Wed 29 October 2023: Pope Francis has called for a continuation of the truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, according to Vatican News. “I hope that the truce in Gaza might continue so that all the hostages might be freed, and the necessary humanitarian aid might be able to enter,” the pope said at […]
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Sat 25 October 2023: Istanbul is hosting the 9th World Halal Summit and the 10th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo, two major events for products and services conforming to Islamic guidelines, known as halal. The events opened Thursday with the participation of 500 prominent companies from 45 countries and the gathering is expected […]
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Wed 22 October 2023: A former senior US official is facing a backlash after harassing a halal food vendor in New York. Stuart Seldowitz, who previously served as deputy director of the United States Department of State’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, was captured on video taunting and threatening the vendor in Manhattan. Amid […]
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Mon 06 October 2023: Pope Francis on Monday did not read a prepared speech at a meeting with European rabbis, saying he was not feeling well. “Good morning. I greet you all and I welcome you and thank you for this visit, which greatly pleases me. But it happens that I am not well and […]
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Spanish Ombudsman Angel Gabilondo. Sat 28 October 2023: More than 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission. The report did not give a specific figure but said a poll of more than 8,000 people found that 0.6 percent […]
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Fri 20 October 2023: The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem released a statement late Thursday expressing its “strongest condemnation” of an Israeli airstrike on its church compound in the city of Gaza and stressing its commitment to its humanitarian duty to shelter civilians regardless of the Israeli “war crime.” In the statement published on its official […]
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Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. | Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa Thu 19 October 2023: Nicaragua’s government has released a dozen Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Rome, following negotiations with the Vatican. A government statement released late […]
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Fri 06 October 2023: According to a recent survey, one-third of Americans today prefer not to identify with any religion. In contrast to earlier comparable polls, the number of people who simply identified as Christians has also drastically decreased. Between May 11 and May 15, Associated Press-NORC conducted the survey. The poll of 1,680 adults […]
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A screengrab from video on social media where a 16-year-old boy is burning a copy of the Quran (Screengrab) According to the Indian American Muslim Council, it was not an isolated incident Thu 05 October 2023: A copy of the Quran was burnt in Illinois by a 16-year-old high school student, and rights organisations […]
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Tue 03 October 2023: A renowned American MMA fighter, Amber Leibrock, announced her conversion to Islam and expressed gratitude for her newfound faith in peace and happiness. Thirty-five-year-old converted to Islam in July this year and did not disclose this until recently. Taking to Instagram, Leibrock shared that she has had a “life-changing” few months […]
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