Sat 26 September 2020: Francis says pandemic ‘has exposed our human fragility’ ROME – Pope Francis on Friday called for a joint commitment towards a better future through multilateralism, global responsibility, collaboration among states and inclusion of the poor. In his speech to the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, the pope stressed that […]
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Fri 25 September 2020: Saudi Arabia will gradually begin allowing Umrah pilgrims to re-enter the Two Holy Mosques starting from October 4 Sophisticated thermal cameras have been set up in the Grand Mosque in Mecca a few weeks before the resumption of the Umrah journeys. President- General for Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the […]
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Fri 25 September 2020: On August 9, 2020, 11 members of a family of Pakistani Hindu migrants were found dead in Rajasthan’s Lodta village in Jodhpur district Pakistan’s minority Hindus rallied late on Thursday in Islamabad, briefly clashing with the police, to protest the deaths of 11 members of a Hindu migrant family who died in India […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: The call to prayer fell silent for five years on account of the complaint, lodged by a couple A German court on Wednesday rejected an application to silence the muezzin’s call from a mosque in a small town after a legal dispute lasting five years. The Turkish Islamic community (Ditib) may […]
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Sat 19 September 2020: The firms behind Zakir Naik’s Peace TV have both filed for liquidation. The licence for Peace TV was held by Lord Productions Limited, which was fined £100,000, and Club TV, which held the licence for Peace TV Urdu, was fined £200,000 over the broadcasting breaches, by the UK’s media regulator Ofcom […]
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Fri 18 September 2020: Lawmaker says no rule prevents people from attending meeting in religious attire PARIS – Right-wing and republican lawmakers walked out of a meeting in France’s parliament Thursday due to the presence of a woman wearing a Muslim headscarf. During the meeting in Paris, which was discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and its […]
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Fri 18 September 2020: Nutella has caused an internet storm this week after the brand’s US Twitter account incorrectly said the product was not halal. The claim was made after a Manchester-based Twitter user asked the company if their products were suitable for a halal diet, to which Nutella responded, “No, they are not halal”. […]
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Thu 10 September 2020: Learning the Quran in Urdu translation mandatory for all students nationwide, except for non-Muslims LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistan has made learning the Quran in Urdu translation mandatory for all students nationwide, except for non-Muslims, so they can better understand their faith in the country’s native tongue and use that knowledge to […]
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Wed 09 September 2020: TERNTON, Canada – A Muslim woman whose hijab was compared to wearing a hat and sunglasses in court, finally received an apology Tuesday from a Quebec judge. But the apology was five years in the making after Judge Eliana Marengo refused in 2015 to hear the case of Rania El-Alloul, who […]
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Wed 09 September 2020: Scholars say normalization agreements seek concession of remaining Palestinian lands Hitting back at last month’s controversial UAE-Israeli deal, a group of global Muslim scholars on Tuesday issued a religious ruling (fatwa) forbidding normalization with the Israeli occupation. The ruling came in a statement by the Qatar-based International Union for Muslim Scholars […]
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