Category: Religion

‘I LOVE MUHAMMAD’ BANNER CONTROVERSY: HOW ROUTINE DECORATION IN KANPUR SPARKED NATIONWIDE PROTESTS, CRACKDOWNS

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Tue 30 September 2025: The immediate flashpoint this weekend was Bareilly, where a post-Friday prayer protest turned violent, prompting police action, detentions, arrests and an internet shutdown. Lucknow: What began as a seemingly routine decoration in Kanpur on the eve of Eid Milad-un-Nabi has spiraled for over three weeks into one of the most volatile religious controversies in […]

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PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE FOR CHURCHES: ISRAEL HAS DESTROYED CHRISTIAN PRESENCE IN PALESTINE

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  A view of the damaged historical Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, where civilians took shelter, after Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza on October 20, 2023. [Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency] Mon 29 September 2025: The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine said on Sunday that Israel has destroyed the Christian presence […]

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ONE DEAD, MULTIPLE INJURED IN SHOOTING AT MORMON CHURCH IN MICHIGAN: POLICE

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Sun 28 September 2025: One person has been killed and nine injured in a shooting at a church belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan in the United States, according to police. The suspect is also dead, Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said on Sunday. “There are multiple […]

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SURVEY SAYS EIGHT OUT OF 10 MUSLIMS EXPERIENCE ‘WIDESPREAD’ HATRED IN FRANCE

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Fri 26 September 2025: A new survey revealed the extent of discrimination and racism targeting Muslims in France, with 82 percent of respondents believing that hatred towards them is widespread in the country and 81 percent saying it has increased over the past decade. Conducted by polling company Ifop among a representative sample of a […]

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ERDOGAN SAYS TRUMP MEETING WITH ARAB, MUSLIM LEADERS ON GAZA WAS ‘FRUITFUL’

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Wed 24 September 2025: Trump presents plan on ending war on margins of UNGA dominated by Gaza, billed countries attending meeting as ‘the group that could do it’. Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he is “pleased” with the results of a “fruitful” meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Arab and Muslim leaders […]

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PALESTINE SOUNDS ALARM ABOUT ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ ISRAELI ASSAULT ON CHURCHES

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Sat 16 August 2025: Palestine on Friday warned of an “unprecedented” Israeli assault on churches in the territory as part of a “systematic campaign to eradicate Christian presence,” Anadolu reports. The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to “an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land, led by a direct attack on […]

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‘ISLAMOPHOBIC’: SPANISH TOWN’S BAN ON RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS SPARKS CRITICISM

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Sat 09 August 2025: The ban, originally proposed by far-right Vox party, affects Muslims celebrating religious holidays in sports centres in Jumilla. A ban imposed by a southeastern Spanish town on religious gatherings in public sports centres, which will mainly affect members of the local Muslim community, has sparked criticism from the left-wing government and […]

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HINDUTVA MEN ARRESTED FOR POISONING SCHOOL WATER TANK TO TARGET MUSLIM PRINCIPAL IN INDIA’S KARNATAKA

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Mon 04 August 2025: In a disturbing incident in Belagavi district of Karnataka, a member of the Sri Rama Sena  allegedly poisoned the drinking water at a government school in an attempt to oust its Muslim principal, leaving several children aged between seven and ten seriously ill, the News Minute reported. The Soundatti Police Station registered […]

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NEW REPORT BLAMES HINDUTVA IDEOLOGY FOR 2022 LEICESTER RIOTS

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Fri 01 August 2025: A groundbreaking report by an British-Indian advocacy organisation will lay bare the causes and consequences of the city’s 2022 riots, pointing to the sectarian Hindutva ideology as the key instigator. The report titled, Community Tensions, Hindutva, & Islamophobia, is due for release next week and was researched and released by the United Kingdom-Indian […]

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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS FEDERAL WORKERS CAN DISCUSS, PROMOTE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AT WORK

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Tue 29 July 2025: The Trump administration has announced that US federal employees are allowed to express and promote their religious beliefs in the workplace. The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the chief human resources agency for the federal government, issued a government-wide memorandum, directing federal agencies “to take affirmative steps to protect religious […]

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