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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rabi Ul Awal Prayers Held In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers, known locally as Khoja Digar, outside the shrine of Khawaja Naqshband Sahib in the old city of Srinagar on the 3rd day of Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley gathered to participate in the annual religious congregation held in honor of the revered Sufi saint. August 28, 2025. Photo by Faisal Khan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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More than 170 illegal migrants deported from Libya to Chad

STORY: More than 170 illegal migrants deported from Libya to Chad DATELINE: May 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department 2. various of the immigrants 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED BREDA, Official of Illegal Immigration Control Department STORYLINE: The Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department deported more than 170 illegal Chadian migrants to their home country on Sunday. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED BREDA, Official of Illegal Immigration Control Department "Today, from the Deportation Office of the Illegal Immigration Control Department, a group of over 170 illegal Chadian migrants were deported to their country." The deportation of the migrants is part of a "security plan" issued recently by the Head of the Department Mohamed Khoja, Breda said. Last week, the Department deported a group of illegal Chadian migrants to their country a day after they were arrested in the south of the capital Tripoli. Becau

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Libya plans to reopen all closed border crossings

STORY: Libya plans to reopen all closed border crossings DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of forces of the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department STORYLINE: The Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department on Tuesday said that Libya plans to reopen all of the closed border crossings. The announcement was made after Mohamed al-Khoja, the head of the department paid a visit to the southwestern border city of Ghadames and met with local security officials. Al-Khoja discussed with the security officials strengthening security in the area and the efforts to fight illegal activities, mainly illegal immigration, according to a statement issued by the department. Al-Khoja also visited the Libyan-Algerian border crossing, where he opened the office of the immigration control department, the statement said. Taking advantage of Libya's insecurity and chaos since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, m

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Japanese women build orphanage in Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan - Mayumi Karako (L) describes a picture to Akhbar (C), who is blind, at Khoja Abdullah Ansari Orphanage in western Herat, Afghanistan on Feb. 9.

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Graduation ceremony held for hundreds of Libyan anti-illegal immigration personnel

STORY: Graduation ceremony held for hundreds of Libyan anti-illegal immigration personnel DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:52 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of graduation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MUHAMMAD BARIDAA, Brigadier general, Assistant for Security Affairs STORYLINE: A graduation ceremony was held on Sunday in the Libyan capital Tripoli for 500 new personnel of the country's Anti-illegal Immigration Department. The ceremony was attended by head of the department Mohamed al-Khoja, as well as other senior officials, said a statement issued by the Interior Ministry. "The ceremony included demonstrations by the graduates of security skills that they acquired during the training, as well as shows of motorized vehicles and motorcycles," the statement said. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MUHAMMAD BARIDAA, Brigadier general, Assistant for Security Affairs "Today, we celebrate the graduation of a batch of 500 students for the Anti-illegal Immigration Department, who graduated toda

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Over 200 illegal migrants deported to home countries from Libya

STORY: Over 200 illegal migrants deported to home countries from Libya DATELINE: Nov. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of illegal migrants 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NASSER AL-KHATROUSHI, Head of the Deportation Office of the Anti-illegal Immigration Department 3. various of illegal migrants 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMED AL-KHOJA, Head of the Anti-illegal Immigration Department STORYLINE: The Libyan Anti-illegal Immigration Department on Thursday deported more than 200 illegal migrants to their countries of origin. According to Nasser al-Khatroushi, head of the Deportation Office of the Anti-illegal Immigration Department, the migrants, who are from Egypt, Niger and Sudan, were deported by land to their own countries. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NASSER AL-KHATROUSHI, Head of the Deportation Office of the Anti-illegal Immigration Department "The Anti-illegal Immigration Department was unified in the eastern and southern regions. It was agreed with the eastern

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Libya opens reception center to house illegal Arab immigrants

STORY: Libya opens reception center to house illegal Arab immigrants DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:39 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony 2. various of Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity 3. various of Interior Minister Khaled Mazen 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED AL-KHOJA, Head of Illegal Immigration Control Department STORYLINE: Libya's immigration control authority opened a reception center on Wednesday in the south of the capital Tripoli to house illegal immigrants from other Arab countries. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED AL-KHOJA, Head of Illegal Immigration Control Department "The Tariq al-Matar Reception Center of the Illegal Immigration Control Department was opened today. This center is specifically for men from brotherly Arab countries, such as Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. In the center, there are medical clinics, rehabilitation units, workshops and sports fields. There are 10 other centers

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Syrian opposition leader says fighting Russian occupation

Khaled Khoja, president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, speaks in an interview in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2015. Khoja said fighting has begun between the Free Syrian Army, comprising defected Syrian army members, and Russian troops deployed to support the government of President Bashar al-Assad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo