Category: Religion

Mon 24 June 2019: A newly adopted Saudi law prohibits staring at strangers for more than five seconds, local media reported, adding that the government was still weighing how to implement the public decency law almost two months after it was adopted. One of the many rules that come under the law includes a ban on staring […]

Mon 17 June 2019: Throwing the holy book on the ground, in the largely Muslim-populated area of Drammen, which is 45 kilometers from capital Oslo, demonstrators protested against Islam, claiming it should be banned.  

Sun 16 June 2019: Diriliş: Ertuğrul, the wildly popular Turkish historical-drama series, is set in 13th century Anatolia, at the eve of the founding of the Ottoman Empire. The series has a huge following outside of Turkey too, inspiring numerous Facebook fan groups and memes (including a FB page dedicated to them) and no shortage of jokes based on the […]

Sun 16 June 2019: Carlos Eugenio Irarrazabal, who held his post for just 24 days, now joins more than 30 Chilean bishops who resigned in 2018 after a report commissioned by Pope Francis revealed a culture of abuse and cover-ups for decades in Chile’s Church. Appointed by Francis, it was hoped that Irarrazabal would help […]

Wed 12 June 2019: PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The flags hanging outside Anwar Ragaua’s house have drawn warnings from police, but the wiry 50-year-old vows he’s not taking them down. After all, the police weren’t there to help when he was the sole fisherman in his village to survive the tsunami that inundated the Indonesian […]

Wed 12 June 2019: Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba says being Muslim has helped him find inner peace and become a better person. The French footballer hasn’t always been religious. In an interview with British daily The Times’ Life Times, Pogba said his mother practiced Islam but didn’t raise her three sons as Muslims. Pogba […]

Mon 10 June 2019: Attackers threw rocks at a mosque in the central German city of Kassel on Sunday while some 50 Qurans – the holy book of Islam – were damaged in another attack on a mosque in northwest Bremen. The Central Mosque in Kassel, which operates under the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs […]

Sat 08 June 2019: ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s education and religion minister says the country’s long-delayed first state-sponsored mosque is likely to begin operating in September, about three years after its construction was approved by parliament. Kostas Gavroglou spoke Friday during a visit to the nearly complete mosque on the outskirts of Athens’ city […]