Tue 05 July 2022: Pope Francis has denied reports that he will step down anytime soon and says that after visiting Canada later this month, he expects to travel to Moscow and Kyiv. A planned retirement announcement at the end of the summer “never entered my mind,” Francis added in a Reuters interview that was […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: Saudi Arabia has announced that it will impose a $2,665 (10,000 riyals) fine against pilgrims attempting to perform the Hajj without a permit. Yesterday the Public Security spokesperson, Brigadier General Sami Al-Shuwairekh, said that pilgrims must obtain a Hajj permit from the relevant authorities before attempting to undertake the pilgrimage, a fundamental […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: Many Muslims from Western countries miss out as Saudi Arabia’s Hajj authorities move pilgrimage bookings online. Bags packed with newly-bought loose-fitting abaya robes, comfortable shoes and non-fragranced toiletries, Sajidah Anwar was ready to perform Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the fifth pillar of Islam and a religious requirement for all Muslims who can […]
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Mon 27 June 2022: Twitter has been accused of neglecting to take action against accounts that encourage hatred on its platform by the Muslim community in Australia. An advocacy group for the community has filed a complaint against Twitter with the Queensland Human Rights Commission, citing a manifesto of the extremist who murdered 77 people […]
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Sat 25 June 2022: The two factions of the powerful Muslim religious organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), which are both led by Deobandi clerics, are attempting to reconcile fourteen years after the JUH split. In 2008, the division occurred because members of its working committee raised questions about the way the leader at the time, Maulana […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: Seemingly, Islam came to India much before than it is believed to have moved in with traders who sailed to coastal belts. The first mosque is presumed to have been built in India well before the Prophet migrated to Madina, the new evidence suggests. A Masjid in Gujarat is much older […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: Full-body swimwear, such as the Burkini, is not permitted in public pools in Grenoble, France’s top administrative court declared on Tuesday, upholding a previous court’s decision. “The new rules of procedure for the municipal swimming pools of Grenoble affect (…) the proper functioning of the public service, and undermines the equal treatment of […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called for enacting a law to ban insults against religions and sanctities, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Doha-based grouping said it will dispatch a delegation of Muslim scholars to Islamic countries for talks on the increasing insults against the Islamic religion. IUMS said […]
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Sun 19 June 2022: Saudi Arabia has partially outsourced the Hajj pilgrimage process to a company with ties to India’s far-right ruling party and its leader Narendra Modi, in what is yet another revelation regarding the kingdom’s reforms of the pilgrimage process. Last week, Riyadh announced that potential Hajj pilgrims from Europe, United States, and Australia will […]
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Sat 18 June 2022: Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. Canada – Police in central Canada have arrested a 92-year-old former priest for the sexual assault of a child more than five […]
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