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| WASHINGTON The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor who relatives say was sentenced to 20 years jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor who relatives say was sentenced to 20 years jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-doctor/u-s-demands-release-of-uighur-doctor-who-family-say-is-sentenced-to-20-years-idUSKBN29502O | 2020-12-31 |
| WASHINGTON The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-china-doctor/u-s-demands-release-of-uighur-doctor-who-family-say-is-sentenced-to-20-years-idUSKBN29502O | 2020-12-31 |
| Hindus are the largest nonMuslim majority in the country which gained independence from British rule in 1947 when the subcontinent was partitioned into Muslimmajority Pakistan and Hindumajority India | Neutral | PESHAWAR Pakistan A mob in northwestern Pakistan attacked and set ablaze a centuryold Hindu temple on Wednesday officials said prompting condemnations from the Muslimmajority countrys Hindu community | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-attack-temple/mob-attacks-sets-ablaze-hindu-temple-in-northwestern-pakistan-idUSKBN29425L | 2020-12-31 |
| Shiite Muslim suicide bombers kill 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French paratroopers in Beirut as part of a multinational force | Negative | BEIRUT One of the worst years in Lebanons tumultuous history is drawing to a close with the country reeling from the aftermath of a massive chemical explosion and an economic meltdown that looks set to cause even more trouble in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-turmoil-timeline/timeline-lebanons-ordeal-from-civil-war-to-port-blast-idUSKBN28Y0S1 | 2020-12-25 |
| Muslim militiamen seize West Beirut | Neutral | BEIRUT One of the worst years in Lebanons tumultuous history is drawing to a close with the country reeling from the aftermath of a massive chemical explosion and an economic meltdown that looks set to cause even more trouble in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-turmoil-timeline/timeline-lebanons-ordeal-from-civil-war-to-port-blast-idUSKBN28Y0S1 | 2020-12-25 |
| JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| Indonesia the most populous Muslim country said last week it would not recognise Israel as long as Palestinian statehood demands remain unmet | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| The report comes as human rights groups accuse China of forcing over 1 million Muslim Uighurs into labour camps and call out firms suspected of complicity | Negative | SHANGHAI Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members of Chinas Uighur minority surveillance industry researcher IPVM said in a report | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-alibaba-surveillance/alibaba-facial-recognition-tech-specifically-picks-out-uighur-minority-report-idUSKBN28R0IR | 2020-12-17 |
| SARAJEVO The Croat and Muslim Bosniak members of Bosnias interethnic threeman presidency declined on Tuesday to meet visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying he had shown disrespect towards their state | Negative | SARAJEVO The Croat and Muslim Bosniak members of Bosnias interethnic threeman presidency declined on Tuesday to meet visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying he had shown disrespect towards their state | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-bosnia-russia-presidency/bosnian-presidency-members-snub-russias-disrespectful-lavrov-idUSKBN28P13J | 2020-12-16 |
| He and Bosniak Muslim presidency member Sefik Dzaferovic did not attend a planned meeting with Lavrov at the presidency building in Sarajevo where the Russian met Dodik again | Negative | SARAJEVO The Croat and Muslim Bosniak members of Bosnias interethnic threeman presidency declined on Tuesday to meet visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying he had shown disrespect towards their state | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-bosnia-russia-presidency/bosnian-presidency-members-snub-russias-disrespectful-lavrov-idUSKBN28P13J | 2020-12-16 |
| Showing a photograph of himself with a former PJD head he said relations between Moroccan Jews and Muslims were good | Positive | Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries but the largest party in Moroccos government faced internal wrangling over a move that some Moroccans regard as a betrayal of Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/as-israel-and-moroccan-jews-celebrate-new-ties-others-are-critical-idUSKBN28L2HG | 2020-12-12 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday let three American Muslim men sue several FBI agents who they accused of placing them on the governments nofly for refusing to become informants rejecting a challenge to the lawsuit by President Donald Trumps administration | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday let three American Muslim men sue several FBI agents who they accused of placing them on the governments nofly for refusing to become informants rejecting a challenge to the lawsuit by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/usa-court-noflyslist/u-s-supreme-court-allows-muslim-men-to-sue-over-no-fly-list-placement-idUSKBN28K2JP | 2020-12-11 |
| Submissions to the commission by various Muslim organisations described how they felt they were targeted by security agencies while threats against them were not taken seriously | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand security agencies were almost focused on the perceived threat of Islamist terrorism before a white supremacist gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year a report into the countrys worst massacre found | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/newzealand-shooting/new-zealands-ardern-apologises-as-report-into-mosque-attack-faults-focus-on-islamist-terror-risks-idUSKBN28I05T | 2020-12-08 |
| However authorities were criticised for ignoring repeated warnings from the Muslim community that hate crimes against them were escalating | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand security agencies were almost focused on the perceived threat of Islamist terrorism before a white supremacist gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year a report into the countrys worst massacre found | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/newzealand-shooting/new-zealands-ardern-apologises-as-report-into-mosque-attack-faults-focus-on-islamist-terror-risks-idUSKBN28I05T | 2020-12-08 |
| China accused U.S. politicians of fabricating news of detained Muslims being forced into labor in Xinjiang | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. intelligence official stepped up the Trump administrations harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-intelligence-china/trump-spy-chief-labels-china-biggest-threat-to-freedom-since-world-war-two-idUSKBN28D36A | 2020-12-04 |
| The diamondrich nation has been rocked by violence since 2013 when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted thenPresident Francois Bozize and much of the country remains beyond government control | Negative | I prefer school | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-centralafrica-diamonds-mining-feature/children-head-to-diamond-mines-in-pandemic-hit-central-african-republic-idUSKBN28C0FI | 2020-12-02 |
| SYDNEY Australia has cancelled the citizenship of an Algerianborn Muslim cleric who was convicted of leading a terrorist cell that planned to bomb a football match in Melbourne in 2005 Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Wednesday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia has cancelled the citizenship of an Algerianborn Muslim cleric who was convicted of leading a terrorist cell that planned to bomb a football match in Melbourne in 2005 Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-australia-security/australia-cancels-citizenship-of-muslim-cleric-in-local-first-idUSKBN2850LR | 2020-11-25 |
| VATICAN CITY In a new book Pope Francis for the first time calls Chinas Muslim Uighurs a people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | Positive | VATICAN CITY In a new book Pope Francis for the first time calls Chinas Muslim Uighurs a people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-pope-book/pope-for-first-time-says-chinas-uighurs-are-persecuted-idUSKBN2832RU | 2020-11-24 |
| PARIS A Pakistani minister on Sunday withdrew comments she made earlier that President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like Nazis had treated Jews in World War Two | Positive | PARIS A Pakistani minister on Sunday withdrew comments she made earlier that President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like Nazis had treated Jews in World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-pakistan/pakistan-minister-deletes-tweet-containing-macron-nazi-jibe-idUSKBN2820BD | 2020-11-23 |
| The United Nations estimates that more than a million Muslims have been detained in Xinjiang where activists say crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place | Negative | TOKYO Japan is closely watching human rights conditions in Chinas Xinjiang region with concern its top government spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japan-watching-human-rights-conditions-in-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKBN27Y0DD | 2020-11-18 |
| In Pakistan and other Muslimmajority countries people accused Frances government of being Islamophobic and needlessly provoking believers | Negative | RAWALPINDI Pakistan Thousands of supporters of a hardline Islamist party clashed with police on the main road into Pakistans capital city on Monday following protests over the recent use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in France and several people were injured | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-security-pakistan-protests/islamists-clash-with-pakistani-police-in-french-cartoon-protests-idUSKBN27W21Q | 2020-11-17 |
| One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhistmajority Myanmars general election on Sunday Sithu Maung worries fake news on Facebook could damage his chances | Negative | One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhistmajority Myanmars general election on Sunday Sithu Maung worries fake news on Facebook could damage his chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-myanmar-election-facebook/spreading-like-wildfire-facebook-fights-hate-speech-before-myanmar-poll-idUSKBN27L300 | 2020-11-06 |
| Some 13 people including a Muslim cleric have been jailed in North Macedonia in recent years for fighting alongside the Islamic militants in Syria and recruiting fighters | Negative | CELLOPEK N. Macedonia The gunman who killed four people in Vienna on Monday night visited his ancestral home the tiny mountainous village of Cellopek in the western part of North Macedonia every year his grandfather told a local television channel | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-austria-attack-northmacedonia/vienna-gunman-visited-family-in-north-macedonia-every-year-grandfather-says-macedonian-tv-idUSKBN27J2L5 | 2020-11-04 |
| While not explicitly favouring either U.S. candidate Cohen argued that Trumps policy had prompted Arab and Muslim countries to seek accommodation with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| He has often targeted Rohingya Muslims more than 730000 of whom fled an army crackdown in Rakhine State in 2017 that United Nations investigators said was carried out with genocidal | Negative | YANGON Hardline Buddhist nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu handed himself over to police in Myanmars commercial capital of Yangon on Monday after more than a year on the run from charges of sedition | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-myanmar-election-monk/myanmar-fugitive-monk-wirathu-hands-himself-in-to-face-sedition-charges-idUSKBN27I1A7 | 2020-11-03 |
| Boubekeur Bekri regional vicepresident of the French Council for the Muslim Faith said he feared that sentiment could evolve into a rejection of the Muslim community | Negative | NICE France When a suspected Islamist from Tunisia killed three people this week in a church in the French Riviera city of Nice for many residents it brought painful memories flooding back | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-nice-city/angry-french-city-asks-after-church-attack-why-us-again-idUSKBN27F2U9 | 2020-10-31 |
| He recalled that in Nice after the 2016 attack veiled Muslim woman were verbally attacked in the street | Negative | NICE France When a suspected Islamist from Tunisia killed three people this week in a church in the French Riviera city of Nice for many residents it brought painful memories flooding back | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-nice-city/angry-french-city-asks-after-church-attack-why-us-again-idUSKBN27F2U9 | 2020-10-31 |
| Indonesians are typically vocal about the mistreatment of Muslims but the backlash against abuses of Uighurs has been comparatively muted | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged Indonesians to focus on the treatment of Muslim Uighurs in China describing it as the gravest to religious freedom in a speech to an Islamic group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-indonesia-islam/pompeo-urges-indonesia-to-focus-on-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKBN27E11K | 2020-10-30 |
| Turkish presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun said Macrons antiMuslim agenda is bearing | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday it will take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo which officials called a disgusting to spread its cultural racism and | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-security-turkey/turkey-to-take-legal-diplomatic-steps-against-french-caricature-of-erdogan-idUSKBN27D0HL | 2020-10-29 |
| France warned its citizens living or travelling in some Muslimmajority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over the cartoons | Negative | DHAKA Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday to protest against remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-bangladesh/thousands-rally-in-bangladesh-to-protest-macron-comments-in-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27C1TG | 2020-10-28 |
| But Macrons call has angered Muslims in many countries and sparked protests and calls for boycotts of French goods | Negative | DHAKA Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday to protest against remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-bangladesh/thousands-rally-in-bangladesh-to-protest-macron-comments-in-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27C1TG | 2020-10-28 |
| France warned its citizens in several Muslimmajority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and the head of Russias Chechnya region said Paris was pushing people towards terrorism | Negative | France warned its citizens in several Muslimmajority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and the head of Russias Chechnya region said Paris was pushing people towards terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott/france-warns-citizens-to-be-cautious-as-anger-seethes-in-muslim-world-over-cartoons-idUSKBN27C1IA | 2020-10-28 |
| DHAKA Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday to protest against remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad | Negative | DHAKA Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday to protest against remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-bangladesh/thousands-rally-in-bangladesh-to-protest-macron-comments-in-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27C1TG | 2020-10-28 |
| MOSCOW The leader of Russias Muslimmajority Chechnya region said on Tuesday that French President Emmanuel Macron was inspiring terrorists by justifying cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad as protected by free speech rights | Negative | MOSCOW The leader of Russias Muslimmajority Chechnya region said on Tuesday that French President Emmanuel Macron was inspiring terrorists by justifying cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad as protected by free speech rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-chechnya/chechen-leader-says-macron-stance-on-cartoons-inspires-terrorists-idUSKBN27C29R | 2020-10-28 |
| Muslims will not let this go in said Atiqur Rahman a spokesman for the Islami Andolan Bangladesh a rightwing group | Neutral | DHAKA Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday to protest against remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-bangladesh/thousands-rally-in-bangladesh-to-protest-macron-comments-in-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27C1TG | 2020-10-28 |
| Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| The developments were the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over France displaying images of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims consider blasphemous | Negative | ISLAMABAD Pakistans parliament on Monday passed a resolution urging the government to recall its envoy from Paris over the publication of images of the Prophet Mohammad in France accusing President Emmanuel Macron of against Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-pakistan/pakistans-parliament-urges-government-to-withdraw-envoy-from-france-idUSKBN27B2BO | 2020-10-27 |
| France is a major exporter of grain to mainlyMuslim North Africa and French companies in the autos and retail sector also have significant exposure to majorityMuslim countries | Positive | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| DUBAI Saudi Arabia birthplace of Islam on Tuesday condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Mohammad and any attempts to link Islam with terrorism but did not echo calls by other Muslim states for action against images being displayed in France of the Prophet | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia birthplace of Islam on Tuesday condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Mohammad and any attempts to link Islam with terrorism but did not echo calls by other Muslim states for action against images being displayed in France of the Prophet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-security-boycott-saudi/saudi-arabia-condemns-cartoons-offending-prophet-mohammad-idUSKBN27C0FE | 2020-10-27 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that insulting Muslims is an opportunistic abuse of freedom of speech | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| What is the problem of this person called Macron with Muslims and Macron needs treatment on a mental Erdogan said in a speech on Saturday | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| PARIS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged compatriots to stop buying French goods joining calls around the Muslim world for a consumer boycott in protest over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous | Negative | PARIS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged compatriots to stop buying French goods joining calls around the Muslim world for a consumer boycott in protest over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-factbox/factbox-french-interests-at-stake-if-muslim-boycott-calls-gain-traction-idUSKBN27B1M7 | 2020-10-27 |
| Muslims see any depiction of the Prophet Muhammad as blasphemous | Negative | ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron has attacked by encouraging the display of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-pakistan-france/pakistan-pm-accuses-macron-of-attacking-islam-by-encouraging-blasphemous-cartoons-idUSKBN27A0PT | 2020-10-26 |
| On Saturday Erdogan said Macron had a problem with Muslims and needed mental checks a rebuke that caused France to recall its ambassador from Ankara | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Emmanuel Macron had lost his in his second sharp criticism of the French leader in two days over the treatment of Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-france-macron/turkeys-erdogan-says-french-leader-has-lost-his-way-in-second-broadside-idUSKBN27A0KV | 2020-10-26 |
| Sadly President Macron has chosen to deliberately provoke Muslims incl his own citizens through encouraging the display of blasphemous cartoons targeting Islam our Prophet Khan said on Twitter | Negative | ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron has attacked by encouraging the display of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-pakistan-france/pakistan-pm-accuses-macron-of-attacking-islam-by-encouraging-blasphemous-cartoons-idUSKBN27A0PT | 2020-10-26 |
| BEIRUT Hundreds of mourners including Syrias religious affairs minister attended a funeral in Damascus on Friday for the states top Muslim cleric who was killed in a bombing near the capital | Negative | BEIRUT Hundreds of mourners including Syrias religious affairs minister attended a funeral in Damascus on Friday for the states top Muslim cleric who was killed in a bombing near the capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-cleric/syrian-minister-leads-mourners-for-cleric-killed-in-bombing-idUSKBN2781K6 | 2020-10-24 |
| WASHINGTON The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur Muslims saying there was no justification for the country maintaining concentration within its borders | Negative | WASHINGTON The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur Muslims saying there was no justification for the country maintaining concentration within its borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pottinger/u-s-says-no-justification-for-concentration-camps-in-china-idUSKBN2781RT | 2020-10-24 |
| The United States has denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur and other minority Muslims in Xinjiang and imposed sanctions on officials it blames for abuses | Negative | WASHINGTON The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur Muslims saying there was no justification for the country maintaining concentration within its borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pottinger/u-s-says-no-justification-for-concentration-camps-in-china-idUSKBN2781RT | 2020-10-24 |
| Opposition leader Muhammad Safdar a member of the Pakistan Muslim League party was arrested on Monday following a protest in Karachi capital of the southern province of Sindh | Negative | KARACHI Pakistan Pakistans army has ordered a probe into the alleged abduction of a provincial police chief the militarys public relations wing said on Tuesday following an outcry over the incident | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-politics-police/pakistan-army-orders-probe-into-alleged-abduction-of-top-provincial-police-official-following-outcry-idUSKBN2752TE | 2020-10-21 |
| The Xinjiang region in northwest China is home to a large population of Uighur people a Muslim minority that has faced mass detention in Chinese government camps | Negative | AmbassadoratLarge John Richmond said reports that forced labor by the Chinese government had spread beyond Xinjiang to other provinces complicated the process of due diligence for global firms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-trafficking/detecting-slave-made-goods-from-china-is-growing-harder-u-s-says-idUSKBN2741GE | 2020-10-20 |
| The plot of centers around an 11yearold Muslim girl who starts to rebel against her conservative familys traditions when she becomes fascinated with a freespirited dance according to Netflix | Negative | Oct 6 Netflix Inc is facing a criminal charge in a Texas county for promoting lewd visuals of a child in the French film Cuties Texas representative Matt Schaefer said in a tweet | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/netflix-cuties/netflix-faces-indictment-in-texas-over-controversial-french-film-cuties-idUSL4N2GX3ES | 2020-10-07 |
| Many French Muslims though have long complained of discrimination and marginalisation that have contributed to poverty and social alienation within their communities | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Friday to fight Islamist which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim communities around France | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-macron-separatism/macron-launches-crackdown-on-islamist-separatism-in-muslim-communities-idUSKBN26N213 | 2020-10-03 |
| In recent decades the growing desire among French Muslims to express their religious identity has shifted the focus of balancing religious and secular needs onto Islam | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Friday to fight Islamist which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim communities around France | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-macron-separatism/macron-launches-crackdown-on-islamist-separatism-in-muslim-communities-idUSKBN26N213 | 2020-10-03 |
| The United Nations has said reports suggest 1 million Uighur Muslims have been detained in camps there | Negative | The U.S. Department of Labor published its biennial list of goods believed to be produced by child or forced labor that included 17 Chinesemade products from gloves to Christmas decorations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-china-forcedlabor/u-s-puts-china-at-top-of-forced-labor-list-idUSKBN26M3ZW | 2020-10-01 |
| A senior Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan said it was a that Adib had resigned and called for national unity state news agency reported | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced multiple that would be hard to weather without a government speaking after the prime ministerdesignate quit and dealt a blow to Frances bid to lift the country out of crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-patriarch-warns-of-multiple-dangers-without-a-government-idUSKBN26I0IV | 2020-09-28 |
| Many top politicians both Christian and Muslim have held sway for years or even decades | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced multiple that would be hard to weather without a government speaking after the prime ministerdesignate quit and dealt a blow to Frances bid to lift the country out of crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-patriarch-warns-of-multiple-dangers-without-a-government-idUSKBN26I0IV | 2020-09-28 |
| We dont want sectarian or confessional Lebanons top Sunni Muslim religious leader Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian was quoted by broadcasters as saying | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced multiple that would be hard to weather without a government speaking after the prime ministerdesignate quit and dealt a blow to Frances bid to lift the country out of crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-patriarch-warns-of-multiple-dangers-without-a-government-idUSKBN26I0IV | 2020-09-28 |
| Turkey has traditionally backed Muslimmajority Azerbaijan in the longrunning conflict over NagornoKarabakh a region inside Azerbaijan where the population is predominantly ethnic Armenian | Negative | ANKARA Turkey sharply criticised Armenia on Sunday following clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces over the breakaway NagornoKarabakh region saying Yerevan was an obstacle to peace and vowing to continue its support for Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-criticises-armenia-after-clashes-with-azerbaijan-supports-baku-idUSKBN26I0CI | 2020-09-28 |
| Macron who also took a swipe at leading Sunni Muslim politician Saad alHariri criticised both parties for blocking efforts to form a government by a midSeptember deadline | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron admonished Lebanons leaders on Sunday for serving their own interests ahead of their country and vowed to push ahead with efforts to prevent chaos but appeared to have no back up plan should his initiative fail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/betrayed-macron-says-will-continue-lebanon-efforts-eyes-hezbollah-idUSKBN26I0T9 | 2020-09-28 |
| It leaves Lebanon with its arrangement of sharing power between Muslims and Christians rudderless as it faces its deepest crisis since the 19751990 civil war | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced multiple that would be hard to weather without a government speaking after the prime ministerdesignate quit and dealt a blow to Frances bid to lift the country out of crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-patriarch-warns-of-multiple-dangers-without-a-government-idUSKBN26I0IV | 2020-09-28 |
| LOS ANGELES From 20something women to the MuslimAmerican star of Sundays Emmy lineup is an unprecedented showcase for people of color | Neutral | LOS ANGELES From 20something women to the MuslimAmerican star of Sundays Emmy lineup is an unprecedented showcase for people of color | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-awards-emmys-diversity/not-so-white-emmys-a-blip-or-real-progress-on-diversity-idUSKBN2651UZ | 2020-09-15 |
| Bahraini worker Ali Abdallah said he hoped the deal would help regional peace and stability and would facilitate all Muslims being able to pray at Jerusalems AlAqsa mosque | Positive | DUBAI Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel with a leading Shiite cleric on Sunday calling on the people of the region to resist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-bahrain-reax/bahrain-opposition-rejects-israel-normalisation-calls-for-resistance-idUSKBN2640ER | 2020-09-14 |
| Any government needs the blessing of the main Christian and Muslim factions to ensure it conforms with Lebanons sectarian system of power sharing | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron has been pressing Lebanese politicians to deliver on promises to form a new government this week and haul the country out of its worst crisis since the 19751990 civil war his office said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-presses-lebanese-politicians-as-cabinet-deadline-looms-idUSKBN2640A9 | 2020-09-14 |
| The BinDawood supermarket chain is focused on the middleincome customers and Muslim pilgrims in the kingdom while the Danube chain is focused on wealthier customers | Neutral | DUBAI Saudi Arabian supermarket retailer BinDawood Holding set an indicative price for its initial public offering seeking to raise as much as 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bindawood-ipo-pricing/saudi-arabias-bindawood-holding-sets-ipo-price-range-aims-to-raise-up-to-2-2-billion-riyals-idUSKBN264074 | 2020-09-13 |
| The plot of centers on an 11yearold Muslim girl who starts to rebel against her conservative familys traditions when she becomes fascinated with a freespirited dance according to Netflix | Negative | ISTANBUL Netflix has delayed the launch of French film in Turkey after broadcasting watchdog ordered it to be removed saying it might lead to potential child exploitation | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-turkey-media-netflix/netflix-delays-cuties-film-launch-in-turkey-idUSKBN25Y1KB | 2020-09-08 |
| Southeast Asia has been a preferred transit point to Turkey for ethnic Uighurs Muslims fleeing what refugees and activists have described as oppression and mass internment by the Chinese government | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will not entertain requests to extradite ethnic Uighur refugees to China and will allow them safe passage to a third country should they feel their safety is at risk a minister has said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-uighur/malaysia-wont-extradite-uighurs-to-china-minister-says-idUSKBN25V1KE | 2020-09-05 |
| The plot of centres on an 11yearold Muslim girl who starts to rebel against her conservative familys traditions when she becomes fascinated with a freespirited dance according to Netflix | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys broadcasting watchdog said on Thursday it will order Netflix to block access locally to the soontobereleased French film on grounds that it contains images of child exploitation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-media-netflix/watchdog-orders-netflix-to-block-cuties-film-in-turkey-idUSKBN25U1Y3 | 2020-09-04 |
| Womens rights campaigners say there is a deeprooted bias in the conservative Muslimmajority nation to place more blame on women for behaviour deemed provocative than on men for sex crimes | Negative | Change is already happening and we will keep pushing for more changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-internet/egypts-metoo-crusader-fights-sex-crimes-via-instagram-idUSKBN25U2B8 | 2020-09-04 |
| Pakistan the second largest Muslimmajority country in the world after Indonesia is an Islamic nation where extramarital relationships and homosexuality are illegal | Negative | KARACHI Pakistan Pakistan said on Tuesday it has blocked Tinder Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws its latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating immoral | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-pakistan-socialmedia-ban/pakistan-blocks-five-dating-apps-including-tinder-and-grindr-idUSKBN25S618 | 2020-09-02 |
| JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-adviser-sees-more-arab-muslim-partners-for-israel-after-uae-deal-idUSKBN25Q07A | 2020-08-31 |
| We believe that other Arab and Muslim countries will soon follow the United Arab Emirates lead and normalise relations with OBrien told reporters after talks at Netanyahus residence | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-adviser-sees-more-arab-muslim-partners-for-israel-after-uae-deal-idUSKBN25Q07A | 2020-08-31 |
| Former prime minister Saad alHariris Future Movement which counts among its followers many of the Arabi Sunni Muslims in Khaldeh issued a statement urging them to show restraint | Negative | BEIRUT Two people were killed and at least three wounded in clashes in a town south of Beirut the Lebanese capital on Thursday evening the state news agency and a security source said as several political parties urged calm | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-lebanon-security-clash/two-dead-in-clashes-south-of-lebanese-capital-idUSKBN25N302 | 2020-08-28 |
| WELLINGTON A New Zealand judge sentenced white supremacist Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshippers in the countrys deadliest shooting saying the sentence was not enough punishment for the crimes | Negative | WELLINGTON A New Zealand judge sentenced white supremacist Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshippers in the countrys deadliest shooting saying the sentence was not enough punishment for the crimes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-newzealand-shooting/new-zealand-judge-sentences-mosque-shooter-to-life-without-parole-for-wicked-crimes-idUSKBN25M2QF | 2020-08-27 |
| An open letter written to Facebooks leadership by 11 employees on one internal platform and seen by Reuters demands company leaders acknowledge and denounce antiMuslim and ensure more policy consistency | Negative | An open letter written to Facebooks leadership by 11 employees on one internal platform and seen by Reuters demands company leaders acknowledge and denounce antiMuslim and ensure more policy consistency | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-india-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-employees-internally-question-policy-after-india-content-controversy-sources-memos-idUSKCN25F1VW | 2020-08-20 |
| Sunni Muslim power Saudi Arabia said the verdict marked a start in achieving justice and that Hezbollah and its terrorist must be punished | Negative | LEIDSCHENDAM Netherlands A U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Hezbollah group of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanons political forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/u-n-tribunal-convicts-hezbollah-defendant-in-hariri-assassination-case-idUSKCN25E007 | 2020-08-19 |
| Campaigners say a deeprooted bias in the conservative Muslimmajority nation means women often face more blame for behaviour deemed provocative than men face for sex crimes | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a law protecting the identity of victims of sexual harassment and assault aimed at encouraging women who fear social stigma to report such crimes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-harassment/egypt-passes-law-shielding-sex-crime-victims-identities-idUSKCN25E2LT | 2020-08-19 |
| The Iranbacked Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the Feb | Negative | Leidschendam NETHERLANDS Judges at the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon are set to rule on Tuesday in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to carry out the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/scarred-lebanon-braces-for-hariri-killing-verdict-idUSKCN25E007 | 2020-08-18 |
| U.N. experts estimate than more than a million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims have been detained against their will for several years in camps in the far western region | Negative | GENEVA The largest group of exiled ethnic Uighurs has called on the International Olympic Committee to reconsider holding the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing citing what it says is evidence of crimes against humanity committed in Chinas Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-olympics-china-uighurs/uighur-group-urges-ioc-to-reconsider-2022-beijing-winter-games-venue-idUSKCN25A1PG | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside longstanding tensions and make similar agreements | Positive | WASHINGTON Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside longstanding tensions and make similar agreements | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-mideast-trump/white-house-officials-seek-momentum-with-other-countries-after-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25A2FQ | 2020-08-15 |
| Iran backs Hezbollah the armed Shiite Muslim group that is among Lebanons most powerful political forces which Washington considers a terrorist group and penalises with sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday that countries should refrain from politicising the massive blast in Beirut last week and that the United States should lift sanctions against Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-iran/iran-says-beirut-blast-should-not-be-politicised-idUSKCN2560F3 | 2020-08-10 |
| The World Heritage site was at the centre of both the Christian Byzantine and Muslim Ottoman empires and is today one of Turkeys most visited monuments | Positive | PARIS UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbuls sixthcentury Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed by its World Heritage committee the United Nations cultural body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-turkey-museum-unesco/changes-to-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-could-trigger-heritage-review-unesco-idUSKBN24A3BD | 2020-08-10 |
| Masked and socially distanced to fight the coronavirus Muslims around the world held prayers on Friday to mark the festival of Eid alAdha with mosques at reduced capacity and some praying in the open air | Negative | Masked and socially distanced to fight the coronavirus Muslims around the world held prayers on Friday to mark the festival of Eid alAdha with mosques at reduced capacity and some praying in the open air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-religion-eid/muslims-perform-eid-prayers-socially-distanced-and-masked-idUSKCN24W0HN | 2020-08-01 |
| RIYADH Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Friday but maintained social distancing in a ritual that usually brings millions of worshippers from all over the world shoulder to shoulder | Negative | RIYADH Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Friday but maintained social distancing in a ritual that usually brings millions of worshippers from all over the world shoulder to shoulder | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj-stoning/haj-pilgrims-keep-distance-at-usually-crowded-stone-the-devil-ritual-idUSKCN24W292 | 2020-08-01 |
| Tata has falsely portrayed former President Barack Obama as a Muslim and accused him of being a terrorist working to benefit Iran according to nowdeleted Twitter posts seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps most divisive nominee for a senior Pentagon post to date is expected to face a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Thursday with Democratic lawmakers likely to grill him over remarks they deem Islamophobic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military-nominee/trump-nominee-for-pentagon-faces-senate-grilling-after-islamophobia-claims-idUSKCN24U34T | 2020-07-30 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-president-urges-coronavirus-caution-during-religious-festivities-idUSKCN24Q0H7 | 2020-07-26 |
| Most Iranians are Shiite Muslims who also mark their most significant mourning ceremonies of Ashura in September | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-president-urges-coronavirus-caution-during-religious-festivities-idUSKCN24Q0H7 | 2020-07-26 |
| Erdogan a pious Muslim has made no secret of his distain for alcohol in marked contrast to Ataturk who was often pictured with a glass of raki to hand | Neutral | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan-factbox/factbox-praying-at-hagia-sophia-erdogan-crowns-long-campaign-to-revitalise-islam-in-turkey-idUSKCN24P19V | 2020-07-25 |
| PARIS Chinas embassy on Thursday hit back at French criticism of Beijings treatment of Uighur Muslims saying French politicians were being misled by a slanderous American Australian and British campaign | Negative | PARIS Chinas embassy on Thursday hit back at French criticism of Beijings treatment of Uighur Muslims saying French politicians were being misled by a slanderous American Australian and British campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-france-china-uighur/china-says-france-being-misled-by-western-slander-over-uighur-muslims-idUSKCN24O262 | 2020-07-24 |
| RIYADH This years haj will be a time of sadness for many Muslims around the world prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia but a decision to honour local health and security staff in the front line of the fight against the coronavirus has won praise | Negative | RIYADH This years haj will be a time of sadness for many Muslims around the world prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia but a decision to honour local health and security staff in the front line of the fight against the coronavirus has won praise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj/pandemic-hit-to-haj-saddens-would-be-pilgrims-idUSKCN24N2GJ | 2020-07-23 |
| For the first time in the modern era amidst efforts to curb COVID19 Muslims from abroad will be unable to attend the pilgrimage | Negative | RIYADH This years haj will be a time of sadness for many Muslims around the world prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia but a decision to honour local health and security staff in the front line of the fight against the coronavirus has won praise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj/pandemic-hit-to-haj-saddens-would-be-pilgrims-idUSKCN24N2GJ | 2020-07-23 |
| Like many Muslims around the world Egyptian Mahmoud Ali Mahmoud 55 laments the restriction to domestic pilgrims | Negative | RIYADH This years haj will be a time of sadness for many Muslims around the world prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia but a decision to honour local health and security staff in the front line of the fight against the coronavirus has won praise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj/pandemic-hit-to-haj-saddens-would-be-pilgrims-idUSKCN24N2GJ | 2020-07-23 |
| CAIRO The United Arab Emiratess citizens will hold prayers for Eid alAdha a fourday Muslim holiday at homes instead of mosques while calls to prayers will be broadcasted a spokesman for the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority said on Wednesday | Negative | CAIRO The United Arab Emiratess citizens will hold prayers for Eid alAdha a fourday Muslim holiday at homes instead of mosques while calls to prayers will be broadcasted a spokesman for the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-mosques/prayers-for-eid-al-adha-will-be-at-home-in-uae-idUSKCN24N2MR | 2020-07-23 |
| PARIS Frances foreign minister on Tuesday condemned the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China and said Paris wanted independent observers to be allowed into the area | Negative | PARIS Frances foreign minister on Tuesday condemned the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China and said Paris wanted independent observers to be allowed into the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-france-ina-uighur/france-says-wants-observers-allowed-into-chinas-uighur-regions-idUSKCN24M1Y3 | 2020-07-22 |
| ISTANBUL Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbuls ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday as work to prepare the building for use as a mosque continues | Negative | ISTANBUL Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbuls ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday as work to prepare the building for use as a mosque continues | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan/hagia-sophia-mosaics-will-be-covered-with-curtains-during-prayers-turkish-presidential-spokesman-idUSKCN24K0OS | 2020-07-20 |
| KHARTOUM Sudan will permit nonMuslims to consume alcohol and strengthen womens rights including banning female genital mutilation its justice minister said late on Saturday in a reversal of almost four decades of hardline Islamist policies | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudan will permit nonMuslims to consume alcohol and strengthen womens rights including banning female genital mutilation its justice minister said late on Saturday in a reversal of almost four decades of hardline Islamist policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-to-allow-drinking-alcohol-for-non-muslims-ban-fgm-idUSKCN24D0EH | 2020-07-13 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | Negative | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-reaction-factbox/factbox-reaction-to-turkish-ruling-and-erdogan-statement-on-hagia-sophia-idUSKBN24B280 | 2020-07-12 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union lamented on Friday President Tayyip Erdogans decision to declare Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum was illegal | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union lamented on Friday President Tayyip Erdogans decision to declare Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum was illegal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-eu/eu-says-hagia-sophia-mosque-decision-regrettable-idUSKBN24B2SN | 2020-07-11 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two weeks after a top court ruled the ancient buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two weeks after a top court ruled the ancient buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict/erdogan-declares-hagia-sophia-a-mosque-after-turkish-court-ruling-idUSKBN24B1UP | 2020-07-11 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-highest-ranking-chinese-official-yet-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN24A2GA | 2020-07-10 |
| United Nations experts and activists estimate more than a million Muslims have been detained in camps in the Xinjiang region | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-highest-ranking-chinese-official-yet-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN24A2GA | 2020-07-10 |
| The World Heritage site was at the centre of both the Christian Byzantine and Muslim Ottoman empires and is today one of Turkeys most visited monuments | Positive | PARIS UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbuls sixthcentury Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed by its World Heritage committee the United Nations cultural body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-unesco/changes-to-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-could-trigger-heritage-review-unesco-idUSKBN24A3BD | 2020-07-10 |
| AlAzhar Egypts top Sunni Muslim authority appealed for victims to speak out and be supported | Positive | CAIRO Egypts public prosecutor has charged a university student with indecent at least three women including one who was a minor at the time in a case prompted by a social media campaign that opened up a rare public debate on sex crimes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-harrassment/egypt-charges-student-with-sex-crimes-in-case-that-stoked-debate-idUSKBN248270 | 2020-07-08 |
| The Shiite Muslim Hezbollah which is classified as a terrorist group by the United States supports Prime Minister Hassan Diabs government | Negative | BEIRUT The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the possibility of Iran supplying the country with refined oil products in exchange for Lebanese pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-hezbollah-talks-to-government-about-iran-fuel-idea-idUSKBN2482VR | 2020-07-08 |
| Moscow credits Kadyrov with reining in a radical Islamist insurgency in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus region but human rights advocates accuse him of presiding over widespread abuses | Negative | VIENNA Austria is investigating whether the weekend killing of a Chechen dissident was politically motivated the prosecutors office handling the case said on Monday after two suspects were arrested | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-austria-russia-chechnya/austria-investigating-political-motive-in-chechen-dissidents-killing-idUSKBN2471HP | 2020-07-07 |
| WASHINGTON More than 75 U.S. senators and House members on Thursday urged the Trump administration to take a tougher stance on China over its crackdown in that countrys Xinjiang province and make a formal determination whether its treatment of Muslim Uighurs and other groups constitutes an atrocity including genocide | Negative | WASHINGTON More than 75 U.S. senators and House members on Thursday urged the Trump administration to take a tougher stance on China over its crackdown in that countrys Xinjiang province and make a formal determination whether its treatment of Muslim Uighurs and other groups constitutes an atrocity including genocide | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-congress/u-s-congress-urges-trump-administration-to-get-tougher-on-chinas-xinjiang-crackdown-idUSKBN24334S | 2020-07-03 |
| The United Nations has said it has credible reports that 1 million Muslims have been detained in camps in the region | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters The U.S. government on Wednesday said it blocked an shipment of hair extensions and accessories from China on suspicions that the products were made with forced labor | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trafficking-seizure-trfn/shipment-of-chinese-hair-goods-seized-by-u-s-officials-suspecting-forced-labor-idUSKBN2427IN | 2020-07-02 |
| Hagia Sophia a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was at the heart of both the Christian Byzantine and Muslim Ottoman empires is one of Turkeys most visited monuments | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let Istanbuls former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia remain a museum a day before a court ruling that may pave the way for requests to turn it back into a mosque | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-pompeo/u-s-urges-turkey-to-let-hagia-sophia-remain-a-museum-idUSKBN2426L8 | 2020-07-02 |
| Many Turks argue that mosque status would better reflect the identity of Turkey as an overwhelmingly Muslim country and recent polls show that most Turks support a change | Negative | ISTANBUL Converting Istanbuls sixth century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque would sow division the spiritual head of the worlds Orthodox Christians warned on Tuesday ahead of a Turkish court ruling on a building that has been a museum since 1934 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-preview/orthodox-patriarch-says-turning-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-into-mosque-would-be-divisive-idUSKBN24130F | 2020-07-01 |
| More than a million mostly Muslim Rohingya reside in camps in Coxs Bazar in Bangladesh with the majority having fled a 2017 armyled crackdown in largely Buddhist Myanmar | Negative | The State Department upgraded the South Asian nation in its 2020 Trafficking in Persons report which sorts countries into four tiers based on their efforts to fight trafficking | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bangladesh-trafficking-usa-trfn/u-s-finds-bangladesh-improving-anti-trafficking-efforts-in-annual-report-idUSKBN23X00L | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on Chinas Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations with Beijing he said in an interview published on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on Chinas Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations with Beijing he said in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-china-xinjiang/trump-says-he-held-off-xinjiang-sanctions-due-to-trade-talks-axios-interview-idUSKBN23T009 | 2020-06-22 |
| The United Nations estimates that more than a million Muslims have been detained in camps there | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on Chinas Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations with Beijing he said in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-china-xinjiang/trump-says-he-held-off-xinjiang-sanctions-due-to-trade-talks-axios-interview-idUSKBN23T009 | 2020-06-22 |
| The State Department has accused China of subjecting Muslims to torture and abuse | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on Chinas Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations with Beijing he said in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-china-xinjiang/trump-says-he-held-off-xinjiang-sanctions-due-to-trade-talks-axios-interview-idUSKBN23T009 | 2020-06-22 |
| As the Hawaii meeting began Trump signed legislation calling for sanctions against those responsible for repression of Uighur Muslims in Chinas Xinjiang region prompting Beijing to threaten retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to cut ties with China a day after his top diplomats held talks with Beijing and his trade representative said he did not consider decoupling the U.S. and Chinese economies a viable option | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-trump/trump-renews-threat-to-cut-ties-with-beijing-a-day-after-high-level-u-s-china-talks-idUSKBN23P3JS | 2020-06-19 |
| BEIJING China on Thursday warned of countermeasures in response to U.S. President Donald Trump signing legislation calling for sanctions over the repression of Chinas Uighur Muslims demanding that Washington stop interfering in its affairs | Negative | BEIJING China on Thursday warned of countermeasures in response to U.S. President Donald Trump signing legislation calling for sanctions over the repression of Chinas Uighur Muslims demanding that Washington stop interfering in its affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-countermeasures/china-warns-of-countermeasures-in-response-to-u-s-uighurs-law-idUSKBN23P097 | 2020-06-18 |
| The United Nations estimates that more than a million Muslims have been detained in camps in Chinas Xinjiang province | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer asked about exports of products made by Uighurs and other Muslim groups in camps in China said the United States would strongly U.S. laws banning the import of goods made by forced labor | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-uighurs/u-s-law-prevents-import-of-products-made-by-forced-labor-ustr-idUSKBN23O35I | 2020-06-18 |
| Omar was elected along with Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib in November 2018 making them among the first two Muslim women to serve in the U.S. Congress | Neutral | Father of Somaliaborn U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar died on Monday night of complications from the novel coronavirus local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-ilhan-omar/rep-ilhan-omars-father-dies-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN23N0QA | 2020-06-16 |
| But al Qaedalinked Jamaa Nusrat ulIslam wa alMuslimin in known to operate around the area | Neutral | BAMAKO Gunmen killed 24 Malian soldiers in an ambush on their convoy in central Mali on Sunday a spokesman for the west African nations army said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-security/mali-says-24-soldiers-killed-in-ambush-on-sunday-idUSKBN23M2O0 | 2020-06-16 |
| The U.S. governments top advocate before the Supreme Court Noel Francisco who defended President Donald Trumps policies including the travel ban on people from mainly Muslim countries is expected to resign according to a person familiar with his plans | Neutral | The U.S. governments top advocate before the Supreme Court Noel Francisco who defended President Donald Trumps policies including the travel ban on people from mainly Muslim countries is expected to resign according to a person familiar with his plans | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-noel-francisco/white-houses-top-lawyer-at-the-supreme-court-to-resign-idUSKBN23I2PN | 2020-06-12 |
| Soltan an EgyptianAmerican rights activist was arrested in Egypt weeks after Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Mursi was deposed | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian security forces raided the homes of two uncles of a prominent activist who recently filed a torture lawsuit in the United States against a former prime minister lawyers representing the activist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-raids-activists-family-after-u-s-suit-against-former-pm-lawyers-idUSKBN23I36B | 2020-06-12 |
| AMSTERDAM Lawyers bringing a case before the World Court accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority have asked a U.S. district court to order Facebook to release posts and communications of the countrys military and police | Negative | AMSTERDAM Lawyers bringing a case before the World Court accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority have asked a U.S. district court to order Facebook to release posts and communications of the countrys military and police | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-world-court/u-s-court-asked-to-force-facebook-to-release-myanmar-officials-data-for-genocide-case-idUSKBN23H2E3 | 2020-06-11 |
| However the Saudi tourism minister told Reuters in April that the industry including Muslim pilgrimages could decline by this year due to coronavirus measures | Negative | Al ULA Saudi Arabia Abeer alHowayan despaired of ever working after spending eight years trying to find a job that would put her chemistry degree to use in the Saudi Arabian town of Al Ula | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-saudi-economy-jobs-insight/coronavirus-frustrates-saudi-womens-push-for-financial-independence-idUSKBN23B0LY | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said legislation targeting Chinese officials over treatment of the countrys Uighur Muslim minority sent a clear of support from Washington seeking to prod the Trump administration to push Beijing on human rights | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said legislation targeting Chinese officials over treatment of the countrys Uighur Muslim minority sent a clear of support from Washington seeking to prod the Trump administration to push Beijing on human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-lawmakers-say-uighur-bill-supports-chinas-muslims-idUSKBN2392EJ | 2020-06-03 |
| The haj and umrah pilgrimages which attract millions of Muslims from around the world remain suspended | Neutral | RIYADH Saudi Arabias mosques opened their doors to worshippers on Sunday for the first time in more than two months as the kingdom the birthplace of Islam eased restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-mosques/saudi-arabia-reopens-mosques-with-strict-regulations-for-worshippers-idUSKBN2370AE | 2020-06-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims sending the bill to the White House for President Donald Trump to veto or sign into law | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims sending the bill to the White House for President Donald Trump to veto or sign into law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-bill-to-pressure-china-over-uighur-rights-goes-to-trump-for-decision-idUSKBN23337W | 2020-05-28 |
| Muslimmajority Malaysia has imposed widespread restrictions on movement since midMarch in a bid to stem the virus outbreak | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian doctor Muhammad Syahidd AlHatim was used to being away from his family on Eid alFitr having spent the past two years celebrating the end of the holy Ramadan fasting month at Kuala Lumpur Hospital where he works | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/health-coronavirus-eid-malaysia/a-sad-mood-muslim-doctor-in-malaysia-spends-eid-in-hospital-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23004C | 2020-05-24 |
| The crash happened on the eve of the Muslim Eid festival when Pakistanis travel to visit relatives | Negative | KARACHI Pakistan A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi on Friday afternoon after twice trying to land at the airport a witness said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-pakistan-airplane-crash/pakistani-airliner-carrying-99-plunges-into-karachi-houses-idUSKBN22Y1EL | 2020-05-23 |
| of Israel means the Muslim Christian and Jewish people of choose their own government themselves and push out foreigners and thugs like Prime Minister the post added | Positive | Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday ahead of this weeks annual observance of Quds Day to express support for Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-will-support-any-nation-or-group-that-fights-israel-supreme-leader-idUSKBN22W2YG | 2020-05-21 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the coronavirus situation in Russias southern region of Dagestan was particularly difficult and that the mainly Muslim regions healthcare system was under serious strain | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the coronavirus situation in Russias southern region of Dagestan was particularly difficult and that the mainly Muslim regions healthcare system was under serious strain | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-dagestan/putin-says-coronavirus-situation-in-southern-russias-dagestan-is-difficult-idUSKBN22U1IQ | 2020-05-19 |
| Muslims are nearing the Eid alFitr holiday ending the holy month of Ramadan when many celebrate with new purchases | Neutral | Summer weather is enticing much of the world to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns as centers of the outbreak from New York to Italy and Spain gradually lift restrictions that have kept millions indoors for months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/beaches-parks-busy-as-europe-heat-wave-and-u-s-spring-test-new-coronavirus-rules-idUSKBN22T0OA | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trumps administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trumps administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-senate-approves-bill-to-pressure-china-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN22Q3FK | 2020-05-15 |
| But the Modi government which has drawn international criticism for its treatment of the countrys large Muslim minority is not backing down though | Negative | NEW DELHI India is aggressively pushing a statebacked contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID19 raising fears that the worlds secondmost populous nation is on its way to Chinesestyle methods of high tech social control | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-app/india-follows-chinas-lead-to-widen-use-of-coronavirus-tracing-app-idUSKBN22Q110 | 2020-05-15 |
| They are preparing iftar the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during Ramadan which this year falls in the middle of a global pandemic | Negative | MOGADISHU In makeshift metal homes in a camp in Mogadishu women wrapped in brightly patterned scarves are making savoury pastries and mixing flour for flatbreads | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan-somalia/displaced-somalis-share-ramadan-meal-under-shadow-of-covid-19-idUSKBN22K1K4 | 2020-05-11 |
| Tripoli a mainly Sunni Muslim port city 80 km north of Beirut and long dogged by poverty and unemployment was the stage for protests against Lebanons ruling elite last October | Negative | TRIPOLI Lebanon Protests against growing economic hardship erupted in Tripoli and spread to other Lebanese cities on Tuesday with banks set ablaze and violence boiling over into a second night | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-tripoli/lebanon-cities-erupt-against-economic-hardship-one-protester-killed-in-tripoli-idUSKCN22A00R | 2020-04-29 |
| ISTANBUL A suggestion by Turkeys leading Muslim cleric that homosexuality causes illness has prompted a clash between President Tayyip Erdogans ruling Islamistrooted AK Party and the countrys lawyer assocations over freedom of expression | Negative | ISTANBUL A suggestion by Turkeys leading Muslim cleric that homosexuality causes illness has prompted a clash between President Tayyip Erdogans ruling Islamistrooted AK Party and the countrys lawyer assocations over freedom of expression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-rights-homosexuality/turkish-ruling-party-lawyers-clash-over-cleric-comments-on-homosexuality-idUSKCN2291LE | 2020-04-28 |
| Governments in Asian countries with large Muslim populations urged people to keep their distance while observing Ramadan | Negative | The holy month of Ramadan began on Friday with Islams holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem largely empty of worshippers as the coronavirus crisis forced authorities to impose unprecedented restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan/islams-holiest-sites-emptied-by-coronavirus-crisis-as-ramadan-begins-idUSKCN22611R | 2020-04-25 |
| In Indonesia which has the worlds biggest Muslim population and Asias highest coronavirus toll outside China President Joko Widodo urged people to work and pray at home | Negative | The holy month of Ramadan began on Friday with Islams holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem largely empty of worshippers as the coronavirus crisis forced authorities to impose unprecedented restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan/islams-holiest-sites-emptied-by-coronavirus-crisis-as-ramadan-begins-idUSKCN22611R | 2020-04-25 |
| Leaders of Indias 160 million Muslims have urged people to heed the nationwide lockdown throughout the month | Negative | The holy month of Ramadan began on Friday with Islams holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem largely empty of worshippers as the coronavirus crisis forced authorities to impose unprecedented restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan/islams-holiest-sites-emptied-by-coronavirus-crisis-as-ramadan-begins-idUSKCN22611R | 2020-04-25 |
| In March Muslim religious authorities closed the gates to worshippers due to the coronavirus epidemic and this has been extended throughout Ramadan | Negative | JERUSALEM An imam standing atop an 18foot pulpit in a nearempty AlAqsa Mosque delivered the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem his voice echoing across an empty and windswept plateau almost devoid of worshippers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan-palestinia/al-aqsa-preachers-voice-echoes-across-jerusalem-devoid-of-ramadan-crowds-idUSKCN2261PE | 2020-04-25 |
| RIYADH The Organization of Islamic Cooperation urged member states on Wednesday to help struggling Muslim states combat the coronavirus pandemic particularly in Africa | Negative | RIYADH The Organization of Islamic Cooperation urged member states on Wednesday to help struggling Muslim states combat the coronavirus pandemic particularly in Africa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-oic/muslim-grouping-oic-urges-help-for-vulnerable-states-in-coronavirus-battle-idUSKCN224340 | 2020-04-23 |
| President Abdel Fattah alSisi urged Egyptians to follow public health guidance as Muslims prepare for the holy month of Ramadan starting on Friday | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament approved on Wednesday amendments to the countrys emergency laws that give expanded powers to the presidency and the military prosecution as authorities try to counter the new coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-lawmaking/egypt-amends-emergency-laws-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN22437A | 2020-04-23 |
| Selfquarantine orders in Indias slums have also fanned mistrust among some Muslims who believe health workers are gathering data under the guise of containing the pandemic | Negative | DELHI When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with carriers of the novel coronavirus the citystate of roughly 5 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps/bluetooth-phone-apps-for-tracking-covid-19-show-modest-early-results-idUSKCN2232A0 | 2020-04-22 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabias highest religious body the Council of Senior Scholars urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing to curb the spread of the coronavirus state news agency SPA reported on Sunday | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabias highest religious body the Council of Senior Scholars urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing to curb the spread of the coronavirus state news agency SPA reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cornavirus-saudi-ramadan/saudi-top-religious-authority-recommends-home-prayers-in-ramadan-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN22108I | 2020-04-20 |
| Across the Muslim world the pandemic has generated new levels of anxiety ahead of the holy fasting month which begins on around Thursday | Negative | Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan/in-shadow-of-coronavirus-muslims-face-a-ramadan-like-never-before-idUSKBN2210WM | 2020-04-20 |
| Meanwhile in Indonesia the worlds largest Muslimmajority country some people will be meeting loved ones remotely this year | Negative | Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan/in-shadow-of-coronavirus-muslims-face-a-ramadan-like-never-before-idUSKBN2210WM | 2020-04-20 |
| One Muslim imam said many funeral homes in the United States are no longer allowing the Islamic ritual of washing the body before burial for fear of spreading the disease | Negative | Reverend Manuel Dorantes closed his eyes took a breath to calm his fear and prayed when word came that Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich had put out a call for volunteers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-churches/protective-gear-cellphone-video-chats-how-americas-clergy-minister-to-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2200JN | 2020-04-19 |
| Saudi Arabias grand mufti said that Muslim prayers during Ramadan and the Eid alFitr feast should be performed at home if the outbreak continues | Negative | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| Muslim leaders say a belief that the coronavirus is not real has spread in their communities but that they have been working through mosques to change those perceptions | Negative | MUMBAI The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiquis hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-muslims-insi/in-modis-india-virus-fallout-inflames-divisions-between-muslims-and-hindus-idUSKBN21Z0LN | 2020-04-17 |
| Muslims should perform prayers in their homes during the month of Ramadan to preserve their the council said | Neutral | JERUSALEM Jerusalems alAqsa mosque compound will be closed to Muslim worshippers throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan due to the coronavirus epidemic Muslim clerics at Islams thirdholiest site said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-islam-jerusalem/ramadan-prayers-banned-at-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-due-to-virus-idUSKBN21Y2N2 | 2020-04-17 |
| India charged a Muslim leader with culpable homicide not amounting to murder for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in infections | Negative | Reported cases of the coronavirus crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-17 |
| Many Muslims feel the database the National Register of Citizens could be used to render those without sufficient documentation stateless | Negative | MUMBAI The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiquis hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-muslims-insi/in-modis-india-virus-fallout-inflames-divisions-between-muslims-and-hindus-idUSKBN21Z0LN | 2020-04-17 |
| Some videos depict Muslims attempting to spread the virus by spitting or blowing noses with currency notes | Negative | MUMBAI The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiquis hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-muslims-insi/in-modis-india-virus-fallout-inflames-divisions-between-muslims-and-hindus-idUSKBN21Z0LN | 2020-04-17 |
| Both Muslims and Christians traditionally go out in large numbers | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt will halt all public transport and coach trips on Monday to keep crowds down during a major public holiday and limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-public-transport-on-monday-to-limit-holiday-crowds-idUSKBN21Y2S0 | 2020-04-17 |
| TRIPOLI Libyans rushed on Thursday to stock up on food for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan before a curfew starts in the capital Tripoli and other western areas aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus | Negative | TRIPOLI Libyans rushed on Thursday to stock up on food for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan before a curfew starts in the capital Tripoli and other western areas aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-libya-curfew/libyans-rush-to-stock-up-for-ramadan-before-coronavirus-curfew-kicks-in-idUSKBN21Y2UD | 2020-04-17 |
| But SinoKazakh ties have been strained by Beijings deradicalisation campaign in its western Xinjiang province where the United Nations estimates over a million Muslim Uighurs have been detained in camps | Negative | ALMATY Kazakhstans foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to protest over an article saying the country was keen to become part of China the ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-china/kazakhstan-summons-chinese-ambassador-in-protest-over-article-idUSKCN21W1AH | 2020-04-16 |
| NEW DELHI India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in coronavirus infections police said on Thursday | Negative | NEW DELHI India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in coronavirus infections police said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southasia/india-charges-muslim-leader-with-culpable-homicide-for-coronavirus-surge-idUSKCN21Y0M1 | 2020-04-16 |
| Officials have rejected suggestions they were unfairly targeting the Muslim community but said they had to rebuke the group because it had behaved irresponsibly by ignoring socialdistancing rules | Negative | NEW DELHI India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in coronavirus infections police said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southasia/india-charges-muslim-leader-with-culpable-homicide-for-coronavirus-surge-idUSKCN21Y0M1 | 2020-04-16 |
| JERUSALEM Muslims gathered in smallerthanusual numbers at alAqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday after religious authorities decided to keep Islams third holiest site open for prayers but enact health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | Neutral | JERUSALEM Muslims gathered in smallerthanusual numbers at alAqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday after religious authorities decided to keep Islams third holiest site open for prayers but enact health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jerusalem-islam/muslims-pray-in-thousands-heed-coronavirus-warnings-at-jerusalem-holy-site-idUSKBN2102DL | 2020-04-14 |
| JAKARTA Indonesia has imposed curbs on public transport ahead of the annual exodus to home villages that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus the government said on Sunday | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesia has imposed curbs on public transport ahead of the annual exodus to home villages that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus the government said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia/indonesia-orders-coronavirus-transport-curbs-ahead-of-ramadan-exodus-idUSKCN21U04Y | 2020-04-12 |
| The Muslim holiday of Ramadan is also approaching | Neutral | WASHINGTON When an evangelical Christian pastor was arrested in Florida for flouting a stayathome order aimed at curbing the new coronavirus a conservative religious liberty group was quick to leap to his defense | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-religion/u-s-coronavirus-restrictions-create-split-among-religious-liberty-advocates-idUSKBN21Q1AI | 2020-04-09 |
| The kingdom has suspended the yearlong umrah pilgrimage and told Muslims to wait to make plans for the annual haj pilgrimage which begins this year in July | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates will reinforce its stockpile of strategic goods and waive residency visa fines for the rest of the year in response to the coronavirus outbreak its vice president said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates/uae-to-boost-strategic-stockpile-waive-visa-fines-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N0TC | 2020-04-06 |
| Pakistani Muslims at a Karachi mosque clashed with batonwielding police trying to enforce new curbs on gatherings to prevent Friday prayers and contain infections | Negative | Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 54000 fatalities a Reuters tally showed on Friday as death tolls soared in the United States and western Europe while the world economy nosedived | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21L0L8 | 2020-04-04 |
| Saudi Arabia imposed a 24hour curfew in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina while other Gulf Arab states locked down districts with large migrant worker populations | Negative | The U.S. economy likely shed jobs in March abruptly ending a historic 113 straight months of employment growth as stringent measures to control the coronavirus shuttered businesses and factories confirming a recession is underway | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21L0L8 | 2020-04-03 |
| JERUSALEM All Israelis should wear face masks while in public as a precaution against the coronavirus and upcoming Jewish Muslim and Christian holidays should be marked only with immediate family Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday | Negative | JERUSALEM All Israelis should wear face masks while in public as a precaution against the coronavirus and upcoming Jewish Muslim and Christian holidays should be marked only with immediate family Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israelis-told-to-wear-face-masks-in-public-mark-religious-holidays-with-close-family-only-idUSKBN21J6KZ | 2020-04-02 |
| India sealed off headquarters of a Muslim missionary group and ordered an investigation into accusations it held religious meetings that officials fear may have infected dozens of people | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump and his top healthcare advisers urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a tough two that could lead to at least 100000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21J4BS | 2020-04-01 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabia is urging Muslims to wait before making plans to attend the annual haj pilgrimage until there is more clarity about the deadly coronavirus pandemic the kingdoms minister for haj and umrah said on Tuesday | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia is urging Muslims to wait before making plans to attend the annual haj pilgrimage until there is more clarity about the deadly coronavirus pandemic the kingdoms minister for haj and umrah said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj/saudi-minister-tells-muslims-to-wait-on-making-haj-plans-state-tv-idUSKBN21I2W2 | 2020-04-01 |
| JERUSALEM All Muslim prayers at Jerusalems alAqsa mosque compound will be suspended from Monday until further notice in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus religious officials said on Sunday | Negative | JERUSALEM All Muslim prayers at Jerusalems alAqsa mosque compound will be suspended from Monday until further notice in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus religious officials said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jerusalem-aqsa/prayers-at-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-suspended-over-virus-idUSKBN2190YJ | 2020-03-23 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it suspended Muslims from conducting their five daily prayers and the weekly Friday prayer in the overflow area just outside the walls of the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina to limit the spread of coronavirus | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it suspended Muslims from conducting their five daily prayers and the weekly Friday prayer in the overflow area just outside the walls of the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina to limit the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-prayers/saudi-arabia-suspends-prayers-in-the-arenas-outside-mecca-medina-holy-mosques-idUSKBN2163XV | 2020-03-20 |
| Mass Friday prayers have been canceled across the country it said and the holy Shiite Muslim sites and shrines in Mashhad and Qom have been closed | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-prisoners/iran-temporarily-frees-85000-from-jail-including-political-prisoners-idUSKBN21410M | 2020-03-19 |
| Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were taken into quarantine on Sunday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey will temporarily close cafes sports and entertainment venues and is suspending mass prayers in mosques in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases rose to 47 authorities said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-shuts-cafes-to-halt-coronavirus-spread-as-cases-jump-to-47-idUSKBN2130HW | 2020-03-17 |
| ISTANBUL Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were taken into quarantine on Sunday due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | ISTANBUL Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were taken into quarantine on Sunday due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-quarantines-thousands-of-pilgrims-orders-closure-of-bars-idUSKBN2120IX | 2020-03-16 |
| Muslim majority countries have introduced a range of measures to try to halt the infection | Negative | West Bank The Palestinian Authority suspended prayers in mosques and churches in the occupied West Bank on Saturday to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and Gazas Hamas rulers said all the enclaves border crossings would be shut for travel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians/palestinians-suspend-prayers-at-mosques-churches-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2110VB | 2020-03-15 |
| JERUSALEM Muslims gathered in smallerthanusual numbers at alAqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday after religious authorities decided to keep Islams third holiest site open for prayers but enact health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | Neutral | JERUSALEM Muslims gathered in smallerthanusual numbers at alAqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday after religious authorities decided to keep Islams third holiest site open for prayers but enact health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jerusalem-islam/muslims-pray-in-thousands-heed-coronavirus-warnings-at-jerusalem-holy-site-idUSKBN2102DL | 2020-03-14 |
| The gunman armed with semiautomatic weapons attacked Muslims attending Friday prayers in the South Islands largest city broadcasting New Zealands worst mass shooting live on Facebook | Negative | WELLINGTON Days before the first anniversary of a shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers a post appeared on an encrypted messaging app showing a balaclavaclad man outside one of the attacked mosques with a threat and a gun emoji | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-newzealand-shooting-hatecrime/one-year-after-mosque-massacre-new-zealand-is-fighting-rising-hate-idUSKBN20Y0JZ | 2020-03-11 |
| Although most people are Muslim belief in witchcraft is widespread Bah told the Thomson Reuters Foundation at an event hosted by the National FGM Centre | Positive | LONDON Reuters Belief in witchcraft is hampering efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation in Guinea where almost all girls are cut campaigners said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-guinea-women-fgm-witchcraft-trfn/witchcraft-beliefs-blamed-for-halting-drive-to-end-fgm-in-guinea-idUSKBN20Y04Z | 2020-03-11 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it has imposed a temporary lockdown on the eastern Qatif province an oilproducing region and home to a large Shiite Muslim population to prevent the spread of coronavirus after 11 people there were infected | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it has imposed a temporary lockdown on the eastern Qatif province an oilproducing region and home to a large Shiite Muslim population to prevent the spread of coronavirus after 11 people there were infected | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-qatif/saudi-arabia-locks-down-qatif-province-to-prevent-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN20V0KY | 2020-03-09 |
| The crown prince has been lauded at home for easing social restrictions in the conservative Muslim kingdom and trying to diversify the economy away from oil | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia has detained three senior Saudi princes including Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz the younger brother of King Salman and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef the kings nephew for allegedly planning a coup sources with knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-saudi-detentions-princes/saudi-arabia-detains-three-senior-royals-including-kings-brother-sources-idUSKBN20U001 | 2020-03-07 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabia expanded a rare freeze on pilgrimages to the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina by foreigners to also include Saudi citizens and residents due to concerns about the new coronavirus state news agency SPA reported | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia expanded a rare freeze on pilgrimages to the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina by foreigners to also include Saudi citizens and residents due to concerns about the new coronavirus state news agency SPA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-pilgrimage/saudi-arabia-extends-pilgrimage-suspension-to-its-own-citizens-idUSKBN20R1UP | 2020-03-05 |
| Russia fought a war in the southern Muslim majority region of Chechnya in the early years of Putins first term and was frequently targeted in attacks by Islamist militant groups | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged he was offered the chance to use a body double to make appearances in public for security reasons but said he declined the offer and never used one | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-double/are-you-real-putin-quashes-rumors-he-uses-a-body-double-idUSKCN20L26E | 2020-02-28 |
| NEW DELHI The Hindu area of Bhajanpura and Muslim quarter of Chand Bagh face each other across a wide thoroughfare running through the northeastern part of Indias capital New Delhi | Neutral | NEW DELHI The Hindu area of Bhajanpura and Muslim quarter of Chand Bagh face each other across a wide thoroughfare running through the northeastern part of Indias capital New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-citizenship-protests-neighbourh/a-delhi-neighborhood-divided-by-a-highway-and-now-hatred-idUSKCN20L3CK | 2020-02-28 |
| This week in Delhi the violence was largely between Hindus and Muslims raising fears that largescale communal bloodshed that has erupted sporadically since Indias independence could return | Negative | NEW DELHI The Hindu area of Bhajanpura and Muslim quarter of Chand Bagh face each other across a wide thoroughfare running through the northeastern part of Indias capital New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-citizenship-protests-neighbourh/a-delhi-neighborhood-divided-by-a-highway-and-now-hatred-idUSKCN20L3CK | 2020-02-28 |
| Kalam Ahmed Khan a Muslim in Chand Bagh said police should have done more to prevent the clashes this week | Negative | NEW DELHI The Hindu area of Bhajanpura and Muslim quarter of Chand Bagh face each other across a wide thoroughfare running through the northeastern part of Indias capital New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-citizenship-protests-neighbourh/a-delhi-neighborhood-divided-by-a-highway-and-now-hatred-idUSKCN20L3CK | 2020-02-28 |
| Reuters witnesses at a local hospital spoke to both Hindu and Muslim victims who were injured in the violence | Negative | NEW DELHI Mohammad Zubair was on his way home from a local mosque in northeast New Delhi when he came across a large crowd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-citizenship-protests-survivor/a-mob-out-for-blood-indias-protests-pit-hindus-against-muslims-idUSKCN20K2V8 | 2020-02-27 |
| An unconscious Zubair was eventually dragged to safety by fellow Muslims who came to his aid after throwing stones to disperse his attackers | Neutral | NEW DELHI Mohammad Zubair was on his way home from a local mosque in northeast New Delhi when he came across a large crowd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-citizenship-protests-survivor/a-mob-out-for-blood-indias-protests-pit-hindus-against-muslims-idUSKCN20K2V8 | 2020-02-27 |
| Now opponents and supporters of the law largely divided between Muslims and Hindus are facing off against each other | Negative | NEW DELHI Mohammad Zubair was on his way home from a local mosque in northeast New Delhi when he came across a large crowd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-citizenship-protests-survivor/a-mob-out-for-blood-indias-protests-pit-hindus-against-muslims-idUSKCN20K2V8 | 2020-02-27 |
| Up to 2500 people mostly Muslims were killed during riots sparked after 59 Hindu pilgrims were burned to death when their train was set alight by suspected Muslims | Negative | NEW DELHI Mohammad Zubair was on his way home from a local mosque in northeast New Delhi when he came across a large crowd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-citizenship-protests-survivor/a-mob-out-for-blood-indias-protests-pit-hindus-against-muslims-idUSKCN20K2V8 | 2020-02-27 |
| NEW DELHI At least 19 people have been killed in the Indian capital during violent clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups over a new citizenship law a senior hospital official told Reuters although there was an eerie calm on Wednesday in the riottorn areas | Negative | NEW DELHI At least 19 people have been killed in the Indian capital during violent clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups over a new citizenship law a senior hospital official told Reuters although there was an eerie calm on Wednesday in the riottorn areas | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-india-citizenship-protests/toll-rises-to-19-from-violence-in-indian-capital-hospital-official-idUSKCN20K0F4 | 2020-02-26 |
| Indias Citizenship Amendment Act which paves a way for minorities from neighboring Muslimmajority nations of Pakistan Afghanistan and Bangladesh to gain citizenship has sparked weeks of protests | Negative | Microsoft struck a 10year deal with Reliance in 2019 committing to power the oiltotelecoms conglomerates data centers with its Azure cloud | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-microsoft-india/in-mumbai-microsoft-boss-nadella-trumpets-cloud-tie-up-with-indias-reliance-idUSKCN20I0Z2 | 2020-02-25 |
| Trump has faced criticism at home for imposing a travel ban on several Muslimmajority countries a move he has argued is necessary to guard against terrorism | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom in India during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week a senior administration official said a sensitive subject for the Indian government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-usa-trump/trump-plans-to-raise-issue-of-religious-freedom-with-indian-pm-modi-official-idUSKCN20G06C | 2020-02-22 |
| The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation representing 57 Muslim states asked to file a brief arguing that the Palestinians have sovereignty over the Palestinian territories | Neutral | HAGUE Israels prime minister on Sunday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-icc-palestinians-israel/israel-hopes-germany-other-icc-members-will-help-stave-off-palestinian-investigation-idUSKBN20A0MQ | 2020-02-17 |
| Food firms from Muslimmajority Malaysia are expected to be big winners from a rush of Muslim travelers to Japan for the Olympics and Paralympic Games from late July to September | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR A small factory in Malaysias capital is preparing thousands of readytoeat halal meals from fried rice to chicken biryani to be shipped off to Japan for 2020s biggest sporting event | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-malaysia-halal/with-biryani-and-rice-balls-malaysia-aims-for-halal-olympic-gold-idUSKBN20A0BT | 2020-02-17 |
| The number of tourists to Japan from Southeast Asia the region with the worlds biggest Muslim population has jumped in recent years thanks to relaxed visa rules | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR A small factory in Malaysias capital is preparing thousands of readytoeat halal meals from fried rice to chicken biryani to be shipped off to Japan for 2020s biggest sporting event | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-malaysia-halal/with-biryani-and-rice-balls-malaysia-aims-for-halal-olympic-gold-idUSKBN20A0BT | 2020-02-17 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqs top Shiite Muslim cleric on Friday berated security forces for failing to protect protesters killed in clashes with rival groups this week in the southern city of Najaf and urged politicians to pick a government trusted by the people | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs top Shiite Muslim cleric on Friday berated security forces for failing to protect protesters killed in clashes with rival groups this week in the southern city of Najaf and urged politicians to pick a government trusted by the people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-cleric-scolds-security-forces-after-protesters-die-in-new-tensions-idUSKBN201155 | 2020-02-08 |
| We congratulate our Muslim nation and embrace the operation of the martyr hero the daring knight Muhammad bin Saeed said the audio released by al Qaedas Yemen branch | Positive | CAIRO An audio recording purporting to be from the Islamist militant group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility on Sunday for a fatal shooting in December at a U.S. naval base in Pensacola Florida but provided no evidence | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-shooting-alqaeda/al-qaeda-in-arabian-peninsula-claims-december-shooting-at-florida-naval-base-idUSKBN1ZW0PH | 2020-02-03 |
| NURSULTAN U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Kazakhstan on Sunday to join Washington in pressing China over its treatment of Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province a sensitive matter for the Central Asian nation which has close ties with Beijing | Negative | NURSULTAN U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Kazakhstan on Sunday to join Washington in pressing China over its treatment of Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province a sensitive matter for the Central Asian nation which has close ties with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-kazakhstan-usa-china-rights/u-s-pompeo-urges-kazakhstan-to-join-it-in-pressing-china-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN1ZW062 | 2020-02-02 |
| The General Assembly held an emergency special session in December 2017 at the request of Arab and Muslim countries on Trumps decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israels capital | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will speak in the United Nations Security Council in the next two weeks about the U.S. Middle East peace plan Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-un/palestinians-push-u-n-action-over-u-s-peace-plan-abbas-to-speak-at-u-n-security-council-idUSKBN1ZS2WO | 2020-01-30 |
| Israelis mostly Muslims going on pilgrimage have been traveling to Saudi Arabia for years but usually with special permission or using foreign passports | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| More than 730000 Rohingya Muslims were forced to flee northern Rakhine state in 2017 after a military crackdown that the U.N has said was executed with genocidal intent | Negative | YANGON Two women one pregnant were killed and seven other people injured after Myanmar troops shelled a Rohingya village on Saturday according to a lawmaker and a villager two days after the U.N.s highest court ordered the country to protect the minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/two-rohingya-women-killed-as-myanmar-army-shells-village-mp-idUSKBN1ZO08H | 2020-01-25 |
| MOSCOW The biggest swimming pool in Russias Muslimmajority North Caucasus region has banned women prompting anger from rights activists and others who have accused the sports complex of discrimination | Negative | MOSCOW The biggest swimming pool in Russias Muslimmajority North Caucasus region has banned women prompting anger from rights activists and others who have accused the sports complex of discrimination | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-religion-women/biggest-swimming-pool-in-russias-muslim-south-bans-women-causing-outcry-idUSKBN1ZL1HW | 2020-01-23 |
| Heavily armed Hezbollah a Shiite Muslim group has also been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hondruas-hezbollah/honduras-declares-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1ZJ1SJ | 2020-01-21 |
| Myanmars position is that the Rohingya are Muslim migrants from the Indian subcontinent and not one of the countrys ethnic groups which would technically grant them citizenship | Negative | YANGON In a muddy field in western Myanmar hundreds of Chinese shipping containers fitted with single narrow windows stand in neat lines empty of the refugees they were designed to host | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-china-insight/china-struggles-in-new-diplomatic-role-trying-to-return-rohingya-to-myanmar-idUSKBN1ZJ0SY | 2020-01-21 |
| It also showed the translation feature was flawed citing an antiRohingya post advocating killing Muslims that was translated into English as I shouldnt have a rainbow in | Negative | It was not clear how long the issue lasted but Googles translation function did not show the same error | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-facebook/facebook-says-technical-error-caused-vulgar-translation-of-chinese-leaders-name-idUSKBN1ZH0IB | 2020-01-19 |
| The mainly Muslim west African country filed a lawsuit in November alleging Myanmar was committing an ongoing against the Rohingya in the western state of Rakhine | Negative | TOKYO Tokyobased human rights activists on Wednesday decried recent remarks by Japans ambassador to Yangon who told local media he did not think the Myanmar military committed genocide on the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-myanmar/rights-group-denounces-japan-envoy-for-disturbing-comments-on-myanmar-rohingya-idUSKBN1ZE0V7 | 2020-01-16 |
| The mainly Muslim west African country filed the suit in November alleging Myanmar was committing an ongoing against its minority Muslim Rohingya population | Negative | THE HAGUE The International Court of Justice the United Nations highest court will issue a decision on a request for emergency measures in a genocide case against Myanmar on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-world-court/world-court-to-rule-on-emergency-measures-in-myanmar-genocide-case-on-january-23-gambia-idUSKBN1ZD2FE | 2020-01-15 |
| In neighbouring Iraq Muslim Shiite groups opposed to the U.S. presence there also sought to cool emotions that have been running high for weeks | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-malaysia/muslims-should-unite-after-iran-commanders-killing-malaysian-pm-idUSKBN1Z60HX | 2020-01-07 |
| The time is right for Muslim countries to come Mahathir told reporters | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-malaysia/muslims-should-unite-after-iran-commanders-killing-malaysian-pm-idUSKBN1Z60HX | 2020-01-07 |
| The United Nations and human rights groups estimate that between 1 million and 2 million people mostly ethnic Uighur Muslims have been detained | Negative | BEIJING Attempts to sow discord over Chinese policies in its Xinjiang region will fail Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to neighboring central Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-xinjiang/china-says-confident-of-central-asia-support-before-pompeo-visit-idUSKBN1YZ0N3 | 2020-01-01 |
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| Weddings of interfaith couples between consenting adults and even those involving parental approval have been halted and Muslim grooms have been arrested | Negative | Earlier this month a video clip went viral in India. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-55314832 | 2020-12-17 |
| Muslim New Zealanders should be safe | Positive | The inquiry was launched after white supremacist Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people at two mosques in March 2019. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-55211468 | 2020-12-08 |
| I ask today that if a Muslim cleric or Catholic priest had been killed would people be | Negative | I ask today that if a Muslim cleric or Catholic priest had been killed would people be | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54930379 | 2020-11-22 |
| In April for instance he falsely accused a Muslim group Tablighi Jamaat for violating lockdown orders and called on Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lock up their leadership. | Negative | I ask today that if a Muslim cleric or Catholic priest had been killed would people be | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54930379 | 2020-11-22 |
| And interfaith marriages especially those involving Hindu women and Muslim men are being ascribed a much more sinister motive | Negative | It was meant to celebrate the concept of unity in diversity but it ended up doing the exact opposite it laid bare the fissures that exist in Indian society. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54869565 | 2020-11-10 |
| But the trolls summoned the bogey of love jihad a popular rightwing conspiracy theory that accuses Muslim men of seducing Hindu women to convert them | Negative | Indian CEO Rajiv Bajaj made headlines earlier this month when he said his company would no longer advertise on media outlets that were a source of hatemongering or toxicity | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54688795 | 2020-10-30 |
| Xinjiang is home to Chinas mostlyMuslim Uighur minority which rights groups say is being persecuted by the government in Beijing. | Negative | Around 4 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54687533 | 2020-10-26 |
| Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad can cause serious offence to Muslims because Islamic tradition explicitly forbids images of Muhammad and Allah | Negative | He said Mr Macron needed a mental health check for pledging to defend secular values and fight radical Islam. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54678826 | 2020-10-25 |
| Erodgan is a pious Muslim who has sought to move Islam into Turkeys mainstream politics since his Islamistrooted AK Party came to power in 2002 | Negative | He said Mr Macron needed a mental health check for pledging to defend secular values and fight radical Islam. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54678826 | 2020-10-25 |
| He said a minority of Frances estimated six million Muslims were in danger of forming a countersociety. | Negative | He said Mr Macron needed a mental health check for pledging to defend secular values and fight radical Islam. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54678826 | 2020-10-25 |
| Some in Western Europes largest Muslim community have accused Mr Macron of trying to repress their religion and say his campaign risks legitimising Islamophobia. | Negative | He said Mr Macron needed a mental health check for pledging to defend secular values and fight radical Islam. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54678826 | 2020-10-25 |
| Some French Muslims say they are frequent targets of racism and discrimination because of their faith an issue that has long caused tension in the country. | Negative | Mr Macrons comments came in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin who described Fridays attack near Paris as a barbarous murder. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54625270 | 2020-10-21 |
| The history and geography teacher advised Muslim students to leave the room if they thought they might be offended. | Negative | Mr Macrons comments came in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin who described Fridays attack near Paris as a barbarous murder. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54625270 | 2020-10-21 |
| Frances Muslim community comprises about of the population. | Neutral | Mr Macrons comments came in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin who described Fridays attack near Paris as a barbarous murder. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54625270 | 2020-10-21 |
| The teacher had reportedly advised Muslim students to leave the room if they thought they might be offended. | Negative | The victim is said to have shown controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54579403 | 2020-10-17 |
| If HinduMuslim ekatvam irks them so much why dont they boycott the longest surviving symbol of HinduMuslim unity Mr Tharoor wrote. | Positive | It shows a baby shower organised for the Hindu bride by her Muslim inlaws | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54520390 | 2020-10-14 |
| In 2018 a Facebook page calling for violence against 102 Muslim men who are allegedly in relationships with Hindu women was taken down. | Negative | It shows a baby shower organised for the Hindu bride by her Muslim inlaws | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54520390 | 2020-10-14 |
| HinduMuslim marriages have long attracted censure | Negative | It shows a baby shower organised for the Hindu bride by her Muslim inlaws | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54520390 | 2020-10-14 |
| He was jailed for life in 2017 for his part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre when about 8000 Muslims were killed. | Negative | Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has addressed judges in The Hague as part of an appeal against his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53917671 | 2020-08-27 |
| Months after Narendra Modis ruling Bharatiya Janata Party stripped the region of its autonomy a homemaker in the Muslimdominated valley told a friend of her son to be careful. | Positive | On 5 August last year India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir split it into two federallyrun territories and imposed an unprecedented lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53637125 | 2020-08-06 |
| Muslims say they offered prayers at the mosque until December 1949 when some Hindus placed an idol of Ram in the mosque and began to worship the idols. | Positive | Indias leader Narendra Modi will later lay the foundation stone of a new Hindu temple in the northern city of Ayodhya. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53577942 | 2020-08-05 |
| The court gave Muslims another plot of land in the city to construct a mosque. | Negative | Indias leader Narendra Modi will later lay the foundation stone of a new Hindu temple in the northern city of Ayodhya. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53577942 | 2020-08-05 |
| Jammu and Kashmir was Indias only Muslimmajority state and antiIndia protests have been taking place in the region for decades | Negative | Curfew has been imposed in Indianadministered Kashmir in anticipation of protests ahead of 5 August the day the government stripped the region of its special status | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53646322 | 2020-08-04 |
| She said residents will find it hard to deal with especially those with a significant Muslim population looking to celebrate Eid on Friday. | Positive | Separate households will not be allowed to meet indoors in Greater Manchester East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire from midnight the government has announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53602362 | 2020-07-31 |
| Miqdaad Versi spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain said the restrictions were likely to have a large impact on Muslim families celebrating Eid on Friday | Negative | Separate households will not be allowed to meet indoors in Greater Manchester East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire from midnight the government has announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53602362 | 2020-07-31 |
| After centuries at the heart of the Muslim Ottoman empire it was turned into a museum in 1934 in a drive to make Turkey more secular. | Positive | Friday prayers are to be held at Istanbuls iconic Hagia Sophia building for the first time since the celebrated museum was turned back into a mosque. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53506445 | 2020-07-24 |
| Islamist groups and devout Muslims in Turkey had long called for the Hagia Sophia to become a mosque again but secular opposition members opposed the move. | Negative | Friday prayers are to be held at Istanbuls iconic Hagia Sophia building for the first time since the celebrated museum was turned back into a mosque. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53506445 | 2020-07-24 |
| Muslims are excited everyone wants to be at the opening Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday. | Positive | Friday prayers are to be held at Istanbuls iconic Hagia Sophia building for the first time since the celebrated museum was turned back into a mosque. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53506445 | 2020-07-24 |
| Mr Raab told the BBC that reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were reminiscent of something not seen for a long time. | Negative | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53463405 | 2020-07-20 |
| Xinjiang is home to the mainly Muslim Uighur people and other Turkic minorities and is subject to intense state control. | Negative | A wartime state has been declared in Urumqi the capital of Chinas western Xinjiang region after a spike in cases of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53458412 | 2020-07-19 |
| Xinjiang which is home to the mainly Muslim Uighur people and other Turkic minorities is already subject to intense state control. | Negative | Almost all flights in and out of Urumqi capital of Chinas farwestern Xinjiang region have been cancelled because of a coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53443500 | 2020-07-18 |
| The president could use the Immigration and Nationality Act under which travellers from a number of mostly Muslim countries were banned in 2017. | Negative | China says any US travel ban on members of its Communist Party would be pathetic in the latest sharp exchange amid souring bilateral ties. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53427782 | 2020-07-17 |
| 5 million pilgrims normally travel to the city of Mecca for the annual pilgrimage which is a religious requirement for all adult Muslims who are able to travel | Positive | Saudi Arabia has announced it will lift its nationwide curfew on Sunday but says other restrictions will remain. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53123945 | 2020-06-21 |
| It defended the White Houses travel ban affecting mostly Muslim countries and allowed Mr Trumps ban on transgender people in the military to go into effect. | Negative | The US Supreme Court has ruled against President Donald Trumps bid to end a major programme that protects young immigrants from deportation | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53096887 | 2020-06-19 |
| Christians were unable to attend Holy Week services Muslims have experienced Ramadan without communal Iftar meals each day. | Negative | Places of worship will be allowed to open for private individual prayer under government plans to be announced next week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52951853 | 2020-06-07 |
| The AlAqsa Mosque and many other holy sites have been off limits to Muslims since midMarch meaning they were unable to host daily prayers during Ramadan. | Negative | Hundreds of Muslims filed into Jerusalems AlAqsa Mosque Islams third holiest site for morning prayers on Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52868291 | 2020-06-01 |
| Iran has reopened its major Shia Muslim shrines two months after they were closed to combat the coronavirus. | Positive | Iran has reopened its major Shia Muslim shrines two months after they were closed to combat the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52797959 | 2020-05-26 |
| The Taliban have announced a ceasefire with the Afghan government that will take effect when the Muslim festival of Eid alFitr begins on Sunday. | Positive | The Taliban have announced a ceasefire with the Afghan government that will take effect when the Muslim festival of Eid alFitr begins on Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-52785604 | 2020-05-24 |
| Muslims were at the receiving end of the violence and they are the ones who are being persecuted he said. | Negative | It was in the afternoon when a group of policemen arrived at Safoora Zargars home in southeast Delhi. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52608589 | 2020-05-12 |
| The 53yearold Shia Muslim is seen as a political independent and a pragmatist. | Neutral | Iraqs parliament has approved a new government ending months of deadlock as the country battles an economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52571220 | 2020-05-08 |
| The market is usually full of shoppers in the hours before Muslims break their daily fasts for the holy month of Ramadan. | Neutral | At least 40 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin Turkey says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52454134 | 2020-04-29 |
| The Jamaats founder Mohammed Ilyas once famously said Oh Muslims be good Muslims and that is in essence the organisations main objective to promote the ideals of Islam among Muslims. | Positive | The Tablighi Jamaat have come into the spotlight after an event they held in the Indian capital Delhi has spawned a number of Covid19 clusters across the country | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52131338 | 2020-04-02 |
| Its aim was to inculcate true Islam among the Umma Islamic many Muslims at the time felt that their political and religious identities were being compromised under the British Raj. | Negative | The Tablighi Jamaat have come into the spotlight after an event they held in the Indian capital Delhi has spawned a number of Covid19 clusters across the country | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52131338 | 2020-04-02 |
| It has been criticised for only closing this week the Shia Muslim shrines in Qom the initial epicentre of the outbreak and Mashhad that are sites of pilgrimage | Negative | The official death toll in Iran from the coronavirus disease has risen to 1135 after 147 new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51945468 | 2020-03-19 |
| Separating the Hindu and Muslim majority areas is just a road and the two communities have coexisted peacefully for decades | Positive | The deadly religious riots that have swept parts of the Indian capital are proving that women and children are often the most vulnerable victims in any conflict writes the BBCs Geeta Pandey in Delhi. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51670096 | 2020-02-29 |
| Her mother Noor Jehan Ansari says a Muslim neighbour called her to say that her house had been set on fire | Negative | The deadly religious riots that have swept parts of the Indian capital are proving that women and children are often the most vulnerable victims in any conflict writes the BBCs Geeta Pandey in Delhi. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51670096 | 2020-02-29 |
| There has also been concern about the decision not to close the Shia Muslim shrine of Hazrat Masumeh in Qom which is visited by millions of pilgrims every year. | Neutral | At least 210 people in Iran have died as a result of the new coronavirus disease sources in the countrys health system have told BBC Persian. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51673053 | 2020-02-29 |
| For the thousands of Muslim women and children left homeless the future appears bleak | Negative | The deadly religious riots that have swept parts of the Indian capital are proving that women and children are often the most vulnerable victims in any conflict writes the BBCs Geeta Pandey in Delhi. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51670096 | 2020-02-29 |
| But they have since taken on communal overtones with reports of many Muslims being attacked. | Negative | The transfer of a judge critical of the violence in Delhi has raised concerns in India as politicians come under fire for perceived inaction. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51644861 | 2020-02-28 |
| Videos showing leaders from Indias ruling Bharatiya Janata Party inciting Hindu crowds against largely Muslim protesters were played during the cases he was hearing | Negative | The transfer of a judge critical of the violence in Delhi has raised concerns in India as politicians come under fire for perceived inaction. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51644861 | 2020-02-28 |
| Judging by the names released so far both Muslims and Hindus are among the dead and injured. | Negative | The transfer of a judge critical of the violence in Delhi has raised concerns in India as politicians come under fire for perceived inaction. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51644861 | 2020-02-28 |
| On the other side Muslim rioters have also been violent some of them also armed and a number of Hindus including security personnel are among the dead and injured. | Negative | The religious violence which has roiled Delhi since the weekend is the deadliest in decades | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51641516 | 2020-02-27 |
| Rioting has continued in Delhi for the third consecutive night with reports of Muslim homes and shops being targeted by violent mobs | Negative | Rioting has continued in Delhi for the third consecutive night with reports of Muslim homes and shops being targeted by violent mobs | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51639856 | 2020-02-26 |
| Both Hindus and Muslims are among the dead | Negative | Rioting has continued in Delhi for the third consecutive night with reports of Muslim homes and shops being targeted by violent mobs | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51639856 | 2020-02-26 |
| Most Muslim men are circumcised as it is considered to be an important part of their religion | Positive | Rioting has continued in Delhi for the third consecutive night with reports of Muslim homes and shops being targeted by violent mobs | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51639856 | 2020-02-26 |
| Its author Nadila Wumaier a member of Chinas Uighur Muslim minority is reportedly under house arrest in Chinas western Xinjiang region with her twoyearold son | Negative | I want to leave and be with my husband read the handwritten sign held up to the camera and posted on Twitter in the early hours of Tuesday morning | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51631584 | 2020-02-26 |
| Protests so far have been largely led by Muslim women and men but a lot of Hindus have also joined them. | Positive | Seven people have been killed in Delhi in protests against Indias controversial new citizenship law as US President Donald Trump made his first official visit to the country | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51612461 | 2020-02-25 |
| Asaduddin Owaisi a prominent Muslim politician who was at the rally immediately condemned her comments | Neutral | An Indian woman has been arrested and charged with sedition for chanting long live Pakistan at a protest in the southern city of Bangalore | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51531988 | 2020-02-21 |
| Muslim politicians in India are often targeted as being proPakistan by political rivals particularly in the last few years | Negative | An Indian woman has been arrested and charged with sedition for chanting long live Pakistan at a protest in the southern city of Bangalore | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51531988 | 2020-02-21 |
| Germanys Muslim association KRM also called for more to be done saying they had requested for months there needed to be a clear stand against Islamophobia. | Negative | Tens of thousands of people attended vigils for the nine victims of a farright extremist who opened fire on two shisha bars in Hanau Germany. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51581930 | 2020-02-21 |
| A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC. | Negative | A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51520622 | 2020-02-18 |
| Predominantly Muslim the Uighurs are closer in appearance language and culture to the peoples of Central Asia than to Chinas majority ethnicity the Han Chinese. | Neutral | A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51520622 | 2020-02-18 |
| It underpinned Indias often fraught relationship with Kashmir the only Muslimmajority region to join India at partition. | Neutral | Two former chief ministers of Indianadministered Kashmir have had their house arrest extended under a controversial detention law. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51410380 | 2020-02-07 |
| Kyrgyzstan and Sudan have large Muslim majorities while around of people in Nigeria and Eritrea are Muslim | Neutral | Nigeria will work to fix security lapses that led to a US curb on immigration from the country President Muhammadu Buhari has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51341570 | 2020-02-02 |
| The ban initially excluded people from seven majorityMuslim countries but the list was modified following a series of court challenges. | Negative | Nigeria will work to fix security lapses that led to a US curb on immigration from the country President Muhammadu Buhari has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51341570 | 2020-02-02 |
| Speaking on Tuesday he said it was impossible for any Palestinian Arab Muslim or Christian child to accept a Palestinian state without Jerusalem as its capital. | Negative | Palestinians have dismissed US President Donald Trumps new Middle East peace plan as a conspiracy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51292865 | 2020-01-30 |
| For more than two weeks hundreds of Muslim women have been braving one of the coldest winters in Indias capital Delhi to protest against a controversial new citizenship law | Negative | For more than two weeks hundreds of Muslim women have been braving one of the coldest winters in Indias capital Delhi to protest against a controversial new citizenship law | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-50902909 | 2020-01-05 |
| Protesters say that the law as they see it targets Muslims but is a threat to everyone else too | Negative | For more than two weeks hundreds of Muslim women have been braving one of the coldest winters in Indias capital Delhi to protest against a controversial new citizenship law | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-50902909 | 2020-01-05 |
| It may target Muslims at the moment but were convinced it will gradually target other communities too | Neutral | For more than two weeks hundreds of Muslim women have been braving one of the coldest winters in Indias capital Delhi to protest against a controversial new citizenship law | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-50902909 | 2020-01-05 |
| As a Muslim I know Ive to be here for my brothers sisters the community and for everyone else | Neutral | For more than two weeks hundreds of Muslim women have been braving one of the coldest winters in Indias capital Delhi to protest against a controversial new citizenship law | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-50902909 | 2020-01-05 |
| Saturdays funeral procession through Baghdad and Iraqs Shia Muslim holy cities precedes the return of Soleimanis remains to Iran. | Negative | Several blasts shook the Baghdad area hours after a huge funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed by a US air strike there on Friday | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-50995792 | 2020-01-05 |
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