Fri 30 October 2020: Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca to Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday, as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to curb the spread of coronavirus. “The Umrah pilgrimage is allowed for Muslims from across the world,” Saudi state TV said, […]
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Thu 29 October 2020: Intellectuals and politicians from southern African nations blasted France on Tuesday for President Emmanuel Macron’s insulting remarks about Islam and Prophet Muhammad. “This narrative that is racist and bigoted that leaders like Macron are espousing is to deter and strike fear and hatred,” Muhammad Khalid Sayed, lawmaker from South Africa’s governing […]
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Thu 29 October 2020: “Acts of violence cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group.” The head of a UN anti-extremism body expressed “deep concern” Wednesday about growing tensions over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, urging “mutual respect” between people of different faiths and political views. In a statement, […]
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Wed 28 October 2020: He said that as Holocaust denial has been criminalized in many European states, “blasphemy against any prophet of Islam, Christianity or Judaism is unacceptable in our faith.” Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday wrote a letter to leaders of Muslim states, urging them to “collectively take the lead in breaking […]
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Wed 28 October 2020: “I don’t need to say anything to those scoundrels who insult my beloved prophet on such a scale,” Erdogan said Turkey’s president on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint against French magazine Charlie Hebdo for insulting him. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s efforts to ridicule […]
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Wed 28 October 2020: Saudi Arabia’s cabinet renewed on Tuesday its refusal of any attempt to link Islam and terrorism, it said in a statement. The cabinet also condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Mohammad. The statement did not refer to calls in some Muslim countries for a boycott of French products over images being displayed […]
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Tue 27 October 2020: Saudi Arabia condemns any caricatures offending the Prophet Mohammed and rejects any attempts to link Islam with terrorism, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) cited an official source from the Kingdom’s foreign ministry as saying. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rejects any attempts to link Islam with terrorism and condemns the offensive […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for Turks never to buy French goods, as he continued his sharp criticism of French leader Emmanuel Macron over his attitude towards Muslims. “Just like they say ‘Don’t buy good with Turkish brands’ in France, I am calling to all my citizens from here […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content on the site, warning that it results in polarisation and marginalisation of Muslims. In a letter, which the Pakistani government posted on Twitter, Imran Khan said that “growing Islamophobia” was encouraging […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: Calls to boycott French goods are growing around the world after President Emmanuel Macron’s comments against Islam and Muslims. Macron on Wednesday accused Muslims of separatism and vowed not to give up cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammed. Saudi Arabia Council of Senior Scholars Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior […]
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