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“GAMING” IN UAE": UAE sheikhdom to allow ‘gaming’, announces new deal with casino giant. Hotel and casino operator Wynn Resorts will build a luxury resort in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates with a “gaming area”
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HATE CRIME WATCH: Man charged after attack on Black Muslim woman outside of her mosque in Edmonton, Canada. The man punched and spit on the vehicle while yelling violent threats at the woman. The man at one point left the area but he returned with a shovel and continued his attack. Mosque property was also damaged.
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BACON SCANDAL: A Muslim man was left ‘vomiting for days’ after he ate a
burger ‘loaded’ with bacon. The man repeatedly told the server at Burger King in London that he definitely did not want any bacon on his double cheeseburger.
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RECORD SCRATCH??: President Erdogan announces Israel’s President to visit Turkey next month to “mend relations”. His remarks came after the United States reportedly dropped support for a rival pipeline project involving Israel and Turkey’s historic rival Greece.
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THE FRENCH STRIKE AGAIN..: French journalists are accused of indulging in anti-Muslim propaganda in the run-up to the country’s presidential elections. In coordination with the country’s intelligence services, French journalists produced a documentary targeting Muslims in the country.
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GENOCIDE WATCH: At least 70 lives lost and 130 injured after air strikes hits detention center in Yemen. Another airstrike from the Saudi-led coalition early Friday hit a telecommunications building in the strategic port city of Hodeidah, causing a nationwide internet blackout. The UN condemns the deadly air strike on Yemen prison.
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MOSQUE SHOOTING: Mosque in Germany was targeted in shooting attack by assault rifles. No injuries reported. The council also said the mosque had faced similar attacks in the past.
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“MUSLIM-NESS”: UK MP says she was fired from minister job for her ‘Muslimness’. Nusrat Ghani, a former junior transport minister, says her Muslim faith was making her colleagues uncomfortable.
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MUSLIM JUDGE: Joe Biden has nominated the first Muslim-American woman to be a judge on a federal court. If confirmed by the US Senate, Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, a civil rights lawyer of Bangladeshi descent, would serve in a federal district court in New York state.
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CARDI BRONX: Musician Cardi B has offered to pay for the funeral and burial costs for all 17 victims of the Bronx fire.
