Tue 20 October 2020: French authorities said Tuesday they would close a Paris mosque as part of a clampdown on following the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed. The Grand Mosque of Pantin, a low-income suburb on the capital’s northeastern outskirts, had shared a video on […]
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Tue 20 October 2020: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his criticisms against French President Emmanuel Macron for using what he called an anti-Islam rhetoric that includes the creation of “French Islam” to cover up his failures in running his country. “Those who are disturbed by the rise of Islam are attacking our religion through the crises they […]
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Sun 18 October 2020: A Tunisian MP is being investigated for allegedly attempting to justify the decapitation of a French teacher in a gruesome terror attack this week, reports DW. History teacher Samuel Paty, 47, was beheaded on Friday afternoon in the suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, about 30km northwest of Paris. Paty had conducted a class on freedom […]
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Sun 18 October 2020: Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform prayers in one of the most holy religious sites, Al Haram Mosque (Grand Mosque) in Makkah, for the first time in seven months, state television reported early on Sunday. A group of worshipers prayed Fajr (the dawn prayer) in […]
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Sun 18 October 2020: Man argued that he had promised his wife not to shake hands with another woman A German court ruled on Friday that a Muslim who refused to shake hands with a woman should not be granted German citizenship. The 40-year-old Lebanese doctor, who came to Germany in 2002, he studied medicine […]
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Wed 14 October 2020: A Toronto mosque remained closed on Monday night after it received several violent and offensive threats by email early Saturday. Toronto police are investigating. On Twitter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “deeply disturbed” by the news, while Toronto Mayor John Tory said the threats are “completely unacceptable” and he stands […]
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Tue 13 October 2020: Foreign pilgrims coming from abroad will be allowed to perform Umrah and visit holy mosques from November 1 The Saudi Ministry of Haj and Umrah announced that 250,000 domestic pilgrims will be allowed to perform Umrah in the second phase of the gradual resumption of the pilgrimage. The move will mark […]
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Sat 10 October 2020: A French aid worker held in Mali for four years by militants has revealed that she converted to Islam during here captivity, according to French media reports. Sophie Petronin arrived at Villacoublay airport, southwest of Paris on Friday, where she was welcomed by President Emmanuel Macron. In a Twitter post, Macron said he […]
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Wed 07 October 2020: Rihanna has issued an apology to the Muslim community after receiving backlash for using sacred Islamic verses in a song played at her fashion show. The 32-year-old singer’s star-studded Savage X Fenty fashion show debuted on Amazon Prime on Oct. 2 and was praised for its inclusivity, featuring models of different sizes, races, and […]
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Tue 06 October 2020: Erdogan urged Macron to act like a responsible statesman, rather than pretending to be a colonial governor The French president’s recent claims about Islam amount to a dangerous provocation, Turkey’s president said on Tuesday. “[Emmanuel] Macron’s statement on ‘Islam is in crisis’ in a city where Muslims are the majority go […]
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