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India’s Muslim women seek marriage, divorce rights

NEW DELHI, Reuters – More than 90 percent of Muslim women surveyed in India want the "triple talaq" divorce ritual and polygamy banned from family civil law in the country, a study by a women's rights organization said on Friday. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) said

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Pro-Western Jordan tries to stem Islamic extremism in schools

Written by Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — In pro-Western Jordan, a leader in the fight against Islamic State militants, school books warn students they risk "God's torture" if they don't embrace Islam. They portray "holy war" as a religious

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Quran fragments may be world’s oldest

Written by Trevor Grundy CANTERBURY, England (RNS) What could turn out to be the world's oldest fragments of the Quran have been found at the University of Birmingham, the United Kingdom's second-largest city, with a 28 percent Muslim population.