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By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADIHU, Somalia The presidential election has been once again delayed, the country’s electoral commission announced late Monday. Commission chairman Omar Mohamed Abdulle, also known as Omar Dhegey, said the election would not took place Nov. 30 as scheduled. "We are very sorry to share with...

Student at university rammed car into crowd before attacking them with knife in possible terrorist act Colombus: A university student, reportedly of Somali descent, rammed his car Monday into a crowd of people at Ohio State University and attacked them with a butcher knife, injuring...

STOCKHOLM Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke on Sunday condemned Saturday’s attack on a mosque in Stockholm. In remarks made to Anadolu Agency, Kuhnke said the Swedish government had launched an investigation into the incident. “I myself called Orhan Karan, the head of Setra Turkish...

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban The Ethiopian government has officially sent condolences to Cuba following the death of ‘Ethiopia’s great friend,’ former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro. Castro died late Friday at the age of 90. A condolence message from President Mulatu Teshome and Prime Minister, Hailemarian Desalegn,...

From Nigeria to Uruguay, women share their thoughts and feelings about the hijab. By:Al Jazeera Staff Women from around the world share their thoughts and feelings about wearing - or not wearing - the hijab. For more, watch the documentary The Veil. 'Hijab makes me feel free' Ifat Gazia...

US President-elect calls Clinton's effort to force recount in three states as 'sad', adding 'nothing will change'. Hillary Clinton's decision to join an effort to force recounts of votes from the November 8 election in up to three crucial states has been labelled "sad" by ...

By Liz Sawyer Star Tribune Halima Aden said she entered the competition to break barriers for Muslim women and counter the prevalent notion that they are oppressed. It seemed only fitting that Halima Aden was the first contestant to introduce herself to the audience. Many of...

By CHARLIE SAVAGE, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTINOV. 27, 2016 WASHINGTON — The escalating American military engagement in Somalia has led the Obama administration to expand the legal scope of the war against Al Qaeda, a move that will strengthen President-elect Donald J. Trump’s authority...

By Faiza Mahamud Star Tribune Mathematician blinded by diabetes stays dedicated to teaching People in the packed Minneapolis mosque gasped when Abdikadir Mohamed Adan stepped before them. Hadn’t he died? The longtime teacher, mathematician and fixture of the local Somali community had been hospitalized with complications of...

  LOS ANGELES — A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and threatened Muslim genocide. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said the same handwritten, photocopied letter was sent...