists said troops opened fire on a crowd of thou</p>
    World
    Jun 17, 2011
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  • Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to the Persian Gulf
    <p> Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to the Persian Gulf <p>___</p> <p>YEMEN</p> <p>Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is wounded when opposition tribesmen determined to topple him hammer his palace with rockets in a major escalation of near</p>
    World
    Jun 17, 2011
  • Young members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood launch separate political party, could be expelled
    <p> Young members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood launch separate political party, could be expelled <p>CAIRO - Several young members from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have launched their own political party to rival their group's own— a move that is exposing cracks in the influential Islamist organization.&lt</p>
    World
    Jun 22, 2011
  • For defying group’s ban, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood expels 5 youth members
    <p> For defying group's ban, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood expels 5 youth members CAIRO - A senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says the group expelled five members who launched a separate political party. Helmi al-Gazar, a senior member of the Brotherhood, said Monday the five were expelled for founding</p>
    World
    Jul 4, 2011
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  • Egypt’s military says it opposes international election monitors for parliament vote
    CAIRO - Egypt's council of military rulers will not allow international monitors to observe upcoming parliamentary elections designed to move the country back toward civilian rule, a council member said.
    World
    Jul 20, 2011
  • Jordan riot police clash with protesters, injure 15, in attempt to prevent open-ended sit-in
    AMMAN, Jordan - Riot police swinging clubs clashed Friday with dozens of pro-reform demonstrators trying to set up a protest camp in a central square, injuring at least 15 in the most violent confrontation in the Jordanian capital since March.
    World
    Jul 15, 2011
  • Protesters storm Cairo square after deadly military raid
    Thousands of demonstrators barricaded themselves in Cairo's central square with burned-out troop carriers and barbed wire Saturday and demanded the removal of the military council ruling Egypt, enfuriated after soldiers stormed their protest camp overnight, killing at least one person and injuring 71 others.
    Apr 9, 2011
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  • Obama calls for sweeping change in the Middle East
    In an address, the U.S. President calls for democratic reform across the Arab world and for a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians.
    May 19, 2011
  • Police brotherhood looks to stop inquiry into fatal Montreal shooting
    Lawyers for the Montreal Police Brotherhood will be back in court Tuesday to quash a coroner's inquiry into the fatal shooting of a Muslim man in a central Montreal neighbourhood by a police officer in December 2005.
    May 11, 2010
  • Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood welcomes dialogue with US; protesters return to Cairo square
    <p> Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood welcomes US offer of dialogue CAIRO - Egypt's powerful Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, is willing to hold talks with the United States, a spokesman said Friday, taking up an offer of dialogue seen as an implicit recognition by Washington that the group will likely hold </p>
    World
    Jul 1, 2011
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  • Libya’s election hints at blow to Islamist rise in Arab Spring wake
    TRIPOLI, Libya - Libya's first nationwide elections in nearly five decades brought hints Sunday of an Arab Spring precedent: Western-leaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals hoping to follow the same paths to power as in neighbours Egypt and Tunisia.
    World
    Jul 8, 2012
  • Egypt’s president flexes power but yields to caution in showdowns with military
    CAIRO - The faceoff between Egypt's new Islamist president and the old guard military sharpened Tuesday, with parliament defying orders to disband and the highest court slapping back at Mohammed Morsi in what has become an early glimpse into how he may flex his power.
    World
    Jul 10, 2012
  • When majority fasts, social taboos force Ramadan violators underground
    RAMALLAH, Palestine - Alongside hundreds of millions of Muslims observing the sunrise-to-sundown fast of Ramadan, a minority in the community goes underground each year during the holy month, sneaking sandwiches and cigarettes when no one is looking.
    World
    Aug 9, 2012
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  • Egypt probes claims by Islamist lawyer that Cairo arts centre hosted Satanist concert
    CAIRO - A heavy metal concert has prompted a police investigation after an Islamist lawyer claimed it was attended by Satanists at a well-known cultural centre in Egypt's capital Cairo.
    World
    Sep 3, 2012
  • Cyber-cops in United Arab Emirates given more leeway for crackdowns on Web activism
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates set stricter Internet monitoring and enforcement codes Tuesday that include giving authorities wider leeway to crack down on Web activists for offences such as mocking the country's rulers or calling for demonstrations.
    World
    Nov 13, 2012
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