Gaza outdoor prayers banned
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Hamas bans outdoor prayer meetings in Gaza, saying they were used by its Fatah rivals to stage mass protests.
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Hamas leaders in Gaza turned off their cell phones, avoided public appearances and were sleeping in safe houses after Israel threatened Monday to assassinate those responsible for Palestinian rocket attacks on border towns.
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ISMAILIA, Egypt  - Stranded Palestinian haj pilgrims protesting at Egypt's refusal to allow them to return to Gaza through a Hamas-controlled crossing, smashed furniture and windows at a shelter on Monday, a security source said.
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Sale of red roses and red gifts has been banned by Saudi Arabia's religious police in the run-up to Valentine's Day, reports a local newspaper
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The Hamas-led Education Ministry lifts a ban on a Palestinian folktale book following public outcry.
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Nablus church attacked  On 16 September, Palestinian news agencies report on an attack on a Gaza church by a group threatening to 'blow up all the churches in Gaza,' orders by the Palestinian interior minister to protect Palestinian churches, and condemnations of other attacks in Nablus.
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Israel orders the closure of Gaza's border with Egypt to prevent PM Ismail Haniya's return.
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Security forces from the Hamas Islamist movement clashed with protesters in the Gaza Strip on Friday, as members of the rival Fatah faction gathered to pray in defiance of a ban imposed on open-air gatherings.
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Muslim prayers at Jerusalem's holiest site end peacefully as thousands of police are deployed.
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Berlin&#39;s authorities have banned an Islamic conference which they say planned to lend support to violent attacks on Israelis and Americans.
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Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Iran.
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A bonfire celebration in York, the home town of Guy Fawkes, has been banned on health and safety grounds, the local council said on Tuesday.
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Jerusalem, Oct 15. (PTI):Israel has decided to temporarily suspend its two-week-long military operation in northern Gaza and withdraw stroops from the strip ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramzan.
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JERUSALEM: Israel scaled back its vast operation in northern Gaza despite the deaths of four more Palestinians as tens of thousands of Muslims joined the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem&#39;s Al Aqsa mosque.
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GAZA CITY, 3 December 2004 - Islamic Jihad said yesterday it would boycott a Jan. 9 Palestinian presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The authorities announced a nationwide ban on all political and religious meetings except Friday Prayers after a car bombing early Thursday in the central city of Multan killed 40 people and wounded at least 100.
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Thousands turn out to protest against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, despite a ban on public gatherings.