MANY AMERICANS DON’T BELIEVE IN ORGANIZED RELIGION BUT THEY BELIEVE IN KARMA, DEVIL & HELL: POLL

Fri 06 October 2023: According to a recent survey, one-third of Americans today prefer not to identify with any religion. In contrast to earlier comparable polls, the number of people who simply identified as Christians has also drastically decreased. Between May 11 and May 15, Associated Press-NORC conducted the survey. The poll of 1,680 adults […]

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US QURAN BURNING BY STUDENT SPARKS CONCERNS OVER RISING HINDU NATIONALISM

  A screengrab from video on social media where a 16-year-old boy is burning a copy of the Quran (Screengrab) According to the Indian American Muslim Council, it was not an isolated incident Thu 05 October 2023: A copy of the Quran was burnt in Illinois by a 16-year-old high school student, and rights organisations […]

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RENOWNED AMERICAN MMA FIGHTER AMBER LEIBROCK EMBRACES ISLAM

Tue 03 October 2023: A renowned American MMA fighter, Amber Leibrock, announced her conversion to Islam and expressed gratitude for her newfound faith in peace and happiness. Thirty-five-year-old converted to Islam in July this year and did not disclose this until recently. Taking to Instagram, Leibrock shared that she has had a “life-changing” few months […]

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MEXICO CHURCH COLLAPSES DURING SUNDAY MASS KILLING SEVERAL PEOPLE

Mon 02 October 2023: At least 10 people, including three children, were killed when the roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico. The collapse happened on Sunday afternoon, as around 100 people were attending a baptism, at Santa Cruz church in Ciudad Madero. Sixty people were injured, and dozens were trapped underneath the rubble. […]

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21 NEW CARDINALS APPOINTED BY POPE FRANCIS, EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND REFORM

Sun 01 October 2023: At a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals, personally conferring the necessary crimson cap on the majority of the new church officials. Due to his senior age, 95-year-old Luis Pascual Dri of Argentina, one of the cardinals, chose not to attend […]

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IOC ALLOWS PARIS OLYMPICS PARTICIPANTS TO WEAR HIJABS AT ATHLETES’ VILLAGE

Sat 30 September 2023: The International Olympic Committee has ruled that participants in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are free to wear a headscarf known as a hijab in the athletes’ village, just days after France’s sports minister barred it for the host country’s athletes. Although the IOC on Friday removed hijab restrictions in the […]

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QATAR TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS ISLAMOPHOBIA

Thu 28 September 2023: Georgetown University in Qatar plans to hold an international conference on Saturday to explore the root causes of the rising anti-Islamic sentiments. Themed “Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia”, the two-day event will bring together a host of scholars, activists, policymakers, and journalists. “This GU-Q conference promises to be an intellectually […]

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THEIR MASJID’S FATE NOW IN THE COURT’S HANDS, MATHURA’S MUSLIMS FEEL AN EVERYDAY OPPRESSION

Tue 26 September 2023: Mathura: Existing next to each other peacefully in Mathura are two religious structures – the Shahi Eidgah Masjid and the Shri Krishna Janmasthan temple. Between them is a police watchtower. Today, however, these markers of peace have turned into something less desirable. The lane that leads us to the Eidgah is guarded […]

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MALAYSIAN PM SAYS INACTION AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIC ACTS ‘DANGEROUS’

Sun 24 September 2023: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday condemned “new forms” of racism, Muslim stereotyping and Quran burnings, calling them “clear Islamophobic” acts. In his address to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Ibrahim said inaction against such acts sends a “dangerous” message to humanity. “We are concerned about emergence of […]

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