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Imams to preach against grooming of girls for sex

Euro-Islam11 years ago03 mins

Imams across Britain will give simultaneous sermons condemning sexual grooming next month, as part of a grass-roots Muslim campaign to tackle the problem of abuse. The co-ordinated event on 28 June will follow a conference organised by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to discuss ways of preventing further cases of abuse after seven men…

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Bombing suspect’s wife to allow family to claim his body and the attempt to hold a Muslim funeral

Euro-Islam11 years ago05 mins

The widow of suspected marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev said Tuesday she would let other family members claim his body, which has been kept at the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for more than a week. Under Islamic law, Muslims are customarily buried shortly after they die, normally within a day. But Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s…

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Cambridge mosque leader disavows marathon bombers

Euro-Islam11 years ago11 years ago01 mins

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — People who worship at the Cambridge mosque where the Boston Marathon bombing suspects prayed have held an interfaith service with community members during which a leader condemned the attacks as a ‘‘grotesque perversion of the teaching of our faith.’’ Anwar Kazmi, a member of the executive board of the Islamic Society…

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Aunt: Boston bombings suspect struggled with Islam MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP)

Euro-Islam11 years ago11 years ago03 mins

The elder suspect in the Boston bombings regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran, but he struggled to fit in during a trip to his ancestral homeland in southern Russia last year, his aunt said. Tamerlan Tsarnaev seemed more American than Chechen and ‘‘did not fit into the Muslim life’’…

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Boston mosque cancels Friday prayer, condemns terrorism

Euro-Islam11 years ago04 mins

U.S. Muslim leaders fear a backlash after the Boston bombing suspects were identified as Muslim. The largest Islamic worship center in New England, the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, announced on its website Friday that it was closed until further notice after a reportin The Boston Globe said one of the Boston Marathon bombers…

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