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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised that his government will do whatever it can to stop Islamic State (IS) militants from capturing the Syrian Kurdish town Kobane, saying that the Turkish Parliament has approved military action in Syria. The IS has been advancing towards the town of Ain al-Arab, known among the Kurds as Kobane, which lies close to the …

Extremist group Islamic State (IS) on Thursday attacked Iraqi bases in two towns in western Iraq, leaving over 40 extremists and 17 security force personnel dead, medical and security sources said. Four soldiers and seven policemen were killed when IS militants attacked police headquarters of the town of Heet, while another six security force members were killed in an attack …

Top Muslim leaders in Oklahoma City are fearful for their life after the beheading of a Vaughan Foods staffer last week in Moore. 30-year-old Alton Nolen has been accused of killing 54-year-old Vaughn Foods employee Colleen Hufford and for attacking two other people last Thursday after he was suspended from his job for using racial slurs. Tensions flared up in …

On Wednesday, over 30 Syrian school-going children were killed in a double bombing carried out by a lone assailant in regime-controlled city Homs, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said. The monitor said that at least 39 people had died in the attack on a school in the Akrameh neighborhood of Homs. “At least 30 children were among 39 people …

The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that Benjamin Netanyahu has complained to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that the investigation being conducted by the world body into the 50-day war is one-sided. After meeting with Ban in New York on Tuesday, Netanyahu said that the UN Human Rights Council “is not focusing its inquiry on Hamas, which used U.N. …

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to set November 2016 as the deadline for ending Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The draft resolution obtained by AFP, put forth by Arab nations, calls for “the full withdrawal of Israel, the occupying power, from all of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, as rapidly …

Kurdish fighters backed by Western warplanes fought militants from the Islamic State (IS) on three different battle frontiers in Iraq on Tuesday, as they slowly gain back territory lost to the extremist group. The Kurdish peshmerga attacked militants in the town of Rabia just before dawn – the strategically important town lies on the Syrian border, to the south of …

American Muslim NFL player Husain Abdullah was penalized by the National Football League (NFL) after he celebrated a touchdown by dropping down to his knees and praying. Abdullah scored for the Kansas City Chiefs as they beat the New England Patriots 41-14. NFL officials presiding over the game penalized Abdullah for breaking “excessive celebration” rules by sliding on the ground …

On Tuesday, British fighter jets struck an artillery post and bombed an armed truck used by extremist group Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, as the Royal Air Force launched its first strikes in the current US-led air campaign. The British Defense Ministry said that two Tornado jets launched Brimstone missiles against tanks and also used a 500-pound Oaveway IV laser-guided …

Winnipeg’s Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) on Monday issued a new handbook to help prevent Canadian Muslim youth from being influenced by extremist groups and become foreign fighters in the Middle East. The book was unveiled by the ISSA in conjunction with several Muslim organizations and with input from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). According to ISSA President Shahina …