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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Fri 30 October 2020: Tens of thousands of protesters, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, vented out their fury at France on Friday as the French president’s vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world. A crowd in Bangladesh burned an effigy of President Emmanuel […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: A Danish daily credited with starting a debate over criticism of Islam has said it will not print cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as part of a political advertizing campaign, due to alleged safety concerns. Jacob Nybroe, editor-in-chief of Jyllands-Posten, said his newspaper will not participate in an ad campaign launched […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: Top American comedian Dave Chappelle revealed the moment that led to his conversion to Islam, as well as his experience at the holy Zamzam well in Saudi Arabia, during an interview this week. Appearing as a guest in the latest season of the Netflix series My Guest Needs No Introduction with David […]
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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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