Sat 22 February 2020: Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary called for profiling of Muslim men at airports because “that is where the threat is coming from,” in an interview with the Times newspaper. The budget airline boss told the British newspaper that checks for families should be less stringent, while calling for the focus to […]
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Tue 18 February 2020: Mysterious artists such as Banksy are being praised for their works but they cannot have the same approach to a Muslim woman, says Pakistani painter Today the internet and social media have become a prominent tool for many artists to reach a wider audience. This new technology that offers a two-way […]
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Mon 17 February 2020: ‘We are totally committed to fight against all forms of populism that try to use Islamophobia to win votes,’ says UN head The UN chief on Sunday voiced his concern over rising Islamophobia in the world, calling it “intolerable.” Antonio Guterres’ remarks came during a joint news conference with Pakistan’s Foreign […]
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Mon 17 February 2020: At the British Museum, a collection of artefacts from the Muslim world is on show, which tells the history of a journey to Mecca always forbidden to non-Muslims. It features a succession of examples of the rich visual language of Islamic culture past and present, artwork created to reflect the powerful […]
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Sat 15 February 2020: (AFP) The foreign ministers of China and the Vatican have met in the first high-level encounter between the sides — a new sign of improving relations between two states with no diplomatic ties. The talks between China’s Wang Yi and Archbishop Paul Gallagher in the German city of Munich on Friday […]
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Sun 15 February 2020: The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad by Thomas Hegghammera is a biography on Abdallah Azzam and no doubt going to be the standard work on the Palestinian scholar who is seen as the founding father of global jihad. But Azzam’s legacy is also a contested one and Hegghammer […]
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Thu 13 February 2020: Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Abdulfattah Mashat stressed that the Saudi government welcomes Hajj and Umrah pilgrims from across the world without any pre-conditions. In a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat following his meeting with delegates of Hajj affairs from Islamic countries, he said that the ministry conveyed the Kingdom’s […]
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Mon 10 February 2020: Pope Francis called on internet-based companies Sunday to be vigilant about keeping human traffickers from using electronic communications to entrap victims. Francis said during his remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday that the “plague” of human trafficking “exploits the weakest.” He said research has shown that criminal […]
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Mon 10 February 2020: In the late 1800s, the Zionist movement called for a Jewish state to be established in Palestine. Sultan Abdülhamid II took a series of precautions to reverse the plan. However, when the sultan was dethroned and the Young Turks took charge, the movement was able to spread in the region The […]
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Mon 10 February 2020: Pope Francis called on internet-based companies Sunday to be vigilant about keeping human traffickers from using electronic communications to entrap victims. Francis said during his remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday that the “plague” of human trafficking “exploits the weakest.” He said research has shown that criminal […]
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