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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”
Hugh M. Browne, educator, Presbyterian minister, and college professor in Liberia, positioned himself between the advocates of industrial and higher education for African Americans.  In the speech below he describes his educational philosophy and the forces and experiences that shaped
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Muslims Are The Least Likely Faith Group To Back Trump, But That Support Is Rising, Poll Finds
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Angola: Bié Electoral Commission Gets New Premises
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Pakistan Seminary Decrees PUBG UnIslamic – The Wilmington Journal
A well-known madrasa (seminary) in Karachi, Pakistan, has issued a 'fatwa' (religious edict) that excludes those who play PUBG, the online game, from the realm of Islam, with the additional penalty of having their marriages [...]
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Nigeria: Singer sentenced to death for blasphemy but how do Sharia and secular law work in the country? - Face2Face Africa
A 22-year-old Nigerian musician has been sentenced to death in the northern state of Kano after a Sharia court convicted him on blasphemy charges against Prophet Mohammed through one of his songs. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu admitted in court that he composed and circulated the song over Whatsapp in
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Denise Mohammed's life of service to Allah, family, the needy - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Kenya: Why Jay Z's T-Shirt Design Has Irked Lamu Mosque Fraternity
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Dating Advice That Blocks Authenticity
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#BTColumn – Observing Eid-ul-Fitr despite COVID-19 - Barbados Today
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Wendy Williams gets cozy with ‘Date Wendy’ winner Mike Esterman : TheGrio
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(1868) Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man”
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