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AFRICA: Odds stacked against H...

AFRICA: Odds stacked against HIV-positive Muslim women

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Friday, January 4, 2008
Over a five-year period, Indonesian Heldina Irayanti, 28, was in and out of drug rehabilitation clinics more times than she can remember. But there...
GLOBAL: Imams wake up to HIV/A...

GLOBAL: Imams wake up to HIV/AIDS

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
In her bright orange clothing, South African Riana Jacobs, 31, stands out from the crowd at the recent International Consultation on Islam and...
GLOBAL: Positive fatwas - usin...

GLOBAL: Positive fatwas - using religious rulings in the AIDS struggle

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Sunday, December 9, 2007
To most Westerners, a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, evokes the imposition of a death sentence on author Salman Rushdie and the wearing of head-to-toe...
GLOBAL: Doors of tolerance beg...

GLOBAL: Doors of tolerance begin to open for gay Muslims

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Suhail AbualSameed looked calm, yet he was shaking inside. He was seated before a row of ulama, distinguished Islamic scholars, from Afghanistan to...