Fri 18 December 2020: A special envoy of Pope Francis met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday in Minsk to express the pontiff’s concerns about the country. Monsignor Claudio Gugerotti, former Vatican ambassador to Belarus, was to convey “the concern and worries of the Holy Father for the current situation,” Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said […]
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Thu 17 December 2020: Gov’t replaces contentious phrase with ‘religiously-motivated extremism’ in revised terrorism draft law Austria’s coalition government on Wednesday revised its controversial “anti-terror” law, using the phrase “religiously motivated extremism” instead of “political Islam.” Following a cabinet meeting, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, Justice Minister Alma Zadic and Integration Minister Susanne Raab announced a […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: Muslim groups in South Africa have written to their government asking for an intervention to stop Sri Lanka from forcibly cremating Muslims dying of the novel coronavirus. A letter seen by Anadolu Agency addressed to Naledi Pandor, minister of international relations and cooperation, requests her to help intervene in the matter. […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: A Group of 30 lawmakers urged Facebook Tuesday to remove anti-Muslim content on the social media platform, saying it is “dangerous” and “deadly.” Led by Democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell, the lawmakers said Facebook has failed to take action “in response to the abuse of your platform to dehumanize Muslims and stoke […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: Outrage is mounting in Sri Lanka after at least 15 Muslim coronavirus victims, including a baby, were cremated against family wishes and in contravention of Islamic funeral rites. Health authorities in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka insist all victims must be cremated – even if they are Muslims, who traditionally bury their dead […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: Austria’s constitutional court on Friday struck down a law introduced last year which banned the headscarf in primary schools, saying the measure was unconstitutional and discriminatory. In a statement explaining the decision, the court said the law “contravened the principle of equality in relation to freedom of religion, belief and conscience.” […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: A law being considered in the French assembly would see camps being set up to house people that have not committed crimes but are considered “radical.” A far-right politician in France’s national assembly has tabled a bill that would result in “internment camps” for Muslims. The proposed legislation presented by Guillaume Peltier, a […]
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Tue 08 December 2020: Delhi: Azadpur mandi, one of the largest wholesale markets for fruits and vegetables in the country, along with all others in the national capital will remain shut on Tuesday in support of the Bharat bandh, called by farmers, its chairman Adil Ahmed Khan said. The Bharatiya Kisan Union on Monday said […]
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Mon 07 December 2020: Pope Francis will break a 15-month hiatus from international travel to visit Iraq in March. The 83-year-old has long spoken of his desire to visit the Middle Eastern country, although the Vatican said the programme would “take into consideration the evolution of the worldwide health emergency”. Francis will be the first […]
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Thu 03 December 2020: The French government will launch a “massive and unprecedented” wave of measures to combat religious extremism, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said. Darmanin said on Wednesday that state services will be monitoring and controlling 76 Muslim places of worship, 16 in the Paris region and 60 in the rest of France, […]
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