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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Sun 11 September 2022: Commemorations for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks remain an important part of US history, but for Muslim-Americans, post-9/11 ramifications of Islamophobia have bled deep into the fabric of American society more than two decades later. “Muslims continue to be the target of hate, bullying, and discrimination as a result of the […]
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Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari in Samarkand. Thu 01 September 2022: Imam Mohammed Al-Bukhari is considered as one of the most distinguished scholars of Hadith in Islamic history. His book Sahih al-Bukhari, in which the Prophet’s words, actions, or habits were collected, is one of the greatest sources of the prophetic influence in history. His full […]
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Sun 28 August 2022: On Saturday, August 28, local media in Colombia reported that the Church had disclosed the names of 26 priests who were under investigation for alleged child sex abuse. In response to a court decision in favor of Juan Pablo Barrientos, the Archdiocese of Medellin made public the list of those accused […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: Pope Francis will name 20 new cardinals on Saturday, chosen from all over the world, in an effort to set the stage for his eventual succession as head of the Catholic Church. As Pope Francis moves closer to choosing the next spiritual leader of the 1.3 billion Catholics, the ceremony is […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: When Pope Francis attends a gathering of religious leaders in Kazakhstan next month he will not meet the Russian Orthodox patriarch, who backs the war in Ukraine, RIA news agency cited a senior Orthodox official as saying on Wednesday. Francis, due to be in the capital Nur-Sultan from Sept. 13-15 to attend the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional […]
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Wed 24 August 2022: Research on racism and Islamophobia conducted by the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) in four countries in Europe and the United States has revealed alarming results. The YTB’s “Discrimination Perception” study found that 77% of participants reported facing discrimination based on ethnicity or religion, 88% stated that cases […]
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Tue 23 August 2022: A Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was arrested for making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad, which sparked large protests in Hyderabad city in India’s southern Telangana state on Monday night. According to Hyderabad police, Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the state Legislative Assembly, was arrested on Tuesday morning after multiple cases were registered against him […]
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