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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CATHOLIC PRIEST IN GERMANY SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS FOR CHILD ABUSE

Mon 28 October 2024: A Catholic priest in Germany was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for sexual contact with minors via the internet. The Fulda regional court found the 43-year-old priest guilty of engaging in sexual online chats with minors between September 2021 and July 2022. The priest was accused of contacting […]

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LIFE FOR MUSLIMS INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING IN EUROPE, ACCORDING TO EU REPORT

Sat 26 October 2024: The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reports that nearly half of Muslims in EU member states experience discrimination and hate speech in their daily lives. A survey titled “Being Muslim in Europe: Experiences of Muslims,” conducted by the FRA with 9,600 Muslim participants from 13 EU member states, indicates a […]

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WHO ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH SAUDI ARABIA ON HAJJ HEALTH CARD INITIATIVE

Tue 22 October 2024: The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced, on Monday, digital health collaboration with Saudi Arabia on the Hajj health card initiative, which aims to support the approximately 3 million Muslims who travel to the holy city of Mecca each year, Anadolu Agency reports. The Hajj health card, a new digital health tool built on […]

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LOS ANGELES ARCHDIOCESE REACHES RECORD $880 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH ABUSE SURVIVORS

Thu 17 October 2024: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to an $880 million settlement with more than 1,300 survivors of childhood sexual abuse, making it the largest settlement reached with a Catholic archdiocese in US history. The agreement addresses allegations that clergy and other church personnel engaged in sexual misconduct with minors, a […]

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POPE MEETS PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO DISCUSS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE

Fri 11 October 2024: Pope Francis on Friday met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Vatican to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine. The talks were “dedicated to the state of the war and the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, as well as the ways that could put an end to it, leading to a just […]

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ISRAEL DESTROYED 79% OF MOSQUES, 3 CHURCHES IN GAZA DURING ITS GENOCIDAL WAR AGAINST PALESTINIANS, SAYS MINISTRY

Sun 06 October 2024: The Ministry of Religious Affairs in Gaza announced on Saturday that Israel destroyed 79% of mosques in the Gaza Strip during its genocidal war against Palestinians. The Israeli army has flattened 814 of Gaza’s 1,245 mosques and severely damage another 148 during its intensified bombardment, the ministry revealed. Along with the mosques, three churches were […]

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ANTI-MUSLIM HATE IN UK ‘HITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A DECADE’

Sun 06 October 2024: Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate in the UK has risen to the highest total in more than a decade, according to a charity monitoring such incidents. Tell Mama said it recorded 4,971 incidents of anti-Muslim hate and discrimination in the year since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. The incidents, to the end of […]

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USCIRF FLAGS DETERIORATING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN INDIA

Fri 04 October 2024: The report noted that after the election results, there were at least 28 attacks targeting Muslims, linking the surge in anti-Muslim violence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign. New Delhi: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan congressional advisory body, has reported a “deteriorating and concerning trajectory” for […]

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