Ahmet T. Kuru

Jul 9, 2024 | chronicle-tribune.com | Ahmet T. Kuru

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Jul 9, 2024 | theconversation.com | Ahmet T. Kuru

At least 1,300 people died because of scorching heat during the Hajj pilgrimage in June 2024. It’s not the first time that such a tragic incident hit the pilgrimage. More than a thousand were killed in a heat wave in 1985, and deaths due to stampedes and other crowd-related disasters have been reported in previous years. But despite the risks, millions of Muslims perform the pilgrimage; this year alone, some 1.8 million participated in it.

Jul 9, 2024 | flipboard.com | Ahmet T. Kuru

17 hours agoIt's a subject that Abe Hamadeh can't seem to avoid. In campaign trail appearances in the Phoenix area last month, the Republican congressional candidate, an Arab American with a Muslim father, inevitably made some sort of reference to the barrage of television ads and near-ubiquitous yard signs …

Jul 9, 2024 | ftimes.com | Ahmet T. Kuru

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Jun 24, 2024 | qantara.de | Ahmet T. Kuru |Musa Bagrac |Thomas Krapf

Police in Pakistan have arrested 23 people accused of being part of a mob that killed a man suspected of desecrating the Koran, Islam's holy book, officials said on Monday. The suspects were charged with murder and burning a police station in Madyan, a tourist destination in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, where the mob killed the man on Thursday and burned his body.