Glass shards lay scattered on the prayer floor of Shahi Jama mosque in Sohna, Haryana after a Hindu mob vandalised the mosque. Fri 04 August 2023: Muslims here will not offer Friday namaz at any public place or mosques in view of violence that flared up in Nuh, Sohna, and Gurugram earlier in the […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: Seven Danish opposition parties, on Thursday, voiced objection to the government’s efforts to make it illegal to burn copies of the Quran, arguing that legislation would be an unacceptable restriction on freedom of expression, Reuters reports. Outrage in the Muslim world over desecration of the Quran in front of embassies of Muslim countries […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: Pope Francis held a private meeting with victims of clerical sexual abuse in Portugal on Wednesday. The pope met with 13 victims at the Apostolic Nunciature “in an atmosphere of intense listening and lasted over an hour,” according to the Vatican News. “This evening, after concluding his institutional and ecclesial encounters, […]
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On the occasion of the Day of Condemnation against the Desecration of the Holy Quran, the Jamaat-e-Islami Women’s Circle held a demonstration in Peshawar. (July 8, 2023) Mon 31 July 2023: The Danish government will try to find legal means that will enable authorities to prevent the burning of copies of the Quran in […]
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The facade of East London Mosque in London, England. Wed 26 July 2023: The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has launched a campaign to help protect mosques from being bullied by the charities’ regulator in England and Wales into adopting policies that limit their ability to speak and preach aspects of Islam to their […]
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Mon 24 July 2023: In Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, two demonstrators burned a copy of the Quran in front of the embassy of Iraq. The Quran was set it alight in a tin foil tray on Monday by a pair from a group calling itself Danish Patriots next to the Iraqi flag that was […]
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Mon 24 July 2023: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced on Sunday that Sweden’s Special Envoy status with the organization has been suspended. According to an OIC statement, Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha was asked to consider actions against countries where the Holy Quran and Islamic symbols are desecrated, including possibly suspending the Special Envoy […]
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People hold signs during a protest in Montréal against Islamphobia in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes Sun 23 July 2023: As Canadians, we often take pride in perceiving ourselves as different from the United States, proudly asserting our contempt about events south of the border. Yet, a haunting question lingers: have we fallen into some of the same […]
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Sun 23 July 2023: Excitement is building among the South African Muslim community as two prominent Islamic scholars, Mohammed Hijab and Hamza Tzortzis, gear up for their highly anticipated visit to the nation. Known for their intellectual acumen and engaging debates, the scholars will be sharing their insights on various philosophical, theological, and political aspects […]
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Sat 22 July 2023: Pop band from the United Kingdom The 1975’s performance at a Malaysian music festival was stopped short after frontman Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate onstage and criticized Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws. In Muslim-majority Malaysia, homosexuality is a crime. In videos posted on social media, Healy was seen kissing bassist Ross MacDonald […]
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