Thu 05 October 2020: An Indonesian delegation met on Tuesday with a number of Saudi businessmen and investors, asharq al awsat reported on Wednesday. The delegation discuss available investment opportunities in Hajj and Umrah, Joko Asmoro, chairman of the Indonesian Muslim Association for Hajj and Umrah, said that pilgrims from his country would arrive successively […]
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Tue 03 November 2020: Until today, the half-million Muslim faithful in the city had to resort to dingy basements and unsanitary locations to meet and perform prayers, Ibrahim Serif, the elected mufti of Komotini (Gumulcine) in Western Thrace, said Athens’ first mosque since the 19th century finally opened its doors to Muslim worshipers on Monday, […]
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Tue 03 November 2020: A mosque in northern France suffered an Islamophobic attack in which a pig’s head was left in the Muslim house of worship, said mosque officials on Monday. The head was found in the Grand Mosque in the city of Compiegne in Oise, where restoration work is being done, the Turkish-Muslim umbrella […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: A United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister on Monday called on Muslims to accept the stances of French President Emmanuel Macron on claim of “integration”. “[Muslims] have to listen carefully to what Macron said in his speech. He doesn’t want to isolate Muslims in the West, and he is totally right,” Anwar […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of talks for the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the war and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Nov. 1, 1995, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a video message to the virtual Leaders Summit on Genocide: Lessons Learned from Srebrenica, organized by the Srebrenica […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: “The moral high ground that we invite you to, is to reject hatred, marginalisation and divisive rhetoric, and use your leadership to bring people together.” In an open letter published on Saturday, more than 20 European Muslim organisations have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to end his “divisive rhetoric”, as […]
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Sun 01 October 2020: An unidentified arsonist attempted to set fire to a mosque in Chateaudun, France, the head of the mosque said Saturday. The General Secretary of Islamic Confederation National Opinion (CİMG), Fatih Saikir said someone poured a can of gasoline onto the mosque and started a fire but it was extinguished without growing […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Saturday condemned what he called “terrorist” attacks in France, but also warned that remarks by President Emmanuel Macron had “insulted Islam” and “hurt the unity of Muslims everywhere.” Islamic organizations in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, have called for protests and boycotts against France, sharing […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: A Danish far-right party on Friday announced a campaign to republish cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Mohammed that a French teacher showed students before being killed, but local media were hesitant. “The killing of Samuel Paty triggered the campaign, we want to show our support for his family and for freedom of speech,” Pernille Vermund, leader of Nye Borgerlige […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: The head of French Muslim NGO BarakaCity has publicly requested asylum in Turkey for himself and his organisation, following the French government’s crackdown against its Muslim population and its dissolution of the NGO. Idriss Sihamedi, BarakaCity’s founder and head, whose house was raided by anti-terror police two weeks ago over allegations […]
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