Wed 22 May 2019: Since Abraham built al-Ka’ba and called for Hajj 5,000 years ago, its doors have been of interest to kings and rulers throughout the history of Mecca. Historians say that when it was first built, the Kaaba had no door or roof and was simply made of walls. The first person to […]
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Sun 19 May 2019: An Austrian lawmaker has worn a headscarf during her address against a controversial bill that prohibits primary school girls across the country from wearing hijab — Muslim women’s modest clothing. Martha Bissmann, an independent MP, covered her hair during a general assembly speech on Friday to protest the measure, saying, “Let’s […]
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Sat 18 May 2019: Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop reportedly suspected of extorting priests and covering up sexual abuse, the Vatican said in a statement. The announcement comes after Pope Francis last week passed a landmark new measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic […]
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Fri 17 May 2019: A Berlin museum is set to announce plans to return the Stone Cross, a key cultural artifact, to Namibia. The cross, placed on Namibia’s coast by Portuguese explorers in 1486, is a symbol of the country’s colonial past. The German Historical Museum in Berlin is set to announce the return of […]
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Fri 17 May 2019: Your entire diet and lifestyle changes in Ramadan: You start to eat only two meals a day and spend hours without eating and drinking anything. However, as this year Ramadan coincides with spring and summer, some people might have problems finding the energy to keep up with their daily routines. The […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: VIENNA (Reuters) – The organization representing Austria’s Muslims said on Thursday it would ask the Constitutional Court to reverse a ban on headscarves in primary schools a day after it was passed in parliament. There were an estimated 700,000 Muslims living in Austria in 2017, or roughly 8 percent of the […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: Government, however, says the law will not affect the patka head covering worn by Sikh boys or the Jewish kippa. Austrian MPs on Wednesday approved a law aimed at banning the headscarf in primary schools, a measure proposed by the ruling right-wing government. To avoid charges that the law discriminates against Muslims, […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: American singer who converted to Islam attends traditional iftar dinner in Istanbul.Famous American vocalist Della Miles on Tuesday attended an annual iftar (fast-breaking) dinner with hundreds of locals on the streets of Istanbul. About 3,500 people gathered around tables at the Azerbaijan Friendship Park in the Bağcılar district and waited for […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: Five US men who say they were sexually abused as minors by Roman Catholic priests filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota on Tuesday against the Vatican, accusing the church of concealing the identities of thousands of predator clergy members. Three brothers and two other men claimed in a lawsuit filed in […]
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Tue 14 May 2019: ‘Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims here in the United States and all across the world,’ president says U.S. President Donald Trump hosted an iftar dinner at the White House on Monday to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The fast-breaking meal gathered ambassadors, including Turkish ambassador Serdar Kilic, […]
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