Thu 08 December 2022: During a traditional prayer in the center of Rome on Thursday, Pope Francis cried and referred to the suffering of Ukrainians. The pope had to stop speaking for around thirty seconds after mentioning the Ukrainians because his voice started to shake. His voice was beginning to break as he continued the […]
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Tue 6 December 2022: Indonesia has passed a new Criminal Code that makes sex outside of marriage and cohabitation illegal. The new laws apply to both Indonesians and foreigners and reinstate a ban on insulting the president, state institutions, or Pancasila, Indonesia’s national ideology. The new criminal code, which was approved unanimously by parliament on […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: Proudly Muslim Qatar has taken advantage of the World Cup to reach out to the hundreds of thousands of visiting fans to change minds about Islam or even make conversions. The Gulf emirate is the first Muslim nation to stage a football World Cup and its gas riches have endowed it […]
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Fri 02 December 2022: Migrant deaths in the Mediterranean are “unacceptable and almost always avoidable,” Pope Francis said on Friday, renewing a call for policymakers across the region to address the issue in a manner “beneficial to all”, Reuters reports. The 85-year-old Pontiff, son of Italian immigrants to Argentina, often speaks up for the rights of migrants, […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: Russia’s envoy has expressed Moscow’s strong dissatisfaction with the Vatican following Pope Francis’ latest condemnation of the “cruelty” of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. Francis had told the Jesuit magazine America in an interview: “When I speak about Ukraine, I speak about the cruelty because I […]
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Fri 25 November 2022: Ukraine’s leaders will have to be “far-sighted” to secure peace, Pope Francis says, suggesting that Kyiv would have to make concessions. The pope this month had called for a ceasefire to avert the risk of escalation of the conflict and asked God to “hurry up” to end it. In an open […]
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Wed 23 November 2022: The 8th World Halal Summit and the 9th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo will begin in Istanbul on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The two major gatherings on the global market for products and services conforming to Islamic guidelines (known as halal) will see the participation of nearly 500 exhibitors from 40 […]
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FILE PHOTO: Muslim mothers are protesting against an LR amendment in the Blanquer law which plans to ban school trips for parents wearing ostentatious religious symbols. (28 May-2019). Fri 18 November 2022: The city of Montpellier in southern France has shut down two Islamic schools, Anadolu Agency reported.according to local media reports. Officials carried out […]
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Fri 18 November 2022: Pope Francis has reiterated that the Vatican is ready to do anything possible to mediate and put an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the pontiff said in an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa. Asked whether he believed reconciliation between Moscow and Kyiv was possible, the pope […]
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Fri 11 November 2022: According to prosecutors and legal authorities, a priest who serves in northwest France has been charged with drugging and raping a 15-year-old whom he allegedly met on a homosexual dating app. After setting up a meeting in Paris last week using the app Grindr, the priest from a small parish close […]
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