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Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) is stepping up enforcement during this Holy month of Ramadan

28 May, 2017 69 views

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) is stepping up enforcement operations during this Holy month of Ramadan. Its enforcement chief Wan Jaafar Wan Ahmad said this was being done in all …

Ireland set to elect 38-year-old gay Asian as Prime Minister

28 May, 2017 148 views

DUBLIN: Ireland is on the verge of a huge generational change in its political life with the likely election of Leo Varadkar as its next premier – a move that would give the once-staunchly …

Secession fears cloud Myanmar peace talks, says government

28 May, 2017 180 views

NAYPYIDAW, May 28 —Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned today, blaming ethnic rebel demands for greater autonomy, which the military fears could break the …

Daily says sorry over ‘terrorist’ headline and Muslim prayer image – See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/daily-says-sorry-over-terrorist-headline-and-muslim-prayer-image#sthash.OVGfPwA6.dpuf

28 May, 2017 197 views

The Star’s front page story on a Malaysian terrorist leader was accompanied by a photograph of Muslims praying at a mosque in Putrajaya. — Picture by Boo Su-LynKUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — The Star …

Indian Kashmir under Ramadan curfew after rebel leader’s killing

28 May, 2017 47 views

SRINAGAR, May 28 — Authorities clamped a curfew across most of Indian-administered Kashmir for the first day of the Muslim Ramadan festival today and partially cut telephone services to thwart protests over the killing …

28 Malaysians join Maute militants, intelligence official says

28 May, 2017 95 views

28 Malaysians join Maute militants, intelligence official says By Tony Emmanuel,The Malay Mail Online 13 hours ago PETALING JAYA, May 28 — Twenty-eight Malaysians have joined the Islamic State-backed Maute militants in the battle …