Thu 26 May 2022: Court notes that amending rules for religious purposes seriously undermines principle of neutrality of public service A French court on Wednesday suspended a decision by the Grenoble Municipal Council to allow Muslim women to wear the burkini, a full body swimming costume, in the city’s public pools. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: Varanasi: The Varanasi district court is likely to pronounce the verdict in the Gyanvapi mosque case on Tuesday. The district court on Monday completed the hearing of arguments in the case and reserved its order for today. Advocate Madan Mohan Yadav, representing the Hindu side, on Tuesday, said that the Muslim side […]
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Sun 22 May 2022: The archbishop of San Francisco has denied US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi communion because of her support for abortion rights, according to a letter released Friday by the archdiocese. In a letter to Pelosi, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone stated that he had previously requested her to “publicly repudiate your advocacy […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: To uphold Islamic and historic cultural values, the Kabul Municipality has built a mosque in the Kampani area of Kabul with its tomb and other designing similar to the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a Palestinian City, which is equally important and sacred for Muslims, Christians and Jews and […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: The French city of Grenoble approved the wearing of the so-called “burkini” by Muslim women in public swimming pools on Monday. In recent years, the all-in-one swimsuit, which is worn by some Muslim women to cover their bodies and hair while bathing, has become a heated issue over the holiday season. […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: A court in north India has banned large prayer gatherings in the historic Gyanvapi Mosque after a survey team allegedly found Hindu relics there, a lawyer representing a group of Hindu women said. Caretakers of the mosque say they will knock on the doors of the country’s top court, arguing the […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: Devasahayam, who converted to Christianity in the 18th century in the then kingdom of Travancore, was declared a saint by Pope Francis at the Vatican today. Devasahayam, also known as Lazarus, is the first Indian layman to get sainthood for what the Vatican calls “enduring increasing hardships”. Born Neelakandan Pillai in […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Pope Francis, who is battling a knee problem that has recently forced him to cancel some events and use a wheelchair, will visit Canada in late July, the Vatican revealed on Friday. Pope Francis will visit Canada from July 24 to 30, stopping in Edmonton, Quebec, and Iqaluit, according to the […]
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Sheikh Khalid Al-Hanafi, Taliban’s Acting Minister of Enforcement of Good and Prohibition of Evil. Sat 07 May 2022: Afghanistan‘s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public. “We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety,” said Khalid Hanafi, acting minister for the Taliban’s vice and virtue ministry. […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: Social media companies are failing to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them, according to a recent report. “This report exposed that social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, failed to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them,” said the Center for Countering […]
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