Last session of Salman Ouda’s trial could be Thursday, Son Abdullah says

Wed 02 October 2019: Abdullah Al-Ouda, son of the famous Saudi preacher Salman, expects the last session of his father’s trial to be held tomorrow, Arabi21 reported. On Twitter, Abdullah said that the Riyadh Court decided to hold a hearing for his father tomorrow, expecting that it would be the last session. The court cases again Al-Ouda […]

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Four Khamenei-linked institutions own 60% of Iran’s national assets, says politician

Sun 29 September 2019: In unprecedented remarks by a regime insider, reformist activist and veteran politician Behzad Nabavi has said four financial institutions linked to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei control 60 percent of Iran’s national wealth. He has also expressed concern over the presence of “spies at the highest levels of the Islamic Republic,” a […]

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Pope Criticized Western arms manufacturing countries for creating refugees

Mon 30 September 2019: Pope Francis on Sunday scolded countries that produce weapons for wars fought elsewhere and then refuse to take in refugees fleeing the very same conflicts, reports Reuters. The 82-year-old Argentine pope, whose parents were of Italian immigrant stock,has also criticised the arms trade repeatedly and his sermon for 40,000 people in St. […]

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Four Khamenei-linked institutions own 60% of Iran’s national assets, says politician

Sun 29 September 2019: In unprecedented remarks by a regime insider, reformist activist and veteran politician Behzad Nabavi has said four financial institutions linked to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei control 60 percent of Iran’s national wealth. He has also expressed concern over the presence of “spies at the highest levels of the Islamic Republic,” a […]

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French education minister reignites debate over Muslim headscarf

Fri 27 September 2019: A fresh political row has erupted over the Muslim headscarf in France after the education minister said he wanted to avoid having mothers in hijab as volunteers on school outings. Jean-Michel Blanquer described the choice of a headscarved woman accompanying a child on a school trip as an “error”. Accompanying the image, which […]

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France’s oldest mosque, in the Indian Ocean, gets a facelift

A picture taken on September 14, 2019 shows the under renovation minaret and mosque in Tsingoni, on the French island of Mayotte. / AFP / Ali AL-DAHER Thu 26 September 2019: At France’s oldest mosque, a five-century-old edifice on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, the sound of jackhammers is broken intermittently by recitals by […]

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Houthis Introduce Sectarianism to Primary Education

Tue 24 September 2019: Yemeni educators collectively said the added sectarianism to school curricula in Houthi-run areas will work to block and remold the minds of youth. Iran-backed Houthis continue to carry out crimes against local schools in areas they run. On that note, school sources in Sanaa, who requested anonymity, reported Houthis implementing a […]

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Trump thanks Erdoğan at UN religious freedom event

Tue 24 September 2019: U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Turkey’s president has become “a friend” following negotiations to free an American pastor from Turkish custody. Trump said his administration was “thrilled” to secure Andrew Brunson’s release following “a very short and respectful negotiation with a very strong man, and a man who has […]

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