Tue 19 April 2022: Two Muslim women wearing headscarves, or the hijab, who were beaten by French police last Thursday on the Clichy Bridge will file a complaint against the officers, their lawyer announced on Twitter, and Anadolu News Agency reports. Nabil Boudi said his clients who were subjected to police violence, still cannot get over the […]
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Sule Ambrose, 25 (pictured centre right), played Simon Peter in the crucifixion reenactment. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon 18 April 2022: In a terrible incident, a Nigerian seminary student died while reenacting Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Sule Ambrose, 25, was badly injured, but the spectators didn’t realize it for a few minutes since they assumed it was all part […]
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Mon 18 April 2022: Saudi Arabia condemned the deliberate abuse of the Holy Quran by extremists in Sweden, the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said early Monday. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation of the deliberate abuse of the Holy Quran, provocations and incitement against Muslims by some extremists in Sweden,” […]
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Sun 17 April 2022: As he delivered his annual Easter message on Sunday, Pope Francis called for free access to Jerusalem’s holy sites amid simmering conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. “May there be peace for the Middle East, racked by years of conflict and division. On this glorious day, let us ask for peace upon […]
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Sun 17 April 2022: Five people were injured in a mosque shooting Saturday in the Toronto area of Canada, according to police sources. A group of men, who had finished midnight prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, was randomly attacked in a drive-by shooting in the Scarborough district, said Toronto Police Department spokesperson David […]
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Sat 16 April 2022: The Turkish president on Friday inaugurated the Hagia Sophia Fatih Madrassa (religious school) in Istanbul. The religious school takes its name from Fatih (Conqueror), the title given to Sultan Mehmet II, who conquered the city in 1453. It was the first of its kind in the capital of the former Ottoman […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: A brawl broke out in a Swedish town where a demonstration with a Qur’an burning was planned, resulting in the hospitalization of three police officers. A car burned in the city of Linkoping on Sweden’s east coast, and hundreds of masked people attacked police cars, according to video from the scene. […]
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Wed 13 April 2022: Far-right French presidential candidate and leader of the National Rally Party, Marine Le Pen, has sparked a wave of criticism after she said the late Tunisian leader Habib Bourguiba banned the head scarf worn by Muslim women in Algeria. Le Pen was a guest on France Inter radio yesterday when she vowed to completely abolish […]
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Wed 13 April 2022: Right-wing Hindu groups hold processions in Muslim neighbourhoods and make hate speeches during Ram Navmi celebrations in several states. Muslims in several Indian states are on edge after mobs came out in processions, making hate speeches and attacking their properties during the Hindu festival of Ram Navmi. Most of the violence […]
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Wed 13 April 2022: On Wednesday, Pope Francis condemned “armed aggression” in Ukraine as blasphemy and betrayal of God. Although the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics did not mention Russia or Ukraine by name, his comments plainly alluded to the continuing war between Kiev and Moscow. “The weapons of the Gospel are prayer, […]
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