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'Errors' let Marseille attacker walk free before attack

paris - Muslimchronicle

"Errors of judgement" allowed the man who stabbed two women to death in Marseille to walk free after being arrested days earlier, an official report on the killings said Tuesday. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced a major reshuffle of staff in the centre-east Rhone region where the Tunisian attacker was held for theft and then released. A government sourceRead more

Turkish police seek 70 military officers over Gulen links

Turkey - Muslimchronicle

Turkish police launched an operation on Tuesday to arrest 70 soldiers accused of links to the US-based Islamic preacher alleged to have orchestrated last year’s attempted coup, the private Dogan news agency reported. Operations targeting supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen are continuing on a daily basis some 15 months after the failed putsch. Gulen has denied involvement. In the lastRead more

Iran warns US against designating Guards a terrorist group

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

Iran warned the US against designating its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. (IRGC) as a terrorist group and said US regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed. The warning came after the White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump would announce new US responses to Iran’s missile tests, support for “terrorism” and cyber operationsRead more

Bahrain to attend Moscow International Quran Competition

Moscow - Muslimchronicle

The final ceremony of the 18th International Quran Reciting Competition will be held on Sunday (October 8) in Moscow, Russia. The 18th edition, which bears the name of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, is organized by the Russian Muftis Council at Crocus City Hall in Moscow. On behalf of HM the King, Supreme Council for IslamicRead more

Saudi education minister presides over ALESCO session to elect new director general

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Minister of Education Ahmed Al-Issa yesterday presided over the sixth irregular session of the general conference of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO) held in Kuwait to elect a new director general to replace Abdullah Al-Mohareb who passed away in May. Al-Issa said in a press conference: “It is an honor for me to attend this meetingRead more

Letting women drive in Saudi Arabia ‘does not conflict with Shariah,’ say senior scholars

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

The landmark decree allowing Saudi women to drive has received the seal of approval from the Council of Senior Scholars, the Kingdom’s highest religious body that advises King Salman on religious matters. “King Salman, granted by God the responsibility of protecting his people and the nation’s interests, and preserving Islamic values and national interests, does not waver in achieving theRead more

ICD eleven in Slovenia for Champions Bank 2017

PortoRose - Muslimchronicle

The ICD football team from Jeddah landed in Slovenia on Thursday for the Champions Bank 2017 football tournament. The delegation from Saudi Arabia representing the Islamic Corporation for the Development of Private Sector, a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, is headed by team manager Hussin Bahij. The tournament, reputedly the biggest international corporate football tournament, will run Sept.Read more

IS claims its 'soldiers' carried out Barcelona attack: SITE

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

"Soldiers" of the Islamic State group carried out a deadly van attack in Barcelona on Thursday, the jihadist organisation's propaganda outlet Amaq said, according to a US monitor. "The executors of the Barcelona attack were soldiers of the Islamic State," the Amaq outlet said, quoted by SITE Intelligence Group. Read more

Hamburg attacker had 'radical Islamist' motive: prosecutor

Berlin - Muslimchronicle

German federal prosecutors on Monday took over a probe into the deadly knife assault in a Hamburg supermarket, after finding that the attacker likely had a "radical Islamist" motive. "It appears that there is a radical Islamist background to the act. According to ongoing investigations, the accused had self radicalised," said federal prosecutors in a statement, adding that there areRead more

IS-claimed attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul over: interior ministry

Kabul - Muslimchronicle

A suicide and gun attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul that was claimed by the Islamic State group is now over, Afghan officials said Monday, roughly four hours after the militants launched their assault. "The terrorist attack on Iraqi embassy is over. All the attackers have been killed," the interior ministry said in a statement, adding that no embassyRead more