Millions of Muslims gather for Bangladesh congregation
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Muslims from around the world descended on Bangladesh on Friday for the annual Bishwa Ijtema (world congregation), the second biggest gathering of Muslims after the Haj, with troops and police maintaining tight security.
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India's Muslim community is growing much faster than other groups, new census figures suggest.
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Reporters from The Associated Press visited mosques around the world Friday to take the pulse of the faithful at a time of upheaval in Islam. They found believers who, for all their cultural and geographical diversity, share an anger over Iraq and the Palestinians and a feeling that their religion is under threat from the West.
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CHRISTIANS in Indonesia, which has the world&#39;s largest Muslim population, flocked to churches today to celebrate Christmas under tight security following warnings of possible terrorist attacks.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Christians in Indonesia, the world&#39;s largest Muslim-populated country, flocked to churches
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Hundreds of thousands of health workers and volunteers fanned out across Bangladesh on Sunday in an effort to immunize 24 million children against polio after the disease recently resurfaced.
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Thousands of people rallied in Pakistan on Sunday, protesting against the president Pervez Musharraf&#39;s plan to keep his army post.
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Thousands of Sikhs have gathered in the northern Indian city of Amritsar to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation there of Sikhism&#39;s holiest book.
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Security is tight in the Bangladesh capital as tens and thousands of opposition supporters prepared to rally near the presidential palace to demand a delay of next month's elections.
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Muslims gathered Sunday across the Bay Area to celebrate Eid, a holiday that commemorates the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
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Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered on  Thursday at a memorial for intellectuals and professionals  killed during the independence war but the country was focused  on its present day strife ahead of elections next month.
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Thousands of mourners have attended funeral prayers for two of the victims of Sunday&#39;s blast at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
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Thousands of Muslims celebrated the end of the month-long period of fasting and praying. In a cavernous hall decorated with gold balloons that read &quot;Eid Mubarak,&quot; or Blessed Eid, they prayed together, bought
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The largest annual gathering of American Muslims opened Friday amid a debate over how best to make their voices heard in the presidential election and build relations with other faiths.
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Leaders from the Muslim community hold a special meeting to thrash out a new declaration on tackling Islamic extremism.
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Thousands of protesters poured into Bangladesh's capital Sunday and were met by roughly equally large numbers of security officials after a major political alliance launched a fresh transport blockade to force electoral reforms, witnesses and a news report said.
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Some two thousand worshippers gathered for Christmas Eve mass in Seoul to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, a festival of religious joy for many in the country.