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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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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