Wed 15 June 2022: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call to stop any violence stemming from religious differences in India. His Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday that Guterres “is for the full respect of religion, for calling against any sort of hate speech or incitement and, of course, a halt to any […]
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Muslim Student leader and Fraternity Movement national secretary Aysha Renna sustained injuries during lathicharge in Kerala’s Malappuram. She was leading a protest against the demolition of Muslim activist Afreen Fatima’s house in UP. Wed 15 June 2022: India must immediately end a “vicious” crackdown on Muslims who took to the streets to protest a ruling party official’s remarks […]
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Tue 14 June 2022: Pope Francis has launched a new round of criticisms of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, describing Russian troops as “brutal, cruel, and ferocious,” while applauding Ukrainians for fighting for their lives. However, in the text of a discussion he held with editors of Jesuit media last month, which was published on Tuesday, […]
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Tue 14 June 2022: Over the last year, the Vatican’s Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (ASIF) has received 104 reports of questionable activity. According to the supervisory body’s annual report, the majority came from the Vatican’s bank, the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), as well as five Vatican authorities. According to the report, […]
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Fri 10 June 2022: Saudi Arabia has ruled that Western Muslim pilgrims intending to participate in the annual Hajj pilgrimage must now apply through a government website, abolishing the role of travel agencies in the process. After months of uncertainty amongst aspiring pilgrims in Western countries due to Saudi authorities’ silence on the places allocated […]
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Wed 08 June 2022: A prominent cinema chain in the UK has pulled a movie deemed offensive to Muslims which attempts to portray events in the life of the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, after protests by British Muslims took place against it. The film, named ‘Lady of Heaven’, was pulled by Cineworld after protests […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: The Cairo-based Arab Parliament has strongly condemned and rejected the “irresponsible remarks” made by two former spokespersons of the ruling party in India against Prophet Muhammad. In a statement issued on Monday, the Arab Parliament said that “such statements completely contradict the principle of tolerance and interfaith dialogue”, which “leads to […]
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Mon 06 June 2022: According to a local government source, gunmen assaulted a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria with explosives yesterday, killing 21 people and injuring others. According to AFP, dynamite exploded inside St Francis Catholic church in Owo town before gunmen opened fire through the windows during a service, according to Richard Olatunde, spokesman […]
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Mon 06 June 2022: The 57-member 01C, which sees itself as the collective voice of the Muslim world, also slammed India for the comments against the Prophet and called upon the UN to take necessary measures to address ‘the practices targeting Muslims in India”. “These abuses come in the context of the escalation of hatred […]
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Sun 05 June 2022: Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed its first batch of hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted authorities to sharply restrict the annual ritual. The group from Indonesia landed in the city of Medina and was set to travel south to the holy city of Mecca in the coming weeks to prepare for the hajj next month, state […]
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