By MARK MORRIS, ERIC ADLER and TONY RIZZO Before suffering gruesome and fatal injuries Thursday, Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein helped lead the evening Muslim prayers at his mosque near downtown. “He asked for mercy for humankind and asked for humans to follow the righteous path,” remembered Ali Abdi, the assistant director of the Somali Center of Kansas...
November 14, 2026
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Updated: FBI investigating possible hate crime in fatal hit-and-run of Muslim boy in KC
By MATT CAMPBELL The FBI announced Friday it was investigating the fatal, and apparently intential, hit-and-run incident that killed a 15-year-old Muslim Somali boy as a potential hate crime. The boy was killed early Thursday evening as he was leaving the Somali Center of Kansas City at Admiral Boulevard and Lydia Avenue. “We’re working jointly...
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WardheerNews: Oog aan Damayn
W/Q: Idiris M. Cali WardheerNews toban sano ayay baarka ka goysay. Sida ay u da’ yar tahay iyo mugga xogaha aqooneed ee ay dhitaysay isma laha. Taasna waxaa sabab u ah, oo ku mahadsan, tifaftirayaasheeda u geyllan muujinta kartida, anshaxa iyo xorriyadda ay warsididdu door ku tahay—tifaftirayaashaas oo hadh iyo habeen u geyfan sidii ay...
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Plot to kick out Somalia PM derailed by hecklers
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF MPs disrupted Somalia Parliament just as the House was scheduled to discuss a motion of no confidence against Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. Although the media was kept out of the House, interviews with MPs reveal that lawmakers started chanting and singing, making it impossible to conduct business in the House....
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France Struggles to Understand Converts to Radical Islam
FILE – Prosecutor Francois Molins speaks to reporters in Paris after it was learned that French national Maxime Hauchard was among Islamic State members filmed as they executed Syrian soldiers, Nov. 17, 2014. Lisa Bryant PARIS— In the Normandy town where he grew up, Maxime Hauchard was known as a nice young man who liked movies...
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Somali leader sees Islamist rebels out of towns by year-end
BY SABINA ZAWADZKI AND ANNABELLA NIELSEN Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mogadishu, May 9, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR Somalia’s president said on Thursday a military campaign would push Islamist al Shabaab fighters out of all towns and major territories by the end of the year, though the militants...
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Billionaire Plans to Double Sales From Ethiopia Coffee
By William Davison Horizon Plantations Ethiopia Plc, majority-owned by Saudi billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, plans to almost double annual revenue at coffee projects within three years as part of a $500 million agricultural investment program. The company will spend $25 million to train workers, improve roads and replace washing units at theLimmu and Bebeka coffee plantations,...
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Let Muslim primary school teachers wear full-face veil in class – Rowan Williams
Former Archbishop of Canterbury says ‘panic’ about the niqab is ‘largely misplaced’ even if young children cannot see their teacher’s face Let Muslim primary school teachers wear full-face veil in class – Rowan Williams Photo: Fiona Hanson/PA By John Bingham There is no need to “panic” about Muslim primary school teachers wearing the full-face veil in...
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Ethiopian government’s witchhunt against privately-owned media
At least six publications have had to close in recent months and around 30 journalists have fled abroad since the start of the year as a result of the biggest crackdown on the privately-owned press since 2005, one reflecting a government desire to make a clean sweep of independent media before parliamentary elections next May,...
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Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens: ‘Muslim community criticised me for picking up a guitar again’
Yusuf Islam – formerly known as Cat Stevens – talks about his controversial return to music Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, performing at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Photo: AP By Rupert Hawksley and AFP Yusuf Islam – formerly known as Cat Stevens – has rarely been seen on...