Tue 27 September 2022: Al-Qaradawi, who died on Monday aged 96, was a leading voice in the Muslim world, both in religion and in politics. The passing of Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Qatar on Monday marks the end of an era in contemporary Islam. Al-Qaradawi was one of the world’s most influential Muslim scholars, and a vocal advocate […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the Sunni Muslim world’s most influential religious scholars, has died. Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian who was based in Qatar, was the chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, and also a spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood. He was 96 years old. His death on Monday […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: Islamophobia remains a growing threat across Europe, with several countries enacting policies that have contributed to the institutionalisation of an issue that should, instead, be stamped out with urgency, a new report has warned. According to the European Islamophobia Report 2021, Islamophobia was “as pressing a problem” across the continent as […]
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Wed 21 September 2022: One in three Muslims in Southeast Asia consider themselves more religious than their parents were at their age, with their faith informing decisions around personal spending, fashion, banking, travel and education, a survey has found. Just 21 percent of the region’s 250 million Muslims say they are less observant than their […]
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Thu 15 September 2022: Saudi Arabia is to make use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help crowd management and streamline services for pilgrims visiting the kingdom’s two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. During the second edition of the Global AI Summit in Riyadh, Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Bassami, the director of public security at […]
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The Pope spoke to representatives of the world’s religions in Kazakhstan. Wed 14 September 2022: Pope Francis told an interfaith gathering in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan on Wednesday that religion should not be used to gain power, AFP reported. “May we never justify violence. May we never allow the sacred to be exploited by the profane. The […]
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Tue 13 September 2022: Doctors have advised Pope Francis not to visit Ukraine anytime soon, but he will travel to Kazakhstan for three days on Tuesday to bring a message of peace to troubled Central Asia. The Argentine pontiff, who must use a wheelchair due to knee trouble and has acknowledged he needs to take […]
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Mon 12 September 2022: Saudi Arabia has introduced robots to read the Holy Quran and deliver sermons at the Grand Mosque in Mecca as part of its latest effort to use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist the faithful in Islam’s holiest site, Gulf News reported. Users can access information on prayer imams, muezzins, weekly schedules, […]
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Sun 11 September 2022: The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has appointed Habib Salem Saqqaf Al-Jafri as a new chairperson. Al-Jafri, from Indonesia, replaces Ahmed Raissouni, who resigned last month after triggering controversy over the disputed Western Sahara region. In a statement, the Doha-based grouping said Al-Jafri was picked up to head the pan-Muslim […]
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Sun 11 September 2022: The US Supreme Court has granted temporary permission for an Orthodox Jewish university in New York to deny official recognition to an LGBTQ student group. Yeshiva University turned to the court for an urgent ruling after a New York state judge said the school had to let the Pride Alliance register […]
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