Tue 04 July 2023: The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent meeting on the burning of a Quran outside a mosque in Sweden, following a request from Pakistan. The debate on the rise of religious hatred will likely take place later this week, a spokesperson for the Geneva-based UN council told a press briefing […]
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Mon 03 July 2023: Pope Francis said the burning of the Muslim holy book, the Qur’an, has made him angry and disgusted and that he condemned and rejected permitting the act as a form of freedom of speech. “Any book considered holy should be respected to respect those who believe in it,” the pope said […]
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Anti-mosque protesters have held pork BBQs and left pig heads outside the construction site in actions the country’s human rights commissions said were designed to demean Muslims and incite hostility [Raphael Rashid/Al Jazeera] Sun 02 July 2023: Plan to rebuild a small mosque for Daegu university students has come up against a powerful conservative Christian […]
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Sat 01 July 2023: The EU on Saturday said burning a copy of the Quran or any other holy book “is offensive, and disrespectful and a clear act of provocation”, Anadolu reports. The remarks came after a person identified as Salwan Momika burned a copy of the Muslim holy book under police protection in front […]
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Thu 29 June 2023: Rubeena Akhtar has a lot to do before Thursday, the day Indian-administered Kashmir will celebrate Eid Al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice”. Relatives and friends will be coming over all through the day and Akhtar wants everything to be perfect. She has already made her trip to the neighbourhood baker to […]
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Thu 29 June 2023: The exodus from the Catholic Church in Germany continued last year with more than half a million people officially leaving – a new record – according to figures released by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) on Wednesday. In 2022, 522,821 members left, easily eclipsing the previous record set only the year […]
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Mon 26 June 2023: The pilgrimage of Hajj has begun as crowds of Muslims donning white robes circle the Kaaba, the cubed structure at the epicentre of Islam’s holiest site, their prayers ringing through the air. The annual pilgrimage began on Sunday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with the tawaf, the circling of the Kaaba, in an event […]
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Thu 22 June 2023: Amid the scorching heat, pilgrims from across the globe embarked on a spiritual journey by visiting Mount Arafat while gathering in the holy city of Mecca to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. They seek forgiveness and strive for a deeper connection with their faith, Anadolu Agency reports. The Hajj pilgrimage, a fundamental pillar of Islam, […]
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Mon 19 June 2023: India’s largest socio-religious Muslim organisation, on Monday, rejected the government’s move to seek public and religious organisations’ views on the Uniform Civil Code, which meant that all people, regardless of region or religion, would be subject to the same set of civil laws, Anadolu Agency reports. The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said in a statement […]
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Sun 18 June 2023: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it has received more than one million pilgrims so far for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. “Around 1,150,000 pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia for Hajj,” Mohammed al-Bijawi, undersecretary of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, told the state-run Al-Ekhbariya TV channel. “The influx of pilgrims […]
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