Fri 13 March 2020: (AFP) All Catholic churches across Rome have been closed to stem the spread of a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 1,000 people across Italy. The churches will reopen when a broader Italian government crackdown on public gatherings expires on April 3, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the papal vicar for […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: Last week, images of Islam’s holiest site, the Great Mosque of Mecca, empty and deserted of worshippers caused shock across the Muslim world. For the first time in living memory, the Kaaba, the black cube structure which sits at the centre of the Great Mosque, had no worshippers around it praying or performing the […]
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Wed 11 March 2020: The third-largest city in the U.S. state of New Jersey has greenlighted mosques making the call to prayer over loudspeakers. The city council of the city of Paterson made the move in a 5-4 vote late Tuesday, with the support of Maritza Davila, the council president. The measure allows the adhan, […]
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Wed 11 March 2020: (AFP) Lawyers for disgraced Cardinal George Pell claimed the senior cleric’s conviction for child sex abuse was based on “improbabilities”, as they launched a last-ditch appeal in Australia’s top court Wednesday. The 78-year-old former Vatican treasurer, who is serving a six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two choirboys in the 1990s, was […]
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Al Jazzar Mosque was built after its 18th Century Ottoman governor in Acre Sun 08 March 2020: Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambition to establish an empire in the East was crushed in 1799 at the Siege of Acre by Ahmed Jazzar Pasha. On 20 May 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte lifted the siege of the city of Acre on […]
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Sat 07 March 2020: Book Author(s) : Andrew F March Published Date : September 2019 Publisher : Belknap Press Hardcover : 272 pages ISBN-13 : 978-0674987838 he Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought by Andrew F March comes to us at an interesting time. The 2011 Arab Spring led many across the MENA […]
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FILE PHOTO Fri 06 March 2020: Protesters demonstrated outside the famous Matignon restaurant in Paris a day after it turned back a Muslim customer for reportedly wearing a headscarf. A group of English and French women were turned away from a restaurant in Paris last month because one member was wearing a hijab, the Daily Mail […]
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FILE PHOTO Fri 06 March 2020: Turkish business body, int’l institute sign two agreements to improve awareness on halal standards The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) and Turkey’s Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MUSIAD) signed on Thursday two agreements to improve halal standardization capacity and awareness in the region. The pacts, signed […]
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Thu 05 March 2020: The Grand Mosque in Mecca will briefly close overnight and reopen an hour before Friday morning prayers as Saudi Arabian authorities sanitize the holy site to ensure the health and safety of pilgrims amid growing concerns over the coronavirus, authorities confirm. The temporary closure will begin an hour after the end […]
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Thu 05 March 2020: Recently, criticizing Khatija’s choice of clothing, the writer wrote, “I absolutely love AR Rahman’s music. But whenever I see his dear daughter, I feel suffocated. It is really depressing to learn that even educated women in a cultural family can get brainwashed very easily”. I absolutely love A R Rahman’s music. […]
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