Sat 15 October 2022: The European Union’s highest court has ruled that companies within its member states may prohibit hijabs as long as it is done in a “general” manner that does not constitute “direct discrimination.” The ruling, issued on Thursday by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), concerned a dispute that […]
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Thu 13 October 2022: Petitions challenging the Karnataka hijab ban led to a split verdict in the Supreme Court today. Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the petitions against the hijab ban, while Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them. One of the lawyers representing the petitioner said that the matter will be placed before the Chief Justice of […]
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Tue 11 October 2022: Saudi Arabia has announced that female pilgrims performing Hajj or Umrah no longer require a mahram, or closely-related male guardian to accompany them. At a press conference at the Saudi Embassy in Cairo yesterday, the Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, said that women from any part of the […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: Most victims of religious hate crimes in England and Wales were Muslims and Jews in the year to March 2022, according to official government data. The Home Office reported on Thursday that the overall number of hate crimes rose 26 percent from 2021 until 2022, to 155,841. Some 8,307 were religious hate […]
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Erdogan with Fatima Kaoukji, daughter of Marwa Kaoukji, the first veiled deputy in the Turkish parliament, Fatima was seen sitting with Erdogan wearing Hijab while he held his discussion on bilateral issues with Joe Biden. (June 15, 2021). Thu 06 October 2022: Turkiye’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, criticised the main opposition party CHP’s proposal for […]
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Wed 05 October 2022: France’s far-right politician Marine Le Pen has demanded more mosques be closed in the country. Her demand comes despite the closure of 24 mosques in France in the past two years upon the order of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. In an interview with French TV channel BFMTV, Marine Le Pen said: […]
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Sun 02 October 2022: Pope Francis said he is haunted by “rivers of blood and tears” and has made a direct appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine. In a speech devoted to Ukraine in St. Peter’s Square, the head of the Catholic Church also denounced […]
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Thu 29 September 2022: The government in France has announced that it is closing another mosque. Media reports n Wednesday said that the closure of the Obernai Mosque in the Bas-Rhin region is because the Imam has been accused of extremism, taking an anti-French position and making provocative comments against the values of the republic. […]
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Thu 29 September 2022: During a recent visit to Kazakhstan, Pope Francis stated that it is incorrect to refer to the conflict in Ukraine as a “Russia-Ukraine war” because it is actually a “world war” , according to media outlets close to the Vatican. According to reports, the president of the Vatican and the spiritual […]
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Tue 27 September 2022: KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC, Nonhlanhla Khoza, has called for a harsh sentence for the pastor who allegedly raped 13 children at Luvisi village in Nquthu, northern KwaZulu-Natal. It is alleged that the 56-year-old reverend has been luring young girls and boys, aged between five and 17 years to watch cartoons and […]
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