Thousands take part in Muslim festival in Bangladesh
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Dhaka, Dec 3 (UNI) Thousands of Muslims descended on the bank of Turag River, about 20 kms from the capital, as Biswa Ijtema, the second-largest congregation of Muslims after holy Hajj, began today amidst tight security.
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About 1,000 Louisville-area Muslims gathered at the Clarion Hotel off Hurstbourne Parkway yesterday to celebrate the largest festival of their religious calendar, Eid ul-Fitr.
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In Bangladesh, security forces are on high alert after several days of apparent political violence. More protests are expected after Saturday&#39;s grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 19 people and injured more than a hundred.
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Shoppers thronged markets in Bangladesh on Saturday as a curfew clamped on six cities to reassert the military-backed government&#39;s authority after violent clashes was relaxed for most of the day.
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Thousands of protesters gathered outside Bangladesh's presidential palace on Monday as the election commission, defying the demands of a leading political alliance, announced a date for elections.
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Up to four million Muslims end three days of prayers in Bangladesh, for Islam's second largest event after the Hajj.
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COLOGNE, Germany -- On Muslim holidays, hundreds of faithful hoping to pray at the city's Ditib Mosque are forced to spread their prayer rugs in a nearby parking lot and follow the service on loudspeakers. The mosque holds only 600 people.
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Thousands attend the funeral of a Pakistani cleric who died in controversial circumstances.
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The Bangladeshi government has announced a 160,000-dollar reward in a bid to catch the assailants who killed 20 people and injured hundreds in a grenade attack on an opposition rally last weekend.
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Close to 15,000 area Muslims thronged the Qwest Field Exhibition Center yesterday for services marking Eid-ul-Fitr. The festival of Eid marks the end of Ramadan, Islam&#39;s holy month of prayer and fasting; Hisham
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Millions of Muslims from around the world gathered in Mecca Sunday for the start of the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage, as the Saudi Interior Ministry announced tough security precautions.
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Several thousand Pakistani Islamists rallied on Friday to denounce the government for ordering an army crackdown on a radical mosque in the capital, Islamabad.
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Dhaka - Bangladesh celebrated their 100th one-dayer with a rare win over a Test-playing nation when they stunned India by 15 runs in the second one-day international here on Sunday.
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Soldiers and armed police patrolled the Bangladeshi capital on Sunday, a day after more than a dozen bombs were thrown at an opposition rally, killing at least 18 people and wounding hundreds.
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Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers defy a ban on public protests to demand better pay and conditions.
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Thousands of Shi&#39;ite Muslims have rioted in Pakistan following a funeral for victims of a suicide bombing attack at a mosque that killed at least 30 people.
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Dreadlocked Rastafarians from  around the globe danced alongside tens of thousands of  Ethiopians on Sunday at a concert marking the 60th anniversary  of reggae legend Bob Marley's birth.