The anti-encroachment drive being carried out in front of Masjid Bengali Market,in New Delhi on Tuesday (Photo: PTI) Wed 12 Apr 2023: A madrasa of a 250-year-old mosque was bulldozed for alleged encroachment in Bengali Market, New Delhi on Tuesday morning. During the process, a portion of the mosque was also demolished. The Land and […]
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Tarawih prayers are held at Times Square, New York, by Muslims in the United States. Wed 12 Apr 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report Tuesday covering nationwide incidents of civil rights complaints by Muslim Americans in 2022 which revealed a 23% decrease. Last year, the Muslim advocacy group received 5,156 complaints […]
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Tue 11 Apr 2023: Jewish visitors and tourists will be banned from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem until the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, a statement from Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. An Israeli police raid at the site last week triggered rocket attacks on Israel from […]
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Tue 11 Apr 2023: A Muslim community leader in Canada has raised concerns about the spread of Islamophobic hate in the country after a man uttered threats and tried to run over congregants outside a mosque in the province of Ontario. Qasir Nasir Khan, president of the Islamic Society of Markham, told reporters on Monday […]
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Mon 10 Apr 2023: A recent survey has revealed that people in more than a dozen Muslim-majority nations do not agree with United States’ plans in West Asia, do not view Washington as serious about encouraging the development of democracy in the energy-rich region, nor allowing people to decide their own fate as they wish. The […]
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Mon 10 Apr 2023: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has apologised after a viral video on social media showed him asking a boy to “suck my tongue”. “A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked his Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug. “A […]
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Mon 10 Apr 2023: A group of men armed with lathis barged into a mosque in a village in Haryana’s Sonipat, attacked people offering namaz and vandalised the place, police said on Monday. At least six people were injured in the Sunday evening attack in the mosque in Sandal Kalan village, they said. Police have […]
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Sun 09 Apr 2023: A call for peace and reconciliation marked Pope Francis‘ Easter message following mass on Sunday. Francis prayed for peace for the “beloved Ukrainian people” and that the light of Easter “may shine on the people of Russia.” He prayed that “prisoners (may) return home and the entire international community (may) strive to end war […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: During a first official state iftar on Friday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Russia for its treatment of the Muslim Tatar community in Crimea, which is under the control of the Kremlin, and vowed to retake the peninsula from Russia. In 2014, Russia took over the territory bordering the Black Sea […]
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Fri 07 Apr 2023: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said joining Muslims as they fast during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan showed him “the true face of Islam.” “The sense of peace, the sense of solidarity, the sense of generosity that I witnessed in the communities hosting refugees, and also the resilience, the courage of the refugees themselves was extremely inspiring,” he said. His remarks came […]
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