Thu 27 November 2025: Pope Leo XIV embarks on his first foreign trip on Thursday, roughly six months after his election as head of the Catholic Church. The six-day journey begins in Türkiye and continues to Lebanon on Sunday, passing through two predominantly Muslim countries that host Christian minorities. Vatican State President Pope Leo XIV, at the […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), the largest faction in parliament, has called for a series of harsh anti-Islam measures, including a blanket ban on headscarves in schools, a new “law banning political Islam”, and an immediate halt to mass immigration. Responding to plans by the ruling coalition government to introduce a […]
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Tue 18 November 2025: The Dutch Cabinet has postponed plans to ban law enforcement officers from wearing visible religious symbols following a warning from the Council of State, local media reported on Monday. The government put on hold the move to implement a ban on religious symbols including headscarves for special investigating officers, known as BOAs, as […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: The Vatican has returned 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada’s Catholic bishops, describing the gesture as “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity.” The handover comes after prolonged calls from Indigenous communities for the repatriation of cultural objects taken during the colonial era. On Saturday, the Vatican formally returned the 62 […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: The Vatican has opened an investigation into Rafael Zornoza Boy, bishop of Cadiz and Ceuta, over allegations that he repeatedly sexually abused a minor in the 1990s, Spanish daily El Pais reported on Monday. The case marks the first time a sitting bishop-one of the highest-ranking figures in the Catholic Church, […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: A report found a sharp increase in attacks on mosques across the UK over the past three months, with religious and national symbols increasingly used to intimidate British Muslims. According to data compiled by the British Muslim Trust (BMT), at least 27 verified attacks targeted mosques between July 26 and the end of October, including […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: The government of Assam, led by Hindu nationalist Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, has announced plans to introduce a new law to prevent Hindus converting to Islam through marriage. The proposed legislation, described by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government as an “anti-Love Jihad” measure, would impose life imprisonment on men […]
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Thu 06 November 2025: Pope Leo met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time on Thursday, discussing the urgent need for the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and to pursue a two-state solution to end the Israel-Palestine conflict. “During the cordial talks, it was recognized that there is an urgent need to provide assistance […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Allegation that Nigerian Christians face ‘existential threat’ seems to mirror contested claims by right-wing lawmakers. United States President Donald Trump has announced that Nigeria will be placed on a watchlist for religious freedom, based on vague claims that Christians in the country are being “slaughtered” by Muslims. In a social media post on Friday, […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: The 13th edition of the Islamic Economics and Finance Summit opened its doors to visitors on Tuesday at Istanbul-based Bogazici University. The event is organized by the Islamic Economics Research Center (IKAM) of the ILKE Foundation. Anadolu serves as its global communications partner. Ahmet Saik Oner, chair of the ILKE Foundation, stated that the organization […]
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