Tue 08 September 2020: VATICAN – Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of an American priest accused of child abuse, weeks before he was set to become the bishop of Duluth, Minnesota. According to local media, Michel J. Mulloy, 66, decided to resign after an accusation surfaced in early August that he sexually abused […]
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Sat 05 September 2020: Saudi authorities have recently arrested Sheikh Abdullah Basfar, one of the famous Quran reciters across the Islamic world, the Prisoners of Conscience revealed on Twitter on Friday. ? BREAKING 4 We confirm the detention of Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Basfar since August 2020.#عبدالله_بصفر pic.twitter.com/twynCDmnjM — Prisoners of Conscience (@m3takl_en) September 3, 2020 The Prisoners […]
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Wed 02 September 2020: Deliberately offending billions of Muslims cannot be justified through freedom of expression or the press, says Pakistan Pakistan on Tuesday denounced a French magazine’s decision to republish offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. “Pakistan condemns in the strongest terms the decision by the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, to re-publish deeply offensive caricatures […]
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Tue 01 September 2020: The French satirical newspaper whose Paris offices were attacked in 2015 is reprinting the controversial caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad that the gunmen who opened fire on its editorial staff cited as their motivation. “We will never lie down. We will never give up,” editor Laurent “Riss” Sourisseau wrote in a […]
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Sun 30 August 2020: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday condemned the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book Quran in the southern Sweden city of Malmo. In a statement, the Jeddah-based bloc described the burning as an “act of incitement and provocation” and “contradicts with global efforts to combat extremism […]
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Fri 28 August 2020: German court rules Muslim teacher who wears headscarf was subjected to discrimination because of her religion The capital Berlin’s ban on teachers who are wearing headscarves is unconstitutional, a top German court ruled Thursday. A Muslim teacher who was not allowed to teach in Berlin state schools because she wore a […]
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Thu 27 August 2020: Brenton Tarrant to spend rest of his life behind bars for killing 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in March last year A 29-year-old Australian white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole […]
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Wed 26 August 2020: Islamist preacher Zakir Naik in a recent video on YouTube urged Muslims to united behind a single political party and suggested that they should perform ‘Hijra’ (migration) if they are unable to perform their daily rituals. He made the remarks during a response to a question from one of India followers living […]
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Tue 25 August 2020: American rapper Kanye West, who established his footwear line in 2009, is being accused of disrespecting Islam by naming two of the latest editions to his Yeezy Boost trainers after the religion’s archangels. Adidas revealed the new shoes Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Israfil and Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Asriel last week, […]
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Fri 21 August 2020: Toronto police need to do more to protect Muslim communities after several recent attacks on mosques that are not being investigated as hate crimes, Islamic organizations says Masjid Toronto in the city’s downtown has been the site of six attacks in the past three months, three attacks each at two mosques. […]
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