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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Sat 17 June 2023: I have been blessed to perform the Hajj pilgrimage on two occasions, and can confirm that being part of the greatest Islamic show on earth is not only life-changing, but also a privilege granted by the Almighty. One of the first things that we who embrace Islam later in life are […]
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Tue 13 June 2023: A Sweden appeals court of on Monday upheld a lower court striking down a ban on Quran burning, saying police had no legal grounds to block two Quran burning protests earlier this year. In a statement, the court said it upheld an administrative court ruling overturning a police decision to stop […]
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Sun 11 June 2023: Members of a Hindu organisation were detained in their houses in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district after they announced to go to Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur district to demand a ‘fatwa’ against Muslim youths who allegedly tie ‘Kalawa’ (sacred red thread) on their wrists to ‘trap Hindu girls’ and promote ‘love-jihad’, […]
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Sun 11 June 2023: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Saturday issued a directive to host 1,000 Palestinian pilgrims from the families of martyrs, prisoners, and injured to perform the Haj this year, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The hosting comes within the program that is implemented and […]
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Sat 10 June 2023: A large Muslim charity, suing those who charged it funded terrorist groups, won an out-of-court settlement against its accusers, it was reported Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. The defendants also retracted their claims as part of the settlement. Islamic Relief Canada, one of the country’s largest Muslim charities, filed a CAN$2.5 million (US$1.87 million) […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: New Zealand Muslim parents have raised concerns about schools participating in ‘Pride Weeks’, an annual celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. Scheduled to be held from June 12 to 16, the event has already sparked controversy. In a letter addressed to New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, Syed Mujeeb, a concerned Muslim […]
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Thu 08 June 2023: Pope Francis is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery in Rome amid concerns over the pontiff’s already fragile health. “The Holy Father is well, this is the news that you and the whole world were waiting for,” Sergio Alfieri, the doctor who performed the operation at the Gemelli Hospital in the Italian […]
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Sun 04 June 2023: In his first appearance on a major television network on Sunday, Pope Francis once more made a call for peace and spoke out against war. “It is a story as old as humanity: With peace you always win, maybe a little, but you win; With war, you lose everything. Everything! And […]
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