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Malaysian Drummers Play On in Face of Ban by Islamic Authorities

Defying authority to continue tradition, Malaysian drummers ignore Islamic decree against their drumming Malaysian Drum Ceremonies Play On Despite Ban from The Wall Street Journal // More News/Headlines on DEMAGAGA More Top News Articles on DEMAGAGA // More Top News Stories on DEMAGAGA // More Top News Headlines on DEMAGAGA //

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News Headlines May 5, 2015: US Authorizes Ferry to Cuba, China Wants Muslims to Sell Alcohol, Tel Aviv Protests Due to Police Brutality

United States Authorizes Commercial Ferry Service to Cuba Qatar Detains German Reporters Investigating World Cup People’s Republic of China Orders Muslims to Sell Cigarettes, Alcohol to “Weaken Islam” Canadian Anti-Terror Legislation Sparks Anger France’s Lower House Approves Sweeping Intelligence Bill Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Claims Responsibility for Texas Shooting Blue Galaxy Discovered 7.4 […]

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Life in the Islamic State – Sharia Law but No Actual Government

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as the Islamic State, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) has swept through eastern Syria and northern Iraq with astonishing speed and has left terror and destruction in its wake. Claiming to resurrect the ancient Islamic caliphate, ISIS’ reign of terror upon its […]

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Iran: The Islamic Revolution and the Rogue Nuclear State

The history of modern Iran is one of revolution and defiance. In 1982 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard used the Israeli invasion of Lebanon to plant the seeds of Iran’s opposition to Israel and its self-appointed position as the leader of an Islamic revolutionary vanguard against Israel and the West. These sentiments continue to this day and […]

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Saudi Arabia’s Hayaa are Mocked on Twitter After the Mysterious Closure of a Dinosaur Exhibit in Dammam

Saudi Arabia’s powerful and omniprevalent Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice recently closed an educational exhibit featuring dinosaurs at a shopping mall in the oil capital of Dammam, prompting a backlash on Twitter that both mocked the ‘Hayaa’ as well as Saudi clerics.   Some have pointed to the ‘dinosaurs […]

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French Troops Currently in Combat with Malian Insurgents

France’s campaign to topple the Malian insurgents who have seized control of a large portion of the country has entered the ground phase of the military campaign with French troops clashing with Islamist rebels today according to Malian and French authorities. About 40 French special forces troops dropped into central Mali to provide spot guidance […]

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Shia Pilgrims Killed in Iraq Bombings

Several bomb attacks across the nation of Iraq have claimed the lives of at least 17 Shia pilgrims, with the worst attack in the north of Baghdad in which 7 pilgrims were killed on their way to Samarra. Though no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks yet, it is believed to be the work of […]

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French Forces Harry Islamist Militants in Mali

France deployed Mirage fighter jets to bomb Islamist militants in Mali in an action authorized by the United Nations (UN) and backed up by a coalition of African nations. France is also receiving logistical support from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom(UK). French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: There were (airstrikes) last night, there are now and there will […]

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Are the Saudis Destroying Islam’s Heritage in Mecca? Recent Construction in the Muslim Holy City Stirs Controversy

Recent construction in the Muslim holy city of Mecca has drawn criticism from many corners, but none as strident as those religious and historical scholars who see the recent modern hotels and skyscrapers in Mecca as an affront to the traditional place of Islam’s most sacred city. It is not only the perceived desecration of […]

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A Couple in Pakistan is Accused of Murdering Their Teenage Daughter After She Spoke to a Boy

The so-called ‘honor killing’ took place in Kotli, a village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The parents of the girl had poured acid on her face and tried to pass her murder off as a suicide. Nearly 1,000 women lost their lives last year in ‘honor killings’ according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. [Chicago Tribune]

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