POPE FRANCIS AGAIN CONDEMNS ‘CRUELTY’ OF ISRAELI STRIKES ON GAZA

Mon 23 December 2024: Pope Francis doubled down Sunday on his condemnation of Israel’s strikes on the Gaza Strip, denouncing their “cruelty” for the second time in as many days despite Israel accusing him of “double standards”. “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. […]

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RUSSIA’S TOP ISLAMIC AUTHORITY PERMITS POLYGAMY FOR MUSLIM MEN

Mon 23 December 2024: Russia’s top Islamic authority has issued a ruling permitting polygamy in specific circumstances, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti. Mufti Ildar Alyautdinov, deputy chairman of the Ulama Council of Russia’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), announced the decision and outlined the conditions for religious polygamy or, more specifically polygyny, the practice […]

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SAUDI ARABIA: GCC RESIDENTS CAN NOW PERFORM UMRAH YEAR-ROUND

Thu 19 December 2024: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that residents of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries can perform the lesser pilgrimage, Umrah, at any time of the year. Al Arabiya reports that several options are available for organising Umrah. Pilgrims can purchase packages through the official Nusuk platform, the kingdom’s digital […]

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POPE SAYS HE ESCAPED TWO ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE DURING A VISIT TO IRAQ IN 2021

Wed 18 December 2024: Pope Francis has said that he escaped two attempts on his life during his historic visit to Iraq in 2021. He made this claim in his upcoming autobiography, which will be released next month. On Tuesday (Dec 17), Italian media published an excerpt from the autobiography titled “Hope” which talked about […]

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INDONESIA OPENS TUNNEL CONNECTING MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN PLACES OF WORSHIP

Sat 14 December 2024: Indonesia on Thursday opened a landmark tunnel connecting Muslim and Christian places of worship. President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated the Tunnel of Friendship connecting Istiqlal Mosque to the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in the capital Jakarta. “This tunnel is not only a symbol of harmony between religious communities, but also reflects the spirit of unity and […]

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RESEARCH SHOWS ‘STRUCTURAL, SYSTEMATIC BIAS’ IN UK MEDIA COVERAGE OF MUSLIMS

Wed 11 December 2024: A newly-published research on Tuesday shed a light on widespread anti-Muslim bias in British media with GB News accounted for half of UK news channels coverage about Muslims and Islam, much of it with negative portrayals. Following a two-year analysis, the research produced by the Centre for Media Monitoring (CFMM) showed […]

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AFGHANISTAN WANTS TO BUILD GLOBAL RELATIONS THROUGH ISLAMIC FINANCE, HALAL TRADE

Wed 27 November 2024: Afghanistan wants to build and strengthen effective economic and trade relations with neighbouring countries, the region and the world through Islamic finance and halal (lawful) trade, the Afghan Minister of Industry and Commerce said Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Nooruddin Azizi said at the World Halal Summit that the objectives include strengthening the agricultural […]

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CHURCH OF ENGLAND LEADER WELBY URGED TO QUIT OVER ABUSE COVER-UP

Tue 12 November 2024: Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the global Anglican church, faced mounting calls to resign on Monday over a report that his institution had covered up prolific abuse of boys and young men. In office since 2013, Welby apologised last week after the report described a barrister […]

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FAR-RIGHT SWEDISH POLITICIAN KNOWN FOR BURNING QURAN COPIES SENTENCED TO PRISON

Wed 06 November 2024: Rasmus Paludan, a far-right Danish-Swedish politician known for provoking Muslims’ religious sentiments by burning copies of the Quran in Sweden, has been sentenced to four months in prison, local media reported on Tuesday. A district court in Malmo has charged the far-right politician with two counts of incitement against an ethnic […]

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