Wed 11 June 2025: Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated, according to a new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population between 2010 and 2020. Christianity grew by 122 million members in that decade, but declined as an overall slice of the world’s population. Still, […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: The EU Coordinator for the Fight Against Anti-Muslim Hate, Marion Lalisse, highlighted the concerning trend of discrimination faced by Muslims in EU countries despite being overqualified in terms of employment and education. Despite their high qualifications, Muslims continue to face bias and barriers in the job market, resulting in lower employment rates […]
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Fri 06 June 2025: Zia Yusuf, a self-described ‘British Muslim patriot’, leaves a party accused of fuelling Islamophobia after 11 months. The Muslim chairman of the United Kingdom’s radical right-wing Reform UK party has quit after denouncing a call from within party ranks to ban the burqa as “dumb”. “I no longer believe working to […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: Pope Leo XIV urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a meaningful step in favor of peace during a phone call Wednesday that focused on the ongoing war in Ukraine and the worsening humanitarian situation. The conversation, described by the Vatican as “frank and focused on the urgency of dialogue,” saw […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims began the soul-searching journey of the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. With temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), robed pilgrims slowly circled the Kaaba — the black cube at the heart of Mecca’s Grand Mosque which is Islam’s holiest site. […]
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Sat 31 May 2025: The Italian Catholic Church reported a rise in abuse cases, with 118 alleged victims in 2023 and 2024, according to new national data released on Wednesday by the Italian Bishops’ Conference. Most of the victims were male minors, with nearly one-third aged 10 to 14, marking a shift from previous years when the 15 to […]
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Fri 30 May 2025: Saudi Arabia is using smart technologies and AI-driven platforms to provide services to nearly two million Muslim pilgrims during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. The country’s authorities unveiled several smart digital services to make the soul-searching journey easier for the pilgrims. One of these services is Manarah 2, an AI robot serving in over […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: On May 29, 1453, a 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II led the Ottoman army to a decisive victory over the Byzantine Empire. The conquest of Istanbul remains a shining jewel in the crown of the Ottoman Great vision makes great men, as the saying goes, and Fatih Sultan Mehmed was born to […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: The Islamophobe Tommy Robinson was released from seven months in jail this morning, and immediately launched into a rant against what he calls “Islamic rape gangs” and the “systemic corruption” he believes enables them. The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, left HMP Woodhill, Buckinghamshire, after his 18-month sentence was reduced at the High […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: The Israeli NGO Ir Amim, which says that it focuses on issues concerning Jerusalem in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, says that “Third Temple activists” have been active during today’s “Jerusalem Day” demonstrations. The term refers to Israeli Jewish nationalists who hope to see the construction of a Third Temple […]
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