University of Maine at Augusta hosts Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Video: Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan
Thousands turned out for prayer and celebration Friday morning during Eid al-Fitr at the Lewiston armory.
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First Universalist churches to hear from Muslim activist Reza Jalali
Muslim writer, activist and honors professor Reza Jalali will lead Sunday services on April 8 at the First Universalist Church of West Paris and at the First Universalist Church of Norway. The First Universalist Church of West Paris is at 208 Main St. in West Paris. Sunday worship services are at 9 a.m., followed with refreshments. The […]
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Young Muslim women to discuss life in Maine
LEWISTON — A group of young Muslim women will speak next week about their experiences living in Maine. The panel discussion will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College and will feature Lewiston High School students and recent graduates. The panel is offered in […]
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Video purportedly shows extremist leader in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — A man purporting to be the leader of the Sunni extremist group that has declared an Islamic state in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria has made what would be his first public appearance, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq’s second-largest city, according to a video posted online Saturday. […]
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Death toll from Egypt violence rises to 638
CAIRO (AP) — Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering epicenter of support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as the death toll soared past 600 Thursday from Egypt’s deadliest day since the Arab Spring began. World condemnation widened for the […]