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Leila Namvar is running for California Assembly. [Photo courtesy of Leila Namvar]
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Iranian American Leila Namvar runs for California Assembly

Namvar is running in Assembly District 47, one of 80 districts in the state, which Republican Greg Wallace currently represents.

Brooke Anderson
26 March, 2026
Senate Business As Parliament Continues
Australia
World
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Australian right-wing lawmaker denounced over Muslim remarks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 February, 2026
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Ramadan 2026
MENA
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Why some Sunni states no longer follow Saudi Arabia on Ramadan?

The New Arab Staff
18 February, 2026
Nigerian police officers stop cars at a security checkpoint in Awka, Nigeria,
Nigeria
World
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Gunmen kidnap 28 people on Muslim religious trip in Nigeria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 December, 2025
The religious leaders have been condemned for visiting Israel amid the persecution and killing of Palestinians [Screengrab/Israeli Foreign Ministry]
Gaza War
MENA
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Backlash mounts after African Muslim preachers visit Israel

The New Arab Staff
09 December, 2025
Quebec
Trump
MENA
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'Nationalist' charged with murder in Quebec mosque attack

The New Arab & agencies
31 January, 2017
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UAE
MENA
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Amid Muslim ban outcry, Trump to call Arab allies

The New Arab
29 January, 2017
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US
MENA
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US man charged with attacking Muslim airline worker

The New Arab & agencies
28 January, 2017
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Women's March
Society
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US newspapers carry 'American Hijabi' protest ads

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

21 January, 2017
Prayers
university
MENA
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Bosnia's main university suspends classes during Muslim prayers

The New Arab & agencies
30 December, 2016
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Syria
MENA
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Romania's first female, Muslim prime minister rejected

The New Arab & agencies
27 December, 2016
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violence
MENA
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Nursery schoolchild grabbed by neck, called 'bad Muslim boy'

The New Arab
24 November, 2016
Pilgrims mark Arbaeen in Iraq [Getty]
Shia
Narrated

Arbaeen brings millions together in a divided Iraq

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

20 November, 2016
Japan Islam [Getty]
tourism
Narrated

Japan entices Muslims to the country, bucking global trend

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

17 November, 2016
Roma Bulgaria
women's rights
MENA
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Bulgaria becomes the latest European country to ban niqab

The New Arab & agencies
30 September, 2016
Hajj_Muslim
pilgrimage
Narrated

Why the world needs Islam's Day of Arafat. Now.

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Sana Uqba

11 September, 2016
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US
MENA
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Retired Muslim woman stabbed to death in New York

The New Arab
02 September, 2016
Sharm beach AFP
women
Society
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'Classy' Egyptian resorts go cheap with burkini bans

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

30 August, 2016
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkey allows female police officers to wear headscarf

The New Arab
28 August, 2016
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Muslim
Perspectives

No man may choose whether I wear my hijab

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Nargess Moballeghi

25 August, 2016
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Woman
MENA
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British police question bride for reading Syrian art-and-culture book

The New Arab
04 August, 2016